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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1915)
OREGON EMERALD Published each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the college year, by the Associated Students of the University of Oregon. Entered at the postoffice at Eugene as second class matter. °Subscrlptlon rates, per year, fl.OO. Single copies, 5c.__ STAFF EDITOR-IN-OHIEF..max H. SOMMER Assistant Editors.Wallace Enkln, Leslie O. Toose Managing Editor...Harold Hnmstreet News Editors...Mandel Weiss, Clytle Hall, DeWItt Gilbert City Editor..Harry L. Kuclt BUSINESS STAFF BUSINESS MANAGER.FLOYD C. WESTERFIELD Manager's and Editor’s Phone 811. Physical and Mental Preparedness for War. MANY A WORDY war has been waged concerning the ad visability of instituting compulsory military drill in the education al institutions of this country. Locally we have heard the echoes of speakers and newspapers urging that the University of Oregon establish forced drill. The Emerald has taken an opposing stand twice, and has brought forth veiled criticism. But no attempt has been made to answer the reasons advanced why compulsory drill would be unwise. To institute military drill would be unwise because the Uni versity at the present is developing men who, in the event of war, would be better able to defend their country. And this is being done without the evils of instilling militarism and a false idea of patriotism, which are the inevitable resultants of compulsory mili tary drill. Some authority has said that fortunately some of our college students are wiser than their elders on this matter; and we flatter ourselves that this it at least an approximation of the truth. Colleges have always waged an intellectual war for peace, and the effect of this is visible in the empiric fact that the youth of this country no longer regards war as an ideal. They no longer respond to a demogogue who croaks a false patriotism. And the love of peace has even spread to the younger children, who have abandoned street-war-play for the gymnasium. The University of Oregon without military drill is turning out a student who is physically better fitted for arms than if com pulsory drill were instituted. Military drill does not fit men phy sically for war, but only gives a superficial idea of tactics and dis cipline. An army of drilled nincompoops, to our idea, is not as efficient as an army of undrilled but intelligent men who are phy sically fit. It is a matter of common knowledge that drill cannot make a man physically fit to endure war. But athletics, properly taught, can do that which drill fails in: physical efficiency. An organized system of athletic training recognized as an in tegral part of the college curriculum is in vogue in the University, and has been re-enforced by recent faculty legislation to make ath letics “universal” among the students. Here is a plan that pro vides for fitting men for the work of conserving and protecting as well as adding to what other men have created. None other than Professor Dudley A. Sargent, of Harvard, probably the greatest expert on scientific physical development, disfavors military drill with the argument that properly conduct ed athletics is more effective. In part Professor Sargent says, “During our own civil war it was not necessarily the best-drilled that did the best fighting, but it was invariably the regiments con taining in their ranks the highest average of physical development. . . . I have said that 1 am not at all in favor of the arguments which urge the introduction of military training into our schools and colleges, but I am strongly in favor of any movement which will bring into all our schools the most efficient system of physical training through athletics that can be devised.” Why not encourage in Oregon the present plan of developing potential armies, instead of ranting for a system that does not nec essarily create physical efficiency, but emphasize a poor type of patriotism and encourages a mawkish militarism. Home-Coming Day. THE HICKIEST question facing Oregon at the present time is how to make Home-Coming Day a success. A large committee is struggling with the problem and as time goes on the members of that committee realize that the job is herculean. The committee is large but not large enough. The members realize that their work alone will be futile if it is not re-enforced with student interest and spirit. So we urge a committee of the entire student body. The trou ble with the mechanism of student activities is that a few do every thing while the rest—about 99 per cent—sit around and knock. Too many of the so-called critics are criticasters. They are solely destructive. Destructive criticism is necessary but there must be an active policy ol construction. So we urge a dynamic spirit of co-operative help on the part of all of the students. The labor necessary for a successful Ilome Coming celebration is small com pared with the reward. CAMPUS NOTES * I * -- ★ — * Theta Sigma Phi gave a luncheon Saturday noon in the V. W. ('. A. bungalow in honor of the delegates to the convention of the 'Western association of the Teachers of Jour nalism, which was held in 10ugene last woel. Decorations were in lav ender and whit®, the fraternity col ors; place cards were matrix shaped, the emblem of Theta Sigma Phi, Those present wen1: Professor Frank (}. Kane, head of the univer sity of Washington journalism de partment; Professor Carl H. Gets, professor of journalism in the Uni versity of Montana; Professor Fred Kennedy, head of the printing depart ment of the university of Washing ton; Professor and Mrs. K. w. Al len, Professor Colin V. Dvment, Mrs Frederic Thorne, Miss Caroline Cole. Ilea trice Ixuke, Grace lOdglngton. llernice Lucas, Louise Allen, l.uclle Watson. Claire Raley. Helen Curry and Helen Johns. Beta Theta Phi Sunday dinner guests were Miss it. Louise Fitch, Nora Manerud, Frances Mann, Mar garet Spangler. Marion Murdock and Marie Churchill. Mary Splller hall entertained about 10 students with a Hallowe’en par ty Friday evening. Ghosts received the guests and led them over leafy floors and through eornstock corri dors to their cloak rooms. Individ ual pumpkin pies and cider were serv ed. — lOllen Van Volklnburg, ’15, spent the week-end at Mary Splller hall. Sigma Delta Chi gave a banquet Friday evening In the grill room of the Osburn In honor of Professor Frank G. Kane, head of the jour nalism department of the university of Washington. Professor Fred Ken nedy. head of the printing depart ment of the university of Washing ton and Professor Carl H. Getz, pro fessor or journalism in the university of Montana. Those present were: Professor Kane, Professor Kennedy, Professor Get?.. Professor E. W. Allen, Profes sor C. V. Dement, Mr. W. A. Dill, of Springfield; Dr. E. S. Conklin, Professor W. F. G. Thacher. Profes sor .1. Frederic Thorne, Dr. D. C. Sowers, Fred Dunbar. Harold Ham street, Lamar Tooze, and Leslie looze, and Wallace Kakiu. Si>eeches were given by the three visitors. Delta Gamma announces the pledg ing of Mable Tilley of Portland. Sigma Chi announces the pledging of Maynard H. Harris. Kappa Alpha Theta entertained with a Hallowe’en dance Saturday night. Clarence Bean, Don Campbell, El lis Williamson, and Paul Downard spent the week-end in Salem and at tended the Willamette game. Pi Beta Phi pledges were enter tained at dinner Friday evening by Kappa Alpha Theta. Esther Campbell spent the week end at her home in Jennings Lodge. Mr. Cooper of Corvallis spent the week-end at the Delta Tau Delta house. Rose Basler, Claire Haines and Leura Jerard were in Portland over the week-end. Roland Allen, John L. Clelan, Ed mund Tracy, Arthur McChesney, John Tate, Lyle Bain, and Louis Schultz, of the Albany high school football team were visitors at the Sigma Chi house Saturday. John Kelly and Millar McGilchrist were in Eugene during the week-end. UNIVERSITY HAS BOOTH AT LAND PRODUCTS SHOW Earl Kilpatrick, director of the Extension Department, supervised an exhibit rccupying a space six by six by 30 feet which has placed in the Oregon Land Products Show held in Portland during the past week. A number of charts showing the work of the extension department in other parts of the state especially in Jour nalism and Music were placed in the exhibit along with the Potato and Milk Bulletins prepared in the indus trial survey class. A large number of the furs and birds from the zoo logical museum, also Mrs. Sweet ser's paintings of Oregon wild flow ers formed the greater part of the display. The walls of the booth were covered with pictures of University buildings and campus all placed there with the object of showing graphic ally just what the University is do ing in Eugene and elsewhere. GOTHIC THE NEW ARROW a for 2oc COLLAR IT FITS THE CRAVAT CLUCTT. PEABODY A CO.. INC.. MARCN* C. B. MARKS. M. D. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Thone 243-J. Office hours: l) to 12; 1:30 to 5. Specialist for S. P. R. R. and U. S. Pen sion Bureau. Office 404 C. & W. Bldg. Eugene, Or. OR. L. L. BAKER Dentist Office hours: 5) to 12 n. in., 1 to 5 p. m. Phone 531. Instructor's diploma N. IT. D. S. Chicago. Office 310 C. & W. Bldg.. Eight and Willamette Sts., Eugene, Or. S. M. KERRON. M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office phone 11S7-J. Res. phone 187-L 208-210 White Temple. Eugene, Oregon. MARX BATHS Next Door to Savoy J You are welcome at PsopyriomtTy to. v. PRICK ft CO. Who’s Your Tailor? THE LITTLE SCHOOL MAS TER SAYS v “YOU MAY DUPLICATE A SUIT PRICE, BUT YOU CAN’T DUPLICATE A PRICE SUIT.” ED. V. PRICE & CO., TAIL ORING IS BEYOND IM ITATION. and at a price that iseasily with in your allowance, we offer the most satisfactory tailored-to order clothes you can buy. Compare cost with convenience and certainly you’ll have no other kind of clothes. 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