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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 iaUy except Monday, during the college year. ARTHUR S. RUDD ........ EDITOR Editorial Board Managing Editor ....:. Don Woodward ▲sioeiate Edita* . John W. Piper Daily News Editors Margaret Morrison Rosalia Keber Marian Lowry Velma Faraham Leon Byrne Norma Wilson Frances Simpson Night Editors Rupert Bullivant Walter Coover Ted Baker Douglas Wilson Jack Burleson George Belknap F. I. N. S. Editor - Pauline Bondurant Assistant ..— Louis Dammasch Sports Staff Sports Editor .. Kenneth Cooper Sports Writers: Monte Byers, Bill Akers, Ward Cook Wilbur Wester Upper News Staff Catherine Spall Mary Clerin Leonard Lerwilf Margaret Skavlan Georgiana Gerlinger Kathrine Kressmann Exchange Editor _ Norborne Berkeley News Staff: Lyle Janz Ed Miller, Helen Reynolds, Lester Turnbaugh, Thelma ■•utricle, Webster Jones, Margaret Vincent, Phyllis Coplan, P’rances Sanford, ■tagenia Strickland, Velma Meredith, Lilian Wilson, Margaret Kressmann, Ned French, Ed Robbins, Josephine Rice, Clifford Zehrung, Pete Laura, Lillian Baker, Mary West, Emily Houston, Beth Fariss, Alan Button, Ed Valitchka, Ben Maxwell. LEO P. J. MUNLY ........ MANAGER Business Staff Associate Manager*..... Lot Beatie Foreign Advertising Manager --- James Leake Aas't Manager .. Walter Pearson Alva Vernon Specialty Advertising ▼alma Farnham William James Circulation Manager - Kenneth j^tephenson Ain't Manager --- James Manning Upper Business Staff Advertising: Manager .... Maurice Warnock Ass't Adv. Manager .... Karl Hardenbergb Advertising Salesmen Sales Manager ... Frank Loggan Assistants Lester Wade Chester Coon Edgar Wrightman Frank De Spain Entered in the poetoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. MtM, 92.25 per year. By term, 76c. Advertising rates upon application. Subscription Phones | manager 951 D»l‘r Ncwi Editor ThU Isaue Velma Farnham Night Editor This Iaaua Jack Burleson Assistant Jim Case Education and Criticism The cries of the critics are confounding. The stone-throwers are unmerciful in their demolitions of the glass with which the institution of higher learning screens itself. As a public en terprise a state university has many adversaries, and even within its own boundaries it harbors malcontents who would remodel the framework. Who are these,critics? and what do they criticise? In 1914 Henry S. Pritchett, writing for the Atlantic Monthly, analyzed the complaints against the 900-odd collegiate institutions of America. He recommended self-examination by those under fire, although he did not vouch for all the opprobrious denunci ations which the college must suffer. “Everything about the college is under the fire of critics,” he wrote—“its government and administration, its teaching, its financial conduct, its ideals of social life, its right t0 exist at all.” Dangerous and destructive missiles are hurled from all quar ters. fciome taxpayers who support the colleges are doubtful whether they justify their expense. The very teachers them selves contend that the administration by regents or trustees is inconsiderate of the highest ideals of education. While be lieving, according to Pritchett, “the college as it is conducted today provides intellectual offerings of great variety and high intrinsic value,” these academicians believe “it fails to create an atmosphere in which these opportunities appeal to students. Good courses, good teachers, unequaled equipment,” he says, “characterize the modern American college; a rare table is spread for the student, but there is n0 appetite for the feast.” Faculty critics have further contended that the college is “ruled by college boards having little‘interest in the ideals of the teacher. The president and the board are swayed by the all-devouring lust, for numbers, and everything is sacrificed to that end. To maintain such numbers the standards are lowered, exams are made easy, discipline is softened. As a consequence other interests than intellectual ones are absorbing the minds of the college community.” Such is the nosegay presented to us by intellectual profes sors, dons, and deans. But an inventory should tell the Univer sity of Oregon that it has an honesty in education shielding it from the brickbats of any such bad-actors or ill-thinkers. In the iirst, place, we are not led by a man who is slave to numbers. Neither are we led by citizen-boards cow-towing to tlie caprices of the public fancy. The disregard of numbers, necessitated in part by the inadequacies of buliding space, though it may serve to raise the standards a trifle, denies edu cation to no one sincerely interested in securing it. The selec tion of the applicant equipped intellectually has created that atmosphere of learning which critics find lacking in most uni versities. And finally, we apparently have few if any faculty members complaining the student body will not partake of the feast rich in intellectual nutriments. As for financial conduct and social life, the answer to the critics is, we have no money to waste, because the taxpayers keep close guard of our purse-strings; and our famed democracy will speak for itself. The University, set in a show case as it is, the object for all to behold, after all can be deemed a sound investment, an alma mater commanding our loyalty and respect. Talbot Jennings, president of the University of Idaho stu dent body, has written a letter of appreciation to the A. S. U. 0. for the courtesy shown the Idaho basketball team. He ex presses admiration for the fighting spirit of the Oregon team and “trusts that our athletic relations with Oregon will be as pleasant next year as they have been in the past.” Although beaten twice by the Gem staters, Oregon returns the good wishes. The splendid showing and the clean-cut appearance of the Idaho team was typical of state university type of teams, and Oregon holds the friendship of the Idaho institution in high regard. An amendment to the by-laws of the student body consti tution to standardize forensic awards and to make the awards distinctive, will be presented in this morning’s meeting of the A. S. U. 0, As various activities develop it becomes necessary to identify the awards given for successful competition and there is no reason why this change should not be made. Oregon debaters have made an excellent showing this year. The coach and the team are to be congratulated. o Campus Bulletin Notice* will be printed in this column for two issue* only. Copy must b* in this office by 5 :S0 on the dhy before it is to be published, and must be limited to 20 word*. [' O Hermian Club—Meeting Thurs day noon at 12:30. Beta Alpha Psi—Meeting at Col lege Side Inn at noon today. Dial—Meeting Thursday, March 6, 7:30, Y. W. C. A. bungslow. Eutaxian—Dinner meeting at the Collegei Side Inn, 6 o’clock tonight. W. A. A.—Mass Meeting this afternoon at 5 o’clock in Yillard hall. Eastern Star—Meeting at Wom an ’s building Thursday, 4 to 5. Im portant. Women’s Forum—Meeting at 7:30 Thursday evening. Full at tendance desired. Oregon Knights — Meeting in Condon hall tonight, 7:15. Chancel lor of Exchequor will be elected. Frtpshman Classes—Meeting Fri day afternoon, Villard hall, 3:15. Will vote on special assessment for sport awards. Women’s Forum—Meeting at 7:30 tonight. Full attendance de sired. Followed by meeting of Executive Council. Delegates to Corvallis—All those desiring to attend Corvallis con vention, March 7-9, meet in “Y” hut, Thursday 5 o ’clock. All Women Students—Mrs. Vir ginia Judy Esterly extends an in vitation to tea this afternoon from 4 until 0, at 067 East 12th. Lutheran Students — Meeting Sunday, March 9, 5:30 p. m., Trinity Lutheran church. Program for spring term to be discussed. Pan Hellenic Council—Oregana picture to be taken at 12:45 today. Steps of Administration building. Two delegates requested from each house. __ Tone year ago today i I — t Some High Points in Oregon | Emerald of March 6, 1923 j <B»-1 ♦ j The women’s varsity debate team will meet tho women’s forensic ma chine from O. A. C. in a dual debate tomorrow night. • • * Latham, center, and Shafer, guard, have been named as members of the all-Northwest mythical basketball team. v • • A new registration system, whereby the student will register only once during the school year, will be dis cussed at the next meeting of the faculty. Scoring 2553 out of a possible 3000 the girls varsity rifle team has de feated the Utah marksmen in a tele graphic meet. • «' * An editorial in the Emerald of this date says, * * * * “In every college there is a place for a comic. The Lemon Punch is here to stay.” Alberto Salvi, noted harpist, will ap pear on the campus on Wednesday evening, March 14. The most drastic changes ever proposed for the constitution of the A. S. U. O. will be voted upon at the student body meeting to be held Thursday. Phi Beta Kappa will elect members this afternoon. BAKER UNIVERSITY PLANS TO BROADCAST BY RADIO University of Kansas—Baher university is making preparations to broadcast its programs and ath letic events in the future by instal ling a broadcasting plant. The work is being done by Charles O. Gosch and other students in the science department of tho uuiver- j sity. Application has already been ; made to the government for a defi nite wave length. The station when completed will have a sending capacity of 200 to 300 miles. Coming Events TODAY 11 a. m.—A. S. U. O. meeting. Villard hall. 3:00 p. m.—Mrs. Saidie Orr-Dun har, lecture. Chamber of Com merce rooms. 4-6 p. m.—Dean Esterly’s tea. 667 East 12th street. 6:00 p. m.—W. A. A. meeting. Villard hall. 8:30 p. m.—“School for Scan dal.” Guild hall. FRIDAY, MARCH 7 8:30 p. m.—“School for Scan dal.” Guild Hall. 9:00 p m.—Prof. C. A. Gregory, “ Tests and Measurements. ” Radio. SATURDAY, MARCH 8 8:30 p. m.—“School for Scan dal.” Guild hall. SUNDAY, MARCH 9 4:30 p. m.—Vespers. Methodist church. 7:00 p. m.—Open Forum meet ings. Congregational church. O--- --:-*--^ 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. THANK YOU, MR. TIFFANY To the Editor: May I congratulate you most sin cerely on your editorial of March 4, ““Dreams and the Ten Millions.” It is oue of the best Emerald edi torials I have ever read and the sad part about' it is that it is too true. My judgment is that it could bd reprinted to advantage for cam paign literature. A. R. TIFFANY. MANY STUDENTS WILL ATTEND CONVENTION Program of Volounteer Movement at Corvallis to Include Notable Speakers At least thirty and possibly as many as fifty students will attend part or all of thei state student vol unteer convention, held at Corval lis this weekend. A meeting will be held this afternoon at the “Y” hut at 5 o’clock to make final ar rangements for transportation. Two important developments of the program have been received from Robbin E. Fisher, conference chairman. Paul Blanchard, repre senting the League for Industrial Democracy of America, speaker at the recent Indianapolis convention, will be at Corvallis for the confer ence. He is now visiting and speak ing before student bodies of the colleges of the Northwest. An at MEN’S BEST ! BRITISH FOOTWEAR, I ! - i O S B U R N HOTEL Today Mr. .T. W. Diffee REPRESENTATIVE UC’KT COLOR TAN A ✓'v.'r-v BLACK SCOTCH GRAIN LEATHER LINED CUSTOM BUILT J \V. J. Jahoda, Trgas. tractive feature of the program, a pageant with a east of 350 or more students, will be given Sunday night, it has been definitely de cided. The first session of the confer ence begins Friday evening at 7 o’clock, and the last part of the program will be the pageant Sun day night. Otheir interesting parts of the conference will be open forum discussions by the students on world problems, talks by Dr. Harold Bowman of Portland and Dr. and Mrs. Henry White, re turned foreign missionaries. , Those attending from the Univer sity of Oregon are planning to go to Corvallis in automobiles, some leaving here after the afternoon classes Friday, while others will not leave till early Saturday morning. Any desiring to attend who have not already signified thedr inten tions of attending part or all of the convention, may do so this afternoon at the hut. Especially is it imperative that those driving cars should report if they can take one or more students with- them. Unruly Hair Neatly combed, well-fcept hair is a business and social asset. STACOMB makes the hair stay combed in any style you like even after it has just been washed. STACOMB—the original—has been used for years by stars of stage and screen—leaders of style. Write today for free trial tube. 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Continuous Music ] according to Lester Turnbaugh, -vrho | is in charge of the Oregon dele gation. STAR TO BE INVISIBLE ! Eclipse of Huge Aldebaran by Moon to Occur Sunday Morning • Aldebaran, a star with a volume 33,000 times larger than the sun and so far away that light from it takes 50 years to reach the earth at the ' rate of 186,000 miles a second, will be hidden from view of earthly observers early Sunday morning, March 16. “The phenome non will occur just after 4:15 o’clock,” said Prof. E. H. McAlis ter, of the astronomy- department. Aldebaran is a giant red star, the principal one in the constellation Taurus, the bull. “This eclipse is classified by the astronomer as oc cultation,” said McAlister. “The moon occults many stars each month, but for the most part, these stars occulted are so faint they can not be seen without telescopic aid, and the occultation of a bright star is rather rare.” ■iiiii—niti—iiia LEMON “O” BARBER SHOP (5 chairs) Give Us a Trial 833 Willamette Street BERT VINCENT, Proprietor UIBIIIIMl! IIHIIIIHIIII! IIIIBUIlMIlin jllUlii—lillll i|IBI!!!IB!!IIIBI!!ilBI!lliBill!ll illl!IHU{!a>!IIIBIll!!HIIIIU!!«ai!ll!ailll«l!lin!llliailllHI!IIHIi;iiniiyai!l!»l!ll!a>l!lHIIIIIHI!l»BIIIIIHIIIUBiIBUI!IHmH>ll,l Fashion Park Clothiers 825 Willamette St. mimiuiHi'inaiiiiiwiiin V/ why wait till noon to read your morning paper? 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