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Oregon Daily Emerald Member Pacific Intercollegiate Preua Association Floyd Maxwell Webster Ruble Editor Manager_ Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year.__ News Editor Kenneth Youel Associate News Editor ....Wilford Allen Daily News Editor* Martraret Scott Ruth Austin Phi] Broaan Arthur Rudd Wanna McKinney 8porta Editor . Edwin Hoyt Sport* Writers—Kenneth Cooper, Harold Shirley, Edwin Fraser. Night Editors Arne Rae Earle Voorhie* Marvin Blaha John Anderson Dan Lyons News Service Editor .-. John Dierdorff Exchange* ..— Eunice Timmerman Statistician . Doris Sikes News Staff-Nancy Wilson, Mabel Gilham, Owen Callaway, f-lorine Packard, Jean Strachan, delene Logan. Jessie Thompson, Florence Cartwright. 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Welcome, Editors! Today and for the life of this conference we extend to you the keys to the campus. We want you to mingle with us and feel that expression of democracy for which you have long heard of the Uni versity of Oregon. We are not going to exploit our wares to you, you who are in touch with the great local and national problems of the day are already familiar with what we have to offer here. The Emerald joins with the entire student body in extending to you all a hearty welcome and a heartfelt wish that you may feel that here is where you fit. Look us over, size us up and carry that back with you as your impression of Oregon. Personal contact with the Oregon student will give you your impression of our University; we all know this. You are the influential citizens in your communities, you are the moulders of public opinion. We here are learning the principles and practices which form the fabric of your lives. Let us hope that out of this meeting will come mutual benefit to us all. “My Dear Wells.” And we too have our Mr. Wells, as a communication to the editor today will testify. So in addressing our answer to our Wells we too will use the well known phraseology “My Dear Wells.” Now, “My Dear Wells,” The Emerald does not have any “warped conception of honor,” on the other hand, it is a firm believer in the honor system. But it contends that tin* honor system in the law school is unofficial so long as it is not recognized by the associated students of the uni versity or by the faculty of the university. To repeat our closing sentence in the editoral in question, “Stu dent government and the honor system go hand in hand.” There is only one way in which the honor system can be successful and that is when it is adopted by the entire University. The fault still lies with the honor system in the law school in that it exists unofficially and that students who enroll to take law know nothing of this hon or system until an occurrence of this nature brings it forcibly be fore them. The Emerald realizes full well the fallacy of attempting an honor system with a stringent set of rules. But with no rules what ever laid down, there will be recurrences in which the parties ac cused are unwittingly guilty. Evolution of Mabel A Serial In Three Tarts By E. J. H. Part Three Chapter seven. Mabel a Senior. Ab aolutely human amt delightful. Best ever. There is no girl quite like her. Education ’s the thing. See what it has done for her. The greatness of Higher Education can never be ade quatelv sung, Mabel announces en gagement. Friends register great sur prise. Outside man. School paper an nounces engagement, stating that the gentleman “has a prominent position in Bam orville, and is a leading citizen of the town.” It is none other than our friend the original trial horse whom Mabel waved good bve to, ages ago. He has risen fast in life and is now cm ployed m oiling the ball bearings of the large F irb. nk " igott s, ale in front of the feed store. Quite touching first love and all that sort of thing, tlirl goes through high life of Univer sity only to return to her lowly and simple lover of yore. Chapter ends with Mabel packing up to go home. Author’s comment: this is the logi cal end of the storv. But I am a real ist. I demand the facts even to their relentless end. So here goes. Chapter eight They lived happilv ever after after a fashion. Under her inspiration the man rises to he dog catcher of the town, and she is a so cial leader. For a period they oc cupy great preeminence. In the mem orable controversy over the town pump. —whether it should be built of con crete or boards -they occupied a promi nent position. It was due to her hus band’s commanding personality that a compromise was reached, and they didn't build unv pump at all. Then Mabel discovered her husband's sec ret. sin one evening when he came home, his breath smelling of Oxo-tone Bit ters. In disgrace they moved out of tlie town and sought a lowly dwelling in a humble quarter of a great city, where Mabel did plain needlework and attempted to reform her man. Rut the dog was no good had never had the advantages of a University education, and gradually sunk under his vice un til he became a walking patent modi cine vat. Mabel bore this bravely. Her plucky fight for existence aroused the admiration of the neighbors, who ascribed it to the influence in her younger life, of the Higher Learning Her children inherited her great desire for knowledge and she determined to send them to-(deleted! to learn agriculture. Her son in particular was of the inquiring disposition. When fixe years old he swallowed the brass cap of the water faucet. This re mained in his s\stein, influencing his makeup considerably. All his com rads commented on it. “Johnny cer tainly has the brass ’’ At seven he could count to twelve, using a pair of speciallv prepared cubes At pine teen he could count the snots on colored and numbered pasthoard cards foste than any man in his home village Finally, attainin ' full blown maturity he applied for entrance into fdelated! Aeri u'tpral Co’leg-, The registrar saw that .Tohnnv, in a Idit’on t s'* his m a" v other accomplishments could chexv Nsw pipe more visibly than unv previous applicant, no ad mitted him instantly and gave him a few hours credit to start with. Well .Tohnnv went to hot's went to drill, went to eat and eventually went to the does This 'sat bein'* finally ac complished neon h's heing elected presi dent of the student body of this college BULLETIN BOARD Notices will be printed in this column , for two issues only. Copy must be in the office by 4 :30 o’clock of the day on which it is to be published and must be limited to 25 words. University Vesper Service—The Uni versity Vesper service will be held Sunday afternoon, January 15 at 4:30. The address will be given by President Doney of Willamette Uni i versity. Practice Teachers—Meeting of those doing practice teaching for the sec ond semester in the education build ing at 5 o’clock Friday. This does not include practice teachers in mu i sic or physical education. Oregon Cub Men—An important meet ing of all Oregon club men, and non fraternity men will be held in the Y. M. C. A- hut 7:15 o’clock Mon day evening. Monday Book Club—Meeting at the Woman’s building January 21 for scholarship fund for girls. The pur pose is to lend money to college girls, without interest. State Aid Men—All State Aid men who have not filed their Special Sched ule cards for the Winter term, at Window 19, Johnson Hall, must do so as soon as possible. Co-op Members—Annual meeting of Co operative association will be held at Villard, Friday, January 13, at 4 o’clock. All Co-op members are urged to be present. Newman Club Weekly Social Hour— Friday afternoon, 4 to 6 o’clock at Newman hall. All members are in vited to attend and an enjoyable time is assured. Freshman Girls—Practice for freshman basketball teams Monday, Wednes day and Friday at 5:15 p. m.—Out door gym. Everybody out! Lemon Punch—Meeting of the Lemon Punch advertising staff Friday after noon at 5 o’clock. Every member must be present or notify the advertis ing manager before the meeting. Woman’s League—Will hold its mass meeting in Guild hall at 5 o’clock Friday afternoon, instead of 4 today. ISLANDERS AMUSED BY VARSITY LEADER Oski-wow-wow Vies With Ha wai-is; Team Meets Former Oregon Students in Honolulu In the Honolulu “Advertiser” of De cember “7, with all the sidelights of the big game, is a little story of the acrobatic feats of an “Oregon college youth” while leading the yells during the game with the University of Haw aii on Christmas day. This “youth” was George Bronaugh who, with Dick Dickson, visited the islands with the team. Bronaugh’s “Ruth St. Denis” movements seemed to afford much amusement to the Ts landers and the "Osky-wow wows” that bellowed forth from the Oregon bench, which was filled completely wit1' Oregonians and Oregon supporters, vied with the “ITa-wai-is” that the natives produced. Quite a number of former Oregon students are to be found in the islands Among those specially interested in the games were Mae Neill, ’16, and Lura Jerard, ’18. ATHLETIC SCHEDULE HEAVY WHITMAN COLLEGE, dan. 12 — The most pretentious athletic program in the history of tho college is the 1922 schedule of varsity sports lined up bv the graduatemanager “Nig” llorleske Seventeen conference basketball games. 21 baseball games, four track meets, two tennis meets, and six football con tests W’ll be played and participated in by Whitman teams. STUDENT GOES TO INDIA WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Jan 12. Laura Heist, member of the class of ' 1S, is to leave on December 14, t« take up her work as an educatumal m:s sionary in the Bombev district in India She was an active stu.ftnt of Willamette and during the war had wide experience as a physiotherapist in various eastern camps. HEALTH WORK COMMENDED There was a meeting of the Student Health committee at the infirmary last ■ ■■'t All of the physicians on the board were present and Dr John K. Bo varl, d-an of the school of physical edit at on, expressed his approval of the spl o I d work which has been done in ’’ ’ 1 st and thanked the committee for their cooperation. p v A p C A T CAPTAIN REELECTED v mette University, Salem, Jan \ s Waldo Z r, ver i 'fba k. will again captain the tv f ■thall team. Zeller for three s been a star of the varsltv 1 has earned enviable retut .t the play ert of tho N *rt h west Hia home is in Sunnyside, Was! a' imal and vegetable arts. Mother, upon r voicing the awful news fell dead Johnny eventually grow out of s hoo' and is now raising rutabagas and kohl raid for consumption in his home town, thus fulfilling the motto of his alma mater, “Vegetables to vegeta blcs. ” CORRESPONDENCE HONOR SYSTEM UPHELD Editor of the Emerald: In the issue of the Emerald of January 11, 1922, an editorial writer takes occasion to express his disapprobation of the hon or system in effect in the law school. Being one of the inaugurators of the system I cannot refrain from calling attention to the fact that the writer of the editorial has an erroneous con ception of the system as it operates in the law school or has himself a warped conception of honor. The writer says, in part, “And there is a weak point in the law school sys tem, in that, although adopted a year ago, it affects whoever may register i in the law school.” It is equally plausible to say that the Constitution of the United States is faulty, because i though it was adopted long ago, it is vet operative upon those who have since taken up residence in this country; or that the A. S. U. O. Constitution, adopt ed prior to this year, is grossly unfair in that it requires the payment of cer tain fees by incoming students who have not in writing consented thereto. The law school should got—and does not—want students who are so defic ient in a sense of honor that they must subscribe a written instrument, or take an oath, before they can be trusted to write an examination without espion age. Honor is an inherent quality and if a student does not possess it he can not be made honorable by the inflic tion of rules and regulations- Stu dents who, under any circumstances, will cheat themselves, their instructors or their University, will cheat their clients when they start the practice of their profession, and the earlier they are called to account the better for the public at large. No code has been prescribed in the law school system, no rules or regula tions have been laid down, no espion age is required or asked; each student, on entering the law school, carries with him the presumption that he is a MAN. The recent case of cheating was report ed to the students by members of the law faculty, and the law student body, in a commendable fashion, dispensed summary justice. There is every rea son to believe that in the future cheat ing. never prevalent in the law school, will be unknown, or, if it does recur, will be purely sporadic. GORDON S. WELLS. ’21. E. O. T. C. PRINCIPLE WRONG To the Editor: Let ’s get rid of the E. O. T. C. The fact that students must drill during two years of their allege life is wrong in principle. While tho entire sentiment of this nation is for disarmament, why should the young men be taught any phases of arma ment f Again the R. O. T. C. is wrong in practice. Of the four companies at present drilling and spending four hours each week in the presence of military terms and atmosphere, there are not over a dozen men who are ab sorbing enough learning to enable them to become second-class privates in case of a war. Countless editorials in countless newspapers throughout the country ap peal for less government waste. What is more wasteful than the expense borne by the government to maintain Hie R. 6. T. C. here? The salary of a colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, and a couple or three sergeants here amounts to considerable each year, not to mention the expense of furnishing outfits and laboratory material for the suffering students themselves. Ninety-five per cent of the students who are forced to take drill do so only because they are made to- They put no spirit into their work: they make no attempt to follow the droning of an instructor in military classes; they un learn what they have been forced to ’earn as rapidly as possible; not one student cares what grade he makes in military as long as he makes the re quired hour and has thus completed one term of the six required. The R. O. T. C. is a farce and no one knows it better than the members themselves. Oregon would have a splendid op portunity to make a name for itself by being the first university to vol untarily abolish compulsory drill. By doing so we would be raising the standards about ten notches because students will have more time to study, tl-ev will be able to care more about their term grade averages, and the horseplay feeling with which they suf fer drill will be gone. Military training has no place in Ore gon. We come here for an education, to (rain culture and to learn professions. Whv make us into rotten mimics of soldiers when we have no desire to ■ohber? If a war comes Oregon stu 'en's wi’l be first at the front as t’’ev have been in the past. But let’s pre ■ ct war bv carrying the spirit of dis armament into our University. T.et’s t>" a Rot ton Old Tin Can to the R. O. T. 0. SENIOR. R O T. C. IS riMTELP T,% the Editor: The writer perused with much interest an editorial in the 1 f >r danearv T2, captioned “The R. th T C a Nightmare", and quoting “r Oalsw'rthv on “the foundations of a ua-tle ;it S-am * * * * so that one 'red and fifty years porhaps from "v. h-m-m b’fe mav roallv be dignified »n ’ heset*ful “ I too love to buRd castles in Sixain H-'sMcs ef Mr Oabworthv’s kind: and -lall we sav of the editor’s k;nd an-’ V" l ere lovely to contemplate and | t.' »vte s< agreeable as the stuff o' ! V*'h,»> r n-s and mirages are made I Mr. Galsworthy, however, has the good .judgement which I do not always have, and which I perceive you yourself do not have, to postdate his castle “one hundred and fifty years perhaps.-’ There is one place in the United States in which castles in Spain are not exactly in order. That is the War Department Whatever the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy, and whatever the secretary of state and the president, and whatever congress, may think about Mr. Galsworthy's year 2072, it is a re sponsibility put up on them by the Ameri can people not to think it too seriously I about 1922. However sure we may be l of ourselves, how sure can we be of the hundreds of millions across the seas; j and shall we lay down all of our arms at once when they do not lay down all of theirs at once? Therefore the country maintains an agency for its defense. This agency is not permitted by congress and by popular sentiment to maintain a large standing army; nor is it the policy of congress nor of the American people to create numerous military schools of profession al character to train an officer class. Instead we rely upon a much less form al type of preparedness—much more dem ocratic, much less expensive, than any thing which seems a possible substitute for the present system—and a part of this scheme of preparedness is the R. O. T. C. Virtually as a part of the great limi tation of armaments program, cf which the Emerald of course approves heartily, is the system of what are known as the Organized Reserves. The United States is divided into several areas in each of which are located various reserve units. It is the plan of the United States gov ernment to train the future educated class to officer these reserve units. By taking advantage of the established academic universities and colleges, the government aims to maintain at a com paratively small expense what is it : sincerely hoped will be an adequate I defense force. Hence the R. O. T. C. ’s. In the United States there more than 100,000 | students in these reserve officers’ : training corps. Sometimes it comes hard on an individual to serve; but the defense of the country, upon the necessity of which we doubtless agree, is hard at all times- One does not see how the University of Oregon can step out from the ranks and refuse to hold up the government’s hands. I am sure President Campbell does not see how. COLIN DYMENT. SHAKESPEARE AT G0NZAGA Hamlet to be Put on in Pretentious Style; Practice Proceeds Gonzaga University, Spokane, Jan- J 12.—(P. I. N. S.)—With the beginning of the New Year rehearsals for the big spring dramatic production, Hamlet, are being resumed with renewed vigor. It is planned to make this Shakespear ian play the most pretentious and successful production ever offered by any Gonzaga Dramatic club. J. P. Grennon, who has staged several of the Bard of Avon’s masterpieces, is direct ing Hamlet. Get the Claeaified Ad habit. BARRACKS ARE IMPROVED R. O. T- C. to Practice Signalling and I Codes With New Buzzer System A buzzer system has been installed in the R. O. T. C. barracks for prac tice in international signalling and tele graphic codes. Other improvements and additions have also been made to the equipment used by the sophomore classes in the military course. The laboratory and map room have been painted. Specimens of the sol dier’s equipment have been taken down and hung on the wall in glass cases, with each individual part conspicu ously labeled. Machine guns and au tomatic rifles will also be on exhibi tion there. Sand tables have been pro vided for topographical map-work. A large sectional map occupies one corner of the room. The target range has been over hauled and movable pulley targets in stalled. Work on the range is compul sory this term. FRATERNITY GRADES LEAD Women Average Higher Than Men in Scholarship at Whitman Whitman College, Walla Walla, Jan. 12.—(P. I. N. S.)—-Fraternity men and women averaged higher in their grades at Whitman last quarter than did non fraternity students, according to the registrar’s report, 78.87 and 78.30 be ing the respective averages. The Greeks were also above the college average, 78-75, while the women as us ual did better work than the men, averaging four points higher. Beta Theta Pi and Kappa Kappa Gamma headed the fraternities and sororities, and Phi Delta Theta and Delta Gamma ranked next. DOUGLASS TO GIVE REPORT Conducts Investigation for National Teachers Association Professor H. R. Douglas, of the school of education, has been requested to make a study for publication of cer tain phases of practice teaching in the various universities and colleges of the country which arc training high school teachers. The report is to be presented at a convention of the National Asso ciation of Directors of Supervised Teaching to be held at Chicago in Feb ruary. Professor Douglas expects to send out questionnaires to about one hundred leading schools and from the information received compile statistics in regard to the results, noting any new and novel changes in methods and rec ommendations submitted in regard to practice training. NEW STUDENTS TOTAL 152 Enrollment for Winter Term to Equal That of Fall, Says Registrar According to figures given out at the registrar’s office, 152 new students are registered this term, that is, students who were not on the campus last term. More applications for admission are being received every day. The final count of this quarter’s registration has not yet been completed but it is estimated in the registrar’s office that it will most probably equal that of last term. EDITORIAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM FRIDAY MORNING Men’s Reception Room, Memorial Build ing. 10.00—Joint Meeting of Daily newspa permen. The News Print Situation. George Putnam, Salem Journal The Practicability and Expense of a State News Service by Wire less. Frank Jenkins, Eugene Register. Men’s Reception Room. Memorial Build ing. 11:00—Meeting of Associated Press. Gilbert Parker, Assistant Western Manager of A. P. Women's Reception Room, Memorial Building. 11:00—Meeting of United Press. Frank A. Clarvoe, Northwest Manager, j presiding. The Anchorage. 12:00—United Press Luncheon—Lunch eon of Executive Committee of State Editorial Association -— Other delegates invited to lunch at fraternity houses. Mary Spiller Ball 12:00—Luncheon to Ladies of Editorial Party—Mrs. P. L. Campbell, Dean | Elizabeth Fox, Mrs. Eric W. I Allen. FRIDAY AFTERNOON League Room. Memorial Hall 1:30—Meeting of the Conference.; Robert W. Sawyer, president, presiding. Appointment of Committee on j Nominations. Roll Call. Program: General Topic: Adver tising. 1:45—Why I Solicit Advertising Out side My Town. Paul Robinson, Aurora Observer. 2:00—Issuing Twice a Week—Its Ef fect Upon the Business of a Newspaper. H. L. St. Clair, Gresham Outlook. 2:20—Some Developments in Advertis ing in the last Year. G. Lansing Hurd, Manager of the Corvallis Gazette-Times. 2:40—Securing Foreign Advertising W. R. Smith, publisher Myrtle Point American and Powers Patriot. 3:00—What the Advertising Agencies Tell Us About the Oregon Papers Prom Their Point of View; Let ters From the Big Advertisers. W. F. G. Thacher, Professor of Advertising, University of Ore gon. General Discussion :Led by Hal E. Hoss, Oregon City Enterprise. 3:30—What Happened to the News papers in North Dakota under the Non-Partisan League. Harry Dence, Carlton Sentinel. 4:00—The Small Weekly as I Have Found It. LTpton H. Gibbs, East ern Clackamas News, Estacada. 4:30—Running a String of Country Weeklies. Mark A. Cleveland, publisher Stanfield Standard, Boardman Mirror, and Umatilla Spokesman. Alumni Hall, Memorial Building 1:30—Reception to wives of visiting Newspaper Men. Mrs. P. L. Camp bell. Dean Elizabeth Fox, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Dyment, Mrs. Thatch er, Mrs. Hall and ladies of the University. FRIDAY EVENING Osburn Hotel 6:30—Banquet under auspices of Eu gene Chamber of Commerce and Undergraduate students in School of Journalism directed by Sigma Delta Chi. President P. L. Campbell, toastmaster. Address of Welcome. L. L. Ray. presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce. Music. Some Rig Neglected Opportunities in Journalism as a Small-town Ed;tor Sees Them. George P. Cheney, publisher of the Enterprise Record-Chieftain. The Student Point of View. M:ss Helen Manning, '23. A Generation in Oregon Journalism. Addison Bennett. Newspaper Ideals. B. Frank Irvine, editor Oregon Journal, Portland. The news Service. Gilbert Parker, Associated Press. Present Newspaper Tendencies. Edgar B. Piper, editor Portland Oregonian. Three-minute addresses in answer to roll call.