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Good Friday
'J'ODAY is Good Friday. And at the sign of the cross on
which the Son of God, or, as He so often called Himself, the
Son of Man, was crucified, all inheritors of the Christian tradi
tion pause to consider the day in all its significance. From
very early times it has been a period of solemn mourning and
special prayer. As far back as the reign of Constantine the
holding of markets, law courts and other public proceedings
was forbid on Good Friday, and it still is a legal holiday in
England and Ireland. It is observed in Rome by special re
ligious ceremonies, and all the hells in the Eternal City are
mute on that day.
In the tiny country of Monaco, one of the most romantic
and beautiful possessions in the world, a mystery play of Good
Friday is still to be seen. In the setting of the three short
streets of the little country overlooking the Mediterranean, the
old chateau and the large church, the wealth of orange blos
soms, Bengal roses, geraniums and barbary figs, the scenes from
the crucifixion have a strange significance. The place is so ut
terly like a dream-country that the drinking of the vinegar and
the crowning with thorns are as one might have visioned in
thinking of the suffering and death of Christ.
The traditions of Good Friday are bound up with the eccle
siastical observances of Holy Week, the week preceding Easter.
The day follows in the succession of Palm Sunday, commemor
ating the day of Chest’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Spy
Wednesday, the day of the betrayal by Judas, Holy Thursday,
on which Christ broke bread with His disciples in the Upper
Room and instituted the Lord’s Supper.
A number of ancient customs have grown up^guite aside
from the observance, of the day in the churches. One popular
one in England was the eating of “hot cross buns”—cakes on
which the cross had been impressed. This was the outgrowth
of an old belief that bread baked on this day had special medi
cinal properties, and was saved throughout the year in certain
families to be grated and used as a curative for various mala
dies. The “one a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns!” cry of
the street vendors has become immoral as a nursery classic.
, A singular sidelight on the day is related by Chambers in
his “Book of Days,—”
“In the church of Glentham, Lincolnshire, there is a toniD
with a figure, commonly called Molly Grime; and this figure
was regularly washed every Good Friday by seven old maids
of Glentham, with water brought from Newell Well, each re
ceiving a shilling for her trouble in consequence of an old be
quest connected with some property in that district.”
As time has gone on the superstitious aspects of certain ob
servances have fallen away, and the really beautiful ones have
survived. A modern service which lias become increasingly
popular in Catholic and Episcopal churches is the observance
of the “Three Hours’ Devotion” from 12 o’clock noon until
d o’clock in the afternoon commemorating the hours when He
hung upon the cross. In connection with his service has been
instituted special attention to the seven last sayings of Christ.
Today “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” a sacred cantata
by Theodore Dubois, will be sung in Eugene both by the Uni
versity choir, and by the choir of St. Mary’s Catholic church.
STANFORD HISTORIAN
TO TEACH ON CAMPUS
Dr. Edward Maslin Ilulnie, pro
tensor of Renaissance history at
Stanford university, will give two
courses in history on the campus
at the summer session running from
June 22 to July 31. He will give
the following two courses: The
Middle Ages, and Nineteenth Cen
tury Europe.
Born in London, England, he re
reived his bachelor’s degree frsns
Stanford in 1897. Ho studied at
Harvard university, and in 1902 he
received his Master of Arts degree
from Cornell. From 1897 to 1900
Pr. Hulme was a teacher of liter
ature and history in the Portland
public high schools.
He has been a mentt'er of the fac
ulty of the University of Idaho,
the University of California, and
the University of Chicago, and is
now at Stanford university.
Among the articles and books
that Dr. Hulme has written are:
“The Renaissance and Reforma
tion,’’ “The Protestant Revolu
tion,” “The Catholic Reaction in
Continental Europe,” and others.
Campus Bulletin
Notices will be printed in this column
for two issues only. Copy must be
in this office by 5:3* on the day before
it is to be published, and must be
limited to 20 words.
Freshman Commission Meeting—
Tuesday at 5:30, at the Y. W.
hut.
Mu Phi Epsilon—Regular business
meeting Saturday, 1:30, at music
building.
Hostess and Reception Committees
for Women’s League convention
meet today at 5 o’clock, room
107, journalism building.
Mazamas are taking a wild flower
trip Sunday afternoon, April 12.
Meet at Administration building
at 2:30.
Cosmopolitan Club Meeting—There
will be a short important busi
ness meeting of the Cosmopolitan
club at the bungalow, Friday
night at 7:00.
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Communications
Letters to the EMERALD from stu
dents and faculty members are
welcomed, but must be signed and
worded concisely. If it is desired, the
writer’s name will be kept out of
print. It must be understood that th«
editor reserves the right to reject
communications.
CAMPUS SMOKING FAVORED
To the Editor:
Yesterday night a friend of mine
button-holed me and said, “K. A.
P. old kid, the traditions committee
reminds me of a saying of Abe
Martin who reports that Samuel
Jones, whose commencement ora
tion last fall on “The Golden Age
of Opportunity is at Hand” caused
so much comment, is thinkin’ some
of becoming an obeo player by pro
fession.”
Now that was supposed to be a
joke, but in thinking it over it
does seem to me that the tradi
tions committee did pass up a gold
en opportunity to weed out one of
the traditions that is holding this
campus years behind the standard
of other universities. They did not
recommend the abolishment of the
smoking prohibition that comes
down from years past when the
W. C. T. TJ. wave of “reform every
thing” swept our state.
My grandfather was at one time
president of the Oregon Anti-saloon
league which exerted itself so
strenuously to spike the Demon
Rum and strangle the awful tobac
co weed. At that time an active cam
paign was carried on against smok
ing, and this age old practice would
probably have been sent to the
guillotine had not so many of the
brainiest men and biggest tax pay
ers of the state been incessant
smokers. Today we look back on
granddad’s enthusiastic campaign
with many a chuckle and inward
smile.
It was in that age when reform
ing everything was the rage, like
cross word puzzles were yesterday,
that our present smoking prohibi
tion was born. It is a custom of a
different society than the one in
which we now live and is rever
enced primarily because it harks
back from a day now gone. What
is there in its history that justi
fies it today? I can see nothing.
The administration used to be vi
tally interested in the smoking pro
hibition, and it tries to fool itself
into thinking that it is today. But
that is not the case. In years past
all the buildings on the campus
were wooden monuments that now
grace the older section of the cam
pus. To smoke in them would
place them in constant danger of
fire. But today the heavy load of
classes is being transferred into our
more modern and more nearly fire
proof buildings, which are not
liable to go up in smoke so readily.
But do not think that I advocate
smoking in the University build
ings. There is a state law against
it, I believe, and there is no need
to take any more of a fire risk than
is necessary. But to illustrate the
relative danger from fire from this
cause allow me to point out that
j Friendly hall, with its nltra-dan
! gerous hollow wooden walls, has
i never been in real danger because
of the billions of cigarettes that
have been smoked under its roof.
It is also interesting to note that
the State Fire Marshall, according
| to one who is in good posiion to
; know, has never issued an order
preventing smoking on the campus.
Many have been misled on this
point.
jSow this is Rotting rather long
I winded and I do not want to bother
I you with too much, but I would
! like to tell you that Mr. Fisher
told me that he thought his force
of paper hunters, whose job it is
jto keep the grounds free of all
I waste, would have little difficulty
in keeping the campus clean if the
1 rule were ehanged. He did not say
whether he did or did not favor
smoking on the campus, but he did
say that he could quite easily keep
i the campus as spick and span ns it
i is today if we did smoke. The ob
jection Mr. Terrvton voiced in
these columns the other day be
comes a little feeble in the light
of this, it seems to me.
In the face of these few facts
f COMING EVENTS I
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Friday, April 10
7:15 p. m.—Sacred Cantata,
“The Seven Last Words,” Uni»
versity choir, Methodist Epis
copal church.
Saturday, April 11
7:00 p. m.—April Frolic, Wo
man’s building.
7:00 p .m.—Men’s smoker,
Men’s gymnasium.
Snnday, April 12
7:30 p. m.—Sacred music con
cert, Mu Phi Epsilon, Methodist
Episcopal church.
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Why don’t we eliminate this out
grown custom, that should have
died long ago, just like the Senior
Sombrero custom and the invita
tion of preppers to Junior Week
end have died? After all the more
freedom any society enjoys, as long
as it is moral enough to promote
good health and honesty, the more
happy and progressive it will be.
Let’s not keep this old fashioned
custom simply because it says
“don’t” to a harmless and enjoy
able pastime that has been the
brother-in-law of all worth while
intellectual endeavor since Ealeigh
taught Queen Elizabeth how i to
puff her corn cob.
K. A. P.
HOURS AND GRADES
Editor of the Emerald:
I hope it is not out of order to
ask for some information through
your columns.
When entering the University, it
was impressed on my mind that as
a rule, only students physically or
mentally deficient went through
college carrying the minimum in
term hours and that it was most
unworthy of a student physically
and mentally normal to carry less
than 16 hours per term.
In counting up the hours of some
who have been published as lead
ing in grades the last two or three
terms I have found that some are
carrying and have been right along,
but 9, 12 or 13 hours and no more,
receiving all I’s and being ac
claimed the best scholars in the
U. of O.
Much has beep said about how
standards of scholarships have been
raised here in the last few years,
but if 13 hours of I is the best
record that can be made here it
would seem as if there had better
be some further raising, as that in
our judgment is not a record to be
proud of.
We carried our counting a little
further, however, and found that
many mentioned on the honor roll
are carrying the maximum 16, 18
or 20 term hours, and many of them
have made as many or more hours
of I as this 13 hour “leader of
grades,” and in addition 2, 4 or 6
hours of II. We should like to ask
the faculty or whoever is responsi
ble for giving out the grade in
formation, if such students are not
more worthy of being called lead
ers in grades than one who makes
only the minimum term hours of I.
We should also like to ask the
honor societies of the campus how
they rate their candidates foT
membership. Do they choose a
candidate who is a 9, 10 or 12 hour
student who makes all I’s in pref
erence to a 20 hour student who
makes 12, 14 or 16 hours of I and
the rest II.
Will those in authority give us
this information please, for if on
ly the minimum is necessary for
highest honors, we feel sure that
next year we can eliminate the III
that has been keeping us off the
honor roll heretofore and at the
same time satisfy the folks at home
who think we have been loafing be
At the Theatres
HEILIO—Today. Friday, Satur
day, Rupert Hughes-’ great
farce film, “Excuse He,” one
of the season’s screams. Ster
eoscopic. films on this bill are
of particular interest to psy
chology students. Seat sale
dates for “The Greenwich Vil
lage Follies” will be an
nounced in a few days. This
greatest of all musical shows
is bringing Gallagher and
Shean, noted comedians, and
a great cast. Set aside April
28.
THE REX—First day: That
new comedian, Raymond Grif
fith, in “Forty Winks,” the
famous stage faree brought to
j the screen in seven laughter
special sections with 'jfciih
dore Roberts, Viola Dana afM
other Paramount stars: Wal
ter Hiers’ comedy, “A Rarin’
Romeo,” more fun; Oregon’s
own “Webfoot Weekly;” Le
Roy DeVaney, in musical ac
companiment to the picture
on the mighty Wurlitzer.
Coming: “Gerald Cranston’s
Lady,” with James Kirk
wood, Alma Rubens. Marguer
ite de la Motte, Richard
Headrick and Walter Mc
Grail: a new stage novelty,
“Radio a la Rex,” featuring
a company of seven; A1 Chris
tie’s “Reckless Romance."
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cause we have not made it so far.
We can make 12 or 13 hours much
easier than 16 or 20.
As one of a number of students
interested I also ask the ones who
have the publishing of the grades
to publish in the Emerald a list
of the honor students with their
term hours and also the hours of I
and of II made by each, thus giv
ing the students a chance to judge
whom they consider as leading in
scholarship.
We believe this information is
due to the large number of stu
dents who think there are higher
standards of scholarship to be
striven for than that of taking a
minimum number of term hours in
order to get a grade of straight I.
STUDENT.
PLEDGING ANNOUNCED
Alpha Phi announces the pledging
of Jane Howe of Berkeley, Califor
nia.
FRESHMEN TO REPORT
The following freshmen will
report at the library steps at
10:40 today.
Ted Becker, John Lebor, Wal
ter Durgan, Hugh Wallace, Har
old Ricksteen, Bob Schlick; Bill
Prendergaet, Ed Brown, Bob
Henningson, Lynn Wykoff,
Frank German, Clyde Montague,
Ed Thorstenberg.
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SILVER MEDAL AWARDED
TO COL. W. S. SINCLAIR
Lieutenant Colonel Willian S.
Sinclair, commandant of the R. O.
T. C. at the University, has been
awarded by the war department a
silver star for bravery in action in
the Battle of Yang-tsun, August
6, 1900, in the Boxer uprising.
Lieutenant Colonel Sinclair was
then a second lieutenant in the
Fourteenth Infantry. The regiment
had seen service in the Philippine
insurrection when it was ordered to
China to take part in the expedi
tion, organized for the relief of the
foreign legations in Pekin. An ex
peditionary force commanded by
Vice-Admiral E. H. Seymour had
failed to break through the Boxer
defenses in June, and it was not
until August that combined allied
forces by the Yang-Tsun victory
paved the way for the capture of
the capital from the insurrection
ists.
The R. O. T. C. commander par
ticipated in the attack on the walls
of Pekin, the Fourteenth Infantry
being the first to scale the walls of
the Tartar city.
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ANNE DEAB:
Aren’t you thrilled with the
prospects of Easter so near at
hand? From favors to bonnets,
I have been searching every shop
in town in order to get just what
I wanted in each instance.
Sunday
we are hav
ing a din
ner to which
a number of
the a 1 u im
nae are in
vited. O f
course, flowers are always need
ed. At Raup’s Floral Shop, we
have ordered gigantic white Eas
ter lilies. Each plant has a num- i
ber of gorgeous snowy blossoms, j
and the pots are prettily decor- !
ated with colored mats. Then, j
we also got several hydrangeas j
in the pastel shades which will j
work into our color scheme.
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As Easter and rabbits always
go together, we got some iced
rabbit cookies. The bunnies,
which are as delicious as attrac
tive, have the proverbial pink
eyes. Then, too, we are going
to have coconut cookies made to
represent nests with colored eggs
in them. These articles, as well
as fresh local eggs, ar all obtain
abl at Underwood and Elliott’s
Grocery where, we do most of
our buying.
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I saw an adorable wrist watch
at Skeie’s today. It was small,
rectangular in shape, and set
with brilliants in a pleasing de
sign. I lost my own some time
ago and consequently have been
without the convenience of a
time piece. This charming little ]
watch is just what I would love
to have. Skeie’s also have the
new flexible metal bracelets for
wrist watches.
A couple of the girls in the
house just got back from the
Co-ed Barber Shop where they
had their hair bobbed. They got
fetching cuts, which are mostly
shingles. The slant of the shingle
follows the outline of the head,
and it does not have that ragged
appearance which one gets at so
many shops. There for my next
hair cut!
Every one is planning on at
tending church Sunday, even
those who never go any other
time. Along with the church
going tradition is the initiation
of spring toggery. Freshly mar
celled hair always sets a new
bonnet off to the best advantage.
I am getting mine done at the
Rose La Vogue and pulling for
them strong because they do such
satisfactory work.
Midge has announced her en
; garment to Paul with whom
I she has gone all rear. He’s mar
i velouslv good looking; but—to
I get back to Midge, I bought a
| lovely luncheon set at the
i Phares’ Baby Shop for her. It
I is of white Indian Head; the
| pond and lily design is already
| hemstitched, and the green leaves
| are done in running stitch. The
| yellow centers match the dainty
; crocheted edge perfectly. Really,
I it’s the most attractive set I
I have ever seen.
I wish I had you here to help
ipe with my April Frolic costume.
Would I make a good gypsy!
CAROL.