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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1911)
OREGON EMERALD Editor in Chief,.Ralph Moores, '12 Managing Editor...L. Ruins Powell,, ’12 News Editor.Wm. E. Lowell, 'll Assistant.Laurence Whitman, ’14 City Editor.Karl Onthank, '13 Copy Editors— .George Shantin, '12 .Fen Waite, '13 .Walter Bailey, '12 Special Assignments— .Evans Huston, '12 .Willetta Wright, 'll Reporters— .Walter Huntington, '12 .Edward Bailey. ‘13 .Henry Fowler. '14; .Edward Himes, '12 .Mildred Bagley, '12 .Erwin Rolfe, '13. .Lenore Hansen, '13 .Andrew Collier, '13 .Carin Degertnark, '13 .William Cass, '14 .Oscar Haugen, '14 .Lloyd Barzee, '13 .Nell Hemenway, '13 .AValter Kimmell, '13 .Lucile Abrams, '13 .Elliott Roberts, '13 .Gladys Cartwright, '13 .Alfred Davies, '1 5 .Alma Noon. '13 BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager.D L. Dobie, '11 Advertising.R. C. Kennedy, '12 Circulation .Allyn F. Roberts, '12 Published Wednesday and Saturday during the college year by students of l NIVI'.RSiTY OF ORKOOM Application made for second class mail tes. SUBSCRIPTION RATES lie year__SI .00 Single copy __ ,C5 Saturday, January 21, 1911. Don’t Crowd Mint the arch'Lcct who planned the Library Hall did a poor job, is painfully evident at every change of periods. The congestion .about the coat room is al ways inconvenient, and on ra’ny days it is .abominable. Hurrying streams of students jostle and crowd in the narrow space in a tumultuous attempt to get m and secure books and wraps. Then eumes the frantic struggle to get out. It is a hopeless jumble. An umbrella pokes your ribs, and a long, vicious hat pin threatens your off eye. Along comes a wide hat, and if it finally does get through the door, delays traffic like an open draw.* At 12:lX) o’clock the trou ble is accentuated. By then most of us have reached the state of hunger when manners are largely forgotten, and we rush and crowd without regard for etiquette or tender feet. It may not always be thus. Perhaps the Legislature will grant us spacious, convenient buildings, that will make el bowing and crowding a tiling of the past. Meanwhile, the situation requires good nature, tact, and a little more consideration than we have been prac t icing. These daily “mixes,” by the way, would be the best possible testimonial of the inadequacy of our present equip ment, and form a strong argument in favor of new buildings. Why not throw some of the visiting legislators into the crush as a forceful representation of our growing needs? Surprising even their most enthusi astic admirers, the basketball team opened the season last night with an overwhelming victory, and though they were not put to it very hard, showed championship form. The team is sure to he a strong factor in the conference championship, yet under the present stu dent hod> ruling, these men, several of whom could pla\ in any company, will not he awarded the official “O.” Is this not an injustice? Three years ago an unsuccessful at tempt was made to put basketball on the list of "O” sports. I he motion was de feated, principally because our facilities were then inadequate to properly main tain standard teams. Now, however, with our magnificent gymnasium and with the increased interest in this branch of athletics, it is hard to discover a convincing argument against basketball "O’sOur team this year is of cham pionship calibre, and certain to bring victory to the Varsity. The least ac knowledgment we can make the players is the official emblem. Retween E C Mercer's talks and Mary Mannering's “A Man’s World," immorality should be at a pretty low ebb here this week end Reynolds Back In College Charles Reynolds. ’14. w ho was out i of college last week and threatened with typhoid fever, returned today from his home in Siherton. He says he has j quite recovered from his slight attack of fever. PRESIDENT CAMPBELL CHOSEN CLASS MARSHAL Is Signally Honored by Vote of ’86 Class of Harvard University President Campbell is in receipt of a telegram from the Class Day Committee nf Harvard University, asking him to ct as marshal at the Commencement, exercises in Cambridge this year. The returning members of the 25th alumni class have full charge of the exercises of the Harvard ( mmencement, and this year the honor has fallen to the class of '86, of which President Campbell is member. The selection of marshal is m de 1 >y the vote of the entire class, • a result of the recent election held by the correspondence method, President Campbell received the coveted honor of leading his class at the Com mencement exercises. Class Day at Harvard is the most important function of the University year, and is famous in collegiate circles as the most notable example of the dis play of college loyalty in any college or university. Offices in the celebration are the highest honor which can se conferred upon a Harvard man by his classmates, and the election of Presi dent Campbell to the office of first mar shal comes as the highest tribute which can be paid by his class. It is a recog nition of his high executive and schol arly abilities, and of his leadership mong the great army of educators which have come from the oldest Amer ican university. GIVES STAGER IN LARGE DOSES TO PORTLAND Dr. Gilbert left Eugene this morning for Portland, where he will deliver the third of a series of twelve lectures on subjects of general economic interest. The course was started January 7th by a lecture on “Immigration,” which was followed by last week’s lecture on the "Tariff.” Dr. Gilbert has planned to give one lecture each Saturday even ing until the course is exhausted. The work is under the auspices of the Portland Y. M. C. A., and is being given out of pure good will and with a desire to be of service to the people of the state at large. The lecturer is highly encouraged oy the interest which has been evinced in Portland. The attendance, he says, is all that could be desired, and his au diences are attentive and appreciative. MRS. CLARA H. WALDO LEADS EXTENSION WORK (). A. C. News Letter A very significant and far-reaching step toward the inauguration of the ex tension work on a large scale for the women of the state has already been taken in the selection of Mrs. Clara H. Waldo, a member of the Board of Re gents and lecturer for the State Grange, as general organizer of this branch of the work. Mrs. Waldo is considered to he peculiarly fitted by education, ex perience and by virtue of her wide ac quaintance in the state, to carry this work forward with great success. WILL CONTEST FOR TEAM AND MEDAL TUESDAY 1'he final tryout to choose teams for the Stanford Washington-Oregon de bates will he held next Tuesday after noon l'wo teams, of two men each, will he chosen. The tryout will also include a con test for the alumni medal. The men who will enter the contest are Bauer, Collier, Crockett. Dobie, Warner and Zimmerman. All students and friends of the Cniversity are invited to the con test. l ed Williams, who played on the bat tle scarred basketball team Friday night, had several stitches taken in a severe cut on the brow, received in that game. Have McDaniel was also severely in jured in a violent head-on collision with one of the victorious Sophomores. VARSITY WOMEN PUTOUT SPLENDID CO-ED ISSDE Women Have Several Distinctive Features in New Number Oregon Monthly The co-cd issue of the Oregon Month ly i- off the press today, and is being distributed to subscribers. The number is entirely from the pens of the women of the University, and as the editorial states, “no mere man” was allowed a hand in it. '1 lie distinctive features are exposi tions of the various co-ed student ac tivities, as the Women’s Council, Scroll and Script. Eutaxian Society, Y. W. U. A., and last but not least, the Fan-Hel lenic. The Who’s Who and Since When is also interestingly sensational, expos ing the careers of Laura Kennon, Alice Stoddard, Lilah Prosser, Mildred Bag lev, Helen Beach, Juliet Cross, Pansy Shaver and Mary DeBar. The literary department contains eight able stories, and “Current Poetry” is ably edited. Altogether it is an exceptionally good number, and shows what the Oregon co-ed is capable of in a literary way. The issuq was in charge of the feminine members of the staff. Birdie Wise, Ca rin Degermark, Lucile Abrams, Willetta Wright and Alma Payton. The papers and discussions at the third annual Commonwealth Conference at the University will be printed in Bulletin form, and upon request sent to any cit izen desiring them. * CALENDAR * * Sunday, Jan. 22— * * 9:45 A. M., Women’s Gym.. Mer- * * ccr’s Talk to Women. * Monday. Jan. 23— * * 4:00 P. M„ Women’s Gvg, Y. W. * * C. A. * * Tuesday, Jan. 24—- * * 4:00 F. M., Deady, Esperantist * * Club. * * 8:00 P. M., German Club. * * Wednesday, Jan. 25— * * 10:00 A. M., Miss Lillian Tingle, * * Assembly. * * 6:45 P. M., Deady, Prof. Sweet- * * ser. Lecture. * * * * * * * * * * * Oregon ! Here’s Success To You! M 60. The House Furnishers 1 475 Willamette St., near Fostoffice. University Goods Seals. Fobs. Brooches, Scarf Fins, Cuff Links. Chains Rings, Match Boxes Lockets, etc., etc. Nice Line at LARAWAY’S Alfred Benjamin AND Sophomore Clothes Regal and Sleison Shoes Mallory and Sleison Hals Star and Cluell Shirts Roberts Bros. “Toggery” '?4 Willamette street. 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