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OREfltm EMERALD Published each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the school year, by the Associated Students of the Uni versity of Oregon^ # Entered at ths postofflcs at Eu gene as second class matter. Subscription rates, per year, fl.OO. Single copies, 6 c. STAFF. i&di tor-in-Chief.Henry Fowler ▲Mutant Editor. .. Catharine Carsoa Managing Editor... .Earl Blackaby News Editor.Jessup Strang Assistants, . .. .Wallace Eakin, Ruth Dorris. City Editor.Fred Dunbar Special Departments. Exchange.Lamar Toose Special Features ... .Lee Hendricks Administration .Leslie Tooze Sports.Everett Saunders Dramatic.Mandell Weiss Assistant .Edison Marshall Society .Beatrice Lilly Assistant .Marjorie McGuire Reporters. Ray Williams, Milton Stoddard, Eve lyn Harding, Beatrice Locke, Blair Holcomb, Harold Hamstreet, Bert Lombard, Florence Thrall, Everett bat’d, Florence Thrall, Rita Fraley, Carl Naylor. Business Stuff. Business Manager. .. Marsh Yloodwla Assistant Mgr. ..Anthony Jaureguy Circulation Mgr. . . .Roy T. Stephens Collections.Roy T. Stephens Assistant.H. M. Gllfllen Advertising Mgr.. .Millar McGUchrlst Assistants—Ben Flelschman, Hugh Kirkpatrick. THURSDAY. MARCH 1?, 1914. NOT APPRECIATED. For the eight open positions on the new Student Council only 15 names were placed In nomination at the Student-Body meeting yesterday morning. Nine of the names sug gested were for senior berths on the Council, but within a few hours fol lowing the meeting two of the Senior nominees have withdrawn, leaving seven eligible for the five vacancies. There Is still competition among the Junior officeseekers, but practically none among the fourth-year men and women. It is hard to say that such a state of affairs is the result of college politics, inducing the limitation of the number of candidates by steam roller tactics. All the time neces sary for nominations was allowed, and from the general tenor of the nomination speeches, it was rather evident that, contrary to the usual practice, theB© were largely im promptu. It is to be inferred, then, that no real desire for office, such as is us ually manifested in the regular elec tions later on in tho spring, has found time so early in the year to develop in the breasts of the ambi tious, or It may bo supposed that the possibilities of the Student Council, and consequently the importance of being connected with this body are not appreciated. This. It may be said, is character istic of the Oregon attitude toward any innovation. Other students who would be as well qualified to hold the new offices opened up ns those who have been nominated, have not kept out of things due to the ma chinations of ring politics, or even because they are indifferent to the welfare of the Student-Body, as might well be supposed, but merely because they are over-cautious. They must find out, before taking such a rash step as to allow themselves to be nominated, Just what they are getting into, and whether or not the thing is really worth while. Most emphatically the Student Council Is worth while. To fill a position on It worthily will do credit to any man or woman in the Univer sity. But, uufortunntel.v, this must be fully demonstrated before the under graduate skeptic will believe, and there is but a comparatively short time left for the demonstration. To morrow the Council will be elected, and two months later the Student Body will again pick a Student Council to serve for the following year. During this time It is highly desirable that the new Council, who ever may compose it, will make it apparent to the students that posi tions on It are not merely doubtful honors, as seems to0be the opinion at the present time, but constitute un paralleled opportunities to engage in real service for the Associated Stu dents and for the University. ENDORSES SENIOR ACTION. Editor of the Emerald: The Eugene branch of the Nation al Association of Collegiate Alumnae wishes to express to the students of Oregon State University its earnest appreciation of the action taken in dispensing with cabs and flow’ers at social functions, and recommends that the women of the University co operate by endeavoring to modify the general trend toward extravag ance in dress. Relaxation is just as necessary as work, but when the essentials are so clothed with useless formalities as to make them burdensome to all and prohibitive to some a return to “the simple life” is welcomed by all seri ous-minded people, and therefore the Association of Collegiate Alum nae desires Jn this manner to endorse the movement Inaugurated by the Se niors and sanctioned by the Juniors and Sophomores. We thank you for the step you have taken, and feel that its influ ence is not purely local, but will be felt throughout the state. MRS. A. M. SPANGLER, Wellesley, '82. HARRIETT W. THOMSON, University of Michigan, ’04. EDITH A. BAKER, University of Oregon. Committee for the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, Eugene Branch. oooooooooooooooooo o o o o ANNOUNCEMENTS. o o o ooooooooooooooooooo Election—Student-body election tomorrow in Villard Hall. Polls open from 10 to 2. Officers for stu dent council to be voted on. Vesper—Vesper services March 15 in Villard Hall. Dr. George Rebec speaks. Special music. Debate—Tri-angular state debate. Oregon meets Stanford Friday night in Villard Hall. Student-body tickets admit. Tryouts—Co-ed debate tryouts for debating team will be held in Villard Hall Friday. Wrestling—Final tryouts for 135 and 145 classes will be held in gym Friday afternoon. Soccer—Varsity goes to Portland and meets Columbia University, March 14. Oratory- -Class representatives at tend State Oratorical contest at Al bany, March 13. Glee Club -Concert will be given at Hellig Theatre March 16 by Uni versity Olee Club. Lecture Professor Dunn will give an illustrated lecture on cartoons Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock In his room, Deady Hall. Pennsylvania has lost half of last year's track point winners by grad uation. Officials at Michigan are agitating the establishment of a "dry zone" around the University. Rex Floral Co. The Artistic Floral Shop Special Attention Given to Party. Wedding and Funeral Work We carry a Fine Line of Brass ware. Pottery. Vases, Japan ese and Oriental Baskets. Cut Flowers and Potted Plants of All Kluds. Phone twa-J Deliver} Free oooooooooooooooooo o 0 o EXCHANGES. o • o oooooooooooooooooo - o , * The Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia is using moving pictures as a means of teaching reporters how to report. Reels of pictures of the Balkan war are shown before the would-be newspaper men, who later write news accounts from their notes. The professor edits and cor rects the stories and returns them to the student, after which the reels are run off again slowly, so that each student may see where he was inaccurate or missed an important point. This may be good training, but when the young men begin to do actual reporting there will Jje no re turn reels.—Illinois mini. Three recent pledges to Delta Tau Delta are: Emerson Merrick, of Medford; Harold Berlin, of Turlock, California, and Claude Hampton, of Pendleton. The non-fraternity men at the University of Kansas are better stu dents than the members of frater nity organizations, aceording to a re port recently made. The University of Pennsylvania is taking the lead in a movement to form an interscholastic boxing asso ciation. At the large eastern col leges this sport commands no little attention, and it is thought such an association would foster a clean and healthy interest in the sport. The competitions would probably be lim ited to three rounds, and eightrounce gloves would be worn. The students at Graz University, Rome, Italy, upon finding that their demands for an Italian faculty were not to be acceded to started a public agitation. On their parade around the city they found the path blocked by the German students, and a se rious fight took place. Police inter ference was necessary to quiet the disturbance. Students of the University of Chi cago have borrowed $59,000 from the Students’ Fund Association since 1892, according to the first report of the association’s work, given out last week. Of the total loans the sum of $40,000 has been repaid, the out standing balance being divided be tween 300 borrowers, with an aver age indebtedness of $70 each. A Faculty committee of the Uni versity of Washington has been ap pointed to advise Freshmen. M’CORMICK BROS. 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