Oregon Daily Emerald
HARRY A. SMITH
Editor.
RAYMOND E. VE5TER
Manager
Member Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association.
Lyle Bryson News Editor
Charles E. Gratke
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Velma Rupert,. Elisabeth Whitehouse
John Dierdorlf.
•porta Editor ...Floyd Maxwell
Sports Writers
Pugeue Kelty Harold Shirley Art Rudd
Night Editors
Wilford C. Allen.
Carlton K. Logan, Reuel S. Moore,
Kenneth Youel.
Statistician.Don D. Huntress
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THE CAUSE OF BETTER MINDS.
“I have a distinct recollection of 75 years of public opin
ion,; and every decade has regularly been alarmed at the deter
ioration of their minds and their morals and the fearful effect
it; will have upon the future of the country,” says Chauncey
M. Depew, 87 years old, but still one of the famous minds of
the country.
“ And every decade, in my opinion, has marked an improve
ment in the minds and morals of the young,” he continues,
“because they have been getting an increasingly better educa
tion.” It is to be assumed that Mr. Depew refers to higher
education, since the progress there has been much more notice
able than in the elementary or secondary educational institu
tions.
Occasionally, sometimes often, “self-made men, selt
acclaimed graduates of the “University of Hard Knocks”
arise up and shed copious tears over the degeneration of the
college man and woman. The loyalty of these “self-made”
men to their own alma mater cannot be equaled, expressed as
it generally is in criticism of higher educational institutions
of all kinds.
Anyone who has risen to what might he called “success”
through his own endeavors has an unalienable right to be
proud of that fact, and even occasionally to boast of it. But
college graduates who have earned their own education
through one of our American colleges have the same right,
and there are a great many who have. Because they rejected
the curriculum offered by this “University of Hard Knocks”
for that, of some real educational institution, they become the
subjects of this occasional wave of criticism.
That college men are making good everywhere is not a I
theory but a fact. The leading citizens of most communities,
the majority of the men whose names appear in “Who’s Who,”
in fact, most of the successful men of the country are college <
graduates. It is admitted by most of these men that the col
lege education which they received was one of the big factors
in their success.
The progress of civilization is co-ordinate with the expan
sion of education. The minds and morals of young men and
women are improving as civilization advances and educational
facilities expand. Mr. Depew strikes the keynote of the crit
icism of the college student, when in referring to better educa-!
tion he says: “This brings about more independence, which
is what frightens people—but at the same time it creates a bet
ter armor of protection against the dangers of independence.”
Students are somewhat back ward about applying for posi
tions.on activity committees for themselves or their friends.
Positions on these committees are a great deal more important
than most people realize. Each committee will make a recom
mendation for a budget for the activity which they represent
which will in all likelihood effect the final A. S. IT. 0. budget!
In tlie case of sports, they may influence, the arranging-’ of1
schedules. Thursday noon is the deadline for recommenda
tions. 1
Communications
ABOLISH JUNIOR WEEK-END?
To the Editor: The recent raining of
the standards of University scholarship
brings up the question of just how far
the students may be expected to go in
the matter of outside work. The general
concensus of opinion among students
now seems to be that too much is being
asked of them.
One of the most effective ways of
cutting down on this outside activity
seems to be embodied in the suggestion
that Junior Week-end be abolished. It
is admitted that this four-day period ne
cessitates much advance planning, much
work at the time, and a rest of several
days before things can again begin to
run smoothly. Shortly after Junior Week
end, final examinations come, so from
the middle of May until the end of the
year the work is a continual grind for
the average student.
Besides imposing the actual scholar
ship requirements the University also
asks thut the students take care of the
guests during Junior Week-end, make all
the iilans for their cure, finance anil en
tire proposition and in short give up their
time for at least a week to tins work.
The same t*?pe of ntside activity was
required at. Homecoming 'Week-end, and
the work asked on the millnge bill cam
paign, the entertainment of the legisla
tors, and of editorial conventions, all
tend to take study time. While all of
these things make for a better Univer
sity, the burden falls on the students.
They, being already burdened by their
class work, give a good part of their
Announcements
Crossroads.—Will meet Thursday at
7 :.°>0 p. m.
Political Science Club.—The political
Science Club will meet Thursday evening
in Professor Gilbert’s room in the libra
ry at 7:30.
Washington Club.—Important meeting
of the Washington club Thursday even
ing, 7 o’clock, in Oregon building. Plans
for near future to be discussed.
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Pi Lambda Theta.—Important business
meeting Thursday, 7:30 p. in., club rooms,
Woman’s building. Bring pencil, paper
and dues.
Frosh Class Meeting.—Election of of
ficers for the Sophomore year of the
class of 1924 will be held tonight at 5
o’clock in Villard hall. Every frosh is
urged to attend and vote.
Commerce Classes.—All 10 o’clock
commerce classes today will be excused
to attend the special commerce assembly
at 10 in Professor Howe’s room in Vil
! lard hall. A check of attendance will be
taken at the assembly.
Y. W. C. A.—A day at Seabeck will
be the order of the regular meeting of
the Y. W. C. A. this afternoon at 4:45.
All of the girls are urged to attend, for
this is to be the best meeting of the year
Chemists’ Club.—Meeting tonight in
McClure hall at 7:15, wijth Dbctors
Shinn and Williams as the principal
speakers.
I Mask and Buskin.—Meeting at 5 p. m..
Friday, ,May 20, upstairs in tlie library
Very important.
Phi Theta Kappa.—Meeting Thursday
at 5 o’clock, Committee room, third
floor, Woman’s building.
Phi Delta Kappa.—Banquet, at the An
chorage Friday night, May 27, at 0
o’clock.
Public Lecture.—N. F. Macduff, su
pervisor of the Cascade National Forest
will give an illustrated lecture on for
ests and their preservation, at 8 o’clock
this morning, in room 25, Dendy hall. All
interested are invited to attend.
Commerce fraternities. — Phi Theta
Kappa, women’s commerce fraternity, is
giving a luncheon today at the An
chorage for members of the four com
merce fraternities and for W. D. Whit
comb. Arthur Berridge and Philip Han
ney.
time to the outside work and when they
come before the probation committee are
dropped from the rolls because they had
the interest of the University at heart
to such an extent that they were willing
to give time from their other work to aid
in its betterment, and so neglected their
studies.
The time has come when a change
must be made. The scholarship com
mittee plan an added tightening of the
regulations next fall. Either a great
preponderanee of the time must be de
voted to studies, or many will be forced
to drop out.
One of the logical places to cut seems
to be in the matter of Junior Week-end
If the University is going to require so
much in the matter of grades, it seems
only fair that it should provide its own
attractions to draw the high school pu
pils to Oregon.
| The matter of expense is also to be
I considered. The average cost of enter
tainment in the fraternity houses for
this period is about three dollars per
man. In the sororities it is a larger
sum. While this does not seem to be a
large amount, many college men cannot
afford it. Beside this sum each man
usually pays a dollar for the senior play
a dollar for the track kmeet and a dollar
and a half for the junior prom, bringing
1 the cost up to about seven dollars.
Many students will object to doing away
with such an old tradition as Junior
Week-end, but if they stop to consider
the difference between the actual benefit
derived, and the amount of time and
money spent they will see that the sug
gestion has its advantages.
The faculty has beguu to realize that
the conditions at Oregon involve hard
ships and are willing to abolish the
Junior Week-end if the students are
willing to consent. It is a matter worthy
of consideration by all.
—A VICTIM.
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Students in Pre-Engineering
Can Qualify
A fellowship has been created in the
school of mines, engineering and chemis
try of Columbia University, according
to Dr. A. E. Caswell, of the physics de
partment, of the University of Oregon,:
for which a man from Oregon may qual
ify after lie has finished the three years
ppre-engineering course for which plans
were completed this year. This fellow
ship amounts to about $350, or the cost,
of tuition, and offers two opportunities
to the student—he would get his B. A.
degree from Oregon after he had com
pleted one year’s work at Columbia, and
at the end of his sixth year, or three
years after he left Oregon, he would re
ceive an engineering degree from Co
iumDia.
It has been the custom of the Colum
bia seliool of mines, engineering and
chemistry to offer fellowships for the
highest type of work in this line after
three years of an academic course in
arts has been completed in Columbia
college or in some other approved col
lege.
This year, said Dr. Caswell, when
Oregon worked out its pre-engineering
program, Columbia accepted it as en
tirely satisfactory and equivalent to the
Columbia college course. So on this
account the school of mines, engineering
and chemistry decided to set aside one
of these fellowships for a man from
Oregon.
Dr. Caswell wishes to get in touch
with any Oregon men who believe they
can qualify for this fellowship.
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