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The Sunday Emerald
_____ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. SUNDAY. JANUARY 'J7. 1924
VOLUME XXV
NUMBER 81
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The
Bystander
Defense of the ‘Royal Razz’
“Papa Non Potest Erraare”
Cars—Furs?
Real Appreciation
By C. N. H._
A-browsing the other day we en
countered this: “There is in all of
us an almost uncontrollabe desire
to suppress those who have the in
sufferable impudence to disagree
with us.”
Many word3 have been bandied
about the campus the last week
concerning constructive and de
structive types of mind. In it all
there appears at least one fact
somewhat worthy of appreciation.
When a man is gifted by nature
with an incisive and marvelously
critical type of mind, it is a pity
that lie should always have thrown
at him the assertion that he is en
tirey destructive in the nature of
his work. Such statements are al
ways made in a reproachful fasli
T ion. We have all been guilty of it
in times of wrath. How much such
a person may lack in sympathetic
understanding and consideration for
the only human frailities of those
he criticizes, is beside the im
mediate question. It is of such
critical, yes and destructive stuff
that the prophets and reformers
are made. Mankind, ’tis an old
story, would crucify, stone, lynch,
tar-and-feather, hang the hardy
Philistine who defies. Yet, on sec
ond thought, to the man of.the con
structive and creative bent who
lays down the cudgel picked up in
haste, to bend again, pen in hand
over his work, to correct the faulty
places marked by the agitator—
what of him? In defense of the
critical mind we would say that it
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is a necessity, and we would point
out that creative mind is the greater
for acknowledging and using the
talent of its opposite rather than
fighting it.
We say this in defense of pro
ponents of the “royal raz.” ’Tis
diplomacy and good ethics, gentle
men. Yet even in saying this we
presume that we shall have the “in
sufferable impudence” to disagree
with somebody—and by the way,
this is no plan for world-wide peace.
It is merely a point which we have
believed useful in the eternal round
of scrap or be scrapped!
We noted that the faculty turned
out practically en masse with the
students to hear “Papa” Howe
read his paper on the “Biological
Limits of Civilization.” We mean
to use this term “papa” quite by
way of affection. It’s use, how
ever, took our minds back to the
doctrine in ,our history of “Papa
non potest erruare” regarding the
fallibility of the head of the
church. And then when we saw
the biological brethren on one
hand and the representatives of
ultra-conservative orthodoxy on the
other hand watching the speaker
narrowly, it seemed possible that
each was whispering beneath his
breath the doctrine that “Papa
POTEST erruare.” And Papa Howe
was not dogmatic at that!
“The most flagrant violation of
real democracy is seen in the re
cent propaganda for the abandon
ment of cars and furs for campus
use. In this attempted supervision
by the majority of dress and means
of transportation, there is a hint
of other tryannies. We can not
say we have a democratic spirit
unless the majority is willing to
practice the gentleman’s code of
live and let live.”—From “Democ
racy or Moboeraev,” Sunday Em
erald, January 13, 1924.
And yet from the democratic
standpoint, when only, say, fifty
can afford sealskin coats and only
one hundred and fifty drive cars,
is it for the best interests of Ore
gon democracy for them to do it?
Can’t we show our appreciation
of some of our campus characters
without wading through a bog of
sentimentality? Beal appreciation
is shown more' quietly than by
foaming at the mouth. The trouble
is that when the latter form ap
pears we are apt to suspect it, and
often unjustly, of hypocrisy.
YALE UNIVERSITY HAS
FENCING SQUAD
Yale University—One hundred
¥ candidates turned out for a tryout
for place on the Yale fencing squad.
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Hour Hand,” Folk Opera
of Alpine Life
“The Hour Hand,” a folk-opera
by Anne Landsbury Eeek, -which is
to be presented at the Heilig thea
ter Thursday evening, January 31,
and in Portland, February 6, pre
sents a delightful picture of Alpine
village life of the seventeenth cen
tury, interwoven with a sinister
background of political intrigue.
The music and the spirit of “The
Hour Hand” has been taken from
the heart of Swiss life. “It is en
tirely based on folk tunes and folk
lore,” said Mrs. Beck, “and al
though not chronologically histori
cal, it is not historically incorrect;
in other words it might have hap
pened.”
Mrs. Beck has, from her child
hood, been close to the traditions
and patiotic sentiments of this
county, for her father is a Bernese
Swiss. A year ago she made a trip
to Switzerland and made an exten
sive research into its folk lore and
traditions, collecting a largo number
of folk tunes that have never been
heard in this country before. These
tunes have been woven into the
opera, so that it breathes the spirit
of Switzerland itself.
“Dramatically,” she said, “the
plot of the opera deals with a
period in Swiss history when parts j
Anne Landsbury Beck
of the low country wore still held
by the Austrians. Nearby moun
tain villages were subject to fre
quent attacks by the invaders; but
they were natural fortresses owing
to their situations. This struggle
between the hardy mountain men
(Continued on page three)
Track Meet Is
Relay Carnival
—
Hayward Pleased With
Showing of Crew
Even though yesterday was only
January 26 and, theoretically the
middle of winter, the warm sun lent
an atmosphere of real spring to the
first track meet of the season, and
enabled the men to perform with mid
season comfort. Even the fans in the
bleachers were able to enjoy the
spectable with indolent ease, instead
of hovering and shivering inside of
heavy overcoats.
It wasn’t a real track meet; but
more in the nature of a relay carnival.
Two events were run off with 20
entries; but in spite of the fact that
Coach Hayward cut down the half
mile distance to 660 yards and only
ran a three-quarters in place of a
full mile, one or two dropped out
before the finish. The rest of the
men finished in good shape, especially
considering that this is the first com
petition of the year for most of them.
The half-mile results: Houston,
varsity; McCune, varsity; Read, var
sity; E. Jones, varsity; Waite,
frosh; Gurnea, frosh; Tomlinson,
frosh; and Gray, frosh. The four
entries from the varsity squad led
at the finish, but it was an unusually
close race and the varsity candidates
were forced to put out their best to
come in ahead of, their less experi
enced competitors.
The results of the mile showed
that varsity competitors were again
able to maintain their advantage. The
men finished in the following order:
Tetz, varsity; Stepheson, varsity;
Robson, varsity; Conley, frosh; Van
Guilder, varsity; Walker, varsity;
Web Jones, varsity; Rodda, frosh;
Gilbert, varsity. Conley led the race
for most of the way, then the three
more experienced men passed him on
the turn when they started the last
sprint for the finish.
“I never time the men in practice,”
explained Bill Hayward, “unless I
want to give them an exact judge
of pace.” Consequently no times for
the distances were available; but this
is one of the best crew of distance
men Oregon has ever had working
out, and Bill hopes to turn out a
winning combination this season. “The
men who are turning out are work
ing better than ever before.” Bill
also said that those men who failed
to show up for ithese competitive
events without first obtaining an
excuse from him would be dropped
from the squad. “I can’t fool with
them; I won’t be bothered,” he in
sisted.
Next Saturday he intends to hold
competition in the 100-yard dash, the
440, the shot-put and probably the,
broad jump. The pole-vaulters are
still working indoors since that re
quires a highly specialized technique
and there is less likelihood of injuring
the men inside. Spearow is assisting
in the coaching of these aspirants and
has his crew working regularly. ,
Next Guild Play
F ormal Comedy
“School for Scandal”
All-star Vehicle
Sheridan’s “School for Scandal,”
a satirical picture of Eighteenth
century life, will be the next Guild
hall production. The cast is made
up of members of the senior com
pany, and Fergus Reddie is direct
ing the play.
This performance will be of in
terest because of certain departures
that are being made from the or
dinary production of this famous
comedy. Whereas of late years,
“The School for Scandal” has been
produced as a modern, realistic
drama, Mr. Reddie intends to pre
sent it as a purely classical comedy.
There will not be lost any of that
formality which characterizes the
drama of that period. The life
that is portrayed is formal; the
dialogue is “artificial” according
to modern theories; but the play
is rich with literary and dramatic
humor. It has been rightfully called
an “extraordinarily brilliant arti
fice.”
The stage settings will be simple,
depending upon color effects. Cos
tumes of the period will be worn;
acting will be formalised, and in
other respects attempts will be
made to present a pure classical
comedy.
“School for Scandal” is an “all
star” vehicle. A well balanced cast
has been chosen for it. Those who
are taking the leading parts are
Bernard McPhillips, Darrell Larsen,
Dave Swanson, Virgil Mulkey,
Elizabeth Robinson, Katherine Pin
neo, Wenona Dyer and Betty Belle
Wise.
Ideas of Junior
Week-end Are
Given by Many
Need of Abolishjnent
or Change Pointed
Out by Students
Views Are Varied
By Mary Clerin
The question raised over Junior
week-end, whether it should be modi
fied, abolished, or retained in its
present form, has brought out much
divergency of student opinion-. Some
favor one side, others the other; but
the most expressed opinion is that
Junior week-end must be done away
with or else radically changed.
A canvass of a part of the student
body by Prbf. G. Turnbull’s report
ing class brought out a wealth of
varied opinions from seniors, juniors,
sophomores and freshmen. A check
of the material handed in showed that
ten were for retaining Junior week
end, six for modifying it, and
twenty-one for abolishing it entirely.
The entire student body may get a
chance to express its opinion on the
question, for at a conference of stu
dent body officials yesterday it was
thought possible that a ballot may
be taken within a short time.
Many Angles Given
The opinions expressed showed
many angles to the question and
many constructive suggestions were
contained among them. These opin
ions and suggestions are valuable at
this time because they will help the
Junior week-end committees deter
mine what course of action to follow.
A freshman who had attended sev
eral Junior week-end functions
stated: “As far as an advertisement
for the University is concerned, I
believe that Junior week-end is a fine
thing, but as a means of giving a
good impression of real college life,
I think it is a farce.”
Several differed with this man’s
opinion of the advertising value of
this week-end. One junior said, “As
an advertising medium, it is poor, for
it advertises Hi the wrong way.”
Week-end is Relic
There was a wide divergency as to
the good Junior week-end does. One
junior man favored the abolishment
of it entirely, saying, “It has outlived
its usefulness, and is now only an
empty relic of the past. It does not
seem to fulfill its purpose, granting
that that purpose is to attract pros
pective students to the University.”
A senior declared that Junior week
end accomplished very little good for
the University or the high school stu
dent.
On the other hand, there are those
who believe that Junior week-end is a
benefit. “I actually believe the fes
tivities to be of value to the Univer
sity, gaining it a good deal of pub
licity all over the state,” stated one
senior. A junior believes that Junior
week-end wins the approval of all
those that come down and that it
should be continued.
Those that .are in favor of modifi
cation suggest plans varying from
cutting down the expense and number
of events to having no outside
guests at all. One woman believed
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While the Years Roll by
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The Campus in Retrospect
By Marian Lowry
Thirteen years of watching col
lege students drift by the window,
of greeting new ones who seek an
education, of welcoming old ones
back, of bidding seniors farewell,
of remembering alumni, of giving
advice and help to all who have
daily passed by.
Thirteen years of studying and
observing the “campus crowds,”
learning their ways and whims, and
mentally recording many of the
pranks that were done in the old
days.
“And it has been a great thir
teen years,” says George “Ben”
Turpin, owner and operator of the
Turpin Cleaning, Pressing, and
Tailoring shop. “I am not one of
the oldest, but the oldest campus
business man.”
And as for “inside dope on this
here institution”—he has it.
In the early days of the cen
tury s teens, the police force of
the city was the group to shudder
when the mill race was mentioned.
“Lot's of times, I’ve seen the men
of the campus playing football,
regular games in the street, until
the. police would come along to
stop them,” said “Ben.” “And" the
boys would tell the officers what
was what. In those days there was
a pond at the corner of Kincaid
and eleventh, below Villard hall,
which was the ‘favorite scene of
action,' and it was not unusual for
the peace-seeking policemen to find
themselves plunging into this pond,
when the students thought it was
(Continued on page three)
Modern Novels—Life in
Unvarnished Form
By W. S. J.
“She lay panting within his en
circling embrace. As his hands
ran over the soft curves of her
body, she trembled with uncontrol
lable ecstaey. Wrapping her white
arms around his neck, she raised
her warm, red lips to his . . .
Among the books which are at
present in popular demand on the
campus, such passages as this are
as essential as the ink itself. A
book without at least a chapter de
voted to passion would never leave
the stacks. However, a book with
a suggestive title, and a theme
bordering on the obscene, will be
read with avidity that is never
accorded to such moral volumes as
Louise M. Atcott’s, "Little Wo
men.”
The finest advertising a book can
have, in these days of license, is
that it has been suppressed. Sup
pression has the same effect on the
success of a book as early rising
and general abstinence were re
puted to have on the success of the
ambitious young man in the days of
Horatio Alger. And, if a writer
can only bribe the postal authori
ties to prosecute him for breaking
their statute relative to obscene
matter and the mails, all the print
( ers in the country will have to work
i overtime to supply the clamoring
| public.
There are some works which are
I undoubtedly lascivious in parts, but
whose theme or style, condones
what would otherwise be unpardon
able. Cabell’s “Jurgen” crosses.the
border line of propriety in several
places, but the peculiar beauty of
his words mitigates to a great ex
tent the shock of his rather liberal
ideas.
The works, however, that are in
the doth and 26th editions, are
those that do not hide their pas
sion under words that are incom
prehensible to the layman. They be
lieve in calling a spade a spade,
and give, to quote their adver
tisers, “A true, unvarnished port
rayal of life, told in a simple and
straightforward manner.” This is
lucky, for these books soli only be
cause they pander to the depraved
taste of those sex-hungry morons
that unfortunately make up a
small but loud-mouthed portion of
our campus; and these self-same
morons are not mentally competent
to cope with any other than the
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Handball Teams
Showing Mettle
Mid Point Is Reached
in Doughnut Games
With yesterday, a mid-way point in
! doughnut handball tournament, it is
now not a difficult matter to pick
I the teams that are of championship
I calibre. Judging their merits by the
! games they have won, certain teams
| are well in the lead.
Tn league A, the Phi Kappa Psi
| aggregation have won their contests
with considerable ease. Also in league
B, the Beta Theta Pi combination
have won several important games,
which stamp them as a team that
Will bo resting near the top when the
season is over. The Bachelordon
team, in the same league, are in a
class with the Beta pair, having
won several important matches. In
league I), Friendly Hall is leading,
but as they have won two games,
one of which was by default, it is
doubtful as to whether they shall re
main very long in the lead.
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 p. m., the
Sigma Chi aggregation wil swing into
action against the Alpha Beta Chi
handball team, while at 5 p. m.
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon squad will
play the Sigma Nu team.
Penny Brings
Luck to Aggies
A penny that brought luck!
Out of the thousands of pennies
that do not bring luck to their owncrB
this one did and that lucky person
was Coach Rutherford of O. A. C.
Lady luck smiled her broadest upon
Rutherford and last fall the Aggie
football team walked off with the vic
tory in the annual struggle.
Coach Rutherford was superstitious
and when the team came over here
last homecoming he buried one small
penny in the ground under the goal
post on the south end of the field.
Maybe the piece had done its share, so
it was left in the ground.
Yesterday morning a group of un
willing frosh delved around Hayward
field for an hour or more and under
neath the south goal posts, which they
were digging up, .Tack High, the over
seer, found Rutherford’s lucky charm.
It is just an insignificant Lincoln
penny, slightly mouldy* and dated
1017. One of the men in charge of
the working crew offered tho finder
$25 for the coin, but he would not j
sell it.
The owner is undecided whether to
send it back to the O. A. C. coach or j
to wait until next year to plant it
stealth fully under the south goal posts
on Bell Field at Corvallis.
As a penny to win football games, j
it is priceless.
An emblem of the God of Luck.
Cutsforth Has
Work Published
Psychological Article
Is on Synaesthesia
Thomas I). Cutsforth, teaching
fellow in the department of psycho
logy, who last .Tune received his mas
ter’s degree in the University, has
won unusual recognition by having
an article published in the American
Journal of Psychology for January,
1924.
The fact that Cutsforth is a young
man in the psychological field makes
his achievement tho more note
worthy in the eyes of tho associa
tion. Mr. Cutsforth has had pub
lished a number of articles written
in collaboration with Dr. R. H.
Wheeler, also of the department of
psychology, but this is his first en
tirely personal contribution. His
work here consists in having chargo
of some of the psychology labora
tories and in making apparatus for
experiments.
Dr. E. S. Conklin, head of the de
partment, in commenting on Cuts
forth’s article, “Synaesthesia in the
Process of Reasoning,” said, “It is
rather unusual for a graduate student
to publish in tho American Journal,
as its standard of selection is very
high. Tn fact, it ranks first among
psychological publications, its present
publisher being Edward B. Titchonor,
a recognized leader in his field.”
T11 tho course of his article Mr.
Cutsforth presents specific cases
worked out by him in tho laboratory
here, illustrating the process of rea
soning wherein synaesthesia occurs.
Detailed introspections or descrip
tions of the mental process of the
author in attempting to solve prob
lems of varying degrees of complexity
are presented and with them the in
trospections of Dr. Wheeler, his part
ner in the experiments, which illus
trate the appearance of ordinary
imagery in the reasoning process.
“The process of arriving at a con
clusion consisted of a progressive
course of visual, synaesthetie imagery
whose spatial arrangements, color-,
ation and movement were implicitly
meaningful,” Mr. Cutsforth states in
the paper.
For example, he points out how eye
strain and movement, kinaesthetic
features of the act of attending, ap
pear to him in spirals, whirlings and ,
lines of various degrees of blackness,
all projected into the visual field.
TTis conclusion to the experiment
declares synaesthesia, or this complex
mixture of perceptions, to be an es
sential mechanism in the normal de
velopment and use of meaning, a tool
necessary to the cognitive activities of
the subject who possesses it, varying
from the ordinary process of percep
tion only in the type of imagery
which dominates, and that synaesthe
sia is not alone a perceptual phenom
enon, but has to do with the develop
ment of meaning as well, pervading
the subject’s entire mental life.
Oregon Takes
Rough Tussle
by 33-10 Score
Varsity Has Possession
of Ball Throughout
Most of Slow Fracas
Latham Proves Star
PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 26.—
(Special to the Emerald)—Oregon
took the long end of a 33 to 10
count from North Pacific Dental
college tonight in a rough and
rather uninteresting tussle at the
Aquinas. This was the third time
that the two teams have met this
season, all three contests resulting
in lopsided victories for the Lemon
Yellow. Reports stated that, al
though Oregou was in possession of
the ball most of the time, the
roughness slowed up the play and
held the scoro down.
Latham was the most effective
point grabber of the fracas, emerg
ing with a total of 11 as high point
man of the gamo. Hobson, although
ruled out of the game for arguing
with the referee, tied with Gowans
for second high point man, with
six counters. Dick Lawrence, the
lanky Dentist centor, also rang the
gong for six points.
Game is Slow
The game was rather slow and
uninteresting as tho Dentists were
unable to register a single point
in the first , half and at middle
time the score stood 11 to 0 in favor
of the varsity. Most of Oregon’s
points came from working the ball
into enemy territory, making a
break for the basket and convert
ing a short shot. The poor shoot
ing on the part of the collegians
was very noticeable even more so
than on their appearance in Eu
gene.
This winds up Oregon’s practice
season,as they will meet the Uni
versity of Washington quintet in
Eugene February 4. If early season
dopo can betake nfor anything at
all, Washington has one of the
strongest fives in the northwest, as
thoy succeeded in handing a wal
loping to the highly touted Aggie
machine.
Lineup is Given
Following are the lineups:
Oregon (33) (10) North Pacific
Hobson (6).F.(2) Rassier
Gowans (6).F.(2) Douglas
Latham (11).C.(6) Lawrence
Shafer (2).G.. Erickson
Chapman (4)....G. Mikkleson
King (4).8. Webster
S. Rogoway
S. Babcock
Referee, Bill Smyth, M. A. A. C.
“Book of Job”
Has Quiet Wit
Contrary to the general opinion
that “The Book of Job” is rather
somber by nature, Stuart Walker,
who presents his production of this
great Biblical drama at Heilig thea
ter, February 6, vouchsafes the in
formation that there are several
evidences of genuine occasions for
laughtor in the performance. Tho
humor, which is more or less
Shakespearean in nature, is par
ticularly manifest in the scene
in which Job’s three friends
aro endeavoring to eheer up the old
man of ITz. They are a bromidic lot,
these comforters, who, like Pollyanna,
see good in all misfortune. Job, at
the point where the discussion has
almost reached the bitterness of a
quarrel, says to them, “Return,” and
then as they comply, adds: “And T
shall not find a wise man among
you.”
The Walker Company will appear
here under the auspices of tho Asso
ciation of University Women and the
program of plays which will be pre
sented here will include Lord Dun
sany’s “The Gods of the Mountain”
and “The Murderers” and Stuart
Walker’s whimsical interlude, “The
Very Naked Boy,” on Tuesday night,
February 6. At the Wednesday
matinee performance will be given
Mr. Walker’s young people’s plays,
“Six Who Pass While the Lentils
Boil,” “Sir David Wears a Crown”
and “The King’s Great Aunt.”