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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1915)
SCHOOLS INEfflHT, S*fS JA CHURCHILL STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF IN STRUCTION THINKS DISTRICT UNIT SYSTEM FAILS Assembly Speaker Condemns Rural Educational Organizations as Being Beset With Evils The inefficency and low standard of the rural schools of our state, and the fact that high school privileges are not available to every boy and girl in the state, are the two great educational problems of Oregon, is the opinion stated by J. A. Churchill, State Superintendent of Public In struction, during an assembly address which he delivered in Villard Hall yesterday. The reason stated by Mr. Chur chill for bringing these matters to the notice of the students of the Uni versity, is he realizes the great intlu cnce this body of students is wield ing and wll wield in the state. “And if you are thoroughly acquainted with the problems, we will have your support and sympathy,” Superinten dent Churchill added. i“Every educator in this country looks upon the rural schools as the weakest link in our educational sys tcn. For over fifty years the dir trict unit plan ha* been in operatio>, and the district unit of organization has failed. The reasons for this : re that the teachers are poorly prepared and pool ly paid, that the terms of school are short, that the school budd ings are often unsightly and usua V unsanitary, and that too often d's sentation and strife in the school di-s trict is the rule, rather than the ex ception. All the above cited evils, the speak cr stated, would have been remedied by the bill, introduced at the last legislature by his department, which provided for the county unit system instead of the present district unit. The bill, however, failed to pass, but Superintendent Churchill seemed con fident that its final passage is only a matter of time. That the high school problem par tially solved by the adoption of the county high school fund law, which goes into effect May 22, was the dec laration of the speaker, as he cited the provisions of the bill. Under its terms, no boy or girl will be compelled to pay high school tui tion in any county of th" state of Oregon. However, the distrticts that do not maintain high schools will be taxed a certain amount to help pay the tuition of the boys and girls from that particular section who go out over the state to the different high schools. The money thus collected is to be given to the high schools from which the students received their tu ition. Another provision of the bill is that no high schools, excepting those giving a four year course, will be al lowed to continue in Oregon. OREGON N11»S THRILLER IN LATE TWELFTH HOUR (Continued from peg* 1.) Thompson .„.4 0 0 8 Howard ...5 0 0 2 Smith .*.5 0 0 1 Taylor ...5 0 1 Wilson ._.4 0 0 Davis ...5 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 McDermott .3 1 0 15 1 2 Leader ..2 0 1 5 2 0 Bryant .3 0 0 2 1') 36 1 2 85 17 6 Runs by innings: Score by innings: R. II. E. Oregon .....2 5 2 Washington .1 2 6 II VIII •••! Bla Vltr* VtiUI C. MAILING LISTS 99% GUARANTIED ifunii ail clause •! •i Ia4IvU«aW. Mil Ur re mf late cetalei ik«v lM Mdtial «»vet •• 7.009 ctaMlirertene. Ale# wpmiii pficrn* l0mr%. ROSS-GOULD 411H N. Vtk St. ST. LOUIS FOR RENT—A first class piano at reasonable rates to the right party. Can be had for an indefinite length of time. Puone 1111J. WEEK-END HORS WILL NOT EXCEED 575 Estimate Made Is Basted on the Num ber of Invitations Issued by Campus Organizations The visitors to the eighth annual Junior Week-End, which began today, will probably not exceed 675, com pared to over 1,000 visitors, who were in Eugene last year; while the spe cially invited track men for the fifth annual interscholastic meet held Fri day, will number about 100, compared to 350 athletes entered a year ago. The figures are based on the number of accepted invitations received by the various organizations on the cam pus. The falling off in numbers is explained by those in charge of the week-end as due to the impossibility of entertaining so many visitors, and getting them to come to college, which is the real design of the en tertainment. The total number of women invited to the eight sororities on the campus is 126, which is an average of 16 to each house. The nine fraternities are expecting 250 guests, which gi res an average of 27 men to them. The other 200 visitors will be scattered be tween the Dormitory, Mary Spi'ler Hall, the various hotels in the c!:v, and private residences. The 78 track athletes were drawn for by representatives of each of the fraternities, each taking seven men, while the Dormitory will take care of the rest. Final arrangements have been made by all of the fraternities and soror ities, and extra beds and cots will be crowded into the rooms, put along the halls, in the basement and up in the attic, while one fraternity has rented part of a house next door. Still an other has taken several rooms in one of the down town boarding houses, while others who have members among the town people, are sending part of their men there to make room for the influx of visitors. The meal problem, due to the dou bling of the numbers, has been worked out in most of the fraternities and so rorities, by putting in extra tables, while a few will be forced to split the crowd into two sections, due to their small dining room. In the sorori ties the dining inconvenience is almost eliminated, as they have planned pic nics and down town suppers to take care of the crowd. The committee in charge of the housing of the visitors will see that every train is met, and the athletes and others are directed to the place where they are going to stay. For the benefit of those visitors who wish information, there will be an informa tion bureau located in Villard Hall to answer all questions and give any assistance possible. The information booth will be in charge of at least two students on the committee at a time. The track men who were invited will have to have their railroads receipts signed by Sam Michael, whose office during the week-end will be in Vil lard Hall, where the former grad uate manager had an office, and is now being used by Coach Bezdek. At the same time the receipt is signed Mr. Michael will also give a check covering the cost of transportation of each of the men invited. A. M. NEWMAN Mmhul Taller Cleaning ud Preeelng Otw l»Tty TWIN CLEANING AND PRESSING A. W. COOK Suit PruMd, Me. Cleaned wU Preaeed, $1.26. Phone 198. 89 7th Av. E Typewrit eve TYPEWRITERS—All make* eold ranted and repaired. Oregon Type writer Company, 816 C. A W. Bldg. Phone *79. __ O'BRIEN MATTRESS AND UPHOLSTERING CO. Mattraaeee made to order. 179 E. 8th St Phone 89$ Attorney LEB M. TRAVIS Attorney Office over Loan end Seringa Bank. EUGENE CRISP CO. R. R Maater, Manager Hot Coffee and Sandwiches. Whole •ale and Retail. P. O. Bos 184. Phone 194-L. Op poeite Rex Theater, Eugene, Oregon. BOND ADDS FACILITIES Owner of “Shack” Improves Millrace Aquatics to Accommodate 150 Bathers with Dressing Rooms. Paul Bond, owner of the “Shack,” has been keeping a special crew of men at work building an additional canoe landing platform, extending 110 feet up stream from his boat house on the mill race. The platform was completed in time to be used as a re viewing stand for the Junior week end during the “water fete,” which will be tonight. Mr. Bond said, “Following the water fete I intend to immediately start building bath houses on this landing, so that they will be ready for use as soon as the water gets a little warmer. There will be a capa city for about 159 bathers. The dress ing rooms will not be small as I first intended, but will be of various sizes, so that parties from two to six can use the same room if they wish to.” Another improvement which may be added to the present swimming ar rangements, will be a cement walk 76 by 30 feet, which will be built be low the canoe house. This is 15 feet longer than the university swimming tank. The new tank would be con structed above ground, said Mr. Bond, because of the difficulties of putting it in below the mill race level. The water will first be filtered before it is pumped into the tank, which will make it cleaner than the mill race, but will not be heated. The trees are being cleared away for a board wsflk to extend 150 feet down stream. Following this the high dive will be rebuilt and strengthened. “What d’ye mean, feelings? Feel ings! 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