r Oregon Daily Emerald RAYMOND E. VE8TFR, Manager. Member Pacific intercollegiate Press Association. Associate Editor .Lyle Bryson News Editor .Charles E. Gratke HARRY A. SMITH, Editor. Assistant News Editors Velma Rupert, Elisabeth Whitehouse John Dierdosff. Sports Editor.Floyd Maxwell Sports Writers Eugene Kelty Edwin Hoyt Statistician Don D. Huntress Night Editors Wilford C. Allen. Carlton K. Ix>gau, Eeuel S. Moore, Kenneth Youel. News Service Editor ... .Jacob Jacobson Assistants Alexander Brown, Eunice Zimmerman Feature Writers .E. J. H., Mary Lou Burton, Frances Quisenberry ---1 News Staff—Fred Guyon, Margaret Scott, Kay Bald, Owen Callaway, Jean 8trachan, Iuee King, Lenore Cram, Doris Barker, Phil Brogan, ltaymond D. Law rence, Margaret Carter, Florence Skinner, Emily Houston, Mary Traux, Pauline Coad, Howard Bailey, Arthur Rudd, Ruth Austin, Madalene Logan, Mabel Gilliam, Jessie Thompson, Hugh Starkweather, Jennie Perkins, Claire Beale, Dan Lyons, John Anderson, Florence Walsh, Maybelle Leavitt. - ----———.—.-1 Associate Manager ..........Webster Ruble .---1 Advertising Manager ...George M/cIntyre ■ .. ■ - -—-1 Circulation Manager .A1 Krohn Staff Assistants: James ]\£eek, Randal Jones, Jason MeCune, Ben Reed, Mary Alexander, Elwyn Craven, Donald Bennett. Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. Entered in the post office at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Sub scription rates $2.25 per year. By term, 75c. Advertising Tates upon application. PHONES: • ’ Campus office—655. Downtown office—1200. WHAT IS WRONG? What is wrong with the present constitution and the pres ent system of student government? The fact that the move ment for a change in the A. S. IT. O. constitution came from the executive committee, one of the bodies which would be abolished under the new constitution, is significant of the truth of the assumption that something is wrong. It came from that body, and last night was approved by the three bodies whose powers it is to combine. These three govern mental instruments, the executive committee, the athletic council, and the forensic council, must have realized the faults of the present system or they would never have approved the now plan. The financial system as used by the associated students now is anything but a modern system. It lias been antedated by modern 'business methods, Where the tendency is towards systematization and centralization. At present, with no bud get system, the executive committee, a small, unrepresentative body, has acted merely as a “rubber stamp” in authorizing the payment of bills previously contracted by other elements of the associated students. Because of the lack of centraliza tion, it cannot well refuse to pay bills previously contracted. A budget system lias been a dire need of the associated students for some time. At present the graduate manager and! the executive committee cannot well refuse requests of the various activities for money, whether that activity will make money or lose it. The forensic council arranges a de bate; the athletic council hires a new coach—and the execu tive council merely arranges to pay the bills as best it may. A budget system would allow the expenditure of a certain sum for each, activity through the graduate manager. The new constitution is the result of the realization of the la,x financial system used by the associated students at present, and the changes to be made are, for the most part, merely to remedy that system of financial control. Lack of a budget system and lack of centralization yre faults of the present system—faults which the new constitution seeks to remedy. Oregon wins the northwest conference championship in basketball, not,having lost a. single game, and comes within one game of taking the coast championship as well. “Suc cessful season” is right! Tomorrow’s assembly should prove to be the most impor tant student meeting of the year. Matters which are to be brought up directly concern every student. No outturn! ~~~ — . --!-- . .!S!SSBgBJ*33Eag553g Announcements ★ •* * Lecture. — A lecture on “Social Leg islation” will be given tonight by Rever end E. V. O’Hara at the Y. M. C. A. bungalow at 7:15 o’clock. Masons. — There will be a meeting of the Craftsmen Wednesday, March 9, at 5 p. m., dinner after meeting. The of ficers of the Eugene Lodge will be our guests. Order of the “0.”—There will be an important business meeting of the Order of the “O” Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock at the Anchorage.—Spike Leslie, President. Washington Club. — The final meet ing of the Washington club this term will be held at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday evening in the assembly room of the education building. Advertising Students. — There will be a meeting in the journalism annex this afternoon at 4:15 of all men interested in advertising. The meeting has been called to discuss the formation of an advertising club on the campus. Commerce Majors. — Meeting of all commerce majors this evening in Villard hall at 8 o’clock. Officers will be elect ed for the new chamber of commerce or ganization and its constitution will be up for approval. Newman Club.—Mid-lent mission con ducted at church every night this week by Fr. J. R. Towey, former ehaplin at universities of California and Michigan. Catholics and others interested are spe cially urged to attend 7:30 tonight and Wednesday night. *-* [ The Campus Cynic I *-,-★ THE SOPHOMORE CLASS (?) Dear Editor: As individuals we sophomores are an “up-and-at-’em” aggregation of peppy people; but as the Class of ’23 we need a collective tablespoonful of Nuxated Iron after eacli meal and immediately before retiring. Fact. We are so in animate, comatose, inert, defunct, mori bund ,that, in comparison, the petrified trees of Arizona are graceful, waving willow wands. You know those trees don’t you? Well they’ve been petrified over since Chief Silver-in-the-Heel, the grand daddy of the whole Indian race, in fleeing from an enraged nine-tailed Copher-hippus, stubbed his toe on those recumbent, erstwhile monarehs of tlir forest, and in the friction resulting from the collision discovered fire. We’ve held four meetings this year fusing the term ‘meeting’ in the sense1 that one person or more constitutes r ‘meeting’). There was in the region of a dozen people at one meeting. At an other we wandered around Villard, like file lost tribes of Israel, looking for some unoccupied spot to hold conclave, final!,' roosting on the stairs. What happened at the other two gatherings, I don’ know—wasn’t ever able to run down the i place of assembly on either occasion. Personally I believe that we ought tr hold a special meeting in the near fu ture and draw up a memorial of appre ciation of the freshman class for or ganizing flic frosh tradition committe< with which to chastise themselves fo committing misdemeanors against tin rules of the school. They certainly are gentlemen—and ladies—in that class, so conscientious and considerate in aiding us. Of course we could have taken over the functions of maintaining order—in fact I seem to recollect that such is the customary duty of sophomore classes in Signs of Spring For weeks we have been observing the signs of file in nature, daily they become more noticeable. Always in our confectionery you will observe lhe signs of quality, service and character. It is our agreeable feeling and we constantly strive to improve. We RAINBOW H. BURGOYNE, Prop. general. But the gentlemanly action of the frosh certainly deserves a vote of thanks on our part. Also, while we are giving thanks, let us extend them to the Order of the “O” for relieving us of the barbarous and inhuman duty of penalizing lawbreakers. We are not like other soph classes. We can’t be bothered by such roughneck methods We are too refined—much too refined. Next year we have considerable work to do—junior week-end, and many other affairs. Now wouldn’t it be nice to get the frosh (class of ’25) to organize a committee to help us out? It would take a lot of work off our hands, and I’m sure they would be only too glad to aid us—and incidentally get a little ex perience for themselves. And while we are doing that why not have the Order of the “O” give us a hand—and the class of '1! and the seniors?? If we pressed the matter hard enough we might even secure the services of the faculty to advise us and smooth out diffi culties. These things are worth think ing about. We need all the help we can get. Social affairs and natural-born re finement enjoin us from getting mixed up in these functions too deeply. I suggest that we institute a Pansy Day. On this day each of the class of ’22 is to get out and plant our class flower—the pansy—along the borders of the campus pathways. This would be a brilliant move; it would serve two pur poses: proving that there really and truly is a sophomore class in the Uni versity this year, and beautifying the campus with that modest, shrinking, and delicate emblem of our organization. BUYING IS DISCUSSED House Managers Meeting Held by Home Economics Department. The buying problem of the house man ager was discussed Monday night at a meeting held by the home economics de partment. This was the first* at which men were invited to attend and is one of a series being given at which the women, in the past have been the only attendants. In order to aid the men in their pro gram of better and more economical feeding, the domestic arts department in cited the fraternity house .^managers to attend Monday night's" ~ meeting. The question of wholesale and retail purchas ing of foodstuffs was discussed and p committee appointed to investigate the possibilities for collective purchasing here. The collective purchasing system in vogue at O. A. C. was described, and a number of alternative systems outlined. Mrs. E. P. Datson gave a short talk j upon her experiences in doing the pur chasing for the University atir ’jf' result of their investigations veil! be ^ ported at a future meeting 0f the con ferenees. > ♦ Patronize Emerald Advertisers *, ^ Students Go To THE VARSITY BARBER SHOP. For Service. Next to the Oregana. For Service, Call AMERICAN TAXI Phone 129 67 Ninth Avenue East 57 QUALITY DRYGOODS E. MATLOCK’S 9th St. QUALITY GROCERIES Wing’s Mark Quality, Service and Low Prices. Fresh and Cured pleats. 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