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Edited by Glen F. Burch
POPULAR BOOKS OF
THE MONTH
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FICTION
THE WHITE MONKEY, by |
John Galsworthy.
THE LITTLE FRENCH GIRL, |
by Anne Sedgwick.
THE GREEN HAT, by Michael |
Arlen.
SO BIG, by Edna Ferber.
SAINT JOAN, by George Ber- |
nard Shaw.
THE ROMANTIC LADY, by |
Michael Arlen.
NONFICTION
THE CREATIVE LIFE, by |
Ludwig Lewisohn.
ARIEL: LIFE OF SHELLEY, |
by Andre Maurios.
IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN, |
by H. L. Mencken.
MODERN ESSAYS, by Chris- |
topher Morley.
THE DANCE OF LIFE, by |
Havelock Ellis.
MARK TWAIN’S AUTOBIOG- |
RAPHY (in 2 vols.) '
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DONN-BYRNE
Now that his figure has begun to
tower over the field of modern writ
ers, it is time for us to take notice
of Brian Donn-Byrne, more famil
iarly known as Donn Byrne. 'With
his “Messer Marco Polo,” Donn
Byrne showed himaelf to be a true
artist and a fresh-souled dreamer;
with his “As the Wind Bloweth,”
and “Blind Battery,” he proved
himself worthy to be called a great
dramatic writer, and more lately
with his play, “Dark • Hours,” he
has attracted the attention of all
his readers to the beauty and indi
vidual charm of his writing.
All this should be especially in
teresting to us as Donn-Byrne, al
though born in Ireland, is an Ameri
can. However, America cannot
claim the honor of being the back
ground for his impressions as he was
raised upon his father’s estate in
Ireland, and derived his inspiration
from the old Irish folklore. But
Donn-Byrne does not use Ireland as
his setting and his deep insight
transcends all limitations of time
and place.
In appearance Donn-Byrne is
handsome and prepossessing; his
eyes are keen and searching, his
nose is strong, his mouth and chin
are firm and youthful. He usually
wears soft collar attached shirts
with large English collars and
loose cravats in just the right mode,
together with well-cut sack suits.
Donn-Byrne is a significant figure
in modern literature as the master
of a style which is aesthetically
pleasing and which bears at the
same time a delicate commentary
upon the life and the problems of
our civilization.—J. B.
Paragraph Book Reviews
A YEAR OE PROPHESYING, H. G.
Wells. “The key to a future that
shall not be a slow or quick exter
mination is birth control, dis
armament, universal free trade,
and the harnessing of the forces
to the advantage of the commun
ity instead of to money-making
rich men and adventurers ....
The specialism of science, the de
cay of humanistic education have
left ns exposed to being devoured
by onPown offspring.” (G. L.
Dickinson in a review in the
Nation and Athaneaum). Wells
is here compared to Plato in his j
vision of the “perfect modern
state,” in that he offers education
as a panacea.
• • •
MEN WHO MAKE OUR NOVELS,
Charles C. Baldwin. “A concise,
personal, intimate, critical record
of the lives and writings of our
first hundred men novelists.” The
list includes such names as Sher
wood Anderson, Heywood Broun,
James Branch Cabell, Booth
Tarkington, Edgar Lee Masters,
Carl Van Vechten, and others.
IT", Lord Dunsany. “This is the
story of a man who missed the
8:15 to town one day and of the
many things he missed in conse
quence.” Told as only Lord Dun
sany can tell a story.
• • •
ANNETTE AND SYLVIA, Rofaain
Bolland. The first volume of a
series entitled, “The Soul En
chanted.” Readers of “Jean
Christophe” will sense that Bol
land is attempting to do the
same thing with the life of a girl
in this book that he did with the
life of young man in the latter
work.
TIDE MARKS, H. M. Tomlinson.
“A story ef the Malay Archi
pelago, of misty blue and gold1
volcanic islands dotting an infin- j
ity of shimmering ocean and j
sky. ” Too continuously impres- j
sionistic, making the total effect
of the book hazy (Outlook).
Filled with much humor and
gentle philosophy. (Boston Trans
cript).
SARD HARKER, John Masefield.
“Ships, the sea, and the jungle,
burning deserts and icy mountains,
murder, lust, and intrigue, on a
tropical stage." (New States
man). Naturally, there is a girl,
and, also “a strong, silent Eng
lishman.” Regarded by some as
a modern Odyssey. “A book for
he-men, but he-men with intel
ligence.”
AMONG THE MAGAZINES
THE WORLD'S WORK (Febru
ary), devotes all of eight pages
to a discussion of that burning
question so often mooted at “the
corner grocery store.” “Could T.
R. Have Stopped the War?”
CLIPPED FROM “CLINICAL
Notes” in the AMERICAN MER
CURY (February): “Truth is
whatever falsehood makes the
most profound impression on us.”
. . . “The Puritan looks on
breakfast as the beginning of a
new day. The Anti-Puritan looks
on breakfast as the end of the
day before.”
» * »
Mencken can make almost any
cause, however black, appear vir
tuous. In the same issue of the
Mercury mentioned above, he at
tempts to show that jazz music is
not nearly so conductive to immor
ality as the hymns sung at the
Methodist camp meetings, or as the
operas of Puccini. And by an in
geniously strung together line of
sophisms he actually convinces you
while you are reading it, that he is
right!
“We cannot expect youth to be
impressed with a callow concept
of the home as a place in which to
eat and sleep and receive supplies.
It must furnish an emotional back
ground, a sense of warmth and se
curity, and a guiding line that can
withstand the confused definitions
of modern life.
This can only come about where
adults understand themselves, and
before building a home, conceive
the home as the primary^ social
group in a world full of interest,
struggle, and great and splendid
hazards.” Miss Miriam Van Wat
ers, graduate of the University, and
author of “Youth in Conflict,”
thus tersely sums the problem of
the home in an article in the Feb
ruary 4 issue of THE HEW RE
PUBLIC.
BOOKS TO WATCH FOR
Jacob Wassermann, remembered
for “The World’s Illusion” and
“The Gooseman,” has written a new
book entitled: “Faber; or Lost
Years.” This latest work of the
famous German writer treats with
the problem of a devotedly attached
couple torn apart by the World
War.
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“Dialogues sur le Commande
RIALTO THEATRE
Junction City
SUNDAY
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J. M. BARRIE’S
Peter Pan”
A HERBERT BRENON PRODUCTION
Admission - - - 10c and 30c
LINCOLN
The Seeker
A Study of the Self-Culture of a Great Personality
How the Realities of Education Come Within the
Grasp of Every Individual
Sermon Theme of the Rev. Frank Fay Eddy
at the
Unitarian Church, Sunday Morning
Soloist, Violet Mills, Soprano
Religion is given an interpretation in harmony with
science at “The Little Church of the Human Spirit”
meat” is the title of the latest book
by Andre Maurois, author of ‘‘Ariel:
Life of Shelley,” a book which is
much in vogue in this country at
present. The new book, a part of
the “Cashier’s Vert” collection,
deals with the probleu of leader
ship, and is based on a huge store
of strong, unprejudiced historical
information.
• • •
“Joseph Conrad: A Personal Re
membrance,” by Ford Madox Ford
(Huneker), is the first biography of
the great English novelist to appear
in print. The writer, Huneker, was
a close friend of Conrad’s, and a
colaborator with him in that hharm
ing little book, “The History of a
Crime,” published a few months ago
for the first time.
Amy Lowell’s “John Keats,”
which has been “on the verge of
being published” for some time, will
definitely appear this month. It is
in two volumes.
• • •
Sinclair Lewis will soon bring
forth a new novel, “ Arrowsmith,”
which is being widely press-agented
as “the best thing the writer of
‘Babbitt’ and ‘Main Street’ has
ever done.”
* » *
Don Marquis is credited with hav
ing written the “American Passion
Play” by reviewers of “Dark
Hours,” a powerful play centering
about the last hours of Christ on
this earth.
BEAUTIFUL BOOKS
The vogue for beautifully
printed and illustrated books is
returning. The library has been
fortunate in recently acquiring
six new books of exceptionally
beautiful makeup, books which
deserve more than a passing com
ment.
• * *
GARDENS OP ROME (Brentano’s,
printed in Prance. Contains some
truly remarkable lithographic re
productions of water color paint
ings of old Italian gardens, done
by Pierre Vignal, as well as a
number of photogravures of ex
ceptional quality.
OLD INNS, Cecil Alden, is replete
with a number of smooth ground
engravings of a quality rarely
seen any more.
• * *
DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA,
Cervante’s immortal ereation, is
made doubly interesting in a
book recently published by an
English firm. The profuse illus
trations which appear in the
work, together with the careful
printing, makes it truly delight
ful reading.
# # *
HANS ANDERSON’S PAIRY
TALES: the same old work we
used to-read dressed in “modern
clothes.”
• * *
PEACOCK PIE, a book of rhymes,
by Walter De La Mare, is inter
esting reading, but more interest
ing from the stondpoint of its
quaintly colored illustrations.
AMONG THE MAGAZINES
Tlie American Mercury receives
a somewhat derogatory comment
from the pages of the Bookman:
“ It’s the Literary Digest with acute
indigestion; a prolonged belly-ache
■from cover to cover.”
* * *
Gilbert Murray and David Bal
four have been conducting experi
ments along the line of thought
transference, and have come to the
conclusion, according to an account
in the February Current Opinion,
that “it can be done.” Had it
been anyone else other than Gilbert
Murray.
• • •
In the same issue of the “Opin
ion,” an article is to be found with
the rather illuminating heading:
“H. G. Wells Rebuked for Pes
simism. ”
* * *
Some people appreciate Mencken
anyhow, as may be observed from a
perusal of an article in the Febru
ary American Review, entitled:
“Mencken: An Appreciation.” Sev
eral pages are devoted to a sum
mary of “America’s foremost
critic’s” life and works.
LEGISLATORS’ VISIT
TO CAMPUS DROPPED
The visit of the Ways and Means
committee of the Oregon State
legislature to the campus was called
off yesterday because of the session
of the legislature scheduled for
Saturday, the tentative time of the
visit. Last year the entire legis
lature was entertained by the Uni
versity.
The legislature is nearing its
close and they are swamped with
bills so that they are unable to get
down this year. The committee
which was appointed to take care
of the details has dropped all ar
rangements.
PROFESSOR ERNST SPEAKS
ON SPIRIT OF ROMANTICISM
Professor Rudolph Ernst, of the
English department, gave a lecture
To thp Sensible
Men of Eugene
Nowadays when a man dies,
instead of asking who his
doctor was, they ask who
was his Life Insurance agent
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in
at the First Unitarian church in
Portland yesterday morning, on the
subject of “The Romantic Spirit
in Relation to Present Day Ideal
ism in Art and Life.” This is the
fourth of a series of six lectures be
ing given in Portland for the bene
fit of Reed College and the Uni
versity of Oregon.
VOD-VIL ASPIRANTS
WILL TRYOUT MONDAY
Try-outs for Junior Vod-vil acts
will begin Monday afternoon, Feb
ruary 16, at the College Side Inn at
4 o’clock, Paul Krausse, vod-vil
chairman, announced yesterday.
A number of acts have been list
ed, but any persons who have acts
which are not scheduled will have
an opportunity to sign up for them
on Monday. The balance of the
week will be spent in preparing the
acts.
No costumes are required for the
try-outs, but every one who is to
take part in an act is asked to be
at the College Side Inn Monday af
ternoon.
7. W. C. A. RUMMAGE SALE
TO BE CONTINUED TODAY
The rummage sale which the cam
pus T. W. C. A. and the local ad
visory board are holding at the St.
Francis hotel has been successful
THE OLD RELIABLE
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Cleaning
Shoes
Buede Shoes ...„.15c I
White Shoes . 20c
Shine, Ladies Boots .... 15 Sc 20c
Shoes Dyed . 35 to 60c
LEMON “0” SHINE
Across from Rainbow
MARCEL AND CURL
75c
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beyond expectation. Members of
the advisory board declare that
mere contributions were made than
had been anticipated at first. The
sale will continue throughout to
day. The proceeds will be added
to the general Y. W. C. A. fund.
,Dr. Royal Qick
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“BOHEMIAN GIRL”
“SPRING MAID’’
“THE MIKADO”
“ROBIN HOOD”
Thur. Nite
Feb. 19th
Fit Nite
Feb. 20th
Sat. Mat.
Feb. 21st
Sat. Nite
Feb. 21st
GREAT COMPANY OF 30 SINGING VOICES
PRICES, NITE—Floor, $1.65; balcony, 6 rows $1.10, 7 rows
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Note that the repertoire has been sightly changed
from that first advertised
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his buying. It is the aim of the Dice
Grocery to cooperate with you in every
possible way. You will find our service
indispensable in the buying of your
canned goods, groceries, vegetables and
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OBAK Wallace, Publisher W. R. L., Editor
Volume A
SATURDAY, A. M.
NUMBER 10
Students Form New Group
A great many students are aroused
over the prospects of the next meet
ing of the “Monville Club,” a new
organization created for the pur
pose of dramatic criticism. The
club, which was lately recognized
by the Obak faculty, intends to
initiate five pledges at its next
sitting, according to the announce
ment of Kate Pinneo, president of
the group. “Yes, we have a fine
group of pledges,” continued Miss
Pinneo, “and every one of them
can appreciate a good actor, no mat
ter how rotten he is. You should
hear them cheer from the front
seats of any theater and you would
agree that the Monville Club could
not have picked a finer -bunch for
its cheering section.
The charter members of the club
are Miss Kate Pinneo, Miss Dorothy
Wooton, Mx. George Stearns and
Mr. David Swanson.
The pledges to be given the
ritual at the next meeting are Ray
mond Lawrence, Gordon Wilson,
George Riddle and Paul Krause.
These men have passed through
the strenuous period of probation
and will be initiated into the
society next Wednesday evening.
An initiation banquet will be held
in Obak’s spacious dining parlors
immediately after the ceremonies.
Kollege
OLLUM
A quart of Scotch will make any
two ordinary men tight.
Do you care for horses!
No, I wait on tables.
I’m looking for some one to lend
me ten dollars.
Nice day for it, isn’t itf
Are you a freshman, Mr. Blank!
Blank: No, can’t you see I’m sit
ting down!
Gondola ride, little girl!
No, thanks, I just swam home
from one.