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NO thing is ever by divine
power produced from noth
ing.—Lucretius.
If Democracy,
Why Not Genuine
WHILE no references were
made to “an invidious move
ment on the campus’’ it is possible
to interpret the plea for “the old
idea of democratic education,’’
made by the president of the stu
dent body to the Eugene chamber of
--commerce, yesterday, and reported
in the Guard, as virtually an at
tack on the program for educationa
readjustment suggested by an in
dependent student committee. This
was probably not in the speaker’s
mind, but his own words as quoted
in last evening’s newspaper will
doubtless give comfort to the op
ponents of intellectuality in the
college.
“An educational aristocracy,”
the news report credits Mr. Riggs
with saying, “leads to aristocracy
in all its phases.” Ergo, if democrat
ic institutions are to bn maintained,
we must keep education on a demo
cratic basis.
We should like to know the mean
ing of “aristocracy in all its phas
es.” Assuming that it means snob
bishness (for that is the collegiate
interpretation) we question the ac
curacy of an assertion that such a
spirit, regardless of its qualities, is
fostered by intellectual aristocracy,
and the implication that, “the well
rounded student” is always socially
democratic.
But this is all beside the point,
except insofar ns it tends toward a
picture of the student, who seeks
learning for its own sake as some
form of freak who has about as
much value to a university .os has
the so-called student who comes to
have a good time.
Mr. Birrs is quoted as having di
vided students into three classes:
First, the intellectual student, who
«omes to develop his intellectual
faculties to the exclusion of all
pise; secondly the “average stu
dent’’ who comes to get as much as
he can (well put) and who becomes
a well-rounded American bv virtue
of participation in extra-curricular
activities and athletics as well os in
matters scholastic; and thirdly,
there is the person with no serious
purpose who is a hindrance to the
university.
Quoting from the news text:
The aims of a university as
outlined by the speaker are to
develop leadership and character,
tind to do this an institution di
vides its work into academic or
curriculum and extra-curriculum
activities. Tn the first is the class
room work; in the second are the
athletics and committee work to
aid in developing the physical,
Commun
ications
Proving That “Mens Agitat
Molem ’ ’
To the Editor:
When the verdant members of
the plastic age, freshmen at the
University of Oregon, first become
acquainted with this institution of
teaming and gaze wide-eyed at the
motto on the University seal,
‘'mens agitat molem,” how they
inset thrill from the bottom of their
super collegiate oxfords to the tip
of their super eollegiate headgear
with their awakening sense of the
power of mind over matter. How
•their health - service-examined-and
eatalogued little hearts must throb
■with the expectation of the miracu
lous if somewhat mechanical im
provement of their own intellects in
mental, and character virtues of
a student.
Before going further, we would
ask how many students become well
developed according to this formula.
How many participate actively in
athletics and how many are on
committees and what not? All the
athletics the majority of Btudents
participate in are those mild forms
of gymnasium) that even “intellec
tuals” take. And how many have
the opportunity to bo benefitted by
so-called leadership-developing com
mittees?
Mr. Biggs may not be working on
the assumption that the primary
concern of a university is not in
tellectual, and that those who come
to college for education as a worthy
end in itself are maladjusted per
sons who do not belong; but this is
the attitude of most persons who say
tho things attributed to him. Com
ing to think of it though, isn’t it
barely possible that wo have in our
teachers an intellectual aristocracy?
And isn’t it possible that an aris
crat of brain may live as good a
life and bo as beneficial to the world
as an aristocracy of brawn—aye,
and even develop character?
Apostles of middle-class American
democracy certainly would not deny
these persons the right to prepare
for life as they wish to live it.
• • •
Wo are in entire accord with Mr.
Biggs’ reported stand in opposition
to any increases in student fees. Al
ready heavily taxed, the students
are contributing far more, finan
cially, to their education than is the
state. To add to this heavy burden
would be to force out of tho univer
sity persons altogether deserving.
A dministration !
Please Take Notice
B ran think of hotter reasons
» * why the library should not bo
closed during the assembly hour
than are put forth by a correspond
out who pleads in behalf of those
“registrants” who find time to
think of books only at 11 o’clock
on Thursday.
One very good renson why there
should bo no attempt to force at
tendance is that Tory few of our
assemblies, unfortunately, are worth
the time they consume.
Surely those to whom our corres
pondent. refers as “the administra
tion ” do uot believe that our as
sembly programs are suited to all
tastes and interests!
The idea of coercion also rubs a
bit, but fortunately students are
not yet horded into one flock and
shooed to the assembly hall, and
there remain many other places
where one may spend an hour.
The unwelcome design has failed
miserably, wo are happy to report
again. This has been evident to the
j students for some time, and may
] ]*crhaps have come even to the no
| tiee of the administration.
the course of their four-year con
tact with our enlightened pedagogi
I cal system!
Then, Mr, Editor, picture their
I disillusionment, their downright
I consternation and indignation when,
i in the course of their college career
of important house business, bull
1 fests, and blind dates, they manage
to find a few precious moments for
study at the University library—
only to discover the place closed
tighter than a meeting of the board
of regents. The reason for this
course, the authorities doggedly as
sert, is that students must attend
he assemblies. Regardless of whether
the program is of universal interest
I or not, regardless of the possibility
that an emergency might arise
1 wherein a student would have to
use the library at that- hour in or
dor to prepare an assignment, the
! administration hauls blindly at the
' reins and refuses to consider a
1 change of course. To say that the
bit is galling to the majority of the
: TftSEVEN
L SEERS
THIS IS NATIONAL LAUGH
WEEK.
• • •
The idea is spreading tremendous
ly. Yesterday someone asked me if
I was planning to run for editor of
the Emerald next spring.
• # *
Also, it is only too fitting that
tho Independent Student Investiga
tion committee should choose this
same month to make their report.
• • •
BUGHOUSE FABLE
“Money moans nothing to me,”
said Jack Benofiel as he looked
around over the small crowd at the
; game.
• • *
What a prize
Is Simon Breeze;
Swam the channel
With axel grease.
• * *
FAMOUS HOODS
Mother .
Woman ..
..Winked
Maiden -..
Red Riding ..
Mount .
• # •
It would be like climbing on the
band wagon now to exclaim over
the humorous writing of Corey Ford.
Nevertheless he has one of the
cleverest articles I have read for
some time in tho late issue of Vanity
Fair. It is entitled “Ice Skating
For Ladies,” and is one of the most
enjoyable ways of putting in twen
ty minutes that I can think of.
* * *
No Gretchen, that part in the
Oregon Pledge song that goes like
this: “Now uncovered, swears thy
every son,” does not refer to the
habit fraternity brothers have of
pulling the covers off one another.
* # *
-wa iirv 1
fleas are mado to tielde fools like
me,
But only God can tickle a flea. '
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
* Hero comes a torpedo! *
**#•«**»•*»
• » •
Goms from literature—"W'ords
are tho most powerful1 drugs used
by mankind.” Some people use
them as chloroform.
And ho who gives many co-eds a
treat,
Is signing a lease on poverty street;
And he who gives his professor some
praise,
Builds little palaces for higher
grades.
• • •
CAMPUS STROLLING
The girl with the coat that looks
like an old spotted cow1. She is al
ways conscious of it on her back,
too. Florence Wilbur still has a holly
wreath in her window. Is it a case
of sentiment or just plain forget
fulness, Florence? A sophomore
with rubbers on. Cakes, and cakes,
and cakes in the window of the Col
lege Side to talk the co-eds out of
their dieting. They go by once and
glance longingly, but pass on. The
next time they begin to weaken, and
after that—Oh what’s a pound
more or less? Two girls sitting on
tho senior bench. I think there are
warmer seats for a day like this.
Professor Howe going home to din
ner. I wonder if he whistles his
s ’s.
* • •
BRING BACK THE GOOD OLD
DAYS OF, HAT FINS AND BUG
GY WHIPS.
CO ED OOUNCIL
Bear Auntie—
Bow can I smoke cigarettes with
out getting the fingers on my right
students and fails utterly in its
avowed purpose of enforcing attend
ance at assemblies is but stating a
truism.
Bow the old Pioneer must laugh
as he strides across the campus and
•notes what little influence mind
has over the matter, gray or other
wise, in the heads of the administra
tors of the University. How must
townspeople feel, those who help
support this institution, when they
make the trip to the campus to use
the library, only to be faced by
locked doors and the statement that
the library is closed in order to
force students to attend the assem
bly, and that they, the townspeople,
must also come some other time.
How delightful it is, Mr. Editor,
for the verdant members of the
plastic age, freshmen at the Uni
wrsitv of Oregon, to learn in the
shadows of its ivv covered walls
that education is an enforced -and
mechanical process of intellectual
spoon feeding whereby anyone pos
sessing the time and money may
share in the benefits of the domin
ion of mind over matter.
William Schulze.
hand all stained with nicotinef
Iva Camel.'
Dear Iva—
j Try using your left hand.
Auntie.
• • •
ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR IF THE COOK’S CAN-OP
ENER WOULD BUST WE WOULD
ALL STARVE TO DEATH.
President Addresses
Alumni at Portland
On University Plans
President Arnold Bennett Hall,
speaking before the alumni asso
ciation of Portland last night said
it was his dream and hope that the
University of Oregon may so con
tribute to the material develop
ment of its resources and the spir
itual growth of its people, that its
service will repay many fold the
sacrifices entailed in its generous
support.
“It is through the leadership of
the graduates and through their pa
triotic and efficient service Tender
ed to the people of the state that the
University must justify itself,’’ he
continued. “I hope that the alumni
will share with me this ideal and
that we may move resistlessly for
ward giving generously of what wo
have and are to the up-building of
a better commonwealth. ’ ’
He discussed further the program
of the University and the relation
of the alumni to its activity.
Tho dinner given by the alumni
in President Hall’s honor was fol
lowed Ly bridge and dancing. The
alumni wore given an opportunity
to meet President and Mrs. Hall,
after the address.
Critique
fContinued from page one>
criticisms of the work and much
encouragement to the students.
A work shop was the idea of the
room containing the work of the
students of Victoria Avakian. Looms
were draped with hand weaved
scarves and other pieces of work,
several tables were covered with
material need in batique work and
dainty little silk hankies, and walls
were covered with dress designs
made by the class in dress design
ing. Large, glajing signs covered
the walls and door which wrarned
the public that they were not to
talk to the employees, others warn
ing the employees to keep to their
work and not to watch the time.
Exceptional Work Exhibited
In those rooms devoted to the
work of Nowland B. Zane’s decora
tive design classes, Mrs. V. H. Mc
Ginty’s book and poster classes, and
Maude I. Kern’s classes in normal
art., exceptional work was exhibited.
So good was most of the work that
those judges who criticised the work
praised it *hnd remarked about the
unusual ability of the students,
many of whom are freshmen.
At noon each department enter
tained its visitors at the Anchor
age. The exception was the infor
mal luncheon given by the sculpture
group in the sculpture studio in
honor of Judgo Carey, attended by
advanced students in sculpture,
Judge Carey, and Mr. and Mrs.
Avard Fairbanks.
At the banquet last night inter
esting talks were given by Judge
Carey, Mr. Pureoll and Dr. Rudolf
II. Ernst. Several musical num
bers, a feature by Miss Lillian
Stupp’s class in dancing, added to
the pleasure of the evening. In ad
dition several little features were
given by the students of the dec- i
partment.
Theaters -
McDONALD: Second day: “.The
Whole Town’s Talking,” a scream
ing farce comedy adaptation of the
John Emerson-Anita Loos’ hilarious
stage success, with Edward Horton,
Virginia Lee Corbin, Otis Harlan,
Dolores del Eio and an all-comedian
cast, in a rollicking comedy filled to
overflowing with laughs and sur
prises that rocked New York till
its sides ached and hailed by the
critics as “even funnier than ‘Poker
Faces;’” also: the second of “The
Collegians,” those delightful com
edies of college life; ShaTlcey Moore
and the Merry-Macks in “A Spanish
Omelet,” featuring “In a Little
Spanish Town,” tonight at 7:25 and
9:40; Frank Alexander’s musical
comedy; Webfoot Weekly of state
events.
• * *
EEX: First day: “The Flame of
the Yukon,” a brand new, 1927
version of the greatest of all dramas
of the Canadian North, where prim
itive passion reigned- under the
glow of the northern lights, and
brawn and grit meant fortune for
those who dared,—the cast is. an all
favorite; comedy and International
with musical accompaniment by
John Clifton Emmel at the organ.
Coming—“The Lady of the Har
em,” with Greta Nissen, William
Collier, Jr., and Ernest Torrence.
Yearling Swimmers to
Meet Vancouver High
_
Announcement was made yester
day by Coach Edward Abercrom
bie that the freshman swimming
team will meet the Vancouver high |
school team in the local pool Febru
ary 19.
An attempt was mlade to arrange
a meet with the Washington school
for this week end but was unsuc
cessful.
Abercrombie's yearlings are find
ing it difficult to locate opposition
sufficiently strong to test their
strength.
REX
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Girl’s basketball. New schedule:
^ Freshman, Tuesday, 4:05-5:15;
Thursday, 4:40-5:50; Sophomore:
1 Monday, 4:40-5:50; Wednesday,
(4:40-5:50; Junior-senior: Tuesday,
I 5:15-5:50; Friday, 4:40-5:50; for
wards, only, all classes, Thursday,
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j The following men are to make
the trip to Portland to compete
with the Multnomah club swimming
team Saturday night, and will meet
Coach Abercrombie at the Southern
Pacific depot at 11 o’clock tomor
row morning: Byerly, Reid, Thomp
son, Davis, McCook, Sheridan,
Greulich, Smith, .Kier, Fletcher
Newbegin, and Johnson.
Dean Sheldon will lead student
group discussing “The Changing
Basis of Religious Authority’’ at
Westminister House Sunday, 6:30
p. m. All students welcome.
Social Swim at Woman’s building,
Friday night, 7:30 to 9. All students
and faculty invited.
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