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About The Oregon weekly. (Eugene, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1908)
E u tax ian S ociety still rem em ber how •hey lost th e ir cake at th e join meet ing in th e gym . T h e class of 19$ still laughs a t th e recollection -f how class 1908 stole from them tw o large freezers full of rocks. Such purloin ing m ay p erh ap s be considered jardon- able. Surely no one can defend the taking of re fresh m en ts provided for purely itter. second class C O O P E R A T IV E S T O R E private affairs. Such is stealing, theft or b u rg lary , pure and sim ple. East s is o im o x rates News item s announce the establish- spring, the p ractice becam e very com- ..........$1.001 ment of student bookst res at W ash- ,,1" n « 'ini* a n ite m in th is issue of the Stat< C lleg and O. A. C. T he Weekly would indicate th a t it has bt- ersitv of W ashington has long had >¿’>1 *< again. W hether it is done >y stu- = g ■ a -C o- dents <»r others it is to be condemned. it f. r three consec tive years as at present. The junior class, ¡ways anxious to c -ntribute to the success of the tra d i Published every Monday during the college ti--na! W eek-end w : be found ready year the students of the V» accept this burden. I he sopho more- and freshrrvn -hould concede LNIVEk TV OF OREGON it to them , in the tati«-n of doing postoffice at Eugene. the h n r- w orthily in years to come. TUL OREGON WEEKLY " All the large Univer- The jokers should be apprehended, if ’• sities f the east have them. T h e-to re 1 < Me. and dealt with as common <rf- EARL KILPATRICK - -7 a . \ t tar. H generally owned and m anaged, eith- tenders. -■- i r:. H u 11 ........................ a s s is t a n t a> a jj kinds of distinctively college » g o o d s .« MAMAcn ___________________________ Monday. O ctober 12, 1908. CLASS D A N C ES THAT Y E LL CO N TEST students« wn stock. Prof- ______ ■- its art divided among the students. , , ,, . , ... .. ,• classro« m supplies, as w ellk Songs and yells in considerable nuah manages MAN _______ ___ M t ha\ e been su b m itte d in competition .illows, views (?„r the prize offered . sters are sold ' eekly last week for students much cheaply than suited for use by be secured in an establish- ,s desired to have at in the Oregw the composition the rooters. It least fifty more ment that i- run for gain. The store ‘ <5nPetit< >rs in the co n test as only by i- alw ay- !<»cated -om ew here on the c ^ ‘*rT on the p art of m any can any cam p u s, v. here there is no rent to be ni,ni^ CI m erito rio u s so n g - and yells tie red am! where -tudents will find it be produced. T he prize will probably •nvenient. The -aving which such an be increased th is w eek. It is worth institution will make in a year to a striv in g for. and the w inner will have b«»dy of .-00 to ICY»' -tudents can hardly the additional satisfactio n of having done a service to th e U niversity. he estim ated. JU N IO R ^ A N N U A L F- r -everal year- pa-t there has been talk of establishing a “co-op” at O re gon. but like many other desirable in The ju n io rs are sh o w in g commenda novation-. it has been put off from time to time. At present the tim e is ble energy in g e ttin g to w ork early on m -t opportune. T here is no possi- the annual. A m eetin g is called Tues 1 ' ‘y "f 1 -- m the institution of such d a y to elect officers for the publication. a -t«»re a- the goods handled never he I he experience of p rev io u s classes has mic dead -tock. do not readily be d em o n strated clearly th a t the plan of com e shopworn, and offer an oppor having a m an ag in g ed ito r is a flat fail tunity for ample profit to secure a ure. O nly w here th e re is an editor g - •«! rate of interest on the money in and a m anager, each free to do his vested. It i- a m atter in which every own w ork, are th e best re su lts obtained. T his system u n d o u b ted ly promoted student, if he will but realize it. has a direct pecuniary interest. A co-op oftentim es a good deal of disagreement erative -tore m ight be started on a betw een ed ito r and m anager, but this very -light outlay by the student body d isag reem en t g enerally re su lts in a bet or by a corporation in which the s tu ter annual. T h ere is no danger that dent are given a chance to subscribe the w ork eith er of m an ag er or editor , A bu-iness in pennants and Wl11 >e sI,£ hte(I w hen each department ’- c a n - ha- a lre a d y been w o rk ed ha- a head. _______ ___________ Anyone who ha- attended, during the pa-t two year-, those crowded af fair- known a- class ‘‘hops,’ will wel come the effort now being made at a -alutary limiting of the attendance at tw o of these functions. A movement is on foot to limit the attendance at the Freshm an Glee and the Sophom ore Hop to students. cx--tudents, faculty and alumni of the U niversity of O re gon. The grow th of the social life of the U niversity and it- connection with the social life of Portland and the var- i-»u- preparatory schools of the state ha- brought it to pa-- in recent years that the -tudent halls are attended in variably by a m ultitude of out-of-tow n people. The crowd is often so large that it is impossible for the class to provide com fortably for the guest-. No one can doubt that the U niversity should give at least one party during the year to which all of its friends arc welcomed. But it is a perversion of o rig in a l intent to trail-form class danc lepartm ent of the Y. The treasurer, or some other officer es into reception-. i t . ' « .tu n m ight readily be d iv e rt-¡o f the e class class of of 1911. has instituted a I he solution of the m atter suggested d to a student store. 1 here is nothing novel and ingenious system of black la-t week by m em bers of the junior hi ■ «ft. tical or lanciful about the m at- mail. by p o stin g notices bidding mem d a - - seems to he adequate. Briefly ‘er: it is inten-ely practical and m erely 1 bers of the class, “ pav dues at once or it 1- to m ake th e -«»phomore and fresh aw , ait- ,, > the ne man man or group ot men who be p o sted .” man parties strictly I niversity affairs. ha have the tim e and the love for - I hi- will decrea-e the burden of ta x Alma M ater to make it a realitv. ( hi account ot th e p ress of office ation on the tw o lower classes, and give work, the U n iv e rsity S tew ard is ad T A K IN G T H E C A K E -tilden: - a chance to enjov them selves hering strictly to his office hours, nine thoroughly at the first tw o parties. to tw elve in the m o rn in g and one to Then let the Junior Prom, at the close A l’r, fly begun th i- w a r three in the afternoon. of the Junior W eek-end. be the cul which ha- no place in U niversity life m inating social function of the year. ( hie of the trees on the cam pu- was the stealing of refreshm ents at p a r I he effort- now made three times an- ties. * 1 defaced this week w ith a placard an nuallv could be concentrated into m ak It m av be a ver.v Rood practical nouncing a m eeting of the Y. M. C. A. ing thi- ball a grand success. Friends joke tor one cla-s or literarv 1 lie bulletin boards are the places for societv and prospective students of the U ni to -teal th< such notices. ie ice-cream provided bv a versity could be invited, the prom rival orm could be featured in Portland papers. guests. ra n i/a’ion for its m em bers or 1 he I n iv ersitv B ulletin for N weat < !a--e- and literarv societies F.acli class in turn would bear the b u r alw ays expect an attem pt of the sort her will be edited bv P rof. E. E. De- Con and will tell of the w ork of the den, and no class would have to bear- and are prepared. M em bers of the 1 'ti H igh School D e b a tin g 1. -tfftie. o o
