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.