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VOLUME XXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926 NUMBER 4« Foreign Policy Laid to Prejudice “ThobbingNot Think ing, Builds up Mass of Anti-A lien Feeling By WILLIAM P. MADDOX Bolsheviks, wops and Mexicans militaristic Germans, tricky Japan ese and bloodthirsty Turks! Out o1 the stuff of words is a nation’s for eign policy woven, and the patterr is that of a crazy quiltv A mountain of prejudices, founded on childisl experiences, nurtured by the populai movies, the red-blooded American Weekly magazines and a jingoistic press—thus does that arbiter of oui -destinies, Public Opinion, take shape and form. As a result, the faithful reflection of this all-powerful Opinion (which in Washington means votes) leads a president and a secretary of state and a congress to the adoption of courses and methods, which may later find rationalistic support but which are but the product of an unthinking public mind. In a test given by a New York psychologist to test the power of prejudice, ninety-eight per cent of a thousand Americans, supposed to have been above the average in ed ucation and intelligence, gave evi dence of a feeling of revulsion at the word “Bolshevik.” It may have been founded on an intensive and impartial study of Bolshevistic doc trine and practice, but far more likely was it that it sprang from deep-rooted associations of the term with all things distasteful, associa tions which a certain section of the press has been hammering home for years. Probably no single recent ad dition to our vocabulary carries so much opprobrium, so that in spite of increasing evidences of Soviet Russia’s internal development and her willingness to enter into peace ful relations with the rest of the world, the United States still per sists in its non-recognition policy. • * * We keep out the wops and the yellow races, we are urged to go in and clean out those Mexican greasers, we are beseeched not to ratify the pending treaty with those unspeakable Turks, who do nothing but massacre Armenians. Make the foreigner pay those debts: we won the war and now he wants us to pay for it. Have the people who give voice to such demands really studied all of the complex material concerning the Avar debts and the economic difficulty, bordering almost on impossibility, of what they ask? Recently there appeared a book called “Thobbing.” The author formed the title from the initials of •“thinking,” “opinionating” and “be lieving,” and it was an account of modern views on matters political, social and moral. Perhaps we do not think; we only thob, deluding our selves that our prejudices, supersti tions, and beliefs of what we want to believe, are really the outcome of serious rationalization. * * * It is curious how some of the prej udices against the foreigner are built up. One woman in the test mentioned above, said that she al ways associated limburger cheese with a foreigner because when she was a child, a small immigrant girl who sat near her in school always kept a piece in her desk. She ad mits that she has a deep-rooted feel ing against all foreigners. Another woman could never be tolerant to Catholics because as a child, she had been told that the Catholics hoped to wade knee-deep in Protestant blood in a religious war. Multiply by a few millions, and we have the Ku Klux Klan. No one hopes and few desire that we shall be able to suppress all feeling at the expense of thought. But it might be well to recognize how much of our thought, so-called, is nothing but thobbing. An intel ligent foreign policy is not made up of the stuff of word-prejudices. Important Sophomore Meeting Announced A sophomore class meeting will be held this afternoon at Villard hall in room 107 at 5 o’clock. Bob Foster, president, announces that an important matter is to be discussed and all members are urged to attend. Close Race Expected In Basketball Wealth of Veterans al Washington, W. S. C., Idaho, Oregon Three Veterans Report To Coach Reinhart Here Aggies Have Only Two Last Year’s Regulars T^TOW that basketball is starting on its long period of supremacy the official, and other, dopesters are starting to pick the coming cham pions of the northwest section of the Pacific coast conference. One thing is already certain, the race for league honors will be a close one since Washington, W. S. C. and Idaho will have veteran teams to enter as well as Oregon. Coach Hager at O. A. C. has a couple of good men back and will build a strong combination before the sea son starts. Montana is the only un known team in the league. The Grizzlies were dealt a hard blow when Bill Kelly decided to stay in sunny California when the football team recently played there. Both of last year’s regular guards have graduated. Oregon, champions for last year, with three regulars back is expected to repeat her success. The Aggies, who finished second, are not con sidered strong enough to climb the ladder for this season. Washington and Idaho are expected to give Ore gon the hardest fight for the title. Washington Guard Shifted The shifting of Al Schuss, all coast forward of Washington, to guard on the team fills the gap left by Gratton Hale. The other guard position is filled by big John Dal quest with Harold St. John, a two year letterman, and Hall Johnson, a new man, in reserve. This leaves the Huskies minus a capable center, also a man to fill the place left vacant by the shifting of Schuss. Bob Bropst, last year’s substitute who made his letter, is out to land the regular job. However Coach iidmunason doesn't thing that he fills all the requirements and has been using Milton Berenson, a for mer Portland high star, at the tip off berth. Earl Jewell, a veteran of two years ago, and Perry Hack, last year’s frosh, are also in the running for the pivot position. Alfie James and Francis Stralen, veterans, are again on hand for the forward duties and will probably get the call. Tony Gritsch, Monte Snider, and Percy Bolstad are other likely men for these berths. The team, with the exception of the loss of Hale, is intact from last year and will finish up near the top. They were third last year in the final standings. A collection of lettermen reported to’ Coach Dave McMillan of Idaho when first call was issued. Johnny Miles and Art Nedros, two men who have had several years of varsity experience, will be back for their last year. Erickson will be back at center and Glen Jacoby and A1 Canine are veteran guards. Thus it will be seen that the Vandals will have a team composed of five vet erans. They are strongly fortified with good reserves from last year and also some promising freshmen. Vandals to Barnstorm The Vandals will start on a barn storming trip December 22 and will play in Spokane, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Stockton, Los An geles, Long Beach, Fresno, and Reno. They will finish the trip with two contests against the ‘University of Nebraska, January 7 and 8. The Gem Staters have indeed picked a tough schedule for their trip. Oregon will have one of the strongest quintets in the league. | Three of the best* men in their posi tions on the coast last year are I again on the team. Swede Wester I gren, Jerry Gunther, and Roy Oker j berg have been playing together for : three years and have developed [ great team work. Westergren and I Gunther were named on the first all-coast team last year and Oker 1 berg was placed on the second team. | It is true that two main cogs were i lost by the graduation of Hobson | and Jost but several men have | come up from the freshman team of ; last year who are expected to fill in the vacancies. In addition to ] these men there are several of last 'year’s reserves back who are stag ; ing a battle for the vacant positions. ! Those showing to good advantage are Gordon Ridings, Keith Emmons, (Continued on page four) I All-American Glory Descends Upon Sherman Smith, Webfoot Wingman “College Humor” Grabs Sherm for Family Team; Success Recipe Discovered i . - By HAROLD W. MANGKJM Sports Editor At last Oregon has an all-Amer ican football player! Joseph C. God frey, eastern sports writer, toiling tor “(Joliege Hu mor,” has select ed Sherman S. Smith, Oregon, as right end on his mythical all-Am erican Smith Bro thers football eleven. Other Smiths who have forced their way to fame on the same out fit are Smith, left end, Navy; Smith, left tackle, Penn; loft rm oi>/l Sherm Smith A rviVi ai<al • fimitti ' center, Missouri; Smith, right guard, Brown; Smith, right tackle, Ford- . ham; Smith, quarterback, Colgate; Smith, fullback, Vermont; Smith, j right half, Michigan State; Smith, left half, Beloit; and others from Notre Dame, Manhattan, Boston University, Loyola, Redlands, Bay lor, Coe, etc. Needless to say the Grants Pass representative of the Smith clan is highly gratified at the honor which has been bestowed upon him, and avows that he will do all in his power to uphold the glory of his family and the noble art of picking all-star teams in general, * * • Godfrey, in similar vein, picks an all-American animal team which in cludes Lamb, Coe; Baer, Michigan; Wolf, Chicago; Bull, Union; 'Fox, Haskell; Crabb, Pittsburg; Swan, Stanford, and a few other denizens of the woods, fields, and streams. He also has an all-American auto mobile eleven which includes Nash, Georgia; Packard, Williams; Miller, California; Holmes, Alabama; Ford, Northwestern; Paige, St. Lawrence; Star, Kansas; Flint, Colorado; Gard ner, Dartmouth; and a few spare parts. • • • With the above in mind, we be lieve we now have a sure-fire recipe for making all-American honors. You don’t have to be a star player —in fact, you don’t even have to make the team or turn out for the squad. Have an unusual monicker—that’s the infallible secret for success. If your name’s Owl or Ostrich, you have a capital chance to make the all-bird team, or the all-0 outfit. Tf your name is Chevrolet or G. (Continued on page two) Third National Oratory Contest Is Announced Subject Should Increase Respect for Constitution Among Colleges The National Intercollegiate Ora torical contests of 1925 and 1926 proved so successful that a decision has been made to continue the move ment this year, and an announce ment of rules and awards has re cently been made. The contests are financed and conducted by the Bet ter American Federation of Cali fornia for the purpose of increasing interest in and respect for the con stitution of the United States, and as a contribution toward better and more intelligent citizenship. It is hoped that this effort will be the means of turning college thought and enthusiasm toward the great business of government, particularly that form of constitutional govern ment under which America has risen to the lead among other na tions. Seven prizes will be paid in cash at the final meeting in Los Angeles on June 23, 1927. The prizes total $5000, the first prize being $1500 and the seventh $350. The orations must not take more than ten minutes for delivery and must be original. The subjects must be “The Constitution” or “The Con stitution and Washington”—or on Hamilton, Jefferson, Marshall, Franklin, Madison, Webster, or Lin coln. The orations must be of such a character as to increase interest in and respect for the constitution of the United States, and equal im portance will be attached to com position and delivery. Each college is to select only one representative, and the working unit in the contest is the individual col lege. Plans are made to divide the entiie country into seven major dis tricts in which the colleges and uni versities will compete among them selves. Each participating college will be notified by March 29 as to the region in which it has been placed, and by April 15 each college must have its representative desig nated, it is announced. Initiation and Meeting Phi Beta Kappa, Dec. 8 The local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will hold its fall meeting Wednesday, December 8. Initiation exercises for the newly elected mem bers will be at Alumni hall at 5:45, after which there will be a dinner and business meeting at 6:30 at the Anchorage. The principal address will be given bv Mrs. Ellen Condon McCornaek, who has been asked to speak on the lif' and work of her father, Dr. Condon, whose biography ! she has just completed. Reservations should be made with Mozelle Hair of the extension divi sion. New members of the faculty who belong to Phi Beta Kappa are | especially urged to come. Campus Rhyme Makers May Try For Cash Awards Witter Bynner Prize of $150 Offered Best Student Poet Two poetry prizes, one offered by Witter Banner,, author of Grenstone Poems, and the other by the South ern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas, are open to all university and college undergraduates in America. A prize of $150 is offered by Mr. Bynner, whose co-judges will be Grace Hazard Conklin, author of “Afternoons of April” and several other books of poetry, and Edgar Lee Masters, author of “Sp'ooin River Anthology.” This contest is under the auspices of Palms, pub lished in Guadalajara, Mexico, of which Bynner is associate editor. Poems, previously published else where than in college magazines, will not be eligible in the Bynner contest, the award carrying with it publication in Palms. Only under graduates in American colleges and universities may compete. Whether the offering be a simple poem or a group of poems, not more than 20U lines will be considered from any one poet. Manuscripts should be typewritten in triplicate, should bear on evpry sheet the writer’s name, address and college and must be mailed by May 15, 1927, to Witter Bynner, Box 1061, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Last year Longston Hughes of | Lincoln University a colored poet ! and author of “Weary Blues,” was I awarded the Bynner prize. of $100, offered annually by the : Southern Methodist University of j Dallas, Texas, to undergraduate stu dents of American colleges and uni versities, closes March 10, 1927. The three judges have not yet been an nounced. To be eligible each contri bution must not exceed 200 lines and must be one poem or a group of poems closely related. Each con testant must be identified by a statement written by a professor. Each manuscript should be type written in triplicate with no iden tifications on it, the writer’s name, address and college being inclosed in a small sealed envelope. The re , ceiving address for this contest is I Southern Methodist University, Dal las, Texas. ! £$ early as possible the announce ments of the awards and the prize j poem will be printed in pamphlet i form and mailed to all contestants. Last year Dawson Powell of the 1 Southern Methodist University, ed 1 itor of Buccaneer, a Texas magazine ! of verse, won first place by a very narrow margin over Walter Kidd of i the University of Oregon. Sunday Night Library Plan Disapproved Advisory Committee Votes Unanimously for Present Hours Serious Student's Needs Considered Saturday Night Closing Might Work Hardship ' I 'HE advisory committee, after considering the plan submitted to them suggesting that the univer sity library remain open Sunday evenings, announces that it is not yet convinced that such an action would be justified. However, it will in all probability, consider the mat ter further if more evidence is in troduced to justify the plan. The committee was composed of M. H. Douglass, librarian; Dr. George Rebec, head of the philos ophy department; Henry D. Shel don, dean of the school of educa tion; Dr. Harry B. Yoeom, professor of zoology; and Dr. C. V. Boyer, head of the English department. This advisory committee will make its report to President Arnold Ben nett Hall. Students Take Book Out “While the committee recognized that it would be convenient for the students, at times, to have the lib rary open Sunday evenings, it is not yet convinced that the necessity of it would justify an extension of the hours for the regular routine work that takes place on the cam pus Sundays,” said Mr. Douglass. “The majority of students have from Friday noon until Sunday to get their lessons for Monday classes,” he continued, “and most of them say, frankly, that they would rather take a book from the library Sunday afternoon than come to the campus Sunday evening and usie it.” When asked about the plan of closing the library on a Friday or Saturday night of the week-end and then opening it Sunday evening, Mr. Douglass said that the committee was unanimous in thinking that the library should not close on either Friday or Saturday evening because of the serious minded students who depend upon this time to get their work done. Although somewhat reluctant to make a statement on the committee action, Lowell Baker, vice-president of the A. S. U. O., said: Students Advocate Trial “I am sure the faculty committee acted sincerely when it recently de cided against opening the library Sunday evenings. “However, 1 do think the plan had enough points in its favor to merit a trial, say at the first of next term, after the examination rush is over. If it were found that students patronized the library in large num bers, that to me would be evidence that Sunday evening library hours were of considerable benefit. If, on the other hand, the library were as sparsely attended as it usually is on Friday evenings, I would say, keep closed Sunday evenings, by all means. I realize there are argu ments against opening the library Sunday evenings, but if it is largely a question of student patronage, 1 think the plan should be given a fair trial.” Commission Holds Last Meeting Today The last meeting of the Freshman Commission of the Y. W. C. A. will be held this afternoon at 5 o’clock in the Y. W. bungalow. There will be a round-table discus sion led by Betty Beam, a freshman. The subjects to be discussed are: “Wliv is there a Y. W. C. A. on the campus,” and “What is the Work of the Freshman Commission.” A short program will be given con sisting of a piano solo by Mar Abel Braden and a violin solo by Kather ine Kirk. The chairmen of the committees of Freshman Commission were ap pointed last Friday at a meeting of the council. They are as follows: programs, Margaret Edmundson; publicity, La Veda Jones; activities, Dtfrotjliy ° Villiger; service, Naomi Hohman;; room "committee, Mildred Beeson; fun, Betty Horstman; music | director, Emily Williams. I Cats and Frogs Soon To Sink Into Oblivion COME cats live nine lives and some die nine times. “There’s big money in it,” said one conscientious wielder of a dissecting knife. But the sea son is nearly over. The respec tive anatomies have been in the process of observation and dis section for sometime, but it won’t be long now! And oh, what fun! Many’s the cat that has looked out from one of Deady’s base ment windows probably very ob livious to the fact that his' cap tor ’s paid the great big sum of twenty-five cents for his short life. Likewise the frog—but sad to relate, his acquisition is gratis. There's always more where he came from and if one but looks in on a zoology lab he is apt to think, judging from numbers, that this was a good year for frogs. Robert Robinson Scores High in Physical Tests Seven Pass Test With Grade Above 1; 54 Enter Contest In the physical ability test held at the men’s gymnasium last Sat urday morning, 30 out of 54 passed the test and seven received a score above 75. Robert Robinson 'a score of 95 points was the highest made. This is the last test of this kind that will be held this term. The seven scoring above 75 were: Robert Robinson, 95; Everett Mc Cutchan, 90; Gilbert McAuliffe, 88; Phil Livesley, 86; Orville Bred thauer, 81; Walter Dungan, 77; and Wayne Wyatt, 76. The final examinations in the physical education department are being held this week. Grades will be posted next Monday and will be left up until Thursday morning. This is to give students an oppor tunity to see their grades and call attention to possible errors. A slight change has b?en made in | the method of computing grades ! this term. In place of grading per- j sonal hygiene on the basis of 25 and adding this to the total grade received in activities, both grades will be figured on the basis of 100 and the two will be averaged. A; failure in both will rneali that the student must repeat the courses. A failure in either one will necessitdte the repetition of the one failed. Foreigners to See Christmas Program To present a typical American Christmas to the foreign members is the purpose of the Cosmopolitan dub Christmas program which is to be given by the American students of the club at the Y. M. C. A. hut at 7:30 Wednesday evening. Every one is asked to bring a 10 cent gift for the Christmas tree. Faculty Aims To Increase IndividualAid P ersonnel Committee To Seek Methods of Improvement Record of Students To Show Deficiencies Personal Contact r.imit~d As Schools Enlarge HPO^ ASCERTAIN the facts, cob* x dTtiS§8 and influences which may affect the career of a student at college, and to make recommen dations for improvement, a person nel committee has been appointed at the University of Oregon with Dr. John F. Bovard, dean of the school of physical education, as gen eral chairman. This committee, according to Howard R. Taylor, assistant pro fessor of psychology, who is serving on the subcommittee concerned with intelligence tests, ie t0 organise material to aid instructors in treat ing their students as individuals. It is to gather such records of the students as are available, and then, to determine what that information means. urowtn .Limits Personal Contact As an institution grows in size. Professor Taylor explained, personal contact between students and fac ulty members becomes more limited and difficult. Interviews are unsat isfactory as well as out of the ques tion, in his estimation. Some system containing records of the student’s high school career, of his grades, and of his university achievement would give instructors a point of contact which would enable them to treat students more as individuals. “We have passed through a period in which it was assumed that if w© had such records no one would fail in college,” said Professor Taylor. “It was thought that by looking over past marks an instructor could advise a student whether »r not to take certain courses. Experience has shown this to be a too Utopian view of the matter. A personnel, record, however, will help faculty members to determine whether fail ure of the student is due to lack of ability in particular lines, deficiency of adequate preparation, or want of effort.” Establishing a student record in volves a long period of research ahead, said, Professor Taylor. Individual Help Fostered “Eventually with the records we will be able to say at the end of a trial period of perhaps one, or two years, whether the student has prom ise enough to justify himself and the state in going ahead with hie college education,” he continued. “The important point in the person nel records of the students is not to decrease failures but to enable the administration to deal with students as individuals and to treat them dif ferentially.” All Conditions to be Considered The personnel committee under Ur. Bovard is divided into several (Continued on page four) Critics Praise Play by Mrs. Ernst; "Nightingale”Published by Poet Lore Kenneth MacGowan, Writer, Requests Submittal Of Future Work to Provincetown Players “Nightingale,” a play written by Alice Her)son Ernst, a member of the faculty of the English depart ment, was published in a recent number of Poet Lore, a Boston mag azine of letters Thomas Dickinson, critic and an thologist of American plays, de scribes Mrs. Ernst’s play as “writ ten with unquestioned command of the resources of the stage and en tirely worthy of production.” Mor oni Olsen, actor-director of the Mor oni Olsen Players, has praised the play highly. Kenneth MacGowan, critic and writer, on the strength of this one-act play, has requested the submittal of Mrs. Ernst’s future work to the Provinceton Players. Two of Mrs. Ernst’s plays have already been produced. One, a com edy of university life called “Clois j tered Calm,” was written at the ! drama workshop at Radcliffe College and was later staged at the Uni versity of Washington; the other was a pageant, “Seven Yesterdays,” I representing scenes from the history of Alaska. I Mrs. Ernst recently finished an other play of one act which is real istic in atmosphere and setting and deals with the life of miners. Of “Nightingale,” whose subtitle describes it as an “Arabian Nights Fantasy,” Mrs. Ernst said: “I had been thrall to the fascina tion of the Arabian Nights all my life, and had steeped myself at that atmosphere. I read much of the Koran and of the literature of the Orient. During the time I spent in writing this fantasy I seemed my self to be an Arab.” I he drama is a delicate thing, delicately done. It tells the tale of the love of Zaideh, “the little pearl of Bagdad,” and Yoosuf, the son of Abu-Kasim—a love which flow ers despite enduring feuds of fam ily. It breathes the witcheries of the East, imbues its figures with a. glamorous reality, weaves in bril liant threads its quickly coneen 11rating intensity, chants of hates and loves unwestern, and finally of love which is stronger than hate. This play is a song, aud the voices | and the gestures of its players ara. ; its melody.