VOLUME XXVII UXM L V mvojl 1 i Uf UrvEAjrUiN, Hi U ur J&1N !3, 1 xlUxvoiJiV.I, A1 iULi jy, 1 yjb NUMBER 129 BIGGS CHOSEN PRESIDENT BAKER IS VICE-PRESIDENT ABRAMSON' NAMED EDITOR Varsity Ball Tossers Leave for Husky Tilt Oregon and Washington Will Open Season Friday Coach Billy Reinhart, manager Paul Sletton and 13 baseball players embarked this morning for Seattle where the Oregon varsity nine meets with the University of Washington Huskies in a two-day series, Fri day and Saturday, April 30 and May 1. The Huskies are strong. They have come through their pre-season ^practice games with a clean slate. Behind the windpad Coach Graves has Gene Walby, considered one of the best backstops in the conference. Lefty Leavers at first has cinched his position again. On second base will be found another old-timer, Art Langlie. The fight for the short patch position has been keen. Hugh Beckett was used there until the Huskie coach shifted him to third base, where he cavorted for a time last year. Welt Beckett is now at short and will probably be seen m action at that position against the Lemon-yellow sluggers. Malone in Outfield The shifting of Hugh Beckett to the hot corner made it necessary to place Coe Malone in the outfield for the present. Windy La Branche, star player from last year’s fresh man nine, has been placed in the outer gardens and ,is garnering the flies with ability. Although Coach Tubby Graves has ten veterans on deck he is having a hard time find ing a hitting combination. For mound duty Graves has the following to pick from: Elmer Tes reau, Hal Gardner, Harold Shidler, Lefty Jones, Bill McComas, Stowell, Calhoun, Art Butler and Schlageter, Gardner’is to be remembered as the flinger who set the varsity on its enr last year. Hitting Practice Heavy For the past week Coach Billy Reinhart has been pounding his men v hard in order to have them in first 'S rate condition for the opening series of the Northwest conference. Par ticular attention has been paid to the hitting practice of the team. Reinhart said yesterday that the team was hitting much better. This was apparent in the game last Fri (Continued on page fowr) Confectionery to be Installed at Courts rrUIE cottage near the tennis courts will soon bo used for a new purpose. Not a country store but a “Fountain.” Next Monday W. A. A. will start sell ing ice cream cones and pop to tennis players and all other per sons strolling about that region. “Cotton” mouths and parched tongues need no longer be a part of the tennis match. The mem bers of W. A. A. will start serv ing refreshments early in the morning and continue until even ing. They announce that all may buy who have the price of a cone or a bottle of pop. There will be no discriminations made against blonds or brunettes and no limit placed on the amount of confections consumed by any one person. New Professor Tells of Customs Of Island School Verne Blue, Ex-’22, Arrives To Instruct Classes In History The University of Hawaii is a cosmopolitan school and, although three-fourths of the five or six hun dred undergraduates are of Oriental ancestry, all the students are Am erican citizens, according to Verne Blue, Oregon graduate of ’22, who | spent two years as professor of Am-j jrican history in that institution.! Mr. Blue is at present assisting Walter Barnes and is instructing bis class in history of the Refor- j mation. The University is provided for by territorial appropriations and fed eral land grant aid. The faculty is drawn from all over the United States, and many of the professors , have European degrees. They are all Americans with the exception of a Japanese instructor who teaches that language, a Chinese in structor, and one Hawaiian teach er, Mr. Blue said. “The school spirit of the insti-. tution is good, and the relation be tween races is quite satisfactory, j The situation is especially good in ■ (Continued on page three) Few Candidates, no Excitement9 Characteristic of Elections in 1900 By M. M. Hensley A calm indifference toward the results of student body elections was the attitude of most of the students on the Oregon campus in d f>00. bTo wonder only 50 of the entire student group voted for there were only five officeg to fill and few candidates out for the posi tions. “Everything passed off quiet ly with no ill feelings among the various aspirants. The lucky ones have the best wishes of all.” Such was the conspicuous place in the Oregon Weekly paper of October 8, 1900. The following year there was no excitement at the polls as two per sons who were in the race withdrew at the last hour leaving no oppo sition for any offices. About 50 ballots were cast this time. In 1903 student body affairs were revolutionized and 16 offices were added. The date for "Elections was changed from fall to spring term. Although there were only 21 offices to fill, 11 people entered the field. The contest was keenest over the positions of treasurer and editor of i the University paper. Nominations j were freely made and there were j few writhdrawals. All Ashland stu- j dents running for 'offices were J elected. This caused some persons to accuse a faction 'of operating an | “Ashland machine.” In 1012 Carleton Spencer, “faml ous orator and debater,” who is now i University registrar, was elected president in a strenuous campaign.! A total of 533 out of a possible 600 votes were cast. A pre-election story of 1913 Te jlates that, “With the day of judg-, ment a few hours away, hopeful ; candidates, professional and other-. ; wise, are shining their shoes and pressing their apparel in prepara tion for the final conquest.” Students became public spirited in 1915 when 599 voted for offi i cers. This was the record number in I the history of the University up to that time. Six hours and 15 minutes were spent in counting the ballots. Rose Awarded Scholarship to FrenchSchool Appointment Has Duration Of One Year, Subject to Single Renewal Hilton Rose, a junior in the pre medies department, has been award ed a scholarship to any of the French universities, by the French •government, as a reward for his high standing and ability in the French language. Such an award is a distinct honor to the University as well as to Rose because there are very few awards made through out the United States each year. Candidates must meet requirements in French and be recommended by the French department of the school before they can be even considered. The receiver has had two years of French at the University. The award was given under the auspices of the International Insti tute of Education and requires the teaching of a one hour course in English at one of the lycees, equi valent to our colleges here, in Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon or Strassbourg. This is known as a poste d’assistant. 30 Per Cent of Fare Included The scholarship includes' thirty per cent of the student’s fare from New York to the place where he will teach, and all of his board, room, and tuition at the University, equivalent to our graduate school, to be paid by the French government. The award is for one year, but can be renewed. He will sail the last part of June nr the first part of July on a French liner, and will spend the summer un til the regular school takes up Octo ber 1, at some university outside of] Paris. The university which he will ] attend during the school year will j not be determined until he has been informed as to the Iveee at which he must teach English. Appointee is Traveler Pose is the son of Dr. M. W. Pose of Portland. He is a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and was, the first part of the year, as sociate editor of the Oregana. He has spent some years in China, Jap an and the Philippines. The American Medical Associa tion, which maintains a record of all medical students, is recording Bose’s achievements, scholarships and activities. After he has finished his study abroad he will return to the Port land Medical school where he will finish his course. Prize Essay Papers Read at Pan Xenia A dinner in honor of the three members of Pan Xenia, internation al professional fraternity, who won prizes in the Murray Warner essay contest, was given recently and at the last meeting of the society the paper written by George Berezov sky, for which he was awarded first prize of $150, jyas read. The papers of the other two members, Phil : Bergh and Wallace Pack, who tied for third place and received $50 each, will be read at the succeed ing meeting5 on May 5 and 19. At the next meeting George Yin ton of Vinton and Company, Import ers, will give a practical talk on im porting from the business man’s viewpoint, and at the following meeting Edgar Blood of Suzuki and Company will speak on foreign trade from the recent graduate’s view point. Edgar Blood is a graduate