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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1913)
MILLION SOUGHT FOR UNIVERSITY PROPOSAL NOW UNDER WAY TO RAISE THE SUM BY SUBSCRIPTION VARSITY WILL GO FORWARD Eugene Brookings Praises the Work of John C. Veatch— Larger Vote Would Have In creased Majority, He Says — i Holding that the result of the ref erendum election Tuesday settles conclusively the position of the Uni versity. of Oregon, the Oregon Citi zens’ Educational League, which bore the chief burden of the campaign to save the appropriations, will go fur ther in its activities in behalf of the state institution, and plans are to be formulated at once looking to the raising of an endowment of $ 1,000,-1 000 from individual contributions. Eugendi Brookiings, president lof the league and one of the most act ive workers in the campaign, made this announcement yesterday. Plan Starts at Once. "The league will begin plans im mediately to raise the endowment fund of $1,000,000 and will continue at all times to lend its aid in every possible way to the support, not only of the State University but of the other educational institutions of the state,” he said. "So far as its appropriations are Sconcerned, the University is saved. Tuesday’s victory was complete, and !|it is safe to say that had the vote . l)een larger it would have increas |cd only the size of the majority ||in favor of the university. The peo flple of Oregon want our university maintained at Eugene. To use the ^'referendum against the [institution jfagain would be only to hamper it temporarily in its progress and to waste the resources of the state in useless elections. Varsity to go' Ahead. "The university can now go for ward. Its attendance will increase and the new buildings will relieve the crowded conditions and make room for more.” Mr. Brookings expressed the grat itude of the league for the assis tance given in the campaign by the press, women’s clubs, labor, frater nal and /commercial organisations. To J. C. Veatch lie also gave great credit for his activity in the cam paign, saying that lie had been one of the most faithful and hardest workers at all times, and attribut ing the success of the campaign large ly to his efforts. Jhliuny Faisons, half; a great factor in « inning the 1912 game from O. A. C. The Collegiate Alumnae Associa tion met at the home of Mrs. William Barker. 1031 Mill street, on Friday afternoon. * * The Mu Phi Episilon House are giving an informal tea on Sunday evening for Miss Spencer. Phi Delta Theta entertained in j formally with a dancing party for | Delta Gamma, Wednesday evening. Sam Cook, 1912 full, now a rival to llailey, for honors at tackle. | Vernon Vaxvter. Hobson Duell, Virgie Strang, and Donald Rader, of Medford, arrived in Eugene yester day and are stopping at the Sigma Nu House. Richard Fulton. Ex '15. of Astoria, and Ernest MeCown. Ex '16, are also visitors at the Sigma Nu House. Karl Onthank, class ‘13, is prin cipal of the Franklin School in Hood River. Bill Holden, a fighter who lias the beef to back his spirit. The House of Applegate Furniture a Bit Better for Less ALBERT D. APPLEGATE Elks Bldg. Phone 919 Cor. 7th and Olive WHY Did He Do It ? i Why did Secretary Johnson of the University of Oregon purchase four Royal Standard Typewriters this fall for the use of his staff/ Because it is the BEST BUILT TYPE WRITER IN THE WORLD. The only writing machine huilt to handle till classes of work without the addition of extra attachments which complicate the mechanism and add to tin' cost of the machine. $75.00 CASH $80.00 ON TIME To SPEND MORE is Easy. To BUY BETTER impossible. 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