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.
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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. HAWLEY
Republican and Progressive
Direct Primary Nominee for
CONGRESS
A vote for Representative Haw
ley is one for an
Experienced
Clean
Able
Faithful
and Effective
Public Servant
Please read his record in the
pamphlet sent to every register
ed voter by the Secretary of
State. *
Republican Congressional com
mittee. W. J. Culver,
Chairman.
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