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. EDITORIALS <• FEATURES ♦ HUMOR ♦ LITERARY ♦ IS University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton Hall, Editor Willis Dunlway, Managing Editor Anton Peterson, Manager editorial writers Dave Wilson. Rex Tussing, Hill Duniway, Harry Van Dine Neil Taylor, News Editor Jack Burke, Sports Barney Miller, Features UPPER NEWS STAFF Editor’s Secretary: Mary Helen Corbett Carol Hurlburt, Society Lester McDonald, Literary Warner Guiss, Chief Night Editor NEWS STAFF Executive Reporters: I.ois Nelson Merlin Blais ,Pallantyn'- B*tty Anne MnoHnff Tfd Montgomery. Victor Kaufman, Rufus Kimball. , Macduff. Jed MontK) e y „ The]ma Nelson, Jack Bollinger, Betty Davss, R°PHrfIn‘ Rankin' Beth 'satwsy. Georae Thompson, Zora Berman, Virginia Wentz, Helen Rankin, IJet h oalway^ * Fricke, Madeline Gilbert, George Night Staff: 'Tuesday—Eugene D. Mullins, Dave Longshore, Mary t ranees I ett.bone, Night'Staff:" Wednesday Doug Wight, Yvonne Smith, Carolyn Trimble, Mary Margaret N :ght*Staff • Thursday -D irothy Johnson, Stan Price, Earl Kirchoff. Gwen Elsmore. Night stnff * Friday- Elinor Henry. Harold Jtirkensnaw, Joseph baslavsky, h red h ricke. Snorts Staff- Mack Hall Bruce Hamby, Alfred Abranz, Erwin Lawrence. Kelman P Kc«^ Vincent fiaies, Mahr Reymcrs, Esther Hayden. Ed Goodnough._ Copy Department: Janet Alexander, Beth Salway, Martin Allen. Barney Miller, Victor Cony Asfs“tIntaTjMnSaBnywu. Viola Morgan. Office Records: Louise Barclay nffir*- Assistants’ Marjorie Bass, Evangeline Miller, Jean McCroskey, Jane Cook, Vir Snta eSl Commons. Virginia Smith. Ruth Du,land, Mary Lou Patrick. Production" Assistants: Gwendolyn Wheeler, Marjorie Painton, Marian McCroskey, Adveituimr^SoHcitors^ThJs^lssue: Bill Barker Dick Goebel, Victor Kaufman, George Branstator, Betty Zimmerman. Aunton Bush. Keep the Lid On AN undeterminable something is smouldering, spitting fire, behind the doors of a student council at the University of California, so intimates the editor of the Stanford Daily.. A boil ing pot, red from its furor over a student editor who would DAHE, who would believe it his DUTY to print his honest opinion in the face of dissenting officials. He was jerked from his chair. The action was applauded by a Ban Francisco Chronicle sports writer who believes that a “cub,” as he calls the Californian editor, has immature ideas and should be curbed and censored for the best “interests” of his University. We wonder, can he be a newspaper man? Whatever the rumbling is within the walls of the student council room, it has not yet manifest itself. Yet who knows but that they may be plotting or drafting some neat little meas ure to bind the keys of the editor’s typewriter—to release them at their own leisure? A new man will take the Californian throne at the beginning of next term. May he become aware of the situation and fight it. If his action brings expulsion, may other staff members in line refuse the tarnished crown. Surely the California Student Council is aware of what cen sorship will mean! Unfathomable is a picture of students inter estedly reading a stripped and. moulded editorial column. What weight will the Californian’s advocacies carry ? Who will regard the articles as anything but leporls and arguments of the stu dent council? No one. The officials will cramp themselves. They will be depriving their fellow students of their rights. They will be narrowing the scope of capnpus opinion! An inherent right permtts the newspaper man liberty and an inherent sense of right will guide his typewriter toward justice. His decisions will be governed by newspaper ethics arising for every situation. A college editor is aware of this. All of his decisions will be toward that which he believes best for his institution. His support will be apportioned among pigeon holes of his own choosing. Doubt Among Mighty TN view of the imminence of exam v/eek, the personnel re ■*" search bulletin number 8, which, since it first appeared last week, has attracted about as much attention on the campus as the now famous Carnegie Bulletin No. 23 did throughout the country last year, assumes a particular interest. Bulletin No. 8 is a study of the correlation between faithful attendance at classes and scholastic achievement. Its final con clusion is that such correlation is very slight. The research was made by Howard R. Taylor, associate professor of psychology, assisted by Kathryn E. Fry. In the introduction to the bulletin Mr. Taylor says: "The final examination is taken as the criterion of student achievement. This is undoubtedly the weakest point in the study, for the writer has never yet been able to construct a final exam ination which he could unhesitatingly defend as even a reason ably valid measure of real (i. e., functional as opposed to formal) achievement." Such a frank admission of the weakness of the final exam inatkui system, coming as it does from a member of the faculty, is certain to meet with the exultant approval of many students who find therein what appeals to be an authoritative justifica tion for their own dislike of finals. Final examinations arc admittedly, then, a poor measure of student achievement. However, all criticism of them is made less valid by the difficulty of suggesting any suitable substitute for them. They have come to be so closely associated with the factory system of standardized education which marks American universities that any attempt to uproot them would be much like removing a cancerous growth in an advanced stage from a man- there is grave danger of killing the patient. It’s Springtime in Marshes << \ RENT these nights of warm rains and days of warm sun just wonderful, girls?” "Vos. but I'm praying for a real freeze to put ice on the big marsh between Condon hall and the Women's Quadrangle so that I can get from the College Side to the gym in time for my gym class without getting bogged down. Imagine trying to enter into the spirit of a class in aesthetic dancing just after wading through a hundred yards of gumbo which looks like Bell field in Corvallis." • * » * « The comptroller recently requested all heads of departments to turn in requests for remodelling and renovating to bo done during the Christmas holidays. As self-appointed head of the Department of the Moral Welfare <>t the Student Body, the Em erald requests that a board-walk be put in aVross the local Styx. v\hi- h all who tro: are damned. t CAMPUS ♦ ALENDAR Manager’s Office Open Except for Christmas and New Year’s days the graduate mana-; ger's office will be open for busi-. ness at the regular hours through out the Christmas vacation, ac cording “Doc" Robnett, assist ant grad ate manager. All hoi ,e representatives having tickets for International Pageant please turn in your tickets and money at the International house some time today. Practice Teachers must make ar rangements with the dean of wo men as to place to stay during the first part of the holidays. All money and tickets for the Christmas College ball must be turned in by representatives to: Helen Chaney at the Alpha Xi Del- J ta house today. New sophomore men’s service honorary group picture for Ore gana at 12:45 today, east end of Condon hall. Town Girls’ club meets this af ternoon at 4 in 110 Johnson. All Eugene girls are requested to be j present. Beta Gamma Sigma group pic- ! lure taken today at east entrance of Condon hall, 12:45. ii- ■ ..!=Tl Classified Advertisements ’ Hates Payable In Advance 20c first three lines; 5c every additional line. Minimum charge 20c. Contracts made by arrange ment. Telephone 3300; local 214 Lost BLACK leather notebook; reward. Call 2967. Ben Vitou. BARKER Duofold fountain pen. Pearl and black. Lost Decern- I ber 4. Jim Morgan, Sigma Phi | Epsilon. REWARD. BLACK leather keycase contain ing nine keys. REWARD. Re turn to Miss Bailey in Commerce' building or to Emerald Business office. For Kent LARGE, clean, well-heated rooms for men. Two blocks from cam pus and very quiet for studying. Board furnished if desired. Make reservations now for next term. 90S Alder street. Phone 3125. TWO 2-room apartments, two sleeping rooms, and one garage. Men or a married couple pre ferred. Blakely apartments, 749 E. 13th street. CLEAN, comfortable, quiet room for two men. Opposite campus. $12 including garage. Make res ervation for next term. 931 East 11th street. Phone 2283-J. ROOMS Very desirable and in convenient location to campus. Reasonable rent. 1261 Alder. Phone 1285. For Sale LATE MODEL 1924 Ford coupe. $45 if taken by Tuesday. 1741 Moss street. Phone 9I5-J. GENUINE beaver jacket. Latest style. 2783-W. HARVARD CLASSICS — Dr. EL iot's Five Foot Book Shelf. Practically unused. Call 1285. Wanted, Help JACK GREGG call for his Colon ial theatre pass. SEVERAL MEN and women may find part-time work. Call Satur days, 1471 Patterson street. Situations Wanted TUTORING Literature Survey, Personal Hygiene, Survey of Science, Elementary Psychology, Shakespeare. Classical Poets, First, Second, ami Third Year French, Call Margaret Orman dy, 2182 after 2 o'clock. WILL CARE for patients in my house. Good care guaranteed. Reasonable rates. 1093 W. 7th Ave. Phone 2878-M. Miscellaneous WANT someone to share expenses to Los Angeles December 17. Closed car. Russell Taylor, j Junction City. Route 1. CO El' BEAUTY SHOP 749 tilth avenue E. Plume 2530-W or 1753-J. LOST Brown leather purse con taining glasses, money, etc. Re tard Call J.iue Warner 2308. PI Sigma group picture taken to- I day at east entrance of Condon ha'll, 12:44. * Christmas Seal money must be turned in to the dean of women's office today. Kwama Oregana group picture 12:45 today, east end of Condon | hall. Social swim tonight at women’s gym from 7:15 to 9 p. m. Admis sion free. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Delta Tau Delta announces the pledging of Raleigh Graver, of Portland. Carl Furr III Carl J. Furr, of the Romance language department, is ill with tonsilitis. Magazine Prints Articles by Five Faculty Members November Issue of Social Science Bi-Monthly Is Released The November number of the Commonwealth Review, a bi monthly journal edited by the school of*applied social science, has just been released from the press. Five University of Oregon profes sors have articles in this issue, in iddition to articles by two outside educators. The frontispiece contains a pic ture of the Willamette falls at Ore gon City, an illustration in con nection with an article entitled 'Public Utility Districts for Ore gon,” by Emerson P. Schmidt, pro fessor of economics, University of Minnesota, formerly at Oregon. Other articles include: “The Pro posed Consolidation of the Gov ernments of Portland and Multno mah County,” by Charles McKin ley, professor of political science, Reed college; “The Taxation of Public Property,” by James D. i Barnett, professor of political sci ence; “Recognition in Law of Aesthetic Considerations,” by Carl- ! ton E. Spencer, professor of law: “The Municipal Debt Situation in | Oregon,” by Dr. James H. Gilbert. : dean of the college of literature, ! science, and the arts, Dr. Philip A. 1 Parsons, dean of the school of ap- j plied science, is editor of the Re- ; view. The remainder of the magazine includes editorials, news notes, book reviews. ♦ THE WETFOOT ♦ “ALL. THE NEWS THAT’S FOOT TO PRINT” 1 : GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WE'VE .JUST GOT A GREAT IDEA. NOW THAT W'E’VE DIS COVERED THAT THE WOMEN HAVE ALL TAKEN UP CLOG GING, WHY NOT SUBSTITUTE IT FOR A MURAD INASMUCH AS WOMEN DON’T SMOKE AT DANCES. IF ANYONE PULLS A BONER, SHE CAN IMME DIATELY BREAK INTO A CLOG, AND THEREBY BECOME THE LIFE OF THE PARTY. * % * ) EPITAPH He fell in the dance Did George McKain; Docs said he died Of a clog on the brain. * * * Of . course, that remark ..was made purely to harmonize with the paragraph above it. If the open ing paragraph had to do with stamp collecting we naturally would have said that he died of a stamp on the head. iU AND WHAT'S THIS WE HEAR ABOUT ED MOELLER AND JOHN DONOHUE BEING SEEN I'LAYING CHECKERS IN THE COLLEGE SID^ YESTERDAY. * * * > Little Alec says that student opinion shouldn’t be too harsh on the subject, that he has the pure ipiiil that the boys are preparing to pass the examination so they can he members of the Eugene city lire force next year. And now that exam time is ap proaching, everyone wishes that he had majored in art. We understand that exams are at the minimum in that department. We aren’t inter ested, because scandal is at a min imum also. IN OUR SPARE MOMENTS WE HAVE BEEN MAKING AN INTENSIVE STUDY OF ' MUSI CAL TERMS AND, AFTER STU DYING WEBSTER’S UNA BRIDGED DICTIONARY, THE LIFE OF CHOPIN, AND INTER VIEWING GEORGE WEBER, VINT HALL, BOB GOODRICH AND THE MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC FACULTY, WE HEREBY PRESENT THE MODERN MUSI CAL LEXICOGRAP HERS CHAIR JR. * * * m - Trumpet—A command given by a bridge player to his partner. Quartette—A small quart. Note—The reason our deportment was low in high school. FLAT—A built-in sink, a daven- ' port, a radio, and a landlord, all ; for $30. Sharp—Doesn’t apply to our room ! mate’s razor. Bar—A five-cent piece of candy | (tut, tut, we foxed you on that one.) Flute—The thing that wins a lot of football games. Duet—A command. Trio—Italian for a large herbivor ous growth. Drum—A large cask used to hold crude oil. Refined oil, also. Solo—Taken from “Ten Nights in a Bar Room,” The following line is the one. “Oh tell me, father, how could you sink—” Baritone—A verb, meaning to car ry a tune. Harmony—A breakfast food made of corn. Band—A wire used to straighten the teeth. GRILLE DANCE COCOANUT GROVE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 Dancing 9-12 $1.35 Per Couple -MODERN DANCE • . , 9 ' *» , 0 MIDWAY SUNDAY NIGHT NOTABLE SERVICE Admission 75c CARL COLLINS AND HIS WINTER GARDEN ORCHESTRA t Symphony—A word moaning con solation. Xylophone—An ancient Mexican city. Blues—That was a mistake, the printer shouldn’t have stuck the “L” in. Chorus—Meaning crude or not fine. Guitar—Sniffing salts is good for this. Mute—The most desirable kind of wife. Chords—That one’s too obvious, we won’t even make an effort on it. Fitch—What saxophone players should be boiled in. Verse—We know this is, but than it heavens this is done. WELL, THAT’S ABOUT ALL FOR TODAY. WE HOPE THIS KEEPS YOU AWAKE IN YOUR 8 O’CLOCK. IF NOT, WE’LL HAVE TO HAVE THEM CHANGE THE EMERALD BROADCAST TO THAT HOUR. Spanish Still Popular Among Oregon Schools That Spanish is still as popular j as it ever was is shown by the i answers to ten of the question naires sent to high schools throughout the state, by Carl J. Furr cf the Romance language de partment. In schools where the number of students taking Spanish has fallen off, the questionnaires show that the reason is not due to a disin clination of students but because the course is not offered to many on account of the lack of a full time Spanish teacher. The purpose of the question naires is to determine the popu larity -of the subject with high school students and also the ex tent of the demand for Spanish teachers. The results will be re ported at the annual meeting of the American Association of Span A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year To All PH D. GREEN STORE FOR MEN 957 Willamette Auto Electric SERVICE Come in before vacation and let ns cheek your ear. We ask you to do this for the good of the ear, as there are many tilings that must have regu lar inspection. STARTING LIGHTING IGNITION Battery Service George A. Halton Broadway and Olive Phone 1619 ish Teachers at Boston December 26 and 27, by Dr. Leavitt O. Wright, professor in the Romance language department. Home for £mtmail VI a SOUTHERN PACIFIC Fares Cut TO CALIFORNIA Leave December 17-1S-19 Return Limit January 6 SAN FRANCISCO $25.50 FRESNO 29.35 LOS ANGELES 39.45 SANTA BARBARA 38.80 and many others TO PORTLAND $£10 J»ROUNDTRIP Leave December 18 to January 1 Return Limit January 6 SPECIAL TRAIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 Leave Eugene 3:30 P. M. Returning Sunday, January 4 Leave Portland 6:15 P. M. Fast service, six trains each way daily. EQUALLY LOW FARES TO ALL OREGON POINTS ROUNDTRIPS CUT :TO NORTHWEST Leave December 18 to 25 incl. Return Limit January 6 SOME EXAMPLES: SEATTLE $13.85 TACOMA 12.05 SPOKANE 23.10 PENDLETON 15.45 ASTORIA 9.65 LA GRANDE 19.05 PHONE 2200 FOR ALL TRAVEL INFORMATION Travel experts will advise you as to low holiday fares to your destination, give you schedules, make reservations, render every travel service, gladly and without obligation. Southern Pacific [ F. G. Lewis, Agent SPECIAL MENU FOR THIS WEEK Brick Strawberry Parfait Vanilla Malt Huckleberry Ice Cream Bulk Huckleberry rjWE; Eugene Fruit PHONF. 1480 Growers Association 8TH AND FERRY