Obak’s Kollege Krier
OBAK Wallace, Publisher E.E.J. Office Boy and Editor
Volume 4 SATURDAY A. M. NUMBER 8
STUDENT URGES
CHINESE STUDY
Civilization Of Asiatics Is
Better Understood When
Languages Are Learned
Only Millionth Of Chinese
Literature Is Translated
Into English, Says Liu
TTntil Americans have gone deep
ly into China’s problems, they will
be neither interested nor correct
ly informed about the nation or
people, according to Jackson Liu,
a Chinese student, who is studying
at the University for his master’s
degree in education.
The trouble between the orient
and Occident before the open door
policy was that China refused to
aecept modern inventions and civil
ization, but since the policy of free
and impartial trade for all nations
in China was worked by John Jay,
the trouble it- that Americans have
not earefully studied China’s prob
lems, Lin believes.
China Has Many Books
“Hardly one millionth of Chinese
literature is translated into Eng
lish,” Liu explained. “Some peo
ple criticise China for having only
a few books. The thing I try to
emphasize when I come into con
tact with foreigners is $hat the
Chinese are misrepresented in the
United States as in California. The
Americans as a whole see only a
few of the lower type of Chinese,
and these are' not qualified to rep
resent China. You must take the
average ,and then the Chinese re
public will be much better repre
sented,” he said.
Chinese Easily Learned
The Americans learn the Chinese
language easily, Liu declared. “It
is easier for Chinese to learn Eng
lish, however, than for the Ameri
cans to learn Chinese because of its
linguistic qualities which are not
a part of the previous experience
of; Americans.”
“It is better,” he said, “for
foreign students, including Ameri
cans, to grasp the Chinese lang
uage as a medium to learn of Chi
nese civilization than vice versa.
When you learn Chinese, you learn
something about Korea and Japan
also.”
The Chinese think of the Ameri
cans much better than of other
foreigners, Liu declared. Mer
chants of China discriminate
against citizens of the United
States because they have not inter
fered so much in China’s political
affairs.
MAGAZINE ON CAMPUS
FAVORED BY MISS HAIR
Periodical Would Use Talent
Of University Writers
“I should think that some sort of
a literary magazine would-be all
right,” declared Miss Mozelle Hair,
editor of the Extension Monitor,
in discussing the possibility of pub
lishing at the University some sort
of a magazine besides the alumni
publication, Old Oregon, which at
present is the only University pub
lication besides the Emerald.
“There is undoubtedly a -great
deal of good literary material on
the campus that is not being used,”
she continued, “and I believe it
would be an incentive for that kind
of work if such a magazine would
be provided." Miss Hair would in
clude poetry, stories, and some
humor in the proposed magazine, al
though she does not favor a purely
humorous magazine sueh as the
Lemon Punch. Occasionally articles
by members of the faculty might
be printed.
“The Oregon Monthly,” a liter
ary magazine, was published years
ago at the University; and there
used to be a great deal of interest
in it,” said Miss Hair. “Then the
Emerald was only a weekly publi
cation.”
'“The magazine if published would
have to be subsidized by the stu
dent body; but I dont’ see why it
isn’t as worthy of a subsidy as the
glee elubs, debate, oratory, or bas
ketball and football teams,” she
•aid. Advertising would help pai
the cost of the magazine, she point
td out.
Miss Hair declined to give ai
opinion as to the advisabiliiy o:
combining the proposed magazine
with Old Oregon because, she said
such an opinion should be base<
upon a more thorough knowledge o
the conditions than she has. A
the alumni magazine is run at pres
ent, she said, there is not suffici
ent space for students’ literar;
material, but it might be changed
“PARABLE OF DANCERS” HELPS
TO EXPLAIN CHEMICAL ACTION
>' Dancing and chemistry are not
closely associated in the average
mind. Now, there are college stu
dents who know all about dancing
and are not exactly authorities on
chemistry. And there are college
professors who know vastly more
about factors and formulas than
jthey do about the tango or the
Charleston.
It has remained for Prof. O. F.
Stafford, head of the chemistry de
partment, to associate the two in
| a way to increase understanding of
jthe science if not of the rhythmic
recreation. He enlightens his fresh
man chemistry class on the law of
chemical mass action by the use
of what he calls the “Parable of
the Dancers.”
Suppose, he says, that we were
| holding something in the nature of
| an endurance dance. The music
j would be arranged to go on with
out interruption, and the dancers
would have to keep in action all
the time. Each person on the floor
would have a specially contrived
pedometer, which would register
dance steps, and this pedometer
would ring an alarm every hundred
steps.
Now, the rules of this dance
would require that every couple
separate instantly upon the sound
of the bell, and eajh choose a now
partner. All the dancers would
not seek new partners at the same
time, but a few would be separating
and hunting others at all times, so
that an equilibrium between those
daneing and those not dancing
would be established.
“It can readily be seen,” ex
plains Professor Stafford, “that the
larger the floor, the more people
there would be free at any one
time, because every person would
have to walk farther to secure a
new partner for his next hundred
dance steps. If the flotor were
smaller, or more boys or girls were
introduced into the room, the de
gree of dissociation would be de
creased. That is, a larger percent
age of the people would be dancing
all the time.”
This illustrates aptly certain im
portant dissociation pthenomd^ia,
says Professor Stafford. The great
er the dilution of a salt solution,
for example, the greater the disso
ciation, just as in the larger dance
floor, more people are free at any
one time. A certain equilibrium
is established at a certain degree
of dissociation among the dancers
and likewise in reactive-chemical
systems.
Questionnaire Answered By
Prominent Journalists
Lawrence Investigates Type Of
Successful Men Writers
What type of men are successful
in journalism and why! This is a
question that is becoming increas
ingly important in the journalism
departments of colleges and un7
versities today, and is occupying
the attention of writers all over
the country.
In order to obtain data on the
question, Eaynfond D. Lawrence,
instructor in the school of jour
nalism, conducted an investigation
last year. Questionnaire^; were
sent to the most prominent journ
alists and writers in the country.
“The majority of successful jour
nalists are college trained,” said
Mr. Lawrence. “Students entering
journalism are advised by several
Washington D. C. correspondents
who answered my questionnaire to
keep a newspaper salaried position
and then branch out to other fields.
Magazine writing may take the
place of newspaper work, but the
advice is to keep a salaried position
until the writer obtains syndicate
work or commission for non-journ
alistic writing.”
“It is surprising,” continued Mr.
Lawrence, “the pumber of fiction
writers who work on the newspap
ers for ten or fifteen years until
they prove they can write fiction
for profit. Many still do consid
erable newspaper writing. Most of
the successful journalists are those
who do writing aside from that de
manded in their work.”
“The city editors are not a high
ly educated group. This is per
haps due to the rushed life they
lead,” he continued. “They do lit
tle creative writing and no feature
work. Most of city editors rise
from posts as police reporters be
cause of their acquaintance with
the city and its residents.”
The most successful writers need
outside contact through the medium
of friendship or reading. In an an
swer to the question as to whether
the writer owed his professional
competency to friendships or read
ing, it was found that replies
brought a 50-50 result.
Members of the profession were
placed in four recognized groups.
The first clhss" included • contribu
tors to the magazines, authors of
non-fiction works, war correspond
ents, reporters, feature and edi
torial writers. The second group
consisted of executives, as editors,
managers, desk men, readers of
manuscript, and editorial directors.
The third class was members of
other professions, who devote half
their time to journalism, or obtain
half of their income from the work.
The last group includes ex-journ
alists.
JUI LS
of Christmas
Novelties
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A Welcome Hangout:
A cheery place for a winter evening’s
lunch. * George is serving some inviting
lunches now. “If you ostick around over
the holidays you’d better make the
. Oregana your headquarters.
The Oregana
MANY STUDENTS
HELPED BY Y. M.
Employment Bureau Sets
New Record
127 GET STEADY JOBS
Total Earnings Are Set At
$15,808
The employment bureau of the
campus Y. M. C. A. under the di
rection of Mrs. C. R. Donnelly, has
obtained work for students this
term aggregating $15,808, accord
ing to a report given by Mrs. Don
nelly at a dinner recently at the
“Y”'hut. The dinner was held for
the United Christian work drive
committee.
There have been 127 men in reg
ular jobs whose earnings have
amounted to $12,808, while the
number of odd jobs run approxi
mately from $2500 to $3000. Earn
ings from these have been $3000,
making the total of $15,808. This
is an increase over the same per
iod last year of $1,397.
The foreign students, of which
31 are employed in homes, restau
rants, as janitors and cooks, will
have made $4,110 by the end of the
term. In addition, there have been
many cooks placed in the various
houses, but there has been no rec
ord of them kept this year.
Townspeople Thanked
“We've been busier, we’ve "had
more work, and we’ve been able
to give better service this year,”
said Mrs. Donnelly, in summing up
the situation. “We Wish to thank
the people of the town, the faculty,
and the fraternity houses for the
work they have sent us. Between
two and three hundred students are
enabled to stay in school through
this work.
“I think it should be enaphasized
that the boys who got work through
our bureau do not take this work
from local men who are supporting
families. The students work only
a few hours at a time, which would
be impossible for a man needing
full time employment.”
Mrs. Maude B. Green of this city
has been acting as a part time as
sistant for Mrs. Donnelly. The bur
eau is now getting out its list of
rooms for next term so that stu
dents desiring new locations will be
able to get them at the “Y” office.
Forty At Dinner
There were 40 workers in the
United Christian Work drive* in
eluding faculty and student* from
the University and twenty Eugene
business men gathered 'at the din
ner, whore they were given theli
final instructions for the drive. H,
W. Davis, director of the work on
the campus, Karl W. Onthank, exe
cutive secretary of the University,
and R. A. McCulley, local realtor
and director of the drive, among
those who snoke. Dr. Warren D.
Smith, of the geology department,
Many Xmas Presents
XMAS SUGGESTIONS
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Christmas shopping is at hand.
Have you bought that box of cigars
for Dad or that carton of cigarettes
for your brother that you intend to
give them for a Christmas present f
The biggest thing for you flunkers
to do is to buy a special box of
cigars for Dr. Gilbert, or Mr. Bar
nett . They like the mild weed and
undoubtedly it will get by big with
them.
Knives, the best gifts, and we
don’t mean maybe. Obak has a
conKplete sotek of all kinds of
knives, hunting knives, pocket
knives, knives' for your watch chain
and any other you might want.
Remember, there’s no gift like a
knife.
PROMINENT STUDENTS
HOLD UP OREGANA
There ^s s|grave danger of the
Oregana not being printed on time
this year unless the students get be
hind the book and perform their
part. Most of the houses have all
their pictures taken, but a few are
lagging behind—holding up printing.
Two sororities to date are still not
complete. The Delta Gamma pictures
is complete save for two. Harold
Bramfield and James Leake. The
Kappas report that their pictures
are all taken excepting Barney Mc
.Philipps. The editor is requesting
these students to pose as soon as
possible.
It is especially desired that Mr.
Bramfield have his picture in the
book as he is one of the greatest
holps in Bushing that the D. G.’s
have.
Luke McGlook has not posed and
it is requested that he do so as his
picture will be needed in the Phi
Beta lineup.
Tfie College men and women of the University of Oregon
who are interested in advertising no doubt saw the adver
tisement that we placed in the Emerald just before
Thanksgiving.
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They might be interested to know that this advertisement is
placed because of net results obtained from the first adver
tisement in your own publication.
Our stages were filled.
And we may repeat our appreciation for the increased
patronage that you have given us.
The stages are a comparatively new form of transportation
and we are using modern methods to build our business—
namely, advertising.
The advantages of stage travel—frequent schedules—up-to
date , equipment—courteous operators are again called to
your attention for the holiday season.
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My Dear Anne:
I made tlie most marvelous dis
covery yesterday when I was
down town Christmas shopping.
Large, hand-carved viking ships
of wood, which make very dis
tinctive ornaments on the man
tel. Even if one can’t afford
them you can always go in the
Little Shop Around the Comer
from the McDonald and feast
your eyes on them.
* * •
Even with exams coming up, it
is impossible to keep one’s mind
off the coming vacations. Holly
pinned on fur coats and great
wreathes of green leaves and
holly hanging in clear plate glass
windows. Then for that rather
impersonal gift one can send a
potted poinsetta from Baup’s
Florist Shop.
You know how fond I am of
hot dogs and hot hamburger
sandwiches, and studying for
these awful exams does make a
person hungry. The University
Cafe, on Thirteenth and Alder,
sells ’em after eight in the eve
ning, when its main lunch counter
closes. They sure taste right
after an evening’s study at the
library.
Of course everyone is getting
curled and dolled up before going
home for vacation. I just made
a date with The Bose La Vogue
for a marcel. It’s close to the
campus, right behind the Co-op,
and they do classy work. The
girls are making appointments
for early in the week to be sure
of getting the time they want.
* # *
And then we are all having our
hair trimmed at the Co-Ed Bar
ber Shop, just back of the Co-op.
Who has time to go to town for
a hair-cut now of all times, with
these term papers to be finished!
We get thef best hair-cuts in town
from the barbers at the Co-Ed,
anyway.
Underwood lc Elliott have the
best hot meat pie and meat loaf
for sale every day about quarter
till twelve, just when classes are
out. Wo bought some the' other
day when we were in too much
of a hurry to eat a regular luneh.
They also have doughnuts and
parkerhouse rolls that simply
melt in your mouth, besides other
delicious cooked food, made in
their own kitchen.
Talk about your perfection,
Anne! You should see the mar
cel Tippie has. She got it at
Hastings’ Sisters and it is a
wonder. They certainly do good
work in marcels and water wav
ing, too. You’ll see us all
Christmas. Ta-ta, dear,
CAROL.
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