©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!
Get Your Girl and
DANCE
....Every Saturday Evening
9 to 12 and also every Sun
day Evening S :00 to 11 -.00
with “Jimmie’s Orchestra.”
At
Idylwood
At
Benton-Lane Park
Half-way Between Corvallis
and Eugene (West Side)
RECOMMENDED
By the English Department of the
UNIVERSITY GE OREGON
WEBSTERSS
' COLLEGIATE
The Best Abridged Dictionary—Based upon
WEBSTER’S NEW INTERNATIONAL
A Time Saver in Study Hours. Vhose questions about words,
people, places, thar arise so frequently in ycur reading, writ
ing. study, and speech, are answered ir.rtcnt'.y in this store of
ready information. New words like dactylc
grant, electrobus, flechette; names such as
Cabell, Hoover, Smuts; new Gazetteer en
tries such as Latvia, Vi my, Monte A.da
niello. Over 106,000 words; 1,700 illustra
tions; 1.256 pages; printed on Bible Paper.
See It at Your College Bookstore or V/rito
for information to tbo Publishers.
G. & C. MERRIAM CO.
YOU
catn bring
%nd Kis entire
orchestra into
And Kreisler, Rachmaninoff or McCormack.
Even Jesse Crawford and his big pipe-organ.
Any of them will entertain you for the price
of a Victor Record. The new Orthophonic
Victrola (or Electrola) and new Ortho
phonic Victor Records bring you the best in
reproduced music of every kind.
Drop in and look over the great Victor
series of instruments. Inspect them at your
own leisure. Have us tell you about our con
venient payment plan. Come in—today!
\J/BTHERBEE
- POWERS