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THE OREGON WEEKLY Published every Monday during the college year by the students cf the UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, by mail ...................... One year, by copy ...................... Single copy ................................. b b Editor-in-vniv*. $1.00 $1.00 $ .05 cent of the ’09 girls are engaged in ing is not w o rth y of a college student. It is a com m endable th in g to work stu d en t enteprises. F orty-five and one half per cent of stro n g ly for and to praise o n e ’s frie n d s ; the S eniors take part in student a c tiv but it is n o t a com m endable ch a racter ity. O f the Sophom ore class 65 per istic to d isp ara g e o n e ’s foes by exag cent of the boys and 11 per cent of g erated sta te m e n ts. L et us all re the g irls are devoting th eir ex tra tim e m em ber th a t “o u r friends are usually to the stu d en t body. F ifty-tw o and about half as good as we th in k they one-half per cent of the F reshm an boys are and th a t o u r enem ies are usually and six and on-third per cent of the about half as bad as we deem them ." In electio n eerin g , if it is done, let us girls are identified with stu d en t activ- be fair and im p artial. T h e re never was ity. S tu d en t work in the sense as used a tim e w hen th e U n iv ersity of O regon by the a u th o r of this article is taken needed h arm o n y am o n g her students to m ean anv one of the follow ing so m uch as she does at present. A of college life— holding a s tu split, a q u a rre l am o n g us w ould be dis L et us forget all personal dent rice, represening the U n iv ersity a stro u s. in any line of student activ ity or tr y p reju d ices in th is election and vote ing for such a place, c o n trib u tin g to p u rely and sim ply for th e best man. stu d en t periodicals, or doing any sort L et us all be bro ad enough to cast a- of general work for the A ssociated side individual in terest for the good of the U n iv ersity . S tudents. Thomas'' R. T o w n sen d ...................... ’09 Assistant Editors Nieta H a rd in g ................................... ’09 Merle R. Chessman .......................... ’09 Earl F. K ilpatrick.............................. ’09 Pearl J. H a w th o rn e.......................... ’10 Manager “ W hat we need,” very w isely says ’09 W alter M. E a to n ................................ K ilpatrick, “ is not m ore ta le n t; but Assistant Manager more use of t a l e n t ; not m ore tim e, but ’10 A rthur Van Dusen.............................. the dedication of m ore tim e to the Monday May 11, 1908. glory of ( )re g o n : not m ore stu d en ts, but m ore w ork per stu d e n t.” S T U D E N T HARM ONY. STU D EN T ACTIV ITIES A GOOD E X A M P L E M any y ears ago a wise philosopher estab lish ed as a sure rule of success, th e adage, “ If at first you d o n ’t suc ceed, try , try a g a in .” F o r y ears the old norm has been a household word and a p a rtin g m essage of advice to many a y o u n g son ju s t leav in g his father's fireside to b a ttle w ith t'.e world. F o u r y e a rs ago a freshm an strong of arm and d eterm in ed of nature, en tered the U n iv e rsity of O regon. At once he becam e in te re ste d in athletics and d u rin g his first y ear in college was successful th ro u g h faithful train in g in w in n in g his “ O ’ in th e w eight d ep art m ent of th e O reg o n tra c k team . The next vear he co n tin u ed to train faith fully but w as b eaten o u t in th e tryouts. W ith a com m endable d eterm in atio n he still co n tin u ed to tra in reg u larly and in his th ird y ea r once m ore entered the try o u ts. A gain he w as unsuccessful. T h is year, his fo u rth , th is m an again cam e to the front in th e try o u ts and as a re su lt he will accom pany the team n o rth on the E a s te rn \ \ ashington trip as second place m an in the ham m er th ro w . Men w ho are c o n sisten t, men who have the tru e O reg o n sp irit behind them , such as th is m an has, are the ty p e w ho are needed by o u r U niver sity. N ot on ly on o u r track team is th is grim te n a c ity needed b u t in all d e p a rtm e n ts of s tu d e n t activ ity . Fhe m an w ho will “ try , try again, is "f the ty p e w hich will succeed not onl> in college b u t in th e g re at field of lit'- T he annual stu d en t body elections An in terestin g article on “ Student will be held next W ednesday at w hich Body W o rk ” by Earl F. Kilpatrick in officers will be chosen for the com the A pril edition of the ( )regon M onth ing year. From indications th ere will ly affords much excellent food for be much keen, good n a tu re d riv alry th o u g h t. Mr. Kilpatrick has made a over the offices w here th ere is com pe statistica l stu d y of the num ber of men tition. T hrough it all. how ever, the and wom en in college engaged in the best of friendly feeling ex ists am ong different phases of University activity. the candidates. 'Phis year there are no issues to be He finds th at the small student body at the U n iv ersity of Oregon carries on decided by the election. S tatem en t p ractically as m any activities as many No. 1, the recall sy stem , or the C olum in stitu tio n s with five times the enroll bia River fish bill are o u t of co n sid era m ent. In debate, in oratory, in schol tion. I'he question will resolve itself arsh ip , and on the athletic field, he into a man to m an c o n test. P a rtis a n finds th a t the records of the Univer ship and other p reju d ices will be cast sity rep resen tativ es in these various aside. From indications th e election lilies will m ake a most creditable will be totally devoid of any p erso n a l show ing. ities or im plications. T h e fact is clearly pointed out that It is best that if should be so. \ \ e w hile ( )regon stands pre-em inent in should not try to elect m en or w om en so m any lines of student activity that to student offices in o rd e r th at th ey less than half of the students enrolled may represent any faction. T h e kind in the in stitu tio n have done anything of officers we need are m en w ho are to b rin g th is result about. Only 45' broad enough to rep resen t the w hole per cent of the stu d en ts registered in student bodv, men w ho have show n college are engage I in any work of a that they are fully capable of filling n atu re w hich can be term ed student- die offices fairly for w hich thev body w ork. 54U per cent rem ain in are candidates. different to any en terp rises aside from Now in the m atter of electio n eerin g t hei r col lege c<n, r se. a tew things should be borne in m ind. O f the four college classes the J u n Sometimes we becom e so en th u sed iors n a tu ra lly are the most active'. O nly ove our friends that vve are likely to la te r on. - - eleven "of the male m em bers of this disparage our “ foes” (? ). S om etim es class are not connected with some en there is a desire tQ “ k n ock,” to th ro w E v ery stu d e n t should read the list terp rise. F o rty -fo u r im portant places exaggerated insinuations into one's of o p inions of th e U n iv e rsity bid puh are held by Ju n io r boys. Fifteen per s’atem ents. fh is kind of e lec tio n ee r dished in th e S u n d ay R egister.
