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 ,..
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.10 last year know. Nine points in the dis
M ANAGER
tance runs cannot com pensate for the
WALTER M EATON ........................
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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.
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I N ext vear, with the loss of M oores,
In our last issue of the Weekly we
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T he th ree colleges in the U nited
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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
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| 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
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over 5000 s tu d e n ts ; M ichigan, M inne
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hurdles
and , pimps,
to I ortland. I he sentiment is the pre-
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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 .
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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.