Oregon 0 0* O ° 0 . Emerald a >.->* «. ”/r ** (7° ■ /? 'Cf-'? •* vr as-r <> •* . w ° « r A £*V?V V-„U ■' e 4 • f. ° V 0 ' . JlilS———————__ e <0-** blS>° r% gj . EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1917 NO. 3 SEVEN SECOND SIDING, EIGHT OF 1916 FROSN OUT FOB BEZDEK TEAM TEN GREEN MEN ROUND OUT SQUAD FROM WHICH COACH MUST BUILD NEW ORE GON ELEVEN OLD SPIRIT RELIED ON TO BRIN6 CREDITABLE RECORD TO ’VARSITY Gridion Material Light in Weight, Short of Experience, but Full of Fight. Twenty-five men are out for the Or egon football team. Seven of them are second-string material from last year, eight are from last season’s frosh# team. The remaining ten are new men with little or no experience. To mould from this squad a team worthy of upholding the glorious rec ords achieved by lemon-yellow teams in the past is the stupendous task facing one Hugo Bezdek, late of Pitts burgh. Such is the football situation in a nutshell. “We are going to do the best we can and a little more, in the short time that we have to practice before the first game, but don’t kid yourself into thinking we’ve got an even chance because we haven’t W. S. C. has seven letter men back, 0. A. C. four, California five or six, while we have but one,” said the coach. “I’m count ing on the Oregon Spirit to pull us through.” Taking Off Rough Edges Despite the coach’s lugubrious words, the eleven men called the ‘var sity have rounded off a few rough edges in the two practices held thus far. The tentative first teem lined up with Stan Anderson and Dow Wilson, ends; Bas Williams and Carl Nelson, tackfes; Arthur Berg and George Cook, guards; Keith Leslie, center; Dwight Wilson and “Dot" Medley, halfbacks; Bill Steers, quarterback; and Giles Hunter, fullback. Anderson and Wilson both played on the frosh team and by their work last selaison ought'to hold down the extremity positions to the queen’s taste, Bas Williams is the only old hand on the line. The other tackle, Carl Nelson, has ben one^ of Bezdek’s “syrrals” for the past two seasons, and this is his first chance in a big league job. Arthur Burg is another of Dean Walker’s proteges. George Cook hias played end for two years on the second team, is scrapping qual ities make up for any lack of avoir dupois. Keith Leslie was a tackle on the frosh team. Baseball Star in Squad Two years ago “Chief” Wilson played end on the freshman eleven. “Dot” Medley gained an enviable rep utation on the baseball diamond, but this is his first experience with the gridiron game. Giles Hunter is another “syrral” of two years standing. Quarterback presents nip worries with the redoubtable Bill Steers call ing the signals. Bill’s educated toe is working even better than before (Contnued on page 4.) ENSOILMEMT OF 900 IS LIKELY SOON Office Cloaes Friday After 839 Had Registered in the University. Registration this year has surpassed all expectations and predictions. At the close of the administration office yesterday, 839 had registered and it Is expected that a total enrollment of 900 will be reached by the early part of next week. No accurate segrega tion of the numbers of men and wo men has been made, but a hurried count showed that about 375 men were registered. There has been a gen eral increase of more than ten per cent over last year’s registration. —Remarkable increase is shown in freshman registration. A gain of more than 25 per cent naa been made over last year. This is an unexpected increase, as many high school grad uates who had intended coming to Or egon have enlisted in various branch es of service. C0" TWENTY TRY OUT FOR BAND OUTLOOK PROMISING DESPITE LOSS OF TWENTY-FOUR MEN Material Available Will Develop Strong Organization for Military Drill, Sayu Leader. In spite of the fact that twenty-four members of lost year’s University band failed to return to school this year be cause of enlistments and graduation, the first band practice of the year drew twenty musicians to Villard Hall, Thursday night. Albert Perfect, leader of the band, says that the prospects are much bet ter than he had erpected, and states that the material on hand so far can be made into an especially good field band, to play for the military drill ing. The band will play before assembly Wednesday, but will do so only to ac commodate the student body, for the members have not had enough prac tice together to give a fair demonstra tion of their ability. For that rea son the students should not pass-judg ment upon the band after hearing the musie Wednesday, says M. Perfect. The band is anxious to enroll new members, and anyone who can play a band instrument at all should join the organization at once. Wood wind instruments are especially needed. Mr. Perfect hopes to see a larger turn out at the second practice, which will be held Monday at four o’clock in Vil iard. Freshmen will be excused from the gym class Monday in order to at tend band rehearsal, by making the request of Eld Shockley beforehand. HONOR STUDENTS’ LIST TO BE OUT NEXT WEEK ORDER OF THE H HAS MANY NEW CADIDATES FOR RACE DURING YEAR 1917-’18 Seniors Will be Admitted During First Term; Juniors Allowed to Enter Later With practically no changes in the ruling, the race for senior honors for next year has begun. The lists have not as yet been completed by the Reg istrar’s office, but indications go to show that the number will be about the same as that of last year. Some members of the "Order of the H” have dropped out of college, some have re turned. The “Order of the H” was, and is, a society formed by the stu dents w