Attempt Made to Secure Gilmour Dobie
as Lemon-Yellow Varsity Football Coach
TUTUS WILL BE
ENFORCED STRICTLY
BT LETTER WEARERS
Order of the “0” to Hold
Court on Library Steps
Before Assembly.
OLD-TIME PERSUADER
MAY BE USED AGAIN
Wearing' of Green “Derby,"
Bench and Anti-Smoking
Rules to be Followed.
The day when traditions of the Uni
versity of Oregon can be violated, and
the offenders go their way unpunished,
has passed. Beginning next Thursday
the Order of the “O” will hold court on
the library steps for a few moments pre
ceding each weekly assembly, and all of
fenders will be brought to trial, and pun
ishment meted out.
This was the result of the action
taken recently by the association of
Oregon athletes, who voted to take defi
nite action to educate all students as to
the existing traditions and seeing that
the traditions were upheld.
With this end in view, the freshman
tradition committee was organized some
months ago. The purpose of this organ
ization is to operate in conjunction with
other campus organizations to see that
all lawbreakers were brought to justice.
The recent action of the Order of the
“0”. is intended to substantially back the
work of the tradition committee.
Bjefore each assembly period frosh
who venture forth “sans green derby”,
underclassmen who sit upon the senior
bench, students who smoke on the cam
pus, and all other offenders will be
brought to court by the tradition com
mittee and tried by the letter men. It
is rumored, according to Hank Foster,
that the time honored “Oregon Per
suader” will not be lacking.
It has always been assumed that a
student is an “Oregon man or Women”
after having spent one year on the cam
pus, and that she or he will uphold all
of the time honored and cherished tra
ditions of the University.
The problem of discipline for fresh
men has caused the student authorities
much worry since the one-time violent
means of punishing offenders has been
abandoned. For the past few years the
frosh have had but to fear the wrath of
their immediate organizations.
The nature of the work of this com
mittee will be to safeguard the tradi
tions of the school, by educating the stu
dents to what they should represent and
by forcing their observance, according to
Foster.
WORK IS STARTED ON
ANNUAL CATALOGUE
Each School to Have Separate Section;
Students Will Reoeive De
sired Part.
Work has been started on the annual
catalogue of the University, according
to Mrs. George Fitch, of the registrar’s
office.
A new system called the “Harvard
Plan” is to be tried this year in connec
tion with the publication of the cata
logue. Each school of the University
will have its own section, and these sec
tions will be published separately. Stu
dents will receive the portion of the
catalogue in which they are interested,
the whole book being used only for ex
change purposes.
The first section, according to Mrs.
Fitch, will be the grnduate school cata
logue. Copy is due from the various
departments now.
General information will be issued as
the second portion of the publication,
which will be followed by the assort
ment of information from the various
schools of the University. The final as
sembling of the information will be made
late in the spring.
The catalogue committee is composed
of Dr. W. P. Boynton, chairman; Prof.
W. F. G. Thacher, of the English de
partment, Carlton Spencer and Robert
I C. Hall, superintendent of the University
Press.
Most of the work will be done in the
registrar’s office under the direction of
Mrs. George Fitch.
i ‘BODY’ DECORATES TREE
Misguided Wit Hangs Effigy As Tribute
te Disappointed Lover.
The sight of a body hanging from a
tree in front of the library is not a
common one on the campus. Excited in
quiries passed from person to person as
they walked by the dangling body.
Has the coroner been notified? Who
is it? Questions of a like nature busied
the passersby. At last the bravest, or
perhaps the most curious, investigated.
Some misguided wit had hung an effigy
on the tree as a silent tribute to a dis
appointed lover. The usual note accom
panied the body, reading in part:
“Should any one of my numerous
friends desire to prosecute the instigator
of this crime, I swear that the girls of
the University are the direct cause of my
death. Farewell, brethren, of the offi
cial Piggers Union. Signed, Lonesome
.Jake.”
It appears that the dummy was pre
pared originally by an upperclassmen to
put in a freshmen’s bed to awaken him
when he came in late, or rather, early in
the morning. A group of would be
lynchers stole the effigy, however, and
hung it where they believed it would be
most effective.
Old Flag-Day Destructive
Campus Day is Substituted
In the good old days on the campus
when the best were like the worst, and
to all appearances there were no ten
commandments, the juniors, on a certain
Friday each spring, used to float the
junior flag. To be more exact they tried
to float it. They were opposed, often
victoriously, by the sophomores and
thereby hangs a tple.
From 1896 these “flag days” had been
growing more and more hilarious, but it
remained for the juniors of 1904 to stage
something unique. On the "Wednesday
night before the Friday when the flag
was to be shown, the juniors, carrying
the junior flag, climbed the 70 foot flag
Pole, then in front of Villard. They
hauledlv a large box and nailed it firm
ly to the pole. Then they got in the box
®nd established a policy of watchful
waiting.
When the sophomores discovered this
®>ry habitation they beset it with eggs,
two crates of eggs, seventy-two dozen,
were deposited, a la the hand grenade
Method, in, at, upon, or near to this
Perch without avail. All day the battle
'aged and the juniors below hoisted
ndwiches to their comrades above.
Friday the sophomores began with re
newed vigor. With a flash of in
' spiration they bethought themselves of
a fire hose. They brought a fire cart
from a nearby station and played a
stream of water full force upon the un
fortunate juniors. The juniors climbed
down. ,
In 1905 a bunch of juniors, established
themselves on top of Villard hall and
chained down the trap door. The sopho
mores caught the remaining juniors, tied
them and stored them for safe keeping
in an old barn. Then they got two tele
phone poles and used them for battering
rams against the trap door of Villard.
It gave way and the handful of juniors
were overpowered and their flag cap
tured.
The University buildings seemed in a
fair way to be destroyed. The faculty
wished to prevent this if possible. Pres
ident Campbell called a meeting of rep
resentatives from each class. It was
agreed that the day should be a holiday
and that a constructive instead of de
structive program should be inaugurated.
1906 ushered in “Campus Day,” which
is now a part of our Junior week-end,
when the men clean up the campus, set
out trees and improve things generally
and the girls serve lunch.
m sics wm cup
BY DEFEATING FIJIS
11-6 III LAST GAME
(Andre Scores All Points for
Winners; Alstock, Gore
Tally for Fijis.
CONTEST WITNESSED BY
BIG CROWD OF ROOTERS
Uncertainty of Outcome Keep
Fans on Edge Through
| out Entire Struggle.
B.v virtue of their win over the Fiji
quintet by the score of 11 to & last
night, the Kappa Sig team won the
championship of the doughnut league and
the silver trophy cup. The two teams
topped the percentage column in the
doughnut contests, both having won 12
games and each having one lose to their
credit. Yesterday’s game was played to
settle the claims as to the undisputed
champions.
Iiol Andre, the lightning speed demon
of the Kappa Sig team was easily the
star of the game and his playing was a
feature of the contest. The combination
of Rockhey, the diminutive guard of the
Kappa Sigs, and Andre, played the ball
down the floor time after time, evading
the attempts of their opponents to
break their passes. The close guarding
of both teams kept the score down and
only five field baskets were registered
during the game. Three of these were
scored by Andre while Gore and Alstock
of the Fiji five are each credited with
one.
Alstock and Gore played up to their
usual form for the Fiji quintet and in
addition to scoring all the points for
their team, they played the floor the
most consistently. The game was
roughly played and void of any pretty
passing, ,and the rivalry for the honors
was intense, keeping the players on their
toes.
Alstock of the Fiji five scored the
first field basket after a few minutes of
hard playing, Andre converting a foul for
one point soon afterwards when Alstock
was fouled for tripping. Strahorn, of
the Kappa Sig team, was fouled soon aft
er this for the same cause and Alstock
converted the throw, making the score 3
to 1. Andre scored the next point on a
son verted foul when Alstock was again
fouled for tripping. This completed the
scoring in the first half, neither side be
ing able to register again although both
teams took numerous shots at the bas
ket. The close guarding made most of
these shots necessary from difficult
angles.
At the start, ot the second halt, the
Fiji five strengthened their lead by an
other field basket, Gore scoring. This
was followed soon after by a long field
basket by Andre, who dropped in an
other shortly, when a difficult catch by
Burnett, the husky guard of the Kappa
Sigs. gave him his chance at short
range. This second field basket of An
dre’s placed the Kappa Sigs in the lead,
a position which they maintained to the
end of the game. Andre converted three
free throw's and another field basket
while Alstock scored a point on a free
throw just before the whistle. The final
count ending 11 to 6 for the Kappa Sigs.
The game was easily one of the hard
est fought of the season and was any
body’s until the latter part of the sec
ond period when the Kappa Sigs had ob
tained a substantial lead. In the open
ing half the Fiji quintet appeared to have
the better team W’ork and their passing
was much smoother than that of their
opponents. The latter period was all in
favor of the winners, their smaller and
faster team keeping the ball in their own
territory most of the time.
The line-up and score follows:
Kappa Sigs—II. Fijis—6
Andre 11.F.Alstock 4
Strahorn.F.Knudsen
Blackman.C.McMillan
Burnett.G.....Houston
Roekhey.G.Gore 2
No substitutions. Referee, “Shy”
Huntington. Fouls converted, Andre 5,
Alstock 2.
University Social Survey
Shows Seamens' Institute
Not What Portland Needs
Through an extensive survey of the
port of_ Portland, conducted by the Uni
versity of Oregon Portland School of
Social AVork, under the supervision of
Philip A. Parsons, director, for Bishop
Walter T. Sumner of the Episcopal
church a decision has been reached that
a seamen’s institute would not ade
quately satisfy the needs of the Port
land port situation.
In regard to the building of a sea
men’s institute in Portland, the follow
ing objections are found in the report
submitted by Dr. Parsons; “The central
ization of the work in the building would
necessarily localize its activities and
prevent a certain amount of flexibility
which is necessary to meet the situa
tion. Such an institution would provide
merely another opportunity for lounging
and lodging which would not improve the
existing facilities nor successfully com
pete with them. Again the overhead ex
penses of such an institution would, in
all probability, be out of all proportion
to the services rendered, and it is ex
ceedingly doubtful if it would render ser
vice to those most in need of it. The
establishment of the institute tends to
apathy on the part of the community,
due to the fact that it creates an idea
relative to a particular problem, that the
institution takes care of that situation
and relieves other organizations and in
dividuals from responsibility in the mat
ter.”
The. report recommends, however, the
establishment of recreation and amuse
ment rooms, club rooms, and reading
and writing rooms, which may be oper
ated or maintained in conection with
the marine labor unions. The promo
tion of such a movement might be taken
up by the Episcopalian church, but the
financing should be conducted by the sail
ors through their present organisations,
says the report by Dr. Parsons.
The extract from the report describes
the sailors of the present day, and ex
isting conditions which are much differ
ent. from what, they were years ago.
“Fifty-eight per cent of the seamen on
the deep sea boats are not over thirty
years old. The seamen on the coast
wise trade are much older. Wages are
good, hours are reasonable, and living
conditions aboard ships are immensely
improved over old-time conditions. Ap
proximately one-half of the seamen have
homes in Portland.”
Through the investigations it is found
the sailors feel a need of more exten
sive libraries on the boats, so that they
can use their leisure to a greater ad
vantage during the voyages. The im
provement of conditions on the boat, to
gether with the co-operation of civic
bodies in extending an interest toward
meeting the needs of the sailor on the
land would greatly promote the life of
the snilor.
The report suggests that a higher de
gree of efficiency could be secured by
effecting the co-operation of all inter
ested groups, such as churches, citizens,
owners of ships, ships’ officers and sail
or’s organizations, and thus make the
work flexible through the service of a
single. directing .individual. “Obviously
some person or organization should vol
unteer to take the initiative and bring
together such a group of persons to con
sider the matter of a unified program for
sailors,” suggests the report.
WILLAMETTE FALLS
BEFORE U. OF 0. FIVE
Lemon-Yellow Victorious in
2nd Game; Score 21-16. j
Salem, Ore., Jan. 24. — (Special to
the Emerald.) — Faced by a score tied
at 11 to 11 at the end of the first half,
eo-incidently the same as Friday night,
the University of Oregon varsity basket
ball team came back and handed Willam
ette University her second defeat at the
hands of the lemon-yellow aggregation,
21 to 16, in Saturday night’s contest.
Eddie Duruo was responsible for 111 of
the tallies rung up by Coach Bohler’s
aggregation from Eugene. Francis Bel
lar succeeded in solving the delay at- j
tack, which Willamette used successfully
against O. A. C. and on which Coach
Matthews based his hopes for a win in
the second game against the Oregon
quintet.
During the first period, Oregon main
tained a small lead continually until a
minute before the whistle blew for the
rest, when a spurt by the Salemites tied
the score. Durno converted five out of
eight throws from the foul line.
Summary:
Oregon—21. Willamette—16.
Durno 13.F. Wapato
M. Latham 2.F.Gillette 6
H. Latham 4.C.Jackson 8
Bellar.G.Dimmick
Chapman 2.G.Rarey
Substitutes: Willamette, McKittrick
(2) for Gillete, Oregon, Reinhart for H.
Latham.
ZETA RHO GIRL WEDS.
Announcements have been received of
the marriage of Miss Opal Gilmore of
Silverton to Dr. C. W. Wilson on Jan.
6, 15)21. Mrs. Wilson entered the Uni
versity last fall as a freshman and was
a member of Zeta Itho Epsilon. Dr. Wil
son is a dentist at Silverton and a grad
uate of the Portland Medical School.
They will make their home at Silverton.
ELECTION IS ANNOUNCED.
Beta Gamma Sigma announces the
election of Byron O. Garrett, Chet Zum
walt and Charles Van Zile,
,High School Squad Loses 24
8 to Oregon Youngsters.
The frosh basketball team defeated
the Roseburg high school quintet in the
second game of their series here Satur
day afternoon by the decisive score of
24 to 8. The frosh took the lead from
the opening whistle and maintained it
during the game, the score at the end of
the first half ending 14 to 4 in their
favor. Alstock, at forward for the frosh,
was a factor in keeping the score of the
Uoseburg team down. The entire frosh
quintet performed creditably and Coach
Huntington appeared to be well satisfied
with their showing.
Whipple and I’. Singleton were the
point makers for the visiting five.
The score:
Oregon Frosh—24. Roseburg—-8
Alstock 10.F.Fields
Rockhey 2.F.Hunt
McMillan 6.C.Whipple 3
Douglas 4.(J.Campbell
Black 2.G.Thurston
Substitutions: Oregon, Wilsey for
Alstock, Clark for Rockhey, Oliver for
McMillan, Edlunds for Douglas, Gore
for Black. Roseburg, P. Singleton (5)
for Hunt, G. Singleton for Thurston.
NEW COMMUNITY HOUSE AT RICE.
Tiie ground at Rice Institute, Hous
ton, Texas, is soon to be broken for a
new community house which will contain
a ball room, an auditorium, a canteen,
a cafeteria, barber sliops, pressing
shops and a rest room. Next year it is
planned to build garages for the con
venience of students who have cars at
the University.
NEW SERGEANT ARRIVES.
Sergeant Thomas Sullivan has arrived
from San Francisco and has reported for
duty witli the local R. O. T. C. He has
been assigned to Company C and will
later instruct classes in topography.
| Previous to the war Sergeant ‘Sullivan
served in the engineers in the Philippines
and during the war he served in the in
fantry in this country.
FORMER wan
MENTOR MODE OFFER
TO COME TO HI
Ten Thousand for Five-year
Contract is Demand of
Easterner.
$8,500 IS SAID TO BE
ATHLETIC CQgEN&L DID
Board Also Discusses Tutor
for Baseball; Bohler, '•
Fisher Up.
That an attempt is being made by the
athletic council to secure Gilmour Coble,
former coach of football at the Univer
sity of Washington, and now occupying, *
similar position at Cornell, ascoaeh of
football for the University of Oregon
has been ascertained from reports gath
ered of the proceedings of the council'at
its meeting Saturday morning.
An offer of $8,000 was first padt
Dobie by a member of the council. T$e
eastern coach replied that a salary ’of
$10,000 a year, and a contract far ftyt
years would be his price to coach "footr
ball only. Since then, it seems, OregohY
offer hns been raised to $8300. A»l-yet
no reply has been received to the-later
proposal. '• <
Two meetings of the council hare bees
held thus far this year, the last, one1 be
ing Saturday. At the initial meMilig,
committees were appointed to loofc ip$i>
the matter of selecting a football coach
and'll coach of bascbaHr Tbr'cAk*
Dobie was reported at the meeting'Sat
urday, after the committee had also mait
an offer to Hugo Besdek, former Ore^wb4
State College athletic teams, of $8000,
which was turned down. It is upder
stood that coaches other than Dobte’lftfe
also being considered by the council. ' '
George M. Bolder, at present coach
of basketball is .understood to be t&
choice of the council for baseball coach,
although Gus Fisher, former member" bf
the Portland baseball team of thet Pg>*
cific coast league was also mentioned as
a possibility. No definite action hag ygt
been taken however. ‘‘.
That the council has been considering
an eastern coach has been known on the
campus for some time. The reason'.fMt
the move has been given as a methbdJta'
meet the new “Big Three.” The sche
duling of games for next season has been
held up by the delay of the athletic coun
cil in naming next year’s coach, and mak
ing a decision op Oregon’s future atti
tude towards the new combination.
Coach “Shy” Huntington, in the mean
time, has been held up on plans for the
coming year. He announced a few weeks
ago that spring training for members fit
the football squad wouWbe started this
year, but so far has made no further
plans along this line. „
coach, now mentor of
All the sessions of the athletic council
are held behind closed doors, and it has
been u custom for all of its actions to
remain Necret until released. Enough
has leaked out this, time, however, fo
know that the rumors which have been
circulated concerning the proposal of
gaging of an eastern coach are author
itative. The members of the council
are Dean Bovard, Professor Howe and
Bill Hayward, faculty representatives;
Dean Walker, David Graham and A
Tiffany, alumni representatives, and B|j[l
Reinhart, Si Starr, Glenn W^lkley and
Carlton Savage, student representhtlveh.
President Campbell and Marion McClain
are ex-officio members. *!
An attempt to reach alumni members
of the council yesterday was unsuc
cessful. Tiffany, Walker, Graham,
Bovard, and President Campbell ^re’gll
out' of town.
PORTLAND JUDGE SPEAKS. ’
Judge Arthur C. ’ Dayton, formerly
judge of the district court of Portend,
addressed the students of the law achfol
yesterday morning on the subject-of tfclt
work and procedure of the small claims
department of the district court, {fudge
Dayton drafted the small claims a^t and
administered it for several years. The
law provides for a simplified and inex
pensive procedure in claims of twenty
dollars or uuder.