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(jfregmt Satin ^ttteralb University of Oregon, Eugene RAY NASH. Editor MILTON GEORGE, Manager EDITORIAL BOARD Robert Galloway . Managing Editor Claudia Fletcher .. Aas’t. Managing Editor Arthur Schoeni . Telegraph Editor Carl Gregory .v. P. I. P. Editor Arden X. Pamrborn . Literary Editor Walter uoover ..... Associate j&aiior Richard H. Syring ..— Sports Editor 1 Donald Johnston ... Feature Editor ; Margaret Long . Society Editor j News and Editor Phones, 656 DAY EDITORS: William Schulze, Mary McLean, Frances Cherry. Marian Stem NIGHT EDITORS: J. Lynn Wykoff, chief; Lawrence Mitchelmore, Myron Griffin. Rex Tossing. Ralph David. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Joe Rice, Mil Prudhomme, Warren Tinker, Clarence Barton, Joe Freck, Gordon Baldwin, Glen Gall, A. F. Murray, Harry Tonkon, Harold Bailey. SPORTS STAFF; Joe Pigney, Harry Dutton. Chalmers Nooe, Joe Rice, Chandler Brown. FEATURE STAFF: Florence Hurley, John Butler, Clarence Craw, Charlotte Kiefer, Don Campbell. UPPER NEWS STAFF: Amos Burg, Miriam Shepard. Ruth Hansen, LaWanda I cnlason, Flossie Radabaugh, William Haggerty, Herbert Lundy, Dorothy Baker. NEWS STAFF: Ma. :aret Watson, Wilfred Brown, Grace Taylor, Charles Boice, Klise Schoeder, Naomi Grant, Maryhclen Koupal, Josephine Stofiel. Thirza Ander son. Etha Jeanne Clark, Mary Frances Dilday. William Collagen, Elaine Crawford, Audrey Henrikson, Phyllis Van Kimmoll. Margaret Tucker, Gladys Blake, Ruth Crr.egor, Leonard Delano, Thelma Kern, Jack Coolidge, Crystal Ordway, Elizabeth Schultze, Margaret Reid, Glenna Heacock. BUSINESS STAFF LARRY THIELEN—Associate Manager Ruth Street . Advertising Manager Bill Hammond . Ass’t. Advertising Mgr. Eucielle Ccorgc . Mgr. Checking Dept. Ed. Hisscll . Circulation Manager Bill Bates . Foreign Ad?. Mgr.! Wilbur Shannon .... Ass't. Circulation Mgr. Ray Dudley . Assistant Circulator ALJV KK 1 iftl INli m —uimnefi ntcu, rrancw .*iuiiiiin, r^ugcne w#uu, Richard Horn, Harold Kester, Anton Peterson, John Caldwell, Sam Luders. ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS Harold Bailey. Herb King, Ralph Millaap. OFFICE. ADMINISTRATION—Doris Pugsley, Harriett Butterworth, Helen Laurgaard, Margaret Boorman, Kenneth Moore, Betty Boynton, Pauline Prigmore. 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 :n the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, 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—Mary McLean Night Editor This Issue- Myron Griffin Assistant Night Editors— Gordon Baldwin THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928 Education Shoppers Feel Shortchanged f NJU8TICE inevitable in any grad ing system often gives rise to complaints like the one published today. The frequency of these criti cisms explains the use of an anony mous communication contrary to the Kmerald’s custom of requiring re sponsible authors. • The limited resources of the Uni s-ersity is responsible for the as hjstantship system and the “grader” who is often barely-as advanced as his fellows. Jncompetency is the result of the professor’s faulty judgment, in conjunction with the disabilities of student graders se lected. And students wilh a jealous eye oil the numerical evaluation of their papers are disillusioned and embittered as our correspondent is today. There is no cure for the Inherent shortcomings of the grade system and the human fallaldlities of the graders, so far as we have learned. But there is a. reconstruction of viewpoint that will release the stu dent from the tyranny and injus tice of marks. Bona says: “For as I now feel I would under no circumstances advise anyone to enroll and get ^tliiiig as I feel 1 and many others have.” Then the heinous plots of the University graders are disclosed. The implication is as clear as though it were explicitly stated, that grades are really all that mat ter. And that if they were not mathematically and exactly fair, the University is shortchanging its cus tome r» On the contrary, there are stu dents on the campus whose tran scripts look like the encaruadiued treasure charts of Captain Kidd. They have paid greater attention to scholarship than to a few light weight courses required. Their at titude, though the more admirable id' tlie two extremes, is in no way recommended. A dash of their in dependence, however, would end the querulous bargaining of our cor respondent. If the University, in the stu dent’s estimation, is actually short changing him as our informant sug gests, the student’s sole redress lies in retaliating by learning more than the course requires. Wlmt a bargain for the usual feel A Popularity That Is Questioned AN ago wltrrciu pooplo srom to hr possrssod with a $»Tcat ri*st - lossnoss has rosultod in uupiorrdont imI doiuauds tor thr moans of satisfy ii*g tin? constantly increasing de sires of the masses. The motion picture industry has been swelled to gigantic, proportions as a result of this condition. With the aid of the modern methods of ballyhoo and improved mechanical equipment, the publishing houses are selling books in numbers never before thought possible. The sale of magazines has grown so tre mendously, especially among the cheaper sort, that we see a horde of new periodicals thrust on the market lo share in the scramble for I ho profits. 'file public hunger for reading matter seetus to be insatiable, fic tion, so-called true confessions, his tory, biography, poetry —all have been offered in an effort to appease the vorncious public appetite for I lie printed word. Philosophy, more enduring than any other recorded thought, has at last reached the best -seller class. I Will Durant, in books and in maga zine articles, is reaching people i with his exposition of “philosophy 1 made simple.’’ Durant, said to he I considered a philosopher by jour nalists and a journalist by philoso phers of more academic habits, is in | a class by himself. Unlike many who i are reaching the public through the printed word, ho has at least made a serious attempt to do a real pi<*i-o of work, judge the result as one will. Among the magazines of popular circulation, are to be found many a philosophic gem. “Nothing suc ceeds like success,” is a meaty statement culled from a magazine preaching the doctrine of success to aspiring thousands. One of our socially prominent knights of the squared ring thunders forth that you can do anything you put your mind to if you but have the power of will. Another lays exclusive claim to the astounding revelation that “you are wluit you are.” We sup pose that lie means "lie yourself,” at least we are tempted to answer him thus. Hackneyed statements though they be, there yet is an element of trutli ami thought in them all. Rut they lire nothing other than old sayings without even the fake.ry of a new dress, advanced, for the most I part, by writers apparently no more I authoritative than the average uni versity student. These ideas with | their present laek of background in I presentation are not to be trusted to bring about a great increase in I human happiness, but bring to mind | the warning that a little learning is In dangerous thing. —W. C. Commun ications Hlghgradors of Grades To the lOditt»r: Siiu-o coming to tlic I’niversity ( I Oregon my ideas of this institu tion hu\ o taken a groat set-back. Perhaps I am a 1 • it unjust in my footings toward tl>o ootlogo, luit it' so | am perfectly willing to change my viewpoint an.I would wolcomo ;inc light that, anyone might shed liiiun the ,'uhjoot. For as 1 now fool I w ould liiidoi no oil cunislanees advise anyone to enroll amt got stung as I tool I and many others have. I will explain as follows; < ,'rtain assistants and graders have the habit of grading impels very iliffo* outly. 1 ty this 1 menu: Two students get their work to gether study stud prepare their work together. The most natural i thing to follow would be that their papers are almost identical, as 1 know many have been, l oon re eeipt of tlu' papers one probably gets a three, the other a flunk. When they are examined it is found that they are graded differently. To illustrate: Say alley both wrote the same answer to a question. On one paper nothing is taken off. On the other, half of maybe all. Then again two students will take notes from the leeturo. On some important point the professor will slop and possibly write >>n the board the answer to a question. When an examination is given this question is asked. Uoth students quote the answer word for word as it was giv en. W hen the papeis are returned the answer to said question is mark ed wiong on one paper, while on the other it is all light, y 1 haven't do . ded yet whether the assistant does li’t know the answer himself, or believes that he knows move than the instnieloi. If this is the ease peihaps it would be best to let him give the leeturo as this would on able the student to deride just what is wanted.)* Vnothei interesting thing to know ;s that in a rot-tain course an exam ination s lakeu at oven mold ill a Ut SEVEN L SEERS IF A MAN COULD GET A DI VO HOE FROM HIH WIFE HE WOULDN’T HAVE TO SHOOT HER.—Mueller. That the Seven Seers’ ..Clothes Press, X Press, Sus Press, and Rec Press are here to stay, was the as surance of Jack Benefiel yesterday before the meeting which was to decide the fate of the Emerald’s United Press. This will set at ease the nfinds of students who have voiced alarm at the possibility of their only source of news being re moved. These services include the use of a sorority telephone for one hour each night, and while we have never been able to so much as get the line, still we feel that it is at least avail able. TODAY’8 GEOGRAPHICAL ANSWER First inebriated golfer: “Can’t you hit the bull!” Second ditto: “Did I Michigan?” (And she turned up her toes and nearly passed out from over merri ment.) PHI MU FRESHMAN BRAVES MILL RACE PERILS AT 11:10 P. M. Brunette Beauty Swims Flood at Anchorage With Sig Ep Ravishing Figure Calls At House To Accept Dare She had taken a dare to swim the race at that hour of the night so she surprised him by showing up at 1 the house with a bathing suit under her coat and ready to go. He wasn't long in getting into similar attire and the swim was made. SSlie’s so dumb she thinks the ZcigtVld Follies arc Comma jokes. * * « She: “Did roii know that so mo fleas air white ?" Hr: "Nii. why’’’ She: "Cause..Vlun had a little lamb, ils fleas teas while as snow.” Grctchcn says the party was a success because what a whale ol' a difference a few gents make. The Alpha Cpsilous have compas sion on the fair sox anyway, l.ast week they called for the Alpha Gams ill one of the Eugene busses to take them to their house for din ner, avoiding in this way the long hike otherwise necessary. I'A NtOt’S l.APT WORDS “Let your conscience he your guide.” SEVEN SEEKS of the class, in which it matters not what you write, but rather how many pages you can till. I say fill, but of course this means that you ran space ihe wonts about four or. five lo a line, and the lines about two or three inches apart. Wu may even -ray ihe same thing over in about four or five different wavs. And really it is marvelous to see how accomplished some students liuv • bei erne hi tliis feat. PRO ltON ' SCilOi. A, CAMPUS The Vagabond (The lectures on today’s cal endar have been selected for their general appeal. Everyone is welcome.) “Terence, the Roman Come dian,” by Associate Prof. S. Stephenson Smith. Class—Liter ature of the Ancient World. 108 Villard, 10 a. m. “Dickens as a Champion of Children,” by Dr. C. V. Boyer. Class—'Literary Treatment of So cial and Economic Problems. Room 103, 10 a. m. Pi Lamba Theta meeting at the An chorage iat noon today. Women’s League mass meeting at 5, Alumni Hall. ALPHA THETA SIGMA—Remem ber that, we’re guests of the Eu gene Advertising club next Fri day nopn at the Osburu Hotel. Everybody meet at the parking space next to the Administration building at 11:50. International Relations club meets tonight at 7:30 at 101 Condon hall. • Oregon Knight Meeting... Adminis tration building. Tonite at 7:30 p. m. sharp. Important. Imagination (Continued from page one) for competition on February 3 and 115. The three columns of editorial in the Barometer adds: “We assume that the Emerald writer penned his effusion in the security of knowing positively that the meets had been cancelled.” Certainly, this writer knew that the meets had been cancelled and any pernicious penning* were the results. Mr.' Foley in his many mutterings 1 gqes on to say,-“A refusal to meet ! that tho Jjrpato^t. lack -of s|>ortsman ! ship .... minor sports would bo kept up hero for no other reason than to give the university some ! chance to win something, consider ing its record in most major sports.” Perhaps, as to major sport records, I Mr. Foley has again overlooked something. Since the beginning of i football relations between the two I schools, Oregon has won 18 contests to eight for the Aggies. Out of the last eight regular scheduled Pacific Coast Conference basketball games, the Webfoots have won six. * * # The idea of our calling attention to the fact that Oregon knew noth ing of the two proposed baseball 1 games with the Aggies under the | Zamlock system, also got under tire ! easily-ruffled skin of Mr. Foley, j The fact that this writer quoted L. 11. Gregory of The Oregonian in liis opinion on the Zamlock caused another ruffle in Foley’s skin. Tlie Haromcter editor thinks that bo I cause the Oregonian pokes fun at the system, so does the Emerald. The Corvallis paper says: “Mr. Greg ory ot the Oregonian aired his viiws on the matter and by his la . bored humor frightened the univer ; sity out of the idea.” AVell, now so far as Mr. Gregory’s ideas, we’d just as'soon take his, as we are sure he was writing baseball i before Mr. Foley was out of his ! swaddling clothes. U. OF O. SHINING PARLORS Shining- and Cleaning Corner 13th and Alder Do You Know JOHN ROBINSON? ■ ■ ■ * Most everybody does ’cause most everybody goes to the Spanish Ball Room Carnival Dance Saturday Dancing’ Lessons Daily 1 to P Theaters > BEX—First day—Billy Dove" in “The Tender Hour,” with Ben Lyon, in a pulsating romance of gay Paree, where romance runs the gamut of emotions in one glamor ous hour of love and intrigue; also Buster Brown comedy; Oregon pic torial news events; Marion Zurcher at • the organ. Coming — “The Bed Riders of Canada,” a thrilling tale of the royal northwest mounted, with Patsy Ruth Miller”; (Monday) Monte Blue in “One Bound Hogan”; (soon) “The Wizard.” McDOXALD—First day—Colleen Moore in “Her Wild Oats,” a bum per crop of Colleen comedy, filled to the brim with love, laughter, and a tiny tear here and there, wjith Larry Kent playing opposite the vivacious queen of screen comediennes; and, on the stage, George MeMurphey and his Pacific coast favorites, Kol lege Knights, in a superlative stage extravaganza, featuring “An Old Fashioned Sweetheart,” with the 16 McDonald Chorines in a fast step ping dancing act, produced under the direction of Katherine Stung; also, Agnes E. Hines’ second half of “Oregon in Pictures”; Koko car toon; Paramount news events; Frank D. C. Alexander, Eugene’s premier organist, in musical comedy setting on the super organ. Coming — Sir Percival Wren’s “Beau Sabreur,” the sequel to “Beau Geste,” and produced on the same mammoth scale, with a stellar cast, and presented with elaborate musical score and atmospheric pro logue. United Press (Continued from page one) suspension of the wire service does not necessarily mean its abolition. “The service will be discontinued for an indefinite period, giving the Cars to Rent without Drivers Phone 1721 * ’ V (AMO Rent 143 E. 11 tii Ave. Now Owned by lilac M. McLean Action- Romance Thrills— iiiiiiiimi'iniiiiiniiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiii MAIL ORDERS NOW! Prices, Tax Included: Lower Floor ... $3.30 Balcony, first 3 rows - S2.75 Next 3, $220; Next 3, $1.65; Last 4, $1.10. Box Office Sale Monday JIM SHARP -SAYS: When You're on Your Feet Again— Call 730 and Get Fit Up for a Pair of Regal $6.60 Shoes I Will Make Calls at All Fraternities This Term executive council time to consider its validity in relation to its cost.” The exeeutve council also accept ed the proposal of the publications committee for a ma.gazine section of the Emerald to appear each Tuesday. The new section, according to the report of Vernon McGee and Paul Luy, adopted by the publications committee, will be four pages, one half the size of the ordinary Emer ald sheets. It will be practically self-supporting, the report said, as it will contain 5.1 per cent adver tising, much of which will be of a state and national nature, not now obtainable by the Emerald. The new section will furnish an incentive and outlet for literary ef fort on the campus, and will contain numerous cartoon and illustrations,, ns well as short stories, sketches, poetry, book reviews, and humorous material. It is expected that it will add to the prestige and popu larity of the Emerald. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 1.—(P.I.P.)—Five Roblc women and one sorority woman are now at the isolation hospital under treatment for infantile paralysis, following the detection of the disease on the campus over the week-end. All cases arc reported as mild, and serum was rushed to the campus for use in these eases and in event of any fur ther need. As a precautionary measure, a proposed house party at Asilomar next week-end was called off and cancellation of social functions on the campus is planned. University women were asked not to attend a Cap and Gown tea Saturday after noon. I’ll bet a lot— of folks will* think us crazy writing this stuff! Well, wo mean it, and the money we spend in doing so will help the students. BUSTER, LOVE’S 832 Will. St. The first student to present this ad at Buster's today gets a free meal. Here they are The Poular Four Records Eccentric .“Red Nichols” Chloe . Brunswick Song Is Ended.Lee Sims (Piano Solo) My Gal Sal.Okcli The Latest in Records Are Here Sherman,Ray & Go f A bumper crop of Colleen comedy that will reap a harvest of hearty laughter with here and there a tiny tear to help it grow. No matter how clever you think she is, you are due for the treat of your life when you see her newest romantic farce .... with Larry Kent. GEORGE McMURPHEY and his favorites— KOLLEGE KNIGHTS featuring “AN OLD-FASHIONED SWEETHEART’’ -with McDonald CHORINES 16 DIMPLED DANCING DOLLS in a colorful, peppy STAGE EXTRAVAGANZA Nightly at 8:50 t Special Feature OREGON IN PICTURES A scenic tour of the state with Scenes of the Oregon Campus Paramount News FRANK'S MUSIC Koko Cartoon