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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1926 Frank H. Loggan —.
.... Manager
Sol Abramson .-. Managing Editor
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The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication
<*>UeKe year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate P
year. Advertising rates upon application. Phones
of the Associated.Students oi me university v.™™.,
■ess Association. Entered in thetpostoffice at Eugene,
-Editor, 1320; Manager. 721.__
Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Aionaay aunng iue
Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.25 per
Day Editor—Claudia Fletcher
Night Editor—Arthur Schoeni
Assistant Ahijah Woods
Agreeing and Disagreeing
With an Esteemed Contemporary
The Emerald will heartily concur with the Portland Spec
tator when that “Journal of Progress” declares, “One of the
most interesting papers in the state is the Oregon Emerald^
which is . newsy, wide-awake, goodnatured, and generous.
The rare discretion and brilliance of perception displayed by
this statement leads us to believe that the Spectator’s opinions,
once and for all, are infallible and irreproachable. When we
read those noble sentiments we thanked the Spectator from the
uttermost depths of our bosom, and mentally congratulated the
Spectator for discovering that great truth which we thought
was known to none others than ourselves. Thereupon, we beam
cd inwardly, and made way to bask in the radiance of other
JSpectatorial opinions. • • # #
But alas! We read further, and chanced upon another
article headed, “About Mr. Blanshard and his League,” which
is reprinted in today’s Emerald. When the Spectator says, But
as a taxpayer, the Spectator protests against the appearance of
Mr. Blanshard and the utterance of this language in institutions
of learning that are supported by the people,” we could not
agree, and felt that we must take up the cudgels, not particu
larly in behalf of Mr. Blanshard, but in defense of the rights i
of the classes which Mr. Blanshard represents.
• * * *
When Mr. Blanshard spoke on the campus he was not heard
to utter sentiments which savored of “Bolshevistic” tendencies.
Indeed, Mr. Blanshard, we believe, is quite harmless. Said one
student, ‘ ‘ What did Blanshard talk about today 1 ” The reply—
"Oh, a bunch of applesauce.”
We can’t agree that the speaker was guilty of unadulterated
applesauce, but no liberal thinker should take exception to his
talk. lie deplored present day unequal distribution of wealth,
work and power, and pleaded for better condition for the
working man. No red flags there; rather, material for healthy
deliberation.
• * # •
But supposing his doctrines, as the Spectator believes, were
a bit dangerous and disrespectful? What of it? Hasn’t that
group of persons whom Mr. Blanshard represents, a right to
present their case before the (supposedly) future leaders of
the community? Don’t they, too, pay taxes? We are inclined
to believe that a healthy inoculation of liberalism would hurt
no one.
• * * *
Perhaps Voltaire in his letter to Helvetius (quoted by Har
old Stearns in ‘Liberalism in America’) expresses best the spir
it of liberalism when he said: “I wholly disapprove of what you
say and will defend to the death your right to say it.” We
can’t agree with Mr. Blanshard, for instance, that a four hour
working day is desirable either in Utopia or in the United
States, but we do believe that he is justified in expressing at
the University of Oregon and elsewhere his obviously sincere
opinions.
Concerning Matters of
Greater and Lesser Import
The Emerald recommends for honorable membership to
Those Who Have Lived and Suffered, Dr. Edmund S. Conklin,
genial psychologist, who in the last seven days, by actual count
has answered the question, “Is he going to accept?” no less
than one million, four hundred and eight-five thousand, three
hundred and twenty-three times. Dr. Conklin admits that he
has no inside information, and begs that no more reporters
interview him. Rest thy weary bones, Doctor, we’ll pester
thee no more.
# * * *
No less than three thousand active Oregonians and untold
numbers of alumni and friends were frankly delighted last Sat
urday night at the little surprise party tendered them by the
varsity basketball team. The offerings of the evening were in
excellent taste, and needless to say, a splendid time was enjoyed
by all. Being by nature greedy and insatiable, all of us are eag
erly looking forward to another kindred party with all the trim
mings the same, save for the location, which, we understand is
to be in far-off California. May the next basket social be as
pleasant as the last.
• * • #
Some time ago it was suggested that the University select
appropriate names for its campus structures. “Commerce
Building,” “Education Building,” “Sociology Building,”
“Journalism Building,” and a host of kindred flat and inappro
priate names, it was pointed out, should give way to names
rich in native Oregon lore. As yet no manifestations of inter
est have been noticed. Perhaps—another committee. . . . ?
• * • •
Quoting the words of Dr. Ilarrv Woodburn Chase in the
Portland Oregonian, February 14, 1926, “The faculty impressed
me as being excellent, and the student body officers, with whom
1 took dinner at Eugene, are of a fine American type. In fact
the young MEN 1 have met here are as high grade as I have
seen anywhere.”
All right, boys, thumbs in the vests. As for the girls, men
tioned so prominently in Dr. Chase’s statement—you’d better
run along home where you belong.
• • • •
The Emerald, with tendereat blushes, makes it appearance
in the first new suit of clothes it has had in many a year.
Through three hundred dollars worth of generosity on the part
of the University Press, the typography of the Emerald has
been completely revamped in the best of fashion; and the Emer
ald, when a few more contemplated embellishments make their
appearance, should be, in sheer typography, unexcelled by any
college newspaper. The type, at first, is startling, but like a
fine book, bears acquaintance well. Several other changes in
the appearance of the Emerald will be mude in the near future.
SEVEN SEERS
A FIG FOB HIM WHO FRETS.
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CHUMS
These dainty darlings with j
their blushing cheeks and wasp
waists are no other than Mary
Oool and Ellen McClellan taken
way back in the years before
they came to know the wicked
old world and all the traps set
for unwary young girls. Mary
is giving Ellen a little box of
pressed mignonette tied with a
baby blue ribbon and written (
. across the top is the stirring i
little message, “To my sweet
chum, Ellen Dear, as a token
of the love of her bosom friend,
Mary C.” And Ellen is re
ceiving the pretty toy with
( tears of Joy in her big blue
eyes.
Alack and alas, whoever
would know these sweet young ,
; things now. How times have
changed, and all that sort of
/ thing. These very modern flap
I pers indulge in the most hair
raising stunts now. Ellen is a
'• tea hound, having gotten the
habit known as Anchoragitis,
and Mary indulges in the writ
ing of editorials for editing
class that are fairly steeped in
yellow journalism, Hearst and
all those naughty thing.
ANCIENT HISTORY
I have a deep artistic soul,
So when to Charleston brave youth
marches,
It makes me think of ancient Rome,
[And all its noble broken arches.
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EESOP FOIBLE NO. 88
or I
DIRTY POOL ON THE MILL RACE
I Once upon a time there was great
excitement over in the big nest over
bn the banks of the Mill Race where
the Beta bird* lay, for what was
there to be but a game over in the
Land of the Aggie many miles
away, and these Beta birds, they
(wanted to get in on this game be
tween the Aggie Fowls and the
Lemon Fellows. But it happened
/that because of the scarcity of seats
only about 100 tickets were issued
out to the creatures who lived in(
the Land of the Mighty Team, and
(there was a great scramble among
all the loyal supporters of this
Champion Five to assure themselves
sitting room. Now, among the
Beta Birds, there was a certain t
rooster, Bob Overstreet, who used |
to perch in Jack Benefiel’s inGU-l
bator in the northern end of
Friendly Hall, and when he saw
what a small amount of tickets
,there were to be handed out among (
£ha loyal supporters, he tucked i
about forty tickets under his wings
and came flying homo to the nest
[on the Mill Race where he distrib
uted these tickets among the other
Birds.
■ And so at the big cock fight in
(the land of the Aggies there was a
staunch representation of the Beta
Birds in the little roost assigned to
Hthe creatures from the Lemon Fel
lows’ land, and some of these Beta
Birds visited several hen houses be
fore they left for the game, so they
had some cackling biddies with
them. And so it was that creatures
from other houses, who were prom
ised tickets to the big fight, were
turned away, and they called upon
tho Good Genii to help them. And
when the Good Genii saw what the
Beta Birds had done, he wns sore'
aggrieved, but when the creatures
all cried to him to avenge them. he|
[said, "No, they have their punish
ment already. See what has hap
pened to them!" Lo, when the
creatures looked they saw that the
Betas were birds no longer, but
Sfte (Eljamelemt
BY JIM
To Dr. Warren E. Smith,
Geology Dept., U. of O.
Dear Doctor, Warren, and Sir:
There are quite a number of folks
in this-world that I have a whoop
ing lot of admiration for.
And, believe me, this person Cap
tain Raold Amundsen, who is going
to speak here Wednesday night, and
that the committee headed by your
jself is going to receive, is not far
down the list.
I know several people that I’d
like to take to that lecture just so’s
they could study a real man and
see if the study would have any
favorable after effects.
All those I now refer to are sad
looking, blue nosed gents whose
mission in life is to “reform” other
folks. They never did any useful
or constructive work in their lives
—they are talkers pure and simple.
■ Hearing Amundsen tell about
some of the clean, splendid things
he has done might put the idea in
£he heads of a few of these folks
,that it’s the men and women who
attempt fine deeds who are the
pnes that really count in the world,
,and not the long-visaged brothers
whose lives are consecrated to chat
tering about the misdeeds of others,
real or fancied.
Amundsen, great soldier of
science, has made the waste spaces
of earth his battleground. He has
faced hardship and danger with a
'radiant courage that should be an
.inspiration to those who, living per
force a sheltered life, still have in
'them something of the old Viking
spirit that, it is to be hoped, never
will die out amid all the softness
of civilization.
In 1911 Amundsen planted the
^flag of his fine country, Norway, at
the South Pole, thereby successfully
(mastering the most difficult explor
ation feat that the world knows.
Last May Amundsen made his
famous airplane dash for the North
Pole—and returned to civilization
lifter all hopes of his safety had
;been abandoned. For weeks Amund
sen and his men fought for their
lives and, like many another fight
of the kind he has made, ho won
out. It is of this fight that he will
tell here.
Little men, whose life achieve
ment perhaps have been to persuade
[weak minded legislators to put
'.through a law such as prohibiting
the use of toothpicks at grand
opera, throw out their chests and
boast loudly of what they have ac
complished.
Say, Warren, if I give you a list
of some of the petty-souled, boastful
and meddlesome “reformers” I
know, please will you send them
passes to go and hear a MAN talk?
They are not the kind to pay out any
money for such a purpose, you
know.
Yours grouchily,
JIM.
,they had been changed into pigs
with pink noses and curly tails.
Moral: Scratching fowls have
sharp toenails.
Speaking of the game, this is
what several polite young gentle
men would like to have done to
the man lit the door, when, just
as they got within sight of the
ticket man, he closed the door.
But showing that it takes more
than a mere door man to keep
out loyal rooters, they went
around to the back, and putting
their previous experience in
jimmying windows to use, they
entered through a rear window,
and saw the game along with
the rest of the boys. At it was
there was a goodly number
who had skylight box seats.
CHEEHIO!
BJORK.
Spectator Applauds Emerald
THE U. OF O. STUDENTS’
PAPER
One of the most interesting
papers in the state is the Oregon
Daily Emerald, issued by the stu
dents at the XJ. of O., and edited by
Edward M. Miller and a brilliant
galaxy of writers. Included in -the
editorial staff are Sol Abramson,
managing editor; Harold Kirk, asso
ciate editor; Webster Jones, sports
editor; Philippa Sherman, feature;
and Mildred Jean Carr, associate
managing editor; the Emerald is, I
think, the only paper od the coast
that has an editor with such duties
as must be imposed on Miss Carr.
The Emerald is newsy, wide-awake,
goodnatured, and generous. Any
paper can be wide-awake and
newsy, but the temptation to be
something else than quite kindly
hnd wholly magnanimous is by stu
dent journals too frequently over
come only by being yielded to by
the editors. Even in its funny col
|umns the Eirierald abstains from
that mordacity with which flaming
youth too often sauces its humor.
I, I think the college papers are
^first-class mills through which to
grind our future editors. On them,
the writers learn something about
that personal responsibility which
i(in soome measure checked the effer
vescence of criticism while yet the
jsword the wound the editor caused
/by his pen. The knowledge that
jhis fellow-students are swift to
wrath and eager and earnest in a
scrimmage no doubt mitigates the
rancor of many a jijje and softens
the asperity of many a jest. I have
always regretted the passage of the
laws against dueling; the fear of
the whistling rapier and sputting
bullet did more to temper journal
istic license than the danger of a
libel suit could have accomplished.
It is a fine thing that on the
college press the young men and
women who will be our future edi
tors are learning how to run papers
on honor, with truth, and in good
nature; it gives us assurance that
the journals of tomorrow will be
better than those of today. The
Spectator congratulates the editors
of the Emerald on the excellent
paper they are giving the students
of the University of Oregon, and
suggests that they remember two
things: First, that truth should not:
always be printed; and, second, that:
the truth only should be printed.
—'The Spectator, Feb. 13.
reader could cure with his
Blanshard’s Doctrines Flayed'
Portland spectator, feb.
13, 1926
About Mr. Blanshard and his League
For some reason or another, Ore
gon has incurred the misfortune of
a visitation of Paul Blanshard, field
secretary of the League for Indus
trial Democracy, whose speaking
engagements we are told by the
Oregonian include addresses to the
unions, and to the students at the
U. of O., the O. A. C., Willamette,
and Reed College. Very likely, the
authorities of some of these insti
tutions of higher learning do not
know who Mr. Blanshard is and are
but imperfectly acquainted wtith
the organization that bears the
taffy-sweet name of the League
for Industrial Democracy. Mr. Blan
shard is an able and interesting
speaker, whose chief business it its
to instill into youthful and impres
sionable minds a hatred of the in
stitutions of their country; the
league he represents has a bad emi
nence among the movements listed
as subversive of American ideals
of citizenship and government.
In a recent speech, Hr. Blanshard
told his hearers that “patriotism
should be discredited, especially
with respect to history, which laud
ed American military achievements
and glorified the American soldier,
sailor, and marine when their part
in history was far from honor
able.” Needless to say that while
Mr. Blanshard is a welcome and
free speaker before the unions,
which know all about him, and an
interesting orator to the students at
our state and other universities,
who are not acquainted with him,
he is not in great demand as the
spellbinder of the day before patri
otic gatherings made up of the sol
diers and sailors who have served
their country. Mr. Blanshard’s plea
that we should discredit patriotism
and laud labor unionism has won
him a deal of applause from the
walking delegates, few of wlnSse
names are found on the tombs we
deck with flowers on Memorial
Day. “Down with patriotism and
up with Labor Unionism,” is a slo
gan that well befits Mr. Blan
shard’s League of Industrial De
mocracy, one of whose purposes is
“to promote among college men and
women an intelligent understanding
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NOW!
BOY KAHLER
and bis
COUNTRY
STORE
More fun than a
barrel of monkeys
Nightly at 9
And the feature picture—
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of the labor movement, and of the
movement toward a new social order j
based on production for use and1
not for profit.” An intelligent un- j
derstanding of these movements;
gives us the knowledge that they!
are so communistic in their tenden-!
cies that they are denounced as bol
shevistic and subversive of Ameri
canism. I
The Spectator frankly confesses
that it does not like Mr. Blan- ^
shard’s denouncement of patriotism,
and that it finds very offensive Mr.
Blanshard’s statement that the part
played in our history by our sol
diers, sailors, and marines is far
from honorable, but The Spectator
cannot do anything to prevent Mr.
Blanshard from uttering such ab
horrent sentiments to the labor un
jionists or to the students of Wil
lamette University, Beed College,
and similar privately endowed and
maintained institutions. But as a
j taxpayer, The Spectator protests
against the appearance of Mr. Blan
shard and the utterance of this lan
guage in institutions of learning
that are supported by the people.
Coming Events
Tuesday, February 16
Betail Merchants’ Convention,
sessions in Villard hall.
Wednesday, February 17
Betail Merchants’ Convention.
4:00-6:00 — Women’s League
tea, Woman’s building.
8:15—Amundsen lecture, Arm
ory.
Thursday, February 18
11:00 — Assembly, Woman’s
building. ,
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chi Psi announces the pledging
of Jack Marsh Brown, of Oakland,
California.
Sigma Chi announces the pledg
ing of Frank Keenan of Portland,
Oregon.
Sigma Pi Tau announces the
pledging of Kenneth E. Bodgers, of
Woodburn, Oregon.
Alpha Beta Chi announces the
pledging of Eunar E. Easmus of
Astoria, Oregon.
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