THE OREGON WEEKLY
Published every Monday during the college
year by the students cf the
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
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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
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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. -
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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.