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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1930)
EDITORIALS FEATURES N U MO R L'l R ARY University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton Hall, Editor Arfton Peterson, Manager Robert Allen, Managing Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Neil Taylor, News Editor Jack tSurke, Sports Harney Miller, Features Carol Hurlburt, Society Lester McDonald, Literary Warner Cluiss, Chief NiKht Editor NEWS STAFF Star Reporter?: Lois Nelson, Merlin Blais, Ralph David. Reporters: Hetty Anne Macduff, Lenore Ely, Jessie Steele, Isabelle Crowell, Ihclma Nelson, Helen Cherry. Jack Bellinger, Betty Davis, Helen Rankin, Beth Salway. Gcorpe Thompson. Helen Raitain. Merlin Blais, Elaine Wheeler, Roy Sheedy, Thornton Shaw, Zorn Herman. Rufus, Kimball, Elinor Henry, Virpinia Went*, Ted Montpomery, Elinor Jane Ballantyne. Jim Brook. General Assignment Reporter?: Mary Bohoskey, Eleanor Coburn. Joan Cox, r reel Fricke. Eleanor Sheeley, Barbara Jenninp, Madeline Gilbert, Katherine Manerud, Katherine Kinp. Georpe Rool. Frances Taylor. Day Editors: Dorothy Thomas, Thornton Gale. Nipht Editors: Eupene Mullins, Poup White. Assistants: Lois Weedy, Georpe Sanford, Byron Rrinton, Carl Mctzen, Betty Carpen ter, Elinor Wood. BUSINESS STAFF Jack Gregg, Advertising Manager Larry Jackson, Foreign Advertising Ken Siegrist, Circulation Manager Addison Brockman, Assistant Manager John Painton, Office Manager Hetty Carpenter, Women's Specialties Harriet Hoffman, Hcz Sue Carol Werschkul, Executive Secretary The Orenon Dnjly Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Or-i-on. Euyono, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, durinir the col ley e year. Member of the Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice at Euyene, Orcyon. as second class matter. Subscription rates. $2.60 a year. Advertiainy rates upon application. Phone, Manayer: Office, 1896; residence, 127. A Grand'Man We Miss THE room was quiet, yes, very quiet, when the first speaker arose to address the new freshman class at its initial assembly yesterday morning. Before that gathering he stood. It was not the man who, for 52 years previous, had welcomed with body and soul other collegiate foundlings. The man hesitated, then spoke in words not so familiar to the few seasoned students in the audience who remembered the venerable “grand old man of Oregon.” They missed Dean John Straub. Absence of his kindly words brought a little heart throb. Realizing that they were the first new students in 52 years not to be greeted by the wonderful man of whom they all had heard so much carried a prickly tingle to many finger tips. Always he is there in heart, but yesterday at home ill and sad not to greet the “biggest and best” class in history. The Emerald, speaking for the student body of the University of Oregon, knows he is loved by all. Soon, we hope, he may stand, straight, clean, and tall, at the Administration entrance and greet every new face. A quiet, successful, and well-handled assembly we saw yester day. It lacked something and we have shown what it was. In a most admirable manner did Dean James H. Gilbert step to the microphone, temporarily fill the shoes of the absent one, and gra ciously pay tribute. Dean Straub must feel that we are thinking of him, and in all sincerity we want him among us again. • At his home we offer our meek conveyor that he may know the activities of the students and become acquainted with new names. All this we say and do because—we miss him. - k Good Luck, George rp'HE presidency of the Associated Students is no sinecure, as any alumnus who has held that position can testify. It requires a good deal of time, a high degree of executive ability, a penetrating knowledge of the manifold concerns of the student body, and a pleasing personality coupled with fine tact and skillful diplomacy. It exacts conscientious attention, unlimited patience, and the gift of being able to apply unshakeable firmness without giving offence. All this must be tendered without financial return. George Cherry, the student body president for 1930-31, is qualified in every way to fill capably the position which the con fidence of a majority of the student body gave to him in the election last spring. Now that the golden haze of romantic combat which enlivens campus politics has been dispelled by the passage of time and the unromantic realities of the new year, George will ‘find himself with a real job on his hands. Last year was a period of important changes in several de partments of the A. S. 1J. O. administration. Cherry’s predecessor, Tom Stoddard, bent his energies to the work of revision and expan sion, and it will be the task of his successor to take the wheel of the overhauled administrative machine and guide it in its trial run over the necessary jolts of adaptation and through the inevitable barrage of criticism. A new constitution, embodying many depar tures from the old order and multiplying the responsibilities of the executive; a new plan of central finance; a revised system of ath letic administration ihese are a few of the untried tools which Cherry must use. “The co-operation of the students” is a phrase hackneyed be yond the field of appeal. It sounds impressive, but it means little to a student-body president, largely because there is little that the average student can do in the way of direct co-operation with him. The value of the support of their president by the students is a moral value, and its best channels of expression are sympathetic understanding of the magnitude and complexity of his job, toler ance for the mistakes he must inevitably commit, and appreciation and commendation for the successes he achieves. Good luck, George! A Challenge to ’34 SOME 800 freshmen marched into McArthur court yesterday morning, listened while the band blared, sat down, listened again while faculty, city, and student leaders welcomed them offi cially to the University of Oregon. But how many of these same 800 carried away with them the essential purpose of the welcoming assembly that has been added to the University's list of traditional events? How many, the Em erald wonders, caught the spirit of the challenge given them by President Hall” For a challenge it was anil a serious one. You of the elass of 193-1 are to choose between mediocrity and superiority in your college career. You have entered school "in a high spirit of adven ture and ambition, a definite objective, a desire to develop person ality, to be creators rather than creatures of the forces of destiny will win for you the right of survivorship. Venture into fields of knowledge, form new and lasting friend ships, enter into that famous “Oregon Spirit” of interest in the well-being of the University thus as Dr. Hall said, can you meet his challenge. Will you accept that challenge and make the most of it? We believe you will. MORE than for the sake of convenience do we find the installa tion of new underground telephone cables for the University local. Thirteenth street, the heart of Oregon's campus, is being cleared, and incidentally beautified, by the removal of the old, com paratively dilapidated, telephone poles. We hereby make one big long mark indicating another campus improvement. Now that Pop Warner's niece is a confirmed Oregon booster we have a definite avenue for inside dope ou the coach's tactics for future Oregon-Stanford games. Hc-hum. Students in China's universities are complaining be cause their professors do not come to class. Maybe it's because they are ou the opposite side of the earth ; MARGIN 5 NOTES By Lester McDonald ♦ Five other Oregon authors have written books this year that have attracted considerable attention. Alfred Powers, dean of the exten sion division, has collected his ; short stories in a volume entitled: "Marooned in Crater Lake.” Nard Jones, nov/ living in Seattle, has published “Oregon Detour.’’ Leon Byrne, former Emerald writer, collaborated on a story of life aboard a tramp steamer on the Pacific in “Ocean Parade.” Frit joff Michelson, Oregon newspaper man, was co-author of “Ocean Parade." Robert Ormond Case and Ern est Haycox, both Emerald writers during their college days, are sell ing their tales to the movies. The Carl McClains have re turned from their summer’s trip to Europe with trunkloads of first editions and rare copies of books picked up along their route of travel. They have also a number of very fine etchings and prints. Dates range from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the latter part of the nineteenth. A longer notice will appear in the magazine supplement. They will be ready for exhibition at the Co op in a few weeks. Beginning with the issue of Oc tober 1, The Nation has started a series of college articles that ought to interest every student on the campus. The first of the se ries will be one by D. T. Howard, director of personnel, Northwest ern university. Astonishing ad vances are being made in educa tional methods, and the series have a timeliness that should bring a wide appeal. “The discouraging part of my work is the pitifully small num ber of books I read that really matter,” said V. Sackville-West, one of England’s best known re viewers, in a recent interview. Miss West has touched on a sub ject that has troubled anyone reading the fiction of today—it is that type that has created the congestion and clutter of trash wading through hundreds of puer ile efforts of obscures who mereiy write passable English. Who is there among us that cannot take down three-fourths of the books we have purchased in the last dec ade and consign them to the scrap heap ? „ Naturally enough, this tremen- j dous output of novels that have i no real worth coincides with thej economic overproduction. This has ! caused, naturally, a reduction in publishers’ lists of forthcoming books, but with the advent of an- j other era of prosperity who is to say that there will not be a repe- j tition of the same situation? In Miss Eackville-West’s posi tion, she sees only the best of the output. Doubtless she has seen many novels of fine worth and '• merit; but these do not cause the | sensations, nor is their sale large | enough to pay for paper and I printing. Even though in a; month the trash has a big sale, who remembers it in the next? Perhaps the facts of the matter • are that so few good books are I being written, to satisfy the needs of the publishers, that these oth ers must pour into the market, make their momentary success, I and thus encourage the efforts of j countless others to make a quick j fortune and name. Must "geese be sold as swans” ? What is to be the outcome? What will happen when modern advertising can no longer invent adjectives to describe their book of the week? *T H E W ET FOOT* “ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FOOT TO PRINT” The Wetfoot has now made it a policy of lending a guiding hand and helping foot to the freshmen of the University and so in di rect relation (not by marriage I with this policy we submit the fol lowing: WE KNOW FULL WELL THAT THE MOST EARNEST DESIRE OF, EACH FRESHMAN IS TO ACQUIRE POPULARITY. DON’T DENY IT. Therefore, in assuming our role of godmother (not an oathi we shall print instructions to be fol lowed closely by each and every freshman who wants to make his old home town proud of him. How To Become Popular I. BE DEMOCRATIC: Walk into the professor or dean, slap him on the back, call him by his first name, and offer him a loaded cigar. This will jolly him into a good humor and will put him into the mood for handshaking. II. BE INDIVIDUAL: Wear green bow ties, red cords, comb your hair pompadour, wear a moustache, and develop an Ox ford (not a shoe) accent. This will immediately set you apart as not being of the common hoi-polloi. III. —BE ENTHUSIASTIC: Yell with all your might at football games. Be collegiate and throw peanuts. Razz your own team un ceasingly; this will incite them to further efforts. Walk into an Oregon Knight meeting and an nounce that you are going to be cne of their number. Cheer at de feat, at recitations, at anything that comes to your notice. Don’t be mistaken for a Sigma Chi— (not a student) however, as that would be ruinous. IV. —BE ASSERTIVE: Walk up to the president (also not a stu dent ) of the University and tell him what is wrong with the school: sit on the senior bench, re fuse to wear your green lid, scoff at school traditions. If you feel like smoking on the campus, do so by all means; don't be ham pered by inhibitions. V.— BE MASCULINE: Chew j Granger rough cut (not an ad), eat onions and ignore halitosis. Never dress up to do your pig ging. Never hire a taxi, even if it is snowing. Spend the evening telling the woman what a damp ! smack she is, how her house does n't rate, how she lacks so phistication, and cap it by asking her where she got her false teeth, j Remember that women simply adore cave men and just eat this sort of thing up. VI.—BE FRIENDLY: Walk up and butt in on the conversation of the campus highlights, step up to the athletes and slap them on the back and ask for an introduction to their babes, yell at everyone gcross the street (let them know, however, that you are not running for office), shout out in the Col lege Side, and always be willing to proffer your advice in bridge games. Always remember that the only reason that they don’t ask for it is because they are prob ably bashful. If the above rules are followed carefully they will make any freshman famous.* (*Note — Fame usually comes after death.) Faviile Journeys Far In Pacific Northwest David E. Faviile, dean of the school of business administration, made a 3,000 mile automobile trip through the northwest during the summer vacation. He went by way of Spokane, Okanogan and Wen atchee to Kamloops, returning by the caribou trail along the Frazier river and thence home, stopping at Union, Oregon, to attend the weeding of Paul Ager, comptrol ler, and Marion Phy, secretary to President Hall, on September 2. Open House Location Announced for Groups The V. W. C. A. Hut has been chosen by independent girls of the University as their location when they entertain at Open House to morrow night, announcement has been made from the office of the dean of women. Orchestra and re freshment expenses will be borne party by the Y. W. and partly by the girls, each of whom are ask ed to bring 20 cents. Theta Omega has chosen the Friendly hall association floor for open house. Ship's ‘’Toot’ Gives Boy Scare ill Alaskan Port The prospect of swimming home from Alaska confronted Robert Hardy, summer session student, as he stood upon the shore and watched the "Floating U" disap pear into the dusk. The steamer had stopped in Ketchikan, to visit the Indian village of Metlakatla. As he approached the dock in the dusk, after having visited with ac quaintances, the alarming situa tion of the disappearing vessel be came apparent, but after much in quiring he learned the boat had merely left to dock at another pier. Blue Book Magazine Has Thacher's Story The November number of the Blue Book magazine, just re-' leased, contains a football story: by VV. F. G. Thacher, professor of advertising and short story writ ing. The story this year is enti tled ‘'The Coach.” It has become the custom of this magazine to run a football story by Professor' Thacher every fall. Between Classes Yesterday we saw: PAT Mc MURRAY shivering on the library steps; LARRY BAY delivering Emerald? in the cool of the morn ing; JACK STIPE carrying on a romantic conversation in the Co op; DAISY SATTERFIELD exhib iting rapt Interest in class; BET TY REBEC sitting on the senior bench; GEORGINE LYONS blow ing her nose; SIDNEY HOFF MAN tweaking his moustache; JACK BLANCHARD bumming a match; and HAL RHUSTON with his elbows on the table. Former Students Write New Book Michelson, Byrne Authors Of Travel Story Two former University of Ore gon students, Fred B. Michelson and Leon K. Byrne have, accord ing to book reviewers, “joined the ranks of successful writers with the recent publication of their tra vel-adventure story, “Ocean Pa rade.” The co-authors, both majors in journalism while at the University *of Oregon, are well known in Pa cific coast newspaper circles. Michelson, at present editor of the Western Canner and Packer in San Francisco, has been a report er on Albany, Portland, and San Francisco dailies. Byrne, after leaving the University, reported for the Oregonian and for New York and San Francisco papers. Michelson was night editor, and Byrne associate editor of the Em erald in ’24 and ’25 respectively. “Ocean Paradise,” which is list ed as a best seller in Portland and other cities, is the story of their experiences as members of the crew of a freighter that cruised in Oriental waters. It tells of their encounters with hurricanes, the rescue of the crew of a sinking ship, fights with Chinese bandits and roistering nights ashore in Chinese and Japanese ports. Architect Offers $2,000 Fellowship Scholarship Will Provide Travel Funds A scholarship valued at approxi mately $2000 has been offered the school of architecture by Ion Lewis, of the firm of Whidden and Lewis, architectural firm in Port land for 40 years, according to Dean Ellis F. Lawrence. The money will come from interest and income-bearing property and will be used by a graduate student as a traveling fellowship in architec ture. Restrictions placed on the schol arship recipient are that he be a resident of the state of Oregon for at least one year before ap pointment, and that he be within certain age limits, yet to be deter mined. Should there be no one worthy of the award that fulfills these requirements the money shall be used for an undergradu ate scholarship. The scholarship will be admin istered by Harrison Whitney and Morris Whitehouse, representing the American Institute of Archi tects, from Portland, and Dean Ellis F. Lawrence, representing the University of Oregon. It will not be available for about one year. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Sigma Alpha Mu announces the pledging of Harry Siegel of New York City. CAMPUS «*> V^ALENDAft Wesley dub invites all students to church night party tonight, at 8 o'clock, Methodist church. . -X.- i Senior managers of all sports will meet at 4 o’clock this after noon (Friday) at the Phi Psi house. Independent girls will hold open house at Y..W. C. A- Bungalqw. Girls bring 20 cents to help ex penses of orchestra. j Volleyball practice for girls will begin in all classes Monday. Oregana staff, both buxine ss and editorial, .will meet today at 4 o’clock in 104 Journalism. Freshmen wishing to try out for Oregana business staff leave names with Roger Bailey, at the Oregana office. Radio reception of Oregon-Drake game will begin at the Y. BJ. C. A. hut at 6:15. All students who do not have access to radio welcome. Tomorrow Last Day To Register, Pallett Tomorrow, Saturday, October 4, is the last day to register or add a course, it was announced today by Earl M. Pallett, registrar. All students who have not registered may do so until then, but must pay a fee for every day after the last date, which was Saturday, September 27, until a sum of $5 is reached. Any student wishing to add a course or change his registration may do so for a fee of $1 until Saturday. ••'•I**i»r?T ADD DISTINCTION WITH A ZEST OF INDIVIDUALITY Flowers can be just flowers, or by harmonious color arrangements, they can be a beautiful ornament. Corsages are chic . . . and do show a dainty taste that displays the co-ed’s individuality and personality. Too much cannot be said about centerpieces. As everyone knows, it is up to the florist to make an'attractive arrangement suitable to the occasion . . . and may we say that our efforts stop at no ends! 829 13th Ave. East Phone 1281 In Our New Green Stucco Store Across from “College Side” 13th and Emerald Make it a Habit to Meet Your Friends at the “Oregon” SID CLAYPOOL Everything for School from Necessities to Novelties WALT VAN ATTA