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OREGON EMERALD Official stulent body paper of the University of Oregon, published eTery | Tuesday, Thors lay and Saturday of the college year by the Associated Students. Entered in the poatoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscnption rates $1.00 per year. Single copies, 5c. Advertising rates upon | request Harry n. chain William Haseltine .. Bobert G. McNary Beatrice Tbur3ton Douglas Mullarky . Melvin T. Solve Pearl Craine . . EDITOR | ... Ness Editor I Make-Up Editor | v* umen’s Editor , Teature Editor Dramatic Editor ! Society Editor i Assistants Elsie Fitzmaurice, Dorothy Duniway, Helen Brenton. Leith Abbott, Her man Lind, Bess Colman, Adelaide Lak e, Alexander Brown, Levant Pease, Helen MsnDing, John Houston, Gladys Wilkins, Elva Bagiev, Aleno Phillips, Louise Iostv*, Frances Stiles, Helen Downing, Kenneth Comstock, Erza Zifmerman, Mary Elies Bailey. JEANNETTE CALKINS . BUSINESS MANAGER Catherine Dobie .... Circulftion Manager Lyle Brj-san .Advertising Manager for March Assistants Harris ETT.'worth, Lee Bartholomew, Eve Hutchison. Madeline Slotboom. Frances Schenk, Foreign Advertising. Promptness ind accuracy in the matter of delivery is what the Emerald seeks to obtain,. If you are not getting your paper reguiarly, make a complanit, i but make it direct to the Circulation M annger. Address ali newt and editorial ; complaints to the Editor. Manager 177-J News and Editorial Rooms 655 PHONES Editor 841 ' Business* Office 1200 WHERE NO MITE IS TOO SMALL. Since the first days of the war the cry of the American col- j lege man and woman has been for some means of their being of material aid in the prosecution of the war. Great numbers of the men have given up their studies to enlist and many of the women have volunteered for war work writh the Y. W. C. A., the Red Cross, or have taken the positions left vacant in the various' branches of the government’s home service by the enlistment of j men. The part played by the college students of the country in the home work has been of the 100 per cent type throughout. Their co-operation in the food saving campaign has been will ingly and wholehearted. Their answer to the plea for funds lor| the Y. M. and Y W. C. A. and for the Red Cross was complete! and prompt. But each of those causes fell short of their markj in one respect—they did not leave the impression with the giver; that he or she was really participating in the actual conduct of the war. Their feeling was that, through providing food, they were preparing the fighting men for battle and, through con tributing to the Red Cross and Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. funds, they were providing for the comfort and well being of the men dur ing their leisure hours, or when they were wounded. But the opportunity of which the college students felt the lack was the feeling that something of theirs was being actively used in the actual fighting—they wanted to feel that they were doing some thing directly to provide the men in the trenches with weapons of defense and offense. To a small percentage of the American college men and wo. men the Liberty Loan campaign offered the opportunity they sought. Those few who had the money necessary to purchase the bonds could feel that they were buying guns, ammunition and other varieties of ordnance for the boys who were fighting the battles. But Liberty Bonds are not within the financial reach of the majority of college students and, because of this, they have been unable to participate in the conduct of the war in the way they would have liked to. Nor has this defect in the system of popular financing of the war been confined to college students. The fact that the bonds were isued in no denomination smaller than $50 kept them out of the hands of the mass of the Ameri-j can people. To meet this defect come the War Savings Stamps, issued in the two denominations of 25 cents and five dollars. War Saving Stamps offer to college students a double op portunity — the opportunity to assist in the prosecution of the war in a material way and the chance to save. Though you pur chase but one 25-cent stamp a month, or two, you are helping and at the same time you are putting your money in the strong est bunk in the world, the United States government. The University’s record in the W. S. S. campaign now under way should surpass even the records established on the campus in the previous war and relief fund campaigns. When you are approached on the subject make your subscription as large as you think you can afford and add two stamps to that. There is not a student on the campus that cannot manage to buy at least one stamp a month. DON’T FORGET TO VOTE. Next Wednesday, between the hours of ten in the morning ' and two in the afternoon, the students are to decide the fate of . a constitutional amendment that is progressive and sound if : ever an amendment to the student body constitution did possess those qualities. Briefly, the amendment is to provide a personnel for the Executive Committee that will insure the presence at all times of at least one member who is familiar with the routine of busi ness of the committee, by providing that one member-at-large shall be elected each year for a two-year term. This member is to be elected at the regular spring elction from th sophomore class, but he will not take office until the beginning of his junior year, the following Fall. Under the present system an entire new Executive Commit tee is elected each year, a system not satisfactory, nor scientific, in that it does not permit the establishment of a permanent and efficient method of handling the finances of the student body. In the past, when a new committee came into office there was no body on it familiar with the duties it is supposed to perform. The result has been unavoidable delay and inefficiency during a large part of the year. While the amendment to be voted on Wednesday provides for the election of only one member-at-large, the size of the ! Executive Committee will not thereby be diminished, due to the two year term of office feature. If it passes, two members-at large will have to be elected this spring, one for the regular two year term and one to serve for next year only, in order to com plete the cycle which, in futue years, will automatically care for itself. It is not reasonable to suspect that a measure possessing the merits that this one does will meet with any active opposi tion at the polls, but the very fact that it has no opposition may prevent it from becoming an amendment to the student body constitution. To become operative it must receive the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the students. Therefore, see to it that your failure to cast your ballot next Wednesday is not responsible for the defeat of legislation so badly needed by the student body. Famous English Poet Will Teii of Experiences at Galli poli in Villard Aprii 3. Supports Field Hospital in France From Writings; Has Had Interesting Life. John Masefield, famous English poet, will lecture under the auspices of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, at Villard hall, April .‘i. His lecture “War and the Future’’ will be based on his ex perience at Gallipoli and at the front in France. Those who have heard his lec ture praise it highly, saying that he gives a vivid picture of the war, and a remark ably clear idea of life at the front. Besides giving his own services to the war, Mr. Masefield has done a great deal towards helping the Red Cross. At the beginning of the war he equipped n Red Cross unit, and lie is supporting a field hospital in France by his writing. Mr. Masefield has had an interesting career, lie was born in Shropshire, Eng land, and when still hut a boy he ran away from home and went to sea as a sailor. Several years of wandering, one of which was spent at a Sixth avenue saloon in, New York City, where lie was hired as man of all work. It was while working there that, after reading a copy of Chaucer, lie decided to write poetry, lie returned to England where he was greatly encouraged in his work by W. B. Yeuts, poet, and John Singe, Irish dramatist. “The Eoverlasting Mercy,” written in 1912, was the poem that first brought him fame. Since then tie has written nu merous poems, plays and several novels which have attracted considerable no tice. He has written two books on the war, “Gallipoli,” and "The Old Front Line.” I 1 ML DEBATE (Continued from page one) concerned. The season’s work ends with two victories and two defeats. O. A. 0. was defeated last fall in Eugene, but won from Oregon at Corvallis. Next in line is the co-ed debate with Washington, which will take place April 10. Eileen Tomkins and Amy Carson will remain in Eugene, and Marie Ha dura and Kuth tlraham go to Seattle. The question deals with 'the movement of the daily papers to consolidate. TRE MU GIRLS WILL PICNIC Members of Campus Society Plan Hike From Bungalow. The Tre Nu girls will give a picnic the Saturday following examination week, according to announcement made after the meeting of the club Thursday afternoon. Ollte Stoltenberg is chair man of the committee to choose a place of retreat, but it is definitely known i that the girls, laden with eats, will meet 1 at 5 o’clock at the Bungalow, Satur i day afternoon, and will start out from there. The following new members hive I been elected to the club: Waiua l>ean, I Eileen Tomkins. Kuth Danford. Erma Huff. Fliaabeth Oinsey. Beatrice Thurs ton. Florida Hill, and Harriett tlarrett. fipt Your Oregana Mow! (Continued flow jiage one) and it is? going to be a hard task for 'Coach Walker to pi"k his team from such a large squad. ‘"Jiggs” Leslie did the largest part of the catching, and held ■the pitchers in fine style. Young held down first very well and Gamble pulled down three or four high ones from the skies in center field. Coach Walker was well satisfied with the showing of both teams id the first game of the season, and is very hopeful for two winning aggregations. Captain Sheehy, who view the contest from be hind the pitchers’ box, also spoke well of the workout. i Several of the Varsity squad men are 1 not in the best of condition. “Fod” ! .Maison injured his ankle in Friday aft ernoon’s practice, and was unable to do any running at all this morning. Grebe also lias a sore ankle and Comfort has been bothered by a sore arm. How ever, none of the injuries are serious. No News from U. of W. Manager Tiffany has heard no more 'from either the University of Wasliing 1 ton or any of the shipyard organizations 'in Portland, so it is doubtful how many games will be on the schedule for the i season. Eight games arc assured with the Aggi<js, four 'to be played in Cor vallis and the remaining here, and one contest has been arranged with the Foundation shipyard nine in Portland, on March 30. Tiffany expect:; to hear from the other aggregations some time this week. Mrs. W. F. G. Thacker and Madame TtTucher will be Sunday dinner guests of Hendricks Hall. 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