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CONDEMN THE SLACKER.
Inspection next Tuesday. On that day Governor Withy
combe will pass on the military work that is being done at the
University, and it is to be expected that his impressions will be
influenced largely by the showing made in comparison with the
0. A. C. cadets, whom he has inspected annually since his elec
tion.
Some time during the following week it is probable that the
commanding officer from Camp Lewis will review the battalion
and early in February the student companies will pass under the
critical eye of the Commandant of the Western Department, in a
review that will practically determine whether or not Oregon se
cures a Reserve Officers Training Corps rating or not.
When one stops to consider the real significance of these
events to the University and that the nation is now in the thick
of the greatest of the world’s wars, it is hard to understand and
almost impossible to excuse one type of student that has made its
appearance during the past week. We are speaking of the few
who appear to have considered military drill as an entertaining
fad during the first few days, but who have now tired of it. They
are the ones who, for no particular reason, report to their com
panies late, sluff the hour of work with the least expenditure of
physical and mental exertion possible and grasp at the first pos
sibity of being excused that presents itself. To them “a date with
Rosie” or the picture shows seem to be the only bright spots in
: life.
It is true that we have something to consider other than the
newly established courses in military drill. The government in
urging college men to stay in school until called, does so with the
expectation they will continue to pursue the lines of study that
will fit the,m for more efficient service later. Education as usual
is what the government requests of the universities and colleges
•of the country and it is imperative that the normal routine of
studies and student activities shall continue. These, however,
are not the things which the students of Oregon and other uni
versities are being asked to give time from. They are being
asked, and the seriousness of the situation demands, that they
give their spare time—all of it if necessary—to preparing them
selves for military service.
As has been said often before, it is not a matter of compul
sion, but a matter of duty, of patriotism. It is just as much a
duty for the men who are training under Colonel Loader to get
every possible thing they can out of the instruction as it is for
the thousands of men who are training in the cantonments and
the American camps in France to grasp every opportunity to in
crease their efficiency as soldiers. There are greater reasons for
the students to take it upon themselves to do as much as they can
instead of as little as they can. Rather than being in any ways
“cocky” the college student of these times should be the most
serious-minded of any.
While others have given up their hopes, ambitions and op
portunities to enter the Army or Navy and train themselves to
fight the nation’s battles, the college man is allowed, urged, to
stay with his studies. Where the opportunities for future life
of the men now in the service are being steadily lessened, those
of the college man are being increased. It is entirely probable
that every man now training in the University battalion will be
called upon to make some use or other of the instruction he is
now receiving before the war is over. Before many months have
passed it is likely that most of those who are physically able will
be in service, perhaps in the trenches, many as officers leading
units of men for whose lives and safety they will be responsible.
The man, be he student or not, who wavers in the slightest de
gree from the demands made upon him is committing a crime
against his nation and against humanity—he is a SLACKER.
Only active co-operation on the part of every student can in
sure the complete success of the military drill program now
operating upon the campus. The student who shirks even the
slightest duty expected of him is a double slacker—a slacker to
his nation and a slacker to Oregon. It is probable, and we hope
true, that the few instances where students have laid down be
fore their plain duty to do all they can, have been due to a lack
of serious consideration of the task which faces them as citizens
of_the_JJnited Static, hut- .-it. l.rinf. ih» ir .-■■"Siw.r
demned and scorned by every true Oregon student and every
loyal American.
The student who invents some flimsy excuse to escape a lit
tie more drill work than he is compelled to do and then gloats
over it as an accomplishment to be proud of is to be pitied, but
even pity is often wasted for want of intelligence to appreciate.
ACORNS FROM HOLLOW OAK THAT
SAVED KING TO GROW ON CAMPUS
Colonel Leader Brings Last Crop From Historic Tree of England WMch Hid
Charles II From Cromwell and Preserved Stuart Dynasty.
Acorns from the oak tree which hid
Charles II. of England, then a prince,
from discovery by pursuing Cromwal
lians after the battle of Worcester, in
the middle of the seventeenth century,
are being sprouted by H. M. Fisher,
superintendent of the University
grounds, and will later in the spring be
planted on the University of Oregon
campus.. The acorns were given to the
University by Colonel John Leader,
commnn«nnt of the University battalion,
who himself gathered them from the
famous Boscobel oak, as the tree that
saved the Stnart dynasty, is known in
English t istory.
As the story goes, the prince’s pur
suers had followed him as far as the
oak. trep, and losing track of him in
the wood, stopped tc confer, when a
slight ncise nearby almost precipitated
r search of the vicinity. The timely
appearance of an owl quieted the sus
picions of the soldiers, and saved the
head of the hiding monarch. To this
day certain English regiments hear the
oak instead of the lanral on their crest,
to commemorate the incident.
Boscobel Oak Is Old.
'["he Boscobel oak, which grows in the
puTk of the Duke of Grafton, has about
outlived its span of centuries, accord
ing to Colonel Leader, and this year
produced only a few over a hundred j
acorns. Just before leaving England for
the United States, Colonel Leader, who
was wotmded in the battle of the Somme
in command of hia regiment, the Royal
Irish Rifles, was visiting with Mrs.
Leader's relatives, the family of the
Duke of Grafton, and while there col
lected all the acorns of the historic tree
and brought them with him to Eugene.
Oregon secured the last crop of acorns
from the oak, for after Colonel Leader
left England, the tree was struck by
lightning, and destroyed. —
Acorns Are Sprouting.
Although no special spot on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus has as y^t
been selected for the planting of the
oaks, Mr. Fisher says that they will
probably be planted along a lane or
drive, the location of which will be
decided upon later by the board of re
gents or by a committee named for that
pnrpose. Of the 100 acorns given to
Mr. Fisher by Colonel Leader, Mr.
Fisher expects at least 40 or 50 to
sprout, and these will be transplanted
to a specially protected bed somewhere
on the campus, to grow to the proper
siee before being finally planted.
If by any chance these acorns should
fail to grow, Colonel Leader is sprout
ing some himself, and has offered to
see that the University gets some
sprouts of the Boscobel oak in any
event, says Mr. Fisher.
Team in No Shape for Game
With La Grande Five;
Weak on Passing and
All-Round Playing.
Next Contest One Week Off,
Practice to Begin Next
Week in Real Earnest.
With the first game less than a week
j off, the freshman team is in rery bad
rendition, according to Coach Dean Wal
ker. In a practice game Thursday eve
ning. they were just able to down the
Eugene high school five by the score of
IS to 13 nnd a decided lack of every kind
of basketball science was noticeable dur
ing that contest. The men bunched on
me side of the court time and agRin
and did not work together at any time
during the fray.
"They showed uo signs of ever having
been coached,” Walker said after the
game. “Not onee did I see what you
could call real passing, and the hunching
np around the baskets was noticeable all
through the game.”
The first game is to be played in the
gymnasium on next Thursday evening
with the La Grande team as the oppo
nents.This eastern Oregon aggregation is
making a trip to Portland to play the
Franklin high five of that place and will
make a side tonr to Engene to try their
skill against the babes.
Purno, who has been ont of the line-up
for two weeks, played almost a half of
the game against the Eugene high five,
but hail to be taken ont because of the
after effects of his osuse of tousilitis from
which he has just recovered. It is doubt
ful whether or not he will be able to
break into game next week but the
coach is hoping for the best.
No practice was held today as the
coach thought that a rest would do the
men a great deal of good. Practice will
commence in earnest again on Monday in
preparation for the initial game.
The next games will be two with the
O A. O. rooks at Corvallis on February
1st and 2nd. Those two contests will be
preliminaries to the games between the
Varsity and the Aggie regulars. Coach
Walker expects to make rapid strides
with his five before the time of these
contests, as the freshman are ont for
blood to down the stain of the defeat of
the first year football team last season.
BARS CIGARETTE ADS
The Minnesota stndont senate has bur
ied ri curette advertisements from the
l niversity daily, which will mean a loss
or at least $400 a year to the iwper.
PURDUE HELD LIABLE.
Tlie student council of Purdne recently
received a bill front the Fort Wayne
end Norther nIndiana Traction company
TTshtTf the parade following the Y. M.
(\ A. oanipniitn. The ease was later dis
missed because this is the first offense
i f this kind and the damage was of minor
mmm'anmnu
Calls Hostess Houses Great
Boon to Camp Lewis.
Urges ®hat Everything Possi
ble Be Done to Raise Funds
for This Work.
Tie following letter has been received
from Nicholas Jsoreguy, last year pres
ident of the student body of the Uni
versity, who is now a second lieutenant
at Camp Lewis. The letter came in re
sponse to a telegram sent by the Uni
versity Y. W. C. A., asking for an opin
ion in regard to the Y. W. C. A. work
at Oatup Lewis.
‘fTo My Friends of the Oregon
Y. M. C. A.:
“I was surprised, indeed, the other
morning to receive yonr telegram ask
ing my co-operation in the campaign
which is now going on. I assure you
I wasted no time in reaching as many
Oregon men as possible, seeing some
personally and reaching others by mail.
Girts’ Work Praised.
“I have read with pleasure of the
manner in which Oregon girls are tak
ing up different lines of war work this
year, and I can assure you it is all be
ing appreciated.
“I am sure that anything the Oregon
students can do to raise funds for the
Y. W. C. A. work in army camps should
be undertaken by all means. It would |
be impossible to fully express the ap
preciation which every soldier in Camp
Lewis feels towards the Y. W. C. A.
for its hostess house.
"It has brought the home atmosphere
into our camp, filling a very urgent need.
Prior to the establishment of the hostess
house, it was almost out of the ques
tion for a soldier to have visitors in
camp, even in the best of weather. Since
its establishment, already the Y. M. C.
A. has entertained 60.000 guests. 34,000
of whom have been served meals.
Can Sit Around Fireplace.
“Res assured,' therefore, that when
you come to Camp Lewis to visit us we
can still sit around the fireplace, as we
did on those rainy Sunday afternoons
in the days of yore.
“With best wishes and hope for suc
cess in this and otheT lines of endeavor,
I am, yours very sincerely,
"NICHOLAS JAURBGUY.”
f D A K 0 WOMEN LOYAL
All the University of Idaho, oue hun
dred and fifty-two University women,
were registered by the committee of the
Women'* Council of National IYefense.
Of those, nineteen are not students bnt
hold positions as instructors or are on
the University clerical staff.
collecting war schemes
The University of Kansas is collect
in* war schemes and ideas from all the
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The purpose is to syndicate the ideas
of American institutions of learning for
the stood of the nation. Dean Olin Tem
plin is at Washington laying the plan
the scyenuncnL
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