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A DESIRABLE CHANGE
A suggestion was made by i’rofessor
Schafer last year which, while it seemed
to receive little notice, was worth fur
more consideration than all the educa
tional improvements that are ordinarily
made during the entire year. This was
to abolish the present system of grad
ing, and to substitute for it a simple
system whereby the students .simply
fail to pass.
At the time he made his proposal,
I’rofessor Schafer pointed out many of
its advantages and showed, better than
we are able to, the reasons why it should
be adopted. It seems that it is the Old
World method, the method used in En
gland and generally on the continent of
Europe. It gets rid of many of the
6vils caused by the thought of grades
instead of education being uppermost.
Probably it was too much for Pro
fessor Schafer to hope for his sugges
tion to be adopted. It is a radical
change too radical to be made all at
once in any college. A small university
like Oregon can not lead in such a
movement. It remains for the large
Eastern universities to take it up, and
then we may be able so far to combat
blind prejudice for custom as to follow
in their steps.
Meanwhile it is bad that education
must be hampered by our present meth
ods. It is safe to say that one of the
most pernicious elements in American
higher education is the useless compe
tition for high marks. Not that high
standing is bad, but because it hides
the true purpose of learning.
Another effect of our present system
—an effect that is not so usually thought
of—is that it tends to destroy the iinli
viduality of the student. In order to
get perfect marks with many instruc
tors, it is necessar\ completely to mould
ideas to conform with theirs.
To emphasi/e tin- importance of high
marks is to accentuate this evil to its
extent
wunm certain
t iCMUTUI I V SpcaKUIg.
limits, two students may apply them
selves equally well and learn the same
amount, yet their methods ol study and
tin' phases they specialize on may he so
dilTerent that their marks will vary wide
lv The oul\ recourse lor the student
under the present system is to lollow the
instruetor hiincl 1 > It there were only
the two distinctions, "satisfactory" and
"uusat iclactory," as I’rolessor Schafer
suggested, the student could follow the
individual bent, still satisfy the instruc
tor with hi'' work, and not fail under
the danger of being classed as a poor
student.
Two Kinds of Spirit
" Throw it away, kid, for the glor\ of
old Ouoduuk hiyih school I htis spoke
an ardent rooter of \esterdi\ s track
mol as one of Hayward's weight men
stepped into the ring "To with
Ouoduuk high school. I m doing this
for the Y rsity," returned the big giant.
This shows up in a striking comparison
two widely different kinds of spirit.
Quodunk high school is heard from
on every side. At freshman elections
there is some excuse for this partisan
ship, because there the difterene fac
tions have not had time to coalesce.
Every man is more or less an unknown
quantity, except to the small circle of
h'gli school classmates, and there is no
opportunity for people from every por
tion of the state who have not become
acquainted, to judge as to who is the
best man or woman for any office. But
after this first outbreak the feeling
should die by natural processes of elimi
nation, and in most cases it does. But
ever and again rises this spectre of Quo
dunk high school at election (times,
lie is especially when we hear of' men
being asked to vote for this candidate
because he came from Quodunk high
school, which happens to claim the per
son addressed as an alumnus.
Why should this particular high
school intrude so ostentatiously into Uni
versity life? Is it because the close as
sociations and constant nearness cause
the memories of this particular alma
mater to loom up to the exclusion of
infinitely bigger Oregon spirit? Or is
it just a joke?
If it's a joke, it is pretty badly worn
out. But we think that it is heard too
often and in too earnest whispering to
ho classed as such. Although we doubt
its potency, still in the minds of a few
it is a heavy argument, and in the hands
of a still smaller few a more or less
powerful lever.
Mow anyone can attend Oregon for a
year, not to mention three or four, and
still let the thought of his high school
play so important a part in matters that
effect the good of the University, is
beyond our comprehension; but there
seem to be those who accomplish this
feat.
HERE IS FULL LIST
OF 1910 GRADUATES
Eighty-one Seniors Will Receive
Diplomas From Varsity
'I lie present senior class of the Uni
versity of Oregon will he the largest
class that has yet been graduated from
the University. The class numbers 88
members, not including the departments
of Medicine and Law, whose graduation
exercises have already been held, and
is made up of the following students:
Adah Allen, Eugene; Eva Allen, Eu
gene; Leroy A. Arthur, McMinnville;
Ruth E. Balderree, Japan; Ethe \ Bar
nard, Eugene; Harold E. Bates, Port
land; Edith L. Beebe, Eugene; Annie
Bergman, Astoria; Livia /. Bond, Irv
ing; (ilenn E. Briedwell, Amity; W.
Wilshire Bristow, Eugene; William M.
Cake, Portland; William C. Campbell,
McMinnville; Norwood R. Charman,
Oregon City; Dudley R. Clarke, Port
land; James Dean Collins, Dali,as; Ber
lin K. Comings, Derby, Vt. ; Chauncey
Cunning, Baker City; Harold A. Dal
ell, Eugene' Henry R. Davies, Duns
nmir, Cab,.; Pauline Davis, Eugene;
Ralph M. Dodson. Baker City; Bertha
Dorris, Spokane, Wash.; Elsie M. Dow,
W ashburn, W is.; Chester A. Downs,
Portland. Ruth Duniway, Portland;
Carolyn Duiiston, Portland; Harry (
Hast hum, Oswego; Blanche H. Ferdine,
(■rants I’ass; Arthur M. Geary, Port
land; Irwin M Grodin, Oakland, Calif.;
Hssie M Haley. Hugene; Ruth Hansen,
Portland; Pearl . Hawthorne, Hugene;
Kathleen I ilendersou, Hugene; \ era
IV Horner, Corvallis; Pearl Huff, La
Grande; Helena S Hughes, Portland;
Oliver B. Huston, Portland; Hazel
Humphrey, Hugene; F.thel M. Johnson,
h'ugene; Harper X Jamison, Portland;
Hanna M. Kenworthy, Portlaml; \\ il
liatn C Kiltz, Vancouver, B. C.; Mabel
Kuykendall. Hugene: Grace La Brie,
Rosoburg; Homer Lackey, Hugene;
Jennie Lilly, Portland; Roseoe C Ly-J
ans, h'ugene; Hurl V Marshall, Port
land; Walter Melntire, Ashland; Lela ,
T. McPherson, Springfield; Arthur R.
Moore, Buffalo, X. L.; Carl B. Neal,
Buena Vista; Oliver B. Needham, Eu
gene; James K. Neill, LaGrande; F’eer
dinand J. Nevvbauer, Lents; Earl A.
Knott, McMinnville; Sara F. Ober
teuffer, Portland; Edwin Platts, Eu
gene; Alfred Powers, El Dorado, Ark.;
George J. Poysky, Astoria; Ruby Pratt,
Eugene; Edith Prescott, Baker City;
Ormond Rankin, Portland; Joel H.
Richardson, LaGrande George X. Rid
dell. Portland; Harold J. Rounds, Hills
dale; Estella Mae Sage, Eugene; Ethel
E. Sharpe, Portland; Essie E. Sechrist,
Portland; Clinton P. Shangle, Milton;
Jsolene Shaver, Portland; Loretta Show
ers, Portland; Leland L. Steiwer, F'os
sil; Clarence A. Steele, Portland; Frank
II. Swift, Pleasant 11 ill; Roy K. Terry,
Portland; Shannon Laurie VanValzah,
Springfield; Frederick J. Whittlesey,
Portland; Wilfred Wattenburg, Fossil;
Herman A. Wetterborg, Portland; Ben
jamin II. Williams, Eugene; Ella M.
Depoe, Eugene; Lilly Lister, La Mesa,
Cal.
1 he Master’s degree will be conferred
upon: Nellie McNeill, Medford; Eliz
abeth Woods, Cottage Grove.
DISTRICT FORESTER
SAYS SAVE THE TREES
Pacific Northwest Now Center of
Interest for Lumber
Industry
“Oregon's greatest resource is lum
ber,’' said C. S. Chapman, district for
ester for Oregon, Washington and Alas
ka, in his address in assembly Wednes
day morning. “Each year the Pacilic
Northwest is becoming a greater fac
tor in the lumber industry, as the inter
est drills westward from the depleted
Eastern forests." It was to make the
best use of ibis vast resource that the
National forest reserves were creat
'd, whereby twenty-two and one-half
million acres were withdrawn from the
depredations of the timber marauder.
This area is not locked up, but is
only reserved for future use. Upon this
reserve about one million live hundred
thousand sheep, one hundred thousand
head of cattle were pastured last year,
and it is the policy of the government
to get the maximum use of this land
at the least waste of timber. All land
tit for agricultural purposes in the re
serves may be used.
I he speaker stated that the greatest
returns were secured from forests be
fore they became aged, and the govern
ment planned to cut such areas from
time to time as soon as the maximum
of production was reached.
I ho timber is cut clean and the un
dergrowth slashed and burned. Then
the land was reseeded for another crop.
1 lie custom of leaving standing groups
id' trees along ridges to reseed the de
nuded portii ns has proved inadequate
and artificial seeding has been resort
ed to. About four thousand acres were
reseeded ibis spring. For areas where
reseeding was impracticable, the gov
ernment has established a nursery which
will produce annually three million
trees.
“Oregon and Washington." the speak
er concluded, “produce about one-twelfth
of the timber used in the United States,
and it they are to maintain their place
in the timber industry, they must con
serve their resources and consider the
second crop of native timber which has
been proved to be as good as any im
ported woods for construction pur
poses.
Mr. Woodcock came in from Port
land today to \ isii bis daughter Edith.
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