OREGON EMERALD
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of the University of Oregon.
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STAFF
Editor-in-Chief....R. Burns Powell, ’12
Managing Editor.A. E. Houston, ’12
Hews Editor.Henry Fowler, '14
City Editor.Fen Waite, ’13
Assistants—
Nellie Hemenway, ’13
Harold Young, '14
Colton Meek, ’14
Associate Editors—
Exchange—George Shantin, ’13
Sporting—Mason Boberts, ’13
Society—Elizabeth Eewla, ’13
Humorous—William Cass, '14
Beportors—
Edward Himes, ’12
Howard Zimmerman, ’13
Walter Kimmell, ’13
Anna McMicken, ’13
Elizabeth Busch, ’13
William McAllen, ’14
Flora Dunham, ’14
Bers Cowden, ’14
Ella Sengstake, ’14
Iceland Hendricks, ’15
Jessup Strang, ’15
Eaurence Dlnneen, '15
Carlyle Oeisler, ’15
Euton Aokerson, ’15
Dal. King, ’13
Otto J. Holder, '14
Bobert Ferris, ’14
Business Mgr., Wendell C. Barbour, ’12
Advertising Mgr.John G. Kelly
Asst. Adv. Mgr.Robert M. Wray
Circulation Clay Watson, ’15
Wednesday, March 27, 1912.
friendship and Institutionalism.
1 he last 0. A. C. Barometer con
tains an editorial devoted to the edi
tor of the Emerald and his editorial of
two issues ago, “What About the Big
Issue,” which, from the standpoint of
sarcasm, is a masterpiece. The (>. A.
Editor objects to the Emeralds
attitude of “let us at 'em,” and pre
fers the “Well. I Wont Play,” to the
one which he says has for its object
“the giving vent to spite and venom
in physical contests”—a misunder
standing of what is meant by the
phrase. He would rather see the
schools remain apart, he says, than
meet for the purpose of making
money or “getting at” each other;
“We would he friends with the Uni
versity, and by this we mean real
friends. We ask for no more than
this and we will except no less,” is the
concluding statement or the editorial.
Now it seems to us that the editor
has failed to get the real attitude of
the Emerald, and we say Emerald, be
cause we do not want to drag the Uni
versity into any controversy which
will tear down the lately built bridge.
He seems to think we differ in our
ideals when we really agree. Real
friendship, the kind of friendship that
will not let petty things destroy it, is
the friendship the Emerald has
preached for a long time. It has con
sistently held that it is infantile to
withdraw from an institution because
of strained relations, for such a
thing is out of harmony with the very
essence of our human nature, which
is essentially gregarious and there
fore believes in institutions and the
maintenance of them.
The movement to withdraw from
O. A. ('. was squelched on the
Oregon campus for this very
reason. Oregon saw that it
world if everybody did this same
disrupt the real friendly relationship
existing between the two schools anil
refrained from acting. But she has,
of course, insisted on holding O. A.
C. responsible for the severing of re
lations and she feels that that college
realizes its action was a mistake,
even though it tries to escape all
criticism, and insists that its action
was justifiable.
The standards of sportmanship
maintained between Washington and
Oregon are those becoming men and
members of a social community, we
think. Teams representing the two
Universities seldom get together that
tlings are not thrown at each other,
and the Washington Daily and the
Emerald follow the events up with
utterances containing all the "Venom"
the sarcastic minds of the editors can
muster, yet neither institution thinks
of disrupting the relationship over
such things. The great underlying
value of friendship and institutional
ism is so clearly recognized, that
their discontinuenee is never consid
ered. This is the Sportmanship the
Emerald preaches and hopes to see all
institutions adopt a friendship which
will not let incidentals disrupt funda
mentals.
As regards the “Let Me At ’Em,"
and "Well, 1 Wont Play" attitudes.
the Barometer editor prefers the
latter, even though it is childish, as
he says, but here again we think his
sociology is faulty. The “let me at
’em” attitude does not mean foul
work, but “I’ll show ’em I ran beat
’em, even though they do me dirt.”
The person with this attitude has no
thought of destroying an institution;
he is determined to right matters
within the institution itself—such a
person is a social being. But the
“well, I wont play” attitude means
that “when I’m wronged, I’ll with
draw, and I’ll be my own judge as to
when I’m wronged.” Such a person
stagnates and destroys institutions in
stead of improving them—such a per
son is not a good social being. This
kind of person is often found in
actual life, He is the fellow who can
not abide by the decision of the ma-.
jority and prefers to ruin the order,
rather than concede to the greater
number a point He thinks is
right. This would be a sorry old
world, if everybody did this same
thing.
Candida's Small Audience.
The Dramatic Club and the Boosters
of the Interscholastic track meet cer
tainly have cause to complain at the
lack of student support they received
Monday at the event of the play “Can
dida.” The Eugene theater was hard
ly half filled by the audience and as
a result, the management now stands
confronted with a large debt; it goes
without saying that the track meet
gets no help.
•Just why the student body should
reward the efforts of the Varsity
Thespians so poorly, is hard to say.
From the standpoint of amateurs the
production was exceptionally good,
and the University is beginning to
realize that in Prof. Reddie she has
an exceptionally capable coach for this
line of work. “Candida” is not an
easy play for even professionals to in
terprete, and when we consider the
character portrayal done by our own
students, we are compelled to take off
our hats to the Dramatic Club and
Prof. Reddie, and say, “Well done.
We are ashamed that the University
does not place a higher estimate on
your work.”
Who Presented That Emerald Cup.
The Emerald maintains it has some
cause to be peeved. Last year it
went to the expense of purchasing a
loving cup, and presented the same
to the co-eds to scrap over in basket
ball games, with the understanding
that the editor would be allowed to
present the trophy to the winning
team at the close of the final game.
The agreement was lived up to last
year and Editor Moores in a few well
chosen words, over whose choice he
had spent many an hour of earnest
thought, delivered the cup into the
safe keeping of the Gamma Deltas.
This year, however, no invitation
was presented to the editor to deliver
the little speech he has so long looked
forward to with thrills of expectent
delight and he has been clearly
cheated out of the greatest honor
that can be accorded a male member
of this University by the fair women
of it :the privilege of entering their
gymnasium and talking, for a moment
or two to the assembled multitude of
"beautiful blue bloomered belles of
Oregon.” "Ah, Editor, where is thy
victory. Ah, Co-ed, how cruel thy
sting.”
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• SAGE OF l’ODIJNK *
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Sure, distance lends enchantment
to the view, for many of the most
beautiful things are generally “out of
sight.”
* »
He who borrows will never loose
his sense of touch.
• *
I could not love thee, beer, so
much, if Springfield, were no more.
* •
Forty-eight girls voted that they
didn’t want to vote. Inconsistency,
thy name is woman!
• •
What is the easiest way to commit
suicide? Just announce that in your
opinion we lost the championship.
• •
To say that "there is plenty of
room at the top,” may at least be ap
plied to a bald headed man.
Words, like logic, shouldn’t be used
until they are well reasoned.
* *
“Suddenly the notes of the deep
laboring organ burst upon the ear.”
For Heaven’s sake, turn over and cut
the slumber song, suggested the’ guy
next door.
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* Registration for the primaries
* closes April 25th. It is the duty
* of all University men over 21
* years of age, to register before it
* is too late.
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Carl Gabrielson, ex-’12, the famous
baseball coach of the Salem High
baseball team, and Mr. Slade, mana
ger of the Salem woolen mills store,
were guests at the Beta house for the
Beta dance.
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