©tegon lailg 3*nteralfc University of Oregon, Eugene KAY NASH, Editor MILTON GEORGE, Manager EDITORIAL BOARD Robert Calloway . Managing Editor Walter Coo.ver . Associate Editor Claudia Fletcher Ass’t. Managing Editor Richard H. Syring . Sports Editor William Haggerty . Telegraph Editor Donald .Johnston . Feature Pldltor Arthur Schoeni . P. I. P. Editor Margaret Long . Society Editor Arden X. Pangborn, . Literary Editor News and Editor Phones, C55 BUSINESS STAFF Larry Thielen . Associate Manager Ed Bissell . Circulation Manager Ruth Street . Advertising Manager Wilbur Shannon .... Ass't. Circulation Mgr. 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 United Press News Service. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Grgon, as second-class matter. Subscrip tion rates, $2.60 per year. Advertising rates upon application. Residence phone, editor, 721 ; manager, 2709. Business office phone, 1896. Day Editor This Issue—Dorothy Baker, Niyht Editor This Issue— Floyd Horn AssisUint Niyht Editors— Rex Tussing WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1!J27. How Shall We Tell the Children?, STUDENT LIFE at Oregon seems to be just one committee after another. And the slogan of stu dent administrators, to paraphrase tflie ambitious Ulysses, ‘■‘commit tees piled on committees were all tflo little.” The latest plans, unfolded in to day’s Emerald, call for the enlist ment of so many committeemen that the saturation point may soon be reached. Every student can then claim membership in at least . one committee and peace will en sue. The Dig Brother project, to which we refer, is the outgrowth of a highly altruist,ic and patriotic con cept. A. vision of happy accord, willy-nilly, in this fine big Oregon family engendered the idea. In all respects it is characteristic of the worship of a peculiarly ubiqui tous American fetish, Service. And like Service elsewhere, it ap plies the balm of standardiza tion to the eruptions of imlividunl it/y. Big Brothers-to-be take too much for granted. By their position they assume authority and wisdom. The Emerald is frankly skeptical of the number of qualified “wholesome influences” which can In1 mustered for home mission duty. Evangel ists of other faiths are concluding that external conformity is not the most important thing to be gained. One of the greatest benefits that conies to the first year man is the development of hardiness of char acter and tjlie growth of stamina made necessary l[y the removal of the parental prop. A man of col lege age should lie forming habits of self-reliance and independence of which the paternalistic plan outlined would deprive him. What a cold plunge for the hothouse pro duct emerging from the cloisters without this discipline! The moral welfare of University . students is adequately taken care • of. Socially, the facilities for the organized man are sufficient. This raises t he question previously broached by the Emerald, why not •lirect the energy where it's need ed instead of encroaching on the privilege of the fraternity? The serious flaw, as we see it, is in the inequality of opportunity for the unorganized as compared with the organized. Why not make the Independent club a real factor instead of a fly-by-night political will-o ’-the-w isp ? Cynicism Should Begin at Home A/iON-T t’EOl’LE have heard, ill some time or other, 11»<‘ old saying- that a little leiinijiio- is dangerous tiling. The tendency to pose as an authority when in possession of a siu.it tori np of knowledge about some subject is a fairly common ono. It is not restricted to any one class of people but is manifest ed by men and women from all walks of life. Students are often found among this class of offenders. Because they have taken a course in which a matter of interest lias been touched upon in passing, certain of them soon blossom fortjli as authori ties on the subject. As often as not, the statements which the budding sage utters with such conviction are based upon misconceptions and half truths. Knowledge based upon half-trutjis is likely to lead to a warped point of view and a cynical outlook on life. “Don’t become a cheap college cynic,” said Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford university, to the incoming Stanford freshmen. “Preserve your idealism and en thusiasm.” Dr. Wilbur’s advice does not ap ply solely to freshmen, but may well be taken to heart bv many older students. The college cynic is generally regarded ns a student who has struck an attitude so as to attract attention to himself. The student who, wishes to be known as a cynic will do well to subject him self to a searching self-ex'; nnina t ion to determine whether his oypi cisin is the real article or merely an affectation before exposing him self to public scrutiny There is something . worthy of consideration in the person who re mains a cynic in the light of full knowledge. But for the one who affects cynicism after the brief est of experience in the ways of life there is little more than a pity ing laugh from his better informed fellows. W. C. M atrimonially Flunked Out LITA Oltrcy CHAPLIN, one of the outstanding divorcees of the season, has taken to philoso phizing aloud about her three years in the marital yoke: Marriage is like a college course. . . . 1 have won my diploma. This sage observation, the early ripened fruit of her experience, has been made available for general consumption by this public spirited woman in the Now York press. We think that wo descry a tech nical error. A natural enough mis take for anyone not too familiar with eight o'clocks, but which should be corrected before the Chaplin findings are embodied in the arclfives of educational psv cliolog v. When a group of courses are suc cessfully completed, a diploma is awarded. Hut when the subject, loses its interest classes are slight ed ami a cryptic Dpp is recorded. There is the flaw in the analogy. It wasn't a diploma after all but only a drop, and, as everyone knows, a Dpp contributes nothing more than an F. Five Sweaters Given Order of “O” Women I’i'e girls me members of the vdsler et the () ami lit are associate members of the order ia vimnoc t ion with the Woman’s Athletic Association. Those who are mem bers anil have earned their sweat ers are .Margery llorton, 1000 W. A. A. points; Nellie Jehus, 1500 points; Marjorie Lamlru, 1000 points; Kleanor Alan in, I1S5 points, and (louera Zimmer, llt>5 points. Ihe associnlo members who have won the small O are Kvelyu \nder 'om, Beth Agei, Kditha Ihirthel, liuth Burcham, Kuuice Dauiels, .1 unit it a Dietz, Kleannr (ilass, l.slher Hardy, \ ida Mae llileman. * hristino Holt. Lola Horton, Dior enco Hurley, Dorothea Lensch, Vir ginia Loinislmry, Mildred AL Mis ler, Monica Michels, Mav Moore, Helen Munmiv, lla. el .Vibes, Myra Hello I'almer, Thelma l’eroz/.i, Josephine Ralston, Bernice Baser, Helen ismithe and Winifred Meter. Coiiiniiiiucatioii (Continued from pane one) ,insl the kind of a little chair that janitors forget. * ‘ And the tragic thing about it is that wo get it ia the neck front r everybody. Not a professor on the premises but ba. been kitten lay Die I “nlphnbetieul order” bug. .It wouldn’t be so bud if \vv were put to tliis iueonvenieuee only oecasion ally, tint desperate deeds have been done by bitter emters who have to book the line like a snow-plow to get out of their eight o’eloeks, hurtle across the campus in nothing flat, and scramble over every um brella and pair of big feet in their nine o ’clocks, in order to reach that miserable, misplaced, cursed, despised, leftover, uuventilated, un lighted, overlooked, unlucky, ig noble, inclusively odious and speci fically scaphismic back row. And then while we perch on our inferior chairs tiki1 Vulcan chained to his rock, the professor pleads for a "little spontaneous discussion.” But where's the point in trying to tell the world your bright ideas across the heads id' a hundred bored students, with a sympathetic but annoyed instructor calling "louder, loudi),r,” through the intervening atmosphere.’ flutter to just sit and think- to sit, anyhow. Please, please, professors, can’t you just reverse the alphabet in a few of your classes, and give us a ehanco at the good grades.’ 1’. Aad when they keep us after i lass to hand back the ipu/. papers—oil, boy! A M lTKKLMi sT lit) la NT. Pledging Announcement Alpha Beta (hi announces the pledging of l'ruuk Learned ol Port laud. TkSEVEN SEERS jtCS. A WOMAN’S SKELETON FOUND IN IEANCE WAS CLEARLY OF THE HOMO SAP IENS, ACCORDING TO PROFES SOR MUELLER, “FOR THE WO MAN HAD A DENT IN HER SKULL AS IF MADE ?Y A BLUNT INSTRUMENT.” Which only goes to show that man has had his turn at other than tiie receiving end of a rolling pin. j “Tliat meat must have come; from Pendleton after the Round Up.” “Yes, and they forgot to take off: the saddles.” The professor with the shiny blue serge suit says the efforts of stu dents to get books out of the li brary Sunday night are just about as desperate as the efforts of a Scotchman to grab the check at a restaurant. * QUESTIONAIRE “Who is this Obie the girls talk so much about?” “Concha know? His last name’s ‘Haive’ * * * No Gretehen, a meadowlark is -not a petting party in a vacant lot. | A day or so ago we printed an item about a Chi O being so fast she could kiss herself in a mirror and get out of the room before it had a chance to smack. One of the Chi O’s must have miscontrued the item because she came around and quite angrily swore up and down that, “Our girls don’t have to prac tice kissing.” IT- * CHI O NEWS Last night’s house meeting was progressing quite nicely when all of a sudden a little contrivance with a wiry tail and gray fur coat j ran across the floor. All the girls immediately screamed and climbed to safety on chairs and benches, i From their precarious positions the girls were able to continue the meeting. Only 5 calls were sent to police headquarters by neighbors who heard the screaming, but for I tunately the cops didn’t arrive in 1 time to break up the meeting. | Whatever troubles Adam bad While pigging fairest live; At least he never heard the phrase, “I’ve something up my sleeve.” * *• * TODAY’S GEOGRAPHICAL ANSWER: “Who's going to get out and j crank it?” “Oh. Yukon!” (and she laughed ; as though her little heart, would break.) * * * Fresh Hen Haver read that the j magazines of the season have ar | rived at the dispensary. Ben is1 right, only the article should have gone further ami said, "of the sea son HI27-H8.” ONE OF LIFE’S LITTLE TRAGEDIES: The “Hound hhe World Debat ers,” at a sellout in northern Alas ka, trying to uphold that parents1 should nut semi their children to college with fur coats. * » * 11 This picture oi' Madgo Nonnilc was taken yesterday as she was practicing to sing over tlie radio in Portland. The gentleman at her right will bo with her all of the time she is broadcasting and will act in the capacity of censor. He always stands slightly in back of her to he won't get too interested in her eye3 and forget to censor1 some of the songs. » •» * o I’rof. Fanity says that the tl if Perence between 'Noah’s Aik, ami loan of Arc, is that one is made of .rood and ttje other is Maid of Oc ean's. REAL FUTILITY: Taking *elow motion pictures of v championship chess match. * * * Physics I’rof. (assigning lesson): •Start’at lightning and go to tliun ier,” ETIQUETTE HINT: If you have to sneeze just as /on lift a cup of coffee to your lips, always give the sneeze the right of way. “Let’s got down to business)” ■ried the coal miner as lie stepped into the bucket and started down the shaft. » * *■ SEVEN SEERS Try Emerald Classifieds ,CAMPU/ ’Bulletin^ Oregon Knight meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 in the Administra tion building in room 110. All j organizations which have no sophomore Oregon Knight appoint one and have him at the meet ing. Very important. Be there. Varsity Philippinensis — Important meeting tonight at 8 o’clock at the Y. M. €. , A. Sigma Delta Pi will meet Thurs day, October 13, at 7:30 p. m., m the Y. W. Bungalow. Correction—S. P. special rally train will leave Portland at <3:30 Sun day night instead of 0, as pub lished yesterday. Kwama—Meeting Wednesday eve ning at 7:15 in Woman’s build ing. Everyone please be there. Orchesus—Meet Wednesday at 7:30. Graduate Council meets at 111 Johnson hall at 1 p. m. today. Mathematics club — Meet Thursday October 13, at 7:30, in room 1, Johnson hall. All members are urged to be present, and any CALIFORNIA vs. OREGON At Portland, October 15th. Special Train Leave Villard Hall Friday, October 14th., 4:00 P. M. ROUND TRIP FARE .80 * Tickets at this special fare good Only on trains—not on motor coaches. Returning, special train leaves Portland Sunday, October 16th., 6:30 P. M. Phone 2200 for further information. Southern Pacific F. G. LEWIS, Ticket Agent. • • one interested in mathematics is 'invited. - Alpha Kappa -Delta meeting -Thurs-! day evening at 8 o’clock at Dean j Young's home. - Pledging Announcement Sigma Alpha Epsilon announces She pledging of Herbert King of Willamette, Oregon, and Pan Boone of Portland, Oregon. DANCE The Anchorage presents to stu and faculty at Oregon a new mode of entertainment . . . Beginning Thurs day night, October I 3th, and— Every Night thereafter, (excepting Sundays) dancing to our wonderful Electrola will be available. The ■ Anchorage with its cheery fireplaces is a cozy place to spend the evening. Just drop in, without reservation and stay as long as you like. NO CHARGE FOR DANCING The Anchorage also announces that- beginning Thursday, breakfast will be served daily from 7 :30 to 10 a. in. CARLE SEYMOUR And So the Day Was Utterly Ruined : ; : ; By briggs * YOU HAVEN’T A CARE IN THE WORLD AS you START OUT TO .SEE the BEST TEAtW THAT DEAR OLD SIWASH HAS HAD IN YEARS ,T* WIPE UP YOUR ANCIENT RIVAL. ■/Zfc _ AN0 you HAVE A GRAND GA8FEST WITH ALL THE OLP GANG YOO HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE '■/far/ __ / WHY OWT <f~ Zn~v<yf SR£at *\Jooev£P. , L0, AL, for ^\cau. a v7THE Boy ? the GAME ) FELLA T /4n£> mike kendall gives you odds OFSto lj AND IT'S GRAND LARCENY To TAKE HHS MOM£X /---r-\ AnP 3!wash scores a Touch— S>0'JJN BEFORE -THE GAME JS THgSEjE' MINUTES OLD. ( ATT A BOY » /SI WASH, >S*WA^Hg AMP THEN YOU SUDDENLY discover, you've smqked Your. Last old G-old and cah>t GET ANl MOE£ TILLyou GET SACK TO TOWN. AMD SO THE £>Ay )S utterly Ruined. THIS \S the RottEnest team they ever had.they) 0E7TER <2ET A NEvJ COACH OR PLA-/ UASSAR •V n d/j. Gold The Smoother and Better Cigarette O & * f not a cough in a carload © 1927 p. Lorillard G:^ Est