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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1927)
Tirza Dinsdale, Ex-Secretary, Visits Campus Y. W. Worker Here Four Years Ago Located at Santiago, Chile Chilean People Declared Courteous Group Tirza Dinsdale, former secretary of the Y. W. C. A. on the campus for four years, is back visiting Ore gon again with tales of her work in Chile. Miss Dinsdale left for Chile in 1921, and has served as secretary of the Y. W. C. A. in Santiago for over five years. When she arrived, the organization of a student “Y” had .just started, and for two years she was the only northern woman engaged in the work. Now there aro two other assistants from the north. The Y. W. C. A. quarters are in a lovely old Spanish build ing of twenty or thirty rooms, which was a private residence, typical of the homes of wealthier class in Chile. “There is no campus life as we know it here,” Miss Dinsdale said. There are no dormitories, no sor orities, and the buildings which house the different colleges of the University are scattered all over Santiago. The attendance in classes is not compulsory, but the work is thoroughly covered by oral and writ ten examinations twice a year. Chilean Girls Attractive Chilean girls are most attractive, much like French girls in appear ance, and of both light and dark complexions, declared Miss Dinsdale. She has found them possessed with a great deal of poise, very intel ligent, and especially appreciative of art and music. The study of languages plays an important part in their education. Three languages aro started in the grades, and by the time tho girls finish college they aro apt linguists. “Courtesy is moHt out-standing in tho Chilean girls, indeed, in all tho people there,’’ said Miss Dins dale. “If you ask a question, their first thought is to answer it as yon would like. This, to them, is just a matter of politeness and there is no moral question involved. They are always courteous to strangers and most loyal to those whom they choose ns friends.” Few professions are open to them which are considered proper, ac cording to Miss Dinsdale. Education and pharmacy are perhaps tho best accepted. The number of women taking work in the Teachers’ Col lege is now about (100 and equals the number of men. Social Life in Family The social life of tho Chileans centered around the family. T! homes are large and it is thei under the paternal eye that tli young folk enjoy their parties. 1 their high schools, or licoos, tli boys and girls are separated. Th university, however, is co-educatioi al. Indeed, the whole civilizatio of Chile is primarily European. The Chileans are a very artisti and beauty loving people. One ea not pass down the street, Miss Dim dale said, without seeing even th poorest cart-pusher with a dash o color in a bright sash at his wais Red Top Cab Co. No charge for extra passengers 4 Ride For the Price of 1 Phone 99 DUNLAP’S DOLLAR STORE FEATURING Dainty Under garments at $1.00 Beautiful--New! in the Lustrous Rayons Bloomers, Chemises, Stepins, Vests Come in Today Dunlap’s Dollar Store or a flower on his breast. It is a country with extremes of riches and | of poverty. It has, too, wonderful ' snow capped mountains like those | around Santiago, and vast fields of | nitrate and copper. Its climate like wise varies from the wonderful i rainless climate of Santiago to the j drizzly weather of southern Chile. 1 Now they arc in the midst of sum I mer, for the seasons there are just opposite to ours. i “When I first came back, I was I struck with the wealth and mater ialism of America,” Miss Dinsdale declared. There are the wealthy in Chile also; but they seem more to have inherited their position. It does not strike one that wealth is , what they are striving for. — I Basketball (Continued from page one) ; loops by Westengren, two by Mil ligan and a flip by Jerry. Oregon got innumerable ehances under the basket with no one within I reaching distance and, if a Mult nomah player occupied the desired spot, shot all manner of unearthly baskets, viz, Jerry’s overhead toss and McCormick’s goal just before crashing into the padded goal stan dard. The clubmen, under the chaperon ing of Ken Stephenson, Oregon alumnus, during the absence of their coach, took turns in displaying spurts of action. McCormick Hates Red Hobson and Gowans would tear up the floor for a while and then tiring, would let Cherry or Clorin handle the brunt, or the ball, as it were. Last night’s fiasco proved beyond a doubt that Hon McCormick holds some kind of igrudge against the Multnomah team. He made 12 points against them Saturday and then nursed his grudge until last night when he piled up 14 at their expense. The count stood 22-6 at the end of the first half and after the first half rootors had all gone home and the second canto started, the Lemon Yellow started the barrage on thp Multnomah hoop that netted 14 points in fivo minutes. After that had calmed down Rein hart started his “Substitute Revue” by running in Emmons, followed by Epps, Bally and later Joy and Hum melt. It looked like last year’s Frosh team was playing the northerners along toward the last with Emmons, Milligan, Bally, and Epps disport ing in varsity suits. Debate Society To be Installed Before Summer — Delta Sigma Rho Chapter To be Established End of May Delta Sigma Rho, national hon orary public speakinjg .society, a chapter of which was granted to the University at the first of this term, j will have a group picture in the ! Oregana. Both faculty and student j charter members are asked to meet I Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock | in front of Villard hall for the pic ture. President Arnold Bennett Hall, Dean E. C. Robbins, of the school of business administration, J. K. Hor ner, and .7. Stanley Gray, assistant professors of English, are the fac ulty members who belong to the organization. Mr. Horner, debate coach, just re ceived a letter from Stanley B. Houck, national president of Delta Sigma Rho, saying that he will in stall the Idaho chapter and the Oregon chapter during the latter part of May. At the installation, there will be a public program and a banquet. “Membership in Delta Sigma Rho is on a basis of extraordinary woTk in that line and not just a minimum amount of work,” said Mr. Horner. “The chapter requires two or three years of debating for membership. The fact that a man has debated in the University does not mean that he will be taken into the so ciety as a member, but he must be a credit to the school. It is strictly an honorary fraternity. We will also take in some alumni of the University who have debated hero, BARGAIN DANCE LARAWAY HALL Friday, Feb. 18 Music by the COMMUNITY DANCE ORCHESTRA Men 25c Ladies 10c Life’s Little Tragedies Arc those unremembered holidays and an niversaries. Think of your friends today, and remember their birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and such with flowers—the most appropriate gift. UNIVERSITY FLORIST Call 654 Eugene Owned Eugene Interested Things Decidedly New! Featuring- a very clever group of new Sample Dresses At Three Prices Kvory dress a new advance style from one of America’s best inak ers. Secured at a concession and offered to you at equal savings. $16.77, $23.77, $31.77 — perhaps fifteen or eighteen. They will be invited to come down for the installation of the chapter when the president comes in May.” The same day on which Oregon debates Montana before the Port land Chamber of Commerce, a radio debate will be held over KOIN, broadcasting station at the Port land News. Dudley Clark and Jack Hempstead will debate the same question at noon and in the evening radio debates. The question is “Resolved, that the eighteenth amendment should be modified to permit the sale of light wines and freer.” Plays (Continued from page one) uscates. The wit is airy and fem inine. The humor has a fresh liquid coolness that subtly harmonizes with the play’s scenic, emotional and moral unpretentiousness. Helen Barnett performed such a convincing interpretation of the winsome daughter that she captiv ated the audience. Calvin Horn and Elizabeth also perfomed their parts well. “The Tysting Place,” a modest but delightful sentimental farce, has the typical Tarkingtonian elements. It is a crystal of adolescence. Lan celot Briggs and Jessie, his sister, REX LAST TIMES TODAY She wanted perfect freedom— COMING Zane Grey’s . “A Man Of The Forest” With Jack Holt -- __! are familiar Tarkington enfant terrible. They are not individual but, nevertheless amusing figures whb embody the stock perturbations and passions of the heart that at tend the middle teens. Love is per ennially young; even the mother passes through a second love as humorous as that of her children’s. The plot is sophomoric, built about the daughter’s and son’s fug itive love affairs and about the mother’s secret love. All three loves tryst in the small secluded place and results in a comic situation. First the mother and daughter frighten Lancelot into hiding under the lounge from where he hears first j his “fienish” sister’s sentimental cooings with Rupert Smith and then liis mother’s heart-talk with Mr. Ingoldsby. This play excels in the expression of adolescent emotions. The energy of expression in dialog is simple, di rect, sincere and close in feeling to everyday stuff. This play was ex cellently acted. Dean Condon (Lan celot) Thelma Park (Jessie), and Grayce Nelson (mother) carried off their parts in a natural manner. Miss Burgess Makes Gift of Poetry Monthly “Voices,” a poetry magazine which is published once a month, has been added to the magazine in the circulation department. It is the gift of Miss Julia Burgess, professor of English. The entire title of the magazine is “Voices, an open forum for the poets.” The last issue features several poems by Howard McKin ley Corning, who was recently a guest on the campus. Use the OREGON ELECTRIC Going Home $5.30 Portland and Return Tickets on sale Fri., Sat., and Sun’s; Return limit Tuesdays Low Round Trip between Eugene and the following points, daily 15 day return limit: Albany $2.50; Corvallis $2.25; Forest Grove $7.10; Salem $3.80; Woodburn $4.75; Hillsboro $6.75. Trains leave 8:00, 10:50 a. m. 2:00 (Ltd) and 6:05 p. m. L. F. Knowlton, F. S. Appelman, Trav. Psgr. Agt. Agent Phone Main 140 ^^p^illametteUalley Line Quality Stationery 75c We are now showing the finest assortment in choice box ed paper it has been our privilege to display. 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