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Dr. Rebec—Welcome
Dr. George Ilebec is home again. Not only is he back home in
Oregon, but he is back home on the University campus, where he
really belongs, from which he has been absent since 1915, and which
the students hope he will not leave again.
Dr. Rebec’s arrival home once more gives Oregon students a
contact with one of the greatest of teachers and scholars. And his
two principal courses, the history of philosophy and the philosophy
of history, are courses that no student interested in the humanities
should go without.
Europe is an assembling place of the great humanists, to which
men from all over the world resort to drink from fountains of knowl
edge that sprout from the complete learning of ages. It is in Europe
that Dr. Rebec has been for the last 14 months, extending his
already wide intellectual reach in the atmosphere of an Old World
already familiar to him. He is dynamiting his students from their
scholastic ruts, and lifting them up on the heights of intellectual
progress.
Dr. Rebec is a linguist of note, reading many tongues and speak
ing several; but it is his vocabulary of English that amazes his
students, who listen spellbound during his lectures. In the philoso
phy of history, in which is embodied the promised course in con
temporary civilization, he displays a familiarty with literature, art,
history, philosophy, and the humanities throughout, that is inspiring
to true lovers of wisdom.
Since 1915 Dr. Rebec has been directing the Portland Center, in
which he revealed that he was a practical man as well as a philoso
pher. Yet over all he appears to the seniors, who are now in his classes
for the first time, to be instinctively a man of humility: one who
would resist mightily if he knew these lines were to be published.
The Emerald joins with the faculty and the students in welcom
ing Dr. Rebec home to the University.
“Locking the Stable”
A recent experience by Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, calls
attention to the fact that the fraternity house presents itself as the
ideal object of loot for the burglar or thief. During one week in
September robbers entered five fraternity houses and helped them
selves to jewelry, money, and valued personal property. More than
$600 in cash was taken by the plunderers, and other articles valued
at nearly $2500. The authorities at Ames were able to1 do little else
than call attention to the ideal situation existing in the living or
ganizations where thieves had easy access to the effects of the
students.
Fortunately Oregon fraternities have been little troubled by
looters. But this has not been occasioned by the minute precautions
exerted by the living organizations. It is doubtful if there are eveu
one or two of the men’s fraternity houses where the doors are
latched nightly. The house is left open at all times in order to
allow any member entrance at his convenience. Even when the house
is unoccupied, no guardianship for the private effects of the mem
bers is provided. Any wayfarer or tramp might make away with
highly prized goods without any ado on the part of the owners.
Are these organizations to continue their laxness and careless
ness until some severe loss is suffered? Let them beware, when
the men’s fraternity houses are left vacant, while the rounds are
being made during open house tonight. I or then will be a favorable
situation for night workers.
One Year Ago Today
SOME HIGH POINTS IN OREGON
EMERALD OF OCTOBER 6. 1922
First Sunday edition of the Emer
ald was announced. E. J. IIaycox is
editor.
Sam Bass Warner, faculty member
of the University law school, has been
granted a. leave of absence for the
academic year. He will study for a
doctors degree in the Harvard law;
school.
The Co-ed mix, given under the au
spices of the Y. M. C. A., will be held
in the Woman's building tonight.
Glee dub tryouts for men will be
held Tuesday.
Hal Simpson, president of the senior
class, summoned the wearers of the!
sombrero to meet in council and form-1
ulate plans for Senior Leap week.
SENIOR MAN IS COACH
FOR UNIVERSITY HIGH
Lloyd E. Webster, senior in the
school of physical education has ac-1
cepted a position us coach at the Uni
versity high school, and is now con
ducting physical examinations for the .
men. Webster was last year in charge I
of the men’s swimming tank. This
summer bo had charge of the tanks
in the Portland parks.
Instead of the regular routine gym
nastics, Wester plans to instruct the
boys in swimming, boxing, and wrest
ling, as well as in basketball and base
ball. His plan is to have every man in
the high school taking some form of
gymnastics which he enjoys.
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CAMPUS BULLETIN
Notices will be printed in this column
for two issues only. Copy must be in this
office by 5:30 on the day before it Is to
be published, and must be limited to 20
words.
Girls—All gymnasium suits left at
the Woman’s building, that are not
claimed by October 8, will be sold.
R. O. T. C. Juniors and Seniors—Re
quested to complete their class regis
tration in the military department at
once.
Biology Students—Students of last
spring term must claim term problems
and notebooks within 10 days at 201
Deady or they will be destroyed.
R. O. T. C.— Juniors and Seniors of
the R. O. T. C. unit will be measured
for uniforms Friday afternoon or Sat
urday forenoon. All must be present.
Addresses—All students sea that
their names and addresses are correctly
listed at the registrar’s office so that
the University students’ directory may
be published as soon as possible.
Food Preparation—A special class in
food preparation and food economics
will be arranged for those desiring this
work but unable to take the regular
scheduled course because of conflicts.
Men’s Oregon club—Meet in the Y.
M. C. A. hut at 6:30 tonight for open
house.
Freshmen—Those have not taken the
entrance examination in English re
port at 204 Sociology, 1:15 p. m. Oc
tober 6, 1923.
Lecture—Prof. Kimball Young will
speak on “The Mind of Primitive
Man’’ before the University men’s
class at the Hut on next Sunday at
9:45 a. m.
Soccer—All men interested in soccer
see Rudolph Fahl in the men’s gym
nasium Saturday morning. Freshmen
are urged to report.
KOEPKE DIES IN ATHENA
Former Cadet Major Active in Army
Service During War
The news of the sudden death of
Arnold Koepke, ’21 has been reported
on the campus. Mr. Koepke received
his degree of bachelor of business ad
ministration after an interrupted course
at the University during the war. He
saw active service for several years and
returned to the campus with a lieuten
ant’s commission. Upon his return he
became cadet major of the K. O. T. C.
More recently Mr. Koepke returned
to his former home at Athena, Oregon
where ha was interested in ranching
and it was there that he died October
2. He was a member of Kappa
Sigma fraternity.
Mr. Koepke Js^ survived by his wife,
who will be remembered as Ruth Dorris
who was graduated from the University!
in June 1915.
SAMARA TO TAKE PLACE
OF SEMINAR IN BOTANY
Laurene Taylor Says Purpose is To Get
Better Outlook on Science and
Promote Development
Samara, honorary botany society, is
planning to take the place of the de
partment seminar this year and to de
velop and promote greater things in
the scientific field. Laurene Taylor,
new instructor in botany, announced
yesterday.
Semi-monthly meetings will be held
by the society to discuss and study
the lives and great works of famous
naturalists. Muir, Condon, Miller and
Burbank are some of the scientists
listed by Samara, Wednesday night
at the first meeting of the year which
was held at the home of Albert B.
Sweetser, head of the department.
“The purpose of this work is to
get a better outlook on the broader
fields of science,” explains Miss Tay
lor. 1 ‘ To specialize and concentrate
on the points of just one thing is the
tendency in any field of science.”
LIBRARY HAS NEWS ROOM
Newspapers From All Farts of State
Donated by Editors
There is a newspaper room ir the
library, but few of the University
students seem to be aware of the fact.
The room is located in the basement
of the library building and is made
possible through the courtesy of the
various newspaper editors of the state.
The files consist of newspapers from
all corners of the state, including 96
weeklies and the Oregonian, Journal,
and Telegram, from Portland, and the
Register and Guard, of Eugene.
An interesting feature of the room is
a series of bound copies of Le Temps,
the Paris daily. Copies from the year
1914 to 1920 inclusive are on the
shelves, as well as several year’s is
sues of some of the Oregon papers.
There is hardly a paper of the state
that cannot be found there.
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The Little Church
of the Human Spirit
That is the slogan of our Unitarian,
church. Because we occupy a somewhat
distinctive position among the churches
of the city, the best advertisement seems
to be a statement of our point of view.
We accept the universe as Science
reveals it and find in evolution a great
harmonizing law.
We try to make our conception of God
big enough to justify him as a creator
of that kind of a universe.
We read the Bible as that part of
the world’s religious literature especial
ly related by history and tradition to
Christianity but do not isolate it as
differently inspired.
We see Jesus as a great human re
vealor and exemplar and accept his ideals
of reverence for the Father and love
for man as fundamental.
We see all men as partly saints and
partly sinners and seek to develop the
beter part of them at the expense of
the lewer. That is we believe in salva
tion by character.
We regard the church as organized for
the expression of our noblest idealism,
for community of service and worship
and think as such it should be charact
erized by friendliness toward men and
fidelity to the truth as we understand
it.
In our church we do not always agree
in opinion but rather well succeed in un
iting in tolerant brotherliness as seek
ers after the truth.
We aim to avoid compromise and
evasion, especially in the statement of
vital truths of religion. We do not pre
tend to always be right but at least we
would be always sincere.
Quite a number of students have dis
covered our church in the years immed
iately past, becoming more or less regu
lar attendants. To these and others who
may be newcomers on the campus and
who think they would enjoy a church of
this character, we extend a cordial in
vitation.
We focus our efforts upon the Morn
ing Service which is held at 10:45
o’clock . It is followed by the church
school at 11:45 o’clock. We have no
regular evening service.
Tomorrow the sermon-topic will be
‘ ‘ THAT FORTUNE-TELLER-DAME
EDUCATION.” Robert McKnight will
be the soloist at this service.
I proffer the hospitality of our little
church to all who find themselves re
sponsive to its appeal.
FRANK FAY EDDY, Pastor.
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Obak’s Kollege Krier
OBAK Wallace, Publisher E. A. C. S. service S-:-J Office boy and editor
Volume 3 SATURDAY, A. M. Number 1
DOWN TOWN FRAT PLEDGES
Best Men Pledged in Years Asserts
House President
Amid the haze of mellow smoke and
cue dust the persistent reporter of the
Krier’s columns today procured the first
exclusive press reports concerning the re
'cent rushing and pledging of Obak’s
Kollege Klub.
; In a special interview with the Krier
reporter Mr. Wallace, known to his
friends and intimates as “Obak, ” and
house president of O. K. K. ’s, said,
‘ ‘ The best year ever considering the
fact that rule No. 4794 prohibits us from
.doing any Sunday rushing, I must say
that this has been our best season.
, “I can't go into a very definite des
cription of our men at this time,” con
tinued Obak, “but if you will take a lit
tle walk around the campus and observe
the men with the finest looking pipes
with the best supply of cigarettes and
La most contented look, that shows that
they are a well fed crew, you’ll know i
, where they belong.
‘‘Of course you know we use a variety [
of pledge pins. A different pin for1
, every taste and desire. But the most'
prominent ones sought for now are the j
Horseshoes, the Climax Spears, and the j
Stars.”
We (the reporter) were gone about j
an hour. Upon returning we found j
Obak handing out Climax Spears to a |
new bunch of pledges. ‘ ‘ Say, ’ ’ we whis
pered in a low growl, ‘‘we haven't been
able to find any that you haven’t
pledged. Why didn’t you tell us that
you had cleaned the campus.?”
‘‘Oh, I can’t say that,” he replied,
‘‘for there are three men in the infirm
ary that haven’t been down yet.”
Just as Obak was about to tell us the
inside story on how to register in haste
there were heard three loud knocks, fol
lowed by a stampede and Obak left us j
to take charge of a chapter meeting.
It is rumored that the Pioneer was
voted in at this meeting but the pledg
ing notice has not been made public.
Obak’s Advice to Freshmen
1. Be sure to announce to everyone on
the campus that you are in school ready
to take your place in college activities.
Introduce yourself to Shy Huntington
and tell him about your high school
record.
2. Drop in at the fraternity houses
^ind say, “Hello,’' and let them know
what you think of their bunch. They
will be glad to see you.
3. As soon as you can go to the gym
and slap Bill Hayward on the back with
a vigorous thud. Report your retros
pections to the psychology department.
They can use them.
4. You will achieve a certain distinc
tion and gain attention on the campus
by always cutting across the lawns . . .
BUT NO MATTER WHAT HAP
PENS . . . all through the years to
come the friendships that you make at
(Oregon are going to be the finest things
of your college life. Friendships, be
tween men long out of college, that have
stood the test of time were made while
hese old boys smoked a cigar or played
a good game of billiards at Obak’s.
Learn to mix with men. Get that
habit of dropping in to Obak's. You
will find your friends there and you will
also find a good bite to eat awaiting
you, a good smoke or a game of billiards
that will put you in fine shape for
study that is also necessary in a college
course—but do not let it interfere with
your education.