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FEATURES * HUMOR ♦ LITERARY *
Uriiv'&r'Sity of Oregon, Eugene
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University of OreKon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the
college year. Member ol the Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Enured in the pos toff ice at
Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription rate’s, $2.o0 a year. Advertising
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Axing for Asking
BECAUSE he 'asked for an investigat ion of conference football or
ganization, Arthur Arlett, Californian Daily editor, has been dis
charged for “incompetency.”
Even while Arlett barricaded himself in his office and denied the
right of the executive committee to oust him, a story was being sent
over the press wires saying that a football player at U. S. C. has
been expelled because under an assumed name he played two seasons
of varsity competition at the College of Puget Sound. This, the wire
story said, is termed “a courageous gesture” on the part of the U.
S. C. officials, heads of the school which the deposed editor especially
attacked.
Despite this “courageous gesture,” implying as it does that all is
not well on the football front, Arlett will not be reinstated. Arlett’s
quarrel is not primarily with either coaches or players.
Back of the turmoil in the Californian football zone of big-money
games lies the problem which confronts nearly all college editors,
which confronts most college students. That problem is the questioned
right of students to be interested in student affairs.
Arlett asked twelve questions. He implied, and finally charged,
that U. S. C. proSelytes football players. He publicly asked why his
own school had lost so much football prestige. In doing so he became
incompetent, the executive committee of the California state univer
sity declares.
Not with answers that his charges were false, not with the state
ment that the University of California has lost no prestige, was Arlett
answered. Instead, he was discharged because he asked questions and
made charges for which the only answer seems to be that he is light.
The Carnegie report of last year says that he is right. The sporting
editors agree that he is right. The wire story given above tells its
own story.
Arlett was discharged, not because his charges were investigated
and found false, but because he dared make them. Arlett was dis
charged, not because he was alone in his conclusions, but because
they tremendously affected the possibility of football games between
the two schools. Arlett was discharged, not because he did not in
terest himself in student affairs, but because he did.
Whether proselyting is evil or not »and lethargic opinion would
seemingly accept it unquestioned Arlett’s real problem is unanswered.
As a student and as an editor he voiced opinions which bore evidence
of substance behind them. Those opinions were not shared by an
executive committee, other students of the same school. Because he
refused to publish the opinions of that committee instead of his own
- indeed, as much as to lie about his own he was declared incompe
tent. iie refused to sacrifice his interest in student affairs to that
committee to press-agent views other than his own.
If.the Californian editor was unsportsmanlike in questioning the
situation at U. S. C., so be it. But Editor Arlett, in defying a com
mittee' which would force upon him beliefs not his own, was more
than sportsman.
Bawling About Balls
WITH the cry of "bring on more basketball," student devotees of
the popular game have addressed two communications to the
Emerald, stating that a shortage of both basketballs and room in
which to play the game existed in the men's gym.
Our curiosity about the situation aroused, we strolled over to the
gym yesterday afternoon. We found the first complaint of our com
municants unfounded; tin; second very justifiable. An exciting intra
mural basketball game was in progress on the gym floor, and while
that may have kept single likers of the game from playing, there
was no shortage of the familiar casabas.
More room is the crying need of the men's gym, and it will con
tinue to be until a new, improved, and enlarged structure is erected
on the campus. More than nine hundred men used the gym during
a recent week, and resultant crowding was unavoidable. Freshman
classes could not be transferred to McArthur court, as today's corre
spondent proposes, to make way for would-be basketball players, for
the department of athletics, which controls the use of the Igloo, is
no longer under the supervision of the school of physical education.
The Emerald finds no cause for criticism of Paul K. Washke, new
director of the men’s gym. Handicapped by lack of gym space, he is
unable to carry out all his plans for class and individual work. He
has undertaken what improvement of present conditions was possible,
however, rearranging rooms and using fresh paint generously. The
gym proper will be painted a lighter color during the Christmas holi
days, and other improvements are being planned.
Intramural athletic competition has increased greatly in popu
larity since Mr. Washke came to the campus, and basketball teams of
all fraternities and halls are now competing fiercely for school honors.
There is only one answer to the gym congestion problem a new
building. When that can be achieved, we cannot say. We can only
wait and bear the present difficulties the best we can.
Which loads us to believe that the knight and his fiery steed still
maintain their position in the modern world. Mrs. J. c. Knight's t’ord
plunged up a live-loot embankment to get to a water hydrant.
Speaking of knights and steeds reminds us that a modern "Joan
of Are" has just led a roistering bunch of rioting students in Cuba.
As pictured, her armor wa - a frail white dress, her sword a crooked
stick.
In looking over the list of contestants for the beauty contest
we begin to wonder if the houses think 11 merely a popularity contest.
We hope the Health week menus are not taken too seriously be
came we \ i- had enough carrots and spinach lor a while.
0 REG ON
MARCHING SONG
J*^in Stirf Jz ✓
The contest for words for this new Oregon song closes Thanksgiving day. The winner will have
the satisfaction of hearing his words sung by Oregon students along with “Mighty Oregon” and “The
Pledge Song.” Words to he entered in the contest should be handed in to the Emerald office imme
diately.
♦THE WETFOOT ♦
“ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FOOT TO PRINT”
“BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE
ARE HAVING,” AND OTHER
FORMS OF COLLEGIATE HY
POCRISY AND IRONY. SPEAK
ING OF THE WEATHER, THE
PROFS LAUD IT AS A VERY
POSITIVE WAY OF DISCERN
ING A CYNIC. IF SOMEONE
SAYS TO ANOTHER, BY WAY
OF EXPERIMENT, “NICE
WEATHER WE’RE H A V I N G
OVERHEAD,” THE OTHER, IF
HE IS A CYNIC, WILL REPLY:
“YES, TOO BAD MORE PEOPLE
AREN’T GOING THAT WAY.”
ANOTHER EPITAPH
Worship at the shrine
Of Augustus McSpare;
He never tried
To curl his hair.
lint thru, although this type
who tries to wave his tresses, may
lie objectionalile, you should try
rooming with one who is intent
upon cultivating a bewitching
tenor voice.
* * *
ITX: Most vices aren’t culti
vated: they’re sown. Heh, lull.
* * *
AND THEN THERE’S THE
CASE OF THE CAUTIOUS UAH
BIT KAISKK WHO LOCKED HIS
GARAGE TO KEEP HIS HARE
FROM COMING OUT.
* « *
The fiat men and women are
being put under a heavy strain
these days buying blinders for the
health inspector who is around
giving the houses the once over.
* # *
l’pop.i : "And pray tell, which
hand do you employ to hold the
maid's hand In?"
l)oop: " Vh, a simple question
merits a simple answer, friend.
My date palm to lie sure.
* * »
Aw. please, mister, remember
my wilt ami Kiddn
AND THEN THERE ARE
SOME PROFESSORS SO CYNI
CAL AND SUSPICIOUS THAT
IF THE STUDENTS STARTED
WEARING MONOCLES TO A
QUIZ THEY WOULD INVESTI
GATE THEM TO SEE IF THEY
CONTAINED MAGNIFYING
GLASSES.
* * Hi
SELF-PITY
Little drops of sweat,
Little drops of ink,
Here I sit in misery,
Trying hard to think.
Little ticks and looks
As the minutes flit;
Now what’ll I find to rime,
Nit, spit, kit, or whit?
This doesn’t rime, nor sean,
It hasn't even* sense;
I wonder if a gun’d end
This unbearable suspense.
And when I go to Hades,
Hear me yell for more,
“Try your best to faze me,
I’ve been here before.”
* * *
Yes, ladies, light in the hat, if
you please.
* $ $
KAN DMAUIvS ON I UK I'AMITS
The bats in Villard hall . . .
Prof. Barnett's hat . . . ’Deb Ad
dison's moustache . . . Also Prof.
Moll's . . . Bob O'Melvaney either
I
Shine
SHINE
Shine
Shine
YeOldOregon
Shoe Shine
C'oll.'itc SiiU' l»Ui”.
coming in or going out of the Col
lege Side . . . Hunt Clark’s casual
stride . . . Noble, the S. A. E.
pooch . . . The Art school court
. . . mounds of stubs on the Law
school curb . . . The peanut stand
. . . Prof. Coggeshail’s cane . . .
George Weber . . . George Chris
tensen’s stubble . . . Hobie Watts
wearing a path to Hendricks hall.
OLD PACKING REVEALS
LONDON NEWS OF 1845
(Continued from Tage One)
of the barkeep’s arms and body,
while pouring from one goblet to
the other, as if he were employed
in dancing the Spanish Cacucha,
the legs being hid by the counters; I
while his self-satisfied smile, and
turns of the head following the
liquid stream, add much to this
delusion. The affair is done, as
they say, ‘right away,’ and the
mixture is ready in half the time
it taxes to relate the process.”
Shades of the modern soda-jerk!
He adds a postscript: ‘‘There is
in every small town or village in
the United States, a bar-room and
a newspaper; and in their late
Mexican war, the bar-room and
newspaper were established at
every halt the American army
made.”
' jj
CAMPUS ♦
ALENDAR
Music group of Philomelete will [
meet at Westminster house Sun- i
day afternoon at 5 o’clock. It Is
to be an open meeting. A pro-;
gram is to be presented and re- !
freshments served.
All entrants in the legs division '
of the beauty contest are requested
to meet today, immediately after
11 o’clocks, on the sun-porch of
the Gerlinger building.
Wesley club members who plan
to be on the campus during the
Thanksgiving holidays please call
Miss Nyland at 375 mornings, and
1550-J afternoons.
Social swim will be held tonight
in the women's pool in Gerlinger
building from 7:15 to 9. Every
one is admitted, and suits are fur
nished.
Pi Lambda Theta group picture
for Oregana will be taken Monday
at 12:45 at the east entrance of
Condon hall.
Directorate for International
week will meet today at 1:50 a. m.
in front of the Public Relations
Bureau building for pictures.
Nature Study group of Philo
melete will meet Sunday at 4
o’clock at Westminster.
Honoraries ready for group pic
tures for Oregana call Oregana of
fice lor date and time.
Independent men of Oregon w'ill
meet Monday evening at the Y
hut.
The Safety Valve
An Outlet for Campus Steam
All communications are to be ad
dressed to The Editor, Oregon Daily
Emerald. They shall not exceed 200
words. Each letter must be signed;
however, should the author desire, only
initials will be published. The editor
maintains the right to withhold pub
lication should he see fit.
To the Editor:
We want more basketballs and
we want a place to play the game.
Yesterday’s communication ex
pressed a need for basketballs,
stating that but two of them were
purchased out of the $12 gym fee
pia sAed fuapnis Ai.au A’ja.ta
good are basketballs if there is no
place to play?
The physical education depart
ment demands the attendance of
all students, during the first two
2Sc
Anywhere on the campus.
35c anywhere in the city limits.
10c for additional passenger.
Phone 340
CHECKER
TAXI
Individuality . . .
Demands cleverly styled cuts suitable to the individual s'
personality. .May we sa,\. w ithout bolstering, that our
efforts in the past have met this end.
YE OLD
OREGON BARBER SHOP
Bill Ashworth, Prop.
Stub Nogler
Glenn Watkins
From Soup to
Nuts in . ~
LOCKS REPAIRED
Umbrellas Repaired and Re-covered
HENDERSHOTT’S GUN STORE
770 Willamette Phone 151
PLAY GOLF AT "THE GREENS"
Tiio First and Finest Indoor Golf Course in
the West.
Phone ?32-W
8th and Pearl
years, for the notable purpose of
administering to their athletic
reeds, and also to instill in them
a love of some sport to be prac
ticed in ensuing years. The junior
or senior who dons gym clothes to
practice his favorite sport more
often than not ,finds every bit of
equipment and floor space in use,
and his athletic desires remain un- j
fulfilled.
In addition to the $12 gym fee,
there is also a registration fee at- |
tachment of $3 per term, which j
amounts in four years to a total of
$48. And yet the first two years
of gym work are carried out un
der instructors, and the second two
year^ a period during which a stu
dent should be able to indulge in
his favorite sports, do not allow
him to do so at all.
Put some of those frosh classes
in McArthur court, and bring on
more basketballs. How about it,
Washke ?
—MORE PLAYERS.
PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT
Alpha Lambda of Kappa Delta
announces the pledging of Lenore
La Porte of Eugene.
Get Your
“Term Shirt”
NOW
These popular blue flan
nel shirts are just the
thing for this cold
weather.
DROP IN AT THE
VARSITY SHOP
825 E. 13th Ave.
Across from Sigma Chi
‘Bread’ To Be Presented
By Westminster Players
The Westminster Players, a
group of students from Oregon
State college, will present the play
“Bread,” by Fred Eastman, at the
Central Presbyterian church Sun
day evening, it was announced
yesterday by Max Adams, Univer
sity pastor.
The play has been presented by
this group to large audiences in
Hood River and Corvallis, and
through the efforts of Mr. Adams
and the Presbyterian church the
players consented to present it
here.
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ment.
DOROTHY HUGHES,
Classified Ad. Mgs.
FOUND—Fountain pen on the
campus. Owner may have the
pen on proper identification.
Call Bill Berg between 6 and 7
p. m. at 1914.
LOST—Very valuable to owner, a
Sigma Nu sister pin with the
initials E. P. on it. If found,
please return to Emerald office.
Reward.
JANICE HEDGES —Claim your
pass to the Colonial theatre at
the Emerald office within three
days.
FOR KENT—Tables and chairs
for house dances. Cocoanut
Grove.
FOR SALE—Study tables. Inquire
Cocoanut Grove.
LAUNDRY WANTED—Phone
2293-W.
A Preacher
of Christian
Liberalism
11:00 A. M.
“Utopian Dreams”
6:15 P. M.
College group will discuss “Things About the Bible That
Puzzle Me,” Bring your questions.
7:30 P.M. FORUM
“Russia’s Social Program”
Dr. Jameson, Speaker
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
CLAY E. PALMER, Minister
College
Special Menu for This Week
BRICK
Hazelnut Toffee
Creme de Menthe Sherbet
French Cherry Ice Cream
* * *
BULK
Hazelnut Toffee
And Fresh Apple Cider!
Eugene
Fruit Growers
Association
Phone 1 480 8th and Ferry