U N IV E R S IT Y O F O R É G O N
M O N T H L Y
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Eleven Years of College Journalism
AY w extort in, close, relation;
.^ W firs.in ' faithful .brotherhood;
Y ofir^foi education/’
Such .was the ¡greeting which the ’.Oregon Monthly- proferred
to its readers at the time .pKiis .first, appearance, March, 189?. It
states, in, th e editorials, its ,^bject Was to keep students informed
and interested/ip what ^„happening at- the U. ,,O'f 'J§>., and to point
out to them every opportunityTor advancement” a n ^ 'to je t the pat
rons and friends’^ the University / ‘knoyz what'tHe^iTrtiyersity and
its students are doing, what kind of an institution they are sending
their sons and daughters^c^&ntf'what kindipf influences are thrown
around them.”
The staff 4vas/aTarge’ o n e /^ ^ s is tin g of .an editor-in-chief) D.
V. Kuykendall, two^associate edit^rs^ two business^ m anagers and
fourteen contributors j o m the societies, associations and classes.
No wonder th^ Monthly prospered with suph a/st'aff. There were
ro stories in .the first issue but a most interesting report of the
meeting, of the Intercollegiate? Oratorical' Contest and the prize
winning oration were printed. The bulk^of the paper was made up
of society items and personals,,- of great local interest, perhaps,,
but contributing nothing^ ter the literary value of the paper. This
policy on the part of 'th e M onthly'of printing news items, was dis
continued in 1900, when the first i^sue of the Oregon W eekly ap
peared. The Weekly was organized and printed to act as a new &