♦* EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD ♦♦
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University of Oregon, Eugene
Arthur L. Schoeni . Editor
William II. Hammond . Business Manager
Vinton II. Hall . Managing Editor,
EDITORIAL WRITERS
Ron Hubbs, Ruth Newman, Rex Tuasing, Wilfred Brown
Nancy Taylor . Secretary
Mary Klcmm .
Harry Van Dine
Dorothy Thomas
Victor Kaufman .
Ralph David .
Carl Monroe.
Evelyn Shaner ...
UPPER NEWS STAFF
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. Sports Editor
. Society Editor
. P. I. P. Editor
. Chief Night Editor
. Makeup Editor
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Rufus Kimball, Elizabeth Painton, Henrietta Steinke, Merlin
Blais, Eleanor Jane Ballantyne, Lenore Ely, Bobby Reid, 1
Sterling Green, Helen Chaney, Thornton Gale, Carol Wersch
kul, Jack Bellinger, Roy Sheedy, Thornton Shaw, Carol
Hurlburt, Anne Bricknell, Thelma Nelson, Lois Nelson.
SPORTS STAFF: Jack Burke, assistant editor; Phil Cogswell,
Brad Harrison, Ed Goodnaugh, Spec Stevenson, and Beth
Salway.
BUSINESS STAFF
Day Editor .Barney Miller
Night Editor .Bill White
Assistant Night Editors
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Tony Peterson ..
Jack Gregg .
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Jean Patrick .
Larry Jackson .
Betty Hagen .
Ina Tremblay .
Betty Carpenter .
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Shopping Column .
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. Betty Hagen, Nan Crary
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Political Speeches
A SHORT time ago the Emerald made the sug
gestion that candidates for offices in the asso
ciated student body should make speeches at the
nominating assembly to state their platforms and
also by their personal appearance to make them
selves known to the students who are not acquainted
with the candidates.
The Emerald amends this recommendation some
what. Here is the new plan:
At the nominating assembly have the regular
flowery speeches of nomination made from the
floor. After all of these have been made, let the
student body president call the candidates up to
the platform. He then should introduce each man
in turn, allowing him a minute or so for a short
word of thanks and statement of confidence.
Having extended speeches made by the candi
dates would be unfair to those whp.are not Daniel
Websters, but who may possess better judgment
and balance in management of administrative af
fairs than a silver-tongued orator. Making shon
one-minute talks requires no speaking ability and
serves the purpose of introducing to the student
body the men and women they are going to vote
for in the elections.
The time when the students vote for persons
they never suw and would not recognize on sight
should be past. The students have a right to know
these persons who may soon be the selected emis
saries to carry on the A. S. U. O. business. Short
speeches at the nominating assembly gives them a
good chance to size up candidates so that they will
recognize them in their contacts around the campus.
Women’s Smoking Rooms
T AST fall the Emerald started a private survey
of sorority houses and dormitories to find out
what percentage of the girls smoked, how many
learned before they came to college, und how many
acquired the habit there.
The survey died an early death. The University
was afraid of the effect such news would have upon
mothers and fathers about the state who send their
girls here to be educated, not to learn to smoke.
But smoke they do. There is no denying that.
Not only at Oregon, but at every university or col
lege in the nation and probably every high school.
Women at Northwestern voted 20-1 for smoking
rooms. Nebraska has taken up the torch and pleads
for some sort of arrangement which will not make
it necessary for co-eds to sneak out on fire escapes
or campus coffee shops to smoke.
Oregon might do the same thing. All women
today do not feel wicked when they smoke. Most
of them do it because they like it, just as men do.
What the University is interested in is keeping
these girls out of sight of the general populace,
and the best method to do this is certainly not to
drive them out of their living quarters to places
where they stand a much greater chance of being
seen (since "seeing" co-eds smoke is enough to con
vince citizenry that college women are immoral).
A number of the houses and dorms already have
smoking rooms for their women. If the number
were increased it would, no doubt, result in a less
ened desire on the part of co-eds to smoke in public
Half the fun some get out of smoking in public
comes from the knowledge that they are not sup
posed to and they feel slightly wicked when they do
Puritanism among living organizations is only
driving the co-ed smoker into deception and sneak
ing. certainly not desirable conditions in any insti
tution which tries to teach right thinking and
actions.
“Schools Create Criminals’’
«QCHOOLS CREATE CRIMINAL CHILD." This
^ startling headline appeared over a story in
which an inspector of the New York department
of education declares that because the public school
is based on principles created to educate the aristo
cratic few, it is one of the major causes of malad
justment of children, producing delinquents and
criminals.
“The school ... is at fault because it does not
give enough variety of activity and experience,"
she declared. The present day school system is
based on that of the middle ages, founded by priests
to develop scholars and artists.
America has taken the schools of the middle
ages, adapted to the intellectual few and forced all
of the children to go. The weakness of today lies
in the school’s failure to recognize aptitudes, some
times amounting to genius in subjects the schools
do not touch. Thomas Edison was looked on as a
fool when a schoolboy.
True, guidance is becoming common in some of
the more advanced schools, but the majority of
children graduate from high school without the
slightest knowledge of what trade they would like
to enter or any information into what the different
trades and professions are like.
That the school does not offer enough activity
and experience may be the fault of the school or
perhaps the individual. In the college level, schools
which are located in big cities meet considerable \
trouble in offering extra-curricular activities.
Within the last month complaints have been
voiced via the student collegiate press at U. S. C.,
Columbia university, and C. C. N. Y. of the diffi
culty in getting students to participate in them.
What use is it to a school to try to offer activity
and experience if its students are not interested
and will not go in for campus life activities? The
fault may lie in the activities or it may lie in the
lack of ambition among the students. But the
schools must shoulder the blame for any weak
nesses.
Life’s all a game of cards. First come hearts.
If this suit is successful, then come diamonds. After
a time clubs enter the scene and the whole tableau
of life ends with spades.
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EMERALD COVERS
The Vodvil Murder
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By ART SCHOKNI
'T'HERE will be no Junior Vodvil. The death sen
tence was pronounced Friday and the execu
tion took place over the week-end. It was at first
thought that one general story would suffice to
cover the burial ceremonies, but every member of
the Emerald staff put up such strenuous claims in
regard to the story breaking on his beat that it
was decided to let them all cover it.
Here are the stories:
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-Q EGISTRAR’S OFFICE REPORTER: Bitter de
nunciation of the slaying of Junior Vodvil was
voiced here today by office authorities on the
grounds that the show was a drawing card for out
of-state blues singers and hoofers. It is estimated
by the office statisticians that $2.r>0 was lost by
the University in non-resident tuition fees by this
"unprecedented railroading move."
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SOCIETY EDITOR: As a compliment to Miss
Sator Dewees, Tygh Valley (Ore.) and rushee
guest of Miss Smyth-Smyth of Kappa Kappa, mem
bers of Oregon’s younger set entertained informally
at a "Junior Vodvil slaying party" at Bull Fly
Country club yesterday. Dewees was gowned in
shell pink and blue pumps. The evening was
brought to a delightful close with reports from
the Ad building where the execution took place.
SI’bRTS EDITOR: Let us shout a few gladsome
hosannas! Let us amble out on the lawns and
disport! Let us, in short, go on a riotous bust of
gladsomeness! Why? Uncle Billy Reinhart’s go
ing to have a ball team. Since the nocturnal enter
tainment, the Junior Vodvil, was socked for a row
by the moguls of morals, the deans, Billy’s ball
players can tie on some shut-eye nights and hit
that old apple instead of fanning the ozone as of
late.
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QEVEN SEERS EDITOR: Now that the Junior
^ Vodvil has been thrown in the garbage can vod
vil ve do for our dirty jokes ? . . . Spank de Brat.
Chickgo gunster, says the big reason they killed
the show is that the “pony" choruses the last few
years have been “horsing” around too much. . . .
The Seven Seers will give two show tickets to the
student who sends in the best cyanide sundae
recipe to serve at the next student affairs commit
tee banquet.
POLITICAL WRITER: Political circles of the
campus were thrown in a turmoil by the blast
ing of the Junior Vodvil. Parties were disrupted
and men who were promised appointments on the
vodvil next year thrown out of work. It is under
stood, and we got this pretty straight, that an
opposition bloc has formed to resurrect, the show
and make all appointments political instead of just
the general chairman so that no one will have to
do any work and the show will have to be put on
without a plot or songs and no practices.
T'vRAMATIC CRITIC: Advertised as a thrilling
melodrama, the opening night of "Burying the
Vodvil" proved a tame affair. The plot was simple
and ran from start to finish as if premeditated.
Aside from the fact that the scenery was second
hand, the cast hand-picked and instructed, the show
might be called a misguided muddle, produced and
man-handled by I. Q. fanatics. There were no en
cores.
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PDITORIAL WRITER: The recent costly destruc
tion of the annual vodvil, an incident to be re
gretted deeply by all thoughtful people, is a telling
indictment of peanut politicians of the corrupt cam
pus political ring. If the reputable executive coun
cil had made good its promise to put teeth in the
tariff bill on Bengalese vodvil costumes this would
never have happened. How long are broadminded
students going to be led by the nose by a group
of petty, plotting party heelers?
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MANACING EDITOR: You birds verify that
story. Keep all sex and liquor out of it. There
ain’t supposed to be any in this school.
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DAY EDITOR: Chop her down and watch the
names and head counts.
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MAKE-UP EDITOR: Hurry up! Were past
deadline now! An’ remember, we ain’t got rubber
type!
CIRCULATION MANAGER: How about an
extra? This oughta go over big!
—ART SCHOENI.
Dear Papa,
You know, I tough t. I was going
to have a big job de udder day,
but I aint so sure now. I noticed
in de paper dat dey was going to
hold a election on de campus, an
of course dat means a cut for
somebody or I don’t know what a
election is.
I guess dese guys don’t know
a good election man when dey
sees one. I only applied to one
outfit. Dey acts like dey don’t
know what I’m talking about
when I tells dem what Tony
(lerrotti says about me bein’ de
most promising election man in
de whole ward. Wait till dey
find out dat deir opposition has
got a man wit a recommend
from Tony himself, dat is, if I
can'git de job I wants from de
udder side.
Papa, dese guys sure is dumb
if dey tink dey can make me swal
ler what dey feeds me about dis
election. Dey pulls de old stuff
about de ting bein on de level,
wit de only reason for anybody
wantin dese offices witout no sal
laries is because of de education
al value! Say, if I find out who
really is woikin for dese mugs, I'd
spot dat bunny for less dan ten
bucks.
Dey actully tries to make me
tink dat dese strident offices
was invented !>y de faculty,
whatever dat is, to get free la
bor to help keep de students un
der control. Dey can’t tell me
dat dese lioids down here hasn’t
outgrowed a ting like dat. Why,
pupa, even I knowed I letter dan
dat ever since I half moidered
de monitor in de thoid grade for
tellin de teacher I was pluyin
marbles for keeps.
Some guy tries to tell me dat
all anybody wants de job of presi
dent for is to write home an tell
de folks about it. Papa, wouldn't
you tink I was nuts if I done a
ting like dat? I wonder what
Tony Gerrotti would say about it.
Dis guy says dat all de presi
dent an de council has to do is sit
aroun an change woids in some
kind of a constitution dey got
here. He says dey can’t even fix
dese grade tings dat everybody
seems to want aroun here!
If I can’t get action out of
one of dese gangs pretty soon,
papa, I tink I’ll buy some lead
for me rod, an get de police
records of some of dese candi
dates, an run for president me
self. Dat is, if de H.O.T.C. de
partment don’t get nex to itself
wit all dem bombs an paint
sprayers dey talk about havin,
an run a candidate demselves.
Your faithful son,
Hank, De Rat.
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One Fr \a Penny
By Guilfin j
.. ...
It is with fear and trembling in
our hearts that we take our col
lective pen in our hands and sally
forth, like the knights of old, to
beard the dragon in his lair; to
rescue the fair and blushing mai
den, truth, from the clutches of
hypocrisy and that bugbear of
modern living, that lap pet of the
notorious Mrs. Grundy, procras
tination.
Not bad, eh ? That is to say,
having worked like the devil at
our feeble philosophizings for a
term and achieved nothing more
than a social ceflsure and literary
black-balling, we have experienced
a reversal of form. There will be
no more sarcastic droolings drip
ping from our pen. The contents
of this colyum will be no more
the graceless and futile diatribes
from which it derived its original
notoriety.
We, the editor, are at heart sim
ple, home-loving folk, believing in
those things upon which that
glorious institution, the American
Home, is founded. And in proof
of that statement, we offer the
simple story of The Great Love
of Guilfin and His Gal. I can’t
help it. Their diaries, (both of
them), were swiped by somebody
for me, and I can’t resist the tem
ptation. It seems that they met
somewhere in the dim past, when
the moon was shining, and there
were muted trumpets and low . . .
but read for yourself.
FORUM™
“EDITORIALIZED NEWS
To the Editor:
No editorial was ever known to
extend its criticism to its own
news columns. It remains, then,
for some student to express
through the Emerald forum, a
criticism which has generally been
felt on the way in v/hich Emerald
reporters covered the Junior Vod
vil investigation.
One of the holy laws of the
press is that a news story is not
to contain the personal sentiment
of the writer. If more honest jour
nalism is to be promoted in the
world, students ought certainly to
learn to respect this principle
while working on their student
publication.
Saturday morning’s Emerald, in
its story on the decision of the
student affairs committee was
prejudiced in its tone. There was
a careful explanation of the stu
dent side of the story but there
was not such a careful thorough
analysis of the faculty side. The
whole report was tainted with an
insinuation that the student af
fairs committee, (composed both
of students and faculty) had been
autocratic, domineering and un
just in the affair. If the Emerald
wants to criticize the committee’s
stand, let it do so through the edi
torial columns where that criti
cism is known to be the expres
sion of one person. But it is a
dangerous thing to undertake to
bias the reading public which, un
fortunately, has a childlike faith
in the words of a newspaper.
The Saturday story carried a by
line, it is true, but readers accept
any news story, signed or not, as
a narrative report of circumstanc
es and events.
Lois Nelson.
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Repitition plus
Punishment
Repetition plus punishment makes anythin" tire
some . . . especially going to the post office to mail
home your laundry.
Hid you ever see our little black and blue laundry
baps.' Well, that color means: we take the pun
ishment for callin'? and delivering your laundry
each week with that goodly “repetition” of the
Eugene Steam Laundry
Phone 123. and we will send one of our representatives
to collect your specials.
CAMP U/
Bulleti]
W. A. A. council—meeting tonight
at 7:15 in the club room.
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Phi Pi Theta—will meet in 107
Commerce at 5 o’clock today.
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Executive officers of Y. \\.—will
meet today at 4 o’clock, at the
bungalow.
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YV. A. A. archers—will meet today
in room 121, Gerlinger, at 4
o’clock.
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German club—meeting Wednesday
at 7:30. Speaker and place will
be announced in this column to
morrow.
i Principles of Economics class—
will be conducted by Franklin Hall
during the absence of E. P.
Schmidt.
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Important social meeting—for all
members of Teminids at Crafts
man’s club tonight at 7:30.
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Senior students—who are inter
ested in competing in the Failing
Beekman orations should get in
touch with the speech division in
Friendly hall.
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Tan Delta Delta—will meet to
night at the Music building at
7:30. All members and pledges
are to be present. Formal initia
tion Wednesday night.
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Cosmopolitan club—will meet at
the Y. M. C. A. hut at 8 o’clock
tonight. Refreshments will be
served and there will be an elec
tion of officers.
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Mathematics club—will hold a
very important meeting tonight at
7:30 in room 1, Johnson. Dalton
Shinn will give a very interesting
talk on aeroplanes, in addition to
the regular business meeting.
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| Do You Know? j
B’.—■■—— „_iS
(Two Heilig "theatre tickets will
be given again this week for the
best contribution to this column.
Drop all contributions in the Sev
en Seers box in the main libe, or
place on the bulletin board in the
Journalism building. Remember
that in this contest members of
the University administration are
eligible for the prize as well as
students.)
That 49 students were nominat
ed for student body offices in the
spring election campaign of 1920?
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That the winning candidate
for Oregana editorship in 1922
had a lead of only four votes in
the final election count?
That Gus Sonnenburg, world’s
champion heavyweight wrestler,
played football for three years at
Dartmouth under Dr. Clarence W.
Spears, and was an all-American
tackle in his junior year?
—W.H.V.
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
Mackie To Speak
On Lumber Uses
Stretural Engineer Here
April 16 al 4
J. E. Mackie, structural engin
eer of the National Lumber Manu
facturers' association will speak
to all students who are interested
on "Correct Uses of Lumber in
Construction” in a lecture to be
given Wednesday, April 16 at 4
o’clock in 107 Architecture.
Mr. Mackie is well known as
an authority on this subject, and
is experienced in the work. His
lecture will be in reference to the
modern lumber manufacture, pres
ent lumber standards, various
types of wood construction, and
various conditions of constructions
which will effect good results from
use of lumber.
ENIORS!
Your committee on arrange
ments for commencement has
asked the Co-op to act as dis
tributor for commencement an
nouncements. We have se
cured samples which are now
on display.
We are to handle caps and
gowns also. Announcements
and caps and gowns should be
ordered by April 26th.
UNIVERSITY “CO-OP
99
When Small Machines
Were Big
5000-k/fou’alt turbine-generator
installed in 1903 at the Fisk Street
station of the Commonivealth
Edison Company, Chicago
jyjORE than a quarter century ago, the
Commonwealth Edison Company,
prophetically alive to the immense possi
bilities of the future, ordered from Gen
eral Electric a 5000-kilowatt steam turbine
—in those days a giant of electric power.
To-day, a General Electric turbine-gen
erator of 208,000-kilowatt capacity sends
out its vast energy to the Chicago Metro
politan District.
College-trained men played a responsible
part in the engineering and manufacture
of both machines—just as they serve in
important capacities in the engineering,
production, and distribution of all
General Electric equipment, large or
small.
2o8,ooo-kilowatt turbine
fenerator installed at the
tate Line generating
station
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