Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1924)
The Sunday Emerald VOLUME XXV__ UNIVERSITY OF ♦OREGON, EUGENE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1924_NUMBER 87 The 1 Bystander. Just a ’Wearyin’ Political Clubs Crabbing—A Habit ’Til “Gentil Spring” _By C. N. H._ The past -week has been to us a stale week, yet not altogether un profitable. While the rain whirled and swirled outside to a brisk wind’s turnings, beat against the windows and trickled down in large drops—there have been quiet hours. Over a book in the dry, warmth of the library stacks, over a steam ing cup of fragrant coffee, in the handball courts and gymnasium, student life has been lived for an other week. We stood, dripping, under the nicotine tree while the wind drove the rain across the newly-formed Kincaid lake. The long-drawn smoke from pipes and cigarettes was caught in eddies and long !► strands out across Thirteenth street toward the Pioneer by the gusty wind. Two philosophers stood by. Two or three others stood there drawing hasty puffs before class hour, late in the afternoon. One of the philosophers had a copy of Heraclitus, which he open ed (cautiously for the rain), to quote to his companion. The two were in argument. ‘‘It is weariness upon the same things to labor and by them to be controlled,” read the first philoso phy student. “Whether those ‘things’ be wo men or text books,” interrupted one of the by-standing students. “What other choice have you in fit university?” contributed another bv-stander. “Either women or books—cake-eater' or book-worm, isn’t that it?” “Aw, it appears to me you fel lows have spring fever,” spoke a freshman disgustedly. The bell rang for class. May we present this excerpt from the communication columns of the Emerald of the past week. It has our very heartiest approval. Prob ably nine-tenths of the students in the University will agree with the quotation given below—-and forget it. A bit of re-emphasis often fore stalls oblivion yet awhile. “It is time we had rhore brains actively engaged in American poli tics, using that word in its broad meaning. If we in the colleges and" universities of our country are the rising brains of our nation we owe a solemn duty to be at least alive to the larger political issues which engross our government and there fore of necessity the whole world. It is the common shame of Ameri can colleges that their students are not aware of, much less interested in, current political movements of even the greatest magnitude.” Political clubs on a campus are a hopeful sign, on a campus. They are pointers toward a real “Uni versity” which may be, for their existence, and are indeed the pro duct of large caliber men and wo men. And as is* the caliber of its students, so to a large degree is the University. Crabbing, according to those who know, is a habit—as to its pleasant ness and constructiveness, we leave the public to judge. We quote from the Emerald editorial columns: “Student bodies generally must assume that the in tentions of those in power (student officers, particularly, we inter polate) are good. In order to have the wheels turn at all it is ne cessary to trust someone. Nearly four years in campus activities have convinced the writer of this edi torial that the general attitude of those who run things at Oregon is good.” “Let us not draw conclusions rashly about the greatest things.” Agreed. Passed unanimously. It has been a wet week. Prob ably we have several more such weeks ahead of us before the “gentil spring” of the poet and the rest of mankind comes to us. Another downpour on leaving ’the library—we seek the mid (Continued on page two.) Idealism in Dramatics, a High Achievement I A dramatic ideal that at first | sounds paradoxical is attributed to I George Somnes, who appears in the leading role of Stuart Walker’s production of “The Book of Job,” which comes to the Ileilig next Wednesday night. In the character of Job, Mr. Somnes seems to have realized his own ideal of dramatic impersonation—that of a man who reaches great spiritual heights from the abyss of temporal degradation. Public and critics alike have given his Job,recognition for the dignity, restrafiit and power of his char acterization. “What I consider the highest achievement in characterization,” 1 says Mr. Somnes, “is to portray either a man who has reached great spiritual heights or one who has sunk to very great depths.” A noteworthy feature of George Somnes’ theatrical career is that heretofore he has confined his act ing to that of villianous roles. Mr. Somnes also appears as Agmar, the super-beggar, in “The Gods of the - Mountain,” and has the part of the stranger in “The Murderers,” both on Tuesday night. “The Medicine Show,” a short one George Somnes act interlude by Stuart Walker will also he given Tuesday night. An interesting fact concernin the cast is tha.t eight of the 2 members belong to fraternities or (Continued on Page Two.) crq Natron Cut-off to Be Decided Peter Crockatt Aids in Railroad Problem When the Public Service com- j mission of Oregon or the Inter state Commerce commission seeks information concerning the econ omic conditions in this part of the country, or facts regarding the ad visability of building extensions to lines, they will call on Peter C. Crockatt, who is a college profes sor, but who doesn’t confine him self solely to the teaching side of economics. He has been for some time in the employ of the Union Pacific rail way, investigating economic con ditions in central Oregon. A £reat deal of his time has beqn spent, in j gathering data regarding the Natron j cut-off, and in connection with ■ this, has been called to testify in . several instances before bodies of •. officials of the railroads and gov- ■ ernment boards. As the question stands now, says Professor Crockatt, the Southern Pacific has been granted the right to build line from Klamath Falls to Eugene, and the Union Pacific is claiming the right of common user over this same line. A decision will be made by Examiner Gepliart, for the Interstate Commerce com mission on March 26. This decision will settle once and for all this controversy. The Public Service commission of Oregon is the com plainant in the ease. In regard to the need for such an extension, Mr. Crockatt said that the central part of this state is to a great extent undeveloped, ana mat its opening up in creased railroad facilities will do a great deal for the state as a whole. Lately the Public Service commission of Idaho has signified its intention of supporting the Ore gon commission in its case, which with the support of the chambers of commerce of the large cities of Idaho, may help decide the ease. Peter Crockatt was granted his A. B. degree here at Oregon in 1915, and his M. A., in 1917. Later he attended the University of Cali fornia, where he received his Ph. D. in 1921. He is a native of Scot land, and attributes his success as an economist largely to this fact. All good economists are Scotchmen, i he says. Professor Crockatt has written a ; large number of articles on this question, which have appeared in ; various magazines. He believes that the people of this state are beginning to realize that the Natron j cut-off will mean a great deal in 1 regard to future development. Thacher Named Coast Chairman Local Instructor Heads Advertising Group W. F. G. Thacher, professor of advertising in the school of journ alism, yesterday received word that he had been appointed as chairman of the educational committee of the Pacific Coast Advertising Clubs association, a division of the As sociated Advertising Clubs of the World. As chairman of this committee, which has for its purpose the bring ing together of teachers and prac titioners of advertising, Professor Thacher will have the privilege of selecting his associates, and will direct its activities. Don Francisco, of Los Angeles, president of the association, in con ferring this honor upon Professor Thacher, said: “I believe that one of the most important and far reaching things which the associa tion can undertake is to bring to gether the teachers and practition ers of advertising on the coast for an exchange of ideas to determine how each group can assist the other. I believe this committee of fers you an opportunity to do a splendid piece of constructive work for advertising.” To Professor Thacher falls the task of arranging a conference be tween instructors and practical advertising men to be held in con junction with the 1924 convention of the association next May in Fresno, California. At the 1923 convention, held in Spokane, Pro fessor Thaeher delivered an ad lress on “Education in Adver tising.” CALIFORNIA BASEBALL STARTS EARLY University of California—(By P. I. N. S.)—Varsity baseball starts its season with practice on Monday. The freshmen start their practice the following day. Each team has a turnout of over 75 men. This turnout surpasses any of the form er by nearly 25 men. Among this number on the varsity squad there are eight lettermen and several stars from last year’s frosh team. It is expected that this year’s team will better the record made by last sea son’s team. PENNSYLVANIA STARTS NEW RUSHING SYSTEM University of Pennsylvania — Under the new agreement adopted by the University of Pennsylvania fraternities, the first two weeks after midyear exams, beginning February 11 this year, are devoted to intensive rushing. Pledging is in order at the end of this time. The mid-year exams occupy two weeks preceding that date. ! Second Track I Carnival Is Big Success Varsity Men Perform Best in All Events Except Broad Jump Fair Time Is Made Although the weather rau true to winter form yesterday, about 50 track candidates turned out and performed with as much zest as though it were June instead of February. The second of Bill Hay ward’s winter carnivals goes into history a decided success—and Bill has more data to plot into the lit tle black book. The men worked in the 100 yard dash, the 440, the shot put and the broad jump. As before, the varsity runners made the best time in the sprints; they ! also won the shot put, but the freshmen broad jumper managed to win the big leap. In the varsity 100, the first three places were taken by: Tuck, Snid er, while Mautz and Anderson tied for third. The frosh dash was run in two heats. Results of the first heat: Stonebreaker, Fallay. Flanna gan. In the second heat. Holt, Ex tra and Ivittoe. In all running events the varsity time was the better. The results of the 440—Varsity: Carrutliers, Houston, and Ager, Frosh: Wilbur, Gurnea and Beeson. In the shot put—Varsity: Mautz, Stockwell and Anderson. Frosh: R. Moore, Fautkenhagen, Johnston. In the broad jump—Rosenburg, An derson and Snyder. There were only two entries from the frosh team in this event, Flannagan and Kjelland. Both of the races were shortened somewhat, since Bill doesn’t yet be lieve the men are in shape for the full distances; but under this sys tem of weekly competition, plans to have them able to go the limit without danger of injury soon. It is possible to note the improvements that a single week has made in the efforts of some of the graph that Coach Hayward is keeping. Since 2 o’clock is rather soon after lunch for some of the men to do their best, next Saturday’s meet will not start until 2:30; but Coach Hayward emphatically in formed the men that the first event would be run exactly at 2:30. “We’er going to make these meets snappy. I don’t want to keep you waiting all afternoon for your event.” Instead of four events next Sat urday ’s meet will carry six. Bill plans to give the 880 and the mile runners another workout then; for the sprinters he will give them a chance to perform in the 220; and the high hurdlers will also be seen in competition. Those who special ize in throwing things around will demonstrate their abilities in the discus and javalin. Library Adds to Rent Collection Three new rent books have re cently arrived to add to the collec tion: “Antic Hay,” by Aldous Huxley; “Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard,” by Eleanor Far jeon, which is said to be unique and unusually interesting; and “A Cure of Souls,” by May Sinclair. “Horses and Men,” by Sherwood Anderson, which includes tales long and short from our American life; “Pasteur and His Works,” by L. Descour; “Fortune’s Fool,” by Rafael Sabatini: and “Midwest I Portraits,” by Harry Hansen, lit erary editor of the Chicago Daily News, are new books for general ; circulation. UNIVERSITY RADIO TO BROADCAST University of Idaho—-(By P. I. N. S.)—The University of Idaho radio broadcasting station has ; again been put into operation after a period of inactivity since last year. The reports of all basketball games that are played on Idaho’s ( floor will be broadcasted to all | parts of the country. A Mixture of Subtle Irony and Puritanism By Larry Hartmus From a standpoint of sheer naiv ete, W. S. d.'s contributions to the study of tire "Modern Novel—Life in Unvarnished Form,” are quite interesting. Possibly he spoke with an irony too subtle for our compre hension: however, even if that be the case an occasional accurate statement would not eauso his article to lose in forcefulness. Ben Hecht did not, I believe, write any novel called “Mad Love,” for instance. With an irony pro found, though probably uncon scious, W. S. J. regards with de voted awe such “moral volumes” as “Little Women;” then he pro ceeds to state a very obvious truth about the taste of the hoi polloi for pornographic literature and to speak with fierce condemnation of these “days of license,” as if his mind harked back to a sort of golden age when the human mind was not chiefly concerned with sex. He condemns the Elinor Glyn type of “passionate” literature, ap parently. Well and good enough. But what sort of thing is uni versally condemned by persons of any aesthetic discrimination be cause it is bad art and its only ap peal therefore is to the salacious mi nil ed and aesthetically undis criminirting. But W. S. J. goes fur ther than that and allows all litera ture to stand or fall on the strength of its possessing a “moral” tone (“moral” in the Victorian sense), which is certainly not a very lucid manner of artistic discrimination. Eroticism, \V. S. ,T. asserts dia tribioally, is only permissible in literature where it is clothed in beautiful words; otherwise it is “unpardonable,” and its readers are “sex-hungry morons.” But he is inconsistent within liis own argu ment in that he separates out “Jur gen,” which, he says, “crosses the border line of propriety in several parts”, (that’s true—it does, in deed), and says it is superior to the other literature of its sort be cause of its fine style and the in comprehensibility of its symbolism. But if his diatribe is, as it appears to be, directed against all literature which is not of directly moral im port, he has no right to except (Continued on page three) Rifle Teams Will Compete Men’s and Women’s Squads Selected With the beginning of inter collegiate rifle matches this week the men’s and women’s rifle squads have been selected and teams, which will compete in this week’s matches, have been picked. The following men will fire in four matches this week: C. Ileider, B. T. Alderman, W. Hayden, R. Gilbert, J. Peake, Ted Mays, S. S. Smith, R. Sumner, E. Robnette, L. Wynd, G. Crarv, T. N. Page, R. M. Nance, W. C. Ford, A. C. Gray. Other members of the men’s squad are: G. Hermance, F. E. Man ning, L. C. Franks, A. Sinclair, Merle Folts, A. K. Schmeer, L. A. Forrest, Harold Day, R. K. Thomp son, W. C. Smith, M. W. Ellie, Em ler Calef, E. W. Smith, F. Michel, O. Napier, R. Hayden, H. C. Ger ber, R. Weber and V. Folts. Girls who will fire in the rifle matches this week are as follows: Randleman, Richards, Stahl, Ander son, Wheeler, Spenker, Akin, Smith (B.), Lundy, Jenkins. Alternates, Devault, and Moffatt. The following list is the roster of the other members of the wo men ’s rifle squad, furnished by the military department: Seymour, Embree, Buchanan, Kid well, Winter, Keber, Dale, Dodge, Johnston, Rauck, Roberts, Kettner, Newland, Capell, Gordon, Pyritz, Graham, Vulgamore. Capt. J. T. Murray reqquests that members of teams picked to fire this week should see one of the instructors at once and receive in structions regarding rules for fir ing in the competition. I O. A. C. TAKES GAME BY 33-26 SCORE CpRVADLLIS, Efcb. 2. —-(Spe cial to the Emerald)—The Uni versity of Washington’s basket ball quintet met their first de-' feat of the season here tonight when the Oregon Agricultural college varsity five, romped over the northerners for a score of 33 to 26. It was a decisive vic tory for tht Orange and Black hoopers as the visiting five seemed unable to cope with the shifty offensive of their oppo nents. BASEBALL MAY BE CONFERENCE SPORT University of California, Feb. 2. — (By P. I. N. S.)—Baseball may be made a part of the regular Pacific Coast conference sport schedule, if the plans of Coach Carl Zamloch of California are carried through. At i present baseball, though a major sport, is conducted individually by each of the coast colleges, and no cognizance is taken of it by the ■ conference. Women’s Order Aids Athletes Interest in Games to be Furthered The women’s Order of the “O” is planning a campaign to further athletics on the campus in all ways possible. The plans for this were formulated at a meeting of the or der held yesterday. The organiza tion is composed of all those wo men who have won a small “O.” The idea of the organization is to interest more women in attend ing men’s athletic games and in women’s athletics. The girls plan to co-operate with the yell king in all ways. They plan to have all women sit in a section together so that they can contribute more organized support. They liopo to have the women’s glee club at the games so that they can start songs. The Women’s Athletic association is the sponsor for this plan of the women’s Order of the “O.” Along with the plan of interest ing more women in men’s ath letics, the order also plans to stimulate interest on the campus in women’s sports. A special effort will be made to get the women to come out in greater numbers to the inter-clasg games. The order plans to have the various classes organize for the support of their class teams. Each women’s house of residence will be kept informed of the various athletic events by members of the order. vvuiiona xjyci wua cioctcu puu licity manager to carry on this campaign anil she will be assisted in informing the women’s houses by the following girls: Harriet Veazie, Vernetta Quinlan, Lynetta Quinlan, Marion Nicholai, Mildred Crain, Chris Heckman, Grace Sulli van, Golda Boone, Hilda Chase, Adah Harkness, Harriet Howells, Janet Woods, Florence Baker, Ther esa Robinette, Mary Hathaway, Mildred Be Compte and Bea Fish. Each of these girls will be respon sible throughout the year for in forming the houses of class games and meets. STUDENTS URGED TO BE AT MONDAY’S TILT “Everybody out,” says Yell King Jack Myers, in urging all campus men and women to turn out for the varsity basketball game Monday night. Student body tickets j are absolutely essential for admis I sion. It is Oregon’s first confer i ence tilt. Ail men are asked to 1 wear their rooter’s caps and come prepared to do some real rooting. The University band is to be mov ed from the end of the armory to 1 the center and will be assisted in making noise by the Women’s Glee club and the women’s Order of the I “O,” who will be at the game in a ' group. Hard Luck Hits Varsity Squad; Chapman Hurt Fast Guardi Injures His Knee; May Be Out for Rest of Season Huskies Will Play By Monte Byers With everything sailing along | pretty enough in the basketball line, along comes a big gob of I gloom and settles down over the | varsity prospects in the conference ; hoop race, in the shape of a badly twisted knee sustained by Hal Chap man, veteran guard. The injury is a rehash of a wrenched knee received in football scrimmage prior to the game with the Washington Huskies. Chapman saw his mates battle the Huskie warriors from the . sidelines, at Seattle, and now he will have to watch his mates struggle against the well-oiled Huskie scoring ma chine from the sidelines at the armory, tomorrow night. The game will start at 7:15. May Affect Scoring This is a big monkey wrench in the smooth-working varsity scoring combination. Chapman and Shafer made an ideal pair of guards, strong on holding their opponents down to low scores and good at slipping through now and then for a few scores themselves. With Chapman in, the varsity worked fast and smooth, and his presence under the home basket had a certain psy chological effect on the rest of the team. Chapman received liis injury in a scrimmage session against the fresliman live, Friday evening. The knee was steamed well that night, but yesterday morning he was un able to bend it. This injury is sure to bench him for some time, if not for the entire season. Jost May Work The mishap coming at this time leave Oregon in a slightly annoying situation. The Gowans, Hobson, Latham, Chapman and Shafer com bination has worked consistently in all of the pre-season games. King and Jost have broken into the line up with some degree of regularity, and it will likely fall on Jost’s shoulders to fill Chapman’s place. He is a big man and is learning the stylo of play used by the varsity fast. King has been all to the good in the timo he has been in. Reinhart has another alternative which will not weaken his team to a great extent. He might send King into a forward berth ifnd switch Hobson back to guard, to stem the Huskie advances. Hobson was » guard on last year’s freshman five, and played a strong game in that position. Ten on Husue squad The Washingtonians are coming to the local campus 10 strong and every man is a basketball player of tho first water. Hee Edmund son plans to switch his lineup in such a way that he will be able to look after Hunk Latham, Ore jgon’s kingpin and pivot. Tliis is the first big basketball ! game of the season for the varsity, and it is the crucial game in a way, as the future of the Webfoot five in the conference race may depend on the outcome. Edmundson will pick his starting five from the following: Frayne, Fronde, Hesketh, Peters, Gundlach, Gardner, Welts, Clark, AnderBon and Hale. Forwards are Veterans He has been using Frayne and Hesketh in the forward berths con siderably this season. Both are vet 1 erans of last year and it would not 1 bo surprising to see them open the ' game against the local five. An derson and Clark are both corking tip-off experts. It is possible that Clark will get the call, as he is taller and will have a chance in the jump with Latham. The guard selections lie among Gundlach, Welts and Gardner, with the two former having a slight call. With the exception of the one guard berth, Reinhart will start his regular lineup and it is highly pos ; sible that Jost will handle the other 1 guard position.