The Oregon weekly., December 14, 1908, Image 4

I HE OREGON
WEEKLY
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never conies through seeking. T he H is love tor votes w as sunk in a lov,
man who has backbone enough to dis­ for men. I le adm ired g irls not because
Published every Monday during the college regard the sentim ent of his fellows th e \ could win him p o p u larity , bin
when that sentim ent is w ro n g ; the for the finer qualities th a t alw ays make
year by the students of the
man who will stand alone, w ith five the O regon co-ed a ttra c tiv e . 'H e ac­
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hundred and tw enty-nine ag ain st him tu ally m ade m any s tu d e n ts and some
in a fight tor his ideals, is the man of the faculty an g ry at him by his ob­
Entered at Eugene postoffice at Eugene, worth while, to whom will come at
List the popular regard. T he man who stin a te stand for w hat he thought
Oregon, as second class matter.
right. He did not p reten d a liking for
dares, as Lowell p u ts it, to risk half
a single th in g or person and he did
his present repute for th e right to
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not care if he did becom e unpopular
think
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One year, by mail ..................................... $1 00
It was on the day of graduation
Single copy .............................................. $ q 5 dom to speak, will gain in future re­ when the senior, looking up w ith long­
putation.
ing at his u n attain ab le ideal and back
1 he right sort of college man or with regret over th ree w asted years,
EI»IT( »K IN -CH IEF
woman never thinks of po p u larity as noticed som eone who ap proached him
EARL KILPATRICK ................................
an end to be gained. If his handshake hum bly and in siste n tly in th e atti­
ASSISTANT EDITORS
be warm or his tone hearty, it is from tude of a supplicant.
H arriet L ane ..............................................
the sincerity of his n atu re, and not
“ W ho are y o u ? ” he asked, kindly
F ay C la rk .......................................................
from a superficial desire for esteem .
I am Panic, whom you so u g h t,’’ she
B en j. H. W illiams ..................................... ’ jq Ills every act is free from all im p u ta­ answ ered.
W. C. N icholas .......................................... qo tion of tru ck lin g to j opular favor. H is
‘P ardon m e,” he replied, indiffer­
A rthur M. G eary .................................. qp
voice is with a righteous cause against ently, *‘I had forgotten y o u .’’
manager
overw helm ing odds.
And to him
DEAN T. G O ODM AN................................q 0 com es u nsought what m any seek in
that tho u sa n d d o lla rs
vain.
ASSISTANT MANAGER
h ritz D ean .................................................. q j
H ear a parable, which is also a p a r­
Ju st when will the U n iv ersity get
REPORTERS
aphrase. A freshm an cam e to the U ni­ the $1000.00 tied up in the failure of
O livia R isley ............................................... *09
versity of ( fregon, and he yearned e a r­ the Ilitle G uarantee and T ru s t Co. last
E arl M arshall .............................................» jq nestly after »Fame.
H e was prom ­ y e a r; is a question th a t has often been
AI.CM N| CORRESPONDENT
inent w henever he had a chance
He
B ert W. P rescott ......................................... 'Qg m ade long speeches on the side of asked d u rin g the past m onths. A fair-
y definite an sw er is furnished bv a
the m ajority in class m eetin g s; lie cul­ letter to R egistrar T iffany from Homer
tivated the acquaintance of prom inent D. A ngell of the firm of A ngell and
Monday, December 14, 1908
upperclassm en and called them “ Hill” P isher of P ortland. M r. A ngell, who
D ick; he wore sixty-tw o inch is an alum nus of the U n iv ersity , ex­
peg top trousers and socks of the hues plained th at, according to the “ Ladd
STU D EN T PO PU L A R IT Y
of a double rainbow ; he cultivated a A greem ent, the receiver is to make
sw agger that defies d escrip tio n ; he
N othing is b etter index of the true joined ev erything th at was to be p ay m en ts every six m onths p ro rata
worth of a college man than his pop­ joined ; he spent fifty dollars a sem ester to the depositors, with y ea rly payment
ularity am ong his fellows. T o say .for b o o k s ’ at O tto ’s. Hut Fam e, more of in terest at the rate of four per cent
\n io u n ts of $1000.00 or m ore th at are
that a man is popular is to pay him a •icklc than a co-ed," kept i d , „ ¿ a n d not
folly paid a ^ m , g o ^ e ^ i s
higher com plim ent than to say that he
her" ‘
" lK‘" ' ' C 3p'L T " « " ' C ' late ° f the a P P °m t,n en t of
is a good student or a gooij athlete. p r o , a 'h * 1 'd
* h er-
; !le hrst receiver will |,e paid by Wil-
Most students realize the value of pop-
As a sophom ore, he w ent in for atli- llai" S. Ladd. It js probable that a
u laiity , but the m istake that many
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Us, and never failed to attem p t a paym ent of 10 per cent will be made
make is in seeking it. P opularity that
J't.ir play, when the g ran d stan d s were
Ja n u a ry . , From
th is it is evident
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v.i.o 11 i-, c vviuvm
v iu c m
is sought does not and cannot last.
lookimr
Io cultivated
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the acq u ain
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ay
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a
little
longer
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an
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I here is a type of freshm an, and a
not only of men hut of girls, ran M ars before the A ssociated Students
som ew hat ra rer type of upperclassm an, ance
t<»r office several tim es and was not nn- are fully reim bursed.
whose evident am bition is to become
He patronized
well-known by everyone. T h is type succsstnl politically.
and advised the freshm en; was first
A W E L L M ANAGED DANCE
is that of the fellow who extends the
m the plans for hazing hut did not
“glad h an d “ to everybody, who takes
Sixty-nine dollars was the to tal cost
rem arkable care never to offend and help to carry them out for fear of a n ­
tagonizing
the
freshm
an
vote.
And
ill
of the sophom ore hop at th e Armory
tries alw ays to please, who know s ev-
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his
upon
the
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L ast y ea r the
eyone by the C hristian name on sec­ height w lw re’V a m e '^ y V
ond m eetin g —the fellow, in short, who other wav
And
not
°
tvv \
? , a * dance
v*«**'-c at a ¿1 cost
c o st of
01
o her wav.
And
not so
so much
much
as th a a ° tw
a
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iki
not
as
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h
u
ndred
dollar«
'ph..
is m aking a positive and conscious ef­
two hundred dollars. The party last
fort to become popular. G enerally lie glance front her eye could he gain.
. a *,r< ay evening was the more en­
stu d d en
en t-
t- jovaDie
1 a junior,
. . . he v went in
1,1 for
'o r stu
ot
tw
o Credit is due
i. a the
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succeeds, tem porarily. Hut forced pop­ 1 As
joyable
of ° the
two.
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for
u larity is a hot house plant, and cannot
glow hardy and outlive the changes of and <H'I work which wonld h r l>OS,U n p h ? 1,’"
personal a tten tio n to
the seasons.
prom inently before the eyes of*his fel-
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* — keePln^ dow n expenses,
C onstant effort to be agreeable will
’l e t the goddess fur whom he
P A p E R D U R IN G V A C A T IO N
b ring tem porary recognition as a “good
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fellow, but it is cloying. T h e 'e le ­ vearned would not smile upon him.
As a senior, weary of his pursuit of
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(>rc«on
h
regon W eekly will appear as
m ents of true popularity in college be­
J ante, and persuaded that he could nev- '.’s’' al " ext Monday, Although 'h e va-
come evident not through a m an’s own
'’PPr" ' ak the student took p U'" " season will then have begun.
efforts to secure their recognition but hls eve
i l w / 'h '
T t," ani chancc<1 to look . ’
Vro!,ab]c that there will also be
m spite of them .
“Coy Hebe tlies from those that woo wIP-i. ■
' j T® he saw an Meal. a * .Clal lss,,e on December 28. These
And shuns the hands would seize no­ unselfish SeS’ ed h,s ’ ouI- 'he ideal of ‘" '? .lssues « " » • * sent to student sub-
on her.
1 in limnhl»S l,| ' CC
' " -v ear he toiled "lri >trs at their vacation addresses if
Follow th v life anil she will sue
he
I ™ , A T ' ?*?? ,he ROO<I tha< ';ri?Per . n o t|ce ,s given to the manager.
knew
and h K
fe,lows " ’ey never A lst '.s Pl,s,c>1 ", Villard Hall for the
o pour for thee the cup of honor ”
_ 1 rue popularity in college, which is I 'E ffo rt ¡ i aii’ r " ' ' S‘,Oppetl ,o " ° ‘e- •,<?nVCn'7 ’ce of 'hose who cannot read-
- sce ^ le manager.
honor, or "fam e." in the college- il effort in all hues of work was sin
cere, and calm and reposeful— for Tl"
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