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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1920)
OREGON EMERALD Official student paper of the Unlver sity of Oregon, published every Tues day, Thursday and Saturday fo thi college year by the Associated Stu dents. Kntered In the postoffice at Eugene Oregon, as second,, class matter. Subscription rates $1.50 per year By term, $ .50. Advertising rates upor application. DOROTHY DUNIWAY, Acting Editoi Lyle Bryson.News Editoi Nell Warwick.Asst. News Editoi Harry A. Smith.Managing Editoi Earle Richardson.Editorial Writer Adelaide Lake.Editorial Writer Helen Manning.Dramatic Editor Esther Fell .Society Editor Special Writers Adelaide V. Lake Louise Davis Alexander G. Brown Reporters Earle Richardson, Ariel Dunn, Ja cob Jacobson, Charles Gratke, Mary Lou Burton, Eleanor Spall, Stanley Eisman, Annamay Bronaugh, Eunice Zimmerman, Frances Quissenberry, Es ther Fell, Wanna McKinney, Wllford Allen, MaunaLoa Fallis, Floyd Max well, Business Manager WARREN KAYS Elston Ireland ...Circulation Floyd Bowles .Assistant Albert H. Woertendyke.Adv- Mgr. Assistants Raymond Vester, Betty Epping, Web ster Ruble, Ruth Nash, Lee Culbert son. The Emerald desires that all sub scribers get their paper regularly and on time. All circulation complaints should be mode to the circulation man ager. His house phone 18 186._ PHONES Editor .. Business Manager . Campus Office . 656 City Office..1316 or 103 VITAL TO STUDENTS What does the Millage Bill mean t ous as students of the University of Oregon? It 1h true that we do realize better perhaps than anyone throughout the state the crowded conditions here, for in the four years that many have spent here the Uni versity has more than doubled its enrollment, changing from a personal school where t every student knew everyone else • and where each stu dent had opportunity to form personal friendships with members of the fac ulty, to the rank of a very large in stitution where acquaintances are largely conilnod to members of the same department and where very lit tle of the personal touch is possible from the instructors. Many of us have welcomed the change for it has brought with it larger opportunities for Oregon, and the growth has meant not only that the state is growing but that the de sire for higher education is spread ing. Although wo have felt pride in the growing strength of our Univer sity, we have become aware with each succeeding year of the increas ing poverty of the institution. We do not complain of personal dis comfort so long as we know that everything is being done to make the most of circumstances, but when, us this year, professor after profes sor is called away from our faculty by offers of higher salary, we realize that the University is losing some thing which it cannot soon regain. That loss to the University is a direct loss to us, for higher education cer tainly requires the highest type of In structors. We are asking a great deal of the taxpayers at a time when even the ..most optimistic are not glowing over the prospects for th future. Yot we are asking it with the firm conviction that it is necessary if higher educa tion is worth while. Most of us are paying part or all of our expenses here; some of us are coming at a considerable sacrifice on the part of the folks at home; and some few of us are able to remain here only at the cost of a very great effort on our own part. Few are here without a definite purpose, and none of us are here only for the pleasure we got out of college life. On leaving high school we decided between immediate work, a business college course, and a university education. As common laborers today most of us could be equalling the salaries of some of our professors; at the end of six months in a good business college we could liavi begun work on salaries enabling us to live much better than they live today. If the University Is forced through poverty to lower Its stand ards, we may feel justified in ques tioning the wisdom of our choice. But we do go before the people of Oregon with the firm conviction that we are asking something which in all fairness they can mu deny us. ,\s we art1 asking of the state, so the state has asked of us, and some time may ask again. We responded in a way that made the state of Oregon a name to be proud of from ocean to ocean. We did it not on the strength of promises, though promises wore given, but solely because the na tion’s welfare was our first concern. Many who went out from us will never he back, and all have given something which cannot he compen sated for in a material way. The state of Oregon has done more for her returned service men than many states have even considered doing. The number who have taken advan tage of the state aid is proof that it is gratefully received. Yet are we sure that even then we can afford to remain in the University if we know I each year that it is staggering under j greater burdens and can only lighten I them hy impoverishing its faculty 1 and herding the students together in quarters ill designed or adapted to the purpose? We realize that the University is | facing a crisis, and we are deter mined to stand back of it until the last, for we do know that old Oregon stands for a very great deal which is sacred to us, and that all her old tra ditions carry something which makes our lives mean more and in the fu ture can mean so much to others if they have the chance. And while we ask it we do not feel that we have a battle to fight with public opinion in the state. We firmly believe that the people of Oregon will stand back of us in May as they have in the past. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE The recent order calling off stu dent social events, athletic contests and other gatherings did not come from a committee of students. Since the posting of the order, by the “student health committee”, many students have wondered who the stu dents were on the committee. There is no health committee composed of students. The “students” referred to in the “student health committee” merely means that it is a committee of faculty members and the infirmary doctor who regulate conditions af fecting the health of the students. GOOD REPORTING “Oregon seems to be one of the weaker sisters of the conference. Her only victories are against Washington State while she lias met defeat at the hands of the | Aggies, the University of Wash I ington and Stanford.”—Daily Cal ifornian, in story before Oregon California game. For the enlightenment of the sport ing staff of the “Daily Cal” we print the following scores: With U. of W. At Seattle: Oregon, 116 Oregon, 29 U. of W„ 38 U. of W., 26 At Eugene: Oregon, 19 Oregon, 22 IT. of W., 22 U. of W„ 20 With W. S. C. At Eugene: Oregon, 27 W. S. Cl., 29 With O. A. C. At Corvallis: Oregon, 22 Oregon, 37 O. A. C., 20 O. A. C., 21 Emerald advertising rates can be secured from the business manager. We print this after many requests concerning same from the would-be daters society, which is composed of men who have not been asked to attend the Women’s League leap year dance. Remember the story about the sick man who was given some powd ers by the doctor with instructions to take as much of the substance each dose as he could put on a dime? As the story goes the patient did not have a dime so he used two nic kels. You know the result? Weli, why not use the same method on study preparation and class attendance which have been so harrassed by the prevailing spring watlier? The military commandant is offer ing a Gillette safety razor as a prize to the best shot in the R. O. T. C. Competition among the sopho mores ought to be quite keen. Gov. Lowden was the first to dis tribute his pins among the students of Oregon for the coming election. When some of the boys saw the “pledge” pins they thought that another fraternity had organized. Many of the male members of the sophomore class are beginning to wonder whether they are going to the ■sophomore lottery or to the Rex. It might be a good idea for some of the girls to relieve them on the point. ’ . Editors throughout the state have pledged their aid to the millage tax campaign. If they use the argument of one cigar less per week we will probably be hearing from the anti tobacco campaigners before long. No letters were delivered on the Monday following Washington’s birth day. This did not apply to the Ad ministration building “post” office. R.O.T.C.HASRIFLEEXPERT SERGEANT MARTIN, MUSKETRY INSTRUCTOR, HOLDS HONOR Successful system Used in Army Adopted by University for Oregon Cadets Sergeant R. M. Martin, instructor in musketry of the R. O. T. C. staff here, holds the distinction of being one of the first men to qualify as an expert rilienmn under the new sys tem of handling a service rifle which was used by the American forces with such fine results during the war. The Army and Navy Journal, in its issue of February 7, describes at con siderable length the system which was first developed by Colonel Mac Nab. MacNab, in 1914, when the system was first tried out, was the captain of Company F, 2nd battalion, 14th infantry, of which Martin was first sergeant. Buy Blue Bell Ice Cream Ask About Our New Style Bricks THE BEST FUEL THE LEAST COST SLAB-WOOD The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.♦ PHONE 452 5TH and WILL. ST. A. G. Groshong Proprietor of NINTH STREET MEAT MARKET Phone 14 •'inmmn "iniiimmiiin riiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiniiniiiwmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimii1^ HIGH CLASS OUR SPECIALTY QUALITY AND PROMPT SERVICE Domestic Laundry W. H. NICHOLS, Prop. 143 Seventh Avo. West. • „ o ° Phone 252. The system was introduced as an experiment, but when actually tried on the range at Fort Lawton proved a considerable success. Of 263 men in the battalion who fired, but one was disqualified, while 167 tool; high est honors, that of expert riflemen. Among these latter was Sergeant Martin. In order to qualify for that rating, tli£ soldier must shoot a score of 263 out of a possible 300. Sergt.' Martin scored 277, coming close to the record for the course, which is 287. The system developed by Colonel MacNab was adopted by the army the following year. MacNab took personal charge or the training of the American Expeditionary forces in musketry. The same system is being taught to the Oregon cadets by Sergeant Martin. “One of its best features,” he said, “is that it allows consideral personal instruction. Many technical features differ, but it is without doubt the best yet developed.” The high scores made by the cadets | on the gallery range is evidence, ac cording to Sergeant Martin, of the superior work that can be done when men receive training under proper regulations. HEALTH PROBE TO BE MADE _ Washington Official on Way Here to Conduct Investigation Chester L. Carlisle, acting assist ant surgeon of the public health ser \ vice at Washington, D. C., is en I route to Eugene to take charge of ! the investigation of dependency, de- j Iinquency and defectiveness in the \ state of Oregon which is to be car- j ried on under the auspices of the ex- I tension division. This information ! wascontained in a letter received by j J. C. Almack, acting director of the 1 division, from Dr. Taliaferro Clark, j assistant curgeon general. 1 “Dr. Carlisle,'” state Dr. Clark, “is j a graduate of the Western Reserve 1 university and for the last 19 years I has been particularly interested in ! medical subjects related to the prob- j lems under investigation, and is well I lualified both by inclination and ex- l perience to assume direction of this 1 survey.” 1 Ludford’s Art Store Points Oils Paper Pictures THE STORE WITH Suggestive Gifts New Anchorage Tea House ON THE MILL RACE Is NOW OPEN from 9 a. m. throughout the day and even ing. 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