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OREGON AGRICULTURE COLLEGE GLEE CLUB. THAT APPEARS AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. ON SATURDAY EVENING Top Row—M. Van Courvering, Fred Holmes, A. H. Steinmetz, R. Thomas. El J. Montague, D. C. Jamison, E. Reed. Middle Row—E. H. King, Roy Woods, Joy Scudder, L. D. Tyoer, R. O. McGee, M. E. Canfield, H. W. Russell. Lower Row—H. R. Glaisyer, L. R. Johnson, A. J. Wilson. M. H. Jordan, H. Lamley. oooooooooooo o WHAT THE COLLEGE o o EDITORS ARE SAYING o oooooooooooo “THE RIGHT FEELING” “The enthusiasm of the U. of O. Student Body over our humble efforts to entertain their Glee Club here is in deed gratifying. Such spirit as this should readily indicate to all con cerned that we have been missing many enjoyable affairs in the past. Not only this but it points directly to the fact that the students of each school have learned that the majority of the students at the other institu tions are real men who are all work ing for the advancement of our state, but each school along entirely differ ent lines. “That the University occupies one field of learning and the Agricultural College another, is a fact which we should all realize. It is probably a near unanimous opinion of all clear minded supporters of each school. A lamentable fact, however, is that there are a few individuals purporting to represent or support each school, who are so near sighted that they cannot see beyond the end of their noses. “The narrow mindedness of these unfortunates is indeed to be abhorred. They should be firmly buttonholed and have a few things whispered to them. Let them understand that be ing graduates of one school gives them no privileges to condemn the other. They are not damaging the school they condemn to near the de gree the school they represent, but by far the greatest damage is done directly to resources of the state by slandering the state school of higher education. “Men who know the facts are not affected by this cheap talk but the uninitiated are so, it is to our advan tage to personally see to it that these poor calamity howlers are educated. We. both of us, have the right feeling so let us chastise these near sighted individuals and thereby perform a duty to our state, the welfare and development of which is the goal of our ambition.”—O. A. C. Barometer. ENGINEERS GIVE DATA ON STREET LIGHTING Professor Dearborn is sending to all towns and cities of over five hundred inhabitants in this state circular let ters offering through the University of Oregon Department of Engineer ing information on the subject of street lighting. The Senior class in this department has already furnished the city engineer of Albany with charts and estimates for an orna mental lighting system, and has been of assistance in the installation of lighting systems in several other towns throughout the state. Infor mation may be secured by writing to the department of Electrical En gineering. There are forty-two now at Y ale who are entitled to wear the Univer sity “Y.” The University of Idaho has taken her seventh consecutive victory from the Pacific University. Both the neg ative and affirmative teams won the judges’ decision on the question: Re solved, That the Labor Unions should be incorporated. LIT. GLASS DECIDES HAMLET NOT INSANE Variety of Theories Advanced in Examination as to Mental Status of Dane. Call off the Shakespearean com mentators; stop holding debates over this mooted problem; and stop worry ing about the question yourself, for Hamlet was not mad. At least this is the verdict of a jury of 92 Univer sity students in a Shakespeare course that were asked that question re cently in an examination. But the verdict as rendered was far from unanimous, for some thought him temporarily mad, others feigning mad ness, while six out of the total num ber were convinced that the “mighty Dane” was not mentally on the square. The question of Hamlet’s sanity had been impressed upon the minds of the students for solution since the beginning of the study of the trag edy, and their convictions had been given plenty of time for determina tion. A total of 46, 28 women and 18 men, were of the opinion that Hamlet was not insane, not even tem oorarily. Five women and three men believed that Hamlet was feigning insanity for some reason of him own, or, as one woman expressed it, he was “profaining madness.” The score on the possibility of his being subject to streaks and “real fits of madness,” had more supporters, there being eight women thinking that “the med itative character” was unbalanced at times, while seven men were of the same opinion. Out of a class of fifty-six, but one co-ed was sufficiently convinced of his madness to be positive, and in the same class there was but one man who held similar views. The answers to the question of Hamlet’s madness, ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime. One wo man said that she hated to think that such an “honorable” character could bo out of his mind, yet her prejudice did not outweigh her judgement. One or two thought that it was still “impossible to say,” while another MME. LILLIAN NORDICA Mme. Nordica as “Brunhilda.” Eugene, Monday, February 10. at STEWART ASKS FOR Present System of Refereeing Held Responsible for Inland Empire Squabbles. A me-too attitude is taken by those in charge of basketball at the Uni versity, which includes Bill Hayward, Captain Sims, and Manager Geary, in regard to the demand of Doctor E. J. Stewart, of O. A. C., that there be regularly appointed officials for all of the remaining conference games. The Aggie coach has been busy since returning from his disastrous Inland Empire trip, charging that the present refereeing system is rotten, and is to blame for the disgraceful scenes that occurred during some of the games with Idaho and W. S. C. Stewart charges that former Manager Zednick is the sole reason for not having a system of paid referees, and he hopes that present Manager Horr of Washington will consent to the change, so that it can be immediately installed. “I think that it is the thing to do,” said Hayward yesterday, and Captain Sims seconded the remark. “It will do away with all the scrapping and hard feeling,” Bill continued, “al though I don’t doubt that the referees that have acted have done the best they could.” Manager Geary’s views concided with this. Hayward and Geary go a step fur ther and recommend that one man be chosen for each division of the con ference, and as Hayward suggested, George Varnell could take care of the games east of the mountains, “Bebo” Shaw, of Dallas, those in the Willam ette Valley, with some other good man for the Seattle games. was just as sure that he was “made.” One of the husky, line bucking members of the 1913 football squad, was determined that “He was devot ed.” This same gridiron star ex plained the scene of Hamlet’s appear ance before Ophelia, wherein lies one of the arguments that he was insane, by the fact that he could “just im agine “the same thing hapening in any of the sorority houses. Others expressed their surprise that the question of Hamlet’s mental status should ever have been mentioned in the first place. H. W. WARD, AUTHOR OF THE “SOCIAL CREED” HERE TONIGHT The Social Service lecture by Harry IV. Ward, the social service secretary 'or the Methodist Episcopal Church, s particularly for the students of the University; but everyone in Eugene s cordially urged to attend this free ecture in Villard Hall, at S o’clock, rhursday evening of this week. Ward's subject will be “The Social rask of the Church." taking up the ipplieation directly of Christianity to die multitude of social evils and the leeds of the day. Mr. Ward is an author as well as a lecturer, being the author of the “So cial Creed," which was adopted at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in May, 1912. The “Social Creed" includes equal lights and complete justice for all men in all stations of life, for the protection of the family, by single standard of purity; uniform divorce laws, proper regulation of marriage and proper houseing. Among other things advocated in the creed are, the conservation of health; the protection of the workmen from dangerous machinery; the right of all men for the opportunity for self maintenance and for the protec tion of workers from the hardships of enforced unemployment. The creed stands for the gradual and reasonable reduction of the hours of labor to the lowest practicable, and for that de gree of leisure for all which is a con dition of the highest human life. The regents of the University of Wisconsin are asking for an appro priation of $1,000,000, beside their regular appropriation; to be paid in installments of $250,000 in the next four years. This sum is to be used in the erection and equipment of a men’s dormitory and common if ob tained. President Hadley of Yale addressed the Yale Alumni Club over the long distance telephone a few days ago. Each alumnus had a telephone at his plate. Sensations, features, and pictures galore in the Oregana. 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