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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1929)
George Blue ToVisitJapan This Summer Professor Will Analyze Present Conditions In Far East Large Cities and Colleges To Claim Much Time George Verne Blue, professor of Y social science and oriental history, will l>e sent to Japan this summer hy the university■ to make a study of present day conditions in Japa nese education and politics. Pro fessor Blue’s expenses will he paid hy Mrs. Murray Warner, director of the Murray Warner fine arts mu seum. Sailing from Seattle about the tenth of June, Professor Blue will spend most of his two and a half months’ stay in the larger cities such as Tokio, Yokohama and Kobe, where he Will visit the big Japanese universities. He hopes in this way to show the students and faculties what the University of Oregon is doing to promote friendly relations with the Orient, and find out the attitude the Japanese have to ward the problems of the Pacific. The growth of the Labor party in Japan will also be studied by Pro ^ fessor Blue, who wishes to find out how the Japanese are meeting po litical problems similar to those of the Occident. Mr. Blue has studied extensively both in the United States and in Europe and will take his doctor’s degree in the near future. Previous to coming to the University of Ore gon last fall, he spent two years at the University of Paris where he studied under such famous historians as Professors Seignabos and Bour geois. Last August he attended the International Conference of Histor ians at Oslo, Norway, where he presented a paper. He has taught in the University of Hawaii and the University of California, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon in 1922. Buy Fossil Beds LINCOLN, Nebr— (IP)—Nebms ka is showing more than usual in terest in prehistoric affairs. A bill has been introduced in the legisla ture asking that $10,000 bo appro priated for tho purchase of fossil beds at Agate- TJiis is said to be one of the best preserved fossil beds in the United States. Page Phi Bete DELAWARE, Ohio—(IP)—Twen ty-four students, one freshman, two sophomores, four juniors, 12 seniors and four post graduate students made perfect grades at Ohio Wes leyan university during the first semester of the present year, the re port of the registrar’s office showe. Bequest Made DUBLIN, Ireland.—(IP)—A be quest of $100,000 to the Royal Irish academy, is to be used in the trans lation and publication of more than 12,000 old Irish manuscripts, many of which date back to the eleventh century. TRIOLET (To a certain young lady, who likes to appear dumb about philo sophical matters). Peggy always seems astounded By the wisdom of the Male, j When modern theories are pro pounded, Peggy always seems astounded Even though she’s quite well grounded On matters far without the pale— Peggy always seems astounded By the wisdom of the Male. Now I suspect that her surprise Is not so great as it appears. It may be that she’s not so wise, But I suspect that her surprise Is just a feminine disgnise That flutters masculine compeers— I suspect that her surprise Is not so great as it appears. RALPH MILLSAP. Should a person be punished for something he has not done! Of course not, answered the pro fessor. Well, I have not done my geom etry. 30: I got spots before my eyes! 31: That’s nothing, my brother has ’em, alia time. 30: What's he use for ’em? 31: Carbona. He cleans clothes. —Syracuse Daily Orange. The most important problem to be solved by the extra session of Con gress is not the farm relief or the prohibition question, but that of de termining the social standing of Vice-President Curtis ’ sister. She was a real artist. By a single stroke of the brush she could change a smiling face to a frowning one. That sounds like my mother. —Selected. Census taker: How many -pebple are working here? Proprietor: About half of them. —Campus Cat. Stilde’s Progress $,lred Brown A Satire on Life in Collegia • Book IV (Of the class of pilgrims called Athletes who pass through the Land of Collegia and of the re wards which they receive for the entertainment of the inhabitants thereof. Of the combat which took place between the Athletes of the Land of Collegia, and those of the Valley of Agricula, and of the events which followed.) Anon ns Student journeyed along the road which led toward the Gol den City of Education he fell in with Debater, another pilgrim who traveled in his direction. Fair of face and dear of voice was he. DEBATER: Gr'amercy, fellow pil grim, how doth the, way treat thee? STUDENT: Alas, friend, not ns well as it might be. But how is it with thee? DEBATER: Passing well. Soon do I go to compete against the orators of the neighboring land called Ida hola. Because of my superior pow ers of speech the council of the land hath granted me sufficient scrip to carry me thither and return. STUDENT: Well, friend Debater, I wish thee the best of good fortune on tliy journey. DEBATER: I thank thee, fellow Student, I shall endeavor to make mo worthy of the inhabitants of the Land of Collegia and to repay their faith in me. And presently ns they Journeyed along the road they met with one of the class of Athletes of the land who bare on his arm the sacred yel low stripe, and whose name was Halfback. Halfback, seeing the scrip which Debater carried, sayeth unto him: HALFBACK: Whence gottest thou thy scrip, friend Debater ? DEBATER: Lo, the Council of the Land of Collegia did grant it unto me that I might make a journey therewith unto the neighboring Land of Idahola, there to compete against the first orators ef that commonwealth. HALFBACK: The funds which the Council hath granted unto me have proved insufficient for my journey unto the Isle of Honownii. Give me, I prithee, the scrip which they have granted unto thee. DEBATER: But wherefore, if I do that, may I journey unto the Land of Idahola to compete there against the first orators of that commonwealth'? HALFBACK: But thad, friend, is of minor importance beside the need of an Athlete. DEBATER: The Council of the land hath granted the scrip unto me, and I shall not surrender it. HALFBACK: Come thou with me before the Council and we shall see. So in my dream I saw Debater and Halfback, together with Sfu-( dent, go beforo the Council, which administereth the affairs of the in habitants of the Happy Land of Collegia. Halfback sayeth to the President of the Council: HALFBACK: My lord, the funds which thou hast granted me to journey unto the faraway Isle of Ilonowaii hath proved insufficient to my needs. I prithee give unto me more scrip. PRESIDENT: I am sorry, Friend Halfback, but the scrip of the Land of Collegia is exhausted at present. HALFBACK: But behold, my lord, here is Debater, unto whom thou hast granted a portion of scrip. Give it to me, I beseech thee, for what can his need be in compari son to mine? DEBATER: By my lord, if my scrip be taken away from me, how may I journey unto the Land of Idahola, to compete there against the first orators of that common wealth? PRESIDENT: The need of a De bater is, of course, entirely uncom parable to the need of an Athlete. Give unto Halfback thy scrip. DEBATER: But my lord-. PRESIDENT: Argue not, I be seech thee. Give unto Halfback thy scrip. So I saw Debater sorrowfully sur render unto Halfback the scrip which had previously been granted him by the council and turn back along his way in silence. Halfback and Student went out together and continued on their way toward the Golden City of Education. Half back looked upon Student with con decension, saying: HALFBACK: ’Sblood, fellow pil grim, and how doth the way treat thee? STUDENT': Alas, friend, the way is long and hard, and the tribula tions with which I am beset are great. First I am lost in the hor rible Labyrinth of Registration. Wert thou not fearful of never i reaching the end of the pathway, friend ? HALFBACK: Haply I was able to avoid the Labyrinth by virtue of the stripe upon mine arm. I jour I neved into this lajnl over the rath way of Privilege. STUDENT: And then did T suf fer the stirred rites imposed upon us hy the Knights of the land. Didst thou not fear that thou shouldst never survive the fear some ceremony, friend HALFBACK: Ilaply, fellow pil grim,^-was able to avoid the rites by virtue of the stripe upon mine arm. For it would be gross folly indeed if an Athlete were hurt in such an affray. Whereat then would this land be? STUDENT: And then, fellow pil grim, I was befwaved into entering into one of the frightful Grecian dens, with which this land doth abound. There was I roughly han dled by the inhabitants thereof, there was I relieved of the greater part of my scrip, and of the best of my garments, and there was l infected with the loathsome disease called Slothfulness, to which the in habitants of the dens are very sus ceptible. HALFBACK: Fellow pilgrim, I fear me that thou has misjudged the true character of the (Trecian houses, or dens, as thou callest them. Truly they are not vicious as thou sayest. Haply I was able to avoid the ini tiation rites of which thou com plainest by virtue of the stripe upon mine arm. And as for the disease called Slothfulness—fellow pilgrim, it is an healthsome and very de lightful malady. I have been af flicted with it since the year of my birth. STUDENT: Ami now, friends, T have tarried so long in this land that the farther seem tho spires of the Golden City of Education to draw away from me. Alas, I fem me I shall never arrive at the pearly gates of that metropolis. Whereupon Halfback laughed, HALFBACK: Ho, ho. Is there still one in the Land of Collegia who wisheth to reach the City of Education? What shall it profit thee, friend, when thou readiest it? As for me, I care not. I shall tarry here four years, for only four years may an Athlete, be he ever so nim ble, dwell in the Land of Collegia and entertain the inhabitants there of. After that—I care not. This land is pleasant here, so why hurtv? STUDENT: But. did never' the Sage Ambition counsel thee to seek the City of Education, lest unwit tingly thou mightest end thy days in the dank Valley of Mediocrity, along the Sluggish River of Forget fulness, close by the City of Illiter acy, where dwell dhe Morons and the Submerged Tenth? HALFBACK: O, that old fogey. Didst thou really listen to his silly prattle? Who eareth what he sav eth? —But I say, fellow pilgrim, art thou going to the game? STUDENT: What game, I prithee? HALFBACK: The game. Know est. thou not that this day the Ath letes of this land shall joust with those of the neighboring valley, which is called Agricula? Where art thou, my friend, that thou takest no note of such things? (To be continued) About This Time of "Year Little drops of Water, Little grains of Sand, Make one hell of a mess on the campus.—Daily Princetonian. He (At the Midwinter)—Do you think my full dress is a perfect fit,? She—-Yes, almost convulsion.— Alberta Gateway. GET YOUR “TUX” SHOES SHINED at Campus Shoe Shine Acrosg from new Sigma Chi House WHEN IN NEED OF TAILORING CALL ON UNIVERSITY TAILORS 1128 Alder UNFINISHED FURNITURE And WATERSPAR Quick Drying Enamel and Varnishes to finish it WE DELIVER WALDORF PAINT COMPANY “The Store for Paint” 5G 10th Ave. W. Just West of Willamette Youngest Veteran Of World War Enrolled at Texas John Fred McRae Is Law Student After Seeing Active Service AUSTTX, Texas.—(TPand Dnily Texan)—Enrolled in flip law school of the University of Texas this year is the youngest veteran of the World War, John Fred McRae, who , has lived and accomplished more 1 during his 24 years than most men j experience in a life time. lie is now preparing to practice I law in Texas. lie was born in El Horn do, Ark., i in April, 1904, and was in high school there when the United States entered the war in 1917. He was only 13 then, but being largo and mature for his age, presented him self at the U. S. navy recruiting station at Little Rock, and when asked by an officer his age, shot back "IS” without batting an eye —which statement was never dis puted. After a period of training at Great. Lakes he was transferred to the Atlantic fleet where he served on the U. 8. S. Louisinnna during the greater part of the war. Tt. was his privilege to make a farewell visit to his old ship shortly before she was dismantled in 1923. The most difficult part of his as sumed role of warrior was acting the part of a grown man, McRae said. His buddies were all more than 20 years old, and it took quite a bit of deceit to carry out his plan well. He did this by learning to bluff with a straight face. In February, 1919, “Foots,” as he is known, was discharged honorably at Philadelphia, and returned te high school at El Dorado. He grad uated there after two years, and during that time made two letters in football and presiding over his graduating class. The next year he entered Center college, where ho pledged and was initiated into Sigma Aplia Epsilon fraternity. Then he carried on his collegiate work at Princeton, re cciving his B. A. degree there three land a half years later. From Princeton he went to Van derbilt and studied laev for a year i after which he entered the Univcr i sity of Arkansas for another year j of law. This university honored j him with a nomination for the I Rhodes scholarship in 1927, but the final selection for the state went to a Northwestern student. McRae has received much honor ary recognition from thfe American Legion since the war, and has held several high offices in that organi zation. Ho is a charter member of the Roy V. Kinard post of El Dor ado, and it was through this post that, in 1919, he received nation wide recognition for being the youngest living veteran of the World War. One lad entered the army who was younger than McRae —a bov from Nebraska only 12 years of age—but he was killed in France. In 1927 McRae was elected first vice-commander of the Arkansas Legion, and during the Paris con vention ho served as commander pro tern for his state. GERMANY REJECTS ALLIES’ DEMANDS: Newspaper headline. We thought that ceased to be news in 1921. We hear, unofficially of course, that the girls of St. Mary’s college are not allowed to have any dates luring tho school term. “This,” ob serves Hugo X. Frye, “should he a! very effective Quietus on the belles jf St. Mary’s.”—Cornell Daily Hun. Ohio Wesleyan Co-eds May ‘Bum* Their Rides DELAWARE, Ohio. — (ID)—The co-eds of Ohio Wesleyan university may “hum” rides the same as the men students if they wish, so far as rules of the university sro con cerned. Questioned on the subject recent ly, Dean W. L. Sanders said, “We have ton many rules as it is now. You will find that there is a very precise distinction on this score made l»y the students themselves. The men have no respect for girl students who “bum” rides. Hero lies Bill Hall Ho nevor did anything else.—Brad ley Tech. Give mo at first a porch like this And two veranda chairs, A summer night, a summer night, Two minds devoid of cares, A strain of music far away; A breeze to stir your hair, A touch of sentiment, and then— Remove a single chair. —Bradley Tech. John B. Rockefeller Jr. won his fight against Col. Stewart on “moral grounds.” If you listen closely yon may hear the cheer sent up by the 'ndependents whom John’s daddy forced out of business during the past 2o years. Six high school girls at Jackson ville, Fla., were sent home because their low-backed dresses exposed too Who you shoving! I dunno — wliat’s your name? — Alberta Gateway. ’Twill Soon Be— ;LILAC ”IME it •> v For Distinctive ► For a hat that is clever and different. For a hat that you will not, see duplicated on any one—yet a hat that is not ex pensive. For a hat you will really like to wear—come to us WE ALSO HAVE HOSI ERY IN THE NEW SKIN SHADES Letitia Abrams / i. Next to First National Brink FURNITURE REPAIRING Have your repairs, upholstering and refinishing work done here. Special cabinet work and designing gj I Eugene Furniture Hospital 1 491 West Eighth Avenue I Call 402 Spring Shoes Are Colorful Violet te The footwear for this season is more colorful than for many seasons. Reds, blues, and all shades of tan are in cluded in a variety of patterns most pleasing. The above shoe is now being shown in Shantung ' much. Evidently a sense nf beauty is one of tho superintendent's valu able assets. To Give Prom FRANKLIN, ITndintnn.— (TP) — This year Franklin college juniors will have the first junior prom(ever presented at the college. Preceding the dance, the juniors will fete the seniors at a banquet. The prom is open to the entire college and alumni. Tho newspapers are making a great to-do about the wealthy wom an who left if 10,000 to a monkey. Why all the excitement? It seems to us a great many wealthy people leave more than that to their off spring. The flapper co-ed went to the young prof, and said: “Proffy, dear, what are my marks?” He put his arms around her and whispered sweet little nothings in her ear. -Queen’s Journal. $80 could be saved.... Oregon students would drop into the Co-op and have their names put on their pens, pencils, ga loshes, etc. The recent “auction” showed that articles were lost because the owner’s name was not on the ar ticle. WE ARE EQUIPPED TO PUT YOUR NAME ON MOST EVERYTHING — FRO M YOUR TOOTHBRUSH TO YOUR NOTEBOOK. GOLD STAMPING OR ENGRAVING • AT REASONABLE PRICES the UNIVERSITY CO-OP W. S. C. Will Erect Gigantic Gymnasium WARTITXGTON STATE COL EEGE, Fullmnn.—A fit-id house costing $'175,(100, 1o he entirely paid out of student, fees, will he constructed during the summer months by the nssoeinted students of the stnte college, it was an nounced hv Karl V. Foster, gradu ate manager. Finns and specifica tions are now ready for hids by contractors. Momma: “IVh.at. do you say to the nice man who gave you the ap ple, Gertrude?” Gertrude: “Feel it 1 " — Alberta Gateway. Blues Do you get them on Friday and Saturday Nights? Get ft <1ato and make res ervations for our dance— BOTH NIGHTS. BILLY SIEVER’S CAMPUS CHORDS and College Side Spirit COLLEGE SIDE INN PAT SCOTT, Mgr. New Frocks in Georgette Flat Crepe and Prints Lovely Patterns Clever Styles Ideal? as an additional frock for assembling with an extra coat. Priced— $12.75 up DELLA BORIN’S DRESS SHOP Near the P. 0. Phone 2592 The Watch The College Girl Likes A watch that will ho beauti ful, reliable and useful. 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