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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1923)
Student from India Sees Less Racial Prejudice Here By V. V. Oak As a foreigner, I am likely to be less partial than a native in depicting a picture of my feelings about the two states, California and Oregon and their universities. The University of Cali fornia has over 200 students from for eign countries now studying on the campus at Berkeley. The fact that California is full of foreigners may have a deal to do with what little difference I have found in the two states. Nevertheless, I am recording here what I think to be a true picture as seen through a foreigner’s eye. The people of Eugene are less aristocratic, more simple, less ostentati ous, and have the “hello” spirit to a greater extent; above all, they certainly have less racial prejudice against foreigners. I cannot forget the impression that the average Californian is against the Oriental in general, and the Japanese in particular. In spite of this, however, it should be noted that California was the first to respond to the recent tragic catastrophe at Japan and make relief arrangments. It is a sad fact that an Oriental stu dent, even if he be a Christian by re ligion, finds it very difficult to get room near the Berkeley campus, thanks to the systematic agitation of the Berkeley Gazette against the Orientals. Of course, there are many people here also who are afraid to rent rooms to Orientals, no matter how well-dressed, gentlemanly, and up-to-date they might be in their social customs and manners. White color is taken as an emblem of purity. Does it not follow then, that everything non-white is an emblem of non-purity f No wonder the Oriental foreigner finds it difficult to get rooms in the land of the “whites.” And still there are many faddists who fondly hope that the world‘is going to be “one” pretty soon. The world may become one economic unit and there certainly has been an increasing inter-national communica tion day by day, but if the signs of the times are to be interpreted from the daily events we see, and not from what we think events ought to be, I am inclined to believe, at the risk of be ing dubbed a pessimist, that we are farther from that goal of “one world” than ever before. The University of California with its 10,000 and odd students, possesses a very wide area of land with beautiful, up-to-date, buildings. When I first came to this University I was greatly disappointed at the small buildings, and the poor location of the University Y. M. C. A. I am, however, compelled to admit that I am more than ever pleased with this University and its healthy atmost phere. The small class-rooms engender more friendship between the students than is possible in a class of 200 to 4H0 "boys, as at Berkeley.. During my week’s stay here I have been able to come in closer contact with my professors than I ever did during my one year’s stay at Berkeley. A professor here need not be business like; his doors are open to you at all times. A small University, therefore, has a decided advantage over a large one, and more than recompenses for all the other advantages of greater facilities for study, that one may enjoy in a big university like the University of Cal ifornia. The University of Oregon Y. M. C. A. certainly has one of the best and ablest women social workers to work as an employment secretary. She acts a sort of “mother” to all boys and the for eign students find her of immense help to them in every way. An elderly lady, with a pencil round her neck, and a smiling face greeted me the first day I entered the Y. Mrs. C. R. Donnelly’s unostentatious man ners, her simplicity, heT ever-willing to-help attitude, her ready smile, here devotion to do her work to the best of her ability, and above all, her ma ternal treatment of the students ir respective of their color or creed, are things that are worth being copied by every aspiring social worker. The big gest thing about her is that she means what she says. Her “how-do-do” is more sincere and quite unlike the mod ern girl, who, while being introduced to someone not quite handsome or ap preciable to her eyes or who is a Ori ental, says mechanically “Glad to meet you,” and often adds (perhaps to con vince her own conscience) “I am sure,” while by her action, her manner of standing, and her method of shaking hands with you, if ever she condescends to do so, clearly shows to any one who has sufficient sense to understand it that she is anything but pleased to meet you. “Which is your church” was a ques tion asked of me by many American ladies. (The women folk seem to be much interested about religion—as wo men are in every country of the world) and they were not a little taken aback when I told them that “The University is my church.” It is really a striking fact that while the editor of the U. C. organ in Berkeley is glad over the fact that hundreds of students are seen in the library even on Sunday (and in spite of the open movies, one may add) the editor of this paper is striking a dismal note on what he thinks to be a danger to the campus because some people want the movies open on Sun days. Of course, the plea that boys and girls would study because there are no movies seems to be funny, especially when the library is not kept open for any decently longer period than it is now. You cannot make the people re ligious by telling (forcing) them not to go to the movies. Particularly this is true in the case of grown up boys and girls which surround the campus. OVERSEAS WOMEN DISCUSS WAR WORK (Continued from page one) them never returned,” sighed Mrs. Crump, but many of them came back again and again and I learned to know them well. I receive letters from many of them yet.” Though Miss Gibson has been on the University campus for some time, haying come here last year from New York ity to attend school, few people know that besides her two years’ experience as a war nurse, she is an accomplished writer, having had several poems pub lished. She is a major in the school of journalism. Mrs. Crump is a new-comer on the campus, having just taken the position of house-mother to the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She was over-seas for the last two years of the war after which she conducted a hostess house at the en trance to the Argonne cemetery. --Say Hello First ALL CLASSES FROLIC AFTER PAYING FEES (Continued from page 1) their quite conduct was a sin or a virtue we cannot stop to judge. It had been previously announced that the sophomore party -would be rough neck, and obviously the class of ’26 took their publicity manager at his word. The soph’s literally oozed out of the sides of the Campa Shoppe dance hall. So crowded was the floor that they took possession of the side walk and the street. There was a blast furnace temperature on the inside, but weirdly dressed men and queer looking co-eds danced on and on, in serpentines and “Paul Joneses”; on cement, maple, asphalt and toes. Yes, the sophomore dance was roughneck. Proudly bearing the conventional, time honored shipping tags that con fessed their names, the freshmen held Terminal Barber Shop Has Changed Management Also Prices: Haircuts .35 cents Shaves .20 cents Haircut and shave ....50 cents Come and See Us sway at the Woman’s building. The yearling dance would have been quite dignified had it not been for temporary invasions from the sophomore and junior dances. It was the traditional first freshman dance; men with well oiled, neatly parted hair, blush ing girls in brand new gowns. The customary collection of bashful swains gathered at one end of the hall and protected it 'from the alien forces of the other classes, while the women thus abandoned lined the side walls and tried to talk casually on the ever enter taining weather. A historic night of class dances, and isn’t it a shame that “blue Monday” is juBt a few hours away? -Say Hello First UNIVERSITY SENDS OUT CATALOGUE ON SLIDES (Continued from page one) sical geography, biology and botany. There are slides on history taking up the different periods, as ancient, med ieval and modern, and slides on art, civics and schools. “Swat the Fly” and “Taming the Fire God” are examples of sets listed | ---- under general heads of Health, First Aid, Public Safety. Among the great variety of sets are slides dealing with literature, the Bible, rock collections and microscopic work made up in the laboratories of the departments of biology and botany of the University. All lantern slides are loaned free. The only cost is that of transportation both ways by parcel post or express. Written lectures usually accompany the slides. FRENCH GIRL LIKES ATHLETICS AT OREGON (Continued from page one) to come to your school, as I am anxious to become better acquainted with your customs and people. I think it is so fine that there is no class distinction in the university. In France the French girls never have the opportunity to work and go to college, it just isn’t done, but here many are able to work in the University and go to college too.” When asked about the differences in colleges in France and in America, Mile. PelKon replied, “The buildings there are all very close together, not stretched out so much as they are here, and there are not so many fine buildings for classes. The students spend a great deal more time studying also, as they all have classes about six hours a day.” This is Mile. Pellion’s second year spent in America. Last year she was at St. Elizabeth school, Morristown, New Jersey. Her home is in Bouperrou le-Coquet. During the war she was in Mamers, a normal school at Le Mans, a coast city between Paris and Nantes. This was a great center for American troops juBt arriving from the U. S. and served as a training school. It was there that Mile. Pellion first became interested in going to America to study. -Say HeUc First THE PIXIE Hi! Plump pixie on a stone, Open up your pop eyes And look at me. I have followed a little muddy path Clear out from the town That you might teach me to play mar bles With the knobby tops of toadstools— And here you sit Pulling the green threads out of leaves With your eyes screwed tight As if you were afraid that you might see me. '“Tomorrow” you sayt Nonsense! I ran all the way up the last hillock from the pine tree I was so eager to get here. What matter if autumn is one day late! There won’t be much more playtime Before the rain begins. You’re busyt—So I’d noticed, But what right has a pixie to be busy? You’re worse than the people Who live back in the town, They don’t know any other word but busy. —So it is still “ tomorrow 1” Very will. But you don’t know the risk you run. Tomorrow I may not want to play 'At marbles, And if it rains— —Kathrine Kressmann. -Say Hello First Get the Classified Ad habit. TD rpxTTJ'V GO UP IN SMOKE Your clothes, books, musi cal instruments are valuable. It costs real money for new ones. ITS up to me to pay a large sum if you’ll give me a little sum. MY TREAT if you lose them. I write any kind of insurance. j. h. McKinley Rm. 22, 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Have You Seen the Latest Coiffure? C| Smart, becoming and simple for Milady—the newest thing for long or bobbed hair. Come in let us show you a style that’s different. The Vanity Box (Over Campa Shoppe) Marcelling Phone 1592 MARRIAGE DECLARED AN UNEQUAL ARRANGEMENT Unhappy Man Lives in Danger and Misery When Wed By Junior Seton Theoretically—marriage is a partner ship. It is a partnership in which both partners contribute their share toward the establishment of the family. It is a partnership in which the man does his part as the provider of the home, and the woman does her part as the keeper of the home. That is marriage— theoretically. Actually what is marriage 1 It is an arrangment. An arrangement whereby the man works from dawn to dark, providing, and the woman works from dark to dawn consuming. It is an arrangement whereby the woman gains economic independence without the usual pursuit of labor, and the man gains a right to eat sardines out of the can for breakfast, and the cer tainty of an early grave. In the happier days when marriage came nearer to living up to its ex pectations, the young couple were wont to start housekeeping with an ax, a sack of flour, and a determination to get somewhere. Today, they start out with a Ford (if they are modest), twenty-seven pieces of installment furniture, and a determination to get a divorce if marriage is’nt quite the bed of roses they believe it to be. Cupid is rapidly being supplanted by cupidity. The woman looks more to the man’s bank account than she does to the man. A married man, who car ries life insurance in excess of his earning capacity, is apt to find ground glass in his delicatessen store dinners at any time. If he hasn’t been done away with, it is only because mourning isn’t becoming to his help-mate. All this is common knowledge, and yet the papers are full of matrimonial news. Nearly every day, even in such a small group as this college, we hear of some guileless youth voluntarily putting his head in the noose. Why do they do it? They can’t help them selves. The man comes to college to get an education. The woman comes to get a man. They both get what they come after, but the man gets it in the neck. -Say Hello Firet EXTENSION DIVISION TO RECEIVE SIX NEW FILMS Photoplays on Industrial and Scenic Subjects to Be Shown Both in Eugene and Portland Six new films from the United States bureau of mines are expected soon by the extension division. These films have been too expensive for the various departments to get, but will now be shown on the campus during the year. “The Story of Petroleum,” in four reels; “Saving Coal at Home,” in one Learn to Dance Private Lessons Daily 10:30 A. M. to 8 P. M. WE GUARANTEE TO TEACH YOU Everything taught from the first primary steps to ad vanced Ball Room, Exhibition and Ballet. Business Men’s Exercise Dancing .. Newest Methods—Latest .. Steps Dreamland Temporary Phone, Moose Hall, 1673 reel; “The Story of Heavy Excavating Machinery,” in two reels; “The Story of the Electric Meter,” in one reel; “Transportation,” in two reels, and “Mexico and Its Oil” are the titles of the new films. Films sent out by the division last year, up to June first, had a total of 489 showings and an attendance of 68,684. Subjects of the films are sce nic and industrial, including foods, clothing, water power, electricity, and so on. Portland and Eugene had the largest number of showings last year, having 86 each. Hood River with 48, Astoria and Burns with 34 and Mosier with 20 showings rank next. Most popular of the films are “Lake Louise,” “Alaska” “British Columbia,” “Santa Clara County,” “Santa Cruz”. Most of these Beenics had 10 showings. Popular in dustrial films are “Woolen Yarn,” “King of the Rails,” and “Queen of the Waves”. Pictures of animal life have been shown before this year by the depart ment. Several excellent films are on hand now. “Alligator Hunt,” “Starting Life,” “Having a Circus,” “Animal Antics,” and “Birds and Ani mals,” are titles of these pictures. CLASSIFIED ADS Minimum charge, 1 time Zte; 2 time*. 46c; S times 60c; 1 week, 61.20. Must be limited to 6 lines; over this limit 6c per line. Phone 961, or leave copy with Bus iness offiee of Emerald, in University Press. Office hours, 1 to 4 p. m. PAY ABLE IN ADVANCE ONLY. Lost—A small sized imitation leather note book containing among others notes of Spanish, French, and Latin. Call 177Y. A reward. 47-020-21 Six University Hen—Desiring a home with all home privileges, use of dress ing rooms and sleeping porch, call at 513 East Ninth. Mrs. Howells, Phone 1180L. Board if desired. 44-019-21 ■ Like Chicken? creamed, in crisp pastry shells, with candied sweet potatoes—it makes a de licious Sunday supper. Bring your “date” to our cozy tea-house. She uyill admire your choice. Special Sunday Dinner 50c Telephone 30 for reservations or information. The Anchorage on the screen f at last / . SAMUEL GOLDWYN ^ present* Potash and » Perlmutter BARNEY BERNARD with ALEX CARR VERA GORDON Monday Tuesday and Wednesday Also “HER DANGEROUS PATH” Full of interest for all The CASTLE Home of the Best It May Be True— that, “we may live without friends; we may live without books.” It is true that, “civilized man can not live without cooks.” However, here, you’ll be among friends, completely forget your books, and find the ever necessary food deliciously cooked and well served. Dinner, on Sunday, from 12 to 8. In the evening, music from 6 to 9, by the O’Reilly Sisters and Dell Larsen. The Rainbow HERM BURGOYNE