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glad to su p p o rt o u r c a u se ; but those who have not seen th e ’V a rs ity are not aw are of o u r needs and consequently, u n k now ingly, th e y m ay act contrary to w hat th e y w ould o th erw ise do. If these people are to be inform ed of the V a rsity 's needs, it is th e d u ty of the stu d en ts and alum ni to give the infor Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene, I n the ca s This jast item is not m ation. L et us m ake au effective cam Oregon, as second class m atter I , . , . . .... ~ spoken of lightly. It is a tradition to paign upon o u r friends. be proud of. Never has anv rule been A F E W C O R R E C T IO N S One year, .............. i l . O o M d o w n that smoking shall he pro- One year, by copy ........................................ $100 hihited on the college grounds; but so Single copy ................................................... $ .05| stro n g jias g row n the custom th at now, ( )ur a tte n tio n has been called to the fact th a t th e last issue of the O regon no one will break it. Phe public disgrace, such as that W eekly co n tain ed som e inaccuracies EDITOR-IN-CHIEF THOMAS R. TOWNSEND .............................................. ’091 y y ^ i c h Stanford University is com w ith re g ard to th e p rev io u s career of ASSISTANT EDITORS R obert W . F o rb es, th e new football NIETA HARDING ........................................................... ’09 pelled to suffer in having her affairs MERLE R. CHESSMAN ............................................... ,g l a i r e d through the press of the country coach. EARL F. KILPATRICK ................................................. T he com plete record of the facts is is unfortunate. W e sym pathize g re a t 10 PEARL J . HAWTHORNE,............................................. ly with the students and faculty of the as follow s: M r. F o rb es played guard MANAGER WALTER M. EATON ...................................................... institution. M ay the Universitv of O re and tackle at W e sle y an U n iv ersity in ASSISTANT MANAGER , 1(X)2 and 1903. W esley an is located ARTHUR VAN d u s e n ................................... ’lo g o n never suffer a like disgrace. at M iddleton, C o n n ecticu t and is not T H E A PPRO PRIA TIO N BILL O hio W esleyan. C oach F orbes was Monday, February 24, 1908. elected cap tain of his team for 1904; Since the last issue of the O regon hut did not re tu rn to college. Instead W eekly there have been three public he en tered Y ale, w here th e one year's MORAL STANDING. m eetings which have had an im portant residence rule p re v en ted him from relation to the University appropria- play in g d u rin g his first y e a r in college, N’o little comment has been elicited I tion bill, 'file first meeting was on last and he th ere fo re m ade on ly the “ scru b '’ from the press of the Pacific Coast up M onday in V illard Hall when the vis- eleven. In 1905 he played tackle on 011 the recent ruling of the faculty of itors from Roseburg, C ottage Grove, the Yale ’V a rsity . D u rin g th is year S tanford U niversity in regard to drunk- Springfield and (unction C ity met in he m ade W a lte r C am p ’s A ll-A m erican enness ami the effort of faculty mem I V illard hall at the U niversity and dis second team ; h u t w as a first team man hers to abolish saloons. S tudents of cussed the situation. Judge H am ilton in m any o th e r selections. In 1906 the in stitu tio n regarded the action of of R oseburg pledged the votes of F orbes played end on th e Y ale eleven the faculty very lightly and continued D ouglas county and S outhern O regon and m ade C am p ’s A ll-A m erican first to imbibe as freely as they saw fit, afte’ to the cause of the U niversitv. E ditor team as well as th e m a jo rity of th eo re t the first announcem ent of the new M oorhead of Junction C itv said that ical elevens picked by o th e r critics. He rules. \ com m ittee was then appoint- bis section of Lane countv was unani- g rad u ated from Y ale in 1907 and in the ed by the faculty to deal with the sit • 111011s for higher education and 'Pom sam e fall coached th e W est P oint elev nation and still the students did not Richardson, of the P ortland C otnm er- losc m any n ig hts of s le e p in w orrying cial club said that .Multnomah county en. 'Pints it can be seen th a t he has both played-and coached one year un over the fact that their nights of revel was a unit for the U niversitv. ry were to he cut short. “ W heelbarrow At the second m eeting of citizens at der the new rules. M r. F orbes is a p a rtie s“ were still fashionable until last the court house on W ednesday evening m em ber of the D elta K appa Epsilon week when tw o prominent fratern ità much favorable com m ent was brought F ra te rn ity . not a denom inational college, drunk enness, ribaldry and fast living are frowned down upon. A student of this sort if caught, would be quickly eject Published every Monday during the college ed from the U niversity dorm itory. So year by the students c f the high a respect do the students bear for U N IV E R S IT Y O F OREGON the U niversity, that very seldom is any one disrespectful enough to even smoke THE OREGON WEEKLY men of the college were caught on the out for the U niversitv as was also dis- S tanford cam pus in an intoxicated con- played at the student assem ble last dition. Plic affair was at once taken W’ednesdav m orning. charge of by the com m ittee and the H ere in Eugene we h ear n o th in g but stu d en ts expelled forthw ith. Now those ! favorable reports of the U niversitv. in atten d an ce are satisfied that the fac T hings look very bright for the cause- u lty com m ittee really means business, hut we, as students, m ust rem em ber 'Phis editorial is not w ritten in a th at there are m any voters in the m ore ’holier than th o u ” attitude. N either rem ote districts arc unaw are of does the w riter wish to place the Unt- the work of the U niversitv, or of its versity of O regon in relation to Stan-1 needs. There are m any likewise in the ford U niversity in proportion as the cities and towns w ho are also ignorant Biblical Pharisee stood to the poor oi th e re a l conditions of the I niversitv Publican. Il is not our intention to of O regon. These m ust be inform ed, boast of o u r m orality in com parison Students must send th eir friends all w ith that of o th e rs ; but it is well to over the state, inform ation about O re- call to m ind a few traditions of the Vni- gon. W e must not think that we will versity which m ake any public dis have an easy cam paign. It is true that grace like th at which recently happen- th e m ajority of those who have visited ed at S tan fo rd U niversity, Impossible, the’ buildings and classes of the I n n e r At the I m v ers.ty of Oregon, which is ls ity will, like the R oseburg citizens, be ELECT D ELEGATES Phe m em bers of th e different classes of the U n iv ersity should not forget th at the state In terco lle g ia te o rato ri cal contest' will he held at M onm outh on F riday evening, M arch 13. D uring the afternoon of th is day the annual business m eetin g of the association will he held in the assem b ly room of the )regon S tate N orm al School. 'Phe del egates of the eight colleges of the leag ue will he expected to be on hand t<»r his m eeting. Each college is expected to semi eight d eleg ates— tw o from each class. O re g o n ’s d eleg ates should be picked roin those w ho are likely to be future re p resen tativ es of the U niversity in o ra to ry or d e b a te ; h u t this, however, is not a fixed rule.