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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1924)
©trgntt lailij ^mcrali* Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. , DONALD L. WOODWARD .... EDITOR Editorial Board Managing Editor ... Edward M. Miller Associate Editor . Margaret L. Morrison Associate Editor -.-.-.-... Leon K. Byrne Associate Managing Editor Harold A. Kirk D&sk Editor .Norma Wilson Daily News Editor Mary Clerln Douglas Wilson Frances Sanford _ Night Editors Pete Laura Jalmar Johnson Sol Abramson Webster Jones Jasper Crawford Exchange Editor . Josephine Ulrich Sports Editor ....George H. Godfrey Sports Staff Wilbur Wester Ward Cook Upper News Staff Mantaret Skavlan Kathrine Kressman Lillian Baker Edward Robbins Gertrude Houk Mary West James Case __ p j. N. s. Editor .. Louis Dammasch Assistant .. Hermoipe Smith News Staff: Pauline Bondurant, Eugenia Strickland, Elizabeth Cady, Clifford Zeh rung, Margaret Vincent, Helen Reynolds, Emily Houston, Dorothy Blyberg, Geneva Foss, Margaret Kreueman, Hilton Rose, Ned French, Clate Meredith, William Mint tine, and Jack O'meara. JAMES W. LEASE .J .MANAGER Frank Loggan Business Staff Associate Manager Advertising Managers—William James, Si Slocum. Advertising Assistants — C. P. Horn, Wayne Leland, Louis Dammash, Bon ner Whittson. Foreign Adv. Mgr. Claude Reavis Circulation Manager . Ass't. Circulation Mgr. Circulation Assistant . .... Jerry Crary James Manning .. John Black Specialty Advertising Mildred Dunlap Margaret Hyatt Geneva Foss Edna Nelson Entered in the postoffice, at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter, rates, $2.26 per year. By term, 76c. Advertising rates upon application. Subscription Daily News Editor This Issue Lillian Baker Niptht Editor This Issue Jasper V. Crawford Assistant.Robert Shepherd r Perfection Attained? /T'IIE OREGONIAN comments on the editorial page of yes terday’s issue on an item written by Dr. Glenn Hoover, printed in the Emerald recently. The Oregonian seems per turbed about the attitude of Dr. Hoover toward American poli tics, and American institutions in general, laying the blame .for what it terms an acquirement of “super-culture” to his recent stay in Europe and particularly to a visit to the University of Oxford. It states that while there are undoubted advantages to be gained by our professors through contact with the universities of Europe there are “countervailing drawbacks against which the pilgrim should guard by cultivating a healthily American frame of mind.” That Dr. Hoover has failed to so proteet him self is insinuated by quoting from his article in regard to the elections, in which he says, “the show is a bit dull, the theme frayed and hackneyed and the cast is unusually weak,” and “the audience is unquestionably bored.” Whether those statements are true or not is, of course, a matter of opinion and therefore debatable. It is certainly not, however, sufficient cause to intimate the lack of “a healthily American frame of mind.” In many of the articles which flooded the country preced ing the election, one discovered that there was a considerable number of writers who felt much as does Dr. Hoover, and one encountered often the opinion that none of the candidates were “title role material,” but that one should vote for this candi date or that candidate as being the least undesirable. This seems much in the same vein as the statements made by Dr. Hoover. Did not some of the newspapers carry stories with that sentiment? The Oregonian points an accusing finger at Oxford, in par ticular, as the agent guilty of throwing a “spell” over Dr. Hoover, despite the fact that he spent most of his time study ing at Strasbourg, France. It says, “On his return let the professor rub his mental eyes and come from under the spell. Let him look over the rough and ready, give-and-take hurlyburly of our campaign over the long vista of our splendid history. . . He may confess that, though' our methods are somewhat crude, we outdo them (France and England) in the essentials of free government and in the individual wellbeing of our citizens. We have no Oxford, nor have we a million unemployed living on public doles.” So closes the Oregonian’s parting broadside. Such statements appeal to the ego. They sound nice ami one may feel himself swell with pride that he belongs to the nation that has “such a vista of splendid history.” and no “mil lion unemployed living on public doles.” Is it not true, however, to the more serious minded who are not satisfied with the comfortable feeling resulting from a heap ing meal of flattery, but who are broad-minded enough to rec ognize and admit their own faults as well as their virtues, that we also might have a million unemployed and our history might be even more splendid had we entered in the great con flict for humanity when Great Britain did, and for which she now suffers, and we profit ? One should not question himself, then, or anything of which he is a part, but should bathe in glorious ecstasy in his own and his neighbors’ smug satisfaction of perfection attained! It is hard to conceive of a greater impediment than such a doctrine to research, the quest for knowledge and progress. Dr. Hoover, in questioning some phases of the nation’s po litical organization, was not demonstrating a mind not “healthily American,” but as a scholar of politics, was en deavoring to point out that “all is not perfection,” and that there is a need for further evolution and progress. Why cite Britain and France, saying that the net results of our political struggles through a period of years compare favor ably with them? Even should we admit we outdo them many times in the “essentials of free government and in the indi vidual well-being of our citizens,” does that argue that because Dr. Hoover hints there is room for still further progress in the United States he is not “healthily American”?—D. L. W. GREEN SCARFS ADOPTED BY FRESHMEN AS TRADITION University of Colorado.—Fresh men girls at the University of Oolo | ratio ami the Colorado State Teach ers college have decided to wear, green scarfs. This will be a college tradition in the future. Campus Bulletin Notices will be printed in this column for two issues only. Copy must b* in this office by 5 :30 on the day before it is to be published, and must be limited to 20 words. Pi Lambda Theta Luncheon—12:00 today, at the Anchorage. Men’s Hygiene, Friday 2 o’clock class prepare Chapter X in text. Hermian Club Meeting today in club rooms of Woman’s build ing at 5 p. m. Meeting of the Executive Council of the Women’s League at 7:30 in the Woman’s building. The Eugene Filipino Club will meet at the “Y” hut Friday night at 8:00 o’clock sharp. The Practice Orchestra meets today at the music building at 4 o’clock. Teachers—Wanted to fill two va cancies. Apply at Appointment bureau, Education building. The Daly Club Banquet scheduled for Friday night has been indef initely postponed. Y. W. C. A. Meeting—Important meeting in the Bungalow at 4:15 today. Every one is urged to attend. Education Seminar—Meeting Thurs day evening, November 6, in room 2, Education building, at 7:30 o’clock. Presidents of Living Organizations —Turn in notes on alumni of your house to Jeanette Calkins by Thursday noon. For details call 1593. Hammer and Coffin—Important meeting at Campa Shoppe this noon. All members and con tributors to H. & C. section of Emerald Ink must be there. \7agaries Edited by Eugenia Strickland The average professor considers the average student a mere dicta phone which should absorb his cantings and be available to repro duce them on demand. There is a rare touch of sar casm in the . sub-head in yester day’s Emerald referring to the impromptu rally: “All Classes Dis missed,” and in the same head At the Theatres THE REX—First day, Gloria Swanson in “Her Love Story,” adapted from Mary Roberts Rinehart’s gorgeous romance of an innocent maiden whose 1 love answered youth, though marriage carried her away from the one who loved; Mer maid comedy, “Poor Butter fly;” Rosner, featured organ ist, in superb musical settings on the mighty Wurlitzer. Coming: “Rit-Tin-Tin,” the wonder dog, in “Find Your Man;” Rudolph Valentino in Rex Beach’s “A Sainted Dev il.” THE CASTLE—Last day. The year’s most baffling mystery play, “It is the Law,” with a Broadway cast; comedy, “Blows and Dynamite.” Fox News Weekly. Standard Cas tle prices. Coming: A big double bill. Buck Jones in the second pic ture of his great new series, “The Circus Cowboy,” and Jack Dempsey in another knock out, “The Title Holder.” HEILIG—Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Reginald Barkers “Broken Barriers,” with oast including Adolph Menjou, Mae j Busch, Robert Frazer, George i Fawcett, Vera Reynolds, Ruth Stonehouse and Winnifred Bryson. Added features, E. E. Kellems, the warbling sere nader; Will Rogers in “A Truthful Liar,” Bathe News; Topics of the Day. Coming attraction: Douglas MacLean in his now comedy riot, “Never Say Die.” ing, “Coach Maddock commends student spixlt.” • • • There are no highbrows on this or any other campus, according to Colonel Leader’s definition, for no one can be educated “beyond his intelligence.” We are all sheep, even college professors and students. Look at the devastating effects of the ex temporaneous rally held Monday. What were we dominated by? We should hate to admit that it was the essence of “college spirit.” Our first love is true, after that we must rely upon technique. If the nose of Helen of Troy had been larger, the whole map of the earth would have been different. Men will always be men. They are divided into two classes, says the modern co-ed—the found out and the not found out. UNIVERSITY HIGH GIVES PLAY OF THREE ACTS “The Rise of Napoleon Bona parte,” a three-act play, was pre sented by the modern history class of the University high school at a special student assembly held in the campus high auditorium, Wednes day morning. The scenario was written by Bradford Datson, son of Mrs. Edna Prescott Davis, matron of Friendly hall, and the dialogue wras written by the actors themselves, assisted by members of the class. Harold Benjamin, principal of the Univer sity- high school and instructor of this class, was supervisor, and Bradford Datson was director and stage manager AIRPLANE TRANSPORTS ALUMNUS TO GAME University of California.— (By P. I. N. S.)—Coming to a football game in an airplane is the latest ifieans of transportation to see the California team defeat one of its rivals. Reginald Balmer, ’09, did this to see Saturday’s game, and af ter arriving in Berkeley the earlier part of the week, he sent his aerial chauffeur back for his wife and mother, who arrived just before the game. REQUESTS COME IN FOR MORE TEACHERS Vacancy Notices Received From Various Towns I Several more requests for teach j ers, one from Seaside and the other | from Walla Walla, Washington, have been received by the appoint ment bureau at the school of edu cation. In addition, the placing of a teacher for part time work in one of the Eugene schools was an nounced. A commercial geography teacher, who has had at least two years of experience, is desired by W. M. Kern, superintendent of the public schools of Walla Walla, Washing ton. Beginning with the second semes ter, which starts February 15, an ad ditional teacher will be hired at the Seaside Union high school, accord ing to a letter sent to the appoint ment bureau. “All applicants must be able to conduct modern language and music classes,” John Jandrall, principal of the Seaside high school, said. “We are planning to start a girls’ band and we want a teacher who can conduct one. The salary will be good.” Oneita B. Wirtz, a senior in the school of education, accepted the position as part time teacher in the Lincoln grammar school in Eugene. VARSITY SWIMMING SQUAD WILL SELECT ITS LEADERS All members of last year’s var sity swimming squad are requested by “Rudy” Fahl, swimming in structor, to attend a meeting in his office next Friday, November 7. 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