OREGON EMERALD
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Saturday, January 13. 1912.
Lo, the Poor Student
The change in the system of grad
ing adopted by the faculty last Thurs
day is one of the most noteworthy
measures adopted by anOregon faculty
in years and has called forth a storm
of protest from the student body,
much of which is probably due to a
misunderstanding of the new system,
and from several of the University’s
best known professors, in fact, we un
derstand the measure passed the fa
culty with a majority of but two
votes.
The old system was discarded be
cause it was held that some of the
professors were too lenient with their
A grades and some were too tight, to
use a slang expression, and the fa
culty desired to make an A grade
uf uniform value throughout the
University.
We fail to seen how this end will
ho accomplished by the new system
which provides for fifty percent of
the class being called medium stud
ents, twenty-five called honor or
superior students, and the poor un
fortunate remaining twenty-five per
cent designated as passed, or, as some
members of the faculty advised, in
ferior. If the standard of A is
different in the various depart
ments and there is need to
have it uniform, the student says
that is something for the faculty to
settle within its own assembly, and
not divide him and his fellows into
three arbitrary divisions and call
them names. It looks to him like a
change in form, but not in substance.
Its pretty safe to say that with the
standards set by some professors,
twenty-five per cent of the students
don’t deserve A or B, but with other
professors a larger per cent than
twenty-live per cent are students
deserving high marks. Under
the new system an A grade
for Professor X will still rep
resent two hours preparation for each
recitation period, an A grade for
Professor /. will still represent three
hours of preparation, for no two
members of the faculty have the same
degree of ability nor the same amount
of inclination to work students; each
professor will continue to advocate
his former standard and the only re
sult wo can discover is that twenty
tivo per cent of the students will be
given a high mark, fifty per cent a
medium mark, and twenty-five per
cent a low mark. A profes
sor’s standard is the result of
his heredity and past and present
environment and it is as reasonable to
expect that two professors will have
the same standards, as it is to sup
pose that two men are identical in
inheritance and in environment.
Of course, the new system will not
work, necessarily, a hardship on any
one class, for it is in the aggregate
that all grades given out by the pro
fessors must correspond to the di
vision mentioned. the great objec
tion the student makes, aside from
the contention that it will not make
uniform the value of grades in all
departments, is the names the divi
sions are designated by. The terms
A, B. U, D, and K, are numerical and
carry no special idea of class dis
tinction with them, but to be called
medium, superior, or honor, takes the
emphasis of numerical valuation and
places it on the class. The grades of
some students represent the amount
of work done by them, but for many
others they represent mental ability. 1
and the seventy-five percent who will
be designated as mediocre or passed,
a polite expression for inferior, will
object to the terminology for the
same reasons our forefather objected
to class names based upon birth. The
University catalogue says that the
grade C denotes good work; than why
call a student, who does good work,
mediocre or medium. The terms
carry with them a certain idea of
disgrace.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Miss Meta Mathews has gone to
Portland to spend the week with her
mother, who is ill.
“Bob” Cruisshank, a Beta from
Maine, was a week-end guest at the
Beta Theta Pi House.
“Scotch” McAllen, who has been ill
in Portland, returned to Eugene to re
sume his college work.
Ted Holmes and Alfred Clark will
re-enter Oregon next semester. Al
fred was a 1910 glee club man.
Miss Fox, Y. W. C. A. general sec
retary, has been a guest at the Chi
Omega House during the week-end.
Miss Bonisteel, Tri Delta house
mother, has not yet returned from a
trip to Chicago. She is expected back
at the end of the week.
Bishop Scadding will spend Sunday
at the Beta House. The Bishop and
Pres. Campbell were guests of the
Dormitory at dinner yesterday.
The many friends of “Cady” Rob
erts will be sorry to hear that he lost
a fraction of a tooth in the Kappa
Sigma-Delta Sigma basketball game
Monday. Finder please return and
receive generous reward.
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Do Not Forget
when going home on your vacation,
to take home a box of “OTTO’S”
VICTORIA CHOCALATES, the best
chocolates made.
Weber’s Milwaukee Chocolates at
the Obak Cigar Store.
Printing,..
It’s easy to learn the value of
tasteful, appropriate and /classy”
printing if you will place the work
in onr hands. We produce printed
things that make a pleasing im
pression.
Eugene Printing Co*
Loan & Savings Bank Bg. Phone 409
Electric
Shoe Repairing
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Ed Cluer 619 Willamette
Postal Card Pictures
of all phases of
College Activities
at
Book Exchange
Town Book Stores
or sec Andrew’ Collier
$10 Suit House
Outfitters of Mrn ar.d Boys
Men's All Wool Suits
$10 to $25
Sixth ard ^TilUmcttc
DR. C. B. WILLOUGHBY
DR. F. L. NORTON
Dentists.
Phone 736.
Room 6, McClung Bldg., Eugene, Ore.
DR. H. L. STUDLEY
Osteopathic Physician
Office, 316 White Temple, Eugene, Or.
Residence, 145 W. 10th.
Phone: Office 589; Res. 438-L.
DR. A. BURSELL
Physician and Surgeon
Office, 210 White Temple. Phone
678. Office hours, 9 to 12 A. M. 2 to
5 P. M.
Residence, 963 Harrison Ave., Eu
gene, Ore. Phone Main 664.
BARTLE & SCAIFE
Physicians and Surgeons
217 I. 0. O. F. White Temple.
Office phone 154-R. Res., 611-R.
DR. M. C. HARRIS
Dentist
U. 0. '98. Rooms 2 and 4, Mc
Clung Bldg., 8th and Willamette Sts.
DR. EDWARD H. WHITE
Dentist
Phone 5. Folly Theatre Bldg, Eu
gene, Oregon.
B. J. HAWTHORNE
Attorney at Law
With Woodcock and Smith, Eugene
DR. WALDO J. ADAMS
Dentist
Cor. 9th and Oak Sts. Room 306;
White Temple. Phone 317.
T. A. Gilbert.
A. B. Chaffee.
Ok Oak Shoe Store
Wear Sorosis and Walkover Shoes.
587 Willamette St. Phone Main 227.
Pioneer
Shining
Parlors
Grateful for Student Patronage
F. BERRY
Scbwering $ Cindley
BARBER SHOP
Students, Give Us a Call
6 East 9th St., Opp. Hoffman House
Broders Bros.
Wholesale and Retail dealers in
FRESH, CORNED AND SMOKED
MEATS
Chambers Hardware
Company
Gillette Safety Razors
The Kuykendall
Drug Store
DRUGS, CANDIES, TOILET
ARTICLES AND SUNDRIES
588 Willamette St.
Cfye Collman Stufcio
Official ’Varsity Photographer.
Best Prices for the Best Pictures.
KOH-I-NOOR
The ‘‘Quality” Shop
Confectionery and Ice Cream
that is superior
Hot and Gsld Lunches
Call up 578
Varsity Chocolates
Something entirely new. A delici
ous whipped cream, with a milk choco
late coating.
A trial will convince you of their
superiority.
Palace of Sweets
SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLY HOUSE
Gymnasium and
Football Outfits
Eugene Gun Co.
DESIRABLE
XMAS GIFTS
A larger line than ever this year.
Special things in Brassware, Silver
Novelties, Picture Frames, and Nov
elties. Select your goods now and
I will lay them aside for you.
Seth Laraway
Bob Murphy
Around the Corner from Otto’s
MELVIN HANSEN
The Realty Dealer
Acreage and City Lots a Specialty.
474 Willamette. Phone 881.
Oregon !
Here’s
Success
To You!
The House Furnishers
475 Willamette St., near Post Office.
Registered Factory on
Optometrists Premises
Burgess Optical
Co.
Wholesale and Retail
OPTICIANS
591 Willamette St. Eugene
Dillon Drug Co.
527 Willamette Street
Exclusive Agents for
Whitman's Candies
Try a Fussy Package
Capital and Surplus, $235,000.
Eugene, Oregon.
We have room for your account and
we want your business.
The Store that Saves you Money
on Furniture for Students
PIERCE BROS.
FANCY GROCERIES
FRUITS, VEGETABLES
Phone us your orders. We have
our own delivery wagons. Phone 53.
DUNN’S BAKERY
U. of 0. students welcome to Eu
gene. You are invited to inspect our
plant and our goods. All kinds of
pastry, sanitary wrapped bread.
Heinz’ goods, Aldon confectionery,
j chewing gum, etc.
Dunn & Price
Phone 72. 30 East 9th St.
Electric Cleaning and
Pressing Co*
Clyde L. Stratton, Prop.
Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing
We make a specialty of cleaning
and pressing ladies suits and evening
gowns.
Agents for Edward E. Strauss & Co.
Superior Tailoring—Popular Prices.
22 W. 8th St. Phone 827.
Geo. Sovern
Proprietor Combination Barber Shop.
519 Willamette St. Phone 641-J.
COCKERLINE S WETHERBEE
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
ladies’ and Men's Furnishings.
Men’s, Youth’s, Children’s Clothing.
Phone 42.