Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1930)
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD - O O O - _ _ ©regutt %aitH 3S*m£talii University of Oregon, Eugene Arthur L. Sehoenl . Editor William H. Hammond . Business Manager Vinton Hall . Managing Editor EDITORIAL WRITERS Ron Hubhii, Ruth Newman, Rex Tuasinn, Wilfred Frown Nancy Taylor . Secretary UPPER NEWS STAFF Mary Klemm . Asalatant Managing Editor 1 Harry Van Dine ...-. Sport* Editor Phyllis Van Kimmell ..... Society ( Myron Griffin . Literary ] Victor Kaufman .-.1 ■ !; J• J";j!r Claience Craw . Makeup Editor GENERAU NEWS STAFF: Dave Wilaon, Betty Anne Macduff. Henrietta Steinke. Robert Allen. Henry Lumpee. Elizabeth Painton. Thornton Gale. I.avinn Hicks, Jane Archibald. Hath rvn Feldman, Barbara Conly, .lark Bellinf?f*r, Rufus Kimball, Thornton Shaw. Hob Guild. Betty Harcombe, Anne Bricknell, Carol Wersehkul, Thelma Nelson, I.ois Nelson, Evelyn Shaner, Sterling Green. SPORTS WRITERS: Jack Burke, aRsistnnt editor: Ralph Yer K*n, Kdvar Goodnauifh. Beth Salway, Brad Harrison, Phil CoKRWell, and Lucille Chapin. Day Editor . Gen. Assignment Night Editor . Eleanor Elise Sehroeder Jane Ballantyne j Embert Possum ASSISTANT NTOHT EDITORS Kino Kyle Elaine Wheeler Wayne Anderaon G' jT«e Weber, Jr. ... Tony Peterson . Addison Brockman .... Jean Patrick . Larry Jackson . Betty Hagen . Ina Tremblay . Betty Carpenter . Edwin Pubols Dot Anne Warnick ... Katherine Luughrige Shopping Column . BUSINESS STAFF . Associate Manager . Advertising Manager | . Foreign Advertising Manager | . Manager Copy Department j . Circulation .Manager . Women’s Specialty Advertising | . Assistant Advertising Manager j . Assistant Copy Manager . Statistical Department | . Executive Secretary I . Professional Division . Betty Hagen, Nan Crary i EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS: Ned Mars, Bernadine Carrico, Helen Sullivan, Fred Reid. ADVERTISING SOLICITORS: Jack Gregg, Jack Wood, George Branstator, John Painton, Katherine Frentzel. Production Assistant . Edith Sennatt Office Assistants .. Beth Thomas, Marian McIntyre 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, as second class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. Advertising rates upon application. Phone, Man ager: Office, 1895; residence, 127. Some Needed Alterations Dissatisfaction with the present method of1 compiling the grade list for the University should be ironed out soon when the interfraternity council and heads of houses vote on the recom mended plan of a joint committee of those two groups. Eight points were drawn up which were ex pected to make the grade list fairer to both dorms and fraternities. Representation of the dormitories was secured on the joint committee after the Em erald had called attention to the need for such an envoy. Of the eight points laid down by the committee, only one seems to open to criticism. Grades of all pledges and active members of fraternities, who are living in the dormitories, shall be counted in with their fraternity, the recommendation is. The dormitory furnishes or fails to furnish a desirable atmosphere for study and if the frater nity man living there does well it is argued that the dorm should get credit for his showing. If his grades are poor, his fraternity will argue that it had no control over his study habits and since the dormitory was a bad influence on his grades (as suming it was) the dorm should be charged with his grades. On the other hand fraternities often pledge men for their scholastic abilities and should therefore get credit for their showings. Dormitories are not particularly anxious to be charged or credited with these grades, so it seems fairest that the student's fraternity should shoulder it. Both would like the “gravy” but want the other to take the empty bottles. A good move in the revised grade sheet ratings is that grades in honors work count for more points than regular scholastic work. Although some of the points outlined in the recommendations are "as broad as they are high" they set forth improve ments over the present system of figuring house grades and should be accepted by the interfrater nity council and heads of houses. Costs of “Vagabonding” EDUCATION costs money. The more money people have to pay for a thing the more they want it and value it. People are funny that way. At Oregon “vagabonding” in classes costs noth ing. A student can drop in on any class, listen to the lecture, and walk out. It costs him nothing but the time. Vagabonding is seldom indulged in here. At California and U. S. C. they call it “audit ing.” Each hour the student at the latter school takes over the 16-hour limit costs him $9. If he thinks he would like to take a course from a cer tain professor some time, but would like to hear one or two lectures by that professor he is techni cally "auditing” and must pay the fee. Down south they guard more jealously the edu cation the student gets. They make him pay for it. “Vagabonding” to a professor's class because he is an interesting lecturer is impossible without paying for the privilege. Yet the southern schools have well-developed “auditing” practices and many students avail themselves of the chances. Here, where there is no charge for gaining a little extra Increment of knowledge, students look upon “vagabonding" almost as one Would a drudge. Perhaps Oregon should charge admissions at the classroom doors for all students not enrolled in the course and build a new football stadium on the proceeds. Freshman Troubles "TVEPLORING the lack of college spirit at Colum bia university in New York and attributing it to the sophisticating influence of the big city, a secret society of upperclassmen called the "Hluck Avengers” has been formed to curb cocky fresh men. The freshman class that entered Columbia this year was adjudged the smartest in ten years, won every one of the traditional physical combats with the sophomores, and consistently breaks ull campus I traditions like wearing the green lid, walking on the grass, and smoking on the campus. Oregon isn’t the only university having trouble keeping alive its traditions, useful or useless according to who is doing the evaluating. Columbia complains "there is an entirely different spirit and tempo from that which exists in most other colleges.” Perhaps that is the reason why Columbia is such a popular place for people to go to carry on advanced or graduate study. In that sense it is a distinct ad vantage for it to be uncollegiate. Emerald Survey WHAT do you like to read in the Emerald? Editorials? News stories? Dementia? Ad vertisements ? The Emerald wants to know. Today it is launch ing a survey to determine if possible where the majority of its readers find greatest enjoyment. It is the duty of every newspaper to look into the mirror once in a while and see if it is getting anywhere. To see if it is giving its readers what they want. Every paper tries to do that, but meas uring its results is hard. The Emerald would like frank answers from its readers to its survey questions. Without them ben eficial changes cannot be made in the paper. May we ask your co-operation in the interests of im proving the Emerald? The library is receiving checks to buy Braille books so that blind students at the University may be sure of reading something. How about a fund to make sure that some of us with eyes will also read something at the library? What has happened to that spring fever every one was talking about the first of the week? Friday has been set for the day when we can get our shoes and sox blacked for ten cents. It won't be long now till apple cores will begin to sprout on the trees around Eugene again. “Canoeing in Race Dangerous Fun”—Emerald headline. So are a lot of other things. --—.a | Oreganized Dementia gj. — —w—— 'dij Keiili/.ing the shortcomings of public reading matter, the Dementia staff has determined to launch at least one blow for the elevation of human thought, (let your mind into the clouds long enough to read the following work of Dr. Confuzus, Dementia’s head philosopher. You woidd ordinarily pay good money to hear such terrific thoughts expounded. Cut classes today and uvoid duplication. MAN Man is the soul of creation. He is the IT of the cosmos. He goes to college. Not only that, he goes to the university. He learns. Does he forget? What does he forget? Ha! Those deep, dank, dark, dangerous, dirty, digressive facts, ideas, images he is supposed to forget. Bah! He forgets nothing. His is the memory of eternity, of count less ancestry. Men flunk other men out of school. Man flunk out of school? Preposterous! Man is noble. Man is the lord of creation. Man is the essence of the universe. He gets puddled for being a frosh. Man is the uncontrollable Will. Man is the car bon copy of the ABSOLUTE. He is the Infinite Reality’s standard of value. He is the 1I»> Rets kicked out of school, also, for not paying a $8 late payment fine on a $7 fee. He is ingenious. He is the highest form of life, the amoeba's ambition, tHe very heart of culture, advancement, science, skill. He is cynical, critical, analytical, the master of environment. He fulls out of canoes. Conclusion, summary, moral: If it weren't for man, where would we bum cigarettes? * * * But there is a poetic side to man; woman. Dr. Oonfuzus has just generalized about her. She's man to him, but to Adolphe Burdneste, Dementia’s ultra-highbrow bard, she is a glorious something. Take a gulp of this poem if you don't think so. WOMAN' An age-old mystery, Beautiful, sweet, Movable creature, esteemed respect; Her axe is sharp and keen, not dull; It has no nicks, no rust, nor wear; Her winsome face is seamed in age, Vet she never does complain, Whut's she want to complain for? She's the solution, deep and dank, Hum your cigarettes from her. s>: ”.® One Fr’a Penny By Guilfln fa—— __—i£ FABLE THE ELEVENTH And now we come to an organi zation that, one would be Jed to believe, exists on almost every I other campus in the United States, I but does not exist here. The mem bers of - are only too willing to reel off a long list of important men football stars, student body presidents, and drum majors, that belong to their tong. “So and so? Oh, yes—he's a -. And such and such is a -, too.” The only drawback is that all these personages have accepted the lit \ tie brown kidney pill that is their I pledge pin on other campuses than this. The activities of - at Ore gon can bo best ignored. We draw the curtain of discretion over them, such as they are. It were best not . . . this is no place for skeletons, at this feast. But they’re quite the boys. Wo men cry for them. Any co-ed will just break her neck to get a ' date with one of them, and when j the time for the —— dances rolls around, the high wailing sound you hear issuing from sorority | houses is caused by masses of struggling, fighting girls all cov eting that highest honor, a bid to a - function. (If you should happen to see a woman acting in the manner here described, walk —don’t run, to the nearest tele phone and get hold of an ambu lance with strait-jacket apparatus. Be calm about it, for heaven’s sake don’t fail. Their house is a rustic, or perhaps agricultural, affair of doubtful architectural type. It might be classed as “just a house,” except for one startling feature, and that is its color. A bright, cheery, sort of shade that simply emanates the personality of its occupants. No dull, indef- | inate hue for these boys—no sir! When the- house was paint- ! ed, it knew something had hap pened. So did the whole cam pus. Why this happened has been a mystery, but the explan ation that always rang truest to us was that the building wasn’t painted—that it simply ! turned that color from envy. FORUM ABOUT IN COMPLETES To the Editor: We would like to call your at tention to the fact that we think, if the new system of grading does not go into effect next term, a little consideration should be shown by the professors to the various organizations with regard to incomplete grades that have been made up. It certainly is un fair, both to the student and the organization, when the incomplete has been made up according to tile requirements, for the profes sor to ignore the effort and neg lect turning in the grade before the grade sheet comes out. According to the present stand ard. this grade sheet is an import ant institution, and every organi zation strives for a high place on it. If the professors do not give it due consideration, and offer “forgetting” as an excuse, some thing surely should be done about! it. We know of instances, where ) an oversight of this kind in the English and art departments ser- j iously lowered the standards of j Senior Ball Calls for a Haircut VARSITY BARBER SHOP DANCE Winter Garden Tonight Music By “CHIEF BIG BOY” And His Musical Kedskins Every Friday Night an organization. Though this mat ter of the grade sheets may seem only of momentary importance, its effects, on the contrary, are of lasting importance, both to the local and the national standing of the organization, and in the con sequent judgment of the profes sors. Perhaps this emphasis on the professor's negligence is only a Puritannical strain in us in seek ing the justification of the indi vidual; but even those in the Eng lish department will admit, that this comes under the creed of “Right and Rights.’’ —M. G. FOSTER “DOES NOT CHOOSE” To the Editor: I wish to quell any vague ru mors as to my running for the office of president of the A. S. U. O., as was intimated 'in yester day’s Emerald. My only state ment is “I do not choose to run,” and even if I did, I could not. Not only under the new consti tution, but under the old, I would be ineligible for this office due to the fact that I have been enrolled in the University for eleven years. The office of president of asso ciated students should rightfully belong to a senior, not only a sen ior in University credits but also prescribed hours; secondly, he should be a student. I am neither, hence “I do not choose to run.” ! The Ambler YESTERDAY WE SAW The campus soaked in the sober sadness of February rain . . . DULCIE LYTSELL in a robin’s egg-blue outfit dodging among the raindrops . . . LEONARD DON ALDSON, sneaking away from chem. leb so he could have a smoke in his shirt-sleeves . . . GENE LAIRD, who has been looking for JOHN NELSON for two days, off on a new scent ... a campus gar dener pulling weeds and singing that old bromide: “Yes, sir, she’s my baby” ... tin horn politicians in the College Side trading minor committee jobs ... a freshman making himself famous by being the only man that BEA MILLI GAN doesn’t speak to . . . PRO FESSOR LESCH, his canine, and a new girl friend. Men at the University of Boston recently voted on their favorite type of woman. Brains, beauty, sophistication, education, charm, are among the leading specifica tions voiced. Some said “affec tionate, not too moral and slen der.” CLASSIFIED ADS PIANO JAZZ—Popular songs im mediately; beginners or ad vanced; twelve-lesson course. Waterman System. Leonard J. Edgerton, manager. Call Stu dio 1672-W over Laraway’s Mu sic Store, 972 Willamette St. tf FOR SALE—Guinea pigs raised for laboratory use. 1745 Frank lin Blvd. Across mill race. Women’s Emerald staff — meets this afternoon at 4, in 104 Jour nalism building. All members must be there. -o Congress club—-will meet tonight at 7:30 at the College Side. Sub ject: Independence of India. -o Tan Delta Delta—meeting Thurs day night at 8 o’clock at the Chi Omega house. Very important. -o W. A. A. mass meeting—today at 5 in 121 Gerlinger. Very impor tant. Everyone be there. -o Pan-Pacific meeting—will be held this evening at 8:30 in 107 Com merce. ■-o Scabbard and Blade — members please be present at luncheon at College Side today at noon. -o Oregon Knights—meeting at 5 o’clock at 110 Johnson. -o— Dean Schwering’s—d iscussion group on "Spiritual Relations of Life” will meet today at 5 o’clock, in the bungalow. -o Y. W. cabinet—meeting tonight at 7:30 in the bungalow. Henrietta Thomson will talk. Important. -o Drama group—of Philomelete will meet Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in Gerlinger hall. All members must be present and all those tak ing part in the skit must have their lines learned. -o Order of the O—group picture for the Oregana will be taken Thurs day at 12:55 on the library steps. -o Pi Delta Phi—will meet Thursday, February 20, at the Alpha Omi cron Pi house. C. B. Beall will read a paper on “The Influence of Torquato Tasso on French Litera ture.” -o Freshman women—are invited by Delta Zeta pledges to a tea at the Delta Zeta chapter house from 3 to 5 this afternoon. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Zeta Tail Alpha announces the pledging of Edris Green of Port land. I DR. J. R. WETHERBEE Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Office Phone 1601 Residence 1280-M t 801-2-3 Miner Bldg. 1 Eugene, Oregon EXPERT TYPING 10c a page with one carbon copy double-spaced. 210 East 12th St. Phone 1949-M ■ ■■ItlllMmiiaHlllllMmilMlllimillllHliniMIIIIIMMIIIMlIIIIHMIllMIII'A Who Does Not Like Clean Clothes There’s really nothing so completely sat isfying as a nice pile of clean, neat clothes, waiting to be worn . . . and on the other hand, there’s nothing so com pletely discouraging as a big pile of dirty clothes. Just call the New Service Laun dry and we promise to keep your clothes always ready to wear. New Service Laundry Dry Cleaning : —: Steam Cleaning Phone 825 SAMPLE Heinz Food Products Students! Why don’t you come in to Underwood & fclliott s any time this week and sample Heinz Food Produets to your heart’s content. A most attractive dis play is to be at our store all this week. UNDERWOOD & ELLIOTT Phone 95 1 3th & Patterson ^rsusfSJfiarsiirafSJftqraftOtjaraJtaffafiafSifianofSirsifTarsjraraicorafciyafBJfBIeifS/pJt^foaaSiaij Tickets Put on Sale For Junior Shine Day “More Rain More Shine’’ is the campus slogan for Junior Shine day for which the ticket sale is starting today. The junior class is planning a campaign for a sale of 2,000 tickets with the inten tion of smashing the junior sale record of last year which amount ed to 1,500. One-half of the funds resulting from this activity are to be used for the Bulgarian student fund, and the remaining portion added to the junior class fund. Plans are being made for inside booths if the weather should be rainy. “Ten Nights in a Bar-room” is to be presented on the W. S. C. campus soon. The production will retain as much of the original set ting as possible. Dartmouth college has snatched a new fad. A moccasin dance, which is a traditional affair at Canadian winter carnivals, has been introduced on that campus. j Do You Know? g—— B That there were 131,551 credit hours of instruction given at the University of Oregon last year ? That it is estimated that over $1,500,000,000.00 are spent yearly on advertising in the United States ? That the Chi Omegas and the Gamma Phi Beta’s had a snow battle on the University of Kan sas campus last week? * * * That the Pioneer has been try ing for 11 years to take another forward step? SENIOR BALL TICKETS ON SALE AT THE CO-OP. BLUE BELL PRODUCTS BUTTER—ICE CREAM PASTEURIZED MILK We Appreciate Your Patronage Eugene Farmers Creamery 568 Olive Phone 638 I On Mother ’s Day Send Your Photograph Kcnnell-Ellis Studio CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION AT UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Announces a FREE LECTURE on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE By DR, JOHN M. TUTT, C. S. R., Of Kansas City, Missouri. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. MUSIC BUILDING AUDITORIUM THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20th at 8 o’Clock The Public Is Cordially Invited to Attend. innrsirarannnnrnRnRnrnRnrnRnramRnnnnnnnmRnrannrannrsTrnraRnnannrnrnKnrannnnRnrnrarcnnnmn Save S & H Green Discount Stamps "Eugene's Oion Store” McMorran & Washburne PIIONE 2700 Smart, Snappy Styles In “Vitality” Health Shoes “Joan” Sport Pumps Foot comfort beyond relief! The “Vitality Principle” gives grateful support to the arch and allows your foot to relax in cushioned ease. This smartly styled sport pump “Joan” is a very neat pattern in two-tone effect with eenter buckle fastener over instep tongue. Beige Clair Calf—Brown Trim Sizes 2 to 10 All Widths AAA to EEE Combination Lasts DOWNSTAIRS STORE