The Oregon weekly., October 26, 1908, Image 4

THE OREGON WEEKLY
been paid to economy.
we keep above th e Hood, and who
The incidence o f dance tax is an in ­ .k n o w s but to m o rro w will see u« cast
Published every Monday during the college terestin g question in th is connection. into the G reat G ulf. L et us not for-
'. a e- are levied on all m em bers of get. M ay we keep stro n g and firm
year by the students of the
the class; upon those who are in te r­ These bonds w hich hold us, th e ties of
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
ested in dancing and upon those who youth s asso ciatio n s. F o r thev are
do not dance. Such procedure is un- -tr«»ng now, and d ear and sw eet to ns
Entered at Eugene postoSce at Eugene, iust.
M any object to dancing upon And in th e tu m u lt of th e vear« ue
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» e a. as second class m atter
moral and religous grounds, and re ­ -hall som etim es snatch a m om ent to
fuse to pay their class tax. T h eir scru ­ look backw ards. A nd we shall find
ples should be respected. O th ers, who that the frien d -h ip s m ade in our c -
S V B S C K im O K KATES
d not usually object to dancing, con­ lege day -, and the asso ciatio n s formed
Ont ye«r, by mail ......................
. . .$ 1 .0 0 demn it stro n g ly when confronted with
there have indeed w oven them selves
Smgle copy
$ .05 a class tax.
T heir scruples are not into th e very fibre of o u r beings. And
" w orthy o f respect- J he argum ent m em ory, to u ch in g th e chords of love
that a class dance is beneficial to all ar
- y path;c upon th e h eart strings
EW Taa-IK CHIEF
u.em
bers
in
m
aintaining
the
social
oyen of the p a st, will fill o u r souls
EARL KILPATRICK ..
’09
prestige
of
the
class
has
some
force
with kind th o u g h ts, and we shall know I
A S S IS T A K T EDITORS
but
only
for
those
who
are
interested
ior a su rety th a t o u r w orld is a g..<j
H A ju u rc
L a ki
. . ’09
’pb
>ldmg
th
a
t
prestige.
T
he
o
th
e
r
world.
G ljvef B H ovstok
. . ’10
reas«
n
for
giving
class
dances,
the
real
F ay C lash
. . ’12
enjoym ent obtained, certainly cannot P R IZ E N O W T W E N T Y D O L L A R S
B e k j . H W ill ia m s
. . ’10
>e applied except to students who
B t a t i V\
P kescott . . . . . . .
. ’08
1 w enty d ollars is now the am ount
'lance.
Justice can only be obtained.
makageb
hen some m eans of financing is de­ th at aw a •- th e co m p o ser- of winning
LEAN T. GOODMAN
..TO mised whereby students shall be taxed - n g - and yells. T h e ex ecu tiv e coni:
A £ S IS T A N T
M A X A GES
o r a dance in proportion to the bene- m -ttee : the stu d en t b o d y has contrib-
F rrrz L> e a k
. . ’11 fits derived, i ntil such a m eans has
■y. fi e ¿««liars. T he re m a in in g two
een devised, trouble will arise every <1 'liar- and fifty cen t- w as contributed
e r the paym ent of dance-tax p ers »nally by C harles E. W idlund. '12.
M o n d a y . O c to b e r 26. 1906
the stalw art ce n te r , f th e second fo.
especially in the tw o low er classes.
. I be duty <f the soph' «mores is plain ball team .
S O P H O M O R E C LA SS TA X
hey should discharge the burden of
The prize will now be divided into
debt resting upon the class. E verv
:
' T a r s each, <
L las- dances and the financial con- member without regard to his a ---' h
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and th e o th er for
-'d erati« n - involved therein have been should contribute his share to freeing toe best s* ng. The com m ittee hopes
< - tre e of trouble to more than one the class from debt.
W h eth er the T" re€cive fiftX m <e c o n trib u tio n s this
. niversity. P articu larly < a - wil, com m it a like blunder this
- mgs h a v e been handed
- th i- true with regard to the present vear depends upon its m em bers. The m. m ost of them parodies o a popular
•••ph rn ,re class
It seem s th at the i v t u r e is th eir- to m ake amend« in am-, b r: tcw^yells have m ade th eir aj»- I
< «nee given by the class of 1911 last nit by all m eans they should clear <e.i.arce.
1 he co n test will continue
an unusual am ount of money. their past record from blot.
th is week. T he w inners will be an­
’ m isfortune in m anagem ent,
ti -unced and the prizes aw a rd ed at the
~ another nam e f r poor man- S H O U L D O L D A C Q U A IN T A N C E
; - . " f to be held cm the . pus
and the unw illingness of
tic
>
eek
it-' <m \ \ ednesdav.
B E F O R G O T ?”
- n e to pay the tax. the class'w as able
institution of h ig h er learn-
to rai>e only a p a n of the m oney neces.
rthw est is h a v in g the
sar\
pa y the bills contracted bv its v* ; K nrkSSiHC ptrin close and activ e touch
1 « Bfe : the L n iversity, old stu - sam e tro u b le in th is m a tte r as is~ O re-
com m ittees
\ s a result, the class is
j tiea'iV every ne a prize has
aium ni are apt to forget th eir
this year confronted with a deficit of
lege and slip away in heart and sym­ •yen «îtered. N ot trom th e incentive
nearly one hundred tw en ty five dol-
from its interests. The fault ««ta monex ^eward b u t out of pure col-
Po pay this deficit, a per capita » pathies
w
W ho lly theirs, fo r it is a u T S
:: '> 't'.ld seem th a t <~>reg,?n
tax of one dollar has been levied up­
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a yell tn. we deafening
't 131. " e rrn tem b er w hat is
on the m em bers of the class. The
a^ d aw e -in sp irin g and a song more
n
u
r
r
e
n
t
lv
M
o
r
e
and
around
us.
and
treasu rer has found him self able to
’ g th an any siste r c- liege. If
y “ ' y ' has pas, out of ,,ur
c o ll« , this tax from only a p a n of
.
y e ll o r such a so n g is to b e forth-
,b f m em bers. The fact that not all
■ childhood p laym ah -
'
ap p e ar d u rin g the pres­
are d isp o se) to pay has led to bitter " ; ; w w e so dear to us. w e have {....
ent
week.
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t
o
l
l
,
.he
b
nds
th
at
held
us
o
fc
o
m
di.sens,. n in the class, and the tre a s­
“ «« sorrow s, are all b, r
urer has unw isely threatened to post .
A n o th e r poster defaced th e cam pus
'■r-ken O ut upon the im m ense wav
e n am e. ■ • all who will not pav
m orning. It nras t announc
.
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meeting of the Taft Club. T he bulle-
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tl.v sooth, and Oth-
t'ha, , h . ; a ■ and
not
notices
a w ..,e treasu rer thinks seriooslr o f ],7 ‘'
5 - " ep " e are srparated in
a d o p tin g it.
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' . ,n * * • « :
’ hose w hom
we
1 he moral of the plight of the 1911 1 »en we b we no more
C aSS 1- obviotlS It
nnt
-.
»h ttm friends of
f r e s h m a n C ass ,o
?
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Ti. >1 f< ,ri:e: H ere
' "” h a
b e e h T ’i " 'ic n a k ,n e
<hc Freshm an fra te ru h v ’ I3' " b* "
’ « ce Mas r>een in re a rs na«t
4
t i ' t in terests,
u r lives ce­
college dance should b i all' that is mented w ith m a t u r e friendships 1 et
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attem pted by ,h e freshm an or s,.pho u- not tor<Tet
more class. The junior class ’
im proved
.ot-.-i
v- — U1’h ma,e7*ind the f' llowship
« > ' a l™
knt.w lribT i
m ach,ner.v and
shi’ . w" . .
" f » ” " " 4 and friend-
Knowledge of condition-
can >1
?vc f’™ e d there. T o o quicklv
’ >nage a grand ball. <Uch a- hitherto '
Keen attem pted by all three d as-
the great stream o f life fl.wv .«ver
ev e n vear Gance- have gene ab
it yesterd ay That we walked
' , chlldren mn-Htent of the w o rld ' The
' bern given with the r id
*
&
idea oi excellin- - Jd v m g w hirlp oo ls o f destiny
press <^F new s
the \ \ eekly d esire s th a t literarv
J/? CA notices d o n o t h e re a fte r eon-
ore than o n e h u n d red w o rd s,
ca-c- of especial in terest.
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