OREGON VOL. 18. EUGENE, VHRSITYIIII NEEDS WORK TO HIT STRIDE Bezdek Hopes for First Class Shape in Ten Days; Late Start Handicaps Squad. FROSH AND REGULARS MEET IN FIRST CONTEST Tiffany Looking for Practice Games; Mount Angel Here March 31. (By Jimmy Sheehy) Providing the weather remains warm Bezdek’s varsity baseball team will be ir. first class shape in another week or 10 days. Owing to the late start the squad got this year Bezdek has been forced to omit many of the preliminaries in the condi tioning process. Last year the team spent a fortnight in sprinting, base running, light batting practice, and daily farm lips. The lack of these fundamentals has kept the varsity from hitting its stride as yet. Few of the varsity are in condition, so far. The big vanguard of pitchers are still having trouble in locating the plate with any regularity. Scoop Ratbbun, up on whom will fall the brunt of the pitch ing burden, is slowly rounding into form. The past few nights he lias been prac ticing his wide sweeping curve that was so effective last year. Newton Center at present is Bezdek’s second choice for pitching honors. He continues to learn in the daily practices and ought to make a good pitcher. Dud ley and Dwight Wilson look to be the class of the remaining hurlers. Base hits have been conspicuous by their absence during the past week. With the exception of Captain Nelson and Shy Huntington the regulars have failed to meet the ball squarely. An other week should find the boys showing some of the offensive power that prom ises to assert itself in the conference games this spring. Manager Tiffany has been dickering with Mount Angel and Willamette for practice games in the near future. To date he has been unsuccessful in getting a team for next week-end. Mount Angel is due to make its appearance on the local diamond on March 31. Last Saturday Bezdek sent his tenta tive varsity^against Bill Tuerck’s frosh in the first nine inning game of the sea son. The varsity had little trouble in scoring a 9-2 victory over the yearlings. Scoop Rathbun, Center, Hurn, Wilson, Dudley and Hedges pitched for the reg ulars with Knudsen and Jacobsen work ing for the frosh. Dick Nelson drove one of Knudsen’s fast balls far over Bill Steers’ head in center field for the first home run of the season. The line-up and batting order of both teams was as follows: \arsity: Sheehy, of; Alexander, If; Fox, ss: Nelson, lb; Huntington, c; Maison, 3b; McCready, rf; Grebe, 2b; Rathbun, p. Freshmen: Simula, 2b; Stahm, lb; Steers, cf; Lind. If; Richardson, ss; Iloldredge, 3b; Lough lin, c; Foster rf; Iynudsen. p. APRIL FROLIC IS SATURDAY Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Goldsmith and Mrs. Osburn to Award Prizes. Mrs. P. L. Campbell, Mrs. Julius Goldsmith and Mrs. W. F. Osburn were selected by the general April Frolic committee to award prizes at the girls festivities Saturday night in the Men’s gymnasium. Twenty dollars’ worth of beverages, donated by the Weinhard plant, of Port land, will be served at the all co-ed dance which will follow the stunts. “We want every girl in college at the Men's gymnasium by 7 o clock, said Dorothy Wheeler, chairman of the com mittee. “It is the hope of the committee that sponsers will urge freshmen to attend, and aid them in getting costumes. We want this to be the best April frolic in the history of the University, and we want every girl in college to help us do it." There will be 17> stunts in all. All places excepting first and fourteenth have been spoken for. Rehearsal of the April frolic stunt will take the place of the regular pro gram. at Futaxian meeting tonight. At the last meeting Myrtle Tobie, Olive Risley. Vivian Kellems, Helen Wiegand. Rosamund Shaw and Oenone Shaw were elected to Lutsxiaa, thus making the regular 40 members, which is the number limited to the society. UNIVERSITY GRADUATE NOW THEATRICAL STAR CLYDE FOGEL. The University has one graduate who has risen to eminence in the dramatic field. Now, having achieved fame, he re turns for his first visit to his alma mater. He is Clyde Fogel, playing in the “House of Glass,” which will be produced in Eu gene tomorrow night. Mr. Fogel was a Member of the University’s first glee club, was editor of the college monthly and an orator. TAKES COBBLER’S ADVICE .* * * GOES TO “U” OF INDIANA * * # * LINDLEY NOW PHILOSOPHER Dr. Ernest H. Lindley, who will lec ture at the student body assembly Wednesday on ‘‘The New Pioneers”, went to the University of Indiana on the advice of a shoe cobbler. Now he is one of the foremost authorities on philosophy in the United States. Reed College brought Dr, Lindley to Portland six weeks ago and arranged for his lectures t' be given at the Central Library. Half an hour before his lecture began the library hall was packed and the crowd moved to Lincoln high school auditorium Then they had to move to Washington high school because the crowds made so much noise coming that it interfered with the night school sessions. The shoe cobbler is still cobbling shoes at Bloomington Indiana, Dr. Lindley’s home town, but he is differ ent than some cobblers. Pie is far ad vanced in the subject of philosophy himself. Dr. Lindley will be honor guest at a dinner given by the Science club of the University, at he Hotel Osburn, Tuesday evening, March 20, at 0:^5, in the tea room. At the conclusion of the dinner, Mr. Lindley will address those present on the topic “From Plato to Henry Ford” FROSH WILL DEBATE SOPHS Perpetual Prize for Wininng Class Is Under Discussion. Freshmen and sophomores will de bate Friday, April L’O, on the question, “Resolved, That Senator Chamberlain’s plan for universal training should be adopted by the United States.” Each class will have two teams, which will all debate on the same night. The debates will be hold in Villard and Guild halls, if they can be reserved. Tryouts for the class teams will be held Thursday or Friday of this week. The freshmen who will brave the tryouts are: Forrest Watson, Lloyd Still, Ned Fowler, Victor Bradeson. Jack Dundoro and Maurice Boeoek. Prospects among the sophomores are Marie Badura, Ro berta Schubel, Helen McDonald, Bob McNary, Jerome Ilolzman, Wendel Bar tholomew and Dwight M iison. A perpetual prize of some kind for the winning class is being discussed. The question will be brought up before the classes soon. COLLEGE GIRL IS TOPIC Mr:. G. P t>,"‘Hnsnn to Address Werines day Y. W. Meeting. The Christian College Girl will >e the subject of the *alk by Mrs. j. H. Parkinson at the Y W. C. A. bunga low Wednesday aft rrnoon. For the last 10 years Mrs. Parkin son aas been interested in the Christian life of college girls. Her work for eight years was connected with the col lege girls in Boston University and the New England Conservatory of Music. Student Body to Decide Upon Westerfield’s Free Emerald Proposition. Polls Open Wednesday Morn ing and Afternoon; Discus sions Plentiful. Tomorrow will be the date for a spe cial student-body election at which time a vote will be taken on the propos ed constitutional amendment that free Emeralds be furnished all students who have paid their $S student tax. The amendment, as read and offered by Floyd Westerfield, is as follows: To amend Article XIII, Section 1, of the constitution of the associated stu dents by striking out the word “and” aft er the word “campus” and by adding after the word “order.” “and one subscription to the Oregon Emerald.” To amend Article VIII, Chapter 1, by adding, “Section 7. Finance. At the be ginning of the first semester the execu tive committee shall turn over to the Oregon Emerald account an amount equal to eighty cents (80c) for each eight dol lar (|8.00) student tax paid, and at the beginning of the second semester an amount equal to forty cents (40c) for each five dollar student tax paid.” The amendment was seconded and de bated pro and con by several members of the student-body after its reading. Since then, much discussion has taken place on the campus concerning the merits and demerits of the proposition. In offering the amendment last Wed nesday, Westerfield advanced the argu ment that by insuring every student a free Emerald as a partial return on his $S tax the dispensation of the funds sub scribed by the students would be more evenly balanced; that every student would thereby be able to read the Emerald; and that, with an increasing student-body and larger games, the revenue from student body tickets is also increasing. The opposition was based upon the grounds that the measure is premature; that it would saddle the student-body with an unbearable burden and this in face of the recent raise in the salary of athletic coaches nnd the expense of build ing a new athletic field. The proposed amendment was discuss ed at yesterday’s meeting of the Women s League in Villard hall. The election will be conducted by bal lot, special ballots having been prepared for the occasion. Any registered student will be eligible to vote. Voting will take place between 10 and 12 a. m. nnd be tween 1 and 2 p. m. at I illard ball. FOSTER TO DECLINE OFFER Will Not Accept Appointment to Associa • tion Work in France. J. D. Foster, secretary of the Univer sity Y. M. C. A., who was chosen about a week ago to go to France and do asso ciation work in the trenches, has received word from his brother, E. It. Foster, a senior at the University of California, that he has been successful in an exam ination there and with 21 others has en tered the French ambulance service. * In his letter E. It. Foster wrote that he didn’t think he would go if his brother did, so that one of the brothers might re main here to be near their parents, who live in Auburn, California. In accepting the offer to go to France for Y. M. C. A. work, Mr. Foster stipu lated that he would not leave here till the middle of June, when his University work for the year would he over. As he has not heard from headquarters yet Mr. Foster does not know whether he would be accepted at that date, so is waiting to send in his resignation in order that his brother may go. Mr. Foster says he has travelled more than his brother so he thinks his brother should be the one to go. SITE NOT YET SELECTED No definite action regarding the selection of a location for the new women’s building was tiken at Satur day evening’s meeting of the faculty committee, hut instead, Professor E. IL Lawrence, architect for the University, was authorized to f, i ahead with his plans and report at another meeting to be held a week or two later. OREGON 10 DEBITE WOSHINGJi FRIDAY Walter Myers and Lewis Beebe Will Represent Univer sity in Contest. Earl Kilpatrick to Preside; to Meet in Guild Hall at 8 O’clock. Tne tirst bis nejsi.te ot tne season will take place Friday night at S o’clock when Oregon meets Washington in Guild hall on the question of industrial disputes. The men who will represent the University are Walter Myers and Lewis Beebe. The Washington team is composed of Wendell Black and Mat thew Hill. Mr. Myers, eapt lin of the Oregon team, holds the A1 mini Medal for de bating, as well as the Oregon State Oratorical Society’s medal for excel lence in oratory. This is Mr. Myer’s second year in debate an 1 the second time he has taken part in the coast con test. Last year he was on the team which debated against Stanford. Lewis Beebe is a junior who entered this year from the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the college team, lie represented Oregon in the O. A. C. contest. The debate Friday will be presided over by Earl Kilpatrick, who has for several years been the presiding genius of the Oregon debaters. The judges are: Plowden Stott, a member of the legislature, and a prominent Portland attorney, Dean George II. Alden of Willamette University, and A. E. Clark, also a well-known Portland lawyer. At the same time ns the Oregon Washington d<4»nte here, the Oregon Stanford debate will take place at Palo Alto. Nicholas Jaurguy and Earl Fleisehmann will be on the Oregon team there. Mr. Jaureguy shares with Mr. Myers the honor of holding the alumni medal. He is the most exper ienced man on the Oregon team as this is his third year in debate. ORDER OF “H” ORGANIZED Ernest Watkins Elected Head of Honor Students’ Club. At a mooting held last Wednesday evening by the University Honor stu dents, an organization was formed known as the order of “H”. It is the object of this organization to encourage honor students to keep up their previous records and nlso to create a desire for other students to try for honors and become members of the or der. At pesent there a re 211 active mem bers, 9 of whom a-, general honor stu dents, and the rest of whom obtained honors in special studies General hon or students become members through maintaining a high average in all grades, while special honor students get their membership through exceptional work in one particular subject. In the latter case the heads of departments and schools select the honor stulents. The officers of the organization are: President, Ernest. Watkins; vice-pres ident, Dorothy Dunbar, secretary and treasurer, Frances Shoemaker; execu tive committee, DeWitt Gilbert and Dale Melrose. THETA SIGMA PHI ON JOB # « * # TO SEND DELEGATES EAST £ « 6 « WILL SOLICIT ADS FOR COIN Is Theta Sigma I’hi composed of a group of ambitious girls? Well, just lis ten! The members of this journalism fra ternity desire to send a representative to the national convention in Kansas next May, but at the same time are aware that their treasury will not per mit. Discouraging as these facts are. they refuse to give up hope. One of their bright members discov ered that all the merchants in Eugene did not advertise in The Guard. ’Phis in spired them and they at once made a proposition to The Guard: namely, they would all offer their services as solicit ors on a commission basis. The plan was accepted and the business section was immediately divided into groups. Every member then assumed one group and considered it her duty to hound every business man in that section until he consented to advertise in The Guard. Although they have not decided on their delegate, they feel sure that they will soon have enough money to elect the lucky member. Y. M. ELECTS TOMORROW Clinton Thienes Declines Nomination for Presidency Against Randall Scott. The annual election of Y. M. 0. A. officers will occur tomorrow in Villnrd hall. The nominating committee has selected the following candidates: Pres ident. Randall Scott, vice president, I,oo Cossman and Wendell Barthole inew; treasurer, L. A. Picket and Ray Kinney; secretary, A. C. Shelton and Roger Holcomb. Members of the nom inating committee are Joe Bell, chair man; Frank Campbell, Nicholas Jaure guy, Loren Roberts, Martin Nelson, I)r. A. E. Caswell, and President P. Campbell. (Minton Thienes who had been select ed to run for presidency against Scot:, declined the noinin ition in favor of Scott, stating that his present physical condition did not warrant an attempt for the office and also that he knew Scott to he a man of greater Y. M. C. A. experience and ability. The first, three nays in Spring Vaca tion, April 0 to S inclusive are an nounced as the dates of the annual min istry missions conference, to he held at Salem. Rates of a fare and a third will be given on both roads. Secretary .T. 1). Foster says that a large delega tion from the University attended the conference last year. READING CIRCLE IS LAUDED Report Says Oregon Teachers Accomplish More Than Those Elsewhere. Recent investigation of rending circle work for teachers warrants several con clusions affecting the teachers of Oregon, “A larger number proportionally of Ore gon teachers complete the required read ing circle work than of touchers in any other state. The plan of having the work done in dose connection with the exten sion service of the state University seenu to lie peculiar to Oregon. With the pos sible exception of Wisconsin, Oregon of fers the most comprehensive list, ol books,” says a report Dr. Joseph Schafei has on the subject. The management of the teachers’ read ing circle of Oregon is directly under the state office. Students Summoned to Arms on Sunday; Sleepy Soldiers Called iu Early Morn “Called to arms!” was the excited command that fla.ued from Captain Van Svarverud’g office at Second Com pany, O. N. G., headquarters early Sun day morning to ev ry University man enlisted in the cor.>s. Insistent tele nhone calls within short intervals, dc manding hurried mobilization at the armory, soon caused the expulsion of any ideas that the command was a joke. “What’s the matter, Germans ” was the inevitable question, “You are called to arms,” was the military reply, which echoed and re-echoed dismally in the ears of the sleepy soldiers. The com pany commander exercised unjsual tact in keeping the cause for call abso lutely secret until his xnen were in uni form nnd breathlessly prancing the armory floor. The city was thoroughly awake withir fifteen minutes after the men we-t called out. Telephone employees were unable to cope with the demand for sorority house numbers during tht melee of leave-taking and date cancel ling that followed. Thoughts rHn thick and fast. “Supposing the country is :.l war and we will be obliged to leave foi the front immediately, will I ever set my beloved associations again?” was tht question each individual asked himsell in silence, as he exchanged feet in tht direction of the armory. The night had seemed extreme^ short. Fragrant impressions of tht party the evening before were replacet (Continued on page three) Discussion Is Rife Among Stu dents and Faculty on Question. U. W. LEAVES DECISION IN HANDS OF TEACHERS Under This System Graduation Is Subject to Certain Restrictions. Discussion is rifo among seniors and faculty as to the advisability of abolishing senior examinations or making them op tional with the various departments. The University of Washington recently ruled that the senior examinations be left en« tirely in the hands of the faculties of the colleges of the University. Under this system, the seniors of the University are not required to take any examinations at the end at' their last semester, their graduation remaining subject to certain restrictions and the aproval of their pro fessors. In adopting this position, the Univer sity of Washington is following the ex ample set by the University of Michigan when they abolished the examinations a short time ago. In reporting the story, the Washing ton Daily says: “The question of senioT examinations was left entirely in the hands of the de partments of the various colleges of the university by the general faculty at a meeting yesterday afternoon. It was an nounced that this action is final, and it is expected that it will close, for the present at least, the student agitation on the subject. “The faculties of the colleges of liberal arts and science decided in a meeting oA last Monday to recommend to the general faculty the abolition of the examinations in the college of science and to leave the matter to the departments in the college of liberal arts. The general faculty de cision of yesterday afternoon was an in dorsement of this recommendation except that the question was made optional with every department of every college in the l university, including the colleges of fine ; arts, education and all the colleges that have not previously adopted the system , in some form. | “This action will probably mean the complete abolition of the system in some of the colleges, although the matter will he left by the deans entirely in the hands of the departments. “ ‘We are unable to state definitely what action will lie taken l>y the depart ments at the college of science,’ said Henry Landes, dean of the colloge of sci ence, this morning. ‘Meetings will be held in all the departments and a definite announcement to the Ntudents will then be made.’ “The examinations have been given in the college of fine arts, but their continu ance there seems doubtful, according to members of the faculty. “ ‘I think we could he safe in saying that the college of fine arts will not, as a rule, insist upon the examinations’ said Dean Irving M. Olen this morning. “Dean Frederick E. Holton of tho col lege of education thinks the action of the faculty will probably mean that the sys tem will be discontinued in all depart ments of that college, as it was unpopu lar there. lie said, however, that some of the departments might at a later date decide to adopt the system, ns the faculty action gives them this privilege.” U. CATALOGUE OUT IN MAY riow Courses Announced; Junior College May Make Changes. The new University of Oregon cata I'i'/iu* for 101(5-17 and announcements for 1017-18 will be ready for distribution about the lirst week in May, according to A. K. Tiffany, registrar. The catalogue will he on the same general plan as the last one, the only changes being those caused by the growth of the University. The new courses will be announced in this issue and the changes in the old ones will be made known. “The catalogue will probably go to press the last of this week or the first of next,” said Mr. Tif fany. If it is decided to establish a jun ior college, the catalogue will have to be i revised and the necessary changes made. [ In case of such a change, the catalogue . w ill not be out as early as is now ex pected.