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When the Turtles Sing
don marquis
“This world,” said the Old Soak,
1 “would be a good deal better place
fit’ the days and ways of them old
J time peetryarelis the Good Book
i speaks of was to come again.”
Thus the inimitable and alcoholic
philosopher, long beloved in the
I world through the tales and plays
|of his creator, begins Don Marquis’
flatest book, “When the Turtles
king, and Other Unusual Tales,”
published by Doubleday, Doran ami
Company.
The Old Soak philosophizes on his
, conception of pastoral life of the
fold Testament “peetryarchs,” and
i then lapses into a tale of an Amer
M lean patriarch of the southern
swamplands, a tale of gigantic bar
becues and much-tangled matri
1 menial relations, and the astonish
ing disentanglement of the snarled
i ties.
And then there are other sinful
I but lovable characters which Mar
quis parades before his readers.
There is Dickie Peters, the irre
I sponsible and idealistic “Tablecloth
Millionaire;” Scipio, the trained
: flea, whose unfortunate demise pro
| foundly effects the destiny of man
) kind; the “Fighing Parson,” another
of the Old Soak’s narrations, and a
Ado/.en or so more, who, despite their
I imperfections and frequent lack of
conventional moral qualities, irre
sistibly win the heart of the reader.
Wilfred Brown.
* * *
Valentine
ilis eyes liold dreams
And his mouth is young,
Shaped as though
It had lately sung.
/
It' the dreams are' sweet
And the song is gay,
1 will give him my heart
Another day.
Margaret Ormandy.
Oregon Fastness
Deep canyon depths;
A narrow road—
Slippery.
Tall slender ferns,
11uekle-berries—
July.
Leaning alders
I nterlocking,
Silvery.
Shining sunshine;
Sleeping winds,
Shadows.
A mountain brook;
An old snag—•
Kingfisher.
Agnes M. McLean.
t Wood in Autumn
The earth was strewn with leaves
in brown decay,
With needles from the pine trees
overhead;
My shoe snapped a twig; the eelio
rang
Through the dim »**ud. Bright were
the final rays
Of the descending sun that glim
mered through
The network of the branches and
the limbs.
My footsteps lagged that 1 might
linger there
All unconcerned of what might pass
without
jThe world that- was the forest.
A chattering squirrel madly run
Up ‘he gnarled trunk of an old tree
Till he achieved (he limb at his
front door;
lb' frisked his tail and blinked his I
eyes at me,
Then from his throat poured forth
such round abuse
I bat 1 was forced tu listen to my
guilt:
I trespassed there! A marauder, I!
Ho on 1 passed—out of his domain,
Out of the wood, and to a traveled
road
Where other mortals passed; out of
the wood,
Away from solitude and trees with
lonely limbs.
Mary McKinney.
* * *
Jesus, the Son of Man
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Kalilit Gibran, as a poet and as a
liative of Lebanon, is able to create
an atmosphere in this book which
r biographers of Jesus have not been
able to do. It is a noteworthy con
tribution to our literature on Jesus
,—modern in concept, and at the
same time poetic, two attributes,
which du not always go hand in
hand.
However, it makes no pretension
of being an authoritivc work, but
rather imaginative and poetical.
There may be much in the book
that would offend the orthodox,
provided the orthodox mind would
not forget its established beliefs in
the reading of it. There,is, for ex
ample, the Madman’s dream, in
which he saw his god, Pan, and Jesus
sitting together in the forest, Pan
playing on his reeds and Jesus on
his flute.
In spite of the artistic manner in
which the whole book is handled, the
author has yet to surpass his former
work, “The Prophet,” which both
anticipates and over-reaches this
latter book.
Arnold Bodtker.
The Wanderer
ALAIN-FOURNIEB
Translation by Francoisc Dcslislo
A delicate sadness and mystery,
elusive as tlie lost country for which
Admiral Meaulnes sought so many
years, hangs over this novel like the
fog and the light rain of northern
France and of the village of Sainte
Agnthe, in which the story is laid.
It is a sensitive, imaginative piece
of work, written with unusual artis
try for a first novel, and it is un
fortunate that the author died dur
ing the war, before his pen could
fulfill its promise.
The central figure of the novel,
Admiral Meaulnes, as he is nick
named by the schoolboys of Sainte
Agnthe, and in particular by his
lame friend, Francois Seurel, domi
nates the story almost exclusively.
His spirit is that of the novel,
dreamily adolescent, restless, quest
ing for adventure. Yet when he has
happiness in Yvonne do Galais, the
long-sought figure of his quest, he
breaks her heart to’ set out on still
another search, this tiyie for tbo
milliner-sweetheart of Frantz de
Galais, brother of Yvonne.
In tlie introduction to. the book,
Havelock Ellis sums up Fournier’s'
life and art in the following words:
‘'With all his f'ivid sensibility to.
the subtlest facts of real life, it was
by his ‘dreams’ that Fournier was
led, and that dream, as he himself
explained, was at once the reality
of the pant and the desire of tlie.
future, since we are made of old
memories, and impressions that are
unconscious, so that Desire is Recol
lection.”
The translation is very well done
by Francoise Deslisie, who conveys
into the English all the subtlety of
the original French.
K. M.
Tragedy of Great War
Is Near in “The Enemy’’
(Continued from l'oge One)
later, and Carl and Pau 1 i parted,
Call with the agonized cry: “l cau’t
hate, I can’t hate. 1 have tried to.
but 1 can’t.”
Again it was Vienna, now in
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I March, 1917. Still the troops march
ed in the streets, but there was
I little of the glorious and the rn
! thusiastic. For tlirse years the
country had been torn by war, and
i by hatred. Jan, a servant of the
j Behromit’s, runs in at the door.
Carl is dead, killed in the mud of
iFrance. For a moment Pauli is sfun
! ned, overwhelmed with grief. She
! goes to the window and looks out.
“Move troops. More troops,” she
wails, “where do they come from
and where do they go.’ More, al
ways more, from the beginning of
history to the end of time. March
ing, marching ...” And then oiu-e
more the listener returned to Oregon.
It was Vienna in 1919. Peace
was restored, at the cost of the life
of Carl and ten million more. To
what purpose was it all, Pauli won
dered. Always there was hatred,
!distrust, and misunderstanding be
tween nations. Always there was
greed and vanity and hypocrisy in
the world. These, she decided, were
the causes of wars in which the
youth of the world was forced to
participate.
Outside, the children were playing
that they were at war with France.
Already uld August Bchrendt had
begun to talk of the time when Al
sace and Loraine should be returned
to Germany. All foretold another
war more horrible than the last.
“But,’ said Pauli, “time is not
measured by our little lives. A new
spirit, a new rebellion is born in
the world. There are ten million
(lead, and for each dead there is a
wife or a sister or a mother who
is crying 1 No more war. No more
war! ’ It is a cry that will be echo
ed and re-echoed for generations to
come, until there is no more war.”
I hat was all. There was only
a stage with two chairs and Gay
McLaren, but to the audience, Aus
tna and the war and all its tragedy !
had been very near. The room was j
silent now, but there seemed to i
echo that phrase “No more war.”
Eugene Women to Hear
Sociology Professor
John H. Mueller, assistant pro
fessor of sociology, will address the
(Eugene Federation of Women’s clubs
tomorrow on the subject of three
bills before the TJnitud States sen
ate: the Capper uniform marriage
and divorce measure, the Hawcs
xCooper proposed legislation on the
transportation of convict-made goods,
and the Newton bill on the child
welfare extension service. The lec
ture will be at 3 o’clock in the
Chamber of Commerce.
Webfoot-Husky Feud
Re-opens Next Saturday
j (Continued from Parje One)
J five. Washington started slowly,
but, unlike Oregon, gained power
with each game. The Webfoot play
ing has been inconsistent, ope night
the team played like a champion
and the next night it ran around
McArthur court disorganized. This
may not be a sign of weakness, and
perhaps by the Washington game
the Webfoot., will have all the “bad
basketball” out of their systems.
Shaw, Sergeant
Appointed Heads
Of Sepior Ball
McKenna Picks His Men lo
Take Charge of Auutial
Function, Open to All
Having set the date for the Senior
Ball, annual social event of each
graduating class, for February 2:1,
Francis McKenna
class president,
lias named Larry
fSliau- as chairman
of the event.
“1 believe Larry
is the most capa
ble man for the
j°b,” McKenna
Paid. “The dance
ean’t help but be
a big success un
der his manage
ment. He has had
many and varied
. activities through
Francis McKenna out ,, • g scvc*a]
yea rs_pn J hii_.cnnipus and has sh0wn
real ability in all of them.”
Shaw is best known for his dra
matic work at Guild Hall. At pres
ent he is manager for the Guild Hall
players and also president of the
National Collegiate players. His
activities during his sophomore year
were noticeable, when he was con
cerned with the decorations for the
(Sophomore Informal, lie is a mem
ber m Scabbard and IHade, uiilitarv
honorary, and is first, sergeant.
“it seems to be customary,” Shaw
said, “for each ehairnian to claim
his dance will be the best of all, s
here’s my promise. But no fooling,
fn in the way things look, it’ll be a
great affair.”
Bun Sergeant is to be assistant
chairman to, Shaw, and the two men
are already working out the com
mittees upon whose shoulders will
rest the responsibility of the big
dance. These committees will be
ready for publication soon.
Even Poison Has No
Apparent Effect Upon
Chemistry Personnel
TIi- personnel of the chemistry
department and your reporter have
been taking poison. The poison is
so powerful that one can only swal
low it and kick once before dying.
However, no one is dead, because
being clever persons and well versed
in the science of poisons, the chem
ists only took a. grain, and then
immediately washed their mouths
out.
The poison is a very vile one
and has no taste, but feels just as
if a red hot needle were burning
a very big hole in your tongue. The
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stuff is compost'll of “• Rough ou
Rats” ami nitroereosol.
| It was brought, into the chemistry
j laboratory by W. J. Taufker, of
Blqe River, who owns u fox farm,
j He had found a small vial of a
j suspicious something (he did not
I kuow what) in with the meat he
| feeds to his foxes. The foxes are
I worth $1,500 a pair.
The chemists that analyzed the
problem are: Dr. Frederick L. Shinn,
I professor of chemistry, Dr. Leo
Friedman, instructor in chemistry,
Dr. It. ,1. Williams, associate pro
{ fessor of chemistry, Richard Roehni,
| research fellow, and F. A. Van Attn,
I graduate assistant.
Oregon Knights Hold
GeNacqiiaintcd Meet
Hunts Stoddard, Swindells
Review History of Group
The Oregon Knights held their
initial “get-acquainted” banquet of
the year last night at the Anchor
age. doe Freck, who was in charge
of the banquet, has planned for
tlie group to meet at least unco
each term for ail informal banquet
to promote their relations nil the
campus.
l’aul Hunt, Tom Htoddard, and
.I im Sw indells, juniors who will leave
the organization soon, reviewed the
work of the Knighls during Ihe past
two years and urged the members
to cniry on tlie group’s services to
the university in the future.
Twenty Alumni in Oregon
Legislature for This Session
(('onliiivcd from Pane One)
|Hievers, ’III, layw t, Oregon City;
Bar! f. Bronaogh, lawyer, 1'ortland;
. ('a r It on Smith, *tdi, Salem physi
cian; Allan A. ilynon, Portland law
yer; A. V. Swift, >08, Baker far
mer; ami B. !•’. Swope, lilOO, who
practices law a I I mlepemleuee.
Approximately 125 per emit of leg
i si a tors, therefore, are Oregon
alumni, that is, twenty out of ninety, j
Student Body Co op Probe
Still on Council Books
(Continued pom page One)
install the new chairman winter
term.
Next Wednesday there will be a!
joint meeting of the student and
executive councils to consider three j
[plans: making golf a major sport;
extending A. 8. l\ O. awards to
the rifle, team; counting the Hawaii
an game as an intersectional game
and so awarding letters to all who
played.
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Annual Frosh
Glee Will Be
Held at Igloo'
McArthur Court Chosen by j
Chairman of Committee j
At Initial Group Meeting
Tlie Frosh Glee, a nnuM social
■ ‘Splurge of tlio class of lQl!” will be !
| staged in the Igloo, it was officially
I announced by Don Call, general ;
j chairman, last night when the com- |
mittce chairmen held a peppy initial :
meeting, mapping out specific plans
j fur the dance. i
('nil pointed out, that in choosing
; the Igloo instead of the Eugene
i armory, the class leaders had con
sidered the proximity of McArthur
court to the campus living quarters,
■ making it easier to get frosh groups I
! out to work in preparation, and
j more convenient for those who will
| attend the function.
(living the dance at the igloo in
j stead of in the city building will
I reduce costs, the chairman said, ex
plaining that in addition university •
| authorities had expressed themselves
in favor of holding the dance on
' the campus.
Bob Van Nice, chosen to plan and
supervise decorations of the huge
i hall, “has something up his sleeve”
which he confided to committee
chairmen who expressed themselves
i nanimouslv as ‘ all for Bob.”
Call explained to each committee
■ liairman what Ids or lu r job would
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All the trimmings
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derby.
Tuxedos for rent
vest included
$3.50
DeNeffes
McDonald Theatre Diet}'.
..an
1)0, anil impressed upon the group
that action hail to be prompt in
forthcoming.
All chairmen were instructed to
hold meetings of their own commit
tees within a week.
“It’a up to the whole class, a* a
unit, not just this group, to put the
dance over. It’s up to you as chair
men to get every member of the
class back of this, if we’re goiug to
put this dance over big—anil that is
just what \ye are going to do,” Call
told the group, as they met in room
ill of the Administration building
last night.
Alpha Omicran Pi
Hosts at League Tea
The Women's league will eutortaiu
at tea this afternoon from 3:30 to
3:30 in the Woman's building, with
members of Alpha Omieron i’i acting
as hostesses. These informal teas
are sponsored by the league in order
to promote closer friendship among
university women and to furnish :t
social hour.
Florence MeXcrney is chairman of
the teas which arc usually given
twice a month. "Eleanor Flanagan
has charge of entertainment and
Marjorie Chester is taking care of
refreshments.
GRILLE
DANCE
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both
Friday
Saturday
at the v
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Ttyc grille will be heated
for these dunces
Important
announce*
ments from
the
"CO-OP”
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(Recently we had culls for
J Dostovesky, “Crime and
Punishment ” —- we can
t
s11j»j► Ify them now oil the
Kook Balcony.
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Cost, pens turn up it you
have your name on them
—2uc a line.
—a number of the “prep
pors” ex pressed udinira
tiwn for the “Co-op.”
Oregon students should
he proud of their store.
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