cates very clearly th at a much larger lose her track m eets th is season.
F lushed w ith th e successes of past
sum of m oney could be used to advan
tage. W ith a little assistance a great years m any O reg o n a th le te s do not
take conditions in serio u s vein. This
Published every Monday during the college m any stu d en ts could go on and com
year by the students cf the
plete th eir college courses, who are is especially tru e of th e m em bers of
H ere
especially
now obliged to drop out on account of the low er classes.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
lack of funds. W hen it is taken into 1 should w ork be done consistently.
N early all of the re m a in in g sta rs on
Entered at Eugene postofticc at Eugene, account th a t at least 65 per cent of the
young men of the U niversity are w ork O re g o n ’s tra c k a g g re g a tio n will com
Oregon, as second class matter
U n iv ersity career this
ing th eir w ay through the I niversity, plete th e ir
eith er w holly or in part, it will readily sp rin g and th en T ra in e r H a y w a rd will
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
One year, by mail ..................................... $1.00 be seen th at the urgent need of a small have to depend e n tirely upon the ma-
One year, by copy ..................................... $1.00 loan m ay very frequent arise.
1 terial which can be found in the three
Single copy ................................................ $ .05
It is difficult for those not fam iliar rem ain in g classes.
in the w eig h ts we will be weak next
with the life of U niversity stu d en ts to
E ditor-in-C hief.
realize the difficulties under which they year. Z ach arias and G ard n er will grad
T h o m as R. T o w n s e n d ........................’09
j labor. ( )ne man who was g rad u ated uate. leaving only tw o m en who have
A ssistant E d ito rs
! with high honors eight years ago and train ed at all to handle th e discus, shot
N ieta H ard in g ....................................... ’09
i has since served the state in an official ¡ and ham m er. T h e re is p len ty of ma
M erle R. C hessm an .............................’09
capacity entered the U niversity with terial for w eight men in college as well
E arl F . K ilp a tr ic k ................................. ’09
■ less th an $10.00 in money. A nother as plenty of m aterial for the other
P earl J. H aw th o rne .............................’10
walked across the m ountains and com e v e n ts; b u t in th e w eig h ts and h u r
M anager
dles new m en m ust be developed this
W a lte r M. E a t o n .................................... 09 m enced w ith fourteen round dollars. season if O reg o n is to asp ire to athletic
T h is class of am bitious young men are
A ssistant M anager
! h o nors in y ea rs to com e.
A rth u r V an D u se n ................................ ’10 deserving of help and should have it.
T h ere is no m ore tim e left for pro-
In the in terestin g pam phlet P resi
dent Cam pbell outlines the plan of the Í crastin a tio n . A th letes of all classes
I M 1 S T get to w ork at once and M U ST
U
niversity
for
securing
a
larg
er
loan
M onday, April 27, 1908.
fund for needy students. lie lays spec ! w ork c o n sisten tly d u rin g th e rest of
ial stress on the fact th at the loan sy s !the season.
D O N ’T U S E "B IG W O R D S .
T H E LO A N F U N D .
tem is far b etter for the stu d en t than
an o u trig h t gift in the form of a schol
In the M arch num ber of the U n iv er arship in th at it makes the stu d en t
Below we p rin t an ed ito rial which is
sity of O regon Bulletin which has just feel less com punction in accepting it ‘not original alth o u g h we agree with the
been issued, President P. L. C am pbell and ow ing to the fact th a t a loan fund sen tim en t contained th erein . O ne of
discusses “ S tudent Loan F u n d s.” A will constantly grow as each am ount is o u r leading exchanges took occasion to
sh o rt h isto ry of the loan system at the paid back with interest and therefore p rin t it recently, so we are assistin g in
U niversity o f < )regon is given show ing much more good can be derived by suc p assin g it on. T h e W eek ly hopes that
that at present there is in the fund ceeding generations desirious of secur all stu d e n ts will carefu lly stu d y out
a total of $906.00. T h e project was ing a higher education.
the exact m ean in g which the selection
started in 1901 and has since grow n
in ten d s to convey.
slowly. T he largest c o n trib u to r to the
AN A D M O N IT IO N
“ In p ro m u lg a tin g
your
esoteric
fund since its organization has been
co g itatio n s, or a rtic u la tin g your sup
Hon. R. A. Booth, of E ugene. O th er
O nly about three weeks rem ain u n erficial sen tim en talities and am icable,
co n trib u to rs have been Mr. A. S. R ob til the big annual track m eet betw een ' philosophical or psychological observa
erts, o f The D alles; Mr. W illiam S. O regon and (). A. C. O nly four days tions, bew are of p la titu d in o u s ponder-
Ladd, o f P o rtlan d ; and the g ra d u a tin g rem ain until the F resh m an m eet with lo sity . Let y o u r co n v ersatio n al com
class of 1904.
Portland High School. Both u n d e r m u nications possess a clarified concise
In addition to the above am ount the classm en and upper classm en have a ness, a com pacted com prehensibileness,
O regon F ederation of W om en’s C lubs very short tim e left to get into shape ' coalescent co n sisten sy , and a concaten-
has established a special loan fund at for the com ing m eets.
! ated cogencv. E schew all conglom er-
the U niversity o f O regon, to be used
O re g o n ’s chances on the track this ' at >ns of flatulent g a rru lity , jejune bab-
exclusively for women. At present y ear are not of the best. T h e recent U b.ur.uit, and asinine affections. Let
there is about $250 in the hands of the n ■ t at Columbia U n iv ersity was won o u r ex tem p o ra n eo u s d ecan tin g s and
caretaker. T he am ount will be s te a d ’ v a very small m argin of points. T he u n p rem ed itated e x p a tia tio n s have intel
ily increased from year to vear.
\g ric s are com ing to E ugene on M ay ligibility and veracious vivacity, with-
Both the above funds have proven a ’2 to try and m ake the n um ber of out rh o d o m o n tad e o r th raso n ical bom
boon to needy O regon students. Since »“ inis difference still less and if pos- bast. S edulously avoid all polysyllabic
th eir estab lish m ent tw enty-five s tu -ob1 • to reverse the situ atio n and car- p ro fu n d ity , pom pous p ro lix ity , psitta-
d ents have been enabled to rem ain in rv home the state cham pionship.
ceous vacuity, v en trilo q u ial verbosity
college by tak in g advantage of sm ill
Some O regon
men have trained and v an ilo q u en t vapidity. Shun double-
loans v ary in g in am ount from $8.00 to !aithfully this season, while o th ers en ten d res, p ru rie n t jo co sity , and pesti
$100.00.
\ s vet only one sm all loss have not taken track w ork at all ser- ferous p ro fan ity , o b scu ra n t or apparent.
has been suffered and there is a good
c L ami as a consequence O regon In o th e r w ords, talk plainly, briefly,
possibility that this will yet be m ade
a h lc‘, • are by no m eans “ in the n a tu ra llv , sensibly, tru th fu lly , purely.
up.
oink o f condition.” U nless m ore w ork ¡K een from “ sla n g ,” d o n ’t p u t on airs;
P resident C am pbell says that the e x — more consistency is m an ifested — l sav " h a t vou m en : m ean w hat you
perience of the past tw o y ears indi-
n will stand a good chance to say.
' nd don't use big w ords!
THE OREGON WEEKLY