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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1927)
©tegim ©atlg $:meEali> University of Oregon, Eugene SOL ABRAMSON, Editor EARL W. SLOCUM, Manager EDITORIAL BOARD Bay Nash .-. Manasring Editor Henry Alderman . Contributing Editor Harold Man gum . Sports Editor Bertram Jessup . Contributing Editor Florence Jones . Literary Editor Paul Luy ....Feature Editor News and Editor Phones, 655 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, Leonard Delano. SPORTS STAFF: Jack O'Meara, Assistant Sports Editor; Dick Syring, Art Schoeni, Joe Pigney. FEATURE WRITERS: Donald Johnston, John Butler, LaWanda Fenlason. UPPER NEWS STAFF: Jane Epiey, Alice Kraeft, Edith Dodge, Bob Galloway. NEWS STAFF: Grace Taylor, Herbert Lundy, Marian Sten, Dorothy Baker, Kenneth Roduner, Betty Schultze, Frances Cherry, Margaret Long, Mary McLean, Bess Duke, Ruth Newman, Miriam Shepard, Lucilo Carroll, Eva Nealon. Margaret Hensley, Margaret Clark, John Allen, Grayce Nelson, Dorothy Franklin, Eleanor Edwards, Walter Coover, Amos Burg, Betty Hagen, Leola Ball, Dan Cheney, Kuth Newton. * BUSINESS STAFF ___ Milton George . Associate Manager Francis McKenna . Circulation Manager Herbert Lewis . Advertising Manager j;d Bissell . Ass't Circulation Mgr. Joe Neil .-;■-••• Advertising Manager wi]bur shannon . Circulation AsB’t Larrv Thiolen .... Foreign Advertising Mgr. ",luu Ruth Street . Advertising Manager Alice McGrath . Specialty Advertising Advertising Assistants: Flossie Radabaugh, Roderick LaFollette, Maurine Lombard, Charles Reed, Bob Moore, Bill Hammond, Oliver Brown. Office Administration: Ruth Field, Emily Williams, Lucielle George. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during the college year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene Oregon as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year. Adver Sing rates upon’ application. Residence phone, editor, 2293-L; manager, 1320. Business office phone, 1895. __ Day Editor This Issue— Ruth Newman Assistant—Dorothy Baker Night Editor This Issue—Addison Brockman. Unsigned comment in this column is written by the editor, la assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion. Full responsibility NO man ever became extreme ly wicked all at once.—Juv enal. Expulsion—the Mark of Genius? AMERICA’S distinguished kick ed-out-of-college list; where is itt A contributor to the New Student makes an interesting start, but his results seem to indicate that the geniuses are no logger expelled. They either muddle through the pre scribed undergraduate years, or, finding college something of a bore, withdraw. Except for an occasional nou conforming student, usually an edi tor whose policies clash with the administration’s endowment drives, the offender against the moral reg ulations is the most prominent sub ject of oustings. If the investiga tion were carried into the realm of faculty members the results would probably be more interesting. Even so, the past is not without its glorious examples, if we do not try to match Oxford’s record, for instance. That cultural center num bers on its list of “ousted” such revered names as Shelley, Locke, Penn, Gibbon and Landor. Perhaps the great-in-the-makiu'g are no longer in the colleges. Pro fessor Walter L. Whittlesey, once on the Oregon faculty and now at Princeton, remarks that “young Jeffersons or Franklins would bo fired in short order today. They would not be' likely to submit to restraints put upon modern students. I doubt very much if either would have lasted through liis**freshman year.” But the young Jeffersons and Franklins probably went to colleges that offered no diversions other than study. Now one takes his choice and if the curriculum is not satisfying the extra-curriculum is. The present noso-tluimbing is of a different order than that which makes a kicked-out list distin guished. Witness, in the past, the near expulsion of John Fiske from Har vard for reading Comte in church. But he survived with only a “pub lic admonition” on the charge of “disseminating infidelity among the students and with gross miscon duct in church.” The few others on the American distinguished list did not strike the president or pull a trustee’s whis kers. They just couldn’t keep off probation. Classes and courses they found cramping to the intellect, so they withdrew either voluntarily or by request. Poo was expelled from West Point because of .poor scholarship. The same fate made James McNeill Whistler a painter instead of an army officer. Whistler managed to get by for three years until in a chemistry examination he described silicon as a gas. “Had silicon been a gas,” said Whistler, “I would have been a major general.” Just as well silicon isn’t a gas. Stephen Crane showed a bit more fire, lie found the Syracuse police courts more interesting than tlio university which he described as “a damned nuisance." He spent one interesting year at college, shocked one professor bv telling him that he disagreed with St. Paul’s theory of sin, and seriously disturbed the wife of another by refusing to meet Mrs. Willard be cause he thought the uplifter a fool. So one year satisfied Stephen Crane. Theodore Dreiser ’a one year at the University of Indiana was eventless and colorless. Known neither for unusual scholarship nor for ability of any other sort, the great writer passed as an intellectu al misfit. College for him was as in teresting and stimulating as last year’s almanac. Eugene O’Neill, expelled from Princeton during his freshman year “for a trifling offense,” declined to return, having found the world mudh more interesting than the campus. Sinclair Lowis escaped from the Yale campus once in a while but finally came back for a degree. Conrad Aiken became so interested in learning that he for got to attend class and shocked his Harvard professors with an astound ing number of cuts. But he eventu ally completed his course. And now wo learn that Edna St. Vincent Millay would have been expolled from Vassar had her class mates not refused to graduate with out her. And that’s all the writer in the New Student has discovered. Not an impressive record, on the whole, and one that gives the uncomfort able feoling that perhaps many great Americans weren’t even threatened with expulsion from college. Unless somoono can dig up a few more illustrious names wo will be forced to the horrible conclusion that the colleges aro improving, or the more hopeful answer that the real genius is smart enough to keep away from the colleges. Bowing to The Inevitable HAZING is going the way of tho walrus mustache, the hull-dog shoes and the turtle-neck sweater, reports from several colleges in dicate. At Ohio State University the an cient custom of throwing “erring” freshmen into the lake has come to an end with the pronouncement of President George \V. Rightmere that “any man who is in any way con nected with throwing a freshman in the lake will sever his connec tion with this university.” All this with the added remark that per sonal liberty means even freedom from sophomore or upperclass or ders. Students at Capital university, Columbus, Ohio, have also outlawed the ancient sport of baiting tho freshmen. The University of Cin cinnati student council has dis solv'd the vigilance committee and joined the ranks of the enlightened. San Diego State Teachers college has likewise deserted tho revered tradition, having decided that horse play should end in the sixth grade. The University of Washington fac ulty recently spoiled a perfectly good vigilance plan by banning haz ing. And now rumors come that similar action is pending in several other institutions. And while remarking that the old order cliangeth we must not forget the action of our own freshman class which recently decided to de sert the pleasure of revenge. The inevitable is happening; college students are showing signs of growing up, and the colleges show no signs of disintegration. How surprisingly good. President Hall Coes To British Columbia President Arnold Bennett Hall is spending most of this week in Van couver, B. C., where he made the commencement address for the Uni versity of British Columbia yester day, addressing the congregation in the morning and giving the con vocation in the afternoon. He left - by boat from Seattle the first part of the week, and will return by the sumy route, expecting to bo in Eu gone_ bv Saturday morning. A series ot‘ commencement en gagements in eastern Oregon will occupy President Hall next week. He will leave Eugene Monday, and will speak at Enterprise the 17th, Ln Grande the 18tli, Union the 19th and Baker the 20th. May 21, he will itddress the Woman’s club of Bend, Oregon, and from there will return to Eugene. Tk SEVEN * SEERS Next week the junior revue will be a thing of the past. What do you suppose they’ll print in the Emerald then? • • • It’s a real movie when the drinking scenes are so true to life that you get the hiccoughs. • • • Very bad taste to wash your face in a drinking fountain, says an authority on etiquette. Yes, espe cially for the next fellow who takes a drink. * * * Our heart goes out To Sandy MeGad, Poor, poor, fellow, He’s gone mad; After blowing himself To a vod-vil seat The airplane Threw a ticket Eight at His feet. * * » Scotty Milligan is afraid all the sox he collected during basketball season won’t last until he turns out next year and that he may have to go out for football. • w • Carrie Books and Phil Plasks, two feature dancers in Creole Moon who have so far failed to get their pictures on the front page. Carrie is her jazziest in the “Dance of the Poisoned Fly” and wins great ap plause as slie kicks out the foot lights one by one, saying, “He loves me, he loves me not.” It always comes out “no” and then she throws herself on the piano, completely shattering it. Phil comes out then in the guise of a college dean and comforts her by singing, “There ain’t no fleas on me, ’cause I left ’em all in bed.” * • • TRUE OPTIMIST The guy who is taking lessons on the harp. * * * “After the Wreck Is Over” Cool and collected Is Rufus McPayne; All but his legs And they caught on the train. The professor with the shiny blue serge suit says he calls his wife “.aviator,” because she’s always fly ing into a rage. I ETIQUETTE HINT: When hit in the neck with a to I inato it is perfectly proper to eat I it, as long as it is so near the mouth anyway. CO ED COUNCIL Dean Aunt Seerali, When getting into an automobile I never fail to slam the <loor on my foot. What would you advise? Good Looking Dear Good Looking, The problem is fairly simple to •solve, because there are only two al ; ternatives. 1 would by all means jhavo my foot cut off or else have the door removed. Your Aunt Seerah. * « M 1 Lives of water bagged remind us We should think our own more dear. And departing from the shanty Wear a slicker all the year. • • * There’s safety In numbers—think how many were killed in the War! • • • MEANEST HOUSE MANAGER: She feeds the girls hardtack every other week so the girls will think the toast is soft. Divorced are Mr. and Mrs. Kizz; She liked plain gin He liked gin fizz. • • • Gretchen was trying to figure up the other £ay how much the state must get in thumb tax alone. FAMOUS LAST WORDS: "What ia this Creole Moon?” Theaters, MCDONALD: Second day: Second Anniversary week program: Laura LaPlante in “The Love Thrill,” with Tom Moore and Bryant Wash burne, in a merry mixture of love, laughs and life insurance with more rib tickling situations than a cen tipede has pedal extremities; also, the last of those delightful com edies of college capers, “The Col legians,” with George Lewis; on the stage, Sharkey Moore and his augmented “Merrv-Macks” in a new program of melodies; specialty, “Golf,” a unique reel showing the great American sport from all an gles, as played by the leading pro (fessionals; Frank D. C. Alexander in solo and setting on the super organ (broadcasting over KGEH at 5:50 this evening) and Oregon Pic torial News of state-wide events. Coming (Monday): Colleen Moore in “Orchids and Ermine,” the last word in Colleen comedy dramas, in which she portrays the romantic ad ventures of a hotel “hello girl” who longs for orchids and ermine . . . and love. (Soon) Raymond Griffith in “Wedding Bill$.” • • • REX: First day: Carl Laemmle presents “Men of Daring,” a stu pendous drama of empire builders who braved perils of „the primitive west, and of a love that did not falter in the face of danger. The cast numbers thousands, headed by a score of favorites; comedy and International news; John Clifton Emmel at the organ. Coming (Monday)—Dorothy Gish in “London,” a tale of love and in trigue amid the fogged mysteries of the Limehouse district, adapted from the novel by Thomas Burke, author of “Broken Blossoms,” and many other fascinating stories of the Eng lish “bowery.” (Soon) “Don’t Tell the Wife,” with Irene Rich and star cast. Robert McKnight’s Senior Recital Will Be Monday, May 23 Robert McKnight, baritone and senior in the University school of music, will give his senior recital in the Auditorium of the Music building, Monday, May 23, at 8 o’clock. He will be assisted by Edythe Hopkins, soprano, and Ed ward Best, violinist. Mr. McKnight has been active in music circles pf the University and town as a member of the glee clubs. He has been heard recently at many campus activities and has been solo ist at the Unitarian church for the past two years. He is also a mem ber of Phi Mu Alpha, national mu sic honorary for men. At the close of school ho will leave here for Los Angeles, California, where he will study voice during the summer with Theodore Schroeder, eminent voice teacher of Boston. At present Mr. McKnight is studying with Eugene Carr, professor in the school of mu sic. Mrs. Hopkins is well known among music lovers of the campus and city, and although since her re turn from New York last year she has not been heard much on the campus, many are looking forward to hearing her in recital. Mrs. Hop kins is a graduate of Pomona col lege, where she completed her re quirements for the B.A. and B.M. degrees. She is also a student of Mr. Carr’s. The playing of Edward Best is well known on the campus, where he * has recently appeared several times. He is an active member of Phi Mu Alpha, and is studying with Rex Underwood. He is also a mem ber of the University orchestra. Assembly (Continued from vage one) line a complete policy, for the prob lems which will arise next year will have to be met according to the conditions which presenf themselves at that time.” Mr. Beelar believes the work of the Greater Oregon committee to be of great importance and next year will endeavor to work out plans to develop the efficiency of the committee to the highest de gree. ‘‘It deals with the task of encouraging high school students j throughout the state to attend the ! University, and so presents a great annual problem,” he said. Phi Chi Theta, national honorary commerce fraternity for women, awarded'to Gtenna Fisher, senior in the school of business administra j tiou, the award granted annual 1 lv to the "most outstanding woman ! in the department, considering the qualifications of scholarship, lead ership and character.” Fred West proposed an amend ment to the by-laws of the consti tution of the A. S. U. O. The res olution was voted upon by the stu dents and was passed. The amended law reads as follows: “The official emblem for major sports will be awarded to any representative of the varsity track team winning six points during one season in Pacific coast conference contests or one first place in a dual Pacific contest, or one point, or fraction of a point, [CAMPUT ' Bulletin All freshman track men meet with Del Oberteuffer on Hayward field at 4 o’cloek this afternoon. Degree team of Craftsmen’s club meet at club today at 12:45 to have picture taken. Important! Social swim at (the Woman’s building 7:30 to nine. All students and faculty members invited. Baptist University class will meet Sunday at 10:45 in Y hut. Impor tant that all members be present. Visitors welcome. Juniors from the following houses report today for work on the junior prom decorations at McArthur court: Psi Kappa, Sigma Pi Tau, Kappa Delta, Oregon club. Theta Sigma Phi: special meeting at the shack, 4:30 p. m. today. Im portant. with the exception of the relay, which must be ivon during the Paci fic coast conference meet.” The by law formerly provided for the grant ing of such an emblem to a man winning nine points. “The amendment was worked out by the Order of the ‘O’, and under its provision it is believed (that more men will be encouraged to participate in athletics. It will also put the University of Oregon on the same competitive basis as other schools,” Mr. West said. A new college song arranged by Bob Hunt, chairman of the music committee, entitled “I Want to Go Back to Oregon,” was introduced. Words of the song were distributed among the students and the song was sung by the entire assemblage, the men’s glee club leading, under the direction of Mr. Hunt. At the opening of the program, members of the Junior Vod-vil chorus, gave a demonstration of “Black Bottom,” part of the per formance which is to be given Fri day and Saturday nights at the Heilig theater. Creole Moon (Continued from page one) The kidnappers find out their mis take, and the search for Billy-Lee begins. This act is crammed with specialty numbers—all above the or di nary. Included are a Spanish tango fea turing Marvin Cone and Olga Dal leru, who comes directly from Chile where the tango is quite the thing; eccentric dancing by Rodney Banks —a red-haired boy with elastic bones; A1 Smith, Ted Larsen, and Frank Roehr, harmonizers; Bobby Warner and Marian Look in a danc ing skit; Margaret Holbrook and Len Thomson in a whirlwind of grace; Kathleen Powell in a solo; and the firm of Babe Kel'tner, Edith Bader, Tim Wood, and Bill Powell in a double tango. Cheney and Lidburg The curtain falls and arises on the Mississippi levee. Ed Cheney soft-shoes and Clarence Lidburg ac companies him on the harmonica; Madge Normile, “the hottest gal in town,” sings blues; Jack Coolidge plunks on the banjos and sings of Gillette razor blades and cows; Ruth Griffith obliges with some thing or other; and the ponies black-bottom. Clinton Noland, in seeking Billy -1/ee, tumbles off the wharf. Billy Lee appears and is found by the fool. They become happy lovers and sing while the Creole moon, now glowing red, beams sympathetically. The last act shows the garden once more. Colonel Travers storms for awhile, but subsides, and everyone lives happy ever after. There isn’t even a villain tc repent. There’s the continuity in tabloid. Interspersed throughout are the pony, beauty', and male choruses. The whole thing is a knockout. Ten Women to Attend Y. W. C. A. Conference Ten women of the University of Oregon will attend the annual state Y. W. C. A. spring conference at Salem this week-end. Representa tives from the various associations will be present at the session, which is primarily for cabinet members and active committee workers. Elsie Heller and Winifred Wygal, national student secretaries, who were on the Oregon campus the past week, are leaders %of the confer ence. Those representing the Univer sity are: P.'.uline Stewart, Margaret Edmunson, Julia Wilson, Maxine Thomas, Christine Holt, Elsie Mat Cimino, Gladys Calef, Eleanor Poor man, Miss Fannie MeCamant and Miss Florence MacGowan. Pledging Announcement Alpha Xi Delta wishes to an nounce the pledging of Florence Hurley, Enterprise, Oregon. Drive Up the McKenzie on Saturday or Sunday Chicken dinners served from 12 to 7 p. m. or later. You are always welcome in front of the 'big fireplace. Make your reservations for six or seven o’clock dinner while on your way up to the snow line if you cannot reach us by telephone. 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