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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1925)
©rcson ©ailg fmetalfc |:Mttmal IJagc Edvard M. Miller Editor WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEE 9, 1925 Frank H. Loggan .. Manager Sol Abramson . Managing Editor Jalmar Johnson .. Associate Managing Editor News and Editor Phones, 655 Associate Editor . Sports Editor ... Feature Editor Harold Kirk Webster Jones —.— Philippa Sherman Wayne Leland .-. Associate Manager Business Office. Phone 1895 Day Editors Wilbur Wester Mildred Carr Esther Davis Alice Kraeft John O’Meara Geneva Drum Frances Bourhill Niglit Editors Lynn Wykoff Ronald Sellara Paul Luy Ray Nash John Black Vernon McGee Sports Writers: Dick Godfrey and Dick Syring. Feature Writers: Bernard Shaw, James De Pauli, and Walter Cushman. Upper News Staff Mary Benton Margaret Vincent Edward Smith Ruth Gregg jNews atari Mary Baker Jack Hempstead Claudia Fletcher Lylah McMurphy William Schulz Mary Corm Barbara Blythe Pauline Stewart Jane Dudley Grace Fisher Beatrice Harden Frances Cherry Arthur Praulx Margaret Hensley J ames Leake Ruby Lister Genevieve Morgan Minnie Fisher Helen Wadleigh Miller Chapman Easiness Staff Si Sloc.im -- Advertising Manager Calvin Horn ... Advertising Manager Advertising Assistants: Milton George, Paul Sletton, Emerson Haggerty, Sam Kinley, Vernon McGee, Bob Nelson, Ruth McDowell, Dick Hoyt, Web Jones. John Davis .. Foreign Advertising Manager James Manning -- Circulation Manager Alex Scott . Assistant Circulation Manager France McKenna ..Circulation Assistant Mary Conn, Mable Franson Specialty Advertising Office Administration: Marion Phy, Herbert Lewis, Ben Bethews, Frances Hare The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, college year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, year. Advertising rates upon application. Phones—Editor, 1320; Manager, 721. , Eugene, issued daily except Sunday ana Monday during the as second-class matter. Subscription rates, *2.26 per Day Editor—Alice Kraeft Night Editor—Paul Luy Assistant—Earl Eaess Today’s Debate; Worthy of Attendance Today Oregon will engage in two debate contests. At Cor vallis the student assembly will hear the contestants. The plan is being received at the college with enthusiasm, and a full at tendance seems assured. At 0. A. C. it looks to them like an Aggie year—it always does when they have a chance—and vic tories are the same, be they in football, debate, or basketball. And in debate an audience means as much as it does to the grid iron warriors. At 3:30, in Villard hall, Oregon’s affirmative team will con test with the 0. A. C. negative. It will not have the support of a regular assembly audience. The visitors come vjfith the solid support of their student body, the very same kind of support which we have so often been told is necessary to victories on the gridiron. Besides, the men are likely to make an eastern trip if Oregon is defeated. The Oregon men have little to look forward to except the usual handful of listeners. They have no eastern trip in pros pect,—nothing but examinations which they have ignored in concentrating their effort upon giving Oregon a winning debate team. The 0. A. C. Barometer speaks of Oregon’s representatives as making up “one of the strongest teams that has represented the institution.” Oregon indeed has an “all-star” team. It might be worthwhile, even in the midst of the liub-bub of the term’s end, to spend a part of the afternoon in listening to the debate. There is every reason for doing so. It is not only an intellectual activity and concerns a question that should de velop information of interest and value, but it also furnishes that we like to believe characteristic of the Oregon student —S. A. We Are Criticized; A Word F rom Dr. Bates We recommend that the board of regents, the faculty and the students of the University of Oregon, as well as those citi zens interested in some aspect of higher education other than football, read the four articles by Ernest Sutherland Bates in the Commonweal, beginning November 4, upon “State Uni versities.” Not that we endorse all that Dr. Bates has said, but we sincerely believe that the above named individuals might get something of real worth from these articles, something that might enable each of the four classes to be of greater service to the others. The first subject lie handles is “The Old Visitors,” mean ing regents in general. To those conversant with events loss than a year past these articles have a peculiar interest. He quotes statistics and cites examples—examples with a very, very familiar flavor. He begins one paragraph with these words: “In one institution, the president, notable for having long maintained an unusual spirit of harmony and liberal culture on his campus, at last fell fatally ill. The regents seized the opportunity for a “housecleaning,” in order, as one of them said, “To make the situation easier for the next president.” He maintains that these “Old Visitors” spend something like four hours a session, four times a year, in their meetings, and intimates that they spend much more time on golf. He holds that they have the power to hire and fire without trial not ice or appeal, and even suggests that they oftimes know very little about education, though they usually have the say as to where and how the budget may be used. He laments the fact that “ — those who rule educationally over students, instructors, professors and presidents do not need to even have a high school education.” Dr. Bates is unkind. He even quotes examples and specific instances to back these statements. He does not, however, limit his remarks to regents. His third article is called, “The Middle Aged Mentors.” i. e., the faculty. Here the factory methods, the competition for num bers, the “Missouri System,” lack of scholars and the increas ing nuuibers of deans come in for their share of pointed criti cism. Under existing conditions he maintains that creative spirit in a faculty member is short-lived and scholarship is reduced to a business transaction between him and the stu dent. He discusses student life under three heads, social, political and professional. “Young Lochinvars,” he names us. lie says that the “boy or girl who goes to college is as safe as if she had remained in the parental town,—and no safer.” By social life he refers to the fraternity, and states that “nowhere out side of an anthill can one find so much misdirected energy.” He gives us credit for being supremely skilled at wire-pulling, j underhand trading and suppression of news in our “student ! self-government.” Athletics he refers to as the professional life of the student, and suggests that universities pay their athletes openly instead of secretly. Studies - these take up our spare time, though he does say that there are a few, in spite of all handicaps, who arc really students. Again, we wish to state that we do not endorse all that Dr. ! Bates has said, but he has given us food for thought, however ! little we may relish it. 11 is words merit serious consideration, i —H. A. lv. MONTHLY DINNERS STARTED The first of u series of monthly dinners where religious liberals among University undergraduates may gather for the dieussion of recent books in philosophy and re ligion will be held this evening at the Anchorage at six o’clock. At this dinner Dr. Warren D. Smith and the Rev. Frank Fay Eddy will conversationally discuss the book: “The New Age of Faith,” by John Langdon-Daviea. Reservations for , ttiis dinner mayo be made with' I Hugh Biggs, Alpha Tau Omega i I house. A. S. U. O. OFFICE IS CLOSED The A. S. U. O. office will bo j closed for the balance of this term, I i according to Walter Malcolm, pres ident of the associated student*). ! The business of the term has been completed and the office will not he reopened until the winter term, starts and campus activities ^re resumed. SEVEN SEERS THIS AFTERNOON WE’LL STUDY ON OUR HISTORY AND DRAMA, SO WE CAN GO TO NIGHT AND SEE A CLEVER BIT OE DRAMA. (Note: Use New Eng land accent.) # * * FOUND! SURE WAY TO PASS EXAMS! As you haven’t spent the past term in conscientious study, you are going to sit up the night before your exam cramming, and as cram ming is intense concentration it is hard on the nervles, and as the nerves are run down they need re laxation and diversion, and as a good, entertaining movie i3 the most relaxing and diverting thinig one can indulge in, and as it is near the end of the term and you haven’t the price of a good movie, and as the Seers are offering three passes to next week’s show at the McDon ald for the three best limiercik lines hainded in to the ballot box in the Libe, WRITE A LAST LINE FOR THE LAST LIMERICK CONTEST THIS TERM! AND THUS PASS ALL YOUR EXAMS! * # # At the D.Z. house there’s a co-ed Who is known by the strange name of “Red,” We are quite unaware, If for ideas or hair, Name . BUGHOUSE FABLES Once upon a time there was a fellow elected to Phi Beta Kap pa but he would!)' join because he didn’t care for their pin. DEAR SANDY CLAWS: I’m an awful tough guy some times^ and once in a while I forget and use naughty words, but most of the time I try to bo just as good, and kind, and gentle as a little lamb, because I always remember that Xmas is comfing sometime or other. I don’t want much this year in the way of presents, but what I want I want awful bad, so could you please remember not to forget to bring it to me? What I want most of all is a dispositiou that will go with my general makeup, a hard boiled one, like Bill Dills’. And next I want the phone number of a nice looking girl who won’t call me “Bobbie” the second day after she’s introduced to me. Thank you very much, BOB “NAILS” NEIGHBOR. ***** ******** * Be that as it may. it is still * * considered as bad form to kiss * * your mother-in law with a light- * * ed cigar in your mouth. * ************* THE PRIZE WINNER FOR TODAY Another fiery steed given away free! This time the hand some animal goes to Ed Miller, who recently published an auto biography of his extensive mili tary career, when he drilled with a wooden gun. This wood en horse comes directly from Herbert Powell, who was so con siderate as to wish him on Ed. We are not sure at whom the subtle smile that is gently curl ing the steed's lips, is directed, Mr. Powell or Mr. Miller. EPITAPFY One of Mary's eyes is closed, Us blue no more we’ll see; She let her spoon stand in her cup While she was sipping tea. SINBAD. 1 Campus Bulletin | ___‘i Final game of women’s class volley ball tournament will be played Wednesday at 5:10 between soph omore and junior teams. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5:00 oVlock the men’s swimming pool will be closed to students. Candidates for varsity swimming and polo teams only will be ad mitted. Mu Phi Epsilon—Formal pledging to be next Sunday at 2:30 at the Music building. Ye Tabard Inn Luncheon this noon at the College Sige Inn. Last meeting of the term. Very im portant that all members attend. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Meeting today at 4:15 in the Bungalow. Freshmen’s Hygiene Section—As signments for winter term are posted in the men’s gymnasium. Check lists with class schedules for possible conflicts. Latin Club will hold a short but im portant business meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Y. W. C. A. Bun galow. Oregon Normal Club banquet and business meeting this evening at the Campa Shoppe at 6:00. Res ervations must be made before noon. Oregon-O. A. C. debate, 3:30 this afternoon, Villard hall. All stu dents invited. Orchesus meeting tonight, 7:30-8:30, Woman’s building. Be on time. I I Theatres HEILIG — Tonight: Wrestling, two big bouts. Friday, Moroni Ol sen Players, in “The Ship.” BEX—First day: “The Woman Hater,” the second of the Bex “three-star picture week” pro grams, a delightful drama of a con firmed bachelor, who hated all wom en until this one came into his life; the cast features Clive Brook, Helene Chadwick and Johnny Har ron; Century comedy, “Crowning the Count,” a royal fun fest; Kino gram News Events; Dorothy Wy man, maid o’ melody, in musical accompaniment to the picture on the Wprlitzer. Coming — “Headwinds,” with House Peters, Patsy Buth Miller and Arthur Hoyt; Alice Terry in Henry King’s production, “Any Woman.” LIBBARY POLICY DISCUSSED A meeting of the library com mittee of the English department, composed of Prof. H. C. Howe, Miss Julia Burgess, and S. Stephenson Smith, was held Friday at 4:15 in Miss Burgess’ office. “We confer red mainly on the library policy in the English department and agreed that all the eighteenth century edi tions and the valuable first editions of well-known authors should be placed in the vault. We. decided that these books should not be sub jected to the wear and tear of the reserve shelf. Prof. Howe has a large number of catalogues of rare and second-hand books which the committee agreed to. submit to new j members of the department in or I der to determine if there are any bargains to meet our needs,” said Professor Smith Tuesday. I NORMAL CLUB TO MEET A banquet ami business meeting will be held by the Oregon Normal Club this evening at the Campa Shoppe at (i:00. J. S. Landers, president of the Normal School, will speak and all members are ask ed to attend. Nearly fifty people belong to the club, the purpose of which is further interest in the normal at the University among those who have already studied there. Iris Akin is president of the organization. The chairman of the banquet com mittee, Marian Barnmn, urges that everyone get reservations in early. MRS. ESTERLY TO GO SOUTH Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly, dean j of women, accompanied by her two j daughters, will spend the Christ- j mas holidays in La Jolla, Califor- ; nia. They plan to leave next week, and will return about January 1. FROSH-SENIORS TO VIE FOR SWIMMING HONORS The final women’s swimming con test next Thursday “will „be between the freshman and senior teams, as in the match "Friday night the freshmen, triumphed over the soph omores, and the seniors won from the juniors. The small difference in time be tween the seniors and freshmen promises that the contest on Thurs day night will be very close. Five points are given for first place, three points for second place and one po'int for third place, in each event. Virginia Lounsbury, sophomore, won the crawl stroke in 28.7 seconds and the senior winner, Beatrice Fish, made this in 30.4 seconds Fri day evening. The side stroke was won for the freshmen by Olive Banks in 38.8 seconds and for the seniors by Janet Wood in 33.1 sec onds. Margaret Pepoon, junior did the length of the tank back stroke in 15.6 seconds, 1.3 /seconds less than Dorothy Brown the freshman winner. Virginia Lounsbury, soph omore, won the breast stroke in 32.5 seconds, while Elizabeth Louns bury, senior, took 34.8 seconds foi this event. The plunge was won for the sophomores by Florence Hurley who made 51 feet, and for the sen iors by Beatrice Fish, who made 5i feet. Five lengths of the tank were swum by Lois McCook, sophomore in one minute 29.3 seconds and bj Elizabeth Lounsbury, senior in one minute 26 seconds. The free style was won by Beatrice Fish for the seniors in 29.8 seconds, one seconc less than the freshman winner, Do rothy Brown. The seniors anc freshmen were winners in the re lay. LAW STUDENTS ADOPT NEW LIBRARY RULES At a meeting of the student bod;; of the law school, yesterday, rules for the improvement of study in thi law school library were decides upon. It was agreed that the library should have discretionary charge o: the use of all the books, and tha only reserved books can be taker from the library and only for om night. During the day, they can bi used for one hour only, if in de mand. All other books are not t< be removed from the library. The students also agreed tlia studying should be done elsewheri than in the reference room and tlia quiet should be maintained in thi study rooms. The means for enforcing thes regulations, if any are adopted, wil be decided at a later meeting o: the student body, according to Pau Patterson, president of the lav school. COLLECTING PICTURES HOBBY OF PROFESSOF More than 20,000 illusti]atiom taken from magazines dating fron ten to fifteen years back hav been collected by Professor F. S “A GOOD BOOK Is more than a gift, it is a com pliment.” New fiction and gift books at the CO-OP l!il!IHIii« !!!IH!l!l|E!!l!IR Dunn, dean of the department of Latin. These pictures are used with the aid of the projectoscope in illustra ted lectures. 0 Scenes with some arch and archeology are found in reference? to classics, mythology, CANFORD'S PASTE USI ■ Dries Quick } Sticks Ti$ht advertisements, cartoons, reproduc tions of art and practically every form of picture, according to Mr. Dunn. The professor never throws away a magazine without looking through it for references to classics in pic-j'-' ture form. The collection is in al- ^ phabetical form, each division kept in a looseleaf folder. OPTOMETRIST—OPTICIAN Next Door to First Nat’l Bank 878 Willamette St., Eugene Dr. Foiled Gick Do College Students Insure Their Liv The Answer Seems to be “Yes” Do You Know That in a test recently made with upper-class students of, both sexes in fourteen representative colleges, 140 out of 351 said they carried life Insur ance policies? It is significant that 40% of undergraduates have insur ance on their lives—a notable advance over what prevailed twenty, or even ten, years ago. This shows that college stu dents and their parents think life insurance is of consider able use in connection with the educational program. Parents believe in it because they have something invested for the benefit of their chil dren. Students realize that their lives have an economic value. I he John Hancock is particularly interested m insuring college men and women and in obtaining college graduates for the personnel of the field staff. k A STRONG COMPANY, Over Sixty Years in Busi ness. 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If you want your hair to lie down particularly smooth and tight, after applying Glostora, simply moisten your hair with ■water before brushing it. A large bottle of Cdostora Costs but a trifle at any drug store. S ---— -Is Three One-Act Plays “Monday'’.. . Kreymborg “Aria Da Capo” . Edna St. Vincent Millay “Riders to the Sea”.Synge Hi Tonight and Tomorrow Night by the Guild Theatre Players Box Office Open Afternoons 1-5 I • All Seats Reserved—50c and 75c 3* J