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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
W. C. NICHOLAS .
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Ralph Moores .
Fay Clark .
C. W. Robison ..
Calvin Sweek .
Dean Collins ..
MANAGER
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ASSISTANT MANAGER
C. A. OSTERHOLM.
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Saturday, December 11, 1909.
A Co-operative Store
University students hold a unique po
sition in the social fabric. All are en
gaged in a distinctively similar pursuit,
and have distinctively similar needs and
modes of life. In consequence, they
can, more than any other class, elim
inate the wastes of competition by co
operating.
I here comes a tune in the growth ot
every university when the students can
practically supply their entire needs
from the wholesale house. The dif
ferent items—hoard, clothing and hooks,
are taken up one at a time, as the size
of the college justifies it. Because it
is the largest item and is therefore
most important, hoard is the first in
point of time. Dormitories, eating
cluhs, and fraternities, are almost as
<dd as universities.
Because it is a common need of ev
ery student and can he handled easily,
the providing of text hooks naturally
comes next in order. The University
of Oregon has now reached the point
where this should he taken up..
A co-operative store, beginning as a
hook store, is a comparatively simple
undertaking. The chief business is done
dti ng about a single month and its
management during the rest of the year
would require little attention. The local
V. M. C. A. has long been operating,
Tee of charge, a hook exchange that re
quires just as much attention as a store
would.
Another reason why the University
of Oregon is in especial need of such a
store is that it is located in a com
paratively small city where competition
is nc>t of the best and prices are often
e\ho. Imant. There is no well equipped
hook store in town and only one that
makes more than a pretense. Aside from
the high prices, the miserable service,
causing long delays when ordering
hooks, is alone sufficient reason for
making it a matter for common action.
A good beginning could he made at
the end of the present semester. The
local hook stores charge live cents for
blue hooks that cost about one cent.
I he executive conmfttee could have a
supply made for sale and clear a good
profit besides underselling the down
town stores. Moreover, a store on the
campus would be so much more con
venient. f Anyone has had the awk
" .ml experience of try ing vainly at the
last minute to borrow a blue book that
he had neglected to buy in advance
down town. There is no greater need
within the power of the students to till
than a co-operative book store.
I'lie freshmen girl> at Michigan arc
discussing the idea of having a regula
tiou form of headgear for the first year
girls as well as for the men.
\t tieorge Washington University,
the weekly paper i- called flic Hatchet,
and the annual is called the Cherry
Tree.
STAGG WANTS FOOT
BALL RULES CHANGED
Coach Alonzo Stagg, Chicago’s great
teacher, director and manager of ath
letics, is for revision of the football
rules.
Here are Stagg’s suggestions, the first
definite outline of football reform yet
announced:
“I would amend the rules of football
as follows:
“1. Allowing two chances tc make
ten yards, or increasing the distance to
fifteen yards and giving a team three
chances, as Walter Cam]) has suggest
ed. In this way forward passing will
be encouraged by making the use of
the play more often necessary.
"2. By prohibiting pushing or pull
ing of the runner with the ball, which
now does a lot of damage, for, first, a
single player now is often struck by
the combined force of two or three
men; and, second, it takes the com
bined falling under or on top of the
attacking players to stop them.
“3. By making a penalty for crawl
ing with the ball, which would encour
age standing up in running.
"4. By increasing the penalty for
piling on a player unnecessarily.
“5. By emphasizing the need of the
referee’s blowing his whistle when the
ball is stopped, thus preventing massing."
BASKET BALL TEAMS
ACTIVE AT WHITMAN
Whitman, Dec, 10—I he various class
teams have been assigned practice hours
for basketball this week. The class
games will be played off before Christ
mas.
December 17, is the date set for the
senior-sophomore game, and the next
,day the team representing Pearsons
Academy will try conclusions with the
freshmen. The winners of the two con
tests will play on the 10th, and the
final game of the series will occur on
the 20th between the winners of series
number two, and last year's champions,
the juniors. An admittance fee of 25
cents will be charged for each game.
The juniors and the freshmen seem
to line up the strongest although the
seniors may be strong contenders for
the cup which litis been won twice in
succession by the present class of 1012.
Should the latter win again this year,
the cup will be theirs permanently.
Ihe "Ptty Streak” entertainment
which the men of the institution are to
give for the benefit of the purse of the
Associated Students, has been postponed
until after Christmas on account of
conflict with a similar affair given In
line of the churches of the city. Prom
present indications, the affair is to be
quite elaborate. "Ilits" will be made in
novel ways, on faculty and students af
fairs. I be entertainment will close with
a farce, “Frenzied Fussing,” written by
Ralph Mathews, guard of the football
team, and president of the senior class,
who is at the head of the committee in
charge of the “Pay Streak."
Preacher Speaks—Is Sport
Rev. J. R. X. Hell, of Corvallis, who
will speak in \ssemhly next Wednes
day, is a great admirer of student ac
tivities and lakes special interest in the
athletic relations between F.ugcne and
Corvallis. So great is bis interest in
the football games that be has discover
ed an ingcnius substitute for betting,
lie agreed to throw bi> hat in the river
if O. A. C was beaten bv the Cniver
site and after the game, like a true
sport, be faithfully ■'tuck to bis promise.
I’ndorgraduate students today at Har
vard are said by Dr. Sargent, university
physician, to be an inch taller and from
tour to five pounds heavier than were
those of thirty years ago.
DUNN’S BAKERY
Bread, Pies, Cakes and
Confectionery, also Ice
Cream and Fruits.
4 E. Ninth St. Phone Main 72
SCK vVKRING & LINDLEY
Barber Shop
6 E Ninth St., Opp. Hoffman House
Students, Give Us a Call
Preston & Hales
PAINTS and OILS
Johnson Dyes Johnson Wax
Cbe Combination
Barber Shop ana Baths
Six Chairs. On’ door north Smccdc hotel
606 Willamette St.
W. M. RENSHAW
Wholesale and Retail
CIGARS AND TOBACCO
513 Wilamctte St.
REGAL SHOEJS
are the most stylish, comfortable and serviceable
ready-.to-wear shoes made—and every man m
town can prove this by coming to us and se
lecting a pair from the r.ew F r.'i styles we
have just received.
A Smart
Regal Style
For Dressy Mei
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Every one of these Regal ' J
styles is built exactly after a /j§
high-priced New Y oil:
custom model. Exact
fit is assured you by
Regal quarter-sizes
—just double the
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usual number of
shoe-fittings.
Do not put off
paying us a
visit—drop in
to-day.
W. A. K^trykendall, Pharmacist
Chemicals, Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Stationery ^ Free Delivery
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Having secured the services of a
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Due chiefly to the lack of room in
the hall where mass meetings are held
at the I’nivcrsity of Michigan, the girh
have been barred from attending.
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