The Bystander Back Again Changing Oregon Sports Book “Ends” and Odds By C. N. H. Well! Well! Well! I had a week’s vacation before examina tions and a week after; that makes three weeks in all, and now the tpyewriter key board feels familiar and good aga'in. And things have happened in that time .... t * * Certainly, a remarkable degree of credit is due to the editor of the University alumni magazine and her assistants for their creditable representation of Oregon. * • » Oxforditis (Deo volente, as Fred Loekley says) is growing stronger every day. The Emerald editor usod the expression “Changing Oregon” in a conversation the other day. The campus as a whole is awaken ing to this truth as the gift cam paign “comes up like thunder . . . . ’cross the . . . .” state. Significant in the editorial page of the last number of Old Oregon were three subjects dealt with, Orogon’s fine scholastic training, the abolition of Junior Week-end guests) and the fact that the Uni versity need no longer fear that the people of the state will mis understand its individual actions, because the people now understand the ultimate goal and ideals of the University. We hope that they do. Too, the Student Union drive is starting. I seo a decided signifi cance in the fact that “the weary are getting the victory” on the campus—those weary of over-or ganization—and a student union project. THREE FACTS—Oregon scholarship is being recognized in the East; witness Ralph Hoebor, Norman Byrne and Eddie Durno at Harvard; over-organization on the campus is being simplified; and a student union project is at hand. Somebody remarked that Oregon was in danger of becoming a really fine institution of vory much liiglior learning. Agreed! It is, seriously, in such a danger. The sport staff of tho Emerald has vory much at heart the promo tion of general campus interest in sports. Oregon’s old pop and rah rah days of sport are gono. It is Sot the best. As in scholastic machinery, traditions and activities, the foundations for a sport-loving student body must bo laid and aro being laid (by the wise) now. “Fewer spectators and moro parti cipants” is the war-cry of Oregon students who really love any gamo for tho game’s sake—not for glory, popularity, fratornity pin or fair lady! Mr. McClain has 1->cently put on sale at the Co-op a sholf of brokon groups of books at reasonable prices, llis sign hits you in the fnoo as you come in the door, and I hope that the “students” in all schools from medicine to law will look at tho shelf. Incidentally, Vie, Vicer and Vixen, who appeared recently in tho Emerald, are seeing their desire of “ Areopagitica” for 40 cents fulfilled. Culture and Foreign (Continued from page one) ously hero!” ho asked with genuine engorness. “In England,” he said, “they will not listen to you unless you can apeak good English. Here they aro kinder. T think it is tho most im portant study a student can pur A newly-learned language is a means of a newly grasped perspec tive. Dr. Charles Smith, a visitor on tho campus, who has taught Qreck for 30 years, feels that every new language and literature that is learned doubles the breadth of the student’s horizon. It is ordinarily agreed that litera ♦-«*> CLASSIFIED ADS Minimum charge, 1 time, 26c , £ times, 46c ; S time*. 60c ; 1 week, $1.20. Mi»t be limited to 6 line* : over this limit 6c per line. Phone 961, or leave copy with Business office of Etmerald, in University Pres*. Office hours, 1 to 4 p. rn. L-AV ABIJt IN ADVANC* ON1.T ♦ , .... -- — - -^ Dressmaking—And all kinds of sewing. Work guaranteed, at 1145 Onyx street. Phone 13t>9-J. A 4-9 Lost—Wide grey suede belt, on 13th, between Alder and Ad build ing. Finder please call Margaret Be a Newspaper Correspondent— With the Heacoo.k Plan and earn a good income while learning; we show you how; begin actual work at once; all or spare time; experi ence unnecessary; no canvassing; send for particulars. Newswritors Training Bureau, Buffalo, N. Y. Related Powers, 125. A 6 F 12 tf Excerpts from the Diary of Rip Van Winkle 4th By “Himself" .... These scenes seemed, as do those dim recollections of one’s childhood, when suddenly I came to myself and realized that this was the statue of “The Pionedr” and the building before me was Johnson hall. Crossing the street, I ascended the stairs to the former registrar’s office, there to behold but one per son, a lady of uncertain years. Ad dressing her, I asked, “Has my petition been granted?” “Your name, please?” she asked. To which I replied, “Rip Yan Winkle 4th.” “Oh,” sh© exclaimed, “so you are the student who became mentally deranged and then so mys teriously disappeared.” Thinking she might have misun derstood me, I again asked, “Has my petition been granted?” “No, my dear fellow, none of your peti tions wore granted .... That was in 1924, 20 years ago. Your disap pearance helped to bring about the Great Reformation.” “And what was that, pray tell me?” T ignorantly asked. “As I was about to remark,” she continued, “due to petitions for this ' thing and petitions for that thing, changes of course, withdrawals, failures, incompletes, technical fail ures for athletes, and many similar things, there was endless confusion in the keeping of student records and in the collection of fees. Final ly, as if to cap the climax, your disappearance (which was brought on by worry over your petitions) coincided with the circulation of a rumor that the Board of Regents were being asked to impose a fee for physical education amounting to two dollars per term upon all students registered in the Univer sity, whether taking work in physi cal education or not. “Goaded to desperation, the stu dents, faculty and administrative officers, united in the Great Re j formation. The 143 rules published in the “University Regulations” wero reduced to 49, a perfect num ber of perfect yules. A single fee was substituted for the 411 special courses, laboratory, syllabus and locker foes. All but one of the registrar’s clerks were dismissed because there was little for them to do, and the comptroller’s office force was cut in half. “Now at the beginning of each term, the student pays just ono foo of $20, though he may still have to make a returnable deposit for materials, such as military uniforms and also pay for individual instruc tion in subjects like music. He is admitted to any class for which he lias adequate preparation upon pre sentation of the receipt for this fee. “Having paid the fee, he consults his adviser and they, not unmind ful of the major requirements and j the requirements for graduation, de cide upon the subjects which he shall study. He enters these classes presenting his fee receipt to each instructor as evidence of his resi dence in the University. If his work is satisfactory, at the end of the term the instructor reports that fact to the recorder, who credits the student with th<j course, re cording its credit value and the grade earned. “But if the student’s work has bee* unsatisfactory, or if unfin ished, no report is sent in and the recorder’s office knows nothing about it.” “Is no minimum amount of work required!” I queried . “Yes, there is both a minimum and #a maximum. Every student must earn at least six credit hours each term and a total of at least 18 in any two consecutive terms. Ho must also be in residence at least 11 terms to obtain a bachelor’s degree.” “What is done with the fee of $20 each term ” “Twenty per cent of it goes into the general fund of the University, 40 per cent into a departmental pool, 12% per cent to the infirmary, and the remaining 27% per cent goes into the student body treasury. The departmental pool is divided among the departments according to the cost of materials consumed and the replacement costs of equipment, such as apparatus, books, and the like.” “But does it not cost more to give certain courses than others!” “It most certainly does, but it was found that, the special fees charged bore little relation to the cost of the course per student hour. For instance, one of the most ex pensive of the freshman courses was beginning Latin, for which no fee was charged. It seemed fairer to base the fee upon benefits re ceived and all students alike re ceive the benefit of four years of college training.” “Do'bs not the lack of formal registration and much bookkeeping tend to lower the standards of academic work ” “No. The standards remain as before, but the emphasis is now placed upon the amount of work satisfactorily completed and not upon the amount of work attempted. The character of the work done has improved. “ Besides this, there has been an untold saving in time, trouble and expense.” Marvelling much, I turned away, wishing such had been the practice 20 years before. turn is perhaps the groatest essen tial to “culture.” Dr. Charles Eliot, former president of Harvard, told his students onco, “A cultivated man should express himself by tongue or pen with somo accuracy and elegance, therefore linguistic training has had groat importance in the idea of cultivatios. At present, only two years of a foreign language are required for graduation in the University of Oregon, unless the student is work ing for a degree of bachelor of science, when he is relieved of tak ing any language at all. In those two years, he studies a few irregular verbs, writes some simple, meaningless sentences, tran slates a few childish stories, and promptly forgets most of what he has learned. lit is ifruiplly onjy through conversation — that is through understanding the language —that one grows to really know it. Hack in the Sixteenth century, Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman empire, knew the value of many tongues. He said—and he is quoted by Dr. Eliot in a speech, “As many languages us a man knows, so many times is he a man.” Russian Circus Play Is Next at Guild (Continued from page one) type of work as Count Mancini, fath I or of Consuelo. Mancini is a broken down Italian count, supposedly a sly, dishonest, hard man, yet a man with a caldron of emotions pent up within him. He preys unscrupulously on his daughter, on Papa Briquet, on every body. Of all these he alone under | stands him. Papa Briquet, manager of the cir cus, is a quiet, hesitant sort of per son but one who has one complex. His artists must not come in contact with the outside world. He is not a very good manager Mancini and Zinida find him easily duped. Wal ter Malcolm, whose portrayal of the I old steward in the “School for Scan dal” was notable, will play Briquet. Beznno, bareback rider, is an hand some young, man, very much in love j with Consuelo. Terva Hubbard, an actor rapidly becoming prominent, will play Bezauo. The dissipated worldly Baron Regnard, bloated with wealth, will be portrayed by Paul Krausse, who will probably give a skillful touch to this old villain, having shown his versatility as Snake in “School for Scandal,” and the poet in “Tho Two Virtues.” Kappas Put on Best April Frolic Stunt (Continued from pago one) Frolic,” Alpha Chi Omega; “Lib rary Dates,” Sigma Bdt a Phi; “Tantalizing Terpsichore.” Chi Omega; “Inside Out,” Delta Ome ga; and “So This Is College,” Hen dricks hall. Costumes ranged from little girls to Mother Hubbard, and back again to the Gold Dust twins on tricycles. Dancing was indulged in by the crowd between acts, and the motto, “Dig out that dime, for surely you ’ll eat, but hungry or not —give your neighbor a treat,” ap plied to the ice cream sandwiches which were consumed by all. M the Classified Ad habit. Sport Chatter by MONTE BYEBS The Oregon Aggies have selected their football coach at last. P. J. Schissler, former Nebraska fresh man coach and varsity coach at Lombard college, will come West next fall to handle the Aggie pig skin artists. The present system will not change, as Rutherford was an ex ponent of the Nebraska style of play and Schissler has been a close | student of- the same tactics. Like Maddock, Schissler is new here on the coast and the play of both teams will be watched with inter est. Schissler will have some awfully good material to work next fall. The Aggies have some good sopho mores and there are a lot of fresh men coming up to the varsity ranks from Cack Hubbard’s Rook' team of last fall. Joe Maddock and the boys will shelve the moleskins for a few months now and wait for the open ing call next September, when con ference teams get down to real work. Oregon has a good, heavy schedule for next fall and much de pends on the new system. It is different than any on the coast and other conference teams will be anxious to see the system in action. J Bill Hayward has a rival in! point of service as a track coach in one institution. Walter Christie has been coaching the California Bears for 23 years and in that timer has turned out some wonderful ath letes. Brick Muller, Jack Merchant and other stars are products of the old track master and we have a hunch that her ’ll find some more good men before the season is over. The Conibear system of rowing is getting recognition throughout the country. It’s being used suc cessfully at Yaler by Leader, former Washington crew man and now California has an old Conibear man, The Anchorage SUNK sum Why are Sunday Night Suppers at the Anchorage so inviting? The lure of the Millrace is always most evident in the springtime. You may have a delightful meal overlooking the water at the Anchorage. Tell your friends about it and come over Sunday night. For Reservations Telephone 30 The Anchorage Morality Grown Insolent enm ' A preacher was criticised by a hear er by the saying: you can always tell by his sermon the book he has read last. A minister, who did not find his faith confirmed, or his pre judices tickled by a book he reads, is reading the wrong book. Perhaps : the hearer critic meant that the ser- \ moils were bookish; • such criticism holds. I recall a saying o«f Mr. McCuUach, a man well known in the middle west 1 thirty years ago as a most success : t'ul minister in Indianapolis. His I church was independent. The subject ' for discussion, in a ministerial confer ence was: ‘‘The Value of the Divin ity School to the Preacher,” the in ; tent being to advertise divinity schools. Mr. McCuUach said: “A divinity school is an institution for 1 teaching young men how not to do it. I got my training for the ministry by twenty years of commercial trav eling out of Chicago.” This means that preaching that is anything more than twaddle, must be inwrought with life. I got my subject out of a book, one! of the last I have read, Havelock Ellis’ ‘‘The Dance of Life.” As all i great books do, this book helped me to self-discovery and I got the urge for this discourse out of it, but what I want to do is to hitch my star to a wagon. As near as I can I mean these j words to be the opening words of my ■ discourse on Sunday morning at the Unitarian church, where I take Mr. Eddy’s place for the day. If inter-j ested or curious, come. C. F. ELLIOTT. —Paid advertisement. 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