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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1927)
GDtpgmt Daily 3*mfrall> University of Oregon, Eugene BOL ABRAMSON, Editor EARL W SLOCUM, Mana...-, EDITORIAL BOARD Ra, jsjaah_._Managing Editor Henry Alderman Contributing Editor Harold Mangum __ Sports Editor Bertram Jessup . Contributing Editor Florence Jones —_ Literary Editor.... Paul Luy . Feature Editor News and Editor Phones, 665 DAY EDITORS: Beatrice Harden, Genevieve Morgan, Minnie Fisher. Barbara Blythe. Bill Haggerty. Alternates: Flossie Radabaugh, Grace Fisher. NIGHT EDITORS: Bob Hall. Supervisor: Wayne Morgan, Jack Coolidge, John Nance Henry Lumpee, Herbert Jonas. SPORTS STAFF: Jack O'Meara, Assistant Sports Editor: Dick Syring, Art Schoenl. Hoyt Barnett, Dick Jones, Bob Foster. FEATURE WRITERS: Donald Johnston, Ruth Corey, John Butler, Joe Sweyd. LaWanda Fenlason. UPPER NEWS STAFF: Jane Eplcy Alice Kraeft, Edith Dodge, Bob Galloway. NEWS STAFF: Grace Taylor, Herbert Lundy, Marian Rten, Dorothy Baker, Kenneth Roduner Betty Schultie, Frances Cherry, Margaret Long, Mary McLean, Bess Duke, Ruth Newman, Miriam Shepard, Lucile Carroll, Eva Nealon, Margaret Hensley, Margaret Clark, John Allen, Craycc Nelson. Dorothy Franklin, Eleanor Edwards, Walter Coover, Amos Burg, Betty Hagen, Leola Ball, Dan Cheney, Ruth Newton. BUSINESS STAFF Milton George _ Associate Manager Francis McKenna Circulation Manager Herbert Lewis -. Advertising Manager Ed Bissell . Ass't Circulation Mgr. loe Neil . Advertising Manager Wilbur Shannon . Circulation Ass’t Larry Thielen ... Foreign Advertising Mgr. Ruth Corey . Specialty Advertising Ruth Street . Advertising Manager Alice McGrath ... Specialty Advertising Advertising Assistants: F’lossie Radabaugh, Roderick LaFollette. Maurine Lombard Charles Reed, Bob Moore, Bill Hammond, Oliver Brown. Office Administration: Dorothy Davis, Lou Anne Chase, Ruth Field, Emily Williams. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students ol the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during the college year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice et Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.60 per year. Adver tising rates upon application. Residence phone, editor, 2293-L; manager, 132u Business office phone, 1895. Pay Editor This Issue—Bill Haggerty. Night Editor This Issue—Henry Lumpee. Assistant—Addison Brockman. Unsigned comment in this column is written by the editor. F’ull responsibility is assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion. GIVE mo the liberty to know, to alter, to arguo freely ac cording to conscience, above all other liberties.—John Milton. Hail, Mussolini; Be of Good Cheer ITALY now has harmony,—prob ably more than it ever has had before. And how simply it has all been brought about. A turn of Sig nor Mussolini’s hand, and discord is at an end. When anyone dares to think openly, Mr. Mussolini turns his hand again, and a littlo more harmony is applied. What if Italy is under a dictatorship; what if it is a crime to disagree; what if thought must bo standardized just like machinery? Isn’t everything quiet and harmonious? Everybody agrees with 11 Duice, and II Duco is right because II Duco has decreed that he is right and serving the peo ple’s “best interests,” and II Duce, controlling opinion as he does, must be right. It’s a far throw from Romo to Eugene. But now on the campus of a university, a supposed center of enlightenment from which will go forth the tolerant and high-minded citizens of the commonwealth, just such “harmony” is being sought. It is being asked at the price of repre sentative government. An editor, elected by the people, will be sub ject only indirectly to these same people, and directly to an appoin tive censorship committee. He will say, not what ho decrees to bo in keeping with the best interests of those who elected him, but what a committee interprets as the best in terests. Disagreement, honest crit icism—conclusions openly arrived at—all will be sacrificed to “har mony,” as interpreted by a com mittee. What if truth and committee-in terpreted harmony clash? Harmony must reign. But oh what harmony! harmony born of intolerance to new ideas; of fear to stand by one’s principles; of unwillingness to hear the truth. If Emerald editorial control passes to the publications commit tee, Oregon will have harmony. But what price harmony? Crowding the Seven Seas WE have just learned from a more c less eminent author ity, whose reputation for veracity has, through some accident, re mained thus far unshattered, that so far this spring, the plans for proposed student tours, floating uni versities and itinerant institutions of like nature number some 9,472. Surprising, isn’t it, what an ap palling lack of good old yankee in itiative theso figures show. If some one doesn’t do something, it is con ceivable that there may bo some students left in this country during the summer season, thus depriving the jelled generation of what might have been for them a period of long-hoped-for rest. Poor dears. , Seriously speaking, the number of i American students who have visited I Europe is mounting to interesting proportions. It is rapidly getting j to the point where tlio question is | not, “Have you ever been to Eur I ope?”, but rather, “When were you I in Europe?” If there is any effort I during theso trips to establish per I sonal contacts and friendships with ! foreigners, they will bo of an ob viously incalculable value. If, how ever, they are simply glorified sight seeing trips (and it is evident that some of them are), they are worse than useless. Two days spent in gaping at Shakespeare’s house or wearing cork helmets in Singapore (not that Singapore is in Europe) j are even more wasteful than stay ing at homo and going to summer school. Tho big trouble is tlint everybody does it. There is no orig | inality. | There are so many things in Eur ope that no one ever seems to think J of doing. Tn London, for install,ce, there is 222 Baker street, the home of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes. Then there is Soho, the foreign quarter that always figures so im portantly in the mystery stories. Soho is full of dives with myster ious and sinister green baize doors concealing Chinese torture cham bers and the like. And in Paris, there are the "Rue Morgue and the sewers. Why do tourists never visit the famous Paris sowers, to say nothing of tho celebrated haunts of the phantom of the opera? No, we feel that Europe is being done an injustice. Some Indepen dent Undergraduate Maritime In vestigation committeo ought to do something in the way of curricular reform on floating universities. —H. A. commun ications k .4u “Trifling Change” To the Students: In tlu> great commotion which has been going on the last few days over a trilling change in the consti tution of the,A. S. l\ O. a few facts have been lost sight of. They are important enough, however, to bo mentioned. We were told in yesterday's is sue of “The Emerald” that the danger in passing the proposed amendment “lies in the possible ex ercise of a vicious power.” It is highly improbable that at any time would the whole committee consent to the repression of anything whileh is truly representative of the stu dents and is for thoi>- best interests. The members of the committee rep resent a number of different inter ests and different view points of student affairs. Three members— the alumni representative, the fac ulty representative and the grad uate manager—have been here a number of years and through past practical experience know thorough !y what the disastrous results are of unfamiliarity of an editor with all the facts in a case. We are often prone to forget that “The Emer aid” is rend not only by tho stu dents on the campus, but also by people nil over the state whose only knowledge of campus affairs is ob tained from reading “The Emer ald,” and if garbled accounts of conditions here are given we are judged from that alone. Against this we should guard. An editor is no more infallible than any of us and it is entirely possible that he may err sometimes in printing state ments that may have an undesirable effect on people off the campus. Xo one questions the sincerity and dis interestedness of the editors we elect but to safeguard themselves and ourselves against their errors of judgment should hardly be a measure to provoke so mulch resent j ment and blinding statements of I "gag iuh', suppression of criticism,” etc., that we have heard lately. 1 quite agree with the eommun i leant yesterday who stated that in a thinking group such as a student body of a university should be that it is impossible to have everyone agree on ono policy. In such a case is it not more logical to suppose that several representative people , of the student body are better able to interpret the many different opin ions of that student body than is one man? The Publications Committee is to • act not as a board of censors as the I ( (Continued on tmge three) | ( Here are the x men who sur vived the semi-finals -t the Best Dressed Man Contest. • the dance Saturday night you will be called upon to decide who really is the best dressed mai WENDELL OrtA / HAROLD BRUMFIELD FOREST EHLERi GUS GREULIGH DICK GORDON EILL JAMET DEBATERS W YT N EM BLEM OF RECOC .ITION. WHY NOT A LOFDSPEAKER? J. Elmer T1 • oatgarglc. Seven Seer candidate for student body presi dent. In backing him we feel we have chosen the most popular man on the campus. He was largely re sponsible for the existing 10:30 rule for women’s living t; -anizations and it was directly tfc. r ,gh his ef forts that lights .1 put up in some of the darker pi-ces on the campus. At preset!' e is on a com mittee which is se .usly trying to have the mill race done away with. He suggests filling it in with earth and then paving it. Bicycles could then be rented in place of canoes. Whatever troubles Adam had, And they weren’t small we’ll bet, At least before election time lie knew what votes he’d get. The latest white collar job—pri vate in the R. O. T. C. Divorced are Mr. and Mrs. Keith She marked the pies With his falso Teeth. Ben Dover, our freshman, won ders how the French Revolutionists found any Liberty and Equality in Fraternity. TODAY’S SIMILE Thicker than fraternity soup is I thin. • • • Our friend with the swishing false teeth says yon can always tell college men wherever you see them. Before going in a door they always glance up for possible water bags. ... “We love our teacher,” said the lads, Some wholesome chaps of ten. To which the cynic made reply, “And so do your old men.” • 4 . Abe Martin says college profes sors might be as famous as athletic coaches if they turned out as many famous men. WHAT’S THE USE? Bringing a Buick roadster to ] school for spring term, only to find our rival has brought down a Cad illac. The Theta frosh will probably be singing “I’m Forover Blowing Bub bles,” after their little diversion of Tuesday night. . . . CO-ED COUNCIL Dear Aunt Seerah, Now that elections are here I find that I don ’t carry much weight around the campus. What would you advise? Disappointed Dear Disappointed, Eat plenty of starchy foods and I drink two or three malted milks | every day. Your Aunt Seerah. • • • INFIRMARY NOTE: Dick Jones is suffering from a j severe ease of poison oak. Una Inch is suffering from a so- j vere case of poison oak. i ... j| The Alpha O’s tried their best j to rate a fire Saturday night but missed it by nearly a block. * * *. ji Beta: “I call the Tri-Delts, ‘Cam- j els.’ ” Frosh: “Why?” ;l Beta: “Because I walk a mile for one.” ! SEVEN SEERS Black f Continued from page one) who is not by nature humble. Re flection is essential, and comparable So digestion. It is not work to read the “lit erature of power.” One has but to ittend. Thoroughness Valued “Culture comes from the absorp tion of one book,” said Dr. Black n advocating an intensive rather han extensive attitude. “You don't reed a lot. ” Dr. Black has a strong admiration ’or the writers and great men of he A ietorian age. He does not con sider the modern age to have pro luced even one effort comparable to hat of Darwin, Wordsworth, Lamb, farlyle. i Dr. Black will give an address to light in Villard hall at 7:30 on 'Religion and Its Relation to Mod J rn Life.” This lecture will be free f charge. jj Proposed Amendment to By-Laws of A. S. V. O. Constitution The following amendment to the by-laws of the A. S. U. O. constitution will be voted on at the student jody election, April 28: Amending Article IV, Section II, Clause III, of the by-laws to the A. S. U. Vi. constitution by adding to the existing provision —stating the duties of the editor of the Emerald editor—“He shall direct the policy of the paper” the following phrase: “in accordance with the provi sion of Clause II, Article ITT, Section VI of the constitution so that the by-laws, as amended, will read: “He shall direct the policy of the paper in accordance with provision of Clause II, Section VI, Article III of the constitution.” This reads: “This publications committee shall act as a sub committee of the executive council. It shall keep informed on all matters rel ative to the publications of the Associated Students and advise the executive council when need ed. Further, ic shall safeguard the interests of all publications, and shall assume supervision and direction over those directly con nected with these activities, pro moting policies therein which will bo for the best interests of the Associated Students, Further, it shall prepare and submit bud gets for each publication of the A. S. U. O. to the finance com mittee. It shall make recommen dations for the election of all student managers of all publica tions to the executive council. It shall make recommendation to the executive council for the election of editors of all publi cations not otherwise provided for in this constitution.” Tryouts for Relay Set For Friday Afternoon The tryouts for the Washington relays have been set for 3:30 Fri day afternoon on Hayward field. These tryouts are for both varsity and frosh. Prom (Continued from page 1) as his sub-committee, Mary Clark and Leota Biggs. Elizabeth Waara, head of ‘he pat rons and patronesses commit! ee, has appointed to serve her, Dorothy Munsell, Marian Clear and Rosalie Parker. Alice Douglass, chairman of the refreshments committee, appointed Mae Anderson as a member of the committee. Eugene Gray, floor and clean-up chairman, has announced the ap pointment of Charles-Fisher, Harold Davis and Paul Keeney. Because of the immensity of the room where the dance is to be hold, the task of decorating will mean a great deal of work, said Bill Powell, and the services of all juniors avail- ) ablo will bo needed, when work will begin within the next week or two. CAM PUT Bulletir j Meeting of all practice teachers and all others interested today in ! room 4, Education building, at 5:00. j Mr. C. A. Howard, state superinten ! dent of public instruction, will ; speak. Pi Lambda Theta tea today from I 4 to 6 at Mrs. Maxham’s home. The following are to report to night for rehearsal of Act IV of “Creole Moon”: Doug Wilson, H. Socolofsky, Elmer Grimm, Bill For bis, Gretchen Kier, Winston Lake, Janet Pearce, and Art Anderson. The entire cast will meet Saturday morning at 9 o’clock in Villard hall, for a very important rehearsal. Spe cialities and chorus parts are ex cluded. Sigma Delta Pi open meeting to -night at 7:30 in geology lecture room, Condon hall, Dr. Warren D. Smith will give an illustrated lec ture on Philippines, Spanish in fluence there. Dr. Hugh Black will give a free lecture tonight at 7:30 in Villard hall. His subject will be “Religion and Its Relation to Modern Life.” Agora meets tonight at 7:30, Woman’s building. Donut Track. All house represen tatives in intramural sports meet at Hayward field Thursday (today) at 3:30 p. m. Gift (Continued from page, one) the General Education board for the very substantial progress that will be made possible by this gen erous appropriation,” he said. In 1920 the General Education board made an appropriation of $163,000 to the medical school, which makes a total of $293,000 which has been received from that source, a fact which is indicativei of appreciation and approval of the program of the University in the [ field of medical education. REX LAST TIMES TODAY Mighty MICHAEL STROGOFF The Leviathan of all melodramas with Ivan Moskine and a cast of 6000 ■ How’s the Battery? K Maybe that’s where the trouble is— Drive in — We’ll fix it! Ninth and Olive Streets | Athletic Trophies h Tennis, track, baseball, and golf are just getting under way. Nothing adds more interest and stimulus to competition in these sports than a sil ver trophy cup. We carry a large va riety of cups and awards from which to select. ] ] HOFFMAM’S ] 790 Willamette St. ) liaisisjaBEJ5!5isj3iaarBjasisfarsisiajs{3®5ii5jaajsiaisiffl5is.fSJ3SEi3j®Ei5iafffla®si 'Theaters ^ r— COLONIAL: Last day: “The naming Frontier.” Coming tomor row and Saturday, Norma Talmadge in “Graustark.” McDONALD: First day: Harold Bell Wright’s famous romance, “The Winning of Barbara Worth,” with Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky in the roles that have thrilled mil lions in the most popular novel America’s favorite author ever penned, now brought to the screen as a great drama with the screen’s greatest lovers featured; on the stage, “Sharkey” Moore and his melodious “Merry-Macks” in an atmospheric presentation, with Har ry Scougal, popular baritone solo ist, tonight at nine; Frank Alex ander playing “My Old Kentucky Home,” assisted by KoKo, on th< screen; Inkwell Cartoon; Oregoi Pictorial News. . Coming (Monday) Harold Lloyc in “The Kid Brother,” directly fol lowing its premier showings in th< East, where it shattered all atten dance records, and critics lifted their throats to the skies in sing ing its praises as a laughter spe cial; “White Gold,” the phenomen al picture of the year, is on its way. BEX: Last day: Jules Verne’: mighty melodrama, “Michael Stro goff,” with Ivan Moskine and i cast numbering over 6,000, in th< most colorful drama the screen ha: ever produced,—pronounced by the ‘ leading critics of two continents a: ! the greatest of the great melodra | niatie achievedents of all time; spe cial musical accompaniment, Johi Clifton Emmel at the organ; select ed comedy and novelty subject. Subscribe for the Emerald. —AT LAST! —Today, for 3 days! HAROLD BELL WRIGHT’S famous romance of strong passion and high ideals The WINNING of BARBARA WORTH -with Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky The screen’s greatest lovers in America’s favorite author’s most popular romantic novel. ON THE STAGE “SHARKEY” and the MERRY MACKS with Harry Scougai Tonight at Nine Matinee 35c ORGAN NOVELTY FRANK ALEXANDER playing “MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME" Assisted by Koko Inkwell Cartoon Oregon News Night 50c