Oregon daily emerald., February 18, 1923, Image 1

Oregon Sunday Emerald
VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1923
NUMBER 95
This Week
Tutankhamen's coffin about to
be tapped; Oregon legislature
wrestling with consolidation;
Strife in Ruhr getting bloody;
Storms on sea and land; English
parliament convenes; Russian
Jooel myth busted; National
capital seeking reform.
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Edited by George H. Godfrey
The whole world is awaiting the last
act in the Tutankhames drama—the
opening of the old Pharaoh’s coffin.
The sarcophagus has been entered, and
will see the official tapping of the
burial box. Beyond a doubt the king
lies there just as he has lain for some
three thousand years. The discovery
of this tomb has been heralded as the
greatest of Egyptian finds and already
treasures worth millions of dollars have
been removed from its walls. The
splendor of the interior has dazzeled
the discoverers, and with its many
curious and beautiful relics, the vault
must indeed be a treasure-house of
wonder, a place that would be most
interesting and fascinating to be near.
The Oregon legislature is now wrestl
ing with a consolidation measure, just
what it is to be, neither house nor
Senate is prepared to state. Governor
Pierce has requested it, and wants it,
that much is certain. But until he pins
the responsibility definitely upon some
body, or one of the bodies, it is im
probable that anything tangible will be
accomplished. At any rate the meas
ure calling for tuition from students
of this university and O. A. C. is
dead, and all rejoiceth therefore.
Strife, active, bloody, stubborn, is
stirring now in the Ruhr, that section
of Germany that Prance has grabbed
in order to enforce reparations. Two
French soldiers have been shot in
brawls, and all over the region the
Germans are doing everything in their
power to make the French sick of the
whole business. Wires have been cut,
workmen are striking, shopkeepers are
boycotting the invaders—and so it
goes. The French try to keep order
by imprisoning, fining, or deporting
the Ruhr authorities, but the situation
is certainly a complicated mess, to say,
the least. The outcome will depend
entirely upon the patience of France,
and her temptation to withhold a slap
that might mean a nasty war.
Last Monday was Abe Lincoln’s
his “for the people, by the people”—
etc. rang loud and long. Glory be
to him, he was a great man!
The devil was astir on the seas this
past week, and the stormdemon claim
ed four ships on the Pacific coast.
AVhile all craft were totally wrecked
and completely demolished, not a soul
was lost. Ships S. O. S. ’ed on the
Atlantic too, but details are lacking
as to their fate.
Portlanders warmed the marrow of
their bones by shoveling snow this
past week. The white stuff came down
up there in great gusts, and the mer
cury crept down almost out of sight.
The entire northwest was hit by icy
gales and low temperatures—and in
addition to the horrible inconvenience
the weather caused, a few persons died
from exposure. Meanwhile Eugene
basked in the sunshine, and college
boys and girls frolicked on the lawn,
or paddled up the old mill race.
The Wizard of the electric light, the
papa of the phonograph, and the in
ventor of scores of other useful and
ornamental things, Thomas A. Edison,
celebrated a birthday this week, his
76th. In a newspaper interview he
praises Coue, condemns booze, and the
Ku Klux Klan, and says college men
don’t know what’s going on. Mebby
so, Eddie, mebby son.
* * *
Parliament assembled this week with
some “big stuff” ready to be handled.
What to do in the Near East Row, how
to cope with the Ticklish Ruhr situa
tion aTe only a couple of its problems.
In its own territory the Irish pot is
boiling, and many, many hungry men
are crying for a chance to earn a bit
to eat. In spite of Premier Bonar
Law’s leadership, a strong, ruling hand
capable as that of Lloyd George, is
sadlv and badly needed.
* * *
Loss to the huge Armour packing
plant at Omaha, Nebraska, by fire this
week is estimated at $2,000,000. Seve
ral important buildings were burned,
the extreme cold preventing efficient
fire-fighting. Whether this will raise
the price of ham or not cannot be stated
as yet.
Prohibitions greatest friend and co
worker, wood alcohal, claimed 389
victims during January. But then,
they simply “wood” do it!
• • •
The great Russian Czar jooel
mystery is again wrecked. Rumor
had it that gems of fabulous wealth
lay buried in the coffin of James
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HO! OPAL WHITELY
DIPS POETIC PEN
Volume Entitled 'The Flower
of the Stars’ Dedicated to
Parents 'Who Showed Way’
'CLAN OF UTCHENS’ BEST
Verse Held to be Original;
Author Entitled to Fair
and Considerate Treatment
By I. V. T.
Some days ago, Mrs. P. L. Campbell
! received an autographed copy of Opal
Whitley’s small book of poems, called
j “The Flower of the Stars.” Those who
I were on the University campus two
years ago recall the circumstances of
■ Opal’s meteoric rise to fame and
j question as to the validity of her al
I leged childhood diary, which was writ
ten on old manila sugar and grocery
sacks. For some time warm discus
son raged about Ellery- Sedgwick, edi
tor of the Atlantic Monthly, who spon
sored the publication of Opal’s diary,
i then the discussion lagged and finally
dropped altogether until last month
when she published this small volume of
poems, with the ambitious announce
ment of seven more to follow. The
little volume is dedicated “to my par
ents who so nobly showed me the way.”
This volume takes its name from the
frontpieee, “The Flower of the Stars.”:
There be stars in the sky
And Stars in the heart of man
And Stars in the soul of a child
And Stars in the eyes of woman
This be a little booke
Of a1 flowering of these Stars
That are lamps to man’s way.
I will pass this first poem entirely
without comment and select some verses
and lines that seem worthy of note,
mentioning later the various ideas re
flected in the productions.
The second composition worthy of
notice, is the shoft verse of a man’s
heart called “The Little Boom.”:
In Man’s heart is a little room.
Tf ’ has named it
1 Oblivion
And things are ranged along its wall
That he does not wish
To think about.
Every' time that he pushed something
in there
He closes the door very tightly.
But in hours when he is weary,
In the hours that walk around some
midnights
When high fires have burned
To a low flicker
Then the little door swings on its
hinges
And no thing
Will make it stay closed
All of the time. . . .
A little poem called “The Clan of
the Lichens” which I quote here seems
to me the best in the collection:
We will be gray
For the dumbness of old things,
And we will be
Without form that can be measured
As are old longings.
And we will be like petals
As are new yearnings.
And we will be
Gray with a little green
As are old hopes
Parallel with this sketch of the male
heart is Opal’s poem, “Words A Wo
man Holds In Her Heart”:
What are the words
Woman holds in her heartf
A white flute and a blue star.
An old way of thinking.
And the song
Of a brook that has come
A long ways from the hills.
Tlie rose of a child’s garden.
The boat of a child’s soul.
The shore of man’s rest.
Of things grown old
And the beauty that yet is
When youth glory sleeps.
A reflection of the method of per
sonification used so much by Lord
Dunsany and also in the cantata of the
Stars is seen in the colorful little poem,
entitled “The End of a Sapphire Bay.”
At the long ending
Of a sapphire day
The fields were silvered
With slipping light
While Time was washing
The net of Day
In a turquois sea
Ender a little new moon.
I There was*, a woven water glimmering
Where the net was tired
And Twilight had drawn
Threads for its remaking
From the aureoled opalscenee
i Of the strong heart of men.
Certainly Opal Whitley has produced
something of her own, which is worth
at least a fair examination. There is
a tendency constantly to mix the ab
i stract and concrete in imagery. Wheth
er she will ever rise above mere pretti
ness and become a great poet, is not
for me to say. The entire book is
entertaining. The short poem, “The
(Continued on page four.)
200 Students per
College Is Right
Size, Says Prexy
Oxford, O., Feb. 15.—A division of
the larger American universities into
colleges made up of groups of students
not exceeding 220, is being advocated
by President B. M. Hughes, of Miami
University here. President Hughes,
nationally known as an educator, is
offering his plan as a solution of the
colossal problem of the cumbersome
size of the American University.
In announcing his plan for a divi
sion of large universities into colleges
in order to attain better educational
results, Mr. Hughes said he was con
vinced that a plan of organization
must be developed in the larger insti
tutions that will assure the same per
sanal acquaintance of faculty and stu
dents that exists in the small colleges
if the real worth of the universities is
to continue. President Hughes’s plan
is closely modeled after the English
plan at Oxford and Cambridge.
Hughes has made several national
university surveys for the United
States government.
STATE MERCHANTS TO BE
ENTERTAINED BY KNIGHTS
Sweater Wearers Will Favor Retailers
for Three Days During
Annual Convention
Oregon Knights will cooperate with
Eugene merchants and University au
thorities in helping the 19th annual
convention of the Oregon State Retail
Merchants Association, which starts
today. Ed Tapfor, stunt duke, has is
sued a call for the following men to
report at varius times during the three
days:
Monday afternoon, 2:30, at Villard
hall: Gib Wright, Dick Carruthers, Ed
ward Carlton, Carl Dahl, Bill Swindell,
and Tom Cresthwaite. Tuesday morn
ing, 10:10, at Villard: Herb Brooks,
Joe Sorri, Kenneth Kew, Lawrence
Robertson, Claire Shumate, Ben Smith,
and Paul Krausse. Tuesday evening,
7:15 in Hotel Osburn Lobby: Tom
Crosthwaite, Dick Carruthers, Edward
Kinzel, Charlie Norton, Bill Swindell,
Carl Dahl, Bob Cole, Paul Krausse,
Lars Bergsvick, Gordon Wilson, Ted
Gillenwaters, Heine Heerdt, Paul Staley
and Price Sullivan.
Wednesday at 10:40 in Villard: Joe
Sorri, Everett Ogle, Bob Dodson, Fran
cis Drinker and Claire Shumate. Wed
nesday, 7:30, First Methodist church
(come without sweaters) Fred Young,
Ray Garrett, Bruce Curry, Arch Pit
man. Paul Krausse, Herb Brooks,
Webster Jones, Mike Shannon, Ben
Smith, Ted Gillenwaters, Rufus Sum
ner and Bill Dodds.
Men on the ushering committee who
are to assist at Vespers today should
appear today at 3:45 at the first
Methodist church. They are in charge
Oj. Jack High.
KEMP QUITS COLUMBIA U.
Old Timer on Rolls Since 1872 Gives
Newspaper Notoriety as Reason
Columbia University, Teb. 15.— Wil
liam Bryant Kemp, who first entered
Columbia University in 1872 and has
attended off and- on ever since, has not
enrolled for the spring term. He gave
as his reason for stopping the unpleas
ant notoriety given him by newspapers.
Kemp,, who holds numerous degrees
and last year studied paleographic de
velopments of North America, having
exhausted almost all ordinary subjects,
as a freshman was a classmate of Dr.
Nichols Butler, now president of the
university.
LOCAL SORORITY REBUKED
Zeta Delta Kappa National Attempts to
Break Up Namesake’s Dance
University of Iowa, Feb. 15. A
court decision permitted the local Zeta
Delta Kappa sorority at Des Moines,
Iowa, to give a dance Monday night.
The national Zeta Delta Kappa had at
tempted to stop the dance by an injunc
tion.
The national started legal proceed
ings in which the local has so far come
out ahead. The national also objects
to the sorority using the name of Zeta
Delta Kappa, but no decision on that
dispute has yet been given. It will be
decided in court.
3354 STUDENTS AT 0. A. C.
Number Less Than Last Year Due to
Raise in Non-Resident Tuition Fee
O. A. C., Feb. 7.—Registration fig
ures for the second term show that stu
dents registered to date in full year
courses number 3354, somewhat less
than the registration total of the cor
responding date last year, due to the
increased non-resident tuition fee, the
normal decline in the number of ex
service men eligible for financial as
sistance and the elimination of several
vocational courses.
'ACTIVITIES GOOD
TRAINING:' HODGE
Average American is About 6C
Per Cent Efficient; This
World a Pace to Enjoy Life
ROUTINE ENGULFS MANY
College Man in After Life
is Perpetually Engaged in
Some Outside Function
By Eddie Smith
The average educated American, im
bued with a characteristic which is
wholly Yankee, demands variety in his
daily life, and has, in the form of ac
tivities, many outlets for his intellec
tual and manual efforts. But seldom
is he 100 per cent in one certain line
of work. Because of these reasons Dr.
Edwin T. I-lolde, professor of geology,
believes the average American regis
ters on the efficiency scale at about
00 per cent. This is not strictly ad
verse criticism for, as Dr. Hodge points
out. considering the world as a place
to live in aud enjoy, the man who dab
bles in this and that, satisfying his
desires for work and play, is happy
and contented.
This gives a better understanding,
Dr. Hodge continued, of the activities
and duties which are demanded of the
college student in the universities of
America today. While not particularly
championing campus activities, which
he termed as “added curricula,” and
still not casting them to the winds as
buncomb and a waste of time, Dr.
Hodge has taken time to notice some
of the effects of these activities.
Activities a Good Idea
“It has been said,” he pointed out,
“that activities are taking too much
time, and are therefore detrimental to
the college student who nowadays is
almost compelled to go into some work
other than his course of study. How
ever, I can’t wholly agree with this
view. In my classes I find students
who are doing excellent work, and who
at the same time are deeply engrossed
in campus duties. And yet there are
many students who could do excellent
work, but are just about that ‘60 per
cent’ efficient, because they are deeply
imbedded in the routine that present
day universities call for. This is too
bad. but yet you can again revert to
the fact that the world is a place to
live in and so censor not these people.
“There has been a cry for more leis
ure on the part of the student. It is
said that he has not time to peruse the
latest novels of the day—and to brouse
intellectually as he desires, but it is
my opinion,” said Dr. Hodge, “that
students would not take proper ad
vantage of more leisure time. It would
permit more time for shows, more time
for the non-intellectual conversations
about the fireplace. For it is true,”
he continued, “the more work a man
does, the more he will do. Conversely
the less he does, the less he will do.”
College and Non-College Men
“I might say that what seems to me
to be the difference between a college
man and a non-college man,” Dr. Hodge
further pointed out, “is that the latter
man is always on the go—always en
gaging in some activity and is not hap
py unless he is. The non-college man
does his eight hours of work and is
through until the next morning, but the
college man is never finished. His
noon hours are taken up with Rotary
club, Ad club, and lunches. Evenings
find him dabbling in politics, etc. He
has received this lasting punch and en
ergy from a busy college training.”
Yet Dr. Hodge would welcome a plan
which would tend to create a morale
in which seriousness would predomi
nate. It has often been said, and
truthfully, too, that European students
are more serious than American univer
sity students. Their universities, with
their ancient traditions, are literally
surrounded with an atmosphere of
sobriety and veneration which is, be
yond a doubt, somewhat lacking on the
American campuses.
Vested rower jNeeaea
“The forever and eternal questions,"
said Dr. Hodge, “such as these so
called overburdening activities, the
doubtful utility of the American uni
versitv and other similar points which
are beng harped upon by many at pres
ent would be solved, if it were within
the power of some one, some group, or
some college paper, to create an atmos
phere of seriousness—an atmosphere
which will cause the mass to censor the
frivolous individual, who is the cause
of our troubles.”
ALPHA KAPPA PSI TO HOLD
DISCUSSION TUESDAY NOON
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Members of Alpha Kappa Psi, the
national men’s honorary fraternity will
hold a-general discussion and get
together meeting Tuesday noon at The
Anchorage, according to an announce
ment made by the secretary. A lively
meeting is scheduled, and a full at
tendance of all members is desired.
No Pretty Gals
at Pennsylvania
Is Boys’Verdict
University ot' Pennsylvania, Feb. In.
—There are no bautiful girls at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, but there are
many handsome men, according to the
results of a contest to determine the
most beautiful coed and handsome man,
which was held recently by the Red and
Blue, the university magazine.
Pennsylvania coeds declare that
there are lots of beautiful girls in the
university, and that “Smiling” Sam
Smith, the choice of the men as the
Pennsylvania Apollo, isn’t handsone at
j all. The men insist that there are no
j beautiful coeds, and cast no ballots in
the contest.
i “The girls at the university have
brains and ability and—brains and
ability do not mix with beauty,” one
student said. The coeds say that the
men are crazy, and that they are super
S ior and take no notice of the matter.
HAZING BARRED AT U. S. C
Decision Results After Party in Which
Freshmen Shoots Junior
University of Southern California,
Feb. 17.—No more physical hazing of
freshmen is to be permitted at the Uni
versity of Southern California, accord
ing to a recent faculty decision of the
institution. The immediate cause of
this action was when P. A. Banks, a
freshman in the College of Pharmacy,
fired a pistol at Philip Johnson, engin
eering junior, when the latter at
tempted to take him into custody along
with the other freshmen of the univer
sity. January 17 was “Traditions
Day” at U. S. C., and upper classmen
and sophomores, united to seize every
freshman appearing on the campus.
SORREL TOPS ORGANIZE
Students of Both Sexes Band to Stop
Razzing From Heads of Lesser Hue
Colorado A. & M. College, Feb. 15.—
Seven red headed students at the Colo
rado State Agricultural and Mechani
cal college have banded themselves to
gether to ward off the onslaughts of
those who possess hirsute appendagos
of a less spectacular hue. “United we
stand but divided we get razzed” is
the guiding note of the A. O. B. T..
which is so far made up entirely of
officers, like the Confederate army.
Membership is open to both sexes, and
candidates must have naturally red
hair. If they dye, they will dye to
gether.
HIRSUTE CONTEST PLANNED
Prizes to be Offered After 21-Day Beige
to Gilletts; Co-eds not Barred
University of Nevada, Feb. 8.—The
junior class has announced its intention
of holding a three weeks “Whisker
ino” contest, to begin sometime during
the coming week. If the plan is car
ried through, Gillettes will be formally
abolished, and the campus men will go
unsliaved for twenty-one days. At the
end of the period, a '49 dance will be
staged, and prizes awarded the winners.
It is thought likely that the contest
will be thrown open to co-eds also.
WOMEN SCRIBES GET ROOM
Part of Old “Shack” to be Temporarily
Set Aside as Best Station
A room is to be reserved especially
for the use of the women journalists
of the University, in the old “Shack,”
when the School of Journalism moves
into the new building, according to
word received by Dean Eric W. Allen,
from the president’s office yesterday.
The old building will be used as a
newspaper file department, and study
room for the students, and the room
now used as the reception room will be
set apart as a rest room for the women
if the school. Use of this room for
such purposes, has been granted only
temporarily, according to the announce
ment from the president’s office.
FRIENDLY WINS HANDBALL
Sigma Chi Team Falls Before Attack of
Robinson and Cook Yesterday
The intramural handball champion
ship of the University was won yester
: day afternoon by Friendly Hall when
the Sigma Chi team was defeated 21-18,
'21-16, 9-21. Members of the winning
team are Claude Robinson and Larry
! Cook. Bill Spear and York Herrin were
the Sigma Chi players.
S. A. E. is second in the percentage
column in the final standings, and the
i Sigma Chi team is in third place.
Bachelordon stands fourth in the list.
Had Sigma Chi won from Friendly yes
j terday, the championship would have
been a three-oornored tie between
Friendly , Sigma Chi, and S. A. E.
j Friendly was defeated by Sigma Chi
! last fall in the preliminaries, but has
: not lost a game in ,the round-robbin
i series.
ILLS' WORK II
IKING ATHEISTS
Students and Faculty Members
Laugh at Idea That Outine
is ‘Dangerous’ to Morals
! CREATING NEW INTEREST
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Questioned Paragraphs Held
‘Fair Attempt’ on Part of
Famous English Authority
By Art Rudd
Scoffing the idea that the much dis
cussed Outline of History, by II. G.
Wells, is “dangerous to the morals” of
the University community, students and
faculty members who are at all con
nected with the use of the book on the
campus, are fairly well agreed that it
is the best work of its kind available
and that it is performing a valuable
service.
“It is making students think and it
is giving them a taste for history which
is unprecedented in the life of the in
stitution,” said Dr. It. C. Clark, head
of the University history department.
The Outline is used as the main text
in first and second year World His
tory, which is given by Dean H. D.
Sheldon and Dr. Andrew Dish, who sup
plement is with othec volumes of history.
“We do*this because Mr. Wells’ history
is ‘blotchy’—good in somo places and
poor in others,” Dean Sholdon said when
interviewed as to the value of the Out
line.
Does Great Service
Dean Sheldon believes that Mr. Wells
has performed a valuable service in
writing the book and that while it is
‘entirely inadequate’ in certain places
the general worth of the effort is good.
He is especially enthusiastic over the
section which deals with the world war
and its causes, but is severe in discus
sing the chapter on American history.
“We would flunk a junior who could
not write a better essay on American
history than that,” he declared.
Both Dean Sheldon and Dr. Fish
agreed that the author of the famous
book had used history to prove many
of his views, especially in the case of
peace vs. war. Such men as Alexander,
Napoleon and Coasar are not given
a “square deal,’’ they believe, but they
see in this tendency a hopeful sign and
they approve heartily of making the
development of civilization the main
theme of history rather than war and
diplomacy. “Wo are trying to carry
this idea out in the World History
courso and we find it more construc
tive viewpoint than the ancient em
phasis on war and carnage,” was the
statement of Dr. Fish.
Interest is Growing Fast
Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of
journalism, whose major students are
required to take World History, is find
ing a surprisingly large amount of
interest in his classes in world events
and a more general knowledge of his
tory as a whole as the result of the
course. He agrees with the opposition
authorities that the Wells history is
inadequate for a careful study of any
certain period but feels that the gene
ral idea is justified on the grounds that
the ordinary student outside of the his
! tory department itself will benefit more
I by touching the ‘high spots’ of all
history than by specializing in one cer
tain period and omitting entirely all of
the others. Students who have their
appetite for history aroused here will
be more likely to read carefully in
definite fields later than if they wero
confined to a definite spot in history,
he believes.
In looking at the book from a techni
cal standpoint the faculty members in
terviewed were agreed that with the ex
ception of a few instances Mr. Wells
is never actually wrong but simply has
errors in his perspective. His adequate
treatment of religions other than
Christianity is generally approved.
Holds Rational View
The paragraphs which have caused
the hook to be severely censured and
which are really at the bottom of most
of the popular objections to the Out
line are those which deal with the
beginnings of the Christian religion.
Even in this case Mr. Wells is trying
to be entirely fair,” according to Dean
Allen, “whether he succeeds or net.”
These paragraphs are as follows:
“We are trying to write as if this book
was to be read as much by Hindus or
Moslems or Buddhists as by Americans
and Western Europeans. We shall
j therefore hold closely to the apparent
facts, and avoid, without any disputa
i tion or denial, the theological inter
pretations that have been imposed upon
them. We shall tell what men have
believed about Jesus of Nazareth, but
him we shall treat as what he appeared
to be, a man, just as a painter must
needs paint him as a man. The docu
ments that testify to his acts and teach
ings we shall treat as ordinary human
documents. If the light of divinity
| shine through our recital, we will
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