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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.
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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
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