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and no one can im agine a gam e with (). A. C. to be w ithout a feeling of keenest rivalry. But after the gam e, students should stand on the com m on Published every Monday during the college basis of respect for their owti and their year by the students of the sister institution, both of which are supported loyally by the people of the UNIVERSITY OE OREGON state, and especially bv the people of Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene, Portland. THE OREGON WEEKLY ASSISTANT A PP O IN T E D Oregon, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, by mail ......................................$1.00 Single copy ...............................................$ .05 EDITOR-IN C H IE F EARL KILPATRICK ............................. 09 A S S IS T A N T EDITORS H arriet L ane ..............................................’09 O liver B. H ouston .......................................TO F a i C l a m ......................................................T2 i >i . i H W illiams ................................................... ' i o B ert W. P rescott ........................................ '08 M ANAGER DEAN T. GOODMAN ................................TO A S S IS T A N T I r iiz 'D ean M ANAGER ................................................. ’l l Friday, November 20, 1908 IN EXPLA NA TIO N This issue of the < )regon W eekly ap pears tw o days ahead <>f time. As the and most of tile student subscribers and most of the students subscribers will be in Portland, it was deemed best to anticipate the date of issue. The next edition will appear one week from Monday. If O regon wins from M ultnom ah on Thanksgiving day, the issue will he printed, according to cus tom, in red ink. N IN E DAYS IN PO RTLA N D W . C. Nicholas, TO, has been ap pointed assistant editor of the O regon W eekly, subject to confirm ation by the executive com m ittee of the student- body. lie will do the work form erly in charge of Miss Eay C lark, who is at the head o f the new press service. The press bureau is g ettin g its work well organized. ( )livia Risley, 09, and E irl M arshall, TO, are assisting in this departm ent, and are ranked as rep o rt ers for the ( )regon W eekly. W ords of appreciation for the work of the new bureau have come in from several sources, and requests for special re ports on certain events have been re- ceivel and filled. As the work grow s the staff of reporters will be enlarged, and an opportunity will he given to those having journalistic am bition to exercise their talent in a line of en d eav or which will work directly to their o vn advantage and to that of the U ni versity. C ITIZEN S LOYAL In spite of the tw o recent defeats of the O regon football team , which some thought would dam pen the ardor of 'he tow nspeople, the citizens of Eugene have shown true U niversity spirit in rallying to the O regon standard and m aking possible the big excursion to I ’ortland. For a time interest seemed- to he lacking, hut Mr. Ila rto g knew th at such was not the case and knew also the best wav to arouse the enthusiasm that was not dead but sleeping. W ith the assistance of the Southern Pacific E 'HUpanv and the perm ission of the Eugene Com mercial Chib, lie posted the town with inspiring bills and cards and aroused to high pitch the dorm ant feeling. The speech at A ssem bly on W ednesday gave an idea of th e ’ vim and optim ism that is m aking Eugene move. The Eugene public arc loyal to the state university as this latest expression of their interest shows. College inim enccs will be stro n g ly felt in Portland next week. (). A. C. has granted a vacation covering the entire week ami almost her entire stu dent-bod) will be in the m etropolis. T he U niversity faculty has not seen tit to grant the vacation, hut has al lowed a leave of absence to every s tu dent asking lor it. on condition that the college work missed he subse quently made up. I bis will mean that at least three hundred U niversity s tu dents. and about twice as many from O. A. C. will be in Portland 'Thanks LIG H TS IN LIBRARY giving week. The Portland people will have a chance to see college folk at Electric lights have at last been in close rang!- and judge by observation of the effects of highei education upon stalled in the library with a view to the dress, custom s, m anners, morals having the main reading room open in and personal appearance of the sub the evenings in the near future. T he lights are at present not very sa tis ject. factory and an effort will be made to It is to be hoped that those who have better the service before the library is been led to believe that a college opened for evening work. course - consists chieth • in following , *> ex- I w el\e eleven foot tables have been trem e fashions and im m ersing o b strep ordered, each o f which will have'sever* erous neophytes will be pleasantlv dis al lights. The plan of im ltvidull ta-' illusioned. hies or com partm ent arrangem ent was I be students of the tw o institutions should meet in Portland on a friendly at first considered and abandoned, be basis. Rivalry is all right at the game. cause investigation showed th at it had not proved satisfactory in o th er insti- tutions. Students have long been look ing forward to the time when the li brary would stay open after five o ’clock as few can study to advantage in the daytime. S T U D E N T Ts A U T H O R T he cu rren t n u m b er of th e Y outh's C om panion contains a sto ry from the pen of E arl E. S tro n g , ’09. T he title of the sto ry is “ T he Red B ox.’’ It deals with life on the N o rth U m pqua River. Mr. S trong, w ho is a senior in the d ep artm en t of econom ics, has done considerable literary w ork, besides rep- ortorial work for local and P o rtlan d papers. He was once elected m an ag ing editor of the O regon M onthly and lias often co n trib u ted to th a t publi cation. O FF IC IA L S FO R T H E GAME R. N. H o ck en b erry and C. W . C utts will um pire and referee both P ortland gam es, llo c k e n b e rrv is recognized as one of the g reatest football officials in the country. He um pired the Yale- W est Point gam e tw o y ears ago. Since com ing W est he has officiated at m any gam es. He is from D ickinson College and Syracuse U niversity, w here he was a sta r football player and a m em ber of the glee club and m ale q u a rte tte . At present lie is an arch itect in P ortland, and m anager of the P o rtlan d Q u a rte tte . C utts is also a form er football s ta r and an official of established rep u tatio n . SIGN O F GOOD LU CK C arey \ . Loosley, O re g o n ’s g reat yell leader, received the o th e r dav from an unknow n source, a p re se n t which presages victory over O. A. C.. T he present is the left bind foot of a rabbit, which is generally held to be a b e tte r charm than a "b u ckeye.” W h ile lead ing the rooting at the tw o b ig gam es, Loosley will w ear th is charm in the vest pocket next bis h eart, and O regon rooters will feel inspired to louder en deavors by the know ledge. EX CH A N G E L IS T CUT D O W N I lie list of m on th ly papers and m ag azines desiring to exchange w ith the W eekly has grow n so large th a t they have been turned over to the exchange editor of the ( )regon M onthly. If any ot the m agazines still wish to exchange with the W eekly, a postal card will re establish relations. 1 lie Coos Pay H a rb o r,” a n ew sp a per ot N orth Pend, O regon, contained on O ctober 30, a stro n g editorial on the subject of the U niversity of O regon as <i natural goal for high school stu d en ts. I < w i lasses will be dism issed on ac- u m n t ot the P ortland gam es. L ectu res md i ecitations will go on as usual. Stu- i ? ” 15 to, J u t l a n d will m ake up ° ” t h d r FetUr" ' I In men ot the D o rm ito ry su b sc rib e d a tund for the purchase o'f 500 ex tra rooter song books to be distributed am ong the O regon rooters.
