Oregon Daily Emerald
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Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily
«xe*pt Monday, during the college year.
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John W. Fiper Leon Byrne
Until the Final Gun
Idaho 32, Oregon 29!
And so Oregon's last faint hopes for conference basketball honors!
go glimmering. The game at Idaho was “heart-breaking,” according
to press reports. But so was the game with Washington, and both of
them count in the “lost” column.
Oregon has a good team when it is at its best. Against Idaho at
Eugene the Varsity looked like coast champions. When the Aggies
went down to defeat on the local floor their victors were a far su
perior aggregation than invaded here at any time during the season.
It was the Varsity’s fatal slump here against W. S. C. which really
caused the damage. The defeat at Corvallis is attributed to grippe.
Fate decided the outcome against Idaho at Moscow and against
Washington.
But in spite of these defeats the season has been successful. Ore
gon is not at the foot of the percentage column by any means and
there is more to basketball than mere victory. With the one excep
tions the games have been a fight to the end. And The Emerald ven
tures to predict that although Oregon is out of the race for the cham
pionship, the team will never quit fighting until the final gun of the
final game.
The Value of Decisions
An innovation in intercollegiate debating here will be tried when
Iowa State meets Drake and Grinnell in open forum, no-decision con
tests tonight. This system has been tried by many colleges and uni
versities in recent years with varying degrees of success.
During the open forum following the debate, the audience has an
opportunity to question the contestants on any indistinct phase of the
question. This is a highly desirable innovation. The possibility of
unfair decisions by prejudiced judges is also eliminated in the no
decision debate. (
The chief criticism of such debates is the loss of the competitve
spirit, a fundamental necessity of any intercollegiate activity. De
bating with out a decision, is like a football game in which neither
team can win because there is no scorekeeper. In the past, debat
ing has been informative and competitive. In the contests tonight,
the zest of winning, the sportsmanship of losing, and the decision for
the best team will be lacking.—Iowa State Student.
Forget Studies Tonight
Those students who heard Paul Althouse two years ago will not
have to be urged to attend the concert at the Methodist church
tonight. Althouse is one of the ranking American tenors and when
he is brought here without additional cost to the individual there
really is no excuse for failure to attend. It is an opportunity which
will not be repeated after graduation.
It will be unfortunate if the Senior Bench is painted while the
Retail Merchants are wearing the insignia of freshmen.
ALTHOUSE TO APPEAR
IN CONCERT TONIGHT
(Continuin' from page one)
wavs carry sixty to seventy sours, en
ough for three entirely different pro
grams, to meet the taste of various
communities. The English songs, 1
find, are wanted everywhere; and from
Vancouver down the Pacific coast to
Florida, and hack again to Lincoln,
Neh., for a re-engagement from earlier
in the season, this tour taught me that
English diction is the most important
thinks in the American concert sing
er’s equipment. Out of the 500 songs
which T picked over last season, the
few T selected have been serious in
character, and out of these few some
two or three have proved themselves i
as vitally attractive to my audiences
as some of the things of the finest type
in the classic song literature.”
Ever since college days when Paul !
Althouse divided his time equally be
tween the football field and the chem-'
ical laboratory, the famous t.euor has
boon fascinated by the study of chem
istry and so it was quite natural that
he rapidly became expert in “mixing”
chemicals. When he graduated from
college, he accepted an important po
sition in the chemical department of a
large iron works. It was not long
however, before, even the fascination
of mixing things began to give away
to the more potent appeal of music—
and it was only six months after he
took his first real vocal lesson, that
Paul Althouse was engaged to sing
at the leading opera house of the world,
despite the fact that he had absolutely
no stage experience and was an Amer
ican two supposed insuperable obsta
cles at that time.
“And do you know she is the
talk of Monte Carlo, her con
duct and dress is so daring;
but she is quite impossible her
self, the impossible Mrs.
Bellow."
CAMPUS BULLETIN
Notices will be printed in this column
for two issues only. Copy must be in this
jffice by 4:30 on the day before it is to be
published and must be limited to 2A words.
Eutaxian — Meeting postponed until
next week.
Freshman Girls—Meeting today at 5 in
the Y. W. bungalow.
Eutaxian—Luncheon meeting Wednes
day at the Anchorage.
Beta Alpha Psi—Meeting in room 101
Commerce building at five o’clock
Wednesday.
Spanish Club—Short but important
meeting today, 12:45, Bungalow.
Members only.
Phi Mu Alpha—All members and pled
ges meet Wednesday noon at Campa
Shoppe. Important.
Temenids—Luncheon, Anchorage, Wed
nesday 12 a. m. Notify Areta Little
john at Gamma Phi Beta.
State Aid Men—January checks are
ready for disbursement at the Cash
ier’s office in the Administration
building.
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Emeiiald from students
and faculty members are welcomed, but ,
must be signed and limited to 250 words.
If it is desired, the writer’s name will be
kept out of print. It must be understood
that the editor reserves the right to reject
communications.
To tlie Editor:
As Mr. Byrne, in his reply to my re
quest for further comment, says that
he is willing to explain his position
only “when I am sure that Interested
has understood me and wfien I am sure
that he is attacking the poetic existence
(sic!) of the so-called Vers Libro,” then
I despair of being further enlightened.
I neither understood him, nor do I at
tack the existence (poetic or otherwise)
of vers libre.
Mr. Byrne errs when he says that
there are two kinds or rhythm—meter,
i and the other kind. Meter is none the
i less rhythmical for being measured. It
j does not differ in kind from the broad
est of prose rhythms. It is merely a re
stricted, systematized, fettered rhythm.
I do understand that weheras, in his
original article, Mr. Byrne said that
I “poetry has no integral connection with
rhyme nor rhythm,” he now says, “I
I repeat that it is a critical platitude that
| neither rhyme nor meter are (is) es
Isential to poetry.” Though unenlight
, ened, I am satisfied and no longer
INTERESTED.
Contributed Editorials
By W. F. G. Thaeher
I wish to present to the readers
of the Emerald a matter which has long
lain close to my heart: the need of more
and better Oregon songs.
When I look back upon my own un
dergraduate days, the one thing that
stands out above all others is the sing
ing. At Princeton, singing was a tra
dition and an art. Everyone sang—in
their rooms, on the campus, in groups,
in classes. This practice culminated
in “Senior ,-foiging” in the spring, in
which the seniors, immediately after
dinner, gathered on the steps of old
Nassau Hall, and sang until eight o’
clock. So beautiful was it that visitors
came in numbers from as far as New
York and Philadelphia to swell the aud
ience of undergraduates, faculty folk
and townspeople.
That, 1 know, is not possible at Ore-j
gon, for several reasons. Ours is a
coeducational institution and the
voices ot' men and women do not blend
well, unless in following carefully ar
ranged parts. The climate is unfavor
able, too, and there is no suitable place
for such a gathering. Besides, we are
too eternally busy, and we haven’t the:
songs to sing.
At present, Oregon has but three real
ly useful songs — “On, Oregon,”
“Mighty Oregon,” and “As We Sit and!
Dream at Evening.” The first, I be-J
lieve, is a Wisconsin song with Oregon
words. The music of the second was1
written by Mr. Perfect, and the words
bv DeWitt Gilbert. It is a ringing
march song, well adapted to group sing
ing. The third is pretty, sentimental,,
harmonious. And that’s all.
It isn’t enough, we ought to have
twentv songs instead of three . What,
we need first of all is an Oregon hymn
—a battle song—simple, solemn, heroic,'
impressive, and of such musical worth |
1 that it will be permanent. Such a song
1 is not easily found. But an effort ought j
to be made to find it. The music need
not be original; but it must be distinc
tive. Such a song would embody the
best of Oregon’s traditions. It would
not be sung casually—and always in a
devotional spirit. While singing it. the
head of every man would be uncovered.
We need other songs—topical songs,
parodies, humorous songs, part songs.
There ought to be at least one new song
added to the list every year.
llow to go about it f I should like
to see the matter taken up by the stu
dent council and a continuing commit
tee appointed, with members from the
student body, alumni and faculty. I
should favor a competition for the song
first referred to. No prize ought to
I e needed. Surely the honor of being
the author of the Oregon song would
be sufficient. After that, I should like
to see a policy established of “one new
song a year”—until we have a litera
ture of songs and a tradition for sing
ing that will make the movement self
perpetuatiug.
I submit, Mr. Editor, that the Emer
ald could hardly do any more worthy
thing than to espouse this cause—mere
and better songs for Oiegon, The fel
low that said he didn’t care who made
the laws of a nation if he could make
its songs wasn’t merely half right: he
was all right. Music, the purest, the
most spiritual of all the arts, becomes
persona], for most of us, only when we
sing. When we sing, we are—every
one of us—artists. And too,. singing
is, I believe, in the very best sense of
the word—educational.
College Clippings
Every State Represented at Cornell
Junior Week—Guests at Cornell Univer
sity for Junior Week represented ev
ery state in the Union, every city with
a population of over 100,000 and most
of the educational institutions in the
country.
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Hazing at Stanford Is Stopped—A
movement to abandon the traditional
sophomore methods of discipline was
started at Stanford University three
years ago, but no definite steps were
taken until recently. A system of sen
ior control has been adopted. The soph
omores declared' they would let hazing
die a sudden but inevitable death.
Yale Enrollment Wlil Be Limited—■
Freshman enrollment at Yale in Sep
tember will be restricted to 850 men.
i The classes must be smaller to afford
adequate individual instruction. The
students will be selected on the basis
of scholastic attainment.
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Caps and Gowns Will Be Worn at
McGill—Members of the senior class of
McGill University have decided to wear
caps and gowns at commencement this
spring. The class of 1895 was the last
class which wore caps and gowns at the
graduation exercises of the institution.
Girls in Home Economics Get Prac
tical Experience—Girls in the home eco
nomics department at Ohio State Uni
versity get practical experience in home
making. They have an apartment and
a house. Six girls at a time live at
the houses for a period of six weeks.
They are limited to three dollars a
week for meals. Each girl performs
for a week the duties of maid, waitress,
IS THE PRICE TOO LOW?
We are offering fall, silk lined, latest
style Tuxedo Suits at $39.50. A friend
suggested that the price is too low—•
perhaps—but the quality is high. If
you knew the value of these suits, if you
realized the quality of the materials and
styles, you would rush in to inspect them.
We know these things and that is the
! reason we are so anxious to show them
to you.
EUGENE WOOLEN MILLS STORE
; “Keep Her Child! Well I
should say not. The father is
the one to rear the child, not
that impossible Mrs. Bellew!’’
Today Is Your
Last Chance to See
The Picture Beautiful
“LORNA DOONE”
with
MADGE BELLAMY
Love’s classic of the days
when love and adventure
travelled hand in hand thru
a maze of perilous beauty.
Castle Theatre
ADMISSION—
Evenings 30c
Matinees 20c
ALWAYS
assistant cook, cook, housekeeper anil'•
hostess.
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Shakespeare Popular With Princeton
Profs—Ten professors at Princeton
University were asked what eight books |
they would choose to read if they were ;
cast on a desert island to spend the
rest of their lives. They all mentioned
Shakespeare in their lists.
Texas Has Snowfall—The student
body at the University of Texas neglec- j
ted classes to throw snowballs during 1
the recent snow storm, the first since
1917. Everyone who ventured out on the
streets or campus was hailed by a bar
rage of snow balls.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Announcement was made at the Gam
ma Phi Beta house last Saturday eve
ning of the engagement of Beatrice
Barker to Franklin F. Evenson. Miss
Barker, whose home is in Astoria, is
a. member of the class of ’24. Mr.
Evenson is a Stanford graduate and at
present is an electrical engineer in Los
Angeles. Plans for the wedding have
not been made as yet, but Miss Bar
ker stats that she expects to make her
future home in Los Angeles.
Get the Classified Ad habit.
“ARE YOU AT HOME
WHEN THE IMPOSSIBLE
MRS. BELLEW CALLS?”
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tailored to withstand
any attack and the new
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Collar Attached Shirts.
Prices range from
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Big Dance Tonight
{ft* Mid Nite Sons
at
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Shrimp Phillips Singing “Jimbo Jambo”
Dancing 8 to 12
Come and hear some “mean harmony’’ played by the
harmony saturated sextet.
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Tutankhamen Was a Luxurious Guy
with his gold amulets and precious jewels. But
I’ll bet a bale of German marks that he would
have traded the whole business — couches,
chariots, vases, statues, slaves, and thrown in a
couple of sacred cats for a real dinner—salad,
steak, pastry, and coffee, at
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