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~ «♦ EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD ♦♦ QDtegutt ®ail8 Smeralii University of Oregon, Eugene Arthur L. Sr.hoenl .. Editor William H. Hammond . Business Manager Vinton H. Hall .,. Managing Editor EDITORIAL WRITERS Ron Hubta, Ruth Newman, Rea Tussine, Wilfred Brown Nancy Taylor .— Secretary UPPER NEWS STAFF Mary Klemm . Assistant Manauimc Editor Harry Van Dine . Sports Editor Dorothy Thomas . Society Editor Victor Kaufman ...-.J’ J- K'litor Carl Monroe . Makeup Editor Evelyn Shaner . Theater Editor GENERAL NEWS STAFF: Dave Wilson. Betty Anne Macduff. Rufus Kimball, Elizabeth Painton, Henrietta Stelnke, Merlin Blais. Eleanor Jane Ballantyne, I.enore Ely, Bobby Reid, Sterling C.reen, Helen Chaney. Thornton Gale, Carol Wersch kul, Jack Bellinyer, Roy Sheody, Thornton Shaw, Caro! Hurlburt, Anne Bricknell, Thelma Nelson, Lois Nelson. SPORTS STAFF: Jack Burke, assistant editor; Phil Cottswell, Brad Harrison, Ed Goodnauyh, Spec Stevenson, and Beth Salway. Day Editor .^.....Neil Taylor Night Editor . Embert bossum ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS __Dug. White Elaine Wheeler__ BUSINESS STAFF (fciyrge Weber, Jr. -.--- Associate Manager Tony Peterson ...-. Advertising Manager jack Gregg . Assistant Advertising Manager Addison Brockman .-. Foreign Advertiaing Manager Jean Patrick .-. Manager Copy Department Larry Jackson ...»... Circulation Manager Betty Hagen .... Women's Specialty Advertising Ina Tremblay ....- Assistant Advertising Manager Betty Carpenter . Assistant Copy Manager Edwin Pubols .-.Statistical Department Dot Anne Warnick .. Executive Secretary Katherine Laughrige ...Professional Division Shopping Column .-. Betty Hagen, Nan Crary EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS: Ned Mara, Bernadina Carrico, Helen Sullivan, Fred Reid. ADVERTISING SOLICITORS: Larry Bay, Harold Short, Auton Bush, Ina Tremblay. Production Assistant . Vincent Mutton Office Assistants . Ruth Covington, Nancy Taylor The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Asso ciated Students of the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued dally exoept Sunday and Monday, during the college yeah 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. College Yelling WHEN the Emerald carried the news yesterday morning that the city council of Eugene might pass an ordinance prohibiting noise-makers and loud-speaking apparatus on downtown streets, in cluding the banning of student rallies and noise parades, a person who visions the average college man as a “rah-rah” boy would probably expect a student tiprising in protest. Nothing happened. The campus did not care much. Nobody was particularly stirred up over the prospect of losing noise-parades and rallies or if they were they kept it pretty quiet. One is almost led to think that collegians do not like rallies because of the passive spirit in which this announcement was received. As it turned out, however, the ordinance would not curb rallies. But the declaration gave the student body a chance to rise up in protest if it felt inclined to rally. The mob spirit and desire to jtghave like madmen before everyone is a strange phenomenon. It seems to flourish only in the football season and on a few special occasions. College students are not naturally given to wild Indian war whoops and aboriginal antics, but usually take on those characteristics under urgings from rally committees and the student press. There are many who are not averse to going to rallies and yelling their heads off, but the majority of students would rather yell when there is something spectacular to yell about, especially while the game in progress is exciting. It is the spirit of competi tion which brings to the surface the human desire to vocalize. No matter how unimportant the game, if the players are on the verge of fisticuffs or the score is 39-38 and one minute to play, the average person forgets his inhibitions and yells. And this yell is more genuine than those extracted by yell leaders at pre-game rallies. Yelling adds a touch of color to college life and the student who does not feel like giving vent to his desires that his school’s team win is not com mon. A live school spirit is really to be desired, any college president will vouch. • Colleges do not seem quite the “rah-rah” places they were in the days of turtle-neck sweaters and literary societies, but neither have they degenerated into places where the spirit is like that displayed at English colleges. Violent vociferations such as “bally well done, Joe,” or “corklngly played” have yet to arrive on the American campus. Dance Hall Needed Editor's note: The Knit'raid today Is print ing tlit> first of four editorials, each to he written by candidates for the post of editor for next year. These are not printed us u demon stration of editorial excellence, hut merely as an informal feature of the paper, und to give candidates a chance to see how they like writ ing editorials. QOME folks say that *a college student would ^ rather dance than eat. That point may be con ceded when one takes a glance at the social calen dar and finds it chucked full of house parties. Although each accessible date may be filled with three or four dances, still remains the fact that a certain percentage of the students on the campus will be without a thing to do other, perhaps, than go to a theater. There being no other fit place on the campus where a Friday or Saturday night date may be taken for an entire evenings entertainment, one doesn't wonder why Hendricks park and Skinner's butte prove so popular. A grill dunce, where the date may be taken at a nominal sum, has proven most acceptable elsewhere. The Emerald often wonders why such could not be had on the Oregon campus, and as a suggestion it offers the following: I A building of moderate size, one sufficient to house as many as 100 or 150 couples. Attrac tive decorations, not too elaborate, and a smooth floor. Heating facilities for winter application. n Refreshments for each table to be included with the cover charge of a reasonable price. Food, wholesome, and of a high quality. •> Campus music, highest in the estimation of a majority of students. Features planned for each evening. Under direct supervision of the present dance commission, each affair would be handled much the Same as campus dances during past years. It is the duty of this commission, composed of the presi- - dent of the student body, dean of women, and the Eugene dance matron, to prohibit drinking, roudy isrn, and general misconduct. Ey apprehension of the foregoing statements, either an individual or the University of Oregon could make it possible to have clean and high class amusement on the campus. Dancing, as the ap proved pastime for students, is still as popular as ever and until that time when something will fill the bill more effectively it will be the leading form of student pleasure. —V. H. The New Decorations 'T'HE EMERALD wishes to take this opportunity -*■ of extending the sincere thanks of the Univer sity of Oregon campus to the city council of Eugene for the splendid measures which have been taken to solve the traffic problem along Thirteenth street. It is now highly improbable that even the most casual or careless observer would be as negligent as to park his car along that thoroughfare. Signally appropriate, too, and to be appreciated by every loyal son and daughter of Oregon, is the color scheme effected by the new signs. The bril liant lemon yellow blends in well with the green of the adjacent lawns and shrubbery. The Emerald ventures to make a suggestion to the city council by which it is quite possible that the indebtedness of the town might be materially reduced. Yellow, the predominating color of the new signs, is also the color by which a certain oil company has attracted attention to itself through out the nation. When a person notices one of the new signs, he thinks involuntarily of the oil cor poration, so what would be more appropriate than to sell the company advertising space on the up rights to the signs. Friendships /'"'1AMPUS politics are interesting for those who like them. There is a place for such machina tions in the scheme of running a student body which gives students full representation and rights in the organization. But there is one damaging indictment—one un desirable feature—which serves to mar politics in the minds of many and makes participation dis tasteful. A man can go through three years of school and be good friends with another fellow in a neighboring house. Along come elections and one decides to run for an office. They’re still friends. But let the other man's house decide to go on the opposition ticket and the friendship goes up in thin air. Long college friendships are often blasted by a single political campaign. Personal ambition brooks no opposition. What is a friendship after all that it should be cast aside so easily? Perhaps after the polls are past these two may drift back to gether again, but the strained feeling between them is hound to persist long. It may be a good test of the "calibre” of a man to put him in such a position where he may either show himself to be a “small bore” or else display character enough and is "big” enough to be a friendly enemy. A person who figuratively “bares his fangs” at his friends whenever they happen to oppose him will find his lips will have a lot of work to do be fore he reaches the seventh age of man. Making Use of “Jetsam” T7 ACH year the Canoe Fete grows a little larger anil takes on a new feature or two. From a plain aquatic display of floats it has metamorphosed into a beautiful as well as entertaining spectacle, featuring diving acts, orchestra music over the waters, and blues singers. This year it has been proposed that the fete take over one or two specialty acts from the defunct Junior Vodvil and add to its bill of attractions. The choruses were organized and considerable work done toward the vodvil before it was banished so that it would, be easy to add an act oV two to the entertainment presented on the float across from the bleachers. By so doing the junior class could raise the admission price to the fete and help offset some of the financial loss created when the vodvil was dropped. Neckers at Idaho climb up on top a lofty water tank on the campus for privacy, says the Argonaut. This would hardly work out unless your date was a P. K. major, it would seem. Girls we know won't even walk up a knoll or two to the cemetery. . ■■ “ -——■—.—.—^ Vil Co lie gi atePulse ] Bi«—....—..—-—-— — » ..——..—_¥ ADULTS OR INFANTS (Minnesota Daily) As the school year draws to a close, one may survey the usual outcrop of student escapades, ex pulsions, and various misdemeanors which have taken place in American colleges and universities. They range from practical jokes and prohibition violations to moral offenses of one sort or another. The attitude has fortunately been growing that college students are after all adults and should be allowed, in general, to take care of themselves. There are few colleges which still adopt the old attitude that they are authorized guardians and preservers of the student's morals. But in small colleges, denominational schools, and a few state universities, the tendency to treat students n3 in fants persists. Clashes of authority have usually come where the authoritative power lies in the hands of a dean of men or of women who, bound by the dictates of an older philosophy or discarded moral standard, yet insists on compelling the student body to abide by his or her standard. Such procedure gets no where. It makes for atrophied students or outright antagonism or secret evasion of regulations. The Joker in the deck seems to be public opinion, before which may institutions of learning still pay homage. One wishes that one improvement in this field were attempted: that colleges would print in I their general announcements a statement that they regard students as adults, capable of handling their! own affairs, and that parents who want moral guardianship would do better to send their offspring elsewhere. TftSEVEN SEERS Dear Seven Seers: One of the biggest assets of a humor column can have is a hu morist. I hope one of you is a humorist. But don’t get discour aged if you aren’t humorists be cause only people who have suf fered can produce real humor. It must evolve out of a sense of deep melancholy. A real humorist must have about the same attitude as a man who is just about to jump over a cliff. Then anything he says is funny because it is so fu tile and pointless. The trouble with most pseudo-humorists is that they prefer to be clever, and cleverness arouses appreciation in only the esoteric few who can equal it. The rest are envious. What you want is laughter. I will illustrate this and you can ob serve the different reactions on yourselves. HUMOIi: It all happened very suddenly. A man yelled. A wo man screamed. I pulled out my watch, as I always do when un usual things happen so that if called into court I can reply with exact Information, and scarcely had time to observe the hour when a shadow fell on the dial. I glanced upward and took in the situation. A safe falling a do/.en stories was not more than ten feet above my head. I rapidly calculated its speed per second and immediately realized I could not avoid Its path. Fortunate ly the door of the safe was toward the earth, and with my customary sang froid, I reached out and opened the door, and the safe fell harmlessly about me. It was soon removed, and I emerged and only then noticed that my watch, still in my left hand, had sustained a broken crystal. Confound the luck. CLEVERNESS: “What are those scratches anil torn clothes the result of, friend?” “I was pursued by a wild beast.” “Your courage, man, your courage! Why did you not turn and slay him as Samson did the lion with the jaw-bone of an ass? “Unfortunately, I could not spare a jaw-bone.” (Notice the feeling of dis gust ?) Yours, Doleful Dan. Ijulies of the campus, 'tenshun! IMS party to lie given this Satur day in Women's gym. Don’t miss it!—Adv. -o Ptil Theta Epsilon—meeting at 7 in Westminster house. Phi Beta—meeting today at 3:45 at the Tri Delt house. -o V outline! meeting—this afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the hut. Alpha Kappa Delta—meeting at 4:30 in Room 2. Johnson. -o Vpril Frolic dress rehearsal—at 7 tonight in Gerlinger building. Archery sign-up—-closes at 6 p. m. W. A. A. archers should be out at 4 or 5. -o April Frolic—from 8 to 11 p. m. Saturday in the Gerlinger build ing. Christian Science Organization— meets tonight at 7:30 in the Y. \V. C. A. bungalow. -o Oregana—editorial and business staffs will meet Thursday in 104 Journalism for nominations. April Frolic stunt chairmen—must turn in detailed report of all work done and all money spent by their committees before C o’clock Sat urday night. -o Gamma Alpha fhi—meeting today at 5 o’clock, 105 Journalism. Im portant that all members be there. -o Only one doubles team—from each house allowed to enter men’s in tramural tennis tournament. -o Alpha. Delta S i g m a—luncheon meeting today at 12 at the An chorage. Everyone be there. Im portant. Students Attempt Graft on Library Sophomore ami Freshman Get Heavy Fines Signing fictitious names to books taken from the reserve library cost a sophomore a fine of $50 and a freshman one of $15, after action had been taken yes terday by the student advisory committee, according to official reports. The sophomore was placed on disciplinary probation for an in definite period and the freshman will be on probation during the remainder of the present college year. “Taking books from the library without complying with the usual formalities exposes a person to legal prosecution,” stated Karl On thank, executive secretary, yester day. “The committee, however, is much more interested in the pro tection of students in classes who have assignments to read in the library and who may be made to suffer in University work if other students take books from the library illegitimately.” - ■■ — —. FILMS Printing Developing Enlarging Tinting SID CLAYPOOL DRUGS “Next to Gosser’s” Ludford’s Painting and Decorating Supplies for All Kinds of Work. $ * ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING * >;c Floor Polishers for Rent Ludford’s PAINT—WALL PAPER ART GOODS 53 West Broadway Phone 749 And now A New Convenience Ted says that shine tickets bought now are good until summer. The prices of the tick fts are: 10 shines.$1.00 5 shines .50 Two-tone shoes are shined for 25c, or two punches on a ticket. CAMPUS SHOE SHINING PARLOR “Ted Pleases Everybody’’ Aeross from Sigma Chi THEODORE RADIOS EMERALD OF THE AIR -By THORNTON GALE - rpiALENT for the intended Jun ior vodvil will he featured tonight by the “Oregon Daily Em- j erald of the Air” broadcasting < over KORE at 8 o’clock tonight. Bob Goodrich and lyiarjorie Doug las, will sing vocal solos and blues with Pat Boyd at the piano. The famed “traveling trouba dours" Larry Fischer and George Kotchik will give a number of vo cal duets, according to Arthur Potwin, director of the broadcasts. The second episode of “Guilfin and His Gal,” written by Bob Guild and acted by himself and Jewel Ellis is slated for the first fifteen minutes of tonight’s pro gram. Those who are following the college romance will find the two lovers in the midst of a hi larious dancing lesson, which promises to be even better than last night’s predicament. Lester McDonald, editor of the Oregana, is the principal speaker of the evening and will talk about the 1930 year book. McDonald will be followed by 10 minutes of Oregon Daily Emerald news. * * * ¥ AST night's program drew an unusual number of telephone PICNICS It’s really time to be gin thinking about picnics again. Prob ably your April Frolic guests would enjoy a trip up the McKenzie. And when you’re all ready to set out for your “big” time, drop by the Oregon Service Station and fill the car up. OREGON Service Station calls and messages of congratula tion. The first episode of "Guilfin and His Gal” received the praise of everyone who heard it. Kwama, sophomore women’s honorary was represented by Carolyn Haberlach and Erma Hogan, who gave piano and vocal solos and duets. Joseph ine Scott gave a piano medley. En core requests for the Kwama pre sentation were unable to be filled because of lack of time. Tom Stod dard, student body president spoke on ‘‘Student Franchise.” Arthur Potwin, director and Slug Palmer, assistant director, are doing the announcing for the broadcasts. INITIATION ANNOUNCEMENT Sigma Phi Epsilon announces the initiation of Dr. John ft- Mez to honorary membership. 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 ^oMsiaaiasiaiEiaaiaaisisEiaisiaaifflai f j Do You Know? (Two Heilig theatre tickets of fered as prizes for the best con tribution to this column for the week. Place contributions in Seven Seers box in main libe or on bulletin board of Journalism building. * * * That in 1923 and 1924 there was a Sunday Emerald? That the Mayflower was the largest ship ever built? If all the jg| antiques which are supposed to have come over on the Mayflow er were gathered together in one place the aggregate would be more than enough to fill the largest ship that was ever built. —R. G. W. * * * That 1x0 equals 0, but 0x1 equals 1. (Nothing once is still nothing, but one unmultiplied is still one.) —R. T. QRILLE Lee-Duke’s Campus Band LAST DANCE OF THE TERM Friday9 April 18th LEE-DUKE’S CAFE Phone 549 for Reservations ROME WASN’T BUILT in a day, neither can we acquaint yovi with the many charms of the Anchorage in one ad. This is the second installment. BREAKFAST or BRUNCHEON Whatever you call it, it consists of some food between the hours of 8 and 11 a. m., intended for those who lingered a little long in the arms of Morpheus before 8 o’clock. A cheery fireplace, flowing water, green trees, and good food make the Anchorage a favored place at this time. THE FAGGED HOUR Sometimes called afternoon tea, between 2 and 5, comes at a time when we feel we need just a little something to tide us over till dinner. This is indeed the “Anchorage time.” A place by the window where one can watch the swimmers, canoeists, and gay umbrellas in the sunshine, makes the spring term worth while. Delicious cooling drinks in thin glasses, tempting toasted sandwiches, pastry as only the Anchorage makes it, leaves you with a desire to go to just one place. That’s The Anchorage