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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1929)
Poetry ^ Book Reviews Literary Section {□] Edited by Serena Madsen THE BAD LANDS I am the master; 1 shall make the soil Yield vast rows Of yellow corn, Of wheat, Anil barley too. The fruits of my labor yhall increase ten-fold. The earth is mine, Said man. I am the Master; I shall drop huge kuolls Of arid waste; Half-grown mountains . Covered with sage-brush . Can you remove • These bad-lands With your hoe and your rake And force the soil To yield against my pleasure? We shall see, Said God. —LAU BA CLITHERO. SUDDEN STORM Tap . . . tap . . . the rain beats down upon the roof; A sudden restlessness seizes the brooding air; The leaves begin to tremble at the touch of the silvery wands; They salaam to God, and again raise their heads To catch the kiss of the rain. Louder . . . harder ... it falls in churning sheets. Everything’s a-bustle, seeking shel ter here and there. The drops against the window-pane sound like sea-kissed pebbles; The leaves, now falling rapidly, make a dappled carpet, And earth is drenched to a swift soddenness. Then drop . . . drop ... in an un certain patter; Slower . . . and fast; heavy . . . then light the big drops come Until the last thin sound is gone, And through a film of eloud the sun’s red smile Touches with glistening freshness valley and hill. ‘—DIANA DEININGER. THERE’S NOTHING LEFT . . I had a gown Made of the shimmering fragile stuff That must have clothed the fairies. It was faintly pink, Sprinkled with little glistening beads, And lasted scarce a season. There’s nothing left— Except the beads. 1 had a love Made of the shimmering fragile stuff That must have clothed my youth The color of early roses, Sprinkled with little glistening tears. There’s nothing left— Except the tears. —HARRIET A. McLEOD. MAMBA’S DAUGHTERS By Uu Bose Heyward Here is a deeply satisfying book about racial relations between the negroes and white people of Charles ton, South Carolina. The. satisfaction is derived from more than one source. Aside from any sociological aspects the book is, entertaining to a rare degree. It is a story about real people. With a ripe characterization that silt-: passes his splendid achievement in “Porgy,” his last novel of ncgn life which won nation-wide acclaim Mr. Heyward lias created a lonj bookful of men and women whc move through the tale without the pallid smear of typewriter ink I about them which makes so main of the modern novelists’ characters fall so short of convincingness. The characters have a touch of the earth, a sure agreement in theii action with the inevitable condition* of life, and a vital spirit that makes them live in the mind as actual persons. But even greater cause for satis faction comes from the fine swing ing manner of the narrative. It is a spurious story. The reader lias time to get acquainted with the characters. The tale extends over three generations, and the action is not confined to a limited area. From the sordid decay of Catfish Alley on the Charleston waterfront, where lives the great mass of the city’s negro population, the scenes shift to the decks of river boats, to the phosphate mines in the back coun try, to the elemental, throbbing folk I life surcharged with a thousand i emotions found in country dances, and to a great finale on the stage of the New Metropolitan opera of New York City. I think the greatest source of satisfaction to me in "Mamba’s Daughters” is the fairness with which Mr. Heyward presents his broad picture of the existing condi tions of race interrelationship in Charleston. He does not flare off at a radical tangent with some proposal for quick- solution of what is a great, tragic condition of racial malad justment. He views the whole scene, recognizes the component parts, the black man's viewpoint and the viewpoint and outlook of the whites, and proceeds to paint a; great panorama in which the actual, existing conditions are presented. He points out the hopeful factors which are slowly ameliorating the unfortunate social puzzle presented by this transplanted race of dark skinned people. He has looked long and understandingly at human na ture and his judgments are sound.. Reaching into liis long, intimate ex perience with the poo pies of whom he writes, he selects the highlights which bring proper emphasis to the social problem, and yet with a rich artistry in every scene that illu mines the book with a clear, strong light of sympathetic understanding. It is a fair tale and a brave one. —JOE RICE. . . A FAIRY LEAPT UPON MY KNEE By Boa Howe Situation: William, a handsome young moth-collector, proposes to and is accepted by Evelina, who has green eyes, an imaginative nature, and fancies that she has a triple personality. In this elfish mood she calls her third self Evelina Three. There seems to be some question for 200 pages jis to whether William and Evelina really love each other. But one night William, while he fa out hunting moths, finds a fairy ami take it Iconic. The fairy compli cates matters some way, one is very vague as to how, and Evelina gives bac'k William his ring. But Wil liam, after deciding that he cannot be happy without Evelina, calls her up one morning some time later and Fresh Fr©in the Sea Vary your moat diet occa sionally by serving fish. The chiii*nt will be a welcome ono when voti select your favorite sea food here. Fresh-caught fish of all hinds are always in our stock. You'll find many suggestions in our present of ferings. o NEWMAN’S FISH MARKET Wholesale Retail Phone 2309 Free Delivery Crammers must eat A light 1 midi will do wonders for you after a. eoupie of hour's of cramming. I’hone ‘295&W and we will send the order right up. The 0 ft Lunch Electrical Repairing With a guarantee that counts—No job .too big and nuue too small Phone 234 Bailey Electric Co. 640 Willamette everything is settled to tlx* satisfac tion of the two concerned. One docs not know what becomes of the I fairy. This book sounds like a first novel. Whether.if is I do not know, but it 1ms a suspiciously flowery and twitterv quality that usually marks the productions of young writers. It is a bit incoherently written. Sometimes one has diffi culties in following Evelina’s rapid ly flitting thoughts. Whimsy, to be effective, must be lucid and natural, and done with the greatest delicacy. The author’s touch here is a little uncertain. —K. M. Society All the romance in college docs not live among the students alone; it develops occasionally among fac ulty members. Last Saturday evening at a bridge | party, the engagement of Miss Mar ! joric Wescott, grailuafe assistant in the English department, and a sis ter of Grlennory Wescott, novelist, was announced to Fletcher Burrows, also a graduate English assistant. Miss Wescott graduated from Ripon college, Wisconsin. Mr. Bar rows, after studying at Brown uni versity, completed his work at Har vard, receiving his M.A. degree in February of this year. Both members of the engaged couple instruct classes in report writing. The announcement was made in a novel way. A box of chocolates was brought, in with flags sticking out from each chocolate; a few words were written on eaeh flag. When all messages wctc pieced together they said: “If von asked me the latest scan dal, I would say that Miss Marjorie Wescott is engaged to Mr. Fletcher Barrows.” Discussion Groups To Complete Work; Prove Successful Two of the three discussion groups which have been held for the past five weeks under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. will bo completed this week. Dr. Osborne's group was unable to meet Tuesday night because of the Y. W. membership banquet, and it will hold the last meeting next week. The subject for discussion in this group has been “The Relations of Men and Women.,r There has been very fine attend anee all Ihe time for these discus sions, according to Miss Dorothy Thomas, wfrotary of the V. W. who led one of the discussions. Kcv. Clay E. Palmer led the other group. The new system of having several groups of interested students carjy a certain subject straight through the six weeks has proved very suc cessful, says Miss Thomas. One new discussion group was started this year which has never been held before, an intercliurch group composed of one girl from each denomination represented on the campus. This group, which was organized by Eva Davis, is to con tinue its meetings until the end of spring term. Each week, one girl gives a ‘talk on the service of her own church, explaining the ritual and the sym bolism. These talks are given in alphabetical order, and the meetings are held every Thursday afternoon from 4:15 to 5:45. This afternoon, Janet Osborne is to give a taUt on the Episcopal church. • Hermian Initiates Quartet of Women To Membership Roll Four physical education members —Betty Beam. Edith,•! Barthol, Mar garet Marian Price and Grace Cald well—were initiated into Hermian, honorary women’s physical educa-i tion organization, last night at 5! o’clock at a molding that was fol lowed by a banquet at the Anchor age. Initiation was in charge of Mar jorie Landru, president of the or ganization, and Beth Ager, Doro thea Lonseh and Dorothy Goss. Miss Landru presided at the banquet which was attended by about 30 members. A skit by the four new members was a feature of the even ing. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Sigma Kappa announces the pledg ing of Helen Wilderman, Eugene. j Gassified FOR RENT — Clean housekeeping rooms, girl students. P li o n e 243(3-W, 3-6-7-* Plain Silk Dresses Cleaned, $1.25 Suits, Dresses and Overcoats ! Dyed, $3.50 EASTSIDE GLEANERS Phone 416 I I [ USED CARS with an O. K. that counts Wo have some very attractive buys in usetl curs at this time. 100 per cent value lor your dollar iu low priced transportation. 1922 Ford Touring, with Uccu.se . $40.00 19215 Ford Touring, with license . 50.00 1923 Chevrolet Coupe . 85.00 1923 Chevrolet Coupe . 75.00 1928 Ford Touring . 195.00 1928 Ford Touring. 185.00 1924 Maxwell Touring . 165.00 1924 Ford Coupe . 125.00 Sold by a permanent dependable organization GANNET MOTOR CO. Mata Store 912 Olive Used Car Lot 7tli and Oak See Our Window OF Athletic Pictures It would be mighty nice to turn over the pages of your Oregon album some years hence and see grinning or glow ering up at you a picture of one of the school’s outstanding athletes or a gang of your former teammates. Get these pictures here—two prices 30c and 50c Pictures of groups uud singles —swimming, golf, track, football, and teuni s—enough for all of you. U niversity Pharmacy The Students’ Drug Store Ruling* Lead* Varsity In Total,Playing Time Star Has 543 Minutes; Milligan Gathers in 494 Gordou Ridings, member of the all-northwest basketball team seleet ed by Hee Edmundaon. eonch of me i mversity or Washington team, led the Oregon players in the I number of min ntes played in the season just com pleted. Hidings also led the Web 1 foots 1 a s t year, but his min utes this year was considerable less Gord Ridings than the 680 in 1028. Scott Milligan, forward, who was second to Ridings last yen’!, was listed second again this year with 404 minutes. Roth Milligan and> Rid!ugs were handicapped this year by injuries and illness which forced them out of several contests. •.Fifteen Oregon basketball players were in action in the 15 games NOTED PEOPLE : RAVE ■ 1 About tlio bounty and pleasure , of “dining by the Waterside.” • The ANCHORAGE Better come over some time < played. Of these l.", nine were awarded letters. Number of min utes played by Webfoots this year: Gordon Ridings, 543; Scott Milli gan, 494; Pave Epps, 365'i; Don McCormick, 048; doe Pally, 203; Ray Edwards, 20:',V.; Mervvn Chas tain, 182; .lean Ebevhart, 100; Cliff Horner, 133; Roy Hughes, 132%; [Inward Eberhart, 10.1; Keith Em mons, 14; Harold Ollinger, 5; Wil- ' Ham Hanley, 1; and Jaek Dowsett, 2. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Sigma F“hi Epsilon announces the pledging of Ivan Skyrman of Cen tral. Point, Oregon. Waffles - Toasted Sandwiches Salads Ties and Cakes ELECTRIC TOASTWICH SHOPPE Colonial Theatre Bldg. 786 E. 11th Special 25c Plate Lunch Ilome-made Pastry Milk Shakes Chess Pies Bottled Drinks Good Coffee Store Closed Thursday Yes, Tod-ay, Thursday, Ragan A 14owiii.ni will be CLOSED ALL DAV —To mark down every item of merchandise in the store, to rearrange stocks—Beginning Friday nt !> a. m. and cojitinning Friday* and Satur day and into next w*ek we wiU hold oTir SECOND ANNUAL CLEAR A.M’lijpAl.Jv- Tliis SALE is being held with Easter just ahead because of the conditions beyond our control—we are overstocked with New, Seasonable Merchandise—Such famous lines as “Fashion ljprk” and “tiriffon” Clothes—Afrow and Cluett and K. A W. Shirts, and in fjict nothing is reserved—The Sale is on every* single item in the store— Every item purchased during* the Sale will be a genuine value of the finest meichndise—-Your money cheerfully refunded it you are not ab solutely satisfied—So come Friday at !> a. in., tiring your friends—Tell your neighbors about this Sale- We want to thank all our friends who came to our last Sale—They remember the values; we invite them to come again, and we want new friends to ionic too. Ragan & Bowman 825 Willamette ■W. New Show Tonight TAYLOR PLAYERS IN “THE CAT and the CANARY” An orgy of thrills*—-morn exciting 1 ban “The Bat '—the creepiest mystery play ever written. A solid evening of starts, thrills and creeps, set off by hysterical laughter. Bargain Matinees every Saturday and Sunday ADULTS 50c Children 10c WA KNINU—Regardless of what oe ein'H dining aid two of this play, do not Ionvo your seat Positively no dan ger to. you. 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