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Edvard M. Miller..Editor
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1925
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Is The University Threatened With
Athletic Commercialism? How About It.
By playing before 75,000 persons this fall Oregon s losing
football team has brought in the dollars to the student body
treasury as never before. The most successful financial year
in the history of the institution has whetted an appetite for
still more money; and already we have begun to mentally build
men,*- gymnasiums and libraries with the profits we hope to
realize in the next few years.
# # # #
The graduate manager will be pleased mightily at the show
ing this year. So will the finance committee. To these people
the prosperous season means freedom from the poverty oi
previous years when the A. S. 1J. 0. was actually penniless.
For years the debt on Hayward field has been a nightmare to
University and student officials and it was only last spring that
the student body was compelled to vote a $5.00 a term increase
in fees in order to provide student buildings and improvements,
amon" these being a grandstand to handle the crowds this fall.
Thus it will be recalled that Oregon’s prosperity, if we are in
deed prosperous, is of recent acquisition.
Says a dispatch in the November 29 Sunday Oregonian,
under a University of Oregon date line, “If Oregon can make as
much or more money than it did this year there would be left
over enough to start building a new men’s gym and later a new
library,” and goes on to suggest that football profits may re
lieve the burdens of the taxpayers.
* • * •
There are two ways of looking at this proposition. _ The
first attitude is illustrated by the Oregonian article which is
written under the assumption that football is a business propo
sition as well as a sporting affair; that games should be sched
uled, within reason, where the most money, will be made; and
that’the profits should be applied to buildings such as libraries,
to ease the burden of the taxpayers. At Stanford, for example,
the profits from football arc used to build student dormitories.
This attitude of Bigness, with very few exceptions, is the nation
wide collegiate attitude towards the king sport—football.
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Then there is the other side of the proposition, which may
be summed up in one word—‘commercialism.’ In the proposal
to build scholastic structures with the financial profits of
sports, some persons see a deadly thrust at the sport itself.
They see football, crowned with stadiums, adoration of the
multitudes and high finances, following the path of baseball
into the field of professionalism. As soon as the object of the
game is to make money, say these persons, there comes the
tendency to arrange schedules where the biggest crowds will re
sult; the temptation to employ ‘ringers;’ and in the end to de
stroy the very substance of present day football—its amateur
Recently the University of California refused to permit the
staging of a benefit professional football game in its new sta
dium, the profits to go to a children’s hospital, the grounds for
the refusal being that while the object of the game was laud
able, the game would be another factor in destroying the ama
teur standing of football.
* # * #
There most certainly are two sides to this question. Is a
children’s hospital worth sacrificing a principle of sport?
Is a library which would be of benefit to the entire University
justified as a legitimate profit of football? l)o actual build
ings justify a breach of theory? IIow about it?
SEVEN SEERS |
THERE WAS A FOOL WHO
CRAMMED TIIE LAST WEEK,
EVEN AS YOU AND I.
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THE PRIZE WINNER
FOR TODAY
You’ll have to own up that
this is a snappy little model,
powder blue, with lavendar
headlights, patent cigarette
lighter, crepe de chine uphol
stery and genuine lizard shin
dash board. It goes completo
as it stands to the Oregon stu
dent we picked up between
here and Junction City, beating
„his way home to Beaverton for
the holidays, and who cheer
fully went through a puncture,
an “out of gas,” a twenty milo
detour, and a two hour wait in
Corvallis with us, and then
closo to midnight, when we ,
dropped him at McMinnville,
said, “Thank* heaps for the
lift. I wouldn’t have been
home yet.”
• * *
The girls ought to bo ashamed of
themselves. Here those dandy men
from Cal cctme up to show us the
Charleston, and then the girls’
houses go and forbid it. Shnmo
on ’em!
• • •
Those descendants of tho -19ers
must think wo Vo discovered gold
the way they’re rushing up here.
Anyhow these people from San
Diego aren’t so sntyirt. If they’d
been born a few miles farther south
they’d havo been “greasers.” The
farther south you go the worso they
get. According to this last" install
ment wo M like to see a few Esqui
maux on the campus next term.
* * *
Dear, Darling Santa:
I am just a good little Gamma Plii
but I lovo you very much. If you
were only down here at the Univer
sity of Oregon you would be one
of my secret sorrows, and I think
you have tho most gorgeous hair and
eyes. Would it be too very much
trouble for you to bring me a fur
coat ; (one of those darling little
Russian sable coats would do), and
a new car (either a Duseuberg
Straight Eight or a Loco would be
welcome), and a diamond necklace,
and a platinum watch ring, and a
pint bottle of perfume (Tabbac
Blond I guess), and a season ticket'
to the Heilig, and a thoroughbred
German police dog. Alse if you
could possibly squeeze it in, a round
trip ticket to Hawaii. Is that ask
ing too much?
Your little friend,
MARION NORMAN.
TO" VILLARD HALL
Ancient landmark of our campus,
Typical of how time flics,
You rest back among your fir trees,
"Draw vine veils across your eyes.
Years ago when Gibson girlies
Roamed with horn-shoed rah-rah
boys
Through your portals, you wore
' happy
Listening to their woes and joys.
Then your style was new and mod
ern,
And your great interior awed,
Throngs of 19th century students
Gathered on your porches broad.
Orators with practiced gestures
Ranted from your platform high,
To the rows of eager faces,
Sound of huzzah, hue and cry.
Now the groups of slickered co-eds
Galosh flopping, shingled hair,
Hurry up and down your hallway,
Meet and chatter on your stair,
Meet the brooksy, high-hat soph
omores,
Clad in sweat shirts, socks awry,
With no thought of reverence duo
you
For the many years gone by.
So your vine in indignation,
Spreads a blush across your face.
And you grow still grey and greyer
Feeling there so out of place.
Don’t despair, for there are many
Who will love your memory more,
Though the groups of gay collegi
ates
Do the Charleston round your door.
OLAF DARNU.
NANCY WILSON ON CAMPUS
Nancy Wilson, ’24, has been on
the campus for the last couple of
days and will spend the rest of the
week hero visiting. She plans to
go to Now York the first of the
year. Miss Wilson was a member
of Kappa Kappa Gam|ma sorority
and Pot and Quill and Theta Sigma
Phi, honorary writing fraternities,
while on the campus and one year
took second place in the Edson
Marshall short story contest.
SPENT WEEK IN PORTLAND
Dean E. C. Robbins and profes
sors F. E. Folts and David E. Fa
ville, all of the school of business
administration, spent the week-end
in Portland.
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Campus Bulletin j
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All those who are taking part in
Fashion show next Saturday aro
requested to bo present at a re
hearsal in Villard hall today at
5:00 p. m.
Men’s Hygiene—Those absont from
classes this week call at the of
fice of men’s gymnasium for final
examination questions.
California Club—Important meet
ing, College Side Inn, Thursday,
7:15 p. m.
Important Meeting of all students
expecting to begin practice or
supervise teaching during the
year 1925-20, Education building,
room 4, today, 4 p. m. Assign
ments for winter and spring terms
will be arranged at that tijme.
Hail R. Douglass, director.
United Christian Drive Workers
will meet at a dinner at 6:15 this
evening at the “Y” hut.
The World Court will be discussed
at a meeting open to all interest
ed students at the Y. W. C. A.
bungalow at 7:30 this evening.
Judge G. F. Skipworth will speak.
Women's League Tea will be held
this afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00.
All girls are invited. Special pro
gram has been arranged.
The Heads of the following organi
zations aro requested to get an
important letter which will bo
posted for them) in the basement
of the main library: Phi Delta
Kappa, Tro Nu, Kappa Beta Phi,
Pro and Con, Forum, University
Science elub, California club,
Washington club, Coos County
club, Wesley club, and Normal
Arts club. ®
El Circulo Castellano—The follow
ing report for the business meet
ing at the Y Bungalow at 7:30
to S:00 tonight: Margaret Swan,
Jimmie Preuit, Elaine Crawford,
Agnes Palmer, Jean Kitty. Esther
Setters, Dorothy Nobson, Rebecca
Morgan, Katherino Freitag, Mrs.
Ballou, Dorothy Simpson, Bonita
Best, Hilda Olseui, Margaret
Jackson, Olivia De Guire, Gladys
Du Bois, Jack Hempstead, Ed
ward Bieghler, Ernest Espinosa.
Coming Events
Wednesday, December 2
8:15 Orchesus open house,
Roman’s gymnasium.
Thursday, December 3
11:001—{Assembly, Woman’s
juilding.
Friday, December 4
Conference high sifhool offi
:ers and press.
Saturday, December 5
Conference high sehlbol offi
cers and press.
Oregana Picture Schedule
Wednesday, December 2
Theta Chi.
Thursday, December 3
Delta Zeta.
Friday, December 4
Kappa Kappa Gamma and
Sigma Beta Phi>
Saturday, December 6
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
COLOR VISION WORK
DONE BY GRADUATE
Sinforoso G. Padilla, graduate
student in psychology, who is serv
ing as special research assistant to
Dr. Harry It. Crosland, of the psy
chology department, is endeavoring
by research to find the dependab
ility or accuracy of human color
vision.
He will try to measure specifi
cally individual differences between
people in color discrimination, and
also the variation from hour to
hour and day to day in one per
son ’s ability to judge color.
Mr. Padilla will try to demon
strate the influence on color per
ception of the position of tho stim
ulus on a given zone or area of the
retina; the influence exerted by
light adaptation and darkness adap
tation; the influence on color vi
sion of the distance of the color
stimulus; and the influence on vis
ual discrimination exerted by nega
tive after-images and simultaneous
color contrast, inasmuch as illusory
colors can be seen either as nega
tive after-images or as contrast ef
fects of another color looked at.
MANY STUDENTS TRAIN
FOR SWIMMING TEST
Each year more and more stu
dents in the University desire to
become expert swimmers and life
guards.' Out of this year's fresh
man class, 126 have signified their
intention to take the Senior Red
Cross Life Saving test.
This test is being conducted by
the University life saving corps.
Tlio test consists of breaks, holds,
carrying, and being able to meet
any emergency that might bo con
fronted by a rescuer. The men in
tending to take the test started
practicing yesterday, and will prac
tice at four or five o’clock each af
ternoon. Instruction will be given
by the local life saving corps. The
final examination will be given on
the 9th, 10th, and 11th of Decem
ber.
For proficiency in handling its
work and training the men, the lo
cal life saving corps has been rated
the best on the coast by E. H. Car
roll, national field representative.
The rating is quito an honor, as
there is a largo number of Red
Cross life saving corps on the coast.
Theatres_
THE McDOXALD — Third day
of the week’s showing of. Charlie
Chaplin’s first comedy in three
years, “The Gold Rush”—ten reels
Of glorious fun. Alexander on the
golden voiced Wurlitzer. Popular
prices.
HEILIG—“The Fool,” featuring
Edmund Low. One of tho finest
pictures the Heilig has ever shown.
REX—Today only: Owen Davis’
famous Broadway play, “Up the
Ladder,” with Virginia Valli, For
rest Stanley, Margaret Livingston
and George Fawcett, a drama of
success, and of a wife who' let her
husband take full credit until an
other woman came into view, then
begau a battle of wits wonderful to
wattoh; Century comedy; Dorothy
Wyman, maid o’ melody, in musical
accompaniment to the picture on the
organ. Coming—Richard Talinadge
in “The Wall Street Whiz.” ■
GRADES REMAIN
ON SAME LEVEL
Prof. H. R. Taylor Computes
Averages 0 f Students
During Different Terms
Tests Used By University
Superior To Army Alpha
For College [Freshmen
“The average scholarship of a
student in the University of Ore
gon is a fairly consistent thing,”
says Prof. Howard E. Taylor, of
the psychology department.
Professor Taylor draws this con
clusion from correlations he has
computed between the average
grades of '213 students for two dif
ferent terms, a year apart. He has
alsto computed the correlation of
the score in the Army Alpha intell
igence test for these 213 students
with their respective standings in
grade average at the University of
Oregon for the fall of 1920 and
the winter of 1921.
During the last two or three years,
Dr. Kimball Young, of the sociology
department, has been gathering ma
terial regarding test scores (and
grades in the University. Dr. Young
recently gave the 'grade averages
for 213 students in the winter term
of 1920 and the fall term of 1921
to Professor Taylor.
“I find the correlations between
the grades received by these stu
dents for the two terms to be .7,”
says Professor Taylor. “Of course
several factors might cause the av
erages to vary. The pupil might
not do the same grade of work
both terms, or perhaps the profes
sor may not judge the pupil’s abil
ity accurately.
“There are other factors which
tend to make the grades Bimilar
both terms,” he continued. “The
same individual is more or less the
same sort of fellow all the time.
Then, too, the professors know what
he did one term and may tend to
judge him about the same the next
time.”
The correlations of the Army Al
pha tests of the 213 students with
their grades for the two quarters
are .35 and .36, which means that
we can be quite sure there is a
relation between high score in
Army Alpha and high scholarship,
but that this relation is not very
close, says Professor Taylor. “The
correlation chart shows that none
with very high scores make low
grades, and none with very low
scores make high grades,” he as
serted.
Army Alpha is a good rough mea
sure of Intelligence, sui/table for
use in a large group of all classes
of intelligence, believes Professor
Taylor, but for college students,
who are already highly selected for
intelligence, it is not a very satis
factory means of classification.
“The tests we gave the freshmen
at the University of Oregon this
year are superior to Army Alpha
for use in a university,” says Pro
fessor Taylor. “There is a highej.
correlation between ability to do_
well in college work and any one
of the eight tests, included in those
given entering students this year,
than between scholarship and the
entire Army Alpha test.”
MANY RESERVE BOOKS USED
According to a list of figures
given out by M. H. Douglas, Uni
versity librarian, there were seven
times as many reserve books issued
for the year 1924 as for the year
1915. Each year since 1915, there
has been a decided increase in the
number of books issued with the ex
ception of the year 1918. In 1918
the number decreased. Douglas be
lieves this was caused by the R. 0.
T. C. adopting textbooks at that
time. In 1915 there were 40,849
reserve books issued. The number
for 1924 is 292,570. The figures for
1925 are not complete.
Classified Ads
FOR SALE—Prof. Reddie’s former
home on Birch Lane. An extra
ordinary home, style and archi
tecture entirely different com
pared to other homes. A long list
of furniture and furnishings can
be bought with this property. The
furniture being mostly Teakwood.
Can show property by appoint
ment only. Phono 742, SS2-J.
Pennie J. Koupal.
LOST—White gold wrist watch be
tween Oregon bldg, and Co-op,
or in basement of Oregon bldg.
Call Frances Bacon, Susan Camp
bell, reward.
TYPING WANTED—Term papers;
theses; short stories; manuscripts.
Experienced stenographer. Ac
curate work; reasonable rates;
paper furnished. Public steno- '
grapher, Eugene Hotel, Phone!
1 22S-J, or 1339-J evenings.
EXAM SCHEDULE
Tuesday, December 15
4:15—Personal Hygiene for wom
en.
Wednesday, December 16
8:00—3, 4, and 5 hour ten o’clock
classes.
10:00—First and second year
Spanish, all sections.
1:15—3 and 4 hour 11:00 o’clock
classes.
3:15—Accounting, all sections,
and English History, all
sections.
Thursday, December 17
8:00—3, 4, and 5 hour nine
o’clock classes.
10:00—First and second year
French, all sections.
1:15—Survey course in English
literature, all sections.
3:15—3, 4, and 5 hour two-fif
teen classes.
Friday, December 18
8;00—3, 4, and 5 hour eight
o ’clock classes.
10:00—3, 4, and 5 hour one-fif
teen classes.
DISPENSARY BREAKS RECORD
Monday was the record day for
patients at the dispensary, with a
total of 126 people treated 'land
about 25 turned away for lack of
time to care for them. “Thanks
giving is taking its toll,” is Dr.
Wilmoth Osborne’s way of explain
ing the unusual number of students
suffering from colds and gastric
troubles.
FRATERNITY MAN IS GUEST
Robert Edwards of Richmond,
Virginia, is spending a few days at
the Kappa Delta Phi house. Mr.
Edwards is traveling secretary of
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
TODAY
ONLY
Owen Davis’
famous Broadway
play
“UP THE
LADDER”
with VIRGINIA
VALLI
FORREST
STANLEY
MARGARET
LIVINGSTON
GEORGE
FAWCETT
The Biggest Monday and
Tuesday Attendance in His
tory of McDonald Theatre
But just wait until
you see tonight’s
crowd—
For it’s the greatest
Qomedy ever made!
CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S
“The GOLD RUSH”
10
KEELS
OF
GLORIOUS
FUN!
The Comedy that
took three years to
make — and is the
most expensive pic
ture ever brought
to Eugene
PLAYING ALL WEEK
McDonald
THEATRE
HOME OF THE BEST
POPULAR
PRICES!
Matinee—35c
Evening—50c