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Residence phone, editor, 2293-L; manager, 1820. Business office phone, 1895. Day Editor This Issue—Genevieve Morgan Night Editor This Issue~—Bob Hall Assistant—Dave Pompel Unsigned comment in this column is written by the editor. Full responsibility is assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion. MTF AMERICA is a nation of J*- morons, then that is the an swer to the attractiveness of the intellectual feast our education al system spreads; it is not a test of America’s ability to learn.—George A. Dorsey. Meeting the State On Equal Footing DESPITE the recognized urgency of the University’s financial re quests from the state, measures ask ing appropriations for the first unit of a modern library, an infirmary, and a retirement fund must tako their chances with the numerous ether pleas that are keeping tho legislators worrying over means of meeting all demands for money. The students have not received kindly the suggestion that they, through increased fees, contribute more to the financing of tho Univer sity. It has been repeatedly point ed out that fees now collected at this institution are higher than at any other coast college. The stu dents are contributing far more, financially, toward their own educa tion, than is the state. Their money burden can stand no added weight. But all this is no reason why state and students might not strike a bargain that would satisfy both sides. In the matter of a library, the most insistent need from the in terests of the greater number of students, it would be possible for the state through student assistance, and the students through state as sistance, to erect an adequate struc ture. At present the students nre pay ing a self-imposed fee of live dol lars a term for a basketball pavilion, which will revert to the state. This obligation should be cleared within about live years. Why not, then, ask the legislature to build the first unit of the library now with tho pledge of the students that they will match the sum by later construct ing the second section through a continuation of the live dollar fee, which is now accepted as a regular part of the registration cost. The second unit would probably be needed in about ten years. The students would no doubt be able to finance the building by that time. In so doing they would be contrib uting materially to the support of the University in a manner that should satisfy those who have sug gested an increase in fees. The bur den would likewise be distributed more evenly. While some question might bo raised concerning the pledging of financial aid from future students of the University by those who will bear none of the cost, it should be remembered that future college gen erations will also pay for the bas ketball pavilion. The theory, of course, is that those who are to come will garner the same benefits as those who are now here. With out any intent of expressing ap proval of the self-imposed fee for a basketball pavilion, we none the less believe the plan valid, and much more worthy than in its pres, ent application, for a library. The other two University requests must be left to the legislature, with the hope that their importance will be appreciated and whatever aid | possible granted. But in the matter of a library, a most important ele ment in the University’s life, there seems to be an opportunity for con certed action on the part of the students and the state, with each sharing an equal burden of the cost. It Has Earmarks Of Democracy THOUGH unfortunate, it is true that one Af our grand old Am erican traits is to recognize any in stitution long-established as “dem ocratic.” Regardless of the multi tude of sins this over worked des ignation covers, any attempts to alter its protectorates, good or evil, are greeted with the cry “undemo cratic,” which interpreted into or dinary speech means “it is going to overturn our country.” Small wonder then that student efforts to alter our archaic, educa tional system should have been greeted with the same wolf-cries that are applied to those who would discontinue representative govern ment. Tn the matter of educational reform, the wailers did not stop for one moment to consider that that which they have long been calling “educational democracy” is educa tional “majority despotism.” bet it not be assumed that the undergraduate committee in setting out upon a course of action took the role of a “bnek-to-democracy” up lift society. Its purpose was to re place the present oppressive blanket educational system with a more sen sitive, discriminative type. It so happened (fortunately, we confess) that the true democratic, principle offered the solution. A communicant, whose letter np | pears on this page, has caught the idea. After all, if wo are to have | democracy in name, why not in I fact? Democracy as a shibboleth is | not so effective as democracy in j practice. Our correspondent’s re j marks are worth notice. So, it' you please, in attacking the [committee’s labors, lay aside the ■old catch-phrase. At least credit ! the plan with salvaging democracy | in education. Which perhaps to | college folk sounds horribly bour ! geoise. Commun ications Educational Democracy To the Editor: Democracy, the grand o’d pass word of American social organiza tion, is today much under discus sion. The question is not: Shall we discard democracy, but will we ever approximate true democracy? There fore, any effort directed toward truer democracy warrants a bit of attention. I believe that the efforts of the Independent Undergraduate Com mittee indicate a move toward rais ing the level of democracy as ap plied to a State University. That this committee is aware of its con tact with the problem of democracy is shown by the following, which appeared in its report: "This com mittee works from the principle that tho proper aim of a democratic edu- ; cative system is to educate each of its considerable groups of members to its intellectual and temperament- ! al capacity. This theory denies that i the principle of giving superior ed- ' ncation to the superior in capacity outrage!) democracy. The theory up on which the present system opor- j ates is communistic rather than 1 democratic.” These statements in dicate that the committee has de tected some need ^or, and means of a closer approach to democratic methods of education; and because of this very indication, it deserves attention and support from those interested in the move. After all, to function of educa tion, particularly in the realm of higher education, is not to give each “registrant” a chance to share in rigidity, conformity, and a system of routine—not to “indiscriminately assign daily lessons, petty quizzes, require strict class attendance, and discipline with a high school grad ing system.” The function might more properly be the creation of those conditions which permit the development of a capacity to evalu ate and solve problems, which cap [ acity might be further promoted by ; giving each individual an opportun ; ity to develop and create interest in ! scholastic endeavor. Such is a sys ' tern of educational democracy which renders its service by seeing that i the agencies for creating sound ■ thinking are put into play. Many present conditions make one inclined to wonder if we are not still laboring under the old time be lief that a man’s chief duty is to adjust himself to any fixed institu tional order with a minimum of questioning. Cooperation in furthering Educa tional Democracy—the kind which offers opportunity for greater dis crimination and intensiveness, is no doubt called for. L. M. BROWN Another Investigation To the Editor: An incident that came up last term seems to me to need adjust ment. If a student engaged in his regular school work, while taking a compulsory test in physical educa tion, is hurt seriously through no carelessness of his own, should he be forced to pay hospital fees as high as, or higher than regular hos pital ward rates? The case in ques tion is that of Michael Moran, w.ho was painfully injured last fall term, breaking both bones of his leg. Con ifinement for eight weeks was neces sitated and a cast must be worn for two months more. Is not the health service main tained, equipped, and paid for by student fees and for the benefit of the students, especially for those in jured or taken sick while prosecut ing their quest for knowledge? Physicians, nurses, beds, and all necessary equipment are provided for from registration fees, and the cost of maintenance is practically the same whether there is one pa tient or a half dozen. The only item which is really important is food, and this is prepared at Friendly hall at a very low cost, which is almost negligible when one considers the total income from student fees. “The “paying (?) boarder” was charged at the rate of $3 a day for the second four weeks. The fees total $80. Whether this was done to relieve the state legislature from ap propriating more money this session, or whether it is another manifesta tion of more student participation in the University’s financial program was not set forth. It would seem that an investigation into what Rhould be the function of the Uni versity health service would be more timely than many of the other in vestigations which have been car ried on in the past. Yours for relief of physical ed. sufferers, K. BAER Editor’s note: The investigation called for in the above communica tion has been completed. The con clusions follow: 1. While the student was injured through no fault of his own, the University cannot be blamed. Leg ally, the University cannot be held responsible; morally, the question rests on individual interpretation. While the incident was regrettable, it hardly seems just to hold the Uni versity to blame. 2. Bed, board ,and medical atten tion cannot be secured in a hos pital for three dollars a day. ■1. Student fees barely cover the maintenance cost of the health ser vice. Extra attenion to one person means less attention to others, who also pay fees. It should be remem bered that there is no hospital charge for the first, four weeks of confinement. During the period Mr. Moran was in the infirmary, there was a shortage of beds for other stu dents who were ill. Despite the fact that they contribute to the upkeep i of the health service they were nec essarily denied adequate care. 4. The health service is estab J lished on a non-profit basis. It has j more often overrun its budget than j stayed within it. It exists for the ! students and invites investigation i hv anyone at nnv time. --- Pre-Medics (Continued on page tivo) kindred subjects. Physiology lias been developed so that a knowledge of calculus is necessary in order to understand it, lie said. “The need for mathematics is ; growing in all scientific lines be i cause of the necessity of expressing facts in exact terms,’’ Prof. DeOou i said in conclusion. It is expected that three, and pos sibly four, full classes will take the ' new course. This will probably mean | the hiring of another graduate as sistant for the department. Dr. Moore said that he found that : students were not able to keep up ! in their work at the medical school because of the lack of mathematics. Courses in physics and chemistry for pre-medic majors were made easier than those given students majoring in those departments because the medical students did not have enough knowledge of mathematics to do the same grade of work. By requiring the course in uni | fied mathematics, Dr. Moore hopes | that students in his department will ! be able to take the other scientific ! courses on an equal footing with ; majors in the other departments, j Dr. Moore plans to draw up a , schedule which will enable the stu dents to complete their courses in either three or four years, including the added requirements. At the University of Wisconsin, 413 students have been l unished in the past six years for cribbing in examinations. Tfe SEVEN s SEERS Representatives of the .Women’s League are on my trail after ivhat I said yesterday about the Dime Crawl. It seems they admit that the sororities pad their receipts, but | they fail to see the harm in this and | to them money is money no matter , from where it comes. Too true girls, ! however, I still contend that when J we read who turns in the largest J sum we should have a grain of salt I nearby to take with the usual story I about that house being the most j popular. * * * ! No Gretchen, * * Spring Running, ’ ’ by Bronson is not on Bill Hayward’s approved reading list for trackmen. I refer any of you who still be lieve that women have a sense of humor to the “Vassar Vagabond.” That will soon take the notion out of your head. • * * BEDTIME STORY ‘‘Don’t be selfish girls, there are others on the sleeping porch beside yourselves. ” STRUS PINCHPENNY DIARY Up betimes in a jolly mood but soon I did think that it was on this day at the hour of 10 that I did have appointment to keep company with a dentist. This set my nerves to caterwauling so that I did shake as with an ague. But anon to his office feeling mightie grumpy and when I did get in to the chair he tried to lighten my spirits by sing ing ‘‘The Yanks Are Coming.” • • • ‘‘You have many promising friends.” “Yes, some of them have been promising me now for nearly a year. ’ ’ HOW TO FOOL THE GARDENER Monday someone left a window in chemistry lab open and before many minutes a gardner was seen looking around outside. Poor soul, he thought someone had upset one of his nice sacks of fertilizer. • • • I told a friend of mine at the College Side that I was taking Browning from Capt. McEwan. “What a waste of time,” she said, “why don't you read the newspa pers.” * * * THE PROOF OF THE PUTTING IS IN THE SCORE. • • • Use expectorate in a sentence. I don’t expectorate more than five formals this term. * * * CAMPUS STROLLING Pat Morissette looking quite chip per in a brown suit and light hat. Jim Rogers packing a case with some kind of a musical instrument in it. I always thought he was such a nice boy, too. Helen Pollock and Ruth Corey making their way to ward town in a rattling struggle buggy. It wabbles along worse than our janitor with all his rheumatism and lumbago. Janet Pearce on her way to a class. I wish she had time to stop and sing “Tea For Two.” All of the wind is not in Salem this week. There was enough around here yesterday to do a little dam age too. Some of the unsuccessful bidders j on the puppy at the auction the other day have had their way in the end. He has been missing for I-"" "• "" B j two days now and Katherine Talbot i and Edith Huntsman have lost nun ho shut-eye since his disappear ance. They paid a good price for him. I hate to profess such ignorance.: but are sorority cooks made mem bers of the chapter the same as house mothers sometimes are? Littli' Willy feeling obnoxious. Did some whittleing on sister’s galoshes; Mother said, ‘' Why Willy Cole, You shouldn’t tamper with a maid en 's sole, ’ ’ CHANGE CARS FOR SPRING FIELD! — A sophomore at the University of Texas has invented a “date” card whioh is in the nature of a cheek and for the purpose of sim plifying and adding to the dignity of an engagement. The man fills out the card and attached stub, the card being submitted to any co-«d sufficiently enthusiastic and the |"date” is made. Co-eds are collect- ! jing these cards. What if the payee j doesu't show up t CAMPU/ ! Donut representatives in houses and organizations meet at the of fice of the Men’s gymnasium at 4:15 Wednesday afternoon. Regular women’s varsity debate meeting at 7:30 Thursday evening. Friday at 4:00 p. m. meeting of the following men: Benoit McCroskey - Donald Beelar Ronald McCreight. Saturday morning at 9:00 meeting of freshman men debaters. At 10:00 a. m. Saturday morning Benoit McCroskey, Donald Beelar, and Ronald McCreight. Dial meets Wednesday night with I Mabel McClain, 1390 Alder street, 7:30. Dime Crawl tomorrow evening from 6:30 to 7:30. Women’s League tea tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 5:30 on the sun porch of the Woman’s building. Inadequacies (Continued on page two) judged by the fact that $1,668.41 was paid in fines during the year. Reports were also made by the college of literature, science and the arts and the school of music. The first named department listed an in crease in enrollment of 25 major students over the previous year. “Although work classified as pro fessional still attracts the larger number of majors, the college still gives 68 per cent or considerably more than two-thirds of the instruc tion given by the University,” de clares Acting Dean James H. Gil bert. Recommendations that the staff of the political science department be doubled and that other additions be made totalling approximately $35, 000 in cost, were listed. The outstanding recommendation of the school of music was that tui tion fees for class work in composi tion and history be abolished. The report also declares, “the system of paying instructors on the percentage system is absolutely out of keeping with the educational status and pur poses of the school.” Football (Continued from pacie one) erablv publicity after a game but j little before.” Wilson’s Wildcats were an outfit headed bv'George Wilson, all-Ameri can halfback fromi the University of Washington. ‘ ‘ Click ’ ’ Clark, former football mentor at the Uni versity of Montana, coached the team. The squad was composed of 18 former college stars, all of whom claim the west as their home. C. C. Pyle, who has done much in the way of professionalizing sports, was the man behind the throne in the wav of financing the team. Starting the first week in Sep tember, the Wildcats trained at Ex celsior Springs, Missouri, for about 15 days, following which they started on a season which took them int,o 22 games. Seed explained that the Wildcats were members of the American league but were a traveling team representing no city. I Brick Muller’s team was a mem ber of the National league on the same basis. The two teams traveled together on a good many occasions, offering opposition to each other. One trip which started in Decem ber took the two teams through the southern states. Sport Pays Well “A professional football player is well paid,” said Reed. ‘‘An aver age player receives from $75 to $175 per game, with all expenses j paid. .Strict training rules are not I enforced but each man must keep' himself in condition or lose his job. ; The contact with all the fellows i met on the trip was well worth while. Red Grange is sure a fine fel low and a great sport. Everybody likes him.” According to Reed, professional j yell leaders are beginning to make j their appearances. In Brooklyn, New! York, two girls led the rooters. The! crowds generally take sides, making j no particular difference whether it! is the home team or not. Proof of the popularity of football was shown in Chicago in the last game played ‘ there by the Wildcats. With the thermometer hovering around 101 above zero, 5,000 spectators stuck through the entire game. The game, played upon six inches of snow, was so cold that ‘‘Chuck” Johnson, Wildcat linesman, froze several of his toes. A game played in Toronto, Canada, between the Wildcats and1 Muller’s team drew a 15,000 attend-1 anee, but, according to Reed, it was j not enjoyed because the Rugby game i still has a strong hold up there. The largest attendance was in New York City with 25,000 persons look ing on. I Various Discussions In Second Meeting of Groups Interesting Many interesting discussions on religious and moral problems were started in the discussion groups which met for the second time in the women’s living organizations last night. Because of the illness of Rev. Henry W. Davis, who is in charge of the United Christian Work on the campus, the meeting for Susan Campbell and Hendricks hall was postponed, but Mr. Davis hopes to arrange a meeting at a later date. Two more groups are planned, the next one being postponed until Feb ruary 15 because of the basketball game which is scheduled for the night of February 8. The schedule for last night was: Alpha Phi, and Sigma Beta Phi, John H. Mueller; Alpha Delta Pi, Robert D. Horn; Delta Zeta, Mrs. Bruce J. Giffen; Chi Omega and Alpha Xi Delta, Mrs. Edgar E. De Cou; Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta, Mary Wiatson Barnes ; Alpha Chi Omega-and Kap pa Omicron, Mr. Horace G. AVyatt; Alpha Gamma Delta and Kappa Delta, Miss Mary Findley; Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Omicron Pi, Miss Mary Perkins. Committee Appointed For Drama Tourney! — Proceedings in regard to the event of the High School Drama Tourna ment to be held here the first week in May, are moving rapidly ahead. The Tournament Committee has been selected. The personnel is: Florence E. Wilbur, director of drama, who is chairman; Dr. James H. Gilbert, acting dean of the col lege; Dr. C. V. Boyer, professor of English; Dr. Dan E. Clark, history department; Professor Ralph D. Casey, school of journalism; and H. C. Rosson, associate professor of English and law. Two students, Constance Rotn and Arthur Anderson, were appointed by Hugh Biggs, president of the associated students, to serve on the committee. The first meeting will be held Thursday, February 3, at the office of Dr. James H. Gilbert. Portland Alumni Plan To Come in Special For Return Husky Tilt Despite the defeat of the Wash ington Huskies by the Oregon var sity, the members of the University of Oregon Alumni at Portland con sider the next meeting of the rival hoopsters important enough to char ter a special train to carry them to the game to be played in Mc Arthur court February 28. Elston Ireland, class of ’22, in stigated the plan, and Half Conch, president of the Portland associa tion of .the University of Oregon, has appointed a committee to ar range the details and secure the one hundred signatures that aire necessary before the train can be chartered. The train, if the project goes through according to schedule, will leave Portland at 3:15 p. m. and arrive at Eugene in time for the passengers to occupy a reserved block of seats in McArthur court.. Immediately after the game, the train will return to Portland where it will arrive at 1:00 a. m. POMFRET i \ w is an ARROW IRT ARROW COLLAR on it. 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