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IDEALS are the world’s mas
ters.—J. G. Holland.
“Something Escaped . .
And Driving Free”
*1A cup of coffee nt midnight,
A cake and an epigram,
A laugh, a song, and a cigarette,
What else is worth a damn?
Let others think that the goal of life
Is a bank account and such,
The future is such a chilly bride,
Success costs far too much.
But—a Cup of coffee at midnight
A cake and an epigram,
. A laugh, a song, and a cigarette,
And more’s not worth a damn.”
So sings “The Minor Wail” in
the Utah Chronicle, and, come to
think of it, there’s something to
this, something more than good ad
vertising material for coffee-shops.
The student who has not partic
ipated in the evening talks over
the coffee-cups has missed that hu
man part of education usually ab
sent from lectures.
What a range of topics these
soirees call forth! They reach from
the sublime to the ridiculous, start
ing, often at one extreme and end
ing at the other. But whatever the
subject the treatment is uniformly
more vigorous and frank than is
heard ever in the class-room. It
may be the hour, the occasion or the
company, but whatever the ronson
the coffee-reveler speaks without
inhibition and with equal daring of
the serious and of the petty, of
matters that, have momentary in
terest and not even that much im
portance, and of eternal problems
that have engaged philosophers,
real and spurious, for ages.
“The Minor Wail” who talks of
•“the goal of life” and that “chilly
bride,” the future, understands that
it is only over the eoffee-cups that
one unburdens himself of his inner
questions, dares to express his in
nermost convictions or worries con
cerning life, knowing that his hear
ers will be sympathetic and rever
ent.
Nor is it nil so serious, though
the questioning over-tone nearly al
ways may he heard. Perhaps last,
night's “movie” is being riddled by
sarcastic darts, or maybe Professor
1 JSo aiid-so’s learning and methods
are being dissected, and the pro
fessor, who at that very moment is
sleeping the sleep of the virtuous,
icing diagnosed after the. post
mortem as a dilettante trying to
pass as a scholar. Epigrams and
humor that would enrich any litera
ture fall on appreciative ears, but
there are no minutes, and contribu
tions to learning, born under the
leisurely influence of coffee, or even
the less romantic lemon “coke,” and
midst good company and tobacco
■moke, are soon lost to the world.
And it may not be religion, love,
politics, literature, philosophy, art
and men that are under discussion.
Perhaps this is only a story telling
-cession when fables, some nice and
some not so nice, circulate. Some
one, or even the group, may sing,
.though this, sad to relate, is not
usually done. Or again, silence is
the order of tho evening and one
communes with his own thoughts.
Verily, there is nothing under the
jsuti that does not enter into the
conversation of the group around
Ihc coffee cups. It is a time when
Commun
ications
As a Freshman Sees It
To the Kditor:
Silence broods over the question
of freshman rights and wrongs in
reference to so called "tradition,”
ji silence which should bo broken
once more before the end of the
school year.
Traditions are supposed by some
text-books mean less than nothing,
and both tomorrow’s assignments
and tomorrow arc forgotten.
Text-books and tomorrow are lim
ited in scope. Wo are dealing with
all time and all things, and “more’s
not worth a damn.”
Do All Freshmen
Feally Like It?
A STOCK answer of the support
ers of 'freshman rules to at
tacks on their pet traditions has
been: “the freshmen like them.”
We have never questioned the
statement that there are freshmen
who would prefer to see the rules
retained. But we have maintained,
and do still, that there are object
ors, and that these persons alone,
if not all first year men, should be
permitted to go their own way.
Ai interesting letter from a fresh
man objector appears in the com
munication column today. It pre
sents a point of view that we hope
even the zealous vigilantes will not
overlook. It states in simple lan
guage several very good reasons
why freshman traditions should be
outlawed.
We add only a few words of John
! E. Winter, of West Virginia uni
versity, which appeared in a recent
issue of “School and Society” as
part of an article on the psychology
of freshman rules. Mr. Winter
writes:
“It is impossible to compel one
to be enthusiastic as it is to compel
him to hate or love. . . . Coercion
arouses resistance, and the kindred
attitudes of aversion, disgust, re
sentment . . . and lays the founda
tion of mal-direction or disintegra
tion.”
Are the vigilantes certain they
can put into effect outworn tradi
tions, by means of force? Perhaps it
is time they stopped being patriotic
long enough to think.
Guaranteed to
Solve All Problems
THE law-abiding citizens of the
state of Oregon will collective
ly put to death, next month, one
Albert Brownlee. Brownlee, a jury
said, committed murder, so the state
will do likewise. Instead of a gun,
the citizenry will use a rope, and
Brownlee will bo “hanged by the
! neck until dead,” as logal phraseol
ogy so eloquently puts it.
This is a small matter to the peo
ple of the state. Any one citizen
would probably revolt if he were
assigned the task of performing
the execution, but it is an imper
sonal matter, and the easiest way
to deal with Albert Brownlee's of
fense is by a similar one.
We are not acquainted with the
intimate details of the Brownlee
case, neither is the state at large
which has decided that he must die.
j The matter is simple: this man
killed; therefore he must be killed.
{Might not sociology, psychology,
I economics, ethics (and not sent i
! mentality) have some part in this
'case? Is the story all as simple as
J “an eye for an eye?”
But why go beyond the bare sur
face facts? Why try to discover
! reasons why this man should not
die? What should we do with him?
The rope is so simple, such an easy
solution. What a boon society has
j in legal murder.
to In' the backbone of college life,
and the trcshiuau is supposed to be
I trained in the paths of righteousness
j by their discipline. The question is,
| are all the Oregon traditions, en
forced by paddle and tub, really es
| sential to one’s education, which is,
nominally, the reason for being
here? Are we emphasizing the more
important customs, those which have
the most salutory effect on college
life?
It seems to me that the super
abundant energies of mock-offic
ious and loyal organizations such as
5 Tfc SEVEN
■W SEERS
Judging from the way contribu
tions for the Fine Arts building are
joining in, the formal opening could
safely be scheduled for May 1, 1999.
• * *
A graduate student won the Edi
son Marshall Short Story Contest.
In that case Mr. Marshall could no
doubt win it himself if he were tak
ing work here at the University.
# * *
“THIS BUNS INTO MONEY,”
SAID THE CLERK AS . HE
SPILLED THE INK IN THE CASH
REGISTER.
Our friend with the swishing
false teeth says once in a while he
likes to read ancient literature and
when he does he just drops into the
dispensary and reads the magazines.
* « *
Poor absent minded
Orlando McGregg;
He tried to fry
A hard boiled egg.
• * *
TODAY’S SIMILIE
As dark as a sorority porch.
Gretchen took it upon herself
yesterday to call up the theater and
invite six of the puppets out to her
house for dinner Monday night.
• * •
The other day down at the court
room Brownlee missed hearing his
sentence because he happened to be
amusing himself by looking at Dud
Clark’s mustache at /the moment.
Lord! If it can so attract a hard
boiled prisoner convicted of murder
have mercy upon the co-eds.
Mary Ann Bennett,
Is the woman for me,
If she never eats more
Than she does at tea.
• • •
CO-ED COUNCIL
Dear Aunt Seerah:
I am just a poor, lonesome little
co-ed who needs some help. I want
to get into the movies. Can you
please tell mo how?
Lovingly
Betty
Ans.
Dear Betty:
Just present a fifty cent piece at
the ticket window and they will
gladly let you in.
Aunt Seerah
* • *
More power to Duke! After the
little piece in yesterday’s colym
about service in his inn, we braved
the storm and went there for lunch
again. When we sat down we were
surrounded by so many waitresses
who wanted to take the order that
1 began to think I was seeing things.
And that was not the end. While
our order was in preparation so
many girls came along and asked if
the order had been taken that we
printed a sign “YES OUR ORDER
HAS BEEN TAKEN” and put it
on the table.
• • •
ETIQUETTE HINT
At formal dinners, olive pits are
not to be thrown at the host or
hostess.
IIARRY SCOTT of the Physical
Ed department says that a person
has flat feet when he can stand
barefooted and not have toes or
heels touch the floor. As a cure he
the “Vigilantes,” and the “ Frosh
Court,” could be better directed
towards more firmly ■establishing
the really worthy traditions such as
“Hello,” (which totters on the edge
of extinction) than wasting their
valuable (?) time promiscuously pud
dling first year men for not wearing
a rather ridiculous green lid on all
possible occasions, or for in the
least way asserting themselves and
“being cocky.”
However, a tradition deserving the
name should not have to be put into
effect by force—if it must be, it is
no longer worth while preserving.
Why does the sophomore class of
each year stoop to the level of the
preceding class, and proceed to
“get even,” venting the spite of a
few upon perfectly innocent new
comers, under the sheltering cloak
of "tradition”? Js running through
the main street of the city, smeared
with paint, one trouser leg rolled
up. a garter around the neck, and
panting “to hell with O. A. C.,” a
“tradition" worthy of Oregon?
Why is the newcomer, ignorant of
the university, tilled with mushy
talk about the “night attitude,”
and "Oregon spirit” which are *
things that cannot be beaten into
one, things that must grow natural
ly and gradually with the “increas
ing college associations before they
can become an integral part of the
student (if they ever do).
Traditions are actions guided by
feelings and sentiments that cannot
be explained and should not be blot
ted out to a lot of unsuspecting 1
freshmen who don't get the idea, 1
and never take it seriously, anyway.
FRESHMAN
[CAMPMJT ' 1
; Bulletin!
Women’s League tea this after
noon from 4 to 6 on sun porch of
Woman’s building. A number of
Big Sisters will act as hostesses.
To-Ko-Lo meeting tonight at 7:30
at the College Side Inn. Very im
portant.
Agora meets tonight at 7:30,
Woman’s building.
--j
suggests rocking back and forth like
a rocking chair.
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A ROLLING STONE GATHERS,,
NO MOSS, BUT HE SURE TAKES
ON A NICE SLICK POLISH.
• * *
This photograph was taken just
after Betty Neck, most popular
woman on the campus, had hung up '
the receiver and written in, her j
book the last date she can accept.
She is now completely dated up to
and including next winter term. In
speaking of her great popularity
Betty was loud in her praise of Old
Gold cigarettes, the use of which
have completely overcome her dis-■
tressing tickling cough. She said1
she used to cough so violently that !
all the powder was shaken off her
face. She says the big IT however,
is the fact that she always takes |
her parents along with her on dates.
* * »
Whatever troubles Adam had
While living there in Eden,
You never saw him out at night
Mowing lawns and weedin’.
Olds
(Continued from page one)
difficult to put punch into this
type. It is a situation as slow mov
ing as the sky and the earth. There- I
fore she deserves much credit for
the performance. She handled her
people and the passage of time very
well. The implications of her story
were well brought out. And there’s
all those little details and incidents
that distinguish a poor piece of |
writing from a good piece.”
“The Trophy,” by' Miss Hurley, :
recounts an Armistice day cele
Tomorrow —
THE
THIRD
DEGREE
Don’t say boo
Till you see it
LAST DAY
Laura La Plante
Pat O’Malley
also
HAL AOkACH
MiMssmrrm
I
CHARLEY
CHASE
Bromo Juliet'
?A
iration, when the soldiers meet to | a
alk over the war. r
Liked “Trophy Luck” 1
“I liked ‘Trophy Luek,’ ” Mr. r
Iaycox wrote, “because it swung t
ight along, had a good idea and got t
aore dramatic as it traveled. The t
peaking was good, likewise the
iroperties.” t
The other students who turned in a
tories, which were all praised by t
he judges, both for their handling C
f the material and consistency of a
he plot, are Ruth Jackson, Eugene, g
ophomore in English; Bayard T. £
Jerril], Eugene, junior in educa- I
ion; Vena M. Gaskill, Beaverton, 1
unior in business administration; 1
Valter Lloyd, Portland, freshman
n zoology; Dorothy Franklin, Port
and, sophomore in journalism; Vin
:ent Hill, Colton, junior in educa- -
ion; William Puustinen, Svensen,
lophomore in, education; Frances
Iherry, Wallowa, junior in journal
ism; Eva Nealon, Central Point,
senior in journalism; Paul Tracy,
Springfield, senior in < journalism;
md John Joseph O’Meara, Beaver
ton, senior in journalism.
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Drama Season Ends
At University High
The drama season at University
high school will be climaxed this
year by the presentation of “The
Drums of Oude,” a one act play by
Austin Strong. Th*e play is now be
ing worked out by Edna Assen
heimer, head of dramatics in the
school, with the assistance of Katie
Buchanan, of the University drama
department, and will be given in
the state drama tournament for
high schools, which will be held on
the Oregon campus early in May.
The play has a note of mystery
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nd an unexpected ending which is
lore than unusual. The scene is
lid in the interior of a palace in j
orthern India which is occupied ;
y British troops, and a military
inge accompanies the mysterious
one.
The cast has been selected from
he personnel of the whole school
nd practices have begun. Those in
he cast are: Captain Hector Mc
iregor, Kermit Stevens; Lieuten
nt Alan Hartly, Austin Frey; Ser
eant McDougal, Denzil Page; Stew
rt, the sentry, Conan Smith; two
lindustani servants, Charles Bicka
augli; Mrs. Jack Clayton, Hart
v’s sister, Buby George.
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Pledging Announcement
Kappa Sigma announces the
hedging of Charles Worth, of Eu
;ene.
The following freshmen report
to Room 1, Johnson hall, at 7
o’clock sharp, tonight:
Bob Van Orman, Harry Wood,
Pat McGinnis, Steve Roice, Mar
shall Shields, Charles Silverman,
Jim Terry, Max Dunlap, Howard
Van Nice, Sam Van Vactor,
Richard Schroeder, Bob Robin
son, Ted Conn, Kenneth Olds,
Hyman Hall, James Raley, Alex
Kashuba, Francis Sturgis, Oli
ver Hill, John Bird.
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2 Shows, 7 & 9
TONIGHT
World’s Greatest Trapeze Artist
Frank Reckless
And his wonder girls, Sylvia, Morva and Hill Vande in a
Sensational Novelty
One of the most daring exhibitions ever given on any stage
SOUTHERN SERENADERS
Harmonious, Melodious Melodies
HAROLD ALBERTO
The Gay Deceiver
Tom—WOODS & FRANCIS—Frank
“Two Northern Boys from the South”
“Don’t "Move”
THREE CROWELL SISTERS
“An Instrumental Interlude”
Pathe “Light Wines and Bearded Topics
Novelty Ladies” of Day
An Imperial Comedy
“The Sky Sentinel” a Fox Variety
HEILIG
Kodak Weather
Is Comin
Spring term, you know, when the sun
shines every day, the campus is in full
bloom, the mill race invites you, the
woods beckon you—there’s nothing
like snapshots to tell your friends at
home what life is really like down
here. Then too, think of the memories
they will bring back after your college
days are over.
Why not get your kodak out of storage
and have it loaded, with a few extra
films on hand—you’ll be ready for the
first calls of the open air.
And here’s another tip:
Yon may be sure of prompt and efficient developing
and printing if you leave your films with us.
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