OREGON EMERALD
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
W. C. NICHOLAS .TO
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Ralph Moores .T2
Fay Clark .,T2
Calvin Sweek .’ll
Dean Collins .TO
L. L. Ray .T2
Claude Downing .TO
MANAGER
FRITZ DEAN.’ll
ASSISTANT MANAGER
C. A. OSTERH0LM.T2
Saturday, January 29, 1910.
Announcement
Tor four months the stuff of this pa
per has worked faithfully endeavoring
to keep the standard of newspaper work
in the University of Oregon up to tha*
in other colleges of the same size, i he
final examinations are here. Accord
ingly, having spent most of our time up
till now in getting out the paper, we
shall beg to he excused while we devote
the next three days to study. The next
issue of the Emerald will be published
on the first Wednesday of next semester.
A Needed Change
The audience seemed to be well satis
lied with the decision in the oratorical
contest last night and the best orator
probably won, but a glance at the mark
ings of the judges will show that the re-A
suit was more a matter of haphazard
luck than of any concerted design. No
two judges agreed on a single point in
composition. One gave the winner first
place and another gave him last place.
As a result, the contest turned on de
livery, which, in this case, happened to
give the correct result.
We only mention these facts to show
the fallacy often mentioned by those who
have it in charge, of continuing this old,
out-of-date system of judging. Any ora
tor knows that the plan is a humbug.
It resulted last year in one man getting
four first places and still losing in the
final contest at Corvallis. Everyone in
the audience knew the decision was
wrong.
Orations should be judged solely on
the effect they produce on the audience
in delivery. That is what an oration is
for. If we want an essay contest, we
can have it. If we want a declamation
contest we can have it, too. But we
should not try to combine the two and
call it an oratorical contest.
Manager Steele is right in his effort
to get a new constitution mr the In
terstate Oratorical Contest, lie will en
deavor to get the Intercollegiate As
sociation to adopt a similar plan. Let
us hope that his efforts may he success
ful.
Air Out
A criticism wc hear often is that the
lecture rooms at the University and,
more still, the Library are poorly ven
tilated. W hile aware of the difficulty
encountered by those in charge of some
ot the older type buildings and even of
the modern ones when occupied by
many students, we still believe that
this matter could be improved by a
little more care.
Good fresh air is probably the first
essential of effective work by anyone.
W hile Professor Sweetser is telling his
class in Sanitary Hygiene of the ab
solute necessity of large quantities of
fresh air, their fellow students are over
in the Library trying to study in a
room with hardly a window open.
There is little excuse for this condi
tion. The janitors or their superiors
are also culpable, for they keep the
windows closed during the night. The
rooms might at least be given a little
airing after closing hours.
HERE’S A CHANGE
FOR CAR DESIGNERS
The J. G. Brill Company, of Phila
helphia, manufacturers of cars and
trucks, offers live hundred dollars for
theses on the subject “Design of an
Electric Railway Car for City Service.”
The first prize is $250, the second $150
and the third $100.
The theses will be judged first on
technical merit and second on the man
ner in which the subject is presented.
A jury of three, consisting of a mem
ber of the American Street and Inter
urban Railway Association, the editor
of the Electric Railway Journal, and
the vice-president of the J. S. Brill
Company will judge the relative merits
of the papers.
A thesis to be eligible for anyone of
the prizes need not be prepared es
pecially for this contest. It may be
the same thesis which is submitted in
connection with senior graduating
work; but it shall be the work of a
duly accredited student of a college
conforming to the requirements of the
competition. No thesis shall bare on
its text pages or other parts submitted
any mark which might inform the
judges of the name or address of the
contestant.
The Brill contest was inaugurated u,
1908 and In 1909 the first prizes were
awarded. Charles T. Ripley, University
of Illinois, took first prize; Victor D.
Dressner, Brooklyn Polytechnic Insti
tute, second, and Robert T. Pollock,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, third.
Contestants are at liberty to consult with
their professors}, electric railway of
ficials and others, regarding car con
struction and the factors of car design,
but the actual preparation of the thesis,
it is expected, will be the work of the
contestant; and as far as possible the
thesis should represent his ideas.
“Tt is not likely,” said Professor
Dearborn this morning, “that any of
the present graduating class of electrical
engineers will submit a thesis on this
subject. A few of the larger and bet
ter equipped tehcnical schools have a
complete street car on which service
tests can be made bv actual experi
mentation on a street car line. The
University is not yet equipped in the
best manner to give a thorough course
in street car design, and not yet has
it been seriously attempted. This sub
ject would involve both electrical and
mechanical engineering training, and
experimental work such as could be
provided in only a very expensively
equipped laboratory.”
E. S. SMITH SHOWS
WORK OF Y. M. C. A.
Mr. E. S. Smith director of the V.
M. C. A. Training School at Seattle,
spoke at the Men’s meeting last even
ing in Deady Hall. Owing to several
counter attractions the meeting was not
attended as well as usual hut the ad
dress that was given was strong and
definite.
During the afternoon Mr. Smith gave
an illustrated lecture at the Aloha
theatre, showing views of the property
of the V. M. C. A. around the world
i and illustrating the practical activities
of the Association. These addresses
as well as the one that was given in
the Eugene Theatre last night were
very well attended by men of the town
and the University.
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The preliminaries for the Interstate
Oratorical Contest tryout will be held
next Saturday. Manager Steele has
announced that all entries must be in]
by Monday.
In this preliminary, the judges will
decide upon geiural effect 'respective
of written compositions and the con
testants will be l inked to eight minutes
each. Five orators will be selected t3
enter the final contest .he following
Friday night.
i he 'knit in me final' s iwo duni
sand words instead of fifteen hundred
as in the Intercollegiate Contest. The
winner will represent the University
of Oregon against representatives from
the Universities of Washington and
Montana. 1 he contest occurs in Eu
gene some time m May.
Williams, Brown and Dartmouth will
debate on the question of woman suf
frage in their triangular league this
."Berman universities stand to rschol
arship, Knglish universities for culture,
and American mi versities for service."
dechtres Professor l.avid. of Pennsvlva
nia .
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Now that an intercollegiate cross
country race has been arranged at last
with O. A. C., the practical value of
the Cross Country Club, formed last
fall is becoming apparent. -The meet
is now less than a month distant and
little time could be found for the de
velopment of runners but for the or
ganization of this club.
News reports from the Agricultural
College tell that the farmers have a
large squad out, straining every ef
fort to get their team in the best of
condition. There is no chance of their
being unprepared as they were hist
year, and Hayward realizes that nothing
but hard work can beat them.
. ! he tryout for the Oregon team has
not yet been scheduled hut will prob
ably l)o held sometime during the wa A
before Washington's birthday, when the
great race is to come off.
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l nion w as the first American college |
to introduce the system of electives. In
ISA) breach was offered as a substitute
tor Creek, and in 1828 a scientific course
was made an alternative for the clas
sical course.
FIELDER JONES WILL
WO 0. JL G. TEAM
Corvallis, Jan. 27—O. A. C .is to have
Holder Jones, the great “White Sox”
man, to coach its baseball team this
spring, and the joyful news brings en
thusiasm which knows no bounds.
II is ability as a coach is shown by
this instance: With but one man on the
team who could bat, he worked out a
system of playing with which he de
feated all rivals for the world's cham
pionship.
Air. Jones’ work at O. A. C. will be
gin at the first of next semester, anti he
will be here through the entire season.
He is now at Portland, at the head of
a large lmuebr business.
The first drill in the new armory was
held on Monday, and it is only a matter
of a few days until the massive struc
ture, enclosing the largest door space
on the Pacific Coast, will receive per
manent occupancy.
A controversy has arisen at Cam
bridge because some of the citizens do
not think that Harvard should be ex
empt from taxation, and claim that the
college property is a burden to the com
munity.