The Oregon weekly., October 19, 1908, Image 4

rv for use. The building was wired
for electric lighting, m any of the p er­
iodicals were arranged and sent to the
bindery, m any new ones were bong
college
for the com ing year, and books to the
Published every Monday during the
num ber of 250 were purchased. I hese
year by the students of the
books cover the d ep artm en ts of L d i
U N IV ER SIT Y O F OREGON
cation, English L iterature, P sycholo­
g y , Greek, Germ an, Physics, Biology,
Entered at Eugene postoftice at Eugene, and Civil. Electrical and M ining E n ­
gineering. ( )rders are now in tor large
O regon, as second class matter.
num bers of hooks in m ost of the o th er
departm ents. M any sets of reference
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
books are needed and will be obtained
.. .$1.00
Une year, uy man ...........................
soon. It is the intention of the library
. .$ .05
Olllgic tu y j ...............................
authorities to spend sixteen thousand
dollars per year from now on for the
purpose of buying books sufficient to
editor - in chief
’09 give the U niversity a fine library in
EARL K IL PA T R IC K .............................
the course of a few years.
assista n t editors
THE OREGON WEEKLY
H arriet
L ank
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( >1.1 \ ii< B. H ouston ................................
F ay C lark .........................................................
'09
’12
’10
Y ELL*CO N TEST
ball cham pionship of th e N orthw est.
T he cup is to becom e th e p ro p erty of
the first of th e th ree sta te universities
of Idaho, W a sh in g to n , and O regon to
win it tw ice. T h u s th e ow n ersh ip of
the cup m ay be settled in tw o years,
and will not «be in d o u b t longer than
four years. M r. B a rre tt offers the cup
as a token of his in te re st in th e univer­
sities of the Pacific N o rth w e st. Mr.
B arrett is a g ra d u a te of an eastern
in stitu tio n , but is a firm believer inn
the future of w estern in stitu tio n s of
learning. _______ ___ _______
german club in pr o spec t
“ Sprechen Sie D e u tsc h ? “ L or those
who can an sw er th is q u estio n affirma­
tively, an o p p o rtu n ity of lin g u istic dev­
elopm ent is soon to be offered in the
form of a G erm an C lub.
Students
who have had tw o y ea rs of German
will be eligible to m em bership. Dr.
Schm idt, w ho will ch ap ero n e the new
club, announces th a t no cred it will be
given tow ard g ra d u atio n for w ork in
the club. It is for those w ho wish to
im prove th eir know ledge of th in g s Ger­
man. O nly G erm an will be spoken at
m eetin g s; plays and re ad in g s will be
given in G erm an ; G erm an songs and
gam es will be su n g and played. F u r­
th e r p articu lars are expected next week.
Yells and songs in considerable num ­
ber have been subm itted in the prize
manager
DEAN T. GOODMAN ...................................’10 contest, but the com m ittee is by no
m eans satisfied with the quality of
assista n t manager
the
offerings, T he expected yell, the
’ll
F ritz D ean ................................................
one that is to drow n the noise of the
Corvallis thousands at Portland, has
not vet appeared. And the prize aw aits
M o n d a y , October 19, 1908
the man who can produce it. S tudents
do not seem fully to realize the im per­
FRESHMAN DRESS ..
ative need for «mod veils and songs,
'flic dearth of m aterial for E ooslev’s
'fh e first rains of the y ea r m ake ap­
Main' university student-bodies in canaries is appalling. 'Phis is m eant p a re n t the need for m ore w rap-racks
various parts of the United States have seriously. If ( Oregon is to hold its own in every hall of th e U n iv ersity , 'fhe
tin year established rules governing on the bleachers, new yells and songs need is m ost evident in \ illard and in
freshman dress. Some of the rules must he found. T hey m ust be short, , the L ib rary .
take the form of prohibition, foi bidding snappy, and alive. T hey must pulsate
'fb e ed ito r of every lite ra ry society
freshmen to wear num erals, derbies, with O regon spirit.
A ssurance has
or “glad rags" of any kind. O thers been given that the prize will be in­ and o th er o rg an izatio n co n trib u tin g
prescribe the wearing of certain a r­ creased to seventeen dollars and a half new s to the W eekly should have a
ticles. as caps of a certain pattern. I lit by the Associated S tudents. A nyone style sheet. It m ay be o b tain ed from
movement seems to be caused by a de­ who can write Spencerian, verse in the editor.
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sire to “keep the freshman in his place. Englisb L iterature class, ought to be
Bert \ \ . 1’reseo tt, 'OS, lias been ap­
W ashington m aintains that there has able to w rite a yell. T he contest will
grown up at that institution a class of probably close F riday. All offerings pointed alum ni ed ito r of th e W eekly.
“ freshman bullies,” big, self-im portant should be in at once.
A. L. K err haS re tu rn e d to the I ni­
freshmen who disregard university tr a ­
versity from his su rv e y in g w ork along
TIM E TO GET TO W O RK
ditions. and tram ple upon the rights
the O regon coast.
of upper classm en. At t ). A. C. it is a
E ugene H u rlb u rt has re tu rn ed to
M aterial on the income tax from the
custom lor under-classm en not to weat
( )regoii Library Com ission will soon be college.
white collars.
R aym ond 11. W ood re -en tered the
Fortunately none of these rules are in the library at the disposal of candi­
U n iv ersity last week .
in lorcc, or need to be made, at ( liegon. dates for debate. A great deal of m a­
M rs. fib e rte u ffe r, of P o rtla n d , vis­
Aside from several salutary and harm ­ terial on the subject may be found in
ited at the B eta E p silo n house and at­
less c u s to m s regarding the w ealing of the books and periodicals already in the
caps ami corduroys, no rules are in library. Now is the tim e for everyone tended the alum ni gam e.
force. The freshm an class is the best who aspires to be an in ter-state de­
C andidates for the football team at
dressed class in college, because its bater to read up on the question.
C arlisle sport the follow ing distinctive
m embers have not yet felt the drain of Freshm en will find the librarian, and
cognom ens: H a rry C ries-fo r-rib s, Da­
c o lle g e expenses u p o n their resourcs. Mr. Eliot, the coach, w illing and ready
vid Slie-B ear, N apoleon Bear, Joseph
'rile O regon student is a good fresh­ to assist them in locating m aterial.
1 his
man and a good upper classm an, lie ( hegoii has a ebam poinship in debate T w o -h earts, and M oses F riday.
Argo-
does not need to be branded to be kept to pick up this year just as surely as on the a u th o ritv • of the
r
. , Idaho
t
she lias one to regain in football. naut.
i h >d
H arvard will th is y ear g ra n t the de­
Idaho ami W ashington arc both
gree M. B. A., M aster of B usiness Ad­
LIBRARY IM PROVED
primed on the income tax question, so
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onl\ thorough preparation will avail m in istratio n .
P urdue gives all w earers of the I
Mr. M. Hale Douglas, the new li­ against them. Six places are open to
brarian, lias arrived ami is laying out com petition ami will go to those who a season ticket to all a th letic events.
H u n d red s of college s tu d e n ts have
his plans lor increasing the usefulness best deserve them .
been called into service in the Philip*
ami efficiency of the library. ( hi '
T H E BA RRETT CUP
pines to tight the cholera epidem ic.
count of the lack of funds this de­
Idaho and W . S. C. will debate in
partm ent of the I niversity has been
John B arrett. D irector of the B u reau , the near future on the q u estio n of ' e
somewhat cramped in the past, but
now the prospects for its developm ent, nt American Republics, who spoke in g u aran tee of bank deposits.
Idaho ba- secured an ‘’--¡sla n t !
\ illard H all hist W ednesday evening,
in the future arc extrem ely bright.
During the sum m er a-g reat deal of offered, during the course of bis re ­ ball coach, especially for th e sec< d
work was done in preparing the libra- marks. a cun as a tronliv of the foot-
B e n j . H. W illiams .................................