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FOR OLD OREGON.
' Football practice behind closed doors
began Monday night. This was the oe
aasion for that little sign “secret prac
tice,” so significent to football fandom.
It marks the advent of that period when
the final rounding is given the team
in preparation for the opening of the
season. It also marks the advent of
that season of fireside speculation where
the dopesters hold forth in high glee
and tell how much they—don’t know.
And that little bug of anticipation gets
into the blood and sets afire the spirit of
enthusiasm.
And the sign of secret practice on the
gates of Kincaid field is the beginning of
the rally season. It is the occasion for
the great old Oregon Spirit to simply
oo*e and inundate the campus with the
manly enthusiams of clean sportsman
ship. Oregon Spirit is with us always.
It fosters our democracy and gives fame
to our alma mater. But a rally is the
factor that makes it effervesce in the
exuberance of the occasion.
And watch the old Oregon Spirit ef
fervesce tomorrow morning!
Tomorrow morning is the first rally
of the year. It is . the first opportun
ity we are going to have of showing
“Bess” and “Bill” and “Deun” and the
“team” that we arc behind them strong.
It Is the first opportunity we are going
to have of showing them that we are
going to give them everything we have
got in the way of rooting and moral sup
port.
We’ve got n hunch thnt Oregon has the
greatest team in history this year. In
fact we think that this is the year that
Dobie will meet hia Waterloo. But that
ia no reason why we should not get out -
every mother's son of us~nnd tell the
coach and the team how great is our
Oregon Spirit. For that is the spirit of
“backing 'em up” like two years ago
when Oregon had its weakest team. It
was at n rally then the students of Ore
gon turned out in a great demonstration
of "pep” and the next day backed the
team to a tie game with the famed Ag
gies. Thnt was Oregon Spirit—that
standing by the team through thick or
thin.
And it is standing by the team to
morrow that we want to do. Out we
must get and show a little znz, and root
till the lining of our lungs is raw and
our vocal chords emit sounds like the
jroaking of the bull frog.
HOMECOMING DAY.
When the student council met recent
ly end voted for the annual homecoming
day on November -1th, the date of the
Oregon-Washingtou football game, the
Interests of the active students in the
alumni of the University were manifest
ed. For homecoming day is manifestly
an alumni day, when the doors of alma
mater are thrown open in a royal wel
come. but this homecoming is not re
strictive in the sense of welcome to only
the alumni. While it is manifestly for
the alumni to imbibe go-to-speak in the
joys of their youth when they trod the
paths we now trod and slept through the
lectures through which we now sleep
S'ot that there is any particular joy in
deeping through a lecture hut because it
brings back to the “old-timer” some
hing over which to chuckle yet.
Homecoming is for the friends of
the University and is designed to per
petuate in these friends a favorable re
gard already instilled. And the day is
for strangers of the University in whom
we hope to create this favorable re
gard and so make new friends.
And homecoming day is for the ac
tive students. For this is the oppor
tunity of a college life in subjecting
oneself to the broadening influences that
will be upon the campus in, the environs
of the great concourse of people who
will flock our buildings, trod the campus
paths and fill the grandstands and
bleachers.
A great opportunity beckons in this
homecoming day!
BIG JOKE PERPETRATED
A big joke has been perpetrated upon
the students in the new ruling of gym
work counting for a credit toward a de
gree. But it was clever duping on the
part of those who slipped the ruling
over and they found the students gulli
ble—as gullible as suckers. For they
swallowed the bait without a gurgle.
It was last year that agitation started
for a reform in the gym system. A num
ber of students were justly indignant
that they should be required to take the
exercise without credit and with the
manifold injustice done of having a cut
marked against them if absent from the
muscle drill. For this cut counted onc
sixteentli of an hour off from an A. B.
degree although the work counted noth
ing toward it.
So the reform started. And now it is
ended. But the end—oh, how sad!
It is true the gym work for a semes
ter now counts ns a semester credit. But
four semesters of gym are required and
read carefully four more hours have
been added to the required number for
graduation.
The students are the victims of their
own reform.
Theoretically the sponsor system for
tho girls of the University 11s in vogue
now is splendid. Hut how is it work
ing out practically ? That iR a question
the Emerald would like to have answer
ed.
And don't forget that rally tomorrow
morning!
Miss Elizabeth Fox, dean of women,
has been unable to supply the demand
for girls to earn their board or to do
odd work and requests that any girls
looking for work come to her in her of
fice.
The annual freshman party given by
lvwama for the first year women is to
be held in the V. W. U. A. bungalow
Saturday afternoon. It will end in
plenty of time for the girls to attend the
tea given by the Woman's League for
Miss Fox at the home of Mrs. 1*. I..
Campbell, on the same afternoon.
The first meeting of the Education
club will be hi'Ul at the home of Oean
It. 1>. Sheldon on University avenue Fri
day evening September 110.
Prof. F. 1.. Stetson will give his im
pressions of Columbia university sum
mer school and there will lie a discus
sion of topics for the coming year. The
time will be devoted to the study of
secondary education. Teachers and sup
erintendents in the vicinity are invited
to attend meetings of the club.
Ur. U. \V. Oellusk is making a tour
of Eastern Oregon speaking at institutes
in Morrow and Wheeler counties.
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Dr. Percival Lowell, Authority
on Planet Mars, Will Lec
ture October 13.
Has Directed Many Expeditions
and Made Many Discoveries
of Scientific Value.
I >r. Percivnl Lowell of the Lowell
Observatory will give a lecture on “The
Far Horizon of Science,” on the evening
of October 13, in Villard hall.
I)r. Dowell is a graduate of Harvard
and has written several books on
astronomy, and is an authority on the
planet Mars. He established the Lowell
Observatory in 1894 and undertook the
Eclipse Expedition to Tripoli in 1900, he
sent an expedition to the Andes to photo
graph the planet Mars and has made dis
coveries on the planets which are of
great scientific value, especially Mars,
and it was he who formulated the theory
of its habitability.
The Lowell Observatory is located at
Flagstaff, Arizona. In connection with
the establishment of the observatory, Dr.
Lowell made very careful tests of atmos
pheric conditions all over the world and
selected Flagstaff as having the best
for the purpose he desired. The obser
vatory has a 24-inch telescope, 24 inch
refracting telescope a 40 inch reflector,
a number of smaller instruments and a
battery of spectrographs. The original
purpose of the observatory was to test
the reality of the markings on Mars,
which until this time had been seen by
only one or two astronomers in the
world. Since the only favorable time for
observing Mars comes every two years
and the equipment of the observatory
is good for all work all the time, Dr.
Lowell took up the observation of the
other planets together with the various
remarkable objects in the sky like comets
and nebulae.
Dr. Lowell in addition to his scienti
fic research and study has given much
of his attention to business matters he
is acting treasurer of the Massachusetts
Cotton Mills and treasurer of the Lowell
Hleaehery, a director in the Stnte Street
Trust company of Boston, a director in
an electric company in Tampa Florida
and Columbus Georgia. , , ,
Dr. Lowell, besides being a member
of different clubs in this country Lon
don and Japan is a member of different
astronomical and Philosophical societies
in this country, England, France, Can
ada ami Mexico.
Old Man Gloom
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Strowbridge were in every play, and were
bears on the defense.
It was a crime the way the scrubs
were cuffed and mauled during the final
two periods of entertainment. They
presented a misfit, untrained, nervous,
outfit and were at the mercy of the first
stringers. With Montieth, Couch, and
the two Huntington's, Shy and Hollis,
carrying the ball in turn, it was little
trouble to score the six touchdowns reg
istered. Couch was high point getter
of the meet with three scores to his
credit, one of them being a. 00 yard run
fro*i the kickoff.
Shy Huntington was able to slip off
tackle on every occasion for a 10 or 15
yard gain. lie used but three simple :
plays throughout the entire four periods i
and ran the team in good shape. Jake
Risley caused the opposing linemen and
baekfield much consternation by con
tinually breaking through and spearing
the runner before he got under way. ,
Tegart caught four forward passes rtur- ;
ing the afternoon, and his running mate, j
Brick Mitchell, was good for yardage .
whenever called upon to ad wince the i
leather.
Behind barred gates on Monday night
Bez set the boys to work learning new
plays and formations. His improvised \
baekfield with Mitchell and Jensen fill- i
ing in with Shy and Hollis Huntington
tramped down the field for over an hour
familiarizing themselves in the new
surroundings. From now on to the Mill- j
amette game, with an occasional break
and letup in stringency, fandom's ap- |
petite will go unwhetted in its search for
dope direct from the confines of Kincaid, j
Extension Division May Send
Pictorial Courses to Schools,
Visual Instruction Believed
More Satisfactory for His
tory and Civics.
Suggesting the pictorial lecture sys
tem for teaching civics and history in
the university extension division, sent |
out circular letters yesterday to 150
high schools in Oregon.
“The division recommends the lec
tures,” said Miss Hair, secretary of the |
extension department. “If the schools j
can afford it we believe that a number
will use them. The plan was tried out
last year and proved successful.”
The course will give the progress of
current events all over the world for
each month. They are to be illustrated
with from forty to fifty slides showing
the men, objects and places prominent
in late news.
A lecture will be ready for use about
the 5th of each month and the plans at
present are to put it on a circuit send
ing it from one school to another. The .
schedule will be so arranged that a
school can keep it an entire school day
and evening. The .-harge each month is i
$3.00. This amount is to cover the cost
of new slides.
The extension department recommends
the development of visual instruction
knowing the important place both still
and moving pictures must take in edu
cation. This system can also be used in I
teaching the majority of subjects in the |
seventh and eighth grades.
A FINE BIRTHDAY.
.Mrs. Russell Sage, who has given
$115,000,000 to charities, celebrated her
eighty-eighth birthday at Lawrence, I..
I„ by giving away $40,000. Syracuse
University received $15,000.
Willoughby and Bangs
rnone eoo
Face and Scalp Treatments a Specialty
Madame Schaffer
MADAME SHAFFER
Hair Dressing Parlors
Manicuring for Ladies and Gentlemen
Mrs. Chaney, Assistant. 780 Vij Willamette St.
REMEMBER
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Phone 1080
In Announcing Our New Fall Showing of
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Clothes at
$18 to $50
We desire to impress you with four big things, which we
believe you will find here in greater measure than else
where.
These things are: better styles, finer quality, lower prices
and guaranteed satisfactio
ROBERTS BROS.
Burden & Graham
“The College Folks Boot Shop”
Footwear of Distinction
828 Willamette Street
Luckey’s Jewelry Store
Newest Oregon seal jewelry; latest De
signs in Oregon Seal Souvenir Spoons;
Dome Top Seals, the neatest “0” seal on
the market.
Prices in Plain Figures
Luckey^’s
Jewelry Store
“The Quality Store”
827 Willamette Established 1869.
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