THE OREGON
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weekly. If the student-body will but
speak in no uncertain tone in favor of
such a move, the time is not far dis
tant when ( )regon can have a college
paper appearing twice a week. News
is already so abundant that the lines
in this issue have been crowded to
gether, allowing a column m ore m atter
than last year’s paper, and yet much is
crowded out.
A dvertisers are liberal, because
they have come to realize that college
advertising pays.
The W eekly aspires to be more than
a plavthing. or a a train in g departm ent
for em bryo journalists. Its m ission is
a serious one. It is to be supported not
alone from the m otive of college pride,
but on the ground of real value to the
individual subscriber. T his is the year
of the beginning of new things for the
U niversitv. W hat new thing would be
of more practical benefit than a semi-
weekly new spaper ?
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TW O CH A M PIO N SH IPS.
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There are tw o cham pionships which
Oregon must win this year. Both are
hers by right of repeated conquest, yet
both were lost last year in the u n set
tled and storm y referendum days. ( )ne
is the debate suprem acy the o th er the
N orthw est football cham pionship.
No college on the Pacific C oast can
stand against true ( fregón spirit speak
ing through eloquent debaters or ch arg
ing down the field em bodied in eleven
heroes dedicated and consecrated to
the glory of the V arsity. Yet for this
service none but the best are w orthy,
and only the suprem est effort will
suffice. And such effort can come
only as the result of keen com petition.
Does O regon really wish to win from
(). A. C. this year? Ask anyone who
knew the bitterness of defeat last sea
son. Yet effort and sacrifice are neces
sary. No man of over one hundred
fifty pounds weight should be w illing
to sit in the rooters' stand. H e should
be on the saw dust of Kincaid Field,
steeled to effort by the thought of
November 21 and N ovem ber 26. H e
may itot “ m ake'' the V arsity team , but
he can have the satisfaction of helping
make it.
As to debate work, no student, man
or woman, should be outside of a lit
erary society. Especially those who
have the gift of fluency and the pow er
of analysis should repair weekly to the
halls which have developed the b ril
liant forensic m aterial of the past.
Last year sixteen men tried for debate.
'The best six of that num ber could not
win over the better trained team s of
\ \ ashington and Idaho. Less than
forty aspirants for debate this year will
mean a lack of interest that should not
be. And of the forty, tw enty should be
freshm en.
WEEKLY
Published every Monday during the college
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U N IV E R SIT Y O F OREGON
Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene,
Oregon, as second class matter.
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Monday, Septem ber 28, 1908.
A G REA TER OREGON
In the W est is vigor and life and
grow th. The U niversity of O regon, as
a western institution, is but entering
upon the era of its greatest develop
ment. 'I'his sem ester begins with 450
students already on the rolls, a sub
stantial gain over the enrollm ent of last
year.
I hat such should be the case
when an old established eastern insti
tution like Harvard is slowly but sure
ly losing in num ber of students, speaks
volumes for the future of the state
school of the W est. If we are not the
largest University in the land, neither
are we the smallest. Sm aller than we
are the Universities of Arizona, F lori
da. Idaho. Mississippi. M ontana, Ne
vada. New Mexico, O klahom a, South
Carolina, South Dakota, \ erm ont, W y
oming, Deleware and Louisiana. We
are not of average size either, for the
average of atendance at American state
universities is 1490 students. But h ith
erto ours have not been average oppor
tunities. W ith the assurance of ample
support henceforth, let us hope that
( Oregon will build broad and stro n g the
foundations of a greater university.
W ith a greater university must come
grow th in all departm ents and all lines
of student work. The \\ eeklv aspires
to keep abreast of this grow th. Its of
fice is to give the college news to the
students, friends, and alum ni of the
1 niversity, to express and in some de
gree to mould college spirit and trad i
tions, to be the exponent of all student
enterprises, and to serve as the live
wire of connection and com m unication
with the rest of the college world.
O regon can not long rest content
with a weekly paper. The W ashington
W ave will appear daily this year. The
I niversity of ( Oregon should support
at least a setni-weklv. Such a paper is
worth more than twice as much as a
T H E FRESH M A N ’S FR IEN D S
M any new faces are to be seen upon
the cam pus these days. The freshm en
aie here, alm ost tw o hundred strong.
It will be several weeks before they get
fully acquainted and they still feel
som ew hat strange. Not «all have vet
learned that they are am ong friends.
Perhaps with reason in the light of
first experience, they think that the
hand of everyone is against them, and
they wonder “W ho are the freshm an’s
friends, anyw ay?”
Why, bless you, everyone! Every
one from the President to the assistant
janitors, was your friend before you
came, and desires to remain so. The
members of the faculty are glad to wel
come you and to im part wisdom to vou.
'I'he seniors are delighted to see vou
here. They know that your importance
is greater than theirs, that you ought
to be a better class than they, that you
will know a greater University, will
strive with m ightier foes, and reap a
greater destiny than they. The juniors
are your true friends. They wish you
to prove w orthy of the mantle of re
sponsibility which will rest upon your
shoulders in two short years. The
sophomores love you too, albeit some
what dem onstratively and boisterous
ly. You may not know it now, but
soon you will adm it that the sophomore
is the freshm an’s best friend. The
manager of The W eekly, who wants
your dollar; the debate and football
coaches, who want your best effort in
contest w o rk ; the caretaker who im
precates you for treading on the grass,
all are your friends, your admirers,
vour well-wishers.
A LU M N I SU B SC R IB E.
The W eekly is pleased to add to its
subscription list this week the entire
membership of the O regon Alumni As
sociation. The price of the subscrip
tion is paid in the form of an increase
of dues. H ereafter, as heretofore, the
W eekly will give all im portant alumni
news, as well as the news of the cam
pus. As the official organ of the Uni
versity, it will endeavor to represent
adequately the interests of the institu
tion which must extend wherever alum
ni are at work. Anyone knowing of
a member of the Alumni Association
who does not receive the W eekly will
confer a favor bv reporting the name
and address of the neglected person to
the manager.
PA Y IN G T H E P R IC E .
Every college in the N orthw est will
suffer more or less severely this sea
son by the strict interpretation and en
forcement of the W hitm an Conference
rules. M any old-time stars will be
shut out under the four year rule.
Some good athletes have changed col
leges and may not compete this year.
O thers will be disqualified from various
causes. All this is for the best. The
things we prize are the things which
cost us something. Clean athletics will
mean more to the Coast colleges if
purchased at the cost of a few point-
winners.
W hen subscribing for the W eeklv
and the M onthly, students should not
neglect to subscribe for an extra copy
to go directly home. This gives the
people at home the news while it is
fresh.