Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1930)
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD ©regmt 0ail9 Emetalt) University of Oregon, Eugene Arthur L. Schornt . Editor William H. Hammond . Business Manager Vinton Hall . Managing Editor EDITORIAL WRITERS Ron Hublw, Ruth Newman, Rex Tusalntf, Wilfred Brown Secretary—Ann Hathaway UPPER NEWS STAFF Mary Klemrri .:. Assistant Managing Editor Harry Van Dine . Sports Editor Phyllis Van Kimmell . Society Myron Griffin .......Literary Victor Kaufman .. P* I* P* Editor Ralph David . Chief Night Editor Claience Craw . Makeup Editor BUSINESS STAFF George Weber, Jr. Associate Manager Tony Peterson . Advertising Manager Addison Brockman . Foreign Advertising Manager Jean Patrick .. Manager Copy Department Larry Jackson . Circulation Manager Betty Hagen .. Women's Specialty Advertising Inn Tremblay . Assistant Advertising Manager Betty Carpenter . Assistant Copy Manager Ned Mars . Assistant Copy Manager Louise Gurney . Executive Secretary Bernadine Carrico .. Service Department Helen Sullivan . Checking Department Fred Reid . Assistant Circulation Manager The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Asso ciated Students of the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday,'during the college year. Member of the Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, its second class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. Advertising rates jpon application. Phone, Man ager: Office, 1895; residence, 127. Day Editor .Barney Miller Night Editor .Embert Foasum Assistant Night Editors Elno Kyle, Elaine Wheeler Abolishing Love SAYS a robot scientist on the continent: “The poets with their talk of love, are hypo crites and betrayers of the human race. Half the men and women of our time are dizzy with love and stagger through the world in a dazed condi tion, which is produced by the sentimental bosh manufactured by drunken poets and insane lyric ists. “Back to sanity. Away with love. Let science reign supreme . . . scientific tests must supplant moonlight walks. All the affection in the world is not going to make a couple happy if they are of like human types.” He would abandon love. He woyld select a mate for a man by likes and dislikes, by physical characteristics. He would take the demotions, the most complex and vascillattng part of human life, and throw them in the junk heap. A mechanical man a robot must be his model. Of what use human life if it does not contain a few moments of bliss or romance ? True love, that builds character and ambition in the young man or woman as they await the time when they will be economically able to marry, cannot be sup planted. Ambition to amass gold as a Midas and the super-sophisticated scanning of clothes-pins for a mate can never hope to take the place of love. Life has a large enough share of adventitious griefs and woes so that the hopefulness and under standing one finds in a young couple in love is a beautiful and certainly desirable thing. Affection also plays a part in the procreation of the race. France, with her low birth rate, is said to carry an underlying tone of sex in her lit erature in an effort to combat the hide-bound family customs and traditions which call for an almost mercenary idea of marriage as a means to money or title. The scientist who would abolish love and make the human race into a regiment of robots will have to start his propagandizing under a handicap. For thousands of years love has been the thing that has kept families together, has brought about the advancement of society and the protection of the young. Anyone who would do away with it is advocating that the human being start life at the age of 50. He must find a substitute which will guarantee lmppy life after marriage; he will have to devise means of reducing the age of dependence of the human infant; and he must take from the human atom the spark that makes life worthwhile. Political Platforms TN YESTERDAY’S Emerald editorial column it was suggested that student political parties be built on constructive issues anil platforms in place of the undesirable practice of trading committee posts for collective votes; that parties work in the open for an announced objective rather than blindly place faith in the personal caprices of the candi dates to weather it through. Suppose those who control the political destiny of the campus do admit the feasibility of parties based on issues, their natural inquiry would be: are there any issues? Lots of ’em. we reply. The University of Oregon campus is fraught with con flicting ideas on every problem of student welfare and government. The Emerald suggests a few for aspiring candidates: 1. What about traditions? Should we continue the policy of enforcing the green lid, library steps, pigging at games, smoking on the campus? 2. Should there be any class officers other than president? Or should there be any class officers at all? 3. Should the A. S. U O. constitution remain in status quo, or is it capable of substantial refor mation ? 4. Should the yell king be elected or appointed? 5. Should the student body subsidize a lecture series ? (i. Should we have compulsory military train ing; exempt conscientious objectors; or make it entirely optional? 7. Is the University athletic policy sound? Should we pay more for coaches, encourage a new stadium, encourage high school athletes ? Or should we continue some of these athletic policies, and not others? Are athletics properly administered? We repeat: there are issues galore around which ambitious politicians may bhild their political steam-rollers. It remains to be seen if our politi cal interest is centered on the welfare of student government or that such-and-such candidate rep resents such-and-such organization and is generous with the pork-barrel rewards. Compulsory Snow Removal PROGRESSING up the straight and concrete paths which lead to wisdom has been a perilous undertaking the past few days. On account of the snowfall being later augmented by a frozen rain, the majority of the campus walks and side walks along the streets leading to the campus are coated with ice. After having narrowly averted several undigni fied and sudden falls to the walk, the average stu dent wonders why more students have not suffered broken legs or arms. Not only is the going perilous and full of slips i and slides, but walking to classes or from one build ing to another has been turned into a matter of slow, meticulous picking of steps over the glazed surfaces. In some cities in Oregon the householder who fails to clean off his sidewalk will have it done by the city and the expense charged to him. Such measures should not be necessary in a town where every fraternity has a dozen freshmen full of the usual ambition to work and a “copy” of the usual method of persuasion on the mantle. There is a city ordinance which has to do with the cleaning of snow off the sidewalks, but police have not enforced it. The time to act is now, be fore any serious accidents are suffered by students or faculty falling on the icy sidewalks. Define a Senior JUST what is a senior? Is he a man \yho has been attending school parts of four different school years ? Is he one who has amassed enough hours in three years to be rated a senior? There is a definite need on the campus for a black-and-white statement which will clear up the problem. A correspondent in today’s Emerald raises the question of whether a man who js listed as a junior in the student directory should be ticket chairman of the Senior Ball. Disregarding the merits of the person who was appointed to the position, the Emerald feels that the whole trouble is rooted in the lack of such a definition and the lax enforcement of class bar riers. A man who went one term last fall can drop out Christmas and come back next September anti call himself a sophomore. “On the campus” or “in the house” are usually qualifying phrases to his claim of being a sophomore. In hours earned he is only a freshman. If a man pays sophomore class fees he should be rated as a sophomore. The weakness there lies in the fact that all a man has to do to pay sophomore fees is write the word “sophomore” pn his registration card—no system of checking seems to be practiced in verifying his assertion. Without doubt the chairman of the Senior Ball acted in good faith when he appointed his ticket sales chairman. The fact that he is listed as a junior may be an error in the student directory, which is compiled from information cards filed by students fall term. If the man is actually a junior and how are we to know—an injustice has been perpetuated, as today’s correspondent declares. Athletics develop ugly muscles and scowling faces on girls, warns a New York physical educa tion director. Let’s see now, that makes Oregon an athletically inclined school? Or does it? Oreganized Dementia -----------------------------y-«lfj THE stage is empty except for a bunch of chairs and tables. There is a door in the middle of the back wall. For a whole minute nothing happens. Then the door panels split wide open, splinters and hunks of varnished wood scattering the length of the stage. #«•>!< The theatre catches on fire at this moment; but the scene is enough to convey some kind of an impression as to how OREGANIZED DEMEN TIA busted into the Emerald. Public Curious It's this way: Our public wanted to know why we didn't print some of our stuff if we thought it was so good; and we told him we'd had that in mind for some time, since a column of guaranteed humor was just what the Em erald needed. “The guarantee won’t be no good if we can’t get our money hack,” said our public. “The Administration's got that.” « * * “That ain’t the point," we answered in re ply. “If you don't like our column, you don't have to read the Emerald.” Along with serials and other poignant and impetuous matter, the column is going to carry a lot of deep intellectual stuff like philosophi cal debates. Our poetry department will also kick through occasionally with a highbrow poem. Cosmos Defective We might add that our head philosopher, Dr. Confuzus, thinks the cosmos has got a hole in it, and has promised to bend himself in a literary way toward proof, location, and remedy of this defect. * Weather conditions in Europe have prompted our Paris correspondent to cable this literary gem: (It may seem a hit involved on first reading, but, really, it is veryjfchoiee.) FANTASY A I.A METKOLOGIQl'K snow : Dishes, • 0 Delicate, delicious. Delved, dipped down to dark, Dirty, dingey dungeons; Elephant graves: Snow! It will he noted that by adding an e to dingy, our poet has nobly expressed the am biguity of life. Tomorrow we’ll run the first of the two part serial felling about what a heroine did to a flock ot heroes. In the meantime, we may be absorbing sense from Soerates' Socks. Let's go out and play with the tricycle now. FORUM noise at concerts To the Editor: I have attended every concert given at McArthur court, and each time, without fail, there has been a mad, noisy rush of students leav ing after about two-thirds of the concert. Students forget that this is ex cruciating to the artist. Keyed up to the highest pitch—it i3 dis tracting to say the least. It is in sulting, and most embarrassing to those with better manners. Why must it be? Why is it per mitted? It is bad enough to have to perform in such a barn as Mc Arthur court, let alone having an added insult. Last night was a splendid example. If students must be in at a cer tain time, let them rather stay away from the concert. If they at tend, they should remain until the end— with permission from their respective houses. I have heard this student criti cism constantly, not only from townspeople and the better-man nered University group, but from the performers themselves. It is high time something is be ing done. Reuben Charlyle Goffreiere. SENIOR BALL TICKETS To the Editor: In line with the appointment of students to handle the various ac tivities of the classes I should like to raise an objection to one that was announced recently. Namely, that of Fletcher Udall who w-as appointed to handle the ticket sales of the Senior Ball and who is, according to the student direc tory, a junior majoring in eco nomics. In no way do I want to infer that I am of the ambitious type and am looking for that particular job, but I do believe that the func tions of the senior class, or any other class for that matter, should be kept inside the class. This is particularly true in the matters pertaining to finances as does the ticket campaign in question. Also I would like to make it plain that I have no doubt as to the ability of Mr. Udall but it stands to rea son that he can not reasonably be as interested in the activities of the senior class as one of its own members would be. The success or failure of that function from a financial stand point hinges upon the number of tickets that are sold so I see no legitimate reason why such a po sition should be thrust into the field of politics to be used as a means of publicity of an oncoming class. I would be very much interested in any argument that the chair man of that function can present to support such an appointment. An Interested Senior. AN OVERSIGHT To the Editor: Through oversight Dean John Straub was not invited to attend the Frosh Glee last Saturday night. Ever since the Frosh Glees started many years ago Dean Straub has always been on the in vited list as a patron and it is al most a tradition with him to be asked to attend. This undoubted ly is an unfortunate error and an unintentional one. A Senior. Listening On Lectures Concentration is the secret of dynamite, yeast, and learning. * * * It is necessary to recognize the fact that in nature utility is not the only thing; beauty also takes a part. Prof. A. Pv. Sweetser. * * * Fortunately the language is not an exact science. * * * There was a time when it was perfectly honorable to be a vil lain. A villain was an inhabitant of a villa. But the word degen erated to its present meaning prob ably because inhabitants of vil las stole and committed other acts disapproved of, and a villain came : to be thought of as one who did such acts. —Prof. George S. Turnbull. * * * I suppose it is desirable that the masses are slow in changing their ideas. If they were not, society would be in a constant turmoil. When you take some habit or belief which is firmly established in a group and pass 4 law which is contrary to that belief you will always have a conflict, and the Geologist To Return Soon This map shows routes of access taken by Edwin T. Hodge, in structor in the geology department, in his study of certain geologic formations in Africa and Europe while on a year’s leave of absence from the University. Inset shows Dr. Hodge, who is expected to re turn to the campus about the end of this month. law will generally be the one which is disregarded. After public opinion has devel oped along a certain line it may not be necessary to pass a law. Prof. Waldo Schumacher. The Ambler YESTERDAY WE SAW "PAT” trailing GEORGE NIE MI to the Zeta Tau Alpha house . . . RALPH PROSE frowning over a camera, on McClure balcony . . . ROY CRAFT and his spats . . . a la Chicago . . . JULIA CREECH not going to a class . . . PAUL LAFFERTY well guarded against the glare . . . DEAN BIGGS at Lee Duke’s after ten-thirty . . . CHUCK REED and his flopping galoshes . . . PROFESSOR THACHER ejecting an Airedale from his class. Two students at the University of Nebraska were put on proba tion recently for vivisecting a frog in the psychology laboratory. Women’s intramural bowling is in full swing at Nebraska, with co-eds turning in pretty fair scores. Thirty-five nationalities are represented among parents of freshmen at the University of Michigan. However, the parents of 2,676 of the yearlings are list ed as American. Special Heavy Blue Flannel Shirts $3.95 and $5.00 PAUL D. GREEN | --- / Flowers For Formals or Receptions We shall deem it a pleasure to give you an estimate or offer suggestions. CHASE GARDENS FLORISTS 67 East Broadway Phone 1950 DON’T FORGET HER VALENTINE Pre-Iniation It’s a hard old life, this running: around doing: whatever the upperclassmen com mand. It's bad enough to have to stay up these cold, cold nights doing house work and getting hacked for things you do and don't do without having to worry, about sending the laundry home to mother or doing it yourself. The New Service Laundry will help you pull through; and. of course, the new pin will shine out just that much more brightly when fastened on a fresh new shirt. New Service Laundry Dry Cleaning 839 High Steam Cleaning Phone 825 Collegiate Pulse &-.--—..—.fi DR. SPEARS LEAVES The impending departure of Dr Clarence W. Spears, head foot ball coach at Minnesota, ends a brilliant period of five years’ ser vice. His record is one marked by great accomplishment. He has placed Minnesota in a position of national fame as well as section- J al supremacy in the athletic field. Naturally, the loss of a man who has moulded teams that have thus fought and won is a matter of deep regret to the university, as well as to the great body of sports enthusiasts in the northwest. Dr. Spear3 goes to Oregon be cause he has received a most at tractive offer from that institu tion. The western university is to be congratulated on having se cured the services of one of the nation's most able coaches. The work of Coach Spears at Minnesota will obviously be long remembered. It will be recalled by most, perhaps, as a period dur ing which winning teams were pro duced. But more than that, it is a distinguished record because the principles of “gameness,” of vig orous fight and of sportsmanlike conduct have guided the tearrjs and characterized the gridiron performances. The doctor “goes West” with the warmest wishes for his continued success. —Minnesota Daily. Your Photograph A Gift That Only You Can Give Kennell-Ellis- Studios Clearance SALE of SHOES JEIS!3I3!32MSI31S ENTIRE STOCK VALUES TO $7.50 And you will oven find many g;ood-lookin" shoes, ro"u larly priced much higher, even much lower than $4.85. Absolutely not a pair- of shoes withheld in this Trade Extension Sale. ua.. -jiaiaiajaiaisaiaiajeai Save S & H Green Discount Stamps M* MOp^Nfn%?BURNF ---PIIONE 2700 You Will Enjoy This Lovely DRESS The lovely dress illustrated is fashioned of heavy flat crepe in one of the season's newest eolors —Bareolone Red—with collar and cuffs of eggshell crepe . . . rows of fine shirring down center, front and sides . . . fitted liip liue . . . flare skirt with uneven hemline, slightly longer in back." The dress ‘is neatly’ finished in >ide‘ with sifk yoke across shoul *ders reinforcing the hack. In One of Spring New Silhouettes Sizes 14 to 22 Other Styles at $18, in Combo Red Capa De Ora Hacienda Pastoral Hubbard Persian Lilac Pie-crust