The Oregon weekly., June 15, 1908, Image 4

tion of the W eekly, it is evident that
I the fem inine stu d en ts of the V arsity
are becom ing more of a pow er in the
Published every Monday during the college U niversity and for this reason should
year by the students cf the
by all m eans be united into one large
body. T he A ssociated W om en S tu ­
U NIVERSITY OF OREGON
dents of the I niversity of O regon
Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene, would be a fit name for the new o rg a n ­
Oregon, as second class matter
ization. O u r sister institutions, \\ ash-
ington on the north and C alifornia on
the south both have a women s o rg a n ­
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
One year, by mail ..................................... $1.00 ization and find it an excellent in sti­
One year, by copy .....................................$1.00
Single copy ................................................ $ .05 tution. At present, girls at O regon are
ham pered when any line of w ork is
taken up by them because there is no
E ditor-in-C hief.
T h o m as R. T o w n s e n d ..........................09 nom inal head to asum e charge of m at­
ters ami no one likes to step forw ard
A ssistan t E d ito rs
N ieta H a rd in g .....................
09 and take the im itative. T he recent
^Merle R. C hessm an ............................. ’09 edition of the W eekly would have been
E arl F. K i lp a tr ic k ................................. ’09 put out m uch earlier in the year if
P earl J. H aw th o rn e ............................. ’10 there had been a wom en’s organization
to take charge of it sooner. T he w om ­
M anager
W a lte r M. E a t o n ..................................’09 en can be a still greater factor in the
U niversity and will be if united into
A ssistan t M anager
A rth u r V an D u s e n ................................’10 one big organization. T he new asso­
ciation would not in any way bar w om ­
en from the regular student body; but
M onday, June 15, 1908.
would m erely for convenience give
them an organization of their own.
F A R E W E L L A D V IC E
M any in stitu tio n s have an annual
w om en's day. T he tim e seem s scarce­
T h e p resen t issue of the W eekly is
ly ripe for th is at O reg o n ; but it is a
th e last of the year and the last the
good th in g to keep in mind. Until
present ed ito r will ever he connected
this tradition is established at O regon
w ith. W ith the present issue the ed­
it will be wise for the women to con­
itor closes three years of service on the
tinue p u ttin g out an annual w om en's
p ap e r— tw o as associate editor and one
edition of the W eekly; but it should
as editor-in-chief. T h is is the longest
be put out several weeks earlier h ere­
tim e ever served on the W eekly by
after than it was this year.
any stu d en t and it is only n atu ral that
S peaking of special editions— they
die re tirin g editor should look forw ard
to .a re st from the arduous duties of are a good thing. A lm ost every one
causes a great deal of com m ent o u t­
the paper.
The ed ito r p uts dow n his pen for side of the U niversity and hence much
good w ith m ingled feelings of relief free advertising is done. T here is one
and pleasure ; relief to be free from the more special edition which should be­
cares of the hardest job in college and come an annual custom . T his is an
pleasure in realizing th at the W eekly edition by the engineers. At m any in ­
will next year be guided by such a stitu tio n s the engineers have a sep ar­
consciencious and tru ly capable w riter ate paper of their ow n ; but as we al­
as Mr. E arl F. K dpatriek who has I ready have two papers at O regon this
been unanim ously elected to till t h e 1 would be unwise. A special annual
edition telling of the practical w ork
office.
T h a t the new ed ito r will be a credit done by our students in Civil, E le c tri­
to the paper and the paper next year cal, M ining, M echanical and Chem ical
a credit to him goes w ithout saying. engineering would be a very valuable
N ever was the O regon W eekly in bet- addition to the list of annual special
ter hands than will guide its career edit it ms.
THE OREGON
WEEKLY
in 1908-9. I'o the new editor and his
staff the present staff w ishes the best
of success in th eir efforts to put out
the best p aper O regon ever had.
Before closing his new spaper career,
how ever, the w riter has som e few p a rt­
ing su g g estio n s yet to make. From the
w ork done by the women of the U ni­
v e rsity all year and ju d g in g from the
excellence of the recent w om en's edi-
for a co-operative sto re ; b u t it will not
be m any years till stu d e n ts in th e de­
p artm en ts at E u g en e can run one to
advantage. Such e sta b lish m e n ts have
proved paying p ro p o sitio n s at o th e r
colleges.
D ebaters and o ra to rs sh o u ld n ext
year be given good “ O ’s ” for re p re s e n t­
ing the U n iv ersity . O reg o n is one of
the few U niversities in th e W e s t w hich
does not follow th is custom . T h e g ra n t­
ing of the em blem w ould stim u la te
young d eb aters as well a^s old and
would result in m ore co m p etitio n for
places and m ore v icto ries in forensics
for O regon.
T he last su g g estio n s of the yeai a ’-?
now offered. T he re tirin g editorial
staff wish to th an k all frien d s who
have su p p o rted the p ap e r for th e ir good
will ; we wish to th a n k the m an ag er
of the O regon W eekly for m any favors
rendered and o u r a d v e rtise rs for p ro m p t
response to the financial needs of the
paper. W ith best w ishes for th e fu­
tu re of the U n iv ersity of O re g o n and
of the W eekly we say F arew ell.
A P A R T IN G H O W L
In all the v ario u s ph ases of college
a c tiv ity at the U n iv e rsity of O reg o n
there is not a stu d e n t official w ho does
so much w ork and receives so little
credit for his labors as does th e ed ito r
of the O regon W eekly. Plis position
is the only one d em an d in g a g re a t
am ount of w ork w hich lasts d u rin g the
en tire year. N ot only d u rin g e ith er
the S pring, th e F all, or th e W in te r m ust
he devote all his en e rg y to th e cause
of the s tu d e n ts b u t ev ery seven days
d u rin g the en tire college y ea r he m ust
bear the resp o n sib ility of p ro d u c in g all
the college new s of th e w eek and e d it­
ing his paper. N ever is th e re a M on-
dey d u rin g sessions in e ith e r sem ester
when the ed ito r is not tied dow n to
his paper.
F o r all his labors th is individual re ­
ceives n eith er college cred it from the
faculty nor a salary from the stu d e n ts.
T herefore from the sta n d p o in t of pure
justice it is only n a tu ra l th a t th e m a t­
ter should have a claim upon th e a t­
tention of both facu lty and stu d en ts,
if the su b ject be fully discussed in the
spirit of ab so lu te fairn ess it is quite
By all means O regon should have possible th a t a rem edy for th e situ a tio n
a band next year. 'Phis m atter was may be fourni th a t will b rin g the editor-
ag itated to some ex ten t last Fall, but in-chief so m eth in g m ore th an his hard
was let drop. A num ber of excellent earned “ h o n o r.”
m usicians will en ter college next F all I T he question of g iv in g college credit
who, combined w ith the nucleus al­ for w ork done on college p u b licatio n s
ready at hand can com pose a band of is not a new one. P ra c tic a lly all col­
m usicians of which the U niversity can leges have at one tim e or a n o th e r had
be ju stly proud.
the proposition to decide. T o d ay in
O regon may as yet be a trifle sm all! the m ajo rity of the ed u catio n al insti-