OREGON EMERALD
Official student paper of the Univer
sity of Oregon, published every Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday to the
college year by the Associated Stu
dents.
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Oregon, as second class matter.
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DOROTHY DUNIWAY, Acting Editor
Lyle Bryson._.News Editor
Nell Warwick.Asst. News Editor
Harry A. Smith.Managing Editor
Helen Manning.Dramatic Editor
Esther Fell .Society Editor
Editorial Writers
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Victoria Case
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WHAT WE ARE MISSING
Publication of the first installment
of Opal Whiteley's childhood dairy,
as the opening article in the March
Atlantic, directs anew the attention of
many readers to what they are miss
ing In the world about them. Oregon
students will read the diary with
particular Interest, since Opal was a
student here for two years, 1916 to
1918, and many students and faculty
remember the little girl with eyes
ever watchful of the glories of the
out-of-doorB and a desire to know
“people," especially children, and to
help them, to realize the joy she had
discovered all about her.
Many children start very much as
did Opal, with less, perhaps, of her
natural keenness, but with nearly as
much joy in the living things of out
doors—which is so different from the
grownup’s sort of hygienic delight
In the open air "because it is good
for him.” Others besides Opal Btart
with pet names for their fir trees and
their crow, and even, perhaps, for
their pet mice. But they grow up
soon, and they become a little asham
ed of their childish imaginations
which clothe so much of the outdoors
in that "celestial light" of whicli the
poet speaks. Their blase elders in
terest them In things artificial, and a
big gulf is formed between the world
of outdoors and the world of books—
which laer it is hard to image.
So—u whispering fir gets to be
just u tree, useful perhaps for shade
or lumber or fuel; a robin is a pest
that pecks awav at one’s strawberries;
a pheasant and a deer are something
to l)o chased and carried home for
food. Beauty is lost on us poor
utilitarians, and “a primrose on the
river's brim a yellow primrose is”
to us “and nothing more." So we
go on. year after year, with our
eyB closed and our eyes deaf to what
Miss Whiteley calls “the fairyland
around us," and we turn our jaded
minds inward on a somewhat drab
perspective. If we could only throw
ourselves outward to catch the mes
sage of the glorious natural world
about us. would our beings not be
come so enriched, so colored with
the reflection of the radiance all
ubout us, that when, introspoctively,
we looked within, we should behold
something indefinitely more interest
ing.
Oregon’s oudoors gives a splendid
opportunity for the cultivation of the
friendships with the things of nature
of which the littlo Opal scribbled
with such ingenuous interest. There
must be a relaxation and a joy in
such intimate contacts the losing of
which is a veritable "missing of
half one's life." For it is true that
we live "in feelings, not in figures
on a dial."
“The Story of Opal” cannot fail to
awaken many who might otherwise
drowse through life without an ink
ling of the teeming riches of nature
which are open and free to all.
YELL LEADER ELECTION
Should the University yell leader
be elected by the student body in
stead of by the student council as
formerly? In making the reeommen
elation that he should, members of the
student council feel that more honor
will be attached to the position. They
also feel that the yell leader is an
officer receiving very little credit for
the duties which he performs.
The proposed change will be voted
on by the students at the next as
sembly. It is an issue which is not
of vital concern to the students in
general, for they have seemed to be
satisfied with the student council’s
choice. Yet it is only fair for us to
give all the honor possible to an of
fice with such exacting duties. It
seems that the student council has
decided wisely in asking for the
change in the manner of election.
By placing the yell leader among
those officers of the student body
who are selected at the annual elec
tion in May we will be showing a
small part of the appreciation we
f$el for the way the office has been
handled in the past.
The fellow who used to say that
too many dances and parties caused
him to neglect his studies has a new
one for the fact that the flu ban has
put the lid on them. He now claima
that, as there is no expense involved,
now is the time to make dates. The
lessons get it coming or going.
The psychology department claims
that talking with the dead is “bosh,”
but there were several professors in
this University who did not think so
as a result of a certain death rumor
which spread over the campus.
If a student does not dance he
kills most of his time around the pool
hall. The C. E. (Christian Endeavor)
proposal in the Emerald’s last issue
ought to strike a happy medium.
Some of the students clipped out
their house grades and sent them
home. Those who did not, received
their house grades from home.
Some of the fellows claim that the
highest positions they ever held were
while watching the basketball games
between Oregon and Stanford.
The football team of Centre col
lege always prays before tackling a
game. They evidently believe that
"In Union lies Strength.”
The flu ban from the standpoint of
some students, has made Springfield
a great asset to Lane county.
The nearest some students get to
study is on the library steps.
NEW MUSICAL CLUB SOON
ORGANIATION WILL FURTHER
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
Memberships In Society Fostered by
Rex Underwood to be Awards
for Service
A new honorary musical organiza
tion is being formed by Rex Under
wood, instructor of violin in the school
of music, for the purpose of further
ing musical activities on the cam
pus. Membership will be given as a
reward for service.
The organization, according to Mr.
Underwood, will be open to all per
sons, men and women, who have
served at least one year on one of the
glee clubs and who are now serving
in either of the clubs or the orches
tra. Later, a rule may be made ad
mitting only upperclassmen. At pres
ent there are 28 eligible to member
ship in the club. These will be the
charter members. No members of
the faculty will be eligible unless they
are students in the University, said,
Mr. Underwood. This organization,
he added, will probably be respon
sible for getting good concerts and
other musical treats here.
“We want to make it more than a
society,” said Mr. Underwood, “and,
although there may be some emblem
for distinction, it will not be a secret
society, all its interests being cen
tered in campus activities.” When
music is needed for University pro
grams and entertainments this organ
ization will be the one to appeal to.
It will act as the head of such move
ments, he said.
This idea was derived from a simi
lar club at Princeton, where there
is an organization calledthe Princeton
Musical club. It is composed only of
upperclassmen and serves only for
the purpose of social activities. Mr.
Underwood states that he expects to
make the new organization better
than the one at Princeton, for there
the society merelyexists as a social
club from which no special benefits
are derived.
Another meeting will be held some
time this week to make definite ar
rangements for a constitution, name
and plans. The list of charter mem
bers will be announced later.
U. S. HEALTH OFFICER HERE
TO BEGIN INVESTIGATION
Continued from page 1.
tive individuals who may come with
in their knowledge, that this work
can fully reach its goal,” declared
Dr. Carlisle.
Accuracy is Essential
“It is obvious,” he said, “that the
more complete the returns are, the
more accurate will be the figures as
to the actual conditions in the state
so far as they relate to delinquents
and mental defectives. As future
legislation for the care of these un
fortunates may be largely influenced
by this survey, it is necessary that
absolute accuracy in its findings be
attained.”
“Recent surveys show that the pro
blem of delinquency and anti-social
conduct of all sorts is based to a
large extent upon mental deviation
of some type, often unrecognized, and
the number of persons thus afflicted
is greater than the general public has
usually realized,” Dr. Carlisle said
further. "For this reason the legis
lature has considered it highly de
sirable that the state should have
accurate figures on which to base its
future work for the care of these
dependents, both as institutional pro
blems and as problems for care in
the communities themselves. Many
individuals showing some form of
mental deviation are and will con
tinue to be community problems,
never entering institutions but al
ways finding it difficult to meet the
mands of their environment.
Defectives Source of Danger
“They should, however, be recog
nized as a constant potential social
liabilities so far as citizenship is
concerned, but nevertheless under
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