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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1925)
©rsgon Uatlij Jfimtzalv Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association_ Official publication of the Aaaodated Student* of the University of Oregon, issued SbOf except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. DONALD la WOODWARD EDITOR EDITORIAIi' BOARD Managing Editor Associate Editor _Harold A. Kirk ..Margaret Skavlan Associate Managing Editor Anna Jerzyk Sports Editor _ George H. Godfrey fAMES W. LEAKE BUSINESS STAFF MANAGER , Associate Manager Frank Loggan Advertising Managers .— —» —* - _ .. Advertising Assistants .... Milton George, Bill Prudhomme, Bert Randall Si Slocnm, Wayne Leland, Wm. James ObCulation Manager Assistant Circulation Manager _Jerry Oary _ James Manning Foreign Advertising Manager Assistants .Claude Reavis Wait O’Brien, Hilton Rose, Neil Chinnock Specialty Advertising „„ Mildred Dunlap, Geneva Foss Administration _ Margaret Hyatt, Marion Phy, Fred Wilcox, Bonner Whitson, Bob Warner. Day Editor This Issue Jalmar Johnson Night Editor This Issue Bay Nash Konald Sellers .Assistant j Intend as second class matter at the poet office at Eugene, Oregon, under act Wt Congress of March S, 1879. Our Freshman Class ■yjyT'ITH all this “stew” concerning traditions at Oregon, the plan submitted to the student council "Wednesday eve ning for establishing a Freshman Court takes on added interest. The reason given for proposing such a court was contained in the statement that there is a feeling among many students that the present freshman class has been particularly lax in obeying the rules this year and therefore some effective means must be found to bring the offending members “to time.” There is little doubt this feeling, especially prevalent among upperclassmen, has cause for foundation. Violation of the edict that first year men must wear green caps has been flagrant if not scandalous. The Court would lend (jignity to what is at present nothing more than a joke—paddling on the Library steps each Friday. There are few but who fail to consider the freshmen paddled on such occasions as butts of fraternity discipline or “inter ested friends.” Often the charge read against a “culprit” is utterly silly and foolish, and displays the limits of an accuser’s imagination rather than the freshman’s misconduct. Were a freshman to be haled before the judge,, he would feel he has a chance to clear himself if innocent. On the other hand, if he has been appearing on the campus without his cap, or has committed some other equally heinous freshman crime, he will be made to understand that such carelessness, ox' con tempt, invokes serious consequences, often swift aud xinpleasant. When the Traditions Committee turns in a report proving satisfactory to the Student Coxxncil, and the findings are offi cially approved by that body, there will be no excuse for not knowing the “laws,” and the court, if established, should prove most effective. Regarding supervision of the freshman class, a plan is in effect at Stanford whereby the first year men are entirely emancipated froiu pressure from any of the other classes. In the “Stanford Illustrated Review” this move is attributed to the other classes, that of 1923 waging the winning fight “with the result that two classes of Stanford men have started their university life free to show what stuff they were made of.” The results are claimed to have justified the experiments, the statement being made that “they are observant of the cus toms of the campus, but what is the real thing that matters is that they do their work and hold up their share as individuals and classes, to a degree that is noticeably superior.” . To even the casual observer on the Oregon campus it has been apparent that our present freshmen have had little pressure applied to them, in fact, in that regard, they have been, and are, enjoying the same privileges that Stanford freshmen do. There are two difference, however. First, this “laissez faire” ; plan is not the result of intention by the other classes, but rather of iudiffference. Second, the freshmen class has not proven it self “noticeably superior.” And Why Not Eggs? NEW sport, to add to those which are coming on with the spring, might be the delightful one of egg-rolling, or egg ! tossing, as suggested by the old custom practiced in England and Scotland since very early times during the Easter season. : (We do not recommend this for the opera season!) In this1 country, it is true, we have the venerable Easter rabbit, but he seems to be chiefly the friend of the very young Americans. Using hard-boiled and brilliantly dyed eggs in little games and contests offers an intriguing possibility. The play might! take the form of exaggerated marble games, of lilliputiau bowl ine: games. Campus hostesses could use the eggs in carrying out the colors of their gowns, or to match the centerpieces on the tables. And there would be the further economy of having the decorations serve in this case as the refreshments as well. Another old custom which was especially apropos at the Easter season was the ridiculous custom of “lifting.” On Eas-, ter Monday in Lancashire and Cheshire and other counties in England, the men “lift” the women, two men locking hands and carrying the women in this way. On Easter Tuesday the women retaliate, and lift the men. Venerable clergymen are said to have to compromise by paying half-a-crown to be let off. The custom might serve as a substitute fo the usual paddling of the frosh on one week out of the year. Campus Bulletin Notices will be printed in this columa for two issues only. Copy must be in this office by 6:38 on the day before it is to be published, and must be limited to 20 words. Women’s Doughnut Baseball—Each house must appoint a scorer to meet 5:15 Monday afternoon in room 121, Woman’s building. Scorer may be substitute on team. All Bonner HI T Men—Not in liv ing organizations please call the “Y” hut and leave your name and address. Phone 504. All Women who attend April Frolic should bring money for admit tance fee and for refreshments. R. 0. T. C. WILL TRY OUT NEW GALLERY RIFLE A new gallery rifle recently devel oped at the Springfield, Massachu setts, arsenal, has been requisi tioned for examination by the Uni versity R. O. T. C. department, ac cording to Sergeant Powers, of the R. O. T. C. supply department. The rifle, which is a .22 calibre Spring field make, will be carefully exam ined by officers of the local unit, and if found to be satisfactory a supply jvill be ordered, sufficient to fully equip the rifle team next year. If accepted, the new rifle will also be used in regular cadet gallery practice. The new gallery rifle was de veloped especially for gallery work, is equipped with all the latest facilities, and is said to be a dis tinct improvement over the older Winchester rifle, now in general use for gallery practice. TRAINING REGULATIONS FOR INFANTRY CHANGED Changes in various sections of the 1923 infantry training regula tions have been received by the Uni versity B. 0. T. C. department. The training regulations are in the form of pamphlets which are used by in structors in the department. There are 13 of these booklets which must be revised, and the war department has sent clippings to be inserted in them instead of reprinting the en tire set of regulations. The commissary department has charge of the work of revision. There will be 60 copies each of 13 different pamphlets which will re quire changes. Some of the drill regulations have more than one change, and the task of inserting the clippings will require about one week to complete, said Sergeant T. E. Powers, in charge of the commis sary department. The work will be ,done during spare time. I Communications Letters to the EMERALD from stu dents and faculty members are welcomed, but must be signed and worded concisely. If it is desired, the writer’s name will be kept out of print. It must be understood that the editor reserves the right to reject communications. To the Editor: I feel that the comniuni/eatibn under the heading “Hours and Grades” in yesterday’s Emerald is entirely sound in its argument and it was the considerations men tioned therein which led the Eeg istrar’s office some time ago to adopt the present rating system. In rating students according to achievement, both quality and quantity should be given due cred it with the weight thrown on qual ity. It seemed obviously unfair : -- A GOOD SIGN TO GO BUY UNEEDA PRESSING CLUB I ^iimihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiniiiinmiinimiiimmtimmiH.niyiiuMiiiminnnimmniiimnmug Easter | Flowers | The finest display of the j | season t o choose f rom.| 1 Bright spring flowers in bas- j f ket arrangements or potted |j I Easter Lilies. 1 i We Telegraph 1 o | Flowers Everywhere I l1 a jatfli MutmiirtrnmjiutiKU'bin.’miwHiiuiBifliamiUHiiwnmimuwoaommm ?! Chase 5 Gardens Corner 9th Oak - Phone 1950 1 amwiHuiimainiaiiitiiifJtini i. . :\:u....,.j.. ■ u.idiiin *. f COMING EVENTS I <*>---«*> Saturday, April 11 7:00 p. m.—April Frolic, Wo man’s building. 7:00 p. m.—Men’s Smoker, Men’s gymnasium. Sunday, April 12 7:30 p. m.—Sacred music con cert, Mu Phi Epsilon, Method ist Episcopal church. ° CORRECTION The dates for the Guild hall j production, “Miss Lulu Bettt” will be held April 22, 23 and 24 instead of in May as it ap peared in the Emerald yester day. 4>-O that a student making 12 hours of I should rate higher than a student making 12 hours of I plus 4 hours of II. Under the old system of averaging grades such would be the case, but it is not the case now. At present a student gets five credit points for every hour of I he makes, four credit points for every hour of II, three credit points for every hour of III, two credit points for every IV and one credit point for every hour of V. Thus, the stu dent making twelve hours of I is given 60 credit points. The stu dent making twelve hours of I and four hours of II rates 76. Every hour passed, even though it be with the grade of V, helps a man’s rating. Thus, there is no incentive to drop a course merely because a man is getting a low rating. His rating will be higher with hours of a low grade than it will be with no hours at all. On the other hand, one hour of I is worth five hours of V, so there is still the greater incentive to work for quality. With the 19 hour maximuni load, a student making straight I’s would have a rating of 95. A stu dent making as few as three hours of V is sometimes permitted to re main in the University a term on probation. (The requirement will be considerably higher next year.) Thus, a man might conceivably re main in the University with a rat ing of 3. There you have the full range, with the best student ap proaching 100 and the poorest stu dent approaching zero. I know from the correspondent’s letter that he approves entirely this method. But the thing to which he objects is the unofficial publish ing by newspapers of a so-called honor Toll based on grades alone. The grade sheet, when published, is accessible to everybody and there is no way to preclude anyone from examining it and writing a story about it. No such story, carrying a so-called honor roll, has ever been published tfr vouched for by the Registrar’s office. If the of fice were to publish the relative rating of students it would be done on the system described above in the same way that the ratings of individuals and living organizations are made and would not be avail able for publication until fairly late in the term on account of the great amount of computation in volved. CARLTON E. SPENCER, Registrar. WHY SMOKE IN COURT? To the Editor of the Emerald: It would appear from the tone of several communications to this column that the issue in the pres ent argument over smoking on the campus is whether or not there shall be any restrictions of smok ing on the campus. The fact of the matter seems to be otherwise. The general opinion of students on the campus as indicated by con versation would indicate that the real issue is whether or not smok ing shall be permitted in the art court, but that the tradition of no smoking on the campus should be retained. This idea is substanti ated further by the fact that the Student Council, which is repre sentative of all of the students, did not consider doing away with the no smoking tradition but consider ed whether or not to modify it, and finally passed a motion recommend ing to the tradition committee that “Smoking shall be prohibited in the court of the arts building.” It is significant that most of those who are in favor of permit Marcel and Bob Curl TO STUDENTS 50c Open Sundays and Evenings by Appointment. 1375 Perry GAY THOMPSON Phone 1578E © O. E. CO. 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The ques tion then arises: Where is the line to be drawn f Are only the art stu dents to be granted the privilege of smoking on the campus or will it be but a short time until the biolo gists and the English students will be allotted a small plot between Deady and Yillard where they may smoke. Up to this time no valid reason has been offered to show why smok ing should be allowed in the art court. In a communication to this column last week it was stated that “In former years the east porch on University street was used, but in the reconstruction work the porch covering was removed.” Why . do the art students have to have a special covering under which to smoke f Are they more delicate than the average student f Granted that they spend most of their time in one building, it is doubtful that it can be proved that the hardship is greater on them than on the com merce students or men of the law school. The men of other schools must smoke out in the street or on the curb. 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Frank Fay Eddy at the Unitarian Church Sunday morning at 10:45 o’clock. This sermon -will be a study in spiritual leadership through the ages in which man has made his great achievement of faith and discerned the truth of the gospel of love. SOLOISTS AT THIS SERVICE Delbert Moore, Violinist Robert McKnight, Tenor There will be a meeting of the young people of the congregation to consider the organization of a branch of the Federation of Religious Liberals in American colleges, immediately at the close of the Morning Service. University men and women are always welcome at the Little Church of the Human Spirit.”