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• EDITORIALS <• FEATURES ♦ HUMOR LITERARY ♦ University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton Hall, Editor Anton Peterson, Manager Willis Duniway, Managing Editor Rex Tussing—Associate Editor Dave Wilson, Lois Nelson, Harry Van Dine—Editorial Writer* UPPER NEWS STAFF Editor'* Secretary: Mary Helen Corbett Carol Hurlburt, Society Assistant: Lillian Rankin Lester McDonald. Literary Barney Miller, Features Warner Guias, Chief Night Editor Phil Cogswell, Sports _ NEWS STAFF Reporters: Lois Nelson, Merlin Blais, Betty Anne Macduff, Roy Sheedy, Ted Mont gomery Jessie Steele, Isabelle Crowell. Jack Bellinger, Betty Davis, Helen Cherry, Virginia Wentz, Jim Brooke, Joan Cox, Kenneth Fitzgerald, Madelene Gilbert, Dupuis, Beverly Caverhill, Frances Johnston, Ned Mars, Oscar -Munger, Carl Thompson. # Night Staff: Monday—George Blodgett, George Kerr, Mary Belle Fobes, Adrienne Sabin. Day Editors: Thornton Gale, Lenore Ely, Thornton Shaw. Sports Staff: Vincent Gates, Ed Goodnough, Bruce Hamby, Ervin Laurence, Esther Hayden. Radio Staff: Art Potwin, director; Carol Hurlburt, secretary; Dave Eyre, reporter. BUSINESS STAFF Harry Tonkon. Associate Manager Jack Gregg, Advertising Manager Larry Jackson, Foreign Advertising Ken Siegrist, Circulation Manager Ned Mars, Copy Manager Martin Allen, Ass’t Copy Manager Mae Mulchay, Ass’t Foreign Adv. Mgr. Edith Peterson, Financial Adm. John Painton, Office Manager Dorothy Harriette Hofmann, Sez Sue Betty Carpenter, Women's Specialties Kathryn Laughridge, Asst. Sez Sue Carol Werschkul, Executive Secretary Larry Bay, Ass’t Circulation Manager Bob Goodrich, Service Manager Marie Nelson, Checking Department Hughes, Classified Advertising Manager Copy Department: Beth Salway, Mirtle Kerns, George Sanford. Copy Assistants: Joan Bilyeau, Viola Morgan. Office Records: Louise Barclay. Office Assistants: Marjorie Bass, Evangeline Miller, Jean McCroakey, Jane Cook, Vir ginia Frost, Roselie Commons, Virginia Smith, Ruth Durland, Mary Lou Patrick, Carolyn Trimble. . Production Assistants: Gwendolyn Wheeler, Marjorie Painton, Marian McCroskey, George Turner, Katherine Frentzel. Advertising Solicitors This Issue: Victor Kaufman, Aunton Bush, Jo Prigmore, Cliff Lord, Ellsworth Johnson, Jack Wood. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the 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, $2.60 a year. Advertising rates upon application. Phone, Manager: Office, Local 214; residence, 324. It’s American Nature XT TOULD a factory owned by workers, worked by owners, and ’ ” directed by the majority vote of a personnel paid accord ing to family needs be successful and desirable? Mr. Powers Hapgood says "Yes.” He is the son of the presi dent of the Columbia Conserve company, soup manufacturers, who, with his two brothers, inherited the factory and for the past 15 years operated it in this manner. Perhaps this is one example of how an industry may prosper under socialism in its most concrete and satisfactory form. Mr. Hapgood does not mention socialism—his action was wise, for the mere utterance of the word evokes an attitude among an American crowd, destroys its reasonableness, and shackles its understanding. A beautiful picture of satisfied workers who found interest in their industry who were content to receive the salary—not wage—sufficient to bring a comfortable livelihood, has been painted by the representative of an organization that is different and still successful. Organizers of the soup factory feel little satisfaction in helping only their own fellow workers they in tend to reach out and help other "wage earners” to secure favor able conditions. But, with all this prettiness, we can see one hitch. American nature is adverse to living on only that which is essential— American youth has dreams of fine cars, palacial homes on flowered heights, and command of industries. A skilled Amer ican workman would not consider exercising his genius for $33 weekly just because he and his wife could have three square meals a day and a comfortable place to live. „ What causes the dissatisfaction of the present day? Inse curity of life for the great mass of people, maldistribution of incomes, and lack of employment opportunities are given as reasons no one can put his finger on a definite and funda mental cause. Should all civilization be forced to discard luxuries, careers, ind possibilities of future riches, dissatisfaction and unrest would spring from every loop-hole ambition and morale would decay —American civilization could not. adjust itself to the new habits. Education By Installment T TNFOKTUNATE habit it is that schools have in dealing in penny's wortli of education. One buys eight weeks of school ing at a time for fall term, eight weeks; for winter term, eight weeks; for spring term, eight weeks. Summer session and post session are appreciably shorter. Neatly wrapped up in attractive packages, these eight-week parcels of schooling lie on the university bargain counters all ready for student purchasers. They are neat and small enough for any purse. They cavry social prestige. They offer oppor tunity. Ask the man who owns one. Yet tlie parcels aren't complete in themselves. Of course half of the value of the package is in the trimmings and wrap pings (examinations and registration, if you need to know). The very core of this eight-week education is really about six weeks thick and it tukes just one dozen of these packages to make a full-sized education. Professors don't care a great deal for ttiis installment sys tem so there can be no quarrel with them if one is disposed to quarrel. Students would scarcely like to blame themselves. The administration is probably influenced by factors beyond its control. Anyway, while mid-terms are almost here, one can remember that the University ot Oregon does as do all good installment sales companies. It retains title to the education until the in stallments are complete. Contacts with men who have succeeded and who are succeed ing in Oregon business was one of the greatest benefits of the Oregon Press conference. It was a pleasure to entertain them on the campus. Anyway it was a good feeling while it lasted. Eugene milk producers are having fun with the prices. We don't blame them we wouldn't build a barn, milk a cow. fiddle around with the milk, run a delivery, and sell it for to cents a quart either. •'Today," says Bishop William Lawrence, "as never before, the ways are open to every man to think uuu believe as he will.” Yes, it is even lawful to think about absolutely nothing. "Oh. give me something to remember you by." crooned ltudy Vallee, and immediately lie received three grapefruit and an egg from liie balcony above. He should ha\ s stuck to the radio. ^MARGIN ; NOTES By Lester McDonald ♦ Outstanding Winter Bonks “The Ring of the Lowen skolds,” by Selma Lagerlof. “The Virgin and the Gypsy,” by D. H, Lawrence. “Rot-da to Glory,” by Richard Aldington. "Port ait of a Dog,” by Mazo De La Roche. “A Man and His Dog,” by Thomas Mann. “Whither, Whither, or After Sex What.” More hopeful signs in the book publishing business are noted in anno uncement of forthcoming works. Among the novelists, most important perhaps is the news that Joan Bojer’s “The Everlasting Struggle” will be published on Feb ruary 20. This is the first new work by the famous Scandinavian writer in several years. Struthers Burt, author of “The Delectable Mountains,” has written another novel, "Festival,” which is being distributed in New York today. Random House is issuing a bib liography of the works of Eugene O'Neill. Viking Press is issuing “Education of a Princess,” by Russia’s Grand Duchess Marie. It is said to be an intense and reveal ing group of memoirs of a woman shielded behind the pompous walls of the Romanoffs and suddenly thrown out into a world gone mad with revolt. Gameliel Bradford, America's most widely read biog rapher, has finished "The Quick and the Dead,” which will include a number of pen portraits of some of the leading figures of contem porary life. “Lady Chatterly’s Lover,” sup pressed in America, and D. H, Lawrence’s most eminent contribu tion to pornographic literature, is quietly making the rounds of the sanctity of one's room. We have not yet been able to snatch one, but from reports it is an astonish ingly bad (no moral meaning in tended ) book to come from Law rence. William Rose Benet, writing in The Saturday Review for January 17, expresses a sincere regard for the work of Howard McKinley Corning, Portland poet, and well known on this campus. Mb. Corn ing has just published his second volume of verse, “The Mountain in the Sky." Guessing that Robert Frost is Coming’s godfather, the writer says in part: "When Mr. Corning gets to his historical documents he has characteristically western things to tell us . . . one doesn’t have to be an Oregonian, one mere ly has to be American to get sort of homesick about them ...” Speaking of pornography and bootleg books, the most famous of this tribe, “Ulysses,” by James Joyce, has received careful trans lation (Joyce's English is a little idealistic) at the hands of Stuart Gilbert. The author attempts to interpret for the puzzled reader this massive work which covers the events of a single day among cer tain Dubliners. It is said that the translation is almost a substitute Show your spirit. Juniors meet at 107 Villard Tuesday at 7. Classified Advertisements Kates Payable in Advance 20c first three lines; 5e every additional line. Minimum charge 20c. Contracts made by arrange ment. Telephone 3300; local 214 GREEN PARKER fountain pen. Call at Emerald business office. Physic bins DALE AND SETHER Surgery, Radium. X-ray Miner Bldg. Phone 43 Schools Leant the Latest Collegiate Fox-Trots and Waltzes! MERRICK DANCE STUDIO SOI Willamette Phone 3081 For Kent FURNISHED and unfurnished houses ar.d apartments in Uni versity district. Robert Pres cott Co. Phone 345. GERALDINE JOHNSTON Call for her Colonial theatre pass at the Emerald office today. Miscellaneous EXTRA SPECIAL Old dresses made new Ht Shoppe Petite. We please you m style, price, and special. 375 K. 13th. for the book itself with its quota tions, footnotes and running com mentary. Publishers of Modern Library ditions have announced an impres sive list for spring publication. Among them are Boccaccio's "De cameron,” Conrad's "Lord Jim,” "The Education of Henry Adams,” Swift’s "Gulliver’s Travels,” Mans field's "The Garden Party,” "The Counterfeiters” by Andre Gide, "The Lives of the 12 Caesars” by Seutonius, "Sanine,” by Michael Artzybashey, and "Parnassus on Wheels,” by Christopher Morley. Wesley Foundation Head Tells of Wrork in Japan T. T. Brumbaugh, leader of Wes ley foundation work in Japan, spoke before the Wesley club stu dents Sunday evening at 6:30 on the topic, “Sons of the Rising Sun.” Mr. Brumbaugh is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan and Boston uni versity, and has had considerable experience in the Orient as a Christian worker. He explained to , the Wesley group the nature of his work, and the customs of the Japanese. “All the News That’s Foot To Print" "DO you THINK IT’LL EVER RAIN?” AND OTHER DIFFI CULT ASK - ME - ANOTHERS WHICH ONLY THE SUPERIOR INTELLECT OF A COLLEGIAN COULD EVER CONCOCT. IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS B. C. BEFORE CAFETERIAS) THE KING OFTEN ASKED THIS SAME QUESTION AS HE STOOD AND GAZED FOR THE FIRST TIME UPON THE NEWEST HEIR. ii. EPITAPH Oh send no wreaths, To Sylvia Kratz; She said: "you'd look Distinctive in spats." * * * PERHAPS WE WERE A BIT HASTY. MAYBE SHE SAID SPOTS. Little Alec showed up today with u beautiful salde orb, fetch ingly arrayed in beefsteak. It seems that u Bostonian (Sylvanus Smith, probably) asked him if he ‘Hawd a sense of yumah.’ Alec replied that “of course he had. He’d lived there for two years.” * # * And what’s this we read in the paper the other day about a criti cal Boston audience greeting the celebrated Rudy Vallee with a shower of cabbages and eggs at his recent appearance there. Little Oscar, upon hearing this, lias made a solemn vow to join the S. P. C. A. and never cut another chicken as long as he lives. * * * Yes, Jehosaphett, you may have your fine tooth combs, but for our part, we’ll take dandruff remover. * * * THAT ISN’T AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS, THANK HEAVENS. * * * EMEKALD-KORE CONTEST REPORT (Editor's Note: As was an nounccd last week, this column, knowing the limitations which are imposed upon the reports of the contest appearing in the news col umns of this paper, has tuken it upon itself to give the campus the pure unadulterated quill on the programs.) The first program was given by Susan Campbell Hall. (No relation to Arnold Bennett or Vinton). The main idea seemed to be one of those college dramas (you know the type) with a piano and a trio thrown in. It went off very well but when mention is made of wear ing a blue dress and then the piano breaks into "Little Alice Blue Gown,” why we demur. It had about the same general effect on us at it would be to have one of the entertainers tell another that he would look well in spectacles and then have the orchestra break into “Them There Eyes.” The pro gram, however, was very fair. The Theta Chi program seemed to be built around Dale Brown, Wilbur Thibault, a five-piece or chestra and Bill McNabb, announc er and crooner extraordinary. Mc Nabb's songs while on the whole of a cheerful motif, had, it must be admitted, its pathetic points. A couple of lines were a bit dashing. Tsk. tsk. William, missy, nassy. The orchestra hail its points, most of them sharp and the rest flat. An extraordinarily good bugling effect was rendered by the trum pet on the selections played, and brought tears to the eyes of the students from southern Oregon, eastern Oregon and Coos Bay as they recalled with a sigh the good old backwoods rat races where everyone takes off his coat and tie and then do their best to dis lmportaut dope! Junior class meets Tuesday night at \ illard. locate pelvis, shoulder, and ankle in the contortions manifested in j the demonstration of the approved ■ local interpretation of Terpsichore. ! The announcer went to sleep a couple of times but that was per fectly excusable under the circum stances. The Pi Phis picked a rather in congruous motif, considering ev erything, when they selected the heaven idea. The trio wasn't too | bad and everyone enjoyed the var j ious piano solos. But will some one please inform us whether the whistling was meditated or was just the effect of static ? The only one who seemed downright dis pleased with the program was Fir po, the Sigma Chi mascot. , The Phi Sig program was pass able but we do object to having the place cluttered up with a bunch of piano movers, a construc tion boss, 10 or 11 sergeant-at arms, 15 extra men to help carry the musical instruments, half the house furniture including the par lor rug, and the rest of the avail able members to bring ice water, and fans to the performers and to turn their music for them. In short they had everything but a private telephone booth for the an nouncer. It’s too bad they didn’t have television. We’d like to have had a look at Toby Burris’ tonsils. We object furthermore to having a perfectly good evening ruined by such an unholy depressing plot as a dope fiend, but then, it fitted in well with the long hair and flow ing ties. They tried to give an im pressive effect by having half the members carry the music cases and the others carry the instru ments. Oh yes, and we mustn’t forget George Baron’s baton. Oh my dear, wouldn't you just know it? The Safety Valve An Outlet for Campus Steam -:■ ■■ 1 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. OX PUBLICITY To the Editor: ’Ti.-i said a “prophet” is without honor in his own country, but that statement is proved untrue. I, a mere “chronic iconoclast,” have gained recognition in the Emer ald’s longest and (all) most comic column. I prove the major premise of the above statement with an ulti matum from my employer that “If I were not a ‘profit,’ I could have the gate.” Because of the “regrettable lack of objects of denunciation,” I shall follow the prevalent American iconoclastic custom and bite the hand that “feeds” me. Here is my worst: Some writers mold pub lic opinion while others merely mold. Sincerely, W-103. “EFFICIENCY, DEAR OLD EFFICIENCY!” To the Editor: Once again we find our cher ished University pioneering the way to new and unblazoned fields of high finance. How delightful to settle back in restful relaxation and be assured that all is oke with the old Alma Mammy and "God’s in His heaven.” Before long our library and in firmary building needs should be past tense. We should have funds very soon for a whole flock of fine arts buildings. For Oregon, under the ferreting and probing eye of our present managerial depart ment, has uncovered and tapped a new and “boundless” source of revenue. And with this recent “efficiency” and its consequent change of pol icy goes into the limbo of lost and outworn sentiments an old and traditional privilege. No more can alumni, who in their prime fought and fumbled on gridiron and field for the Lemon-Yellow, crash the gate at McArthur court or Hay ward field, sans-cash and sans ticket. Collegiate lettermen must have their tickets; grey-bearded and creaky-jointed lettermen who possess alphabetical symbols after their names must in tliis complex age shell out the conventional coin at the turnstile or remain shiver ing outside and listen to the echo ing huzzahs of the collegiate mul titude from afar. Sentiment, sweet sentiment. After all, that's about all the priv-1 ilege held for the antiquated alum-1 ni of the Order of the O. Per- j haps most of us can afford the ; price of a ducat now and then. ' We wait with interest, to see more colleges and universities recognize the merit of this new “efficiency.” And in the meantime another ave nue of making a little money j comes to mind. Why not let the i boys who win athletic awards buy their own sweaters ? That idea should bring forth “hearty” re sponse. Perhaps the Order of the O could be induced to conduct a series of basket socials, quilting bees, or you call the shots. Yours for progress and thrift, HARRY E. DUTTON. A Decade Ago Tuesday, January 25, 1921 Reports have been gathering to the effect that the athletic coun cil is attempting to secure Gil Do bie, former coach at Washington and now at Cornell, as Oregon’s new football coach. * * * The Order of the O will start holding “court” on the library steps next Thursday morning be fore assembly, and mete out pun ishment to those students evading or not observing Oregon tradi tions. * * * Senior Class—Meeting in Pro fessor Howe’s room, Villard hall, tonight at 9 o'clock. The meeting is important and all seniors are urged to be present. (Such would be an impossibility at the present day.) JAPANESE PRINTS ON DISPLAY LAST TIME (Continued from Page One) art circles, but he has also been a prominent figure in governmental work in Japan, especially where it concerns trade relations and for eign markets. From here he will go to California in the interest of trade, but at the same time keep ing an outlook for old prints to add to his collection. Big things happening at 107 Villard, Juniors. Seven, Tuesday night. Well, lemme see. A family, an interesting vocation, and enough money to retire at a fairly early age and really enjoy life. —Art Rolander. * * * To be at the top of one's pro fession, to be earning a plentiful income, to be happy, and to never have measles. —Bud Clifton. * * * An armchair, a pipe, retirement, * financial security, and professional recognition. —Sam Van Vactor. * * * To marry a woman with a lot of dough and then have her die off and will it to me. —Neil Sheeley. CAMPUS ♦ ALENDAR Motion pictures of India will be shown at Dr. Mez’ extension divi sion class in international trade policies at 110 Johnson tonight at 7:15 sharp. Tuesday 5-o’elocks will be held today at the Y. W. C. A. bunga low. All girls on the campus are welcome. German club will have a meet ing at 7:30 this evening in Susan Campbell hall. Election for vice president will be held. Refresh ments. Westminster Guild will meet jointly with Westminster associa tion this evening at 7:30 o’clock to hear Dr. Elizabeth Grace Lewis, who will speak on India. The guild will not hold a regular meet ing this week. Women’s debate squad will meet in 110 Johnson at 7:15 o’clock. Kwama meeting at 5 o’clock to day at the College Side. The talk of the Campus...New thick Milk Shakes...Eat ’em with a spoon only at . TAYLOR'S Across from Condon Hall \ Which is bigger—-the air plane's landing wheel or the setting sun? Guess first,then check your guess with a measure. ' YOUR EYES MAY FOOL YOU BUT your taste tells the Truth! /V> I I MILDER. ..and BETTER TASTE © • • i © 1931. Licgstt & Mm? ToiAee© Cc