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of, oratory and debate, a glee and mandolin club and three student
periodical publications.
That this wot'^ Js worth while is nowherè disputed. The cul
ture of body and mind that comes from athletic training is a mark
of most American college-bred men. Experience in handling men
as an athletic captain, or .in handling money as manager of Some
enterprise may be a valuable aid to leadership in after life. A col
lege newspaper, especially if it have the high standard of the Ore
gon Weekly, develops and develops rightly journalistic talent, which
-jvould otherwise never see the light. • A literary magazine, as the
,Ôregop Monthly, offers -development by practice to’’ the budding
literary genius, - thè- iembryo songster, the undeveloped historian
and the would-be .romanticist., The. -reaction of both periodicals
upon student life and college spirit'is.healthful and inspiring. .The
Junior class book published to'perpetuate college traditions and
memories and to advertiser the University i.s worthy of the support
of all and competition to contribute to it should be keen. Every
college man who can sing or play an instrument should try out for
the College glee club. Forensic training will give the ability to
speak clearly, with .resource and with effect.
Such, then, are the student-body activities of thet-pniversity
of Oregon. Participation in one or^more of these activities—and
participation maÿwary from contributing* a local -to the Weekly to
being president of the Associated Students—is just as essential to
a well-rounded college education ,as is work in one’s major subject.
Any student who misses the opportunity to work thus simultan
eously 'for B i and college, j B | B | a chance thafc'will, never cpme
again.
Oregon’s student enterprises are thriving. Generally a cham
pion and always an excellent football team, creditable; teams in
other lines of athletics, earnest endeavor in forensics and oratory,
á good glee club, a newspaper which has won praise in the col
umns of the Oregonian, a monthly magazine unique for a literary
standard as rigid as that of Harper’s—all flourishing and supported
by a student body of few more than four, hundred would seem to
indicate that almost every student must be actively engaged in help
ing them along.
I Such is unfortunately not the case. A casual examination of
the roll of the student-body. ‘ reveals the fact that 54 1-2 per cent