ill CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR DEC. Services of Most Progressive Men of State Will Be En listed as Speakers. Problems of Present Conditions in Oregon to Be Theme of Discussions. The eighth annuel Commonwealth conference, scheduled for the early part of December, will enlist the services of the most progressive men active in pub lic life in the state, if the plans of Dr. F. O. Young, of the department of economics, are realized. They, in con junction with students and members of the faculty interested in the special problems that confront Oregon as a state, will contribute to a symposium of opinion leading to a discussion of the most practical plan of attacking these problems. The present situation in Oregon, as outlined in the proposed “plan of at tack,” as Dr. Young calls a letter now being sent to public men in the state, is briefly this: The people of Oregon are only beginning to recover from the craze of the state’s boom. They are begin ning to see that Oregon is the normal home for the most progressive civiliza tion and that the peculiar advantages which nature have given her fit the state for unique development. In the second place they are at last beginning to feel that the great promise Oregon lias cannot be realized unless her development is wisely safe-guarded. The problems then which the state in the Commonwealth conference will face are those of so handling the affairs of the state economically and democrati cally, that kindred spirits from all over will be attracted to help in the building of a successful state; of simplifying the political machinery and getting it ration alized so that it may not lie carrying an unnecessary load of taxes. The prac tical achievement of the conference will come, says Dr. Young, through taking up the following points, now uppermost iu the minds of tho people throughout the state: Highway improvements; simplification of the state legislative machinery to one chamber for budgetary and general legis lation, provision for expert bill drafting and regulation of the bulk of bills; a shifting of the emphasis from the legis lative to the executive and administra tive departments; such co-operation with the national authorities in Control of the natural resources of the state as will insure Oregon getting not only her share but the fullest returns from its utilization; supervision of city planning; conservation of human life through a de velopment o£ ideals of racial improve ment, with the legislative accompani ment of a bill for the committment of Imbeciles. NEW COURSES GIVEN Extension Classes tq Open in Portland This Winter. Science, Education and Foreign Trade Lectures Announced to Begin Soon. The University has just opened three new extension classes in Portland in science, education and foreign trade. The course in education is to be held in the central library in Portland under I)r. II. I). Sheldon, (lean of the school of education, and will be a series of eight lectures for parents and teachers. The course deals with current problems in American education and includes the whole field from the kindergarten to vocational training. The general science course is for teachers and will consist of lectures, laboratory and field work. The place and time of class meetings has not yet been decided but the number admitted will be limited and registration required. The course in foreign trade is under the supervision of Dean D. W. Morton, and Mr. Ansel Clark, foreign trade sec retary of the Portland chamber of com merce. Meetings will be held in the Ore gon building, with the Portland branch of tlie American Institute of Hankers. The ivy on Villard hall was brought from Harvard by Luella Clay Carson, first dean of women. You’ll find them at the Club Billiard | Parlors. University Medical School Ma king Rapid Strides. Dean K. J. Mackenzie Plans for $150,000 Structure With Modern Laboratories. The University of Oregon Medical School has been making rapid strides this year. The number of students has de creased rather than increased but con cerning this Richard B. Dillehunt, assist ant dean of the medical school says, “High grade medical schools have long since ceased to seek large enrollments. The sole purpose in the admission of students is not to augment numbers but to select quality.” The reason for the de crease in students is the new require ments of two years of work in a uni versity accredited by the University of Oregon for admittance to the school. As a result, of the sixteen men, who now compose the freshman class, five have bachelor degrees, six have completed three years of university work, while the remainder have had the required two years of rre-medic work. Favorable progress is also being made in the acquisition of funds for the first unit of the new medical build ing. An appropriation of $50,000 was made by the state legislature in 1915, contingent upon the raising of $25,000 by the medical school itself. A $75,000 building is thus assured now, but it is the desire of Dr. K. J. Mackenzie, dean, and of the faculty, to construct a building much more adequate, to cost about $150,000. There hnve been two additions to the faculty of the medical school at Port land this year: W. F. Allen, A. B., M. S., Ph. D. has been appointed professor of anatomy, in charge of the work in his tology, embryology and neurology, and Frank R. Menne, B. S., M. D., was selected as assistant professor of pathology. Dr. Allen was formerally instructor of ana tomy at the University of Minnesota, while Dr. Menne has been on the pathol ogy staff at Rush Medical College in Chicago. According to assistant dean Richard B. Dillehunt the laboratory departments in the medical school have increased their equipment this year by disburse ments of about $5,000, and the clinical I departments have brought about a co operation with St. Vincents hospital at Portland whereby the students of the senior year are given access in groups of two, to certain patients in the medi cal and surgical wards of the hospital. Also the work in diagnosis has been greatly facilated by the equipment of a clinical laboratory in the hospital in con nection with these wards. Oregon has the only medical school in the Pacific Northwest and the faculty is endeavoring to make it serve the needs of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. YE TABARD INN MEETS Aim of Literary Fraternity to Help Members Break Into Print. Eight members of Ye Tabard Inn chap ter of Sigma Upsilon, national liter ary fraternity, have returned to the University and are holding meetings every other Thursday evening at the different houses. Milton A. Stoddard, president of Ye Tabard Inn, says “Our big aim is to help each other break into print. Inci dentally, conviviality runs high. Prof. W. F. G. Thacher deserves credit for being our guiding spirit. He is our ‘big brother’.” Short 'stories and verse, composed by the members, are read for criticism, and advice as to which magazine the manuscript should be sent is given at the meetings. Some of Edison Mar shall’s stories, whicJi have since been accepted by magazines, were fifst read at the Inn. INSTALL LIBRARY SYSTEM Receipts Are Given for Returned Books; Will Reduce Loss. A system of returning books similar to that used in the Chicago University has been installed in the University of Ore gon library. In the past its has been required that the student leave his book on the desk when returning it. In the future, the student will be asked to wait for his receipt. The receipt is the call slip stamped with the words “returned to U. of O. library” nnd the date. The giving of receipts was necessitated by the fact that when books were lost that or mislaid, the blame was placed upon an innocent party. In case a student thought he returned a book and the library record showed that he had not, either the student had to accept the librarian’s record or else the library was obliged to accept the student s word. Now receipt is given so that each patron has something to show. By the new system the responsibility is now placed upon the borrower. Mr. Douglas advises the students to keep their slips and in this way have some record of what they have read dur ing the year. The receipts are given for books in the stacks and not for-reserve books. Incidentally, the call slips are also useful in simplifying the records with reference to over due books. They are filed unde rthe date the book is due and each day notices are sent to stu dents regarding the books which have Vote at Student Election Friday and .NOVEMBER 7TH for E. 0. POTTER Republican Nominee for Circuit Judge Born in Lane county, Oregon in 1860; Graduate of the Univer sity of Oregon; County Judge of Lane county one term; Practic ing lawyer for 26 years. (Paid advertisement) jus£ oC(ftne clue. In this way it is not possible for any large fine to accumu late before notice is sent to the stu dent. Formerly notices were sent once a week only and it was necessary foi the librarian to look through all the charges to find the ones which were due. As yet thete is only one flaw in the working out of call slips and receipts. The students forget to wait for their re ceipts. The library asks every student to take his receipt with him. W. C. 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