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THE OREGON VVrrkl V into Htiy lengthy discussion ol the af fair which is sure to create ill feeling. ____________ 'l'lie m atter is now settled and the less said about it, the better it will be, for Published every Monday during the college all concerned. year by the students of the UNIVERSITY OF OREGON T H IN K IT OVER Few stu d en ts realize how hard it Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter will be for O regon to win on the track subscription One S by copy rates this year. Secure in the hope of a I cham pionship team, many have neg " tlx » | lected to fiK“ re ollt Just what are tlle Single copy ................................................... $ .05; chances for such a team. learn in g m ust go begging. W ash in g ton gives m ore m oney to one of its in stitu tio n s th an the S tate of O regon gives to them all. W e have no norm al ap p ro p riatio n , and now the opponents of a h ig h er education w ould like to cripple th e U n iv ersity . O regon should have th e first place p ro v id in g for its schools, instead of tra ilin g at the end. W e are c e rta in ly able to give a lib eral a p p ro p ria tio n to all those insti tu tio n s w hich stan d for education and e n lig h ten m en t. H e re ’s o u r heartiest w ishes to th e U. of O . th a t she will obtain the ap p ro p riatio n so m uch need ed .''— ( ). A. C. B arom eter. Plie above clipping from the O re gon A g ric u ltu ra l C ollege B arom eter is hut one in stan ce w hich show s the friendly feeling which now exists be tw een th e s ta te ’s two educational in stitu tio n . W e have at least found out th at o u r individual success depends upon o u r ab ility to w ork to g eth er in harm ony. In fact, the chances are slighter than m any will be lieve. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF T H O M A S R. TOW NSEND .......................... ’09 It is tru e th a t we have some distance A SSIST A N T EDITORS 09 men this year. But so have o th er col- NIETA HARDING ......................................... MERLE R. C H E S S M A N ............................. ’09 EARL F. KILPATRICK ................................ ’09 ^e^es» as all vyh° saw tlie Pullm an m eet PEARL J . H A W T H O R N E ,.. .. .10 last year know. Nine points in the dis M ANAGER tance runs cannot com pensate for the WALTER M EATON ........................ .’09 assista n t manager .possible loss of twenty-five or th irty ARTHUR VAN dusen ................................... ’10 points in the weights. We have no pole van Iter and few jum pers. A com parison ol the records of the men at Monday, January 20, 1908 ( Iregon and at (). A. C. will show th at, on paper at least, that m eet will A REPLY T H E F IE L D O F A T H L E T IC S be very close. . I N ext vear, with the loss of M oores, In our last issue of the Weekly we .i, • '. . , ,, , T he th ree colleges in the U nited , • Z acharius and Kuvkendall, our chances printed an editorial. “ An Unwise will be still less, if men are not devel S tates h av in g th e larg est enrollm ent M ove,” the sentim ent of which was oped to take the places, which these are H arv ard . V alp araiso and Chicago. that the O rcgon-O . A. C. game should . , . | men will leave vacant in the w eights, These colleges have an atten d an ce of n<»t ,, be moved from the . college cam pus t ,, • over 5000 s tu d e n ts ; M ichigan, M inne . , 1 hurdles and , pimps, to I ortland. I he sentiment is the pre- , .. > * 1 W liether he can run or not, every sota, C olum bia and Illinois, have over vailing one on the part of Oregon s tu Ireshm an should put on a track suit 4000 stu d en ts. M any o th e rs have an dents. \ erv few desire a change from and get to work. Especially the fresh enrollm ent of o v er th ree thousand. the present system of altern atin g the It is no doubt a fact th at will su r men who have four seasons to train. gam es yearly on the college gridirons . , , , . . . ,, should be out to the last man. T he prise m any to see V alp araiso College at (. orv alh s and Eugene. developm ent will be invaluable indi am ong the lead in g in stitu tio n s of the I lie \ arsity Athletic Council went vidually and to the U niversity as well, co u n try in reg ard to num bers. Xine on record S aturday as being stronglv flic ( )regon track team lias furnished stu d en ts out of ten have never heard opposed to the game being taken aw ay strik in g examples of aw kw ard, u n ot the in stitu tio n . It is a fact th at an from the cam pus after next year. From gainly and positively slow freshm en educational in stitu tio n no w d ay s which present indications, it is a settled fact d e v e lo p in g into poin t-w in n in g juniors. takes little part in college athletics is that the 1‘MIS contest with O. A. C. Xo one should allow the rep u tatio n not much talked of. A thletic contests will be fought out on M ultnomah field It is tru e that of men now on the team to keep him ad v ertise a college. in Portland. from trying, They will be gone soon, there are m any evils in the modern Mr. C lifton M cA rthur, who rep re and the men who are to take th eir college ath letic circ le s: hut the insti sented the University of Oregon in tution which p u ts out m en who have places must be developed now. th e recent m eeting of representatives Xo team ever w ins on past re p u ta the am ount of g rit and nerve to win of the tw o institutions at P ortland, tion. It is hard w ork and consistent ath letic co n tests, usually lias a stu lias w ritten to the W eekly a rath er train in g that is victorious. Let ev e ry dent body behind the team s possessed lengthy explanation of his stand in the body get to work, and do it now’. ot an equal am o u n t of fig h tin g spirit m atter, in o rd er that the students of I raining lor track has begun, the gvm and who will he able to m ake strong the U niversity may more fully under is at your disposal, the best tra in e r in men and w om en in th e ir after lile stand conditions, (hi account of its length, we have not printed the r e p lv l’? 1 N o ith w tst ¡> ready to develop all when college da vs are over. .io. w .. eek: h u t i have ----- requested . Mr. that is m von. and old Oregon needs this An ed ito r in S o u th ern O regon has M cA rthur to prepare a som ew hat more your best effort. been arrested and fined $150 for daring condensed statem en t of his reasons COMMENT FROM O. A. C. to criticise. I t ’s a poor rule that wont which we will he glad to print in our w ork both w avs. If an ed ito r can he next, issue. I he State 1,1 of \ " \ asnington ashington gave I !• *s the policy of the Weekly to be $502,000 to their State University : fined tor c ritic isin g his readers, why perfectly fair in all such m atters as Idaho gave $1/9.150. W h at did the can t his read ers he fined for criticis this one and we are willing to have S tate of ( Iregon give to o u r S tate U ni ing him. T hink it over. both sides discussed briefly. W e do versity.' It is a very deplorable state P rofessor Ltiella C lay C arson spent not consider it wise, however, to enter ot affairs when the in stitu tio n s of thè last of thè w eek in P ortland.
