OREGON EMERALD
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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.
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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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