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| Edward M. Miller
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1926
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^4ucH Ado About Nothing,
Extra-Curricula Activities
The popular thing now-a-days is„to pity the jome
activity men. On every side one hears wails about the Big
Men on the campus who have no time to get an education. Here
is a sample from the Connecticut Wesleyan ‘Cardinal.
few ever have time to sample a lung u • . tjme wj,en classes
are proSnTre^ousibUnres'are heaped up: fraternity admiWra
are leasr pr s societies presidencies, chairmanships. . . . picture
arass tp. rvr?ori..",bSo£s;
^ing^up* attendance for the Esperanto club. . . . ^ the„8Cnl0r'
Mve everything I could possibly desire, except an education.
Very convincing at first thought; and so familiar that it
might have been a voice from our own wilderness. But let us
ponder a moment before we pass judgment.
Perhaps those who have the greatest cause to weep and
wail for loss of time are the officials of the student body, ath
letic managers, Emerald executives, and committee chairmen.
Practically all of these people belong to one or more honor
society aud are perhaps among the most guilty of the joiners.
Yet Ince at the “scandal sheet.” Few and far between are
the “F’s” and equally scarce are the “V’s.” While only wo
or three scale into Phi Beta Kappa heights, for the most part
the busiest and most harried students are maintaining consis
tent, healthy scholastic records.
Now think of those who have recently departed because ot
scholastic reasons. Are they folk who have been engaged in
extra-curricula activities? In most cases—no; they are people
who have been in no activity of any sort—not even intellectual.
Exceptions, of course, creep in, but in the main an interest in
most any phase of University activity will he beneficial to the
student. _ ... ,
WHICH
As for the thousand and one honor organizations
come in for so much abuse—they too have their defense. Most
of them promote genuine intellectual activity; and while we arc
prone to scoff when our vest has become heavily laden, who
can forget the thrill of his first honor fraternity election? If
the societies be too numerous we should stimulate scholastic
interests and the unnecessary societies will die a natural and
harmless death.
Mr. Hollis On American
Universities
M. Q. Hollis of the Oxford debating team which visited
us lasl year Ms "an article in the Outlook for December 30,
giving his impressions of our universities, gathered during his
tour. He makes pertinent comment and asks questions, many
of which have concerned American educators and not a few
students for some time past. He voices the cry that is raised
periodically on our own campus, and not altogether without
cause, that we are over-organized, that we are sacrificing scho
larship to mass education, and that individuality is discour
aged and ofttimes destroyed by our system of fraternities, of
grades, and of athletics. He says, in part:
The ideal, easy ways of Oxford and Cambridge, boasting that
the greater part of the benefits that they bestow come from
interminable and spontaneous conversations around the fire
these are the things most clearly lacking in the American Uni
versitv. Classes are compulsory. Every breath that the student
takes'is the university’s business, and he must breathe it at
au appropriate and scheduled time.
Only in California did Mr. llollis find any inclination to
take life in h more leisurely fashion, perhaps, he remarks,
because of the clmate.
The reason for all of this he finds in the peculiar Ameri
can problem of mass education—of dispensing learning whether
the student wishes to become learned or no, with a college
education for everybody as the goal. But, he maintains, this
is only to be done at a price. Learning for learnings sake is
sacrificed and a system which does this is a parody.
First, in making such comparisons, Hr. llollis should choose
two of our best universities to place against his Oxford and
Cambridge. All he has had to say is not applicable to Har
vard, John Hopkins or Yale. When he has done this he should
consider that in his own institutions he has a number of so
called “pass men,’’ who, as we understand it, attend more or
less for the culture they may absorb by association, rather than
for a “love of learning for it’s own sake.”
Next, he should consider that our present system is a
growth of hut one or two generations—that it is young and
untried, ami that the real worth of this “education for every
body,’’ can only he known when it has been tried on several
generations—when, as in his own country, the university stu
dent has behind him a line of university-trained ancestors.
His criticism is largely justified, but it is not altogether
new to us. We have heard the same things from many of
our own educators, and from not a few fellow-students. The
recent Dartmouth investigation and the reports of various edu
cational committees over the country have kept these matters
before us. There is every indication that our prsent system
vrill undergo modifications and changes.
However, it is through organization that the work of the
world is being done, and it may not come amiss for us to have
a bit of experience in larger organizations than fireside groups
before being thrrown on the cold, outside world. Much im
provement is needed—that we admit; but we rather imagine
that the American way of going about it to better matterrs will
not smack of the “idle and easy ways of Oxford and Cam
bridge.” The relative value of the two systems rests with the
future. Learning for the sake of learning may be all to scarce.
Americans have a tendency to want to actually do something
with their learning, if only to make more and better bathtubs.
—H.A.K.
SEVEN SEERS
SO THIS IS THE BASKETBALL
PAVILION THAT JACK BUILT!
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The campus just now is a quiet
as a cross-word puzzle conference.
Yesterday a fellow lit a .match just
behind Villard hall, and the stenog
in Carlton Spencer’s office in the
Ad building dodged.
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WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT
OF MORTAL BE PROUD?
!' Well, for one thing, Captain Mc
Ewan arrives tomorrow, and will
probably prove to be human after
all.
That will result in a cessation of
those endless statements from Vir
gil Earl.
Eddie Miller has decided to let
the R. O. T. O', pursue its gun-toting
way for a time at least.
Emerald head writers are prov
ing unusually entertaining, and we
look forward to a little choice
philogymnastics by the spotts staff
with a possible championship team
to work on.
Nobody has said ‘Oxford’ at us
for nearly four days, or assigned
any term papers.
Here we have Major Powell,
the campus junker, busily en
gaged in holding his temper,
after reading the Emerald. In
his right hand he grasps, at
parade rest, a blunt Mitchell
type duelist pen. The picture
on the wall is that of a Co. D
cadet who thinks Miller’s a
fellow who grinds grain.
Make Your Own Comment, But
Use Discretion
WANTED—A girl for room
mate. For particulars coll at
33 13th in person. Please use
front door.—Yesterday Emerald.
And in those dayes at Oregonne
it came to pass that one of the Ore
gonne men returning from his wan
deringes afield during the Yuletide
did discover an undue amount of
dust on the shelves ^hereupon he
proposed to place the purple sockes
and the lace bordered handkerchiefs
and the quarto of old Oakridge de
stabiliser that had acrrued to him
from the spirit of the seasone. And
vainly he sought the Emeraldes and
the Whiz Banges of a former days,
for they had all been used as table
spre&des by the vacation bachelores.
And he looked about him, and
said to his fellowes, “Why should
not the spirit of youth be delivered
of this disturbance.” and again,
“Who’s gonna dust them shelves.”
And there was none* to answer him.
And the displeased one sought a
medium designed to papere shelves.
And at length he came to the reg
istrar, saying. “And have I not
heard it said that you are writer of
note. ”
And the registrare looked favor
ably upon him and said, “I perceive
that you are a man of discernment.
My wife Was Just saying the other
nighte—”
And the students said to him:
“Think you of the tremendous in
fluence your works will wield. And
besides, does not everybody knowe
that grades means nothing, and
who would there be to read them.”
And the registrare said, “Yea,
verily, brother,” and gave him two
fine settee of statistics wherewith
to paper his shelves until the next
years.
We note in yesterday’s Emerald
that there is a “vast seareity of
track aspirants,” comparable, we
suppose, to the tremendous paneity
of men out.
ORLANDO Y. BENGH.
Campus Bulletin
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 Tri
day night of this week, January
8. About five minutes of deliv
ery at the tryouts is all that will
be called for.
Women’s debate—Freshmen girls
meet with Mr. Gray, 4:15 p. m.
Friday. 206 Sociology.
Bible literature classes—The class
in Biblical literature will meet
Friday at 3:15 at Westminister
House. Open to all. Bruce J.
Giffen, instructor.
Meeting of Allied Arts League at
1:15 in art room of Architecture
building.
Varsity Philippinensis — Tmportant
meeting tonight in “Y” Hut at
8:00.
Senior ball committee notice—Meet
ing of entire committee today at
5:00 in the Administration build
ing. Important for all to be
there.
Graduate club—Meeting for elec
tion of officers Tuesday noon,
January 12, at College Side Inn.
Phone your reservations to Col
lege Side Inn.
Women’s class basketball practices
begin Monday, January 11. To
day last day to sign up. Sign
at 5:00 in gymnasium.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Kappa Delta Phi announces the
pledging of Clarence Curtis of Bend,
Oregon.
Alpha Phi announces the pledging
of Grace Gardner of Portland, Ore.
Theatres
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McDONALD—first day: contin
uous showings 1:00 to 11:30 p. m.;
Adolphe Menjou in “The King on
Main Street,” with Bessie Love and
Greta Nissen in one of the cleverest
pictures of the new year, with Men
jou, debonair lover, in a role that
fits him like the clothes he wears,
and Bessie does a “Charleston” fit
for a king; another Witwer “Pace
maker” comedy; Oregon’s own
Webfoot Weekly;” Prank D. C.
Alexander in delightful musical set
tings to the picture on the organ.
COMING — Corinne Griffith in
“Classified;” Ronald Coleman in
“The Dark Angel,” with Velma
Blanky.
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REX—first day: continuous, 1:00
to 11:30 p. m.; Ricardo Cortea in
“The Spaniard” with Geta Goudal
and Noah Beery in a flaming dra
ma of daring adventures and lov
ers in sunny Spain; Walter Hiers
comedy, “Weak but Willing;” In
ternational news events; J. Clifton
Emmel in melodious musical accom
paniments to the picture on the or
gan.
COMING — Maurice “Lefty”
Flynn in “High and Handsome.”
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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.”
First Track Meet
Of Year Attended By
Over 150 Men
(Continued from page one)
viewed Oregon’s track history and
made the final demand for more
men out.
“The men in ’13, and ’14 and the
other championship teams which
Hayward has developed at Oregon
went out for track because they
wanted to go out and fight,” he
said. “They had the spirit of fight
and they did not go out because
they were required to. They wanted
to know they could beat someone.
Oregon’s track teams have to be
made from the men in school. The
showing this year is up to you, the
men who are out for the freshmen
and varsity teams.”
Work starts Monday and will
continue three times a week until
I the end of the term. Weekly eom
I petition will be held every Satur
j day afternoon in about three weeks
i in order to work the"men into shape
for the first meet on the schedule1
! with Stanford at Palo Alto, April'
eleventh.
Virgil Earl, director of athleties,
gave a brief talk and introduced
Hayward. Walter Kelsey, varsity
I hurdler and jumper, and captain of
the 1928 team, spoke on the im
portance of grades for track men.
SENIOR TEACHES ENGLISH
Margaret McCullough, a senior
in the English department, has ac
cepted a position on the regular
'staff of the University high school
and began instruction the first of
this term. She is handling a class
in freshman English.
EDWIN LYMAN IN SCHOOL
Edwin Lyman, a senior in the
school of journalism, has returned
to the campus to finish his course.
CHARLESTON
at
The Midway
Saturday Night
Music by
* The Revelers
Features
8:30 to 11:30
TAKE SPRINGFIELD CAR
DANCE
AT
Laraways Music Hall
‘ ’ t. .. . P • 0 0 -
HEAR THAT ORCHESTRA
GENTS
Only
Ladies Free
EUGENE’S POPULAR DANCE HALL
“Go, Where the Crowds Go’’
McDonald
aah,
Menjon!
NEW
SHOW
TODAY
continuous
1 to 11:30
ADOLPHE
MENJOU
in
“The King on
Main Street”
AND—AT REGULAR PRICES
Matinee 20c Night 35c
And—
Another Witwer
"PACEMAKER”
comedy
with BESSIE LOVE
GRETA NISSEN
Menjou, debonair-lover, in a role that
fits him like the clothes he wears.
And Bessie does a "Charleston” fit for
a king.
“Modern Women Enjoy Too Much’ Freedom—
They Adore the Man Who Can Make Them Mind”
WITH
RICARDO C0RTE2
JETTA CQUDAL amp NOAM BEES*
Says— tv
Come and meet the
screen’s most fascinat
ing lover.
In London ballroom
or Spanish bullring, his
daring will amaze and
startle you.
Screened against a
background of lavish
settings and society
splendor.
_ WALTER
HIERS
COMEDY
TODAY
continuous
1 to 11:30
J. Clifton Emm el
at th«
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