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Day Editor This Issue—Genevieve Morgan
Night Editor This Issue—Herbert Jonaa
Aaaiatwnt—Tim Wood, J r.
Unsigned comment in this column is written by the editor. Full responsibility
U assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion.
LIBERTY of the press and
liberty of speech is not the
right to expose and defend the
right; it is the right to advocate
the wrong. It is only valuable
when it is employed to break
down the fixed and settled opin
ions of mankind or the tempor
ary conclusions they have ar
rived at.—James A. Reed.
I
.1
Shall We Sacrifice
Truth to Harmony?
THE first searching analysis of
the proposal to submit the Em
erald's editorial policies to the ap
pointive publications committee ap
pears on the first page today as a
contribution from Prof. S. Stephen
son Smith. It takes the question
out of the realm of the personal and
the petty detail and places it in its
proper perspective as an important
and fundamental issue.
Coming down to the heart of the
matter, it does not matter how sim
ple, technically, the change is. As
a matter of fact, when the plan was
originally suggested last week, tho
now-advertised simple procedure
was undiscovered. Tho problem is
whether tho best interests of a uni
versity and its students are served
by a complete airing of controver
sial matters or by a spineless pub
lication that mny bo shunted about.
Tho word “harmony” has been
used vaguely in its relation to tho
proposed measure. This harmony,
it has been said, cannot bo had un
less an appointive committeo con
trols the studont-elocted editor. Tho
assumption is that tho students aro
incapable of selecting the right men
for office and likewise Incapable of
deciding when to remove these sumo
inen. It might bo suggested that
just as the students may err in se
lecting an editor, they may err in
their selection of other officers. And
why not, then, we ask, a simplified
recall f
Uet us have no illusions about
democracy. Yet if tho principle is
at all valid it should be workable
in a university community, where
supposedly tho electorate is enlight
ened and compact. There is more
democracy, and more fairness to
students and editors, in making the
editors liable to recall at any time
by those who put them into office,
than by subjecting these same edi
tors to a board which may after all
very easily misinterpret the state of
opinion in the constituency.
Perhaps, or probably, under the
proposed plan, we would have har
mony. Put. the question is whether
we want harmony at the expense of
truth. Should a university student
body be afraid to think f * Should a
sincere governing body be afraid of
criticism ? Or shall we have “har
mony”—and stagnation?
This is the issue. The fear of
damage to tho University’s reputa
tion is ill-founded, because the pres
ident of the University may at any
time halt tho publication of the
paper, and who better than he, we
ask, should be able to gauge ef
fects? We wonder if the persons
on the outside would think any more
Commun
ications
i&i
(Editor’s note: (Space limitations
have made it necossarj to withhold
several communications. These will
all be published as soon as possible.
Contributors are asked to please
limit their remarks to 300 words. :
The Jetters received provious to !
this notice will be published intact: \
those received from now on will be
reduced to the 300-word limit.)
Committee Aid
To the Editor:
After following the arguments
of a yes-yes sheet than of a critical
one.
And in reference to the specific
amendment, the point of most im
portance is the danger of misuse of
the committee’s proposed power. It
is quite likely that matters would
run along smoothly, but the threat
of a big-stick would vitiate the
newspaper. And if there ever came
an occasion when extreme censor
ship seemed desirable, it could bo
effected. There lies the danger and
the reason for our opposition to the
amendment.
But above all this stands the vital
issue for the students of the uni
versity: Shall wo have harmony at
the sacrifice of truth1?
Depending on
The Standard
**"V7"0TJTHFUL delinquency” is
oho never-failing subject of
talk for tho sot generation. Like
the weather it is perennial and ubi
quitous. Parlor, pulpit, newspaper
and market-placo owe it much. It
is a staplo oi’ professional shadow
chasers and a commodity of flap
doodlists.
Knowing that, one should not bo
alarmed over occasional crescendos
in tho gloom song of our particular
generation of elders. And yet so
furious comes the barrage of preach
ments, resolutions and exhortations
of the moment that it assumes fad
dish proportions. Even like tho
student suicide, tho thing seems to
be somewhat overdone.
Note, for instance, tho mild re
proach of the amiable Portland
Spectator which, in indorsing a res
olution made at the recent conven
tion of educators in Spokane to tho
effect that the schools need to teach
more morals, says:
“Education, even when it is
frilled and embroidered with
music and picture-making, does
not amount to much unless it is
the accompaniment of character.”
Taken in the absolute such pro
nouncement might well be accepted
critically. But character and morals
nrr concepts which in the common
meaning tend to become confused
with the particular terms “this kind
of morals” and “this kind of char
acter.” Tho idea of progress has
but hardly begun to be conceived in
relation to personal conduct.
A contemporary English moral
philosopher who points out that
“conventionalism in morality cor
responds to dogmatism in beliefs”
is doing pioneer service in the be
lated development of this idea.
“As in fine art, so in morality,”
says this same authority (C. I).
Burns, in tho Journal of Ethics),
“originality and experimentation
are superior to technical skill or
academic tradition.”
This is one point at least that,
tho modern moral crusaders need
to consider. If morality is a pro
gressive art and not a fixed set of
dogmas we need new or deeper prin- j
eiples of moral criticism. And the j
moral conduct of the modern youth I
should no more be measured by j
Mosaic or Victorian standards than !
should the contemporary free verso i
poets be judged by standards of the I
heroic couplet.—B. J.
pro ami con on the proposed amend
ment it seems to me that any man
in any position or1 the Student Body
should not be opposed to utilizing
a representative committee as an
aid in his work. I view the editor
ship of any campus publication as
a trust to be handled for the best
interest of the student body. In
order to fulfill that purpose it is
only reasonable that the editor
maintain a point of contact with
student policies, student adminis
tration, and student sentiment. The
aublications committee offers this
point of contact and the editor of
the Emerald or any publication of
the present or future need not be
jneasv over the presence of this
• Tilt SEVEN
k SEERS
HERE’S THE SIX YOU’LL
VOTE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
WENDELL GRAY,
HAROLD BRUMFIELD,
FORREST EHLERS,
GUS GREULICH,
DICK GORDON,
BILL JAMES.
“Scientists find that a single
oyster will lay from one to eight
million eggs in a year.”—Chicago
Daily News. Gosh! What do you
suppose a married one could do.
Judging from the college suicides
that have been committed during
the past month or so, they must
have elections earlier on other cam
puses.
THE SKIN WE’D LOVE TO
TOUCH.
The bozo who takes out the sport
section every morning and carries
it off to his 8 o’clock.
The professor with the shiny blue
serge suit says that when a man
marries a pretty girl and a good
cook he is usually a bigamist.
• • •
J. STANLEY GRAY made him
self conspicuous at the military
parade Monday by standing with
his hat on when the band played
“The Star Spangled Banner,” and
the flag passed in review.
Apple Corum is our idea of a
real stingy man. He hides his socks
in the pockets of his pajamas in
order to save laundry bills.
• «• *
YOU CAN LEAD THE COLLE
GIATE TO WATER, BUT YOU
CAN’T MAKE HIM DRINK
WATER.
• • •
Of all the troubles Loeb has had
In his state of dejection,
He never heard himself discussed
Just previous to election.
The following is an excerpt from
tho letter of a friend in McMinn
ville, seat of Linfield College:
“The city went wild yesterday
after beating Oregon at baseball.
I was at a loss to explain the de
feat—not even having known such
a game was to be played. Tho ASIJO
should send out a promotion sheet
with ready prepared alibis for tho
use of alumni. Linfield will no
doubt have to build a couple of
dorms to house the influx on ac
count of that game.”
For resourcefulness we’ll have to
hand it to a friend of ours. He
keeps his cigarettes in his flask so
committee when it is viewed in this
light.
TED LARSEN
No Check?
To the Editor:
One of the strongest arguments—
or perhaps least weak would be a
better term—advanced by Mr. Biggs
and his student council for the pro
posed by-law amendment seems to
be that inasmuch as all other stu
dent officials are checked bv an ad
visory group, tho Emerald editor
should also be bound.
So far as I have been able to
find out, the student president and
other officials actually have no
check on them other than that im
posed by the faculty through the
agency of Karl Onthank as a mem
ber of the finance and executive
committee and L. 11. Johnson as
comptroller of student funds. There
is no student cheek on them such ns
they wish to impose on the Emerald.
If anyone should exercise control
over what goes into the Emerald, it
is the president of the University.
He alone is in a position to know
when the university is being hurt in
tli«> eyes of the state at large for
he is held responsible to the public
for conditions within the univer
sity. Further, he is above the fac
tional strife that exists in any stu
dent body.
I am willing to wager, however,
that the student council would not
be interested in an arrangement of
this sort, because it is quite evident
to the intelligent reader that they
really do not want censorship of
the Emerald for the larger good of
the university. What they are chief
ly interested in is control of the
daily for themselves in order to
prevent criticism of their own, and
doubtless well-meant, policies.
SENIOR
that his mother won’t know he
smokes.
• • •
TODAY’S SIMILE
As embarrased as when you at
tempt to start a big phonograhp in
a restaurant and are informed by
the manager that it’s out of order.
• • •
Gretchen suggests that we save
all the planks from the political
platforms and build another arena,
or igloo.
* * *
When your friend greets you with
a hearty smile; When your enemy
takes your hand and says “Hello,
there;’’ When you hear the words
“good man,’’ “lots of style;’’
When you begin to wonder and
think who will be the black mare;
When you feel excitement all about
you and—Then you know that soon
it will sooon be all over and no
more till next year.
* « •
SUGGESTION FOR COSTUME
Come to the hall as a beach com
ber. It will take so little time to
get ready.
* * *
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF
HUSBANDS. THOSE WHO HAVE
dens and Those who growl
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
* * *
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"Great spring we;re having.”
Students Physically
Better Statistics Show
University students are getting
better and better. This is a fact;
there are statistics to prove it.
Over in the dispensary office, are
large important slips whose severe
rows of numbers prove beyond all
doubt that students are better than
they were—at least physically.
There were only 41 patients in the
infirmary during the month of
March, as compared to the 122 there
during the month of February. That
is to say, of the 2693 students at
tending the University, only 1,.5
percent havebeen in the infirmary
in March, in comparison to 4.5 per
centage of February. April’s num
ber will come out at the end of
the month, and it is expected that
the total of serious illness will be
even less, having such a favorable
start.
I
CAMPUS !
Bnlletiiti
Pot and Quill will have an im
portant meeting at Florence Jones’
home this evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Pi Sigma meeting Wednesday
evening at 7:30 at Y. W. C. A. bun
galow.
Representatives, one from each
fraternity, are requested to meet
in room 110 Johnson, Thursday at
one o’clock. Very important. The
housing of the teams attending the
high school relays will be taken up.
Mathematics club meets Thurs
day, 7:30, room 1, Johnson hall. Mr.
Bunch will speak.
The Thursday class of women’s
personal hygiene will have a writ
ten quiz tomorrow.
Orchesis members meet promptly
at 7:15 for original try-outs.
Oregon Knights: Very important
meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Ad
ministration building. Plans for the
High School Relays will be dis
cussed. All members must be pres
ent.
The following are to rehearse for
Act III of “Creole Moon,” tonight
at 7:15 in Villard hall: Janet
Pearce, H. Socolofsky, Art Ander
son Ed Cheney, Carl Lidborg, Violet
REX
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Excursion to Newport
A combined excursion is planned
by the departments of geology and
biology for April 30-May 1. The
special train will leave the campus
at 1 o’clock on Saturday, April 30,
and leave Newport returning at 5
o’clock on May 1. The biological
phase of the excursion will occupy
the morning hours of May 1 from
6 to 8:30 and the geological, the
rest of the day. Any member of
the faculty or student bQdy ia wel
come to join the party, either to
take part in the educational work
or for pleasure. The cost of the
round trip ticket will be $4.00. Any
one wishing to go will kindly notify
Dr. E. L. Packard or Dr. A. R
Moore as soon as possible.
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