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SUBSCRIPTION RATES ne year--$1.00 Single copy _ £5 St. Patrick’s Day I here are many true and loyal sons and daughters ol Old Erin on the cam pus. Shall we allow it to be said to our everlasting discredit that the Uni versity of Oregon did not fittingly ob serve the seventeenth oi March? Of course, there will he the usual spasmodic attempt at green neckties and ribbons, hut St. Patrick is entitled to a more formal and ceremonious recog nition, and it seems appropriate that our wealth of Irish cleverness and en ergy should originate and carry through some plan for a more fitting observance of the day. Robert Emmett’s birlhdtiy was al lowed to pas almost unnoticed, yet this anniver.in offer unrivalled opportu nilics for fervid oratory on harmless topics of ambiguity and glittering gen erality, such as h’reedom, Home Rule and the “OnId Sod.” St. Patricks Day is an even more im port : 11 (. i -i. in, which litevallv cries ior ip- a p, i ite . h- rvanee. I.el us by all means haw a campus parade and an oration delivered in the good, rich rich brogue I here are surely enough mu • m the University cal end r to earn through anything from a wake to a measure for home rule. a Successful Season Willamette University now comes out as basketball champions, basing their claim upon CMiii|»ar.'tivo scores. Last fall tlie\ urged, in a tiome paper, that (b e,":! mn t now "take dictation from Willamette, because Washington is first, Willamette second and Oregon a bad third in collegiate football ranking. • • 1 . full 111 Slli'lj. ielli npp , :u uitii wen offered Willamette to set tie thc-e claims against Oregon on a more siilist utill basis than that of com parative scores. Contracts for both both football and l> -ketball Mines were sent to Willam ette, but were on flimsy grounds de clined by their peevish Dr. Sweetlnnd. In making these weird pretensions, W ilia met te is out of its class. It should t'1 mi an ' --ell bestowed titles to the nmi e- i enee Cod, s which might per suaded to accept them seriously. \> i: ;s n t Success fo lou! / he /louse f urnishers es Will.mctte St. near Fbstoffice Alfred Benjamin AND Sophomore Clothes Regal and Stetson Shoes Mallory and Stetson lie is Star and Cluett Shirts Roberts Bros. “Toggery” 554 Willamette Street. Weed Electric Co. 22 W. Eighth St. Telephone 595 Electrical Supplies Fixtures and House Wiring Lamps of All Kinds Gillette Razors POCKET EDITION EXTRA BLADES Chambers Hardware We would appreciate your ac count. Interest paid on Time De posits and Savinas Accounts. 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Middle and Eastern portions of the United States and Canada to Oregon, Washington and ail rhe Northwest w ill prevail DAILY March 10th to April 10th over the Southern Pacific Lines in Oregon From— Chicago at -$33.00 St. Lu.>,s -32.00 Omaha-25.00 Kansas City-25.00 Sr. Paul-25.00 nd from ocher cities correspondingly low YOU CAN PREPAY FARES I : colonist fares are westbound o n!y, 1 ;n h you have relatives or friends or employees in the Last whom you de :,re to bring to this state, you can de* posit .lie value of the iare with your lo cal r ilroad agent, and an order for a ‘•iebet will be telegraphed to any addr s desired let the world know Of our vast resources and splendid opportunities' for HOME BUILDING f 1 a ’be undersigned for good, instructive printed matter to send hast, m the address of those to wh m you would like to have such matter >enr. WM. McMURRAY '■ ral 1 asse.iger Agent DiADTT nnrcrw’