Society
By Catherine Spall
* With dainty college women in lovely
gowns of every tint and hue, with college
men in their conventional formal attire,
formal dances, in an environment of
beauty to the minutest detail, are oc
cupying the interest of college folk at
this season. Two formals, those of the
women's Oregon club and Alpha Xi Del
ta were pretty affairs of Saturday eve
ning. However, a number of informal
dances are being given during each week
end.
Informality and “pep,” that word
which should be devoted exclusively to
describe a college dance, were the charac
teristics of each of the four class dances
held Friday evening. With the exception
of the freshman class, ludicrous costumes
which in some cases gave a startling ef
fect, wfere worn at the dances.
With a mask to hide their identity
and with the mysterious password, so
necessary for entrance into their “ball
room,” the seniors >made merry at
land Friday evening. Costumes of every
description lent color aplenty for the
mix. During the evening masks were
taken off resulting in many surprises and
a great deal of fun. A prize of a box
irf. candy for the couple dressed in the
cleverest costumes, was won by Wesley
Frater and Ethel Wheeler. The former
was diessed as a farmer even to the hay
on him; the latter was attired as a little
. old maid with curls, high choker, and a
funny little hat.
The Junior Jazz Jinx was a big success
if one judged by the large number pre
sent and the fun and noise prevalent. The
men’s gymnasium was the scene of the
dance. There were feature dances, Paul
Jones and tag dances during the eve
ning. Many clever costumes were no
ticed among the motley-colored throng.
Patrons and patronesses were Dean and
Mrs. Eric W. Allen, Miss Madeline Mc
Manus, and Mr. Ben Horning.
Serpentine and gayly costumed couples
were featured at the large sophomore
dance at Ye Campa Shoppe. An excel
lent five-piece orchestra rendered music
for the underclassmen. Patronesses for
the event included Mrs. Mildred Gillen,
Mrs. Lettie Mowrey, and Miss Sue Badol
let.
Freshmen frolicked in the Woman’s
building which was decorated in blue and
white streamers for the dance. Just off
•from the main hall were cleverly arrang
ed booths in wTiich fortunes were told.
A unique feature dance was given by the
Misses Kathryn Jane Seel and Gladys
Noreen who were dressed as thieves with
black suits on, hats pulled down over
their eyes, and flashlights. Dean and
Mrs. John Straub and Professor and Mrs.
B. E. DeCou acted as patrons and patron
esses.
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Alpfia Xi Delta entertained with a de
lightful formal dance last night at the
Woman’s building. A color motif of
gray and blue was cleverly carried out
by the moss-covered oak branches cover
ing the walls and ceilings, and by the
light shaded with blue. Attired as a
wood nymph. Miss Dorothy Hall gave the
feature of the evening. The programs
were of gray with the crest of the soror
ity engraved in. Patrons and patroness
es were Professor and Mrs. E. E. DeCou,
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Prescott, Mrs. A. B. j
Wells, and Mrs. Mildred Giffen.
Alpha Delta Pi was the hostess at a
dinner Wednesday evening when they en
tertained a number of Sigma Alpha Ep
silon fraternity men.
Mrs. Carl Handley Will of Seattle who
is the president of the Gamma Phi Beta
Alumni association of Seattle and also a
visiting delegate making a tour of the
western province has been the inspiration
for a number of affairs during her visit
here. Wednesday afternoon Gamma Phi
Beta sorority entertained with a tea in
her honor at the chapter house. Four wo
men from each house ancT the house chap
erones were asked to th affair to' meet
Mrs. Will. In the receiving line were
Mrs. Will, Mrs. Bobert Earl, Miss Le
Laine West, and Miss Helen Idleman.
Mrs. George Beed poured.
Thursday evening Mrs. Will was honor
guest at a formal faculty dinner party
at which Gamma Phi Beta was the hos
tess. The list of guests included besides
Mrs. Will, Professor and Mrs. E. E. De
Cou, Dean and Mrs. John Straub, MrB.
P. L. Campbell, Dean and Mrs. Colin V.
Dyment, Professor and Mrs. Frederic S.
Dunn, Professor and Mrs. O. F. Stafford,
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Spencer, Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Borer, and Miss Mary Watson.
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Alpha Chi Omega was the hostess at
a brother dinner Tuesday evening.
Twelve brothers attended the affair.
William B. Faville of San Francisco
who is president of the American Insti
tute of Architects, and is a well known
figure in architectural circles, was a vis
itor on the campus during the past week.
Thursday evening he was honor guest at
a dinner given at the Anchorage by the
Architecture club. A number of faculty
members and students majoring in the
department were included in the list of
guests.
The engagement of Miss Olive Gates,
’25, Chi Omega, and Francis Wade, '22,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, was announced at
a beautifully appointed dinner at the Chi
“Omega house Thursday evening. The
table was centered with a profusion of
red carnations, and favors and place
cards of red further carried out the color
scheme. The lights were covered with
red heart-shaped shades, and at each
place was a red satin box of candy in
the form of a heart in which the names
of the couple were written on a paper
heart.
Miss Gates is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O. B. Gates of Hillsboro. Mr. Wade
graduated last year from the University
Law school and is now district attorney
of Sherman county.
Coming as a surprise was the announce
ment of the engagement of Miss Audrey
Perkins, ’23, and Verden May which was
announced at a luncheon at the Alpha
Delta Pi house this week. Cut spring
flowers were used in the table decora
tions. Miss Perkins whose home is in
Springfield is a senior majoring in the
department of business administraton.
She is a member of Alpha Delta Pi sor
ority and Phi Theta Kappa. Mr. May
is in business in Springfield.
Chi Omega entertained all the football
letter men and the coach and trainer at
a dinner Wednesday evening. The table
decorations included a clever miniature
football field with the goal posts, a foot
ball, and little kewpies dressed in foot
ball raiment, each with his number on
his back. Besides Coach “Shy” Hunt
ington and his wife, and Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Hayward, the guests included twenty
football men. This was the first of what
the Chi Omegas plan to give annually,
namely, a banquet for the football men
at the end of the season. ,
A lovely formal dance was that given
by the women’s Oregon club at the Cham
ber of Commerce clubrooms Saturday
evening. Crimson and white were the col
ors used in the clever decorations, and
from the ehandelfers hung myriads of
crimson and white balloons. About the
rooms were large bouquets of pussywil
lows. On the white programs in gilt let
tering were the words “Oregon JIlub,”
and also the Oregon seal.
Patrons and patronesses for the dance 1
were Professor and Mrs. E. E. DeCou,
Mr. John Siefert, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Spencer, and Miss Alice Betts.
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Beatrice Fraley, ’24, of Eugene, an
nounced her engagement to John “Dinty”
Moore, ex ’21, Monday evening at dinner
at the Delta Delta Delta house of which
Miss Fraley is a member. At each place
was a clever bouquet of paper nosegays,
attached to which was an envelope bear
ing the two names. The lights above
the table were covereff^with red shades,
and on the table fed candles shed a soft
glow. A large box of candy was passed
to the sorority sisters of the engaged
girl. Mr. Moore is a member of Sigma
Chi fraternity. At present he is engag
ed in the lumber business with his fa
ther at Bandon, and at San Francisco.
The engagement of Grace Pick, ex ’25,
Alpha Delta Pi, and Meador Fletcher,
ex ’19, was announced recently at the
Alpha Delta Pi house. Miss Pick whose
home is in Portland is not here this year.
Mr. Fletcher is in the insurance business
in Eugene at present. The date of the
wedding has not yet been set.
A delightful program of salon music
was given last Tuesday evening at the
Alumni hall of the Woman’s building,
by members of the faculty of the school
}f music. Taking part in the musicale
were Aurora Underwood, Dr. John J.
Landsbury, Rex Underwood, Lora Tesh
ner and Alberta Potter.
The University Symphony orchestra
will give a concert this afternoon at the
Monday—for 3 days
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FAILURES SHOULD BLAME
SELVES, SAYS PROFESSOR
SOCIOLOGIST CLAIMS EVERYONE
IS MORE OR LESS LAZY
College Student Meeting Adversity Be
comes Victim of World-is-all-Wrong
Theory and Welcomes Revolution
l\ of Minnesota, Jan. 23.—That the
majority of people achieve less success
than they might because of conditions
within their own control, and not because
society falis to give them a fair oppor
tunity is the view of Professor Ross L.
Finney of the sociology department.
The individual who feels that he is
not getting a fair deaf or a “chance”
ought to ask himself first, whether he
may not be partly to blame. Perhaps he
has not chosen the right occupation. Per
haps he has not seen the opportunities
before him. Perhaps he has been merely
trying 'to do average work, the same this
year as last eyar. Perhaps, he has be?n
too careful not to do any more work than
he was paid for and has erred on the
other side by, doing less work thanohe was
paid f<fl\
Nearly everybody is more or less lazy
and hates to exert himself more than he
must to get what he wants. Some achieve
a great deal with littlO effort and much
luck, so why work so hard? Add do that
disposition the vicious teaching that the
world is all wrong, iaat it is made up
of oppressors and oA pressed, robbers and
victims, and even a person of high intel
ligence is likely to become discouraged
and brood over his fate.
The college graduate, who finds the
world is not waiting to give him all he
wants, is especially prone to this error.
Such a person, instead of trying to im
prove his own situation, welcomes sug
gestions of visionary reforms or violent
all-leveling revolution.
Methodist church at 4 o’clock for the
benefit of the Eugene Elks. r£he pro
ceeds will go to the Elks to be used by
them for charity. A program has been
arranged for the affair which is of much
interest on the campus.
• • •
Newman club entertained for its mem
bers last evening at a dinner dance.
Pussywillows and spring flowers were
used to decorate the rooms of the hall.
A number of social events are included
in the entertainment of the high school
students who will come to the campus
next week-end for the high school stu
dent’s conference. On Friday evening
they will be given a banquet at Hendricks
hall. At 8 o’clock will be College Night
with the students as the guests at the
auouorium of the Woman’s building.
This affair will include skits by the Glee
club, Varsity yells, moving pictures, se
lections by the University Orchestra and
presentation of “O’s.” Saturday the
girls will be special guests at a luncheon
to be given for them by the Women’s
League of the University. In the after-1
noon there will be the annual fashion
show, demonstrating to the visiting girls
the proper mode of the co-ed’s attire
on various occasions. i
A complete Surprise to the Campus was
the engagement of Louise Odell, of Port
land, and Bryan McMinn, of Portland,
announced at the Alpha Sigma house last
night, of which Miss Odell is a member.
The table was .decorated with red carna
tions for centerpieces, below which were
hidden cards bearing the names of the
two. Miss Odell is a senior in the school,
majoring in Romance languages. Mr. Mc
minn is a graduate of the class of 1918
at O. A. C. At present he is an instruc
tor in the school of engineering at the
University of Washington.
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Granted that most students who
think at all admit that there is some
thing unsatisfactory about “higher
education,” is there a remedy, and if
so, what is itf
“I haven’t a remedy, and have not
developed a satisfactory philosophy in
the matter,” was Dr. Barnett’s reply to
this question. “Some things I have
mentioned could be improved, but I
have no definite ideas for reform.
“One great trouble with the Univer
sity,” he said, “is that every member
of the faculty is to a large extent en
gaged, necessarily, in keeping up in
liis own department and developing his
own work, so that he does not have
time to give enough thought to the
general interest of the University.”
He, himself, Dr. Barnett repeated
several times, lies had neither time nor
opportunity to make a real study of
student life.
Activities Should Lessen
He has, however, several ideas for
methods 8f improving institutions of
higher learning. He feels that inter
collegiate athletics take up far too
much of the student’s time and inter
est, and that social activities and un
necessary organizations should be
limited. The plan now under considera
tion by Women’s League, to keep out
the unimportant clubs and campus or- j
ganizations, meets with his hearty ap
proval.
But while all colleges and universi
ties leave something to be desired, the
efforts of the University of Oregon to
raise its standards have met with con
siderable success, Dr. Barnett believes,
and this raising of standards is cer
tainly a great stride taken in the right
dirction.
There are three classes of students,
Dr. Barnett said; those of high scho
lastic ability, who would do good work
under any circumstances; those of low
ability, who can barely get along, or
cannot get along at all; and the great
middle class, students neither very good
nor very poor in their studies.
“Reforms in a university would af-1
feet this middle class, and it is the [
middle class that we ought to help,”|
Dr. Barnett declared. For this middle
class, which the majority of students
occupy, may become, under unfavorable
circumstances, the low class of flunks,
or under favorable circumstances, the
high class of real students,” he said,
the University out of all proportion to
its importance.
THIS WEEK
(Continued from page one)
members of the Turkish delegation.
Notwithstanding, this pessimistic view
of Riza Nur, who is the most radical
bf the Turkish delegates,, hope is ex
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pressed in other responsible quarters
!hat things may arrange themselves at
the last moment.
The house, by a vote of 204 to 77
approved the action of its judiciary
fommittee in giving Attorney General
Daugherty a clean bill of health on the
impeachment charges brought against
him by Representative Kellar, Min
nesota.
Max Nordau, the famous German
author and philosopher, died at his
home in Parie Monday.
President Harding 1ms every confi
dence that there will be an agreement
for the refunding of its huge war debt
'to the United States, it has been stated
at the Whitehouse.
BOHLER’S TACTICS
MAKES NEW TEAM
(Continued from page one.)
one in Oregon’s dash for the champion
ship. Monday evening, February 5, the
Webfeet will take on Washington
State, a team that is a decided “dark
horse” since they downed Idaho last
Friday night with apparent ease 2012,
Idaho collecting but one field goal.
Then on Wednesday night, February 7,
the Hawaiian all-stars will be here for
iji game. The all-stars have a good
team with best men from the various
athletic organizations on the Islands.
On Friday and Saturday nights, Febru
ary 9 and 10, Oregon will play the coij
dijding series with the Oregon Aggies
in what promises to be two real court
battles^
ANTI-FRATERNITY STUDENTS
AT COLORADO DECLARE WAR
University of Colorado, Jan. 22.—
At the University of Colorado the Or
der of Commons has declared war on
fraternities and is attempting to enlist
the aid of all non-fraternity students in
stamping out the organizations.
Arm in Arm
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cuss of made-to-order.
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tinuously in one direction, it would be impossible to main
tain a uniform rate, nor would it be possible to obtain a
run of more than a very few hours at most.
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Have You Said —
—“there’s nothing to do tonight?” This is an
error, made by those that have not discovered
the Campa Shoppe’s Sunday evening chicken
dinner.
Sunday evening at the Campa Shoppe is a riot
of fun—a happy, joyful crowd that will cheer
you, and help dispell the foreboding thought
of a “blue-Monday.”
Ye Campa Shoppe
Hersh Taylor