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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1924)
(Oregon Daily $rmerali> Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association Official publicaion of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. _ DON WOODWARD ..EDITOR .MANAGER JAMES W. LEAKE Editorial Board Managing Editor ...Bd Miller Associate Editor .Leon K- Byrne Associate Editor .Margaret Morrison Frank Loggan ..Associate Manager Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.25 per year. By term, 75c. Advertising rates upon application._ Daily News Editor This Issue Frances Sanford Night Editor This Issue Sol Abramson Assistant .Cliff Wilson Good Wishes—Thank You Scattered far and wide throughout Oregon and the United States are members of the class of ’24—1the class that only one year ago had the reins of student administration in their hands. They are gone and scattered, but like all graduated classes they look toward the campus at this time with interested eyes, wondering what the old campus will be like now. College days are over for them but in the business of life they all have time to think of Alma Mater and down in the hearts of more than one of the class there is a secret longing to be hack again. The “old gang” sends best wishes for the new year. It is confident that the new hands are capable and strong for the tasks that will come. The opening of the new University year finds many of us a little sad not to be with you again. # The world moves on and this time next year will find the class of ’25 outside and looking on too. Make the best of it ’25 —you have the best wishes of one of Dean Straub’s “be3t classes”—’24.—Arthur S. Rudd, former Emerald editor. After being assigned one hundred pages for his next lesson and a knockout prescription of outside reading the new student wonders if there are any more of those blanks at the registrar’s office. While Ezra Meeker was making his flight over the Old Oregon Trail, Dean Straub was welcoming in the “best class’ which is about to start on its four-year trail. So far campus folk have not been reminded by the old familiar sign, “Keep off the grass; keep the campus beautiful.’’ Let not their reappearance be made necessary. The result of a recent football game in which the Aggies were one of the principals reminds us that such things cannot always be doped. In the old days it used to bo Keeney’s “Thundering Thou sand.” Now—Martin’s, llayward field grandstand will soon be quaking before the “Oskies.” Jeanette Calkins is over in the little shack back of the Ad ministration building waiting for that Homecoming slogan. Noon today is the last hour. Unless you are “hiding out” better correct your address with the registrar. The student directory goes to press next week. It’s a little too early yet to begin cussing the prof who springs a monthly quiz at you during the Monday eight o’clock. Jimmy Gilbert cannot write the Homecoming slogan. He is on the committee. Among those absent: the old nicotine bush. Another land mark gone. CHURCHES WILL HOLD BIBLE STUDY CLASSES Several Faculty Members To Help With Work Bible classes for University »tu dents presided over bv members of the faculty, ministers, and others interested in religious work, will 1 > started in most of the Eugene . arches Sunday morning, October Topics of special interest to dents will be touched upon by the lenders of the various classes, and all are invited to attend. All classes will meet regularly at 0:4A. Lists of students have been ob tained from the registrar's office mud in most cases invitations have been sent to those giving a church preference. Church night was also held Friday night t.o make the stu dents acquainted with the local churches and to get them interested in the Bible work. A schedule of classes lias been re ceived by Kev. H. W. Davis, head of the United Christian work, from the pastors of the local churches. According to this schedule, the Bap tist church will have a mixed class of University men and women un der Prof. W. B. Mikesell at tho church building. The Presbyterians will have two classes, the men’s class to moot with Bov. Byice Gif fen at the church, and the women’s class to meet with Mrs. Giffen at her residence, 1214 Kincaid street. Two classes will meet at the Metho dist church, Prof. P. 8. Dunn hav ing charge of the men’s class, and Mrs. 0. K. Donnelly of the women’s class. Walter Myers and Mrs. Bell l.vdick will have charge of the men's and women's classes respec tively at the Christian church. As soon as these classes have be come fully organized, a class for 1 such students as have no special church preference will be started at | the V. M. C. A. hut by Rev. Davis. Both men and women will be Wel lcome to this class which will be cu lt irely non-sectarian in nature. GIRLS’ OREGON CLUB HAS OWN QUARTERS The first official meeting of the Girls’ Oregon club was held Mon day night in the club house, located at SIS East Fifteenth avenue. Plans for the club rooms were completed, and it was announced that the club would hold open house there Satur day night. This is the first private club house that the girls have ever main tained. It provides a definite place for social functions, as well as a means by which the members may be reached. 1 -o The • • • X Ilv • • »• Emerald Aisle By Enigma O -o Mother dights her boy for college. He’s a funny egg! Mother says he’ll soon be president. Ain’t she typical, now, I beg? Xerxes .Strutt came to college just like any other freshman—with air about him. He had learned noth ing of college customs. The insidious part of it was that I even his best friends would’nt tell him! HE ENTERED THE CAMPUS WITH A TRANSCENDENTAL AIR CURRENT HOVERING ABOUT HIS HEAD. XERXES STRUTT WITH HIS POLISHED KNOB, CAME TODDLING INTO TOWN, WITH PANTS AT HALF MAST, GREEN SILK SHIRT, HE GOT THE FELLOWS DOWN. He blatted his face at a letter man. “Hello there, hid,’’ said he. He’s getting his now on the library steps; He’s paying his entrance fee! Well, we’re all glad to get back. Especially Peter, my office spark. Peter and I decided to spend the summer together and so we hit for the coast. Peter was offered a job as order clerk in grocery store in Astoria but decided not to take it as he con sidered it a put-up job. L l L We finally landed jobs at Sand . Island, an island of sand in the mouth of the Columbia river. They were doing some seine fishing there and, although it took a lot of grit to wade around in those sand dunes, Peter and I stuck to it. The summer was indeed a success. 250 tons of salmon went in seine in tivo months. wnen we returned to Astoria, we met Everett Grosbeak who seemed sad and down-hearted. Everett and I were introduced to each other at the same time several yearr ago. I INQUIRED AS TO HIS GRIEF AND WHEN I FOUND THAT HE HAD KILLED SIX MEN WITH A REVOLVER WHICH HE HAD | STOLEN FROM A JEWELRY I STORE, NEARBY, I REALIZED, THAT HE NEEDED MY SYMPA THY AS AN OLD FRIEND. It seems that lie was summoned to court on a charge of disorderly conduct, unbecoming an American citizen, and a completed attempt to steal. POOR EVERETT! THE JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO FIFTEEN MONTHS IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR! IN THE MEANTIME, WHEN TIIE JUDGE FOUND THAT HE KNEW HIS OWN NAME, GEOS BEAK WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. The electric chair, I maintain, does the criminal no good. When their term is over they arc the same old criminals. Only they have more crust. SOME OF THESE CAMPUS FOLKS MUST HAVE HAD A HOT SUMMER THIS YEAR. ONE GIRL TOLD ME THAT HER NOSE PEELED SO MANY TIMES THAT IT WAS FINALLY REPEALED! Communications j I--——-— I Loiters to the EMERALD from stu | dents and faculty member* are | welcomed, but must be signed and I worded concisely. If it is desired, the I writer’s name will be kept out of ] print. It must be understood that the | editor reserves the right to reject I communications. -----*■ To the Editor: I wish to correct a slight misun derstanding gained from the Emer ald of Friday, October 3. The Ore gon Club lias rented headquarters at the homo of Mrs. R. W. Watt, SIS Fifteenth avenue oast, for meetings and social functions, but not as a living group. VIRGINIA JUDY ESTEKLY. To the Editor: With an enlarged enrollment iu the student body of the University each succeeding year a serious prob lem is confronting the school. This is, keeping intact the unification of spirit which featured Oregon in the old days. Each year there is more diversi fication of interests and a conse quent decline of interest in group |activity. This makes student body I activities suffer. Also with the in crease in numbers and changing I times there is a drifting away from the traditions and customs of for mer years. In some instances this may not matter, but in one particu lar instance, that of saying “hello,” I believe the effect is detrimental. In my opinion there is no greater unifying spirit to be found any- : where than that created by strict adherence to the ‘•hello” tradition. It is leveling; serving to make every . student -regard every other student as his equal. It bolsters up the spirits of struggling, unacquainted students, and above all it lends an atmosphere of warmth and good cheer to the daily college life, which nothing else can do. Let’s all say “hello.” HELLO o-«$> Campus Bulletin r Notices will be printed in this column for two issues only. Copy must be in this office by 5 :30 on the day before it is to be published, and must be J limited to 20 words. O-O Sunday—Musicale at Y. W. Bunga- j low, 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. Men’s Glee Club—Second try-out today at 1:30 in Music building. Bring solos. Pacific Coast Public Speaking League—Tryouts Monday, 4 p. m. in Villard. Orchestra—Try-outs will be held Monday from 5 to 6 in Music building, instead of Saturday. R. O. T. C. Band—Will practice Monday and Tuesday from 4:00 to 5:30 p. m. beginning October 6. International Politics Class—110a and 110b, under Hoover, meet in Room 111, Johnson hall, instead of 105 Oregon. Craftsman-—There will be an infor mal gathering for all members Tuesday. October 7, 7:30 p. m. at new Craftsman building. Mu Phi Epsilon—Will meet Satur day at 1:30 in Lounge room of the Musie building. Important busi ness meeting. Economics Stduents—3a and 3b, 10 o ’clock section, under Hoover, meet in Room 2, Education building instead of Y. M. C. A. hut. O The Campus Quiz | o-o What do you think of having a distinctive feature of dress for the sophomores? Clifford Zehrung, soph.^ “Things are fine as they stand. I’m satis fied with being able to wear either a hat or nothing :at all on my head.” Laurence Arrnand, soph.“‘Every other class has a distinguishing fea ture of dress, so why not us'? We ought to get something more useful than red hats, however.” Pete Laurs, soph.: “Sure, make ’em wear cords.” Herman Semenov, soph.r “Let’s have anything but red hats.” Jim Case, soph.: “Distinguish the sophs from the rest. Have them wear yellow sweaters or something.” Virgil Morrissette, soph.: “Let them wear yellow slickers or a hap py expression. ” Betty Cady, soph.: “What the men wear doesn’t affect me, but why yellow? Aren’t all sophs bright enough without that?” . “Bee” Harden, soph.: “Since the sophomore men are ‘distinctive’, I( think they should wear something; brighter than, red hats.” j o At the Theatres •s-' —s> REX—Virginia Valli and Wal lace Berry in “The Signal Tower.” CASTLE THEATRE — Last day: ‘The Bad Man,” a whirlwind western comedy drama adapted from the famous stage success1 with Holbrook Blinn, (the origi nal “Bad Man”) Enid Bennett. Jack Mulhall and Harry Myers; j Christie Comedy, “Court Plaster,” with Neal Burns; Castle Musical j score; continuous showings one to, 11:30 p. m. COMING—Monday, Tuesday: “Hold Your Breath,” a seven reel Christie comedy of laughing thrills with Dorothy Devore, Wal ter Iliers, Tutly Marshall and Jimmie Adams. OREGON ALUMNI PLAN TO SEE GAME IN SOUTH The Stanford-Oregon game will not be without Oregon rooters, if the plans of Charlie Fenton Clarke, ’Id, work out. Mrs. Clarke, who lives in Berkeley and is secretary to the man ager of the California Stadium, sent | a letter to Miss Calkins, alumni sec retary, last week, suggesting that Jack Benefiel, graduate manager, se cure a section of the Stanford grand stand for Oregon alumni. A com mittee was appointed, of which Mrs. Clarke is chairman to arrange for the seat sale. Mr. Benfiel telegraphed yester day to Paul IT. Davis, graduate man ager of Stanford, telling him to com munieate with Mrs. Fenton in regard to the matter. Mrs. Fenton says in; her letter that she hopes the Ore-1 gon graduates in California could i have 'a reunion with the Oregon coach and the team. WILLARD MARSHALL BACK AFTER CONFERENCE TRIP Willard Marshall, president of the University Y. M. C. A., returned to the campus Tuesday from New York where he has attended the Nation al Student council as representative from the Northwest. Marshall was elected president last spring and at tended the Seabeck conference in June in addition to his New York trip. James Stewart, vice-president, has presided over the Y. M. C. A. cabinet during his absence. MARSHALL’S 121 7th Ave., West MEHLIN-PEASE and other Pianos Edison Phonographs and Records Hand Made Violins GUITARS, UKELELES and other string instruments Atwater-Kent Radio Outfits MARSHALL’S 121 7th Ave., West SAY LAST NIGHT I SAID to myself I’LL GO to a show AND SEE if I CAN really enjoy A HEARTY laugh SO I walked along WILLAMETTE STREET AND came at last TO The CASTLE AND for 20 cents I WAS ushered DOWN to a CUSHIONED seat FROM which I saw THE BAD MAN’ AND LAUGH! I NEARLY split AND THE people AROUND ME did THE SAME— AND SO I think IF I were you I’D GRAB my hat AND 20 cents AND DO the same TONIGHT— I THANK you DONOR OF ART COLLECTION NOW TRAVELING IN CHINA Mrs. Murray Warner, donor of the Warner art collection to the Univer sity, is enroute to Peking. China, according to word received by friends. The letter, which was dated from Mukden, Manchuria, stated that although she had been ing a wonderful time. Mrs. War Iner is accompanied by Mrs. Lillian Seaton and Mrs. O. W. Potter, wife of George Potter, of Eugene. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Sigma Pi Tau announces the pledging of Allen B. Swengel, of Portland. Oregon. , I Tau Nu announces the pledging 1 of Helen Cliristsen, of Portland. STARTING MONDAY The .... CASTLE PRESENTS The greatest laughing thriller ever filmed — ■ [JIVE YOUR CLOTHES A TREAT iy When your clothes need clean ' | ing, the rest of your appearance bj is spoiled. It costs but little— J and adds extremely to your ap , pearance. Don’t forget our luick service. “If we clean it, It’s clean!” Qitu Qleaners 5139 Willamette Stm Cutfene. Oregon Freshmen Parade Pictures -On Sale at BAKER BUTTON’S EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHIC Developing and Printing The Right Place j Students new and old we want to welcome you back to Eugene. We invite you to in spect our modern supply store—its up-to the-minute. HOUSE MANAGERS We have a most complete line and the lowest prices. It will pay you to investigate. When we say food depart ment store, we mean that we carry everything that you will want. Good Buys in All Food Supplies” Table Supply Co. 104 9th Ave., East Phone 246 Lowest Prices No matter whether you be old or young, fat or thin, you will love the flavor of our exceptionally choice cuts for luncheons, dinner, or supper. The best meat at the best prices are always found here. . “Stop here and Save” EUGENE PACKING COMPANY 675 Willamette—Phone 38 or 39