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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 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.$1.Q0 Single copy.$ .05 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief ....W. C. Nicholas, ’10 News Editor .Ralph Moores, '12 Assistant .Wm. E. Eowell, ’ll City Editor .Calvin Sweek, ’ll Asistant .Dean Collins, ’10 Reporters .L. E. Ray, ’12 .R. B. Powell, ’12 .W. S. Main ’12 .H. I,. Cash, ’13 .F. S. Waite, ’13 .Geo. Shantin, '12 .Dan Mitchell ’13 .W. R. Bailey, ’12 .Karl Onthank, ’13 ..Helen Higby, 12 BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager..Fritz Dean, 'll Circulation .C. A. Osterholin, ’12 Advertising .., .James-Caufleld. ’12 Saturday, April 9, 1910. Is Track Passing Away It is a sad thing to stand by the death bed of a friend whom you have known in ihe days of liis strength and see his life slowly ebbing away, lint how much would that sorrow lie increased if you knew of a remedy that would restore him to health, but which, because of ap athy on the part of others you were pow erless to apply. I his is the position in which the friends of track athletics in the Univer sity of Oregon find themselves at the present time. It is a matter of sincere regret for the older students who re member with pride the days of Dan Kel ly .and Henry McKinney to witness now what from all appearances is the death scene of that branch of athletics in the l diversity. It has been many years since Oregon lost a track meet, but this year even Hayward has despaired of maintaining the record. I here is a remedy that could restore track athletics to the place it once held, but which, on account of the indifference "I the students, it does not seem pos sible to apply—namely, the hearty sup port of the student body. It the track men could but hear sometimes a word of encouragement, if they could but see sometimes a few supporters on the field, they Would know that the students were still behind them and they would take new heart. But they are only greeted by an empty' grandstand on the field and cold indifferent looks on the campus. The condition is discouraging to say the least. There is only one course of ac tion for the students to pursue if they want • n winning track team, and that is to get behind it. Tf there is the least vestigv of (he old spirit left in the Uni versity, no further appeal will he neces sary. President Kane ,ot the University of \\ ashinglon, lias left on 11 is annual tour of c<dlegcs. The purpose of this trip is to inspect the methods in other col leges and to investigate prospective new instructors and prolessors to recommend to the hoard of regents lor positions at tin l Diversity I W ashington next year. 1 he l uiversity of W ashington has figured out her prospects in the big coast meet at Berkeley next month as follow s: l ather Stanford or California lu st ; Washington third. At the University of Colorado ninety lltret: .ttatii) arc ojt the track squad, while sixty uru are out for the baseball team. In both cases these are the largest squads in the history of the college. 1‘nesidunt Jordan, of Stanford, in an address bcture tlu unhcisitv cotiferenee decried the "rattling” of visiting pitch ers ^tuning the progress of baseball games. ENGINEERING HIGHEST AMONG PROFESSIONS I I — Prof. McAlister Shows Import ance of Work Both Finan cially and Intellectually “'1 lie Work of the Engineer,” from both the financial and intellectual stand point, was presented at the men s meet ing last evening by Professor E. li. McAlister in a most interesting man ner. f aking up his subject first from the financial point of view, Professor McAl lcter showed that the engineer who will devote himself industriously to his work should be one of the best paid men in business or in any of the other profes sions. Then taking up the subject from the standpoint of intellectual develop ment, he showed what a great opportuni ty there is for the man who desires to make investigation, and how much there is to be accomplished in perfecting the science of the engineer. The opportu nity of the engineer to make himself a citizen of great service to those among whom he works was shown, he said, by the opportunity he has to eliminate and expose graft in public works and in the work which he may carry out in a sanitary way in the interests of health. In closing Professor McAlister brought out the tendencies in the work of the engineer which build up character. “The engineer can’t juggle with the laws of nature,” said the speaker. “The politi cian or the lawyer or the business man can juggle with the imperfect laws of man, and may distort them to his own advantage, but the engineer will soon learn that nature will not be trifled with, and this gives him a respect and admi ration for truth and honesty. This re spect comes to dominate his whole life if he is a true man, and builds irresist ibly toward the best character. The next address of the life work series will be given by Judge Harris on Thursday instead of Friday evening, because so many of the students will have gone home on Friday evening. The subjectwhich Judge Harris will present is "Law' and Its Call to the Christian Man." Because so much interest has been shown in these life work meetings, an effort will be made to have the med ical profession presented at the first meeting after vacation. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS DOING PRAGTICAL WORK Springfield Power Plant Tested and Switchboard Installed in Laboratory. I he theses that are being prepared in the Electrical Engineering depart-; nient iIun year, as is generally the case in Prut. Dearborn's department, are of a practical nature, intended to be oil immediate conimercal use to both the luiversity and the public generally. Perhaps the most useful, from a com mercial standpoint, is that of Herman \\ etterborg and VY. G. Williams, who are making a test of the new electric plant at Springtield. Generators of a type only a short time on the market have been installed there, and the ef ficiency tests on them are expected to be of great value in making future changes. Another particularly useful work is being performed by Frank Swift and Edwin Platts, consisting of a new switch board which they are design ing and intend to install in the electric laboratory. While not so wide in its scope as the work of Wetterborg and DUNN’S BAKERY Bread, Pies, Cakes and Confectionery, aLo Ice Cre im 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 Batb$ Six Chairs. On; door north Smeedc hotel 606 Willamette St. W. M. 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The Oregon team is not entirely satisfied with the orginal statement of the question, and Manager Steele has written to the man ager at the University of Washington asking that the question be worded so as to favor the postal savings bill pro posed at the hist session of congress. I his change would effect the debate 1 materially, for as the question now stands it deals with postal savings banks in general, one side supporting the idea the other opposing it. The proposed change in the question diil not meet with the approval of the l niversity of Washington, however, and the manager of that institution wrote back, insisting that the question as originally agreed upon be made the point at issue. Since Washington is unwilling to change the wording of the question, the question will in all prob ability stand as originally framed. Hr. Henry 1). Sheldon, dean of the school ot education, will address the the students at assembly next Wednesday on the subject "George Meredith.” THE C. E. 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