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©rugon Sailg 5murath University of Oregon, Eugene _ SOL ABRAMSON, Editor EARL W. SLOCUM, Manager EDITORIAL BOARD Bay Nash ... Managing Editor Harold Mangum . Sports Editor Philippa Sherman, Feature Editor News and Editor Phones, 656 RTTSTNESS STAFF Calvin Horn .. Associate Manager Hilton George .- Advertising Manager B... Kinley . Advertising Manager Ed Hoes _ Foreign Advertising Manager Herbert Lewis . Ass't Advertising Mgr. Francis McKenna . Circulation manager Bob Dutton .... Ass’t- Circulation Maffager Joe Neil. Ruth Street _. Specialty Advertising Alice'McGrath . Specialty Adyertising Roberta Wells . Office Administration Day Editor This Issue— Claudia Fletcher Sight Editor This Issue— Larry Thielen Assistant—- Eugene Laird Jack Coolidge The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Studenta of the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday dunng the college year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the poetoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates $2.60 veryear. Ad rates upen application. Residence phone, editor, 2293-L, manager, 132 . B”u™ig°nedecoPmm^t1 in6-this column is written by the editor. Full responsibility fe assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion. 1 BELIEVE that the curriculum as we know it must go. A hun dred years from now I suspect that little will bo left of the rig idly departmentalized college that teaches a variety of separate studies.—Glenn Frank. A Simple System Of Educational Reform ANOTHER McPherson takes the limelight. This time it is Dr. Hector MacPherson, who has pro posed a complete. reorganization of the state educational system, with the union of the University and Ag ricultural college as one of the out standing changes. Dr. MacPherson, for 15 years head of the department of eco nomics and sociology at Oregon Ag ricultural college, resigned last spring “to be free to devote his time and energy to a protest against present conditions.” Ho is now a candidate for the state legislature from Linn county, and proposes, if elected, to lay his plan before the! law-makers. The general plan does not halt with educational reforms. It ex tends to all state functions, which Dr. MacPherson would have organ ized under nine departments. The main points in the education al program are: 1. A non-salaried stato board of education of nine members, appoint ed by the governor with senato ap proval to have complete control of educational matters and to be paid a salary and expenses while on duty. 2. i'l single president appointed by the state board of education to administer all higher educational in stitutions in the state. This system would supposedly cut , down duplication of work, reduce expenses and generally expedite ad ministration. It might be interest ing to remember at this point, that at last year’s hearing on eourso duplication, before the board of; higher curricula, Dr. MacPherson j defended the existing system, which! the University of Oregon was then attacking. The theory is evidently offered inj a spirit of sincerity and altruism. I Dr. MacPherson seemingly believes implicitly in the doctrine he pro-! poses. He must be granted that; much. ! Those who criticize the sugges tions (and they appear to be in the majority) by insisting that they make no improvement over existing conditions, are, we believe, missing the real significance of the system. Granted that it offers no im proved method for selecting regents or members of the board of higher curricula; that it would precipitate a fight for the presidency, and pos sible rivalry between towns for new buildings; and that the size of the University would make administra tion difficult, just think of the out weighing advantages! What a football team we might have! Imagine a Sehulmerich and a Jones on the same squad! We would undoubtedly have state cham pionship teams until we became sick of winning. We could build a gigantic stadium, have year-round sports, and support the university from athletic returns. Any athlete who remained in the state would have to come to school here. Good bye athletic worries! Then think of the unification of ideas and ideals that might be de veloped, the noble traditions that could be established. All the energy that now goes into the maintenance of two schools might bo more ef-1 [iciently utilized by one in turning jut finely finished products. We ;ould select the more congenial nembers of the faculties and dis miss the rest, retaining only those ivho bid fair to measure up to the aniform standard. On the other hand, a diversity of interests might be cultivated. How much broader it would make the philosophy student, for instance, if lie took a course in agriculture, so that he might be able to contem plate the more practical mysteries if growth. How fine if the English major could take an , engineering Bourse and watch the wheels go ’round. It would make admirable background for modern novels. Besides all this, we might adopt an earlier suggestion and put the girls in one school and the boys in the other. Then half-way between Eugene and Corvallis, at Monroe, we could have the administrative offices and a giant dance hall where the students might occasionally meet, under proper supervision, of course, for brief dances. Here is another great feature. The abolition of competition and rivalry would undoubtedly sponsor a spirit of brotherly Jove, thereby furthering the cause of world peace, and bringing closer the millennium. Details of communication would be simple. We could have a fleet of fast airplanes operating between the two educational centers, and the administration headquarters at the half-way point. Students might travel back and forth for classes in a very few minutes. If the plan of separating men and women be adopted, we shall not have to bother about transportation. Then if there were to be no presi dent at all, we would not need the administration conter at Monroe. That eliminates that. Subtract from this the women’s college (be cause tho'women don’t really count) and we would need only ono school. See now? It’s no trouble at all. As Dr. MacPhcrson says, the system is not revolutionary. As a matter of fact it is simple. Yes, very. Accessories for the Honor Systems 11KN “truth machines’' be ” ” come necessary adjuncts to university honor systems, there is something wrong. Honor codes have had hard strug gles for existence in many institu tions, and in some cases have been retained by small student majorities. Now comes the University of Texas with an “honor council” that meas ures bv means of a machine the guilt of accused cheaters. Blood pressure, and electrical dis charge from the skin of the subject while he is answering with the first words that come into his mind a list of words read to him, are sup posed to indicate honesty or dis honesty. When such words as examination, home and suspension are mentioned, the guilty one’s blood pressure is supposed to record a change, ac cording to the psychologist who in vented the machine. The one case that has so far given the council the opportunity to try its machine proved a dud. The sub ject decided that he would not take the test. So, there. Why not burn all the text books before the examinations, station a proctor at each student’s elbow, and discount each person’s grade 50 per cent for possible cheating? Surely that would be a much more effective honor system. New Zoology Head Lauds Atmosphere Of Oregon Campus Another tribute was paid to Ore gon’s campus when I>r. A. R. Moore, newly elected head of the zoology department, declared that it is one of the most beautiful he has ever aeon. He came to this university after having spent ten years as professor of physiology at Rutgers, state university of New Jersey, In comparing the general atmos phere and spirit expressed by Ore gon students and the community with that of eastern schools, Dr. Moore commented on the tine spirit of equality shown on this campus. The new instructor received hiB doctor’s degree at California in 1911. For two years he acted in the capacity of assistant professor of physiology at that university. In 1913 Pr. Moore became associate professor of physiology at Bryn Mawr college, Philadelphia. From 1916 to 1926 he was on the physiol ogy faculty at Rutgers. In recognition of the fact that Dr. Moore is one of the leading phys iologists in the United States, he was sent as a member of the inter national congress of physiologists which met at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1923. He also had a table at the American association for the ad vancement of science at Naples in the spring of 2925. At this same time Mrs. Moor?, who also took her doctor's degree in physiology, oc cupied the women’s table. Both Dr. M< ore and his wife are enthusiastic about Oregon, and even the rain pleases them. TkSEVEN „ SEERS THEY DON’T KILL COWS WHERE WE COME FROM. THEY SHOOT ’EM. “Nose-spray, the infirmary cure all." Cures: fallen arches, Indigestion, Dandruff, Sprains, Warts, Everything except colds. • • * SEVEN SEER INTELLIGENCE QUESTION AIRE How old were you? Is it time yet?. Are you late? Are you sure you are? Answers: Enough, not quite, no, no. Score 25 points for each correct answer and multiply by a number that gives a total of 100. Your score 'is 100% ) “But I toll you Joe is not crazy, or even drunk!” “Well, we found him trying to read a book while standing on his head on one of the new andirons.” “You sap, he was simply trying to grasp Einstein’s theory of rela-i tivity! ” #*##*»**** * * The Orange Song * * Orange juice ory you made * * mo cry? * I * **###*#** * “I’m wild to go!” “Naw, you’re too wild to go.” I Yes, Eef eats at the table with his Sigma Nu fraternity brothers, but he doesn’t sleep with them. Eef sleeps. In competition with General Pe troleum, Benoit McCrosky has also offered money for a name for his “Gas.” I WANTED: THE LOW-LIVER THAT STEPPED ON MY FOOT. APPLY RUTH COREYT. Although she is advertising for j the guilty person, we cannot be : lieve that someone really did this 1 dirty work. • * • ! The bootlegger said, “What a pip” 1 When he saw the man With the “drinking lip.” HOW COME? Strange as it anay seem, when Bob Mautz puts down a foot he Dicks up fourteen inches! Winston Lake says that for the Denefit of some of these busy journalists, someone ought to stock ;he Senior pond with trout, so they :ould run over and fish between papers. * • * POULTRY [n some small town there was a crook, Who’s name was Ambrose Tweet, When the owls asker ‘‘Hoo stole my worms?” The birds said ‘‘Tweet, Tweet, Tweet. ” • • * ‘‘OH, FOR THE LOVE OF MIC,” EXCLAIMED THE RADIO ANNOUNCER AS HIS VOICE CRACKED. * * * SEVEN SEERS Diversions On a Penny Whistle Excavations by Carl Van Vechten Armed with the spade of his im portance, now beginning to be rust spotted, Carl Van Vechten goes out to excavate treasure, and incident ly, himself; and although the rubble which he must clear away is not deep, being the accumulation of but five years at most, it is not like to stay piled aside. It has the char acteristic sea-sand thrown out from a child’s tunnel, a way of sliding back into the hole. Van Vechten, undismayed, busily plies his spade and tosses the accumulated disre gard off his treasures. He brings to light some literary household uten sils of only incidental beauty and evident unhandiness, and some crit ical crockery—self-conscious eclec ticism, a few well-turned phrases, an assemblage of decorated informa tion. Altogether it is an array not very arresting when collected, tag ged, and set out on the shelf. View ing the labor, I’m struck with the question—why, particularly, exca vate? These papers were written sep arately, not as criticism but as ex positions by way of persuasion of the merits of several insufficiently appreciated men. In the cases of Edgar Saltus and Arthur Machen, the purpose was in some measure achieved, as a recent revival of in terest in these two exotics lias been noticeable and traceable in definite degree to Van Vechten’s efforts. He binds the collection together by an introductory visit to “Fashion able Places Out of Season,” where Bulbs for Spring Flowers Should Be Planted Now We Carry a Good Selection At Moderate Prices The University Florist Greenhouse & Store 598 13 th Ave. Phone 654 Two Men-Bobbers Four Marcel Operators Model Beauty Shoppe iiiiiniia' 81 7 Willamette Finger Waves Phone 2365 Lemur Maroel-Permanent Waves in he progresses from winter so journs at several summer resorts, and thence home to inventory his personal out-of-season library. Un fortunately, although all the places he visits have boasted seasonal pop ularity in their time, all the books he brings forth have not. Van Vechten would make a bad publicity agent for a new Mecca; he would be too inclined, as with his literary publicity, to insist upon revealing unprepossessing features. Ouida he makes attractive; I shall certainly read Ouida. But I shall never be urged to investigate Philip Thicknesse, Henry Blake Puller, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Erik Satie, nor Leo Delibes upon the strength of Van Vechten’s ballyhooing. Of Machen I prefer to retain my own estimate. Saltus I continue to con sider an amazing and suspiciously purple orgy. The reason for needing to ex cavate and then ballyhoo this ma terial is implied in Van Vechten’s own summary. The universal un evenness, of the unimportant or the faulty, is painfully evident. Van Vechten displays many coincidental causes in the personal affairs of each for the latter’s literary short comings. He is kind in so doing; or rather he is determined to es timate his treasures highly, their value appreciable only by the few and enhanced ■ by the very cracks and blemishes which mar them. However unpersuasive the effect, the adroitness and polish of a large part of the argument is intrinsical ly important. One should read “Ex cavations” not to be convinced of the significance of Matthew Phipps Shill, but to enjoy the nimble ver bosity of Carl Van Vechten. I shall not occupy a bath chair at Scheveningen in December, nor in quire extensively into the Later Works of Herman Melville; but I am pleased to break the stingish bubbles of Van Veehten’s prose against my tongue. M. J. S. Domestic Laundry “That’s The Place” Pick a Qood One “Rufus,” said the wise old senior to the giddy young frosh, “I see you being rushed around a lot. Watch your step and take your time. Pick a good one!” That’s smart “crackin’,” whether you’re picking a “bunch” or a fountain pen. You want both of them to live with you a long, long time. So it’s best to step up to the Wahl Pen counter right now and choose your self a fine Wahl Pen. Pick the style you like (Wahls come thin and Wahls come fat); the mate rial you want (Wahls come in solid gold, sterling silver, gold-filled and silver-filled, red, black or motded rub ber); the point that suits your hand—stiff or flexible, fine, medium, stub, oblique or Wahl Standard Signature. Pick any Wahl Pen, and you get not only the smoothest, best-looking writing tool that ever graced your hand, but also one that from cap to nib is practically inde structible. You could carry a Wahl in your hip pocket through three initiations, and still have the best foun tain pen in the world. $3 to $7 for the silver or rubber $6 and Northward for the gold WAHL PEN Eversharp’s writs hand pal fit EVERSHAR^S WRITE HAND PAL • A © 1926, The Wahl Co. Chicago GLAD T’ MEETCHA V V My name is Wally. I’m the Eversharp Kid. Fzn disguised this year as a neat little bookmark—ior you—free—at the Wahl Pen and Eversharp counter. MARK MY WORDS, you’ll need an Eversharp, too. Get Your Student Ticket For The Washington Game Before 2:30 Friday “Official” Rooter Caps—50c The Co-Op is owned and operated by the students of the Uni versity of Oregon for their own benefit and convenience. Patronize Your Own Store U. of 0. Co-operative Store