University of Oregon monthly., May 01, 1908, Image 34

U niversity
of
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meet under the direction of Mr. H ayw ard, is a step in the right
direction.
A nother valuable idea was -started this year in the College H our,
when on the beautiful Oregon campus' all distinctions pf Freshm an
and Sophomdre,. student and faculty, . Were forgotten in a brief
space of fun and frolic, Junior week-end, an extension,of U niver­
sity day p w ilL b e eagerly welcomed as established custom in years
to. come.
Thèse six new “firsts annuals” ^houhi.-be perpetuated.^ T hey
w ill all tend to enrich college, life» /
*®ut let us nol? become satisfied w ith thgse alone/-:^Af no time
should tradition be só firmly fixed-that the initiative «spirit ishstilled.
I t .occurs to the 4 Oregon M onthly th at .certain other innovations
are distinctly needed. ' As suggestions,. are offered the following';
dram atic ,olu,b ; athleti^tea-ffis for w om en; a debating intercoflegiatb
league for Women and a journalist clu b . to further good' fellowship
and increased interest among thpse¿iñterestéd; in éollêge journalism.
C O M M E N C E M E N T —Students who v ^ h to gainSfrom their col-
fjjjcge life som ething more than is j gained
through the routine o f -study and relaxation; students w ho^i-s'h to
draw in th a t subtlefe.ssence of inspiration should endeavór to be
present during at, least o n é commencement/ besides- their own.
Then can w e knpw, U niversity life as a dram atic whole, w ith true
artistic proportions which in the daily |o il o f details must escape
us unobserved'. . I
Commencement is the time, when wë may .escápe, the bondage
of the immediate and consider only the ultim ate valuesf^f things,,
L et not the undergraduate m is s th is , opportunity.