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Entered as second class matter at the post office at Eugene, Oregon, under act
of Congress of March 8, 1879.
Ride a Rocking Horse, Mr. Schlick!
jyjR; FREDERICK Schlick declares the work of our campus
poets “most pitiable,” in a letter printed in the Communi
cation column Saturday. The editor, while not learned in the
realm of poetry and poetry criticism, does not entirely agree
with some of the sentiments contained in Mr. Schlick’s episto
lary condemnation of the column conducted for the Emerald
by Walter Evans Kidd. It is one of those cases where one
does and at the same time one does not.
However, whether one agrees or not, Mr. Schlick should be
given no small amount of credit for signing his baptismal ap
pellation to his thoughts, rather than shrinking into the ob
scure background by attaching some misleading nom-de-plume,
as “Blue Eyes,” or “Spring Term Freshman,” either of which
might have been used honestly and without prevarication. It
is hoped that any enthusiast coming to the defense of the verse
which caused him such grief and concern will do likewise.
There can be little doubt that a signature properly allowing
the reader to identify the correspondent, carries added weight
and authority—, not excluding th ename of our caustic critic.
Miss Philippa Sherman’s “Rocking Horse Road,” featured
in last week’s Lyric Rainbow column bears the brunt of the
attack. It probably hurt Mr. Schlick’s religious feeling to
speak of God as using soap. At first thought, that is a rather
mundane tiling for God to do truly enough. Yet, soap, espe
cially soap which finds use, is considered quite essenial and
holds a highly respected place in the better classes of human
society. “Cleanliness to Godliness,” Mr. Schlick!
Schlick has chosen the wrong climate for his rain-mak
ing abilities. Just the other day a news item stated that a
man in California was handed a cheek for several thousand dol
lars for such activities in that state. Anyone passing last week
in tin* upper Willamette valley knows there has been no need
to “spit up into the air,” as he suggested, to produce rain,
certainly lie overlooks the possibility for fame and fortune by!
residing here in this wet and rainy land. After all, there i
are many critics, but few rainmakers.
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Have you lost your youth, Mr. Schlick? One really should |
never allow that. There is too much fun to be had just by :
“being a kid” and by enjoying what “kids” enjoy. One tends!
to become grown up and sophisticated and dull soon enough j
without reaching out for the gray cloak and wrapping it about
oneself so early and so eagerly. But our critic will object to
such a figure sophistication and dullness are abstractions, not
clothing, he will say.
Oh, well . . . But poor Peter Pan and Tinker Bell! You
could never have been born if all the world were like that,
could you?
The nine infant faces on display at the Co-op, which are
found by the discerning eye to be photographs of Guild hall
students taken some twenty years ago, have temporarily usurp
ed the interest given to cross-word puzzles. Simultaneously
we find a “Mary Had a Little Lamb” contest announced in The
Daily Californian!
“With tlie view of developing interest in the coming life
saving tests to be held early in May, the local Red Cross life
saving corps is planning a series of instructions." And the
sooner the better! If the weather continues as it has begun
there won’t be any of us left to save. A nice commodious Ark,
now!
The Wright brothers, who made their first flight in a
heavier-than-air flying machine in 15)03, used to live in Eugene
thiity years ago and_talk over their ideas, according to Dean
Straub. Will any of the budding geniuses on the campus now
soar like this?
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Campus Bulletin
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it is to be published, and must be
limited to 20 words.
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Woman’s building.
Weimar-Bund—Dinner meeting to
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be followed by illustrated lecture,
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noon at Anchorage. Very im
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ing at 3:45 in Design room today.
Mask and Buskin—College Side Inn
today noon. Important. Members
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Dunn’s room in Oregon building.
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Communications 1
Letters te 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 the
editor reserves the right to reject
communications.
ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTOR
REPLIES TO MR. SCHLICK
To the Editor:
It does the heart of the Oregon
student body good to hear our
freshman voice his sentiments on
poetry, but we are not surprised to
have a freshman display his ignor
ance of poetry with a host of
flowery words. As usual, we are
glad to hear the freshman’s opin
ion, but it is not worth anything
in this case.
It is too bad that the poetry in
Friday’s Emerald went beyond the
limited imagination of our “frosh.”
All poetry contains imagery and
symbolism. It is inconceivable
that everything this freshman reads
must be a concrete fact. He seems
much distressed over the fact that
the stype of poetry has changed;
but let this materialistic young man
go back and read the poetical and
classical works cf any of the old
artists and see how much symbol
ism and imagination is used in
their masterpieces. Let this would
be freshman critic read Dante’s
“Inferno,” or Milton’s “Paradise
Lost,” and see how much imagina
tion and symbolism these poets
use.
This freshman’s ignorance and
lack of imagination is startling to
say the least. It is small wonder
that Dr. Reinhardt had to warn
our “frosh” not to laugh at any
thing they did not understand. It
is ludicrous that we have to ex
plain the obvious meaning of “God
takes a round cake of soap from
behind the hills” to our ignorant
“frosh.” Probably a mother-goose
jingle ns “The sun comes a ’peep
ing from its nest behind the hills”
will explain to this simplo “frosh”
layman, who craves for culture,
the meaning of the opening lines
of Philippa Sherman’s poem “Sun
shine.”
The “frosh” writes: “The truly
modern poet rejects poetic. com
monalities in his choice of words.”
The trouble with our dear “frosh”
is that the very subject, words, and
diction is of such simplicity and I
“commonality” that he can not be-j
lieve his eyes. He wishes the old
fashioned flowery language and i
Victorian style. He fails to rea- j
lize the simplicity of modern poetic j
thought.
Here is hoping that our “frosh”)
shakes the moss and cobwebs from j
his mind, wakes from his Victor- i
ian rut, and begins living in the j
modern twentieth century. Remem
ber that the wheels of progress are
forever moving forward, so Campus
poets “carry on.”
ANONYMOUS
MR. SCHLICK INVITED
TO CONTRIBUTE. TOO
My dear Editor:
T shall feel flatterly flattered to
receive some verse from Frederick
Schlick; doubtless, the publication
of one of his poems will bring as
much notoriety to him as did his
open letter.
Poetically yours,
WALTER EVANS KIDD,
FOR PEOASSUS—AND THE
ROCKING HORSE ROAD
l’o the Editor:
“They cannot understand that
nudity is really more becoming”
. . “a woman of refinement
dresses . . How now, Mr.
Sehilckf You really admit after
all that she does? Well! well!
Anti-Victorian ism notwithstanding!
I quote the above metaphorical
morsels from the epistle of Mr.
Frederick Schlick in Saturday’s,
Emerald. Also the following: "I I
rCOMING EVENTS!
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Tuesday, April 21
7:30 p. m.—First concert, Uni
versity orchestra, School of Mu
sic auditorium.
8:45 p. m.—Second concert.
University orchestra, School of
Music auditorium.
Wednesday, April 22
6:15 p. m.—Student Union
banquet, Woman’s building.
Thursday, April 23
11:00 a. m.—Student Union
assembly, Woman’s building.
merely wish to inform them that
God does not juggle with bars of
|soap.” They, just to show us that
he knows whereof he speaks, the
[clever Mr. Schlick puts in an ex
planatory “(Sunshine)”! However,
he ventures a question, “I wonder,
does He clean and press suits?”
Really, Mr. Schlick, YOU ought to
know.
The only point of view I have
been able to glean from Mr.
Schlick’s communication is one il
logical, but general dissatisfaction.
He objects to Miss Sherman’s using
form in her delightful poetry, but
later it develops that “form” is all
right if one has the “new spirit”!
I fear poor Mr. Schlick has never
read “Alice in Wonderland,” and
as for Mother Goose, he would un
doubtedly say the most heinous
things about the dear old lady.
MARGARET SHAVIAN.
POETRY LOVER CONDEMNS
MR. SCHLICK’S LETTER
Dear Editor:
I consider Schlick’s criticism of
Walter Evans Kidd’s policy in con
ducting the “Lyrie Rainbow” col
umn as very unjust. No other stu
dent is better qualified to edit the
campus poetry than Mr. Kidd. His
taste is broad enough to include
a fine variety of voices—from the
Victorian type to the modern type.
Besides, has not Mr. Kidd won two
national poetry prizes and placed
poetry with leading magazines? His|
high scholarship in all his courses
further evidences his predominance
over the average intellect and in
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A Sweet Breath
at all times i
Always carry Wrigley’s
to freshen the mouth
and sweeten the breath.
Soothes nerves, refreshes
throat and aids digestion.
WRIGLEY5
|[ - after every mealh J
sures the wisdom of Woodward’s
selection of him to foster the cam
pus poetry. The verse written by
Kidd, Skavlan, Sherman, Burchaell
and McClellan is as distinctive and
original and excellent as that pro
duced by any other college in the
United States.
H. S. G.—Poetry Lover.
MORE OBJECTIONS MADE
TO CRITIC OF POETS
To the Editor:
I hardly consider Mr. Schlick’s
attempt at free publicity worth
answering. Though it is much fun
to slap the face of a god, an un
known personage offers no such bit
of fun. Perhaps the poor boy has
felt slighted (as those coming from
the far off vrilds of Montana are
apt to be) and the facetious bit of
asininity was only an outlet for
his desire to be known. I have to
confess I enjoy his “wiggling” but
one must remember that it is not
nice to wiggle too hard, and that
if one really wishes to wiggle it
gives a much better effect to not
use it as a disguise for something
else.
E. B.
ME. SCHLICK’S EFFOETS
DECEASED CHEAP PUBLICITY
To the Editor:
The art of gaining publicity is
one of the most modern, yet one
of the best developed of the arts.
Men of intellect and imagination
have evolved of it a thing of clev
erness and of many-sided interest.
There are, however, charlatans of
the trade who make little the ef
forts of the real artists. Mr.
Schlick should stuly his trade more
thoroughly before entering into
competition with experts.
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