OREGON EMERALD
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THE FALLACY OF OPEN DEBATE.
When King Arthur and his knights
of the Round Table were the warriors
bold, friend fought friend at the flutter
of a woman’s handkerchief. That was
the chivalry of the age. And on the
breeze of custom they cast the precedent
of man’s religious regard of woman that
was wafted down to Sir Walter Raleigh
as he cast his coat upon the mud pud
dle that Queen Elizabeth might trend
and ne'er soil her daintily clad foot.
Then, woman's sphere was far removed
from that of man’s. A man’s sacred hon
or was in his oath to protect woman’s
.virtues. Her pleasure, was his bidding.
But alas! where is the chivalry of the
men today? The custom bred of knights
of old has still a queer and fascinating
hold. Rut it simply absorbs the rougher
shocks of rudeness as its tenacious hold
Is gradually loosening with the advent
of^women into the open fields of com
petition with men.
Rut that sense of women first, women
right or wrong, will find its last nestling
place in the cloistures of learning; in
the fields where refinement and culture
should have their birth in the hearts of
men, if ever at all. And women in de
bate, in open competition with men, can
never expect man to stand up and in
tlfe forensic battle fight with the fiery
ardor lie would were he contending man
against man. Woman in debate stifles a
man's best fighting qualities. It is man's
heritage, of chivalry from King Arthur
and his knights id' tin1 Round Table.
Don’t ride on the high tide of prosper
ity mil imagine the student body onn
stand another little gift of debt. Don’t
break the camel’s back.
MILITARY TRAINING
One of the problems confronting the
educators and regents of America’s col
leges and universities today is that of
military training in connection with the'
curricula. While the system is not a new
one in land grant colleges and many in
stitutions, it is today presentel to our
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country with n sterner interrogation than
ever before.
Arms and ammunition can be supplied,'
but I lie most delicate, intricate and com
plicated mechanism demanded by defense
or offense is a mind and body trained in
military science. These cannot be pro
vided in a few weeks, nor months.
The enlisted portion of the United
States army has been brought into disre
pute—and wrongly—by the voluntary
nature of service, and the poorness of
pay offered. What would- do more to ele
vate the tnilitnry in the eyes of the coun
try and the world than the fact that
great numbers of college-bred citizens
were giving their time, attention and ef
fort to such service?
Such drill in colleges lias a powerful
influence in disciplining the young map
in a way that modern universities often
fail to do. It instills in the young men
of foreign parentage a love and respect
for the TJnitcl States that has been ne
glected in a home which still adheres in
thought to the eoufitry from which it
fled. It teaches a reverence for democ
racy, frft> institutions and the flag which
is their symbol.,/. I). (I.
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THE EMERALD AMENDMENT
To the Editor:
In jour editorial oil Thursday you set
forth some entertaining statements re
garding the proposed amendment to he
voted on next Wednesday. However,
I believe some facts will bo of interest
to the student body. Thursday the edi
tor of the Emerald said, "..it must not
be forgotten that ‘artier this year the
student body assumed a $10,0(H) bonded
indebtedness. Furthermore, it lias a
Co-op., stvre on its hands in which $2,
000 is smut. And still further, it has
hired a football coach at a $1,000. ad
vance in salary. Also, it must not be
forgotten that the coach i„. hired for tin
football season alou • and that a coach
for the baseball sea son must be secured.
Add up another $1,000. * Here is a
straight - from - the - shoulder $14,000.”
And then is added with an air of fi
nality, "What are you going to do about
it V ”
Hirst, the $10,000 indebtedness has
not been assumed and, according to an
editorial in the Emerald on December
10, "The amount of $10,000 is a maxi
mum s uit. It may not he necessary to
bond the student body so 1 eavily.” And
from the issue of December 12 we find
that "Mr. Tiffany thinks ,he expense of
a new field would be justified by the re
ceipts of the games played on it." Also
this, "Nicholas Jaureguy stated that the
board of regents will probably furnish
$7,000 or $S,0Ot> tow..rd a new field, but
liTe Club
Barber Shop
Ts the place that till the Col
lege men go for first class
work.
G. W. Blair, Prop.
Jim Says:
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Rubber Heels.
Jim, the Shoe Doctor
Opposite Rex
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nothing definite has been done at pres
ent. This money would cover the cost
of the field, hut about $8,000 more will
be needed for the grandstands.” In the
issue of December 14, “Ernest Watkins,
when speaking in defense of the propos
ed bond issue, declared that if there
were 8,000 at the O. A. C. game in 1915 j
and only 5,000 at the Washington game ;
this year, Oregon’s bad accomodations 1
caused a loss of $3,000. This gain each
year will pay off the debt inside of five
years, said Watkins.”
aNow these bonds are to be issued in
series ;iml will not all come due in one
year. If these bonds are issued in the
usual denominations, only $500, or
$1,000 will be due each year, and not the
! whole $10,000. It is provided in the
resolution authorizing the bond issue,
“that >.he grand st ad privileges shall
be held in trust by two trustees as se
curity for the payment of the interest
at any time to become due on said obli
gations of the student body, and of such
proportion of the principal as may be
agreed to be paid from time to time.”
It will be seen from these facts that
the bonds are to be regarded as invest
ments and should not be treated as an
expense.
It is also stated that the student body 1
has “sunk” $2,000 in the Co-op. This
$2,000 is a demand note, loaned by the
student body to the Co-oil, and is
backed by bankable security. It is n
investment in every sense of the word.
It is right that we have increased the
salary of the coach $1,000 and that it
will be necessary to get a coach for th •
baseball season.
One more fact is to be considered.
The student body increased in numbers
this year 27 per cent. If the gain n ixt
year is only 20 per cent we will have
about 1,200 enrolled students. The stu
dent tax from the 200 increase will
amount to $1,600. Thus- the normal gain
in the student body will more than pro
vide Emeralds for a.l o' the students in
the University.
To summarize. Only one of the bonds
will be due next fa.i and not the whole
$10,000. The $2,000 hmned the Co-op.,
is just a transfer of working capital
from one pocket to another. The addi
tional cost of the Emeralds will be more
than met by the increase in the student
taxes received next year.
FLOYD C. WESTERFIELD
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POST-ADAM MEETING SUNDAY
The third of n series of post-Adam
meetings will lie held ii the Y. AY. C. A.
Bungalow Sunday at 5 o’clock.
The meeting will be informal and the
subject brought up in Dr. Adam's talks
will be diseased. AY. M. Case and sec
retary J. !>. Foster will preside. All
members of the Y. M. C. A. are in
vited to be present.
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DEBATERS TAKE TRIP
U. Squad Stages Tryout at Cot
tage Grove.
Affirmative Wins 59 to 39;
Washington and Oregon to
Meet Here Friday.
Thp first community debate of the year
was held last night at Cottage Grove.
The regular varsity squad composed of
Lewis Beebe, and Walter Myers on the
affirmative and Earl Fleischmann and
Nicholas Jaureguy on the negative de
bated the same question on which they
will meet Stanford and Washington next
Friday.
The affirmative was victorious by a
vote of of) to 30. The question read, “Re
solved, That disputes in public service
corporations affecting 100 or more men
.should be settled by compulsory investi
gation with a compulsory acceptance of
award.” The affirmative developed an en
tirely new case and the negative was
hardly prepared to handle it.
In speaking of the new plan of giving
the debaters experience through these
community debates, Coach Robert Pres
cott said: “Last night puts us into much
better shape for the interstate debates
next Friday. The audience was enthusi
astic and forced the speakers to adapt
themselves to real conditions. One com
munity debate is worth a whole week of
workouts and if we can only secure
enough of these debates through the year
they will accomplish the double purpose
of bringing the Fniversty nearer the
people and at the same time give our de
baters all the experience they need.”
Washington will meet Oregon here
next Friday and tiie Fniversty negative
will debate Stanford in Palo Alto the
same night. The Washington debaters
are Wendell Black and Mathew Hill.
Lewis Beebe and Walter Myers will rep
resent Oregon here, and Earl Fleisch
mann and Nicholas Jaureguy will make
the trip to Palo Alto.
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