dgi-EL'J- . 1 — _ — ©regmt Ilailg $mctalb University of Oregon, Eugene ML ABRAMSON, Editor EARL W. SLOCUM, Manager EDITORIAL BOARD lar Naah_Managing Editor Harold Mangum . Sports Editor Philippa Sherman, Feature Editor News and Editor Phones, 666 BUSINESS STAFF Calvin Horn - Associate Manager Milton George _Advertising Manager Bm Kinley _— Advertising Manager M Ross — Foreign Advertising Manager Herbert Lewis _ Ass’t. Advertising Mgr. Francis McKenna . Circulation Manager Bob Dutton ... Ass't. Circulation Manager < Joe Neil, Ruth Street.. 1 .. Specialty Advertising Alice McGrath . Specialty Advertising Roberta Wella _ Office Administration Day Editor This Issue—Bee Harden Night Editor This Issue— Larry Thielen Assistant— Eugene Laird The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of j Che University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and. Monday during 1 the college year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice , •t Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year. Adver ttsing rates upen application. Residence phone, editor, 2293-L; manager, 1820. Business office phone, 1895. Unsigned comment in this column is written by the editor. Full responsibility fti assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion. IF any man seeks for greatness let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.—Horace Mann. Abraham Lincoln and The College Critics AT regular intervals, much too frequent, some prophet of pro ress asks: “What would Abraham Lincoln have been had he gone to college?” There can be no objection to these 1 queries except for the fact that they are made out loud, and invari ably find their way into tho news papers. Tho question is usually ac companied by an indictment of the modern university, and wo are ex pected to believe that the great men of history would have becomo me diocrities had they attended insti tutions of higher learning. One of tho moro recent indict ments has come from a man well known on the Oregon campus, Pro fessor Charles E. Hugh, of the Uni versity of California. After asking the usual question, the professor is quoted as saying: “Abraham Lincoln would never have been heard of if he had been the graduate of a modern American university. If Lincoln had had knowledge heaped on him in the manner that it is heaped on modern youths, his brain would have become so befuddled as to be useless to him.” While shedding a tear for tho sor ry plight of modern youth, give thanks to the forces of tho uni verse, not only because America had the Great Emancipator, but also, aud most important, because h® never attended a college. Just think of tho possible course of events if Lincoln had attended collegfi! lie would probably havo been an unknown lumber dealer, ■pccializing in fenco rails, and not as “Honest Abe,” tho savior o£ his land. Had Abraham Lincoln boen to college, America might even now be divided, slavery might bo flour ishing, and tho whole course of tho world thrown into channels differ ent from what history now records. IIow stupendous! Think of tho nar row margin by which the* country was savedl Whew! Wipe beads of perspiration off your foreheads. In tho interest of justice, we can not let pass the belief that the idea originated with the Californian. The same tune has been played by many other enlightened and well-meaning citizens, outstanding among whom was the famous and unbelievably wise Arthur Brisbane. So you see, the challenge may not be lightly dis carded. Just what tlio arguments of the Hughs and the Brisbanes prove, we are unable to find out. To all ob vious purposes they are based on useless conjecture. It’s the same old merry-go-round: was Lincoln a great man beeauso of or in spite of dif ficulties and obstacles that stood in his path. Transplant the man to the Oregon campus and of course ho seems out of place. So would anyone else of Lincoln’s time. Can you imagine “.Honest Abo” participating in the freshman parade, or even walking several miles on a stormy night to get a library book? Is it easy to visualize the Great Emancipator, from what wo know of his supposed characteristics, sitting through an accounting laboratory course? Cer tainly not. And it is equally dif ficult to visualizo the days when au tomobiles and telephones were non existant. As proof of any point, transplantation of a static figure of one age into an altogether different period is worthless. Fortunately, Professor Hugh of fers the optimistic thought that the next generation’s university will be ns different from oars as night is from day. How interesting! An excellent bit of prophecy, but oh, professor! not so very daring. Does night follow day? Yes? Then it is safe to predict that the uni versities will change and progress. If they do not keep pace with changes in thought, tlioy are worth less and might just as well quit now as die later of stagnation. If they had not progressed in the past, tHey would not exist now. All this is old, threadbare talk, but no one has yet brought it suc cessfully to the attention of the apostles of light. Poor Abo Lincoln. What a fino hobby-horse ho is for these prophets of progress. Oh well, that’s the price he pays for fame and honor. He should have gone to college and thereby have found peace and ob scurity in both life and death. , Commun ications More on the Plumbers To the Editor: Tuesday’s editorial of the Emerald entitled “Spoiling Too Many Good Plumbers” brought to surface of ray consciousness a long discarded idea regarding the purpose of education in a democ racy. If you ask me why I discard ed it, my reply would be, in the lirst place that it was sporadic, and in the second place that is was too idealistic and incapable of becom ing real. If you ask mo to narrato it to von I would be at a loss as to how to formulate it. if you insist on me giving you some kind of an answer, 1 will ask you tit go with me to an educator, who, I am con vinced, because of his experience in education, will gladly tell us what is the purposo of a state university tn » democracy. His reply would I'o somewhat as follows: The purpose of education iu a state university should bo an endeavor to develop in pach individual the knowledge, in terest, ideals, habits and powers, whereby ho will fiud his place and use that place to shape both himself and society toward ever nobler ends. Unquestionably you will agree with me that his reply is brief but sound. However, we needn’t be sat isfied with his reply, but let us •visit other educators, and confront them with the same question. Their experience in education, I believe, qualifies them to give us a ruplv not less valuable than the first. The philosopher tells us that the pur]Hise of education in a state usi veraity is to enable those who seek it to appreciate the contributions of the nion that have gone on before ■m, and to use their contributions as bases for improving conditions in our own time and leave something worthy of preservance for the fn ture generations to use as a guide in solving tho problems of their gen eration. The sociologist affirms that educa tion’s purpose in a state university is to help men to learn how to live together peacefully and rationally, serving one another in a brotherly like manner. The journalist however, asserts that the purpose of education in a state university is to prepare men and women for tho future life in order that they may live a better and fuller life, to foster such ideas that tend to bring about a fuller understanding of each other's rights and deal justly toward ono another. The economist dismisses us with this assertion: that the purpose of education, in a stato university, is to prepare men to utilize their time and energy in an effort to make life tor mankind more comfortable and harmonious. the scientist laconidy declares that the purpose of education in a state university is to assist the youth in their quest for truth so that, they may use that truth for the good of themselves and society. The psychologist with an adoles cent enthusiasm emphatically de clares that the aim of education in a state university is to eliminate ail fear from youth—to enable them to face life’s problems cour ageously and to solve them and not run away from them—to instill in them enthusiasm and unconquerable desire to earnestly seek for truth— to create in them a desire for a ra tional and fuller appreciation of hu man nature in all its forms which will enable them to enjoy life to the fullest extent. Such, perhaps, would have been the opinions of these educators, on this question had we actually inter-, viewed them. Their opinions be come fundamentally the same, thefo-' fore we can summarize them in some such fashion as this: That the pur pose of any state university is not to reject those that didn’t happen' to be the children of intellectual aristocrats and keep those that are —rather its purpose is to help every individual that enters its gates, re gardless of his family reputation, to develop the best that is in him which will enable him to render i more effective and efficient service his fellow men, regardless of wheth to his fellow men, regardless of whether or not his service is that what not. It happens that university stu dents are not the descendants of Locke, Hume, Kant, or Spencer; but rather those of common people. And I venture to say even Mr. Percy Marks with his pseudo-aristocratic conception of his origin, who seems to be worried over misused plumber material would be surprised at the discovery that his ancestors ’(^ traced back far enough) were also soil tillers—and that his intellectual achievement is largely due to the inspiration of some of his early teachers, (to whom he is perhaps not giving credit) and not wholly on his intellectual inheritance. The trouble lies in the kind of in spiration the youth receives before coming here; hence the necessity of inspiring teachers in our public ' schools. CHRIST LOUKAS CAMPUS Bulletii& 1 Freshman Assembly Thursday morning at 9 o’clock in Yillard hall. All freshmen must be present at tliis assembly, they will be excused from their classes for it. Inter-fraternity Council meets Thursday night in room 1 Johnson hall. i ....A practice for tryouts for Or cliesis and W. A. A. dancing honors will be held every day this week at Woman’s building. Anyone in terested please see Miss Scott. Volleyball schedule changed. Tues day, juniors, 4 to 5; seniors, 5 to 6. Wednesday, sophomores, 5 to 6, and Thursday, freshmen, 5 to 6. Band Meeting: All members are urged to be present at a meeting, the R. O. T. C. building at 4 o’clock today, very important as the ques tion of footwear must be decided at this meeting. Methodist University Girls Bible class will hold a “pot-luck” supper at the campus Y. W. C. A. this even ing at 5:30. All members of senior memorial book committee ^(listed on front page) Room 105 Journalism build ing, 5 p. m. tonight. All girls interested in riflory will meet in room 121 of the Woman’s building, Friday at 5 o’clock. Crossroads will meet tonight at 7:30. I Oregana staff meeting tonight— 5:00 p. m. Journalism building. Every member of editorial staff must be there. Homecoming directorate meet to day 4 p. m. 105 Journalism building. Rally committee meet A. S. U. O. office today at 5 o’clock. Musical Program for Semi-Centennial Week Arranged by Mr. Evans An interesting and elaborate mus ical program lias been worked out for Semi-Centennial week by John Stark Evans, member of tho celebra tion committee and assistant dean of the School of Musie. Much time and attention has been spent on these musical numbers to insure their coming up to the high standards set by the speakers, many of whom are men of national repute. At the inauguration of President Hall, on Monday morning, the Uni versity orchestra will play, and Mine. Rose McGrew will sing a solo. The next day, at ten a. m., Miss Miriam Little, cellist, will appear, and at two o’clock Mrs. W. F. G. Thacker will sing. At tho Wednes day morning symposium Eugene Carr will sing a baritone solo, and in the afternoon John Stark Evans will play selections on the pipe organ. At the Thursday morning sym posium, which is devoted to music, the speaker being Willem von Hoog straten of tho Portland Symphony orchestra, a larger program is to be presented, consisting of selections bv the Underwood String Quartet, Mrs. Prudence Clark, contralto, Loan John Landsbury, pianist, and Mr. Evans. At the Pledge Pay assembly fol lowing the symposium, the glee clubs and the orchestra will appear, presenting the Semi-Centennial song. In the afternoon George Hopkins, professor of music, will sing. On Friday, the alumni, under Mrs. Lawrence T. Harris, will provide tho program. First W orn on's League Tea Well Attended The first Women’s League tea of the year was attended by a large number of University women, and j according to Kathryn Ulrich, presi-| dent of Women’s League, was a do-1 eided success. Mrs. Arnold Bennett Hall, in, whose honor the tea was given, and[ Pean Esterly were present. Kath-: leen Powell sang, accompanied by Barbara Edmunds, and Lois Ever son played a piano solo. The teas will be given weekly on I Wednesdays, from 4 to 6. jglfcSEVEN h SEE,£ EVERYTHING HOMES TO HIM WHO ORDERS HASH Pome With apologies to Oh! Mar! But as for me, the loaf of bread The jug, the desert tree— A jug, a jag, a jazzy jane and may that jane be theel Why give so much space in the Emerald to fraternity dogs and not to sorority cats? * Use the word “Valentia” in * * a sentence. • * “I Valentia my umbrella, * * why don’t you return it?” * *******'#### FOR CUPID’S CUSPIDOR Dear Mr. McHoehandle: How much is Eef paying for pub licity? What claim to glory in your column has he? Every dog has his day, so how’s to give a few of the rest (if not the best) of us a chance? Noble. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 14th and Alder Sts. Phone 1306. Noble Noble: We’ve got the goods on you. If you want publicity just wait. McHoehandle. “Oh boy, here’s where I shine!” said the bootblack as the E. O. T. C, officer climbed into Ithe chair. * # • INVENTION At last. How to make your old cigar boxes a cigar lighter. Fill box with cigars (any na tionality). Then with thumb and forefinger of right hand, take one cigar from box, and the box will be a cigar lighter. • • • <■- ■ rs twj Dick Jones says that he has an awful thirst, but he just can’t down a cotton gin. Hall of Flame Dean Caswell—because he fills the role of Deacon Bluenose and Mrs. Grundy far more naturally than they could themselves; be cause he believes the place for bath ing beauties is on magazines cov ers and ithe magazines in the fur nace. Bocauso he does not believe in the drinking songs or the motives for said songs. Persuaded the Betas and Kappa Sigs to have nothing more to do with liquor or liquid than to wash in it or watch it flow un der the mill-race bridges. • • • From Yesterday’s Emerald DRY TALKS TO BE NO FEATURE OF PEP-RALLY And so everyone was there. * * * • Yes, the Betas did pledgo could men—a frosh has already received a letter addressed to the Phi Beta Kappa house. Are the Beta boys keeping something from usf Have you heard the “Aimee” song? “Aimee head beneath a rose.” THIS WAY OUT SEVEN SEERS Four Mathematics Graduates Teaching Several of last year ’» graduates of the mathematics department o« cupy prominent positions as teaeh ers throughout the state. Elizabeth Lounsberry is dean of girls and advisor of the sophomore olaes at the Myrtle Point high school where , she is teaching mathematics. Dorothy Sehnpp is teaching math ematics and English at Oregon City. There are seven University of Ore gon graduates on the high school faculty there. Eula Benson is teaching at Cot tage Grove and Arthur Andrews is a mathematics teacher at Toledo. Juniors Urged to Try Out for Scholarship To Rhodes by Rebec Juniors interested in attending an English university, such as Ox ford, after leaving the University of Oregon are urged to try out for a Bhodes scholarship this year by Dean Bebec, chairman of the exam ining board. This is to provide them the opportunity to prepare for the scholarship during their senior year. Men who wish to be considered for the scholarship must leave their name and address with Mrs. Clara Fitch, secretary of the examining board, before Saturday, October 16, at her office on the second floor of Johnson hall. Examinations are ex pected to be held by the middle of next week, and in the interval Mrs. Fitch will be busy looking up the University records of the candidates. Stephenson Smith, assistant pro fessor of English, W. P. Maddox, instructor in political science, and Walter Barnes, professor of history, all of whom have been Bhodes schol ars, spoke before a group of inter ested students at 4:15 Tuesday afternoon in 107 Villard hall. They discussed the various phases of stu dent life at Oxford and answered questions relative to the courses of fered and manner of teaching at that university. Classified Ads LOST—Sunday night, an old cameo bracelet. Reward. Anne Went worth, 840. 012-13-14 FOUND—In Multnomah stadium, after the Oregon - Washington game, an Oregon rooter’s lid with a stickpin attached. Inquire at Emerald office. ol2-13-14-15-16 FOUND—Black fountain pen near the Woman’s building. Phone Mildred Pike, 2022-R. Pacific International Live Stock Exposi tion, Portland, Oct. 30-Nov. 6 to Portland *5^0 Roundtrip iveekend fare Other tares and limits to suit your plans. Save 10% to 40% —buy roundtrip tickets. Eugene-Portland Pullman leaves Eugene 2:20 a.m. Arrives Portland 7:00 a. m. Returning—leaves Portland 1:00 a. m. Arrives Eugene 5:30 a. m. (Ready for occupancy at 9:30 p. m.) Southern Pacific F. G. LEWIS, Ticket Agent. Phone 2200 Today Last Day The Greatest Mystery Story Ever Filmed with JETTA CLIVE BROOKS ROBERT AMM O THEVTRB Usual Prices Oregon Players May Take Part In Tournament International Croups Will Vie for Honors In New York City Mias Florence Wilbur, instructor of drama, and the members of the dramatics department, are desirous of sending a group of players to represent Oregon in the Little The ater Tournament in New York next spring. Last year, the University of Ore gon was asked to send a group of players in a one-act play to com pete with the groups from other parts of the United States and Eng land in an international tournament to be held on Broadway, in New York City, the early part of next May. No western university group has ever ventured so far as Broadway, but the Oregon dramatists this year are very anxious to be represented in the Little Theater Tournament. One of the things keenly desired is an original one-act play,” Miss Harold Kelly, “chairman of construction” on the “Blazing ‘O'” bonfire, requests that the following freshmen call him this evening at 5:50 p. m. Dick Rawlinson Walton Crane Walt Henningsen Day Foster Bonald Coleman Dean Creath for a local group to enter the tourn ament, it would be extremely inter esting to have a play indicative of" our own surroundings and environ ment, and filled with western spir it,” she explained. The Little Theater Tournament was started four years ago, in New York. The idea of the movement was to bring to Broadway, compe titive groups interested in the de velopment of the Little Thearter Tournament. The idea has spread throughout the country and in England. Two groups from England participated in the last tournament. * David Belasco, dean of the Amer ican theater, has taken considerable interest in the movement and to the best group of players at the tourna ment earh year he awards the Bel wiiDur said, "fcnouicl it be possible asco cup. s H O E S H 0 S 1 E R Y s E R V I C E Here’s a swanky Oxford for the man with young ideas. It’s got real class, as can plain ly be seen. Choice of tan, black or brown calf for winter’s service. I $5, $6 and $7 A real fetching shoe novelty for the well dressed woman or miss is here presented. It will surely look beautiful on your foot. Why not try on a pair and judge for your able! /self. Very reason $5.45 to $7.85 Buster Brown Shoe Store 921 Willamette St, FORMPREST To Their Original Shape These Special New Presses Used in Eugene Exclusively by RAYMOND TORREY Between 8th and 9th on Olive Street