OREGON EMERALD
Official student paper of the Unlver
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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
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Alexander G. Brown
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Lou Burton, Eleanor Spall, Stanley
Eisman, Annamay Bronaugh, Eunice
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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.
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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
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