PULLMAN LOOKS LIKE
' BEST TEAM THIS YEAH
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O. A. C. IS DARK HORSE OF
LEAGUE; COACH PIPAL SAYS
HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT
HIS MEN CAN DO.
VALLET COLLEGE STARS JOIN AGGIES
Whitman, Washington California and
Oregon Elevens All Short of
Experienced Men.
Witli the opening of the Northwest
Conference next Saturday, the football
“sharks” are attempting to dope out
just what chances thd various col
leges have, and who is most likely to
carry off the honors of the year. Prom
the dope sheet, the Washington State
College, under the leadership of Lone
star Dietz, looks the strongest. How
ever, they were weak in team work,
and made several costly fumbles in
their game with the officers from
Camp Lewis last Saturday. Dietz has
six of his last year’s letter men back,
yet for a squad of veterans they did
some very loose thinking in their first
game.
Tubby Selph Back.
O. A. C. looks to be the dark horse
of the league; even Coacli Pipal ad
mits that he himself does not know
just what liis team is capable of do
ing. Captain "Quack” Newman has
returned to schofil from American
Lake, where he was connected with
the army Y. M. C. A., and his pres
ence will greatly help the Oregon Ag
gies’ backlleld. Others of the last
year’s squad wlio have returned are
Tubby Selpli, last year’s center, and
Bissett, last year’s captain.
Pipal will have Hatrry Cole out for
the line, as Cole tips the beam at
sometliing over 200 and was last year
awarded tLie third place in the nation
al strengtli tost, wlilcli included all stu
dents of colleges or universities in
the United States. Howard Ray, for
mer 'varsity basketball star, will be
on hand and will try for one of the
end positions. Several stars from the
smaller valley colleges have enrolled
at O. A. C. and will help to build up
tlio Aggio squad.
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Whitman to Play U. of W.
Coach “Nig” Borleskie, of Whitman
college, has so far had very little to
say relative to the chances that the
Missionaries have in the conference^
but it is understood that several of
the last year’s squad have returned
and a fast but light team is expected.
Gensel, one of Borleskie’s hopefuls,
was badly hurt in practice last week,
and so will be out for the season.
Gensel played quarter last year. Blom
quist, last year’s half, will not be back,
regardless of previous announcements.
Whitman opens against the Universi
ty of Washington, at Seattle, next Sat
urday.
Hunt Is Confident.
The University of Washington, like
the rest of the northwest colleges, has
been hard hit by the war, but Claude
J. Hunt, their new coach, seems to
have a world of confidence in the raw
material which is turning out in large
numbers.
Coach Smith, of the University of
California, has had, besides the Job of
teaching the squad football, several
arguments relative to dates of games
and expense money. Several of the
California boys have been caught in
the second draft which will weaken
the team to a great extent. Coach
Smith has started night practice and
is using the “ghost” ball and is hav
ing regular classes in football.
Although the Oregon team looked
somewhat green when they went on
the field against Multnomah last Sat
urday, they proved that they had plen
ty of fight to make up for what foot
ball they did not know.
Dr. W. D. Smith, head of the de
part j.ent of geology in the University,
will leave Friday or Saturday for
Berkeley, Cal., to atend a meeting of
the Pacific coast section of the na
tional research council, of which Dr.
Smith is a member.
MIX IS POSTPONED
Owing to the absence of the foot
ball team at Pullman and the stu
dent body dance Saturday, the an
nual Y. W.-Y. M. C. A. mix and
(lance has been postponed until a
week from Friday. The commit
tees are taking advantage of the
extra time granted to work on the
features of the dance. The exact
program is being withheld until a
later date.
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STUDENTS GIVE PLEDGE
TO STATE AND NATION
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pick out the false from the truth,”
said Dr. Wise. “A sheepskin is a
delightful thing to hang on the wall,
but it is merely a license to achieve
greater things. The man who expects
to say good bye to his development
after lie lias left the university has
no right to attend the school now,”
he said. It is his opinion that the
pleasure seeking attitude which for
merly impelled many students to at
tend the University has now been
supplanted by a sturdy energy to
achieve a better education. “Not that
the students are possessed with a
long-faced piety,” he rejoined, “but
they now realize the University is a
place to accomplish other things than
pleasure alone.”
Governor Reads Pledge.
President James Sheehy, of the As
sociated students, introduced Gover
nor Withycombe. His talk was a
clear, forceful stateement of the de
.sire of the students to do everything
posible to aid in the present ques
tions which the war has brought up in
the United States. He told of the
patriotism shown by Oregon in being
the first state in the Union to raise
its full quota of men for military ser
vice; first in the subscription to the
Liberty bond movement, and the im
mediate answer made by Oregon wo
men to the plea of the Red Cross. He
ended with the words: “These are sig
nificant facts and reflect great credit
to the executive of the state. I am
pleased to introduce Governor Withy
combe, the man at the head of Ore
gon’s machinery.”
Governor Withycombe told, in a few
words, he great showing of patriotism
of University men in answering the
call for military service, and urged
the students who have returned to
school to make the most of their op
portunity. He made a strong plea
for support of the second Liberty
loan. He said that this second liberty
loan is one way by which the Kaisei
will determine the real sentiment ol
the citizens of the United States ir
regard to the war. “We are no longei
republicans or democrats, we are not
proud residents of the East, the West
the North or the South, but we arc
all Americans—one unit, one banc
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PETER P/*A
gathered together to save the world
for democracy,” he concluded. He
read the sixth annual pledge of the
students to the state and the follow-;
ing pledge to the nation:
Pledge to Nation.
And to my country, in this, her time
of need, I pledge my loyalty absolute
ly, and all the service of which I am
capable. If she calls me I will will
ingly take up arms to defend her upon
the field of battle. If my field of
duty shall continue to be behind the
lines, I pledgel myself to do all in my
power to strengthen my country in
her great fight to make the world safe
for democracy; to so govern my con
duct as to encourage and unify my
fellow citizens in the cause; to sup
port the government to the utmost
with all my posessions if necessary;
to deny myself all unnecessary luxu
ries or indulgences in the foods and
supplies necessary to the support of
our armies and our allies, and to try
to show my patriotism not by protes
tations but by actual service and sac
rifice in the conduct of my daily life.” |
Mrs. G. W. McMath Speaks. j
Mrs. George McMath, president of
the Oregon Congres of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher associations, made an
appeal to the students to remember
their parents—the individuals who
made the University posible and who
kept their pledges so well that the
present University education is now
open to the students of the state.
Rev. A. L. Crim led the devotional
exercises. Other features of the morn
ing were music by the band and the
combined glee clubs.
DEMAND FOB TEACHERS MET;
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DIFFICULT TO FILL ALL CALLS,
SAYS DR. SHELDON.
Those Trained in Singing, Dramatics
and High School Debating
Especially Wanted.
The unusual demand for teachers
this year, due to war conditions, has
been fairly well met, thinks Dr. H. D.
Sheldon, dean of the School of Edu
cation of the University of Oregon.
: He feels that there is no great scarc
ity in the number of teachers, espe
cially in the high schools, he said yes
terday, but there has been difficulty
in filling all demands for teachers
trained in certain special subjects,
such as Spanish, commerce and sci
ence.
Practically all the University grad
uates of the class of 1917 were located
j by September 1, which is earlier than
usual. “The increased demand for
teachers,” said Dr. Sheldon “is due to
; appointments in the army and the
requirement of a. number of civilians
! in the quartermaster’s department,
j which have been filled by former
! teachers.”
i The demand is strongest this year
for teachers of science, particularly
i physics and chemistry for teachers
■ of commerce and Spanish. There is
; some tendency, explained Dr. Sheldon,
j to fill men’s positions with women.
This is noticeable in the teaching of
science, in which usually only men
were engaged, and in the filling of
principalships and superintendencies
by women this year.
The demand for Spanish teachers,
Dr. Sheldon described as extreme. The
University could have placed twenty
five teachers of Spanish, but there
were only two or three who were at
all competent to teach. There has
been a considerable falling off in the
demand for German teachers, but this
, is not as marked as Dr. Sheldon had
! expected. There were approximately
half as many German teachers en
gaged this year as compared with the
previous year. There was an increased
demand for French teachers, but it
i did not approach the demand for Span
i ish teachers.
! “There is more and more demand
for University graduates who have had
training in social activities,” said Dr.
; Sheldon. "It is desirable that those
planning to teach, prepare to coach
high school debating, singing, or dra
matics. There is an added incentive
in the fact that those competent to
coach high school activities receive
ten or fifteen dollars a month more
than those not qualified to do so.”
Whatever scarcity there may be in
a few high schools of the state will
be met by married women who are
college graduates, thinks Dr. Sheldon.
The scarcity will be more marked, he
feels, in the elementary schools, where
the pay is not so good.
FRIARS ELECT
Ray Couch.
Harry Crain..
U. of W. is Camp
The University of Washington is
now a permanent reserve officers’
training camp. Captain William T.
Fatten is commandant of cadets.
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