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QDmjuu ®ail0 fmctalii University of Oregon, Eugene SOL ABRAMSON, Editor EARL W. SLOCUM, Manager EDITORIAL BOARD Ray Nash _ Managing Editor Henry Alderman . Contributing Editor Harold Manguin Sports Editor Bertram Jessup . Contributing Editor Florence Jones .... Literary Editor Paul Luy .-.. Feature Editor News and Editor Phones, 655 OAT EDITORS: Beatrice Harden, Genevieve Morgan, Minnie Fisher, Barbara Blythe, Bin Haggerty. Alternates: Flossie Radabaugh, Grace Fisher. MIGHT EDITORS: Wayne Morgan, Jack Coolidge, Bob Hall SPORTS STAFF: Jack O’Meara. Dick Syring, Art Schoeni, Charles Burton, Hoyt FuJ^URe' WRITERS: Donald Johnston, Ruth Corey, A1 Clarke, Sam Kinley, John UPPER NEWS STAFF: Jane Epley, Alice Kraeft, JEdith Dodge. . NEWS STAFF: Helen Shank, Grace Taylor, Herbert Lundy, Marian Sten, Dorothy Baker Kenneth Roduncr, Cleta McKennon, Betty Sehuitze, Frances Cherry, Mar Mnt * Long Mary McLean, Bess Duke. Ruth Newman, Miriam Shepard, Lucile Carroll \faudie Loomis. Ruth Newton, Eva Nealon, Margaret Hensley, Margaret, Clark, Ruth Hansen. John Allen, Grayce Nelson, Dorothy Franklin, Eleanor Edwards, La Wan da Fenlason, Wilma Lester, Walter Coover, John Black, Thorsen Bennett. ___ BUSINESS STAFF MOton George __ Associate Manager Francis McKenna .. Circulation Manager Herbert Lewis Advertising Manager Ed BLssell . Ass't. .Circulation Mgr. Joe Neil . Advertising Manager Wilbur Shannon . Circulation Asst Larry Thielen .. Foreign Advertising Mgr. Ruth Corey . Specialty Advertising Hath Street ... Advertising Manager Alice McGrath . Specialty Advertising Advertising Assistants: Flossie Radabaugh, Roderick LaFollette, Maurine Lombard, Charles Reed, Bob Moore, Bill Hammond. Office Administration: Dorothy Davis, Ed Sullivan, Lou Anne Chase, Ruth Field._ The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of £h* University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during 'jkm college year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffic* Boffene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.60 per year. Adver tising rates upon application. Residence phone, editor, 2293-L; manager, 1320. Basinets office phone, 1896. _ Day Editor This Issue—Genevieve Morgan Night Editor Thin Issue—Bob Hall Assistant— Fred Deuel Unsigned comment in this column is written by the editor, la assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion. Full responsibility GLORY to thoso who conquer Fate and peace to those who fail.—John Davidson. What’s All This Pother About? IIILDREN, children do be quiet. Now why get all excited over n mere 50-cent admission charge to the basketball games? What if you are paying $15 a year for a basket ball pavilion, besides contributing to the athletic fund through fees? What if you do have to pay to get into th'e building you have erected? The conference rule says you must, so you must. This may lie your uni versity, your building and your team, but you wouldn’t get angry just because the coast conference officials want to manage your bus iness, would you? You see, it is necessary that we guarantee the expenses of 21 men, four teams, that is, who are coming for a game that calls for participa tion of only five of their players. And besides we must give them half of the gate receipts. Now surely you don’t object to paying HO cents s^o our visitors may possibly get a nice cut. as well as their expense money out of the series? Anyhow, the coast conference has decided that that is the proper thing to do. They just want to make sure that no one loses any money, and rather than leave it to each institution to decide how it shall manage its own affairs, they have precluded the possibility of financial entanglements by call ing in advance upon those moneyed and willing givers, the students. Don’t you see how clear it all is? Don’t, feel too badly; we all mako errors. It will now be a pleasure for you to pay that admission fee, won’t it? You’ll probably want to pay a dollar or two dollars for the privilege of aiding the conference magnates, but don’t let your en thusiasm overwhelm you. Show how willingly you pay your 50 cents, and perhaps you will give the rule mak er* sufficient encouragement so that in a year or two they Will make the price a dollar, or perhaps two. Comedy? Say Wot So! "rTT'HE world, and-we suspect he meant America in particular, needs another Aristophanes, Dr. W. D. Woodhead recently told a .Mc Gill university audience in the course of a lecture on classic Greek drama. Taking a “fall’’ out of our own United States, the speaker con Commirn* ications Jt Pay As You Enter Editor of the Emerald, Sir: Speaking of the fifty cents charge which is to lie extorted from von and me and the rest of us who will go to see our basketballers do the California basketballers tomorrow and the next day, I ask what kind of business is this? Unlike the partic ular brand of cigarettes which 1 smoke, Mr. Jack Henefic! \ explan ation. which you published yester day, does not satisfy. I do not know the exact amount which we pay, by way of student fees for our teirn of basketball, but I do know that T pay fifteen dol lars per annum for the pavilion. The Mini brings the average cost per game to about tjire'e dollars, not counting this new extortion. }>,.r haps I am aloiu0 ia not finding my •elf able to pay more than three dol lars for a game.o Tl so there are more millionaires rm the campus than you would guess. We are told that the extra charge rs necessary to defray the expenses of the twenty-one men who will make the trip from California, lion strutted some fine themes for the comic poet, appropriately illustrat ing the lecture with contemporary material. “What a comedy he could have made out of Dayton with a chorus consisting partly of apes and partly of angels,” said Dr. Woodhead. “Or again of prohibition in America, with a chorus consisting partly of accomplished bootleggers and partly of Puritan Pilgrim Fathers. “Imagine Falstaff and William Jennings Bryan playing the leading roles and the Wet pnd Dry argu ments debating for the soul of the college student. Or the modern in terpreter of the Bible with his in sistence that whenever the word ‘wine’ appears it should be trans lated ‘raisin-cake.’ “‘What! wine in the Bible! My friend, that’s a libel; You’re making a ghastly mistake: For the word rendered wine in the writings divine, Means nothing but raisin-cake.’ ” Como to think of it, the matters referred to aren’t so darned humor ous at that. They may be comedy to the Canadians but they are trag edy to us. So far as we aro con cerned, Sophocles is the more log ical man. « Studying the Past; Ignoring the Present (Coe Cosmos) A FEW days ago a professor on ■t- *-the Coe campus discovered to his astonishment that a. certain class was almost totally ignorant about the trouble down in Nicaragua. A few students had heard vaguely about it—they had perhaps seen the word in a banner headline. But as to the issues involved—the rival governments, American interests, “ruff Russians” and What not—they knew as little about thtfc things as it was possible to know. In other words, this nation can approach perilously near a state of war (this is not an exaggeration) and college students can be utterly unaware of the fact. The theory of education seems to be ns follows: it is all right for stu dents to study Roman imperialism, but not American imperialism; learn all you can about the ancient He brews, Romans, Cauls and Goths but nothing about modern Europeans, Chinese, Americans, Central Amer icans, and Mexicans. Know the past. Remain in ignorance about the pres ent. Colleges, they tell us, exist for the purpose of turning out leaders, i If that is the case, may the Lord have mercy on those who are to be led. ever, that does not explain the no- : eessitv for twenty-one men to play , a basketball game. If it be true | that this game is one which in volves of necessity an outlay of not only several hundred thousand dol- i lars for a theater, but also a per- ' manent tax on the student to cover ’ several thousand dollar expense ac counts of a supporting artnv, 1 sub mit that it may be that basketball is a luxury beyond the proper means ot an ordinary student. How many ; of us would feel that we could af ford to spend say two or three dol- I lars on a book for an evening's! reading ’ Is a like amount spent on a vicarious ball fest more justili i able.’ At any rate it seems that it ' requires more than a conference rule I to really justify a toll tax. as it I "’ere, to sit in your own house. We j have builded our temple, but it is not ours. JOB More on the Tax Editor of Emerald, Sir: 1 suppose there is nothing we can now do about the ,">(> cent tax for the basketball games, that is noth ing but cry. it is evidently impos sible to make a change in the con ference rulings before Thursday night. Nevertheless, 1 for one object to TfcSEVEN „ SEERS IT’S ABOUT TIME SWEDE WAS HAVING ANOTHER CRAB LOUIE FEAST. * * * There was a collection of antique dishes and crockery on exhibit in the Art building yesterday. If I had not known better I would have thought they had been used for a day or two in a fraternity judging from the cracks and nicks. Gretchen received the surprise of her young life yesterday. She didn’t know Phil Bergh could even write Chinese. ONCE upon a time THERE was a guy WHO didn’t keep BRINGING up things IN HIS classes about CALIFORNIA as a MEANS of handshaking TI1E professors and GETTING away from THE subject at HAND but that guy WASN’T from CALIFORNIA. TIIANX. Phil Quartbottles, economics ma jor who is writing a thesis on the proposed license fee for non-resident dogs attending the University of Oregon, plans to have his manu script completed in time to be read as a feature at the Portland Sym phony Orchestra concert Monday in Eugene. Mr. Quartbottles has done extensive research work from the economic point of view and has found that the Junction City Med ical School with the system of fees has been able to supply the students with cardboard towels at no extra charge whatsoever. A similar scheme at Springfield School of Mines has proved -equally successful!, although at this institution yellow dogs and under dogs have been made exempt. MUSSOLINI is being visited this week by relatives, and Jack Bene fiel, our graduate manager, is put ting on the coast championship bas ketball tournament. This is a busy time for Dictators. Many boys are unfitted for col lege, according to Dean Gauss of Princeton. And vice versa. —Portland Telegram. THESE NEW SALTED BLACK WALNUTS AREN’T ALL THEY’RE CRACKED UP TO BE. This is the way the Order of the O would like to see Sol Abramson. MADDENING MOMENTS Realizing that the stuff in the flask has eaten its way through the paying admission to the building I for the construction of which T pay $ld a year. If the pavilion cannot ! make enough money during a chain- j pionship series to pay the expenses 1 of the visiting team, we might as well rent out McArthur court ns a garage and make some money out. of it. There is need for a change in the j coast conference ruling, if that is the cause of the extra charge. The various universities should be per mitted to attend to their own bus- I iness and choose whatever means they desire for meeting the guar- , antee of expenses. Our business is our own and no one else’s. JUNIOR — And Still More To the Editor of the Emerald. Sir: Having perused Mr. Jack Bene fiel's poor apology for the extor tion to be practiced upon us poor students in the matter of making us pay 50 cents ($0,501 T insist upon | entering a vigorous protest. I hold ! it to be in the inmost nature of things a most shabby trick. Being a gentleman, T only say damn. How ever, if 1 were to express myself in terms adequate to the occasion I should say two damns, and more over a couple of * <Sc’ .”*IM IRITATUS SUM metal and is now attacking' the rear j of the tux. JACK BENEFIEL has still over looked one thing—charging the California players admission for the games. » • • YOU SEEM TO ME— A nonchalant indifference With a crudity supreme, A charming, polished deference, A paradox you seem. I am childish, you have told me, Yet you do not stop to think—• That the thing that strikes me funny Is the youth of your technique. D. E. * * * “SOMEONE HAS BELITTLED MY DOG,” SHOUTED THE MAN AS HE SAW THE STEAM ROLL IER GO OVER HIS PET. ■Theaters ^ HEILIG: Last flay: “The Flam ! ing Forest.” The stirring history | of the founding of the great i Canadian northwest mounted police, | an army of a few who conquered ! the lawlessness of an almost unex | plored empire within the confines i of the Dominion of Canada, is the ; theme of “The Flaming Forest.” The picture is a screen adapta tion by Waldemar Young of James Oliver Curwood’s immortal story of the establishing of law and ; order in the territory of three hun j dred thousand square miles by some j three hundred brave men. COLONIAL: Today and Thurs day: Aileen Pringle and Ben Lyon in “The Great Deception.” It’s the kind of a mystery story few can solve and none can forget. Aesop's Fables and comedy. BEN: First iftv: “Rubber Tires,” an epic of the modern “ ’’Covered Wagon,” 4-wheels, no engine and (10 smiles to the gallon, combined into a grand explosion of laughter, with Harrison Ford (ho was “The Ner-' vous Wreck,” you know) 'Bessie Love, May Robson and a great cast; clever “Snooky” comedy and John Clifton Emmel’s musical ac companiment. Coming—Tom Tyler in “Lightnin’ Lariats,” a western comedy drama, filled to the brim with laughing thrills. MCDONALD: Third day: “The Night of Love,” a gorgeous drama of love and daring adventure, with the screen’s greatest lovers, Ron ald Colman and Vilma Bankv in the greatest roles of their brilliant careers; atmospheric presentation, “Songs of Love,” featuring Kath leen Powell, with Sharkey Moore and the greater Merry-Macks in a special stage setting, nightly at nine; Frank Alexander in melodious musical score, and playing “Songs of Many Nations,” as an organ solo; Felix cartoon comedy and Interna tional news events. Coming—Richard Dix in “Para dise for Two,” a delightfully spirit ed comedv-drama, with the dashing “Dick” supported by pretty Betty Bronson. Soon, the world’s premier showing of Carl Laemmle’s “The Fourth Commandment,” with Belle Bennett and star cast. Olio fro Hipo, ’26, Takes Position in Philippines Onofre Hipe, who graduated last year, and has since been studying radio telegraphy in Portland, has been appointed as teacher in one POMFRET is an Arrow «,H IRT with an Arrow COlLlLAlEt on it. It is made of a fine genuine English Broad cloth that retains its nice, silk-like finish. It pay-s to insist on Arrows, because by so doing, you get the best that there is in shirts, collars and materials ASK YOUR DFALER 1 CAMPUS Bullet i All members of both the freshman men and women’s debate squads meet at Villard hall Thursday at 4 o’clock sharp for Oregana pictures. Dial meets this week Wednesday, with Dr. Stuart, East 11th street. Cosmopolitan club meeting at 7:30 Wednesday (tonight) at Y. M. C. A. hut. Prof. F. S. Dunn will give il lustrated lecture. Professor Schroff’s artistic anat omy class which ordinarily meets j Monday evening 8-9 will meet next ! Monday from 5-6 to allow students to go to the Symphony concert. The i following Monday classes will be resumed at the regular time. Men’s hygiene examination: stu- | | dents absent from class this week i call at office of men’s gymnasium ' to procure copy of questions. Oregon Knight meeting. Very im portant. Room 1, Johnson hall, 5 o’clock. Bring picture money. Roll call. A special men’s glee club practice will be held in the Music building at five o’clock this afternoon. Rally Committee meet at College j Side Inn this noon at 12 o’clock. ! of the provincial high schools in the : Philippines, according to Mrs. Don ! nelly, -who has received a letter j from him. \ Students Are Urged To Order Oreganas; 112 Copies Available ' - Those students who have not yet purchased an Oregana, are urged to do so by the business staff, as almost all the 1900 annuals that have been ordered are already sold. According to James Manning, busi ness manager, no extra books will be ordered this year, and those who expect to buy one when they are off ! the press on Junior Week-End will ; be disappointed. Only 112 books j remain to be sold and orders are 1 coming in daily for engraving com- j panies, printers, and student^ Mem bers of the medical school in Port- i land are holding a circulation drive j this week, and it is expected that ! the number will be cut down to 60 ' remaining books. Students who desire to buy a book | may subscribe at the University Co-op or the graduate manager’s of fice. The price is $2.00 down, the balance when the book is received. The staff asks those students wrho have not yet ordered, to do so right away, in order that their names may be put on the list in time to be 1 among the 1900. | $5 Guarantee $5 | I Permanent Wave S I - Full head, long or short hair, any color. At last with in the reach of everybody. The same method and J system in use as in our other locations. As we are ■ here only a limited time, make your appointments |j early. ( BROWNIE BEAUTY SHOP » Mezanine Floor, Carrolls Pharmacy 3 f Permanent Wavers Company 1 * Also Operating in Los Angeles. Oakland, San j§ * Francisco, Portland and Seattle % All day Face Comfort MORE and more men are demanding comfort. The makers of Williams Shaving Cream have answered that demand with Aqua Velva, a scientific liquid made expressly for use after shaving. 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