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©runrm lailg fmeralh f&itoriat Page THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1926 Frank H. Loggan ...-...--. Manager Edward M. Miller .-• Editor .MW«gin8 g»■ ;K“e,-.IS’, w*’” M“‘!" ,*te*r Edu“,“pi.« ®= ™m&» .-.- F“lur” Edl,°' 1895_ ---- . . . , . . . »V. Tlnivfrsitv o' O-eeon Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during the The Oregon Daily *»*"* in the »°stoffice at‘Eugene' °regcn' 118 6econd-cIas8 matter‘ Subscription rates, $2.25 per l"1 phones Editor, »20 , Manager, 721, Assistant—Dick Jones Day Editor—Mildred Carr Night Editor—Ronald Sellers An Editorial Intended For An Esteemed Contemporary The Spectator, Portland’s genial and witty Journal of Progress "fairly overflowed with good yuletide cheer during the recent holidays. On a cover decorated with candles, holly, hapfvhoudSt season.1’'the spectator"wishes ITS PFADERS ANI) THE READERS OF ALL ITS ^ntfmporImesAND EVERYBODY ELSE, ANY Smnn^^ND EVERYWHERE, WHETHER THEY READ OR not a jotSus holiday season and happy new YEAR.”’ Now who in all history was ever more generous than th&Nor was this "ospel of good cheer the only message on the Spectator cover. °Underneath the ho^day greetings arettiree find ”TORMERhGOVERNOR OSWALD TELLS OF FAMOUS INTEREST IN THE ANTIPODES.” Once more three little asterisks. And then, last, but most instructive and most startling of all comes the demure, biushmg *>tage “THE TJ. OF 0. PREFERS FOOTBALL COACH TO PRESI DENT.” Can you beat it ? The Spectator, Portland s enter prising Journal of Progress, has scooped the world ! Turning the page we find a scintillating article headed, “THE FOOTBALL COACH WINS.” More scoops The greater portion of the article is reprinted on the editorial page of today ’s Emerald where all (who can read) may see for them selves. • • The Spectator, while not an absolute stranger to irony, is such a good matured publication that one hesitates to administer the sound threshing that might be forthcoming were the offend ers the radical Oregonian and the conservative Oregon Journal. So it is in this instance, one fears to overstep tfc bounds cd good taste into the realm of ill humor. And yet TI1L U. O O. PREFERS—” Brrrr! Now see here, 0 Spectator of Portland. A journal of your wisdom and wit should know better than to make the state ments you did. We always thought you were joking but ap parently you are taking this president-coach scramble seriously; and hence we are amazed and perplexed. We arc respectful y fearful to enter the lists with you, lest we suffer inglorious de feat; yet our ideals compel us with no thought of publicity, to proclaim the unvarnished truth, viz: ... The coach has been chosen—because lie is less important than the president. The coach has been signed for live years, while the president, wo hope, will bo associated with the Uni versity for a long period of years; hence it is well to spend as much time as is needed in careful, patient selection of the duel executive. Everyone at the University, apparently, is delighted with the selection of Captain McEwan as head coach, and it is safe to predict that he will be given a colorful and enthusiastic le ception on the campus iii the near future. While the enthus iasm of the undergraduates may be boundless in their reception of the coach, and while their demonstration toward this man may be more vociferous than the one to be accorded the piesi dent some day, everyone who thinks at all will recognize that the new proxy will be far more vital to the lliiiveisity than the new coach. Is it clear, genial Spectator? If the cold print appears a bit caustic—forgive us; for we too are wishing everyone a happy New Year. Individuals as Well as University Profit by “Flunks” The University records show 96 persons “flunked.” It seems a large number, but is actually a smaller percentage than most state universities show, and for the good of the Univer sity the number is probably none too large. The fact that a student lias failed to make the upgrade and remain in the University does not necessarily mean that he, or she, is mentally deficient, but it is an indication that that student has not applied himself to the performance of such work as the University is maintained to promote, or perhaps is not fitted for such work and will do better work in some other line. If it is a case of pure indolence then it is as well for the student as for the University, that lie get out and learn to work. Intellectual activity requires as much enthusiasm and application as any other activity, and it a student can not find these within himself at the University lie should seek the field wherein they do lie for him. In am ease a failure is an unhappy end. and when it is a friend or an acquaintance who drops along the way, the cir cumstance brings special regret. Hut the only unfairness lies in the fact that probably a good many remain who are just as in competent to make the most of the opportunity the state affords its students. l\. U. Students Should Participate In Their Own Education The very interesting letter in Wednesday’s Emerald from Dr. Ernest Sutherland Hates former professor in the Univer sity. ami now successfully engaged in free lance writing in New York City, is indicative of a growing tendency among educators and students to recognize the advisability of student participa tion i their own education. Dr. Bates says in part: “My chief criticism, of American college students is that they do not seriously realize their own importance, that they take no hand in shaping the academic policies in which, after all, they are vitally con cerned. What kind of a president they have, what kind of a faculty they have, what kind of a curriculum- - whether, for example, it shall include military training, or whether “physical ed” shall be emphasized or mini mized these ar. surely matters of essential importance to the students. They will have :: voice in such matters just as soon as they strenuously demand and insist upon it, no ‘sooner. From various remarks in the Emerald this year 1 infer that the present board of editors is in sym pathy which such an aggressive attitude. If so, it may be sure that it carries with it the potential endorsement of many educators the country over. ...” The Emerald is indeed in sympathy with this attitude. It is recognized that in their post-adolescence exuberance it is quite possible for students to swing the pendulum too far: and many mistakes will be made, no doubt. Nevertheless, might we not say that the student who never assists in his own educa tion will never become truly educatedf SEVEN SEERS ALKALI IKE SPEAKS I’m a grey old rat, fro-m the desert hot, A place God made and then fergot, Where you don’t see green ’cause there ain’t no grass, An’ the sun shines down from a sky of brass. Bound where I live there’s plenty land, Though it’s mostly covered up with sand, An ’ the sand’s so hot that the land scape broils, An ’ the water hole at my home camp boils. It is a torrid land, I’m here to speak, An’ its coolest stream’s called “Furnace Creek;” It’s a dry place, too, fer by the chart The drinks are fifty miles apart. So I’ve drifted into this college man’s town 'To purchase that which a thirst will drown; But the jints are few and fer be tween, An’ the stuff you get’s like kero sene. , : f This near-beer junk isn’t anumose, •Why, dang the stuff, ’tisn’t even close; An’ the red eye’s eye isn’t even red. Though two drink ’ll knock you dead. So I’m hiking back to my desert home Where the lizard and chuclcwallas roam, Where the rattlers buzz an’ the ground owl hoots, An’ we make our own out of cac tus roots. I’d druther trek through the val ley’s heat Than choke to death in a crowded street, Fer I know down there no need to fret, Though the desert’s dry, there are some spots wet. Using lipstick may make a girl look better, but it doesn’t make her taste any better. OH, GIRLS, LISTEN! Hitherto and heretofore, not to say previously, we have taken very little interest in this dance known as “the charleston,” because, in the first place we are too decrepit to dance and our right foot has al ways exhibited Methodist tend encies. But yesterday a well-known phy | sician informed us that continued indulgence in this jitney-jiggle step j in the cases of young girls and boys Will result in bow-legs and locomotor j ataxia. We don’t care an awful lot ; about the locomotor ataxia, perhaps ! it would be a good thing if a whole ! lot more people had it, but the bow legs are another matter. If these scanties continue in popularity the next generation will look lik\p a mess of inverted “Q’s”. * * * TO SAY NOTHING OF THE FU Iturk. WE KNOW A COUPLE ON | THE CAMPUS WHO ARE RE SPECTIVELY SO BOW-LEGGED \ N D KNOOK-KNEED, W H E N THEY STAND TOGETHER THEY j SPELL “ON”! The above is a pastel of Laura | Breske, who is opening her winter quarters at the Thaeher apart ments,- and who will hold a house- j warming if the weather permits over the week-end. Refreshments i will be doled, out to those who eome first. Eleanor Burtehaell will J pore. • * • SLIPS “University Has Second Home in Britain Is Word From Col. Miller.” —Oregon Daily Emerald. We’re glad to hear that some | kind stranger has assured us a night's lodging next time we run over to England. But our editor of the Emerald, Ed Leader, says he thinks there might be some mistake. , * * * AND STILL ANOTHER “Dean to Attend College.”— Emerald, Jan. 6. Well, now, we always thought Dean Hale a bright chap, but just think yhat he’ll be with a college education! ABOUT THE NEW COACH Now that the photograph of the new coach has been published everyone has a chance to form opinions on his appearance. Need less to say, he has found instant favor among the female population of the campus. “Such devilish eyes!” one fair one up at the Theta house was heard to say. “That smile!” a pretty blond at the Gamma Phi residence exclaimed. “I just adore a man in uniform!” a dainty Delta Gamma uttered. “Oh, yes, and army men swear beautifully!” a doll of a Pi Phi cried. “But isn’t it too thrilling, it says lie’s 'a man of mystery.’ That must mean he has a past! ” a cun ning Kappa slyly put in. OLAF DARNU. %** The Football Coach Wins i A gentle correspondent inquires if “Tha Spectator is quite satisfied with the answer it has received to its question: ‘Does the University need a Football Coach more than it does a President?’” Why, yes; of course, naturally. And The Spec tator would have been wholly sat isfied if the University has chosen to answer the question by naming a president before it selected a foot ball coach. The Spectator is a firm believer in the principle of self-determination; if a University gives itself the pleasure of think ing that the objects of higher edu cation are served better by having a football coach than by having a president, and selects a football coach and leaves the presidency va cant, The Spectator bows as grace fully as possible, and utters a loud and Commendatory “Anion!” In asking its now famous ques tion, The Spectator had no desire to sway opinion by expressing its own views on the important subject. However, we can say now that we confidently believed the University would elect a president before it se lected a football coach, because there are at large more great presi dents than coaches. * * * Still, after all, it depends on the football coach and the president. We can easily believe that out of a number of educators, one could be chosen for president who would greatly advance the cause of higher education at the University; indeed, The Spectator can say that we shall shortly have the privilege of de claring that such a man has been found. In the meantime, it can be said without fear of successful con tradiction that those who think the football coach is the real Dux in University affairs made no blunder in the choice of a man to prove their contention. Captain John J. Me Ewan is not only a great football player himself, but is a maker of great football players. For ' some years, he has been head coach at West Point, whose football team has adequately proved that our army is all right on the grid, even if it happens to be what Colonel Mitchell says it is in the air. The Spectator sends its hearty congratulations and best wishes to Captain McEwau and the University for a Happy Xew Year, and feels quite confi dent that on the gridiron next au tumn the cause of higher education will he greatly advanced.—Portland Spectator (Dee. 2l>, 1925). AMPHIBIANS TO PRACTICE Amphibian club holds open prac tice on Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Tests for swimming honors will be given late in the term. The passage of these tests entitles the swimmer to 50 points towards a W. A. A. sweat er. Miss Troemel urges that all those wishing to try for a life sav ing certificate, entrance into Am phibian club, or for swimming hon ors see her this week or the early part of next week. LANE LEAVES PRESS POSITION Robert l ane, for over there years an employee of the University Press, having graduated, has left the castings, types, and presses tem porarily and assigned his work to Wayne Morgan, journalism major. Last year Lane served as printing laboratory assistant. COMING YEAR BRIGHT FOR CAMPUS Y.W.C. A. “Foreign Policy” Subject for Discussion Groups Plans for the year’s program of activity were discussed at the first Y. W. C. A. cabinet meeting which was held yesterday afternoon at the Bungalow. Miss Florence Mag owan, secretary 'of the organiza tion expressed the opinion that this term will be a successful one. Dorothy Munsell, chairman of the committee in charge of the Y. W. C. A. Christmas charity work, re ported that the total amount that sororities and fraternities contri buted to the cause was about $35. This money was expended for cloth ing, which was turned over to Mrs. M. S. Ady, police matron of Eu gene, who distributed it among poor children of the city. Student discussion groups, under the direction of Gladys Dubois, will be organized soon. The topic to be studied is “Students and America’s Foreign Policy.” The Y. W. C. A. is co-operating with the Y. M. C. A. in bringing speakers of note to the campus this term. The first one will be Charles D. Hurry of New York who is the National Friendly Belationship Sec retary of the Y. M. C. A. He will be here two days next week. A luncheon in his honor is being plan ned jointly by the two organiza tions. Cabinet members and a few others will attend this affair. Eloise Buck, sneior in the Uni versity, has been appointed as a representative on a committee which is formulating a new pro gram for the Seabeck Conference to be held in June. She discussed probable changes which she will suggest, and asked for opinions of girls who have attended conferences there in the past. Genevieve Chase, a representative of Oregon at the Interdenomination al Student Conference which was held at Evanston, Illinois, during vacation, gave a report of the meet ing. About 1000 students attended the conference. Among the for eign representatives negroes' were predominate. A complete report of the confer ence will be given by the two Ore gon representatives Sunday even ing, January 9, at 6 o’clock at the Methodist Church. Tom Graham was the other student from this campus who attended. All young people’s church organizations will meet there at that time, and others who -are interested are invited to attend. TO ADDRESS CLASS Mr. R. H. Kipp, manager of the Marketing Department of the Port land Chamber of Commerce, will address the class in merchandising on Friday morning, January 8, at 10 o’clock in room 107, business administration l^uilding. His sub ject will be “Merchandising Phases of Co-Operative Marketing.” Mr. Kipp has had considerable experi ence in the do-operative marketing field and is a well known authority on this subject in the northwest. Those interested are invited to at tend. LIBRARIES EXCHANGE PAPERS In exchange for duplicate files of the Oregon State Journal, pub lished in Eugene previous to 1920, the University library has received back copies of the New York Tri bune and the New York Herald. The copies were sent bv the Uni versity of Chicago library and date from 1850 into the 1870’s. l et • glossy, wavy hair now yours Uce SEPOL Shampoo. De lightful and easy to use. Kuykendall Drug Co. WRKsLEYS AFTER ' i- EVERY h MEAL affords benefit as well b » as pleasure. Healthful exercise for the teeth and a spur to digestion. A long lasting refreshment, soothing to nerves and stomach. Australian Debaters May Vie With Oregon Team . During * Spring Visit o' (Continued from page one) June 1. At present it is not de cided whether the Sydney men can meet the two man Oregon team on Thursday April 15. Instead of the former type of de bating, -an effort will be made to use the new “Oregon Plan” which will be used this year for the first time against Utah in March. First speakers of the affirmative and negative under this new plan will be allowed ten minutes of construc tive argument. The second nega tive speaker cross questions the first affirmative speaker for ten minutes, followed likewise by the second affirmative speaker who crUss questions the first negative speaker. Each of the second speak ers then gives ten minutes of re buttal and summary of his case. While no decisions are made by of ficial interest on the part of stu dents because of the cross question ing and the opportunity for wit and humor which is provided. New Plan Favored “The great benefit 'of such in ternational debates,” said J. Stan ley Gray, head of the department of public speaking, “is that it forms a combination of the witty style of English debate with the more thorough and serious style of American contests.” Mr. Gray, is sponsoring the new “Oregon plan,” in fact is the first to use it in intercollegiate contests. He believes that if debate of this type can be arranged with Sydney that it will prove more successful both from a public speaking stand point and from the standpoint of interest to the audience. T. E. Thompson, professor of bus iness administration at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, is hand ling the arrangements of contests for Sydney on its western Ameri can tour. iuvent unmax or year This event would be the climax of the forensic season. Among the events thus far arranged are: Jan uary 26, freshman women versus Eugene Bible University; February 26, varsity men versus Universi ties of Washington and Idaho, tri angle; March 4, freshman men ver sus Oregon Agricultural college freshman team; March 8 to 12, Uni versity of Southern California, (radio?); March 12, State Old Line .toratory contest, Corvallis; April 8, 9, 10, Pacific coast forensic league conference, oratory and ex tempore contests, Pullman', Wash ington; April 9, State Peace ora tory contest, Eugene Bible Univer sity, Eugene; April 15, University of Sydney versus Oregon, debate. FEATURE IN PROLOGUE A super-stage act, “Fantomsfrom Faust,” a musical pi^ologue, fea turing Helga McGrew, Orion Daw son, Eva Charlet, Frank Alexander, Leland Robe, and J. Clifton Emmel is being presented three times daily, at 8:45-7:15 and 9:15 p. m. at the McDonald theatre during the pro duction of “The Phantom of the Opera.” Lon Chaney, as “The Phantom,” probably plays his great est role, in this most weird and wonderful photographic creation the motion picture art has yet pro duced. y: Campus Bulletin j Pi Lambda Theta meeting Thursday January 7,0at College Side Inn. All members urged to attend. Meeting of the Woman’s League executive council. Woman’s bldg. 7:45 tonight. Oratory candidates for University tryouts, Tuesday, January 12, must submit copies of their fif teen minute orations to Mr. Gray, 206 Sociology on or before Fri day night of this week, January 8. About five minutes of deliv ery at the tryouts is all that will be called for. Freshman debate—Freshmen men debaters meet with Mr. Horn, Thursday 3:30 p. in., 206 Socio logy. Women’s debate—Freshmen girls meet with Mr. Gray, 4:15 p. m. Friday. 206 Sociology. Sigma Delta Chi— Sigma Delta Chi will entertain Marshall Dana at luncheon today at the Anchorage. Members are requested to bring guests. Bible literature classes—The class in Biblical literature will meet Friday at 3:15 at Westminister House. Open to all. Bruce J. Giffen, instructor. Women’s houses—Representatives of each women’s house on the vol untary sport’s committee will have a short meeting, Thursday, at 5 o’clock in the gymnasium. Woman’s League Council—Meeting tonight in lounge room of Wom an’s building at 7:30. Temenid officers—Meet at Crafts man’s club at 7:00 o’clock to night. Theatres HEILIG—Friday and Saturday nights: Coleridge’s “Ancient Mar iner,” with an all star cast. Mon day, Robert B. Mantel! in “Mer chant of Venice.” Coming Events Thursday, January 7 11:00 — Assembly, Woman’s building. 7:30—Woman’s League Coun cil meeting. Woman’s building. I {Men say: "You can’t equal Williams” TT’S the lather. Williams Shaving Cream bulks ■*“ large. It softens all of every hair. 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