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.