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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 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 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief News Editor Assistant City Editor Asistant Reporters ..W. C. Nicholas, ..Ralph Moores, . .Wrn. E. Lowell, ..Calvin Sweek, ..Lean Collins, .. L. L. Ray, ..R. B. Powell, ..W. S. Main . . H. L. Cash, ..F. S. Waite, ..Geo. Shantin, ..Dan Mitchell ..W. R. Bailey, ..Karl Onthank, ...Helen Higbee BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager.. Fritz Dean, Circulation .C. A. Osterholm, Advertising ....James Caufield. ’10 ’12 ’ll ’ll ’10 ’12 ’12 '12 ’13 ’13 ’12 ’13 ’12 ’13 ’12 ’ll ’12 ’12 Saturday, May 7, 1910. Politics "Let’s have a clean election.” To this annual crusade the Emerald would like to add its endorsement and make a few suggestions as to how it may best be accomplished. Ill the first place personalities should he left out of an election. It makes no difference how much a candidate has done for his University. Such trillcs may Ik- all right in a small body where tlie members are intimately associated and acquainted, but the A. S. U. O. is past that stage, and it is time we were getting away from its pernicious effects. We would advise therefore that every student make a special effort to find out just what frat, club or faction a candi date belongs to and vote accordingly. When possible everyone should vote for the candidate in his own house. If none is available, then the house most closely associated in politics should be chosen. I he essential thing we are getting at is that personal merit should be dis regarded. Hardly second in importance is the element of personal friendship. How ungrateful it is to turn down a friend just because his opponent happens to have more ability. Such a man was llrutus when he sacrificed his benefac tor for the common good. As a better illustration, take the ex ample of an editor a few years ago. I his editor had a very close friend, be longing to the same fraternity, a popu lar man. Hut there was another candi date who had more ability, and the un grateful editor turned down his friend to support tin- second candidate. We don't think that this will ever happen again, but lest it might we mention the < ircumstances. think of it. Just for tin good of the publication and partly, tun. of course, for the- University, this man sacrificed his friend. \ 11 element of growing importance to the candidate himself is the matter of trading votes. the successful office seeker cannot ignore it. lie should have a definite understanding with the cat ions houses as to just how they stand. If lie can get their vote by supporting and calling upon bis friends and fra ternity brothers to support certain can didates he is unwise at least not to do so. Many a candidate has won Ins election by being thoroughly up to date in these matters of practical politics. \nd the student who is not running also has a chance to win friends and supporters lor other years when he may ! be in the race himself, lie should at tempt to support only those who will agree to support him when he runs. It's a good idea, too, to tell both candidates that he will support them. 1 hey won't know the difference. Next week the University of Wash ington Daily will be edited by the jun iors and seniors of the Department of Journalism. It is their intention to put out an ideal paper. LITTLE WORDS BOB UP AGAIN IN INTERSTATE Washington and Montana Have Trouble With Orations for Big Contest Orators of the Northwest arc finding out that little words amount to some thing this year. It will he remembered that Harold Rounds, who represented Oregon in the intercollegiate contest, exceeded the word limit by failing to count small words. Washington’s representative in the interstate oratorical contest has run over the two thousand word limit in the same way by failing to count eighty-one little words. In this case the mistake will cause no serious trouble, for as soon an Man ager Steele discovered it. he notified them and allowed them to revise the pa per. A change has been made in Montana’s representative. Instead of A. Leech, who was first chosen, Bullerdick, who took second place, will represent Mon tana. This contest will be held at Villard I fall May 27. The subjects are: Washington, “America’s Opportunity.” Montana, Oregon, “A Call to Public Service.” Only two judges of composition and two of delivery have as yet been decided upon. They are, for composition. Pro fessor Lyman, of the University of Wis consin and Professor Alden, of Stan ford. For delivery, Professor Matthews, of O. A. C., and Attorney Fisher, of Portland. PROF. DEGOU INTERESTS THE ENGINEERING CLUB Discusses Recommendations of Waterway Commission In Talk on “Inland Waterways Professor DeCou talked to the en gineering Club last night on "Inland Waterways," his purpose being to awak en student interest in the development of our country by river and canal sys tems. lie showed how Canada, through her legislation in behalf of canals and water ways, is to make Montreal, instead of New York, the greatest grain center in America. lie told how the railroads, through skillfully arranged schedules, drive competition from the rivers. lo remedy these conditions, the Waterways Commission was appointed during Pres ideut Roosevelt's administration. I his commission recommended the ex peuditure of $5(X),IXX).(XX) for the improvement of waterways and con struction of canals. \mong other things, the commission advised improve ment ol the Columbia, W illamette and Snake rivers; and the const ruction of a canal system which will connect the inland waters between Poston, Mass., and C harleston, S. C. These canals are to be thirty feet deep and will make commerce on our Atlantic coast prac tically sate, besides giving greater pro tcction to our nav y than any other m an which could be devised. I he improvement of the Columbia and Willamette rivers be showed to be id' special interest to the people of the \\ illamette valley as a means of lower ing excessive freight rates. I hc pres ent activity in securing the opening of the Willamette river through the gov eminent purchase or construction of the locks at Oregon City, thus forcing com mcrce to Kugene. Professor DeCou showed to be of special benefit to the future of Western Oregon. 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