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University of Oregon, Eugene
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The Oros.ron Daily Emerald, official publication of tho Associated Students of the
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Wilbur Was Muddled
LITTLE Wilbur Hickle graduated from the Westdale high school.
He was a very serious-minded lad loved to think over weighty
questions of the day and to philosophize on topics of national im
portance. His ideas were clearly outlined and he took a definite
stand which he himself had paginated. Wilbur thought the com
munistic movement was being handled incorrectly, he heartily
joined with the national movement for world peace, he believed in
personal freedom, and he even advocated deposition of Mussolini.
Wilbur registered in the state university. No doubt he still
needed education even though he was a bright boy. On his schedule
he found courses of little interest; yet he scrambled through his
freshman year well advised in accounting, English lit, and back
ground to social science. Rapidly fading were his personal views so
pointed before he had entered the great institution. His fraternity
had paddled him to disbelief of personal freedom. He began to
think that world peace might be a lot of bunk because he had been
forced to accept military training.
Still further he went into his college career. He enrolled in
. other classes intended to pump things into his head. His ideas on
' .communism were broken down and Wilbur began to wonder if Mus
soln.i was right. He had learned to look at things from many
angles in fact, so many angles his mind was agog with this idea
and that idea. Just which was right he didn’t know.
Hardly can we say that Wilbur’s mental dilemma was a result
of radical and improper teaching. Hardly do we believe that his
instructors actually tried to erase his personal ideas once so clear.
It may have been the lad's own fault to allow himself to embark
upon that period of philosophical daze. However, time and again,
we have felt that the modern institution leaves its students without
a compass. His ideas are muddled.
Some may ask why Wilbur should have definite views or why
he should throw his support one way or the other. The world needs
leaders. Institutions of higher education arc to produce leaders.
And, most important of all, a leader must take his stand and or
ganize his following.
Did Parties Do It?
FRESHMAN political parties have been tried for the first time
and found to be a failure on the Oregon campus. The two lead
ing parties in Friday's elections of the class of 1934 were split
equally as far as results count and, after all, the number of win
ning candidates really tell the story.
For the first time in the history of the Associated Students an
attempt was made to organize regular party tickets in the freshman
class elections, and what resulted? Two candidates from each of
the two main parties were elected to office.
Members of the class of 1931 showed rare judgment in voting
for the person whom they considered best qualified for office re
gardless of party affiliations. The result of the election will leave
little room for the supporters of either side to compliment them
selves upon their ‘ strong ticket."
To John Kendall will go the task of leading the class of 1934
through its first year of college life with Billie Eastman, Joan Cox,
and Bob DeGraff as his assistants. The Emerald wishes the leaders
success in their attempt to make the class the “biggest and best
ever.”
The members of the class have made a fine start in their first
official act. May they continue to do so throughout their four years
as undergraduates at Oregon.
r.HEN a college newspaper takes a pot-shot at the president of
the United States, the echo doesn’t go any further than the
shot, which in the first of the several thousand miles that separate
this column from the White House, sinks in its own swirling smoke.
We need a little history of unemployment for an introduction.
Tabloid a stock market crash, a business depression, unemploy
ment. and a meeting of captains of industry called by the president
to plan increased business.
Now athletic competition has been proved an industry, and so
has upbuilding of a university. These lieutenants of industry who
handle the gate receipts immediately fell in with President Hoover's
plan, and laid foundations in their own three-sport circuses for in
creased production. So in that way collegiate unemployment was
to be relieved.
Tabloid again the industry is expanded, more players are se
cured, the mills roll merrily with a grist of games. Surely the col
lege factory will draw many orders now!
We think President Hoover just woke up in the night with his
idea, and called in the papers without thinking out the result of
such expansion. We publich ; sk President Hoover if he knew
what it would do. We dare him to answer honestly.
For, you see, to grind out the grist of games, a school needs
millstones, and millstones must run freely and smoothly or they
squawk and squeal. If you remember your Goldilocks, the little
university, and the middle-sized university, and the great big uni
versity all oil their millstones with jobs. Only the great big, gruff,
old universities have enough jobs to go ’round, so they send away
all the job-seeking students who go to the games and classes use
up the grist of the mills and give the jobs to the athletes. We
mean, you see, that they lubricate the millstones.
Mr. Hoover, did you ever stop to think that the athletic indus
try cannot grow, the college mills cannot run, if we send all the
wheat away and spend our time on millstones? What profits a
university with millstones on its neck and no ouc to admire them?
Huh, Mr. Hoover?
Huh, Mr. Hoover?
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Large Number Appear For
Parts In First Play of Year
Guild Hall Players Choose
‘Holiday’ as Season’s
First Play
Eighteen men and 24 women
turned out Thursday evening for
tryo”' for “Holiday,” the first
full length play of the University
drama reason. This is the first
time ti it a play chosen for stu
dent.; i gularly registered in the
courses in acting has opened its
doors to the campus in general.
“Holiday” was chosen especially
for the group known as “Guild
Hall Players,” of whom there are
five this year. This group is made
up of students who have done
especially good work in the course
in technique of acting and it forms
the nucleus of what might very
properly be called a senior theatre
company. This is the first time in
several years that there have been
enough such students returning to
allow the selection of a play espec
ially for them.
Instead of selecting the neces
sary additional characters from
students registered in other cours
es in the drama division, which
would have been a very easy thing
to do, as there is much promising
material in those groups, the de
partment opened the tryouts to ev
erybody who was interested.
The drama division will keep on
file the names of all who appeared
with the intention of making op
portunities for them to act at the
earliest possible moment. There
will be many such opportunities in
the winter quarter when the Stu
dio Players start their series of
programs.
The Guild Hall players at pres
ent include Addison Brockman,
Norma Jacobs, Carl Klippel, Nan
cy Thielsen, and Jean Williams,
who will play respectively, Ned
Seton, Laura Seton Cram, Johnnie ;
Case, Linda Seton, and Susan Pot
ter. Helen Mielke, a newcomer in
our acting circles, will play Julia !
Seton, the older sister. The parts
of the father, nephew and the mer
ry-making friends of the family,
together with several minor roles
will be announced later after a few
i e-tryouts have been held.
Several promising new students i
appeared among the men, and the 1
director will notify them presently
of second tryouts in order to be |
sure that they are most effectively
cast.
As director of the drama divis
ion. Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt finds it a
pleasant change to have more good
men than can be used, turning out
for parts. “Judging from the qual
ity of the actors responding to this
first call,” she said, “our 1930-31
theatre season should be unusually
brilliant one.”
♦THE WETFOOT *
“ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FOOT TO PRINT”
WELL, NOW THAT THE
FRESHMEN HAVE ELECTED
A PRESIDENT (NOT A PHI
DELT FOR ONCE) WE CAN
SETTLE DOWN TO COMFORT
ONCE MORE. THERE WILL,
NO DOUBT, BE GREAT RE
JOICING AROUND THE SIG
MA (Til HOUSE FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THAT
MEMORABLE SPRING DAY,
BACK IN THE DIM ANNALS
OF INIQUITY, OR RATHER,
ANTIQUITY, WHEN JOE Me
KEOWN GOT INTO OFFICE.
WHICH JUST GOES TO SHOW
THAT A PERSISTENT (AND
HOW THEY PERSISTED!)
HOUSE, LIKE ROOT BEER,
CAN’T BE KEPT DOWN.
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YE EPITAPH
Sing a dirge for Sylvantis Penn;
But he simply couldn’t see
W’Jiat an aversion the Betas have
For Bohiin'viis, Tennessee,
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DISILLUSIONMENT
When i came to College papa said:
“Remember your family name, ■
Get a place upon the team
And win undying fame.”
“Study hard,” my mother said,
“And make Phi Beta Kappa.
Be a scholar, make good grades —
Don't be like your pappa.”
“Say, I know the sweetest girl,”
Said sister, “An’, Oh, whatta line
I've told her about you; she wants
You to look her up some time.”
“Here's my canoe,” said brother
Bill,
“And a map of all the nooks.
Remember that wisdom always
Don't come out of bookd.”
And here I am, a college guy,
A Greek letter feller,
Winning glory for myself in
school—■
I ♦ EDITORS HITHER AND YON ♦_
Upon being told that a certain freshman had been taken in by
a certain fraternity, the Sophisticated Sophomore remarked, “Taken
in is light.” The University Daily Kansan.
Somebody around this university has got to be dignified, and
we students already have enough on our hands.—The Silver and
Gold.
Our hearts go out to (hose loyal fans who buy tickets to see
their favorite football team play and then find they are seated
among the rooters of the opposing team.—The Indiana Daily Stu
dent.
Pausing for reflection has its merits, but it is often referred
to as cribbing in college. The Indiana Daily Student.
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About this time we shoujd begin catching the freshmen in the
act of marking circles around those Thanksgiving and Christmas
vacation dates on the calendar. The Indiana Daily Student.
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First impressions count. What kind are you making, rook, on
the upperclassmen ? What kind are you making, upperclassmen, on
the rooks ? The Llnfield Review.
When the freshmen were ready to count the ballots yesterday,
they found the box locked tight key gone. Now ,who claims that
the election was run crookedly ?
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CAMPUS ♦
ALENDAR
( lass hockey managers will be
chosen Monday evening at 1 dur
ing the regular hockey period. All
girls going out for intramural
hockey attend.
W esley club will climb Spencer's
butte at 2 p. m. today. All stu
dents asked to meet at Methodist
church.
Between Classes
Yesterday we saw: KK1TH MA
GUIRE emerging from the Art
building: DONNA GILL striding
past the law school; ELEANOR
LEWIS at her favorite pastime of
making faces; AMY LAWRENCE
looking disgusted over the results
of the frosh class election; ES
TELLE JOHNSON tittering up
loariously: HILL PITTMAN being
genial: JAY DOWNS tying his
shoe lace; JACK BURKE with his
newly acquired “cheaters": BET
TY BROWN in conversation.
Buy a chrysanthemum now.—
Adv.
What’s a game without a mum '.’
- Ad\.
l'LElKUMi ANNOUNCEMENT j
Sigma Kappa announces the
pledging of Eleanor Fair of Cen
tralia, Washington.
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■ IftMWiMii™' i»T
Cleaning out a cellar.
This is the first of a series of
sketches of schools on the cam
pus. Its purpose is to instruct
everyone how to tell one type of a
major from another. This will
prove very helpful, we hope, inas
much as it Will eliminate such
trite and inane cuestions as “Oh,
yes, what is your major?” For
after perusing these sketches you
will he able to tell at a glance
what major the person is.
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THE BUSINESS AD SCHOOL
In this school of the University
you will find the typically “Joe
College'’ type. If you see a per
son slouching down the street,
pipe in mouth, dirty cords, and
either a bright-hued sweater or a
soiled leather jacket, and dragging
a pair of 10-pound brogues, why
chances are that he is either a
business ad student or a law ma-!
jor. The method of discrimination
is very simple. If he shows the
least semblance of cheerfulness, he
is a business ad devotee, because
1^1 CFT7
any man caught smiling in the
law school is deprived of his de
gree. Business ad majors are no
toriously drowsy and, it is whis
pered, the I. Q. rating is a bit be
low nil. It can’t be denied that
they have their Phi Betes from
time to time, but the average is,
say, one in a hundred.
The Ad school’s one bright spot
is their activities’ men, is their
boast. That can’t be denied, it is
true, but then some unkind souls
say that most of them have noth
ing else to do, so why not ?
The women in the business ad
school are there for one of two
reasons. They are anxious to get
in amongst the big men of the
campus and acquire the real col
legiate spirit and perhaps a hus
band, or else they are anxious to
learn how to take care of their
fortunes. The latter case, it is
needless to add, are so few as to
almost be a myth.
Hear Ye!!
Fraternity and Sorority Managers
Special Prices
To all on floor wax and rentals on electric
floor polishers; to fraternities
and sororities.
Power’s Furniture Co.
lltli Street and Willamette
Linotype Engineer
Granted Degree of
Doctor of Science ]
To John Raphael Rogers, an ed
ucator as well as an engineer,
have come many honors. A re
cent issue of The Linotype News
tells of the career of this man of
the “shop” and letters:
Another honor has come to John
Raphael Rogers, consulting engi
neer with the Mergenthaler Lino
type company the honorary de
gree of doctor of science, from
Oberlin college. This is the third
honorary degree Mr. Rogers has
received.
At 18 Mr. Rogers was gradu
ated as a bachelor of arts from
Oberlin college. Twenty-three
years later his alma mater con
ferred on him the honorary de
gree of master of arts. In 1919
Eerea college matle him a doctor
of laws.
For six years, after leaving col
lege, Mr. Rogers served as a
teacher and as superintendent of
public schools in Lorain, Ohio. The
next two years were devoted to
civil engineering with railroads in
Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin,
after which he returned to Lorain
for four more years.
But all of this time Mr. Rogers
had been thinking of a better
means of setting type than the
tedious, expensive way of doing
it by hand. In 1888 he patented
the Rogers Typograph typecasting
machine. Seven years later he
joined the Mergenthaler Linotype
company as head of its experi
mental department. Soon he was
advanced to the position of con
sulting engineer, in which capacity
he has done much for the lino
type and the world in general.
Mr. Rogers’s pet hobby is the
educating of boys and girls anx
ious for higher education but un
able to afford courses in college.
Scores of boys and girls have been
sent to school by him, and most
of them have completed their
school work with credit to them
selves and their benefactor, and
are now doing well in the busi
ness and professional worlds. In
the heap of holiday greetings re
ceived by Mr. Rogers every Christ
mas are many lines of apprecia
tion from men and women who
as boys and girls were helped
along in life by Mr. Rogers.
For 19 years Mr. Rogers was a
member of the board of directors
of the American Missionary asso
ciation, which expends more than a
million dollars a year in educating
boys and girls of all nationalities.
For ten years he was chairman of
the board of directors, until his
resignation from the association, a
few years ago.
For 20 years Mr. Rogers was a
member of the board of trustees of
Oberlin college; and for the last 29
years has served in a similar ca
pacity with Berea college.
In presenting Mr. Rogers for his
most recent honorary degree, Pro
fessor Taylor, head of the depart
ment of physics at Oberlin, stated:
"Modern life is peculiarly de
pendent on the rapid transmission
of information to the reading pub
lic. For more than 400 years after
Gutenberg, composition of the
printed page was laboriously per
formed by hand. It was not until
the process of publication was
freed from this handicap that the
general public became the reading
public. P'or this transformation Mr.
John Raphael Rogers bears a large
share of responsibility, as inventor
in typesetting machines and devel
oper of the Linotype.
“The thousandfold increase in
facility of publication thus inaug
urated has contributed heavily to
general education.
“But education is indebted to
Mr. Rogers in yet closer ways. As
a trustee for many years of two
colleges, each making its unique
contribution, and through long and
intimate connection with the
American Missionary association,
Mr. Rogers has given of his bound
less energy, sound judgment and
rich business experience to the
youth of this generation at home
and abroad. It is with singular
gratification, Mr. President, that I
present, as a candidate for the
honorary degree of doctor of sci
ence, Mr. John Rafael Rogers, an
Oberlin graduate at the age of 18,
in the class of 1875.”
PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT
Delta Zeta announces the pledg
ing of Phyllis Smith and Evelyn
Roberts of Coquille.
Co-eds Prefer Swimming
At Michigan University
Of the four women’s physical
education classes, swimming seems
to be the favorite among the first
year co-eds at Michigan State this
year. Compared with dancing,
hockey and individual gym, swim
ming has a total of 188, while the
others have a total of 144, 138, and
GO members, respectively.
The sophomores are distributed
32 in hockey, 30 in dancing, and
12 in swimming.
Get your 'mum by Monday.—
Adv.
Pennants
Pillows
Blankets
Novelties
University
Pharmacy
Corner 11th and Alder
RALLY DAY
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IN THE
FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
BIBLE SCHOOL
llth and Oak Sts.
G. H. Good, Church School Supt.
A UNIQUE PROGRAM PRESENTED
Ry
1)R. EDGAR BUCHANAN, JR.
SUNDAY, OCT. 12TH, 9:45 A. M. I
Dr. S. Earl Childers’ Subjects: |
11 :00 A. M.—“Carry On” *
7:30 P. M—“A Trio of Foolish Men” *
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Mr. Lorin Davidson Directs the Music %
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Establish a Church Home in Eugene While in College. |
WORSHIP WITH US SUNDAY |
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Confidentially Speakin;
The sports department of the Co-op is equipped
to serve your every tennis need. A fine assort
ment of rackets and frames in either Wright &
Ditson or Spalding models is always on hand.
We make a specialty of stringing frames to suit
your individual game—the work is done hy ex
perts, of course. Genuine Armour gut is used
exclusively. A fresh shipment of balls and a
large assortment of covers in Oregon colors has
just been received for fall play.
And For The Golfer:
The most exacting: golfer will find a complete line
of "Wright & Ditson supplies at the Co-op—with
the newest in steel-shafted clubs featured. Let
us show you something classy in a golf bag, or
replenish your supply of balls. Our service is al
ways at your disposal when you are in need of
quality sporting equipment.
The Co-op is headquarters for
men’s and women’s tennis shoes
CO-OP
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10 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OREGON STUDENTS