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ENCOUJtAUINO ritOUKESS
THE ABANDONMENT of freshman cap enforce
ment Is a significant forward step. It is one
that should have been taken years ago, but reac
tionary groups that adhered to antiquated tradi
tions never had the courage and progressiveness to
sanction it. To those who yesterday voted for
abplishment considerable praise is due. They showed
far more fortitude and tolerance than many of their
predecessors on this campus.
In refusing to recognize the ballots of the Skull
and Dagger members, Bill Bowerman also displayed
more leadership und courage than have been ex
pected of student body vice-presidents. It is in
deed indicative of campus thought and opinion that
the majority of those voting to abolish enforcement
were seniors. Those favoring the retention of the
meaningless tradition were sophomore members ol'
Skull and Daggers.
The seniors have had an opportunity to realize
the ridiculousness of freshman caps and similar
ancient customs. The sophomores are just emerg
ing themselves from the cocoon of paddling and
now experience a great impulse to wield the big
stick cm other sufferers. Perhaps they will change
their opinions after they read what Carlton Spen
cer said about paddling and bullies six years ago.
Freshman caps mean nothing, whether they are
worn or not, but the fact that they have been
abandoned after so many years of ineffectual con
troversy on the subject is encouraging. They have
no place in an institution of higher education and
it is good to realize that at least a considerable
number of Oregon’s students are aware of that fac!.
Although he doubtless will be the object of some
desultory shots of condemnation for not recogniz
ing the votes of Skull and Dagger, Bowermiui
merits praise rather than criticism for his stand.
The sophomore honorary was called upon merely to
turn in tnc names of offenders and its members
should not be permitted to turn aside the votes of
tile senior personnel of the traditions board.
The decision of the vice-president was a wise
one, and the fact that virtually all of Oregon's
foremost faculty members commend the abandon
ment of freshman cap enforcement is an unwritten
recommendation not to be disregarded.
But, regardless of any internal strife or political
dissention, the abandonment of freshman hats is
progress. Perhaps—
"The goal of yesterday will be tile starting
point of tomorrow."
DOLBLK 111 PKNAI.TIKS
TN ABOUT a month the professors will be tolling
us that Wednesday will be a holiday because it
is Washington's birthday and that a double penal
ty will be given for cuts on Tuesday or Thursday.
Students will be reminded that they must be good
little boys and girls and attend all classes on those
■days.
Tbi; is another example ot the paternalism ap
plied to college and university students on the vast
majority of campuses. It is a failure to extend
to students a measure of that responsibility they
will have to assume within a short time, when they
have been graduated.
Were thu responsibility tor attendance at cla^i.
extended to the students, it is not unlikely that
most of them would accept it in good faith. Those
few who would shirk the responsibility are those
who always take the maximum number of cuts
allowed, anyway.
For the students willing to accept the respon
sibility, removal of the double penalty would make
possible extending the vacation for some purpose'
that, while it is valid and may be based on sound
reasoning from the student's standpoint, would not
be acceptable to the professor. The students who
would cut just because they are not forced to be
back, probably wouldn't lose much anyway.
There is also among the student body the more
serious minded students who feel that they can
obtain more from a course by extensive reading
supplemented with lectures on the more difficult
sections. They have come to the conclusion, usu
ally after considerable careful and logical thought, j
spending the hour in reading is more productive1
than devoting it to listening to a lecture that, at
best, touches only the high spots.
It will be argued by many professors that should
the double penalty be removed, attendance for thy
one or two days before and after holidays would i
be materially reduced. As pointed out above, those
who would be missing would probably be the stu- 1
dents who sleep or day dream through lectures.
For once, the professor would have one of those
small classes they all tell about as being the idea.
A shifting of this responsibility for attendance
at classes from the professors to the students would
be a definite step in the line of the aim of prepar
ing young men and women for the positions they
will take in the world. Many of them will be in
positions where the responsibility for being "on
the boat” will be entirely theirs. Why not give
them this much now and thereby lighten the
amount that will be dumped on them some fine
June day within a few short years?
TWO MEMORIALS
ABOUT twenty-five miles apart on the peninsula
south of San Francisco bay stand two monu
ments to departed souls. One, Stanford university,
was conceived and built as a memorial to Leland
Stanford's son. The other is the "Mystery House”
of the late Sarah L. Winchester. Both institutions,
if the latter may be termed such, were erected by
grief-stricken individuals with plenty of money to
carry out any plan they might evolve.
The difference in these two memorials makes
one of the most interesting psychological compari
sons to be found anywhere.
Leland Stanford was a successful business man
who had made his money in the West. When he
lost his young son, Leland Jr., it seemed fitting
to him to endow a splendid university as a memorial
to a man that was of college age. Leland Sr. and
the entire Stanford family lavished time and money
on this university to make it an artistic as well as
an educational institution.
Sarah Winchester lost her husband, of Win
chester rifle fame, when she was about 45. She
moved to the West, bought a farm outside of San
Jose, and there settled herself to build a monu
; ment to her husband's name. With practically un
limited funds, she became unbalanced on the idea
; of adding rooms to her already pretentious estab
! lishment. She 3pent 36 years living alone in the
I monstrosity she planned. She kept building and
| importing materials until she finally passed away,
dieing a natural death.
Now the "Mystery House” stands empty, guards
and guides handle the crowds that come to see it,
and for a small fee show the curious public
through.
Fate, that v/as kind to Leland Stanford, played
tricks on Sarah Winchester and diverted her mil
lions into an architectural nightmare rather than
an endowment to education. Strange what a twist
of the mind will do.
Contemporary
=Opinion=
American Oridintiiiiii
DO YOU want to see football a game in which
everything is done to turn out the best pos
sible teams with the best chance to win, or do you
want to keep it a campus sport where the academic
spirit rules ? On the one horn of the dilemma were
the evils of professionalism; on the other was pro
fessorial anemia. The question of the ‘'remuner
ated" alumni coach versus the highly paid "outside”
coach was a case in point. On the one hand there
was a ‘‘college” team with “college” ideals; on the
other stood a football eleven trained to play football
to the nth degree of efficiency.
What has happened in the matter of football
sentiment regarding these questions? In the first
place, there was this great period of deflation, this
great flattening of public interest in the game. At
tendance fell off enormously. Even at the “big
games" there were stretches of empty seats. Re
ceipts dropped. The enormous football profits dis
appeared. All the normal phenomena of "bad times”
were apparent. A depression of this kind reduces
all extremes. To judge of tendencies, once clearly
marked, becomes more difficult.
Nevertheless, we should say that the “will to
win,” the desire io learn and play the game at the
very top of its excellence, has become more deeply
rooted in the players themselves. Surveys have
shown that they were not universally the sullen
victims being \\ nipped through the drudgery of
practice; and, where they were, they still demanded
I to be taught the best brand of football.
This lias resulted in the spread of the Notre
: Dame idea. With the death of Rockne. Notre Dame
i football has flowered more brilliantly from the
coaching bench than from the field of play. And
with the general absorbing of the idea much of its
roughness has been worn away.
On the other hand, we find the collegiate influ
ence creeping up on the game under the shelter of
the "House Plan." The introduction of this Eng
; lish scheme at Harvard, at Yale, and at Exeter
show which way things are going to go in the East.
And college athletics will have to conform to the
new educational skeleton. At Yale a partially sup
pressed and garbled announcement of the Adee re
port seems to promise all sorts of dangerously
academic experiments. At Princeton, however, a
new coach and excellent material seem to promise
tlint one. at least, of the old "Big Three" will have
a season more robust than the last.--New York
Evening Foot.
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By GEORGE GODFREY
(Associate in Information)
/OPINIONS differ on college and
university news in newspa
pers. Editors will be found who
consider educational news of little
value, while educators often make
the claim that they are not inter
ested in having their achievements
included in the press.
The claim is often made that
newspapers are interested only in
college or university news when it
is "sensational," scandal, accounts
of so-called "collegiate parties and
the like. On the other hand, many
editors hold that no college news
as it comes to them is "propagan
da,” although their definitions of
just what this propaganda” is are
usually vague and indefinite.
* * *
Much of the guess work in the
distribution and use of college and
university news was removed re
cently when results of a survey
made by A. C. Marts, president of
the firm of Marts and Luncy, Inc.,
of New York, were made known.
Under the direction of Mr. Marts,
100 dailies from leading American
cities were surveyed for "a period
of one month. Readers went
through every one of the 3,000 is
sues and clipped every item that
referred in any way to higher edu
cational institutions.
Some of the results were almost
astounding. The 3,000 issues act
ually contained 35,341 stories,
which made 0,709 yards of news.
This actually amounted to three
per cent of the total space devoted
to reading material.
Of the 3,000 issues studied, not
a single issue contained less than
two college items! In one Sunday
issue of the New York Herald
Tribune 124 articles were found,
while one issue of the New York
Times contained 76 items. In the
Boston Transcript, college news
amounted to seven and one-half
per cent for the month.
The month selected, by the way,
was May, which automatically
i eliminated the mass of material
printed in the fall on football, and
the graduating lists printed in
June. The month can be regarded
as a typical month for college ac
tivities.
First of all. this survey should
set at rest the claims of editors
i that educational news is not of
some worth. A few editors might
be cajoled into printing college
news simply to please some insti
tutions or its press agents, but
certainly the great mass of news
paper workers cannot be so taken
in. The figures also blast the
i claims of the educators who hold
that the papers print nothing but
"scandal." Actually, the scandal
items, auto accidents, college boot
legging and the like amounted to
but 2.40 per cent of all the col
lege news published, or but two
and one-half Items out of each 100.
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Athletics led the field, as is to
be expected, with a total of 39 per
cent of all college news published.
Next came news pictures with
24.20 per cent, rather surprising
to many. General news, including
student self-help stories, amounted
til 11.75 per cent. Scholastic hon
ors and awards, honorary degrees
and similar types of stories were
given 5 40 per cent, while news of
the alumni, with 4.75 per cent.
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tioirSi research papers and addreoo
es by faculty members were ac
corded 2,75 per cent, while social
activities with 2.60 per cent even
exceeded the “scandal.” Obituary
news, fraternity life, musical
events and financial campaigns
and gifts claim the balance.
* si: *
These figures need little com
ment to bring out their real sig
nificance. They indicate that news
papers are interested in what col
lege people are doing, just as they
are interested in other fields of
human endeavor. Apparently s h
human endeavor. Apparently
there is less interest in scandal on
and near the campus than there
is in such happenings in ordinary
communities, for certainly the to
tal of this type of news in the av
erage paper reaches more than the
college ratio of less than three per
cent.
A study of the figures would in
dicate that most of the publicity
which the colleges are getting in
the newspapers results from just
plain hard and intelligent work in
digging up news which is of value.
Only a few “smart” publicity
tricks were detected, and these
usually centered on things of lit
tle consequence.
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The study proves one thing, that
newspapers throughout the coun
try consider the colleges and uni
versities good news sources, but
that material coming from them
must pass the tests given every
news story how much interest
docs it hold for the public ? The
j wise editor need give no extra
thought to college and university
news -just handle it along with
the “run of the mill.” If the insti
j tutions break into the newspapers
j frequently, it will be because they
are doing things that make news.
If college and university staff
members complain that their in
stitutions are neglected, let them
be told to get busy and do some
thing that will make news and
their troubles on this source will be
over.
Assault and
Battery
Got to thinking over the politi
cal situation the other day. De
! cided that we ought to do some
thing about it. Columbus did. Abe
Lincoln and Bob Hall did.
Well, here’s the platform we ad
■ vocate. We'll stand back of it, do
or die:
1. A kick in the slats
For Technocrats.
2. Curds and whey
For Waiter Gray.
3. A move to have Swayze
Declared crazy.
We think that's a pretty good
platform.
The story has been going the
rounds concerning a certain foot
ball star who asked someone else
to do a bit of literary work for him
in one of his classes. Got to class
with the manuscript, though, and
handed it to the chap sitting ne.v
to him to read. The other chap,
a basketball player nearly fell off
his scat. Seems it was the same
paper he had just handed in. Didn't
know where he got it, either.
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We cant refrain trom informing
our eager public that Bob James
and Sigrid Christ found at last that
they couldn't get along without
each other—hence, the bonds of
holy matrimony. The nuptial bles
sings were lowered on the happy
couple by the Rev. S. Earl Child
ers at about noon yesterday. On
the whole a whirlwind courtship.
Cigar, Bob?
* * *
No military ball this year. Guess
that means that most of the cam
pus blades will have to retired in
to their scabbards again.
* * *
We see one of our law profs, a
chap named Howard, was named
on the contract laws committee.
Did you say one spade or three dia
monds ?
* * *
Ichthyological thought:
The oyster is a gentle fish;
He will obey your slightest wish.
* * *
Ralph Hill says he's out of ath
letics for good. Perhaps he does
not choose to run.
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ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:
Bill Morgan hinting of profession
al football -"Love-bubbles” Rob
ertson strolling--Rusty Woodward
meeting people—Hank Simons de
vouring one hot dog—Black-Jack
McKelligon standing on the curb -
Donald Eva.
promenade
by carol hurlburt
....
Take a gorgeous velvet evening
gown and drape it over a clothes
hanger. What do you have ?
Nothing more or less than a glori
fied scare-crow.
It is the figure beneath the
gown, the face above, that lend it
life and form, distinction, and
charm.
A short time ago I was talking
with a clever young girl, a Uni
versity graduate, who gives faci
als. "Most college students have
beautiful complexions,” I com
mented, thinking, of course, of the
gender feminine.
“No,” she answered, "they
don't. They have only youth on
their side and most of them take
little or no care of their skin.”
*■ * *
That remark gave me about the
biggest shock of my life, for after
a woman reaches the age of 30 it
is usually possible to tell her age
by her skin. (All same horse, but
with a horse you peer at the
teeth i. One extraordinarily beau
tiful woman I know, who is in her
late forties, appears to be about
twenty-six until you look at her
throat. It's wrinkled ..... and
that’s the danger sign.
* *
The skin of one person differs
from that of another in texture
and quality. Yet skin, on the
whole, can be divided into three
categories. There is the normal
ly healthy skin, the oily skin, and
the dry skin.
The most important item in ob
taining that “skin you love to
touch” is to start working from
! within rather than from without,
i Drink lots of water, gallons of it,
in fact, and mirk. Other kinds of
| drinking are bad. Hard on the
system. Cut down on cokes and
cofee. Eat simple meals that in
! elude greens and vegetables. Get
plenty of exercise.
aft £ £
The second item is to attain a
scrupulous cleanliness. You should
be almost a fanatic on this point,
and being clean doe^n t mean just
[ taking a bath cnee a day; ao my
so kind assistants, the sports'
staff and Mr. Neuberger, pointed j
out, there are baths and baths.
* * *
If you use soap and water on
your face, (and nothing makes
you feel more gloriously clean), be
sure and use a cleansing cream
also .... that is, if your skim
is one of the normally healthy
kind. Soap cuts the oil in your!
pores, and when you have used j
that oil up, there just isn’t any j
more. After using a cleansing j
cream, which melts into the pores!
bringing up the last vestiges of)
grime, use a skin lotion which
seeks out and removes the cfeam.
Apply a good emollient at night,
to keep your skin supple and lub
ricated.
* * *
If your skin is oily, soap should
be your first resort. Pat an
astringent on briskly at night,;
thus stimulating the circulation
and closing the pores. If you use 1
a liquid powder base, you are
much less likely to retain the
shiny glare of a new ford.
* * *
The dry skin is the first to
wrinkle and should be watched
with especial care. Your cleans
ing cream should have an oil base
and should be gently massaged
into the pores with the tips of
the fingers (and in massaging,
remember to jvork up and out
with a rotary motion). Be as
assiduous in the care of your
throat and the back of your neck
as you are in the treatment of
your face. Use a skin tonic
rather than an astringent to finish
witl; .... most astringents con
tain a high percentage of alcohol;
and then be sure to use a nourish
ing cream every night.
* * i
The important thing to remem
ber in purchasing cleansing cream
is that it should melt when ap
plied. If a faint white film is left
it shows that the cream contains
fat. Fats and oils don’t mix, and,
consequently, a cream containing
fat won’t be of much value.
* * *
“ ‘My face is my fortune, sir,’
she said.”
* * *
We select for Promenade: Miss
Brownell Frazier, because she is
decidedly chic and smart in a
frock of brown and white checked
wool, worn with mesh hose and
brown gillies.
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Footnotes
By THE COMMENTATOR
TVTICE field for economic research:
' How good will College Side
business be after the Technocrats
start paying the chronic customers
in “energy certificates" ?
t ^
It must be disillusioning for an
editor who attends the press con
ference to go home and find out
how well the sheet has been get
ting along without him.
Ss * *
Since reading Babe Didrickson's
newspaper confessions, I begin to
understand why our fair physical
ed majors seldom get honors in
English.
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The post office ruling that the
Emerald could not be a “daily”
with less than five issues a week
makes me wonder why the Inter
state Commerce commission does
n't do something about such en
tries in railway time tables as:
“Train 17, Daily except Sunday,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.”
The Young Democrats closed a
session on the sales tax with an
hour of good, hard checkers. Won
der if they have a cracker barrel
and a pot-bellied stove in their
club room ?
* :js ;(s
The Emerald staff will continue
to put out a Saturday paper. So j
campus social life will go on being
a bit stodgy on Friday evenings, j
* * *
I
The progress of social insurance
makes us unemployed collegians
hopeful that we can some day pay j
our registration fees with old-age
pensions.
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Social trend: Kimmell, the Theta
Chi police dog, high-hatting an ex
pledge.
Emerald
Of the Air
Bruce Hamby. Emerald sports
editor, will give his weekly sports
talk at 12:15 today.
This evening at 7:15 Dr. Warren :
D. Smith will present his second j
anti final 15-minute address in op
position to Philippine independence
at this time.
Florendo Mangavil. University;
student and a native of the Philip
pine islands, will espouse the op
posite side of the question at a
date to be announced this evening.
CLASSIFIED
LOST
LOST Silver muskrat coat,
trimmed in dark muskrat. Re
turn to Emerald business office.
LOST—Pair Ful-Vue glasses, sil
ver rim? in dark blue eaae. Re
ward. Phone 1157-J.
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either the signature or initials of the
writer, the former being preferred, tic
cause of space limitations. the editor j
reserves the right to withhold such
communications as he sees fit. All let
ters should be concise and to the point.
The editor of the Emerald solicits opin
ions and constructive criticism from
the members of the student body.
About the R. O. T. C.
To the Editor of the Emerald:
Sir: It is a fact singularly to be
deplored that the student body of
the University of Oregon, sup
posedly a select group in the light
of Intelligence, and certainly so in
the light of learning, should be
come so irritated by the statement
of Professor Einstein concerning
war. It is perplexing, and to this
writer a disillusionment as to the
intelligence of our student body,
that there are some who call in
question the uses, merits, and ad
vantages of the maintenance of
the R. O. T. C. on this campus,
with implied doubt of its value
upon any campus.
At this point, before advancing
my defense of the R. O. T. C., be
fore naming that advantage which
is to be so obvious that I sincere
ly believe it could be seen by an
imbecile, and certainly should be
seen easily by all students of our
campus—I wish to state that I am
utterly devoid of prejudice for the
R. O. T. C., and that I am not
moved by anything other than hon
esty and careful consideration of
the matter, to defend it, none of w
my ancestors ever having been in i
the R. O. T. C., none of my living
relatives being, and none of my
descendants going to be.
I now, most humbly and with
freedom from any mannei of bias,
advance this single reason which
must disperse doubts from the
minds of my fellow students of the
service of the R. O. T. C.:
Authorities in the field of crim
inology agree that there are to be
found inherent and innate in the
nature of a certain few (praise
heaven!) individuals born into the
world, peculiar traits which destine
these unfortunate individuals to
become criminals. Our penitentiar
ies are filled with men who are
become thieves and murderers be
cause of this inborn, inherent na
ture. Yet sociologists and crimin
ologists have advanced another
theory, that, by guidance, to some
extent, these people destined to
become criminals, to go about
snatching purses and slitting
throats,—may be coerced to de- t
viate from their -pre-ordained ca- >
reer.
I have, I believe, expounded suf
ficiently upon this subject to en
able those doubters to perceive
the service rendered by the R. O.
T. C.: that it provides a most sat
isfactory outlet for the natural
energies of, and a most appropriate
substitute in the way of occupa
tion for, those unfortunate indi
viduals who otherwise most cer
tainly and inevitably must become
not only a severe burden, but a
dreadful menace likewise, to so
ciety.
I anticipate the reaction to this
treatment, by those who feel that
they are not possessed of inborn
criminal inclination, that therefore
it is useless to subject them to mil
itary training; in reply to which,
I can but make the apparent an
swer: it is necessary for this train
ing to be undergone in order to
determine who possesses and who
does not possess, these traits: since
those who do not possess them,
will leave the training as soon as V
possible; whereas others will be
appealed to by this substitute for
their natural inclination, and will
continue.
—R. B. E.
A Decade Ago
From Daily Emerald
January 30, 1933
3 x $38 Equals $114
It is predicted that the Univer
sity will become a “rich man's
school” and enrollment be cut one
half, if tuition bills which would
provide annual tuition fees of $100
for resident students, and a much
higher sum for non-residents,
should pass.
$ $ #
An absolutely no-date masquer
ade dance will be held Friday eve
ning from 8 to 12 by the senior
class. ^
» * * *
Art Home .Stuecole.ss
Ihe new art building will proh
ahl> be ready for occupation with
in two weeks. The stucco will not
be put on the outside of the build
ing until spring, however, because
the present frosts would crack it
badly.
V * *
A card catalog of Emerald sto
ries has been installed by the ex
ecutive committee of the'historian
staff of the University.
* * *
Pressing Promise
If Oregon beats Idaho Saturday
night, the Economy C leaners will
press one suit FREE for everv
Oregon man who plays.
* * *
A visitor on the campus was
Esther Snyker, understudy for the
prima donna soprano of the Amer
ican Light Opera company, which Y
13 PIa>“S '-lie Heilig in t he Mi
hade.”