more than a mere hint at the relations
to the public good of only one distm c
tively university function. A bureau
for collecting, tiling, indexing and o r
Published every Monday during the college ganizing all m aterial tor throw ing
year by the students cf the
light upon all questions of com m on
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
w ealth policies is referred to. In it, in
most available and system atic form,
Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene, would be found a record of life changes
Oregon, as second class m atter
of a people. W ith it the principles of
the social sciences could he applied
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tow ards social betterm ent. Such a
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vanced work in politics, economics and
sociology. It supplies facilities for the
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best g rad u ate training. Scholastic work
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in which every stroke is directed to
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social and com m onwealth betteim ent
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inculcates the highest patriotism . Ib is
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collection of organized m aterial is
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student in any part of the state con
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good. T he university has for several
years conducted this line of w oik, but
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no tithe of norm al results are possible
w ithout more adequate support.
A U NIV ERSITY FUNCTION
How such a bureau of research is of
highest service to the people of the
In these days when not a few in
state becom es clear xvith the slightest
< iregon are striv ing with m ight and
glim pse of their com m onwealth in te r
main to relegate I diversity service and
ests. T o illu stra te : G rand m aterial
activities to the lim bo of the useless
stru ctu re s are being built in the dif
and the more or less senseless luxuries
which max * he affected hv * a few snob- ferent parts of the state and g ia m k i
lush trillers it behooves those who see «»lies will be in the years to come, but
things as they are in the m atter of these in their planning ami purpose are
the distinctive and fundam ental ser as but hovels in com parison with the
vice of the U niversity to the com m on proportions and ad ju stm en ts in the
good of the people of ( )regon to "speak stru ctu re of the com m onw ealth itself.
o u t.” L ittle, of course will be the ef G reat and increasingly intricate are the
fect of any degree of light upon those private and the quasi-public corpora-
THE OREGON WEEKLY
who will not see. An exam ination of
the stake a people have in their uni
v ersity in o ur rapidly developing civ
ilization is alw ays in order. The special
stress in the present situation of the
u n iv ersity is only a lesser occasion tor
proposing this inquiry. Any prim e
agency for keeping civilization, with
its m odern bew ildering com plexities
ami its exigent dem ands for the last
results of science, plumb and stro n g
ami m oving upw ard needs be fully u n
d erstood in this dem ocratic O regon. In
o rd er that anx agency that has vital
relations to the general development
m ay yield a full measure of good it
must of necessity be strengthened ami!
ad ju sted to m eet the dem ands of en
larging sphere and responsibilities. Rv-i
erv prim e and perm anent agency in
the m aking of a greater O regon must
grow in poxver as O regon groxvs. The
question then narroxvs down to the in
quiry: Are the distinctively university
functions requisite for realizing the
best for the Oregon that is to be?
L im itatio n s of space forbid anything
S tate itself -must "hold it over them
in power, in adjustm ents, and, above
all. in the purpose of its existence.
Noble work lias been done by the
church, the private school, the club and
o th er associations, yet these are but
m olding the ch aracters th at are to
have their largest and deepest lile in
the com m onwealth. T he S tate neces
sarily and norm ally in the past lim ited
itself io crude negative purposes. 'The
conditions of the present and future
call for a far different role. O th er com
m onw ealths in their public policies arc
meeting these condition". Shall O re
gon as highly favored as any in her
population ami in her reso” r c< s re
nounce her heritage of destiny?
A
people that have given hostages to
democrat'} as the O regon people have
can least afford to disperse xvith a b u r
eau of social and political research at
their university. At the university, if
anyw here, must be the focus of the
creative mind of the S tate. T here m ust
he organized the guides to experience
w here m en are train ed at the sam e tim e
the m aterials are shaped.
F. G. YOUNG.
AN A C TIV E^C A M PA IG N
'l'lie A lum ni
cam paign
com m ittee,
consisting of C. N. McArthur,
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len II. E ato n , ’0 2 ; El. I. K eeney, ’97;
H om er 1). A ngell, ’00; and L ew is R.
A lderm an, ’98, ap p o in ted by the A lum
ni A ssociation last Ju n e, to w age an
active cam paign for the p assage of the
U niversity a p p ro p ria tio n bill at the
com ing election, has had several m eet
ings, and has o utlined a plan of cam
paign th a t is bound to b rin g results.
'l'lie law m akes it the d u ty of the
S ecretary of S tate on th e 55th day be
fore election to mail to every voter in
the state a copy of all m easures to be
voted upon u n d er the in itiativ e and
referendum , to g e th e r xvith arg u m en ts
for or a g a in st such m easures.
I he
Alum ni C om m ittee has prepared a
stro n g line of a rg u m e n t in su p p o rt of
the ap p ro p riatio n bill and the same
will be tiled w ith the S ecretary of State
next S atu rd ay . T h e cost of p rin tin g
the a rg u m e n t xvill am o u n t to about
$350.00 w hich am o u n t has already
been subscribed by the friends of the
U niversity. T h e enem ies of the I ni-
versity xvill, of course, p re se n t their
side of the case in th e sam e pam phlets.
T he law req u ires the s ta te to pay for
the binding of the p am p h lets and also
the postage. T h e expense of printing
the arg u m en t is bo rn e by the in terest
ed parties.
T h e A lum ni C o m m ittee expects to
w age a very vig o ro u s cam paign for the
passage of the bill, especially through
the new spapers of the state.
th e re
will be a lot of circu lar letters, special
editions of new sp ap ers, personal let
ters, speeches, re so lu tio n s and othei
cam paign featu res th a t will educate
the people to the needs of the U niver
sity.
Mr. M cA rthur, ch airm an of the com
m ittee. will devote the g re a te r part of
his tim e betw een now and June 1 to
the cam paign for th e bill. M r. A ldei-
m an and M r. R ato n will do the same.
C lerks and ste n o g ra p h e rs will be em
ployed at an early date. Alum ni in
all p arts of the s ta te a re offering then
services and w hen a good organization
is once perfected, th e cam paign xxil
begin in earn est.
DON’T FORGET THIS
N ext F rid ay evening, in \ illard llall.
the annual co n test to select the orat r
who shall re p re se n t th e E nixersit}
O regon in th e S ta te Intercollegiate
cantest will be held. At this t*nR L*
o ra to rs xvill com pete. 1 hey are.