Oregon daily emerald., October 21, 1921, Image 1

Oregon Daily Emerald
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VOLUME XXIII.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1921.
NUMBER IS
OREGON’S HIGHER
STANDARDS TOPIC
OF DEAN DYMENT
Prescribed Course of Study
Declared Safeguard of
Real Education
FAITH KEPT WITH PEOPLE
Distinctive Character to be
Given University by Its
Serious Training
“Our Kind of a University is to be
one of the kind that keeps on raising
its standards year after year, so that
it may keep pace with the constantly
widening sum of human discovery,”
said Colin V. Dyment. in an address
yesterday morning at assembly, on the
subject, “Our Kind of a University.”
“If we are to obey the mandates of
the people of Oregon spoken last year;
if we are to satisfy our own consci
ences; and repay our own and our par
ent’s expenditures; and if above all we
are to do our duty by Uncle Sam in
enabling him to .compete with other
nations through the instrumentality of
his trained men,—we must not toler
ate fer a minute any dead level of
mediocracy; and lack of intellectual
curiousity; or any indifference to
ethical principles,” stated the Dean,
“and if we are to be that kind of a
university, we shall have to throw more
responsibility on the student himself.
It will no longer be possible to cover
a course in a classroom.”
Standards Must Bise
Democratization of advanced educa
tion has done more than anything else
to depress standards,” continued the
Dean, “but the curious outcome is that
while up to date it has caused a de
pressing of university standards, it
must in the end cause them to rise.
Standards must rise for the college men
of today has farther to go than the
college man of a few years ago.”
The principal cause of the high mor
ality in our student body in previous
years, has been the fact that students
had too much free election by subjects,
according to Dean Dyment. The re
sult was that at the end of the college
year the student found that he had
absorbed nothing except “fireplace
slang.”
Prescribed course Aids
“The rise in standards of the Univer
sity may be attributed to the prescribed
course of study,” says Dean Dyment.
The prescribed eourse of study is a
system under which an entering stu
dent elects a course of study extending
over four years, careful^ worked out
by qualified men, to the end that one
subject may reinforce another. Under
this the student will “buck his mind
in a mass, instead of as scattered, un
related, ineffectual units without any
quarterback’s signals.”
“The two student expressions that
have raised most Cain with the stan
dards of this University,” said the
Dean, “are that laissez-faire pair of
twins, ‘getting by,’ and ‘putting it
over’.”
Stand on Own Feet
“In our kind of university men stand
on their own intellectual feet as far
as their intellectual capacity will per
mit; it often comes hard at first, and
faculty members will have to force
the issue with hundreds of students who
dislike to think,” remarked Dean Dy
ment, “but if our men are to compete
in the afterdavs with the best of the
best, there is no other way out.”
“There are two or three habits in this
University which hamper Oregon in be
coming ‘Our Kind of a University,’
said the Dean. “One of these is telling
the freshman up here that they must
make nine hours or they can’t stay in
college. The right approach is, ‘You
must make 16 hours or you get no
degree.’ The former attitude means a
high morality; the latter a better per
centage of well-trained Americans.
Another is the custom of men’s frater
nities in competing with one another
in the scholarship roll instead of with
the whole university.”
“Activity” Talk Overdone
“A third officacious way of holding
back ‘Our Kind of a University,’ is
the talking of college activities out in
the state to the exclusion of courses of
study. This evil is fast diminishing.”
“Much of the work that the students
and the University did in the spring,
was based on the professional objec
tive that was being put into our courses
of study. YThat was the answer. Two
thousand students, twenty-three hun
dred by June, exclusive of music and
medicine,” prophesied Dean Dyment.
Preceding the address Miss Eleanor
Lee gave two contralto solos. Miss
Lee, a former instructor in the school
of music, has a resonate voice, pos
sessing unusual sweetness and quality.
She was received with enthusiasm.
Bob It If You
Wish, Girls, Is
Deanes Idea
Dean Fox is all for it! She thinks
the girls on the campus are growing
more sensible every day. Yes, she
agrees that bobbed hair is just the
thing—when it is accompanied with
low heels, woolen hose, and other forms
of sensible dress. But if it is worn
only because it is the style and is ac
companied by high heels, paint, brick
throwing, and well you know the rest
—it is very, very foolish.
“Every thing that makes for comfort
and is practical has a reason for be
ing.” Dean Fox said, “And bobbed
hair is characteristic of western free
dom,” in fact she is glad to see the
girls wearing their hair bobbed—she
has a sister way back in New York
who does it. The girls on the campus
do dress sensibly and it was a relief
to get back to a college town after
being in New York all summer, she j
stated.
PROGRAM IS OUT
CONCERT OCT. 20
Ticket-Sellers for Series to
Meet Tonight and
Make Plans
The program for the Cyrena Van
Gordon concert next Tuesday evening
is made up chiefly of English songs, ac
cording to the announcement received
from the Elwin Concert bureau in
Portland, under the direction of which
Hiss Van Gordon is making her north
west tour. A wide range of familiar
selections is included in the evening’s
recital.
In an effort to stir up more enthu
siasm in the series of concerts which is
being given under the auspices of the
Woman’s league, a meeting of all those
persons in charge of ticket selling in
the various' living organizations and
on the campus was held Wednesday
evening in the Woman’s building. The
old Oregon pep and loyalty which has
heretofore supported all such student
undertakings has been somewhat lack
ing in this ticket sale, according to
those in charge. In the spring, when
the Woman’s League brought the Port
land Symphony orchestra to the campus !
for the dedication of the Woman’s
building, it assumed a debt of $500 J
which resulted, and it is to clear this de- I
ficit that the concert series has been
arranged.
Season tickets for thd* three affairs
are on sale for $1.50, while single admis
sions are $1. They may be obtained
at the Co-op, the hut and the bungalow,
and down town at McMorran and Wa3li- ,
burne’s, Kuykendall’s and Applegate’s.1
A free ticket is being given to each j
person selling over 20 tickets.
Miss Yan Gordon will be accompanied !
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BAZ’S TEAM RUDY TO GO
FROSH ELEVEN OUT AFTER MT.
ANGEL SCALPS
Dope Favors Visitors, But Won’t Hold
Back the Old Fight in
Oregon Youngsters
Saturday the Mt. Angel football team
is coming up here, bag, baggage and
coaches, to show the freshmen what |
they know about football. With last
week’s 7-6 victory over Columbia Uni
versity in their wake, the dope is in
their favor, but Baz’s men are out after
scalps and don’t propose to let the dope
stand in their way to victory.
The frosh have been working at white i
heat, getting into condition and perfect
ing their plays. The 35 or more
men from which Saturday’s'squad will;
be picked have been turning out regu
larly since the beginning of football
practice, and so great has been their"
improvement that the casual observer
would hardly recognize them as the i
same outfit turning out earlier in the
year. While it is true that they are
not perfect in putting over their plays
their present form makes it plain that
any of their opponents will have to
have more than snap to put a score
over them.
Coaches Work Hard
A great deal of credit is due the
coaches—Baz and Brandy have never
let up for a moment on the yearlings,
instilling the old “Oregon Fight” into
their fibers. The result of their work
brightens materially the outlook for
next year’s Varsity eleven. At the
first of the year the scrimmage looked
like a contest with every man for him
self, but noV the plays are becoming
more mechanical, and the team as a
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OREGON ONOER-DOG
IN BERKELEY GAME
“Going to Fight,” Says “Brick”
On Eve of Departure for
California Game
“‘DOPE” AGAINST VARSITY
History Records Other Tilts
Won by Lemon-Yellow as
, Forlorn Hope
SCORES IN PAST BATTLES
WITH CALIFORNIA TEAM
1899— Oregon
1900— Oregon
1904— Oregon
1905— Oregon
1916—Oregon
0
2
0
0
39
1917— Oregon 21
1918— Oregon 0
Total: Oregon 62
California 12
California 0
California 12
California 0
California 14
California 0
California 6
California 44
Won by Oregon, 3; by California 3.
Tie games, 1.
’’We’re the under dogs, but we’re
going to fight” said “Brick” Mitchell,
varsity end coach. Brick made this
statement just before leaving with the
team for the south, but it is not the
first time the varsity has been so
styled in reference to a prospective
game with California. In 1916, the
team on which Mitchell played end,
“Shy” played quarter and Bart Spell
man played guard, was not prior to the
game even conceded a chance with the
Bruins.
It is history, the crushing 39-14 de
feat of that year that the Lemon
Yellow inflicted upon the Golden Bear.
Again in 1917 when the Berkeley ag
gregation journeyed north to avenge
that defeat, outweighing Bezdek’s light
team 15 pounds to the man. Though
picked by^the majority of western,
football critics to “smear” Oregon by
at least two touchdowns, the varsity,
though crippled by losses through en
listment and injury, turned back Andy
Smith’s sturdy “Native Sons” 21-0.
Oregon Picked for Trimming
Oregon is picked by sports writers
and football experts all over the west
to receive the worst drubbing she has
experienced through many years of
brilliant football history. Andy Smith,
California, coach, expects his team to
roll up several touchdowns without un
due exertion. Oregon will in all prob
ability be fighting under the heaviest
odds it has been necessary for her to
take in many seasons, but Oregon is
the under dog, and has the sympathy
and support of every student body
north of the California line.
Oregon’s team is green and untried,
her strength is an unknown quantity,
although she has not been defeated this
year, with the exception of Idaho she
has faced weak teams and has stumbled
blindly through to victory over them.
Weak in experience the team may be,
and green in play, but an examination
of the statistics of the Idaho game will
disclose the fact that the Varsity is
long on fight.
First to Score on Bruins
It is interesting to note the fact that
Oregon is the first team that ever scored j
on California on the Berkeley Oval. That !
was in 1900 when Dick Smith, later
an All-American, fullback at Columbia,
was in his palmy days ai Oregon.
California had the ball on their own ten
yard line. A punt was attempted and the
ball rolled back of the Blue and Gold
line. A Bruin back fell on it, scoring j
a safety for Oregon.
The last meeting of the two teams
occured in 1918, the war year, and
Huntington’s first season as coach.
The game was played in Berkeley and
the light Oregon team was defeated
by the Bruins 6-0.
FIRST MEETING IS HELD
BY DEANS OF UNIVERSITY
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Open Meetings by Honor Societies,
And Development of School
Spirit Endorsed
That spirit developed in the different
schools in the University is conductive
rather than detrimental to college
spirit was the conclusion reached at
the first meeting of the deans of the
departments of the University, held
Wednesday.
The meeting was the first of its
kind on the campus and was attended
by deans from the twelve schools, the
dean of women and the dean of men.
Regular meetings will be held in the
future.
Activities within the separate schools
were encouraged. In the schools of
architecture and journalism especially
there have been activities for the school
as a whole, and in the school of busi
ness administration the chamber has
been organized. Open meetings held by
the professional honor societies are
commendable and to be encouraged,
decided the deans.
STORY OF GAME
TO BE FLASHED
Three of the Men Who Will Battle Saturday
To Lift Scalp of Super-team in California
Norman Byrne Elected
Head of Graduate Club;
Faculty Members Talk
The Graduate club is reorganized.
At a meeting held Wednesday night in
the alumni hall of the Woman’s build
ing Norman Byrne was elected presi
dent and Mildred Howes was made sec
retary. Talks were given by faculty
members in which the desirability and
necessity of such an organization on the
campus was emphasized. About 50
members were present.
“I am delighted at this formation of
graduates, this spontaneous movement
from the graduates themselves, not
prompted by the faculty first,” said
Dr. George Rebec, dean of the gradu
ate school. “It is not an aimless ag
gregation of graduates,” he continued,
“they have an important part to play
in the University.” He emphasized the
idea that the club must not only impress
itself upon the school, but it must
stimulate each member and work with
the faculty. Graduate work does not
consist in merely doing a lot of tasks.
The taint of higher education is that
of trying to work something off, to
pass off a lot of history and science
for the purpose of getting a degree.
This band of graduate stlidonts can
help the faculty in doing many valu
able things, one of which is to trans
form the disposition of undergraduates
in the encouragement of intellectual
life, ho said. The graduate students
are to bo investigators, not merely
students surrounded by gookH. For
practical achievement of graduate
work there are many modifications
needed here to come into insight of
conditions and help in the evolution of
the University’s resources.
Dr. Conklin, head of the psychology
department, said there is such an op
portunity for intellectual work here
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HUMORISTS IfE ONE WEEK
ALL MATERIAL FOR LEMMY
MUST BE IN NEXT WEEK
Prizes Offered for Contributions to
Homecoming Number; Cover is
Already Chosen
Next week is the lest week in which
Lcmmy can accept contributions for
the Homecoming issue. To the man,
woman or child submitting the best
amount of humor in any form or art
pieces a prize of $5 will be awarded.
Artists, poets, literary and joke writers,
cartoonists, have an opportunity to se
cure a berth on the Punch staff. Lem
my wants you to think that his future
is your future and to dig up anything
you’ve written with a point to it, any
thing you’ve heard, and turn it in.
Boxes are in the library and journal
ism building. October 2S is the dead
line.
As an incentive to the best material
from the students, Lemmy is offering
two prizes of $0 each, one to the
person who hands in the best
amount of acceptable humor, and the
other to the one who hands in the most
drawings that can be used. This is
done in order to get as much copy in
as possible, so that only the best work
on the campus will go into the publi
cation. Only in this way can Lemmy
hope to be better than the other col
lege comics on the coast.
The cover selected for the Homecom
ing issue, which will be called the
“Back Number” is a knock-out. It is
especially appropriate, and brings out
in a striking manner the return of an
old grad to his alma mater. The idea
of the drawing is not only good, but
the color scheme is such as to be at
tractive.
Although most of the larger drawings
have been cared for there is good op
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ARCHBISHOP WILL SPEAK
MOST REV. ALEXANDER CHRISTIE
TO BE GIVEN RECEPTION
Churchman Personal Friend of Taft,
Noted School Worker, Orator,
and Philanthropist
The program for the reception of His
Grace, The Most Rev. Alexander
i Christie, Archbishop of Oregon, has
been announced as completed. Arch
bishop Christie, who for the past 20
years has been head of the Catholic
church in Oregon, will visit the campus
of the University for the first time this
evening as a guest of the Newman club.
Rev. E. V. O ’Kara, student pastor, has
extended an invitation to the Univer
sity faculty to attend the reception this
evening. The church dignitary is
scheduled to arrive at Newman hall
at 7:30 tonight ami will take part in
the program which will begin a\ 7:45.
He is noted as one of the biggest ora
tors in the Catholic church in America
today. He is also known as a personal
i friend of Chief Justice William H.
| Taft, who paid him the signal honor
I of visiting him at his home in Portland;
but he is especially known here for his
1 great constructive work in the field
of philanthropy, for during the time
I the territory of Oregon has been
under his direction, he has established
| three homes for orphans, a home for
I the aged and seven hospitals. He is
i the founder of Columbia University
i at Portland, Oregon, and has under
his direction schools with a total en
rollment of 8000 pupils.
The program, which was announced
last night follows:
Piano selection .Annabel! Denrt
Harp Solo .Eleena Greene
Cello Solo ..Agnes Kennedy
Vocal selection Bernice Altsto<-k
. Address. Wilkie Nelson Collins
Main Address .Most Rev. A. Christie
LEASED WIRE TO
VILLARD RAIL TO
DESCRIBE BATTLE
Emerald Arranges Telegraph
Service; Yell King Will
Announce Plays
GRIDIRON TO BE ON STAGE
Football to Move Back and
Forth as California or
Oregon Gains !
Detailed report, piny "by play, of the
Oregon-California game, in Berkeley on
the University of California gridiron
tomorrow afternoon, will bo announced
to the Oregon students in Villard hall
through arrangements completed by the
Emerald yesterday. A leased wire has
been secured placing the Emerald in
direct communication with the press
box in the grandstand on the Berkeley
gridiron and the plays will come over
this wire us they are made.
Yell Staff to Lead Cheen
Del Oberteuffer will announce the
plays, and the yell staff under the di
rection of Art Rosebraugh will lead
the yells. “This is another big pep
rally,” declared Oberteuffer last night,
“or rather a continuation of the big
rally which began Wednesday night,
and if Oregon Spirit, as we are going
to display it tomorrow afternoon, will
help that fighting team down there in
Berkeley, then we will win that game.”
In addition to the megaphone reports
of the game, play by play, a miniature
gridiron will bo constructed on a huge
chart on the stage, with a football
working back and forth on it as the
ball advances or goes back. A staff
of assistants, made up of the Emerald
staff and the yell leaders will have
charge of this manipulation play by
play.
Abbott to Take Report
Leith Abbott, former telegraph oditor
of the Pendleton Tribune, will take the
news over the wire and the yell king
will announce the plays from the stage
ns the football is manipulated on the
miniature gridiron.
The reports are expected to begin
coming in at .'1 o’clock. The starting
time of the Frosh-Mt. Angel college
game which is to be played on Hay
ward field tomorrow has been ihoved
up to 2 o’clock, and this will be prac
tically over by the time the wire re
ports start. Immediately after the
game the students will assemble in Vil
lard hall where the reports which have
been received previous to that time will
be read off and the play taken up from
there as it is in progress.
“This is an all-student affair and
men, women and children are expected
to be there,” was the edict of the
yell king, given out yesterday after
noon.
WOMEN’S DANCE SATURDAY
ANNUAL MANLESS HOP WILL BE
STAGED BY UPPERCLASSMEN
Sponsor-Sponsee Affair Late to Enable
Girls to Attend Freshman Game;
Charge is Ten Cents
Girls, have you ever felt the urge
to swell the rousing “rahs” and
“wows” of one of the yell king’s “fat
OskiesT” Have you ever hoped to hear
a bunch of girls give a yell in a praise
worthy manner? Do you believe that
University women would render a “lo
comotive” in falsetto? Have you ever
wondered if skirts Would be hampering
to a yell leader? If any of these ideas
have ever presented themselves to your
mind and you feel a glimmer of interest
in the subject, don’t miss the Sponsor- •
Sponsee dance Saturday afternoon at
the Woman’s building.
The hours for the dance are to be
from to fi, to enable the girls to at
tend the freshman game first. Spon
sors should take their spnn.sees to
the game before coming to the
dance. Upperclassmen should remem
ber also, that there will be the
usual 10 cents’ admission for themselves
and their charges.
Woman’s League hopes that every
sponsor will make a sincere effort to
get really well acquainted with her
sponsee and establish a friendship that
will last throughout the year.