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About The Oregon weekly. (Eugene, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1908)
N EW CO URSES A RE O F F E R E D A rally such as we had the other d u ties for which she w ould be well p rep ared if she had had a chance to night will be a fitting celebration to stu d y dom estic science, but which may m ark the an n iv ersarv of the beginning seem difficult to her if she does not 'o f a g re a te r O regon. u n d erstan d the art. G IR LS IN O FFIC E. T he pioneer in this field in the U ni v ersity of O regon is Miss ('.race P a r 'That girls are capable of filling s tu ker, '07, who after having studied do dent body offices is show n by the ef m estic science p rivately, is now m atron ficiency of the work done d u rin g the of the b o y s’ dorm itory successfully fill past y ear bv those holding positions. ing the difficult position. T here are not many offices open to new courses to be given next year, g iv ing the new stu d e n ts a w ider ran g e of choice, and also offering m ore w ork for p o st-g rad u ates. them , consequently there are a num ber of good candidates for these places. In our recent election, six girls were elect ed to stu d en t body offices. Ruth H ansen, 10, was chosen editor- in-chief of the ( )regon M onthly, to suc- Dr. C loran has th ree new advanced courses in F rench and one in Spanish and Italian, beside one in “ T ea ch in g of French and S p an ish .” D r. S chm idt is offering a sim ilar course in G erm an, be side three o th er advanced courses. A N EW CUSTOM H ereafter, the rally and celebration is to be an annual affair, occuring on June the first in com m em oration of the triu m p h of the U niversity and higher For Next Year by the Various De partm ents of the U niversity of Oregon A lm ost every d e p a rtm e n t is offering ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + * ❖ ❖ ❖ * * ❖ * ❖ * ❖ ❖ •fr * * 'l l IF W E E K L Y B A N Q U E T In appreciation of the co n sisten t work of the year, the hard -w o rk in g m em bers of th e O reg o n W eekly staff were tendered a banquet at ( )tt >’s F riday night. C overs were laid for tw elve and an elab o rate and delicious menu was served. T hose presen! w * *e X ie,a H arding, W innie Cock *rline, M iriam \ an W aters, H a rrie t Lane, Hazel M cX air, Agues Beach, A rth u r V an Dusen, T. R. T ow nsend, Merle C hessm an, W alter E aton, E arl K il patrick. ( din A rnspiger. education over its enem ies. The g ran t- ing of the increased appropriation m eans o p p o rtu n ity for the grow th ami expansion that will fulfill the fond > c hopes of its friends. Not only d >es it prom ise well for the U niversity, bti' the whole state will receive direct ben efit from having an efficient in s titu tion of higher education. B etter equipm ent, m ore buildings, and a larg er teach in g force will invite ceed M iriam Van W a te rs, '08, and is well qualified to m aintain the high stan d ard of the paper, as she has show n by the good wo:k she has done on the faff the past year. H er three fem inine is d s ta n ts h iv e already proved their ta 'e n t, Jennie Lilly, ’10, by a series of bright essays in the M onthly, X eta B artlett, 'l l , and M arian Stow e, 'l l , bv excellent illu stratio n s for different col- leRe Xieta H ard in g . W . the new secretary, who is the only girl on the executive com m ittee, has been society editor of the W eekly. H arriet Lane (>». was elected for th is position tor which she is well qualified. ❖ ❖ ♦ 4» ❖ * * ♦ * * * * Prof. S w eetser is giving, for the bell efit of the teacher, “ School H y g ien e.” p r S chafer is «rung to offer tw o new courses, at least, one on the D iplo- m atic H isto ry of O reg o n , and one on Pacific Slope H isto ry . T h ere is to be a change in the geol ogy d e p a rtm e n t, le n g th e n in g o u t one sem ester course, and ad v a n cin g H is torical G eology. T he D ep artm en t of E ducation will have a n u m b er of new courses p rim a r ily for the help of fu tu re teachers, while P hilosophy and E th ics will have p ra c tically the sam e courses. m ore stu d en ts and it is safe to count on an enrollm ent of a thousand in a few years. M any who now go to u n iv er sities in o th er states to get the benefit of b e tte r equipm ent will not need to <1 > O th e r d e p a rtm e n ts will add to th eir so any longer. ( )regon will educate Rea I tter. a alum nus of Salem H igh w ork also. A lto g eth er, th e courses her ow n sons and d au g h ters and will School, visited F rid ay w ith H arv ey offered are the m ost a ttra c tiv e the U ni keep them loyal to herself. M. S later at the Dormitory. versity has ever presented.