DIAMOND SPORT
TO REMAIN SAPS
POOF. D. C. ROUE
Oregon Delegate Holds That
Coast Conference Will
Not Vote Out Baseball
Order Of “0” Men Circulate
Petition Sounding Opinion
Of Students On Ejection
Baseball as an intercollegiate
sport will probably not be done
away with at the annual meeting
of the Pacific Coast Conference in
Seattle December 11 and 12 in the
opinion, of Professor H. C. Howe,
president of the association land
the only voting representative from
Oregon.
“From past experience I have no
reason to believe that the confer
ence has any intention of closing
down baseball at present,” states
Professor Howe in a communica
tion to the Editor of the Emerald.
The associated students have no
power in the matter and can only
express an opinion or a sentiment,
Mr. Howe points out.
Students Sign Petitions
Petitions in favor of keeping
baseball as an intercollegiate sport
at Oregon, circulated by the Order
of the “O” late last night were
being signed one hundred per cent
by every house which they reached.
No contrary sentiment was met
with in any house and from present
indications the campus is whole
heartedly in favor of keeping the
sport.
The action of the Order of the’
“O” in the indignation meeting was
to sound out the opinion of the as
sociated students concerning the
possible elimination of baseball
from the sports program. Whereas
the students have no vote in the
matter or. no actual power in the
Pacific Coast Conference, the gen
eral opinion of the associated stu
dents will go a long ways in influ
encing the matter or condemning
it if it should go through.
The following letter from Pro
fessor H. C. Howe, president of
the Pacific Coast Conference was
received by the editor of the Em
erald stating exactly his stand and
the position of the students.
Friday, Dec. 4, 1925
Editor of the Emerald:
As I see my name being used
freely in the present uproar over
baseball, I believe it is necessary
for me to point out one or two
things concerning the Pacific Coast
Conference, to which I am Ore
gon’s delegate, and of which I am
just now the president.
It is not a conference of student
bodies. It is a cpnference of uni
versities—that is, it is a confer
ence of the constituted authorities
of the universities composing it.
Theoretically, it is a conference of
university presidents, to consider
the control and guidance of ath
letics as far as athletics become
interinstitutional. The main prob
lems are (a) the maintenance of
collegiate athletics on 'a -istricftly
amateur basis, in the interests of
character building and good sports
manship, and (b) the maintenance
of amicable relations between in
stitutions. The delegates to the'
conference do not represent stu
dent bodies. They are simply
proxies for the presidents of their
respective institutions.
It is natural for students to think
that intercollegiate athletics are
theirs, and that they have a right
to control them. But legally, they
do not have the right of control.
That control at Oregon, as else
where, is legally vested in the pres
ident and faculty. If these legal
authorities instructed me to vote
for the abolition of baseball as an
intercollegiate sport, reo student
sentiment could relieve me of the
necessity of carrying out those in
structions. If student memories
went back more than four years,
it might be remembered that the
faculty did onee, not so very long
ago, abolish basketball as an inter
collegiate sport. It was done for
one year, as an experimental meas
ure, on the theory that there should
be’ one term in which scholarship
should be given the right of way.
Per»onally, I was opposed to that
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Students Retreat
As Rushing Water
Floods Classroom
A dash for liberty was made
by geography students yesterday
morning when ja powerful tor-1
rent of water gushed from the
corner of the laboratory in Con
don hall ruining complexions,
marcels, clothing and furniture.
Co-eds shrieked as galjant men
rushed" them to dry quarters.
The disaster was caused by a
man who casually walked into
the classroom after, the bell had
rung. He sat down on the wash
bowl causing it to part from the
pipes and floor the entire place.
No serious damage was report
ed. The class was dismissed and
the bedraggled students went in
search of dry apparel.
FOB STUDENTS BETTED
That conditions are better now
than formerly for students working
their way through the University,
is the opinion of Dean H. Walker,
dean of men. He commended the
Y. M. C. A. employment depart
ment, directed by Mrs. Charlotte
R. Donnelly, and attributed the bet
tor opportunity for men to obtain
work to this service.
While no more money is being
lent to students from the Univer
sity student loan fund than last
year, there are a larger number of
students availing themselves of
this convenience by borrowing
smaller amounts, according to Dean
Walker, in charge of the fund. A
fund of $30,000 is available for any
student to be used to pay his way
through the University, and he may
borrow reasonable amounts at an
interest rate of five per cent.
Dean Walker explained however,
the idea in educational circles gen
erally that it is better for students
not to work much during the time
they are in the University. Educa
tors believe better results can be
obtained, if students will borrow
more from such funds as the stu
dent loan, and be freed thereby
from necessity of outside work
during undergraduate years.
The cost of higher education for
both men and women is growing,
according to Mr. Walker. This
higher cost is corresponding to that
of individual citizens out in the
state at largo. There is more com
plexity to student and business life
than before.
“Only a few years ago, the busi
ness people of Eugene all went
home to lunch,” said the dean of
men. “Of course they do not now.”
Business men in Eugene and other
cities of the state have many more
engagements and .appointments
than formerly and many attend
Chamber of Commerce and other
luncheons daily, whereas such things
were not thought of a few years
ago.
“So it is with the campus,” con
tinued Mr. "Walker. “How, if you
pick up an Emerald, you will no
tice a numerous list of committee
and organization meetings which
keep the students busy every min
ute of the day. This is not to be
regretted, however, for this com
plex life is the same as students
will face after graduation. They
are here enabled to select the acti
vities which benefit them most and
neglect the others. This they must
do when they get out in life.”
Fraternity house bills and other
expenses are tending to increase
rapidly said the Dean. Although
the expenses at Oregon are less
than at other schools, the students
appreciate the use of the loan fund;
and many letters are received from
time to time, thanking the Univer
sity for the service from men who
were enabled by it to secure their
college degrees. Gifts from former
beneficiaries of the loan fund are
being received. Most of the dona
tions are individual, among the
prominent individual donors being
Ben Selling, and J. C. Ainsworth,
both Portland business men.
“There is a limit to what a man
should borrow,” said Dean "Walk
er. He explained that it is better
for juniors and senior to borrow
than for underclassmen, since they
will not have to carry the debt so
long and pay the interest all the
time. He advised the students to
■ borrow money from the loan fund
| and stay in school rather than drop
i out to work. Whether it is always
j best to stay out or not depends on
the individual." "What a student
does in this regard, is all a personal
i gamble, he said, just like every
j thing else in life.
DRAMA TO OPEN
FOR YEAR WITH
THREE PLAYS
Dec. 9 and 10 Scheduled
By Department As Dates
For First Productions
Simplest Of Stage Settings
And Costumes Planned
By Students In Play
Three one-act iplays are to be
presented December 9 and 10, at
8:30 o’clock, under the direction
of Miss Florence E. Wilbur, head
of the drama and speech arts de
partment. This is the first pro
duction to be given by the drama
department, since the performance
of “Beau Brummell.” The cast is
made up entirely of advanced stu
dents, except for a few minor parts.
“Monday,” by Alfred Rreym
borg, the first play to be present
ted, is a Lame Minuet. Pure com
edy, which has a great deal of pan
tomine acting. The scene is a stair
way in a New York tenement house,
down Avenue A. The characters are
the people who live in the tene
ment houso on the different floors.
The time is the present. The cast
includes: Mrs. Jones, Frances Vaug
han; Mrs. Brown, Constance Roth;
Mrs. Smith, Katie Buchanan; Mrs.
Meek, Lucille Jeffrey; Mrs. Snub,
Mary Fitch; Mrs. Weed, Margaret
Achterman; and tho children, Edith
Cameron and Georgia Gail Bucha
nan.
Fantasy To Be Presented
“Aria Da Capo,” by Edna St.
Vincent Millay, is a play of sym
bolism, a pure fantasy with the
carnival effect. The frivolity and
the seriousness of life are brought
out in the actions of the characters
in the play.
Some of the characters are the
well known personages of the world
of fantasy: Pierrot, Arthur Coe
Gray; Columbine, Florence Couch;
Cothurmes, Cecil Matson; and the
shepherds, Cordon and Thyrsis, Ed
gar Buchanan and Alfons Korn.
The time is the present.
“Riders to the Sea,” written by
John Millington Synge, is a result
of the playwright’s visit to the
Aran Islands off the coast of Ire
land. The play is a tragedy of the
fisherfolk. The “Keen,” the death
song of these island people, was
especially written for this play, by
Henry F. Gilbert, of Boston, and
is sung in a wailing note through
out the play by the women. The
cast includes: Maurya, an old wom
an, Eleanor Beckwith; Bartley, her
son, Cecil Matson; Cathleen, her
daughter, Margaret Booth (Wednes
day evening) and Jane BoDine
(Thursday evening); Nora, a
younger daughter, Etha Clark,
(Wednesday evening, Elizabeth Tal
bot, (Thursday evening); “keen
ers,” Margaret Powers, and Mar
garet Achterman; and the old men,
Douglas Perry and Edgar Bucha
nan.
Margaret Achterman is wardrobe
mistress for the plays, and Edgar
Buchanan stage manager.
New Curtains To Be Used
The simplest of stage settings
and costumes will be used in the
productions of this year, and are
now being made by the play .pro
ducing class. The latest addition
to the properties are monk cloth
curtains.
An invitation has been received
by the dramatics department to
participate in the Little Theatre
Tournament in which tho produc
tion of a group of one act plays
will be given by American play
companies at New York City, the
first week in May. The best Pro
duction will be awarded the David
Belasco cup.
NOTICE!
Unless high school students at
tending the conference sign up
at the Administration building
with Robert McCabe before noon
today, half fare on return tick
ets will not be allowed. All high
school delegates, according to
Mr. McCabe, should attend to*
this before noon today.
“College Night”
Program Pleases
Campus Visitors
With the 500 or more delegates
of the high school conference as
guests of honor, “College Night,”
annual musical and stunt program
sponsored by the University stu
dents, was given last night in the
Woman’s building. The entire crowd
was estimated at 2000.
The program, which was slightly
delayed by the banquet, opened
with several selections given by
Dean MeCluskey’s Oregon Aggra
vators’ band. Others on the pro
gram were:
Leota Biggs, soprano s'olo, ac
companied by Jean Harper; John
Sieffert, Allen Christiansen, Gene
Carr and Robert Hunt, quartet;
Jane Bodine, reading; Nina War
nock, violin solo; Edgar Kate and
Love Buchanan, humorous sketch;
Gene Carr, baritone solo; Janice
Larson, whistling and Jack Sea
brook, Ted Slauson, Boon Hendrix,
Madeline Normile and Margaret
back stage syncopation.
THE SHIP’ 8Y MORONI
OLSEN PLAYERS DATED
A. A. U. W. To Sponsor Play
With Janet Young
“The Ship,” by St. John Ervine,
will be presented by the Moroni
Olsen Players at the Heilig Theatre
on Friday evening, December 11.
The American Association of Uni
versity Women of Eugene is spon
soring the play for that evening.
This is a change in date from that
at first announced for this second
play in the series, so holders of
season tickets are asked to take
note.
The cast includes the well known
members of the company: Janet
Young, Moroni Olsen, Byron Foul
ger, Joseph Williams, Dorothy
Adams, and Leora Thatcher—as
well as some of the new members:
Gordon Nelson, and Gean Green
well.
The play itself is said to be the
best drama that St. John Ervine has
written. It is a wholly human
drama, in which the situations
arise out of contrasted character.
It is said to represent civilization,
history, and love, in terms of tense
modern drama.
BETA THETA PI’S WILL
BATTLE PHI DELTS
A revamped and fighting Beta
Theta Pi basketball team will drift
on the gymnasium floor at three
o’clock this afternoon to do battle
with the undefeated quintet from
the Phi Delt house. The odds are
slightly in favor of the clan from
the Phi Delt house as they have
defeated the Oregon Club who in
turn had succeeded in winning from
the Betas in an overtime period.
Comparative scores mean noth
ing, as the Oregon Club met defeat
minus the services of their £tar
guard. Even at that the Phi Delts
were hard put to win the game.
“Spike” Leslie official eXtEa
ordinary will handle the game.
Coach Hobson of the Phi Delts and
“Swede” Westergreen mentor of
the Beta quintet report their re
spective squads in good condition;
but were silent as to the probable
winner of the contest.
SALES CONTEST ENDS;
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Merton B. Folts, Maurice War
nock, and John Davis were adjudg
ed winners of the local life in
surance sales contest. These men
will go to Portland Tuesday even
ing where they will try out before
a group of OregtTn managers and
underwriters of life insurance for
first, second and third prizes.
Cash prizes will be given; the
first $27, the second $22.50, and the
third, $20. The name of the win
ner will be engraved upon a sil
ver loving cup presented to the
school of business administration
by the Oregon Life Insurance Com
pany. Men who have received this
honor in former years are Dix Hoi
adav, William Wesley Prater, Shir
ley B. Edwards, and Ivan D. Hous
ton.
PROBLEMS OF HIGH
SCHOOLS DISCUSSED
SCHOOL PAPERS’
ACTIVITIES HAUL
FULL DISCUSSION
Journalism Faculty Joins
Editors And Managers In
Round-Table Shop Talk
For the editors and managers di
vision of the high school confer
ence the day yesterday was just
one round-table conference after
another, all of them very valuable.
Following the division of the con
ference the editors division opened
their sessions when the gavel of
Robert Moore II, of Newberg, pres
ident of the ipress association,
brought the scribes to order.
A lively introduction of each del
egate, each person presenting him
self, started the ball rolling, and
from then on throughout the day
the sessions were informal discus
sions.
“It’s like eating a cold potato
without any salt if you lot your
notes got cold,” Prof. George S.
Turnbull of the school of journalism
told the delegates at the opening
round-table. He urged the high
school journalists not to ruin a
good story because of lack of spirit.
Beatrice Milligan of Eugene act
ed as secretary pro-tem in the ab
sence of Anne Wade, Franklin high
school, Portland.
Editing Is Considered
In the manager’s round-table dis
cussion Prof. W. F. G. Tliacher led
a discussion on tho subject “How
to Write an Advertisement.” Dis
cussion by delegates on some of
tho most puzzling problems which
arise in this field helped solve mu
tual problems of the business heads
of annuals and newspapers.
When tho conference convened
after luncheon the editors division
went into round-table discussion on
the topic, “Editing tho News.” This
group was led by Raymond D.
Lawrence, instructor in tho school
of journalism.
“The majority of successful jour
nalists are college trained,” Mr.
Lawrenco told the delegates. “It
is surprising the number of fiction
writers who work on tho newspap
ers from ton to fifteen years be
fore they prove conclusively that
they can write imaginative fiction
for profit.”
Newspaper Is Factory
In his address, “Editing the Edi
tor,” before the joint session of
editors and managers, Marshall
Dana, associate editor of the Ore
gon Journal, defined the newspap
er as a factory, information bureau
and inspirational leader, and gave
its functions as dispensing infor
mation, inspiration and amusement.
“The first function of a news
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ANDERSON TO COACH
CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL
Louie Anderson, veteran Oregon
football player who just received
his third letter, has been chosen as
basketball coach for the University
high school. The players at the
high school are very much satisfied
with the choice. They say that
Louie makes them work harder than
they ever had to work before but
that he is a “world beater” as a
coach.
Prospects for a championship
team at the campus high school are
very slim, but the boys are all de
termined to make their apponents
fight. With their determined spir
it, they may yet upset the dope.
However, prospects for the future
are excellent. In the recent inter
class tournament, the sophomores
easily carried off the honors and it
is this class that is going to the
front in the tryouts for the school
team. This fact bodes well that,
when these sophomores have reach
ed the mighty state of seniors, they
will again'compete for state honors.
The state championship has already
been held by this small school, won
in competition with high schools
of ten times their size.
Head of Student
Body Officers
L
Avery Thompson
J
ELIZABETH CRISELL
HEADS GIRLS’ LEAGUE
Marshfield Delegate Wins
Vice-Presidency
Elizabeth Crisell of Washington
high school, Portland, was elected
president of the Girls’ Loagucs for
the annual conference to be held
hero again next year, at a meeting
of the Girls’ Leagues yesterday af
ternoon at Commerce Hall.
A tie for vice-president between
Isobol Holland of Marshfield, and
Emily Brown of Modford resulted
in victory for Isobel Holland when
the president of this year’s group,
Harriet Atchison, of Washington
high .school, cast her vote for
Marshfield. Virginia Jones of As
toria was elected secretary,
Marion Brown, Dean of Girls at
the University high, Oakland, Cali
fornia, and a member of the faculty
at Oregon during last year’s sum
mer school ,addressed the group on
problems concerning the high school
league and its members.
The morning session of the Girls
League group was presided over by
Janet Wood, president of the Uni
versity W. A. A. Miss Florence
Alden, professor of physical educa
tion, spoke on sportsmanship, sug
gesting how it might be encour
aged.
Mary Josephine Shelly, assistant
director of physical education on
the campus, emphasized the neces
sity of intra-school instead of in
ter-school athletic competition, and
outlined a year-round athletic pro
gram.
Following tho afternoon session,
girls of the freshman class con
ducted visiting members about tho
campus, ending with a tea given in
their honor at tho Y. M. C. A.
bungalow.
BAZAAR FRANCAIS
Of interest to les belles femmes
and other Christmas shoppers will
be Le Bazar Francais held today
by Chi Omega, dans 1'hotel Eu
gene. Le grand magasin will open
at 9:00 a. m. Here will be found
smiling demoiselles do magasin en
robes noires, attentive to every
want des clients. For housewifely
needs, there will be tabliers (ap
rons) en abundance; pour la salle a
nlanger, embroidered linge de table;
pour le salon, les coussins (cush
ions) et les poupces; for the toil
ette, the daintiest and most ele
gant of mouclioirs; for gifts, un«
grande varietc des articles de
Paris.
For the diversion of weary shop
pers and gay hearted gentlemen
and ladies, the day will end in une
joyeuso soiree. From 2:00 to 5:00
and from 7:00 to 10:00 p. m. les
dames, les demoiselles, les messieurs,
will find divertissement on la
•danse.
STUDENTS UDGED
TO ADOPT BROAD
ASPECT OF LIFE
High School And University
To Solve Problems, Dean
Sheldon Tells Delegates
Like a perfect piece of machin
ery responding to the hand of the
engineer, the sixth annual high
school conference opened Friday
morning and started grinding np
tho problems cast into it by dele
gates from every section of the
state.
Throughout the entire day, fol
lowing the joint session from 9 to
10 o’clock, the three divisions of
the conference got their heads to
gether to thresh out difficulties
and hear addresses on their pet
problems. A pipe organ recital by
John Stark Evans, consisting of
two numbers, opened the joint ses
sion in the music auditorium.
Sheldan Welcomes Delegates
“There is a close relationship
between high school students and
University students in this state,”
said Dr. Henry D. Sheldon, chair
■man of tho administrative commit
tee, in his address of welcome.
“Both tho high school and the Uni
versity are means by which the
state is getting ready to solve its
futuro problems. Today, more than
over bofore, there is a tendenev to
ward mass-mindedness. A
are .fast one big cog in a
chine and in many cases
pations tend to dwarf us.”
Ur. Sheldon warned against this
tendency, and urged the delegates
■to adopt an ethical, social and con
structive attitude toward tho prob
lems of life. Solving life’s great
est problems can be done onfy
through cooperation such as the
conference affords, he asserted.
Malcolm Addresses Body
Walter Malcolm, president of the
A. S. U. O., welcomed the dele
gates on behalf of the student body.
“Consider the campds yours,” he
told the students, expressing the
wish that each delegate might gain
worthwhile ideas from having at
tended the two-day sessions. “We
want you to get an idea of the
value of a higher education,” he
said.
Avery Thompson, president of the
student officers organization, call
ed that division to order following
tho division of the session.
“Athletics are educational in
themselves,” said Mr. Howard, sup
erintendent of schools, Marshfield,
“in that students learn the extreme
importance of physical fitness, a
sense of fair play in association
with other people, and a recogni
tion of the opportunity to serve
their home community. Athletics
further serve to keep the import
ance of physical fitness before the
public, and last, but not least, ath-,
letics develop within a group of
individuals a school spirit that
unites thorn into a strong student
body.”
Athletic Values Stressed
Dean Marian A. Brown, of the
University high school, Oakland,
California, spoke with much feel
ing on the subject “Socializing
Values in High School Athletics."
“Because a student has made
good in athletics is no reason that
he should feel he is the only one
entitled to a high school education,”
she asserted, in bringing home the
point that students activities should
not be confined to a certain group.
“I believe you students can do
anything you wish with your com
munity if you demand it,” she con
tinued. “The merchant has no
right to demand a winning team
i before giving their support to high
school activities. It doesn’t make
any difference whether we are win
ners 01 not as long as we know
what we are winning. You students,
rather than the principal, the teach
ers or the coach are the real edu
cators.
Finance Flans Presented
Bex Putnam, superintendent of
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