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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1910)
OREGON EMERALD Pubished Wednesday and Saturday dur ing the college year by students of the UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Application made for second class mail rates. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year.$1.00 Single copy.$ .05 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF W. C. NICHOLAS .’10 ASSISTANT EDITORS Ralph Moores .T2 Fay Clark .’12 Calvin Sweek .’ll Dean Collins .’10 L. L. Ray .’12 Claude Downing .’10 MANAGER FRITZ DEAN .’ll assistant manager C. A. OSTERHOLM.’12 Wednesday, January 26, 1910 Side Show or Circus? bred li. Sin nil said last night, "1 au viscd my sou to go into athletics and all other student activities. And after that, it he could, to pass Ins examina tions, but not worry about them. Is Lins advice sound, especially the last—"do not worry about them.''" We think it is. It is true, as has been said, college students play at hie. So do sailors. In his immature world, boating helplessly about, the mariner learns a little oi everything. lie does not become an expert tradesman m any one line, how ever. What he does is to master the art oi manual dexterity. And as a result, he can become proncicnt m any trade while his fellows are learning Uie rudi incuts. i\o wonder he looks upon "landlubbers" with contempt. It is the same with the college stu dent. lie gets ideas. .i 1 is mind broad ens. As the sailor learns the rudi ments ol activities requiring physical skill, becoming the proverbial "jack oi all trades,” so the college man pre pares himself so as to be able quickly to .grapple with the problems of life, t\o man oi really large calibre con tent5. himself with doing over and over the same thing. The useful man—the man in demand—is the one who is able to take Jiold ol new conditions; who can lie depended upon in an emergency to do the right thing without running for instructions from others, whether the others be university professors or employers. Now, in this training, which will be of greatest service to the student him self, the “side show" or the "circus"? In the latter the student learns to de pend on the professor; yes, he is en couraged and sometimes even compelled to. I he way to get high marks in most courses is to remember what the text book or the instructor says. Originality is ruthlessly driven out. In the other activities, however, the re verse is the case. Originality is en couraged, in fact it is necessary. On every hand the debater, the orator, the athlete, the editor, or the manager is confronted by developments, with no one to go to for advice, lie must de cide. Ilis decision may be wrong. But he will learn, for experience is the only true teacher. A Sermon with a Point 1 here is a form of stealing going on around the University of Oregon that must and will be stopped very soon. It may be stopped voluntarily or by compulsion, but in the latter ease it will be disastrous to the one who is doing it. We refer to the petty "grafting" of books, fountain pens, umbrellas, over coats, etc., that, in isolated eases is never considered serious enough to prosecute thoroughly, but which when carried too far in one place by one per son, must be stumped out. The one de tected may suffer more than his specific | act would warrant, for he must answer ' for many others. He can only be treat ed as a thief, and, while he may not be prosecuted as a criminal, he can be ex pelled with little difficulty. As the title indicates, this sermon has a point. Everyone may not see the point, but the guilty party will. We advise him to be careful. REPORTGOoTli AT CORVALLIS CONVENTION Corvallis was the host of one hundred and sixty-three delegates from Oregon and Idaho representing the Y. M. C. A. of the Universities, colleges and cities of these slates last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. From the University of Oregon 14 men attended the Conven tion and heard addresses from prominent western Y. M. C. A. men, among whom were: Mr. McCoy, secretary of the city Association of San Francisco; Stone, of Portland; Allen, of Seattle; and Richardson, secretary at Pocaltello. I lie man, more than any other, whose personality and strength gave unusual value to the convention was Fred 15. Smith, who spoke last night in Villard II all. Y. M. C. A. activties were discussed in every phase from the work in the railroad construction camps to the de partments of the college associations. What made the greatest impression, per haps, was the realization of the tremen dous scope and influence and material strength of the Association. A building of an average value of $113,1)00 is com pleted every six days. The last sta tistics showed the value of Association property to be $66,000,000, with the busi ness men of the country contributing $1,000,000 a month for the support of the organization. Nearly a million mem bers are enrolled in the associations ot the country. The greatest meeting of the confer ence was held in the Armory of the O. A. C., when Mr. Smith addressed fif teen hundred men. President Camp bell presided at the student session Sat urday afternoon, lie took a active part in the meetings on other occasions. Mr. Brown, A’. M. C. A. secretary, at the University of Oregon gave a report of the Rochester Convention, spoke on a phase of student association work Sat urday and also spoke at the Baptist church Sunday. I hose w ho attended from the Univer sity of Oregon were Harold Dalzell, Harold Rounds, Charles Koyl, E. M. Brown, (leorge Poysky, Wilfred Wat tenhurg. Lee Sam, II. H. Clark, Dr. Leonard, William Beals, Edward Bail ex-, Walter Huntington. A. B. Cash. 11. L. Cash, Pres. P. L. Campbell. MONTGOMERY SENT TO CONFERENCE MEETING I'uiversity of Idaho, Jan. 23.—A Stu dents Assembly was held Wednesday, at whieh time the Athletic Association took up the question of sending a dele gate to the Northwest Conference held Februan 3 and 4. Hie student candi dates were nominated in the persons of Paul S. Savidge, president of the Ath letic \ssociation and James Montgomery, the All Northwest basketball center and also captain of the track team. Coach Crogan was the only faculty member nominated, the election was held Fri day, with the result that Montgomery was chosen as Idaho's representative. \ committee is at work at present in deciding what Idaho's attitude will he toward the proposed changes in the ; Conferences rules. Saturday afternoon the basketball teams representing the second squads of Washington State College and Ida ho met in the I'uiversity gymnasium, Idaho winning by a score of 23 to 20. DUNN’S BAKERY Bread, Pies, Cakes and Confectionery, aLo Ice Cream and Fruits. 4 E. Ninth St. Phone Main 72 SCHWERING & 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 and Batbs Six Chairs. One door north Snteede fiotei W. M. RENSHAW Wholesa’e and Retail CIGARS AND TOBACCO 513 Wilamette St. <3 4 4 4 i 4 1 ; Register Job Dept. Gilded, Embossed and Engraved Fraternity and Club Stationery. Dance Programs that are different. Invitations and Calling Cards, Printed and Engraved. Chapter Letters and Petitions Given Expert Attention. Window Cards and Advertising Matter of all Kinds. Punched Sheets to fit any Loose Leaf Note Book Kodak Books Made to Order, 25c and up. The (Horning Register Ralph Cronise, University Correspondent The Morning Register will have complete reports of all student activities, both on the Oregon campus and from other Northwest colleges. Watch our Bulletin. Delivered to any part of the city, per month 50c. »t« ►> »> ►> >!•* * *> <♦ <•> »> *■> »> ♦> »> -I- *■> »J* *> *> »> * »> *> ❖ ►> -1* ‘t* »t4»!4 »J4 *$• *»" 4J* S4 * ♦j» «j-» *j» ♦j* *j» #j* *j» «j* *j» *j» *j» W. A. Kuykendall, Pharmacist Chemicals, Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Stationery Free Delivery LUCKEY’S Established 1869 JEWELRY OPTICAL. GOODS COLLEGE EMBLEMS Good home board at 626 Alder St., just across the Race from 15th and Alder. Rooms may be had at same place or across street for nominal rate, if desired. $4.00 per week, or dinner and supper for $3.00 per week. Mrs. Wells, 626 Alder St. The game was fast and exciting throughout, both teams playing an ex ceptionally good game. Jan. 23, 1910. HERE IS WHAT THE MONTHLY CONTAINS The January number of the Oregon Monthly will be off the press today. 1 he contributions this month are: Literary "Has the University a S®ul”. . Prof. Young "Nemesis," a story.Dean Collins "An Appreciative Audience." a story . Isolene Shaver "Black and White," a story. Birdie Wise "Origin of Soil," exposition. . Olive Donnell "Spirit of Adam," a story...Dean James Engineers | "Non-Uniform Flow of Water in Channels".Prof. McAllister "Concrete Bridges” . Karl Marshall “Mining with Arrastre"..C. L. Marshall I "Sky Scrapers". Prof. Adams Prize Offered Doubletiay. Page A Co., are offering prizes of $25. SI5. and S10 for the three best critical re\ iews of one of their recent publications. "The Southerner." These reviews must be written by col lege students and are due February 15. 1910. THE C. E. SCOTT CO. UNIVERSITY TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES PENNANTS AND BIGGEST LINE OF POST CARDS IN THE CITY OPTICAL AND JEWELRY DEPARTMENTS Are in charge of a registered graduate Optician and a competent Jeweler. 537 Willamette St. Phone Main 546. Broders Bros. wholesale a^d Retail Dealers in Fresh, Corned and Smoked MEATS Manville & Hempy HOME FURNISHINGS 36 East Ninth Street Oratorical Contest and Recital by the University School o{ Music Villard Hall, Friday, 8 P. M., January 28/10 Plenty of Good Music and Five Winning Orations Tickets on sale after Wednesday at Kuykendall's Drug Store