VALUE OF BASEBALL
AT OREGON DOUBTED
Sport Is Poorly Suited to
Local Campus
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By Ken Cooper
Just at present, there seems to be
a serious movement on foot to dis
continue baseball as a varsity sport
at Oregon. Many are the reasons
whicH give impetus to such a move.
First, the weather conditions are
against the national pastime; second,
baseball has to compete with or come
up to the standard of professional
baseball and hence is rapidly tending
toward the commercialized form of
the sport. A third reason that is
presented, is that Oregon is known
to have sunk about $4000 into the
spring sport last year without what
might be termed as anything like
an adequate return.
On the other hand, it must be re
membered that there is a percentage
of students on the campus who spend
their summers in sections of the
country wrhere there is little or no
organized baseball and to them base
ball takes a rather important aspect
in the list of varsity sports. Another
thing which must be taken into con
sideration is that Oregon is hardly
in a position to drop a major sport
unless similar action be taken by sev
eral other of the larger schools of the
Northwest.
According to word that has been
received here, the idea has been con
sidered rather favorably by several
of the major schools of this section,
in fact, Washington State was the
only school which was radically on
posed to the discontinuation. If, for
instance, four schools such as Wash
ington, Idaho, O. A-. C. and Oregon
should get together and "vote to abol
ish the diamond sport, the others
would have to follow suit; but for
one school to discontinue would be
little short of suicidal in the face of
the prestige lost. Thijs is true, in
spite of the fact that the state, at
large, takes little interest in the base
ball careers of the two Oregon insti
tutions.
The weather in the Willamette val
ley id anything but ideal for the turn
ing out of a successful nine and, on
the contrary, is all against it. The
spring rains do not let up to permit
outside practice until long after the
team should be well organized and
in consequence it is almost impossible
to develop new players in this sec
tion.
This, in turn, brings up the point
that the players may play during the
summer, but in order to do this a
great many of them actually profes
tionalize themselves, and so instead
©f having amateur teams in the col
leges today, there is a large per
cent that are professionals in spirit,
if not in fact.
There is a great deal of sentiment
on the campus to keep baseball. It
has been suggested that the action of
the executive council in its meeting,
the other night,- was to sound oat the
strength of the sentiment.
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vention program are men who have
won national and international fame
in their respective fields. They
come from all sections of the world,
y
and are recognized as authorities in
their lines of work.
J. E. K. Aggrey, a native of the
Gold Coast, West Africa, is a son
of the linguist of the court, and a
graduate of Columbia university.
Sherwood Eddy, author and as
sociate general secretary of the in
ternational committee of the T. M.
I C. A., will lecture at the convention.
Dr. Ching Yi Cheng, national leader
of the student Christian movement
in China, .and Rev. Andrew Tliakar
1 Pas, pastor of the Presbyterian
cHurch in Lahore, India, will jour
ney to Indianapolis from the Far
East.
Speakers Foreign
Other speakers will be Dr. John
R. ■ Mott, general secretary of the
international committee, Y. M. C. A.,
and chairman of the World’s Stu
dent Christian federation; Dr.
Joseph C. Robbins, missionary to
the-Philippine Islands and chairman
of the executive committee of the
student volunteer movement; Dr.
Robert. E. Speer, chairman of the
federal council of the Churches of
Christ in America; Dr. Charles R.
Watson, president of the American
university at Cairo; Rpbert P.
Wilder, general secretary and found
er of the student volunteer move
ment in America, and Rev. Edward
S. Woods, rector of Holy Trinity
church, Cambridge, England.
In addition to the above, speakers
will come from Yale university,
Bahrein in Arabia, Symrna, Bombay
university, Kobe, Japan, Boston uni
versity, as will the director of pub
lic education, state of Coahuila.
Mexico.
U. H. S. JUNIOR CLASS
WINS ACTIVITIES CUP
Basketball and Debate Give Points
Toward Trophy Offered by
Graduates of ’23
The junior class of the Univer
sity high school won the series of
interclass basketball games that
was played by the senior, junior
and sophomore classes this week. The
winning of these games gives the
juniors the first points that have
been made this year toward the in
terclass activities cup, which was
given to the school by the class of
’23 and is to be awarded this
spring for the first time. Other
activities which give points toward
the cup are debate and baseball.
The regular high school basketball
team played a team of the alurnni
of the school on Thursday. The
school team won with a score of
22 to 21 in a very exciting game.
The playing was quite ragged though
because of its being so early in
the season, and the coach says that
more practice will be needed to make
the team of the same caliber that
former teams have been.
COLUMBIA “U” STUDENTS
ARE EXEMPT FROM EXAMS
Columbia University.—The stu
dent board of Columbia University
has submitted to the dean of the
university a plan whereby students
who have maintained an average of
80 or above in their work may be
exempt from certain examinations.
This was done in order to encourage
independent regular study.
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MLLE. PELLION TO BE
COLLEGE BALL GUEST
Women’s League to Kaise Funds
for Foreign Scholarships by
Giving Dance
The University Women’s league
i expects to have as its guest at the
Christmas' college ball, given at the
Multnomah hotel in Portland,
i Thursday evening,. December L’7,
| Mademoisselle Aridree Pellion, bene
ficiary of the foreign scholarship of
the league, who is a senior in the
romance language department.
The Women’s league is attempt
ing to maintain a yearly foreign
scholarship fund, and the proceeds
from this ball will be contributed
to the fund. The first scholarship
was granted last fall.
“I wish I could go home for the
holidays. I miss my Christmas
there,” said Mademoiselle Pellion,
“but I shall enjoy- the holidays very j
much.” She expects to go to Franqp
to spend the summer, which will
be her first visit since she came
to America more than a year ago.
She will return to the United States
again next fall.
During this term, Mademoiselle
Pellion has lived in Susan Camp
bell hall, but she expects to move
to Hendricks hall next term, in or
der that she may' become acquainted
with more of the women of the
University. The members of the
Women’s league have been instru-,
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As head of the all-star cast of j
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FOR POOR CHILDREN
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The Delta Gammas, Kappa Kappa
Gammas and Hendricks hall are do
ing their bit through the Y. W. C. A.
by sending in toys, clothing and
gifts to be distributed among the
, aor, and the Tan Xus are filling
several baskets which will contain
gifts and Christmas dinners.
Altogether, the thoughtfullness
and unselfishness among the houses
is greater this year than ever be
fore, and many little boys and girls
will greet the holidays with happy
hearts and smiling faces.
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INTERCOLLEGIATE
CHRISTMAS
PROM
To be given at the Multnomah Hotel on
Christmas Night
Music by
Myers Mid-Nite Sons
Features Entertainment
LAUNDRY
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Every student’s work appreciated
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Donald Woodworth, Campus Agent
1 78 Eighth Ave. West. Phone 1 23
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FOR THE HOLIDAYS
LOW R?K?D FARES
Portland . $5.75
Corvallis . $2.05
Astoria .$10.25
Baker .-30.39
Hood River $10.31
Pendleton .$21.31
Albany. $2.35
Prineville .$24.67
Rainier .$8.00
Redmond . $22.53
St. Helens .$7.00
Seattle .$18.91
Spokane . $32.73
Salem .... $3.50
Tacoma .$16.17
The Dalles .$11.85
Walla Walla ..$23.19
Wenatchee . .$30.77
Woodburn . $4.40
Yakima . $27.61
tickets on sale December 19 to 25 inclusive, return limit
January 7.
Proportionate fares to other points on the Oregon Electric
Railway and connections via Portland.
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE
Leaving Eugene Friday, and returning after the holidays
will be announced during the week. '
DAILY TRAINS
Leave Eugene 7:35 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
Arrive Corvallis 8:58 a.m. 12:45 p.m. 3:17 p.m. 6:59 p.m.
Arrive Albany 8:50 a.m. 12:40 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 6:50 p.m.
Arrive Salem 9:40 a.m. 1:35 p.m. 3:55 p.m. 7:45 p.m.
Arrive Portland 11:15 a.m. 3:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:35 p.m.
Details will be furnished on request
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Phone 140 F. S. Appelman, Agent
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BEAUTY PARLORS
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Used Cars
Tires, Tubes and Accesssories
WEST & SONS MOTOR CO.
Phone 592 Ninth and Pearl Streets
EUGENE TRANSFER CO.
W. L. Christenson, Prop.
Five trucks at your service
Phone 160 After 6, Sunday 1508L
PETERS GARAGE
Expert Motor Repair
Auto Accessories Used Cars
519 Willamette
SCROGGS BROS., TAILORS
Style, Quality and Price
760 Willamette Street
Opposite Smeed Hotel
One Flight Up
MODERN TAILORS
24 West 9th Avenue
UNIVERSITY TAILORS
1128 Alder
Ladies’ and Men’s Suits
Phone 1247
HACK’S UMBRELLA SHOP
Old ones recovered.
New ones made to order.
14 years experience.
J. L. McNITE
>97 Willamette. Opp. Postoffice
Sweet-Drain
Auto Company
Phone 440 1042 Oak St.
HASTINGS SISTERS
BEAUTY SHOP
Manicuring, Scalp and Faco
Treatments. Marcelling
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Permanent Wave by the'
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HOME MADE CANDIES
Phone 56
Corner Seventh and Willamette
Star and Durant Cars
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THE BEAVER
F. K. Foster, Prop.
Groceries, Flour, Vegetables
76 Ninth Aye. E. Phone 900
W. S. GLADSTONE
Merchant Tailor
Over Kuykendall’s Drug Store
Eugene
MOORE SIGN WORKS
High Grade Commercial Signs
Show Cards Banners
728 Wlliamette Phone 24
MILLERS SHOE SHOP
43 West Eighth Avenue
Eugene, Oregon