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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1925)
Baseball— To Be, or Not to Be? Sports Staff Is In Favor Of Keeping Sport; Cost, In Comparison, Is Low By SPORTS EDITOR The indignation meeting of the Order of the “O” held last evening is expressive of the senitment of the campus on the proposed- abolish ing of baseball as an intercollegi ate sport. It seems that the only argument for doing away with it is its cost. * • * Baseball costs $2,000. Track costs $4,000. Basketball costs $2,000. None of them pay and track goes in the hole for the entire amount spent. If the abolishing of the sport is for financial reasons, why not abolish wrestling, swimming, tennis, or boxing? And then, we suppose, tiddle-dy-winks and porch piffling would follow in their wake. # • * Who are sports for? It all narrows down to the fun damental question and reason for all collegiate athletics. They are primarily for the benefit of the students—it is part of their life. • • • One hundred and , twenty-five turn out for baseball every year. The sport is as popular as track, football, or basketball and as many or more men participate in it. Thus, it is doing as much good for the students as any of the other sports. # * • The success of the recent foot ball season has sent a wave of com mercialism and of “day dreaming” over the campus. Chickens are be ing counted before they are hatch ed. The football teams supposedly are going to pay for million dollar libraries, and in fact will build the University. But now these dreams are far off and the fundamental reason for all the sports is for the student. * * * Baseball is not commercialized more than any other sport. Professional basketball and foot ball teams are playing all over the country. Tennis, wrestling and swimming are professionalized. So the condemnation of “commercial ism” cannot be placed on baseball alone. * * * Baseball is the cleanest sport in the whole program, for the man who plays it is playing for the school and is a true amateur for he can go professional any time he wants to in most cases. It is the most sportmanslike game in the colleg iate program. A man is under the eyes of the spectators and he has to play clean. The sports staff of the Emerald votes unaminously in favor of keep ing the sport. 0 — « ’ -- " " —- ^ [ Campus Bulletin | ^ —---.... --<> 0 .. 8 q ° The Heads of the following organi zations are requested to get an important letter which will be posted for them, in the basement of the main library: Phi Delta Kappa, Tre Nu, Kappa Beta Phi, Pro and Con, Forum, University Science club, California club, Washington club, Coos County club, Wesley club, and Normal Arts club. Pi Lambda Theta luncheon Satur day noon, December 5th, at the Anchorage. Varsity Philippinetnsis — Regular meeting tonight in “Y” hut, at 8:00. Important business. University postal authorities re quest that students refrain from placing Red Cross Christmas seals on the address side of mail. Mr. Carl Joy reports that a num ber of students have pverlAoked the fact this is against postal regulations. Vespers Sunday afternoon, 4:30, school of music auditorium. St. Cecilia Mass. Dooi^ closed at 4:30. Samara meeting in room 304 Deady at 4:00 p. m. Important. Graduate Club—Meeting Tuesday noon, December 8, at Anchorage. Phone your reservations to An chorage, phone 30. Dress rehearsal for the style show at Villard hall at 5:00 p. m. All those taking part must be pres ent. Very important! SPANISH CLUB ELECTS STANDING COMMITTEES An executive meeting of the of ficers of El Circulo Castellano was held Wednesday evening at 7:30, in the Woman’s building. At this meeting the financial campaign of the club and the club picture to appear in the Oregana were dis cussed. Standing committees were jap Classified Ads TYPING WANTED—Term papers; theses; short stories; manuscripts. Experienced stenographer. Ac curate work; reasonable rates; paper furnished. Public steno grapher, Eugene Hotel, Phone 228-J, or 1339-J evenings. LOST—black leather purse, six by ' eight inches, envelope style, con taining some silver, keys, and re ceipts. Reward. Call 1895, Ruth Sink. LOST—A Parker Pen Wednesday, between library and University pharmacy. Call 1895. LOST—On Tuesday a Shaeffer Lifetime pen, with name Jane Howe engraved on it. Finder call 851 or return to Alpha Phi house. Reward. LOST—Kwama pin lost between journalism building and Oregon building. Finder please call 108. Pauline Stewart. I Pre-Christmas Sale of baskets, Friday and Saturday. Buy a basket now to use on your table. We have just the kind you want. Also, all sorts of cut flowers and potted plants. Quality— That’s Us First Church of Christ Scientist EUGENE, OREGON Announces A Free Lecture on Christian Science BY Dr. John M. Tutt, C.S.B. Of Kansas City, Missouri Member of the Board of Lectureship of THE MOTHER CHURCH THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, In Boston, Massachusetts In Laraway Music Hall Between 9th and 10th on Willamette Street This Evening, Dec. 4, 1925 AT 8 O’CLOCK THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND pointed as follows: financial com mittee, Ed Beighler, chairman, Er nest Epinosa, Kathryn Frietag, Jean Kitts; program committee, Feme C. Ballou, chairman, Lucille Jackson, Marjorie Best, Esther Set ters; Miss Olivia DeGuire heads the refreshment committee , and Mar garet Jacjcman the history commit tee. Coming Events Friday, December 4 Conference high sdhool offi :ers and press. Saturday, December 5 Conference high sekfool offi cers and press. Oregana Picture Schedule Friday, December 4 Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Beta Phi. Saturday, December 5 Sigma Alpha Epsilon. NOMINATIONS MADE FOR GRADUATE CLUB Nominations for officers of the Graduate club have been reported by the nominating committee, and will be read at the nest meeting, Tuesday, December 8, at tho An chorage. Nominations from the floor may be made at that time, also. 0 . The following persons were nomi nated: president, Ruth Riley, of the English department, and Charles G. Bluett, of the education depart ment; vice-president, Margaret Houck, of the English department, and Austin Hutcheson, of the his tory department; secretary, Mar ian Hayes, of the zoology depart ment, and Francis Powers, of the. education department. The nominating committee con sisted of Irene Whitfield, of the English department; May Borquist, of the zoology department; and Frederick Cozens, of the educational department. TONIGHT AND! 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