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in Library Browsings m Edited by Glen F. Burch (The following weekly features are printed in the Emerald as indicated: T^sday, Lemmy’s Ghost, Society; Wednesday, Art, Drama, Music; Thursday, Pmtry; Friday, World of Sports; Saturday, Library Browsings. Contributions for any of these columns may be left in the Emerald Box at the circulation desk in the University Library, or at the Editor’s office.) If the magazine world can be re garded as a criterion upon which to judge the trend of the thought of the thinking classes of the country today, magazines such as the Cen turyf the Atlantic Monthly, the Na tion, the Ncrv Republic, American Mercury, Forum, Scribners and others, there is at present a decided agitation over the old problem of education in America. The present principle of “mass education” under which the univer sities of America are operating is rapped in an article in the February Atlantic, anonymously written, en titled “Am I too Old to Teach:” ‘‘Every addition to the university curricula which has the purpose of democritizing education—and that means commonly preparing not too ambitious young men to make a liv ing—has tended to multiply the mediocre result and reduce the fin ished one.” * » * Herbert Croly, in an article on “What Ails American Youth” in the February number of the New Re public, refuses to lay all the blame on the college: “The youth of today are prevented from obtaining real freedom by limitation of opportun ity, by defective education, by econo mic pressure, and by governmental action.” * * * tne same article, (Jroly asserts that “the essential business of edu cation is to impart to the students the facts and the principles and to convince them of the truth of what they learn.” * * * “How different the teacher would be and how different the place of both the student and the teacher in the social structure if teaching were understood to be first and foremost the stimulation of students ts a. critical examination of the values of our civilization,” says George Coe in his little book “What Ails Our South'?” Compare conclusion with that of Croly’s. Tn “The College and the Artist,” an article by Henry Hood in the Feb ruary Scribner’s the writer looks with dismay upon the present hustle bustle life of the average university campus and sighs for the “good old days” when the university was a place for serious application and gen ius. thought. “Practically incessant activity with little opportunity for reflection, is at least debatable val ue for the average studant. AMOXG THE MAGAZINES . “But the hymns are gone, the men and women who sung them are gone, the whole world is changed, and I also am changed.” Isn’t there some thing arrestinglv significant about that passage, or is the writer, W. .T. Tlawson, simply a dawdling old sen timentalist? The quotation is just a sentence from his “Biographv of a Mind” (Century for February) placed at the close of a discussion on the old Methodist hymns. He con tinues : ‘ ‘ The voice^ of my mind tells me that the change is for the bet ter, but in my soul I know that all the wider vision of the intellects dearly purchased by the loss of this note of ecstacv and assurance which men once had. To the columnist there is something of unfathonable, ineffable sadness in this brief picture of the passing of something precious out of the life of this man; perhaps out of the life of man.” • • • Those interested in the works of the brilliant Irish writer, George Moore, will doubtless find the article “George Moore at Work,” by B. H. Clark, in the current number of the American Mercury to their lik ing. Mr. Clark succeeds in produc ing a very intimate sketch of the author of “Conversations in Eburv Street. ” There is an amusingly thoughtful essay in the current issue of the Atlanta Monthly, “On the Advisa bility of Recognizing One’s Ances tors,’’ by Ohauncey Tinker. Written m a semi-humorous style, it never theless raises a real question, and throws a little more light, from a new angle on vthe old problem of: ‘‘how much does man owe to hered ity for his present status in life?’’ * * * ‘‘The movies are closing the im-1 aginations of all the world, especi ally the young world. And our stu dents are born and fed on them. In I them mere improbability and spec tacle stand for creation. They have ' no subtlety either, of execution, no suggestion, no stimulus. The mind is nc t led either forward or backward or beyond. 'With all their sensa tional effort they are prosaic, as prosaic as they are tasteless and ac curate.’’ (From “Am I too Old to Teach?’’, Atlantic Monthly for Feb.) j “I have spent my whole life twist ing dynamite into ornamental curl papers,” the late Anatole France once said (see New Republic, Feb. 11), in remarking that the world at large accused him of being only a stylist and sophist. Only Anatole France could have said that! An article appeared in a recent is sue of the Publisher’s Guide listing a number of books by prominent au thors, containing characterizations based on actual lives. It might be interesting to note a few of those: H. G. Wells in his “The New Machiavelli, ’ ’ derives his principal characters from Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Lord Balfour and Lord Hal dane; in “Peter Whiffle,’’ Carl Van Vechten’s best novel, Edith Dale is an accurate portrait of a friend', Mary Dodge. The philosopher Nietz sche is reproduced in Anne Sedg wick ’s ‘ ‘ The Encounter, ’ ’ in the person of Ludwig Welilitz. Lillian Gish is the motif for the motion pic ture actress in Hergesheimer’s ‘ ‘ Cytherea; ’ ’ Edna Ferber found the original of Dallas O’Mara in her famous novel “So Big” in the per son of Treysa McMein. * * * PARAGRAPH BOOK REVIEWS MY DAUGHTER HELEN, By Al lan Monkhouse. The author has succeeded in the rather difficult task of drawing ttie picture of a girl entirely through her father’s perceptions. Genuine delicacy is evidenced in the theme and in the handling. MEMOIRS OF MY YOUTH, By Maxim Gorky. An intimate glimpse of the early years of the famous Russian realist. Critics are wont to term it one of the finest pieces of work from a lit erary point of view that Gorky has ever done. MARY ROSE, By Sir James M. Barrie. “One of the most beauti ful and original ghost stories ever written for the theatre.” (Sat. R of Lit.) Fantasy, that de lightful note in all of Barrie’s plays from “Peter Pan” on, makes this little three act play a decided success. THE GOLDEN JOURNEY OF MR PARADYNE, By William J. Locke. “An agreeable fantastic little tale” of a middle aged Lon don barrister and his dream of wood nymphs in France. The new York World describes it as: “a slight little story, beautifully illustrated.” * » * LATITUDES, By Edwin Muir. A brilliant series of essays on a number of interesting modern problems. “No contemporary es sayist writes with more agility and penetration than does Mr. Muir,” the Dial avers in the cur rent issue. * * » • THE GREEN BAY TREE, By Louis Bromfield. Declared by one reviewer as “something dif ferent.” A great steel town is the background for this tale, the tale of a woman “possessed of above all else, the virtues of hu mility and tolerance.” * » * SEEING THINGS AT NIGHT, By Hey wood Broun. An American humorist here has his fling at “impressions,” “prejudices,” “re flections” and '“comments.” Broun needs no introduction to the reading public. * * * JOSHUA BARNEY, By Ralph D. Paine. Everyone has heard qf John Paul Jones, but few know anything of Joshua Barney, a naval hero contemporary of Jones’. His was a fascinating history, according to Paine, who has compiled a whole book about his exploits. THE PEASANTS: WINTER, (VolJ 2), By Ladislas St. Reymont. This book needs no introduction to those who have rend the first vol ume of the series: “Fall.” Suf-j fice to sav that it is a masterly piece of work, by a great writ er; a work that will live. MUSIC AUDITORIUM DRAPES BEINC HUNG “The new school of music audi torium will, without a doubt, be dedicated some time within the next three weeks,” Dr, John Lands burv, dean of the school of music, announced yesterday. Drapes for the windows of the auditorium have been imported from Paris, having arrived in New York the first ■ of this week. The material of which the drapes are made is the finest that could be purchased and iB a! rare and lovely combination of old gold, and old rose intermingled j with grav shaddws. X. E. Zane of the art depart- j ment, and Mrs. Mary Briggs, prom inent interior decorator of Port land, have combined their efforts in the execution of the decorative scheme. Mrs. Briggs arrived from Portland today and brought furni ture and drapes for the palm room with her. The futniture was made by the Reed Specialty Shop of Portland. At the present time flood lights are being installed in the auditorium. Heavy silk hang ings with opaque tops cover all the j lamps, which give the effect of in- j direct lighting. > “The school of music auditor- j ium,” said Dean Landsbury, “is j going to be used only for high ( class outside concerts and programs of the music department which are education and dignified in charac ter. We want to make it a center for finer things and if ' possible prominent lecturers will be heard > occasionally. It is jour endeavor I to never have it indiscriminately used. ” STUDENT RETURNS HOME DUE TO FATHER’S ILLNESS Ida Belle Tremayne, a junior in the school of business administra tion, left for her home in Boise, Idaho, yesterday morning at 2:00. Miss Tremayne was called home be cause of the serious illness of her father. Aggie Quintet Wins By Fast Playing in First Half; Oregon Rally is Late (Continued from page one) ounce of winning. Westergren was the high point man for Oregon with 12 counters. Brown scored 12 for the Aggies, while Ridings hooped a total of 10 points. Stoddard played a nice floor game for the visitors, and he was an excellent man in working the ball into scoring position. Hobson played an excellent guarding and floor game for Oregon, and he held the slippery Stoddard down to no field goals. Jost and Okerberg also did some nice “checking” and floor work. This is the last home game for | Oregon, and the team leaves on its j northern trip early next week, dur ing which it plays Idaho, Washing ton State and "Washington in con ference games before returning. It is a hard schedule for any team, and a critical one, for Oregon must win all of the remaining games in order to tie the Aggies for first honors. Game Play by Play 7:42—Game starts. 7:45—Ridings scores from field. Score: Oregon 0, O. A. C. 2. 7:46—Hidings scores from field. Score: Oregon 0, O. A. C. 4. 7:46—Brown scores from field. Score: Oregon 0, O. A. C. 6. 7:46—.Tost for Gunther. 7:47—Brown scores from, field. Score: Oregon 0, O. A. C. 8. 7:47—Brown scores ijrom field. Score: Oregon 0, O. A. C. 10. 7:4S—Stoddard fouls Gowans. Gowans converts. Score: Oregon 1, O. A. C. 10. 7:49—Brown scores from field. Score: Oregon 1, O. A. C. 12. 7:50—Bapp fouls Okerberg. Oker berg converts, misses. Score: Ore gon 2, O. A. C. 12. 7:51—Brown fouls Westergren, who converts and misses. Oregon 3, O. A. C. 12. 7:52—Gowans scores for Oregon. Score: ©regon 5, O. A. C. 12 7:53—Ttapp scores from field. Score: Oregon 5, O. A. C. 14. 7:54—Hidings scores from field. Score: Oregon 5, O. A. C. 16. 7:55—Brown scores from field. Score: Oregon 5, O. A. C. 18. 7:56—Hughes for Okerberg. 7:58—Baker fouls "Westergren, Westergren converts. Score: Ore gon 6, O. A. C. 18. 8:00—Westergren blocks Baker, misses. 8:04—Jost fouls Hidings, converts twice. Score: Oregon 6, O. A. C. 20. 8:08—Time. Score: Oregon 6, O. A. C. 20. 8:20—Gowens scores. Oregon 8, O. A. C. 20 8:21—Brown scores for O. A. C. Score: Oregon 8, O. A. C. 22. 8:21—Gowans scores from field. Score: Oregon 10, O. A. C. 22. 8:24—Double foul, Hobson, Stod dard. Stoddard converts. Hobson converts. Score: Oregon 11, O. A. C. 23. 8:25—Westergren scores from floor. Score: Oregon 13, O. A. C. 23. 8:25—Hidings fouls Westergren. Westergren misses. 8:26—Hobson scores from field. ENJOY SUNDAY DINNER 6 to 7 P. M. With Music fl* p-xb Pipns Playing Their Newest Selections 60 and 75c GRILLE DANCES Every Wednesday — Friday — Saturday 1fe QJampa “Humanism or Christianity” Subject of the sermon next Sunday morning at the Unitarian church by the Rev. Frank Fay Eddy. A study of the differing points of view expressed dur ing the past week by Father O’Hara and Syud Hossain. A query as the essential foundation revealed in scien tific thinking for a religion of humanity, independent, while inclusive of all creeds in the history of religion. Robert McKnght will be the soloist at this service. All are welcome in this little church, especially those who can subscribe in spirit to the simple statement of belief to which its members assent; “We unite for the worship of God and the service of man.” I Oregon 15, O. A. C. 23. i (Crowd goes wild after Oregon rally.) 8:2S—Grapp fouls Okerberg. Ok-j erberg misses. 8:29—Okerberg scores. Score: Oregon 17, O. A. C. 23. 8:30—Technical foul on O. A. C. Hobson converts. Score: Oregon 18, O. A. C. 23. 8:31—Baker converts from mid- I field. Score: Oregon 18, O. A. C. 25. 8:33—Westergren scores from midfield. Score: Oregon 20, O. A. C. 25. 8:34—Westergren scores from j field. Score: Oregon 22, O. A. C. 25. j 8:36—Westergren scores. Soon: Oregon 24, O. A. C. 25. 8:40—Baker scores from field, j Oregon 24, O. A. C. 27. Baker re- j peats. Oregon 24, O. A. C. 29. 8:41—Gowans scores. Oregon 26, O. A. C. 29. 8:42—Westergren scores. Oregon 28, O. A. C. 29. 8:43—Ridings scores from floor. Oregon 28, O. A. C. 31. 8:45—Baker scores from floor. Oregon 28, O. A. C. 33. 8:46—Gowans f|ouls Grapp, misses, converts. Oregon 28, O. A. C. 34. Rex Shine Parlor The Only Place to Get Your Shoes Shined BELL THEATRE Springfield SUNDAY, FEB. 22 BEHIND A ^W<DMAN$ Only a four-mile drive and street car service every half hour 8:48—Hobson scores. Oregon 30, O. A. C. 34. Gun. Score: Oregon 30, O. A. C. 34. Summary: • Oregon (30) O. A. C. (34) Gownns (9).F. Ridings (10) Hobson (6).F. Baker (8) I Okerberg (3).C. Brown (12) j Gunther.G. Stoddard (1) ! Wostergren (12) G. Graap (3) 1 Substitutions: Oregon, Jost for Gunther, Carter for Gowans, Gow ans for Carter. Referee: Robert Morris, of Wash ington. Get the Classified Ad habit GAY THOMPSON Marcel and Bob 75c Manicure, 50c 861 WILLAMETTE ST. Roome 5 Phone 1091-R Brandon Opera Co. 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