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OREGON DAILY EMERALD Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association_ Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Monday, during the college year.___ ARTHUR S. RUDD .. EDITOR Editorial Board Managing Editor ..... Don Woodward Associate Editor . John W. Piper Associate Managing Editor .....Taylor Huston Daily News Editors Margaret Morrison Rosalia Keber Junior Seton Velma Farnham Night Editors Rupert Bullivant Walter Coover Douglas Wilson Jack Burleson George Belknap P. I. N. S. Editor __ Pauline Bondurant Assistant . Louis Dammasch Sports Staff Sports Editor .-. Kenneth Cooper Sports Writers: , _ , Monte Byers, Bill Akers, Ward Cook. Upper News Staff Catherine Spall Norma Wilson -'ranees Simpson Mary Clerin Marian Lowry Kathrine Kressmann Katherine Watson Margaret Skavlan Exchange Editor . 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Phones Editor boo | Manager Paily News £ditor This Issue Junior Beton Night Editor This Issue Rupert Rullivant Away with Alibis Is this an alibi campus? An ex-service man called our at tention to the fact that in army service a man was expected to do his work without question, and no excuses were accepted for failure. Heads of campus organizations, of student activities and members of the faculty would probably be the first to vouch for the statement that the average student spends considerable time scheming out reasons why his or her work is incomplete. In certain lines of work alibis are practically unknown be cause the persyn at the head of the endeavor has never per mitted laxness. Workers see that that part of their work under ' the direction of that person is done first because they know that nothing but results will answer. The professor who allows his students to get behind in their work is doing an injustice to his students, and sooner or later he will find that his work is being done last rather than being given its fair share of attention. The head of a campus organization who is in the habit of accepting excuses instead of results is a marked failure and has no. business in a responsible position. Executives must mix understanding with their work, but a real service can be done those working under their direction by instilling ideas of getting results rather than framing excuses. They Sing Tonight Oregon students have an opportunity to hear a really good program of glee club music tonight. The annual concert of the men’s glee club is scheduled for eight o’clock at the Woman’s building and due to a fortunate arrangement the only admis sion price required is a student body ticket. [ The men have been practicing for months on their pro gram. High class direction under a man of wide reputation and unusually good soloists should combine to make the evening especially pleasing. The idea of making the glee club concerts a part of the concert series is a good one. It keeps Oregon money at home and assures an Oregon organization financial security. Goctd Judgment Oregon’s athletic director left yesterday to find a football eoach. He will interview the applicants for the place. A Uni versity is trusting the judgment of a man who we feel is com petent for the task. Jack Benefiel, graduate manager, did not make the trip as originally planned. His work is of such a nature that a month’s absence might have resulted in harm to A. S. U. O. affairs. His decision to give up what would have been a pleasant trip, es pecially in light of the fact that others had suggested his going, is indeed commendable and for the best interests of all con cerned. Their Debt to Oregon Oregon’s delegates to the Student Volunteer convention at Indianapolis are back on the campus. They obtained a great deal of good from their contacts with the thousands of other students who were there. They plan to bring as many of the big ideas^is possible before their fellow students in order that those who helped make their trip possible may receive some benefit. It is their duty to the organizations which sent them to carry out their intentions and to return value for the aid that was given them. If they do this according to their plan it will be but one more step in making the campus less provincial—an dea in which a great many of Oregon’s best mmcls are in- j ;ensely interested. A news bulletin comes to the Emerald stating that a great lational political party is planning to undertake the organiza tion of political college clubs throughout the nation. To an already over-organized campus this news does not irouse any very great interest except, perhaps, among a few )f our inveterate ‘‘joiners.” Suggestions from national head quarters as to campaign organization might be welcome to iome campus politicians, who may already be seen preening ;heir feathers for the coming A. S. U. O. electoral struggle. We doubt if an adequate program of ‘‘policy pigging” would be included in such plans, so maybe the thing wouldn’t be of much value after all. $>— --—-o 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. 3>---^ Kemenids—Meeting Wednesday loon at Anchorage. Sigma Delta Chi—Meeting at the Anchorage this noon. Theta Sigma Phi—Meeting at the Anchorage today noon. L. N. P.—Meeting tonight in basement of library at 7:15. Phi Mu Alpha—Business meeting rhursday noon at Anchorage. Women’s League—Tea, 4 to 6, at Woman’s building this afternoon. Hour Hand—Full rehearsal Wed nesday, 5 p.m., at the school of music. Indianapolis Delegates—Meeting Wednesday, luncheon at the. An chorage. California Club—-Meeting, room 105 Commerce building, Wednesday night, 7:15. Oregana Pictures—Must be taken by January 15. Make immediate appointments, Kennell-Elli, 1697. <3> Communications Letters to the EMERALD from stu dents and faculty members are welcomed, but must be signed 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. 0 -O BEHIND THE CURTAIN The Editor of the Emerald: .A few days ago I heard a report of a statement that was being made to some of the faculty mem bers by some Britisher to the ef fect that I was paid by the Russian government 'to carry on radical propaganda, that there were many Hindus in this country with the support of the Russian government, and all that sort of nonsensical lies that emanate from dreamy brains. 1 wrote to Col. John Leader about this matter. I give below some of tho precious gems he has thrown at me in reply to my letter: Regarding you—“I have not got my notes by me, but I think that is the namt of a student, whom I have constantly heard being ad versely criticised for extreme radi cal propaganda. These alleged opinions have apparently attracted the attention of far more import ant persons than myself.” Now, one may rationally ask, why on earth Colbnel Leader has any busi ness to have notes about me, which unfortunately ho did not have “by” him when he wrote to me. The answer is obvious. It is a fact that every Hindu student in this country is on the "black list” of the British government and is closely watched and reported by cer tain persons who want to make “extra money” during their idle time. In the same letter this new friend (t) of mine gives me the following advice: “The Americans do not take the same easy going views as we do in our British em pire, of anything bordering on ex treme radicalism of treason, and it is highly improper for foreigners who are guests of a foreign coun try—as we (i) are, or arc mem bers of a state university—as you are, to express such views as in many quarters are alleged to have been done.” Now the only public statements 1 ever made in this country were: v 1) My letter to the Sunday Em erald on a foreigner’s impression of Eugene and Berkeley, California, and (2), my letter of protest to Professor Reddle about the play, “Ureeu Goddess,” whieh he read before every performance. The let tor contained a couple of state ■ meats of facts about the political condition of Indian upon which , evidently, Mr. Leader and his friends base their bald accusation If speaking only part of the truth about India is “radicalism” oi “treason,” 1 submit I am guilty | of the offense. 1 may also adi hero for the Colonel’s benefit thu 1 intend to commit this grave of fense on a very large scale as soot las 1 am through with my educa tion. Colonel Leader may threaten me with suggestive use of words like “treason” and “radicalism,” he may try to influence some of the faculty members to form an ad verse opinion about me—a silly at- j tempt, though, in this country—but the utmost he can do—I mean he can get done— is to put mo in one of the rotten jails of the Brit ish government in India after my return! There are already over 40,000 educated Hindus with their leader Gandhi in jail, and so, my addition will be only a drop in the ocean. V. Y. OAK. MONDAY NIGHT AFFAIRS To the Editor: If the inter-fraternity council has any right to existence at all, why can’t it do something about the scheduling of affairs on Monday nights. Last year it made a pretty pre tense at ruling out all Monday night affairs. The theory was that as long as we have fraternities it was necessary for them to have some time to meet. This year some of the very men sit placidly by and allow meetings to be scheduled when a voice of protest from them might have placed them on some other night. j Last night the Men’s Glee club, ' an organization which needs stu dent support, had a gathering at house meeting time. There was some excuse for that, inasmuch as their concert is scheduled for to night. Two things are evident: the inter-fraternity council is not watching the things it is supposed to watch and there is an apparent willingness on the part of frater nity people to miss their meetings. Both rather interesting to say the least. I’erhaps a new time could be found as general house meeting time. Would fraternity people be willing to try nine o ’clock Sunday morning. Not many of them think that much of meetings. Sleep is too sweet. WATCHER. SEVENTEEN WIN LETTERS IN FOOTBALL AT NEVADA University of Nevada—(By P. I. N. S.)—Seventeen men won their letters in football for the season just phssed, it was announced at the Wolf Feed, a banquet given in honor of the seventy-nine football men who stuck to the gridiron throughout the year i Editorially Clipped | o-<> Up there on Olympus, Zeus, way up there on that dizzy height, on your throne of gold and jewels, you look pretty proud of yourself. You look pretty smug and satisfied. Down here on this campus, Zeus, down here at Washington there is a student. He is looking at you—won dering. What have you got to be so proud of, Zeus? Why should you feel so vain-glorious? This student wonders. What did you ever do? You are the father of the Greeks, the father of a system,—and you-are proud. The father of a system which makes its members proud and vain glorious and superior like yourself, Zeus, superior like yourself. A system which offers good fel lowship and friends and then ruth lessly denies it unless one conforms and smothers originality or person ality. A system which takes honest freshmen girls and makes them into suspicious, sophisticated, scheming women—-women, who crorvd back the good and display their poorest qual ities. A system which tolerates good be cause its members are afraid to do bad “because folks talk”—but would rather do the bad. A system which suffers the beau tiful and lets it starve but prefers the vulgar and the sordid and the ugly. A system in which honesty is qualified by intrigue, and the hand of welcome has claws behind its plump complacent cushions. A system where intellect is laughed at, and achievement is discounted. A system where ideas are abomi nated and one who thinks is a freak. A system where men must have money and cars and soft, sticky personalities to get by and where women must be rouged and a little bit naughty lest they be “sad eggs.” A system where it would be easy to be kind, yet where it is more sat isfying to be cruel. A system that is artificial, Zeus, and in the end unhappy for those who live under it. i Why are you so proud, Zeus? What have you done to be so smug? You have retarded happiness— true happiness, Zeus. You have been cruel—and you seem to be proud of yourself, actually proud. This student who looks at you, Zeus—he used to live outside your system. He used to look at you with adoring eyes—until he got within. He was lucky on the outside, Zeus —and happy. He thought he was lonesome. He was never so lonesome as now. Be proud, Zeus, proud and smug. Your little Zeuslets will read this and sneer at the student—sneer and jeer and laugh—and worship you. But some day they will understand, Zeus. They won’t admit it, but they will understand—some day. —University of Washington Daily. For a time, after the Great war during a tense period of emotional stress, when all the world was keyed to the highest pitch, some of the re spected elders persisted in telling other peoples’ sons and daughters I - "A Noble Profile” © O. e. co. Tbi Bhjb BittUin&j Sew Y»ri City HELMLE & CORBETT, Architects FAR more strongly than most churches, this great tower of com merce bespeaks the real spirit of Gothic architecture—aspiring, i egged, virile—an inspiration tor the thinking, creating architect or today. Contradicting the antiquarian, this great tower declares that the snirit of Gothic architecture is a living, organic thing, adaptable to modern problems of accommodation and engineering, and en dowed with a future as magtuheent as its past. Certainly modem invention—modern engineering skill and organ isation, will prove more than equal to the demands of the architec ture of the future. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY Olfices in all Principal Cities of the World that youth was sadly deteriorating day by day. The more sensitive young folks at first considered these dictums care- | fully, resented the fact that they were born at such a period; and then later, decided to take life as it came to them and enjoy it° with i the rest, no matter what the pen- j alty. They became hardened to per sistent criticism unflavored by words of commendation. Some people when the flush of youth has passed, feel that it is their duty to warn, expostulate, con demn all that the younger genera tion seems to enjoy doing. If they could only remember to soften re monstrances with words of praise for commendable deeds, they would proceed more rapidly. Young peo ple undoubtedly need condemnation at times; but they need sympathy and understanding just as much— ; in fact more than some of the elders care to realize. It is a pleasure to hear a dean of women declare herself in the words: i “The youth of today is not respon sible for existing social conditions; they are no worse than youth ever was. ’ ’ Youth appreciates understanding. —Daily 111 ini. , ALTERATIONS ARE MADE College Side Inn Adds New Room; Floor Being Re-worked C. M. McClure, manager of the College Side Inn, the latest addi tion to campus community business houses, has decided to build an ad dition to the rear of the inn ball room. This will be in the nature of a restroom and will be used as a gathering place between dances at the social functions given there. Japanese decorations will be used. . Although the floor of the ball room had been worked over during vacation, Mr. McClure is not sat isfied with its condition and is ; having more work done on it this w-eek. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED AT ALPHA CHI OMEGA HOUSE The engagement of Charlotte Rice, a sophomore in the school of edu cation, to Walter J. Widmer, of j Portland, was announced at the 'Alpha Chi Omega house Saturday evening. Cards concealed in cor sages of violets and roses which were passed at the close of dinner conveyed the news of the betrothal. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Phi Gamma Delta announces the pledging of Pat Hughes, of Port land. Rose La Vogue Beauty Shop Manicuring, Scalp and Face Treatments. Marcelling Over Campa Shoppe Phone 1592 _ TODAY and WEDNESDAY BEBE DANIELS DOROTH MACKAILL JAMES RENNIE GEORGE FAWCETT in Jlis Children’s Children” A great novel made into a fascinating picture of mod ern thrills. Fox News Fun from Press Presenting Mr. Charles Runyan Who has just completed a four year’s engagement in San Francisco and Stockton, on the Castle Organ The best in musical presen tations. The CASTLE Eugene’s only theatre run ning continuous performan ces every day. 4 Patronize Emerald Advertisers MATLOCK’S Groceries Dry Goods Phone 60 Quality and Service 149 There was an old merchant who lived in a shoe, t He had so many debts he did not know what to do. His store didn’t pay, Nor increase much in size Until one fine day He said, “I’ll advertise.” Advertise in the Oregon Emerald
