The Oregon weekly., March 09, 1908, Image 4

THE OREGON
WEEKLY
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
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A ssistant E d ito rs
N ieta H arding ....................................... ’09
Merle R. Chessm an .............................’09
E arl F. K ilp a tric k ................................. ’09
Pearl J. H aw thorne .............................’10
M anager
W alter M. E a t o n .................................. ’09
A ssistant M anager
A rth u r Van D u sen ................................ '10
Monday, M arch 9, 1908.
gether it is the main object of the class
which acts as host to see th at every
person is introduced to every o th er
person and to see that not only s tu ­
dents meet students ; but that also s tu ­
d e n ts m eet faculty. Short speeches
and toasts, are often delivered and u s­
ually the college glee clubs and yell
leaders are in evidence.
In th is way the students, who, d u r­
ing the rem ainder of the m onth are
separated, are all brought into one
organization and college enthusiasm is
kept up. A fter football season is over
there is alw ays a tendency for college
spirit to die dow n, and so the "College
H our" practice has proven a great
boon in keeping this necessary elem ent
up to the right standard.
M any universities in the W est have
taken up the plan. Almost every in sti­
tution in the N orthw est is now consid­
ering the plan. It is needless to say
that it would be well for O regon s tu ­
dents to think it over. If we can get
get any plan which will make us more
dem ocratic, m ore broad and more en ­
thusiastic over the C niversitv of ( )re-
gon. we w ant it by all m eans.
B R A IN A S S O C IA T IO N
A CO LLEG E HOUR.
Prof. W ilder of Cornell U n iv ersity ,
who several years ago organized a
brain association has now about tw e n ­
ty hum an brains on file. T he qualifi
cations for m em bership to the o rg a n ­
ization are that the applicant m ust be­
queath his brains a fte r death to the
society for purposes of research and
investigation. For m any years the
medical departm ent of Cornell U ni­
versity experienced great difficulty in
securing normal brains for study until
it length Prof. W ilder saw a possible
solution to the situation in the form a-
ion of the society which includes even
such noted personages as Gold w in
Sm ith. One m em ber of the facultv of
he U niversity of O regon has be-
pieathed his brains to the association
ind states that he will secure applica-
ion blanks for any stu d en t who w ishes
to do likewise. W ho will be the first?
A very few years ago a sm all col­
lege in the East inaugurated the cus-
H our."
toill know n as "the College
T he idea has since spread until d u r­
ing the past year almost every u n iv er­
sity in the co untry has at least discuss­
ed it ami in most cases the residt of
the discussion has been very favorable
to the plan started by the eastern in­
stitu tio n .
T he custom originated in the col­
lege m entioned to prom ote dem ocracy,
broadm indedness ami good wholesom e
college spirit. T he results have been
that the fundam ental desires of the
o rig in ato rs have been am ply satisfied
by the o rganization. A more dem o­
cratic feeling, a better and broader u n ­
d e rsta n d in g betw een college facultv
and stu d en ts and a far better college
spirit has been found to have been the
sequel to the organization.
T H E IN D O O R M E E T .
Briefly o u tlined the "College H our"
is as follow s: O nce a month the fac­
I he I niversity s first indoor m eet
ulty ami stu d en ts of the U niversity get which was held at the arm o ry last F ri­
to g eth er in an inform al gathering. The day evening was a great success, both
g a th e rin g is alw ays held on the col­ trom the standpoint of the sp ectato rs
lege cam pus.
U sually the affair is and trom the stan d p o in t of the m an ­
presided over by one of the four classes agers. It is the intention of the de­
of the in stitu tio n which observes the partm ent ot physical instruction to
practice. Very often the affair is held make such a meet an annual event
in the college gym nasium where no hereafter.
o th er large hall is suitable. Everv
I rat.k M anager Bean whose energy
student and every member of the fac­ ami enterprise m ade the event a su c­
ulty is invited to be present. Once to- cess cleared a n eat sum o f m onev
which he will no dou b t be able to
find use for before th e V a rs ity track
season has ended.
T ra in e r
H ay w ard also deserves
great credit for his w ork in connection
w ith the m eet. T he sh o w in g m ade bv
som e of the new men w ho have been
under his in stru ctio n b u t a half year,
is quite en co u rag in g .
T o Mr. J. O . W a tts , w ho presented
the silver tro p h ies w hich were p re­
sented to the w inners of the clafcs
1
cro ss-co u n try and class relay races,
and to the m erch an ts of th e city of
E ugene w ho p resen ted th e prizes for
the different events, the s tu d e n ts of the
C n iv ersitv ex p ress g ra titu d e .
The
m erch an ts of E ugene have alw ays su p ­
ported U n iv ersity e n te rp rise s in fine
o rd er and th e ir especial g en ero sity for
this svent is h ea rtily appreciated.
T H E E U T A X IA N S IT U A T IO N
In a n o th e r colum n of the W eekly the
precarious condition of th e E utaxian
W o m an ’s society is discussed at some
length in an ad d ress by Prof. Luella
C lay C arson to the m em bers. T he re­
m arks m ade are quite tim ely and to the
point. It is tim e th a t th e wom en of
the U n iv ersity should show the o r­
g anization a g reat dgal s tro n g e r sup­
port;
W hen the tw o m en ’s o rg an izatio n s
— the L au rean s and the P hilologians—
are both in such flo u rish in g condition
it is tim e th a t the fem inine pride of the
m em bers of the W o m en 's organization
should assert itself. If a little more
energy and in terest w ere displayed by
some of these m em bers w ho have been
prom inent in the w ork in the past, it
is needless to say th a t an era of new
life would be experienced by the so­
ciety. 'I’lie E u ta x ia n society is the
only one of its kind in the U niversity
to which wom en m ay belong. W hy
should o u r wom en
not su p p o rt it?
W’hv this spirit of lassitu d e on the
q u estion? In the halycon days of its
youth the
E u tax ian
society was a
stro n g o rg an izatio n . W h y not bring
it back to its old s ta n d a rd ?
The O regon M onthly w ishes to state
that ow ing to lack of space Mr. M ay s
story, " fh e H ouse of C o n ten t." was
not printed in full. M uch of the beau­
ty of the style w as th u s curtailed. Mr.
M ay is a careful w riter, g iv in g much
atten tio n to the color and rhythm of
w ords. T he M onthly re g re ts that it
was unable to p rin t the sto ry as o rig ­
inally w ritten.
fh e last issue of th e W eekly was
put out by the m em bers of the W eekly
staff under the supervision of Mr.
M erle R. C hessm an.