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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
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Friday, April 24
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luncheon, Woman’s building.
8:30 p. m.—"Miss Lulu Bett,”
Guild hall.
8:30 p. m.—Upperclass dance,
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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.
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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
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London drawing rooms, across
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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;
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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
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mind of the Creator, which is itseli
the image of all other minds.’
Lemaitre criticises Rodenbach
his melancholy temperment.
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