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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. Subscription rates, per year, |1.00. Single copies, 6c. | _ STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF..MAX H. SOMMER Assistant Editors.Wallace Eakln, Leslie O. Tooze Managing Editor....,.Harold Hamstreet City Editor...i. Harry L. Kuck News Editor.Mandel Weiss Copy Editors.De Witt Gilbert, Clytlc Hall Dundore, Walter Roberta Killam .Francis Yoran .Chester A. Fee James Sheehy Special Writers.. Grace Edglrgton. Frances Shoemaker, Charles Kennon, Mary Baker. Administration . Assistant . Sports . Assistant . .- _ ... Fcatnrci'i .Adrienne Epping, Echo Zahl Dramatic Critic .1..James Cellars Dramatics.....Martha Beer Music .., .Eulalie Crosby Society ..Beatrice Locke Lucile Watson Exchanges .. .Louise Allen Reporters. .Kenneth Moores, Jean Bell, Marian Nell, Carroll Wlldln, Harold Say, Robert McNary, Percy Boatman, Corallo Snell, Luctle Messner, Lxicile | Saunder, Joe Skelton, Stanley Eaton, Helen Brenton. I BUSINESS STAFF BUSINESS MANAGER.FLOYD C. WESTERFIELD Manager's and Editor's Phone—841. Democratization of Education. AMERICA HAS flaunted the banner of democracy for years and years, yet it is a noticeable fact that education, which shows the mokt crying need for democratization, has been the hope of mil lions and the realization of but few in the past. Statistical evi dence shows that tfre state of Oregon ranks foremost at the pres ent in the attainment of this new conception pf the function of education; to-wit, the state is educating a higher percentage of its youth in the colleges than any other state in the union. All of this is well and good, but Oregon—at least, the Uni versity of Oregon—is not content to let matters rest as they are. The president has ennunciated a policy which, without doubt, is one of the most revolutionary ideals in the realm of education: a plea for universal education as far as is possible. At I first thought this ideal seems impracticable, but plans have been rriade by which the plan is feasible. The president’s plan is to reduce the cost of a university edu cation, and also to help the student of the future to gtet the money necessary. It has been estimated that the cost of attending the University can be reduced to $250 per year, and this reduction does not mean the substitution of a mean existence fbr a comfort able one. In fact it means a much better existence for many of the students. By the establishment of a loan fund, what the stu dent lacks in funds can be borrowed at easy terms. Moreover it might well be suggested that the University, through the depart ment of commerce, establish an employment bureau for summer work fbr the student who must earn part of his expenses during the vacation period. It pay sound like a pious platitude to say that this plan to democratize higher education is a method for curing many of the evils of; society. The far-reaching cause of misery, poverty, the schism between social classes and the phenomenon of closed clas ses is due largely to ignorance. It is the obligation of the state to remove this ignorance, not by the old formula of training a plu tocracy iof students for leadership, but by training all for good cit izenship and efficiency; it is nothing more than capitalizing the greatest asset of any nation, its potential citizens. This business is a function of capitalizing brains and endowment, of necessity, of the state; not only the function, but the duty. The vision of democratized education takes the imind back in contrast to Germany in the fifteenth century when there was a fanatic? 1 craze for learning. The roads from all sections of Eu rope were infested, as in the days of Abelard, by students begging, stealing, selling quack cures and “sacred” relics to the ignorant hoi polloi in order to make their way to the mecca of their hopes: the universities. But the modern vision is different: Instead of this pitiable vision there is the healthy vision of the modern col lege community: the proletaire living and learning in an environ ment conducive to “plain living and high thinking.” Let the fifty or sixty freshmen who entered college this semester profit by the example of about 25 students who are leaving ( ?) after an unsuccessful semester. r CAMPUS NOTES 1 Alpha Tan Omega announce* the pledging of Basil Willijim«, of Eugene, nnci Franklin Foils of Hood River. Walter Kirk loft the Eugene liosiptnl on ThursdH.v where he had been for sev eral weeks on necount of nu operation for appendicitis. William Burgard is spending the week end in Portland. Go urge ,\ ilos and Jack Garrett, both of Corvallis, are week-end guests at the Sigma Xu house. Fred Pack wood, of Portland, has re turned for the second semester. Chi Omega announces the pledging of Charlotte Baufleld, of Portland. "Sap" Patouretto, ’P2, and former quarterbaolk. visited Eugene Thursday afternoon on business. Mrs 11, hdershott, of Portland, and n member of Kappa Alpha Theta, was a dinner guekt Friday evening at the Theta house. Nellie Ifeinenway, of Portland, is working for The Guard. i Kuth Wilson was called to her home 1 in Talent, Oregon, Wednesday morn ing, by the death of her father. She la expected to return Sunday evening. Agnes McLaughlin from Portland, is spending the week at the Chi Omega house, leaving Sunday for her home in Portland. Friday evening Alpha Phi hud as din ner guests C, It. Corbitt, Harold Treg ilgas, Alfred Peacock, Karl lleeke, Mumard Harris, M. V Me son, Charles Newcastle and Fred Heitishauss■ n. Chi Omega held initiation Friday evening foir Oorothy lieuuett, Agn »a Busier, Edytlie ltracht, Helen BrnohC Mary Hunn, Margaret Casey and ltuth K'erber. rl'be initiation was followed with a huuijuet lit the Osburn hotel. President Sets Policy ((\>utimu'd from isigc 1) has their whole-hearted backing. A loan fund will probably he negotiated in the 'near future to augment the present fund which is much too low to meet the de mand that will arise under the presi dent’s new policy, in fact the present fund is insufficient to meet the present demands on the part of needy students. The alumni association will also join in this feature of the plan, agreeing to set aside a sinking fund, which now totals about $1,000 for the purposes of helping self-dependent students. Living arrangements are now being planned b,v the president with the co operation of the school of architecture. The department has already drawn plans for single to sixteen-unit cottages. The smaller unit cottages will probably be elected in the near future as an experi ment. College "eonimons” may also he tried as a means of solving the cost of living in a college community. The nec essary conveniences for ‘'baching" will he standardized so as to make the con ditions as healthful and home like as possible. A cafeteria will he establish ed on the campus for students not wish ing to do their own rooking, and the Pennsylvania model \\i|l be adopted, where the average meal is furnished at a trifle more than ten cents, Vecording to government statistic*. Oregon lends in the democratization of higher education. The st:ltr i* educating in its colleges a higher per rentage of its youth than any other state in the union. Ami according to the future pol icy of tin- University thin percentage is going to he raised higher and higher, to wards the ideal of university education. PRESIDENT'S PLAN PRAISED. President P. 1.. Campbell is praised on the editorial page of Tuesday's Port land Oregonian for his system of mini mining the expenses of the I’nlversity of Oregon, thinks that President Campbell's plan will do much to democratize Oregon. the student at The Oregonian Mrs. 0. T. t.erlinger of the board of regents and Mis. p. i.. Campbell were luncheon guests of Kappa Alpha Theta on Friday. fKONTEMPORARY KOLUMN*! *-* What Has College Done? “The college takes the youth, callow and crude and soft, and trasmutes Itim into a man still young indeed, but solid, solid without hardness, obedient to the cnll of the highest without obsequious ness, and vigorous without becoming ag gressive. It takes the youth, rough, un couth, self- conscious—and cuts, chisels, carves and smooths him into a man who is at home in any society; who can jest with the frivolous, sorrow with the sad. laugh with the gay; who forgets himself for the hour, yet who does not forfcet the infinite . and eternal relationships. The college takes the man, jealous, s;ul len, moody, even mean—and, accepting the materials given it, through noble personal associates and pure and in spiring association, makes over this man, not indeed into an archangel of light and happiness, but into one who really finds happiness in other's happiness, as well ns in his own house; who also does feel himself called upon to be a minister to the happiness and well-being of the race.” This is what college training does, nc-, cording to President Charles W. Thwing of Western Reserve university, in the first chapter of his book, “The Amer ican College.” And this is what a college will do,1 if the material with which it has to work' is at all desirable. In other words, college turns out a man, if it has the embryo of a man with which to work. What has college done with you?— Ohio State Lantern. Your Part in Song Singing has always played an impor tant part in the building of nations. Even the Russians, who may he rather antique ns to equipment, realize the power of song, and send their soldiers to battle singing. But students often fail to see the significance of song. University students should sing the college songs more—it instills loyalty for university. Many a fellow can war bro "Somebody Knows,” or “There’s, a Little Sparks of Love Still Burning,” as he lounges near the piano. How many can stand up and sing the “Crimson ahd the Blue?” You owe it to the university, you owe it to yourself, to be able to sing the song of your alma mater. You freshmen npd you students who have never taken the trouble to learn it, take a few minutes to look over the old song. Get it into your system, for it will do you good. Then the next time the hand starts up the stirring strains, stand squarely on your feet and do your part.—University Daily Kansan. Why We're Late to Classes Wo sometimes wonder why there is a schedule of classes in force at all here with the continual disregard shown for any system of dismissing. Classes are excused at from five to ten minutes before the hour as a matter of routine with certain professors on the campus. As a result those who are on the square have their classes interferred with by students coming in late from their last en gagement. With a definite amount of work to he accomplished no alternative is left these men hut to hold their classes long enough to get through the material stipulated in the course. If a schedule isn't to he followed why not disregard it and, with the prof, hold ing open house, let the student come whenever he gets time during the day, stay an hour and leave. It wouldn’t in terfere with the work much more than the hit or miss dismissals practiced now. 1 town at Kansas the student paper has started a “Hole of Dishonor” designed for those profs, who keep their classes after the hour is up. Though in it’s pion eer stage, tin' results, they say. are mar velous. Indiana lias followed suit with similiar success. How does this strike you, editors, ns another channel into which our "student" can go with benefit to all concerned7—Amherst Late Comer. f COMMUNICATIONS j -*■--— * Myrtle roint, Ore., Jan. 20. Editor Emerald: Last night saw an other victory for Oregon. Myrtle Poitit high school defeated .Marshfield oud Co q’lille in debate; the affirmative team, Miss Helen Whitaker and Miss Hazel Neal, taking a three to nothing decision over Marshfield, at Myrtle Point, and th|e negative team, Chester Adams *nnd Keep ! Leep, winning two to one, at CoqulUe, This is the first time Myrtle Point has ever taken both debates, and her suc cess is attributed largely to the excel lent coaching of Victor P. Morris, well known as one of Oregon’s champion de baters and orators during PJ13-11 anfl ISVH-lo. Mr. Morris has developed ^ team that can do things. Two members of this team plan to enter Oregon, next fall, and the other two will probably go there later. North Bead defeated Baadoa and Co? quille also, so Myrtle Point will have tt!> defeat North llend before they meet a valley team to try for the state champion ship. Yours for Oregon. C1LVLMEK V PATTERSON, ox-’17l (Will probably remove the "ex" next fall.) Violin Recital by Miss Forbes. Mis- Winifred Forbes, assisted by Mrs; W. E. U. Timelier, will give a recital for the public in Yillard hall on l-'riday February the ISth at N:l.\ Mrs. Thaoh rr, a pupil of Leschetuky and a pianist of rare attainment, has uot been heard before in concert in Eugene. A program of unusual interest has been arranged hv M ss E n-hes. including the concerto recently played in Portland by Miss Maud Powell, I Laurence Sheridan, ’15, is working at Kokomo, Indiana. He expects to attend the University of Chicago in the near future. Mr. Priestly I ° I COOK WITH GAS Oregon Power Co. Phone 28 PAUL HOPPE Ladies’ and Men’s Tailor With Wade Bros. 873 Willamette The Famous Nettleton “Saxon” Every Day Model $7.50 And Worth It Bals in black calf skin—A splen didly proportioned shoe. During our mid-winter sale this shoe is reduced to ..$6-35 BURDEN & GRAHAM THE RAINBOW We are now making our own candy. Try our Mexican chews and other fresh dipped nuts. High grade chocolates and pan goods. LUNCHES THE CLUB Popular Resort Bowling Billiards Smokes Sporting Dope —Meet Me There— 8th and Willamette “Morwash” Waists 98c Pretty white lingerie waists made of fine voiles, mull and stripes and figures, batiste. New 1916 styles will stand more washing than the usual $1.25 and $1.50 lingerie waists. “La France” Silk Hose $1.00 Compare them with silk hose being sold at $1.25 and $1.50. We know they are better than some and as good as most sold at these prices. Full fashioned char thread s'ilk. Extra long come in regular and extra sizes. Phoenix Silk Hose 75c and $1.00 For jmen, women and child- j ren ^‘Phoenix” are guaran- 1 1 teed I {New Middies $1.25 and $1.69 The new “Mary Pickford” middy. Shoulder pleats, belted, all white and colored _ ^ trimming. Regulation mid dies,.$1.50, $3.50 Flanhel middies ..$4.50 Sergp middies.$7.50 MARX for your first-class Barber Work 829 Willamntte White i Lunch ] Home of the best to teat. We buy the best of everything and you can always get it here OTTO’S ! for Valentine Novelties Victoria Chocolates Victoria Chocolates The Home of Squibb’s Chemicals “Than which there are none better” Sherwin & Moore Drug Co. 904 Willamette Phone 62