1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

VOL. XXXVII. SEPTEMBER, 1912. No. 1IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS.By authority of the General Council the National Convention hasbeen postponed from Thanksgiving week, November 25-29, 1912 tothe week beginning December 30, 1912, including New Year's day..The topic for Alumni Day, October 15, 1912, is "The importanceof maintaining high standards of morality and progress."THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGONThe University of Oregon, founded in 1872, includes the Collegesof Law and Medicine, located in Portland, and the Colleges of Literature,Science and the Arts, of Engineering, and of Music, locatedin Eugene. The faculty in Eugene numbers seventy-two and thetotal enrollment, not including fhe School of Music, is six hundredand fifty. Of this number, live hundred and twenty are of the Collegeof Literature and one hundred and fifty are of the EngineeringSchool. The men slightly outnumber the women. Approximatelytwo hundred and thirty students are in the fraternities and clubs,fifty in the two dormitories, and the remainder either temporarilyor permanently located in town.Entrance requirements call for sixteen "Carnegie" units and theuniversity is ranked by the National Bureau of Education as a standardinstitution. There is an annual income of one hundred andtwenty-five thousand dollars and the last legislature voted a specialappropriation of over h^lf a million for a new library and an administrationbuilding. The present buildings are well constructed,msiinly of brick and concrete. A new gymnasium is a special point ofpride. It has the largest indoor swimming tank on the Pacific Coastand is recognized as the best equipped gym west of the Mississippi.Because of the fact that the university is separated by a five hours'ride from Portland, the city atmosphere does not dominate on thecampus and, in the town of ten thousand people, university life ismore distinct than is often the case. The student body depends uponits own resources for pastimes and sports. There is an interfraternityathletic league and through this organization interfraternity basketballand baseball games and track meets are held, not only filling thewinter weeks with sport but also developing much good material forthe varsity squads. The University of Oregon has a right to beproud of its athletic records. In the Northwest Conference thisyear it stood second in football; it holds the championship in basketball,baseball, and track. Any school would be proud to own such