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DONALD la WOODWARD
EDITOR
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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
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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.
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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
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ting smoking in the art conrt are
not in favor of permitting smoking
generally on the campus. 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. Why should men of the
school of architecture and of the
fine arts department be made an
exception f
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“The Crusades of
the Christs”
An Easter Sermon by the Rev. 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.”