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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1913)
OREGON EMERALD Published each Tun lay, Thursday and Saturday of the achnol year, by the As sociated Students of the University of Oregon Kntered at i he postoffic# at Fvigene as second class matter Subscription rates per year. SI.00. Single copies Be STAFF Editor-in-Chief. Karl W. Onthank Uuiflss Editor. Franklin 8. Alisa Iivi Editor. . Henry Fowler City Editor, Harold Young Assistant Bditor. . . .Carleton K Spencer Special Departments Sporting' Editor. Mason H Roberts Assistant. . . Thomas Boylen Co-Ed. Sporting Editor, Nellie Htmenway Administration Clarence Brothertos Assistant .fames Donald Society Editor Elizabeth Lewis Assistant . .May Smith Literary and Dramatic A. H. Davies Fachange, . Dal Xing Features. Leland Hendricks Law School R Burns Powell News Editor's Staff. r.nri marna r» \ Tula Ktncr*l**v Robert K a ri»8 uity Eaiiori »t»n I I a rru f ' „ c t, l > 1 , A ] 1 <• It Wall a re Kakin Mauris Hill Luton Arkerson Klmer Kurus^tt Arthur Crawfor<J Kvp 1 vn Mar lira; RpatrM'p l.llly. Clarence Anh Tenet You nr Beatrice Locke nuRiness iriitr. m. ^ mnn Assistant Manager . Lyman O. Rica Advartlalnf' Manager Marata Goodwin Afisistants.Glen Wheeler .Clyde Altchlson .Ralph Allen Circulation Manager Sara Mlehael ARsiRtantH .John McGuire .Frank Dudley Saturday, January IX, 1913. A PERNICIOUS PRACTICE A prominent journalist from an Eastern state, who has had broad ex perience in public affairs, who holds degrees from a couple of our best Universites, and who occupies a high position in one of the leading nation al college fraternities, commented very highly, during his visit at Eu gene some time ago, upon the almost perfect fraternity situation here in existence. “The fraternities,” he said, "seem to hold their University above everything else. You find them working in perfect harmony with the faculty and administration; willing to stand back of anything which makes for the good of their institution. This is a condition woefully lacking in a great many of our Universities.” We feel that such a comment was well deserved, and are indeed proud that such a situation exists here at the University of Oregon. It is well that our fraternities are broad mind ed and far sighted enough to see that anything redounding to the good of the Alma Muter means better and stronger fieternities. However, we should make a dire mistake, if we were to consider condi tions ideal and sit calmly back in self-complacency. There is an important problem fac ing the fraternities at Oregon at the present time; one which demands pos itive and careful action. This is the matter of pledging. It has been not ed in years past that the practice of pledging High School students results in injury to the pledges themselves, to the fraternities and to the Univer sity. No man should be pledged un til he is a bone tide registered stu dent. As the institution grows and conditions become more settled, even more stringent regulations might be adopted. \ High School Indent has an in fluted idea of a college fraternity, and when pledged, i ■ apt to feel that the height of i cement has been attained He see no need for strenunu effort : make good in prep school and e\. carries this at titude over into 1 liege career. Or perhaps In di- that through n-k k:.!i e 1 a mischosen and in some c:e difficulties and lu ’ d feelings are the re-ult. \t sue! asi..it. , Junior week end when ereai number of prep nts v \ i- It in ■ e University, tin' act that tve wearing pie ■' hutt i , r. n't n the minds otlu :i f eternities and i\ I: v 1 that there h . eii a ,1;- Irawn; that they eater col , i the autumn, they w ‘1 I handicapped. V t m wliii.i mils such an ■ go down into the llig' S , pledge men. They sh mi en I full -landing of a man ,e a w thy University stu dent before act i> taken. Further more, early pi. re eiv. s opportun ity for trouble among the fraternities themselves, which >.dd b, eliminated by sane regulation Is it not time that the fraternities get together on this matter” Petty ind found ind that, if and ham ea to pro . should be the dignity v differences should be dropped and some move made toward eradicating this evil. A fraternity governing board has been suggested. Many Universities have a Pan Hellenic or ganization. However, the means can be worked out easily once the end is determined. It is up to fraternity men to do something in this matter at once and to preserve the general excellent fraternity conditions which now exist. EMERALD DURING EXAMS. The next issue of the Emerald will appear Thursday of next week. Sa turday of the same week the Y. M. C. A. gets out a special edition. Tuesday and Thursday of the week preceeding examination week, the reg ular numbers will appear. Saturday, February 1, the Journalism depart ment will edit the Sunday Register in liue of examination, and there will be no Emerald. During examination week issues will probably appear Thursday and Saturday. This drops one issue a week for the two weeks previous to examinations, but provides for two issue during ex amination week, when the Emerald has never hitherto been published. Regular tri-weekly publication will be resumed immediately after exam inations. Announcements Laurean Full dress debate at I.au rean meeting, Tuesday evening, 7 o'clock, in Deady Hall. Y. W. C. A.—Meeting Monday af ternoon, 1 o’clock, at the Shack. Freshman class—Meeting Tuesday afternoon, 1 o’clock, in Villard Hall. Important business. Lecture—Professor F. S. Dunn will give another of his illustrated lectures Tuesday afternoon, at 1 o’clock, in Professor Sweetser’s room. Subject. "Saints Lawrence and Sebastian.” Itasketball Inter-fraternity semi finals will be resumed Monday after noon. Agora Club—Meeting next Thurs day evening, at 8 o’clock, will be ad dressed by Mrs. Mable IL Parsons, on the subject, “A Social Survey of an Oregon City.” Essay subjects For Chi Omega prize must be in on or before W ed nesday, January 22. German Club—Will meet at the Delta Delta Delta house Tuesday evening, January 21. Eutaxians—Will meet Tuesday evening, at 7 o’clock. Mrs. Pennell will speak. lour Open Mootings Planned for Future Miss <• nppv Speaks on Pan-Hellenic. Tile Woman’s Council met on Fri day afternoon in Miss tiuppy's office. In the absence of the president and vice president. Miss (loppy took the chair. ('arin Iiogermark chairman of the proeiam committee, reported the program f >r the rest of the year. Tin re will he four open meetings, the names of the speakers to be arranged later. Mrs. Eric Allen will speak at the first meeting on “The Self-Ciovorn m nt ■!' the W .men in Wisconsin Uni versify.” Miss (loppy spoke tit length upon the advnntag< t Fniversity women i.f trying for the prize offered by the I'lii Omeirn Sorority The dean also spoke of the revised rules of Miss ('arson, of Pan Hellenic Rules, and of Self (lovornment. \f ter some other informal discussion the meeting adjourned to meet next on January 111. "When you find yourself in a dose place, cornered and can’t get out. con struct and you will have something t walk oat on." William Hanley. "W hen you meet anything personal that pains to blood, never bleed out ward, always bleed inward." William Hanley. Try the Cressev Hook Store, at all7 Willamette street. COMMUNICATIONS PAN-HELLENIC ASSOCIATION CORRECTS FALSE IMPRESSION To the Editor: The Pan-Hellenic Association wish es to correct the false impression ex isting as to its position in repard to the new Faculty rules for the women of the University. Through rumors and misleading newspaper articles, the Pan-Hellenic Association has been reported as taking a stand against the new rules and even has been quoted as saying that as an association, it refuses to abide by these rules or even to take any notice of them. The impression created by these ar ticles i* entirely false. Pan-Hellenic took no action whatever on the new rules in the meeting. Moreover, it held no informal meeting in which it decided to let the University enforce its own rules and to obey its own rules exclusively. Pan-Hellenic made its rules in accordance with the Uni versity traditions—there were then no definite University rules—and to the entire satisfaction of Miss Guppy and the Faculty. It has always co-operated with the University in its actions, and always will. Any statement made by the Pan-Hellenic members in regard to these rules, were merely the expres sion of personal opinions and by no means the expression of Pan-Hellenic’s stand on the matter. These rules are not iron clad regulations, but merely Miss Guppy’s suggestion, and as such will be regarded by Pan-Hellenic in all of its future actions. Elizabeth Lewis, President of Pan-Hellenic. ('Oi l EGE WOMAN OBJECTS TO UNSIGNED CRITICISMS To the Editor: "Every time you see a head, hit it,” appears very clearly to be the motto of a good many students at our Uni versity. So much so, in fact, that people cannot go peacefully about and give a pleasant dinner without calling down vituperation upon their heads: vituperation, from unknown sources, who spout long and loud about people being afraid, in this University, of giving an opinion,— and then backing it up. Evidently this young Savonarola is absent minded because he "forgot” to sign his name. But of course he is "strong” for fearlessness in voicipg opinion. "Vox populo, vox Dei,”— all right, only don’t sign your name to it. To return to the To-Ko-Lo ban quet. Shall we presume to tell any body how we think they had better spend their evenings? Well, not yet at any rate. Is To-Ko-Lo announc ing to the University that a dinner is its only aim? That it is going to confine itself to that sort of enter prise ? Do be moderate in your judgments. Another Student. Dispenser of friendly advice, Nellie llemenwav. 1 RED H ARDESTY REPLIES to to-ko-lo curries To the Editor: The communication in Thursday’s Emerald respecting the formal dinner given by To-Ko-Lo seems to bring up two (|uestions. to wit. Sophomore se ciet societies and the giving of a for mal dinner by a University organiza tion. As regards the first question. To Ko l.o will doubtless appreciate the paternal spirit that fostered the advice the writer gave it. and give it the courtesy of consideration. Rut 1 believe that the former correspondent did not go deep enough as regards the second question. He said, that it was disgusting, that it was a formal affair. 1 cannot see that it was so when we consider existing conditions at Oregon. We give formal dances and “doll up” for many other occasions; and 1 imagine that To-Ko 1 o is the best judge as t whether the dinner, which 1 un derstand. was to commemorate the foundation of the society, should be formal or informal under present con ditions. The author, it seems to me, should have gone farther than a fling at To-Ko-Lo and have gone into the "Why of a Dress Suit at Oregon.” \s a general principle the present correspondent is opposed to formal dress at any University function. It tends to create inequality and snob bishness in student relationships; and if ever there should be a demonstra tion of the great principles upon which our government is founded, it should be in an institution of higher learning. A college should be a great leveller and make every unit stand on its own merit. Another reason for abolishing for mal dress is that a college is intend ed for an education, and one of the biggest factors in an education is a sense of what is worth while. One of the surest ways of getting this sense of values is getting down to bed rock and "brass tacks" and reducing everything to its true light and level. Formal dress in a college career, it seems to me. does anything but this. The argument is put forth that we should learn to wear a dress suit while at college. This argument, 1 think, is entirely without foundation. Any person who will ever have occa sion to wear a dress suit, will either have an opportunity to overcome, un der more auspicious circumstances the fallaciously alleged embarrass ment of a dress suit, or will have in telligence and versatility enough to do so when the occasion may arise. I ask, had we better not take stock and realize that democracy is some thing to be desired, and that we are in college for an education? What bet ter beginning can we make than abol ishing formal dress at Oregon? Fred A. Hardesty. SARCASTIC STUDENT SUGGESTS BATH ROBES To the Editor. I was very much interested to note in the Emerald for last Thursday that some very representative student has decided that Oregon “does not” need any more exhibitions of "high brow” social life as was recently “furnished by To-Ko-Lo.” The writer passed the Osburn on the evening of the "high brow” do ings, and was much impressed with the aspect of enjoyment that centered around those who had been so ill fated as to have had to attend. It seemed to me at the time as very ap pi opriate that the students should have gotten as far away from the or dinary hum-drum of college life as they did. I do not know what the qualifications for membership or the purpose of To-Ko-Lo is—but I do know that asociety is justified in liv ing that can bring as much real en joyment to a crowd of people as ' shown on the faces of those present that evening. The writer of Thursday’s article seems to have had some strange anti pathy for those who “doll”; so I very humbly suggest to To-Ko-Lo that they make the next party a real mix, perhaps something classy at the cafeterian, with full dress costumes of dressing sacques and bath robes preferred. Humbly, An Unhid Student. i ivi m i\rv~wi\ i\i i r i ORECON TEACHERS MONTHLY In a short article in the January number of the Oregon Teachers’ Monthly, Professor Allen of the Journalism department, uriges that courses in newswriting be taught in the High Schools of the state. He distinguishes newswriting from journalism by saying that it is a less complicated subject and is adaptable ! to High Schools, and that where it has been introduced in other states, it has aroused keen Interest. He ex plains the difference between methods of teaching English and the newspa per methods taught in the Journalism department, but says that the Eng lish helps the other course and gives a broadening influence. Lihrarj Indexes Eugene Register. Miss Margaret Upleger. reference librarian of the University Library, is compiling a card index of the Eu gene Reigster, beginning with the New Year’s number. Each number is indexed as it appears in the morn ing, with special reference to local and Northwest news. The Portland Library makes a sim ilar card index •'!' the Oregonian, and Librarian Douglass expects to be able to make an exchange, whereby files of both indexes will be available here and in Portland. These indexes are of great value to students of North west history. The 1014 Oregana is going to be the best ever. You can’t afford to be without one. Preston & Hales Mfgrs. of all Leather Goods Dealers in PAINTS AND PAPER Agts. Johnson’s Dyes and Wax COCKERLINE. I FRALEY Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, La dies' and Men's Furnishings, Men’s Youth’s, Children’s Clothing. Phone orders filled promptly W. M. GREEN The Grocer The Store of Quality and not Quantity 623 Willamette Phone 25 L. C. 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