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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1926)
Crockatt Sees Development in Railway Mileage Decision of Commission Commented upon By Advisor Program Solves Defense, Unity Problems "Oregon will now come into its own,” declares Peter C. Crockatt, of the economics department, in giv ing his opinion of the recent deci sion of the Interstate Commerce Commision. "Oregon has been far ontdistaneed by Washington on the north and California on the south, principally by their overwhelming advantages in railroad mileage and transportation.” Dr. Crockatt in the past four years has acted as advisor to the Public Service Commission of Ore gon and traffic expert to some of the transcontinental railways. Ball Histofry Significant “It is my opinion after a con siderable study of the history of the struggles between the Hill Lines (the Great Northern, Northern Pa cific, Oregon Trunk, Oregon Elec tric), the Harriman Lines (Union Pacific, O. W. R. N., Oregon Short Line), and the Southern Pacific (formerly the Harriman) that after these 430 miles are built there will be other moves made to protect, by railroad extensions, the various ri val plans and interests in western Oregon and northern California,” he prophesied. Timber Factor in Building “Of course there are other fac tors in this great railroad develop ment which are mainly solved in this recent program. Such are the need for military defense, state uni ty, agricultural development, inter state connections and so on, but so long as railroads are privately own ed they havo to be built only where it can be shown they can make money, that is among Oregon tim ber. Nowadays, by various changes in public policy and the removal of legal difficulties, it seems the way is open for the railways to com plete their original plans and build nroth, south, east and west, across the state.” Track (Continued from page one) dash man who is reputed to he burn ing tracks up this year will got a test, this Saturday. lie runs a pow erful 220 and will probably lead the field in one sprint event if not in both of them. Victories Go Back to 90's This week the cinder athletes have taken off the pretty clothes they wear in the meets and have i been working more in earnest than over. The O. A. C. meet is the peg upon which Oregon’s track season will revolve. And the season will have been successful, in spite of the set backs of crippled athletes which have lost the other meets, if the team vanquishes the old rival. There is a long string of victories going back into the 90’s which has been broken but a few times. jBill Ilayward is working quarter ■men hard this week, bearing down on the sprinters, and putting the finishing touches on the timing of the distance men. The temper mental legged jumpers are laying •off and drinking “spring water” to get all possible spring into their irjfs. Hayward’s interest flaroa when you mention the meet. The men are talking it now and the whole team is pointing for that final effort of the year. Bailey (Continued front page one) oratory contest lie is in tomorrow, lie was on the losing debate team to O. A. 0. in his sophomore year and lost to Stanford 3 to 0.' In his junior year, Bailey was in three debates for the University, on the winning side from O. A. t . 2 to 1; from Idaho 3 to 0; and from Brit ish Columbia 3 to 0. In Hamel High school, Bailey was on the district high school de bate champion team and entered the state finals in 1919-20. His team won the state high school champ ionship in 1920 21. Burley is a senior in economes, receiving a B.A. degree this June. He is a member of the Hebate or der or the ‘O’ and a winner of a , shield for three years of intercolle giate forensic service. UNIVERSITY OE NEYAl'A, Reno, Nev.—(PIP)—The fourteenth annual summer school of the Univer sity of Nevada will open June 14 to continue for sir weeks. No en trance examinations are required. Bast year there were 160 enrolled and an equal number is expected this season. Reviewers for Emerald Browse Among Books THE MODERN IBSEN By Hermann J. Weigand. Henry Holt, 1925. Reviewed by Stephen son Smith. Professor Weigand has reconsid ered “The Modern Ibsen” as a dramatic artist. He has not, like Shaw, used Ibsen as a mine of so cial ideas. Nor does he speculate, like so many German critics, on the symbolism of Ibsen’s plays. Instead, he goes to the heart of the matter: the dramatic interplay of characters, the motives for action, the intimate revelations of the inner life of man. There are occasional references to Ibsen’s own life, and to his writ ings other than the plays. But these are incidental to Weigand’s aim: to give a creative interpretation of the plays themselves. To him the plays are aesthetic creations, not quarries for ^ethical discussion. Where ethical values are discussed, it is in their bearing on the lives of the characters. Ibsen operated on decayed social morals, but it was the individual human being who interested 'him most vitally. The keynote of Weigand’s treat ment of Ibsen is given by a remark of the dramatist himself, made in tho course of an address at Christi ania: “I have been more of a poet and less of a social philosopher than people are generally inclined to be lieve.” Ibsen continued, “My task was the portrayal of man,” and I think that Professor Weigand would have strengthened his case by ex tending the quotation to include this significant remark. Of Ibsen as a poet in the stricter sense of the word, we have no glimpse in this work. For the au thor has ruled out Ibsen’s poetic plays, “Brand” and “Peer Gynt.” The historical dramas of the earlier period, such as " “The Pretenders” and “Emperor or Galilean,” are not taken into account. By thus limit ing the field, Weigand focuses tho interest on the social dramas of lb Sophomores Assured Singles Champions In Women’s Tennis All the first team singles have been played off in the girls’ class tennis matches, Virginia Lounsbury and Genera Zimmer stand at the head of this division with three games each to their credit. They represent the second and first soph omore singles, respectively, which assures the singles championship to that class. Regina Devault, senior first singles, and Anna DeWitt, senior second singles, won two games apiece. There are two matcchos yet to be played off in the second team sin gles. Only ono of the second team doubles have been reported as played off, and that, between the juniors and freshman, resulted in a victory for the frosh. There are three games yet to be played in the first team doubles and ns the “dope” inclines so far, the battle royal will occur when the sophomores and seniors meet across the net. The juniors humbled the senior pair 6-3; 3-6; 6-2, while the sophomore combination made an easy prey of the juniors on a 6-3, 6-4, score. Christina Holt and Nellie Johns compose the crack sophomore doubles and May Helliwell and Velma School are harnessed togeth er for the seniors. All tennis matches were to have been finished by the first of this week, but due to the varying weath er conditions, have been slow in coming to a close. sen’s maturity. In these plays Ib sen was, he thinks, a great poet in the broader sense of the word: he was a great maker, or creator, of character and action, with a pro found sense of tragic values. The account of Ibsen’s brooding over his plays, while they were in process of incubation, is masterly while the discussion of the masterly. The discussion of the characters is most sensitive. I sus pect that Weigand has a power of sympathy with Ibsen’s creations which the playwright himself lacked. Certainly the critic does more than explain in most cases; he gives an imaginative re-creation, without, however, coloring the por trait too much with his own view. There is real power in his sketches of Hedda Gabler and of Hilda Wan gel. Why, one might ask, is this man spending his time on other men’s books? He might be writing good novels of his own. Weigand sees clearly Ibsen’s power over emotional mood, his re lentless treatment of the abnormal and unusual in human life; he points out how Ibsen achieves compression of phrase and economy of plot. Ho illustrates often his contention that Ibsen deals in the “drama of ripe condition”, beginning the play at the point of the falling action, when events are rapidly telescoping to ward the catastrophe. Surely Ibsen has found a critie who is more nearly up to his own stature than Gosse, or Archer or (Is it heresy to say it?) Shaw. Wei gan’s “The Modern Ibsen” at least deserves a place on the shelf with Archer’s translations, with Gosse’s “Life of Ibsen”, and with Shaw’s “The Quintessence of Ibsenism.'” For Weigand has this signal merit as a critic: he can look at a play and see what is there. An his style is competent without hardness, and singularly free from academic pre tense. I believe even Henrik Ibsen himself would have liked this book for its true an genunine ring. And he was not exactly partial to crit ics. i 1 The “New Blondes” —Have you seen them? No, they are not girls, but to the contrary are the latest and peppiest light ? shades in men’s dress foot v/enr. — A real knockout in a smart college style for * $7.50 See Them At— DeNeffe’s “Men’s Dresswear” THE STYLEPLUS STORE McDonald Theatre Bldg. H+'H+tt+H+tttW'H'tHt Kayser Hosiery > SHEER CHIFFON and SERVICE WEIGHT with SLIPPER HEEL Tlio popular shailes as well as novelties such as “Blue ette” and ‘‘Seaspray are featured in the hosiery de partment of the— BELL SHOE CO. Inc. MCDONALD THEATRE BLDG. Service Weight —Chiffon— $1.65 $1.95 “Stay in West” Is Counsel of Railroad Man E. F. Flynn Tells Students Of Columbia Expedition Next Summer “Stay in the Northwest,” was the advice to students by E. F. Flynn, director of public relations for the Great Northern Railway in his as sembly address yesterday on “The Columbia River Historical Expedi tion.” Here, he believes, lies the greatest opportunity for the future, and college students should remain rather than go to the large cities of the East as soon as they _ are graduated. Mr. Flynn briefly reviewed the upper Missouri historical expedition of last summer. Dean F. G. Young of the sociology department was a member of that party and plans to take part in the Columbia expedi tion as well. Members of the party will be selected from the historical associations of the United States and Canada, with the exception of 12 or 15 students from France and about 75 high school students from the eastern states. These students were winners in an oratoriacl con test between France and the Uni ted States on the subject of good will, and this trip is given them as a means of acquainting them with the richness of the Northwest, and its historical background. The large railways are doing a great deal in reviving interest in history, and Mr. Flynn spoke espe cially of the attempts of the Great Northern in placing memorial mon uments at points of interest along the route which follows that of the pioneer explorers. The ulrveiling of these memorials is one of the features of the organized expedi tion, in addition to the lectures which are given at points of interest along the route. It was on such an occasion, in last summers expedition, that the memorial statue of John F. Stevens was unveiled, on the summit of the Continental Divide, the great engineer standing beside his own memorial at the ceremony. The Columbia river expedition which will start from Chicago on July 15, for the west will take the party first to the University of North Dakota where entertainment will be provided. From there other stops will be made: Fort Union where a large Indian Congress will be assembled; Great Falls, Missouri, Bonners Ferry; and Spokane Moun tain. Then the Columbia river will be traversed, dedications to Lewis and Clark and their followers be ing made at certain points. Other points to be visited are Portland, Vancouver, Astoria, Seaside, and Spokane. The last stop will be at Glacier National Park, which, Mr. Flynn feels, will alone repay all efforts made to take the trip. Historians, authors, journalists, and students will make up the party, and will be greeted all along the way by those interested in the movement. The students of the party will be given an opportunity to meet people of their own ages and interests, in order that a greater enthusiasm may be created. The whole movement, aside from the historical value, is an attempt to create a better feeling between the great companies and their pat rons. “Favorable public opinion, re echoed through newspaper columns, is the supreme court of the world,” Mr. Flynn said, “and the game of business is the greatest game in the world.” The speaker urges stu dents to play the game fairly and honestly, and to keep “pegging away” toward success. “I’d like for all of you young peiple to bo peptimists when you get out in the world. A peptimist rolls up his sleeves and goes ahead and does it,” said the speaker in stressing the importance of deter mination for success in life. Miss Pauline Knowland, member of the women’s glee club, presented two vocal solos at the opening of the program. Frank Fay Eddy of the Unitarian church delivered the invocation. Agnes Von Lehe Gives Senior Organ Recital Agnes Von Lehe, organist and graduate student in the school of music, gave her senior recital in the music auditorium at 8:15 last night. Marguerite Hill, contralto and junior of the music school, was well received in the two numbers she sang for Miss Von Lehe. Among the renditions of the or ganist were the Sonata in B flat from Mendelssohn, Tunnagalli’s Al legretto Villereccio, and Midsummer Caprice of Johnston. OREGON MEN The best place to have your hair tut CLUB BARBER SHOP Veil reni one! 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