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OREGON EMERALD Kditor-in-Chlef, News E liter. . . Assistant. City Editor.... Assistants - Staff Reporters - . . . Kalph Moores, '12 . . . Win. K. Lowell, ’ll ...A. E. Houston, 12 .R. B. Powell, '12 .Fen Waite, ’13 ... .Karl Onthank, ’13 .Walt. Bailey, ’12 . . . .Geo. Shantin, ’1 2 . Willetta W right, ’ll . . . Edward I limes, ’ 1 2 . . . MH ired Bagley, '1 2 ...Lloyd Barzee, '13 ....Erwin Itolfe, ’13 ..Nell Hemenway, ’13 ...J.onore Hansen, ’13 . . . Elliott Roberts, ' 1 3 Carin Degermark, ’13 . ..Lueile Abrams, '13 .... William Cass, '1 I . ..Alfiel Davies, 'll .... 11 ubert Starr, '1 i . . . •isc i r 1 laugeri, ' 1 i . .Chester Fowler, '14 BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager.D. L. Dobie, 'll Advertising.R. C. Kennedy, '12 Circulation . Published We lues lay during the college year Hie INIVERSiTY OF anil Saturday by students of OREGON’ Appliuation made for second class mail l‘M les. SUBSCRIPTION KATES One year__SI .00 Single copy _ ,CS Wednesday, October 19, 1910. A Square Deal Oregonian, Oct. !, 1909.—! iie facility of the Oregon Si.v.' Agricultural Col lege is ' i the : 'in inti that the way ;o sti p It i/my in thal ii.-litution is to slop il. !n piii t-iiaiu’e , f this belief, the un notmccmcul has been made that hazing will not he telcralcii in any form at ;hn C>. A t. tins year. I lie students have been advi-ed that any infracti di of tli - 1'ialcr. or m 'he i.rder forbiddiny '.ii. use ■ i litiiu i . :it< i hacco on the campus or about the coll _>c buildings, will he punished E immediate expulsion from tin- sthc ol, * + * * * ' he .-land llit’s- t iken hy President Kerr is just and unequivocal. It should, ami doubtless will, stop hazing in the si He school at C orvallis. I In- Oregoni an would he glad to note a like stand on the part of the president and regents of (he l Diversity of Oregon, whose expe rience with hazing in some past years has been anything but complimentary to the institution. Oregonian, Oct. 17, 1910.—'"Just so loin; as tile Corvallis 'farmers’ confine their hazing to hair cutting, it can be excused as sanitary." I lu' Oregonian U a great newspaper, ami as snelt lias a dominating influence in the development <n public opinion, throughout the state. An editorial from it may make or mar, and until the fail lire ol its dearly cherished assembly plan, the Ongonian was notably sue ces-tul in converting its views into dom inant public sentiment. It prevailed be i nisi it vein rally took a hold, consis tent stand for what it believed to be right It was, accordingly, trusted and accredited by the general public. The Oregom n should he too liberal and charitable to allow prejudice and mil inic-s to color its editorial com incuts, yet the above excerpts show, at h ' a serious inconsistency The ed itorial writers have vast opportunities i >r g<»id or evil, and bear too heavy responsibility, to allow personal reasons to influence the Oregonian's editorin’ polic> Favoritism for O \ C and prejudice an ins! Oregon should nol form the basis for discrimination he tween the colleges Hazing at eithei scl'ool hould be equally responsible and equally rebuked, yet a baring incident at Oregon provokes a bitter arraignment and the O. \ C incident is dismissed with a pleasantn about hair ettinug being sanitary. \s a matter of fact, the "fanners' ’ method is not a whit m re "sanitary’ than our plan of hath tubbing. Mam freslunen come to both colleges in dire need of both hath tub and barber though this year there has not been a single ha-mg incident at Oregon, and ' all indications are that the practice will . never again he revived. We are not adopting a “holier than I thou” attitude, nor are we attempting j a censure of our “Agric” friends. All ] the University of Oregon asks for is a ! square deal and the good will of the j citizens of Oregon, in accord with whose manifest demand the practice of hazing was abolished. The incident of the editorial comment v; s only noticed because it is one evi dence of a long continued editorial pol icy of palliating the lapses of other col lege- and emphasizing those of the Uni versity of Oregon. The Sophomore dance committee an ' noimces that freshmen who have per sisted in violating the green cap rule will not he admitted to the class hop, thus putting a social taboo on the ob streperous members of the community who refuse to he governed by social conventions. i his is the only practical method thus suggested for enforcing the green cap rule. Violations against the rule are i only violations against social custom, | and c 11 for nothing but social penalties such as the sophomores design to in : diet. Of course, there are a number of “in surgents” who have broken the rule out of sheer perversity and love of persecu I t ion. Such will ru t he fazed by the new regulator!, and will only regard it .as another -pine in their crown of thorns. Many of the “capless,” however, are Leaking the rule front a spirit of dare deviltry more than anything else, and the sophomores’ ruling will impress on these the respect due to student tradi i i- ms. As nn\ he seen from the report here 's ith lm’ilished, the Eugene merchants ■made i heer fill and substantial contri butions to the rally fund. They did this with ut the hope of any profit, from a -In t dc Tc to show their good wiU to | the student body. The contributors de j serve the good will and patronage oi every student. MRS. CAMPBELL DELIVERS INSPIRING TALK TO Y. W. I hi' first of ;i series of t;111<s planned by the Y. \\ C \. for college girls was delivered Monday dternoon in the wo man's gym. Very httingly. Mrs. Camp bell talked on “The Secret of Attrac tiveness." Mr.s Campbell said in part: “It is the duty of young people to be delighted and delightful. If filled with r dianee and with sympathy, we cannot help being attractive to others and a sourei of gladness to them. Stevenson lets said, ‘It is our duty, not to make men g >od, but happy.’ l he second asset if attractiveness is good breeding, which is p-dly only due consideration for | others. It is said that Darwin's home v as delightful because each member showed such great consideration toward others in the house, never being asser tive. lest someone might be hurt. More over. good breeding, thus defined, is not only a part of .ttractiveness, but a duty taught b> our Master and incumbent upon all." Mrs. Campbell concluded with the fol lowing w ell known lines from Ruskin: "Oh, wasteful woman, she who may On her sweet self set her own price. Know ing he cannot choose but pay— How has she cheapened Paradise! I low given for naught her priceless gift. How spoiled the bread and spilled the wine. Which, spent with due, respective thrift, Had made brutes men, and men divine!" Ke\ ml Mrs. Mount will be at home Wednesd y evening to I'uiversity stu ! dems Miss Florence Holmes has been visit ing at the Theta house. I he K ippa \lpha Theta freshmen gave a picnic Tuesday evening, with Mr Me Adam as chaperon. I hur.sday evening at 7:00 o'clock i the time set for the dramatic tryout. YELL LEADER EXHORTS TRUE MEN TO TURN OUT In Communication Robison Reminds Rooters Of Duties 1 his is not a plea, ft is not a re quest. It is a plain statement of fact in a plain way. Oregon needs all the support that all of her sons .and daugh ters can give. Oregon needs it more this year than ever before. 1 he cry this year is less self and more college; the plea is for less of the individual and more of the University. Time after time the last few weeks there have been no more than a dozen of the old guard that have attended the football practice, and the yell leader has not been dis couraged, but has taken it all to mean that you all are with the team, but that something lias turned up at the last minute to keep you away from where, ■: s an Oregon man, you owe it to yourself to be. But there have come times, and those not long ago, when the yell leader has asked men to get in and yell, when he has been met with the rejoinder that the aforesaid man must do something or the other to get out of doing his little share of the work. To men of that caliber this communi c tion is not addressed, for a man who will sneak off like a whipped cur from his place on the firing line, to do something more agreeable, is a mistake in our college; and, we are proud to say, that their members are few But to you, Oregon men: The team needs all the support that you can give. Not only do they need it, but they de serve it. This communication is not a plea, for the time never came nor never will come when Oregon men will turn down their team. Tt’s simply a little reminder, a little jog to the mem ory. There will be yelling practice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Not so that you will go home all in. but just fifteen or twenty minutes, so you won’t get rusty. But the team is there every night. Oregon men, they are practically a new team; they need all the support that you can give them. Oregon needs her men. Are you there? CM AS. W. ROBTSON. Week End Social Events Several interesting social events took place last 'veek end. On Friday evening Mrs. F. G. Young entertained the girls of the Gamnn Pehn Gamma sorority at cards, and cn I Saturday evening three informal danc j ing parties were given. The men of the Dormitory Club gav’ ; a charmmg affair, at which Mrs. Pres | coit, Mrs. Stearns and Miss Stinson were patronesses. The reception hall of the Dormitory was prettily decorat ed with college pennants and Indian nhinketr. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity inau gurated the custom of giving an annual dance to the freshman girls. The rooms [ were decorated with cut flowers, and , 1 ght refreshments were served during 'the evening. The patronesses of the evening were Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Ban croft : nd Mrs. McAdams, of Portland \lso vat Saturday evening, tiie Acacia fraurnitx entertained their friends a: a dancing party. Mrs. Shaver, of Port land, w;.s patroness. Thursday afternoon the Lambda Rhc sorority entertained for their house mother. Mrs. Jessup. The Gamma Ph‘ Beta sorority enter tained Friday afternoon for their house mother. Mrs Foster. Saturday evening the Tri Delta girh i give a hig reception—thv first oper i house of the year. 11 rriot Lane. '10, Angeline Williams TOS. Grace LeBrie, TO. Agnes Steven son. 'Off Annie Bergman. TO. 01ivi> Risley. TO. are all hack for the instal lation of Tri Delta LUCKEY’S Established 1S69 OPTICAL GOODS FOUNTAIN PENS COLLEG EMBLEMS Gillette Razors POCKET EDITION EXTRA BLADES Chambers Hardware We would appreciate your ac count. Interest paid on Time De posits and Savings Accounts. Merchants Bank Comer Seventh and Willamette T. G. Hendricks, Pres. S. B. Eakin, Vice Pres. P. E. Snodgrass, Cashier. Luke L. Goodrich, Asst. Cash. Darwin Bristow, Asst Cash. Capital and Surplus, $235,000 Student Patronage Solicited. COCCKERLINE & WETHERBEE Fancy and Staple Dry Goods LADIES’ AND MEN’S FURNISHINGS Men's, Youths’ and Children's Clothing Phone,Main 42 Martin Miller EUGENE’S QUICK SHOE REPAIRER Men's half soles sewed 75c Women’s half soles sewed 50c Martin Miller 39 West Eighth Depot Lunch Counter For first-class Tamales and Chili Con Carne Large Hamburger Sandwich R. H. BAKER Phone, Main 886 AN UP-TO-DATE BARBER SHOP First Class Workmen 565 Willamette Street. =--\ SCHWERING & LINDLEY I '■ Barber Shop 6 E. Ninth St., opp. Hoffman House Students, Give Us a Call Preston & Hales PAINTS and OILS Johnson Dyes Johnson Wax Che Combination Barber Shop and Baths Six Chairs. On? door north Smecdc Rote 606 Willamette Street CALIFORNIA Is a vast album of interesting and won derful scenes. No place on the conti nent is more attractive. Send to the un dersigned for illustrated booklets de scribing San Francisco, Oakland, Mt. Tamalpais, Berkeley, Stanford University, San Jose, Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz, Del Monte, Paso Robles Hot Springs, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach, Venice, Riverside, Redlands, San Diego, The Old Spanish Missions, Yosemite National Park and Big Trees and many other noted places in the Golden State All reached by the SOUTHERN PACIFIC “Road of a Thousand Wonders” ROUND TRIP TICKETS To LOS ANGELES FROM EUGENE and other Oregon points Good for return in six months, with stop-overs at will. Inquire of local agents for full information WM. McMURRAY General Passenger Agent, Portland, Or.