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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1923)
here Mine Popular Poet Is Familiar With Depths in American Life; Verse Is Forceful Just how Carl Sandburg, called tne “poet of the mortality of man,” will fit into the spirit of the Oregon cam pus, is the question being asked by the | more philosophical of his many admir ers here. Sandburg, who will appear, before the students on February 23, is I nationally known and is considered one of the greatest of the “ultra modern'’ verse writers. He knows as much about the relent less, grinding, and seamy glory of the , under side of America’s garment as any man living in America, and he has the gift of expressing himself forcef-1 ally, say critics. With the “bum” districts of the cit ies of America is this astonishing push er of the pen familiar—“second-hand shops, and revival halls, and loan shops and steel mills and cobblestones, and drunkards, and the police, and the sight of human bodies rotting and fall ing to pieces from exposure to the rain and open air,” are fainiiiar%to him. Briefly, Sandburg is the son of Swed ish-Americn parents, born in Chicago. He has seen the seams of life from the underneath, and has in the course of the latter years of his life written feelingly of some of the things he has bumped up against. Sandburg is not a “wild eyed” poet, he is simply a working man with a talent for self-expression. Of course in the language of the great world, he may have “tamed down a bit” in recent years, for he recently stated that his only pals were his wife and child, who had completely curod him of wanderlust; but a man who can write in his most recent production, “Cornhuskers” (1918), such things as the following excerpt, must still retain much of his original fire and youthful impetuosity. This is one of his tirades against the well-known evangelist “Billy” Sunday: “You come along—-tearing your shirt— yelling about Jesus Where do you get that stuff? What do you know about Jesus?” An extract from the heading of one of his poems, reads: “They picked him up in the grass, where he had lain two days in the rain, with a piece of shrap nel in his lungs.” Differing altogether in his lyrical quality from Vacliel Lindsay, Ameri ca’s wandering poet who visited the campus a short time ago, Sandburg has a strange, and yot attractive jerkiness in his verse, which demands attention. “I shall never forgot you Broadway, Your golden and your calling lights. 1 ’ll remember you long, Tall-walled river of rush and play. Hearts that know you hate you, And lips that have given you laughter Have gone to their ashes of life and its roses, Cursing the dreams that wore lost In the dust of your harsh and trampled stones.” A recent interviewer of Sandburg for The Survey writes the following description of him: “1 saw him leaning across the table in the little Italian restaurant, the most human, the most intensely alive man 1 have ever known. It is his face that is arresting beautiful as the faces of strong men are beautiful, as Lincoln s is—a brooding face—gnarled and fur rowed cleft chin—a mouth that loops itself into smiles, or that booms with i CLASSIFIED ADS Minimum charge, 1 time, 116c ; - turn*. 46o; 5 times. Jl. Must be limited to 6 lines, over this limit, he pet1 line, i'hone 951, ,11 leave eopy with Business office of Emkkaui, in University Press. Payment In advance. Office hours, 1 to 4 p. m. I___— Wanted -A shoe shiner at the Cam jins Barber Shoji. F9-10. For Rent -Room for girls at 1315 lath Ave. K. Phone 1005-L. 163J25-tf. Room ami board for one girl with home jirivileges Call 501 R. Mrs. T. H. Strane, 860 Ferry. 1S7-F9-11. Lost—At Frosh Glee, one gabardine raincoat. Owner substituted coat re maining. Call Peterson at 1567-L. For Rent —A desirable room, furnace heated, near the campus, for 1 or 2 col lege women 427 13th Ave. K. Phone VU | 185-E8-tf. 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Though strong and compelling, and though inevitably the conversation whips about him, he has* something of the alertness of the child combined with that uncanny directness and sim plicity which children possess.” MYSTERY BEHIND CLOCK ARRANGEMENT SOLVED Chronometer in Johnson Hall Times Various Class Periods in All But Three Buildings “What mechanical arrangement caus es the bells in the various buildings to ring at undeviating intervals?” This was the suggestion for a news story stuck on the “tip” hook yester dy by a member of the staff. The daily editor found the tip, looked up the newest member of the staff and com manded him to go forth and extract the desired information. Unsmeared by a single stroke of the copyreader’s pencil, the cub’s story is as follows: To be pleasantly enfolded in the arms of Morpheus for one whole hour, while a professor with a falsetto voice expounds theories about which one is not in the least interested, and then to be suddenly brought back to black /boards and notebooks by the discordant clang'of the bell, arouses one’s ire—or, in some cases, curiosity. In case it is the latter, one wonders just why, or what made the aforementioned bell ring. Over in Johnson hall there is a clock made especially for the purpose of ring ing these bells. It has a dial with the hours arranged on it like an ordinary clock, but a special feature of it is the way it is wound. A set of six bat teries is provided for this purpose and they never let the clock run down. It is connected to transformers in the dif ferent buildings and they in turn are connected to the bells which serve to arouse weary students from a semi comatose condition and enable them to make their next class on record time. This clock rings all the bells on the campus, with the exception of those in the Oregon building, the campus high, and the music building. A special clock is provided for each of these buildings. OREGON MAN AT HARVARD Wesley Jameson Is Accepted at Eastern Institution as Post Graduate The University of Oregon is to have a representative in the Harvard school of business administration in the per son of Wesley Jameson, son of a lead ing middle-western timberman, who has been taking work in the Oregon school of business administration since leaving Stanford last year. Because of his exceptional ability and general qualifications, Jameson has been accepted at the eastern institu tion with very high standing and will take post-graduate work. After completing his course he will enter his father ’a business. His Harv ard course is planned to enable him to [to the work which the responsibilities of his future position will require. Although Jameson was only on the Oregon campus for a comparatively short time, he was active in student activities and took an especially vital interest in football. Jameson left early this week for St. Paul, via the Canadian route. WIN PUBLIC FAVOR Paul Althouse Gives .His Own Opinions on Violin and Vocal Music Advance news on the campus as to the coming recital of Paul Althouse, the greatest living American tenor, who will appear before the University Wed nesday evening, February 21, indicates that this concert of the operatic singer will prove even more popular than when he visited the campus two years ago, says Roy Bryson, student manager of j the concert. Althouse will appear propmtly at eight o’clock at the Wo-; man’s building. Students will be ad-j mitted upon presentation of their stu- i dent tickets. Mr. Althouse is well known on the | University campus, and is personally known to some members of,the faculty of the school of music. In addition to the singer’s knowledge of voice and ita culture, he is regarded as an author ity on nearly all subjects in the music world. Shortly before he left for his famous Australian tour, the tenor was inter viewed by representatives of the news papers of his own locality as to his opinion regarding the comparison of violin and vocal music, and also con cerning his opinion of the status of the concert stage in this country and its general favor with the American public. “To hear a line violinist is to learn how a legato may be acquired,” declar ed the tenor. “But,” he added, “the voice as a musical instrument has ad vantages over the violin. “You see,” explained Althouse, “the advantage of speech rests with the hu man singing voice. Well, because of that fact the singer can do more than give his hearers a melody; he can tell them a story, and the story is always the life of the song. “Don’t forget that,” warned Alt house. “Just think of the advantage the musician has who can enuhciate a beautiful poem while at the same time a lovely melody is being sung. “Singers who strive to give the pub lie all they can, are mindful of the ad vantage they possess in having the ca pacity to link speech to their music. And the people are coming more and A Time of Wandering Gentle men and Wondering Ladies SERVICE AND QUALITY Domestic Laundry Phone 252 Wed. Feb.14 Prices: r loor $1.50 and $2.00; balcony 75e to $1.50. Seat sale Tuesday. .4u6adus Pitou.Inc. announcers MAY ROBSON fl Classic Comedy MOTHERS MILLIONS 5V How ard H-Hcnt 8ar»£S. VARSITY BARBER SHOP Service Our Aim. Next to Oregana ‘IS YOURS WORKING O. K.?” Good weather is coming. There will be hikes, picnics, canoeing, etc. “Hotter make sure your KODAK is in good woiking ol der We will examine and do minor repairing ‘.'Free Gratis." FILMS—KODAKS—FINISHING BAKER—BUTTON ‘ ‘ Everything Fotographic “On the Corner" 10th and Willamette “Fone 535 " HAUSER BROTHERS Outfitters to Athletes and Sportsmen GYM SUITS. SHOES SAXONY SWEATERS AND .JERSEYS OUUTEWA AXO BASS FACIAS AND ROOTS SAFETY RAZORS AND BLADES DAYLO FliASlIMGHTS GUNS AND AMMUNITION more to demand enunciation which can be clearly and easily caught, aijd a pronunciation which is correct. “That is why th£ violin—king of musifcil instruments "in some respects^— has to play second-fiddle to the singing voice.” Regarding the concert stage and the method of many artists in presenting their programs to the public, Mr. Alt house said: “The trouble with many recitalists’ programs is that the artists have gone over their selections so many times with a coach and accompanist that there is absolutely no spontaneity to their sing ing when the hour of their appearance arrives. “Now one of my ideas for the ideal recital program would be to have the artist appear on the concert platform and when the first inspiriting welcome of applause had died down, to sing from his repertoire what his feeling of the moment suggested. In this way a singer could preserve the spontaneity of his interpretations much better and not have to sing a heroic aria when his mood dictated that a group of lyrieal German lieder were the selec tions he had the feeling of the moment for. “Of course there are those who would immediately raise objections to this procedure for several reasons, one of which is the fact that some auditors like to diligently consult their programs and book of words beforehand, note the A Time of Wandering Gentle men and Wondering Ladies DO YOU fully realize the desirability of hav ing a VARIETY to choose from when ordering your meals? We have it and at rock bottom prices. THE Lunch Box biography, date of birth of the composer, the English text of the song, and other details, so that there is as iittie ‘ sui'jirise ’•left in theo singer’s in-„ terpretationa- as possible. This also tends to take the edge off the audi ence !s < o-ocdinate spontaneity.” HONOR SOCIETIES TO MEET Lunch., for ..Business ..Administration Students February 12 All members of honor societies of the school of business administration will meet at lunch at the Anchorage, Feb ruary 12. The board of directors of the University chamber of commerce will also be present The meeting is for :lie purpose of discussing plans of the school of business administration, and determining how the various societies can be of service in carrying them out, and to promote a spirit of coopera tion between honor societies and the commerce department. This meeting will be one of a series of meetings which are to take place monthly. After the Game TONIGHT DANCE at DREAMLAND “Always the Best” Old Man KRATZ Paints Signs —on the— Shady Side of the Postoffice Phone One Eleven The Castle TODAY LAST DAY to See Norma Talmadge in “The Voice from the Minaret” Three packed houses have declared this picture, indeed, artistic and worth while SAY— Won’t somebody please tell me just exactly what they mean by ‘ ‘ Dangerous Age?” ,1 want to be put wise. ADMISSION Evenings..-30c ALWAYS Matinees....20c CANDIES ARE BETTER 7th and Willamette “Religous Perplexities and the Heroic Mind” Sermon-theme of the Rev. W. G. ELIOT of Portland at the UNITARIAN CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING. The solution offered by life rather than dogma. Soloist, Miss Bernice Alstock, contralto. Services at 10 -.45 A. M. The Little Church of the Human Spirit proffers you its hospitality. You Will Be Disappointed Unless You Attend THE LAST DAY of Our Big Cut in Prices on Draperies, Pottery and Baskets SALE COMES TO All END SATURDAY, THIS WEEK EXTRA SPECIAL VALUES. READ ! ! For the Remnant Table We have sold by far more drapery materials than we had anticipated, leaving us with many pieces of from one to ten yards. We have placed all of these on our Bemnant Table— about eighty peices to choose from, and some As Low as 15c Per Yard and Up Buy at Wholesale 20 Bolts Scrim Net and Cretoness—while they last, your choice 4 yards for.$1.00 You Can’t Beat It 25 Bolts of fine materials—Draperies for any purpose, 3 yards for .$1.00 BASKETS and POTTERY Only a few left—Fruit and Nut Baskets for table or buffet. Your choice at . 65c Market, Wood and Waste Baskets priced in proporition. Beautiful decorations, all imported Pottery, 10-inch Bowl and Frog . 98c Vases and Jardinieres in many patterns and prices. Several ladies were disappointed! They thought no one would buy the pattern they liked so well. FURNITURE CO. Phone824 9th & Oak We do not put on sales very often, but when we do our prices speak for themselves.