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Truant Scholarship
T'vOES cutting class hurt scholarship appreciably? The survey
made by the University personnel research bureau seems to
say that it does not; but neither news stories nor excerpts from
expert surveys always tell the complete story. It is unlikely
that enough emphasis has been laid on the work of the student
who cuts classes most.
The research was carried out by professors who compared
grades of class-cutters with those of students who had perfect
attendance in the same classes. The results showed that those
who had the most absences still might be leaders, might be
average, might fall below the standard. Grades seemed to have
no great relation to attendance.
Grades necessarily are based on comparative scholarship
alone, and little attention is paid to the proportion of his own
ability used by the individual student. The grading system
counts not ability which might be used but only that displayed.
Just so, students may "get by" very well indeed without exerting
themselves.
The point here made is that slackers may easily have learned
little in a course, yet may equal the grades of those conscient ious
students who have learned much. That is, the slackers may
not have learned as much as they might have, while the con
scientious students may have learned all that it la possible for
them to assimilate.
Whose scholarship has suffered if those conditions exist?
Whose grades are lower than they might have been? Does
cutting class have any great relation to scholarship? It seems
possible that the man with ability above that small amount by
the course who cuts classes, who seeks only equally good courses
outside, has failed in scholarship. He has succeeded only In
comparative grades.
Wanted - Co-operation
fVREGON living groups have had their ups and downs us tar
as their financial and physical living conditions are con
cerned and several attempts have been made to stabilize the
forces which contribute to these conditions. These attempts
have been unorganized and their efforts could be said to be little
more than feeble.
Now, for the first time, tin organized attempt is being made
to make a survey of the conditions and it is being made at the
request of the fraternities and sororities themselves, through
the house managers’ association. An ex-president of the associa
tion. Lloyd Sherrill, is in charge of the survey and he is working
in conjunction with the school of business administration and
John M. Rae, associate professor of business administration, who
has made a special study of the problem.
The usual object of co-operative buying and similar ideas
have been abandoned by the leaders of the project and they will
attempt to go even deeper into the problem and compile infor
mation which will be of much greater benefit to the living
groups. The primary objective of the research is to reduce liv
ing expenses and to improve physical conditions of the organiza
tions. The problem is a big one and many groups should wel
come assistance in the matter.
Common sense tells us that the expense of living is an en
tirely separate thing from the secrets of the ritual and that
every member of the organization is entitled to know just how
efficiently his house is being run. In the past people who have
attempted to make smaller surveys have had much trouble in
securing reliable information about the conditions of the houses.
The tacts obtained in this new project will be kept entirely
secret as to their sources and only general figures will be re
leased.
If the attempt is to be successful it will be necessary for
the living groups to co-operate with those in charge of the
survey. The results obtained from the study will be of great
value to every organization and every organization should lend
its support to the project.
If same of the pictures of Russian daily life as painted in
the releases from the government were only true, who would
care to remain here ?
A girl ha- just assisted her boy partnei stage a holdup at
a Portland garage. The night watchman was tied with strips
from a pair of pajamas Well, girl friends an good for a
few things, anyway.
CAMPUS ♦
ALENDAR
OREGANA SCHEDULE
(All group pictures at east en
trance of Condon hall.)
Thursday
Freshman debaters, men and
women, 12:44; Friars, 12:45.
Friday
Pi Sigma, 12:44; Beta Gam
ma Sigi ;a, 12:45.
Reservations
Call Gregana office, local 278.
Tonight Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt will
give a dramatic reading of “The
Green Pastures,” at the Guild the
atre at % o’clock. There will be
i no admission charge.
—
j Temenids will hold a short busi
ness meeting at the Craftsman
club at 7:30. All members be
present.
Christmas seal money must be
| turned in at the dean of women's
| office not later than Friday.
! Town Girls’ club will meet to
morrow afternoon at 4 in room
110, Johnson. All Eugene girls
j be present.
Freshman women's debate squad
■ will meet at 4:45 today in room
j 2, Friendly hall.
| Greater Oregon committee will
hold a meeting this afternoon at
4:30 in room 110, Johnson hall.
Very important. All members
must be present.
Frosh Commission mass meeting
today at the Alpha Chi Omega
house at 4 o’clock. All freshman
girls are cordially invited.
Freshman men’s debate squad
will meet today at 5:15 in room
2, Friendly hall.
Master Mason meeting will be
held at the Craftsman club this
evening at 7:30.
Allied Art League council meets
today at 2 o’clock in the lecture
room of the Art building.
Phi Beta, members and pledges,
will meet at Alpha Xi Delta today
at 3:45.
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♦ THE WETFOOT ♦
"ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FOOT TO PRINT”
WE'RE SITTING HERE AT
THE PRESENT MOMENT IDLY
CONTEMPLATING A BOTTLE
OF ARSENIC AND A BUTCHER
KNIFE. WE HAVE JUST
LEARNED THAT THE LAST
PAPER WILL BE FRIDAY IN
STEAD OF THURSDAY. YOU
KNOW', THE LAST STRAW.
ALSO WE JUST LEARNED BY
DEVIOUS SOURCES THAT A
CERTAIN ENGLISH PROF.
CRITICIZED OUR POETRY. HE
INTIMATED THAT IT WAS RI
DICULOUS. THAT’S THE FIRST
WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT
THAT WE’VE HEARD THIS
YEAR.
* *
UNIVERSITY TRAGEDY
The Eugene hoy who spent
weeks writing chem formulas all
over his cords in preparation for
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ROOMS Very desirable and in
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his exams, only to find that his
mother had washed them.
* * *
EPITAPH
Here lies dear roomie,
Spare your song;
He grits his teeth
All night long.
* * *
We’ll now all join in that touch
ing old ballad: “Be true to your
teeth and they’ll never be false to
you.”
* * *
And what’s this we hear ru
mored about Prof. Lesch getting
his pantsleg torn trying to stop
a dogfight in the College Side yes
terda> ?
* * *
It seems to us that dog is for
getting its place when it starts
renting its master’s trousers.
AND NOW COMES THE
CHEERING NEWS THAT DOC
SPEARS IS TO REMAIN AT
OREGON DURING THE NEXT
FOOTBALL SEASON. THIS
MEANS THAT THE EMERALD
WILL SAVE MONEY NEXT
YEAR, BECAUSE THEY WON'T
HAVE TO PUT OUT ANOTHER
SPECIAL EDITION WELCOM
ING THE NEW COACH.
WE HEAR THAT THE KAPPA
SIGS HAVE STARTED A BEARD
GROWING CONTEST WHICH
WON T TERMINATE UNTIL EX
AMS ARE OVER. A NOVEL
METHOD OF HANDSHAKING.
THEY INTEND TO PRESENT
SOFA PILLOWS TO THE
PROFS.
* * *
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AND THEN THEBE HAS THE
SCOTCHMAN WHO KICKED AT
T1IE EOW'EK BUS KATES BE
CAl'SE HE CLAIMED HE
COULD NOT SAVE SO MUCH
BV WALKING.
* * *
Wo road 111 the Idaho paper that
it has boon ostimatod that every
time a [>erson outs class it costs
him $15.
Vo Hods! Will no one do any- !
thins to hoop our athletes from
going bankrupt before they leave
college ?
DANCE
1 ”>• a,
Through,. ,the^ Holiday
Season
Inverness Grille
U. of O. Nite
FRIDAY, DEC. 26
Make your reservations now
for fraternity parties.
[The grille w ill be open on j
the following nights
Dec. 19, 20, 25. 26, 27, 31
and
Jan. 1, 2, 3
CALL
.kufieUl L)47—Trinitv 1424!
I_I
A POEM
Sing a song of athletes,
Physiques and many stripes;
And four and twenty profs,
All busy teaching pipes.
Football it was over—
Exams were looming fast;
All the brawny heroes
Began attending class.
They all attended class—
It was against the rule,
And the children laughed to see
An athlete in school.
* * *
MAYBE VVE GOT OUR PAR
ODIES MIXED UP, BUT THE
POINT REMAINS THE SAME.
MANY RELIGIONS ARE
CHOSEN BY STUDENTS
(Continued from Fage One)
figures would tend to show that,
contrary to the opinion held by
some, attendance at the Univer
sity does not influence religious
tendencies adversely. The 55 not
holding a church preference is
ibout 12 per cent of the total class,
while in the freshman class the
110 is only a slightly smaller per
cent.
LOW
ROUND
TRIPS
OVER
CHRISTMAS
via
OREGON
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TO POINTS IN OREGON,
WASHINGTON, IDAHO
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Tickets on sale December IS
to 25, inclusive; return limit
January 6, 1931.
Albany .$ 2.10
Astoria 9.60
Bend . 17.05
Corvallis . 1.80
Gearhart 10.40
Portland . 5.10
Prineville . 16.15
Redmond . 16.25
Salem . 3.10
Seaside . 10.50
Spokane 23.05
White Salmon 9.95
Yakima .... 19.70
Tickets, reservations, further
information, etc.—
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From Other •
COLLEGE
• CIRCLES
A • little blonde Oregon State
rookess, intense with interest dur
ing a telephone conversation, cas
ually, and perhaps unthinkingly,
pressed the buzzer for every girl
in the house. Soon she had a large
audience — still the conversation
continued. Utterly intoxicated
with the thrill of her lengthy mes
| sage, she emerged from the booth
into the stern arms of her disci- '
plining sisters. Perhaps this adds
support to the man who declares
that "college life for the woman
is just a whirlpool of men and
telephone calls.”
* * *
Speaking of cutting classes, the
Idaho Argonaut carried a story
last Tuesday estimating the value
of one day of classes at $14. This,
they say, is figured in addition to
the worth, $9 per day, of a high
I school and grade education. The
article goes on to say that 73.63
per cent of those listed in “Who’s
! Who in America” are college grad
: nates. Thirty per cent of these
had degrees above that of B.A.
Chuck Carroll, former Univer
sity of Washington halfback, was
tackled hard late last Sunday
when an automobile struck him as !
he was leaving another car. He !
suffered only a broken wrist bone |
rnd several bruises. However, he :
,vas forced to the “bench.” The :
vehicle which struck the former
lll-American darted into the dark
ness. We don’t know who recov
sred the bail.
t'ow With Window to Die
Penn State Jessie II, the second
“cow with a window” in her stom
ach, has become the mother of a i
calf, and has received her death
warrant.
Coincident with the announce-'
ment of the arrival of Jessie’s j
daughter, the Penn State college
vitamin research officials said they
had decided sufficient experiments
had been conducted through the
opening in Jessie’s stomach and as
soon as the calf is weaned, the
walking vitamin laboratory would
be consigned to a butcher.
OREGON CONTESTANT
GOES INTO FINALS
(Continued from Page One)
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The division examination at Spo
kane started yesterday and will
3e finished today. Four Rhodes
■wards will be given in this divi
sion under a new plan started this
fear. The members of the division
examining board will quiz the 12
iontestants on the grasp and anal
ysis of knowledge gained in their
:ollege courses, and their powers
to think and express their views
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