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Art Drama Music
Edited by
Eleanor Burtchaell — Clifford Zehrung — Emily Houston
(The following weekly features are printed in the Emerald as indicated:
Tuesday, Lemmy’s Ghost, Society: Wednesday, Art, Drama. Music: Thursday,
Poetry; 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.)
“THIEF OF BAGDAD” HAS
BEAUTIFUL SETTINGS
Douglas Fairbank’s “The Thief
of Bagdad” transcends all moving
picture shows we have ever seen
for beauty of setting and attention
to detail. Whole sets were made to
be used for only a moment or two
as a background for Fairbank’s
nimble stunts and then discarded
never to reappear in the picture
again. Such extravagant settings,
while contributing to the high cost
of filming, make for a picture
which matches nothing but the wild
est of esoteric dreams. They stim
ulate the fantastic in each of us
and, like the dream, last in our
minds not as concrete impressions,
but as vague, highly colorful back
grounds which impress the senses
like lotus blossoms in the spring
air—subtly though irresistably.
“The Thief of Bagdad” has a cer
tain Barrie-lik^' quality (about it
which makes it appeal to much the
same type of audience as . did
“Peter Pan,”—those of us who are
still children and those of us who
are distinctly grown-up. To that
in-between class of youth which has
discarded fairy stories but not yet
reached the stage of liking James
Branch Cabell, “The Thief of Bag
dad” may not appeal—or at least
the fantastic parts. To them, we(
would say that there was still much
to be gained from magic carpets
and from apples which bring life to
the dead and ropes which will hang
suspended 5n air without visible
means of support. Think of the
fun of riding a winged horse!—C. Z.
CAMPUS THEATRE
TO BE CONSTRUCTED
The announcement, that plans
have been laid to build a new and
modern moving picture theatre on
Eleventh and Alder, should bring
much joy to those students who have
bitterly complained from time to
time of the long walk from the
campus to downtown shows. It is
hoped that the owners will see to
it that the new structure provides
for a stage larger than that of the
ordinary movie, for doubtless it
could be used in many different
ways for the benefit of college
people.
The new theatre will also add one
more distraction to the growing list
of things which make it harder f«r
the student to study.
ART, BEFORE HISTORY
IN EARLY AGES
Primitive man, because of his un
developed tastes and uncultured
ideas, gave art the crudest and
simplest forifls possible. He, like a
child, was impressed mostly by
color; then form, finesse and rela
tionship of form being the smallest
factor. In the beginning art was a
thing of immediate utility, prob
ably furthered more by the primi
tive male than they female. The
male was not the one who plodded
and saw life from the conservative
side as the female did. He roamed
the forests, explored, and had time
to dream. The woman saw only the
near future, the next meal to be
prepared, the children to care for,
the fire to attend to and the other
immediate things that were neces
sary to the life of the family.
In the man is a desire for some
thing beautiful; there is a feeling
that he must satisfy; he decorates
his hunting weapons, his dreams
spur him on—and art commences
to exist. Perhaps it is because it
is a bit of the unusual that he
enjoys beautifying some hitherto
unbeautiful object; his seeing the
other members of the tribe showing
unrestrained interest and pleasure
in the newness of his handiwork.
And, too, it releases some hidden
force in him that clamors for ex
pression, and releasing mental
forces gives one a feeling of relief.
This expression becomes a means
of speech in a certain way, man’s
vocabulary being very limited. He
found his ability to draw an animal
he saw in his hunting adventure
greater than his power to describe
it in speech.
It has been said that the reindeer
hunter was the least limited of
primitive beings; he was the first
civilized, possessing free and an art
in his makeup. The works of the
reindeer hunter that have been
found are superior to the infantile
characters of the tribes of other
followings.
Besides sketching, he used sculp
ture, base relief, fresco and engrav
ing. He enjoyed the natural action
of the animals h^ saw, the play of
muscles and the positions of the
body. Afjer capture he studied
them, their bone structure and out
lines, and somehow a desire to imi
tate compelled him to carve and
draw these same outlines that he
saw and admired so frequently. In
the primitive force of expression
lay the chief charm of his efforts.
A single line or two often formed
the main idea of a sketch, and gives
the modern critic an idea of the as
suredness in his work.
In the frescoes of the eaves of
the early man were found the first
probable traces of religion. Here
is the result of the sensation of
man's contact with the elements.
It was caused by man’s desire to
know what he seems unable to
understand, We may easily see how
their beliefs were furthered by art,
because here was a means of giving
the concrete forms to the imagery
the primitive being bore in his
mind. But the first pictorial ex
amples of religion soon became
“passe.” Art disappeared in the
wake of the advances that were
being accomplished in religion. Na
ture with her varied ages changed
the sources of man’s belief. Cli
mates turning warmer changed the
aspects of the earth, currents be
came modified, and water-beds
found new courses, so the objects of \
man’s wonder and belief evolved
from the original into something
new. The pictures that were fit
ting for his belief were not those j
of his ancestors.
GREAT STRADIVARIUS
AND HIS VIOLINS
Just browsing through music
magazines and books, one finds the
most interesting articles and inci
dents told about musicians and
composers. An article on “Why is
q Strad” by Otto Meyer, the Ameri
can representative of the O. Seveik
products, is an explanation of the
Stradivarius violin and why it will
soon be extinct.
Violins get “sick” after the per
iod of their development and the
period at the height of their bril
lancy. There are now many “sick”
Strads which have been exhausted
by over-playing. A rest when a
violin is sick will revive it -until
it can be used again but only for a
short time. There are also lots of
imitation Strads with labels ex
actly like the real ones, causing
owners of the imitation to think
they have a Strad. So many later
violins which have proven success
ful make the laity ask if they are
not as good. To these questions Mr.
Meyer replies in advertising ver
inaeular “Ask the man who owns
one,” saying that that is the best
'test he can find. A real Strad can
be recognized by a good musician
and its owner would, never trade it
for any number of the best later
ones.
Stradiva'rius learned his profes
sion from Nicola Amati whose vio
lins are also valued highly. Author
ities disagree as to the number of
violins produced by Stradivarius,
some saying 2,000, others not more
than 1000, but an exhaustive search
made a few years ago by London
experts revealed 500 genuine
Strads, 100 of which were of the
first rank. A Strad brought here*
from England sold recently for
$55,000, so one can only conjecture
what price would be necessary to
purchase “The Messiah,” which
is the Stradivarius masterpiece.
To the questions, wrhy cannot
modern violins excell the old,- and
why and how is a Strad better than
any others, Mr. Meyer says “ask
the man who owns one.”
COLLEGE SONGS AND
COLLEGE SONG BOOKS
“Songs of the Western colleges,”
is a book discovered while brows
ing. Compiled in 1902 by H. G.
Lozier of the University of Chica
go and R. W. Tally of the Univer
sity of California, it contains songs
of practically all of .the schools west
of Chicago. The Alma Mater songs
given include our own “Oh Ore
gon, Oh, Oregon!” which is scarcely
heard on the campus now; “The
Orange and the Black,” of Albany
college; and “Three Cheers for T.
A. and P. U.” from Pacific uni
versity. Others are “All for the
Sake of California,” “The Golden
Bear,” “Hail, Stanford, Hail,” and
many others.
Contrasting cheers and toasts
with these are the college songs for
all occasions, from “Where, O
Where are the Verdant Fresh- j
men?” the “Toboggan Song,” the
“Old College Chum,” and “Broke!
Broke! Broke!” to the many sere-j
nade songs and older favorites,
“Jingle Bells,” the “Quilting Par- j
tv,” “My Grandfather’s Ducks,” :
and the “Bull-dog on the Bank.”
Against these, many of which do
not lose popularity, we have our
more modern “I’d Like to Be a
Friend of Yours,” “I’ve got a Date
Tonight,” “That Old Gang of
Mine,” “My Girl’s a Hullabaloo,”
and “I’ll Dream of You.” One won
ders when a new compilation will
be made which will include these
latter
OREGON ALUMNA
SUCCEEDS IN MUSIC
Miss Frederike Shilke, who was
last year a student in the Univer
sity, has been studying during the
past year in Boston under Theodore
Schroeder. Miss Shilke has been
gaining recognition in musical cir
cles in that city. She has been en
gaged as voice instructor in the
Waltham school for girls, has been
singing for radio, and has also been
filling a church position. She will
return to her home in La Grande
for the summer and will be heaTd
in recital there and in Portland.
NEW PORTRAIT ADDED
TO WARNER MUSEUM
!
Exhibition Set for Benefit
Dance Next Friday
One of the features which is to
be displayed in the Murray War
ner art museum on Friday, March
13, when the Eugene branch of the \
American Federatio'n of Art will J
give a museum benefit dance in the |
Woman’s building, will be the por- j
trait of General John Normann
Muntlre, who has been of great as
sistance to Mrs. Warner in mak
ing her collections.
General Munthe is at present in
charge of the Chinese troops that
guard the legations during the
Chinese disturbances. He is one of
Mrs. Warner’s personal friends, and
has been a great benefactor to the
museum. At one time Mrs. Warner
sent General Munthe a check for
$1000, asking if she could buy
three or four of the pictures from
his Chinese collection for the mu
seum. General Munthe sent thirty
pictures from his private collec
tion, as answer. He returned the
check, asking that it be given to
the Christian Science church, as an
expression of his gratitude to the
denomination and its founder.
At Mrs. Warner’s expressed re
quest for a portrait of General
Munthe, which she might add to the
museum collection, the General
went to Mrs. Leone Vel Kays Jac
obs, a well known portrait painter,
and painter of Chinese celebrities,
and "commissioned her to paint the
portrait. Mrs. Jacobs is a former
University of Oregon student,—a
member of the class of 1907. She
was a close friend of Pauline Pot
ter, donor of the Pauline Potter
Homer Collection of books.
This picture by Mrs. Jacobs was
brought to the campus by Mrs.
Warner on her return, and is the
one which will be on exhibition on
March 13.
PHILOSOPHY CLUB TO HOLD
OPEN DISCUSSION GROUP
The Philosophy club, an organi
zation of the philosophy staff,
philosophy students, and those in
terested in the subject, will hold a
discussion session tonight, open to j
students and 'faculty, wishing to at
tend. J. E. Ainsworth Johnstone,
instructor in the classics, will pre
sent a paper on the “Center of Val
ue in Aristotle’s Theory of Mor
als.” Mr. Johnstone will consider
wherein the Greek concept of right
conduct differs from Christian, and
modern conceptions. The meeting
will be held in the men’s room, of
the Woman’s building, beginning at
7:45.
MANY STANFORD STUDENTS
TOTALLY SELF-SUPPORTING
Stanford University.—Figures re
leased at Stanford University show
that 45 per cent of the men and 25
per cent of the women out of the
2,949 students registered, were so
desirous of obtaining a college edu
cation that they were willing to
work for it. During the autumn
quarter 296 men and 18 women reg
istered were entirely self-support
ing.
YALE HAS 84 FOOTBALL MEN
ON ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
Yale.—A recent summary of all
of Walter Camp’s All-American
football teams reveals the fact that
Yale ranks first in the number ol:
men from one college, with 84. Har
vard is second with 74, Princeton
third with 55, p.nd Pennsylvania
fourth with 38. The remainder of
his selection is composed of men
from 29 other institutions.
LOUISIANA AND WEST POINT
TO SHOOT PISTOL MATCH
Louisiana State University.—The j
Louisiana State University pistol
team will in all probability fire a
match with the United States Mil5- j
tarv academy at West Point and
with Alabama Polytechnic Insti
tute, at Auburn, Ala. These two j
teams are considered the best in :
the country, having maintained pis-;
tol teams for several years.—White.
SHAVING RECORD MADE
BY OKLAHOMA STUDENT
University of Oklahoma.—Statis-!
tics compiled by a member of an |
economics class of Oklahoma Uni
versity, show that the average shav
ing time for the men is 8 minutes
and 33 seconds. The fastest worker
turned the triek in 3 minutes, while
the slowest consumed 14 minutes
for the impressive ceremony.
DEFEATED BY Oi.G
Oregon Agricultural college de
feated University of Oregon in a
dual swimming meet here last Sat
urday, 36 to 32. It was the first
intercollegiate meet for both
schools. Kesults:
40-yard dash — Boyle, Aggies,
first; Shelton, Aggies, second;
Stone, Oregon, third. Time 21 1-5
seconds.
100-vard back stroke—Erickson,
Oregon, first; Gardner, Oregon, sec
ond; Newerf Aggies third. Time,
1 minute, 16 3-5 seconds.
Diving—Burroughs, Aggies, first;
McCabe, Oregon, second; Leblanc,
Aggies, third.
100-vard dash—Lombard, Oregon,
first; Foyle, Aggies, second; Cour
cier, Aggies, third. Time, 1 minute,
2 1-5 seconds.
100-vard back stroke—Savory,
Aggies, first; Sinclair, Oregon, sec
ond; Flood, Aggies, third. Time: 1
minute, 24 seconds.
Plunge for distance—Turner, and
Smith, Aggies, tied for first; Sam
uels, Oregon, third. Distance, 60
feet.
220-yard dash—Lombard, Oregon,
first; Leblanc, Aggies, second; Boy
den, Oregon, third. Time: 2 min
utes, 54 seconds.
160-yard relay—Oregon (Stone,
Erickson, McCabe and Lombard),
first. Time: 1 minute, 28 3-5 sec
onds.
One swimming state record was
shattered last Saturday, when Pet
erson of O. A. C. Books, swam the
100-yard free style in 58 3-5 sec
onds in the dual meet between the
Oregon freshmen and the Aggie
rooks. The Aggies easily defeated
the Webfooters, 40 to 18. Besults:
40-yard dash—Peterson, Aggies,
first; Smith, Aggies, second; Mc
Cook, Oregon, third. Time, 19 4-5
seconds.
100-yard back stroke — Benton,
Oregon, first; Kelly, Aggies, sec
ond; Kharosen, Aggies, third. Time,
1 minute, 27 seconds.
100-yard dash—Peterson, Aggies,
first; Markeson, Aggies, second;
Reid, Oregon, third. Time, 58 3-5
seconds.
100-yard breast stroke—Kharo
sen, Aggies, first; Grossmever, Ag
gies, second. Time, 1 minute, 29
3-5 seconds.
Plunge for distance—Mason, Ore
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gon, first; Frank, Aggies, second;
Brundage, Oregon, third. Distance,
52 feet.
220-yard dash—McCook, Oregon,
first; Smith, Aggies, second;
Markeson, Aggies, third. Time, 2
minutes, 51 3-5 seconds.
' 160-vard relay—Won by Oregon
Aggies, (Peterson, Kelly, Dewilde,
Grossmever). Time, 1 minute, 31
seconds.
SEVENTEEN STUDENTS
LOSE REGISTRATION
The student advisory discipline
committee of the faculty, at its
meeting Monday afternoon, sus
pended two students from the Uni
versity for the remainder of the
college year for failure to pay fees
on time, coupled with the offering
of N. S. F. checks when they fin
ally did appear to settle their fee
bill.
Fifteen students who had failed
to pay their winter term fees be
fore the expiration of the time limit
had their registration cancelled
with consequent loss of any credit
they may have earned so far this
term.
Two students were penalized- for
abuse of the University library
privileges. One of these had in his
possession a reserve book from the
library not charged to him. An
effort had been made to disguise
the fact that it was a library book.
The other studentj who had been a
persistent violator of University
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