Edison Marshall
Is Firm Believer
In Romanticism
Popular Novelist Former
Oregon Student
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Realism Is Photography,
Not Art, He Says
As a dreamer and a romanticist,
Edison Marshall loves, reads and (
writes romance.
Edison Marshall is a novelist who
is widely read, and a former Oregon
student. . One of his best known
books is “The Land of Forgotten
Men.”
“I write about anything that stirs
my imagination and sets it to work- ;
ing,” he said. “A writer has to
turn himself loose, forget everything
else and throw heart and. soul into
his wTork.”
Mr. Marshall is not interested in
so-called realism, because he says
that there is no such thing as real
ism. “Realism is only what the
writer thinks is the real thing, and
it can never be any more than that.
Romanticism is a realistic attempt
to make the unreal seem real. And
realism IS nothing more than a ro:
mantie attempt to be real.
“A realistic writer is just as
much a bally-ho artist as is a ro
manticist,” the writer said. “He
writes to please the public just as
much as a romantic writer does—
he writes to be read.”
Realism, he thinks, appeals to
those who don’t have it, people
who are sheltered from the world
of stark reality—to the young wife,
but not the widow who has faced
hardship.
“Realism cannot be art,” he adds,
“because absolute realism is only
photography.”
“My novels which tell of the
north—Alaska, snow, and cold, ap
peal especially to the Nordic peo
ples, but are not at all popular with
the southern Latin people,” he said.
Mr. Marshall has never lived in
the north, but has taken trips there
a number of times. He believes that
close contact with one’s subject, for
instance a life lived in the north,
disillusions a person so that he can
not write a romance about it. And
a disillusioned realist is as far off
the truth as a romanticist, he de
clares. People write best about that
which they know very little. A
sensitive person can write thrilling
stories about red-blooded men be
cause he views them from afar.
''*‘1 wager,” he said, “that Michael
Arlen is woman shy, just as I am
a tender-foot in the northland.”
Mr. Marshall has been living in
Medford, Oregon, but'he stopped on
the campus, yesterday on his way
to South Carolina to live, where he
expects to .get some ideas for a new
story.
Mr. Marshall was in Professor W.
F. 6. Thacher’s first class in short
story ■writing in 1914 and it was
while he was a member of this class
that he sold his first story, which
was a blood-thirsty pirate romancer'
W. Hale Has Article
In December Issue
Of Oregon Bar Journal
“The Rule Making Power—Clari
fying the Issue,” written by W. G.
Hale, dean of the law school, is one
of three editorials appearing in the
December issue of the “Oregon Law
Review,” the journal of the Oregon
Bar Association.
C. E. Carpenter, professor in the
law school, is editor of the maga
zine, this issue of which has just
lately come off the press. The con
tents are devoted mainly to a dis
cussion of whether- the Supreme
Court of Oregon should or should not
have the power of making court pro
ceedings, which power is now vested
in the state legislature.
According to Mr. Carpenter, the
discussion comes at an apt time, as
the question is soon to be brought
before the legislature.
President to Speak
At Y. M. C. A. Banquet
The Cosmopolitan club is sponsor
ing a banquet honoring the foreign
students on the campus next Wed
nesday evening, January 12, at the
^ ■ M. C. A. Hut at 7:15 p. m. A
number of the faculty and towns
people are each inviting one stu
dent as his or her guest for the
evening. It is hoped that in this way
a more personal acquaintanceship
may be formed than is possible in
any other way.
The speakers for the evening will
include President Hall and repre
sentatives of several foreign races.
Musie will be furnished by the
Filippino stringed orchestra.
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By HELEN SHANK
Once again the campus is a blaze j
of bright color and life, after the j
close of an enjoyable holiday season
tilled to the brim with many in-1
teresting affairs. Especially in Port- \
land did the college crowd disport ;
themselves at various teas, dances ^
and other festivities. Outstanding
among the events of the holidays
was the annual Christmas College
Ball, sponsored by the Women’s
League, which was held in the ball
room of the Multnomah hotel on
December 27. A large number of the
college set attended.
Another affair of interest was the .
charming the dansant given, at the
new Congress hotel in Portland on
New Year’s day between the hours ;
of two and five. It was sponsored
by Mrs. George T. Gerlinger of the
Board of Regents for the benefit of
the new Fine Arts building fund,
and Frances Morgan was in charge
of arrangements. A group of college
girls assisted during the afternoon.
President and Mrs. Arnold Ben-'
nett Hall were at home last eve-<
ning as the first of a series of at
homes which they have planned to
set aside during the winter that
their campus and town friends may
call. On January thirty-first they
will again be at home, and also some
tiifie in February. Mrs. Hall will
continue to be at home on Thursday
afternoon of each week, having re
ceived last Thursday for the first
time this year.
A number of affairs have been
planned for the pleasure of the new
president and his wife. On Friday
night Dean and Mrs. John F. Bovard
honored them at a dinner party at
their home, at which the other guests
were the heads of the departments
in the school of physical education.
Covers were laid for Dr. and Mrs.
Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scott,
Miss Florence Aldbn, Dr. and Mrs.
Fred Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Earl, Captain and Mrs. John J. Me
Ewan and the hosts.
On Friday morning Mrs. Hall was
honor guest at a large breakfast
party at Hendricks hall, which, had
as^ its hostesses Mrs. Virginia Judy
Esterly, Mrs. Henry W. Davis, Miss
Consuelo McMillan, Miss Fanny Mc
Oamant and Mrs. Ada Patterson.
The breakfast table was colorful
and attractive in red and green, the
centerpiece being pepper plants and
huckleberry foliage.
Guests for the affair included
twenty-eight of the campus and fac
ulty women.' Covers were laid for
Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Ella Stearns, Mrs.
Bruce J. Giffen, Mrs. Elizabeth Pres
cott, Mrs. Josephine Stewart, Mrs.
Elizabeth Wilson, Miss Edna Porter,
Mrs. George Reed, Mrs. Anna C.
Hart, Mrs. J. W. Kayes, Mrs. Frank
W. Benson, Miss %ue Badollet, Mrs.
Lucy Perkins, Mrs. E. Bel Chand
ler, Mrs. Addie Marsh, Mrs. Lucy
Abrams, Mrs. Henry Augustine, Mrs.
Charles Grey, Mrs. L. E. Wbodring,
Mrs. Katherine Yerex, Mrs. Grace
Russell, Mrs. J. J. Lange, Mrs. Let
tie Mowrey and the hostesses.
To welcome the new term with
| proper enthusiasm, students in the
journalism department made merry
on Friday night at their annual
Jamboree, which was a gay and
I sparkling costume party. All the
'guests came in masks and unusual
j dress. Prizes for the most original
and clever costumes were given to
Sol Abramson and Eth-a Clark. The
Co-ed orchestra furnished music for
dancing, and a surprise came in
the middle of the evening in the
form of a humorous “scandal
sheet,” written especially for the
occasion. * As 'the feature Milton
George and LaVida Jones gave an
Apache dance. Cider and doughnuts
were served during the evening.
The committee making arrange
ments for the Jamboree consisted of
Harold Hunnieutt, chairman, Minnie
Fisher, Grace Fisher, Alice Kraeft,
Geneva Drum, Genevieve Morgan,
Bertram Jessup, Henry Alderman,
Jack Hempstead, Glen Radabaugh,
Leonard Hagstram and Herbert
Lundy.
At a delightful luncheon given at
the Eugene hotel last Saturday Miss
Frances Vermiere announced her en-1
gagement to David S. Adolph. The
table was dainty and colorful, with .
a great basket of ferns and salmon
pink rosebuds with a huge tulle bow .
for a centerpiece. Tulle streamers
leading from the center of the table
to each place bore tiny wrist cor-!
sages in which were hidden, little
cards bearing the news.
Covers were laid for the Misses
Claudia Sersanous, Eunice Robert
son. Dorothea Prael, Louise Buch
anan, Mae Tobin, Elizabeth Waara, I
Janet Pearce, Gladys Baylis, Alice
Kraeft, Irene Greenbaum, Audrey j
Lundy and the hostess. Between
courses Miss Janet Pearce sang “I
Love You Truly” and “At Dawn
ing.”
Miss Vermiere is a sophomore in
the University, and Mr. Adolph ex
pects to complete his course this
year. He is a member of Kappa
Sigma. Announcement of the en- j
gagement was also made at the
Kappa Sigma house at dinner Satur
day evening. The wedding will prob
ably be an evept of this year.
* * * (
News has just been received of
the wedding of Miss Bernice Yeo,!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. j
Yeo of Ashland, and Dr. George
Stannard of Los Angeles in Port- [
land on December twenty-fourth.
The bride was a former student here, ‘
where she was a member of Mu Phi
Epsilon and of Alpha Delta Pi.
Since her graduation she has taught
music in the public schools of Santa
Ana, California. Dr. Stannard is a
graduate of the University of Cal
ifornia and is now practicing den
tistry in Alhambra, a suburb of
Los Angeles, where the couple ex
pect to make their home after an
extended wedding trip through the
north.
As a surprise to the campus came
the news of the marriage of Miss
Jane Dudley to Malcolm Epley in
Albany last Friday. Both are stu
dents in the journalism department
and have returned to continue their
studies. Mrs. Epley is a member of
Alpha Omicron Pi.
On Thursday following the as
sembly members of Pot and Quill
and Tabard Inn, women’s and men’s
honorary literary societies, were
hosts at a luncheon -at the Anchor
age in honor of Mr. Anthony Euwer,
the chief speaker of the day. About
thirty students and faculty members
attended.
* * *
On New Year’s eve Dean and Mrs.
F. G. Young were dinner hosts.
Covers were laid for Dr. and Mrs.
F. G. G. Schmidt, J. D. Barnett,
John Mueller, Miss Frances Young
I of Portland, and the hosts. After
I the dinner Professor Mueller enter
[ tained with several delightful piiano
| selections.
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fragrance of spring flowers. Daffodils, violets,
fusias, hyacinths, tulips—in fact all the beautiful
spring blossoms are right here in our store for your
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Best Novel and
Book of History
For 1926 Cited
Report Class Conducts
Questionnaire Among
Faculty and Students
Six Professors Offer
Authoritative Opinions
Students in Professor Ralph D.
Pasey’s reporting class have recent
ly completed a research' problem
which they have been conducting on
the campus to uncover popular opin
ions as to the best novel and the
best book of history which has been
published during 1926. A number of
faculty members and students have
been questioned, and some of the
opinions follow.
Dr. C. V. Boyer, head of the Eng
lish department, considers “Time of
Man,” the first novel by Elizabeth
Madox Roberts, the best novel of
the year. The story, he says, “is
realistic, but lacking in the sordid
ness of the ordinary realism.” The
characters, thinks Dr. Boyer, are
real persons, and the book as a
whole as artistic.
S. Stephenson Smith, assistant
professor in the same department,
believes Ellen Glasgow’s “Romantic
Comedians” should have first place,
because it represents a departure in
th£ American. novel. Another work
which should be noted as outstand
ing is Elinor Wylie’s “Orphan An
gel,” thinks Professor Smith.
Alfons Korn, senior in English
and recently awarded Rhodes schol
arship at Oxford, thinks Theodore
Dreiser’s “The American Tragedy”
is the best novel of the year. Al
though the book has been criticized
as being verbose and too long, Mr.
Korn defends it because “it is so
powerful.”
Although he refuses to answer the
question concerning which was the
best novel, Prof. W. F. G. Thacher,
of the school of English and journal
ism, believes Carl Van Vechten’s
“Nigger Heaven” takes the capital
prize for being the poorest. Not
only does thcr professor feel that this
writer failed to give the admittedly
valuable facts of his booic nn imag
inative cast, but that he was unsuc
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cessful even in getting over the
psychology of the negro.
History professors agree that
“The United States and Mexico”
by James F. Rippy, assistant pro
fessor at the University of Chicago,
is the best historical work published
in America during the past year.
Dr. Dan E. Clark and Dr. Donald
Barnes, both instructors in the Uni
versity of Oregon department of
history, express almost identical
views to support this contention. Dr.
Barnes lists as second choice, James
Truslow Adams’ “New England in
the Republic.” Dr. R. C. Clark, head
of the department, reverses the order
of the two works.
The three agree tha there were
very few.outstanding works of his
tory during the year.
Banquet
(Continued from page one)
of the organizations have been hon
ored as nearly as possible, the com
mittees feel that the houses should
entertain the delegates with a spirit
to surpass that shown in former
years.1 It is essential to the success
of future conferences and to the
reputation of hospitality already
held by the University, that high
school delegates receive a good im
pression from their contact with
University students.
In accordance with new arrange
ments, when the delegates begin, ar
riving Thursday afternoon, they will
be conveyed immediately! to the
registration booth in the Adminis
tration building by motor busses
chartered from the Eugene Street
Railway system. Every train will
be met by these busses until a late
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By Every Dollar
The months of January and February usually bring
’Un avalanche of so-called sales.” We have no quarrel
with stores operating by that method. It is their busi
ness:; not ours.
However, such activities create wonderment in the
minds of some people unacquainted with our methods,
as to why the stores of the J. C. Penney Company
never hold sales.
For this reason, we want to repeat: at this time that
we mever hold “sales” because we mark our selling
prices down to Site lowest possible figures consistent
with prevailing market conditions and keep them there
thruEut the year.
It has been condusive'fy shown to us that the public appre
ciates our plan for it always is knowln that a dollar buys at
least 100 cents worth at this Store—and does it constantly,
^Wrarffless of the <£ay, month, season or weather conditions’
jina is a lOO-pomt .performance for every dollar I
hour Thursday night. After regis
tration, the delegates will be con
ducted to the organization where
they will be lodged during the con
ference. Final letters of instruction
are nor, being sent out, telling,
among other things, the organiza- ,
tion where each delegate will stay, i
A news bulletin of the conference
is also being sent, with a completo '
program of the meetings and social
events.
An innovation of this year's con
ference will be the A. S. IT. O. as
sembly Friday morning at 9 o’clock,
which will serve as a joint meeting
of University students and high
school delegates, and will also bo a
general meeting of all four divisions
of the convention. University
classes which regularly come at that
hour will be held Thursday morning,
at 11 o’clock.
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It is a great handicap for scholars to try to study when, their
vision is defective.
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