STUDENTS OPPOSE
SEMESTER SJSTEU
(Continued from page one.)
not always possible for a student to
know what a course is like until lie has
been in a class for perhaps a month.
The present plan makes it possible for
students to choose more of the things
they want and spend less time on
things they have found that they do
not care for.”
Students Encouraged
“I believe in the three-term plan,”
asserted Jinogene Letcher, snior in mu
sic, “because it is more encouraging
to students to have more fresh starts
during the year, and it will make exam
inations came before Christmas instead
of after. Also it is a more progressive
plan than the other. The two semester
plan is good in that it lets school out
early enough to allow students to com
pete with others for the best summer
jobs.”
“I am in favor of retaining the pre
sent system,” said Paul Patterson, sen
ior in the school of business adminis
tration, “because of the great trouble
which would be necessitated by a
change from the present plan. Also
under the present plan, a working stu
dent may drop out for a term or more
and then return to school, without the
necessity of remaining out until the
beginning of the next semester which
may be sometime off. I believe that
the present system has worked very
successfully.”
“I tried the semester plan at the
University of Washington,” said Kath
erine Pinneo, who majors in dramatics,
“but I personally favor the three-term
year. There is more opportunity to
take different courses and the breaks
in the year are less marked.”
Change Liked
Emily Veazie says she thinks the
semester plan, after it is worked out,
will be a saving in time, for both the
students and the faculty, that is now
spent in registering. “Most of us,”
says Miss Veazie, an English major,
“are resenting the semester plan be*
cause we hate the idea of a change.”
“I am in favor of retaining the pre
sent system,” said Claude Robinson,
senior in the department of economics,
“because it has worked very success
fully, because it is more easily adapt
able to tho working student’s schedule,
and because of the great trouble which
would bo incurred by such a change
back to tho old system.”
Athletes Not Benefltted
Half Couch, a member of the varsity
basketball squad, said that he could
not see where it would benefit any of
the students. “It will mean,” said
Couch, “that during the middle of the
basketball season some of the players
will bo found to be ineligible. As it
is now we know before wo start out
whether all the men can play or not.”
“It is easier for most students to get
a fresh start on their work three times
during the year than it is for them to
have exams and studies hanging over
their heads during the Christmas holi
days, to be finished later,” said Mar
garet Jackson, secretary of the student
body. "After a vacation we come back i
with a now zeal and interest, and I
feel it is easier to take three flinals dur-1
ing the year than to take mid-terms and
only two finals, as would be necessary |
under the semester plan.”
Change Disrupts System i
“The three term plan also gives stu-i|
dents working their way through col- |
lego an opportunity to come the fall
and winter terms and then drop out and
work during the spring and summer, or
to stay out any other term, should they
find this necessary. Under the semes
ter system, this would not be possible.
A change in the system will make it j
very hard for those already in college,
with year courses incompleted. This ^
will be true especially of the junior
class.
“However, it is to be hoped that
whatever action is taken at the present j
time, will be final and that this ques
tion will be settled once and for all.”
“1 am in favor of retaining the pre
sent system,” said Delbert Obertcutler,
senior in physical education, “because j
it 1ms proved efficient. It is easily |
adaptable to the working student’s pro
gram and great inconvenience would be
occasioned by the change to the old
semester plan.” _ .
Faculty Suspected
Verne Fudge, a senior in the I’uiver
sitv, emphatically declared himself op
posed to the semester plan. ‘ I can
graduate by attending the University
mile term next fall,” said Fudge. “The
semester plan would neeessitate me
staying an additional month with add
ed expense. Because of the Christmas
vacation before examinations there
will be an unnecessary delay and ex
pease. The plan will always work a
hardship on those who are either part
ly or wholly supporting themselves. 1
can understand.” said Fudge, “why the
semester plan will bo of advantage to
the faculty. They will not have so
much work to do if it is adopted. And
that gives rise again to the question:
Whom is this University fort Is it for
the students or for the professors?
“Under the three term plan,” said
John Anderson, senior in the school of
journalism, “a self-supporting student
is enabled 10 stay out one term and dur
ing that time and the summer months
may earn enough to put himself through
two terms of school. Under the two
semseter plan, it is probable that the
self supporting student would be able
to attend but one term a year as he
would be unable to earn enough dur
ing the summer vacation to put him
through the entire school year.”
Registration Nuisance
Rolf Skulason, a senior majoring in
law, very tersely said, “Registration is
a nuisance and the less we have of it
the better. I am in favor of the two
semester plan.”
“One of the great objections to the
two semester plan,” said Bon Wood
ward, associate editor of the Oregana,
“is that under this plan the vocations,
instead of coming after examinations,
where they should come, would come
Shortly before examinations, and who
wants to come back from a two week
Christmas vacation and have exams
staring him in the face? Of course,”
he went on to say, “the two semester
plan has its advantages but it is doubt
ful whether these advantages are suf
ficient to justify the change.”
Ted Osborne, noted campus musician
and also one of the foremost contribu
tors to Lemon Punch, was one of the
'champions of the two semester plan.
“The two semester plan works fine at
the University of California,” he said,
band a great number of the students
fet that institution are self-supporting.
I see no reason why the plan would
iiot work to a good advantage here at
Oregon.”
Change Expensive
“A great many of the courses, es
pecially in the science department,”
said Ralph Poston, a member of the
men’s glee club and a major in zoology,
“have been adapted to the three term
plan and the change back to the two
semester plan would involve a great
deal of time and expense.”
Lelaine West, president of the Y. W.
and a senior in the romance language
department, says, “I am not in favor
of the semester plan. I believe that
As much work can be done under the
'three-term plan as under the proposed
semester plan. The present system also
enables students who are working their
way through school to work part of the
school year and yet get in two thirds
of a year’s school work. The three
term system enables students to take
short courses which they may desire to
take before graduation.”
Walter Hompy, an employee of the
Co-op, said that if there was a very
great saving to be made by the semes
ter plan he would favor it. When ques
tioned as to the effect he thought it
would have on the business at the store,
Ihe said, “The more terms we have the
more business the Co-op will get. Lets
keep the present plan.”
Semester Plan Favored
Ellen McVeigh, English literature
major said, “I think the semester plan
Is a good idea. It is used in almost all
of the large colleges and has been a
success. I think it will be just as suc
cessful at Oregon as soon as the stu
dents get used to the new order of
things.”
In regard to the way in which the
two semester plan will effect the Uni
versity high school, Principal Benja
min said: “For those students who are
doing supervised teaching on the cam
pus, and in other Eugene high schools,
the two semester plan will be much
more convenient. At present, in order
U> do practice teaching for one semes
er in the high school, which ends
lanuary 27, the student must plan the
mine schedule for the fall and winter
;erm. But the last two months of the
vintor term will leave vacant the hours
’ormerly spent in practice teaching.
In the other hand, there are regular
eachcrs in the high school who are tak
ng University courses. They cannot
•image their schedules at all during the
•car because when the high school
ichedule changes, the University has
ilready begun a new term. At Christ
ens time, students teaching in the high
ichool were forced to return to the
•ampus a week earlier than their fel
ow students.”
Another Plan Offered
The discussion of the proposed re- f
urn to the semester system has given
ise to a new plan that is being talked |
>f. Dr. John Straub has proposed that
'lasses be held on Saturdays and much I
>f the vacation time during the school
■ear be eliminated, making the actual j
time during the school year much short
er and thus giving students twenty-two
weeks during the summer to work.
However there seems to be universal
approval of the present plan, and many
believe that the professors who voted
for the change have a desire to avoid
work.
P. H. DATER WILL SPEAK
TO TECHNICAL SOCIETY
■“Forestry from an Engineer’s Point of
View” Is Topis of Lecture; Work
in Connection with Roads
P. H. Dater, chief engineer of the
United States forest service in the Or
egon-Washington district, will speak on
Forestry from an Engineer’s Point of
View” before the Technical society at
7:.10 tonight in Heady hall.
It is through the courtesy of Mr. Nel
son F. Macduff, forest supervisor for
, the Cascade National Forests that the
Technical society will have the privil
ege of hearing Mr. Dater. Mr. Dater
is from New York. He did his first en
gineering work on the New York State
Harge canal.
Later he came to Portland, where his
bffices are now located, as city engi
neer. He held this office fr two or
three years. Mr. Dater’s work is prin
cipally in connection with the state
roads which receive federal aid and the
National forest roads which connect or
/form a part of the state roads. He
now represents the Federal Water Pow
er commission in the Northwest.
DANCING CLASS IS STARTED
'Miss Lillian Stupp Instructs Children
Between Ages of Six and 14
Miss Lillian Stupp, of the physical
education department has started a
class in dramatic and interpretative
dancing for children between the ages
of six and 14, which met yesterday af
ternoon for the first time and will meet
every Monday at 4 o’clock at the Wo
man’s building.
There is no limitation placed upon
the number enrolled and no pre-requi
sites, with the exception of the stipula
tion as to age. At the first meeting,
about 30 children were present and it
is expected that more will enroll.
CLASSIFIED ADS
Minimum charge, 1 time, 25c; 2 time*.
45c; 6 times, $1. Must be limited to 6
lines, over this limit, 6c per line. Phone
951, or leave copy with Business office of
Emerald, in University Press. Payment
in advance. Office hours, 1 to 4 p. m.
Boom for Bent—1315 E 13th Ave.
Prefer girls. Phone 1005-L. 138-Jll-tf
LOST—Sterling silver fountain pen
with initials M. E. S. Finder call 947.
154-J17-18.
Lost—Chi Omega fraternity pin with
initials M. F. <Jall 729. Beward.
* 155-J17-19.
Board and Boom—Men students,
prices reasonable. 1561 Ferry St. Phone
1578-J. ' 140-J12-17.
Lost—Waterman fountain pen. Name
Alice Curran on pen. Finder please
leave at Emerald office. 153-J16-17.
Lost—Purple, silk umbrella v ith
leather strap on wooden handle. Finder
call 251-J. Beward. 152 J16-17.
Table board by the week or month.
Also a few rooms for girls, tw-o blocks
from the library. 1310 E 13th.
157-J17-21.
Boom for Bent—Why not move up
Close to the campus? Boom for two
men. 1182 Alder St. Call at noon or
after 3 p. m.
Wanted—For two morning hours dai
ly, student to do stenographic work.
Must be accurate. Phone alumni of
fice. 157-J17-tf.
DO-NUT SWIMMING
STARTS FEBRUARY 3
Contestants for Oregon-O. A. C. Meet
in March Will Be Picked from
Interclass Stars
Women's do-nut swimming meets will
begin January 29 and probably con
tinue until February 3, according to
plans outlined by Miss Carolyn Can
non, head of swimming in the school
of physical education. Thirteen organ
izations have signed up to compete and
practices are again under way. As yet
many teams are deficient in the eight
required practices. Each team is urg
ed to have one or two substitutes who
have fulfilled the necessary require
ments, as no last minute contestants
will be permitted to enter the meets,
Said Miss Cannon. Every girl who ex
pects to compete is urged to work on
the events which she will enter.
Class meets will take place as soon
as the do-nut series have been finish
ed. The teams to meet Oregon Agricul
tural College will be picked from the
best swimmers participatinf in the in
'terclass meets. The contests with O.
A. C. are scheduled to come some time
in March, which will necessitate work
ing much earlier in preparation for
these meets.
A class in life-saving is planned and
all girls who are interested in life-sav
ing and in winning honor points to
ward earning sweaters are asked to
’meet Miss Cannon at five o’clock Wed
nesday in room 121 of the Woman’s
building. Further announcement of
this class will be made in the Emerald.
All upperclassmen who are not regis
tered in physical education must pay
the $1.25 fee at the Ad building and
present their receipt to Mrs. Hempy
before entering the pool.
RATS SUBJECT OF EXPERIMENT
Ransom J. McArthur and Virdon
Hockett majors in pre-medics, are car
rying on an extensive research with
white rats in order to find the relation
(>f the thyroid gland to the germ cells,
dn addition to results of this experi
ment will add something to the rela
tion of the thyroid gland to goiters.
McArthur and Hockett have 134 rats
(uid will move them soon to the new re
search building near the men’s gym.
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They give long service, continued satisfaction but above
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Hand tailored, double shrunk and silk sewn—featuring
the famous McBedwin finish. Considering these qualities
in Adler Collegian Clothes we are proud to offer them to
college men.
Eugene Woolen Mill Store '
C. J. FULTON, Manager
837 Willamette
Phone 1500
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All the Electrical Treatments given.
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