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• EDITORIALS FEATURES ♦ HUMOR ♦ LITERARY ♦ University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton flail, Editor Anton Peterson, Manager Robert Allen, Managing Editor EDITOR! A I, WRITERS Dave Wilson, Krx Tussinsr, Rill Doniway, Harry Van Dine UPI’ER NEWS STAKE Neil Taylor, News Editor Jack Burke, Sports Barney Miller, Features Carol mrriDort, society Lester McDonald, Literary Warner Guisg, Chief Night Editor Editor« Secretary: Mary neien uoiuou. NEWS STAFF Star Reporters: Lois Nelson, Merlin Blais, Ralph David. 1Rl.nor J« no Ballantyne Reporters: Betty Anne Macduff, l.enore Ely, .lessie Steele, Isabelle Crowell, Thelma Nelson, Helen Cherry, Jack Bellinger, Betty Davis, Helen Rankin, ®nth js“lway. George Thompson. Roy Sheedy, Thornton Shaw. Zorn Borman. Rufus Kimball Vir ginia Wentz. Ted Montgomery, dim Brook, Carl Thompson, Isabella Davis, Eleanor Cohurn, Joan Cox. Allan Spaulding, Fletcher Post, Kenneth Fitagerald. General Assignment Reporters: Mary Hohoskey. Eleanor Coburn, Joan Cox, 1' red J.’ricke. Eleanor Sheeley, Barbara Jenning, Madeline Gilbert, Katherine Manerud, Katherine King, George Root, Frances Taylor. Day Editors: Dorothy Thomas, Thornton Gqje, I'hil Cogswell, Lcnore Ely, Thornton Night'staff: Monday Harold Hirkenshaw, George Kerr, Marion l'holies, Marion Vor land ■ Tuesday Eugene Mullens, Byron Brinton, Loia Weedy, George Sanford; Wednesday Doug Wight, Eleanor W.sid, Dorice Gonxel, Betty Carpenter; 1 hurs day Stan Price. Earl Kirehoff. Owen Elsmore, Rita Swain; Friday—Fred Fricke, Elsworth Johnson, Joseph Saslavsky, George Blodgett, Sports stafr: Mark Hall, Bruee Hamby, Alfred Abrams, Erwin Lawrence, Kelman Keagy, Vincent Gates, Mahr Rcymers, Esther Hayden, Ed (Joodnoujfh. BUSINESS STAFF Jack Gregg. Advertising Manager Larry Jackson, Foreign Advertising Ken Siegrist, Circulation Manager Addison Brockman, Assistant Manager John Fainton. Ullice Manager Hetty Carpenter, Women's Specialties Harriet Hoffman, Reas Sue Carol Werschkul, Executive Secretary The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students ot tne 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, Manager* Office, Local 214; residence, 324. Get Rally-Minded CITIZENS of Portland are grid-mad over the approaching Ore gon-Washington football game to be played in that city this Saturday. Stadium tickets are going fast and there are all pros pects for a sell-out to the game, which sports followers have termed a "natural” if there ever was one. But members of the student rally directorate now face a hard problem how maintain this enthusiasm rampant in Portland? To this end, a rally planned to put to shame all previous stu dent pep gatherings has been arranged for Friday night in Port land. As the plans on paper are now they are good. How they will turn out is another matter and one that confronts every student with the question: Am I doing my part to put Oregon over in Portland ? A rally properly supported and attended, a rousing half-hour of yells and excitement is what is wanted. In order not to let dates interfere with the rally it has been set for 8 o’clock. It will be short and snappy. It will be fun to participate in it. Let your date wait half an hour, or better yet, "pig” to the pep meeting. Co-operation of every student in Portland Friday night will give grid fans of that city the real Oregon spirit. Its good effects will be felt in other years when big games are played in the stadium. Get rally-minded the night before the game. Be at that pep gathering! Yes, Times Do Change WHEN we recall the particulars of earlier events, the rise and fall of a football team, and even good old Oregon traditions we are faced with the conviction that times, opinions, and habits • have changed. We point to the tradition of freshman lids which will be intro duced to the freshman at the 11 o’clock assembly this morning. Who would think that back through the pages of Oregon history could be found a freshman class which would fight for the "honor” of cavorting around the campus displaying the badge of distinc tion the green lid? They did. The freshman class of 190(1 met, originated the idea, ordered caps, and pushed their plans around the side-boards of the opposing upperclassmen, by class spirit and, in certain instances, physical strength. Rapidly descending to the blunt realities of the present day we find a class, perhaps as full of enthusiasm and life as any other in recent years. Their ideas of the meaning of the frosh lid have changed. In 1910 the yearling ideas were changing. The freshman was condemned if he "wore not" the lid. Since then the good old tradition, originated in 1902, has existed without that same heart felt meaning. Primarily the green lid is a mark of distinction. He who wears it is marked marked not so that he may be caught in times of mis conduct, but that he may receive supervision and advice from one who is experienced in University life and habits. When, witli due ceremony, the class of 1931 accepts the token distinction this morning, it should remember that it is following in the footsteps of every class in the University of Oregon since the year of 1902. Could the members wear them with the same pride and honor as did those in that historical class we all might be grateful. Should this attitude not he taken, and undoubtedly the same "you must" feeling as the classes of the near past will he held, take it, freshmen, as a duty in the fight to maintain one of Oregon's finest traditions. Personal Liberty COLLEGE students may discuss theories of personal liberty in their classrooms and argue it in their debating societies, but in one sense no college student is free lo practice it with impunity. To the public mind a college or university is not a collection of buildings, administered by administrators and used by a faculty. Nor to the practically minded man in the street is a university symbolized by athletic teams or hoary old traditions. To him the university is composed of ttie students, and from those whom he observes at first hand are his opinions of the institution formed. Oregon students who go lo Portland for the Washington game this week-end must keep in mind that theirs is a double responsi bility. If they feel that their personal reputations are their own concern, they must still keep in mind that the reputation of the University is the concern of every student. The good-will of the people of the state is of vital concern to the University of Oregon. To gain it the administration, from Pres ident Hall down, is untiring in its efforts to promote the reputation of the University as a center of serious scholarly research. Much of this constructive effort goes for naught if the conduct of large groups of Oregon students away from their campus attracts the critical attention of other people. This year for the first time an organized effort is being made to arrange for accommodations in homes or Portland students for students from other cities who go up to see tlie game. The A. S. U. O. administration urges students to take advantage of this op portunity to save themselves money and the possibility of public disfavor, and at the same time lo leave accommodations in Portland hotels free for the large numbers of University of Washington stu dents who will be m the city. Geology cannot reform the drunkard nor can chemistry purity the thief. The Rev. Edgar Tilton, D.D. Ted Robinson, columnist, replies: "Psychology cannot classity fossils, nor can theology extract aniline dyes from coal tar. Botany ! can’t solve cross word puzzles, and etymology can't drive nails into a board. What ot it?" James W. Gerard once said: "1 would hate to compile a list ot intellectual leaders and continue to live here.” We hope he wasn't on the campus when he said it. A Decade Ago From the Emerald of October 15, 1920 The journalism “shack” was the center of political strife when somebody pasted a Harding pos ter on the door, and in response the opposite party pasted a num ber of Cox and Roosevelt pictures on the Emerald windows. Added to this —as a slogan: “Cox and Fret Beer,” which was pasted under the Candida' e’s picture. However, it was ha tily pulled down by the prohibition party. The janitor’s r plea to stop dirtying the window ended the battle. (Frohi an editorial I. Three years ago the student council passed a ruling that no sophomore class should interfere with a freshman class acquaintance party. If the sophomore men want to see a real class spirit among the freshmen, they had best keep away from the party Saturday night. CLASSIFIED ADS Quicker, easier reviewing. Dic tate if you like. Expert stenog rapher-typist. Stephen B. Kahn, Friendly hall. Phone 841. Between Classes j Yesterday we sa,w: DOROTHY HARBAUGH mincing into the Col lege Side; BOB O'MEL,VANEY in a flannel shirt; HARRY VAN DINE with a variety of assorted notebooks under his arm; HI^LEN DARBY asleep in class; ALEXIS LYLE frantically trying to locate a runaway freshman; HELEN CHANEY gloating over a I in a j history quiz; NEIL SHEELEY be ing magnetic; BILL BOWERMAN j with a Charley horse; CARL SAN- ! DINE sneezing; and BUD POW- ! ELL ignoring traffic rules. > GOOD MOURNING, EVERYONE, AS THE UNDERTAKER SAID, SLAPPING ALL HIS PROFES SIONAL TEAR SHEDDERS ON THE BACK AS THEY TROTTED OUT OF THE MORGUE AT THE CONCLUSION OF A VERY SUC CESSFUL FUNERAL. * * * OUR OWN LITTLE EPITAPH Chant the rites for Joseph Blitz, An’ make ’em good and solemn. What'd he do? He only tried To write a humor column. “Now then, that’s off our chest,” as the Siberian said, loosing a bar rage of flit.— (paid adv.) In his editorial yesterday when ye ed said that naught but good feeling should exist between our selves and the neighboring institu tion down the road, we wonder if he meant that that same altruistic relationship should extend to the two respective columns. Ye Gods! What’ll we write about when times are dull? * # * THE ANNUAL HUMOR HAS AGAIN RAISED ITS HEAD SAY ING THAT OREGON FRATER NITIES MUST HAVE HOUSE MOTHERS. * # * The only drawback to this will be the internal strife caused by deciding whether it is to be a Blonde or brunette. CAMPUS ♦ ALENDAR Meeting of the Frosh Commis sion for men in the Y. M. C. A. hut on (he campus at 5 o’clock today for the purpose of organiza tion. All freshmen are welcome. Will Sloan, Potwin, Pfaff, Mil ler, and Cherry meet in the speech office of Friendly hall at 7:30 to night ? Although the pool and the of fice of the men’s gym will be closed Saturday, the remainder will be open for student use. T \\. A. A. muss meeting today at .'> o'clock in 121 Gerlinger. All house representatives urged to at tend. Band me mbers will be excused Oliver, our frosh roommate,) came forth with the following bit! of philosophy: Everyone’s loved by someone, I Students, mothers, papas; Blit who in Hades lo'ves a guy W’at eats cream on' casabas. THE MUSIC SCHOOL (This is the third of a series of articles dealing with the student life in that little portrayed phase of the collegiate existence, the classroom. This tells chiefly of the various prototypes found in the various departments of our cur ricula.) The school of music is noted for three things: Its lack of all-Amer ican halfbacks, its abundance of Phi Betes, and last, but not the least noticeable, the really remark able variety of rackets which float from its portals and which account for it being situated afar from the din of the campus, proper, in much the manner of a pest house. There, walking about amidst the sob of the violin, the melancholy chords of the piano, the moans of the cello and chilling shrillness of from their 10 o'clock classes, and must present themselves in uni form at McArthur court this morning at 10:45. Emerald solicitors’ meeting in business office tonight at 7 o’clock. Get Wise Party cast will meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon in Ger linger hall for dress rehearsal. It I is necessary that everyone be there. Hally committee members meet at Public Relations office (rear of Administration building) at 1 o'clock Wednesday for group pic ture. Freshmen women-Frosh Com mission pageant at Y. bungalow! today from 4 to 6. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT j Theta Omega announces the pledging of Beth Montgomery of Eugene. Buy Them as Freshmen f WEAR THEM UNTIL THEY ARE SENIORS 1 i < $13.50 i SCOTCH GRAIN SKIES at Graham's | 1 I < Waterprool Martins, imported ’/ai\z Se.oteh drain leathers J ( - lull leather lined lull overweight double sole—one- j ■ fourth steel heel plates hotli in Black and Brown. t i soprano voices, one is apt to meet odd people darting about in the dusky halls. (S. S. Van Dine please note.) If you see a person hurrying at j top speed down the campus, hair long and more or less unkempt, a far-away and misty look in his eyes, and a rapt expression on his face, he is probably either a music student or a Reed college product here on a visit. Everyone gets excellent grades in the Music department. But then, that is all thev do. If one were to see an athletic sweater in any of the classes, it would mean one of two things: It would mean that the faculty had slipped up some where, or else that he had bor rowed said sweater from a room mate. If Phi Bete keys were flower pots, there would be more gerani ums grown around the Music building than in all the rest of the state put together. ^MARGIN J NOTES By Lester McDonald ♦ OUTSTANDING FALL, BOOKS Fiction “Twenty-four Hours,’’ by Louis Bromfield. “Dr. Serocold,” by Helen Ash ton. “Starry Adventure,” by Mary Austin. “Revelation,” by Andre Bira beau. “Shepherds in Sack-cloth,” by Sheila Kaye-Smith. “The Dance of Youth,” by Her mann Sudermann. Non-Fiction “Vagabond de Luxe,” by John Marshall. “This Land of Liberty,” by Er nest Sutherland Bates. “The Donne Tradition,” by George Williamson. “Evenings in the Orchestra,” by Hector Berlioz. Today is the bi-millenium of the birth of Vergil, the poet. The li brary has arranged an exhibition of Vergiliana placed near the cir culation desks. These include pho tographs of the poet, illustrations of characters, and an array of books both written by and about him. One of the oddest literary cir cumstances of recent years is that of Herman Sudermann writing in his 70's, a novel called “The Dance of Youth.” We have heard much in these days about the work of Dr. Steinach in the field of reju venation of old men who have been made into young men, and of old women who have thus been able to renew their visits to the mirror. But literature can some times work as well as glands as a form of rejuvenation. "The Dance of Youth,” which is the Book League’s selection for September, is one of the most amazing Stein ach experiments in literature. On the balcony of the Co-op there is to be seen the quiet evo lution of an intimate sort of book shop that cosmopolitans tell of finding along the lanes of old Lon don. Have you ever gone up to the High-Hat to spent a little time browsing among their books and their prints and etchings? Some of the fascinating things this writer saw yesterday were the colorful posters Marion McClain brought back from Europe. They are published by French railway companies and picture scenes of different towns along the roads. There is an effort to have each one present the spirit of the town or countryside. Some of the famed University of Washington chapbooks are exhib ited. Of special interest are three booklets of woodcuts. One is a series of New England scenes by Ernest Thorne Thompson. Anoth er is Hawaii as seen by Ambrose Patterson. The third concerns his toric Philadelphia, by Charles Gardner. “The dominent law Of human na ture is selfishness; manners and morals will change, and cultural structures will change, but man and woman will never profoundly alter their natures,” finds Charles Duff in “This Human Nature,” which is published today by Cos mopolitan Books. Duff is the Irish man who shocked England by his satirical “Handbook on Hanging.” In the book Duff attempts to answer the questions of whether or, not human nature changes, and the meaning of progress. Mr. Duff gives information as well as opin ion. He selects many amusing in cidents about men and women. Some of our mental processes are painted in dark colors. He finds that, on the average, higher apes are less savagely cruel than men. He describes woman as “happily incapable of civilization.” “You see how much good de flood did. Dere dey is, jest as bad as ever.” Mr. Duff quotes this ob servation made by God in Connel ly’s “Green Pastures” as the motif for his treatise. In an article in “The Writer,” Kennedy Williams aims a spat for those “writers who cannot write after they have been interrupted; or unless they have had a cup of tea; or if they have no cigarettes; or in a room with blue wallpaper; upstairs. They have, and are suf or if the radio is going in the flat fering from diseased egoism.” Which just goes to show! Yvor Novello, author of “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” that opus which is now a theme song for Armistice day assemblies, and a one-time tenor flat, has written a play called “Symphony in Two Flats.” It is being produced in New York with Mr. Novello taking the lead. “To make the process of learn ing as vital to young people as the quest for a news story is to a good reporter, or as intensively gripping as football to the mem bers of the college team, is the Rollins idea of education. It is not a new idea. Every real teacher since time began has had the same desire. It is only the method of achieving the end which is dif ferent at Rollins college.” Thus does Hamilton Holt, Rol lins’ president, begin his article ift the Nation for October 8, 1930, and what he has to say is of vital interest to college students, fac ulty members and officials. ORE GAN A DRIVE SETS MARK OF 1300 SALES (Continued from Page One) ma, Pi Beta Phi, Zeta Tau Alpha, Theta Omega, Phi Kappa Psi, Del ta Tau Delta, and Phi Sigma Kappa. Meeting Set for Tonight Other outstanding reports were those of Sigma Chi, with 60 books sold; Phi Delta Theta, 45; Kappa Sigma and Alpha Phi, each 41; and Susan Campbell hall, 76. From many of the groups no reports have yet been received. Adele Wedemeyer is secretary of the circulation drive, and Ho bart Wilson, working under Bill Pittman, is assistant manager for the men. Another meeting of all representatives will be held to night at 7 ;30, at the Alpha Delta Pi house. “SEZ SUE”-™News Of Town and Campus Shops Brighten the Corner Of your room with a darl ing bit of pottery or a cute bowl. The Oriental Art Shop, just off the Eugene Hotel lobby, has some of the cleverest pictures and etch ings which will be just the thing to make your room more cheery. It would be worth being cold to use that snappy Italian silk blanket made in bright colors. I'd advise you to look around; you'll find that ‘'something" right there! Football? Everybody is going to the big game. If you see your boy friend with another girl, outshine her by wearing one of those darling knitted sport suits which Densmore and Leonard’s have so rea sonably priced. They are lo cated next to the McDonald theater and there you will find a suit that fits your per sonality for every occasion. All the latest in jackets, in necklines, in sleeves, in skirts . . . every bit of them will cause the boy friend to sit up and take notice . . . more power to you! Be Dull? As far as your stockings are concerned and you'll succeed in being very smart! The Buster Brown Shoe Store on Willamette has a large assortment of dull chif fon with a special price range from $1.00 to $2.o0 a pair and by the way Bus ter Brown's can dye your fabric shoes any color you wish, too. ? New and Old Students! “Sue” is back feeling real perky so beware of what, you do, ’cause I might get you unawares. If you’ll listen very care fully, you’ll hear just what is to be worn this year if you want to be real smart. Of course, I know you do. Bows! Now you can have them on a hand-made blouse of printed crepe or solid color which the IT. of O. Ko-ed, next to the College Side, has to fit any college girl's purse. The "individual” blouse which will make your suit look new and smart may be had in linen, dimity, or any light weight mate rial and in any of the popular shades. Just What the Doctor Ordered— And delicious, too—are the thick milk shakes and malts that are a specialty at the Green Parrot on Eleventh. The next time you feel hun gry between meals, why not try one of these extra-thick shakes, served where you will see lots of campus peo ple at all hours—and don't forget we deliver between 7:00 P. M. and 1:00 A. M. Lemon-and-Green Gives You a Thrill Especially when they are brought together in the huge yellow-gold chrysanthemums with green “O's" that the University Florists have es pecially for the people driv ing down to the big game Saturday. Think how thrilled your best friend would be if you not only wore one to the game but brought her an other to enjoy for herself! The Individual Touch Is given to the sport suit when you wear one of those aciorabie colored pearl—real and imitation—sport chokers, which Lara-* way’s Jewelry store on Willamette are so deft in teasing you with as the latest ac cessory. Another thing—those slave brace lets which capture every co-ed’s heart and you can have your sorority crest put on or maybe—a fraternity crest? When You Call “Time Out” To your books and ab stracts and you want some refreshment before begin ning the next tackle, call 3204—the Sandwich Deliv ery, you know—where Serv ice and Delivery are spelled with capital letters. All sorts of delicious lunches can be sent to your house almost as soon as they can be served in the Delivery itself. The Cold Shoulder Has. no place in the trials of chilly weather if you will provide yourself with a “campus coat” from McMor ran and Washburne’s. It is made of blanket-wool of dif ferent shades. The coats are finger-tip length with col ored bands and collar and cuffs. Just the thing to wear over that sport suit at the game and for only 310.95! Shine Away Those Blues At the Campus Shoe Shine Shop before you leave for the big game in Portland. With the ride down on the "special.'' the thrills of the big game itself, and the rally and dance afterwards, of course, well-polished shoes are going to be a necessity —and a pleasure, too, if you drop into the Campus Shine Shop—right across from the Sigma Chi house on Thir teenth on the way to the campus, you know.