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The Emerald’8 Program for Oregon
THESE are the constructive developments which the Emerald
hopes to institute and help maintain at the University
of Oregon:
1. Advance educational ideals.
2. Promote intellectual achievements.
3. Reorganize the student government structure.
(a) Establish a student parliament in an advisory capacity.
(b) Establish a faculty legislative committee.
4. Advocate a well-balanced athletic program.
6. Promote minor sports.
6. Subordinate extra-curricular activities to academic attain
ments.
7. Maintain the Emerald on its present status as a rep resenta
tive college daily._
The American people cannot be too careful in
guarding the freedom of speech and of the press
against curtailment as to the discussion of public
affairs and the character and conduct of public
men. —Carl Schurs.
-- I
CHANGE OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT
CAREFUL scrutiny of the student government
articles now appearing on page one is all that
is necessary to make evident the desirability of
adopting the new plan which the Emerald advo
cates. Mr. Prescott’s untinted narration of facts
indicts Oregon's present system and endorses the
arrangement which this paper recently proposed
to replace it. His detailed accounts of the situation
at other educational institutions show how mani
festly the A. S. U. O. might be benefitted by a com
plete redisposition of executive and legislative
authority.
The cardinal features of the Emerald plan arc
a faculty legislative body and an advisory student
parliament with the latter holding enough check on
the former to maintain a reasonable balance of
power. To date Mr. Prescott has discussed four
schools whose systems are basically the same as
that which the Emerald advocates. He has quoted
facts anil figures to prove how much more success
ful than Oregon they have been in their manipu
lation of student affairs and finances. He shows
undeniably the advantages to bo gained by abolition
of our present setup and adoption of the Emerald
plan in its place.
Student fees arc lower at the institutions in
vestigated by Mr. Prescott than they are at Oregon.
This is a circumstance which wc all can appreciate
in these times. The articles also point to numerous
privileges and advantages which have been installed
through faculty legislation and student advice. They
are too numerous to repeat in these columns, but
one in particular stands forth in striking contrast
to what exists at Oregon.
The constitution of the University of Florida
forbids charging Florida students admission to any
athletic contest in which Florida teams participate
within tlie state. There is no need to relate how |
much money such a ruling would keep in the;
pockets of Oregon students. They would have
been admitted free to the U. C. L. A. and Wash
ington football games in Portland, to the Oregon
State encounter at Corvallis, and to all the Oregon-!
O. S. C. basketball conflicts staged on the latter’s
court this winter.
An inevitable conclusion must be gathered from
the Emerald's suggestion and the information pre
sented thereon. Oregon's present system of stu
dent government is successful in theory, but a fail
ure in fact. The day for executive boards on which
alumni and students predominate are past. The
trend towards faculty legislation and student sen-,
ates and parliaments, in the van of which have
marched America's greatest academies of learning. [
cannot be ignored. The greatest service we could
do for generations of future University of Oregon
students is to pass a constitutional amendment
changing our student government plan to conform
to the system now being inaugurated throughout
the nation.
This merits more than passing notice. II should
receive careful surveillance and serious considera
tion.
A PLANNED CAREER
' I "'HE. EMERALD if yesterday carried a story on
lu,w members of Mortar Hoard are selected
To quote, "Emphasis is placed nol on the spectacu
lar, or the number of times one's name appears in
the papers, but rather on the real value of the
work done, on tlie service one has given.”
Perhap tins short pais graph will make elear
i
to many puzzled women the reason their sisters
are chosen for this highest honor. Doing a few
things well and maintaining at the same time a
high standard of scholarship should be the goal of
every freshman or sophomore woman with her eyes
on Mortar Board.
Too often the girl who is a leader and competent
in many fields will allow herself to be loaded up
With more activities than she can possibly partici
pate in and get her studies at the same time. Acti
vities, some of them at least, flourish and grades
drop. Probation may follow with total abstinence
from extra-curricular work.
As the educated business man who reasons and
carefully rationalizes each important move suc
ceeds over the layman who relies on luck, or
hunches, so will the intelligent activity woman
who plans her career surpass her competitors and
be rewarded with an invitation to fall in line be
hind that impressive procession, Junior week-end.
DECLINE OF THE HOTCHA SPIRIT
AMERICAN universities have been frequently
criticized by foreign visitors because they do
not instill a curiosity concerning national and inter
national affairs. The typical American collegian is
represented as a coon skin coated individual, who
drives a high powered roadster, carries a flask of
gin, and knows all the road houses. The picture
has been grossly overpainted.
An interesting sidelight on this is offered by the
Christian Science Monitor, which comes to the de
fense of the modern university student:
“College and university students seem to be
‘burning more midnight oil’ in study and less
gasoline on pleasure drives. The rollicking, care
free type of student usually depicted in humorous
magazines and motion pictures no longer repre
sents, if he ever did, the undergraduate of 1933.
Evidence to this effect comes from school execu
tives, students’ employment bureaus, and from ex
pressions by student leaders.
“Noting a tendency toward more seriousness,
particularly among women students, a professor in
Smith college recently stated that ‘there is much
talk of politics, both, domestic and foreign; of the
several political parties and of the capitalistic
system. . . . There is no false pride shown by the
students who are feeling a financial stringency for
the first time. Very little is thought about what a
girl has and more about what she is.’
“Some reports Qf scholastic records also indi
cate more diligent application. A dean in Syracuse
university, for example, cited the fact that fewer
students had to be warned because of low grades in
1932. Such reports, of course, are not yet available
from a representative number of schools.
“More convincing is the evidence from meetings
such as that of the National Student Federation of
America in New Orleans during the Christmas re
cess. The program reflected interest not merely in
campus activities as such, but in national and in
ternational affairs. In fact, the students there
displayed mature judgment of delaying an expres
sion of opinion whether the full payment of war
debts should be sought by the United States. Their
decision to conduct a poll on the question and then
publish the students’ opinion allowed members time
to obtain more information and to vote more intel
ligently.
“One of the most significant changes of view
point on the campus relates to the evaluation of
academic degrees. Formerly, as the federation was
told by Mr. Edwin R. Morrow, assistant director of
I he Institute of International Education in New
York, a college education has been considered worth
so much in dollars and cents. Now, with less pros
pect of immediate employment after graduation,
students must think of their training in terms ol'
preparation for living, apart from monetary gains.
This change alone may account largely for the ap
parent determination of students to prepare to meet
new conditions, whatever the world may hold in
store for them."
GIVE AUTHORITY TO THE BOARD
'T'HE OREGONIAN suggested yesterday that the
legislature delegate virtually all authority in
higher education to the board. The sooner that
advice is followed, the better it will be for all Ore
gon’s educational institutions. Higher learning
must be kept as far from politics as possible.
One of education's staunchest backers, E. G.
Sammons of Portland, represented the board before
the legislature ways and means committee. A fear
less and conscientious citizen, Mr. Sammons
“Eddie" to thousands of fellow Portlanders has
been a valuable member of the state board. Few
people in the state have as true an appreciation
of higher education as Eddie Sammons.
It is far better to let him and his colleagues on
the board determine Higher education policies than
to throw the situation into the political whirlpools
of the legislature.
; On Other Campuses
Open-Mindedness
T IKK the poor, there ure present in every social
-I-v group a certain number of narrow-minded
and prejudiced individuals who pounce with a cer
tain degree of malicious joy upon every new idea
suggested. Often in government and social organi
zations they are the cause of the failure of some
needed reform of progressive thought.
Steadfast adherence to one’s principals anil con
victions is unquestionably one of the finest traits
of character to be found. On the other hand, open
mindedness tempered with toleration of other
peoples thoughts will go a long way towards aid
ing tlie progress and betterment of society.
On this campus we meet daily this ever present j
type of individual who scoffs at and condemns i
practically every new idea that comes to light.
Have you ever noticed his credentials?
If he is condemning some new and progressive
movement, tie usually admits before long that his
knowledge is limited because he didn't have time
to read the announcement carefully. If he is criti
cizing some debate or discussion which has taken
place, lie invariably reveals hi., absence at the time
>f the argument and his ignorance of what actually!
happened.
Assuredly there is nothing more desirable than
i controversy over and discussion of all progressive
neasures. We need individuals who firmly adhere
o llicit convictions. However, criticisms based,
tpon hearsay and sketchy accounts of what is sup
posed to have happened are not only dangerous,
sut also detrimental to the progress of society—
rattisc Daily Orange.
A Message to Garcia
This is one of a series of articles to zohiclt outstanding members of
Oregon's higher educational system are contributing. Another will be
published in the next issue of the Bmtfrald.
By D. M. ERB
(Professor of Economics*
rriHE retiring president of Har
1 vard university, Abbott Law
rence Lowell, in his final report to
the board of overseers included a
considerable discussion of what he
has come to regard as the most
valuable objectives in undergrad
uate college education. President
Lowell’s lifetime of study and ad
■ ministration in academic affairs,
as well as the dignity of his offi
cial connection, make his remarks
worth pondering. Many of them
are sufficiently generalized that
they are of significance even for
an institution as far removed from
Harvard geographically, scholas
tically, financially, and tradition
ally as is the University of Oregon.
The training of undergraduates
is regarded by President Lowell as
of primary importance. In one
way this is surprising, for Har
vard has two-thirds or more of its
enrollment in the graduate schools
of the arts and sciences and pro
fessions. But the point is made
that, “If the education of the un
dergraduates is not serious and
substantial all that follows is im
paired; for habits of indolence or
superficiality indulged in college
arc hard to overcome, and slow
down the march of students in pri
vate life and in the professional
schools.” It should be mentioned
in passing that no undergraduate
at Harvard is allowed to take any
professional work, the idea being
that specialization is sound only
I when built on a broad foundation
jof the basic arts, sciences, and hu
] inanities.
* si*
But what is the nature of the
"serious and substantial" curricu
lum which is approved, and where
i does it place its emphasis ? The
'nature and the emphasis are indi
jeated in the following list of ob
jectives;
1. less lutiuiuimi uujecuve.
2. A greater correlation of
knowledge.
3. A recognition of the principle
of self-education.
4. A stimulation of more vivid
intellectual interests.
Students in the University of
Oregon need to consider these ob
jectives. In past years it was the
custom to ask students in some
classes at the beginning of the au
tumn term why they were in col
lege, but the monotonous unanimi
ty of the answers soon caused the
custom to be discarded as a bore
to everyone concerned. If the stu
dents had any answer which they
were not embarrassed to give it
was, "To learn how to make a liv
ing," or, "To learn how to make
money,” or some variation on that
theme. Those of the faculty who
do much advisory work are famil
iar with the students, usually the
more serious and more intelligent
kind, who come into the office, an
nounce that they are dissatisfied
with their course, and doubt the
value of staying in school, and
who, after a little questioning, ad
mit that the trouble is that they
caft't see "any use" in a number
of subjects which they are taking,
meaning. f>f course, by “any use,"
any pecuniary or vocational ad
vantage to be derived.
Somew here, m some manner, ev
eryone from cradle to college has
failed to impress those students
noth the filet education means
oniethuig different than learning
a trade. At no time have they be
come excited at the prospect of
knowledge just for the sake of
knowledge, over the ambition to
become catholic in their interests,
over the glorious project of build
ing the mind rather than storing
it with specialized information,
over the enormous personal satis
faction to be derived from famil
iarity with a wide variety of fields.
Their scale of values does not in
clude an appreciation of the joy
to be derived from having in their
intellectual selves a companion
who is clear-headed, tolerant, ap
preciative of the widest possible
range of stimuli, self-reliant, and
pleasant to have aroimd. No one
has ever called their attention to
the fact that at least two-thirds of
their lives will be spent outside of
their bread-winning activities, and
that college is worth many times
its cost if it only gives the student
a basis for personal enrichment in
those hours away from the job.
* * *
Of course there is a joker in all
this. The student may well find
that a shift in emphasis in his edu
cational objectives, and that is all
that has been suggested, may actu
ally prove to be a direct cause of
his economic success. More and
more businesses and professions
are asking that their prospective
employees shall be intellectually
alert even at the expense of some
technical expertness, that they shall
be men and women who are men
tally pliable and versatife rather
than mechanically perfect robots.
But if that trend becomes more
decided and more universal it will
be merely a happy coincidence,
making possible the killing of two
birds with one stone. And it is
; suggested that in any event the
larger bird may be education in
the liberal sense rather vocational
. training.
Assault and
Battery iitchcoek j|
A friend of ours up at the Sign'.
Chi manse showed us a bill they
got up there the other day. Seems
it was misdirected and read Sigma
Pi instead of Chi. Opened it,
though, and inside it gave the;
date, etc. Chap had his letter
head all printed, too. Said: In
account with L. G. Helterline, vet
erinarian. 630 Lincoln St.
For Professional Services on Har
ry Schenk. $1.50. Guess that sub
stantiates the rumors we’ve heard
about the hoof and mouth disease
down at the SPT house.
* * *
Who are the campus burglars V
Well, after discussing the matter
thoroughly with Sterling (Sher
lock Holmes! Green and Johnny
(S. S. van Dinet Holopeter. who
met the boys and thought they
were guests of the house manager,
we make the following choices:
1. A mysterious man named
Harry Handball who has been
seen in Pocatello, Idaho, quite
frequently during the last few
days.
2. A man named Cokey Cola
who ihas been receiving letters
from the National City Tile &
Cement Works of Tuscaloosa, N
Y . entirely too often.
3 An unidentified uian of
indeterminate age who hao been
seen loitering about the Theta
house quite recently. (Maybe
we’re mistaken about this. This
man might be Royce Karl Rine
hart who is known to be seen
around there quite often and has
a cousin who lives in Upper Cedar
Flats, Minnesota.)
❖ H» *
A news note tells us that the
normal schools may be reduced in
the near future. Sort of a less
than normal idea, perhaps.
* * *
The junior class convenes to
see whether they will shine shoes
this year. This will undoubtedly
give such prominent juniors as
John Kendall, George Hibbard, and
Neal Bush their only opportunity
to shine.
* *
On the Police Blotter: Weldon
Ross looking quite dapper . . . .
Cynthia Liljeqvist smiling archly
.... Lee Nelson asking for the
whereabouts of the notorious Har
ry Handball .... Eva officiating
in the singing fest .... Ken Case
living the life of the idle rich.
promenade
I by carol hurlburt
By MONTGOMERY DICKENS
(Pinch-hitting for Carol Hurlburt)
AYR, Scotland, Jan. 27.— (Spe
cial).— Back in the rain
drenched hills of heather that flank
this little highland village a frail
Scotch lad was born 174 years ago
this week. His name was Robert
Burns. Slight of frame, he was a
weakling among his giant play
mates, but in him flamed the spirit
of William Wallace and Robert
Bruce. A great heritage was his.
He was of the same breed as the
men who drove the might of Brit
ain from Scotland. His ancestors
had stood off Oliver Cromwell, and
he possessed their courage and
tenacity, even though he lacked
their robust physiques.
Grown to greatness after a tur
bulent career, he one day penned
two lines that ring through the
centuries:
“Oh wad some power the giftie !
gie us
To see oursel’s as others see us!" |
Thought and speculation over
that pensive aphorism cannot but
paint a true mental picture of hu- I
inanity in its many and varied as
pects. The intellectual who is a
tower of brain-power to himself;
the athlete who cherishes an ex
aggerated opinion of his own
feats; the politician who imagines
himself a great statesman—what
would they do and say if they
could see themselves as others see !
them ?
What would Julius Caesar, on i
that far-off day in Rome, have done
if he could have seen his actions
and character in the light that
Brutus saw them ? Would Raleigh
have ventured his safety if he had
seen himself as his supposed
friends saw him ;■
History would have been
changed. The map of the world
would be different today if Rob
ert Burns' hope had been realized.
❖ * *
■ By "LEFTY" PLUTO WATER..
(Also rinch-hitting for Carol
Hurlburt)
/'’ATALINA, Jan. 27.—(Special 1,1
4 Well. Miss Carol, I visited a col
lege today. It was Univ. of South- ■
ern California, which is in Los An
geles. It was a quiet place and
the 1st thing I thot was whether
the girls at Oregon were as pret
ty as the girls hear. You now,
they call all the girl stoodents 1
hear co-eds I dent understand
what that means, but pres- Veeck 1
has promised to explane to me'
when he has the time.
We met pres. Von Kleinschmidt. ;
He is a swell guy, but I kinda
stepped away from him when he
axed me if I intended to go to the
institooshun. I was in a institoo
shun .onct when I was a kid, but
this is the 1st I ever herd of a
college pres, having one.
We also met a fellow named j
Howard Jones. He looked about.
as tuff as one of Cigar face Al’s j
men, but he was a fine fella. Hes
football coche and somebudy told
me his team didnt lose a game last
yeer. That sounds imbeleivabel,
but manger Grimm says its true.
One of the players—they call them
Troians—told me they playd Ore
gon, too, when I said I was in
trusted in Oregon. He said they
beat Oregon 33 to 0, but I don’t
see how anybudy could get that
many runs.
I axed him about that he sad
they was no runs in football, but
their was touchdowns. He said the
tuchdowns counted six runs each.
I axed’ him why this was, but he
sad he didnt now. It seems like
the Oregon boyz would only have
lost 6 to 0 if they had had runs.
Dear Carol:
We nominate for promenade:
Anyone you want. Ever try citro
carbonate and orange juice. That’s
fine for the flu.
The Sports Staff.
Questionnaire
L= By BARNEY CLARK
t’RIC W. ALLEN, dean of the
school of journalism, submits
the following questions as part of
the necessary equipment of any
well educated college student:
1. What American, holding high
political office, is best known for
saying, “What this country needs
is a good five cent cigar?”
2. Mary is 24 years old. She is
twice as old as Ann was when
Mary was as old as Ann is now.
How old is Ann?
3. Who jumped off the Brooklyn
bridge ?
4. What state is the longest
from east to west, from north to
south, and up and down?
5. What present British terri
tory got into the British empire
through conquering England, and
not through being conquered by
England ?
6. Who was born over two thou
sand years ago and hasn’t died
yet?
7. At one time the American
dollar was worth only 90 cents
in Mexico, while the Mexican
peso, wrorth 50 cents in that coun
try, was worth only 25 cents here.
A cowboy went into Mexico,
ordered a drink, tendered two
pesos ,at the bar and got an
American dollar in exchange. He
then crossed the line, bought a
drink on this side, tendered his
dollar in payment and got back
two pesos as change. He kept this
up until he ran into a herd of
pink elephants. Question in eco
nomics: Who paid for the drunk?
8. Parse this sentence: Teacher
said that that that that that boy
parsed was a pronoun.
The answers to these questions
will be found on page one of to
day’s issue.
Contemporary
Opinion . . .
Let the Board Do It
1Y|R. SAMMONS, chairman of the
finance committee of the state
board of higher education, tells
the legislative ways and means
committee that in the making of
further cuts below what the board
regards as bedrock in higher edu
cational expenditures, the legisla
ture should tell the board what
activities to eliminate. A better
way would be for the legislature to
give to the board full authority to
act. Such authority it now lacks.
Mr. Sammons pointed out, for
instance, that legislative action
would be required to close any of
the normal schools or consolidate!
them. The board, rather than the '
legislature, ought to have that dis
cretion. Throw into the legislature
such questions as that and they
will be decided on the basis of po-<
litical log-rolling rather than by
merit. The activities having the.
strongest and most terrifying lob-1
bies behind them will be retained
and the others will lose out. Such
questions need to be decided on the
basis of careful study and expert
knowledge of the whole higher ed
ucational subject. Decisions on
that basis the board is qualified
to make. The legislature is not.
We have, for instance, at this
moment the picture of Senator
Woodward. For weeks and months
he has been shouting publicly his
devotion to drastic economy up and
down and across—hew to the line
and let the chips fall where they
may. Now he is pleading for re
tention of the experiment stations
and extension work, at a cost of
>300,000. Without in the least con
lemning these activities, this news
paper will say that it thinks the
senator is merely yielding to strong
jroup political pressure. He has
-<een known to do that before
low. It is a sample of what hap
pens when the legislature takes
nto its own hands details of what
night to be expert administration,
■athcr than legislation
The mam point may be stated
A Decade Ago
From Daily Emerald
January 27, 1933
Lucky Penny?
Coach Rutherford of O. A. C.
buried a penny underneath the
south goal posts on Hayward field
before the annual homecoming
classic last fall, “Just for luck.”
Today Jack High, working with
some other frosh, found it and
was promptly offered $25 for it.
He declined.
* * *
Sunday’s edition looked as ;f
the head printer were suffering
from astigmatism. The columns
throughout the four pages slanted
and wobbled in alarming fashion.
* * *
These Surveyors
A survey conducted on the
campus last week showed that the
annual Junior Week-end is decid
edly unpopular among many stu
dents. The value of the “adver
tising” the University receives
from this event was branded as
being of a "reverse nature.”
* * *
Pat Morrissette, in his “Literary
Gossip” column, slams the movies
in his first paragraph and then
devotes the next three to review
ing current films.
# * *
Reins of Government
An Emerald reporter, browsing
through some ancient files in the
historian’s office today, unearthed
the little known fact that the
present student body government
was originally in the hands of the
Laureans and Eutaxians, the first
organizations ever formed on this
campus.
Washington
Bystander . .
i...- —
By KIRKE SIMPSON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26—
** (AP)—There must be some
thing about the senate which
makes it the favored place for
elderly men of long political
careers to round out their active
days. Age rarely withers nor
does custom easily stale a sena
tor.
Take former Senator Gillett of
Massachusetts. He was in his
eighties when he retired voluntar
ily, and seemingly as hale and
vigorous a man of his age as was
1 to be found. Some 40 years of
political life had not worn him
down physically. He was feared at
golf, drove his own car and all
that.
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Or there is Carter Glass of Vir
ginia, a power in the senate at 75,
as forceful in debate, as unfailing
in attendance as when he first
came up to sit in the house 30
years ago. He has been in the
thick of legislative frays for all
1 but a year or two of that time
I when he served as post-war treas
ury secretary.
! There is Senator Tom Walsh of
Montana at 74, hero of as grinding
a period of hard work in the oil
lease investigation days as any
legislator ever went through.
He is a frail looking man, but
always among those present. And
Walsh runs his own car still, step
ping on the gas in youthful fa
shion at times.
Or again, consider the case of
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah. To
ward the close of his seventieth
year he endured the first political
defeat on a 30-year-war of his own
to stay in the senate. He was
“lame ducked” out in the demo
cratic sweep, with his way of life
to reshape at that late date. And
he opened his seventy-first birth
day with a round of golf on a.
crisply cold morning in prepara
tion for the daily battle with the
diy* practical aspects of govern
ment that always have interested
him.
Consider Messrs. Borah, at 68,
and Hiram Johnson, at 67. Was
there ever a more fiery bit of de
bate than that they staged about
the war-debt incidents of the Hoo
ver-Laval conference? Time has
not teamed them perceptibly. The
senate seems to conserve the gin
ger of its members far beyond
the normal span of undiminished
activity among men.
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By contrast look at the age at
which presidents and former presi
dents have died, including Calvlti
Coolidge. A dozen of the 29 men
reached their three score and ten
oi beyond, John Adams' death at
90 being an astonishing contra
diction of the general rule.
ftince the war between the
-tates only three former presi
dents, Hayes, Cleveland and Taft,
have reached their seventies, and
all three died virtually at that
age.
again thus: The board of higher
education, in the fullest spirit of
co-operation for economy, has cut
its budget to bedrock within the
limitations of its powers. The leg
islature demands further and deep
cuts. The legislature, then, should
Jive the board the authority nec
essary to make the further cuts
expertly. We fancy the board, no
nore than the legislature, will wel
come the added responsibility.
Nevertheless the point is sound—
Morning Oregonian.