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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1929)
Editorial Page of the Oregon Dailg Emerald University of Oregon, Eugene Arthur L. Schocni .Editor William H. Hammond . Business Manager Vinton Hall .Managing Editor Associate Editors Ron Hubbs Rex Tussing Ruth Newman ’ T Wilford Brown Secretary—Ann Hathaway Upper News Staff Mary Kiemm.-.Asst. Mng. rJditor Harry Van Dine.Sports Editor Phyllis Van Kimmel.Society Myron Griffin . Literary victor Kauiman.i . i. i . milui Osborne Holland Feature Kditor Ralph David... Chief Night Kditor Clarence Craw.Makeup Editor Business Staff George Weber, Jr.Assoc. Mgi Tony Peterson .A civ. Mgi Addison Brockman . .Foreign Adv. Mgi Jean Patrick.Mgr. Copy Depl . Larry Jackson.Cir. Mgr. | . Harold Hester.Office Mgr. Betty Hagen ..Women’s Spec. Adv. . Ina Tremblay.Asst. Adv. Mgr. j . Louise Guerney.Exec. Sec. j Day Editor . Night Editor This Issue . Assistant Night Editors .Dorothy Thomas ...Rufus Kimball Ted Montgomery Jack Bellinger John L. Rogers Letters to the Editor "INTERESTED parties, people with axes to grind and students with a word to say will have something to work for this year, when they write letters to the editor. Through the courtesy of iin English newspaperman, the Emerald is offering a $!•> prize for the best letter printed this year. Anyone but a mem ber of the Emerald editorial hoard can compete. Frequently constructive suggestions are made through the medium ot the “Campus Forum” column and it is expected that tin* depart ment will come to mean even more to the paper 1 his year. Gridgraphs and Disillusionment E OE the human specie are wont to cling to our illusions ’ ' even though we know that they must certainly be dispelled, to fondle our hopes in our minds, even though we know that they cannot come true. And, though there is per haps no .just reason, we feel thoroughly resentful toward the person who is the first to show us the futility of our illusions, or to dash over our hopes the cold water of reality. The truth of these rather general statements was never more forcibly proved than Saturday during the showing of the gridgraph of the Stanford-Oregon football game. This was the way it happened : The gridgraph, from all indications, was running about In minutes behind the game. It was about the middle of the second (piarler and the score was 7-0 for the Webleet, and the assembled fans in McArthur Court were in high spirits under the illusion that Oregon was the potential champion ol the coast. At that moment, however, a youthful at.ul garrulous Sigma Sigma arrived and announced confidentially to a Iriend in the bleachers some HO feet away that the score was 1H-7 for Stan ford at the end of the half. Curing the remainder of the period lie explained in detail at the beginning of each play .just what was to happen, thus relieving the rooters in his vicinity ol the necessity of watching the hoard. Hut they did not appreciate his efforts, lie had suddenly shattered their illusions, and they voiced their resentment in comments on his ancestry that are better imagined than quoted. It was much the same near the close of the final quarter when 1 he Oregon team came within scoring distance of the Stanford goal. The assembled students knew that there was to he no touchdown through the industry ol a willing but mis guided X. V. 'A. pledge who had appeared with the final score some minutes earlier. Illusions, such as the one the Oregon football Ians were under during the early part id' the game Saturday, are, if use less, also pleasant while they last. There have been times in the history of our institution when the illusions were the only pleasant, things the students had to look hack to at the close ol the football season. The Emerald believes that such illusions j should be prolonged as long as possible and not prematurely dispelled. The recent discovery of skeletons which were estimated to1 be <S0,000,000 years old, found near Vernal, Utah, only brings to our mind how young the world really is in progress. The bones those of a diplodoeus and a brontosaurus roamed the earth during the .Jurassic period when the faintest semblance of man was vet unknown. A Kansas college professor made diamonds out ol sugar and iron filings. If they are that easy to make, now is the time to sell our diamond mines before they become mere holes in the ground. The freshmen may not realize it. but the library tour they took rush week revealed possibilities of that institution which might be.valuable to remember. WK TAKE A BEATING To the Editor: We read with much disgust the sickening rantings of one of youi associate editors, Ron Hubbs, in his column, "This and That," which appeared in the Friday morning Emerald. Not only were we disgusted, but we were great ly surprised that you, Mr. Editor, would permit an associate editor to publish the last two para graphs of his column on that day. Ron Hubbs' apology to Will Rogers is unnecessary. Will Rug gers has made no pretensions of being a philosopher, (a few people marketing his material may have) but the public has acclaimed him as an entertainer, and every man in this country of ours is permit ted to rise to such esteem in the public mind as that body sees fit to bestow. Ron Hubbs is not writing a column just to keep himself busy either. ‘An honest confession is good for the soul' is often very truth ful. We are not surprised that the publicity given to Lindberg has irked Mr. Hubbs. We really did not think, however, that any Oregon student would begrudge Col. Lindberg an honorary degree. Mr. Editor, if the eighth col umn on the front page is going to be made the panning table for notable people who continue to j hold the esteem of the public, ' then either eliminate it altogether or find a qualified person to do the panning. N. S. N. N. B. Colonel Charles A Lind bergh spells his name with an "h". I V. If . Ivspers Choir Tryouts This If eck Selection of members of the Y. W. C. A. "five o’clock" vesper choir is to be eontinueed Wednes day and Thursday, with tryouts at the bungalow, Charlotte Bro sius, choir leader, announced yes terday. Tryouts will be held from three , to four o'clock, she explained. A i ; choir of about 20 is to be selected. ' LEMON ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR I THE FOLLOWING NOTICE IS j USUALLY SEEN ON THE j PLEDGE BULLETIN OF THE BETTER FRA TERNITIES: “PLEASE CUT YOUR TOE NAILS, YOU'RE TEARING THE SHEETS.” * * * IT HAPPENS TO MOST OF US \ •» -«■ Will: Whore’s the vehicle, my Rood man, in the shop? Yum: Yep, having trouble with vacuum in the tank. Will: Mine won’t run without gas either. * * * THE MODERN OPTIMIST The Ford owner who builds a three car garage. * * * Courtier: What Ho! vassal, the flytox, there’s a moth in the king’s beard. Jester: Nay, nay knave, then shall he have holy whiskers. * * • PAGE BRIGHAM YOUNG A. W Rat: Ray bozo, what's the idea of telling me that old hen was a “young” girl? Tat: Well, pinhead, ain’t she a Merman ? * * « A Stanford humorist (?) has suggested that the Oregon Alma DEISMSi3S®SHEEIS!31SI3JSM3ISJ3I3EJ3Ii Mater song be changed to “Am I Blue.” * * * IDEM. JOBS FOR THE COLLEGE MAN Sifting ashes in a cremeator ium. * * » Only Natural First Sprinter: Yes, sir, my feet are as strong as they make ’em. Second Ditto: I never change my sox either. * * * INFAMOUS EPITAPHS Here lies 'till Moses comes onc( more. The bones of frosh McArp, He tried to kiss a policeman’: daughter And woke up holding a harp. * * * The board of regents has re cently justified the raise in reg istration fees by the extreme pov erty of university professors am announces that they will now bi able to smoke Herbert Tareytoi cigarettes instead of Bull Dur ham. (This has nothing to do witl high cost of lampblack in Siberia. * * * The Bartender. MATSON NEW AID IN DRAMA DEPT Cecil Matson, former Oregoi graduate, will take Connie Roth' place as assistant in the dram: department. He also will help ii directing plays. Matson graduated from Orego: in June, 1928, and during th past year he has worked with th Bess Whitcomb players, a non professional group in Portland and also with the Henry Duff; players. Last year Matson wa the play director at Lincoln hig school of Portland. Y Freshman Commission meet at Hut at 7:30. 3JSIEIEfSiajSI3JSJgJSJ3IEnH!SMElI5iSIEJSJS!i3I3Ji Freshmen m m The Campus Barber Shop Welcomes You LEO DEFFENBACHER Proprietor Across from Sigma Chi Greetings From THOSE TYPEWRITER Gl’YS W e 11 a vo Lots of Typewriters For Sale or Kent All Makes—Standard or Portable Student 1 erms Office Machinery & Supply Co. Willamette Opposite “Y" Phone 14S ! Beta: These floating universities are becoming quite the thing j nowadays. 1 Rate-a: Yeh? Well, I know a bunch of guys that are doing their best to float this one.— Utah Crimson. * * * She: I suppose you are on the football team? He (proudly): Well, yes; I do the aerial work. She: What Is that? He: I blow up the footballs. Lafayette Lyre. * * * Your hair needs cutting badly, sir, said the barber. No, it doesn’t, retorted the stu dent. It needs to be cut nicely. You cut it badly last time. —-Tennessee Mugwump. • * • Ticket Agent: This ticket costs fifty dollars and allows you a three day hangover in St. Louis. Buyer: And how much if I don’t get drunk?—Missouri Outlaw. There is something about the woods in springtime that gets under one’s skin, isn't there? Yes, pine needles. — Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern. * « * Her voice: Whisper sweet nothr ings into my ear. His voice: All right. Sweet noth ings.—Louisville Satyr. Senior: What is it that lives in a stall, eats oats and can see equally well at both ends ? End Man: By me. Senior: A blind horse.—Colby White Mule. Theta Sigma Phi luncheon at Anchorage today noon. ,1 u P tl n 2 G G 9 g B G I E E E [ [ i [ C I [ [ PICTURES— At a Special Price—6 for 50 Cents EUGENE PHOTO SHOP 8G1 Willamette t ■ To Serve You 1 Photographically r ■ Kennell - Ellis Studios 957 Willamette St. iiuisiiBniniiiiHiniBi lany Books Donated To Campus Library Thirteen sets of books, to be sed largely for research pur Dses, were added to the library lis summer by means of the an ual gift campaign conducted among members of the faculty. Contributions made voluntarily by the faculty have for the past several years been an important factor in providing the university with research works that could not with expedience be purchased through regular library funds. asgjsiaajasiaEiajsjaiajas®®aiaMa5Maiaiai3jajai3/a]Sjai3Msi3MS®ai3JBMSiaj5 The Ideal Dessert Is Ice Cream This Week’s Special / (For the week beginning October 6 f and ending October 13) / BRICK Prunut Ice Cream Vanilla Ice Cream Orange Parfait Ice Cream BULK Prunut Ice Cream Eugene Fruit Growers Ass’n Phone 1480 Eugene, Oregon D 3 n 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 i 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 T ... in a cigarette it's Taste / Actions SPEAK LOUDER than words; what you want to kno-w about a cigarette is how it tastes. And words can’t tell you much about Chesterfield's taste. Tobacco quality, mild fra grance, character—these are only words, until you’ve tried Chesterfield; after that, three words say it all: "TASTE © 1929, Liggett & Myiis Tobacco Co.