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ON “T H E CO N D U CT O F L IF E .’’ Dr. James Russel, of Columbia Univer sity, Speaks at Assembly on W ednesday. Dr. lam es Russel, Dean of Teachers at C olum bia U n iv ersity , spoke to the stu d en ts at A ssem bly W ednesday, on “ T he C onduct of L ife.” T he address was in the form of a direct appeal to the men and wom en of this institution to take life m ore seriously. Dr. R us sel said, in part : “ O regon has unparalleled o p p o rtu n ities, resources and beauty. No place offers m ore o p p o rtu n ity for usefulness to com ing g en eratio n s. Prodigality be longs to y o uth and if people are w ast ing th eir tim e and chances, the p artic ular branch of tra in in g that higher edu cation is en d eav o rin g to teach them is to correct th is fault. O ne hundred years ago the population was only a few m illion— now it is eighty millions. T he am o u n t th a t a nation can do, de pends upon the pow er of the nation. A few y ears ago the pow er lay in the “ Men are needed who make the fin est use of every opportunity for ad vancem ent in the business world. M e. as a nation, regret that development has come, because men always forget the responsibilities that come with leadership. 'The economical conditions are very bad and the time is soon com ing when com petition will be so keen that they can't increase income at all. “ The average college wofan has no interest in family life and if this con tinues, the college can not last." Dr. Russel strongly condem ns race suicide. “ H igher education is to fit young men and women to take their ordined po sitions in the world and the highest ideal is good living and civilization.” The ( )regon M onthly for March is just out. It is one of the best issues of the year. Pert Prescott's cham pionship oration, an article on Rugby football, a poem by C. W. Robison, are am ong the most m eritorious articles. Miss Alice M acCormick, ex-'O9, has been visiting Miss M iriam V anW aters. PR SID E N T CA M PBELL TA LK S To the Members of the Young Men’s Christian Association on Friday Evening. President Campbell addressed ,the Y. M. C. A. at its m eeting last F ri day on “ S »fibers, G uerillas and Camp- follow ers.” Pursuing the figure of war, the president said: “ In the great social conflict which seem s inevitable, each man must be either a soldier, or a guerilla, or else a cam p-follow er. No one can doubt that a conflict im pends, that there are w rongs which m ust be righted before ultim ate peace can be restored. The hope of victory lies iu virile, practical C hristianity. H ow shall we enlist? If as soldiers we must learn first the pow er that there is in organization, second th at a man must be loyal enough to sacrifice self to the cause. The true soldier fights for the cause regardless of his own wishes or safety. “ T he guerilla is the man of in tel lectual attainm ents who loses principle M EM BERS OF T H E Y. M. C. A.—U PPERCLA SSM EN . April Frolic. physical resources, but now the w ater pow er, anim als, etc., have great pos The voting ladies of the I niversity sibilities th at we can not use until we learn how to tran sm it pow ers— to m an are going to have a frolic at the gym- ansium in the near future. T his is a u facture and to increase pow er. “ E v ery m an is the beg in n in g of a new event in the annals of the col new era— slow ly and steadily he is ac lege and if it proves to be as success q u irin g the faculty of using new pow ful as present signs indicate, it will ers. N ot m any years ago there were probably become an annual occurrence. no specializations in th ? different sci T he entertainm ent is in the form of ences, as now. D em and is so great a “ local talent vaudeville"— with the and o p p o rtu n ity so u n lim ited — we need regular ten-cent adm ission fee, to cover m ore men and wom en for th at work the slight expenses. T his is strictly a ladies’ affair- th a t m akes for p rosperity. 1 which in itself is foreign to the o rd in “ H ow m any young men and women take the tim e to think out th eir own ary custom s of a co-cducational in sti futu re? M ost young men in college tution. think they are there for a good tim e Edwin Newell. '07. is visiting friends and do not wish to seem too serious. M hat the m an is today will determ ine in Eugene. He s em ployed in the of w hat he will be tom orrow and ten fice of the Portland city engineer. y ears from now. M e do not change Posters are out announcing the Y. quickly, but steadily and sy stem atical \Y. C. A. student conference at Sea ly. In college the men to be depended side next June. \Ym. Cake was called to Portland on can be easily picked out and the opinion form ed in college can never last week to attend the funeral of his grandfather, Dr. M m . M. ta k e . be fu n d am en tally changed. in seeking th o u g h t, lie is independent and m istakenly thinks that he can be effective alone, lie n -ver can be fully effective and he is alw ays liable to de generate. Am ong the cam pfollow ers, the lowest class we find such so-called respectable classes as the idle rich and predatory financiers. “ To be truly effective, be a soldier. Enlist in a C hristian organization and strive for the victory which can only come by the unselfish effort of C hris tian men and C hristian w om en.” The A thletic Council met S aturday and ratified the baseball schedule and the nom ination of M. M atson as as; sistant m anager of baseball. The base ball team will play E. I L S . next Fri- dav and W hitm an the week following. The Seattle trip was not approved by the Council. The F ederated Trades Council of Portland recently recom m ended the passage of the 1 niversity appropria tion bill.
