OREGON EMERALD
Published each Wednesday and Satur
day of the school year by the Students
of the University of Oregon.
Entered in the postoffice at Eugene as
second class matter.
Subscription rates, per year, $1.00.
Single copies, 5c. _
STAPF
Editor-in-Chief....II. Burns Powell, ’12
Managing Editor.A. E. Houston, ’12
News Editor. .. Laurence Whitman, ’14
City Editor.Ten Waite, '13
Assistants—
Nellie Hemenway, ’13
Henry Fowler, ’14
Associate Editors—
Exchange—George Shantin, ’12
Sporting—Mason Hoberts, '13
Society—Elizabeth Lewis, ’13
Humorous—William Cass, ’14
Reporters—
Edward Himes, '12
Howard Zimmerman, '13
Walter Kimmell, '13
Anna McMicken, ’13
Flora Dunham, ’14
Bess Cowden, ’14
Lila Sengstake, ’14
Harold Young, '14
Oscar Haugen, ’14
F. T. Fletcher, ’15
Leland Hendricks, ’15
Jessup Strang, ’15
Laurence Dlnneen, ’15
Carlyle Geisler, ’15
Luton Ackerson, ’15
Business Manager.. .A. F. Roberts, ’13
Advertising Water L. Dobie, ’13
Circulation Clay Watson, '15
Wednesday, January 17, 1912.
The Farce of Informality.
The student body informal dance,
given in the Men’s Gymnasium Satur
day evening:, was one of the most en
joyable affairs of its kind given at
Oregon during the past four years.
Everybody was in the correct mood,
the dancers felt like dancing, the
orchestra was entusiastic, and Berry,
as he served red punch to puffing
parties of pretty girls and polite men,
smiled incessantly.
The success of these dances is to be
commended highly, for they promote
friendship and democracy among the
students of the University a state of
social existence we have been
accused of not having at our school.
If it were possible, we should be glad
to seen these dances given more often
in the future.
There is one criticism to be made
on Saturday’s party, however. Not
only are these dances meant to be
democratic, but informal as well. The
dance was democratic alright, but
about the only informality we could
notice was that the men wore no
dress suits. The girls, certainly as
handsome a lot as ever graced the
halls of any school, were in all their
finery out in their very best
dresses silk, satin, lace, slippers and
all those things girls are wont to
wear when they want to look their
prettiest.
This should not be, we have
enough “dress-up” parties to show
off all the evening dresses any
girl will have during the year, and
these student-body dances should be
reserved as occasions when the girl
with only one plain white dress, and
we have more of them than if might
seem to a careless observer, can go
and be as well dressed as anyone.
'Ve wonder, how such a dress would
have looked Saturday evening among
fill those pink silks, velvet slippers,
and low cut waists. Ones humor is
apt ti> get the better of him, when he
tries to think of the dance as in
formal, with the women in mind.
This is a matter we should like to
set' the Pan Hellenic Association, or
Women’s Council, or even the Exe
cutive Committee, take up and regu
late.
Its l'p to tho 1'rutor*iitit's.
Hu1 Ktnerald publishes a cummuni
cation front Merle Chessman, ’09, re
lati\• to the pledging of High School
student- at Oregon fraternities. Mr.
t'he-sman takes sttitul with Manager
tleary, advocating the pledging only
of student- in the University. The
Kmc raid thinks there is much to be
said in fav> r of the change and has
been glad of the opportunity to pre
sent it to the students, but us the
University i> only indirectly inter
ested in the matter, and the fraterni
ties directly interested, the KineraUi
will leave the question now to the
fraterniu men to dispose of as they
will, and devote its space to the large
amount of news calling for publicity.
What Vbout tho Monthly,
Ralph Moores in his commmunica
tion which uv published last issue.
makes a good point when he says
that it is a shame to discontiue so old
and respected a student activity as
the Monthly, especially since it is the
only field of activity allowed those
who are inclined towards literary
fields.
It does seem a shame to jump on
the poor Monthly and suppress it en
tirely right in the middle of its year’s
work. It hasn’t as many friends and
admirers, possibly, as many of the
students enterprises have, but it fills
a need in our preparation for life’s
wor,k in fact, as Mr. Moores says, it
gives an outlet to the expression of
that thing which is the basis of cul
ture and refinement—English.
The Emerald is in hearty sympathy
with Mr. Geary’s policy of economy,
and will support many other recom
mendations the manager has for less
ening the study body expenditures, for
it thinks the present financial status
demands them, but is questionable in
this case whether the executive com
mittee was entirely wise in its re
pression of the Monthly.
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* SAGE OF PODUNK *
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Some of our self-made men don’t
look as if they had worked overtime
on themselves.
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Umbrellas have been steadily going
up the last few days.
* *
What will we do for plain clothes
“cops” when the suffragettes get on
the police force.
* *
Proposing is a short sentence for
some, but for most of us it means a
sentence for life.
* *
People along the river banks are
due to have some high old times soon.
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Love may make the world go
round, but divorce makes it wobble.
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There is no land to hastening ills a
prey,
Where beer evaporates and men do
pray.
Paul Hammer, a hundred pound
freshman is trying for coxswain on
the University of Washington crew
this year.
George A. Warfield, ’00, is Librar
ian and Professor of Social and Poli
tical Science in South Dakota Wes
lynn University.
Do Not Forget
when going home on your vacation,
to take home a box of “OTTO’S”
VICTORIA CIIOCALATES, the best
chocolates made.
Weber's Milwaukee Chocolates at
the Obak Cigar Store.
Electric
Shoe Repairing
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Ed Cluer 619 Willamette
Postal Card Pictures
of ail phases of
College Activities
at
Book Exchange
Town Book Stores
or see Andrew Collier
$10 Suit House
C utfitters of Men .i .d Boys
Men’s All Wool Suits
$10 to $25
Sixth and Willamette
DR. C. B. WILLOUGHBY
DR. F. L. NORTON
Dentists.
Phone 736.
Room 6, McClung Bldg., Eugene, Ore.
DR. H. L. STUDLEY
Osteopathic Physician
Office, 316 White Temple, Eugene, Or.
Residence, 145 W. 10th.
Phone: Office 589; Res. 438-L.
DR. A. BURSELL
Physician and Surgeon
Office, 210 White Temple. Phone
678. Office hours, 9 to 12 A. M. 2 to
5 P. M.
Residence, 963 Harrison Ave., Eu
gene, Ore. Phone Main 664.
BARTLE & SCAIFE
Physicians and Surgeons
217 I. O. 0. F. White Temple.
Office phone 154-R. Res., 611-R.
DR. M. C. HARRIS
Dentist
U. O. ’98. Rooms 2 and 4, Mc
Clung Bldg., 8th and Willamette Sts.
DR. EDWARD H. WHITE
Dentist
Phone 5. Folly Theatre Bldg, Eu
gene, Oregon.
B. J. HAWTHORNE
Attorney at Law
With Woodcock and Smith, Eugene
DR. WALDO J. ADAMS
Dentist
Cor. 9th and Oak Sts. Room 306
White Temple. Phone 317.
T. A. Gilbert. A. B. Chaffee.
Cite Oak Shot Store
Wear Sorosis and Walkover Shoes.
587 Willamette St. Phone Main 227.
Pioneer
Shining
Parlors
Grateful for Student Patronage
F. BERRY
Schwering * Cindley
BARBER SHOP
Students, Give Us a Call
6 East 9th St., Opp. Hoffman House
Broders Bros.
Wholesale and Retail dealers in
FRESH, CORNED AND SMOKED
MEATS
Chambers Hardware
Company
Gillette Safety Razors
The Kuykendall
Drug Store
DRUGS, CANDIES, TOILET
ARTICLES AND SUNDRIES
58$ Willamette St.
Cbc (Tollman Stubio
Official ’Varsity Photographer.
Best Prices for the Best Pictures.
KOH-I-NOOR
The “Quality” Shop
Confectionery and Ice Cream
that is superior
Hot and Cold 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!
Gift
Gl
The House Furnishers
475 Willamette St., near Post Office.
Registered
Optometrists
Factory On
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,
chewing gum, etc.
Dunn & F*rice
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 & WETHERBEE
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods.
I adies’ and Men’s Furnishings.
Men’s, "iouth’s, Children’s Clothing.
Phone 42.