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
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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,
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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
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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.