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Bd»ard M. Miller
Editor
801 Abramson . Managing Editor
Jatm&r Johnson .. Associate Managing Editor
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1926
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Philippa Sherman
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_Sports Editor
_Feature Editor
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2)ay Editor—Claudia Fletcher
Night Editor—John Black
Assistant—Finis Fitzmaurice
A Priceless Possession;
1 9f26 ,9JnhSSty students love a sentimentalist. And
coHegfS learns that the “dear old
wUl rememDcr .u j ^ Qver the same old song is
sung-—‘You will cherish these memories to the end of your
dsys—, -
not only are personalities brought again into the panorama;
all the multitude of events are recorded m picture and sto y
which will never lose their charm with the passing years ^
set of four volumes of the Oregana, giving a complete record
of the University career, may be said to be a truly priceless
^Therefore, when the Oregana representative makes his ap
pearance today, remember that the investment will p y
creased dividends with the passing of the years.
Oregon ^Vants A
Basketball Championship
Oregon opens its Coast conference basketball season Tues
day night against Montana here. So far as can be judged m
advance, Oregon has its greatest team in a decade. It has speed,
it has teamwork and every man is a true and tried veteran.
Last year Oregon finished second best. It came within a
single basket of winning the championship of the northern sec
tion of the Coast conference. But that one basket was enough
to give the Aggies a chance to play California tor the coast
title, and as in years past, the southern invader romped home
with a well-earned victory. , ,
The spell of athletic conquests for the south was broken
last fall when Washington triumphed in football over both
Stanford and California. That, however, should be only the
beginning of a series of triumphs for the northwest.
The fact that the south was beaten, after winning tho cham
pionships in basketball, football and track for more than five
years, shows it is not immune from defeat. And this year, Ore
gon feels, the golden opportunity to triumph not only over all
our northern rivals, but also over the southern champion, has
arrived.
Oregon, after sampling the dregs of bitter football, craves
lustily a basketball championship. It’s victory she wants—
sure and complete. Let’s hit the nail on the head this
year.—S.W.
An Obvious Defect
In The Activities System
In a communication published in today’s Emerald W. B. r.
has pointed out a very real and tangible objection to the sys
tem of student body activities as now carried on at the Univer
sity. Granting that student leaders attain respectable grades,
he maintains that these same students would gain far more
from their formal education were they permitted to spend their
time in scholastic pursuits instead of trivial student activities.
This argument undoubtedly holds true in a few cases where
the student spends time on his activities at the expense of his
intellectual pursuits. It is granted that a few a very few,
such as the A. S. U. 0. presidency—demand far more time from
the student than is compatible with his best personal interests.
In the great majority of the eases, however, this is not the case.
Usually a student will spend in activities those moments which
he would otherwise devote to sheer leisure or pastime. As soon
as he encroaches on the time which should be devoted to the
xiormal functions of his University life, as W. B. P. has sug
gested, he is doing himself an injustice.
Those cases, which by the very nature of the positions de
mand this undue attention must be justified only on the grounds
that the activities ‘system’ brings benefits to the whole which
overshadow the harm done to the few. The Emerald believes
this is a legitimate justification.
Is This A Result of
The Holiday Vacation?
Every year, every term, every possible chance that occurs,
the old, old story appears. “Oregon’s hello is dying out. It is
tiresome to hear it, more tiresome to see it again and again;
but the frequent appearance seems to indicate that this ancient
old custom demonstrating the school s democratic spirit is truly
living out. Perhaps it is only a relapse from strenuous vaca
tions and exam cramming. Still, when someone passes by with
a stony ridged mouth, firmly set against foolish word wastes;
and when another answers a timid ‘hello’ with a cold do-vou
knov who I am? 1-certninly-don’t-knov-you. glance; well,
doubts are against the physically and mentally tired excuses
used for destroying the friendly “hello,” Even if you are so
cially and otherwise superiorly advanced above the mere per
son who passes you, at least show your kingly benignauce by!
giving a cheery smile and "hello” to the individual. Help pro
mote a democratic, friendly spirit on the campus. Be a sport;
smile ami say “hello. —1).P.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Alpha Xi Delta announces the
pledging of Klsic Clodius, of Port
land.
Ti Deta Phi announces the pledg
ing of Dorothy Franklin of Port
land.
Delta Gamma announces; ,lt>he
pledging of Helen Qouphler, Port
land, and Virginia Dorcas, Salem.
Delta Zeta announces the pledg
ing of Shirley Glad of Moscow,
Idaho.
Phi Delta Phi, national honorary
law fraternity, announces the elec
tion of the following men: Joe Frn
xer, George W. Joseph, Harry J.
DePrnncq, all of Portland; Edwin
Pavia Hicks, Canyon City, Charles
O. Burlingham, Forest drove, and
Orlando John Hollis of Eugene.
Samara, honorary botany and
bacteriology society, announces tho
election of Marion Paddock and
Frances Schroeder to membership.
FOUR DAYS TO ADD COURSES
Saturday will be the last day that
students can add to their course, ac
cording to an announcement made
at the registrar’s office. Students
may drop a course after this time,
providing they have permission
from their professor.
SEVEN SEERS
NOW THAT THE “PHANTOM
OF THE OPERA” HAS LEFT
TOWN WE CAN GET SOME
BLEEP IN.
Latest close-up of Julia Groo,
one of the new additions to the
campus this term, and fair win
ner of the perfect electrically
equipped house in the national
contest of electrical essays.
According to the Oregonian of
last Sunday, Miss Groo rejected
400 proposals of marriage from
ardent admirers all over the
country and has deserted her
life of fame and ease for the
barren halls of learning. Poor
girl doesn’t know what she’s
up against. Don’t you know,
Julie, that there are at least
400 men in these barren halls
who would be tickled pink to
get in on the house when you’re
“ready to settle down,” and
who would enjoy basking in the
■w/armth of your sweet smile
and an electric furnace?
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Another little curly headed Indian
club asked us where she could sign
up for a course in Aggravation, and
when we professed ignorance she
said she heard that Dean McClusky
was head of the department.
POPULAR METHOD OF BID
DING FAREWELL AMONG CHI
PSIS DURING RECENT VACA
TION: “GOO’ NIGHT! SLEEP
'TIGHT! ”
ROMANCE OF CAMPUS COUPLE
APPEARS IN SMART SET
The following article entitled,
“It’s Sometimes Fun to Kiss and
Run,” was- clipped from a current
issue of the humorous magazine,
'“Judge,” where it was run as an
advertisement, as the last para
graph shows:
“Oh, Jerry,” Vania sighed, softly,
distractingly. “I may never be
serious again with you, so remember
well what I say tonight. Take
everything you can get, or you will
be sorry, sorry, all your life for the
things you could have had and did
not take.”
Now, even to Jerry that could
mean only one thing. “You and I,”
Vania was saying, “could be so
happy together, loving each other.
But you won’t. . and some day you
will bo sorry.
Jerry took a sip of his chartreuse,
and thought, slowly, that she was
pretty near right. Tomorrow you
might be dead. What did it matter
if the things you did were against
all silly rules? And anyway he
didn’t want to steal her from her
husband, or anything like that. He
just wanted to kiss a very pretty
woman, who wanted him; to kiss her.
He bent closer, closer to that
glowing face, and kissed her thrill
ingly, lingeringly. And he knew
that having kissed a woman as he
had just kissed Vania, the only
thing a gentleman can do is to kiss
her again, as she was waiting to be
kissed. . . .
Can a gay young man who takes
his fun where he finds it ever stop
at one drink—or one kiss—if the
'first is good and more are to be
had? See the current issue of
"Snappy Stories”—the magazine of
the new generation.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF IN
TERMENT STAND UP.
SINBAD.
Communications
To the Editor:
In an0 editorial bearing the cap
tion, “Much Ado About Nothing:
Extra Curricular Activities,” the
editor of the Emerald, unless I mis
take him, attempts to show that the
agitation against extra-curricular
activities has little merit. He pro
ceeds t.o show, fiirstj that those
most busily engaged in activities
carry substantial courses in the
University and receive respectable
grades, and second, that those in
dividuals whs are dropped from
college for scholastic reasons seldom
are engaged in campus activities,
and from these acknowledged facts
the reader is left to infer that there
is little basis for the agitation
against campus activities as they
are conducted in our schools today.
The editor is probably correct
'that “in the main an interest in
most any phase of University ac
tivity will be beneficial to the stu
dent.” Very few would quarrel
with him on this assertion if the
activities were indulged in in a
spirit of moderation. The real
underlying objection is not to stu
dent activities as such, but to the
manner in which they are conduct
ed. For example, the objection is
not that the activities take the time
of a large number of students, but
rather that the burden of such work
is thrown upon the shoulders of a
small group of leaders, with the re
sult that the time of these leaders
is largely taken up in “activity
work,” with the inevitable conse
quence that the very men who
should be getting the most possible
intellectual development out of their
education, get only a small part of
that which they could get.
To put the proposition in a
slightly different way, in order to
best guide the future destinies of a
nation, especial attention should be
paid to the intellectual life of its
potential leaders. If those poten
tial leaders are permitted to utilize
only a relatively small part of their
time in intellectual pursuits, as is
true under our system of student
activities as it now evists, it seems
apparent that the system of educa
tion under which they are being
trained has most grave objections.
The argument that the men en
gaged in activities “maintain con
sistent, healthy, scholastic records”
carries little weight in mitigating
the evils which arise out of the
abuse of the system, because it
must be plain to any observer that
if the activity-leaders who now
have only a modicum of time to de
vote to their studies, had a fair
proportion of that time which is
devoted to student activities to
give to purely intellectual develop
ment, not only woul(j they achieve
much greater intellectual depth
than thov are now achieving, but
their scholastic recAds would soar
to a height far above that which is
now reached. W. B. F.
Campus Bulletin |
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Alpha Delta Sigma meeting next
Thursday noon at Campa Shoppe.
Important.
Tennis Players—All tennis aspir
ants intending to sign up for the
squash tournament must do so by
six o’clock tonight. All tennis
players are requested to sign up.
Physical Ability Test—The only
physical ability test will be giv
en Thursday morning at 11:00
o ’clock. All desiring to take it
are requested to sign up imme
diately.
Swimming Pool — The swimming
pool in the men’s gym will close
on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday afternoons at five
o 'clock to the student body ex
cept freshman and varsity swim
ming aspirants and water polo
players.
Sigma Delta Chi—IVill meet Tues
day noon at the College Side Inn.
Important business meeting.
Theta Sigma Phi meeting today at
5:00 o’clock in Oregana office.
Important discussion.
Gra-Kos—Important meeting in the
College Side Inn. 7:30.
Zeta Kappa Psi—Luncheon Wed.
noon at College Side Inn. Im
portant.
Mask and Buskin meeting today at
noon. College Side Inn.
Collegium Augustale—Regular meet
ing at Y. AY. C. A., Bungalow
Wed. evening at' 7:30.
W. A. A. Council meeting Tuesday,
7:15. Library in the Woman’s
building.
Kwama meeting tonight at 7:15 in
the lounge room of the Woman’s
building. Important that all ac
tive members attend.
Romance Language exams—All ex
aminations to make up incom
pletes in Romance languages will
have to be taken Friday, January
15, 4:00 to 6:00 p. m., in room 1,
Oregon hall. R. P. Bowen.
Temenids members—Remember the
initiation of new members tonight
at 7:30 p. m., at Craftsman's
club. Bring your dues.
To-Ko-Lo—There will be a meeting
of To-Ko-Lo in the College Side
Inn tonight at 7:15. This meet
ing is very important, all active
members should attend.
Varsity men debaters—Utah and
Southern California squads, James
Johnson, Don Beelar, Roland Da
vis, Hugh Biggs, meet with Mr.
Coming Events
Tuesday, January 12
Oregana subscription drive.
Open meeting of Cosmopolitan
club; address by Charles D.
Hurry.
Wednesday, January 13
4:00-6:00 —Woman’s League
tea, Woman’s building.
Thursday, January 14
11:00 — Assembly, Woman’s
building.
8:15—Eecital, Mischa Levit
zki. Music auditorium.
All Week
Exhibition of paintings from
National Academy of Design,
art museum, architecture build
ing.
Stage design exhibition, aus
picies Theatre Arts Monthly,
Guild hall.
Gray, 8:30 p. m. Thursday even
ing, 206 Sociology. Regular meet
ing, Idaho-Washington squad,
Wednesday 7:30 p. m. Oratory
tryouts: All men competing, re
port at Villard Hall tonight at
7:30 sharp.
Amphibians—Old and new members
tonight at 7:30. Be there to be
gin work on the demons'tration.
California club—Important meeting
Thursday, 7:15 p. m., College Side
Inn. All California students
urged to attend.
Graduate Club will have election of
officers at their meeting at the
College Side- Inn this noon. Fac
ulty members are invited to be
present.
Cosmopolitan executive meeting
will be held this noon at 12:45
in the Y. M. Hut.
Cosmopolitan Club will hold an open
meeting tonight -at 7:30. Dr.
Charles D. Hurry is to speak. All
interested invited to be present.
Dial—There will be a meeting of
club members in the Woman's
building, Thursday evening at
7:30.
of San Francisco and a cop who
'packed a punch; Wanda Wiley
comedy, “Rolling Wheels;” Rex
Theatres
MeDONALD—Second day: The
orchid of the screen, Corinne Grif- j
'fith, in Edna Ferber’s “Classified,”!
a drama of the girl of today, her I
■work, her affairs of the heart, and '
her fears; Jack Mulhall supports the j
’star; Tuxedo comedy, “My Stars,”]
■a screen full of fun; Kinogram
(news events; Frank D. C. Alex
ander in musical accompaniment to
"the picture on the organ. Coming—
lion aid C.oknan in “The Dark An
igel,” with the new screen “find,”
"Velma Blanks; the current stage
sensation, Henry Ford’s “Old Time
Dance Bevival,” featuring Mr. and
Mrs. Sid Woodhouse, old “Mellie”
and his fiddle, and a company of
'ten dancers in a special setting.
BEX—Last day: The famous col
lege star, Maurice “Lefty” Flynn,
in “High and Handsome,” a drama
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HAIRCUTS
ON THE CAMPUS
Cusomers Must Be Pleased
And We Do It!
GIVE US A TRIAL
UNIVERSITY
BARBER SHOP
(THE SANITARY SHOP)
Between Campa Shoppe and
Lemon “O” Pharmacy
«news events; J. Clifton Emmel in
' melodious musical settings to the
f picture on the organ. Coming—
Irene Eich in “The Wife Who
{Wasn’t Wanted,” with Huntly
Gordon and Johnny Harron.
' HEILIG—Tuesday and Wednes
day, Norma Shearer in “The Slave
of Fashion;” Thursday, Association
\Vaudeville. Friday — Wrestling
Ralph Hand vs. Karasick, the Rus
sian lion.
I ADDRESSES WANTED
! Several new students who enter
ed the University during the past
week were not sure of their perm
anent university addressed when
they registered and have not yet
turned them in at the registrar’s
, office. These persons should do so
at once in order to facilitate the
1 work in the university business of
fice. Several important telegrams
j and numerous letters have come to
these persons and have not been
. delivered because of faulty ad
, dresses.
HIKERS GET SPLENDID VIEW
Hikers returning from Spencer’s
butte Saturday authenticated the
old saying about the silver lining
to every cloud. The gray mist that
hung over Eugene and the Willam
ette valley during the week-end ap
peared a billowing white lake from
the summit. Many peaks of the
Cascade and coast ranges were vis
ible under a blue sky, in warm sun- -
shine. The climbers insisted that
the trip above the clouds was well
worth while. (
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TEAM TO DEBATE HERE
The University of Oregon will
probably accept an invitation to
meet the debating team of the Uni
versity of Sidney,' Australia, which
has been received here, it was an
nounced today. ‘ , i
The University of Sidney team,
which represents the largest col
lege in Australia, will arrive in San
Francisco, April 6— The tentative
date for the contest in Eugene is
April 15.
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MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ARTHUR FREED
GIRLS — SONGS — DANCES
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Big FREE Dance
Wednesday!!
This Wednesday and Every Wednesday
This Term There Will Be
No Cover Charge
Come and Have a Good Time
Dancing With the
OREGON AGGRAVATORS
8 to 10 p. m.
Ye Campa Shoppe
Music Every Week Day 12 to 1 and 6 to 7