OREGON EMERALD
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editorial staff
DOUGLAS MULLARKY .EDITOR
Helen Brenton .Associate
Elizabeth Aumiller .Associate
Dorothy Duniway.City Editor
Erma Zimmerman, Assistant City Editor
Leith Abbott .Make-Up
Adelaide Lake .Women’s Editor
Helen Manning.Society
Pierce Cuminga...... Features
Alexander U. Brown.Sports
Bess Colrnun.Dramatics
Reporters.
Helen McDonald, Louise Davis, Fran
ces Cardwell, Dorothy Cox, Elva Bagley,
Frances Stilea, Stella Sullivan, \ elma
Rupert, Lewis Nevin, Ilaymond Law
rence, Wanna McKinney, Forest Watson,
uyle Bryson and Sterling Patterson.
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HARRIS ELLSWORTH ...MANAGER
Elston Ireland.Circulation
Catherine Dobie .Collections
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Warren Kays
Margaret Biddle
Virgil Meador
Dorothy Dixon
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HERE TO STAY
Military drill for unuc^'h&ismcn of the
University who come under the K. O.
T. C. ns accepted from the government
by the hoard of regents, is declared the
most pressing problem before the stu
dent body.
The war has taught a realization of
the value of military drill for discipline
and physical fitness and brought to
America a military spirit which for the
preset at least demands military drill.
For this reason the board of regents
were entirely Justified in accepting for
Oregon the offer made to the University
by the government. Particularly to the
freshmen entering next fall without tin?
military drill which all students in the
University received last quarter under
the S. A. T. C., the reserve officers’
training will he of real service.
The only objection to he found at this
time, and Hint mostly among the under
classmen, is that the drill is not neces
sary as the men have nil had at least
three months under the S. A. T. (’. The
drill is coming hack as a compulsory
measure too soon after the men received
their discharges from the army and be
lieved themselves free of military reg
ulations. Due to these conditions the
umlerclussnnu are not turuulng out as
they should anil taking little interest in
their work while on the field.
Underclassmen umloubtelv have some
ground for their attitude. They have lunl
military drill, lint it is unreasonable
that they could have learned all about
the duties of a soldier nor received all
the advantages possible from the II. O.
T. <.’. in the short period of three months.
Furthermore, it is a duty to Oregon,
since the It. O. T. 1ms accepted, to
make a good showing here in compar
ison with other universities. Itebliting
this duty some twenty of the upperelass
men hie he i in military training, former
officers or member* of offiera’ training
schools at tiie time of the signing of the
armistice, have agreed for the good of
the University in this important feature
of the year's we k to help direct the drill
and military work until such time as tin
underclassmen are able to carry it along
satisfactorily amog their own number.
This attitude of the upperclassmen in
itself is sufficient to ahow with wbat im
portauce the work is regarded by the
older Oregon men. Oregon has never
failed in anything. This is no time to
begin.
As more men come to the University
who have not had military drill, the bene
fits of the It. O. T. C. will mean more
and more to the University and student
body. The K. O. T. C. is here to stay.
While it is here, Oregon may as well lead
other It. O. T. C.’s as Oregon leads in
other linp.s of collegs w6rk. The B. O.
T. C. will play, perhaps, as big a part in
the future of the University as any other
one line of student activity.
THE PHYSICAL TRAINING BILL.
The physical education bill now pending
in the state legislature is of importance
to and worthy of the support of every
University student either as a citizen
or as a resident of Oregon. The pro
posed legislation provides for an aver
age of at least twenty minutes each day
of properly supervised physical training,
exclusive of any exercise given during
the regular recess periods.
As evidence of the effects of system
atic physical training on health and phys
ical efficiency, the wonderful change
made in the physiques of the soldiers of
the American army, us well as the armies'
of the allies, is a present example. A
properly supervised system of physical
training in the public schools of Oregon
could not with the allotted twenty min
utes daily accomplish the same aston
ishing results evidenced in the much
longer daily physical training given in
the army, lint such a system surely
could do a very great deal toward keep
ing school children of Oregon in a much
better physical condition than heretofore,
and make future citizens more nearly
prepared to meet any emergency.
Oregon students can aid the surety of
the passage of the proposed law by any
publicity they show in support of the
measure, by writing »my legislators they
may happen to know as well as talking i
about the measure to their own friends. I
DOUGHNUT DEBATE
The plans for itra-mural debate on the
campus are brood enough to enlist the
interest and support of every Oregon
student. Tf the plans are carried out ac
cording to expectation the work on the
arguments and consequently the interest
in the debate fill be shared by each mem
ber of the organization being represented
instead of devolving upon the teams.
Such a plan w^l greatly strengthen the
teams as well as arouse general and inte
ligent interest. And we will at the same
time he realizing the greatest aim of in
tramura participation in debate.
Another thing to be considered is that
a large and genuine interest in debate
among the students wilt be concrete evi
deuce of Oregon's participation in purely
intellectual pursuits, for the enlighten
ment of those who criticise the Univer
sity on this score.
Because athletics and other forms of
student activities receive greater pub
licity than debate, those who are not
directly connected with the institution do
not realise how important a place for
enMC*»hold.
And so aside from the real pleasure
nr valuealdo training the debaters will
receive they will be serving their Alma
Mater as well I.et us reserve one even
ing of February sixth exclusively for de
bate and put over the first of the series
in grand style. H. B.
In less than a week, the period of
thirty days grace for the payment of the
premium for December on the U. S. in
urance taken out by men in the S. A. T.
will expire. The government is per
uitting men to maintain this cheapest
.’uria of insurance even after the soldier
is discharged. As Professor W. F. G.
Thacher, former lieutenant in the per
sonnel office of the S. A. T. C., explains
in another column, “The soldier who re
fuses to avail himself of the privilege is
simply refusing a generous gift.” If it
is impossible for the student to keep up
the full amount of his policy the amount
can be cut. and the cheap rate niain
tuincl. Later it may be convert'' I into
old line policies.
KEEP UP WAR INSURANCE
To the Editor of The Emerald.
May I he permitted to use your col
umns for the purpose of bringing before
the men recently discharged from the ar
my the desirability- of keeping up their
war risk insurance. In less than a week,
the period of the .10 days of grace for
the payment of the premium for Decem
ber will exiare, and the privileges of the
insurance will be forever lost.
It is mot possible—nor should it he
needful—in the space offered to discuss
the advantages of insurance. In these
days of general enlightenment on the sub
ject, no iintelligent man—whether lie he
an educated man or no*t—-questions the
fact that every man should carry as
much insurance as he can afford. The
government offers to its soldiers iiisur
aniiee at about half the commercial rate,
and offers to continue that privilege af
ter the soldier is discharged. The man
Who refuses to avail himself of this priv
ilege is simply refusing a geenrous gift;
he is shutting his eyes to his own fu
ture; he is denying the riglita of those
who, some day, will he dependent upon
him.
'llhe only possible reason why any man
should not continue his insurance is his
absolute inability to pay the premium
For the main with a $10,000 policy, this
means about $0.00 a month—110 cents a
day—the price of a visit to a movie, a
“short thick,” a imekage of cigarettes.
1'here are men, I know, who cannot af
ford even this much—hut there are not
many.
If the $(i.00 a month is beyond your
means, there is the possibility of re
ducing the policy to $5,000 and the pre
mium to $1.00. As 1 understand it, you
hive this privilege. Simply write to
the Bureau of War Jtisk insurance, tell
ing them whiUlt you want to do. But re
member tluit your t>ol icy must be kept
in force, or you automatically lose all
rights of reduction or conversion into
other types of insurance. The first tiling
^or every man to remember is that he
must pay his premium every month.
Don't rely on Hie 10 days or grace. That
is lHvor business. Do it promptly, reg
lurly every mouth. In years to come,
ion will reckon the savings to you in the
thousands of dollars.
W. F. G. THAOIIEiR,
CUP PUT UP FOR SWIMING
Miss Cummings Offors Silver Trophy fo
Winning Class. »
Miss Malnd Cummings, head of the
physical training department, is offer
ing a cup to the class winuiug the larg- I
est number of points in the coming in- j
terelass swimming meets. Miss Cum- i
mings feels that swimming is one of the I
major sports for women and that a cup j
should be offered for it as well as for .
basketball and other sports.
In three years, swimming has become !
recognized as a major sport among wo- ■
men in the University. The Women's '
Athletic association, in recognition of1
this fttct, has given a personal trophy to j
the best swimmer. This trophy is award
ed at the annual field meet of the asso
ciation held in the spring. Three years
ago, the tank in the men’s gymnasium
was open to women swimmers only one !
afternoon a week. Now. it is open two
afternoons, and a large number of Uni
versify girls are taking the opportunity j
to learn to swim.
The cup offered by Miss Cummings
will not be given as a permanent trophy !
to any class, but the name of the swim- I
tiling class each year will be engraved
upon it.
FOUND Tti Womens’ gymnasium, a
laities fine umbrella. Owner may have
lame by identifying it and paying for this
ad.
Tlotel Osbnm CT/TVNTNO and rnUS
STXO. Special prices always made to
['. of O. Students. Where service and
juality Count.
Letter to Karl Onthank Tells of
Seeing Many Men from
University.
“I^have the pleasure of being a mem
ber of President Wilson’s Guard of Hon
or tomorrow when he comes to give King
George a visit,” writes Sergeant Ralph
E. Hum. ex-’lG, in a letter to Karl W.
Onthank.
“I have been in the chief surgeon’s of
fice here in London since the first of
December and I don’t know how long it
ia going to continue,” he writes. ‘‘I have
a terrible longing to get back to God’s
Country in White Man’s clothes again.
We may go to Paris or Washington, D.
C., from here but I am sure pulling for
the latter.'
“All the boys who left school when I
did have registered in the Paris branch
of the American University Union. You
see we have a duplicate Register in onp
London Union here. They have a swell
plhce here in the St. James hotel.
“Have seen quite a few U. of O. boys
over here. Dean Seabrook, ex-’P), is in
Winchester. He married an English girl
in Southampton. A fellow named Nicliol,
a Phi Gamma Delta, is a sergeant in the
Q. hi. corps here with me. Jack Dolph
passed through Southampton when I was
there. He is a second lieutenant in the Q.
M. I saw the following men on their way
to France: Fred Kiddle, Bob Earle, San
dy Leonard. Mike Harris, Charlie Johns.
Rodney Smith, Boh Kuykendall and
Keith Iviggins.
“I have a nice place here and only
wish I eould have gotten it sooner. I
go to the office at 9:30 and work until
0 p. in. with an hour off for dinner.
“I got a copy of the Nov. 9 Oregon
Overseas Bulletin and say I sure did
appreciate it. You can’t imagine how
much real news there was in it for me.”
Mr. Burn is a member of Alpha Tau
Omega.
OREGON MAN IN NAVY SICK
Dorward Pratt, Recovering From Oper
ation, Appreciates Bulletin.
Another word of appreciation of the
“Oregon Overseas” lias been received on
the campus from Dorward C. Pratt, a
former member of the ( lass of 1921, sta
tioned at the Naval hospital at Chelsea,
Mass.
Pratt left the campus to enlist in the
navy about fourteen months ago and did
radio work at Harvard University for a
short time. Owing to an operation on the
throat from which he has not yet recov
ered. ho writes, lie has not been to sen
but has been in service at the naval hos
pital. lie speaks very highly of the treat
ment of the men in the navy.
Pratt, whose home is in Veneta, Ore
gon, writes that lie would lie pleased to
receive any other copies of the “Oregon
Overseas” published.
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