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. EDITORIALS * FEATURES ♦ HUMOR <• LITERARY ♦ University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton Hall, Editor Anton Peterson, Manager Willis Duniway, Managing Editor _ KfMTORIAI. WRITKRS Dave Wilson, Rex 'fussing, Bill Duniway, Harry Van Dine UPPER NEWS STAFF Editor's Secretary: Neil Taylor, News Editor Jack Burke. Sports Barney Miller, Features Mary Helen Corbett Carol Hurlburt, Society Lester McDonald, Literary Warner Guiss, Chief Night Editor NEWS STAFF Executive Reporters: I.ois Nelson. Merlin Blais, Eleanor Jane Ballantyne, Betty Anne Macduff Ted Montgomery, Victor Kaufman, Rufus Kimball. i Reporters: Jessie Steele. Isabelle Crowell. Thelma Nelson, Jack Bellinger, Betty Davis, Helen Rankin, Beth Solway. George Thompson. Zora Beaman, Virginia Wentz Jim Brook, J.mn Cox. Kenneth Fitzgerald, F red F ricke, Madeline 0 bert, George Root. Frances Taylor. Duane Friabe. Caroline Card, Eleanor f arry. Willetta Hartley, Myrtle Kerns, Ruth Dupuis, Joe Bishop, Roy Sheedy. Mary Schaefer, Isabella Davis. Day Editors: Thornton Bale. Phill Cogswell, Ignore Ely. rhornton Shaw. Night Staff: Monday George Blodgett, George Kerr, Mary Bello Fohes, Adrienne Sabin. Night Staff: Tuesday Eugene I). Mullins, Dave Longshore, Mary Frances I ettibone, Night'staff?1 Wednesday Doug Wight, Yvonne Smith, Carolyn Trimble. Mary Margaret Night^taff: Thursday Dorothy Johnson, Stan Brice, Earl Kirehoff, Gwen Elsinore Night Stuff: Friday Elinor Henry, Harold Birkenshaw, Joseph Saslavsky, I* ied I hckc. Sports Staff: Mack Hall, Bruce Hamby, Alfred Abranz, Erwin Lawrence, Kelman Kcagy. Vincent Gates. Mahr Re> mers, Esther Hayden, Ed Goodnough._ BUSINESS STAFF Harry Tonkon, Associate Manager Jack Gregg, Advertising Manager Larry Jackson. Foreign Advertising Ken Siegrist, Circulation Manager Ned Mars. Copy Manager Mae Mulchny, Ass’t Foreign Adv. Mgr. Edith Peterson, Financial Adm. John Painton, Office Manager Dorothy Hughes, Classi Betty Carpenter, Women’s Specialties Harriet Hoffman, Sea Sue Kathryn Laughridge, Asst. Sez Sue Carol Wersehkul, Executive Secretary Larry Bay, Ass’t Circulation Manager Bob Goodrich, Service Manager Marie Nelson, Checking Department ied Advertising Manager Copy Department: Janet Alexander, Beth Salway, Martin Allen, Barney Miller, Victor Kaufman, George Sanford. . T Copy Assistant.,: Joan Bily.au, Viola Morgan. Office Records: Lou.se Barclay. Office Assistants: Marjorie Bass, Evangeline Miller, Jean McCroskey, Jane Cook, Vir ginia Frost. Roselie Commons, Virginia Smith, Ruth Durland, Mary Lou 1 atrick, Production" Assistants: Gwendolyn Wheeler, Marjorie Bainton, Murian McCroskcy, George Turner, Katherine Frentzel. ... . Advertising Solicitors This Issue: Dick Goebel, Jim Hutchinson, Art Woods, George Sanford, Dick Henry. Lame-Duck Homecomings SOMEBODY on this campus had a new and interesting idea for a few days last winter, but it was almost immediately smoth ered by the only-slightly budged inertia of the “let things stay as they are” spirit which is our gospel. Tom Stoddard and Jack Benefiel, then president of the Asso ciated Students and graduate manager, respectively, suggested that something be done to lift those Oregon Homecomings which fall on the alternate years when the Oregon State game is not played in Eugene from the doldrums of the listlessness and half hearted enthusiasm which make them near-mockery. With all due credit to I he commendable work of this year's Homecoming chairman and his efficient committee, no one can be found who will declare the 1930 Homecoming to be a success in any sense of the word. Allhough the Alumni office gave the affair unusually effective publicity and far-reaching advertise ment, the records show that only 350 alumni registered for the week-end. On the other hand, the same records show that in 1929, when Homecoming was built around the Oregon State game, more than seven hundred alumni registered, and several hundred more probably did not get up to the registration office. The unavoidable deduction is that love of the dear old alma mater and longing to revisit, the scenes of those oh, so happy undergraduate days do not suffice to entice* alumni back to the campus unless there is a football game with Oregon’s traditional rival on the program. Now Mr. Stoddard and Mr. Benefiel pointed out that the Uni versity of California at Berkeley and Stanford university at Palo Alto have their Homecoming week-ends at the same time, center ing them around the “big game” between the two schools, re gardless of where the game is played. If it is at Palo Alto, the California alumni made the trip down Saturday afternoon to see the game, but were on theii home campus both before and after to take part in the Homecoming festivities. When the game is played at Berkeley, the Stanford alumni follow the same pro cedure. Berkeley and Palo Alto arc approximately the same distance apart as Eugene and Corvallis, afut the two Oregon cities are connected by a road uncongested with metropolitan traffic such as besets the Bay region of California. Why not institute, or at least try out, this simultaneous Homecoming system here? Whether Oregon or Oregon State is the first to try it is immaterial; the other would soon follow the lead. Oregon need not worry next year, but in 1932 we will aguin be forced to choose either Idaho or U. C. L. A. as a Homecoming opponent, and again only half the desired quota of alumni will show up to buy tickets and pay their dues for the luncheon. The doubters claim that if the Oregon Homecoming game was played in Corvallis, most of the alumni would drive down from Portland and go back without visiting Eugene. Some of them undoubtedly would, but the number would not exceed those who at present drive down to Eugene and go straight back with out bothering to register or attend any of the alumni functions. More of them, once in Corvallis for the big game, and there imbued with the spirit which always attends it, would undoubt edly drive the few miles further to Eugene for the dance a ml re unions Saturday night. More of this anon, Horatio, but think it over! Spears Will Stick ''HE quietus lias definitely been placed upon all rumors to the effect that Dr. Clarence W. Spears, football coach here at Oregon, might be considering the University of California job when his statement, “nothing to it, positively," was received here last night. Rumors released in an Associated Press dispatch hinted at a conference between Spears and the graduate manager of the Bears. Spears denied this, too. But even had they met it might easily have been on diverse subjects. Oregon would tremble, and perhaps deeply regret any move on the part of California to seek Doe Spears. California is too sportsmanlike to attempt to lure Oregon's coach after only one year of active service. The contract calls for five years at the University of Oregon but just how binding this is we do not know. We are hesitant to say ttiat both parties are lawfully obligated. Rumors are atrocious, but sometimes they must be watched they must be carefully dealt with. This time the press report seemed to demand a prompt answer from the Oregon coach. Clarence W. Spears will see the termination of his five-year contract in four more seasons. 11c is too great an individual to leave the post at a point so early in the game. He'll hit the line hard tor four mote yards and a first down. CAMPUS ♦ ALENDAR Will the following people report i immediately to Miss Delzell in Dr. j Boyer’s office, 105 Villard, con-; cerning their honors program for j this term ? William J. Bruce, Cal Bryan, Gladys Clausen, Jane Cullers, Eve lyn Ha;', Beulah Jenson, Amello j Lewis, Robert Johnson, Irma Ruth . Ludfngto Dulcie Mae Lytsell, Jean Me: uell, Maxine Moore, Rob-1 ert O’Le ry, and Rex Tussing. A paper on “The Greek Gods” will be read by Lawrence E. Hart mus, instructor in classics at Reed college, in the women's lounge of Gerlinger building, Thursday eve ning at 7:30. Congress club will meet tonight to discuss the Monroe Doctrine and the part w'hieh the United States is taking in the present South American situation. John Caswell will introduce the subject. * Westminster Guild is discussing plans for next term that you will want to have a part in. Nino o’clock tonight at Westminster house. All co-eds invited. Alpha Delta Sigma meeting at noon today at the College Side Inn. Elmer Byrne and Harry Van Dine will speak. Business meeting also. I'i Sigma group picture for Ore gana will be taken Thursday at 12:45 at the east entrance of Con don hall. I’hi Theta Upsilon meeting today at noon at the Anchorage. Im portant. Drama group of Philomelete will meet at 4 o'clock today in the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. Very impor tant. Honorariea ready for group pic tures for Oregana call Oregana of fice or K6x Tussing at 355. Sigma Delta Chi meeting Thurs day noon at College Side Inn. V. W. C. A. Cabinet will meet at 7 p. m. today, instead of 7:30. Thespians will meet tonight in Gerlinger hall at 7:45. 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 stoned; however, should the author desire, only initials will be published. The editor maintains the riifht to withhold pub lication should he see fit. Dear Editor: Following an interview with a tall, energetic youth, my employer made a statement to this effect: “Just another Emerald ad sales man tryin to tell me that an ad vertisement in the Emerald would put business back on its feet! I doubt whether advertising there does any good—but if half a dozen students a week would drop into the store and buy a pencil, or a tube of tooth paste, or a Christmas card and say they saw my ad in the Emerald, they would have the merchants clamoring for space.” It is an old, old story but there are other means of advertising than the newspaper, and the Em erald might well make use of these to advertise the fact that Emerald advertising pays. Safety Valve Sincerely, W. ^MARGIN J NOTES By Lester McDonald ♦ S. Stephenson Smith has return ed all proof sheets of his new book, “'rhe Craft of the Critic,” to the publishers. Publication is expected early in January. Professor Smith's book will un doubtedly find a wide saje. We have seen some of the proof sheets and find it contains material es i sential to every reviewer, a book : that should be in the library of every writer of critical material. I There is no other book on the mar ; ket devoted to the mechanics of J criticism. The journalist, however, I is not the only class of reader to j profit; the author has put nothing of mere pedantry in the work, but (has succeeded in incorporating that flavor of S. S. S. wit, bulwark ed with an amazing fund of anec dotes, that makes his course in criticism one of the most popular in the University. Since Martha Osteno's first vol ume, a book of verse, was publish ed, American critics have been constantly concerned in defining and redefining what it is in her work that makes it so important. Her last book, ‘‘Waters Under the Earth,” published in November, has renewed these inquiries. Stu art Sherman once wrote of her: “What she lacks in subtlety she makes up in strength. She grips her human theme as a man takes hold of plow handles, driving the colter in. She conspicuously ex cels where the young novelist is ordinarily weak; in firmly con ceiving and thoroughly dramatiz ing character and in the fundamen tal work of composition, which is ♦THE WETFOOT ♦ “ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FOOT TO PRINT” “WELL, EXAMS ARE NOW ABOUT TWO WEEKS OFF," AND OTHER Sl'Ill G II T L V FORMS OF GREETING. INCI DENTALLY THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN MANY OF OUR STUDENTS CiO TO THE DOGS AND START FLAYING THE TONIES. WHICH ALL GOES TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE GLAD THE GLEE CLUBS, ETC., NEVER PRACTICE WHAT THEY SCREECH. * * * EPITAPH No mourning heard for this bloke, Angus Whistletree McGunn, He said his notion of a German joke, Would be a Hamburger Pun. And then, there’s little I>oru> our dumb I rush friend, who thought that closed week-end was a nation al Scotch holiday. * * # LITTLE ALEC SAYS HIS IDEA OE A DIRTY STORY IS THE THIRD FLOOR OF A FRA TERNITY HOUSE AFTER VA CATION. One shouldn’t be too harsh on the person who habitually hides his face before going to bed. He probably lived in a fraternity house. * « * NICK C \KTKK \ 1. \ C V1UT. He Knew he u is liclcugured. He stepped buck a moment as if stun ned. \ took of intense horror came into his ejes and he placed his hand lit*fort* his nioutli in order to Keep from screaming out. No mat ter where lie looked he sail ac cusing and merciless eyes follow ing him. t'liere was no pit\ there. Too late he realized his hideous and fatal mistake. Cold perspira tion broke out upon his brow and he felt weak. \ti electric silence greeted him as with ditfieuit\ he kept trom swooning. The Knglisli prote-ssor had just said I KAl.l LOUSY LIMERICKS Mary had a big fur coat, Which cost her dad much dough; And everywhere that Mary went The coat was sure to go. She wore it rabbit hunting one day, Cut the bunnies got her goat; Cause all the sisters laughed to see, Them recognize the coat. IT DOESN'T SCAN AND THE RHYME ISN'T SO HOT, BUT WE'LL FIGHT ANYONE WHO SAYS IT'S HARE RAISING. * * * And then what’s this dainty tid bit we hear about the Sigma Chis and Phi Delts almost getting in a fight over a certain houseful of co-eds during the past vacation? WHERE’S THE GOOD OLD MIAMI TRIAD FRATERNALISM, BOYS ? And not wishing to toot our own whistle at all but since all this propaganda is being carried on in the way of Christmas donations, etc., why not start a few contri butions for needy columnists? * * * WELL, NOT NEEDY, PER HAPS, BUT ANYWAY, WE’RE TATHETIC. Well, after much research, some inquisitive soul has discovered that even though many sororities stay ed open during vacation, all of them saved 95 per cent on their light bill. =A\\ rm WOMEN MAY DESIGN STREETS AND BUILDINGS IN THIS MODERN DAY, BUT YOU CAN BE SURE THAT IT'S AL WAYS THE MAN WHO PAVES AND PAVES—AH, YES, AND PAVES. Wins National Title WASHINGTON STATE COL LEGE Keith Jones state college student, who has been taking many prizes at the fairs this fall and winter, has received word that he won the national junior animal husbandry scholarship at Chicago. I Hear Ye!! Fraternity and Sorority Managers Special Prices 1 o all on iloor wax and rentals on electric Hour polishers; to fraternities and sororities. Power’s Furniture Co. 11th and Willamette Streets i seeing things through and thus pre-establishing lucidity and or der in the movement of her narra tive.” The volume can be procured at either the library rent shelf or the High Hat, on the balcony of the Co-op. The Congressional library at Washington has recently acquired the Gutenberg Bible, printed on vellum, and universally considered the most valuable book in the world. The library obtained it through the generosity of Dr. Voll behr, German incunabula author | ity, and his associates. Dr. Voll ; behr recently visited the American ; institution, and were vastly im , pressed. The book has been given to the American ambassador to Austria, to whom delivery will be intrusted. — Marion McClain is taking his col ! lection of rare books to Portland for exhibition. Since the J. K. Gill | company first heard of this collec : tion, gathered on his recent Euro i pean tour, they have been after Mr. McClain to bring them to their j store for a short time. Only nine days are left for Uni versity of Oregon students to con tribute their poetry to the new An thology of American College Verse, I to be published in May, 1931, by ; Harper and Brothers. The book | will contain only poetry written by students attending college during the 1930-31 year. It will be edited by Miss Jessie C. Rehder, Colum bia '30. The verses may be writ ten upon any great subject, but must be limited to 50 lines or less. Students wishing to make contri butions should mail their manu scripts to Anthology of College Verse, care E. F. Saxton, Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33rd street, New York City. All contributions must be in the mail by December 10. Some of the new Modern Library titles for December are "Forti tude,” by Hugh Walpole, “The Me dici,” by G. F. Young, and "The Old Wives Tale,” by Arnold Ben nett. "Wilderness,” one of Rock well Kent’s earlier illustrated books and Maughams’ "Of Human Bondage,” are others. Yesterday Random House issued the trade edition of the Rockwell Kent “Moby Dick.” The book in eludes over 200 drawings by Kent, the same that were used in the re cent limited edition published by the Lakeside Press. The Kent “Moby Dick” is the book of the Month's Club selection for Decem ber, and it will probably be the outstanding gift book this Christ mas. At last we have this American classic, undoubtedly one of the three or four great literary accom plishments in all American litera ture, in a format worthy of its fame. From some drawings re ceived from the publishers, it seems that all the vitality and swinging vigor of Melville's prose are in these Rockwell Kent draw ings. Captain Ahab, Ishmael, the whole varied crew of the Pequod, and Moby Dick, the white whale, live more intensely in this editiop than ever before. Orville Mohler of U.S.C. Wins Individual Honors Orville Mohler, Southern Califor nia's sensational sophomore ball carrier, took top place in individ ual Pacific Coast conference scor ing honors for the season just over. Mohler scored 11 times for a total of 66 markers. His run ning mate, Marshall Duffield, was a close second with nine touch downs and two conversions for 56 points. Another U. S. C. ace, Jim Mu sick, took third place with 38 points. Johnny Kitzmlller, Webfoot star, did not fare so well in conference scoring and his 16 points gave him only ninth place. Other Ore gon men who broke into the scor ing column are Ed Moeller, John Donohue, and Red Rotenberg, with one touchdown apiece. r Comedy-Color-Crime December 3rd A TRIPLE BILL Presented By U. of O. Drama Division Guild Theatre, U. of 0. Matinee 4:00—25c Phone 3300 Evening 8:15—50c [MUK Lunches Refreshments Smokes Buy Meal Tickets and Save 10 Per Cent College Side INN Save Time Read The Advertisements TIME is a valuable commodity anywhere. At a university, it is doubly so. You women, with your teas, dances, dates and dinners sandwiched in between classes and hours of study, have no margin for idle “shopping around.” And men, with athletics, classes, dates and all manner of activities, have no time to wander aimlessly from store to store. Save time. Head the ads before you start on a buying tour. Know What You Want Then Buy BEFORE starting anything, it is only common sense that you know what yon are about. You know what you want. Read the ads ' every day to find where those things are to be found, and then, when you buy, you'll know where to go. Then, too. you can keep in touch with the trend of fashion by watching the ad vertisements. Read them regularly. You’ll save time in the long run, by being able to find what you want easier and quicker. Oregon Daily Emerald