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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1915)
Oregon emerald Published MCh Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday of the college year, by tha Associated Students of tbs University of Oregon. _ _ Entered at the postofflee at Eugene as second class matter. Subscription rates, per year, $1.00. Single copies, Se. _ STAFF Ed|tor-in-Chief....Leland G. Hendricks Assistant Editor....Marjorie McGuire Managing Editor .—.Max Sommer News Editor _Wallace Eakin City Editor _ Leslie Tooze Special Departments Administration -- Clytie Hall Assistant . Don Belding Society__Beatrice Locke Assistant ... Madge Barry Dramatics _Mandell Weiss Music _ Alice Gram Exchange —-—.Rita Fraley Sporting Editor . Harry Kuck Assistants—....Floyd Westerfield and DeWilt Gilbert. Features _.Lamar Tooze, Milton _Stoddard and Edison_Marshall.__ Reporters Alexander Bowen, Irwin Sutton, Helen Johns, Flawnice Killingsworth, Louise Allen, Charles Dundore, Leigh Swinson, Lois Ladd, DeWitt Gilbert, Helen Currey, Sara Barker. Helen Downing, Roberta Killam, Gladys Col well, Kenneth Moores, Mildred Gerig, Jade Montague, Donald Roberts, Grace Edgington, Adrienne Epping, Hazel Wymore and Sam Bullock. Business Staff Business Manager, Anthony J*uregny Asst. Manager ...Wayne Stater Collections— Howard McCulloch and Jimmie Sheehy. Managers Phone, 841 IS THE “BEST THOUGHT” AB STRACT? Personally, we were interested in the view expressed by one of the speakers during Wednesday morning's nominations, concerning the province of the editorial in the college news paper. This speaker held that auc'n an editorial should reflect the be3t thought of the students, and there fore that it should deal with pmo lems “broad and deep as life itself,’ rather than with the more or le^ trivial affairs of the campus. i Naturally, we have cogitated the question somewhat ourselves, and al so we have examined the undergrad i-> ate papers which come to our ex change deck to find in what light M- * other editors view their responsibil ities. We have found n** the almo t universal practice is to sidestep tV. problems of the universe and discus the frothy and evanescent events of every-day college life—th coming ath. letic contest, the next hop, or the in subordination of the Freshmen. Once in several whites we have come across such topics as “The Im portance of Ideals,’’ “The Intellectu al Revolution,^ and even “Lockej’s Theory of Education,’’ but we bus pect that they were chosen as a last resort when the writer could think of no happier subjects. We doubt whether this tendency of college editors to remain on terra firms can be entirely ascribed to men tal torpor, because all editors pro verbially rush in where angels fear to tread. As for us, we would not be averse to parading some of the “highbrow” knowledge we have im bibed during our course—this being probably the nearest to a practical use we shall ever find for it. But how would our readers react to such a departure? If it be true that no one reads editorials, we surmise that several less than no one would peruse our philosophical and vaporous dissertations. The Emerald is a news paper, and whatever proviso should be made to the theory that a news paper should always give its readers what they want, it can hardly be ex pected to give them what they do not want. That is why we choose to devote our humble efforts to showing up the cumulative cut system or promoting cleaner student politics, and to leave the decadence of poetry and the caus es of the European war to the peri odicals and reviews. Had the University a purely literacy publication, it might properly venture into the realms of abstract thought. But the highest obligation of the Em erald, as we see it, is to contend as vigorously and fearlessly as is within its power for that which seems right in issues affecting the students, ard to attack just as fearlessly and vig orously that which it believes wrong What do you think about it? Miss Ruth Guppy was a dinner guest at Mary Spiller Hall, Thurs day. I****** ******* • • * COMMUNICATION * • • ************* To the Editor: For years I have been trying to contribute to the pleasure of canoeing on the mill-race. My property, as that of many other people, lies on both sides of the mill-race, and the opportunity for creating a spot of beauty has always appealed to me. For this reason, I began, ten years ago, planting ornamental trees and shrubs on either side of the mill-race as it flows through my property just above the University. I expended time, lots of it, labor and money on the effort, and my en deavor has been so rewarded and np preciated by the. public that many of my trees and shrubs have been totally destroyed and others so broken and torn as to lose their beauty. They are all small still, after years of growth. This is because a young man and woman in a canoe seem to And it im possible to permit the public to en joy what gives pleasure to themselves, but must cut, break and carry away all beautiful growth from the first green leaves on the bushes to great armfuls of the scarlet hawthorne, grown with care and labor, for their own use and ornament. The attempt to add to the beauty of the mill-race seems almost to Le in vain, for young people will persist, in such theft. I have hoped that a knowledge tha: my beautiful trees were for all to on joy, might protect them from the va i dalism of those who are thoughtless: and selfish. Hence this letter. T. J. WILSON. For the first time in ten years, the Columbia varsity eight-oared shell crew will not row a new boat this year. Last year’s shell is practical ly new, having been used only a few times. • CAMPUS NOTH • • • *********** Bernice Ely, ex-’16, was a dinner guest of the Chi Omega house Fri day. Mrs. G. Cronk, Nellie Cronk, Mil dred Brown, Myrna Brown and Mrs. Brown were dinner guests at the Chi Omega house Thursday. Doctor R. Bennett was a dinner guest at the Phi Delta Theta house Thursday. Phi Delta Theta entertained How ard McCulloch at dinner Friday. Ceclia Gavin, of The Dalles, is a week-end guest at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Alice Bingham, ex-’18, Hazel Erx ion and Emmeline Kline, of Salem, are week-end guests at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Mrs. W. A. Ferguson, of Portland, has visited during the week at Mary Spiller Hall. Clarence Finch, of the University of North Dakota, was a luncheon guest at Mary Spiller Hall Tuesday. Michigan’s relay teams which will run at the Drake carnival will oe ex ceptional in the fact that they will be composed entirely of green men, not a single letter man who was placed in the intercollegiates being available this season. RAD NOR RADNOI 'HE_ Arrow C O 1,1. A R I Varsity BathingSuits 6 are cut right, look right and add pleasure to swimming for ladies and men $1.25 to $3.50 All New Colors and Combination of Colors Men’s Cap Special 50c A special purchase of caps enables us to offer usual $1.00 values at 50c for a few days cm: AC COLLEGE OUTFITTERS WANTED—A student who has per sonality and ability to represent a large Life Insurance Company dur ing his summer vacation. Pine proposition to the right man. Ad dress Manager, 201 Northwestern Bank Bldg., Portland, Oregon. * ANNOUNCEMENT * * The Turpin Tailoring Co., now * * at the corner of East 11th and * * Hilyard streets, has taken over * * A. W. Cook and Co. Phone 333-L. * * Prices the same. II. R. Tregil- * * gas, Student Manager. * **•***••**• Patronise oar advertisers. This advertisement, pub lished in the $500 Fatima Advertising Contest, is the work of D. T. Carlisle, University of California. o o FATIMA The Turkish Blend Cigarette The $500 Prize — $500 will be paid to the college student who sends to us the best original advertisement for Fatima Cigarettes before June 1, 1915. Inthe mean time for each ad we publish we will pay the writer $5. Illustrate your ad if you can, but if you can’t draw, then use your kodak or describe your idea. Prize will be awarded by a committee of three promi nent advertising men: L. B. Jones, Adv. Mgr. East man Kodak Co., F. R. Davis, Adv. Dept. General Electric Co., and J. George Frederick, Editor of “Advertising and Selling”. Lioortr At Utiu Toascoo Co. ill Fifth Ave., New York City CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Physicians DR. S. M. Physician Phone 187-J Office 209-210 White OLIVE C. WALLER A. ORVILLE WALLER Osteopathic Physicians 416 C. A W. Bldg. Phone 195. Dentists © Office Phono 562. Res. Phone 611-B DR. M. C. HARRIS Dentist Rms. 2 ana 4, C. W. Bldg., Ith A Willamette Sts., Eugene, Oregon. For non-delirery of your Rinse aid, eall 944. DR. WRIGHT R LRS Dentistry Phone 42. 306 I. O. O. F. Temple Drags Johnston’s Candies Nyal Remedies YOU GET REAL VALUE AT YERINGTON A ALLENS' DRUG STORE 86 9th At. E. Phone Ml SHERWIN-MOORH DRUG CO. — Box Candies, Toilet Goods, __ - Prescription Department__ 9th and Willamette Phone tt J. E KUYKENDALL, M. D. Physician and Snrgeen Residence Phone 965. Office, Hn gsne Loan A Sarings Bank Bldg, Phone 634. Stndios *****—~^‘ TOLLMAN STUDIO Satisfaction Guaranteed J. B. Anderson, Proprietor Phone 770 734 Willamette STUDIO DE LUXE C. A. Lars. Manager 960 Willamette St. Phone 1171 Office Phone 391 Roe. Phone >35-Y THE EUGENE ART STORE George H. Turner Pictures, Picture Framing, Pennants^ Pillows and Armbands Paine Bldg., 10th and Willamette. Phone 1062. Attorney LEE M. TRAVIS Attorney Office orer Loan and Seringa Bank. TAILOR J. A. HILDEBRAND Merchant Taller Repairing and Pressing. 7*6 WE lamette St Phone 110S. A. M. NEWMAN Mtrchul Tailtr Cleaning ud Pressing Ow» ItTif Theatre CLEANING AND PIBBINO ~ A. W. COOK Suit Pressed, We. Clitud and Pnmd, |1.28. Phone _M 7th At. E Typewriters TYPEWRITER*—All sold, rented end repelled. Oregon Type writer Company, 816 C. A W. Bldg., Phone 878. O'BRIEN MATTRESS AND UPHOLSTERING CO. Mettriesis mede to order. 876 E. 8th St Phono 666 BICYCLES THE CYCLE CLUB Bieyele end Umbrelle Repairing, Sefety Resor Bledes Sherpened. Phone 684 686 OUto EUGENB CRISP CO. R. R. Mentor, Manager Hot Coffee end Sendwlehes. Whole sale end Retell. P. O. Box 184. Phone 864-L. Op posite Rex Th enter, Eugene, Oregon. Heir Drooelng Parlors HASTINGS SISTERS Merinello ToUet Articles. Heir Goods medeto order. Maaienrlng, Seelp end Feee Treatments. Swltoh ss raeda from combings. Register Bldg., Willemette St, Hn me. Oregon. Telephone 1666. DUNN'S BAKERY mm A met. Preprinted Y