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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1929)
University of Oregon, Eugene Arthur L. Schocni . Editor William H. Hammond .Business Manager Vinton Hall ... .Managing Editor Associate Editors Hon Hubba Hex Tuseing Ruth Newman Wilford Brown Secretary—Ann Hathaway Upper News Staff Mary Klemm...Asst. Mng. ignitor Harry Van Dine.Sports Editor Phyllis Van Kinimell. Society Myron Griffin .Literary Victor ivaurman.i . i. tr. r-.uii.ur Osborne Holland....Feature Editor Ralph David....Chief Night Editor Clarence Craw.Makeup Editor Business Staff George Weber, Jr.Assoc. Mgr. Tony Peterson .Adv. Mgr. Addison Brockman . .Foreign Adv. Mgr. Jean Patrick.Mgr. Copy Dept. I,arry jacKson.cur. Mgr. Harold Keater.Office Mgr. Hetty Hagen ...Women’s Spec. Adv. Ina Tremblay.Asst. Adv. Mgr. Louise Gurney.Kxec. Sec. . Dorothy Thomas Day Editor . Night Editor This Issue. Assistant Night Editors Carl Monroe Ted Montgomery, John Rogers, Jack Bellinger, Louise Gurney. 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. Members of the Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the post office at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. Advertis ing rates upon application. Phone Manager: Office, 1895; residence, 327. AN WE not in Ibis one instance compare till institutions of higher learning with the business or trade school. Students who matriculate in these schools have one very admirable qual ity, They have a desire to learn till aboul something which they possibly do not know anything about, and are willing to admit that they do not. Here is where they differ from it great many college and university students; particularly different are those who have had a taste of “real life,” preferably in their chosen field—and as seems to be the rule, the smaller the dose, the worse the case. It is not interesting, in fact, absolutely boring, to sit in the class room among a group of students whose purpose is to bene fit from the instruction given and instead have to listen to the rantings of one member who thinks he knows more about it than the instructor. Maybe his ideas are right, maybe they are just tin'incorrect concept ions of his observat ion. Hut the result is not encouraging, neither is it courteous, and the lime con sumed is a real material loss. Professors appreciate originality. They encourage it. But if more students could acquire the attitude of the business col lege or trade school student, compare their instructor's ideas with their own before announcing to the world that they dis agree, there would be fewer dumb arguments in the class room. In other words, a few moments spent in self reflection are worth far more than hours spent in trying to convince someone else of his pool- .judgment. And to get at the bottom of it all. There is a tendency in choosing subjects in lieu of the grade. You will hear it often. “1 think I can gel a better grade in that subject because I know a little bit more about it.” And the student goes on to class, probably without getting his assignment, for the very same reason, lie knows a little bit about it, and .just because he knows a little bit about it and not quite enough he tries to cover up his ignorance by engaging the professor in an argu ment. We would that more students of this type would practice the inferiority complex at times place themselves on a level with the other students who desire to possess the knowledge which they are trying to bluff possession of. But away with the specimens who register in classes to flout their knowledge before their fellow-classmen and who have no idea that they "\\T i 11 derive any benefit therefrom, lie has lost sight of the real purpose of the institution, to give knowledge where knowledge is needed. And more power to the one who takes a course because lie knows nothing about it and desires to remedy his situation. Another Kind of Bluff Where We Sympathize HPIIAT Open House has brought ils problems both in increasing number and decree is umpiesl ioned. Last year sentiment seemed so great against it that I lie annual Irek over sorority lawns came well nigh to bt»in*jf abolished altogether. It seemed that the number oi' houses had increased to such a large extent that a pleasant evening jaunt had turned into a cross-eount ry run. Disgruntled and Footsore, writing in today’s Emerald, have ft just complaint. To determine that, we have only to look back to the traditional purpose of Open House. The evening round of dances was promoted primarily to acquaint freshmen with upperclassmen, and especially, men with women. Tin* men’s dormitory is •designed to house freshmen and sophomores. We may assume that over half the population is first-year that the average is less than five terms. Surely these are to be con sidered first in arranging a schedule. Such has not been the case. Instead, two large units are placed together while small fraternities need not struggle for dances. Sixty freshmen vie for places where twenty pledges choose their partners. Disgruntled and Footsore, we sympathize but also a word to you. You cannot have that for which you make no effort. The dormitories have long been clinging and self effacing. When you speak, when you demand, then be assured that you will be heard. Let’s Use Football Signals 'THUS is a sad. sad song, played on an old broken-down cornet by a gu\ who sat out in the grandstand at the Willamette game ami wondered what all the shooting was about. Every so often someone would make a social error and the referee would pace off from five to fifteen yards in the wrong direct ion as a penalty. No doubt the referee had the best intentions in the world, but anyone can tell you that even the best are sometimes mis understood. Each spectator had his own version about what the penalty was for, but no one seemed to know. This fall a code of football signals was arranged for the referees to use to explain decisions, hut thus far only one has been put into practice that of raising both hands over the head for a touchdown. The signals were designed to make the game more interesting for the spectators and use of them would help clear up a lot of decisions such as offside, holding, foul or interference. To call a college man not liberal is as insulting as to call him yellow, dedans an eastern college president. That puts a lot of j Scotchmen iu the .Mongolian race, 1 | LEMON Now thut open house is closed wo notice the Friendly hall hoys going around with their noses in the air. That’s ail right, I had my arms around a Chi licit too. * * * So many men died of exhaustion getting down to the Delta Zetas Saturday night that the girls were forced to call on the Alpha hall boys to keep up appearances. Pinky Mitchell was the only fra ternity man on the campus to visit both the D. Zs. and Tri Delts. Most of the boys just rang the doorbell of the new D Z house and left their cards with regrets. FRATERNITY VODVIL ■uni ji mi in inn. T«‘d <).—I’ve got a cowardly shirt. Don W.—How’s that? Ted—Oh, It’s got a frayed cuff. Social note: 500 bottles of horse liniment were delivered to sorority houses after open house. (Names on request.) LADY LOU Sho calls the hoy friend “Froff K.\" Inpause he’s full of hops. * * * Ol’EN HOUSE HANGOVER House president—My Gawd, Kiris, line up, there goes the door hell. Oh, I forgot, this isn’t >H H« *1* INFAMOUS EPITAPHS Here lie the bones of "Best Man” McGrew, Who was hit in the head with a bridal shoe. LEMON TODDY ILI.ITEltARY SECTION From afar conics the liny rain drop, All infinitesimal hit Of I hose airy clouds above. It glides through the air ldke a meteor, and goes bight down my neck. —K. \V. * * * Note Tlie Lemon Toddy illiter acy section will publish all sense and nonsense received so if no one else prints your stuff, try us. * * * THU TKt’TH OF THK INNER TIIOIHIHTS AT OPEN HOI SE The House Mother: Good thing I'm around here. These boys would surety tear things up if there wasn't a chaperone around. The House President: Hope the head of this bunch loses his whistle, they're the best bunch through yet. Well, all things come to he who waits. The Visiting President: Wonder if there isn't some way we can slug up on the time and stay here a little longer. “D you fresh man. don't you try to cut in on me!" One of the Sisters: Gosh, can't this fellow dance on his own feet ? A couple more like this and I won't even be able to crawl. Thank goodness that boy with the pretty necktie is going to cut in. Prater: This bunch is worth the walk to dance with. Wonder if I’d be missed if I stuck around ! here for a couple of more tries? i Orchestra: Wonder if we have time for half a cigarette before the next bunch is ready to dance" All (after finish): Thank good ness, that's over! _ •—C. C, • Campus Forum All communications to the edi-1 tor will not be printed if they ex ceed 200 words in length. They must be written on one side of the paper only. MOKE ON LIN'DY DEBATE Dear Editor: I do not like to drag out dis cussions in the letter columns of publications, but 1 oo feel called upon to make one further state ment to clarify R. C. in his inter pretation of my letter. There is not one picture of Lindbergh in my entire house, so far as I know, and yet I respect and ad mire the man the same as R. C. claims that he does. I, however, go R. C. one better, because I ad mire Lindbergh as a student. People do not achieve and con tinue to hold high positions of trust and responsibility in this world unless they are worthy. But all this is aside from what I was finding fault with in my previous letter. I objected to an associate editor who, in his col umn, hinted that Will Rogers had set himself up as a philosopher and that he had gained a position in the esteem of the public of which he is not really worthy, and who also made a statement to the effect that Lindbergh had, in the associate editor’s opinion, greatly lowered his prestige by accepting an honorary degree. i am not opposeu 10 muiviuuai expression of opinion. A person writing a column in a paper, which is supposed to represent almost three-thousand students, is en titled to freedom of expression (always within limits, of course) of his opinions as long' as he does not offend the majority of his constituents. He should not be surprised, however, if people ex press their opinions on the same or similar subjects from time to time in letters to the editor which is their only method of obtaining an audience among the same readers. The columnist still has the advantage and no one objects to that. As for Clara Bow, John Gilbert, or Babe Ruth, I am very open minded. If the time ever comes when they are awarded honorary degrees, I shall content myself with the thought that they are j worthy of the degree or of what an honorary degree means at that time. I think a person is entitled to whatever he can secure in open, above-board, and honest methods. Sincerely, N. S. N. To the Editor: At the freshman inaugural be tween the halves of the game last Saturday, some brilliant young! sophomore proved to be well sup plied with the commodity famil iarly known as “hen fruit,” and used it to what he termed “good advantage.” With an aim that really did him compliment, he managed to splatter the back of some unsuspecting yearling with! the luscious, streaming inside of an egg. Several more were1 hurled, but with no such deadly accuracy. The young person in the stands then proceeded to make it known to all in the vicinity that the new r plan of initiation did not instill in the frosh the proper “college spirit,” and bemoaned the fact of the coming decay of Oregon’s stu dent body, football team and even its place in, the ranks of higher learning. At the same time, he was en- j thralled with the idea that he was [ doing his bit to uphold the tradi- | tions of “college spirit” by dis- i playing his marksmanship to the J assembled crowd. Perhaps a word to the wise is sufficient. V. K. i To the Editor:— Why the discrimination against the men’s dormitory again in the Open House held Saturday night ? Last year the committee on sched ules placed the separate units to gether to crowd on each other’s heels and mess up the program. This year the same stunt was pulled. Is it because the dormitories are not of the socially elect, or is it because the campus does not as yet understand that there are six dormitories housed under one roof, each having a membership of from forty to fifty-five? —Disgruntled and Footsore. OREGON GRADUATE SINGS IN NEW YORK Arthur Johnson, former Oregon student, was presented last Tues day in a vocal recital in Town Hall, New York City. Mr. Johnson, whose tenor voice has won widespread recognition for him in the Pacific Northwest, was a leader in musical and dra matic work at Oregon. After graduation he devoted himself to music, studying with Gio Tyler Gaglieri and Hartridge Whipp. He made his debut in 1925 with the MacDowell club in Portland, and since appeared many times in Portland before going east. NORMAN WILLETT SECURES POSITION Norman J. Willett, who was ex pected to return to the university as a graduate assistant in chemis try, has now gone to Chicago, where he has accepted a perma nent position in the research de partment of the, American Can company. This company is the largest of its kind in the country, and in addition to supplying tin cans to many canneries, it gives service in solving problems relat ting to canning. EUGENE PHOTO SHOP Collegiates, Notice! It is not too late to put in your order for some of those p o p u I a r little “personal snap” photos. Just Think— G for 50c S(!l WIIXAMETTE STREET Over Preston and Hale Good for $3750 Coupon Name . Address . To introduce the general woolen line, we are going to offer to the first 50 customers— 2 Suits of Equal Value for Two Overcoats of Equal Value The Hub Clothing and Shoe Store R C. 1TKS1.Y CO.. OWNERS Old Willamette St., Eugene, Ore. ADVERTISING SOLICITORS— There will be a meeting of the solicitors at the business office at 7 o’clock sharp. Very important. Y. M. C. A. CABINET meeting at 4:15 this afternoon at the Hut. Very important. ORDER OF THE O meeting today at 3 o ciock in the Men’s gym. President will be elected. Everyone be there. OPEN MEETING of the Cosmo politan Club Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Y. M. C. A. hut. Re freshments and speeches. Every one invited. PI DELTA PHI will hold a com bined luncheon and business meet ing this noon at the Anchorage. THE ORCHESTRA AND GLEE CLl'B will hold a joint practice this afternoon at 5 o’clock in the Music Auditorium in preparation for the Wednesday assembly. All members must be there. SIGMA DELTA CHI important business meeting in 104 Journal ism, 7:30 this evening. A year’s program will be mapped out, a delegate to the national conven tion will be elected and plans for the Journalism Jam will be dis cussed. VESPERS AT FIVE THIS AFTERNOON “Five o'clocks”—Y. W. C. A. vespers will take their place on the campus calendar for the year this afternoon when initial servic es will be held at the bungalow. Daphne Hughes, director of ves pers this year will be in charge. The services will mark the first appearance of the new vesper TRADITIONS ARE SHOT! —but not the one, that the best place to have lunch or dinner is at The Anchorage chorus, chosen last week by Char otte Brosius. Members follow: j ^irst soprano, Dorothy Dupuis, ! jladys Mack, Marjorie Condit, Na im i Cobb, Betty Stimpson, Esther Frost. Second soprano: Elaine Wheel er, Harriett Mattecheck, Helen Overman, Helen Copple, Madelone Brodie. Alto: Beryl Harrah, Katherine I Perigo, Helen Schaal. The chorus is asked to report for practice and vespers at four o'clock this after noon. All students on the campus are invited to attend the “five o'clocks” and to take advantage of the opportunity for a few mo- ; ments of quiet and meditation. In addition to music there will be brief scripture readings. SEVEN NEW BOOKS ADDED TO SHELVES Seven new books have been placed on the shelves of the uni versity library during the last week. The titles have been posted on the bulletin board at the cir culation desk, as follows: “The Art of Straight Think ing,” by Edwin Leavitt Clarke. “The Patriot,” by Alfred Neu mann. “The American Omen,” by Garet Garrett. “The Story of Oriental Philos ophy,” by D. Adams Beck. “The Incredible Marquis,” by Hervert S. Gorman. “Possible Worlds,” by J. B. S. Haldane. “La Fayette,” by Brand Whit lock. VC*fcE HOW FASHIONS CHANGE In 1899 —Shall we join the ladies ? In 1929—Where the hell’s my woman?—Cornell Widow. * * * "Has Harry traveled much?” ‘‘Has he! He’s been to half the places on his suitcase labels!”—■ College Humor. / • * * ’ Sandy (noting price tag on ant lers in window): Gee, man! Them s awful dear. ’ Bystander: Wotcha think they was offa, a giraffe ?—Reserve Red Cat. • * * Co-ed (at end of quarter): Now that you have kissed me, Profes sor, what do you. think? Prof.: You’ll fail. I need you in my class next quarter.—Ohio State Sun Dial. • * * ‘‘Holy gee, Pop,” said Clarence, “first I saw a lady animal trainer and then I saw her dancing bear.” —Ala. Rammer-Jammer. Tough Ike: Let’s pitch pennies; . Angel Boy: What, gamble with real money? Tough Ike: No, just with pen nies.—Pitt. Panther. • ••••at. I. .1..1..1.t.A* —................. * *..‘-ij. * 4* It’s Things I * * 4* . . . like missing buttons, broken snaps, and slow laundry deliveries, that ruin the day, and waste * time. It’ you send your laundry here, you_may have * the assurance that it will he returned to you ^ promptly, and intact. £ + t * *}• Domestic Laundry | Phone 252 and “Send It to Newt’’ £ + * * Trivial rr * * From an engraving of the time in Harper’s Weekly Autumn of ’79 \ ) C7 * WILE Yale and Princeton were battling to a tie \ScJ at Hoboken, New Jersey, a small group of scien tists, directed by Thomas A. Edison, was busy at Menlo Park, only a few miles away. On October 21, their work resulted in the first practical incandescent lamp. Few realized what fifty years would mean to both elec tric lighting and football. The handful who watched Yale and Princeton then has grown to tens of thousands to-day. And the lamp that glowed for forty hours in Edison’s little laboratory made possible to-day’s billions of candle power of electric light. In honor of the pioneer achievement, and of lighting progress, the nation this year observes Light’s Golden Jubilee. 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