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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1925)
GDregatt ©ailg Jmcralii Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. DONALD L. WOODWARD .-... EDITOR EDITORIAL BOARD Associate Editor . Margaret Skavlan Managing Editor . Harold A. Kirk Associate Managing Editor .-.-.-. Anna Jerzyk Sports Editor .... George H. Godfrey Daily News Editor Hair Cleric Emily Houston James Cass Jalmar Johnson Gertrude Honk Lillian Baker Eight Editors Pete Laois Ray Ifceh Webster Jones Claude Rearia Tom Graham Walter A. Cushman Lylah MoMnrphy .— Society Editor Sport* Staff Wilbur Water — Assistant Sport* Editor Richard Syring, Richard Godfrey .—. _Sport* Writer* Upper New* Staff Edward Robbina Mildred Carr EHcabeth Cady Geneva Fees Sc) Abramae* Eugenia Strickland Mary West Josephine Ulrich-Exchange Editor News Staff: Helen Reynolds, Margaret Vincent, Esther Davis, Jade Hempstead. Georgia Stone, Glen Burch, Lawrence Arm and, Ruth De Lap, Dorothy Blyberg, Clayton Meredith, Margaret Kreaaman, Philippa Sherman, Ruth Gregg, Mary Baker, Alice Kraeft, Geneva Drum, Helen Schuppel, Ruby Lister, Barbara Blythe, Mary Conn, Ronald BaDers, Paul Krausse. BUSINESS STAFF JAMES W. T.TiATTP. _______ MANAGER Associate Manager ....-. Frank Loggan Advertising Managers ...Si Slocum, Wayne I/eland, Wm. Jones Advertising Assistants_Milton George, Bill Prudhomme, Bert Randall Circulation Manager ... James Manning Foreign Advertising Manager ..—- Claude Reavis Assistants __ Walt O’Brien, Hilton Bose, Neil Ohinnock Specialty Advertising.-. Mildred Dunlap, Geneva Foss Adminstration . Margaret Hyatt, Marion Phy, Fred Wilcox, Bonner WMtson, Bob Warner. Day Editor This Issue Emily Houston Night Editor This Issue Pete Laura Assistant .Wm. Dalrymple Entered an second class matter at the post office at Eugene, Oregon, under act «f Gangrene ef March 3, 1879. The “Lyric Rainbow” JS EVERYONE happy? If not, everyone should be. Mr. Schlick and those rallying under his crusading flag have enjoyed the public platform for two distinct issues. Mr. Kidd, “the campus poets,” their admirers and the editor have enjoyed the same platform for two distinct issues. No one has been slighted and representative letters have been printed. Yet probably few have changed their minds, or have had them changed by all this “to do.” Those of one side still believe that “the poetry printed in the Emerald is usually the most meaningless blah, cheap senti mentalism, rot, bunkum.” The editor, speaking for the other contention and himself, holds to his original belief, that he does not agree with the critic’s condemnation, except in a very slight degree. As stated before, one does and one does not. No one will deny that quite often there have been printed bits of verse that were not worthy of comparison with the work of Milton, Dante, and others. In the production of poetry, as in ar y art, the quality must vary, even for a particular indi vidual. There will be that which is bad, that which is indiffer ent, and that which is good. Perfection may only be attained through striving. Nevertheless, there has been a considerable amount of worth-while verse written on the campus this year, and much of this has found an outlet through the column con ducted in the Emerald by Mr. Kidd. The editor did not establish the column solely for the pleas ure of the readers. He was influenced partly by feeling that, in the absence of any other medium, those having inclination for writing poetry should have some place where they could try themselves and their work. Probability that a number of students with talent for such writing have found and will find stimulation for developing their possibilities makes the column worth-while, even though a number of admittedly poor con tributions find their way in as well. In newspapers, as in almost anything else, one should learn to choose what pleases, remembering that others may not have exactly similar likes and dislikes. There is no absolute right, no absolute wrong, in art. Who shall say? It is a matter of taste. If all the verse printed in the “Lyric Rainbow” does not please, enjoy what does. If none of the verse printed in the “Lyric Rainbow” pleases, don’t bother with it, but enjoy some thing that does. No one can be expected to like every feature in any newspaper. Who, for instance, reads and gets a laugh from every comic strip and cartoon series, and likes “Love Lorn Answers,” cooking recipe columns, society, personals, cross word puzzles, bed time stories, Bible talks, editoriuls, and all other departments? The editor, being one of those whose mind remains unchang ed, feels just as strongly as ever that the “Lyric Rainbow” is worth printing in the Emerald and as yet, he, knows of no student on the Oregon campus better qualified to edit it than Mr. Kidd. I Communications 1 Letter* to the EMERALD from *to denta and faculty member* are welcomed, but must be aigned and worded conciaely. If It ta desired, the writer's name will be kept out of print. It must be understood that the editor reserve* the right to reject communications. MB. SCHLICK QUALITIES IVar Editor: As long as Mr. Schlick is so well qualified, having appeared before all the crowned heads of Europe ' and Asia, may 1 suggest that he be appointed chairman of associated 1 critics for the University of Ore gon and put an end to a lot of high school hara.igu- that has cropped up 'lore, threatening to undermine "hat little genius is already creep ing out on the campus. Genius should not be submerged too se- 1 ' etelj or it will be diseouragoj to the point of non-productiveness j Campus Bulletin Notices win be printed in this column for two issues only. Copy must be in this office by 5:30 on the day before it Is to be published, and mast be limited to 20 words. Important Tennis Meeting—Friday noon at 12:45 at the Woman’s building, room 121. All teams and managers be there. Sophomores—Dance at the Campa Shoppe, Friday night at 8:45. No date affair, campus togs. Mazama Hike — Old Baldy next Sunday. Leave 8:30 a. m. from the administration building. I COMING EVENTS I O-- —-<3> Friday, April 24 12:00 m. — Student Union luncheon, Woman’s building. 8:30 p. m.—"Miss Lulu Bett,” Guild hall. 8:30 p. m.—Upperclass dance, Laraway's. 8:30 p. m.—Sophomore dance, Campa Shoppe. 8:30 p. m.—Freshman dance, Woman’s building. Saturday, April 25 6:00 p. m. — Student Union banquet, Woman’s building. — - ..... -> And who is more severe in his critical analysis than a college stu dent? Sincerely, PAUL KRAUSSE. REPRINTS MIGHT APPEASE Perhaps the outraged feelings of the negative critics that voice such little sympathy with the campus poets would be appeased with a reprint of poems like TEARS, IDLE TEARS in the Lyric column, since God with his cake of soap failed to create the expected response. The, old wheels would then be able to pass along in the same old rhythmical and the same old drowsy way in the same old tracks that were laid in dear old cradle days. Surely the sincerity and in itiative expressed in the works of our campus poets merits praise. That portion of it which has cap tured State and National prizes, as Miss Skavlan’s and Mr. Kidd’s poetry has done, seems to me highly worthy of our University paper. RUTH BENSON. REPLY TO E. D. AND M. C. Walter Evans Kidd has as much (provincial and national fame as any college student coulc^ desire. Ho was recently ranked by recognized critics as the most original poetry phraser on this side of the Rock ies. He is nationally known due to the several poetry prizes he has won and due to the poetry he has placed in national magazines. That isn’t so bad, is it now. No doubt, Mr. Schlick would consider him self Shakespeare if he were in Mr. Kidd’s place. Margaret Skavlan, too, has won several literary awards and has sold poems to several magazines. Indeed, neither is Miss Skavlan’s nor Mr. Kidd’s literary productions considered amateurish. H. G. S. NOT WILD SAVAGES? To the Editor: I suppose Mr.. Schliek has failed in past attempts to reform other colleges and now he comes to this little uncultured college to reform it. Really, Mr. Schlick, we are not wild savages. You will dis cover this after you assimilate a few of our traditions and especially our campus ethics. MARVEL JOHNSON. folly to criticise To the Editor: I see no good reason why Freder ick Schlick attacked Lyric Rain bow. He should use better discre tion until he becomes acquainted with the campus and with modern trends in poetry. It is foolish fol ly to criticise a thing without ade quate knowledge of what he is criticising. I advise Schlick to study up the modern tendencies in American verse. BILL. COLUMN DECLARED SATISFACTORY To the Editor: We always have with us the con servatives and the morons who try to keep literary art stagnant. But they agitate in vain for the liter ary rebels are always reviving lit erature and giving vigor and high er forms of expression. Luckily, we have a very limited number of itatic brained conservatives on this -ampus. The Lyric Rainbow column is eery satisfactory and commendable, rhose who don’t appreciate it are probably very poorly grounded in j iterature, and, thereby no right ; whatever to throw stones unless ' hey want to make fools of them iclves. May Woodward give ns a vhole page of poetry next time, i L. R. Q. E. M. G. K. P. A. J. DIFFICULT TO JUDGE 'o the Editor: Whether the joy of creation ex erienced by onr campus poets overbalances the agony of the readers of the Lyric Rainbow—that is the question. Our philosophers tell us that the purpose of art is to communicate its spirit—its message. Something has been communicated but the receiver has received something to tally different from that that the giver gave. Some difficulty is met in the transmission of thought and spirit. It is evident that the same feeling is not experienced by cre ator and reader or we would not have this futile hair pulling in the communications column. It is difficult to judge poetry now because it has no standards. Advantage is taken of this condi tion and some pretenders insert lewdness, crudeness, vulgarity, and obscenity in the attempt to attract attention and in the attempt to be shockingly modern. As far as that goes we cannot hope to outdo some of our noble and now respected predecessors. On the other hand, a real advantage is had by the mak ers and readers of modem poetry in that lifting old bonds and stand ards, more exactness of thought, more freedom of motion are possi ble. We are not forced to use an inexact word to complete our image in order tq make it rhyme with the preceding line. We are not har nessed by a definite rhythm. As a result we lhave more J t»eautiful imagery, more dash of motion, more delicacy of feeling because we are permitted the exactness of expres sion. Ridicule is one of the most power ful forces of social control and is a keen whip when judicially used. (Some of the writers in our com munications column have used ridi cule indiscriminately.) They have the critical sense to see the hot air of some of the poetic production and rightly condemn them but they do not have that finer discrimina tion which discovers the lines of beauty and originalty. We critics condemn our modern stuff whole sale and hold it up for compari son with the past creations. We do not realize that the poetry we read of the past is the very es sence of all that has been written. The best has been sifted out and preserved for us. We never saw the riff raff that the period winds have blown away. It is the same today. Few of us have the dis crimination that time has and so we condemn all as rot since we are incapable of discriminating any as good. Incidentally, might I say that some of the penmen of the com munications column have stooped to personalities and forgotten the cause—which is the quality of campus poetry and not the person alities of critics and creators. ella g. McClellan. At the Theatres <$>--$> HEILIG — Today and Satur day, “The Great Divide,” one of the epic phots dramas of the west, and conceded a high place in film drama. The Greenwich Tillage fol lies, with Gallahger and Shean, will he here May 5. This show is meeting with great success in California, and ib hailed as one of the best to come to the coast. THE REX—First day: “As Man Desires,” with Milton Sills, Viola Dana. Ruth Clifford Rosemary Theby, Irving Cum mings and cast of favorites, in a stirring adaptation of Gene Wright’s novel that sweeps from the luxury of London drawing rooms, across the seven seas, .o a forgot ten isle, where a south sea siren wooes and a man for gets; Mermade comedy, “Wide Awake,” with Lige Conley; Oregon *8 own Webfoot Week ly of state wide news events; LeRoy DeVaney in atmospher ic accompaniment on the or gan. Coming: “Sackcloth and Scarlet,” from the novel by George Gibbs, with Alice Ter ry and a Paramount cast. 1 PHONE YELLOW CAB CO Rex Shine Parlor The Only Place to 0«t Yoor Shoot Shined MAS CEL AND CXJEL 75c Gay Thompson 861 WILLAMETTE ST. Phone 10191-E MB. SCHLICK EXPLAINS THE AIM OF POETBY To the Editor: In presenting a hurried pano rama of Poetry I trust that due allowance will be made in view of the breadth of my subject and that I will be excused for any vague ness which might enter into the pa per. The topic is large: I only at tempt to present the nucleus. A great many people believe that the aim of poetry is some kind of teaching, that poetry should at one moment fortify conscience, at an other perfect morals, or at any rate prove something useful. Let it be thoroughly understood that poetry can have no other aim but Her sel, that poetry is essentially a rendering of Beauty. Just as Poussin is assuredly the representative of cartesianism in painting, I believe that Baudelaire can be said to manifest all that is greatest in poetry. George Moore, speaking of “Les Palais Nomados,” written by Gustave Kahn, tells us: “For it is in the first place free from those pests, and parasites of artistic work,—ideas.” This is the Baudelarian Art-for-Art theory al most word for word. Arthur Ma chen reminds us of the importance of language for the beauty of its sounds, by its possession of words rsonant, by its capacity, when ex quisiely arranged, of suggesting wonderful and indefinable impres sions. And it is this art of causing delicious sensation by the uBe of words that Corbiere carries to the highest pitch. Bertrand’s whole art is descriptive, his prose poems are pictures, his turn of mind pictorial. Gautier maintained that it was not nature that must be rendered, but the appearance, the pysiognomy of nature. Sainte-Beuve believes that one must pierce below the sur face of things, try and see the soul lying tanderneath and understand its mystery; his theory was that of the double aspect of the uni verse: “Idol and symbol, revela tion and deception.” Poe intro duced into literature the element of artistic horror. La Bruyere criticises Baudelaire for his posses sion of the analysing spirit in too great a degree. Guy de Maupassant expresses the same. Villieres de L’Isle Adam says that “the uni verse is the creation of actions ac cording to the unchangeable process A GOOD SIGN TO GO BUY UNEEDA PRESSING CLUB of human nature as existing in thi mind of the Creator, which is itseli the image of all other minds.’ Lemaitre criticises Rodenbach his melancholy temperment. (Continued on page three) for Ver Sunday Night RiniBiHiitintginiinitniiinHnHiBmaBtM From 6-8 o’clock Sam Soble and his “Bozo” Orchestra 9* ©oroitt #ljoppe Oh Boy! 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