AGAINST THE GRAIN, by J. K.
Huysmans.
With John Howard’s transla
tion of “A Rebours,” we are at
last able to appreciate this work of
an icy mind with the best of French
men. This is a view of the world
through an artist’s eyes. Huysmans,
as the mind of Des Esseintes, like
the scientist, shows us a dread
world. Here, where only the senses
are recognized, we watch our pet
prides ignored and frozen by the
mere touch of Huysmans’ forceful
mind. Not that Huysmans is an
iconoclast; he docs not care what
the world does; he writes only to
amuse himself or a friend.
In picturing ennui of the due
Jean, Huysmans drags us through
a curious labyrinth of thought.
Helplessly mazed, we burst here
upon the due in his pinkly glowing
boudoir, rush out to behold him in
the next room fingering his books
and shrinking from Virgil with dis
gust, stumble into the due as he
contemplates his chosen paintings,
back out into the corridor to be
trampled beneath the feet of the
due and his toothless naked phan
tom of a pursuer. With the last
words of the book we fall a million
miles through space into the very
arms of the due, who hugs us to
his breast and so we may hear his
heart cry, “Mercy, O God, upon my
hopelessness.”
The worljl as the due sees it is
a driveling bore, and the fools who
take religion, government and life
seriously, are to laugh. But this is
in no way a moral, and Huysmans
pretends to solve no problems or to
propound none. Life is simply life
—and he so pictures it.
Huysmans’ writing has already
been described as jewel-like. Decad
ent as it is, each phrase and word
is chosen with the concern of a
lover.
This book asks not to convince in
order to be appreciated. Personally
I know it fit for reading of “Men
Like Gods,” and even for us tetchy
mortals.
—JOE BRILL.
Last Sessions of
Conference Over
(Continued from page one)
Portland; for the best method of
obtaining and handling advertising:
Medford Ni-Times; for the best
story in a high school magazine:
“The Fugitive,” by Nell Gwyn,
printed in the Cardinal, Lincoln
high, Portland; for the best mimeo
graphed newspaper: The Tenderfoot
of Dayville high school; for the
best high school magazine; The
Spectrum of Jefferson high, Port
land; for the best high School news
motes section in a newspaper out- j
side of Portland: Astoria high
school; for the best high school
IT'S SNAPPY
PRETTY—
DIFFERENT
WITTY
1924 OREGANA
news notes section in Portlani
papers: Lincoln high school team
or'"n.--’ of 1 - ‘ T5rolren'l’’re e'
j Pert and Oregouian, and Georg
i Vi...kius Story of the Oregon Jouvn
1 i. No awards were made in the
! conte t for the best advertising anc
business management of a yeai
book or the best record of servict
to a high school by a high schoo
newspaper because entrants failec
to send sufficient material for tin
judges to judge upon.
Due to the unexpected press oi
business at the capital, Governoi
Pierce was unable to deliver his
address at the conference.
Literary Gossip
by
PAT MORRISSETTE
Even before the days when young
Omar smoked hashesh in a Persion
pup tent, and Hafiz touched up the
philosophy of “ he-loves-me-not” in
the famous Rose Gardens, man,
whether Cro-Magnon or not, would
have been touched with the wis
dom, undoubtedly inspired, of
Elinor Glyn’s “Philosophy of Love.”
And book sales—throughout Am
erica—prove it. The lady’s cere
brations on the- matter * compose
America’s best-selling non-fiction
book. And the seconds are
getting further and further behind.
As Rebec is not giving a course in
these stuff this year, it would not
be a bad idea if the household arts
department ordered a copy for the
University seven-day shelf at the
library. Along with a cook book it
ought to be in every home. Love
is a great thing, etc. Love is
stronger than death, etc., etc. Yes,
etc.!
P. S.: Elinor’s book is one of
these things one has to be eighteen
to buy. Everybody under eighteen
is buying it.
Well, well. Ben Hecht is ad
vertising his next novel. We won
der if it really could be worse than
“Gargoyles.”
The library is very fortunate in
being able to have one of the
signed limited first editions of
Joseph Conrad’s “The Rover.” It
is a beautiful book.
If you really want to read the
American Mercury, that rather un
satisfactory perversion of the Smart
Set, it will not be long before it
New Pastor for
Eugene
Bishop Shepard announces the
transfer to the Oregon Conference
of Kev. J. F. Haas from the Ne
braska Conference and his appoint
ment to the First Church, Eugene.
It is expected that he will begin work
about the middle of January. The
new appointee, entered the Nebraska
Conference in 1910 and has risen
steadily to a place of leadership in
its councils. He is now in the sixth
year of a successful pastorate at
Beatrice, one of the leading charges
of the state. He comes highly re
commended as possessing the quali
ties requisite to success at the Eu
gene church with its important local
constituency and its wider ministry
the faculty and .students of the Un
iversity of Oregon. The Rev. Mr.
Haas is slightly over forty years of
age, is married and has two daugh
ters. (Paid adv.)
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* * *
Speaking of first editions, there’s
one of Sir Walter Scott—-no less
than the first printing of “St.
Roman’s Well,” just recently ar
rived at the library.
Thompson'8 “The Unadjusted
Girl” has arrived at the library
and will immediately be put on
reserve. Adjustment is a great fac
tor. Yes. Yes.
And furthermore: The Burton
edition of the Arabian Nights ought
to be in the stacks this week. These
little books just escaped being
locked up in the University vaults.
But why put them in the vault?
They are not really naughty, you
know. Just here—and there, etc.
The poor old Arabs were not tliink
inb about the United States when
they were writing the things. The
edition is in fifteen volumes and
will be quite valuable for research
students. Burton's, as well as be
ing the best, is the most complete
l translation of the famous stories.
Vault, or no vault, it will be quite
the healthy thing to have them
treking about the campus—instead
of rusting on the shelves.
Sidelights, Spirit of
Meetings, Recorded
(Continued From Page One.)
taking notes and all were at least
listening attentively.
No, the" prepper that fell out of
bed at one of the fraternity houses
wasn’t drunk-—he “couldn’t get
used to them narrow beds.”
College night was about the best
campus program that has been
staked this year. More students
are attending it too. The Woman's
building was full. Last year Vii
lard was barely filled up.
Seemed sort of queer to see a
delegate wearing knee pants.
The girls over at the Delta Gamma
house can take the slips of paper
off the davenports and chairs now.
After the election of officers
they showed that they had the stuff
that makes Oregon students famous.
They handshook like veterans.
, Another thing all the football
: men were there to receive their
sweaters.
Oregana “Gang”
Becomes Active
Probably one of the very busiest
places on the entire campus just at
present is the small office in the
journalism shack where the year
.book “gang*’ is working day in and
day out and oftentimes far into the
night with a mass of pictures and
scissors and paste in an effort to
bring out of the chaos an Oregana
“worthy of Oregon.” Sections are
rapidly assuming the appearance of
completion and the office resounds
with the click of shears and the
swish of paste brushes, while gradu
ally but surely the 1924 Oregana is
taking shape.
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One of thd departments which
is causing the weary staff many a
chuckle in the midst of their more
arduous duties is the feature sec
tion. Although nothing is being
given out as to the specific nature
of this part of the book, campus
celebrities, near-celebrities and
would-be celebrities may well
tremble in their shoes, for the re
sult will be a startling expose, ac
cording to the section editors.
These latter-mentioned gentlemen
have their ears to the ground,
listening for rumors of scandal
which will serve the purpose of
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a few flowers artistically
arranged reflect good
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Our Corsage Bouquets, for
example, are designed to
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The
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their sections and campus tea
houmls and porch-pifflers may well
beware!
The remaining nineteen sections
of the annual are also well under
way and the staff is confident that
there need be no tearing of hair
among subscribers for fear that the
book will not be out on time, ac
cording to the editorial progress
which is being made now, with its
accompanying click of scissors and
swish of brushes in great jars of
snowy, sticky paste.
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here every Sunday evening. Real
chicken dinners, the kind mother makes
An added attraction is our new raijdio,
which renders a delightful program dur
ing the meal hour.
EVERYBODY IS DOING IT
Trying onr monthly eating plan and saving money.
Choice of menu, low monthly rate, personal service
and eat at your own convenience are some of the
reasons for its popularity.
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IIERSCHEL TAYLOR, Proprietor
JUNIOR LOTTERY
As there are more junior womgn
than men in the class of 1925, a
number were necessarily not drawn
in the lottery. A date bureau will
be open, Thursday afternoon, Jan
uary 17, one to five o’clock, in the
Journalism building, for making any
adjustments required.
Women not chosen in the lottery
: will be assigned partners at that
time if they will turn their names
in to the committee. Men who are
unable to get dates with their part
ners are also asked to turn their
names into the committee.
Adkission, A—Elizabeth Robinson
Ale id, Manuel—Ann Gorrie.
Amstutz, Theo—Elsie Bolt.
Anderson, Aaron—Edna Biles
Anderson, Robert—Helen Sclllippel
Anderson, Wayne—Eunice Catlow
Angell, L—Charlotte Latourette
: Austin, Ralph—Jessie Olds
j Backstrom, Walter—Thelma Hoon
Bacon, Leanard—Ruth Hayman
• Bailey, Ralph—Bernice Yeo
| Benson, J—Elizabeth Ilonkanen
Blake, Merle—Helen Igle
Bohlman, Ed—Edna Assinlieimer
Caldwell, W—Rosamonde Buchanan
Oalef, E. N.—Jeanne Gay
: Campbell, Cogswell—Agnes Coates
i Cartwright, E—Marie Meyers
! Carlson, Lewis—Joy Johnson
! Caruthers, J)—Phoebe Louis Wright
Lester Chaffee—Beatrice Loennig
Chrisman. Bob—Nellie Rowland
: cluing, Laig—Etlilyn Forrest
Clark, Elmer-—Lela McCreight
Clark. Joe—Hilda Chase
Coffey, Gordon—Beatrice Ticld
Constance, 0—Mildren Johnson
Cook, Donald—Helen Ohambreau
Cragum, Marvin—Ethelva Elkins
Creech, Victor—Melba Byron
('rites, Harmon—Vera Loeliner
, Crow, Lloyd--Mina Miner
Curry, Bruce—Marv Chisholm
Day, John—Anna Chapman
■ Penierrit, Amende-—-Pauline \fooro
Dodd, William P—Yvonne Smith
Eberhart, John—Lillian Flint
Eggleston. Everett—Dorothy Beck
Egirst'iff, Ralph -Gertrude Butler ,
nih’-tad, John—Mary McCuloch
Ellis, Ernest—Laverne Moore
Ellis, Joe—Dorothy Eakin
Engeldinger, M—Florence McDonald
Everette, Arthur—Kathryn Bacon
F-rry, Guy—Marv Jane Dustin
Finnegan.D—Pauline Bondurant
Frankson, Robert—Eleanor Eakin
Frasier, Don—Kathleen Strickland
Gabriel, Alton—Thelma Riley
j Gamboa, Phillipe—Myrtle Baker
: Garner, John—Helen Armstrong
George, Milton—Edwina Richen
| Gearhart. Roy—Helen Humphrey
i Gil, Surat—Mabel Armitage
Gillenwater, Ted—Ruth Sensenich
! Godfrey, George—-Margaret Boyer
Goedecke, Harold—Leola Craig
; Goldftmith, Herbert—Geneva Foss
Gooding, Bert—Carolyn Clark
Goodrich, Donald—Ethel Johnson
i Goudy, Norman—Stella Van Vleet
| Greene, II Lewis—Gene Steele
j Ball, James—Alaeine Scroggin
Haines, Weslie—Freda MacMullen
Hamilton, Ralph—Anna Woodward
Harding, J—Elizabeth Tillson
Hartmus, Lawrence—Hazel Hayden
Heerdt, Henry—Frances Conner
lienrickson, E—Sadie Gregory
High, .lack—Doris Neptune
Jlipe, Onofre—Margaret Powers
Hoblitt, Hal: Ion—Margaret Inabnit
Hobson, H—Katherine Aslimead
Hockett, Asahel—Alice Earenreich
Hoflick, Harold—Mildred Hill
I oppe, Paul—Paloma Randleman
Ti c skins, Franc's--Lena Eastwood
Hubbard, G—Dorothy Wagoner
Hughes, Clayton—Ruth Woodruff
: Tlulac, Henry—Geraldine Troy
j llulvey, John—Freda Runes
Humphreys, T -Beatrice Fish
| Hunt, Reginald—Claudia Brodors
I .Huntress, R—Florence Fortmiller
! lolinscn, Dona 7!—Bernice Davies
| Johnston, George—Charlotte Nash
'.Tones, Everett—Gladys Dubois
Jones, Herbert—-Irene Buckley
Joslyn, Audley—Edith Howe
1 wt, Charles—Dorothy Brodie
Helicons, Edgar—Merle Oliver
Kelley, Eugene—Mildred Crain
Kelly, Edward—rDorothy Scotten
K'dder, George—Lela Stone
Kid well, Herschel—Kathrine Watsoi
Kilgore, Chas—Margaret Anderson
Bane, Robert—Josephine Ulrich
Larabee, Wilber—Gertrude Dentsch
Lawrence, Wendell—Ruby Spear
Lewis, Ehner—Marie Strube
Lundberg, Ted—Trene Kendell
McBride, Win.—Jeanette Dentler
ivIcPiiillips, Benard—Viona Pyritz
Madlung, John—Wanda Eastman
Marshall, W—Florence Sheldon
Marston, C—Mildred Dunlap
l Maxwell, Leonard—-Florence Blake
i Mayer, Frank—Henryetta Wolfer
Mercer, Clinton—Ruth Akers
j Mercer, Ollie—Catherine Nickolson
i Metcalf, TTezden—Margaret Phillips
I Motzelaar, Louis—Helen Bristow
| Mover, Harry—Hazel Broders
\filler, Edward—Alice Tothill
Moore, Donald—Katherine Bernard
I Moore, William—Helen Andrews
Morissette, Pat—Wave Anderson
| Mowrey-, Ruft—Julia Raymond
J Milikey, Virgil—Belle Taggard
Muller, S—Mary Jane Hathaway
\Munjoy, Leo—Augusta Hamilton
Murphy, Erroll—Svovia Yeeeli
Niemi, Leonard—Mnrv Skinner
Norton, Frank—Mildred Marsh
Norton, Roy—Winifred Graham
Otto, Tulev—Carrol Saunders
Owsley, William—Trene Burton
Page, Neil—Helen Campbell
Donald Park—Elinor Keltner
Peek, Donald—Mary Clerin
! Peek,William—Marion Baker
Peeree, Cecil—Noreen Weaver
i Peterson, Elmer—Muriel Paul
Peterson, Milton—Mary Veatch
Pil, Obi Sung —Ruth Jenkins
Poulson. William—Marion Bonney
Powers, .T—Margaret MacOowan
Prescott, Hubert—Catherine Spall
Prillman, L—Laverna Spitzenbergc
Prillaman, Rolex—Frnnees Cochran
• Quinby, August—Julia Geoghegan
i’Rayner, V—Florence Crandell
Richen, John—Katherine Stewart
Robertson, II—-Betty Pesterfield
RobcTtson, Lawrence—Harriet Rice
Robson, Orval-Norma Wilson
Rogers, John—Gertrude Tucker
Ross, James—Esther Stricher
Roth, Fredrich—Neva Service
Ruch, Floyd—Florence Buck
Russell, Raymond—Ethel Waddell
Sargent, Alexander—Florinda Brown
Saunders, Raymond—Lucile Stone
Sawtel, Stu—Bertha Smith
Sawyer, Roy—Charlotte Newhouse
Schultz, Paul—Augusta DeWitt
Selak, Stephen—Helen Stevens
Setlier, Truman—Mildred Stephens
Shannon, Myron—Camilla Anderson
Sheldon, Henry—Dorothy Poill
Simon, Milton—Jean Millican
Simpson, John—Kathrine Kressmann
Skinner, Harry—Margaret Roadside
Skoog, Carl—Marian Smith
| Smith, Lester—Marie Maimgren
| Souza, Manuel—Margaret Duerner
Sox, Edward—Oleta Sullivan
j Sox, Harold—Margaret Skavlan
| Statzer, Raymond—Bertha Phelps
I Strickland, Robert—Golda Boone
Snmptkdi, Chester—Eunice .fonsend
Swanson, David—Florence Root
Swigart, John—Helen Sherwood
Tapfer, Ed—Margaret Morrison
Tatco, Lazara—Marion Lowry
Terjesen,.Tons—Mary Donalson
Tetz, Henry—Helen Whitcomb
Troutman, Frank—Edith Bewley
j Trulinger, John—Mary McMahon
Ulrich, Warren—Genivieve Phelps
Vreeland, Carl—Wava Brown
| Wagner, Harold—Josephine Evans
; Warren, Edwin—Mary Brent
I Wells, Charles—Wilimine Daniels
| Williams, Jesse—Mineta Leonard
Wilson G—Judy Heffelfinger
Winther, Oscar—Dorothy Blyberg
Wiswal, Henry—Martha Shull
Wood, Norman—Louise Gidley
Woods, Don—Gertrude Honk
Woodward, D L—Lucile Douglas
Woodworth D C—Grace Leslie
Wright, Gibson—Hope Underwood
Yates, Truman—Anna Johnson
Yoran, Calvin—Catherine Flood
Young, Fred—Ferry Davis
Young, Reuben—Emily Houston
Zachary, Howard—Wilma Manly
Zollars, Clyde—-Vtneta Fountain
Kinney, Raymond—Vivian Meador
Rritts, Fd—Penelope Gehr
Bullivant, Rupert—Ruth Higgins
Seton, Junior—Lnverne Rieh
McKennett, R—Frances Dogerstedt
j Newell, Harold—Ruth Kinman
Nvgren, Victor—Lillian Baker
Orr, Charles—Georgianna Gerlinger
ThornEury, Sidney—Marian Hayes
Valitchka, Ed—Vera Hughes
White, Tom—Florence Huntress
Withrow, Lee—Betty Kerr
Wostell. Harry—Gerda Brown
4 Adler, Arthur—Helen Paadum
Aldrad, Ralph—Christiana Heckman
Bugar, Steve—MTldred Hayden
Fell, George—Dorris Parker
Hardenburg, Carl—Lucy Vandersteer
TTavdeu, George—Anne Mvlne
Johnson, Andrew—Katv Potter
Johnson. Ward—Kitty Sartain
Krev, Arthur^--Margaret Sagfbard
I Prof. G. Turnbull—Georgia Shipley