OREGON EMERALD
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Editor-In-Chief.Henry Fowler
Assistant Editor. . .Catharine Carson
Managing Ed. . .Clarence Brothertou
News Editor.Earl Blackab.v
Assistants, . . . .Wallace Eakin, Ruth
Dorris.
City Editor .Jessup Strang
Sporting Editor.Fred Dunbar
Special Departments.
Special Features . . . .Lee Hendricks
Exchange .Lamar Tooze
Administration .Roger Moe
Assistant. Leslie Tooze
Dramatic .Mandell Weiss
Society .Beatrice Lilly
Assistant.Florence Thrall
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Reporters.
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Stoddard, Evelyn Harding, Beatrice
Locke, Elmer Martin, Biair Holcomb,
Harold Hamstreet, Edison Marshall
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Lombard.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1914.
<UNION LABEL>
SUPPORTING THE TEAM.
Friday evening the va-slty nasket
Inill team will play Its first confer
ence game of the season, .he quintet
from W. S. C. being the other team
which will appear on t'te floor. The
Oregon bunch Is In giud shape and
had had the advantage of excellent
coaching, but tile V aahlngton Ag
glea have the repu'aclon borne out
In past years, of turning out a class
"A" team, and the outcome of the
contest Is by no means to be predict
ed in Oregon’s favor.
Hut tile team v hich will enter into
active conflict on the gymnasium
floor, is not the only factor which
must be const len d in bringing about
success or defeat. The spirit of the
spectators, manifested in audible
support, or in mere silent approval,
will Im responsible to a large extent
for the filial result.
Last year the custom of concerted
rooting at basketball games, was In
augurated ai Oregon, and showed
that It lias Its uses In Indoor sports
as well as in outdoor contests. This
year the practice will ho continued,
and it rests with both the men and
the women of the I'niverslty to see
that It Is made efficient.
The only real opposition which
may be encountered is from the con
firmed "queeners." The Idea is
erroneously held that tt is Impossi
ble to "queen" to a game and at the
same time yell for the Oregon team
Tills. objection would be valid If it
were necessary for men acting as es
corts to‘ college women, to sit w ith
them during the entire contest.
T( remedy thi°s, it has been sug
gested that Oregon women be seated
In the balcony in seats reserved for
them while the masculine contingent
occupy the bleacher section below
and resume their function of escorts
at the do e of the game. Surely this
scheme is feasible, but it requires the
earnest eo-operatlon of both men and
women to make It effective.
IMSCrsslON.
Tlit' signed communication appear
iiiK pi the last 1 iir of tlit» Kmerald,
whilo perhaps e\pr« sing a belief con
trary to fht> opinions held by sriut' of
tue students, is encouraging as the
first response to the Kmerald'* of
fer of its columns for discussion of1
questions of inteiest which may arise
in students or faculty affairs.
It matters little whether the ur-1
guments advanced on a given sub
ject are favorable or adverse, at
though, of course, a constructive1
discussion is to Oc preferred from the,
standpoint of the good which may be
done through it.
The best way to cultivate a grouch
is to keep it to oneself. The best
way to get rid of it is to talk it
over with those who are in any way
connected with the cause of the
grouch.
If there is any chance for reform
or for a suggestion which might
prove of value, net to make known
the ideas held along these lines is an
injustice to the student body, and
betokens moreover, an utter lack of
interest in the betterment of the Uni
versity.
The Emerald columns are perhaps
the most convenient and far-reach
ing means of carrying such discus
sion buck and forth. Space is re
served at all times for communica
tions from members of the faculty,
alumni, or undergraduates.
SUKELY NOT “SILK STOCKINGS."
The experience undergone by an
Oregon student within the past week
his strenuous hike over miry roads
and mountain trails during the
worst season of the year, all gone
through with in order that his col
lege work might not suffer, shows
the stuff entering into the makeup
of the average student.
East year he made the same trip be
cause of a similar railroad 'washout
which made the regular mode of trav
el impossible. Also it might be men
tioned that a University woman came
nun the coast on horseback early
In January of 1913 for practically the
same reason.
the holiday vacation by a broken
ridge were equaled if not surpassed
by those of Charles McMillan, a jun
ior at the University of Oregon, in
The statement is often heard that
the University of Oregon is a “silk
stocking-' school, the term presum
ably implying a life of enervating
luxury on the part of the undergrad
uates. The hardships which Oregon
students have encountered to avoid
losing a few weeks study do not bear
out this assertion. Surely silk stock
ing mental or physical character
istics would have been of almost
negligible use in the tramp from the
coast to Eugene.
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() ANNOUNCEMENTS. o
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o Phi Beta Kappa All mem- o
o hers resident in Eugene are o
o requested to meet at the home o
o of Professor Clark, Wed- o
o nesdnyevening, January 21, o
o at 8 o’clock. o
o Order of the “0” men wear o
o your monograms to the bus- o
o ketball game Friday eve. o
i) Section reserved.—Robt. o
0 Bradshaw. o
o Basketball Oregon vs. W. S. o
o C. Friday eve, 8 o’clock. o
0 o
o Miss Guppy will address the o
o women students in Dr. o
o Straub's room in Vlllard o
o Hall Tuesday at 5 a. m. o
o Only the attendance of o
o those specified is desired, o
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TO ISSUE QUARTERLY
FOR COMMONWEALTH
Edited Under Supervision of
Economics Department and
Pres. Campbell.
A new publication to be called the
■Commonwealth Quarterly" is the
latest plan of the Fniversity authori
ties. President P. 1.. Campbell and
Prof. F. G. Young, of the Economies
department are working on the prop
osition and it ts intended to publish
the first issue of the new bulletin,
during the latter part of February or
the firt part of March.
As its name implies, the publics
: t > 11 win ho uevoted to the work ot
tinting nows rotat'd ins tho Common
wealth services rendered by tho Uni
ver-dtj to tho state and will (a addi
tion to printing reports of Common
wealth conferences give nows in oon
neotion with state oommltteos which
have boon organized to work along
those lines. The date for the 1SH-I
eonforonoe has not as yet boon sot,
but plans are under way regarding
It.
The first number of the magazine
will be largely given over to a re
view of last year's Commonwealth
Conference. The Juno number will
take up tills year's Conference, while
later issues will take up special de
tails. which have not been decided
upou fully.
COMMUNICATIONS
what are we getting here?
Editor of the Emerald:
Is the prese.it discussion on the
subject of modern dancing a reflec
tion of the real mental attitude of
the students or is it merely a passing
and soon to be forgotten disturb
ance? One might thing that all
ether questions had faded into obli
vion and only the Hesitation and
Tango occupied our minds. We are
often criticised for .drifting through
college, taking our instruction as we
would a box of pills or chloroform
and after four jears of such treat
ment coming out unmarked and indi
cating that we had seen nothing of
the institution but the exterior of
about half the buildings. I wonder if
the criticism does not contain an un
pleasantly large element of justice.
Consider the altitude of the aver
age student. How often in our con
versation do we talk real serious
sense? Do we talk about the future,
about our ambitions, or many of the
log things in life? A few of the old
‘sticks” do. Our attitude toward
our classes is too often that of simply
"pulling a grade” instead of the
healthy spirit of getting all that a
ubject contains with the idea of ap
plying it to some future use.
But suppose some one among us
does get an idea, where will he work
it out. In how many of our classes
are we allowed any worth while
freedom of discussion, how many in
structors insist on or even allow any
independent thinking, how many
empuasize our relation to me state
after graduation? We’ve got too
much “booklearnin’ ” and too bloom
ing little of the gtuff that makes one
use his grey matter. Luckily for us
we have some live progressive men
who think and who make their class
es think. But we have also with as
on element, who thing more of a
theory, last year jokes, and a class
conducted on schedule time as pre
arranged, than they do of the essen
tials of the subject and their rela
tion to the student. A student who
ventures an opinion or persists in
asking questions is treated as an un
desirable and Seniors know full well
that the best policy is to keep still
in class and in exams to reproduce
'ike a phonographic record the words
propounded by the text and instruc
tor. A few changes in the personnel
of our salaried force would not be
( bjeeted to.
And now we are Seniors! How
many of us are ready to go out Into
the world, think for ourselves, help
those about us to a little higher
plane of living and at the same time
make a livlihood for ourselves? Only
a few, l assure you.
And it is all part of the SPIRIT of
a school. Is tile faculty to blame or
are the students? Certainly both
must play a part. But when will Ore
gon awake?
A SENIOR.
LAUREAN LIT. SOCIETY
INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS,
Bert Lombard Is President;
Wm. Holt Vice Presi
dent
The Laurean Literary Society in
stalled the new officers, elected for
this year, at its meeting Tuesday
evening, and prepared the following !
program for the coming meeting,!
Tuesday evening, of next week:
Oebate: "Resolved, That each!
Freshman upon registering should be :
taxed two dollars which will be turn
ed i ver to the class treasurer for the
benefit of the class." Affirmative.
Onwsim and Foster: negative, O'Con- ;
nell and Watkins.
Reading by Martel Mickey.
The following officers were in- j
Milium:
Bert Lombard, president; W’. PJ
Holt, vice-president; Wlltnot Foster,;
secretary ; Ernest Watkins, treasur- |
er; Milton Stoddard, assistant secre
tary: Ejner Heutr.e. sergeant-at
arms; A. H. Davies, censor.
Walter Camp's selection for All
American elevens since 1SS9 are di
vided among the different Eastern
colleges as follows; Yale, 79; Har
vard. aS; Princeton. 49; Pennsyl
vania. :i 4 ; Michigan, t!; West Point.
9; Chicago, 5; Dartmouth. 5; Car-;
Bsle. 4: Drown, 4; Cornell, 3; Colum
bia. 3; Annapolis. 3; Minnesota. 3:
and Amherst. Pennsylvania State, ,
Syracuse and Wisconsin, one each.
LADY KILTIES BAND COMING.
“Ye braes o’ Bonnie Doon.” Hoot
rnon, they’re cornin', Scotch lassies in
kilts,
The famous Lady Kilties band,
ranked as the world’s greatest wo
man’s military concert band, is to
play here. These bonnie Scotch
girls appear in full kiltie uniforms,
the dress of their native land, con
sisting of red coats, green kilts,
Glengarry caps and tartans of vari
ous clans.
The programs rendered by these
girls always provoke the • greatest
enthusiasm. Selections from operas
that are familiar to everyone, well
known and late popular music, tunes
that you have learned to whistle, na
tional airs and the alwrays loved
tunes from the land of the heather
are played and played in a manner
that will win any audience.
The organization consists of twen
ty-five members, every one a profi
cient musician and especially trained
to play her particular instrument.
Many soloists are among the mem
bership and will appear on the pro
grams here. Miss Frankie Tice, fam
ous as a trombone soloist, will play
The Last Rose of Summer” and
other soul-stirring songs of Scotland.
Cornet and other solos .make up the
entertainment provided.
The Portland Oregonian says of a
recent concert given by this band in
that city: “Never has a Portland
audience been more responsive than
the one which greeted the bonnie
lassies who played so delightfully at
yesterday’s concert.”
This band is to plaV at the Eugene
theatre, Tuesday night, January 20.
Cosmo Hamilton, tho English author,
states that he was inspired to write "The
Blindness of Virtue,” which he later
Iramntized under the same name, from
incidents which took place in his home
11 England, where the quaint people and
their customs, their sorrows and their
tribulations, furunshed him with abun
dant material. The play will be acted at
'lie Eugene theatre Saturday January 17 |
by William Morris’ company of English !
players. Mr. Hamilton has found, he
says. that, even with the truths so plainly
presented as they arc in his play, there
is still a strong aversion on the part of
’>arents to -informing their children on
topics of a delicate kind of which the
play treats. lie says: "I intended to!
throw a bomb at the feet of all mothers !
'nd teachers and clergymen and doctors, I
who deliberately turn their faces away
rem facts and to startle them, is possi
ble into action. may succeed in one or
two isolated cases, especially when I 1
turned the book into a play and it became I
one of the nincldny wonders of London. |
But the crying n<vd of instruction to all1
young things of all classes in the physi
ology and hygiene of sox, remains a mat
ter of wild and determined indifference
to everyone, except members of the so
ciety of sanitary and moral prophylizis
hi New York, Chicago and one or two
other cities in this country, and a few
great and good women who have been
working for years, such as Jane Addams
arid Mrs. Woodallen Chapman.”
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College Students
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Evening
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