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Oxen As Well As Pioneers
TF there is anything that the student poll of last week definitely
indicated, it is that the students of Oregon DON’T want to
be called Trappers, Pioneers, Lumberjacks, or Yellow Jackets.
They may not be enthusiastic supporters of the traditional Web
foots, and they may want a change—although the vote doesn't
even show this—but it is a certainty that the names listed on
the ballots in opposition to Webfoots are not wanted.
Down-town sports writers please take notice. Pioneers is
not, nor has it ever been, the name for Oregon’s athletic teams.
If only 47 out of the 2500 Oregon students are in favor of the
name now, it is extremely unlikely that. Pioneers will EVER
supplant Webfoots. That the much publicized Pioneers should
take second place to the comparatively new and unknown Trap
pers in the campus poll should be convincing enough evidence
to its most rabid supporter that it is unwanted.
A letter to the editor printed in yesterday’s Emerald shows
what foolishness we have been indulging in by poking good
humored fun at the names chosen to form the opposition to the
present name. He suggests the name Oxen as a better name
than all the others. In support he says of it: “It is short and
therefore fits into headlines. It is in harmony with those olden
days when Pioneers and Trappers trekked across the Old Oregon
Trail in covered wagons. It is a popular name and denotes
something tough. It is alliterative!”
Obviously we do not want to be called Oxen. Quite as ob
viously we object to Pioneers. Sports writers, don't try to force
it down our throats—we will have none of it!
The Boloff Case Reviewed
gEN BOLOFF, moronic ditch digger and self-confessed Com
munist, has asked that he be released from the county jail.
He has served fourteen and a half months.
He was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary on
a charge of violating the criminal syndicalism act. The con
viction was upheld by the state supreme court last October. A
petition for rehearing of his case was denied by the same court
a week ago, and a second petition for rehearing is now pending.
Boloff accuses the Multnomah county prison doctor of refus
ing to give him medical attention or aid, and presents the evi
dence of a private physician that his condition is dangerous.
The Russian ditch digger was arrested and convicted for be
ing a member of the Communist party. On August 29, 1930,
he attended a meeting of the Portland unit of the party at
which plans were laid to protect speakers at a Labor Day pro
gram from police interference.
In his pocket Boloff had a membership card showing dues
paid in full since January, 1924. Also, there was a booklet of
“Extracts from the Statutes of the Communist Party of the U.
S. A.” Both were in English. Boloff cannot read English.
In court he admitted his membership in the party. M. It.
Bacon and W. B. O’Dale, employees of the Portland police de
partment and both members of the Communist party, testified
to the nature and doctrines of the party.
His conviction is clearly justified under existing laws. But
the severity of the sentence, in view of the fact that other and
more flagrant violators of the same law were released after
Boloff’s trial, is certainly not an example of “equality and justice
for all.”
Now, because of his persistence in seeking a square deal, he
has been given a “third degree” more insidious than any which
the Wickersham commission condemned in its report several
months ago.
With a Limerick—
There was a young fellow in Lure
Whose grades were awfully poor.
He said, "I’ll sure pass
If 1 get in this class,
Thus extending my scholastic tour.”
,'^^^TTH such a limerick Dean John J. Landsbury keenly ex
pressed the attitude of more than a few of those registered
in his two music courses, “The Lure of Music” and “Apprecia
tion of Music Through Understanding.”
With equal keenness and even more subtle insight Dean
Landsbury is. already getting the students in these classes to
thrill, in spite of themselves, to good music. The dean has a
way of eliciting from his listeners spontaneous interest and
eagerness which, despite previous thoughts entertained about
pipe courses, they cannot or do not hold back.
In tiie two class periods in which selections of music have
been played as part of the class exposition, the response of the
student has proven already to one observer’s satisfaction at any
rate that the enrollment in these classes should be at least double
the 250 now registered.
Students supposedly no more interested m the music building
than in a boiler factory, save that attendance there will give
two hours of credit; students affectedly unemotional, untouchable
by the beauties of music and art, sophistically self-sufficient,
unconsciously tapped their feet in time to the rythm, hummed
quietly oh, so quietly! -with the tune, smiled with satisfaction
when they recognized a melody.
These ■ students ’arc ‘ discovering t hat they .'do like'*music and ‘
every now and then one makes a .lip and admits it.
The Safety Valve
An Outlet for Campus Steam
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COLLEGE POST-MORTEM
To the Editor:
Post-examination reactions of a
great number of undergraduate i
students are in terms of “Did you
make your grades?” Will you ex
cuse the post-examination reac
tions of a graduate student who
is now getting a slight peek at
the other side of the fence the
teaching. Having experienced four
years of college work graded as
high, and having realized after fin
ishing that work that there is
really nothing to point to as hav
ing been gained from those classes
I have been extremely interested
in an explanation for myself as to
the probable WHY. These are
some of my personal explanations
of why I received nothing from
my education as an undergraduate.
You are under no obligations to
accept my explanation.
The faculty at the University of!
Oregon doesn't know what its
aims are in teaching. I sincerely
doubt if there is a single depart
ment on this campus which has
set forth a coordinated list of the
objectives of that department in
terms of the attitudes, skills, or
knowledge units it is trying to put
across to the students. Moreover,
I question whether there are a
very great many professors who
have set forth for their own use
the specific objectives of any or
each of the courses they personally
are handling. Certainly this is
probably the largest factor in the
explanation of why I didn’t get a
sizable value from my work under
them. Personally I cannot imag
ine so many men and women pre
tending to be professional experts
and not having for their work a
definite idea of what they are try
ing to do. This condition does
have one value, however. It ex
plains why so many of the courses
I took were almost complete du
plications of other courses. It has
some disadvantages too. I am sure
that if the people of Oregon knew
I the waste of money resulting from
it they would be up in arms and
cut what income is left. Three
thousand students are spending
their time each year wasting val
uable years. The student who
comes to after graduation rather
loses respect for old alma mammy. 1
If I were clever I am sure I could
list some more objections to the
status quo.
Another factor which tends to
explain to my personal satisfac
tion why I received so little from
my university days is the fact that
the men who were supposed to be
teaching me were not tested them
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selves to determine to what extent
they were putting their stuff
across. They do teach something
- that is attempt to, although they
don't have specific ideas as to
what the total content of their
courses is aimed at. But my, how
poorly some of them do it. In the
cruel world of reality outside a
university a man is rated accord
ing to his ability to produce. Per
sonally I can see nothing so sacred
about a university but that the
same standard should be applied
here. Of course this necessitates
a set of definite objectives for each i
course and an accurate testing of
the extent to which the pupils of
this professor and that professor
attain to those aims. I cannot
help but believe that Some of the I
specimens I suffered under would
be looking for jobs in some other
lines if such a system of examina
tion of teachers were inaugurated.
I could not close this without
acknowledging a personal recogni
tion of a group of faculty men
who are anxiously trying to in
crease the effectiveness of their
teaching. They are sincere men
who do not look upon a professor
ship as a semi-active retirement
to be indulged as soon as the doc
torate degree is obtained. They
are anxious and willing to be
tested as to the values they are
putting across .Trouble with me,
I guess, was that I Wasn’t able to
find enough of them in my under
graduate days to make those days
appear now as worthwhile. For
the present condition I can only
say god speed the day when these
few will be the only ones left at
the beginning of the new term to
say to their fellow professors,
“Did you make your grades?”
Whether you believe all this or not
I have the personal satisfaction of
thinking I have found the reason
why I obtained so little from my
college career.
A GRADUATE STUDENT
CAMPUS ♦ ♦
ALENDAR
Congress club will hold its sec
ond annual Bunkum banquet over
College Side Inn at 7:30 this eve
ning. This program displaces the
previously announced discussion in
Ihe change of program effected
by the committee. All members
are especially requested to attend.
All those interested in chess or
in forming a chess club will meet
at the Y. M. C. A. at 7:30 Thurs
day evening.
I’i Sigma will meet Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock in the women's
lounge at Gerlinger hall.
Amphibian meeting tonight at
7:30. Group pictures for the Ore
gana will be taken at 8. Please
be there promptly.
House managers will have their
pictures taken today for the Ore
gana in front of Condon at 12:10.
Master Dance group will meet at
7:30 o'clock this evening in order
to have a picture taken. Each
member is requested to bring a
dime. Carol Hollingsworth will be
in charge.
Thespians will meet at 7 o’clock
tonight in Gerlinger lounge.
V. \V. C. A. Cabinet meets to
night at 7:30.
I’i Sigma meets at 8 tonight in
the women's lounge of Gerlinger.
llermian club meets at 12:40 to
day at east end of Condon hall for
Oreguna picture.
Westminster men will meet to
night at 0 at Westminster house.
Westminster Guild will meet to
night at 9 o'clock.
German club will hold an impor
tant meeting at 7:30 tonight at
Westminster house. All members
are requested to be present.
Drama group of Philomelete will
meet tonight at the Art building
at 9 o'clock.
Carl L. Schrader, state superin
tendent of physical education in
Massachusetts, has asked that ev
ery college have a "sport doctor,"
whose business it would be to pre
vent physically unfit students
from playing in athletic games.
The British colonial office has
risen in defense of polygamy in its 1
African colonies on the grounds
tliatithe:natives are-liappicr,when
allowed to 'follow'their own cus
tom--.
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OREGON ♦
GRIPE
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Whoop-deh-doo. We’re gonna get
sued. Ol’ Walt Norblad, whom we
mentioned yestidday has drug
down the old family fowling piece
and is hot on our trail. Sometimes
we're thankful they don’t put our
name in the mast head. Oh, ya
darn betcha.
AS THE PRISON UNDERTAK
ER SAID ENTERING THE GAL
LOWS ROOM TO DO EUSINESS,
“HE COULDN’T TAKE A
CHOKE.”
ALL THE NEWS THAT’S UN
FIT TO PRINT . . . our beefy hoop
squad, what never wears warm-up
pants . . . the nertsy pyjams the
Vandals sport . . . Houghton played
a stellar game ’twixt halves . . .
Jim "Varsity” Brooke, our ablest
muck-raker . . . Bruce Hamby was
seen to smile . . . “Speed” Pulido,
reffing a good game . . . “Good,
they've got to be good.” . . . Bill
“Honey-bunny-boo” Bartle, coyly
pleading for a little less pub . . .
Bill Duniway looks nice in the new
french phone recently installed on
the copy desk . . . “Life's Phoney
That Way.” . . . Gawge Root just
turned highbrow on his pals . . .
his pome in “Ducdame” called
SUNSHINE ABOUT THE OF
“Barter” . . . Pancake or Waffle
Barter, George? . . . Nice weather
we’re having for this time of year
. . . we got spring fever out of
season.
NO’, A’NNIE, “DUCDAME
DOESN’T MEAN AN OREGON
CO-ED.
And, speaking of the new liter
ary blight, there seems to be rum
blings in the east as to how the
word is pronounced. It is not:
1. Duck Dame.
2. Duke Dam.
3. Duke Dahm.
4. Duke Dame.
As near as we can get it, you
pronounce it sump’n like “Duck
Dummy,” very loudly, with a lotta
emphasis on the last syllable. You
get the best effect by
1. Coughing as you say it.
2. Holding marble, pea, or glass
eye in mouth as you say it.
3. Don’t say it. Write it out.
THELMA “POLLYANNA” NEL
SON, THE LITTLE RAY OF
FICE, CELEERATES A BIRTH
DAY TOMORROW. WHICH RE
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BOOKS OF THE DAY
EDITED BY ROY SHEEDY
THE MAID OF FRANCE
“Sword of God: Jeanne d’Arc.” By
Guy Eudore. Farrar and Rine
hart.
By ALTINE ROGERS
Mr. Eudore’s book, the latest
contribution to the already vast
and rapidly growing store of lit
erature on the life and personality
of Jeanne d’Arc, will disappoint
many in that it takes no definite
stand on the subject of the maid.
Was she an inspired saint, or a
shrewd business woman ? A gen
ius, or merely a tool? Mr. Eudore
makes no attempt to settle the
question. He is content merely to
retell the story of her life as it can
be . gathered from documented
sources, notably the archives of
the Great Trial at Rouen, and he
includes the voices, the prophesies,
and the miraculous aspect in gen
eral as merely a part of the whole.
Unusually interesting is the sec
ond part of the book, which the
author has called “The Discussion."
In it he takes up the various leg
ends that arose shortly after the
death of Jeanne, such as the tale
that she had not been burned, but
released on her promise to cease
warring against the English. He
relates also the stories of the va
rious imposters — among them
Jeanne's sister — who later ap
peared, claiming to be the maid,
one of them, at least, succeeding
remarkably in deceiving numerous
people, including Jeanne's own
brothers, for a time.
Although annoying to some be
cause of its lack of novelty or def
initeness, “Sword of God” should “7
prove very interesting to those who
admire the Maid of Orleans—and
they are legion.
All books reviewed in this col
umn can be rented at the High Hat
library of the University Co-op.
MINDS US OF IRWIN'S RE
MARK THAT THE TEN BEST
YEARS OF A WOMAN’S LIFE
ARE BETWEEN 28 AND 30.
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An this report about the Infirm
ary entertaining the Phi Delts just
about cops the mocha. Here are
some heads we expect to see in fu
ture Emeralds:
“Paralytic Throws Dance in Hos
pital.”
“Police Raid Wild Infirmary De
bauch.”
“Prohis Caution Invalids and
Guests.
“Sanitarium Girl Makes Debut
Tonite.”
And so on, and on and on.
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AND ANNIE POLISHES OFF
THE DAY'S RAMIFICATIONS
WITH THE INDIANA SONG,
“HOOSIER LITTLE WHOOSIT?”
President Juan E. .Montero of
Chile is planning, if his official du
ties will allow him to take the
time, to resume his professorship
at the University of Chile. Pie
likes teaching so well he can’t leave
it alone.
Sir James Jeans believes that
while time had a beginning in the
past, it will now be everlasting.
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sephus Universitas (Joe College), thrust
ing his classic chin against her heaving
bosom.
“Because,” replied Winona, “you will not
be annoyed on the campus by his sloppy
clothes any longer. He has promised that,
if spared, he will change and buy his
clothes from Eugene merchants who ad
vertise in the Emerald.”
Good clothing may be
purchased from:
De Neffe’s
Paul D. Green
Eric Merrell
McMorran & Washburne
Wade Bros.
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