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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1913)
OREGON EMERALD Published each Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, of the school year, by ths As sociated Students of the University of Oregon. Entered at the postofflce at Eugene as second class matter. Subscription rates, per year. *1.00. Single copies. Sc nm Editor-in-Chief.Karl W. Onthank Assistant Editor. .. .Carleton E. Spencer Managing Editor.Franklin 8. Allen City Editor.Harold Young Hews Editor . Earl Blachaby Assistant .Tula Kingsley Spselal Departments tdmlr.istratlon . . . Clarence Brothsrtos sslstant .James Donald .Roger Moe Sporting Editor.Jessup Strang Assistant .William Cass Co-Bd. Sporting Editor, lfsllls Hsmsnway Bdltor. . Bo el sty Bdltor'. Elizabeth Lewis Assistant .Hay Smith LttHtry and Dramatic.... A. H. Darlas Bxohanoe Editor.Oraham MoConnell Assistant.Leslie Tooze taw Bokool.B. Baras VewsU City Editor's Staff Harry Cash Evelyn Harding Wallace Eakln Beatrice I,l)ly. Arthur Crawford Clarence Ash Janet Young Raeman Homing Beatrice Locke Ulmer Furusett Lamar Tooze Business Mgr.Andrew M. Collier Assistant Manager.Lyman a. Biss Collection Manager.Sam Mlohaal Assistants .Leonard Bljoy ..Roy T. Stephens Advertising Manager ... Clyde Alto hi son Assistants.Anthony Jaureguy .Allen W. O’Connell Olroolatlon Manager.Sam Mlohaal Assistants.Kenneth Robinson Thursday, March 20, 1913. THE POPULAR CONCEPTION OF THE COLLEGE MAN Athough college men of all times have been a great deal alike and al though they have been governed by practically the same ideals, motives and aspirations, yet there have been marked changes in the popular ideas concerning them. Half a century ago the typical college man was a scholar; the word scholar typifying the studi ous, physically weak, practically use less member of society, who delved all day long in dusty volumes of for gotten Greek and Latin. His distin guishing characteristics were a bulg ing forehead crowned with sparsely scattered wisps of hair, large, near sighted eyes, protected by thick spec tacles, and a physical makeup indi cating in general an unsubstantial grip on this earthly existence. He was recognized as a man of book learning but as a useful factor in so ciety as a warrior iJl the fights of the world—the idea was preposterous. Back to the curtained library and the tealm of classics for him. The af fairs of the cold, cruel world needed men of brawn, of ability, of moral and physical courage. As the decades passed, the public conception of the college man changed. He became first cousin to the pugilist. He became a Bohemi an; a rounder, so to speak. His brow is now pictured as being flat and low, his hair thatch-like. His wearing ap parel became ostensibly pugnacious, to say the least. The book shelves in his apartments guve way to trophies of war and conflict. He spent his fa ther’s good money and had a good time, but as for usefulness to the world and society he was still a joke. Today, however, when we look the matter squarely in the face, we must recognize that the public conception of the college man >-s »K»»n cnangeu. People are expecting the product of our higher educational institutions to bo first of all normal men; approach ing more nearly the perfect, well rounded type of humanity. He is to have, first of all, efficiency. It is de manded and expected. He Is sup posed to l>e able to do something, to produce something useful to society better can the average man. Society demands a high decree of capability, and is willing to pay him for it. To fall short of this standard is to lose the respect of his community. Furthermore, a high type of citi zenship and of public spirit is expect ed. The college man comes with a broader vision and fuller knowledge of the means of betterment of condi tions politically, socially and indus trially. People instinctively turn to him for suggestion and leadership. He must be prepared to devote a por tion of his time, energy and thought to the public good. Again, the public demands charac ter of the college man. He must be master of himself, sell controlled, rational, clean and upright. All these things are looked for in the college man of today Public sen timcnt demands them To fail in liv ing up to these dictates of the people on the part of any college graduate is to fall short of the world’s stand aid. and in so doing to destroy the liigh status which education now holds in the minds of the people. Hard right Pipes at Ohaks Announcements Laureans—Meeting Tuesday even ing, Special program arranged. Agora Club—Professor A. R. Sweet ser will address the Agora Club, Thursday evening, at 8 o’clock. The lecture, which will be illustrated, will be concerned with a phase of public health. The lecture will be in Profes sor Sweetser’s room. Women’s Council—Regular meeting Friday afternoon, in Miss Guppy’s of fice. The April Frolic will be dis cussed. Y. M. C. A.—Professor Hector Mac Phereson, of O. A. C., will speak at the regular meeting Thursday even ing. Election of officers also at this meeting. Oregon Club—Will hold a social meeting at the Shack, Saturday even ing, March 22. All club members urged to be present. Triple-A—Meeting that was sched uled for tomorrow evening at the Tri Delta house, has been postponed until Friday, March 28, on account of the Y. W. C. A. Conference. Cabinet Conference—Open sessions of the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Confer ence will be held Saturday afternoon and evening, in Villard Hall. The public is invited. Freshman Debate Try-out—Satur day morning, 9 o’clock, in Villard Hath Baseball—First game of “Doughnut” League, Saturday. Alpha Tau Omega vs. Avava, in the morning. Sigma Chi vs. Phi Gamma Delta, in the af ternoon. Reception—For the visiting Y. W. C. A. delegates, at the Lambda Rho house, Friday evening. All University women invited. PORTLAND HAS FIRST NORTH WEST COLLEGIATE BRANCH In the lust issue of the Emerald ap peared the statement that Miss Ruth Guppy is president of the first branch of the National Association of Colleg iate alumnae established in the North west, to which Miss Guppy draws at tention and states that the first branch was established in Portland a number of years ago and that Mrs. Finley, wife of State Game Warden Finley, is the president. Miss Guppy was president of the Tacoma branch of the organization for the years 1909 to 1911. Hui'dright Pipes at Obaks. IMU ELECTS EIGHTEEN Co-ed Sophomore Society Pledges Women and Observes Founders’ Day. Eighteen Freshman Girls were pledged yesterday by Kwama, the Sophomore Women’s Honor Society. This was also the first Founders’ Day and was marked by a banquet at the Shack and by each of the charter members wearing a pink tulip, the society flower. This organization is the third on the campus to observe its Founders’ Day. • Those pledged were: Louise Bailey, Katherine Northrup, Claire Faley, Mona Dougherty, Tula Kinsley, Palm , Cowden, Mildred Lawrence, Elsie Gurney, Katherine Stanfield, Gladys Graybill, Evelyn Harding, Rose Price, Fairy Leach, Eva Brock, May Smith, Rita Fraley Marie Hagar, Georgia Kinsey. uooooooooooo u HELP WANTED o o o o Insertions Free. c oooooooooooo One student to wash dishes and do odd jobs around the house, for board and room, at once. Y. M. C. A. Bureau. The Association Bureau has several needy students listed for work on reg ular hours during the week. Mr.. Businessman, you need help and they need the work. They give satisfac tion. Phone 504, University Associa-j tion Bureau. Students wanted, to circulate “Paci fic Northwest.” Write to Philip S. Bates, publisher, 215 Oregonian bldg., Portland. The Association has a good propo sition for six students for the sum mer. More students wanted for Spring jobs. Mohawk Lumber Co. for lumber and shingles. Hardright Pipes at Obaks. Druggists to the student. Eagle Drug Co. Phone 623. .... STUDENTS will And aa account wttk Ikli Bank a aoarea ef eonran iedte A BANK ACCOUNT ia goad train lag—the mor* uae'd, tka morn appre L. S. Nat’l Bank Caraer Seventh and Wtllaaiatta Ste. “KRAMHFiM,” AMUNDSEN’S 1909 WINTER QUARTERS, DUG OUT OF ICE AND SNOW Klectric fans and ice water were not | needed in the "home" that is pictured above, which is "Framheitn," the win ter residence of ('apt. Roald Amund sen and his crew of men during the winter of 11*09, the space for which was dug out of solid ice and snow ! that forms the "Great Harrier." a fa- * miliar object to every Antartic ex plorer. This great mass of ice. that sur rounds Whale Hay, is several miles long and a hundred feet high. It rises straight out of the water and can be soon for miles. Amundson and his crow took thoir ship "Fram" as near tho Barrier as possible, but upon landing decided not to seek another wintering place. So with dynamite and hard labor they made a hole in the ice. which for a Ioiir winter served as their home. Other similar scenes and descrip tions will be Riven by Captain Roald Amundsen, at his lecture in the Chris tian Church, Tuesday evening, April 1. Tickets on sale at the Book Ex change. DR. M. C. HARRIS Dentist U. 0. ’98. Rooms 2 and 4, Me Cluner Bldj?., 8th and Willamette Sts EYES THAT TIRE EASILY can be greatly helped by wearing glasses while reading, writing or sew* ing. Let me fit you today to glasses that will ease the strain on your eyes and fit so comfortably that you will feel as if you had always worn them. DR. J. 0. WATTS, Optometrist 564 Willamette St. Broders Bros. Wholesale And Retail Dealers in Fresh, Corned and Smoked MEATS Chambers Hardware Company Razors j j C\bkW« *5* t~ ***■ Phon. ^4' . S^OtNS 5*f* „ »■««■“• ° M *-t S" Tees - ^ in M** t r-fl**, Spu# ChTtai«“B ku* —* College Ice Cream and Punches for Particular People Phona 341. Eugene Ice and Storage Co. Oregon Stationery SEEEL DIE —in —NOTE PAPER and TABLETS— Order your cards from our samples of engraving Who is Cressey? He has a book and stationary store in the McClung block, corner Eighth and Willamette. Do you know Obak? C. B. MARKS, M. D. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Glasses Correctly Fitted. 201 and 202 White Temple. Phone 243-J. Dorris pfyoto Shop Classy Photos Cherry Bldg. Phone 741 Hastings Sisters HAIR DRESSING PARLORS Register Building. Telephone 648-R Manicuring Scailp and Face Treatment J. E. KUYKENDALL, A. B., M. D. Office over Loan & Savings Bank. Phones, Res. 965. Office, 634. Office Hours, 2 to 5. Hotel Osbum W. F. Osbum, Prop. MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE Rooms en Suite or Single Dining Room Popular with Stu dents of U. of 6. Athletic The Red Store Ninth and WilTamette WANTED Forty students to get their Suits pressed at the IMPERIAL CLEAN ERS, 23 E. 7th St. EUGENE STEAM LAUNDRY Phone .123 West Eictfti St University Men and Women We Supply Electricity and Gas Let us make your problem our problem in lighting and heating. Students eat at the Y. M. C. A. Cafeteria. Get the 623 habit. Eagle Drug Co. Phone 623. Weber's candy at Obak’a. Linn Drug Co. KODAK SUPPLIES Prescriptions Carefully Com pounded FANCY GROCERIES — FRUITS, VEGETABLES Phone us /our orders. We have our own delivery wagons. Phone M FURNITURE AND CARPETS Seventh and Willamette Streets. The Kuykendall Drug Store DRUGS, CANDIES, TOILET ARTICLES AND SUNDRIES 588 Willamette St. Koehler & Steele Millinery and Needlccraft Moved to F. E. Dunn & Co. 569 Willamette Preston & Hates Mfgrs. of all Leather Good* Dealers in PAINTS AND PAPER Afta. Johnson’s Dyes and Wax -- - . L-■■■_Tr COCKERLINE ft FRALEY Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, La dies’ and Men’s Furnishings, Mao’s Youth’s, Children’s Clothing. Phono orders filed promptly Fiske Hats A Leader Order Work a Specialty Over First National Bank Room 22 For Easter Remembrances at Cres sey’s stationary store.