OREGON EMERALD
Official student paper of the Univer
sity of Oregon, published every Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday fo the
college year by the Associated Stu
dents.
Entered in the postoffice at Eugene,
Oregon, as second class matter.
Subscription rates $1.60 per year.
By term, $ .60. Advertising rates upon
application.
Edited by
LEITH F. ABBOTT
Dorothy Duniway... Associate Editor
Lyle Bryson.-.News Editor
Nell Warwick.Asst. News Editor
Harry A. Smith.Managing Editor
Helen Manning.Dramatic Editor
Esther Fell .Society Editor
Editorial Writers
Earle Richardson Adelaide Lake
Stanley Eisman
Maybelle Leavitt .Proof Reader
Special Writers
Adelaide V. Lake Louise Davis
Victoria Case
Reporters
Earle Richardson, Ariel Dunn, Ja
cob Jacobson, Charles Gratke, Mary
Lou Burton, Eleanor Spall, Stanley
Eisman, Annamay Bronaugh, Eunice
Zimmerman, Frances Qulsenberry,
Wanna McKinney, Mauna Loa Fallis,:
Floyd Maxwell and Mildred Weeks.
Business Manager
WARREN KAYS
Associate . Raymond Vester1
Advertising Manager.. Webster Ruble
Circulation . Elston Ireland :
Assistant . Floyd Bowles
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920
A DEMAND FOR SERVICE j
EVER in the history
of the University of
Oregon has the be
ginning of a term is
sued such a challenge
to the men and wo
men of the institu
tion as does the open
ing of this spring term.
Upon the efforts we expend
and the interest we take in every
student body activity this term
depend the future of the Univer
sity of Oregon. We can build
up our institution to the point
where its progress along all
lines next year will be certain or
we can by inactivity work an
unending harm.
It will be a busy term for
everybody and now we should
begin our preparation for work.'
Our baseball and track teams
call for unending support. Par
ticularly is this true of the lat
ter. There is a great need for
more aspirants for the Varsity
track men and unless more men
put in their appearance Oregon
cannot hope to win great glory
in the many meets which are to
come.
The very existence of the Uni
versity depends upon the pas
sage of the millage tax measure
next month. We are slow to
realize this. The next few
made upon every student for
weeks will see demands being
work to secure its passage and
we cannot turn a deaf ear to
the call.
Junior week-end is now loom
ing into view. This has always
been one of the biggest student
body affairs and to put it over in
good style this spring will de
mand that all give their efforts
towards making it a success.
We must all get a clearer con
ception of the things before us.
We cannot be inactive if we are
to progress.
THE GRADE DEIS TING
ELAN
The decision of the faculty of
the University several months
ago to print the grades of all
the students caused considerable
comment on the campus. The
chief aim of the new system was
to promote better scholarship
and it was the original intent of
the supporters of the system to
have the information printed in
at least one of the leading news
papers of the state. Opposition
to the new scheme was voiced by
many students but it was the
consensus of opinion among the
faculty members that a trial of
the plan was the only means by
which its efficiency could be
proved.
At the end of the term just
passed the grades were printed.
Because of the great amount of
newspaper space the scheme
called for and the existing paper
shortage the original plan of
printing the students’ names
and their grades in a newspaper
of the state was abandoned.
The University, however,
creating an extra large issue of
the Oregon News Bulletin, car
ried out the plan and the result
is now before all concerned.
It is the opinion of the Emer
ald that students and faculty
alike now realize that the plan
was a failure. As it is the stu
and grades in every subject are
all in print but the sum total of
them all required a four-page
seven-column sheet to be used.
The type is condensed, and the
entire sheet, although well exe
cuted typographically and cor
rect for the most part as to
spelling, residences and grades,
presents an intricate mass, the
unravelling of which requires
consistent and tedious study.
Grouping the students under the
different subjects, as has been
done, requires one to spend con
siderable time surveying the
sheet thoroughly before all the
grades of one students can be
ascertained.
The sheets are being mailed to
the parents of all students. It
would be interesting to know
just how many of these parents
finally find all the grades of
their children. The titles of the
subjects their children are tak
ing are very often but little
known by them and the names
of the various professors giving
the courses are unfamiliar. To
find the grades they are looking
for will cause them more trouble
and confusion than most of them
may care to devote.
The new plan does not give
the student a compact record of
his credits. Very much better
was the old plan when the par
ents received a card containing
the subjects and grades made
by their children, and the stu
dents, on the other hand, were
able to get their grades all to
gether on one card which could
be filed and kept by them.
The printing cost alone of the
new venture was at least $250,
which is greatly in excess of the
cost of the old plan.
In justice to the new plan
it can be said that publicity
is given to the grades of all the
students on the campus where
the men and women know each
other and where the students
with good and poor grades will
be known. It is highly probable,
however, that students will read
the list of grades more for the
entertainment afforded in satis
fying curiosity, rather than for
the purpose of inciting competi
tion.
We learn by experience. In
this case it is apparent that it
taught us that the plan of print
ing all the grades of all the stu
dents of an institution as large
as the University is not a suc
cess.
• •••••••••••••
• Important meeting of busi- •
• ness staff of Oregon Emerald •
• and all Interested at Journalism •
• annex Friday, 4:30 o’clock •
STUDENTS TO WAGE FIGHT
FOR MILLAGE TAX BILL
Continued from page 1.
Harris Ellsworth; Jackson, Fern
Murphy; Josephine, Jeanette Moss;
Klamath, John Houston; Lane, Hal
White and Beatrice Wetherbee; Lin
coln, James Ross; Linn, Era God
frey; Malheur, “Slim” Crandall; Mar
ion, Lyle McCroskey; Morrow, Mearl
Blake; Multnomah, Wilbur Carl, Jack
Benefiel; Polk, Si Starr; Sherman,
Wayne Akers Tillamook, Helen Case;
Umatilla, Arnold Koepke; Union,
Leta Kiddle; Wallowa, Harry Lind
ley; Wasco, Ben Breed; Washington,
Norris McKay; Wheeler. Lydia
Laughlin; Yamhill, Kenneth Lance
field.
LOST—Owl pin with ruby eyes.
Finder please call 1319.
FOR SALE—Brown sport coat, new
model witli narrow leather belt,
price $18.00. Also pair brown ox
fords, flat heels, large size, worn
once, price $8.00. Phone 1142-L.
• Watch for Y. M. C. A. nomi- •
• ness in Saturday’s Emerald •
• *I)o you realize the importance •
• of the Y. M. on the University •
• of Oregon campus? •
Have You Planned
A Dinner Dance in the
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for this term ?
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY.
Donegal Homespuns
Those doth hats aren't at
very niee; you got a com
plete change. Scotch tweeds
and Donegal homespuns in
browns, greens and heather
mixtures. They're the styl
ish, new idea it* T
all like other hats; that’s
Wade Brothers
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Mississippi River Power
Company, Keokuk, Iowa
A casting for one of the
huge water-wheel driven
generators installed in the
Mississippi River Power
Company’s plant at Keo
kuk. This installation will
ultimately consist of thirty
of these machines, giving
a total capacity cf 216,000
kilowatts (300,0C0 horse
power). It is the largest
hydro-electric development
in the world. The General
Electric Company builds
generator for water-wheel
drive in sizes ranging from
37^ to 22,500 kilowatts and
the aggregate capacity of
G-E units now in successful
operation is in excess of
four million horse-power.
Utilizing Nature’s Power
ELECTRICAL energy generated by water
power has grown to be one of our greatest
natural resources — and we have only begun to
reach its possibilities. It mines and refines our
ores, turns the wheels of industry, drives our
street cars and lights our cities and towns. The
power obtained from Nature saves many million
tons of coal every year.
At first the field of its utilization was limited by the dis
tance electricity could be transported. But soon research
and engineering skill pointed the way to larger and better
electrical apparatus necessary for high-voltage trans
mission. Then ingenious devices were invented to insure
protection against lightning, short-circuits, etc., which
cause damage and interrupt the service. And now ail over
the country a network of wires begins to appear, carry
ing the magic power.
The General Electric Company, with its many years’ ex
perience, has played a great part in hydro-electric develop
ment. By successfully co-ordinating the inventive genius
of the cornpajiy and its engineering and manufacturings
abilities, it has accomplished some of the greatest achieve
ments in the production and application of electrical
energy.
The old mill wheel of yesterday has gone. Today the
forces of immense volumes of water are harnessed and
sent miles away to supply the needs of industry and
business and the comforts of the home.
General Office
Schenectady,N.Y.
GeneraliHElectric
Company
Sales Offices in
all large cities.
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US A COMPLETE INSPECTION. WE
LIKE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS WHO
ARE PATRONIZING OUR MARKET SAT
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