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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1914)
l^tlNNlNq Elevators. ■SPlrTTlHC? RoCKlNC Ch^OLCS. f STOKING SE.UV.INC Nev^s ■Papers. DEUVER.'r V/ACCOK. 'Waited 1231 ‘R1E3 TAUPLJVTstT. 1 Y: M. C. A. BUREAU BRINGS $1,650 43 POSITIONS OBTAINED FOR STUDENTS IN NEED OF . WORK 266 MEN SELF-SUPPORTING Sum of $413.40 Is Obtained Through Y. M. Book Ex change. Increase of Sales Is 33 Per Cent Over Lest Year. The Y. M. C. A. Employment Bu reau has supplied work amounting to $1,650 to needy students since col lege opened in September, according to figures recently prepared by Gen eral Secretary Charles Koyl. Last year, cash help rendered through the Y. M. C. A. up to February 1, amounted to $1,082, while for the whole year the total amount was $1,970. The total number of regular jobs secured during the past five months is 43, as against 45 during the nine months of last year. Sixty six odd positions have been filled, as compared with 124 last year. Among the 21 varieties of work that have employed self-supporting students during the five-month pe riod are included collecting, carrying in and cutting wood, doing of chores, acting as janitors and night watch men, washing dishes, waiting on ta bles, scrubbing floors, mowing lawns, and playing in orchestras. Several students are earning as high as $60 per month. An employment census that was recently taken by the Y. M. C. A. re veals the fact that out of the 368 men who are registered in the uni versity, 266 are earning their way, either partially of wholly. Of this number fifty-eight non-fraternity men are self-supporting and 49 are earning but a part of their expenses. The different fraternities and clubs are accredited with 71 students, who receive no financial assistance, and 88 who receive but a part. Divided according to the organiza tions represented the census shows the following figures: Entirely. Partially. Dormitory ........38 15 Beta Theta Pi. 4 7 Alpha Tau Omega... 7 ■ 2 Kappa Signa. 3 1 Signa Nu . 3 5 Sigma Chi . 2 22 Delta Tau Delta. 5 2 Phi Delta Theta.... 5 14 Phi Gamma Delta. . 3 1 Avava . 1 1 The Book Exchange has netted a sum of $413.40 to students this year through the sale of second-hand books. Last year the receipts of the Book Exchange up to March 1 were $309.10. This year’s figures show an increase of $104.30, over 33 per cent. The average number of books on hand is about 1,000. BIBLE STUDY CLASSES ATTENDED BY 117 MEN Six Sunday Schools and Five Fraternities Enroll One Hundred Eighty-one. (By W. P. Murphy) A total of 181 men were enrolled in the Bible study classes conducted last semester under the auspices of the Bible Study Department of the Y. M. C. A. The average attendance of the classes was 117. The aim of this department is to make it possible for every man in the university to have the opportuni ty of studying the Bible. In order to do this, classes are being conduct I ed in Sunday schools, fraternities and other social organizations. [ That the best results may be ob ! tained, it is necessary that a very | efficient organization be maintained j by the department. Beside the regu lar committee, there are sub-commit tees which supervise the classes lo cated in the Sunday schools and fra ternities. Classes are conducted in the fol lowing churches: Baptist, Christian, Methodist, Congregational and Pres byterian. There are also classes lo cated in five fraternity houses, and there is one in the Eugene High School. The leaders of the various classes are Dr. James B. Taylor, Dr. Wm. Parsons, Prof. A. R. Sweetser, Dr. E. S. Conklin, Prof. Charles Converse, Prof. Caswell, M. H. . Douglass, Charles Koyl and David Glass. The Bible study committee is com posed of Will Murphy, chairman; Roy Stephens, Wilmot Foster, Ira Gaston and Erie Lane. 108 MEN ATTEND Y. M. SEX HYGIENE LECTURES Gain Over Last Year’s Attend ance is Given as Fifty Eight (Leslie Tooze) An average of 108 men attended the sex hygiene lectures given last fall by the Sogial Service Department of the Y. M. C. A. An average at tendance of 50 was made during a similar series conducted last year. The big feature of this year’s se ries was Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, professor of physiology in North western University, and a recognized authority on sex hygiene, who deliv ered addresses before two large men’s meetings in Villard Hall, October 23. The attendance at the two meetings averaged 225, or over 60 per cent of the men students of the university. The other lectures of the series were delivered by Dr. James B. Tay lor, Dr. Clifton F. Hodge, Dr. Omar Gullion, Prof. John F. Bov^rd and Prof. Sweetser. At the present time the depart ment is conducting a series of first ' aid lectures, the first of which was ^ delivered last Wednesday evening. * The following is a schedule of the i remaining lectures: March 4—“Injuries and Emergen cies of Indoor and Outdoor Sports,” by Dr. J. Eberle Kuykendall. March 11—“Injuries to the Eye, Ear and Nervous System,” by Dr. J. B. Taylor. March 18—“Injuries In Which the Skin Is Broken,” by Dr. G. S. Beards ley. March 25—“Unconsciousness, Par tial and Complete, and Poisoning,” by Dr. C. H. Edmondson. April 1—“Care of Partiaally Drowned Persons,” by Prof. J. F. Bo vard. Last year’s series have been con siderably changed and many new subjects will be covered this semes ter. In these lectures ^n attempt will be made to deal with most of the ac cidents that commonly occur to col lege students, and to describe the first aid methods that should be used in such emergencies. First aid ap paratus will be showui wherever pos sible. The members of the committee are Leslie Tooze, chairman: Ernest Walkins, Robert Young and Millar McGilchrist. r William T. Neill, '13, is an elec trioal inspector employed by the State Railroad CommUelea with resi dence in Portland. SEASONABLE MEMENTOS Tak« Flashlight Pictures on Eastman Film with .* Eastman Flash Sheets at Schwartzschiid’s BOOK STORE DON’T FORGET THAT, Yo« oan get WtUBlw and Battar Scotch pie at all tlmea of the day and night at THE GOOD EATS RES TAURANT 33 West Eighth Eugene Quick Shoe Repair Shop 2» WEST EIGHTH ST. MARTIN MILLER KOPAK Developing, Printing, Enlarging. Copying and Lantern Slides. PAGE STUDIO H. B. REYNOLDS. Pro*. “Do you want a shlna?” "Yea.” See PETE Tho Shins Dootor. 747 Wiliam otto. Students: Do you know that Hosmer specializes in lunch dainties and high class confections? Bulk Peanut Butter Spiced Pickles Fresh Fruits Assorted Cookies E. D. HOSMER “The Preferred Stock Store” 13th and High Sts. 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