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. EDITORIALS ♦ FEATURES * HUMOR ♦ LITERARY • University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton Hall, Editor Anton Peterson, Manager Willis Dnniway, Managing Editor Rex Taming—Associate Editor Dave Wilson, Lois Nelson, Harry Van Dine—Editorial Writers UPPER NEWS STAFF Editor’s Secretary: Mary Helen Corbett Assistant: Lillian Rankin Karnev Miller. Features Carol Hurlburt, Society Lester McDonald, Literary 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: Wednesday—Doug Wight, Tvonne Smith, Carolyn Trimble, Mary Margaret Day Editors: Thornton Gale, Lenorc F.ly, 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. Harriette Hofmann, Sez Sue Betty Carpenter, Women's Specialties Kathryn Laughridge, Asst. Sex Sue Carol Werschkul, Executive Secretary Larry Bay, Ass't Circulation Manager Bob Goodrich, Service Manager Marie Nelson, Checking Department jonn rainton, uince Manager l^urui/iiy nuKiii'B, viobsii Copy Department: Beth Salway, Mirtle Kerns, Georffe Sanford. Copy Assistants: Joan Biiyeau. Viola Morgan. Office Records: Louise Barclay■ Office Assistants: Marjorie Bass, Evangeline Miller, Jean McCroskey, 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 Solocitors This Issue: Ellsworth Johnson, George Branstater, Dick Henry, Jo Prigmore, Nancy Nevans. An Imperfect Week 1170MEN students at the University of Minnesota are just ’ ’ now embroiled over the matter of deferred pledging. The deferred system for women was put into use on the Minnesota campus in 1929 and was to be given a two-year trial. Ir. the near future the group delegated to decide whether or not the plan shall be continued will meet, and the impending meeting Is causing much anxiety. Comments in the student press ap pear to show that deferred pledging for women at Minnesota has been a flop. Without eliminating the older problems of rushing, it has cre ated new ones. The feverish rush week with all its unpleasant ness is as much a reality as ever. The high-pressure-tactics have not been lessened. And new problems have arisen with the re quirement, under the deferred pledging plan, that a certain grade average be a prerequisite of pledging. Other schools, venturing to try the deferred system, have recently had equally sorry ex periences. But these failures do not necessarily conclude that there can be no substitute for the present rushing system, with its attend ant evils that the great body of sorority members are quickly willing to admit. In the cases of some of the failures there have apparently been mistakes that could have been corrected with further ex perience. An adjustment period hardly seems a fair test for any new system. That the deferred system has in some cases failed does not put aside the fact that there is need of improvement in rushing methods. Little real progress has been made in a number of years in rushing methods. There have been Pan-Hellenic rules t,o diminish the strenuousness of the week, but the spirit in which rushing is maintained has not been altered. Nor could a hun dred more Pan-Hellenic rules change it. An entirely different set of ethics -one that would actually he respected is perhaps the only way by which the displeasing factors of rushing could be abolished. The present standard seems to be anything goes so long as it does not violate Pan-Hellenic. The group's sense of judgment, decorum and fairness permits conduct that the individual's sense of judgment, decorum and fairness would not tolerate. It is, at least, a matter important enough to deserve some consideration- at Oregon just as much as at any other university institution where the presence of sororities means that rushing problems exist. Yea, Booing Again! \ REGRETTABLY huge number of Oregon men may be V graceful on the dance floor, perfect gentlemen at the din ner table, and models of convention at a formal reception, but when they go to a basketball game they become simon-pure yokels, with a naive raucousness which is unblemished by any stain of sportsmanship or good-breeding. “Riding the referee" is their most popular Indoor sport. As one of the conscientious objectors said at the last game with Washington Saturday evening, "About the only kick 1 get out of coming to these games is beefing the referee's decisions when he- .” His words were cut short as ho responded to the stim ulus of the whistle to yell, “What, again? You robber! Why not give 'em the game and stop right now?” And so on, far into the night. Such banalities may be consistent with the atmosphere of a professional encounter in boxing, baseball, or ice-hockey. But they have no place in a game where amateur university teams are competing, and the audience consists mainly of their student supporters. Referees and umpires are human; occasionally they may make mistakes. But it is not the privilege of a few individuals in the audience to set themselves up as a super tribunal before which nearly every decision is tried and found wanting. The officials are the best and the fairest available. If they were not, they would not be accepted by the Oregon coach or graduate manager. And it is reasonable to assume that the mathematical law of averages will give the benefit of as many decisions that appear to be doubtful to one team as to another. No amount of editorial protest will do much to force the beefing-barkers into quiet submission. What is needed is the growth of public opinion that will turn their own weapon against them and frown or hiss them into a more sportsmanlike atti tude. Here is a job that the Order of the O or the newly organized Skull and Daggers might well assume. It would be an under taking in the control of mob psychology which would need a considerable group of men with some prestige on the campus to act as a directing force. How about it ? People of Berlin Like Americans Writes Linklater "The people of Berlin are very friendly; in fact, they prefer Americans to any other people.” Thus writes Kenneth Linklater, senior in business administration, who is taking a year off to at tend the University of Edinburgh in Scot!' Linklater’s letter, ad dressed to Dean David E. Faville, of the sc! ool of business adminis tration, was sent from Berlin, where he visited following stays in London, Paris, and Cologne. The correspondent will return at the end of another term in Edin burgh to complete his work at the University. SO THEY SAY Catchy Quotes From The Prominent Profs. I ran a ship for two hours once because the captain wanted to play poker. He had already cleaned me out. Warren D. Smith. * * * If the class can ignore that dog I'll let him in. But if they can’t I don't know how to get him out. Dean Eric W. Allen. * * * If the mid-west farmers had kept their delegates off the fed eral reserve board they would have done a lot for their country. Victor P. Morris. * * * They gave Voltaire the choice of staying in the bastillle or of go ing to England. Well, he thought he’d go to England. Andrew Fish. It is still a question whether wo man suffrage is useful and desir able. Personally, I don't think it has made any change at all. Waldo Schumacher. Library Steps The following men will re port to the library steps today it 12:40: No lid Alfred Strossmaier, Roy Morgan, Bruce Canby, Bob Betts, Harvey Field, Philip Fields, Ed Cross, Ed Schweiker, Wallace Hug, Bob Bishop, Le roy James, Bob Stevens, Bill Eberhardt, Harold Olson, Mike Johnson, Charles White, Bob Hauge, John Adams, Bob John son, Heinie Jayne, Jack Robert son, Allan Proctor, Gordon Courson, Lev Laurin, and Bud Meyer. No lid and cocky: Ladd Sher man and Leonard Hall. Smoking on campus — Cecil Espy. Signed: JERRY LILLIE, President, Order of O. Classified Advertisements Rates Payable in Advance 20c first three lines; 5c every additional line. Minimum charge 20c. Contracts made by arrange ment. Telephone 3300; local 214 Lost LADY'S wrist watch at game Saturday night. Reward. Phone Bernice Congleton, 2SH)0. PRATERXITY RINO~Sigma Phi i Epsilon crest in men’s gym or handball court. Finder please return to Emerald business of fice. PAIR of horn-rimmed glasses in leather case with pen and pen cil attached to latter. Return to Kappa Alpha Theta house or phone 1545-VV. Reward. Miscellaneous EXTRA SPECIAL Old dresses made new at Shoppe Petite. We please you in style, price, and special. 373 E. 13th. [TUTORING GERMAN Experi * enced teacher educated in Ger I many. Terms very reasonable. Inquire of Miss Anna Gropp, 170S Columbia street. Schools Lem the Latest Collegiate Fox-Trots and Waltzes! MERRICK DANCE STUDIO | 861 Willamette Phone 3081 Pin sic Ians DALE A XL' SETHEK Surgery, Radium. X-ray Miner Bldg. Phone 43 META HENX1XGSEX -Call at business offu e for pass i WThe ♦ ♦ ETFOOT “All the News That’s Foot To Print” “LOVELY WEATHER, ISN’T IT?” WHICH REMINDS US THAT IT IS IN SUCH ATMOS P H E R I C CONDITIONS A S THOSE NOW PREVAILING THAT THE LESS STUDIOUS I SCHOLARS CAN FIND AN EX CUSE FOR THEIR LANGUID NESS. IF THIS KEEPS UP WE PLAINLY SEE WHERE WE’LL HAVE TO SEND A CORRE SPONDENT UP THE MILLRACE IF WE WANT TO KEEP ON THE SWING OF THINGS. * $ * It seems to us that we prom ised to finish this Emerald-KORE contest personality directory to day, so here goes. * * N is for nuisance The guy who tramps While the program’s in swing, Eyein’ the vamps. 0 is for Oh, Expresses Co-ed joy When the performer is any Curly-haired boy. P is for Potwin Gives a long dry report To take up the time When programs are short. Q is for question To be answered by a pun; All announcers do it, Yes, every one. K is for rotten 1 don’t think I'm wrong, They usually mean programs Not given by your tong. S is for Slocum, And John Smedberg, too, A couple whose specialty Is poop poop a doo. T is for Thibauit He tweaks a mean fiddle; If we spelled his name right, We've solved quite a riddle. U is for Udall, Warblin's his dodge, He’ll probably perform By request of the lodge. V is for vanity Please take a care Often it's trampled By remarks o’er the air. W is for Wilson Ilo stands alone, He sings to the Tri-Delts Over the phone. X is a sticker If you can work it in. Well be ever thankful, Our gratitude you’ll win. Y is for Young The Kappa Sig pride, He forgot to wind the vie, So the dern thing died. Z is for zero It can't play or sing, But don't let it worry you, It don’t mean a thing. Hs * * WIRT SPEAKS AGAIN DKAR WKTFOOT: I writ yew a letter the other day about a gurl which yew told me how tew meet up with. I dun like i was told hut she "wasn’t (liar. The hoys asked me, wus I gain on a gopher hunt, hut 1 told them no. enz i didn’t bring no gun tew skule with me. They sed i’d probably kneed a gun. Kn yew tell me whut they mcon? They sed somethin’ about liein Ueertul of a wet blanket tew. ’ll they up tew sum .joke on me? Truly, Wirt Wagon. Spring days are camera days We have a five hour service on films.-Are you taking advantage of it? With every order oi $3.00 you get a 5 x 7 enlarge ment free. UNIVERSITY PHARMACY lltli and Alder DEAR WIRT: In regard to the gopher hunt, we have wracked our brains and the only thing we can think of that a gopher hunt might mean is —oh well, it is of no consequence anyway. It is true, Wirt, that every man needs a gun. No home should be without one. They come in very handy in shooting your mother-in law when time hangs heavy on your hands, or to massacre your wife and family when you feel (like many people) that you can’t live without publicity. They are also excellent for propping up win dows with and for mashing pota toes. However, since you are go ing to college, I don’t think that you need one so badly as in more domestic surroundings. In regard to being careful of a wet blanket, Wirt, they are quite right. A wet blanket is a person (female in this case) who has a yen for pale green bathmats and who will finish the evening up by ordering a limburger sandwich and a glass of buttermilk. With best, regards, Wetfoot. 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. About the Other 86 Per Cent To the Editor: In an editorial of January 27, fear is expressed that an industrial change would be impossible be cause “American Nature is ad verse to live on only that which is essential.” College students are undoubtedly adverse to it, but those Americans who have the op portunity to be exposed to a col lege environment are decidedly in the minority. A vast number of citizens today are concerned entirely with es sentials. “Fine cars, palatial homes,” a college education, are a great way off, but the concern which is very near is for the neces sities. Under such a plan such as the Columbia Conserve Company util izes, “Civilization would be forced to discard luxuries!” Fourteen per cent of the United States citizens command incomes of over $2000 per annum. How many luxuries would the other 86 per cent, whose incomes range from $200 to $2000 a year, be able to discard ? "Morale would decay.” Is there anything more undermining to a workingman’s morale than the pos- ! sibility of losing his job, than the | expectation that his old age may be threadbare and broken, because j the bare necessities consume all ( possible income now? Nothing has such a devastating effect on mor- j ale as the present system, which sponsors selfishness, insincerity, and greed. After all the success of the com pany under discussion is that the owner-workers have command of their working conditions, and are rid of the haunting fear for the future. Sincerely, Margaret Muhr. CAMPUS ♦ ALENDAR OREGANA PICTURES Orchesis will meet this evening ! at 8 o’clock in Gerlinger hall to .have their group picture taken for the Oregana. House managers meet at 6 to night at the Pi Beta Phi house. Crossroads will meet tonight at the usual time and the usual place. Christian Science organization meets at 7:30 tonight in the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. Frosh Commission cabinet will meet at 4 o’clock today in the Y. W. C. A. Studio plays will be given at 4:13 this afternoon at Guild thea tre. No admission charged. Scabbard and Blade meeting at 4 o’clock today at the barracks. Very important for everyone to be International Relations club will meet at 7:30 tonight at Interna tional house. Dr. Warren D. Smith will lead discussion. Everyone in terested attend. Women’s debate squad will meet promptly at 7:30 tonight in room 2, Friendly hall. Alice Redetzke and Betty Jones will present the affirmative side. REHEARSALS FOR “THE SINGLE MAN’’ PROGRESS (Continued from Page One) into his chair before he is spring ing up on the stage again to show some character the proper method to trip on or off the stage. Such phrases as “take that scene over—play up to him a little fast er, Maggie—cross to the other side on that- all right now, ready for Act III,” etc., are purely mechani cal now. The cast isn't quite over the giggly stage yet, but it’s a good cast and there are two more weeks in which to prepare a good per formance. FINAL Apparel Clearance Dresses for all occasions drastically re duced for quick clearance. One Group Dresses $8,95 New Arrivals Sunday Night Frocks of Printed Crepe. New Spring' Hosiery. $1.00 to $1.95 GILMORE’S Willamette at Tenth How’s Your Racket ? (TENNIS) Prices Range From $3 to $10 Tennis courts are popular places dur inp these balmy days. It s time to yet out the old rtieket and brinp it down to the •’Co-op" for restrinpinp. We feature a fresh stock of the fa mous Armour put the kind that the champions use—at reasonable prices. All "Co-op" work is done by expert* ami is guaranteed to be satisfactory. the__ UNIVERSITY "CO-OP” “It is a good means of fitting college students to be leaders in war as well as in ordinary peace time affairs.” —Thornton Shaw. “Wonderful discipline, this mil itary. One learns to respect and obey the student officers without question.” —Rex Tussing. "Compulsory military education —it’s all right, I guess, but ‘mon key-suits’—never!" —Caroline Card. “It’s a great institution! W’hat would the co-eds do for a laugh if the six-foot freshmen didn't wear those ducky short uniforms that hit them above the ankles.” —E. J. Ballantyne. A Decade Ago Thursday, January 27, 1921 The new Music building will be ready, for occupancy this spring. * * * The state legislature will visit the campus Saturday. The new cut system installed last term has worked well, says heads of departments. * * * The Oregon basketeers again de feated Washington State, 33-16. * * # A letter was received at the registrar’s office this week con taining the news that the end of the world would come on January 28. Spring Clothes Newest Styles P1L D. GREEN STORE FOR MEN 957 Willamette FORMAL DANCE I Programs * * Invitations Personal Cards See the new Junior League size, ivory color dance bids. They are the newest tiling out—may be used with or without a crest. Valley Printing Co. BILL CRUIKSHANK '29 Phone 470 76 West Broadway A Cias range, eupboard and kitchen table > o c ALL IN ONE o.o it takes the iralking out of cooking 0 MORE circling from range to table to cupboard, ’ over and over again. 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