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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1924)
DR.REBEC TILES Real College Work Begins With Junior Year EUROPEAN PLAN IDEAL1 Place of Underclass Work Is in High School By G. H. “In judging the American uni versity, it is necessary to remem ber that the freshman and sopho more years of the college course, are properly not university work at a)], but only a last stage of second ary work moved up into college,” said Dr. George Rebec, of the grad uate school when comparing the scholastic standing of American universities with that of European institutions. “Now that we’re de veloping a six year high school course in America and there is be ginning to bo recognized the fact that the best college preparation is not to be gotten from a nonde script variety of courses in general, but that there is such a thing as appreciative preparation for those who intend to aspire toward a trained intellectual life, there is some hope that a large portion of present freshman and sophomore work, may some day be devolved upon the high schools, where it be longs. Relief is Needed “Our university could then do vote itself to what is its appropri ate work. The real university work now begins in the junior and sen ior years. With the freshmen and sophomores and all the machinery which takes care of them gotten for the most part off the campus, our junior and senior work would then be more like two years of a European university. A third and i fourth year added would make our I American university the peer of any other. Should our college | course—that is, after the relief from what I have been describing as the burden of secondary educa tion—be made a three-year course, and should wo then maintain on top of that the structure of our gradu ate schools, leading to the master’s and doctor’s degrees, there is no reason why the American univer sity should not actually be the leader, unafraid of competition any where. Attitude is Wrong “Unfortunately, it is a fact that the secondary schools aro badly taught, and that students coming J to college maintain to the end too much of the attitude of mere les son getting pupils, whoso hearts j and wills are elsewhere. A uni- j versity is a laboratory in which j ideas are wrought out, in which the ! work of the world's thinking is going on, not in the form of pas sive receptivity of what the elders hand down, but livlhgly and dyna mically. Until the student begins to play the intellectual life as keenly and passionately as he now plays the athletic or even the so cial, and until the faculties and the alumni and the general public get behind intellectual functions, as they do the athletic and social, our universities cannot hope to compete with the authentic centers of learn ing in the old world. Future Holds Hope "I am aware that in making those statements, I am seemingly going back on what I said above, concern ing the benefits that would come from relieving the University of a little of the elementary work, and of concentrating on the more ad vanced sort of thing. The real pro cess of education is not determined simply bv whether the subjects taken are more elementary or more advanced. It's the inner attitude of mind on the part of all con nected with it that counts. I think, nevertheless, that us the first step, the developing of our institutions by making them truly places of ad vanced study and in that way, put us on a t>ar with the best institu- ; liens of Europe. '‘When, for the present, 1 con fess that we are in a position of Inferiority, it is not that I overlook | many happy, wholesome aspects of life in our student body, nor how many genuinely alert and able j spirits there are, nor how much, genuinely scholarly and scientific work is being achieved by our fac- 1 ulties. Neither am T altogether pessimistic as to our future. How ever, take us as we are, we are in a position of inferiority if one talks of the university in the sense, in which the term is used in (irent , Britain, France, Germany. Scandi navia, and even several of the les ser European central states.” Bead the Classified Ad Column. Golf Sox Prove Too Loud For Upholders of law Angry Barristers Confiscate Hosiery of Offender Lost—one pair of loud golf sox, yesterday, in law department. In formation as to whereabouts of said articles will be greatly appreciated. Frank Mayer, law school. Such would be the ad one should find on the classified page of the Emerald today if the loser were not too shy and shrinking to disclose liis troubles to the world. Frank isn’t absent minded—not a bit—and he didn’t lose his socks through any forgetfulness of his own except perhaps the fact that he forgot to make his socks scarce in the presence of the other followers of Blackstone. No, the loss re sulted from deeds premeditated and violence aforethought. The facts of the case, according to witnesses, are that the miscreant though not an addiat to the Scot tish pastime of pasture pool, never theless, in the presence of his fel low sufferers of contracts and torts, wore the loudest pair of golf sox ever seen on the campus. Yesterday six of the upholders of law and order laid violent hands on the offender, and confiscated the evidence of crime, leaving the poor man with all the necessary articles of clothing but without covering for the great open spaces between knee and ankle. Like the heads of the villains of olden days, which were publicly exhibited as a warn ing to potential evil doers, the un fortunate’s socks now hang droop ingly above the library steps. UNIVERSITY HIGH SENIORS GIVE ASSEMBLY PROGRAM The assembly program of the Uni versity high school was presented by the senior class Friday after noon. According to plans for this year made by the student body, each class will take its turn in presenting programs for the as sembly. Friday’s program was as follows: Harl R. Douglass, address; Leva Buchanan and Gwenn Stiv ers, piano duet; Dean Scott, vocal solo; DeLillian Olson, accompanist. Send the Emerald Home AWARD TO BE OFFERED FOR HOMECOMING SIGN A new idea is being introduced this year, in the award of a cup by the A. 8. U. O., for the best Homecoming sign put out by the sorority and fraternity houses on the campus. This cup will go to the house that erects the most spectacular and original sign, which *at the same time demonstrates the spirit of the i University and the idea of welcome to the returning alnms and former students. The only limitation placed upon it, is that not more than $10 can be spent on it, although houses are privileged to make use of the signs that they have had in for mer years. The cnp which is on display at Laraway's is of dull silver and about fourteen inches in height. It is to be a rotating cup, and will be awarded to the house which puts out the best Homecoming sign each year. FIRST MU PHI CONCERT TO BE GIVEN TOMORROW (Continued from page one) $1.50 for outside individuals is un usually low, considering the excel lence of the recitals. Program Given The miscellaneous program for Sunday is as follows: 1. Instrumental Trio, Farewell to Cucullain .Kreisfer By Laura Teshner, Alberta Potter, Lois Parker 2. Vocal solo, Elizabeth’s Prayer .Wagner By Mrs. T. A. Pearson 3. Flute solo, Romance ..Saint Saens By Beulah Clark 4. Vocal solos, The Hour of Dreams, Ward Stevens; Aria from the Persian Garden ..Omar Khayam By Buth Akers 5. Violin solo, Two Slavonic Dan ces .Dvorak-Kreisler By Alberta Potter UNEEDA PRESSING CLUB Phone 1827 — 684 Olive St. Ye Campa Shoppe specials , SODA-FOUNTAIN DRINKS FANCY CANDIES For Sunday Evenings TRY OUR Delicious Salads AND Tasty Sandwiches Music Sunday Evenings BY YE CAMPA SHOPPE TRIO jojoojra ‘shook xnaaiaa -1 “ Everyday” Glasses yt< oody’i Torte bnua* art batt are the kind you want—the kind you can wear at all times, about your household tasks or on the street, and forget you have them on. In order to obtain the full benefit from your glasses you should wear them as much of the time as possible, hence the necessity for good staying-on qualities and comfort. Every pair of glasses we fit is made to your measure ments and adjusted by an expert. They are the kind you can wear all the time with perfect ease. Summit W Bloody OPTOM ETP 1ST ^ EYS5IGHT SPECIALIST EUGENE. OR S6I WILLAMETTE ST. PROFESSOR DISCUSSES ENGINEERING PROBLEM Dr. E. Hodge of the geology department addressed the meeting of the Technical society of the University Wednesday evening on “The World’s Next Great Engineer ing Problem.” The subject of the lecture was the development o? water power, the control of water, prevention of floods, and the do- I velopment of irrigation. Dr. Hodge treated his subject completely and in an interesting manner, pleasing a large audience. The meeting was one of the best DANCING Successfully Taught Cinderella Dance Studio 657 Willamette Street Phone 1715-R of the regular Wednesday night meetings which has been held this year and was attended by 45 mem bers of the society. THE ©LD RELIABLE “MAC” “JACK” VARSITY BARBER SHOP 11th and Alder Hair Bobbing a Specialty LEARN TO FLY— $110.00 Licensed Military Pilot TERMS Pleasure Hops $4.00 Transportation furnished to and from Field Phone 823Y 1438 19th St. “Puzzled Freshmen and Others” The theme of the Rev. Frank Fay Eddy at the Unitarian church Sunday morning. A sincere attempt to suggest the solution of some of the bewild ering problems of adjustment required of entering students in the University. A sermon drawn not from books, but from personal contact with hundreds of students during the last four years as a student pastor. To show the relative value of the varied interests of University life for students and factuly will be the aim of the discourse. Some divisions of the topic will be: The University at the foot ball game; the University in the classroom; the University as revealed in its group organizations and related social functions. Not a criticism, but a first hand study of the University and its vital problems by one who is in some measure a participant in its life. The soloist at this service will be Mary Burton, violinist. The Round Table which follows the service will discuss, “What Constitutes an Educated Person?” Any member of the congre gation is invited to remain to these weekly discussions. The Young People of the congregation are invited to meet Sun day evning at 7:30 o ’clock with Mr. and Mrs. Eddy at the Manse, 1134 Ferry street, for a social hour over a fire-place lunch. Going Hunting? We carry the right kind of ammuni tion and hunter’s equipment. We sell licenses. All kinds of Athletic Goods DANNER & ROBERTSON 77 East 9th OPULANCE, WEALTH, LUXURY! A DRAMA OF THE CONTRASTS OF LIFE — THE TOP AND THE BOTTOlfa OF THE LADDER — THE SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS — LIFE ITSELF — POVERTY, STRUGGLE, STRRIFE THE BREATH TAKING STRUGGLE BE TWEEN MAN, WOMAN AND THE TERRIOR OF THE SEA. WOVEN LIKE A CLOTH OF GOLD ! 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