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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXIII. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7. 1922 NUMBER 53 E. J. H. EXPLAINS WHAT IS A ONE > Grade a Hypothetical Creation Ex isting Only in the Mind; Easy to Get as University Presidency. BLAME DIVIDED Fault Lies Partly in Professors; Not Hard Work to Flunk Stu dents; Proper Allowances Not Made. By E. J. H. In view of the results of the late departed term a little catechism might not be amiss—for the benefit of the new arrivals, and a few others. Little Foolish, a simple person, asks the fol lowing: “How do they grade in this man’s university?” Ancient Graybeard, who has been here six years, trying to fulf’ll the group requirements, scholastic standards, and pedagogical whims of certain dominies, answers. The ensuing conversation is between this doddering, aged person, and Little Foolish, who, in due time, will also become a doddering and aged fixture on the campus, seeking for that elusive thing called a diploma (the accent is on the penult). “They grade by numerals,” instructs this old one, in a voice that is crabbed, cracked, and infinitely weary. “They grade by numerals running from one to five, and from five they take a stand ing broad jump to seven, which is flunk.” “What is a flunk?” simpers Little Foolish. Tears fill the throat of Ancient Gray beard and he gargles tremulously. “Oh, poor, pitiful frosh! Thy virgin and new born mind makes me weep. What is a flunk? A flunk is what you’ll have about fifteen hours of at the end of this term—if you’re a normal indi vidual.” “And tell me,” urges Little Foolish, his lisping syllables falling as haltingly as the gobules of mist that coagulate in puddles on the curb across from the co-op, “tell me, what is a one?” The old bird leans back, a reminis cent gleam filling his eye. “Now, les see, that’s a hard one. A one? Oh, yeh, I remember now. Back in the fall of ’13, a friend of mine got a one. Happy days! I was in my first senior year then. What illusions does youth cling to. I actually thought one could get a diploma in four years. Ha-ha, wasn’t I foolish?” And he maundered on. I don’t think he ever did manage to answer the ques tion satisfactorily. As I see it, the grade of one is a purely hypothetical creation ranking with such abstract entities as faith, honor, virtue, and the devil. People use them as symbols. No one ever ac tually saw the devil, except after a severe strain of the emotion and I doubt whether anyone ever actually got a one. It’s just that certain people lose their balance after a term’s hard work and read strange figures into their re ports, and believe they have been elect ed the Chosen Children of the Grade Sheet. Unbalanced is the term we use. “Nutty,” is sometimes the more force ful expression. As a matter of fact it is about as easy to become president of the Univer sity as it is to get this summum bonum of scholastic eudeavor. When an in structor believes that a student knows the content of every prescribed text book in his course, including the com mas and semicolons, can take the ques tion out of his mouth, recite the an swer, add all the embellishments, “ifs” and “buts,” and, moreover, can some how subtly tone his answer so as to fit j the professor’s own private, and inal-j ienable viewpoint of the subject—then he may get a one. He may, but prob ably he won’t. • • • It’s a very good thing that intelli gence is not wholly measured by grades-1 Otherwise we certainly would be a | school of prize dumbells. If we were i actually as ivory-cargoed as the 2336 i hours of flunks make us out to be, the j case would be desperate and about the best thing that could take place would ; be for the S. P. railroad to open an employment office on the campus and book us out as section hands. Here’s the rub: Not all professors have the art of communicating that which they know. It is perfectly easy to flunk eighty per cent of a class. Just a slash of the blue pencil and the thing is done. It requires genuine la bor, however, to organize a lecture so as to make it intelligible. It requires genuine labor and forbearance and pa tience to answer some questions that are undoubtedly foolish. In fact, it requires quite a bit of labor to be a professor of any subject. So, why lay the whole blame on the student? The faculty, as a body, and as individuals, condemn the many fool ish acts performed by the student bodv, or the- individuals thereof. They point out, quite publicly and clamorously, that some of us are so idiotic and silly, and that our manners and our vagaries are positively the last word. And our on that inward eye, which is the bliss answer is, let their own conduct “flash of solitude.” • • • For we all go off in a corner now and then, and grow rabid over the idiosyncracies and vagaries of some of the various professors we have to rub up against daily. From their throne they hurl their pronunciamentos. And (Continued on page four) STUDENTS TO MEET EDITORS AT OSBURN NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT Tickets for Banquet Can Be Obtained From Ken Youel at Journalism Shack NEWSPAPERMEN TO SPEAK Piper, Irvine, Bennett and Cowles Are Listed Among Talkers of Evening Editors of the state appreciate con tact with the students as much as any thing else in the annual editorial con ference, according to Dean Eric W. Allen, of the journalism department. This year a special effort is being made to bring the students into close touch with the newspapermen who will spend Friday and Saturday of next week on the campus. Sigma Delta Chi, men’s honorary fraternity, is undertaking to secure a 100 per cent attendance of journalism students at the Friday evening banquet at tne Osburn Hotel. Kenneth Yourl has charge of the sale of student tick ets, and Stanley Eisman is responsible for the sale of faculty tickets. This banquet is the only informal affair at which all students will have opportun ity to meet with the visiting editors. Owing to limited space, the luncheon at Hendricks Hall, on Saturday, will be an invitational affair, confined largely to upper class students. Invi tations for the luncheon are being is sued by a committee composed of Dean Allen, Miss Gertrude Talbot, and Lyle Bryson. President P- L. Campbell will be toastmaster for the Osburn banquet, and list of speakers includes George P. Cheney of the Enterprise Record Chieftain; Edgar Piper, editor of the Oregonian; Frank Irvine, editor of the Oregon Journal; Addison Bennett, one of the oldest newspaper men in the state; Paul Cowles, head of the wes tern division of the A. P.; Dean Allen; Helen Manning, and others. At the Hendricks luncheon, speakers will be chosen almost entirely from the stu dent body. The editors make repeated requests that they have more oppor tunity to meet the students, says Dean Allen, and this luncheon has been plan ned to give visitors a chance to hear student speakers. Oregon Knights will have charge of meeting trains, and accompanying the editors to and from the campus and their hotels, and seeing that they are accompanied to the station for their tiains at the close of the conference. Delegates to the conference who ar rive before Friday noon will be enter tained at various fraternity and soror ity houses for luncheon. None of the classes in journalism will meet on Friday in order that all students may attend sessions of the conference. VARSITY SOCCERITES WILL BEGIN PRACTICE Games to be Scheduled With Stanford O- A. C. and Multnomah; Large Turnout Desired Regular soccer practice is to start Monday at 4 o’clock, according to Coach Barnes, and in view of the fact that games will be scheduled with O. A. C„ Multnomah, and probably Stanford, a large turnout is desired. Previous games played this year were merely preliminary, states Coach Barnes, and the games to be played in the future will be of real varsity cali ber. A few of last year’s men are back, and these, together with those who have been showing up well in practice games this year, will make up the greater part of the team. Captain Byers, forward; Staton, line; Ingle, full; King, center; and Brogan, goal; who are veterans of last year, are show ing up well in practice games. Other men who can be depended upon are: linemen: Vester, Lau, Brach lev; halves: Sunderleaf, Sullivan, Bur ton, Full, Jacob; goal; Gowan; for ward: McPherson. ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED The engagement of Miss Elizabeth Mclis, '.f Mist, Oregon, to Charles Web ber, of Portland, was announced at an informal party at Hendricks Hall Thursday evening. Miss Melis, who is a senior in the dramatics department, entered the University as a junior from the University of Washington. Mr. Webber was graduated in June from O A. C., where he is a member of Alpha Tau Omega. Icy Bath Billed For Yearlings In Clash Today The public is invited to witness a public bath, to take place Saturday, 2 p. m. behind the Kappa Sig Man sion. At that time the Beta frosh and Delt frosh will endeavor to cleanse each other’s sins via a tug of war contest. It is stated that the ' frosh from both houses have not ! bathed diming the last week or so. feeling that it would be labor lost in case they were pulled through the race. Fur-lined undergarments are much in demand right now among the first members of these houses, as the race registers about 10 degrees Fahrenheit. A small bevy of the neighboring dogs, captained by Caesar, will con stitdte the life saving corps in case any of the boys grow fatigued and float downstream. YI-Y1 FROLIC TONIGHT STUDENTS WHO DO NOT DANCE TO BE ENTERTAINED IN HUT Filipino Boys to Play and Sing; Hula and Spanish Fandango Also Will Enliven Evening Plans are well laid for the “Rustic Frolic” which is to be put on at the “Y” Hut this evening at 8 o’clock, as a Y. M.-Y. W. general mixer. The com mittee in charge, consisting of students from both of the campus organizations, promise a good time, and invites all students who do not care to go to the student body dance to come. This party is in line with the policy of the two ”Y’s” to provide a means of en tertainment for non-dancing students, thereby supplementing the dance af fairs, and not in any way competing with them. The plan was well started during the preceding term, and the two parties which were held were well attended and greatly enjoyed. Old clothes are in order, to carry out the plan of the evening and the pro gram arranged will have as its object a general mixing and getti' acquainted of students A number, such as is rarely enjoyed on this side of the Pacific will be a selection on stringed instruments by Filipino boys who are students on the University campus. The Spanish fan dango and the hula will also enliven the evening. These boys, many of whom have been in this country a short time only, can give the songs and dances of their native country as no other than a native can. Good eats will round out the even ing’s fun. Other persons who will be on hand is a patent medicine peddler, and “Ole” the Sweed. OREGON GIRL WRITES STORY FOR MAGAZINE Correspondence Student’s Sketch Taken By Hospital School Journal Published in Michigan Recognition for writing ability has been received by Helen Norris, a stu dent in the correspondence study divi sion of the University, whose home is near Medford. An article by Miss Norris appears in the October-Novem ber number of The Hospital School Journal, published by the Michigan Hospital School of Farmington, Michi gan. The article, a brief narrative sketch, is entitled “Those Looks of Pity,” and relates the experiences of a crippled child in a public school. Miss Norris has registered for eight courses in all, from the extension divi sion, and has completed six. Most of these are English courses. She has received grades higher than the average' for her work. Miss Norris intends to take as much University work as possible in corres pondence courses. She has received education, so far, under many diffi culties, for she had infantile paralysis when she was eight years old, and is a cripple. She is an ambitious stu dent, and hopes to fit herself for writ ing. RELICS GIVEN DEPARTMENT Valuable Specimens, Gift of Miss Amy Dunn, Add to Geology Collection The Geology department has been re cently presented with a collection of remarkably fine specimens, among them being a Toltec battle axe, over ?.P00 years old, which was found in! New Mexico. Among the original col lection was some old pewter ware, wil- ( low ware, a Pompeian mourners’ vase, | old Roman and French coins, Mexican ^ and Peruvian pottery, and a fac simile ( Alaskan monument with Norse inscrip- i tions Miss Amv Dunn, sister of Professor , J7. F. Dunn of the department of Latin, is the donor. The collection was made j bv her mother. Many of the specimens were brought to her by travelers from various parts of the world. GLEE CLUB TO GIVE VARIETY OF SONGS Date Set For January 28; Many Surprises in Program Are Said to be Expected DIFFICULT PIECES PLANNED John Stark Evans Considers Organization This Year Better Than Last The program for the annual Home Coneert of the Men ’3 Glee Club will have the greatest variety of kinds of music ever attempted here, according to John Stark Evans, director, who in timated that there are a number of surprises in store for those who attend. The date for the event has been set for Saturday, January 28. The Men's Glee club of the Univer sity, under the direction of John Stark Evans, created a state wide sensation last year when they appeared in con cert before an audience of nearly 3000 people at the Portland auditorium. “I consider the glee club of this year superior to that of last year” said Mr. Evans yesterday. Numbers are Varied The program to bo given this year will be much more varied than that of last year since it will bo made up of some of the most difficult numbers ever attempted by a University organi zation, as well as very light numbers According to Mr. Evans the “piece do resistance” of the program will be “Castilla” a ballad of Spain. This is i by far the hardest number that the \ club has over attempted and it promi ses to be an unusual treat to Univer sity music lovers who hear it. “It is a wonderful number,” said Mr. Evans, ' “going from delicate nuances to a most 1 thrilling climax.” A sudden jerk from the sublime to the ridiculous is promised in the tran- i sition from “Castilla” to “A Tragic I Grand Opera” which will bo given by the entire club. This is undoubtedly ! worthy of the term tlint has been ap- j plied to it by those who have witnessed a rehearsal. All agree that it is “a stunt de luxe.” fliuue» are ttiven The following men will appear in the home concert: first tenor, Ralph Poston, Curtis Phillips, Wallace Can non, Allen Smith; second tenor, Arthur Johnson, Crescene Faris, Nelson Eng lish, Willis Kays, Roy Bryson; bari tone, Glen Morrow, French Moore, John Gavin, Harris Ellsworth, Ronald Ried, Charles Dawson; bass, Maurice Eben, Carl Newberry, Herbert Pate, Aubrey Furry, Cy Valyntyne. Those in charge of the sale of the tickets emphasize the fact that “dates are in order,” and to buy the tickets early is the cheapest, safest and most economical way. POT AND QUILL ELECTS TWO AT FIRST MEETING Wide Recognition Given Work Done by Members of Society; Program of Criticism Planned Margaret Carter and Margaret Skav lan were elected to membership in Pot, and Quill at a meeting of the organiza tion Thursday night Miss Carter is a junior in rhetoric. She has taken courses in magazine writ ing and short story writing, and shows j in her work ability and sincere effort. Miss Skavlan is a freshman in the school of journalism. She has written verso which Doctor Bates and other 1 instructors agree is of a high order ofj merit. Pot and Quill does not ordin- i arily elect freshmen to membership, but has made an exception in this case because of Miss Skavlan’s outstand ing talent and because she is bringing \ real work and effort to verse-writing. Recognition given the work of mem | bars of Pot and Quill during the past few months includes the publication of a poem by Katherine Watson in “Poets of the Future,” the college anthology, j Miss Watson has also had two poems published in The Christian Century. j Jessie Thompson has had poems in the ; Portland Spectator, and has recently had a poem accepted by The Midland. Laura Moates, who graduated with • honors last year from the rhetoric de partment, is at present an instructor: in that department. “Paul Bunyan,”! which was written under the direction of Miss Ida Turney, a member of Pot and Quill, has received high praise from critics in all parts of the United States, and has attracted attention in Europe. Pot and Quill plans for this term a nrogram of intensive constructive criti eism of the work of the members. PROSPECTS FOR FROSH BASKETBALL TEAM LOW Banks of Eligible Men Thinned by Probation; Arrival of Poulson and Bosterhouse Helps Prospects for a winning frosli basket ball team, according to Coach Edwin Durno, aro much lower than usual be cause of the fact that more than half of tho men trying out for the team made less than the required number of hours that allows them to play. The men that can not compete aro to have a team of their own. and will scrim mage with the Varsity and the regular frosh team from time to time. Indica tions are that this team will be just is strong as the regular frosh team. Two new men who entered school at the beginning of the term who will add greatly to the strength of the team ire Edward Rosterhouse, captain and center on the all-state team last year, and Prank Poulson a member of the championship Franklin team last sea son. Some of tho men who are showing up well in practice so far are Schaeffer, King, Crandell, Meyer, Aim, Jost and Hill. The team will probably be picked from among these men, with the addi tion of Bosterhouse and Poulson. The men that are not eligible are urged to come out for practice regu 'arly by Coach Durno, ns their chances for Varsity next year will be just as good as that of the regular players on the frosh team if they do, but if they do not stay out their chances for Var sity noxt year will not nmount to much. The first games on the frosh sched ule are with Ohemawa, to bo played here as preliminaries to the Varsity games with Washington on January 16 and 17. The schedule also includes four games with O. A. C. to be played during February, and a trip to Port land is being contemplated. The frosh aro practicing in the men’s gym every night at 4 o ’clock since the Varsity has been using the armory, and will probably play most of their games in the armory, ns it will accomo date a larger crowd, and is a bettor floor to play upon. FAILURES VMY LITTLE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPPED SHOWS SLIGHT INCREASE Men Load Women 111 Hours Flunked. Accounting, Physical Education Take Heaviest Toll Although the standards of scholar ship are much higher this year than last there has been neither a marked increase in the number of students fail ing to make nine hours, required by tho University in order to keep off proba tion, nor in tho number dropped be cause of poor scholarship, according to figures obtained from the registrar’s office. As shown by the figures, there has been an approximate increase of two tenths per cent in the number failing to make nine hours this term over that of last fall term and an increase of nearly one half per cent in the number of students dropped; but when it is considered that the enrollment has in creased from 1522 to 2012 and that at the end of the spring term, of last year, 54 students had failed to make nine hours, tho percentage of increase, in both cases, is almost too small to be reckoned. A total of 21136 hours of F’s was made in all departments during the fall term, according to figures com piled from the University of Oregon News Bulletin. Of this total, 1762 were made by men and only 574 were j recorded against the women. Principles of accounting and physi cal education proved to lie the stumb ling blocks for the men, failing 6!) and 65 respectively, while English com position, with 13 victims to its credit, | and personal hygiene, with 10, were i shown to be the bugbears of the women, j Approximately 6.01 per cent (121) i of the total number of students (2012) failed to make nine hours and nearly 1.5 per cent (30) were dropped for poor scholarship. After the fall term of last year 5.8 per cent (88) of the j total number of students (1522) failed to make nine hours and less than 1 per cent (11) were compelled to leave the 1 University because of exceedingly low j grades. At the end of the spring term, last year, 54 were put on probation and 10 were dropped for poor scholarship. D0NEY VESPER SPEAKER President of Willamette University to Talk Here January 15 President Uarl O. Doney, of Wiliam j ette University, is to be the speaker' at the first Vesper services of the win ter term which will be held January 15. Music for the services will be provided by the two glee clubs. Other musical treats will be arranged by John Stark Evans, who has charge of the music for the services. Other speakers who will speak at a later date are Rev. Wm. H- Boddy, Riverside Church, Hood River, who will speak February 12 and Bishop W. O. Shepard, who Bpeaks March 12. Strong Opposition Expected From Club Quintet; Many Stars in Lineup EIGHT MEN TAKEN ON TRIP Beller and Marc Latham Oniy Veterans; Bohler to Use Heaviest Players Eight members of Oregon’s basket ball squad will board the Oregon Elec tric at 11.15 this morning for Portland where they will tangle with the strong Multnomah Athletic club aggregation on the clubmen’s floor. This is th® first real test of strength for the Var sity as it was not Coach Bohler’a pol icy to win games on the barnstorming trip during the Christmas holidays, but to accustom his players to strange floors and crowds. Multnomah has an exceedingly strong quintet this year and Oregon’s light team will bo hard pressod in the game tonight. The winged M has been greatly strengthened by the addition of Craig, former University of Wyo ming center, who stands six foet four in his stocking feet and who conies to tho club with a splendid reputation as a player. In addition to Craig, Clipper Smith, Rob Polouzo, Wapato, Vince Jacob berger and Beck are playing their first year under tho Winged M. Clipper Smith is a guard who has had throe years experience with Notro Damo, while Bob Polouzo was rated as the fastest forward over turned out at Stanford. Wapato played with Wil lamette last year, while Vince Jacob bergor, who is out for guard, formorly played with the Oregon varsity. Beck, another guard, played with tho Walla Walla quintet last year. Only two voterans arc on the club lineup, Captain Twining, a guard, and Qus Clerin, for mer Whitman star. Whitman Games Next Rohlor is taking the heaviest men out for the game against the beefy club men while tho lighter players will be loft in Eugene to practice for the con tests against Whitman on tho homo floor Monday and Tuesday evenings. Those making tho Portland trip are: forwards, Voatch, M. Latham, and Andre; center, Don Zimmerman; and guards, Bdller, Burnett, Goar and Couch. Only two letter inon, Mare Lathum and Francis Boiler, are avail able at the present timo and tho ability of tho new men is not yet known, but they are expected to give a good ac count of themselves in the coming games. Whitman opens Oregon’s conference season with two games to be played on the floor of tho new armory Monday and Tuesday ovonings, starting promp tly both ovonings at 7:30. Little is known of tho Missionaries real strength and although several “boar” stories have come out of tho north as to tho groennoss and lightness of the team and ns to their lack of practice- They have several letter men back, includ ing Captain Rich, one of the best for wards in the Northwest conference, who is going strong this year as is Comrade, star guard of Whitman’s last year’s quintet. Missionaries Champs in ’20 The personnel of the invading bns koteers is as follows: forwards, Captain Rich, Holms and Penrose; centers, York and Knudsen; guards, Comrade, and Schrooder. in 11)20 the Whitman team won the northwest conference championship and last year put out a creditable team. The Missionaries will play four teams on their southern junket, Oregon, O. A. C., Willamette and Multnomah. Coach Bohler expects to use at least 12 men in the games against the north ern school in order to give them ex perience. In addition to the men mak ing the trip to Portland, Bolder intends to use the following men against Whit man: forwards, Rockhey, Altstock, Rico; guard, Edlund. HANDBALL SERIES STARTS Interfraternity Games Will Begin Next Wednesday; Divided Into Groups Doughnut handball is scheduled to start next Wednesday with tho organi sations divided into two groups by a lottery process. The first round will be an elimination and the places will be drawn by physical education depart ment officials. The singles will be played off first for the best two out of three matches which will count 15 points for the win ner. The schedule will be posted in the gymnasium later.