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ing and inspected the National City Plan
ning exhibit.
At the morning session a resolution
was passed appealing to all citizens to
vote for the proposed construction of a
new penitentiary to cost $400,000. The
resolution was introduced by George M.
Thacher, head of the Oregon Prisoners
Aid Society of Portland. Mr. Thacher
thinks 'that reformation of the conditions
of Oregon is a matter of principle and a
study of individuals.
Itr. B. W. DeBusk, professor of second
ary education in the University of Oregon
speaking on “The Menace of the De
fective,” told of the growing problem
of the weak minded which is due to the
failure to prevent'the muting of defective
persons.
The opening conference on Thursday
in Guild hall with Professor F. G. Young
director presiding took up largely the
problem of a general conservation of the
food resources of the country. Speakers
on labor mobilizatin were Frank S.
Myers, postmaster at Portland, Nelson
F. Johnson, director of 'the public em
ployment bureau of Portland, O. P. Hoff
of Salem, state labor commissioner and
factory inspector and It. P. Iionham in
spector at the United States immigration
offices.
A resolution calling upon Congress to
'take effective action to curb food specu
lators who are sending prices up was
submitted by Mr. Hoff at the conclusion
of his address. The resolution in gener
al reads i.s follows:
Whereas the prices o stable neces
saries of life have advanced to figure
far beyond the limits of conscience, and
whereas there is proof of utter lack of
humane consideration on the part of
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those responsible and, such business is
unpatriotic and equivalent to treason
and, since Congress has indisputed au
thority over every resource of the nation
in the present crisis, therefore, be it
resolved by the ninth Annual Common
wealth Conference that Congress be
urged to take immediate and effective
action to relieve this cost menacing sit
uation.
Mr. Hoff's resolution followed an ad
dress by him on the “Plans of the Ore
gon State Labor Bureau,” in which he
set forth . plan formulated by him to co
operate with the farmers and thru their
different local organizations reach the
smaller localities by correspondence and
establish a state clearance center in the
labor bureau. He thinks the govern
ment may partially solve the problem
by drafting men to the field as well as
the front.
Postmaster Myers, who read the first
paper Thursday evening spoke along the
same lines.
He stated, “In order to relieve as much
as possible the acute shortage of laboY
it is absolutely necessary to eliminate all
duplications of work, to withdraw labor
from productions of luxuries, to with
draw labor from catering to the whims
and pastimes of the idle rich, and to cur
tail public improvements which can wait
until after the war. The withdrawal of
labor from productive pursuits to build
scenic railways especially those that par
allel railways and waterways in order
to cater to the idle consuming tourist
class, is ill advised at this time.” Mr.
Myers advocated authorization by Con
gress of a law fixing the maximum price
on the necessaries of life.
Mr. Johnson representing the labor
employment side of the question described
the efficiency of public employment bu
reaus as applied to farming help. He be
lieves most of the labor troubles are
due as much to the employers as to the
laborers. “The essential features the
real bureau must have,” he stated, “per
tain to the organization of labor money,
the education of employers to the proper
wage, securing of trained employing men
and sorting the unemployed from the un
employable.”
The fourth speaker, Mr. Bonham, pro
posed to tax farm labor upon the two
million boys between the ages of 15 and
19.
In the finalpaper of the evening Mr.
ILizurd took up the problem of "Mak
! in^ loyal, intelligent eitizens of the
United States, imbued with the best
ideals of our country, as one with us in
| spirit, sympathy, language, customs, and
ideals .and prepared to share properly
its citizenships duties and responsibil
ities, out of the millions of subjects and
citizens of foreign countries who were
coming to our shores up to the outbreak
of the European war at the rate of more
than a million a year.” “The solution.”
he said, "lies in the bringing of the resi
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dent alien body in the United States
under the far-reaching Americanizing in
fluence of the public school system, in
order that the average understanding of
that most vital as well as most neglected
of professions, the profession of self
government, may be elevated.
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Captain Williams Well Pleased
With Progress of University
Student Soldiers.
Last Few Days Men Have
Marched in Battalion While
Band Played Martial Air.
Military drill will come to a close at
Oregon at the end of next week. All
students who have cuts must have them
made up by that time to receive credit.
The six weeks training inuagaurated
after spring vacation has been a great
success. Most of the University students
knew nothing whatsoever about mili
tary tactics, but under the leadership of
Captain Williams they have become will
versed in the fundamentals at least.
Captain Williams is well pleased with |
the progress of the University battalion. I
“The men picked things up surprisingly
fast,” he said, "they have learned quicker
than any body of troops I have ever j
had.”
The squad and company drill has giv- j
en place the past few nights to battalion j
drill. With the band playing a martial
air, the men have marched up and down
the field under the command of the of
ficers as one unit. Since the advent of
the wooden guns, the marching columns
have taken on ithe appearance of real
soldiers. The number of guns has been
diminishing every night on account of the
rough handling they have been subjected
to. The soft wood splits easily.
Calisthenics had to be called off a
couple of nights due to the rain. The
rain has cut into ithe attendance record
also. Hardly a squad has had the same
men from night to night. When the
weather has been bad, the companies
have drilled under the Tunning sheds and
in the gymnasium.
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O NOTICE TO JUNIORS ♦
♦ Nominations of officers for ♦
♦ next year’s Senior elas3 will be ♦
♦ held Monday May 21 at 5 p. m. ♦
♦ in the Education Building. Vot- ♦
♦ ing will take place in the Admin- ♦
♦ istration building Wednesday, ♦
♦ May 2.1 from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. ♦
♦ Committee in charge of elec- ♦
♦ tion: Randall Scott, chairman, ♦
♦ Dorothy Collier, Clytie Hall, ♦
♦ Charles Crandall, and Jack Mon- ♦
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♦ Kenneth Moores, Tresident. ♦
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| Fraternity Pins Under Ban
at Officers’Training Camp
Fort SJieridan. Ills.. May 10.—Fratern
ity pins, college yells and motor cars were
placed under the ban at the reserve offi
cers’ training camp today by Colonel 1\ U
liam Nicholson, commandant. A number
of the candidates for commissions had
been wearing jeweled pins on the olive
drab shirts, while others were prone to
use their private automobiles for trips
about the camp during leisure hours.
Tkeae, Colonel Nicholson held, did not
make for democracy. The men were told
that henceforth their schooling is to be
that of the American army and not that
of the college campus.
Cornell University
Medical College
In the city of New York
Admits graduates of the Uni
versity of Oregon presenting
the required physics, chemis
try and biology.
INSTRUCTION by labora
tory methods throughout the
course. Small sections facili
tate personal contact of stu
dent and instructor.
GRADUATE COURSES
leading to A. M. and Ph. D.
also offered under direction
of the Graduate School of
Cornell University.
Applications for admission
are preferably made not later
than June. Next session opens
Sept. 26, 1917.
For information and cata
logue address
The Dean
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