The Oregon weekly., June 07, 1908, FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN'S EDITION, Image 9

and ironing; and very few hire some­ I’agcant an annual
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one to do their mending.
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In these two ways—economizing and bountifully endows us un. « f i „ SO
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earning, the women of the student body other college yet has.
do their share in meeting their ex
I here are so many ways and means
penses
before its of drawing the women to­
gether, which, if originated, would soon
C L O SE R F E L L O W S H IP
make an appreciable difference in their
First and foremost, we should have relations to one another. To be sure,
we could not begin them all at once.’
some alliance of women students, Some of them
i known as .1.
. League, the ticahlp
Some of them are not . at «resent
the iv
Women’s
present nrar
prac-
their activity in football, Basketball,
track, debate, oratory. The girls find
that there is but little expected of
them. They may get their lessons well,
attend gymnasium twice a week, and
be spectators when their fellowstu-
dents perform. Of the Freshman girls
this year, as a recent article in the Ore­
gon Monthly showed, 93 3-3 per cent
have found no place in student activity.
It we would give girls undying loy­
z\ssociated Women Students, or some i i
Cren ° ’^<ln,zallons will alty for the University, let them have
similar name.
In all U n i v e r X
some share in work which tries them
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ersities ,„creaSes, but let us make a beginning. and brings honor to their school; let
where such an organization has been
There are many things feasible, nay, them have organizations and institu­
instituted it has proven indispensable,
imperative. We may make a splen­ tions as important as the men’s, give
notably so in the Colorado, California
did beginning. The time is ripe for it. the girl a chance to spend her energy
and Northwestern Universities.
for the University; arrange for her to
Such an association would have con­
WOMEN AND MUSIC.
take her necessary recreation on the
trol of all affairs of women students,
and would be governed by student of­ It was very interesting Thursday campus; then the bonds that bind
her to the University of ( )regon will
ficers.
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, evening to note that of the fifteen par- be strong in proportion as she im­
In , connection with the above
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ticipants
in M rs- Pope’s recital thir-
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proves these opportunities, and the
needa W om ens Building on the cam- teen of the performers were women
“Oregon spirit" will have a vital
pus where the girls may have their nine now in the University, and three
meaning to her as well as to her fel­
rest rooms, lunch rooms, recreation graduates of it. There were only two low-students.
parlors, a Domestic Science depart- men On the program. Although there
Of the one hundred and sixty girls
meiit. and a splendidly equipped worn- are more enrolled in the School of in school, one third live in the soror­
an s g\ mnasium with an adjoining Music, there is a far greater number of ity houses.
TTie girls’ dormitory
tennis court.
women than men. These beautiful which will be furnished for next fall
In connection with the indoor gym- singers do not cultivate and use their will accomodate only twenty girls at
nasium work, we should have archery, voices only for their own pleasure, but the most. \\ ith the increase in the
field and tennis clubs and the feeling liberally contribute to all entertain- number of girls, this will be insuffici­
of enthusiastic, whole-hearted compan- nients where music is desired. Most ent and will not offer a solution of
ionship which comes from open-air fel- of them also sing in different church the problem of housing the girls.
lowship and friendly rivalry.
choirs.
It will be filled before school opens for
< Organizations for the development \\ e have many women endowed with reserves will be made this summer.
of kindred tastes should be encouraged, the gift of song. Some have great Some who were disappointed last fall
the 1 reble Lie! should be restored, an promise for the future. Perhaps no are already waiting anxiously for the
Art Association for the study of ex- other accomplishment is of as much dormitory to open. About two-thirds
taut music, literature and art, by means benefit to the one who possesses it and of the girls will still be dependent up­
of lectures, art exhibitions, and con- to all other persons who are fortunate on the kindness of townspeople. The
certs, and also, for those interested in enough to hear the music. We see by ' state has furnished a roomy dormitory
this line, an Arts and Crafts Organi- the generosity of our girls who sing in for the boys, and surely it will provide
zation, with occasional exhibits.
helping whenever there is occasion, as well for the girls.
No two persons have exactly the that the possession of the gift makes
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
same tastes, and one will find that them liberal and gracious,
the same women who are enrolled in
Perhaps nothing charms and soothes
It is to be hoped that with the larger
the Art Associations, for instance, will more than a song or a piano selection,
take up very diverse subjects and pas- and we know that nothing helps make opportunity before the University with
times, and thus all will mingle togeth- a success of any social event as much the increased appropriation, plans will
er.
as well rendered music. Almost all of be formed that will lead up to the es­
But it will be in the social functions, our events at the I niversity are as- tablishment of a domestic science de­
the affairs solely for women, where sisted by some musical selection. Al- partment in the University. Everyone
all will meet as one, and where all dis- though it is the men who do the de­ today recognizes that scientific train­
tection s of group or sorority, class or bating, who deliver the orations atul ing helps the home-makers as well as
organization will be laid aside. At speeches, most ah of the music on other professionals, and since statistics
our recent April Frolic, we spent an these occasions is supplied by the show that 42 per cent of the women
graduates of this University are in
evening of such merry-making as only women.
their own homes, the need of scientific
college girls are capable of.
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training in housekeeping and home­
Then, too, the women should have
OPPORTUNITY FOR GIRLS
making should be given them along
more prominent part in the Commence-
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ment festivities. Why may we not
Every year the t niversity gets the with their literary education. Even
reinaugurate the Flower and Fern Pro- best students c»f the High Schools, those women who do not marry need
cession, or some similar event, such as I hey are ac tive, eager to do as much domestic training, for almost every
other colleges have? Or, better still, in the I niversitv .o they did in High woman, some time or other, and to a
let us be original, let us make a Rose School. The boys find an outlet for I greater or less degree, has household
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