EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD
(Ifregim Ms limcrali)
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“Culls Who Guzzle”
The best way to start a fight these days is to
talk about prohibition. Brand it a failure and the
drys and bootleggers will rise in its defense; call
it a success and then sit back and await the cen
sure from the wets and police officers.
A week ago the Emerald printed an editorial
in which it was so bold as to state that prohibition
was an injustice to college men because it bred dis
regard for laws in a class which is at heart law
abiding, and further complained that prohobition
made it "smart” to imbibe in an era when injurious
poisons were the only available liquor.
Echoes of the editorial have come from many
comers of the state. Answers came from Pilot
Hock, Salem, Glendale, and Coquille papers. Two
editors asserted that the writer of the Emerald
editorial did not know what he was writing about
while a third said, "We are not disposed to spank
this college boy and tell him he writes whereof he
knows not. Methinks he knows probably too much.”
This editor in the Salem Statesman goes on to
say, “We shall grant the force of his bill of par
ticulars. Students may procure liquor; but it is not
flaunted at them from scores of open saloons as
we recall It in our college days. Nor is student
consumption of booze an innovation coincident with
Volsteadism. The smart-alecky stuff we must ad
mit, and credit it with representing probably the
greatest breakdown of the prohibition enactment.
This same flair for freedom noticeable among the
college youth may be observed in high social cir
cles.”
Two of the country editors seemed to harbor
the popular notion that a college man is twice as
wicked as any other man his age if he happens to
drink. They demand that college be a “white cita
del on top the hill,” and expect college men to lose
all human emotions and failings and submerge
themselves in literature and culture.
We believe in looking at college as a cross-sec
tion of the countryside which sends the student to
school. College provides no cloak of righteousness
which a man dons the moment he pays his fees.
Although all colleges, and Oregon is in the van
guard, make strenuous efforts to incorporate moral
and cultural education in their curriculum, their
success is measured only by the degree of recep
tiveness and previous training the college man has
had. When he reaches college his personal habits
are inclined to be hard to change, as are his opin
ions and attitudes.
Granted there are a tew "culls who are guzzling
moon” in every college. Point out a group repre
sentative of all classes of society, from the logging
town to the city, from the statesman's children to
the ditch-digger's, where there aren't such "culls.”
As long as present day educational trend is for
everyone to go to college, what right has society
to expect that the college take these variegated
bits of humanity, transform them immediately, and
graduate them under a standardized label all cul
tured, law-abiding to the same degree, and us like
as two peas?
Let it be said to the credit of the college presi
dents and faculties that they are succeeding in
doing this to a high degree perhaps too high —
but there are a few who came into the schools as
"culls” and nothing the school can offer them in
the way of educational and moral training will keep
them from emerging “culls” (and few ever
“emerge”). And it is these same "culls" the one
student out of every 50 that furnish most of the
material for uninformed writers, who do not see
the 19, but recognize in the one qualities they also
see at the corner pool hall. The 49 others and the
colleges have to take a demerit at the hands of
these writers for allowing a "cull” to enroll in
school.
° On one hand society demands that the doors
be flung wide open: on the other it cannot under
stand how black sheep can get in.
A new name for a person who drinks is “cull."
Don’t be a "cull!”
Some wag threw a stench-bomb in the midst of
a stage performance back at the University of Min
nesota and the audience beat a hurried exit. Illus
trating, no doubt, some chemical reaction for the
benefit of the people.
Initialing Editorials
The Emerald is printing today a friendly criti
cism in its forum column in which W. J. C. asks
that in line with the Emerald's excoriation yester
day morning of anonymous letter-writers the Em
erald should initial its editorials.
We did initial them for a while this fall, W. J.
C., just as a measure to show the students which
members of the editorial staff were doing the writ
ing. Unsigned squibs were the product of the editor
and initialed ones came from the staff editorial
writers. Then the next morning students or fac
ulty would come up to us and say, “Did you write
that editorial this morning?” This general mis
understanding of what the initials stood for showed
the practice to be worthless so it was discontinued.
Initialing editorials is mostly a matter of prac
tice. College papers do it to some extent, but city
dailies rarely do. Any opinion printed in a paper’s
editorial columns represents the official opinion of
the newspaper and has the backing of the editor,
whether or not he himself wrote the piece. Writ
ings which are contrary to the paper’s policy are
not printed.
This policy holds true in the Emerald. The
daily is prepared to stand back of anything it prints
in its editorial columns, whether it is written by
the editor or by his assistants. The particular edi
torial referred to by W. J. C. was written by the
editor.
Sophomore men are preparing to institute a
beard-growing contest for no apparent reason ex
cept to give the class something to do. Choosing
winter term, when most house formals are staged,
would seem to be a rather inappropriate time.
Los Angeles kicked recently that U. S. C. stu
dents stole barber poles as souvenirs. To which
San Franciscans facetiously remarked that they
should take them in nights like they do sidewalks.
A Montreal college daily quotes a speaker as
claiming that certain waves compose matter.
Among them is not the famous permanent variety.
The new plans for a junior vodvil sound just
like the old ones. Something like that celebrated
“professorial” coaching contract.
The mayor of Wilkes-Barre, Penn., says all hat
less men should be declared insane. He must be
a haberdasher on the side.
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Oreganized Dementia
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For the benefit of those who have lost or
loaned their student body tickets and will have
to listen to KOKH broadcast tonight's game
with the Oregon Aggies, the Dementia sports
staff has generously provided the following
gruphic description of the scenes that will take
pluce at McArthur court. This article will bet
ter enable the radio audience to visualize the
perspiring athletes as they are walking on each
other, dodging the referee, and diving into the
co-ed bleachers.
Radio Basketball Guide
See the men. There are ten men. They have
a ball. It is a big brown ball. It bounces. The
men like the ball. Some of the men want to throw
it through a little round hoop. But the rest want
to throw it through another little round hoop.
Everybody Is telling them where to throw
It, but they won’t listen. The men In orange
ure bud men. They won’t let the men In green
mind the people. Will their mama spank them?
No, she thinks the men in green’s mama is
stuck on herself.
The men run fast. They have rubber on their
shoes. The man with the whistle must keep out
of the way. He likes to blow the whistle. He is a
selfish man. He will not let the other men blow
the whistle.
Are the men wearing their underwear? No,
it belongs to the University. Are the people
ufruid of the man who shot the gun? Yes, that
is why they are going home.
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While we agree with Mr. Burdneste, our high
brow barde, that the following poem should be con
demned to the lowest depths because of its rank,
disgusting sentimentality, we are nevertheless per
mitting the banal eye of our public to view and
memorize it. Its author, Theodoor Coma, who will
never be bald so long as he has his eyebrows, thinks
it is good. So here it is:
Cynicism vs. Optimism
There's a dear little girl
In mom'ry’s store . . .
There's just one little girl
1 can’t forget.
There’s a sweet little girl
I'm longing for . . .
There’s a true little girl
Who loves me yet.
(That is to say, there are four unusual little
girls.)
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“Hooey!" bellers Burdneste. "That poem is ter
rible. It’s insufferable. The feminine impression
is over-balanced. And on top of that—an unpar
donable defect—it almost rhymes. Hooey!"
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One Fr’a Penny
By Guilfin
S___»—■_..—.—..—iS
TO A LADY
I have seen your face
Cameo-framed in
Wisps of golden - threaded
light . . .
Is it any wonder
The stars shine
Less bright for me tonight?
To Her Again, Tomorrow
I have knelt in wonder
At the shrine of
Golden sunsets, cast in light . . .
I have seen the moon,
Pale silver set in black,
Glory dying in the night . . .
I have watched the roses
Grow in music’s moonlit song . . .
Now can you wonder
I love no one for long?
—Bob Guild.
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FABLE THE SIXTH
Once upon a time there were two
lofty icebergs floating majestical
ly in the frozen sea. They were
nominally associated with a group
of islands, for the most part small
er, but this was not very evident,
for the inhabitants of these ice
bergs were very strange creatures
—distant, aloof, eye-brow raising
—they were queens of their en
virons and they were conscious of
it, even distinctly audible concern
ing it.
Many were the poor unfortunate
little females who had hurled
themselves against these icebergs,
only to be met with the chilliest
disdain, and cast from the insur
mountable heights of the great icy
piles. These disdainful females
were capable of choosing their as
sociates, and they were careful in
their selection, being more than
scrupulous to take in only those
that would carry on the old, dig
nified, but slightly cool traditions.
Now it came to pass that a
strange new creature, bearing a
brand of fire, came to the islands,
seeking admission to them. The
new -one created more than mere
comment all about the islands,
for you must know here that the
use of fire was prohibited, and
spoken of only in awed whispers.
Especially was this true on the
two icebergs, for icebergs cannot
take chances that is well known.
However, the new creature gained
admission to two of the islands, in
succession, and was very much ad
mired. (The islands had fewer
frozen traditions and were there
fore more careless.)
And then of a sudden one of the
icebergs, the more southerly and
less forbidding of the two, set up
a terrible clamor and wail for the
new creature. A conclave was
called, and many things were said
and done, all on account of the
new creature. And it was finally
decided that the iceberg should be
granted its request, and the fire
bearer took abode there perma
nently.
And no sooner had this happen
ed than the inhabitants of the ice
berg, having been denied the
knowledge of fire for so long, be
set the little creature for informa
tion upon the use of her innova
tion. Alas that this should have
happened! The new creature was
willing, and in a short time almost
all of the inhabitants had become
adept in its use and there were
small fires all ever the surface of
the great magnificent berg.
Alas! For now the sharp crags
once so high and forbidding have
been softened and made less dif
ficult to scale, and the ice is melt
ing in many places, running into
the sea in rivulets.
The ot)ier iceberg melted but
slightly, almost imperceptibly, on
account of proximity (The strait
between them was very narrow).
Parking was allowed on one side of
it only on this account.
But the more southerly of the
two—a sad tale it is . . . alas . . .
a sad tale . . . alas . . . (or rather,
hurrah!)
| FORUM_
The Emerald does not print
unsigned letters to the editor.
Such a letter was received yes
terday by special delivery but
the writer failed to sign his
name to it so it cannot be print
ed In accordance to the policy
of the paper. These names will
not be printed, if requested, but
the editor must know the au
thor of all communications.
FLAYS LIBRARY STEPS
To the Editor:
l am becoming sick of the vague
and puerile letters and statements
which have been appearing in the
columns of this publication from
time to time in feeble defease of
the library steps scenes which a
few members of the student body
are determined to revive.
Now comes one who seems to
be laboring under the delusion
that our school rests upon such
weak foundations as can be sup
plied by a group of traditional
rules which are not supported by
the majority of the seriously
minded students of the campus.
He looks back through the days
of the infancy of our institution,
observes that certain childish acts
have been practiced by certain
ones throughout this period, and
sagely declares that such things
would not have been unless there
had been “Adequate and Justifia
ble Reasons.” He does not at
tempt to state even one reason;
perhaps he could not think of one
at the time.
There seem to be many cases
of “parrot fever” on the campus—
students who can only repeat what
others say. The same weak ex
cuses are repeated indefinitely
without thought. I therefore make
the following offer:
I will willingly give one of my
hard-earned dollars to the man,
woman, or child who can offer
reasonable proof
1. That the paddling of offend
ers against University traditions
is sane, intelligent, or reasonable;
2. That this practice is psycho
logically beneficial, or even harm
less, to the victim and to the one
wielding the paddle;
3. That such a practice actual
ly instills true RESPECT for the
University of Oregon in the minds
of any intelligent person, be he
the victtm of the assault or an
observing senior.
A disgusted senior has spoken.
—A. L. F.
WANTS INITIALS
To the Editor:
The thrust in this morning’s.
Emerald entitled “Insanity” was
a well-timed effort for a worthy
cause. Although it gives great
pleasure to see ones “pennings”
over a clever or historic pseudo
nym, yet such a practice does lack
the frankness so generally attrib
uted to the American college stu
dent. It is, however, paradoxical
that the editorial itself was un
signed.
“It may be modesty which
brings a person to ask that his
name be kept out of print at the
bottom of his pennings” or it may
be mere oversight. It should, I
believe, be the privilege of the
students to know the author of
that editorial which finds their
favor or his favor. Would it be
asking too much to suggest that
Emerald editorials be signed, or
at least initialed by the author?
Signed, W. J. C.
HITS AT “LIBE" STEPS
To the Editor:
Sixteen freshmen were punished
on the library steps the other
day for the heinous crime of leav
ing off their green lids. The sole
reason given for wearing them,
is that former classes have al
ways done so and that to show
real “Oregon Spirit’’ it is neces
sary to follow the same “rut’’ as
others before them have.
Is it not rather more for the
glory of Oregon to leave behind
them traditions which embody
cave-man tactics and resemble
more the pranks of high school
boys than self-respecting colleg
ians ?
The Oregon Knights may show
the wisdom of Solomon, to-wit,
“Spare the rod and spoil the
child,” or believe in “raising the
freshmen with a board and rais
ing them frequently,” but to the
ordinary observer, paddling of the
freshmen is a most useful way ®f
showing the power and glory of
Oregon Knighthood.
There are two ways of abolish
ing a worn-out institution. If its
abuses become too great it will
be stamped out. The other alter
native is that the foolishness and
backwardness of an institution will
be realized and it is allowed to
die and takes its place in the halls
of tradition. Let it be hoped thal
Oregon students will see the wis
dom of the latter.
-—The Ordinary Observer.
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2682-W or 1045.
“Woman in Her Sphere” hobby
group will meet Sunday, from 5
to 6 p. m., in the men’s lounge of
Gerlinger hall.
Sunday afternoon reading group
will meet in the men's lounge of
Gerlinger building at 3 o’clock.
Warren D. Smith will read.
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Phi Beta meeting at 12:45 today
at the Alpha Gamma Delta house.
This is a special meeting and all
members are urged to be present.
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Oregon Knights be at the igloo
at 7 o’clock tonight to usher for
basketball game.
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Junior women who wish to make
a team in basketball must turn
out Monday as the team will be
chosen then. Announcement of all
the teams will be made in the
Emerald Tuesday.
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Personality discussion group will
be held at 768 East 12th street,
Monday at 4, instead of at the
bungalow.
-o
Lacrosse practice which was
suspended for hockey will be re
sumed Monday. All girls wishing
to make a team in lacrosse must
come out during the next week.
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General assignment reporters on
the Emerald staff meet Monday
at 4 o’clock.
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Day editors on the Emerald
staff meet Monday at 5 o’clock.
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Listening In
On Lectures
“At all the gangster funerals m
Chicago, the largest gift of flow
ers is always presented to the de
ceased by the man who bumped
him off.”
—Dr. Ralph D. Casey.
* * *
“I ought to have a periscope
which I could stick out the window
and thus enable myself to see the
students who are coming late to
class. Then I could save my
breath and wait for them, instead
of having to repeat myself every
time a new straggler arrived.”
—John Stark Evans.
* * *
“Personally, I am in favor of
the wearing of green lids by fresh
men. However, when any tradi
tion becomes so outworn that it
has to be enforced by physical vio
lence, it is time for it to be dis
carded.”
—G. Verne Blue.
•‘A newspaper's annual gross in
come is often regarded as a fair
valuation of the paper.”
—George Turnbull.
A streak of fortune, or good
luck, will bring a man fame and
he will become known throughout
the ages, and be no hero at all;
but becomes so through erroneous
inferences.
—James M. Reinhardt.
* * *
No woman is ever eligible for
the presidency of the United
DR. J. R. WETHERBEJil
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—Dr. Waldo Schumacher.
I approve of the recitation sys
tem because the lecture method is
often the mere passing of infor
mation from the professor's note
book to the notebook of the stu
dent without going through the
brains of either.
-—Vernon G. Sorrell
The unsual makes a stronger
impression than the usual and
therefore is retained, and finally
may be accepted as the usual.
—James M. Reinhardt.
If you must cheat, at least cheat
intelligently.
-—Louis M. Myers.
Lacrosse Scheduled
For Women s Sports
Lacrosse will now be resumed as
a sport on the winter term ath
letic program, according to Mary
Wilburn, head of lacrosse. Prac
ticc for it was suspended for hock
ey as Miss Janet Woodruff was
coaching both and some girls
wanted to go cut for both events.
Practices will be held on the
field behind Gerlinger hall every
day at 4 o’clock and three prac
tices a week will be necessary to
make a team. Practices will start
on Monday.
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Do You Know? |
a',__—---—---— s
That five degrees were granted
by the University of Oregon in
1878, and 597 in 1929? (The first
class graduated from the Univer
sity in 1878.)
* * *
That in one day, “during the re
cent cold spell, a campus eating
place sold 650 cups of coffee, and
360 doughnuts?
* * *
That out of 186 graduates from
the school of journalism since 1910,
124 actually entered the journal
ism profession ?
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