Youngsters Not
So Bad, is View
0 f Sociologisl
Combination of Things is
Blamed for Trouble
With Children
Reconstruction Seen In
Future, Not Now
With the breaking of home re
strictions, lessening of religious con
trols, freedom of conduct, lack of
supervision, and the present age of
sophistication, the younger genera
tion is certainly “doing as well ats
could be expected,” according to
Professor Philip A. Parsons, profes
sor of sociology.
“The youngsters two generations
ago did not have the outside inter
ests of those of today,” he said.
“They had a definite home life.
Their parents’ interests were in
them, but now adultp are so busy
with other things that children are
secondary. I do not believe that
it is entirely the fault of the par
ents. Children of today are inde
pendent of their elders, and the
latter have to compete for their in
terest. They feod and dress them,
influencing them to a great extent
only when they are young.
Parents Too Old to Learn
“I do not believe that attempts
to educate adults in the duties of
parenthood do much good. The
parents are too old to educate now.
The curfew law, and other juvenile
laws, solve no problem, except in an
emergency.
“Children do wrong because they
have the chance. If they are left
to themselves, unless they have
been trained otherwise, they are as
likely to do wrong as to do right,
and they make social mistakes be
cause the opportunity presents it
self. A combination of circum
stances may cause juvenile derelic
tions—vicious associate^, immor
tality of parents, or crimo-breeding
neighborhoods.”
Professor Parsons says there
seems to be no concerted effort by
society in general to make things
better, and conditions are likely to
bo lots worse before a reconstruc
tion period. People are only talk
ing now, amd the real good is done
when they begin to organize ma
chinery and furnish funds to bring
about change.
Hope Seen in Future
“Wo can’t remedy tho present
condition, but we must impress up
on the younger generation tho ser
iousness of marriage and parent
hood. Then wo must provide pub
licly for leisure and amusement by
community athletics,, playgrounds
and amusement halls. Something
must be done to dovelop tho interest
between the parents and children.
“The unrclst is duo to our present
day forms of education, our con
temporary social system and com
mercialized amusements.
The responsibility for the pres
ent day condition can not be cen
tered on one thing, but is a combi
nation of circumstances.”
A fine type of child welfare work
is now being accomplished by com
missions, Dr. Parsons said. The
work in Oregon has been well sup
ervised, and much good has resulted.
The most constructive work is done
by paid workers, while local enter
prises and clubs advance tho work
in the cities.
Child Welfare Interest
“The public is moro interested in
public welfare and health than in
any other large problem, and I be
lieve the factor of child welfare
will be soon solved,
“I am not in sympathy with the
talk of immorality and irrespon
sibility of the young people. I be
lieve they are doing well consider
ing the claim upon their interest,
and I am all for them.”
Amundsen
(Continued from page one)
smiled Amundsen, “but good exer
cise.”
Men Stood by Plane
They had two alternatives after
cutting the ice down to the level of
the airship. They could wait for
the ice to harden enough into a
runway to start the plane, an event
almost improbable, or they could
set out for Spitzenbergen, 466 miles
away, over treacherous ice-flows,
soft snow, and open water. Either
way they expected death. They de
cided to wait by the plane.
Suddenly the unexpected happen
ed. The weather turned .colder,
and finally froze. The snow and ice
the six men had shoveled and brok
en into a level runway became sol
id. The men, still dazed by their
good fortune, started the engines,
and the plane slipped forward,
swept forward, swept over a wide
expanse of water in a daredevil
risk for life, slipped off the top of
a towering glacier, and flew south
to Spitzenbergen.
The men had saved gasoline for
but 8 eight hours flying. The
mechanic kept annoying Ellsworth
and the commander with the in
formation that “The gas ip getting
lower.” “Just as if we didn’t know
it,” Amundsen laughed. At the end
of eight hours, the plane was still
flying. That was a miracle, but
perhaps after all they had mis
judged the direction and were fly
ing away from Spitzenbergen! The
fog was so dense that they could
hardly see each other. When they
had been nearly nine hours in the
air, the pilot, Ellsworth, changed
his course slightly to Iskim over
open water. Fivo minutes later,
the gasoline ran out and the plane
dropped into the sea, just after the
fog had cleared and the six down
hearted men had caught sight of
the peak of Spitzenbergen.
They were picked up on a beach
by a sealing vessel, “the best look
ing Bliip I have ever seen,” accord
ing to Captain Amundsen. It was
just exactly four weeks from the
time they had started.
Flying in their own plane, the
N-25, tlio explorers reached Norway
shortly afterward, there they were
given an ovation as great as that
■ ever accorded a king, and were
awarded medals for bravery.
“I shall try again,” declared
Amundsen in closing. “This time
it will bo in a dirigible supplied by
[the Italian government. If weather
conditions are good, wo shall bo the
first to fly clear to the North Foie.”
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With Corvallis High
The freshman wrestling team, de
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probably be in Eugene.
From a group of nine, Coach Wid
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and enter a full five man team in
the return match. Tentative plans
for a match with Franklin high
School in Portland have been made
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Judge Skipworth, Oregon’s Newest
Regent, Pleased with Students
Oregon’s youngest regent — as
term of office is concerned—hardly
looks stern and forbidding enough
to be a circuit judge who must im
press culprits with the ponderous
weight of the law. He is a slender,
unassuming man, with a kindly
patient face that might well inspire
confidence in a person afflicted
with disregard for the law. One
could imagine an offender, brist
ling with hostility, coming to lean
his elbows on the judge’s desk and
saying, “Well, I haven’t been do
ing the square thing, Judge. What
shall I do to snap out of it?”
Judge G. F. Skipworth finds noth
ing so terribly wrong with the pres
ent university generation. In fact,
his enthusiasm was rather refresh
ing after the depressing discussions
that have been taking place on the
campus and elsewhere regarding
the moral state of “rebellious
youth.”
It seems rather characteristic of
the kindlly humanity of the man
that he should believe the entrance
requirements of the University
should be “reasonable, but not pro
hibitive,” and that he should favor
giving the doubtful student a
ehanee rather than shutting him
out abruptly as an undesirable if
he doesn’t make a brilliant begin
ning.
“Of course,” he admitted, “there
is the question of spending public
money on unworthy or incapable
students, but how is one to know if
a student is worthy or not if he
isn’t given a fair trial to determine
his ability or purpose?” ,
“The University is beginning to
hold a real place in the state,”
Judge Skipworth said. “The regents
and faculty are devoting a good
deal of time and hard work to
making the University all that it
should be, and it seems to me there
is a very bright future for the in
stitution under Dr. Chase—if we
can secure him. ’ ’
He was particularly pleased with
the reception given Dr. Chase both
on the campus and in .the state in
general, and expressed hi(s satisfac
tion on that point.
‘History of Germany’,
By Gooch, Adjudged
One of Best of Kind
“One of the best histories pub
lished in 1925 wa& C. P. Gooch’s
‘History of Germany,’ said Profes
sor Walter C. Barnes, of the depart
ment of history, who was ashed
yesterday to name some outstanding
book in his field issued from the
press last year.
“This book is valuable chiefly
because of the fair and unpreju
diced manner in which the facts are
treated. The history was not writ
ten in defense of Germany—Gooch
is an eminent English lecturer and
historian—yet it gives an excellent
account of conditions considered
from the German viewpoint.
“Gooch writes without partiality
or bias. Some one has said of him:
‘He writes like the recording an
gel.’ Then, too, besides being fair
and impartial he speaks with au
thority, for Gooch is an authority
on diplomatic matteils.
“A great reader of contemporary
history and a clear writer. Gooch
has given us a book which is really
a diplomatic history of the events
leading up to the Great War. The
first five chapters of the book deal
with conditions in Prussia before
Bismarck’s time, and they also lead
up to the World War. The succeed
ing 12 chapters have to do with the
war ,tlie treaty, reparations, and
recent problems of government.
‘ ‘ Gooch’s ‘ Germany ’ is a good
history. It is clear yet detailed. It is
neither heavy, nor vague, it is cir
cumstantial in narrative and events
are traced with continuity. It is
written in a good style and enliven
ed by humor here and there.”
University Debaters
To Honor President
Of Delta Sigma Rbo
The president of Delta Sigma
Rho, national honorary forensic fra
ternity, will be the guest of Oregon
students this week-end. A formal
banquet will be given in his honor
at 7:00 Friday night at the Osburn
hotel.
Student varsity debaters and
their friends have been invited. Ar
rangements for the program have
almost been completed by the for
ensic managers, Elam Amstutz, and
Jack Hempstead. Among those
present will be the two local mem
bers of the board of regents and
their wives, Judge Skipworth, and
Mr. Fred Fisk. Dr. and Mrs. James
H. Gilbert have also been invited.
Between 50 and 60 will attend.
Mr. Houck will give the princi
pal address of the evening. He
will be introduced by J. Stanley
Gray, head of the department of
| public speaking, who is also a mem
ber of Delta Sigma Rho. Speeches
by the regents, Dr. Gilbert and var
sity debaters will comprise the pro
gram.
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National Defense Will be
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“Resolved: That our national de
fense should be organized under a
single department with three co
ordinate divisions, army, navy, and
air forces,” is the question of the
Northwest triangular debate next
Thursday evening in whieh Oregon
men meet Washington and Idaho.
The Washington negative debates
the Oregon affirmative in Eugene
while its own affirmative meets the
Idaho negative at Seattle. The
third end of the contest is at Mos
cow, where Oregon’s negative
clashes with the Idaho affirmative.
Max Robinson and Dudley Clark,
affirmative; and Mark Taylor, and
Jack Hempstead, negative, are the
University’s representatives. Under
J. Stanley Gray, forensic coach and
head of the department of public
speaking, these men are putting
the finishing touches on their con
structive and rebuttal arguments.
While all of the men have had a
good deal of previous public speak
ing experience, they are participa
ting on the varsity for the first
time this year. Training debates
are being held daily.
Next week’s debate will be the
first varsity contest since the O.
A. C.-Oregon dual on December 9,
in which the result was a tie. It
is the last decision debate of the
year since the men’s debates with
U. S. C. and University of Utah
will be a departure from the custo
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of Southern California is to meet
two Oregon men, James Johnson
and Donald Beelar over radio of
KGW, Morning Oregonian of Port
land, next month. Roland Davia
and Hugh Biggs meet the Univer
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next month with the new type of
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be used for .the first time. Both
of these squads are using the ques
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the declaration of war to the peo
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Four New Handball
Courts Planned For
Outdoor Gymnasium
Popularity of handball among
men students and faculty members
will result in the immediate con
struction of four new courts. They
will be built in the outdoor gym
nasium now occupied by the basket
ball court. These will be two and
a half feet shorter than the four |
courts now in use.
At present, 72 men play the game ’
every day. They have to sign up
for courts which are available from
(3 to 6 p. m. Gymnasium classes oc
cupy them in the forenoon.
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Chinese to Discuss
“Student Movement”
University Chinese students will
discuss the “Student Movement”
and describe its development in
China since the recent outbreaks
there, at an open meeting to be
held at the Y. W. C. A. Bungalow
tonight from 7:30 to 8:30.
This is the second of a series of
meetings sponsored by the Y. W.
C. A. World Fellowship Group.
Australian students had charge of
the first meeting.
Anyone interested in student
problems of foreign nations is in
vited to attend.
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