OREGON EMERALD Published each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the college year by the Associated Students of the University of Oregon. B y * Entered at the postoffice at Eugene as second class matter Subscription rates, per year. $1.00. Single copies, 5c. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Associate Editor .. Associate Editor ... Maaaglng Editor .. City Editor . EDITORIAL, STAFF. .HAROLD HAMSTREET ...Milton Arthur Stoddard .John DeWItt Gilbert .Ed Harwood .Adrienne Upping BUSINESS STAFF. BUSINESS MANAGER. Assistant Manager. Assistants . Circulation Manager. . . Phone, Editor, 5SS .BURLE D. BRAMHALL .Louise Allen Joe Dean, Lay Carlisle, Jeanette Calkins, Harold Barde .Paul Heaney Phone, Manager, 841 Departments Sports Editor.James S. Sheehy Assistants .William Haseltlne, Clifford Sevlts Administration .Earl Murphy 8tudent Activities .Dorothy Parsons Womens Sports.Helen Hair Forensics . Rosalind Bates Exchanges .Helen Brenton General Assignments.John Dundore. Elsie Fltzmaurlce, Richard Avlson, Gladys Wilkins, Ross Dalglelsch, Russell Fox, Martha Tinker Pearl Cralne, Erma Zimmerman, Dorothy Dunlwav. Bucfle Saunders Bert Woods. Arvo Slmola, Florida Hill, Adelaide I,ake, Helen Brenton, Beatrice Thurston, Dyle McCroskey. Tracy Byers, Paul Reaney, Douglas Mullarky, Bill Morrison, Jacob Jacobson, Paul Ellis. Robert Case, Mellle Parker, Nell Warwick, Anne Dawson. MOSSBOUND It is true that the rolling stone gath ers no moss, but a custom steadfastly maintained is not a rolling stone. In fact, age soon makes it so mossbound that it is a retarding, rnther than pro gressive, influence to society. If the cus tom of senior examinations the last sem ester has outgrown its usefulness and is a poignant harm rather than a vital good to the University, then it is high time the old custom went to the bow-wows. As a matter of fact some kind of a change is necessary under the present day conditions at commencement time in the University. The, Emerald is inclined to think thnt the abolition of the senior exam custom is the first change that should tnke place. Times today are not like they were when our dnddys and granddaddys graduated. War today is not like what it was when the veterans of the Spanish-American War nnd the Civil War shouldered the muskets. We cannot defend the ancient custom of sen ior examinations on the ground that it was good enough for our fathers and therefore is good enough for us. We have but to look for a moment •t what it demanded of the senior just at commencement time alone today to is the entertainment of the relatives and realise what a burden is inflicted. There friends, the senior play, the Oregon page ant, the peace-pipe ceremonials, the alum ni bnnquet, the baccalaureate sermon, the commencement address, the oration night, the mnrehes, the poslngs nnd—Heaven Bangs Livery’Co. All Stage Lines Transfer Day or Night Phone 21 It ia far better to COOK WITH GAS Than to gas wtth the Cook Phone 28 OREGON POWER CO. forbid anything else. The University would not think of staging a commence ment unless it were a success. Hut pray let us ns how can it he a success when the participants are fagged out from the nightmare of examinations? Of course if the University would abolisli commencement week, and all that, why then the problem would be solved. The Emerald hns no doubt about any senior wanting to take the examinations provided there was no commencement to follow. But it is absurd to think of the abolition of commencement. Commence ment week is being added to instead of being abolished. That is one reason why there is such a congestion of work for the seniors, faculty, in fact everyone concerned, at the end of the semester. It is high time the ancient custom of senior examinations went by the boards and some inensure adopted for the main tenance of the present prescribed stand ard of work through the equal distribu tion of senior work throughout the en tire semester HARSH CRITICISM. ' It is displeasing at times to hear of communities of tlie state being called i provincial by people who judge them by University standards. It must he remem bered that the social development of com munities is not equal. The University is supposed to set a standnrd, and for students, faculty or anyone else to travel through the state and judge communities harshly because they are not up to the University standard is to be unjust to these communities. It is also to be remembered that the University student body is made up largely of students who come from these small communities of the state. One year, two years, three years and four years residence develops within these students new ideals they would never have received at home. They are progressing socially so-to-speak. Kventually these same stud ents will go back home and in spite of all the “moss-backs” at home can do there will be an uplift in the community, the result of these younger citizens who have returned to take up the burdens of their parents. This is the so-called infusion of younger blood we hear so much about. So the cycle of Time revolves, each gen eration contributing its quota. Communities are like individuals: no two are the same. It is tin1 narrow per son indeed who goes into a community and tries to revolutionize it immediately by making it adapt itself to his ideals rather than adapting himself to con ditions and gradually making his ideals the standard by moral force-of character IL.I_ . "f-J-.'"..LI ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ GIRLS' TENNIS CLUB $ ♦ The cement tennis court is re- ♦ ♦ served for your use from I to I v ♦ daily. Preliminaries for the tour- ♦ ♦ nnment must be obeyed off by ♦ ♦ Thursday, April 5. ♦ ♦ HISTORY OFF THE BAT' * Interpretations of Current Events for the Emerald by John Almaok. ★--——★ The writer of an explanation of events of current history is unlikely to gain a reputation for consistency or sound judgment; the happenings of the week following his interpretations may cause him to reverse some of his choicest con clusions. Yet if this were the rule, it should not deter him from asking “What is the meaning of the occurrence tc which the newspapers are giving theii cherished front pages, and glaring dis play headings ” since all form conscious ly or unconsciously an answer which serves as a guide to future action, be lief, or judgment. Though historical in terpretation cannot reach a mathemati cal certainty no matter when made, yet it may be removed from the field ol mere speculation, or if entirely and out rageously in error, provoke discussion and thought which may lead to the righl answer. At all events a writer for a newspaper may correct the mistakes ol ont day, the next—though this is a thing he usually scorns to do. The Russian Republio On March the sixteenth, the Russian revolution was inaugurated. Twenty four hours after the outbreak com menced, the old Russia of Nihilism, in trigue, tyranny, oppression, the knout, and the dark prisons of Siberia was re legated to the limbo of the past, and a new era dawned for a long oppressed people. Order succeeded the tempor ary violence, and in an incredibly short time a republic was proclaimed. The circumstances and management of the revolt approach the marvelous. The nation was engaged in a foreign war; a rel.utkss enemy pressed on the frontier. Yet the disturbance which marked the change from at autocracy to a democracy hardly assumed the pro portions of an ordinary strec. riot. The time was ripe, the leaders knew what was wanted, the 1 -jple were in sym pathy and conscious of their power. There was none of the dramatic frenzy and fury of the French revolutionists; little of the patriotic fervor which ani mated the Americans in 1775. Thp whole program was earnest, simple, and ; direct, as inevitable apparently as the i march of Fate. mere was a long aaumumuuu causes. The government has ever been particularly harsh and cruel. The Czar, with a lack of foresight unparalleled even in an absolute ruler, could not be lieve that revolution was imminent. Such privileges of representation as had been given, were given grudgingly, and com pensation for them been taken in other directions. Taxes had been increased, enlistments forced, the reasonable de mands of labor disregarded, and politi cal persecutions carried to the climax of cruelty. The ruler was no doubt right ly suspected of connivance with the Ger mans to arrange a specinl peace; he_ known ns the enemy of the people, h ear of German invasion, rumors of inttrigue and plot, merciless treatment of the soldiery kept the whole country in a ferment. The people were awakening, and becoming self-conscious. The Hou ma contained the elements of leader ship. at the opportune moment there was a sudden blaze of ferv >r for popular government, and in its heat was forged a new nation. , . .. , , As soon as the Czar had abdicated, and it was evident that order was estab lished, and a strong government insti tuted, the United States hastened to recognize it. and was soon followed t>y England and France. . This event is by far the most signif icant in Russian history. The country is released from a load of tyranny that has burdened, it for centuries An op portunity is at last afforded for utiliza tion of the energies of a great people for their own development, it is a land of wonderful resources; the abolition ol restrictive and repressive measures will assure the people a reward for tlieir labors and will furnish a motive for progress lacking in the past. An awak ened Russia under the old governmental regime would have been a menace to democracy; an awakened Russia ns a republic is a prophecy and «>. safeguard of its future. . , , , Republics now hold the balance f power, and the position of our country is made more secure. Democracy con trols the destinies of the larger pro portion of the population of the world. With representative government firmly established in all nations ymphonique . Lours Genevieve Rowley Alice Vandar Sluis A May Morning . Chaminade Gladys Van Nuys Arabesque . Chaminade Ada Mathews Drifting . Hazel Radabaugh Words by Leslie Blades Sung by Mrs. Middleton German Dance for two violins .. Mozart Viola Crawford Miss Forbes Reading—The Mustard Piaster Foster Charlotte Canfield Trio—'Spring . Lynes Mrs. Rose Powell Mrs. Daise Middleton Hester Hurd Violin obligato by Ursula Prim The Danza . Chadwick Irene Strowbridge Etude . McDowell Marion Neil Valse Burlesque . Burleigh Meadow Lark .. . Miss Winifred Forbes Wanted, men to pose for life drawing class. Good pay, easy work. Apply to Prof. Sehroff or Dutch at Areht. Build ing. llll) ' the common law; (Sculwick Pxrwuas At me savoy theatre next .tionuay and Tuesday. JcmiJit COLLARS arc curw cut to fit the shoulders perfectly, ij cents each, fc> forepy ClllETT PEA BODY CO! INC3 Lhr< ) Wi? repair tilings 'Right | Those who do our repairing know their business. If what you bring us to fix is not worth fixing we will tell you so. We do good work, but we charge only a moderate price for our repair work. Try Us. We make “Quality” right; then the price right. Seth Laraway~ Diamond Merchant and Jeweler” VICTROLAS VICTOR RECORDS Directory of Eugdne Professional Men Dr. M. C. Harris Dentist Roor 402 C. & W. Bldg. Sth and Willamette Eugene, Ore. Office Hours: 9 to 12 a. m. 1 to 5 p. m. Phone 531 Dr. L. L. Baker Dentist Instructor’s Diploma N. U. D. S., Chicago. Office 310 C. & W. Bldg. Sth and Willamette Eugene, Ore. G. S. Beardsley, M. D. 410-415 Cockerline & Wetherbee Bldg. Eugene, Oregon Office Phone 96 Res. Phone 350 Office hours 10-12; 2-5 p. m. L. M. Travis Attorney-at-Law Eugene, Oregon Class 1S97 William G. Martin Attorney-at-Law Probate and Lands—Specialty 774 Willamette St. Eugene, Ore. S. D. READ 865 Willamette St. DENTIST Phone 397 The Football Fan Dr. B. F. Scaief e Physician and Surgeon 217 White Temple Phones: Ofc. 3; Res. 1156 Guild Hall Friday, March 30 Admission, 50c Curtain, 8:15 The Admirable Crichton —Directed by Prof. A. F. Reddie— Cast Includes Ernest \\ atkins, Margaret Crosby, Alex Bowen Roberta Killam. Seats on Sale at Ticket office of Guild Hall Daily Between 1 and 2.—Phone 142 for Reservations.