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RAYMOND E. VESTER,
Manager.
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STANDARDS AND GRADES.
It appears when superficially considered, that the much
boasted1 of standard raising by the University of Oregon con
sists simply of raising the grading standard. There are few
who would testify that better work was accomplished dur
ing the last quarter. It seems that the fault or possibly the
difficulty was that certain instructors, usually new at the
game, who were especially appealed to by scholarship raising
propaganda immediately brought forth the ax and pro
ceeded to sever heads. Further, the general average of work
done under these same instructors did not seem to improve
as desired. The only result of the whole campaign was the
poorest bunch of grades ever published in what is humorous
ly called the “Faculty Scandal Sheet.”
But when considered, calmly and with thought, does not
a stiffening in gradh call forth a corresponding betterment
of work? Yes, it. would seem so. The grades of the fall
term should justify themselves by stimulating students to bet
ter and more conscientious efforts scholastically.
; Let us not come forth boastfully and say “Oregon lias
raised her scholastic standing, etc.” Better by far to recog
nize facts. Oregon has thus far lowered her grades. It is
for the remaining months of this year to show whether or
hot Oregon students are actually doing a higher standard of
hflork. Let us then assume this responsibility as true Ore
gon students and with the traditional “Oregon Fight” and
fey an actual betterment in work “justify the claim to better
scholarship standards.
“If a tiling is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well”
is an old maxim, but one which will always hold true. Stu
dents who have a habit of presenting petitions to the faculty
written illegibly, with poor spelling and poor grammar can
not expect to receive the same consideration as those who pre
sent a neat, well-appearing, well-arranged plea. In applying
for a business position, some'college graduates present let
Tfehs which are a reflection upon their alma mater. Any stu
dent. who cannot spell correctly, construct a. sentence proper
ly, or write a legible hand, had better see to it that he makes
some improvement along these lines Avliile in the University
lest they asd their sehood be scoffed at by those business men
who received a better education along those lines in the school
of hard knocks. Neat petitions to the faculty licit* in secur
ing the granting of the request; neat examination papers
help in securing a good’ grade; and neat applications will help
in securing a good position.
Bishop Shepard is one of the foremost men in the state,
and it will be to every student’s benefit to hear him at. as
sembly today. Villard hall should be crowded to the doors
at assembly hour today.
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I The Campus Cynic
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MID VICTORIANS.
To the Editor:
I was talking to a friend of mint'. A
middle-aged Indr whom 1 knew slightly
stood nearby.
“How much do you weigh, stripped?"
I asked my male friend. Instantly I
heard the lady inhale a deep nud gener
ous portion of air. "Wassmatter?” I in -
(juired somewhat stnrtled.
"Why—why—that\s vulgar!”
"What?” I looked around wildly for
signs of vulgarity, hut both my friend and
myself looked entirely and innocuously
conventional.
"Speakiug of u man being - being—like
that ”
*‘ilow come?" I stuttered in astonish
ment. "I merely want to know how
much lie weighs—”
"That’s enough,” she interrupted hast
ily.
"But what’s wrong with tha,t word
"stripped?" Whst other word shall I
use,?”
‘‘Well, if you must have that informa
tion in the presence of a lady, ask him
how much lip weighs—without his clothes
on.” Whereupon she departed, leaving
me to puwde out the difference between
"stripped” and "without his clothes on.”
Hut I fail to see any difference. Both
mean the same thing in my innocent ex
istence. Both conjure up to my imag
ination the figure of a more or less ath
letically inclined young man. garbed in
exactly the same sort of material that he
wore one year before his first birthday,
standing shivering and humped over
September morn effect, on the steel built
scales in the gym, with his toes and heels
contorted ('hinese fashion to keep from
stepping on any more of the cold, cold
steel than he is compelled to. Whatever
may he said about weighing apparatus
no one will ever apply the phrase "No
Metal fan Touch You” to it.
My imagination further expands and
I hear diverse remarks from this young
man, mostly running in one tone, a sort
of a plaintive query: “Now what's wroug
with these scales? I KNOW 1 weigh
ten pounds more than this machine re
gisters. A\”!iv, .yesterday I weighed -”
Here my imagination fades, lie wins.
But to return. I think the elderly
lady must he one of the very rare "Mid
Victorians" that we hear so much of in
literature. they aren’t numerous to
say the least. But the other side of the
Announcements
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Law School Smoker. — The faculty of
the law school invites all law students
and pre-legal students to attend a smoker
Thursday evening, January 13, at 7:30,
in the Anchorage. Judge Lawrence T.
Harris, associate justice of the supreme
court, will speak.
Lab Fees. — Laboratory fees are now
due and payable. A delinquent fee of $1
will be charged after January 18.
Freshmen Women. — Those who have
not signed up for physical examinations
are urged to do so at once, at the secre
tary’s office in the women’s building. Ex
aminations should be taken this week.
Women.— All women registered for
gymnasium work in the women’s building
are asked to watch the bulletin boards
for announcement of the first classes,
lteceipt for key deposits should be
brought to class before lockers can be
assigned.
Lemon Punch. — All'members of the
Lemon Pnnch Publishing Society will
meet Thursday night in the Lemon Punch
office at 0:00 p ,m. Important.
Men Wanted. — Ten men are wnnted
to wait tables at the editor’s banquet,
Friday night at the Osbnrn hotel. Two
or three hours work. Apply at the “Y”
hut today.
Sophomores. — Class picture is to be
taken immediately after assembly Thurs
day.
Fine Aria. — Tlip department desires
a young man from the campus to pose
for six life classes a week. Apply to Pro
fessor A. H. Scliroff’s office in the arch
itecture building.
Gl»*la Glee Club. — Tryout for posi
tion of second alto in the Girls’ Glee Club
Thursday at 7:30 p. m. at the school of
music.
Tau Kappa Alp^ia. — There will be an
important meeting of Tau Kappa Alpha
fliis afternoon in Professor Gilbert’s
room at 5 o’clock.
Y. W. C. A. — The regular associa
tion meeting of the Y. W. C. A. will be
held in the bungalow Thursday at 4:4o.
^Bishop William O. Shepard will speak.
Chemists Club. — Will meet in Mc
Clure hall, 7:30, Thursday evening, Jan.
13. An interesting lecture on “Lique
faction of Gases’’ will be given by Ar
thur Campbell. Public invited.
Freshmen. — Meeting today in Villard
hall, 5 p. m. Plans for frosli glee to be
discussed.
Advertising Class. — The class in ad
vertising will not meet‘Friday. Instead,
all members of the class are expected to
attend the meeting of the Newspaper
Conference which begins at !* o’clock Fri
day a. m. The subject of this session of
the conference is “Advertising,” and a
number of matters will be presented in
the papers and in the discussions that are
of importance and interest to the. mem
bers of the class. If possible, students
will obtain permission to be absent from
other classes held Friday morning. Copi
ous notes should be taken of the ad
dresses. W. F. G. TIIACHER.
Beta Gamma Sigma. — A meeting of
Beta Gamma Sigma lias been called for
4 p. m. today in the commerce building.
Near Campus. — A suite of rooms for
four or six. Rooms with board, 570 East
Ninth St. Phone 2G6-L.
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♦ WHAT THE OLD GRADS ♦
♦ ARE DOING. ♦
Lninnr Tooz.e who was graduated with
highest honors from the economics de
partment of the University in 1010, is
studying law in the Harvard law school.
While on the enmpus Tooze was prom
inent in student activities and was elect
ed to Friars. Sigma Delta Chi. To-Ko
Lo and Alpha Kappa Psi. He is also a
member of Beta Theta Tin.
Soon after his graduation he enlisted
nnd was sent to Europe with the ,‘lG4tli
Infantry and was with them in the big
battles at St. Miliiel. Argonne. and
jTpres. While he was yet in France he
attended the University of Taris and
studied at a school of languages there.
He is a joint author of the book entitled
“IVith the 304th Infant:j i.n America.
France nnd Belgium."
question! In my English lit. class the
other day we fell to discussing the ir
regularities and immorality of various
authors and their works. My (Josh! The
ladies proceed to calmly tuke up each and
every irregularity, examine it fully, calm
ly. and dispassionately, and then throw j
it away contemptuously. While at the
same time I sat back in my chair, grip
ping the arms tightly, iu deadly fear that
one of them would look in my direction,
and observe the guilty hang-dog look I
wore.
Which makes me think 'that despite !
my strong, vociferous statements to the
contrary, I am uot so free-minded after
all. 1 guess I 11 have to classify myself
with those who approved of the womens’
bathing suit fashionable in 1900_that
uas the style which lacked only an over
coat to make it a regular street garb.
1 fear me that iu this year of 1920
Mi. Orundy is a far more sensitive mau
than has well known spouse.
E. J. II.
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SAY HELLO!
Deal- Editor:
I was told when I first came to
Oregon that everyone, men and women
alike, said “Hello” to every student they
met, whether on the campus or off. At
the first of the year this was quite re
ligiously adhered to for the most part,
I 'think, but lately, the custom has been
somewhat sadly neglected. People pass
each other on the campus without
noticing each other, and downtown,
while everyone generally recognizes a
student, it has become more of a custom !
to ignore him than to speak to him. Is !
it a lack of the Oregon spirit or not?
At least it is one thing that we cannot
blame the faculty for.
The passing greetings which a person
receives is also worthy of. comment, but
E. J. H. could probably comment on
that better than I. Some men give but
an icy stare and a grunt, while the wo
men, I admit, are just as bad if not
worse. A women with the best of In
tentions will greet a man in passing with
the customary “Hello,” and the man in
return will pass by, perhaps turn aroUtid
in surprise, and say nothing.' Maybe be
lifts his cap, or maybe he doesn’t. Gen
erally he doesn’t. Anyway, a girl can
not be blamed if she thinks something
is the matter with the spirit of the
camps.
The girls too, arc more certain to rec
ognize a man if he has on a white collar
than if he has on a flannel shirt or
sweater. That isn’t true democracy
either. I think we should each see to
it that the old Oregon “Hellp” custom
is not forgotten in the press of other
things.
—E. P. L.—’24
WRESTLING POPULAR.
Athletic directors at the University of
I Nebraska declare that intercollegiate
wrestling matches are about to outstrip
basketball in popularity.
COUNTY CLUB FORMED.
Practically every county in Kansas is
| represented by a County club at the Uni
t ^crsity of Kansas
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| Contemporaries |
| Current Thought* Of Various |
I College Editors.
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THE PROFESSIONALS.
Professional fraternities as a force in
[University life have been sadly neglected
in recent years. Plans for forming a pro
fessional Pan-Hellenic now being put into
effect are with the intention of making
these organizations more than mere
names of groups. Before the war the
professionals were an important factor
in University life, but since that time,
nearly all organized effort on the Hill
has come from the social fraternities.
A program of athletic activity and
means of regulating professional frater
nity life are among the considerations to
)>e taken up at meetings in the near fu
ture. But these are among the least of
the means by which the professional Pan:
Hellenic can benefit the University.
Knowledge over the state that students
are sufficiently interested in their work
as to form organizations to carry it on
more efficiently and to discuss it outside
school hours is certain to benefit the
University.
Social fraternities as a means of train
ing men and women in the niceties of
living together are a. recognized institu
tion of the University, but the existence
of professional fraternities which have
as an object similar training in the life
work University students have chosen is
unknown to many persons among the
University’s constituency.
If the new Pan-Hellenic can by a pro
gram of well-considered publicity bring
the knowledge of their organization and
the purposes for which they strive to
the knowledge of the state, the name of
the University will be held in higher
esteem by the citizens.—Daily Kansan.
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