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Oregon Sunday Emerald Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Association_ ARTHUR 8. RUDD LEO P. J. MUNLY .... EDITOR MANAGER Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Monday, during the college year. _ Managing Editor ... Do® Woodward Sunday Editor ..Clinton N. Howard Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.25 per year. By term, 76c. Advertising rates upon application._ Assignment Editor A1 Tracbman Daily News Editor This Issue Leonard Lerwill Night Editor This Issue George Belknap Fraternity Responsibility Those of us on our campus who arej, privileged to take courses under Dean George Rebec have found that some of the ancient Greeks were not so ancient after all and that many of their sayings come home with a surprising force to us today. In the play “Orestes” of the great Greek playwright Euripides, one of the characters says: ‘ ‘ Greek it is still to honor kindred blood.” On our own campus we have a system of social life modeled after and named for the Greek people in their noblest days. Damon and Pythias set the example of brotherly love for the fraternity men of American colleges. Now and again attacks are made on the fraternity system, and oftime with justice; for it is a poor fraternity man who will not ad mit that the system has its faults. But at the base this fraternity system is a success or a failure iu proportion as it correctly defines the word “kindred.” A chapter of any Greek letter society on a campus which is an association of “kindred” men who are leaders in college life can not help but be one of the chief assets of the college. In the hands of each successive generation of fraternity men lies the fate of their fraternity and the fortune of the entire fraternity system. To them is given the task of defining the word “kindred”; and once those kindred souls are found, the fraternity is given the privilege of fostering and honoring them. Jewels A junk heap is not a pleasant thing of which to think, but it often yields valuable treasure to the man who searches through it, for more than once diamonds of the first water, and jewels of rare value have been found in just such unexpected places. The human itarian individual will protest, we know, when we say that of the thousands of people we meet in the course of a year nine hundred and ninety-nine of each thousand can be little more than junk to us. What they may be to others we cannot know. Fortunate indeed is the man who, going through the junk-heap of three score years and ten, picks up the three or four true friends al lotted to him by a kind Providence. College years are propitious years for the meeting with friends who gleam true. C. N. H. Average Student Merely Attempts to “Get Through” By Harold N. Leo Have you ever stopped to consider how much it costs every one concerned to hold the University in session for a year! What the total turnover is? Not merely the money spent by the insti tution, but in addition all that is spent by the students? There are over 2000 students on the campus this year. A very conservative estimate of the gross expenditure is over $2,000,000. At least $1,500,000 of this sum is a total waste! Where are the professors of political economy now? Who says that chewing gum and war are the most costly luxuries of American civ ilization? This $2,000,000 is the cost here at only one small University. Think how stupendous ip the sum spent in all the institutions of the country. It is apparent to any critical observer •that, the largest portion of this is waste. Does the average student really know what he is paying such a sum for? Does he know why he is here? Apparently not. The average student is here to “got by” or “get through”; he is here be cause it is his superstition that a col lege diploma will mean something— either money, or place, or culture—to him. He does not know how nor why it will mean this, and will not try to dis cover. In most cases he could not even defino what he means by “culture” or “refinement.” Of course this view omits those who are at the University simply because father pays the expenses—those who come so that they will not have to work. That class should be omitted from an article like this. It should also be omit ted from the University, and that in the .shortest order. Most of the students are so occupied •with the business of registering, get ting hours, attending classes, yes, and oven taking notes and passing examina tions, that they have no time to get ed ucated. They have no time even to won der what it is all about. The average college graduate knows uext to nothing about history; about books; about thought; about art; about science. The average college graduate does not have even a basis of scholar ship; he has credits and a diploma. He is not educated; he is graduated. As 'one professor remarked last week: Many of our students should not be in college. They should be digging ditches—or in business.” The University is a place for the pro mulgation of knowledge; for the train ing of thought processes. The Univer sity is a place for scholarship. Every one would be better off if those who do not want scholarship and those who are not capable of scholarship would leave. One Year Ago Today SOME HIGH POINTS IN OREGON EMERALD OP OCTOBER 21, 1922 Oregon today defeated Whitman col lege (i to 3 in a hard fought contest, the outcome of which was not certain until the final whistle had blown. Water is preventing rapid work in excavating for the new Journalism building. Harold Newton, Oregon graduate and American vic.e-counsul at Kobe, ad dressed several classes on the campus today. Students who wish to vote at the coming state election held November 7, must secure certificates of registration, according to news received from the court house. Percy La Salle has been elected head of the chemistry club. Word in today's paper says that the Alpha Delta parrot is learning to speak English fluently. -——Say Hello First NEW PICTURE COMING TO CASTLE THEATER Potash and Perlmutter, creations of the famous humorist, Montague Glass, appear on the silver screen Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Castle. Barney Bernard and Alexander Carr who played the title roles when the play was presented on the legitimate stage impersonate Potash and Perlmut ter in the screen version. The picture is a Sam Goldwyn production. -Say Hello First Read the Classified Ad column. COMMUNICATIONS Letter* to the Emuais from students and faculty member* are welcomed, but nuet be limed and worded concisely 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 the Editor:— This past summer I had occasion to talk at length with a number of prom-1 inent men, among them managers of a public utility corporation, and ed vertising agency, and a metropolitan newspaper. In each case the conversa tion turned to the subject of the col lege graduate—a subject in which each of the men was interested because each is an employer who looks largely to our colleges as a source of supply of| the recruits of which he is in con-! stant need. I asked each man this pointed ques tion: “What, in your opinion, is the typical defect in the college graduate for your purposes! In what respect can the college improve the training they offer to the young man who might be supposed to aspire to positions in your corporation (agency) (newspa per) !” In each case the answer came: “The college graduate is deficient in Eng lish. He fails because he cannot speak and write correct, effective English. The college should remedy this fault.” In the cases of the newspaper and advertising men, the answer seems rea sonable, because the use of English is a part of the technical equipment of their businesses. But it was the manager of the great corporation that emphasized the point most insistently. “We have no trouble in getting tech nical men,” he said. “Our difficulty is in finding men who are capable of interpreting our business to the pub lic.” The criticism, I think, is just. From all of our universities, men are grad uated with the stamp of the institu tion ’s approval in the form of a degree, who are quite incapable of using the English language correctly—not to say effectively. And yet I do not blame the universities. They do everything in their power, everything which might be expected of them, to meet this sit uation. And they fail. They accom plish something; but in the main, they fail. Even where the classroom methods are the most skillful, the marg in of failure—in so far as final results are concerned—is only slightly reduced. The language faculty is a habit— one formed very early, and one that resists most stubbornly all attempts to alter it. Against such resistance the ef forts of the classroom, formal and im personal as they must be, can avail but little. Is there a remedy! If there is one, I believe that it lies in the develop ment of a strong public opinion in favor of good English. Suppose it were possible to create here at Oregon a campus consciousness for good Eng lish, both spoken and written. Under the persistent impact of public opinion, with such favorable conditions as exist here on the campus, even the most deep-seated habit of incorrect ex pression must yield. Propaganda is no longer a felicitous word. But I commend to the editor of this paper the proposition that a campaign for better English, waged persistently and vigorously by the Em erald should bring measurable results. W. F. G. THACHER AN ODYSSEY Spirit kindred, I do greet thee; Happy am I now to meet thee, For I like thy manner easy, )A.nd thy careless air so breezy; Provst thou hast articulateness Nothing hampered by sedateness. iRoaming, art thou? So shall I With you on your wand ’rings ply. Man, his motions, shall we see, Channelled mortals, nowise free; Let them laugh as you and I Renounce all tradition Aud venture perdition. Come! Let not the world’s persuasion Seduce us into weak evasioj). True to that flame that in each burns, Nor never back but forward turns, We'll seek the truth, aud prove that which we seek, ■Knowing that inactivity alone is weak; So shall we on, for error ne’er contrite, Stumbling bitter error’s path to right /Whence to the world these words we’ll speak, Renounce all tradition And venture perdition. —John Scheffer. -Say Hello First BITTER SWEET Because I bear a love of you I also bear a pain, A pain as keen and bitter-sweet As April’s lilac-rain. Because you came and smiled on me But passing, bid me stay, I dared to look within your eyes. And threw my soul away. —Alan Hill. FACULTY SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Emerald are now due Mail, $2.25 year to Emerald Business Office Literary Gossip by PAT MORRISSETTE Ben Hecht is supposed to have writ ten “The Florentine Dagger” in ten hours. Ought to get Ben to write this column while he’s combing his hair. That would give us Friday night to play pinochle. In “The Dagger” Hecht introduces himself to the art of the mystery story. This means that another American novelist is ruined. • • • Absolutely. The rent collection needs some rejuvenating. Now that we’re all back from Europe everybody ought to have some ideas on the subject. * * • Speaking of Prof Howe, an unpub lished paper by that gentleman en titled “The Biological Limit of Civiliza tion” bears a startling resemblance to a study published this summer by P. Anderson Graham called “The Collapse of Homo Sapiens.” The resemblance is one in conclusions—not in treatment. Howe’s paper antedates Graham’s by about six months. * * * After teaching “Julius Caesar” in the grade schools for a cycle of red moons in order to give our growing young Americans a simple sample of Shakespeare, here comes a guy by the name of William Wells who can prove that William only wrote 57 lines of the play. (Note: Profs please answer this low brow in the following manner: “It is of no particular interest who wrote etc., etc.) “The Dance of Life” by Havelock Ellis is a new conception of the art of living based, for the most part, on a statement found in the introduction to Einstein's “Relativity.” Although out less than a month it is considered by many of its reviewers to be a valuable addition to the philosophy of mystic ism. Havelock is better known on the campus as the author of the “six best books” rather than the charming writ er of “The New Spirit” found on the shelf of English essays. (There’s an interesting story concerning the disap pearance of “the six” from the library some summers ago.) Ludwig Lewisohn and John Dos Pas sos have each contributed a novel to the season’s literature. Those who got a thump out of “Up Steam” and “Three Soldiers” may—and may not— be anxious for the arrival of the books on the campus. Lewisohn calls his book “Don Juan” and the other gentle man retaliates with “The Streets of Night.” “Bunk” is the appropriate title of a novel by W. E. Woodward dedicated to the cause of “debunkizing” the world. Woodward says the world is full of bunk. Mebbe so. “Of What Use are the Common People?” a study in democracy by Heinrich E. Bucholz, attacks the same question in a more scholarly manner. Both come out strong in defense of the common people and treat the pseudo-intellectual rather harshly. Say, are you still reading this stuff, Pauline? or is there too much abracada bra? That is the question. Abracada bra—or no abracadabra. Is it not,— Mr. Turnbull? “To make woman upright and honest would be to attack thq most vital impulse within her,” intimates Anthony Advertise! Ludovici in his recent book on “Wo men.” If that makes you rabid, Pau line, get the rest of it. The Stewart Walker dramatization of the Book of Job has been booked for Eugene. ‘Way in February some time, I guess. • • • Three successive biographies of Henry Ford seem to indicate that the personality of the man is being issued in models. The latest model is Allan L. Benson’s “The New Henry Ford.” Hall’s “Life and Confessions of a Psychologist” was probably the most talked of book on the campus during the past week. Besides being the sub ject for an assembly the book was a topic in education and psychology semi nars. It is interesting to compare the campus opinion with the humorous review of Joseph Collins, author of “The Doctor Looks at Literature” a few of the earlier copies of which are now on the campus. If two and two makes four, Hall’s book marks an epoch in psychology and education—but has little to do with literature. Lord Dunsany has two more books of drama out. -Say Hello First FUTILITY Soft as the insistent flutter Of a bruised moth wing, against The night’s half of a stained Amber window, through which The light ^of an Idol comes warm In shafts, from some remote and Shadowed corner, to be quickly Blotted out, and swallowed by The swish of other shadows Eager to be warmed—and welcomed. So is the thistle down of thought I might have sent you, 1 But for those swarming others, who Sleaked themselves within The barrier of your attention. The members of the freshman class wish to take this opportunity to ex press their appreciation to the mem bers of the senior class who most kindly gave up the Woman’s building to the freshman class Saturday eve signed) LOWELL BAKER, President of the freshman class. -Say Hello First —Elnora Keltner. THANK YOU ning. “THE GimriGHTEE” HERE WITH WILLIAM FABNIJM William Farnum in “The Gunfight er” opens tomorrow at the Rex theater for a two day run. The story is by John Frederick, more familiarly known as Max Brand. A strong cast sup ports the star. Three Days Starting Monday ARROW presenh A PIN£ TBtf PICTURES HJOOWCTION^ >tr, 'Blazing Barriers tf JAMES OUVER CURWOOO with an amaring cast ofplayers including. MARGUERITE COURTOT LEW COOY SHELDON LEWIS EDMUND BREESE _ EFFIE SHANNON eoaoTMyMNuu CUS WEINBERG J. BARN EV SHERRY PAUL PANZER KATE BRUCE CHARLIE FANG RABV HELEN ROWLAND JOSEPH DEPEW RUSSELL GRIFFIN 6 EDRIA FISK OCUHtNDIWON for^cSrmtf THOMAS MUON Strong men, brave women and knaves are cast by fate into a web of intrigue amid the wild splendor of the timber country —a bigger and better photo play of the north than you have ever seen. • # * Other Added Features. As Usual, 20 Cents. • * * “MAIN STREET” IS COMING EXPERT SHOE SHINING For a number of years we have been the students’ head quarters for shoe shining. We clean, dye and shine any color shoes. Orders for repairing taken. REX SHOE SHINING PARLOR (Next Rex Theatre) Look at the Fellow Ahead of You— ARE HIS HEELS “RUN OVER”? The felow behind you thinks the same of you. Corrected while you wait. Jim the Shoe Doctor 986 Willamette Street Phone 867 The Place to Eat m • • Meals at all hours • # • Soda Fountain * * • Confectionery • • • French Pastry Our Specialty • t • First Class Service Ye Towne Shoppe Ernest Seute, Proprietor Pot Roasted Chicken You remember how delicious we served it last year? Fortunately we have been able to get back the chef that prepared it for you then. This fine chicken dinner tonight will delight you. Musical Concert by the University Trio, 6 to 8 Dinners, 5:30 to 8 Ye Campa Shoppe Herschel Taylor, Proprietor