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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1924)
OREGON DAILY EMERALD Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued Sally except Monday, during the college year. ABTHTJE a. EUDD .-... EDITOB Editorial Board Managing Editor . Associate Editor . Associate Managing Editor .. Don Woodward | John W. Piper | .Taylor Huston j Daily News Editors lfargaret Morrison Rosalia Keber Junior Seton Velma Farnham Night Editors Rupert BuUivant Walter Coover Douglas Wilson Jack Burleson George Belknap T. I. N. 8. 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 Trances Simpson Mary Clerin Marian Lowry Kathrine Kressmann Katherine Watson Margaret Skavlan Exchange Editor . Norborne Berkeley News Staff: Henryetta Lawrence, Helen Reynolds, Lester Turnbaugh, Georgians Gerlinger, Webster Jones, Margaret Vincent, Phyllis Coplan, Frances Sanford, Xngenia Strickland, Velma Meredith, Lilian Wilson, Margaret Kressmann, Ned Fxench, Ed Robbins, Josephine Rice, Clifford Zehrung, Pete Laura, Leonard Lerwill. ||trj West, Emily Houston, Beth Farias, Lyle Janz, Ben Maxwell, LBO P. J. MUNLY ..~.. MANAGER Business Staff Associate Manager .Lot Beatie Foreign Advertising Manager ... James Leake Aaa't Manager . Walter Pearson Alva Vernon Irving Brown Specialty Advertising Gladys Noren Circulation Manager . Kenneth Stephenson Aaa't Manager . Alan Wooley Upper Business Staff Advertising Manager .... Maurice Warnock Asa’t Adv. Mgr. Karl Hardenbergh Advertising Salesmen Sales Manager . Frank Loggan Assistants Lester Wade Chester Coon Edgar Wrightman Frank De Spain Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as Becond-class matter. Subscription mt«. $2.26 per year. By term, 76c. Advertising rates upon application. Phonos Editor __ 655 | Manager .-. 951 Daily News Editor This Issue H»gbt Editor This Issue Rosalia Keber 'fed Baker The Emerald Checks Up Something new in campus journalism is being tried by the Emerald as a part of its program to continually strengthen its standing among leading University dailies. Cooperation with the school of journalism has enabled the student daily to institute a system whereby the facts in news articles as presented by writers can be checked with what was given out by the sources of news. This is being done for pur poses of instruction and to facilitate the administration of the Emerald. So far about 95 per cent of all returns on news stories have been satisfactory. It is that additional percentage of error that this newspaper wants to reduce. Ever since the first Emerald was published there has been an effort to ascertain campus opinion as to the contents and the accuracy of its contents and to use the various criticisms for the betterment of the paper. Obtaining suggestions from out side the school of journalism lias always been hit-and-miss and never in any sense systematic. Consequently errors have crept into the columns that went by unnoticed and reporters made the same mistakes time after time without ever being checked. No newspaper can continue its career throughout a period of years without making some mistakes any more than a person can live an active life without doing some things which might better have been done differently. There doubtless have been grudges held against the Emerald bcause of some slight error that might have been corrected, had the administration offi cials of the daily only known of it. It is with the desire to prevent the same mistake from hap pening more than once, to find the type of fact-reporting that the various staff members are doing, as seen from the point of view of the news source, that the Emerald has started the prac tice of sending out clippings of the stories printed attached to a blank on which the following is printed: Dear Sir: For the purposes of instruction, on the one hand, and to facilitate the administration of the Emerald, on the other, we would appreciate any comments you may care to make in the space below concerning the attached article. We would be glad to have your opinion as to its accuracy, as to its correctness of understanding shown of the points at issue, as to the justness with which the author has em phasized the important and subordinated the unimportant, as to the fairness, courtesy and good spirit in which the subject is treated, or as to the point, pungency and the esthetic qualities of the English used. In fact, any com ment, however slight> you many wish to make will be appre ciated, and will be treated as confidential if you desire. By making use of this sheet the person avIio gave out a news story to the Emerald has an opportunity to express ap proval or disapproval, thereby giving the Emerald adminis tration an opportunity to know the reaction to the story and the type of work done by the writer. The Emerald has about sixty students on its staff. These students have this newspaper as their laboratory in journalism. Most of the staff members are underclassmen. They are learn ing the newspaper “game” while serving the campus. The criticisms turned in are not intended in any way to injure the student workers but rather to help in their professional progress. The inferior reporter who constantly has his atten tion called to errors must of necessity improve his work or leave the Emerald staff. In the majority of cases the spirit of improvement is present. The system of checking up has been quietly operating for some ■weeks. Most of the returns have been favorable—some times too favorable. The tendency on the part of some sources. who have stories which they desired to see in print accepted by the Emerald, is to refrain from any unfavorable criticism even though it were for the best interests of the paper and the campus. Sources are asked to be fair in their criticism. They should not let friendship with the reporter prevent their pointing out errors in the news, for it is only by such a method that their reporter friend can improve. As to general criticism. The Emerald is a student-body publication. It is here to serve the campus and certainly wel comes suggestions. Persons seeing errors in news stories will do a real favor by mentioning them to the editor or managing editor. The new plan does not imply any wholesale dissatisfaction with the work of the staff nor do£s it invite any attempt to 'emould the general policy of the paper. It is the desire to give to the campus as nearly perfect a newspaper as possible that prompts this added bit of enterprise. Professor Turnbull took the story of this plan back to the recent conference of national school of journalism representa tives recently and it met with great favor. It served to rank the Emerald of the Oregon school of journalism among the leaders in their fields, just as the establishment of the only University Sunday paper by the Emerald has served to do here on the Coast. 0 -♦ | Campus Bulletin 1 - Notices will be printed in this colnmn for two issues only. Copy must b« in this office by 6:30 on the day before it is to be published, and must ] be limited to 20 words. I O- ^ a Women’s Forum—Meeting Thurs day evening, 7:15. Second Orchestra — Rehearsal at 4:30 today in Villard hall. Phi Mu Alpha—Luncheon at the Anchorage Thursday noon. Washington Club—Meeting, Wed nesday, 7:30, 101 Oregon building. Home Nursing Class—Visit to the hospital is postponed until Friday. Mask and Buskin -c- Meeting in room 103, sociology, at 4:30 Thurs day. Oregana Staff—Important meet ing, 12:45 Thursday, editorial room, Journalism building. Thespians — Meeting today at 5:00 p. m., in Dean Straub’s office. Zeta Kappa Psi—Meeting room 8, Commerce building, at 5:00 today. Important matters to come up. Big Sister Tea—Woman’s build ing, 4 to 6 today. Consult sponsor sponsee list in library. Football Men—Those who tried out last fall and did not make a letter, meet at the library at 7:30 tonight. Men’s Glee Club — Rehearse Thursday, 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Music building. No rehearsal Wed nesday. Donut Swimming—Women inter ested in Donut swimming must have eight practices before Wednesday at 5 p. m. <£>-■ . --——-♦ | ONE YEAR AGO TODAY Some High Points in Oregon Emerald of January 23, 1923 O ■ ■ - ■ ■ The Oregon wrestling team yes terday defeated the Pacific Dental college aggregation by a 22 to 12 score. Next Sunday evening the Uni versity symphony orchestra will give a concert in the Methodist church. Emerald editorial says, “Attacks on co-education reduce themselves, to comedies. People are fond of this sort of amusement, and the, road to popularity is filled with fun-makers.” • • • Shy Huntington will reply to of fer of a one year contract tomorrow, according to the executive council. The school of music will give its first Chamber musieale tonight at 8:30 o’clock in the Alumni hall. Henry Dirkson, who spent'three years and a half traveling in Eur ope and Asia, will relate some of his experiences to the Cosmopolitan club this evening. John Dierdorff of the Portland Telegram, Stanley Eismau of the Salem Statesman, Alexander Brown Do You Know What a “Common Law Marriage Is? IT’S TOWN TALK HEILIG of the Albany Herald, and Don Davis, were alumni visitors on the campus during the week-end. A new co-ed code is being formed by members of the Woman’s league, under the direction of Dean Fox. Nineteen students joined in on the Condon club hike last Sunday morning. The hikers were led by Gerald Barnes and journeyed to the vicinity of Spencer’s Butte. <s>-—-—❖ 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 j print. It must be understood that the j editor reserves the right to reject I communications. O ATTACKING C. N. H. To the Editor: I thoroughly agree with Mr. God frey in his contention against the C. N. H. column in the Sunday Em erald. However, I do not see why 0. N. H. was attacked through the Emerald. Perhaps Mr. Godfrey does not know what C. N. H. stands for. There are many applicants for the throne of Mr. Arthur Brisbane, the famous devotee of Hearst journalism, and among these stands C. N. H. Brisbane can and does write some thing on anything, from poultry yard to League of Nations, from Kanga roo to Lloyd George, from India to America. No subject is difficult for him. Of course, you cannot expect any constructive criticism in such writings. Tie is not supposed to do that. He is expected to be humorous and cynical and people read him be cause they like some diversion from the routine hum-drum life. Such writers do not require much know ledge on anything. A few clclope dias, a few funny and cynical au thors, a little fluency in writing and a cynical nature, is all that they need. There are some people on this earth who are inexplicable and who pride themselves for being so. The fact is that they are inexplicable not only to others but to themselves, do ing things without any definite aim. Intelligent readers know how to eval ue the writings of such people and so Mr. Godfrey need not be afraid of any bad influence being circu lated by writings of the kind he is complaining of. In fact, we ought to enjoy such writings as they cer tainly form a diversion to our rou tine life. V. V. Oak. "BLACK OXEN" Is Here! ALPHA PHIS AND SUSAN CAMPBELL WIN MEETS r - Do-nut Swimming Teams Work Off First Events Scheduled; Much Interest Shown In the first of the women’s Do nut swimming meets, held last night, the Alpha Phis beat Susan Campbell team (1), 43 to 25 in League 1, and Susan Campbell team (2) beat Delta Gammas, 57 to 11, in League 2. A good fight was put up by each of the teams and good sportsmanship was shown, but as this was the first meet of the season the teams were ' <t as evenly matched as they will be a little later in the season. High point winners were Hilda Chase, Alpha Phi, and Maud Schroeder, on team (2) of Susan, Campbell hall, each of whom had 15 points, the maximum number that can be obtained. Margaret Milne, on Susan Campbell team (2) and Ada Harkness, on Susan Camp bell team (1), were close seconds with 11 points each. Florence Baker, on Susan Campbell team (2), had 9 nine points. Much enthusiasm was shown and it is expected that more girls will be interested, as there are 14 houses entered in the do-nut swimming meets. Judges were Don Parks, Emma Waterman and Marion Nicolai. PHI DELT’S AND A.T.O.’s ! WIN HANDBALL GAMES; Clii Psi and Psi Kappa Teams Lose in Hard Fought Matches; Fast Pace Shown The Phi Delt handball team, com posed of Powers and Staley, won a hard fought match from the Chi Psi aggregation by scores of 21-15, 21-15. Both games were closely contested, with the Chi Psi representatives, Shephard and Burke, putting up a fast game. The team play of the winners pulled them through to victory. In league D the Alpha Tau Omegas woii in easy games from the Psi Kappa team, 21-5, 21-4. The winning combination of Easterday and Dawson decisively outclassed the Psi Kappa team and won in straight sets. Bothwell and Wil liams formed the Psi Kappa team. Easterday and Dawson played bang up ball and will have to be reckoned as dangerous contenders (for Itjhe title if they keep u'p their present fast pace. MISS MARY DOAN NOW WITH HEALTH SERVICE Graduate of Chicago Hospital Takes Position on Staff in Period of Increased Work Miss Mary Doan, of the Passa vant hospital of Chicago, has ac cepted a position on the staff of the University health service. Be i cause of the increased amount of i work in the health service every j year at this time extra officials are j needed. Miss Doan will be here ( for about a month. “I really came west for a vaea | tion,” said Miss Doan. “I came i to Portland last August, where I j have been until Dr. Livingston ask I ed me to come down here for a while. 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Almack, who for several rears served as assistant director )f the University extension division, s the author of a poem which ap Deared in a recent number of the Literary Digest. The poem is jailed “On the Road to Miramer” md was first pubished in the Am erican poetry magazine. It was “BLACK OXEN” Is Here! taken from this and reprinted in the Digest. G«t the Classified Ad habit. Mystery! Thrills! Laughs! The year s most thrlling mys tery drama now on the screen! TODAY and Thursday A lightning-like adventure, overflowing with laughing thrills, tense moments of breath-taking suspense, and capped by a climax that you’ll never guess before hand. “Mac”—The Old Reliables—“Jack” VARSITY BARBER SHOP llth and Alder Hair bobbing a specialty HAVE YOU SEEN THE CHAMPION HOT CAKE TURNER ON THE CAMPUS? YOU’LL BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU SEE “HIM” on display at BAKER-BUTTON (Everything Fotographic, 7th and Willamette BARGAINS <jj At our bargain counter you will find many useful articles. 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