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The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the
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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1928
Lcttermen To Police
Balcony Insurgents ?
OOD manners, and courtesy to
'-'speakers in particular, are qual
ities more vital to a student body
than tame acquiescence in observ
ing campus traditions. This is
what two faculty critics find neces
sary to point out to students in this
morning’s free-lance column. And
they suggest further, with just a
hint of sardonic laughter, that the
Order of the O might turn its dis
ciplinary machine to a useful public
service by quelling the near-riots
on Thursday mornings.
The protest is couched in general
language. Its charges are not spe
cifically levelled, but we liavo plenty
of good reason to suspect that they
are talking about yesterday morn
ing’s commotion. They could well
be, for not even the University’s
proposed amplifying arrangement
for the benefit of assembly speakers
would make a. voice audible in such
a din.
While not entirely responsible,
freshmen in the balcony furnish a
disproportionate amount of the
hubbub. Their position gives them
a peculiar advantage in annoying
platform occupants without incur
ring any direct, and therefore ef
fective, social deterrent. Their iso
lation lends confidence.
Unruliness on the part of the
freshmen is not so much a. matter of
ignorance as of protest against the
compulsion that is responsible for
their attendance in such numbers.
Most of them, probably, are there
because they would be paddled if
they were not. And this is not the
sort of audience to edify any
speaker.
The custom of freshman attend
ance at assemblies is not senseless.
It provides no small part of their
orientation experience. lint it is
equally true that rebellion against
the freshman dictum causes many
upperclassmen to shy away from the
enjoyable and informative programs j
in their later years. For them,
memories of force sups assemblies
of all appeal.
There may be an extenuating cir
cumstance in the inability to hear
many speakers in the improvised
auditorium. Laxness in order may
be but a habit of inattention. This I
will be remedied by amplification.
When the correspondents say that
courtesy is vital, they are not in
dulging in figures. It is just that 1
to the student body; if students are I
unable to control themselves, even i
mythical student self-determination 1
passes into discard. If wo can't do
it, it will be done for us—and wo
won't like it.
Spring! To Wait
Or Not To Wait
/T'RY as oho will, the notion that
spring is comihg persists in
| making itself known in one way or
another until it does seem as though
something must bo done about it.
But what is there to be done
about it'? Hero we are at but the
second day of March and the cal
endar gods say that sweet, gentle
frolicsome spring shall not arrive
until after twenty days have come
and gone their way in the blustery
month.
When we were small, we were
advised—and we still hear the same
advice, for that matter—that this
was the time of year when one
could very easily “catch his death
of cold.”
Said the soothsayer to mighty
Caesar, “Beware the Ides of
March!” History has it that Cae
sar did not pay much attention to
the old fellow’s croakings, so when
the Ides of March came around he
said “Kt tu, Brute,” and yielded
up the ghost.
Of course, this is a land of year
round Sports and athletic style un
derwear; yet for it is quite possible
(hat there might be found a few
persons who are squirming beneath
the itching caress of winter wool
ens as the warm sun beats down
from a cheery sky. Will it be safe
to change now or would it be better
to wait a bit until the weather is
more settled?
Lumbago, neuralgia, neuritis, nos
talgia, spring fever, kleptomania—
these are the fruits of too early a
yielding to the urge of spring We
might be sorry if we didn’t wait
and make sure.
But we’re not going to wait.
Nosiree! When we learned our
A’s, B’s, (”s, eli-., the teacher
taught us to read out of a book
wherein it was positively stated as '
an incontrovertible fact that robins
are a sign of spring. The robins
have been around for some time
now, and only yesterday we saw a
whole flock of them, and what was
more, every last one of them was
getting his (ill of early worms.
If spring isn’t here now, it will
be so soon that it may come and
go while we’re trying to decide
what to do about, it. After all, the
best we can do is to take it as it |
comes. Welcome, .Spring, we are .,
ready when you are. —W. (’. j,
Com m u n i ca t i ons
President Hall Talks
To (lie Editor:
My attention lias jnsl been called
ti a recent editorial in tin1 Minor
s'. Id to (lie effect that the University
ip its dormitory program, was not
taking into account the financial
situation as it exists in the sorority
and fraternity houses. In addition,
several fraternity officers have
called at my office disturbed by the
Fmerald editorial and in doubt about
cur policy.
I regret deeply that there has been
any misunderstanding and that there
should be any doubt about the point
of view of the administration. I
thought I had made this clear in my
report to the Jtegeuts on January
lit, which was discussed fully in the
] ress. There I used this language:
“There is a general feeling among
educators that freshmen should bo
required to live in dormitories and
that fraternity pledging should be
pistpomnl until tin’ sophomore year.!,
There are many arguments in favor
| of this plan that seem to be souiut
and unanswerable. .It is a plan that
rannot be put into effort at once, ,
for our fraternity anti sorority ■
houses are financed on a basis of :
tour year membership. By giving
them a year or two notice in ad- |
vnnce, however, so that they could \
recruit an adequate membership from {i
tlie upper three years, we could
avoid financial embarrassment for
these organisations and at the same ]
time make it possible to require all -|
freshmen to live in dormitories.”
In regard lo our new dormitory, I a
statistics show that there are enough ’|
men in lvugeue who are not living at 1
heme and >vho are not living in any ; ,
fraternity houses to fill the dormi-j f
tery almost twice. We do not re-1 n
gard, therefore, the problem of fill- j v
ing the new dormitory as in any way „
connected with the sophomore pledg- v
iug. _ j „
There is no doubt, however, thuBt
it we carry oa an extensive program j t:
or donatory building beyond our'
present plans, that it could be done
Bulletins
“Primitive Origins of Music,” by
Assistant Prof. John If. Mueller.
Class—Primitive Society. 101 Jour
nalism, 9 a. m,
“The Mexican Question,” by As
sistant Prof. William P. Maddox.
Class — International Organization
and Politics. 208 Oregon, 1 p. m.
“Worry,” by Assistant Prof. Del
bert Oberteuffer. Class—Personal
Health. 121 Woman’s building, 1
p. m.
The final physical ability test of
the term comes Saturday morning
at !) o’clock. Herman Gawer is
to be in charge of the tests.
The Pony Chorus will rehearse to
day at o o’clock at the Campa
Shoppe.
Elmer L. Shirrell, dean of men, ad
dressed the student body of Eu
gene high school at their weekly
assembly yesterday (Thursday).
He spoke on “The End of the
Trail.”
Pi Delta Phi, French honor society,
will hold its initiation on March
3 at 4 p. m., instead of at 3
p. m. as was previously an
nounced.
Seniors Urged To
Try Out for Failing
And Beekman Prizes
Members of the University of Ore
gon senior class are urged to begin
preparation for the competition in
the Failing and Beekman oratorical
contests, which will be held as a
part of the commencement exercises
next June.
The Failing and Beekman prizes
of $150 and $100 respectively, arc
awarded annually from the income
from a $2500 endowment given the
University by Henry Failing of
Portland about 1890, and one of
$1600 made by C. C. Beekman of
Jacksonville the same year.
The prizes arc awarded to “the
members of the senior class in the
classical, scientific, or literary
courses prescribed by the Univer
sity who shall pronounce the best
original orations at the time of
their graduation” The orations
may be on any subject, and both
men and women are eligible for com
petition. The prizes have been won
by women a number of times dur
ing the past 4 years in which the
contests have been held.
“I am very anxious that there be
a large number of competitors this
year,” Mr. Horner said. “The
prizes are liberal enough to war
rant more interest than has been
shown during the hist year or two.
Last year there were only four com
petitors for the two prizes of $150
uid $100.”
Discovery of Comet
Proves False Rumor
_
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 1.—
(By Science Service)—The new
“comet” that was announced re
cently as having been discovered by
an astronomer named Filipoff in
Algiers was not' a comet at all, but
i spurious image on a photographic
plate. This announcement was
made here today by Dr. Harlow
Shapley, director of the Harvard
“allege observatory, which acts as
lie American clearing house for
lews of astronomical discoveries.
The original announcement of the
mpposod discovery was received
Tom the international clearing
muse at Copenhagen, from which
cord lias just been received of the
uistake. As a result, the first
•omot discovery of 11)28 is yet to
io made.
U. C., Los Angeles, March 1.—
P.l.l’.)—The latest addition to the
milage student’s list of ways of
nuking ends meet conies from Bt.
lolin’s academy at Annapolis, Aid.
there students net as caretakers for
nfants whose parents wish to shed
heir responsibility for an evening.
Many demands for tho student
uirses come from the naval set at !
Annapolis. Baby tending and studies
nuke a good combination, according
o those who know.
uly on tlie basis of sophomore plodg- j
ag. That is the program that we
ire now considering. We would not,;
lcvvever, think of putting it into
ffect until after careful eousulta- !
ioa with the student organizations
md after adequate advance notice:
•ad been given, so as to enable
hem to make .whatever adjustments
n advance that their interests may
equire.
ARNOLD BENNETT HALL.
Mannerly Rudiments Lacking
V the Editor:
If the Older of the “O” would
d as a chuckiug-out committee at !
'hursday morning assemblies, and
eep order among their freshmen
harges, instead of paddling them
nr going without green hats or
•Hiking on the green grass, they ;
ould be doing a useful public 1
■rvice. Borne sense of courtesy to-;1
aid a speaker, and the rudiments -
f good manners are more vital than 1
ie habit of acquiescing tamelv in
aditional customs.
S. STEPHENSON B Mil'll, j
A. B. MOORE.
sTfe SEVEN
9 SEERS
I TELEPHONE GIRL IS ,
SOUGHT BY POLICE
(Head-line)
That’s nothing. There are people
besides police who have trouble get
ting central.
“THE ANGLE WORM’S
REVENGE”
Synopsis: As the last summer re
sort, Colonel I. Wiggle, renegade
j angle-worm and horsethief who
steals other men’s wives, finds era
i ployment boring holes in dog bis
| cuits and gets callouses on his head.
) Now go on with the story.
CHAPTER III
Love’s Labor Lost
The night wind sobbed in sym
pathy with the weeping willow.
Darkness passed into sunrise, morn
ing slipped out of town on a
fieight, the afternoon sped by and
it was night. Then came the dawn,
followed by a sunset that lit the
ridges of the gas range and fried
some ham and eggs. Darkness fell,
the parachute failed to open and it
crashed with a broken collar-bone.
The Indians had scalped her and
stolen her teeth, but to Rattlesnake
Pete she was the vision of his camp
fire flame. How lovely and lily
white this glorious creature seemed
to the soul-hungry prospector as she
lay nose-first in the mud puddle.
Tenderly Rattlesnake Pete folded
her up like a camera in his arms
and pressed his red flannel lips to
her orthophonic mouthpiece. The
light in her cherry-pitless eyes was
suddenly switched on in their elec
tric light sockets, her lips moved
like an express wagon.
“Gee guy,” she said, “ain’t dis
woild do swell layout wit de boids
and tingte.” Silently Rattlesnake
Pete knocked the ashes out of his
pipe and shot her.
(To be continued)
TODAY’S GEOGRAPHICAL
ANSWER
“I’m going to have a little party
during vacation.”
“I Shelby tljrre! ” (fortunately it
was February 29th and such spells
of laughter can come only once in
four years).
* * *
Little Blue Eyes says she under
stands now why the Theta Chi’s
take their police dog with them on
u.! dates. It saves greatly on the
grocery bill.
* * *
PEOPLE ARE STILL SELLING
THEIR USED BABY CARRIAGES
AND RENTING THEIR FALSE
TEETH TO RAISE MONEY TO
BUY EMERALDS. ARE YOU
MISSING ANY OF THE “ANGLE
WORM 'S REVENGE” 1
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR CREW?
(Nows Item)
“The proposal has been made that
one or more of tHe California erews
might stop on the way back from
their regatta with Washington in
April. If such a race should take
place this spring it would simply
be a practice race, but the prospects
ai'i that the Webfooters will be able
to afford real competition in 19LU).”
(Editor’s note): We are at pres
ent unable to find out from anyone
just who is crew coach here this
year, where the course is, or prob- \
able line-ups. The above picture,
however, we found in the files and
it shows the Webfoot crew of ’13
going down University street, slight
ly ahead of the W. S. C. crew with
which it was racing.
oxi: of Tin: latest song
HITS DEDICATED TO THE GIRLS
IN SHOUT SKIRTS: “AS YE j
SHOW, SO SHALL WE PEEP.”
STATISTICS NOT WORTH
KNOWING
If all the students who have ,
never taken a course under
Ilowo were placed in one of his
classes, they would stretch—
Sign on a country inn: "George
A ashington never stopped here!
.afayette never watered his, horse
i yonder pump! King Phillip didn't
tic near here! Longfellow didn’t
von know of our existence! Try
ur muffins.”
. . .
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"No female, no mail!’’
* * *
SEVEN SEERS
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Theaters
M o D O X A L D — Second day —■
Adolphe Menjou in “Serenade” —
the show today at the McDon
ald, offers movie-goers one of
the most varied bills in many months
headed by that suave romancer,
Mc-njou, in his cleverest role, that of
a composer of love ballads, who
writes his melodies to the better
ment of his love affair of the mo
ment; then, the short subjects are
unusually good; with a Bobby Ver
non comedy, “Splash Yourself,” a
Koko cartoon classic, “Koko’s
Quest,” and the latest world news,
as recorded by Paramount News;
on the stage, George McMurphey
and his popular Kollege Knights arc
featured in a melodious stagehand
act, “Syncopated Serenades,” with
the McDonald 'Chorines, peppy danc
ing maidens, in a new revue of
steps, produced under the direction
of Katherine Stang, nightly at 8:50.
Frank Alexander, and his silver
voiced organ, accompanies the en
tire pictorial program as only Frank
can.
Coming — “A Man’s Past,” the
first American made starring vehicle
for that famous foreign character
actor, Conrad Veidt, comparable
only to Emil Jannings, and said by
many critics to bo the greatest
artist in American films. Note—
The McDonald “A Man’s Past
Should Bo an Open Book” essay
contest is open to all readers, and
many valuable prizes will be award
ed the winners. Soon—Sid Chaplin
in “The Fortune Hunter.”
REX—First day—Peter B. Kyne’s
virile drama of the great Redwoods,
“The Valley of the Giants,” with
Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon; also,
Billy Dooley in “A Mooney Mar
iner,” an ocean of laughs; and In
ternational News events; Marion
Zureher at the organ.
Coming—“Woman Wise,” a com
edy drama of modern methods in
love and a ne ’er-do-well who seeks
MUSIC—
Sunday Evening
Tinder Direction of
GEORGE WEBER
at the
ANCHORAGE
50c Dinner
romance in a strange land. Soon—
‘•Pajamas.”
HEILIG—The two great stars,
John Gilbert and Greta Garbo, in
Tolstoi’s surging story, “Love,”
from the novel “Anna Karenina.”
Feature starts daily at 1:30, 3:30,
7:30 and 9:30. In addition, “Will
Rogers in London,” Pathe News,
Aesop Fables; Clare Whittion Mc
Donald singing “Dream of Love,”
theme number to the feature. Fred
dy Holt playing rapturous musical
score to “Love.”
Coming — Ramon Novarro and
Norma Shearer in “The" Student
Prince,” brought to the screen in all j
the magnificence of the world-known ;
romance, “Broadway,” the big
melodrama of the cabarets (road
show).
AUSTIN, Tex., Mar. 1.—(Science
Service Correspondence)—One thou
sand varieties of roses are included
in the vast rose garden of the Uni
versity of Texas at Austin. Every
known variety of rose grown in
Texas and many varieties from
other states are among the speci
mens in this remarkable garden,
one of the largest in the world. The
garden is under the supervision of
Dr. B. C. Thoi-p, professor of bot
any at the University of Texas. The
rose garden is a part of the Texas
botanical garden which was estab
lished two years ago.
The Spring Tendency
Ensembles
of engaging smartness and originality, the frocks har
monizing beautifully with the coats—at
$19.50 *
Charming New Dresses.
$12 to $15
MARGARET M. COLDREN
3rd Floor, Miner Building
A fountain of youth
for industry . . . ,
The vital youth of
the Bell System is
seen in this chart
of growth,
1876
Number of telephones
1927
Ponce de Leon would not have searched
for a tangible fountain of youth if he
had realized that youth is an attitude
of the mind—that it may express itself
in the ardent enthusiasm with which
the pioneer undertakes to explore and
develop new fields.
1 o men of the Bell Telephone System
the inspiration of the pioneering spirit
is a lasting fountain of youth. This
impelling force has already broughtabout
such developments as the modern mul
tiple switchboard, long distance cables
and the permalloy loading coil ring.
The telephone needs of the nation
grow constantly greater. To meet them
telephone men must continue to be
pioneers -* developing better tools of
service and guiding the entire industry
to higher levels of usefulness.
BELL SYSTEM
natian-viidi system of 18,000,000 inter-connecting telephones
‘OUR PIONEERING WORK HAS JUST BEGUN”
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