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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1927)
©regmt iailg |;ttttrali> University of Oregon, Eugene RAY NASH, Editor MILTON GEORGE, Manager EDITORIAL BOARD Robert Galloway . Managing Editor Claudia Fletcher A?s’t. Managing Editor William Haggerty . Telegraph Editor Arthur Schoeni . P. 1. P. Editor Arden X. Pangborn, . Literary Editor Walter Coover .. Associate Editor Richard H. Syrinx . Sports Editor Donald Johnston .a.... Feature Editor Margaret Long .■. Society Editor iNews ana r_.un.or rnone», uoo BUSINESS STAFF Larry Thielen . Associate Ruth Street . Advertising Manager Manager Ed BisseU .. Circulation Manager Wilbur Shannon .... A&a’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, Orgon, as second-class matter. Subscrip tion rates, $2.50 per year. Advertising rates upon application. Residence phone, editor, 721 ; manager, 2799. Business office phone, 1895. Day Editor Thin Issue—Frances Cherry Night Editor This Issue-*- Ralph David Assistant Night Editors—Harry Tonlcon SATURDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1927. Don’t Break Up The Old Home! COM I’Lli'TK expiration i > f the feebly flickering flauie of h vitiated Oregon spirit seems immi nent to the faithful alumni vestry men of sacred symbolism. In their zeal to trim the wick before the light finally winks out entirely, it’s only to be expected that their mo tions have the awkwardness and error of impulsive haste. But ma turely rational or not, it is tip' pro test of Oregon patriots with a grievance and, as such, demands our careful inspection. Charge nine, preferred against the emasculated Oregon of today, sums briefly: The paramount duty of a university is to teach those who at tend it how to live . . . how lo enter into competition they will find when they leave college, and how to think.” We had always thought of the University rather as a re pository of tin* world’s best thought, and of the University's function as making this material most readily available and lucidly interprided. It is the privilege of the student to j come into close relationship with intellectual riches through this me-l ilium. But spare the universities | the obligation of teaching their stu dents how to think; or, at least, first allow the students something to think about. Very well, here’s more, “Snob bery, dressed in linen knickers, that laughs at the idea of college spirit —which causes many a son and daughter of Old Oregon lo stand with tearful eye as ‘Mighty Ore gon' is played -is not equipped for life, is not worthy to take its place in the line of Oregon alumni.” So the dictum is that the linen- l knickercd be ostracised front the society of the bleary-eyed elite. I And most horrible of all, he who laughs at college spirit isn’t even equipped for life. Then again we have: ‘‘An alum-I nils can never become acclimated to | passing an Oregon man and have j him look at him with condolence be cause he (meaning the alumnus) says hello.” Kvon a man togged in linen knickers and golf oxfords wouldn’t be so callous as to pass a watery-eyed alum without at least a glance of solicitous perturbation. There lingers a bit of the (lood Sa maritan even among those who per sist in the by runic decollete collar. These exaltations of alma mater —the alma mater of a virile yester year—-from her lachrymose erst while fondlings have the appealing | sentimentality of senility. We are happy to see the display of loyal affect ion. But we can ’t help re gretting that these dutiful sons, cannot appreciate their other’s efforts to hoi>I their love. She has had her face lifted and her figure padded; she coyly plies them with the newest tricks. Vet she seems to them only **"' niore garish by con trust with the image of their old mater. If the adjustment cannot be affected, the decrepit old dame may suffer from their negligence. Must she revert to type, or will the lads brush a-pde their reverie and love her as she is.’ A Remedy For lihie Monday Amxtkkx non; s, WiiuU', t'linn ,six in I lir imu niliK until miiluiu'lit. Ini' I'tifii ill'll |iut lulu rt fuel in tin' I * i iiin'ttin I’njvi'i'sity li bl'iirv. Till' luovi' vv;is mink' m'ti's siuy by congestion, according to tin’ report in the Xcw York Times. "While no general conclusions were drawn by the library officials in the short announcement of thu eh 11 age of hours, the report seem* to indicate that Princeton student* now spend more time on studio* than their supposedly more studious predecessors.” It may, or may not be that Prince ton students are becoming grinds; no doubt bulky evidence could be compiled on both sides of the ques tion. But that’s hardly pertinent. Wltql mutters is that the univer sity’s facilities are sensitive to the Requirements of the students and instructors; the maximum amount of service actually demanded is given at the lowest cost. And that brings us nearer home. The four-hour day on Sunday at the library here is the source of many blue Mondays. On Fridays j and Saturdays the incorrigibly im provident student is satiated with bookish endeavor and the library is a rare port of call. But on Sunday the pressure increases until the devil takes not only the hindmost j but also a large proportion of the | eager souls athirst for assignment j material. The inadequate expedient of the I reserve system only aggravates the eiih'Jition. The hurl',v-l>urj|'’ Ibusi ness of competition for copies of an insufficient supply helps aug- j incut the clamor. It’s a challenge: try and study, but you can’t win, lTntil natural laws are amended,1 and chances seem slight ill this, time, students will continue in their wayward course. Monday’s assign ments will be prepared on Sunday, or not at all. So a gracious recog nition of this characteristic human j quirk on the part of the library would remove an almost insuperable stumbling block to Monday recita tions. The Kmcrahl believes that after nil (lie library was'made for man, not man for the library. And that the acceptance of this in u revised I schedule adapted to the peculiarities of the. genus student would make for more profitable Mondays. Science Does .4 Kindly Deed A SWISS zoologist lias recently come forward with the state ment that fish arc not dumb, but that they exhibit a considerable de-i glee of intelligence in finding their wav, about the watery kingdom. If the learned gentleman’s con tention is to be generally accepted by the scientific folk and become a well known fact instead of a theory, i revision of our popular slang will In* necessary. No longer will it be possible to express our opinion of >ne for whom we feel a dislike or suspect of being lacking in the proper assortment of the social graces by bestowing upon the un fortunate fellow the appellation of ‘ f ish. ” What a blessing it will M* for he finny tribe! What a relief it will be for them to realize that Ihey will no logger be made to mrrow over tin* fate which has de •reed that the name they have long >orn with honor as denizens of the watery wastes be applied in de ision to specimens of the genus lomo. Verily, science has opened the •yes of blind .justice and another \ l ong has been righted. W. (*. Seasoned Old Grads Sigh for Days Of Oskeys* Hellos, Oregon Spirit Alleged IVpIess Display at Portland Grid Game Maddens Survi\ors of "He-Man' l imes JVriiand, Or., Oct. llh To Ilu? ®£ditQi>- l'li rec Oregon mi* n Lee Jftistwick, ’17: Alexandc. O. lirow u, and ImI llovt. t iso up, here with, <tii their hind leg's to voice a p^dest. We went to a 1 •«»11»a 11 gjaiue last tSaturdav. We went an I staved and saw Oregon take a lick ing*. Not the first we've seen nor perhaps the last hut eeitainiv the most ignominious. And that not bemuse of anything* the team did or didn't do hut because the s<» called rooting* section might as well been a lot of big* hluhbei men fr«»m moth of the stMh parallel. If the section muled we didn’t hear i1 and if they did. v stand approved as read. Ami the l*aud Miiirtly attired l*ut they didu *t need the smart attire if onl\| they'd played ‘Mighty Orison.* It lias always seemed t * us, who liltve spent glorious years at Out go ar that it is an inalienable right ami high privilege for us to hear with hats doffed anti vlightlx d i m in e d eyes tju* strains of "Mighty Orr^itn” whether defeat Jjnjrers or \ ietory romps in. As to the actual football g »i»ie we were not much concerned. Cali fornia was on- doing everything i iglit- Oregon was o f f- -d o i n g everything wrong. We think Ore gon • il! ••.•in voir.: ball game* this It SEVEN , SEERS REPOETS HAVE COME TO OUB ATTENTION OF PROFESSION AX BUMS MAKING THE ROUNDS OF FRATERNITY HOUSES IN SEARCH OF BLANKETS. Which only goes to show how lit tie some people know about colleges ami fraternities. Here we have Rex Holmes, who has been secured by the Order of “O” to speak on companionate mar riage at the gridgraph dance this afternoon in McArthur Court. He will speak before and during the game and it is expected that the igloo will be completely packed, judging from the number who were turned away from the Woman’s building Thursday night. It is pre dicted that from now on all campus affairs, where a crowd is desired, Will feature such speeches. .VIA DDE N IN G MOM ENTS Having corn on the cob for din ner and wiping your fingers on your lap on what you suppose is your year. W'' believe in the eoaching staff, in the team, but where is that “spirit of Oregon” so appar ent in other years? Below Mr. Brown has offered some interesting ronelusions in which the two other Oregon grails concur. They speak for thorn selves: 1. The rally at the Broadway theater was good entertainment, but a poor rally. L*. 5000 alumni , and ex-students were in the grand-stand at the game awaiting a chance to .join in up "oskey” or stand while the band played “Mighty Oregon.” The band didn’t play “Mighty Oregon,” or much of anything else. The rooters (?) didn’t give an “oskey,” or much of anything else. The glee club was reported to have sung, for no good reason at all, but outside of a fine view of several pair of suspenders, the crowd in the grand stand dido't know what it was all about, as they c.ouldn’t hear it. 5. The team clearly showed that it needed all the help, aid and as sistance possible-e-call it moral support if von wish—which the band and the rooters section should have afforded. 4. The action of the rooters at thi' game was indicative of the present day spirit on the campus— may heaven spare the word. The present “mode” is an attitude of insolent arrogance behind a mask of sophistication. This is a good healthy laugh. ■ i. There is too much emphasis upon automobiles, clothes, society and women, which is not to be equalled by similar young men not in college and has to lie shelved as soon as the present student joins the great body of tjlie alumni and becomes as rabid as the author. d- Mill racing parties, class fights and frolics and a little paddle wielding, when needed was an aid and benefit and would be yet. It brought men together from all parts of the campus, even for self-protec tion, and brought about- a situation where everybody felt perfectly at home with boots not golf oxfords tinder some other fellows frater nity table or at Friendly hall or at two o'clock some morning at an all night coffee house after putting up or tearing down some class signs, etc. 7. An alumnus can never be come acclimated lo passing an Ore gon man and have him* look at him with redolence because he (mean ing the alumnus) says “hello.” s- !t has been said that the stu dent body is glowing up, the Uni versity is no longer a glorified high school, and. all that sort of tripe. What of It? You’re a long time dead, and more satisfaction is to be obtained from associations cur ried from the campus into Inter life, than all the abstract knowl edge it is possible for a student to cram into his head, or wherever lie rallies it. to take with him when he leaves college. It is the differ ence between living and existing. !». The paramount duty of a col lege or university is'to teach those who attend it hop to live, how to live with their fellow tnau, how to enter into competition t|iev will tind when they leave college, and hew to think, fc?uohbcry-drossed in linen kpiekeis, that laughs at the idea of college spirit which causes many a son and daughter of Old Oregon to stand with tearful eye as "Mighty Oregon" is played is not equipped to, life, is not vvorthv to take its plan in the line of Ofe-on alumni. napkin and then finding after din ner that the napkin has been on , the floor all the time. “We never encourage our girls to be popular with the men,” said the house president, “because we think it hurts the house’s reputation to have a lot of men hanging around.” CO-ED COUNCIL Dear Aunt iSeprah: Do you think the top of the stocking is u safe place to carry money ? BLUE EYES. Dear ,Blue Eyes: I should say not! Never under any circumstances carry money in i plain sight. AUNT SEEJRAH. Gretchen says she just can’t un derstand why no upperclassmen made the frosh team this year. George’s flirting Was a Flop; He tried to “Mush” A lady Cop. Frosh Ben Dover says he was so 1 absent-minded the other day that • he thought he had his high-top shoes on and laced his oxfords clear to his knees. Above is the photo of Will K. j Holder, senior, who never once in his college eareer told anyone that he had a better time in his frcsh | man year than in all the other years ! | he attended school. (Number un determined at present.) Anxious classmates are having him examined by famous alienists, j as they fear he may become violent. ' i It is reported that he said, if given’: the chance, he would not be a fresh man again. The girl we love Is Miss Durant; Her old man runs A restaurant. SOCIETY NOTE A very pleasant reception was! given to the Delta Gamma pledges i at the chapter house last Thursday ; night. Upon being informed that their dramatic talent would hold’ sway j DANCE Every Sunday Night • — At— Coburg Bridge Orswell's Orchestra Dancing 8 p. m. to 11 p. m. Gentlemen 75c 1 over the upperclass women, after dinner, the pledges all remembered ' that they had arranged a Dutch j treat pledge banquet at; the Eugene j hotel. After that they attended the , theater in a body, but when they ! arrived home they found the front ! door latched, and after trying ' to : arouse their* housemates, decided to : take the “tradesman’s entrance,” ■ where they found a gracious wel coming committee. SEVEN SEEKS. Maddox (Continued front puyc one) offer ten American dollars for every rebel rifle turned in. Some thought more of political in i dependence! or their rifles, and re fused to sell out. Perhaps it may be wise to raise the ante to $1.1, and try fifteen-dollar diplomacy for a while. The Labor party in Great Britaiu is preparing for a strenuous fight next year or the following against the Baldwin government at the polls. At the recent party confer ence, a considerable unity of out look was noted under the leader ship of Ramsay MacDonald, the in trepid Scotchman. The Communist gnats were buzzing, but did not have a chance and its wing of the party was swept aside by an over whelming vote. Temenids Will Meet On Tuesday Evening A social meeting of the Temenids, women's Eastern Star group, is scheduled for Tuesday, October 2."i, at 7:110, in the Craftsmen’s club. Ethel Gasman, the vice president, will have charge of the meeting. A short business session will be held, followed by a social program. All members are invited to attend. Swagger and trim —this Foam grey felt $8 The brim is nar row and has quite a cprl. The crown tapers in a trifle— and for fine quali ty too Copper-fceech — the new shade of brown—is an other good color Wade Bros. Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Ch.clet 1 ■ A- parly time approaches tlie maid's miml turns tu appropriate costumes. The l hirkli't i* an all silver kid strap in high heel and round tre-superbly smart. Your Costume is complete with this shoe. Faculty members who wish to at tend the discussion and dinner to j be held for Dr. T. T. Lew at the Anchorage at 6:30 Sunday eve ning. please phone Mrs. Fitcli0be t'ore noon, or the Anchorage after noon Saturday. Girls are still needed foV work about Y. W. Bungalow. Those interested report to Miss Thomas, secretary, and sign up for some hour during! the week. All freshmen managers are to meet on Hayward field at 9 o’clock to ! day. Orchesus tryouts will be held next week. All those interested are | asked to attend regular dancing classes when'possible and to come i to tryout practices at 5 o’clock,' beginning Monday. Correction—Announcement was mgde in Wednesday’s Emerald that the i Samar, botany honorary, would give a dinner later on for botany and biology majors. This dinner is intended only for botany ma jors. Dr. Milne to Address Sigma Xi Tuesday Eve The first meeting this fall of Sigma Xi, national honorary scien tific society, will be held Tuesday, October 23, at Deadv hall. The business meeting will be held at 7:30 in room 107, and the open meet ing will take up at S o’clock in room 103. I)r. W. 10. Milne, retiring presi dent, will read the first paper of the year, the subject, “Some Ap plications of Mathematics to Fre quency Curves.” Channel Swimmer Taken From Water In W eak Condition (By United Press) Folkestone, England, Oct. 21.— Alias Mercedes Gleit/.e was removed !>v force from the English Channel today when doctors decided she should not continue her effort to repeat her cross channel swim, it was said on arrival here of the tug Alsace that accompanied here. Get Away From Town! 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