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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1922)
Oregon Daily Emerald Member Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association _ Floyd Maxwell Webster Ruble Editor Manager “Official publication ofthe~ Associated Student* of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. __ News Editor .Kenneth Youel Associate News Editor ....Wilford Allen Daily News Editors Margaret Scott Ruth Austin John Anderson Arthur Rudd__Wanna McKinney Sports Editor .- Edwin Hoyt Sports Writers—Kenneth Cooper, Harold Shirley, Edwin Fraser. Night Editors Earle Voorhiea George H. Godfrey Marvin Blaha Fred Michelson Dan Lyons News Service Editor _Alfred Erickson Radio Service Editor_Don Woodward Exchanges ... Eunice Zimmerman Statistician .-.. Doris Sikes Special Writers—Mary Lou Burton, John Dierdorff, Ernest J. Haycox. Society—Catherine Spall, Mildred Burke. News Staff—Nancy Wilson, Mabel Gilham, Owen Callaway, Florine Packard, Jean Strachan, Madalene Logan, Jessie Thompson, Florence Cartwright. Marion Lay Hekn King J <*n Piper, Herbert Larson, Margaret Powers, Doris Holman, Genevieve Jewell, Rosalia Keber, J rea Goodrich, Georgian* Gerlinger, Clinton Howard, Elmer Clark, Mae Ballack, Martha Shull, Brnest Richter, Herbert Powell, Henryetta Lawrence, Geraldine Root.___ BUSINESS STAFF _____ Morgan Staton .... Lot Beatie, Randolph Kuhn ....... Jason McCune *....... Gibson Wright ... Lawrence Smith, Lawrence iBenbarger _____ Mildred Lauderdale . Lyle Janx, Karl Hardenburgh, Kelly B ra ns tetter Associate Manager .. Advertising Managers —. Circulation Manager . Assistant Circulation Manager Proofreaders ---. Collections —.. Advertising Assistants . Entered in the post office at Eugene Oregon as second class matter. $2.26 per year. By term. 76c. Advertising rates upon application. _ Subscription rates. Business Manager 961 PHONES Editor 666 Daily New* Bditor This Imm Margaret Scirtt Night Editor Thb lMue Marvin Blaha In the Making,—Or Made ? Habits formed in college are not so easily shaken off in after life as one might always believe. There are a lot of these habits, some of them good, others bad. In the latter classification comes the habit of “getting by.” In its more common use on the college campus it is a prevalent phraseology used in discussing studies. \ ou hear it on every side, in about this manner: “How are you getting along in your work?”—and the answer, “Oh, I am getting by.” A poor habit to get into, and yet one which most of us sink into at times. “Getting by” is not sufficient. Men and women in col lege possess ambition, energy and a desire to get the utmost out of life,—these are the characteristic tendencies. If we don’t possess these, then much of the blame can be laid to our attitude of letting life take its course and “getting by.” That’s the attitude which leaves the initiative to the other fellow. That leaves the other fellow to get out and strive to see the right thing, to better his condition and the condition of the university,—his uni versity. Of course, we can let the other fellow take the initiative, we can let the other fellow even take all the blame if things don’t go just right—and we can still “get by.” The university student of today is not the university student of a decade ago. President NeilHon of Smith College said that about the girls in his institution, but it is not confined to the girls. As students we pride ourselves upon being possessed of the qualifica tions to think out our own problems and our own remedies for the evils we meet in our own particular lines ot activities as well as in what concerns our entire campus. Yet we do not assert ourselves; no, it, is far easier to let the other fellow assert himself and we are content with “getting by.” As liberal minded students of a university, can there be any gain in an attitude of “getting by”--whether it be in our studies or in the problems which confront us in our daily life? Ct't us repeat again the words of Alfred Zitnmern: “A University is not a glorified high school. It is not meant for boys and girls who are still in the text-book stage and unable to study without spoon feeding and direction. It is intended for students who, however vague and chaotic their ideas as to their future occupation, have some independent intellectual life of their own, who value ideas and the contact of mind with mind, and who come to a seat of learning, not simply to scramble through some breadwinning test, but, whether consciously or not, to satisfy the needs of their growing spirit.” At Washington State College the associated students own and operate their own motion picture theatre to the mutual benefit ot the students and their treasury. First-rim pictures are shown, and they keep their money at home. Isn’t such a thing possible here? BOOKS GIVEN UNIVERSITY Twenty-five Volumes Presented by Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Briggs A gift of 25 volumes, covering the fields of literature and history, has been presented to the University bv Mr. and Mrs. Daniel \V. Briggs, of Portland. The books are standard and are to be placed at otiee in the library, with the exception of two, which will be presented to the Women's halls of residence, according to M. II. Dougins-., University librarian. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs wire visitors on the campus a few weeks ago, and through Dean Ko\ made the offer of the books. CASES TO BE ACTED OUT Law School Will Make Work Interest ing and More Realistic To make the eases tried in the court of the law school more dramatic, realis tie, and not so cut and dried, the stu dents are going to act out the eases which they try. Dean Hale does not, as yet. know the exact nature of the cases, since tin course is not to be given until tin spring term, but they are going to bt real cases, he said. The cases were acted out two years ago. They ap peared in the Oregonian, the Rugene papers, and the Emerald. SWEETSERS ASKED TO AID Paintings Will Be Shown at Ten-day 1 Exhibit in Portland Professor A. li. Sweetser of the bot any department and Mrs. Sweetser have been asked to contribute to the Port land Audubon society's annual exhibit of paintings and photographs of birds and flowers. The exhibit will be held on the upper floor of the Portland library, for ten days beginning May ti. Mrs. Sweetser's 3lH> water color paintings of Oregon's wild flowers, life si/e, and painted from nature, will b shown. Professor Sweetser will give a general lecture and several informal talks to visiting school children. UNIVERSITY HIGH TO PLAY Boys’ and Oirls’ Teams Will Meet Cottage Grove Saturday The University High School boys' and girls’ teams will meet Cottage Grove in a double header at the V M l'. A. gymnasium Saturday night. This is the first interseholnstic game which the girls have played. The line up for the boys, the same as it was in the game last Saturday when the Univer slty team lost to Koseburg by a lt> to 13 score, is as follows: Forwards, Rid ings, Powers; guards. Coleman, Young; j renter, McKnight. BULLETIN BOARD Notices will be printed in this column for two issues only. Copy must be in the office by 4 :30 o'clock of the day on which It is to be published arid must be limited to 25 words. Condon Club—Four reels of motion pic tures showing copper mining, milling, and smelting to be shown Thursday evening at 7:30 in the Y. M. C. A. Hut. Anyone interested invited to attend. California Club—There will be an im portant meeting in Boom 102 Com merce on Thursday at 7:30 p. m. All Californians are requested to be present. Spanish Club—Important meeting in the bungalow this evening at 7:15. Novel program has been arranged. All interested are invited. Social Service Club—All students in terested in social service are asked to attend meeting at Y. W. C. A. bungalow Thursday at 5:00. Sophomore Class—Meeting in Villard hall at 5 p. m. Wednesday. Import ant. Important meeting of Hammer & Cof fin tonight, 7:45, Anchorage. All members please be present. Filipino Club—Election of new officers on Friday at 7:30 p. m. in the usual place of meeting. Oregon Knights—Meeting of Oregon Knights Thursday evening at 7:30. 21 Years Ago News of the Early Days of Univer sity, Clipped from the Oregon Weekly of Teh. 11, 1901. A year ago today, the OREGON WEEKLY began its humble career. Those pessimistic minds that shouted scorn and ridicule at us a year ago, have seen us grow and prosper. We have had our ups and downs, but our ship has braved the storm and we continue to live. OREGON WEEKLY has come to stay, and, unless come unkind fate over takes us, we shall live to enjoy a good old age. TT. O. and O. A. C. have a common aim, the upbuilding and strengthening of their respective institutions. The State Uni versity stands for a classical education, the agriculture college for the scientific and industrial. Let each institution, for the sake of the state and the rising generation, be made the best of its kind, let a spirit of friendship, rather than rivalry and rancour, characterize their relations and a spirit of petty prejudice and peevishness should be conspicuous by its absence. Come out Saturday evening and see the first match game of indoor baseball ever played in Eugene. High School vs. IT. (). Admission, 2Iic. Hartford Sweet is very fond of Rheto ric. lie is unable to express his love for it in words. Dartmouth is said to have published the first, college paper. Daniel Webster was the editor-in-chief. We nope that the State Oratorical As sociation will decide to hold its next con test at Eugene. All previous student gatherings in this city have been most successful and we believe th:s is the best place for the contest in 1902. Villard Hall is the best and largest auditorium in the state and the railroad and hotel accomodations of our city are of the best. THE RADIEU’ WAVE, the fortnight ly publication of the students of the University of Washington, is a neat pa per typographically, but it strikes us that the 1'. W. offers a field for some thing more like a newspaper that could gi\e fuller and fresher accounts of the university happenings. A university with 500 students ought to be able to get out a good weekly. • • • A big fat man. A banana peel, A beautiful night in December, A whirl of feet, \ jarring seat, \ml the words, “l don’t remember.”] \rmngements have been finally com ! pleted between I’res. Wheeler and 1’res. I McKinley for the latter to address the students of the University of California, on t'ommencement day. May loth. Don't miss the athletic tournament at the livm Saturday evening, 25c. MARION LAY HAS TYPHOID Student Taken to Home in The Dalles; Illness Not Serious Miss Marion Day, a member of the Emerald staff, who has been ill for several days in the University infirm ary, was taken to her home in The Dalles yesterday, when her illness was diagnosed by the attending physicians as typhoid fever. She is not seriously ill. but it is not probable that she will return to the University until the be ginning of the third term. Miss Day is a member of the sopho ltore elass and of the Chi Omega soror tv. Make Reservations—For that trip to Portland this week end new at the T Hut. See M re Donnelly.—Adv. WRESTLERS WILL REPEAT 0. A. C. BOUTS NEXT WEEK Frosh and Rook Squads to Get Action on Program The Varsity wrestlers who suffered a setback from the O. A. C. grapplers here last week end are to have a chance to redeem themselves some time iv the near future, according to Gerald Barnes, wrestling coach. The meeting will probably take place next Monday or Tuesday if fac ulty consent is given. A new feature of the contest is bouts between the freshmen squads of the two schools. This is distinctly a new thing, and is to be put on by Mr. Barnes and Coach Rutherford of O. A. C. to help stimu late interest in the wrestling game be tween the two institutions. Mr. Barnes deplored the fact that so little interest is shown by the men of the school in wrestling, and urged that more come out, as the winner of an event from O. A. C. is now awarded a letter, and this fact alone should war rant a much larger turnout. Mr. Barnes cited the example of the heavyweight match in the meet last week in which Bradway for Oregon wrestled an O. A. C. man, who was at least 30 pounds heavier, and looked twice as large as his Lemon-Yellow opponent. The O. A. U. man won the match on two rails in both of which he picked Bradway up bodily in his arms and held him there for several seconds before he could de cide what part of the mat to flop him on. Bradway, he said, is to be com plimented for the spirit he showed in coming back at the big boy, although he looked like a pygmy in comparison to the bulk of his opponent. Bradway has been suffering from a bad ear all season, says Mr. Barnes, and is not going to wrestle in the fu ture. McKeown will probably take care of that event. There will be five events in the meet besides the heavy weight match. The men showing up in the different classes, according to Mr. Barnes, are Nygren, light heavy weight; Winnard, middleweight; Kirt ly, welterweight; Whitcomb, light weight; and Wegner, featherweight. Wegner was the only man that scored a win in the meet against the Aggies, but all of the events were hotly con tested and the meet was not as oVe sided as the score indicated. Kirtly put on an especially scrappy bout with his opponent, who is a two-year letter man in the sport at O. A. C., and when it is taken into consideration that he had had the grip only two days before, it can well be predicated that the next meeting of the two will come out in a different manner. Kirtly, said Mr. Barnes, is a very aggressive type of wrestler. He has been showing up well all season, and with the experi ence ho now has, should be a valuable man in the future. The freshmen who are flipping their ■W , »ra our v.C’tll S rj)}m weapon IK there is one blessing that belongs in the life of everyone it is flow ers. They are cheerful, companionable and in expensive. We should pause from time to time in our practical haste to let some of the poetry and perfume of beautiful blossoms seep into our souls. Flowers Telegraphed Fiery where ^(Umtirsi/g$&risf\ XiDhere you?imt ) 993 Hi/yard 6Vr Headquarters for Valentines Large assortment — Lowest prices — See them ! Party Supplies — Place Cards — Napkins, etc. Hill’s Economy Store opponents the most are Zachary and Prescott, light heavyweights; Bliss and Lundburg, middleweights; Vester, wel terweight; Bobertson and Lee, light weights; and Sumption, lightweight. The Frosh-Rook meet is not to be scored, Mr. Barnes stated, and will be more of a practice meet than anything else, the prime purpose being to bring men out that will try out for Varsity next year. NEVADA GETS MINING CHARTER UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, Feb. 7 (P. I. N. S.)—The Crucible club, a lo cal organization of mining students, has been recognized as an affiliated society of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Um the Classified Ad for your want*. Our Reputation as Shoe Repairers 35 years in Eugene is your assurance of satis faction. Miller’s Shoe Shop 43 W. 8th . Eugene The Eugene Packing Company (Incorporated) We Patronize Home Industries. FRESH AND CURED MEATS Phone 38 675 Willamette St. Successors to the Wing Market Full Line of Groceries and Cooked Foods at All Times Hot.... Chicken.... Tomales Individual.. Chicken.. Pies Baked beans a specialty. COME IN AND SEE THEM ALL Students Shoe Needs at Greatly Reduced Prices We are now holding a real sale on heavy or dress foot wear. Men’s Buckingham Hecht sixteen inch Packs on sale at $11.49 The Model Shoe Store 724 Willamette Street What does— Valentine Day mean to you? Maybe you’ll need candies for your parties and dinners. We have very high grade. Imperial Brand Chocolates They will please you immensely. Candy mints of our own make We cam make them for you in any color. Pale YELLOW and GREEN ones will go nicely on your table during this season. KEEP COMING and STAY SATISFIED! Table Supply Co. -A Social Center is what we are striving to make -the Hotel Osburn It is the logical and most attractive place to stage your formal.