The Oregon weekly., May 18, 1908, Image 2

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MR. N E IL L M cM ILLA N SPEA K S
E S T A B L IS H E D munication” I resent bitterly; for its
publication I can assign no logical and
To the Young Men’s Christian As­
By the Athletic Council in Regard to fair reason. Under the circumstances
sociation Members L ast W ednes­
I feel obliged to give the student body
the Election of M anagers and
day Evening.
the facts of the case.
Assistants.
The omission was unavoidable.
Mr. Neill McMillan, Jr., a member
A new rule recently adopted by the There simply was not room enough on of the International Committee of
Athletic Council will give all students one page, which was the amount of Young Men’s Christian Associations,
with executive ability an opportunity space given to each fraternity, for the spoke at a special meeting of the local
to become candidates for managerships full chapter roll of the Sigma Nu, which
Y. M. C. A. in Deady Hall last Wed­
and assistant managerships of athletic is larger than that of any other fra­ nesday evening. He spoke in part as
teams. Hereafter the managers of the ternity. If another page had been giv­
follows :
various athletic activities will not be en them, the arrangement of the whole
“A crisis is coming in the world.
given the privilege of choosing an as­ fraternity section would have been
This old world is growing smaller geo­
sistant. Instead the assistant will be thrown out. The names had to be
graphically, socially, and industrially;
chosen by a committee consisting of omitted and as the responsible person
and whether it is held for Christ de­
the president of the University, a Fac­ I am willing to be criticized.
pends upon the men who are to be the
ulty member of the athletic council and
But I do object to the form which leaders and moulders of thought. These
a student member of the same organiz­ the Sigma Nu criticism takes, they
men are in our colleges. It is very in­
were notified some time before the teresting to note that thousands of
ation.
Managers will also be recommended publication of the annual that the
these men are in the Y. M. C. A. They
by the same committee. The commit­ names of their alumni had been omit­
are actively engaged in the work of
tee for 1908 consists of Pres. P. L. ted and the reasons for the omission
this movement, and are especially de­
Campbell, W. L. Hayward and Gor­ were given them. They justly regret­
voting themselves to the study of the
don C. Moores.
ted it but the first word I received of
Any man who wishes to try for a any serious objections came to me in­ Bible.
“The month of June is significant.
managerial position can hand in his directly through one of the sorority
It means to the college man the pass­
name to one of these three men and houses the day before the issue of the
ing of a mile-stone in his life. Battles
can rest assured that it will be given “ Beaver.” I immediately saw Elmer
have been fought. Defeats have been
due consideration.
Paine and again explained the cause of met and success has been won. New
The names should all be in before the omission. I told him that if he
friends have been found, and old ones
the June meeting of the council so that deemed the matter of sufficient im­
have been tested. At this time also
the committee can have ample time to portance I would have the names print­
the college man looks forward to the
discuss the various qualifications be­ ed on a loose leaf and insert it. He
summer months ; to new work and
fore making recommendations.
said that he had not given the matter the drawback of evil associates in un­
Managers of track, baseball, basket­ “much thought,” but that he would
ball and their assistants and also as­ consult the other boys and let me know congenial occupations.
“If men are to be held for Christ it
sistant manager of football will be se­ in the evening if they wished it. I
lected by the committee for recom­ received no notification and the books is also significant that summer confer­
ences are being held by Y. M. C. A.
mendation to the athletic council.
were bound without the names. 1 he
men for training and study. From the
next notice I received was through the
Atlantic to the Pacific, from Maine to
A Communication
columns of the Oregon Weekly.
the Gulf of Mexico, men gather for a
Most people who have a grievance, while each summer in these confer­
An article in the Oregon Weekly of
especially one so easily settled as this ences. Such a conference will be held
day 11, 1908, signed by the Sigma Nu
one, present their cases to the author at Long Beach, Washington, June 13
fraternity, citing an irreparable in-
of it. But the Sigma Nu's did not to 21, and it is up to the men who are
ury, which they claim to have receiv­
adopt this course. They first took it interested in the development of this
'd at the hands of the managing editor
to the above mentioned source and great Northwest to be there.”
>f the Junior Beaver on account of the
then to the student body, and never
»mission of the names of their alumni
approached me about it at all.
Pay your subscription to the Weel
rom that publication, seems to de­
It would seem from the wording of
mand as explanation. If it were not
hat the communication insinuated de- their “communication,” that they car­ of my position and receive all fair crit­
iberate intent on my part, which I can ed more about getting their “griev­ icism, but I do ask all future critics
of the “ Beaver” to reverse the methods
positively assert was not the case, and ance" in print than their alumni.
As a representative of the Junior of the Sigma Nil’s; and to carry their
that the Sigma Nil's have refused to
retract, I would not burden the stu­ class I have done my best to help in objecions first to the staff, then if nec­
dent body by rehearsing this unfortu­ the production of a good annual. I essary, to the student bodv.
Charles MacC. Snow.
nate affair. The nature of the “com­ am ready to assume the responsibility