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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1915)
OREGON EMERALD Published each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the college year, by the Associated Students of the University of Oregon. Entered at the postoffice at Eugene as second class matter. Subscription rates, per year, $1.00. Single copies, 5c. STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.MAX H. SOMMER Assistant Editors.Wallace Eukln, Leslie O. Toomc Managing Editor..Harold Hamstreet City Editor.Harry L. Kuck News Editor..Mnndel Weiss Copy Editors.De Witt Gilbert, Clytle Hall Special Writers. .Grace Edglngtpn, Frances Shoemaker, Charles Dundore, Walter Kennon, .Mary iiaker. Administration .Roberta Klllam Assistant .Francis Yoran Sports . .Chester A. Fee Assistant .James Sheehy Features ...Adrienne Epping, Echo Zahl Dramatic Critic .James Cellars Dramatics.Martha Beer Music .Eulalie Crosby Society .Beatrice Locke Eucile Watson Excbnngcs .Louise Allen Reporters. . Kenneth Moores, Jean Bell, Marian Neil, Carroll Wildin, Harold Say, Robert McNary, Percy Boatman, Coralle Snell, Luelle Messner, Luelle Saunder, Joe Skelton, Stanley Eaton, Helen Brenton. BUSINESS STAFF BUSINESS MANAGER.FLOYD C. WESTERFIELD Manager’s and Editor’s Phone—8-11. Critics or Criticasters? THE EMERALD lias always sought as a policy to please as many of its readers as much of the time as possible. Never have we attempted to please all of the readers all of the time. Not only would that be impossible, but it would be bad journalism. If the Emerald were an ideal newspaper in an ideal world, with an ideal clientele, its policy would be to please everybody, and cause no comment what ever. But obviously such an environ does not exist. So the Emerald has caused some criticism. Chief among the criticisms that the Emerald has faced is that concerning its dramatic criticism. In former years, criticism has been a harmless sort of occupation in appreciative writing. This year the Emerald adopted as part and parcel of its news policy to criticize University dramatics in a sincere manner. I he criticisms thus far have evoked a lot of counter-criticism, but little commendation. We believe that on the whole the criticism has been fair, and at least it has been sincere. We do not instruct our critic to take a thesaurus to the theatre as a boon companion, gather a plethora of superlatives, throw them together and label the resultant a dramatic criticism. 'Poo long has such so-called criticism found too happy a home in the columns of the Emerald. Now is the time to set a standard in college journalism that has already become a determining ideal in metropolitan journalism. That ideal is to “steer clear of the box office” and forget the “comps” in the composition of the criticism. In pledging allegiance to such an ideal there is danger of miss ing the ideal in the attempt to approximate it, just as there is a danger in art of carrying the sublime into the realm of the ridiculous. We are trying to counteract any‘such tendency by having two or three staff editors criticize the production as well as the criticism. Bj this method we hope to overcome anv vicious criticism. While the Emerald has thus been trying to do justice to itself as well as to dramatic productions, murmurs of discontent have readied us from faculty, students and players. Which voice shall we heal ? The Emerald critics have been called criticasters (or words to that effect, some not so polite). If in the future some dramatic crit icism strikes our readers as the work of a biased biped who can’t dis tinguish a good production from a circus, we urge that our readers write us a little communication in which they can give vent to their wrath.' For pity’s sake don’t button-hole us on the way to classes and challenge us to a debate on the spur of the moment, or don’t bewilder us with a series of gestures which strikes us as pugilism, but \d ich is supposed to be criticism. r COMMUNICATION *1 ★-it Eugene, (Iregon, I fee. !>. To the Editor: Important questions arise at times that should he discussed, and so 1 take this method to express m,v views on a very important subject. The faculty called for an expression of student sentiment upon the eoiupul sory student body tax. The student hotly, outside of a few members, showed ex aclly what they thought of the proposi lion, for they all realize the necessity of such an institution. We have a big problem before us since we have become members of the coast conference. We must have money with which to meet the added expense arising from the new system. We must he able to meet these other colleges upon their own terms, or withdraw from the com pact. But it is evident that xve will not he able to meet them if we are at all tittles financially embarrassed. Without a compulsory tax we would not he able to stage a good dog fight, because one >iu dent wdl not pay the tax on his own vo lition if he realizes that the next fellow is not going to dig into his pocket. Then where would xve be? At present the lax is compulsory from a higher authority than the faculty. 1'hey (if 1 am correct) have no power to enter into the discussion, except by assuming authority. The movement was started by a certain professor who did not feel i inclined to pay the lj>S when his sou came to college, and he is now working P have the whole thing killed. But beta again the faculty are trying to regulate a condition of which they km1 w compare lively little. They do not realize what athletics mean to us, they cannot understand how we regard the matter, because they ar< not associated intimately enough with us; they do not know that without sup port we cannot have athletics, and with out athletics thoy will have no school. It' tlic.v would get an c\|ircsxion of tin opin Ion upon this point tlic.v might be sur prised tit the out conic. At present we pay $1S when we are registered in college. SfS is the student body fee, and $10 goes into the treasury ol the l niversity. This is known as tin incidental fee. Now the point arises; when was this incidental fee established; what is its purpose, aiij is it legal? It was institut led at the beginning of the I’niversity be I cause the state at that time was not sup porting tin1 institution and this money was required for janitor work, heat, etc. It is a question whether it is legal 01 not, in that it is making us pay a tuition when our tuition is paid by the taxpayers of the state. So i! the faculty wish to cut down the cidental tax. and make the student body registration twhy not cut out this in tax $10, $5 going into the treasury for general support, $3 being devoted to the student tickets, $1 being used for a sub scription to the Kmerabl, and the other $1 being devoted to the class tax. Phis seems like the logical thing to do. Sincerely yours, i iii:sti:k anopus pkk. CAMPUS NOTES * -—— * Sigma Xu announces the pledging of Krnest lloisington of Kugene. W ,1. Montgomery, of 1'ortlnnd, was a I'riday dinner guest of Alpha Tau Omega. I'riple A will hold its next meeting Thursday, Pecember 17. at the ('hi Omega house. Plans will be discussed for giving a feed or some sort of an en tertainment at which all of the freshmen women can be present and become better acquainted. So far nothing of this sort has been done in the organisation. I'ho ? \V. ('. A. will hold a jubilee 'luring the entire month of February, celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding. Special meetings will be held during this tme and special stress laid on Y. W. C. A. work. A pageant may possibly be given and a large banquet will be served at which all the women of the University, who are members of the organization, will attend. The jubilee wifi be celebrated through out the United States during the month of January, but owing to the fact that examinations occur here during the lat ter part of the month the affair has been postponed. An intercollegiate prom will be given in Cotillion hall in Portland, the evening of December 30, 1015. Committees se lected from the students at Oregon. Washington, O. A. C. and Reed will be announced later. This dance is promis ed to be “some affair.” MYERS WINS ALUMNI GOLD MEDAL CONTEST Walter L. Myers was awarded first place in the alumni medal debating con test held in Guild hall December (5. Cloyd Dawson was mentioned second. The par ticipants were judged on individual merit, not as a team. Two hours was given each participant to prepare for their in dividual cases. Those on the affirmative were Rosa lind Rates, Cloyd Dawson and Nicholas Jaureguy. Amy Carson and Walter Myers upheld the negative. The subject debated was: Resolved, that the United States should maintain its navy about third rank in fighting efficiency. The judges were Ray Goodrich, Judge Potter and R. L. Bryson. Plans to found at Columbia University a hospital equal to the great medical cen ters of Berlin and Vienna failed recently when an. option obtained jointly by the college and a local hospital on a plot of ground near the university expired. The project will not be abandoned, according fo announcement of President Butler, o' Columbia. Announcement Vesper services which were to have been held Sunday have been postponed, owing to illness on the part of the principal soloists. Notice Student body vote on Important amendments Wednesday. The Advertised Church The Rev. Louis S. Cupp, pastor of the First Christian church of Euegene be lieves in keeping his church before the public. During the past month he has conducted an aggressive advertising cam jpaign with display ads in both of Eugene’s dailies. As a result, he has preached to Sunday night audiences averaging up wards of 1000 persons the past three weeks. Dist Sunday night the service was preceded by a iiS-minute Ghdski con cert, the Victrola records being ex plained by l*rof. J. .1. Landsbury of tin1 University department of music. Mr. Cupp appears this week in the columns of the Emerald with a display advertise ment, headed by a cut of his beautiful church, one of the finest types of Greek architecture to be found on the Pacific coast. In this way lie is extending a cordial welcome to University students to attend his services. The subject announced for Sunday night is "The Girl of My Dreams,” bused on letters from fraternity young men and others. This will be followed after the holidays with "The Man of My Heart,” based on letters from sorority women. This series of “Life Sermons” will continue all winter on Sunday nights. "The sermons are simple, direct, human, with but one aim: To help young people on the way.” said Mr. Cupp to the editor. "They are in no sense of the word sensa tional sermons.” -—Adv. GOTHIC THE NEW ARROW a for 25c COLLAR IT FITS THE CRAVAT | CLUETT. PEABODY A CO.. IWC-nmm» | Don’t forget your friends at home, and send them a box of our famous candies as your re membrance of them. We will pay the postage on all boxes sent by us. 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The ever popular dainty small brooches are more sought for than ever before and the demand for beauty pins, bar pins, handy pins, spot pins, and ribbon pins far ex ceeds that of any previous holiday time, while lavallieres, pendants, lingerie clasps and tatting shuttles are holding their pop ularity. b OR MEN S GIFT PIECES fancy stick pins have had a great revival—(every fac tory now running to full capacity) and an endless variety of all that’s newest is here. Every man should have one or more. Wal demar chains, knives and pencils are sell ing unusually well this season. A bracelet watch, of American make, the most re liable time piece, would make a most ac ceptable gift for ‘ her. ’ Hundreds of sug~ gestions at the store. WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF ALL THE ABOVE! MENTIONED ARTICLES READY FOR YOUR SELECTION. PRICES IN PLAIN FGURES. LUCKEY'S JEWELRY STORE Established in 1869.