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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1916)
OREGON EMERALD STAFF Published each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the college year, by ^he Associated Students o1t the University of Oregon. Entered at the pontofflce at Eugene as jecond class matter. Subscription rates, per year, $1.00. Single copies, 5c. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF../.MAX H. SOMMER Assistant Editors..Walluce Bakin, Leslie O. Tdoao MsssslBg Editor...Harold Hamatree'. City Editor.Mandell Wellse Copy Editors.Ed Harwood, De Witt Gilbert, Clytle Hall Special Writers. .Grace Edglngton, Frances Shoemaker, Charles Dundore, Walter Kennon. Administration .Roberta Klllstm Assistant .Harold Say Sports ..Chester A. Fee Assistants ...James Sheehy, Lee Bostwlek Featnres .Adrienne Epplng, Echo Zahl Dramatics.Martha Beer Society.Beatrice Locke, Luclle Watson, Catherine Twomey Exchanges .Louise Allen Assistant .Martha Tinker Reporters. .Kenneth Moores, jean Bell, Robert McNary, Percy Boatman, Cor^. lle Snell, Luclle Messner, Joe Skelton. Helen Brenton. BUSINESS STAFF BUSINESS MANAGER.FLOYD Assistant Manager. Advertising Manager ... Circulation.... Collections . . Manager’s and Editor’s Phone—841. C. WESTKRFIELD ...Kenneth Moores • Burle B. Bramhnll ,... Wily Knighton .Estley Farley THE OREGON. EMERALD as the official organ of th\ Associated Student Body of the University of Oregon, aims to, serve the student body politic in the following way: to diffuse cor rect and authentic news; to protect and conserve the highest ideals of the University; to consistently avoid all secret affiliations and alliances; to play the game squarely ivith no favoritism; to be op timistic and courageous in fulfilling its functions; to comment onJ and receive comment on the problems concerning the University and its welfare; to pursue a constructive editorial policy which net? essarily implies a destructive policy; in short, to pursue militantly\ a policy of proper publicity in regttrd to all problems that confront the Student Body—all of this, based on the truism that a demo cracy can be effective and efficient only so long as it maintains a\ free and militant press. Credit for Emerald Work. WITH ONLY an issue or so of the Emerald remaining, it be hooves us to adhere to the tradition of past editors in certain stereo typed recommendations. Chief among these—from the editorial point of view—is the annual plea that college credits he given the upper staff of the Emerald in lieu of their work along journalistic lines, if the department of journalism would consider the work as such. The business of publishing the Emerald three times a week for nine months is no small job. The actual work required is equal to many hours of regular work in journalism courses. In addition to the work there is the experience of rubbing up against actual things. It may seem to the outsider the Emerald is far removed from the deafening din of dismayed readers, but such is not the case. The editor of the Emerald has this year received “boodles’” of letters of all kinds: some critical, some appreciative. News appearing in the columns at various times has been attacked so rigorously, that the editor has hied himself to the law of libel to find out whether it would be thirty days of solitary confinement or just a reprimand. The problems and worries of editing the Emerald are manifold, which makes the work one of the best courses in newspaper appren ticeship. Its value in dollars and cents to the person anticipating go ing into the business cannot be computed. So it is natural for those concerned to think it worthy of college credits. Debaters represent the college on the platform and receive credit, athletic work is rewarded with gym credits, teaching is award ed by credits in education. Why is not Emerald work placed in the same category? No student activity requires more time, or takes] more time from regular college work, or is more valuable; yet the work is not considered of sufficient value to warrant a credit basis. Journalism classes receive classroom credit for editing the local papers for a week or so during the year, hut ye scribes who edit the Emer ald three times each week for thirty or more weeks, receive none. Think it over! v Blackstone Takes Over the Blue Pencil. JUST AS the Emerald's sun is setting, there comes a request] from the law department that the followers of Blackstone be permit-j ted to appeal their case to the public through the columns of the Emerald.. The request has been granted, and the Legal issue edition of the Emerald will be forthcoming next Saturday. The law department, though small, is nevertheless one of the strong bulwarks of the University; therefore we are pleased to hand the lawyers the blue pencil. Then again the law department has our sincere gratitude on the attitude it has taken toward our feeble at tempts to evade them. The Emerald is generally considered a good field for criticism by the English departments of the University.! Once we used “protagonist” in the plural and were politely informed bv two or three sources that the authorities on the King's English objected to such use of the Greek word. Our dramatic criticism has been criticized, our rhetoric has been considered as beautiful as an impressionistic painting, and our style in general has furnished ma terial for examples to the freshmen of what not to do. Much of the criticism has been fair, and we can't kick. But the law department never has informed us that we were flirting with imprisonment by printing libelous matter. Probably they have seen instances of questionable stories at times, but they have neither told us of such instances, nor told others in order that it might reach us eventually. So we are glad to give the pencil to the proteges of Blackstone. ,\Ye hope that they will not consider it their legal duty to clutter up the columns with "per se,” “ipso facto,” and the like, but if they want to it is their privilege. All right D'*- students, here’s the nencil! I CAMPUS NOTES ! ★ —---l-★ Orbie Natwick was a Wednesday din ner guest of A. T. O. J. Kirk, of Salem, spent Sunday at the A. T. O. house. Don McDonald was a guest of A. T. O. Friday evening. Sigma Chi announces the pledging of Cloyd O. Dawson, Creston Maddock and Walter S. Kennon. Mrs. R. M. Grays of Portland was a week-end guest at the Delta Gamma house. - - » i Mrs. J. B. Kerr, a member of Omega chapter of Delta Gamma was a luncheon guest Wednesday. Delta Gamma entertained at dinner Sunday, Claire Ogle, Walter Muirhead, Ross McKenna, Milton Stoddard, Joe Bell, Edison Marshall, and Lewis Bond. TEN YEARS AGO. From the Oregon Weekly of May 20, 1916. The University of Oregon track ath letes yesterday defeated those of the Ore gon Agricultural college by the decisive score of 70 to 40. Dan Kelly was the star of the day. He broke the coast rec ord in the broad jump, making 24 feet 2% inches, the best jump made in years. He ran the 100-yard dash in the remark able time of 9 4-5 seconds. The north west shotput record held by Tom Mc Donald was broken by Henry McKinney, who put the shot 45 feet 21-2 inches. Gordon Moores equalled the northwest record in the high hurdles by running them in 16 seconds. George Hng broke his own state record in the hammer and discus throws. Hug heaved the discus 113 feet 2 inches. President Resales of the Monmouth State Normal schools gave the lecture at assembly Wednesday morning, taking as his subject, “Student Honor.” He commented upon the fact that there was a want of a finer sense of honor among the students, particularly notice able in nthletics, in the authorship of writter work, in excuses of neglected work and other relations with the fac ult'y. Havjng questioned the dishonesty of the men’s side of the University life, he turned his attention to that of the women. Forty-six per cent of the an swers to the question whether it would be honorable to keep fare from the con ductor, if he failed to ask for it, were in the affirative; in regard to bluffing in class recitations and exaggeration in conversation, fifty per cent were in the offirmative. The reason that a double standard prevails in college is that stu dents regard the college not as a real life, but only as a preparation for life. When they shall consider that life in col lege is the same as the life of the world, the the standard will be one. Forty students of the University of Texas have recently enlisted in the Na tional Guard. Hotel Osburn Special Rates for Stu | ' dent Banquets * Monthly Dinner a Spe I i ialty. I Bangs Livery Co. Livery, sale and stage stables Baggage transferred and cab service day or night. Phone 21 Corner 8th and Pearl Sts CbprW1916 \J(uppcnArii interj PersonalAppearance is a big asset. 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