Don Juan in Revolution
By Harold N. Lee
The author of “Up Stream” has given
us a novel, and, as we might expect, it
is a fiery production. Mr. Lewisohn
sees certain aspects of our American
civilization and sees them clearly; he
feels them, and feels them strongly.
Many have sensed the same weaknesses
in American civilization as Mr. Lewis
ohn, but few have been able to express
them as he has done.
In“Don Juan” he has embodied the
revolt against moral conventionality
which is found in “Up Stream” in a
well worked out and highly successful
novel. The advance notices announced
it as a novel of divorce. It is; but it is
more than that. The problems of mar
riage and divorce are the specific prob
lems confronting his individuals; but
the problem of conventional morals is
fundamental.
Mr. Lewisohn is here treating an ethi
cal problems, but “Don Juan” is not,
even remotely, an argument in morals.
It is a work of art.
The novel'is built compactly around
a small group of characters. The action
extends over a period of several
months; there are many episodes; by
an inner unity, a unique relevancy is
felt throughout. It is a novel to be
read through at one sitting. It is short
enough to allow for this, and much ^is
lost if it is read at disconnected in
tervals.
It may be argued that the Grace von
Lahn episode breaks the unity; but this
incident is the acme of a unified grasp
of the situation. If one objects to this
episode he understands neither the
ideas nor the artistry of the book. The
story would have been incomplete, im
perfect without it.
The characters are few. None are
introduced who do not have a neces
sary relevance. Lewisohn ’a method is
to sketch the character in a few bold
vigorous strokes, and then let it speak
for itself. Before many sentences have
been uttered, we know the character
clearly and definitely. Part of the
charm and success here is due to the
author’s command of words.
Lewisohn is a stylist: clear cut sen
tences, nothing extraneous, nothing ob
scure or indeterminate. It is vivid,
powerful style. Lewisohn has some
thing to say; he says it in the simplest,
most effective manner possible. This
is the essence of style.
The tragedy in “Don Jaun" moves on
in an inevitable sequence. The situa
tion is what it is because the characters
are what they are. Given this cir
cumstance we should accept the facts
and work out a solution. Lewisohn
criticises conventional morals because
they do not allow for such a course
of action. We are in the grip of con
ventional morals: hence the tragedy.
Toward the end of the book, Lewis
ohn may have stressed the sentiment
at the expense of emphasizing the es
sential tragedy. Grace von Lahn ex
presses the real tragedy in pointing out
that the exhaustion resulting from the
protracted struggle precludes happiness
even if all other obstacles should be
removed. The scene where Lucien for
the last time watches Helga leave the
studio is one place where the tragedy
is sacrificed to sentiment. This is one
of the few artistic flaws in the book.
Was Lucien Curtis a Don Juan? Con
ventional morals called him one. Were
conventional morals just? If it would
not be aesthetic heresy to say so, “Don
Juan’’ is a lesson in ethics given the
life and energy of art. (Note: “Don
Juan” is available in the rent collection
at the library.)
Sport Chatter
by
MONTE BYERS_
A poor second rater in ’20,—a star in
’23. That is Carl Vonder Ahe who is
doing his stuff for the last time on
Oregon 'h eleven. Like other star men,
it took Yonder Ahe a long time to find
the niche that he fitted into. The
chance came in ’21 and he played good
football. In ’22 he was better, much
better, so good, that several critics
named him on their mythical elevens.
This year he is starting slow, but the
end of the season will find his name
among the top notchers at tackle. His
drive is irresistible and as we watch
him pass from college, we wonder if
there is another Vonder Ahe in that
freshman squad.
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That freshman aggregation of pig
skin experts didn’t look so bad, did
they? A few rough spots to be pol
ished off. Too bad about that Chema
wa game. If the Indians had given
them the promised workout, we are
sure that the score would have gone up
into two figures. There are several
neat players on that yearling eleven.
We won’t name them, but if you were
out there, you saw them.
• • •
In the East Notre Dame is ripping
them up again this year. Rockne has
a style of play that keeps the opposi
tion guessing all the time. Friday we
had a chance to see something similar
to that used by the big Eastern school.
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and his Columbia boys have the old
style down pat. Their shift plays
are baffling.
Next Saturday Oregon’s little band
of soccer players goes over to Corvallis
to battle the Aggie booters during .their
Homecoming festivities. Soccer could
be made a good sport on the campus,
but in past years it has had little sup
port from the rest of the student body.
Those boys who make the trip next
Saturday are fighting for Oregon. A
little spirit outside of the soccer team
might help them along. There are 22
men turning out every night and some
thing could be made of the game.
The other day we ran across the
name of “Fat” Herried, former W. 8. C.
lineman, and a good one at that. When
we see that name it always brings
to memory the name of Skeet Manerud.
In the Oregon-W. S. C. game of 1919
we saw the big Stater tackle Skeet
and hurl him about 10 yards. We
thought it was curtains for the Web
foot back, but he got up and started
playing where he left off, and no bones
were broken.
• • *
We like the work of Sam Dolan and
always like to see him in action. Sam
has refereed some few games in this
neck of the woods and always gives
the fans a thrill when he gets on a
muddy game with a suit of whites on.
When Sam played football, he was a
mixer with the best and he still loves
to mix. Follow the ball, is his motto
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Evolution Interprets
Man—His Tools and His Ideals
Man was created in the image of God,
we are told in one creation story in Gen
esis. In another story in the same book,
which is really an earlier story and more
closely related to the folk-lore of the
Jews, the text runs: “And the Lord God
took man and put him into the garden
of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
According to the interpretation of evo
lution, humanity has progressed altogeth
er by means of inventions and discover
ies adapted to general usage. When man
acquired the rudest mastery of fire and
began to use flints for arrow heads and
knives, he was started on the road to
civilization. Hence it is possible to fig
uratively apply the reason given for
man’s existence in the Old Testament
Btory, that he was placed on earth to
“'dress it and keep it.” It is certain
that by his struggle for mastery over his
environment and by his tools he has
made all his practical gains—has £n
other words become civilized.
Likewise, intellectually and spiritual
ly, h« may be said to reflect God him
self as he grows in knowledge and love
and therefore when we grow philosophic
ft is permitted to say he was created in
the image of God.
This is of course a very free inter
pretation of biblical texts and is made
chiefly to introduce the theme: “Man
His Tools and His Ideals.” Tools and
ideals ar© more closely inter-related than
we think. Uuless with the gain in power
acquired by new tools, there is a cor
responding gain in idealism man becomes
drunken and mad and achieves tempor
arily only ruin.
Just now, the wisest and sanest voices
in the world warn us that our modem
civilization trembles in the balance for
just this reason. So let us consider to
gether tools and ideals.
The paragraph* quoted above are the
introductory matter of a sermon which
will be preached at the Unitarian Church
Sunday morning by the Rev. Frank Fay
Eddy. This is called “The Little Church
of the Human Spirit" and extends a
welcome to all ZTMversity folks. The
church is located on Bast Eleventh ave.
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