University of Oregon, Eugene
MAY NASH Editor
EDITORIAL BOARD
MILTON GEORGE, Manager
Claudia Fletcher.Managing Editor
Carl Gregory . Telegraph Editor
Wilfred Brown.P. I. P. Editor
X. Pangborn _ Literary Editor
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Richard H. Syring _ Sports Editor
Donald Johnston .. Feature Editor
Elizabeth Schultze ....._....Society Editor
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Scott Milligan, Cecil Snyder.
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Leonard Delano, Chrystal Ordway, Margaret Reid, Glenna Heacock, Irene Urfer, Joe
Hite, Leonard Hagstrom, Alice Gorman, Evelyn Shaner, Floyd Horn, Thirza Anderson,
Lawrence Mitchelmore, T. Neil Taylor, Betty Hagen.
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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 Pacifle Intercollegiate
Press. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as sepond-class matter. Subscrip
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editor, 721; manager, 2799. Business office phone, 1896.
Day Editor Thia Iaaue—L. H. Mitchelmore
Night Editor This I aaue— Wilfred Brown
Aaaiatant Night Editor— Charles Barr
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1928
Trimming Away
These Ragged Elections
XTOW that all the class officers
x arc snugly tucked in ■ their
berths for the year, some random
comments on the mode of their se
lection, if gratuitous, are undisputu
bly seasonable.
How much reason can anyone dig
up for two campus political explo
sions so close together? The poli
ticians have hardly time to wash
their hands after the major event,
when along come the class elections
like an ill-timed dud. What’s the
excuse ?
We are told that there has to bo
some occasion for tossing crumbs to
tliq lame ducks; then too, the suc
cessful A. K. TT. O. candidates must
„ take care of their army of ward
heelers and henchmen. But any
capable, politician can capitalize
appointive posts—of which there
aro plenty—-for paying his legiti
mate debts without recourse to class
offices; we would rule this consid
eration out. Merely as a conveni
ence to politicians, the second elec
tion is not justifiable.
The most damning testimony
against the way class elections are
conducted is t ho count-contesting
that seems a ubiquitous accompani
ment to class activities of this kind.
It is not strange, where so many
loosely organized groups, responsible
to no one in particular, try to deter
mine their officers in a spontaneous,
casual way. They seem to overlook
the patent fact that there is nothing
either casual or spontaneous about
the election of class officers.
The student body’s business is not
run for vote jugglers primarily, and
the less temptation offered these
worthies, the more clean-cut our
campaigns will be. An obvious in
ducement for aspirants frozen out
of chances for student body posi
tions is placed in the hands of poli
ticians by the present system. No
one can estimate the number of
house feuds born of disregarded
contracts for reciprocal support in
the two elections; they must run
High.
A good job for the new adminis
tration to begin on is right before
its members. If they will do away
With all this haphazard voting and
incorporate the entire electoral pro
cess under the scrutiny of a board
of competent seniors, they will have
left something to be remembered by.
Our elections, us they arc, have not
been corrupt, but they arc slipshod;
and in effect, carelessness may even
be worse than corruption.
Hurrah! The
i World Is Safe
(World-Herald)
A BOUT the time a co-ed finds
! university life getting too
complicated, what with dates, sor
ority obligations and the unreason
able insistence of the faculty that
she toe a scholarship mark, she is
liable to get a curt summons from
the dean of women. And the dean,
if she be the right sort, thinks Miss
Anno 'Dudley Blit/ of the University
of Minnesota, won’t waste much
eentiment and sympathy on her but
will just tell her “to buck up and
take a manly attitude toward her
job.” Maybe she (the dean) gives
her (the co-ed) a robust thump be
tween the shoulder blades just by
way of manly emphasis. Miss Blitz
I (loose’t say.
And so the co-ed who had just
about decided to let it grow out
again stops in at the barber shop
and gets her hair shingled shorter
than ever. Then she goes back to
the sorority house, lights a. cigaret,
says “fell with the dean,” and
wonders if she had better give up
bridge and go in for football in
stead.
O well, maybe she doesn’t do just
that, although it is justified by the
customs of the age as representative
of her effort to buck up and be
manly. The co-ed editors of the
Daily Nebraskan undertaking to in
terpret themselves, deny that there
is any pronounced masculine type
of girl on the campus in spite of
the prevailing fashion in clothes
and hair dressing—and we believe
them.
The difference lies in this, that
no matter how many feminine
taboos she breaks to adopt a petty
masculine vice or enjoy a masculine
comfort she remains prettily femi
nine in the doing of it. Bobbed hair
but served to accentuate the soft
curve of her cheek, and a cigaret
only calls attention to the dainti
ness of her lips. Co-eds will be girls
and girls will be flappers notwith
standing feminism, bobbed hair and
the advice of the dean of women.
And the flapper, we doubt not, will
continue to be altogether charming
just as she is today.
Library Has New Hook
Of Darwin's Life Work
“What is a species?” This ques
tion, asked by a college professor,
startled Charles Darwin into making
his life studies which have caused
him to be known all ever the world.
A new seven day book at the li
brary, “Charles Darwin the Man
and His Warfare,” bv llenshaw
Ward, gives a vivid account of the
man's life and works.
“Andrew Johnson,” by Robert W.
Winston, is another new seven day
book about a great man. Mr. Win
ston, tlirough the courtesy of the
grandson of Andrew Johnson, Mr.
Patterson, has had recourse to John
son \s scrap books, newspaper files
and letters, and has been able to
wander at will in Johnson’s old
home and examine the heirlooms
there.
There are two new books on the
rent shelf at the library, “American
Mystery Stories,” and “American
Detective Stories,“ selected by Caro
lyn Wells.
I' X1V E K SIT Y OF WASHING
TON, Seattle, May lo-(1\U\)~
Marksmen of the University K. O.
| T. (\ rifle team have completed a
I season in which they emerged vic
! torious in all of their twenty con
tests with teams of other colleges.
Frosh To Make Merry
At Saturday's Picnic
Freshmen, now that their initia
tion stage has passed into history,
will journey Saturday to Swimmers*
lVlight where they will celebrate
joyously in the annual frosh picnic.
Arrangements for the outdoor af
fair, which will last from mid
afternoon till the curfew tolls just
before midnight, are being complet
ed by a number of committees under
the general chairmanship of Bill
I’ittmann with George Christensen
as his assistant.
A treasure hunt is being sched
uled for prize seeking freshmen to
head a program that includes swim
ming, horse shoe tossing, a ball
game, and dancing.
Everything (including the food)
will be tree, and every membe^ of
the JD.il class is urgently requested
to be present at the outdoor cele
bration.
The picnic will be a “no-date”
affab according to Fittman
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WELL, DID YOU GO TO THE
CIBCUS YESTERDAY?
Or were you in the same fix we
were—wondered how a mere circus
could seem funny after we have
lived so long with our roommates.
UNIVERSITY MAY BEGIN
STRICT MILL RACE PATROL
Swift Cutters and Bright Spotlights
Among Suggestions
Believing that there is a notorious
gang engaged in smuggling p'ipe
cleaners and French pastries into
Eugene from Springfield by means
of the Mill race, local, police officers
are considering the idea of keeping
a close vigil on that body of water.
The University, hearing of the
proposal, offered to raise fees and
hire another cop if the city of Eu
gene would purchase a suitable pa
trol boat and install spotlights.
Such a joint venture by the city and
University would go farther than
guarding against smuggling. It.
would check up on parking limits
of canoes, one arm paddling, four in
tile front seat, etc.
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“Can’t we park here just a second
in front of the library?”
“Ferris the cop?”
II EIGHTH OF MISFORTUNE:
possessing; only a shower
BATH AND THEN RECEIVING
BATH SALTS FOR A jBIRTHDAy
PRESENT.
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FROM A SATISFIED EMERALD
READER—
1 was at once aurprised, astound
ed, and “gratified” when I read the
name of the “good looking” ball
player in Tuesday’s Emerald and
found that it was myself!
—HARRY DUTTON
MORE CARE WILL CERTAINLY
HAVE TO BE TAKEN. This is the
second instance that has been
brought to our attention of Emerald
pictures being recognized.
Released from pledge
Is Augustas Neeme;
Said, “I’ll puli no shades;
Nobody can see me!”
LIFE’S LITTLE TRAGEDIES
Mr. Remington has to write a let
ter in long hand as ho is unable to
find anyone who can run his type
writer.
i near you raeeu a nig ijineom
to Portland with your Fold the other
I day. ”
"Yes; hut the Lincoln beat me by
In length.”
"A length of what?”
"Thy highway.”
Gretchcn says her sorority isn’t
going to watch for fur coats in rush
ing next year. Instead, a close watch
will be kept of girls who can afford
to mail their laundry home.
STATISTICS NOT WORTH
KNOWING
If all the money possessed by stu
dents this lute in the term were
| stacked up in the Ad building, there
would be little chance of ever get
ting any of it bark.
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U X 1 V K R s 1 T V COMMENCE
M EXT EXERCISES MIGHT BE
HKL1> IN THE BASEMENT OF
THE WOMAN’S BUILDING
AGAIN THIS YEAR.
East year each senior had to swim
three lengths of the tank before he
or she «as given liis or her diploma
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"Don’t leave me Daddy."
SEVEN SEERS
I
Bulletins
Aipha Delta Sigma and Gamma
Alpha Chi—Plan ahead for the
big convention banquet at the
Osburn hotel next Friday night at
6:45 sharp. We need 100 par cent
attendance.
Tabord Inn meets at 7:30 this eve
ning at the home of Kenneth
Shumaker. Members are urged to
be present.
Greater Oregon committee will meet
this afternoon at 4:00. p. m. in
the journalism building. Picture
will be taken.
Seabeck Rally meeting, at 7:30 to
day, Y. M. C. A. hut. Everyone
interested is invited to attend.'
No Woman’s League tea today, be
cause of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta
Kappa dinner.
Toth Glee Clubs rehearse at 5 p. m.
today in the music building.
Frosh Track Men May
Perform in Portland
If negotiations now pending are
successful, sixteen freshman track
She’s Yours’ Boys
If'you take the proper pre
cautions. Feed her care
fully, but feed her well,
and the rest is an easy
matter. We guarantee a
mystic transformation.
Try it. It doesn’t hurt.
Gosser’s
Large Hats
for
Summertime
The reputation we enjoy
for correct styling and
authentic interpretation
of the mode is based on
the long experience we
possess in making millin
ery for distinctive client
ele.
We appreciate a call.
Thatcher’s Millin
ery Parlors
10th and Willamette
over Peter Pan
I BRAKE
SERVICE
We have installed one of
the very latest, 4-wheel
-Jumbo brake testing ma
chines in our shop, at
our new location, and we
can now test and adjust
your brakes with the
most modern and up-to
date methods.
We have also installed a
true-dru mbit he for the
purpose of making the
•circle of your brake drum
perfect.
Our run-true wheel and
axle aligning instrument
gives us the most scienti
fic method of determining
why your ear shimmies,
your tires wear unevenly
or wear out too quickly.
We are specializing on
brakes and wheel and
axle aligning (doing no
thing else) and you will
find us at
Bettis & Wyatt
New S. S. S.
Corner lotli anti Olive Sts.
Minton & Perry
Brake Testing Free
men will enter the Multnow Ath
letic club individual honor. ieet to
be held Saturday afternoon in the
Multnomah stadium, in Portland, ac
cording to Jack Benefiel, graduate
manager.
Benefiel has written Yore Wid
nagle, president of the athletic club,
requesting entry for the frosh. If
the application is accepted, the frosh
will probably leave here Friday in
order to be fresh for the meet the ■
next dayr.
Courses in' Coaching
Offered This Summer
A special course for training of
coaches of baseball, basketball,
football, and track will be given- at
the Eugene summer sesion. The
staff in charge includes William J.
Reinhart, instructor in physical edu
e
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That’s tlie way the
dough is when it
comes out of our new
high-speed mixer. It
is not touched by
hand.
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cation of the University of Oregon;
Virgil D. Earl, professor of physical
education and director of athletics;
William L. Hayward, professor of
physical education and track coach,
land Captain John J. McEwan, pro
fessor of physical education and
: football coach.
We carry a complete line of women s
up-to-date
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1002 Willamette St.
Offices—831 Miner Building, East Broadway Street
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From the “Film Daily”
Marion Davies in
, - ■ “THE PATSY” .,
M‘G-M ' /' ■ fc’ngta7289 ft.
Rates about the1 Cleverest comedy
of Season. Marion Davies a revela
tion. Entire cast lift it with Vidor’s
fine direction.
From the
Year’s Most
Popular
Stage Hit
—With
Marie Dressier
Lawrence Gray
LOVE, LAUGHS AND LEAP YEAR IN
MARION DAVIES’ GREATEST COMEDY
On the U of O. High Tonight
Stage presents at 8:50
“The Valiant”
A 30-minute drama made famous on the Or
pheum stage by
BERT LYTELL
Directed by Cecil Matson
—Cast Includes—
Brad Datson. Kenneth Long. Hermit Stevens,
Janet Timelier, Gene Eurt. Charles Kicka
baugh. —
Freddy Holt
playing and singing
his song novelty
“Beside a Lazy
Stream’’
“The Parasol
Ant”
A film novelty from
Germany
Spotlight—Aesop Fables
Matinee 3oc> Night 50c