The Oregon weekly., April 06, 1908, SPECIAL Y.M.C.A AND Y.W.C.A. EDITION, Image 4

this latter is objected to by m any since
it m akes the canoes harder to handle.
T he placing of air cham bers in the
canoes is a wise precaution and one
which seem s the solution of the canoe
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situation. It would be wise for those
year by the students cf the
stu d en ts vitally interested to suggest
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Monday, April 6, 1908.
MISS Y A R N ELL’S D EA TH .
T he death by drow ning of M iss E dna
Y arnell last W ednesday evening was
a most deplorable accident.
Miss
Y arnell was a student in the U n iv er­
sity School o f Music and was loved
and respected by all who knew her.
T h e prom pt and heroic action of the
stu d en t who saved Miss Y arnell’s com ­
panion at the risk of his ow n life is
w orthy of the highest com m endation.
T h a t the upper part of the m illrace
is not safe for canoeing by persons who
cannot swim was know n as well
before th is accident as afterw ard.
T he catastro p h e of last \ \ ednesdav
will how ever probably deter o th ers
from tak in g risks in what is otherw ise
a safe and pleasurable pastim e.
Since the accident occurred there
has been m uch talk concerning pos­
sible so lutions of the question of ca­
noeing on the mill race. Some wish to
prevent it en tirely, some would put a
six inch keel on all canoes to prevent
sudden u p sets and others would p ro ­
hibit y o u n g women and boys under 15
y ears of age from indulging in the
popular pastim e. Some have even gone
so far as to wish to pass a city o rd in ­
ance p ro h ib itin g canoeing entirely.
T o suit all p arties and still insure
public safety it is essential that som e­
th in g should be done to solve the p ro b ­
lem.
\t the U niversity of W a sh in g ­
ton the sam e situation met the s tu ­
dents w here three stu d en ts w ere d ow n­
ed last su m m er on Lake W ashington.
As a safeguard a regulation was pass­
ed m aking it a requirem ent that all
canoes on the lake should have tw o
air ch am b ers— one in each end. In
som e cases a slight keel is used, but
T H E ANNUAL E D IT IO N .
In keeping with the annual custom
in stitu ted several years ago, the p res­
ent issue of the ( )regon A A eekly a p ­
pears edited by a staff selected fiom
am ong the m em bers of the^ Y oung
M en's and Y oung W om en’s C hristian
A ssociations. In addition to the A.
M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. new s, how ­
ever, it has been the intention to print
as m uch college news as possible.
Since its organization in 1892, the
local organizations, both men s and
w om en’s have grow n annually until
they now take a stro n g part in the
list of stu d en t activities at the U niver­
sity of O regon.
Some people get the m istaken idea
th at the Y. M. C. A. represents a dis­
tinct portion of the student body,
which lives and has its pleasures apart
from the rest of the college and directs
its energies into wholly different ch an ­
nels. A m o m en t’s observation should
be sufficient to dispel this illusion. 1 he
Y. M. C. A. is perhaps the m ost cosm o­
politan and representative o rg a n iz a ­
tion in the U niversity. And it is in a
way the most dependable. AA e find
in all lines of work th at the m en who
do things are Y. M. C. A. m em bers.
T ak in g a birdseye view of a few ac­
tivities we see eleven association men
on the football field, fifteen on the
track, thirteen on the Cdee Club. E v ­
ery man representing O regon in for­
ensics this year is a. A . M. C. A. man.
T he president of the stu d en t body is
also a member.
It is not to be denied th at the right
sort of a Y. M. C. A. m an has a sp ira­
tions and ideas som ew hat different
from those of o th er stu d en ts, but this
rath e r helps than hinders him in his
work along other lines of stu d en t body
activity.
vision of the w orld and its o p p o rtu n i­
ties for unselfish service, and to imbue
them w ith a d eterm in atio n to em brace
those o p p o rtu n itie s.
A N O T H E R C O M M E N D A T IO N
Below is p rin ted a com m endation of
the U n iv ersity and her w ork. Th»
A shland
N orm al
School
believes
stro n g ly in h ig h er education :
“ W e, the m em bers of the stu d en t
body association of the S o u th ern O re ­
gon S tate N orm al school, recognizing
the suprem e necessity and g re a t im­
portance of o u r S tate U n iv ersity in
connection w ith h ig h er education ; its
relation to all secondary schools of the
state, and its general benefit to the
state at large, do h ea rtily endorse the
bill passed at the last leg islatu re ap­
p ro p ria tin g one h u n d red and tw enty-
five th o u san d ($125,000) d ollars for the
m aintenance of the S tate U niversity.
“ T h erefo re, be it resolved, th a t we
do all in o u r pow er to have said ap­
p ro p riatio n su stain ed by th e people at
the com ing Ju n e election.
“ (M IS S ) E M M A S H E R W O O D ,
“ P resident.
“ (M R S .) C L A R A C O R U M
“ S ecretary .’’
IN A P P R E C IA T IO N .
E lsew here in th is issue, the AVeekly
announces the g ift to the U n iv ersity
bv M r. AAebster K incaid, '08, of one
h u ndred or m ore bound volum es of
state and g o v ern m en t records. Such
generous g ifts exem plify the sp irit of
O regon stu d e n ts to w ard th eir alma
m ater. T hose who tak e w ork in the
d ep a rtm e n ts of econom ics and history
have especial reason to app reciate Mr.
K incaid s donation. O n behalf of
these and the in stitu tio n
generally,
the AA'eekly tak es th is o p p o rtu n ity to
th an k Mr. K incaid.
T H E A D V ISO R Y BOARD
O ne of the in stitu tio n s of the Y. W .
C. A. is the ad v iso ry board, an o rg an ­
ization of w om en in a college tow n to
help the college association in its work.
T he U n iv ersity Y. AV. C. A. is fo rtu n ­
ate in h av in g an active and efficient
board. D u rin g M arch and A pril, the
ladies have en te rta in e d the girls of
the
A ssociation w ith a series of de­
Y. M. C. A. C O N FE R E N C E S
lightful teas, in th is w ay adding
Since the g a th e rin g of a group of g re atly to the social life w hich is one
students s o m e years ago at N orthfield, of the aim s of the association at laige.
A irginia, for a sum m er conference, the
JU N IO R B U L L E T IN .
student conference idea has gained
wide support both from stu d e n ts and
T he ed ito r of the W eekly has been
from religions leaders th ro u g h o u t the
requested
to adm onish g en tly those
world. The num ber and personnel of
student conferences an n u ally held in stu d e n ts of the Ju n io r class who have
the United S tates is evidence of the failed to pay 'th e ir class tax for the
place they have come to fill in the work publication of th e Ju n io r Beaver.
F o r m any reaso n s th e m anagers o
of student associations. In fact it is
not too much to say th a t the success the B eaver have had tro u b le this } ear
of student associations in o th er lands in collecting m oney and the tardiness
and the consum m ation of the AA o rld ’s of m any m em bers of th e 09 class as
C hristian Student F ed eratio n has been been a source of m uch w orry. 1° a
made possible th ro u g h the stu d en t con­ leviate this tro u b le and to put the man ­
ferences. T he stro n g leadership, the agers of the B eaver into a happ) moot
goodfellow ship and the serious m edi­ once m ore it is hoped th a t those IlierV
tative work of these conferences are bers w ho have failed to do th eir t u .
calculated to give stu d en ts a broader will pay up.
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