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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1923)
Oregon Sunday Emerald _£_Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Association _ Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Monday, during the college year. _ Kenneth Youel, Editor___Lyle Janz, Manager ERNEST HAYOOX. Sunday Editor__ The Board Donald Woodward, Managing Editor; Clinton Howard, Assignments; Taylor Huston, Night Editor; Catherine Spall, Society; Katherine Watson, Poetry Writers: Jessie Thompson, Monte Byers. Arthur Rudd. John Anderson, Ra chael Chezem. __ An Interlude in the Sweet Music What has been the tangible results of the n. s. f. affairs: are there any crumbs of comfort to be offered to the fined individuals? Well, the situation seems, on the surface, to be as follows: the publicity, the arguments pro and con, the lurid protests and de nials and affirmations have all accomplished just exactly what the student advisory committee intended—a centering of attention on the evil practice. And, no matter what the merits of the means, that same attention will undoubtedly result in a more careful at tention to personal finances. Evidently the advisory committee expects the period between now and the firs£ of June to be the testing period; that if the reform is effected its work will have been done; that if not, then the com mittee will rise upon its haunches and once again do battle. No mention is made of the seven people who were fined. But this is the main point of the whole controversy: if the committee, is to con sider its action as having been completed by the securing of public ity, and if the committee is abandoning its methods then there is no possible reason under the sun for its not revoking those fines. It is the only just thing to do; to leave it undone would be the gross est error of judgment. Of course, if at the end of this period of truce, the committee decides to lay on with renewed vigor, then the student body may have something more to say. In the meantime the sensible thing is to apply a remedy to the bad check problem from student sources. If student self government is ever to become a reality it must function vigorously in remedying such affairs as the one here in volved. Razzberries T’other day some fellow sent us a book which contained some pointed paragraphs on the academic and scholastic cast of mind. Just for fun we quote a few of these paragraphs. “The priciple of disclipine is that there must be some rules. If you inquire the reason, you will find that the object of rules is to relieve young men of the burdensome feeling of moral or religious obligations. If their energies are to be left unimpaired for the pur suit of athletics, it is clearly necessary to protect them against the weakness of their own characters.’’ “The principle of Sound Learning is that the noise of vulgar fame should never trouble the cloistered calm of academic existence. Hence, learning is called sound when no one has ever heard of it; and the ‘sound scholar’ is a term of praise applied to one another by learned men who have no reputation outside of the University, and a rather queer one inside it.’’ Why Do People Smoke? By Monte Byers TTAViNG smoked enough cigarettes to insure a well and beautifully nailed depository for our bones iu eternity, we would delve further and discover why we become slaves to the nicotine saturated weed. What is there about the little capsules that holds us iu a tenacious grip and which very few of us ever break! There is a reason for our clinging to the little fags, until in the end, a friend lightly taps his chest and mutters the one word, “ Arizona." Each cigarette is another millstone around our necks; another step nearer the grave’s edge. Hygiene shows that dragging on the weed is harmful to the human organism, saps our vitality, deadens our brain, our makeup in other ways. Vet, how many of us think of it when we are blissfully saturating the pits of our lungs with a deep inhale of smoke. An answer to the question is diffi cult to get. Ask a smoker why he has become a slave to the wiles of Lady Nicotine, and he will shrug his should ers and tell you lie doesn't know why, lie will say he has the habit and noth ing more, unless it is, that he can’t break the habit. People usually do things, because they are beneficial to them. He eats food because it tastes good and builds up the body, lie may smoko cigar ettes for the same reason, although he knows, or should know that they tear down instead of build up. As for the taste side of the argument, do they taste good? It. is very doubtful if there is anyone who can truthfully say that a cigarette has a really pleas ing taste. The only time that a cigarette has a pleasing effect at all is when another is smoking it and the wind wafts it over to one for a second-hand inhale. It isn’t every day that we find somt» o»o smoking with the wind favorable for a second indulgence in the original weed. Maybe we smoke, boause we have nothing else to do. Observe a group on any street corner, unless it is in aj blue-law town. If they stand there ] for any length of time, three or four: cigarettes will have been consumed by I each member. Maybe it is to satisfy j that grasping instinct, handed down j through the ages by our forbears who chattered in the treetops. Having; evolved from the tree-climbing stage wo have modified the grasping in ' stinet to cigarettes and the money of others. There seems to be a relief in a eig-1 arette, after a hard half-day’s work in the field or a strenuous athletic con test. This is probably because it lias that soothing, numbing effect on the overworked cells of the body. Having arrived at nothing definite in our introspection, we shill ask, why do we smoke? Members of Graduate School from Nine Ahna Maters Numbers of Students of Each School Listed by Registrar Spencer Nine universities have representa tives registered in tho University of Oregon graduate school. The institu tions represented are, Drake Univer sity, Liufield t'ollege, Oregon, North western Uuiversitv, Illinois, Pomona College, California; Reed College, Ore gon; University of California; Univer sity of Iowa; University of Montana; and University of Washington. Lin field is the only institution having more than one representative. Of the 57 graduates, 1-1, majoring in education, is the largest enrollment in any one department. Every school has from oue to 14 graduate majors. English has the second highest regis tration with five students. Miss Marion Bowen, former Univer sity student now engaged in Bed Cross work in" Astoria, is visiting at the Pi' Beta I’hi house. She stripped in Eu- ! gene to attend the wedding of Miss Fe , lieia I'erkius. Fairmount Group— Fairmount group meeting Monday evening at 7:d0 in i Y. W. bungalow. 4 Sprigs o’ Catnip - i By J. M. T. “I’ve seen some men,” the maiden said, “But this is where I strike. He thinks he’s learned a lot, who says All women are alike.” .Election time is drawing near, And catty critics say That all the signs of friendly cheer Are merely meant by way Of getting votes. These critics fear A base political play. Far, far away from classrooms dour, The ripples of the race are playing. That students sometimes steal an hour When sun is warm, and spring’s in flower—1 This there is no gainsaying. The above lyric and emotional Bit Was written by the author, Upon being requested to write some serious verse For the more edifying part of the paper But she replied, “Ah, no. For alas! It might ruin my reputation as the author of Sprigs of catnip.” Most of the seniors, Friday night Were either dying or dead. At least they didn’t come to light At the gym, where the live ones sped. However, no one missed them much; Yea, nought that evening mars; For every senior that arrived Got sixteen ice cream bars. College Activities, How? (Continued from page one.) life is the broad opportunity for social ization that comes through all types of group activities, with the coming to gether and learning to be reasonably happy in groups,” he said. “But if it is necessary to give each one of a per son ’s capacities a fair chance, we can not overdo,” the President made clear. “If we go in for the athletic or social side of college life too far, we are bound to lose on some other phase.” There is a decided need, he pointed out, of the wisdom of limitation in this, as in other things. “What would you say to the sopho more girl, who has been sent to col lege by her parents because there isn ’t anything else to do with her, and who is dissatisfied with college experience as she finds it?” the reporter asked, by way of a concrete example of the often asked question, “What do we go to college for?” “I would tell her to get interested in something sincerely, and to honestly try it out,” was the answer of the Uni versity’s chief executive!. “Concen trated effort will nearly always begin to reveal values. A student like that sophomore girl, is lucky if she can find in college a friend who can get her interested in some special field, where she can really get something . “Such students, if they stick,” Presi dent Campbell added thoughtfully, “by the senior year usually find something. Some of the best people I have seen come out of college have found their interest late in their college life” HONOR SOCIETIES of school of busi ness administration iftid members of the board of directors for the Uni versity chamber of commerce will be held at the anchorage Tuesday, April Theatres CASTLE A feature picture unique in its power to make creepy sensatiins of horror and fascination run up and down one’s spine is scheduled for appearance at the Castle Theatre on Monday for two days. It is a new Goldwyn melodrama, “A Blind Bargain,” BEX For the filming of Carey Wilson’s romance of the South Seas, “Lost and Found,” coming to the Bex Theatre on Monday for two days, Goldwyn sent an entire company of players. HEILIG Elsie Ferguson, in pictures, is a fre quent visitor to this city, but Elsie Ferguson, in person, is a novelty and; therefore her impending engagament at the Heilig Tuesday should arouse more than the usual interest in theat- j rical presentation. Campus Entrance Plan (Continued from page one.) streams where they have boat races by j starting the boats out at measured in-1 tervals. Then, too, if the race were j parked to its head, a number of beau tiful homes would probably be built j overlooking it.” The close cooperation of the Univer sity would be necessary if such a plan were undertaken. Dean Ellis F. Law rence has been on the city planning commission in Portland and Professor j W. R. B. Willcox, also of the school of architecture and allied arts, has had experience on a similar commission in Seattle. The commercial club of Eugene might be interested in doing for Eugene what has been done for Ashland, where a park has been laid out, using the nat ural resources. Or possibly, the fed erated women’s clubs might continue the beautifying of the town. There has been some talk of extending the millrace, and making a lake above the turn at the head of the race which could be used as a park site for both Eugene and Springfeld. The immediate problem of the new road calls for suitable planting—an avenue of trees bounding the road to the future auditorium a little south of west of the Woman’s building. There may be a paved triangle opposite the new gate, with a depot and faculty club house. Dreams of the future University calls up the question of sites for buildings. In the course of time it will probably be necessary for the University to pur chase certain outlying lots. PLEDGING IS ANNOUNCED Alpha Xi Delta announces the pledg ing of Grace Cavrness of Portland. Two More Delightful Specials «I Fresh Grape Fruit Sundae” —you have never heard of it before, have you? Well you can take our wcfrd for it, this is one of the most pleasant foun tain specials you ever tasted. And Fresh Fig Sundae is another feature at our foun tain. It, too, is new and delic ious. €| These two dainties are being featured at our two shoppes. They will prove to you that in goodness and newness our or ganizations excel. Ye Towne Shoppe : DOWN TOWN < < Ye Campa Shoppe : ON THE CAMPUS ** keep her in mind when you select your hat— i she’ll like the new Schobles! a new birds in the hat trees Easter depleted our hat stock—to a place where it looked like the inside of a garage—on a Sunday morning. | we immediately got into action and into the mar- i ket. these hats are new since April 1st—and | nothing newer will he shown until September, choose now—cfon’t wait until spring has run, seven or eight thousand miles before you put on a new top. words and music by Schoble $5 and more ^reen IHerrell Co. men’s wear “one of Eugene’s best stores” America’s Foremost Dramatic Actress <4Mtc Kuwr. «nc. pnesetrr* CLSie FCRGUSOfl BSfl («1 PeOSOfl) ^ A mscirmnne TMRICLUtS* • PLAV • • A • VKXtDCRfUL • LQVfc • • ser • • IN THfe • GLAMOROUS AroosPHeae • cy’Twe » PAR CAST in rue codDoa CHICAGO success TtK wuea^urc JAM6S )) KRNARO FAG Art Praised by Every San Francisco Newspaper “Most interesting play and excellent company.” —Chronicle. “Audience gave enthusiastic expression of approval.” Examiner. “A whacking good play, splendidly done.” CaU. “Miss Ferguson most finish ed serio-comedienne we have today.”—News. Seat Sale Tomorrow Lower Floor, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50; Balcony, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00. SEATS ON SALE MONDAY “An Invitation to Bill’s house dance. Thrills! ! But — my hair— It ’s in terrible shape. What trill I do? A shampoo and a marcel at the Vanity Box. That is the answer to a problem like this. You can’t get better service or satis faction any place else. VANITY BOX Telephone 1592