Oregon daily emerald., April 05, 1933, Page 2, Image 2

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the University of OreKon. Eugene, issued dally except Sunday
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$2.50 a year.
“ . . . . There is always the human temptation to |
forget that the erection of buildings, the formulation of
new Curricula, the expansion of departments, the crea
tion of new functions, and similar routine duties of
the administration are but means to an end. There is
always a glowing sense of satisfaction in the natural
impulse for expansion. This frequently leads to regard
ing achievements as ends in themselves, whereas the
truth is that these various appearances of growth nnd
achievement cun be justified only in so far as they
make substantial contribution to the ultimate objec
tives of education .... providing adequate spiritual
and intellectual training for youth of today—the citi
zenship ol tomorrow. . . .
“ . . . . The University should be a place where
classroom experiences and faculty contacts should stimu
late and train youth for the most effective use of all
the resources with which nature has endowed them. Dif
ficult and challenging problems, typical of the life
and world in which they are to live, must he given
them to solve. They must be taught under the expert
supervision of instructors to approach the solution of
these problems in a workmanlike way, with a dis
ciplined intellect, with a reasonable command of the
techniques that rre involved, witU a high sense of in
tellectual adventure, nnd with a gmiuine devotion to the
ideals of intellectual integrity. . . —From the Biennial
Report of the University of Oregon for 1931-32.
A SUNDOWN HOUR
ONE HOUR is only 60 minutes; and 60 minutes
are only 3,600 seconds. But much can be ac
complished in that time. Lincoln gave the greatest
address in American history in a fraction of that
period and it required less than an hour for
Napoleon to be beaten from the threshold of vic
tory to the nadir of the sunken road at Waterloo.
So, on the premise that an hour is costly beyond
purchase and should not be wasted, we herewith
suggest the setting aside of 60 minutes on several
afternoons each week for the advancement of cul
tural and educational activities at the University.
The time could be from *1 to 3 or from 3 to 6. It
could be termed appropriately the "Sundown hour."
An ideal place wotdd be the restful solitude of
Alumni hall. Varied programs could be arranged. \
recital of classical piano numbers could be provided
one afternoon. A program of martial and semi
classical phonograph numbers could be played
another. A different type of entertainment could
be arranged by the English department, with Pro
fessor Herbert Crombie Howe or one of his con
temporaries giving a reading of a play or novel
or essay.
Virtually every department and school in the
University could combine to make such an event a
fine period of entertainment and education. The
members of the law school faculty could discuss
celebrated cases and trials. What more interesting
than one of Dean Morse’s talks on famous criminals
and their crimes? The professors of journalism
could present and interpret current events from
the perspective of the newspaperman. The coaches
and members of tlie intercollegiate athletic depart
ment could present sidelights on current sports
topics. A typically entertaining afternoon could be
a radio broadcast of a crucial major league or
Pacific coast league baseball encounter, with Coach
Billy Reinhart interpreting the various plays and
maneuvers between innings to the listeners in
Alumni hall.
The setting aside of such an hour has unlim
ited possibilities. The programs could be varied; no
two need be the same. Every department art,
music, physical education, the administration, all
of them - could cooperate in the presentation of the
events. Arnold Bennett Hall, with his fat-sighted
ideas anil purposes, once visualised a similar series
of programs. The establishment of such a tradition
even could be regarded as a definite tribute to him.
The only essential requirement is an organiza
tion to inaugurate and maintain the program. The
A. S. U. O. executive council could well do this.
Hie student body president could appoint a com
mittee of students to assist in the enterprise. Tht
success of such a project, it the arrangements are
handled properly, is assured. Not only would there
he numerous cultural and educational advantages,
hut tiie acquisition of social graces so important
to many on this campus naturally would accom
pany attendance at such an affair, where there ol'
course would be mixed company.
Obviously, because I lie sundown hour would be
on week-days late in the afternoon, formal drcs >
would not be required and students and faculty
members could attend in campus, tog . The Timer
aid hopes this project is adopted and carried
through. There can be nothing except advantages
in its fulfillment. We will be more than delighted
to cooperate in the matter of publicity, providing
ample announcement of the programs and seeing
that those who help present the events are rewarded
with due credit for their efforts.
PARADE OF THE GREAT
'THE CAMPUS is in the midst of a fortnight of
■*- intensive education. The opening weeks of
spring term bring abundant opportunities for con- i
tact with the great and near great.
First in order was Dr. Henry Nelson Wieman,
of the University of Chicago, one of America's
foremost authorities on the philosophy of religion.
He was followed by Frederick J. Libby, executive
secretary of the National Council for Prevention of
War. Then came Captain Salisbury, famous ex- j
plorer, with the stories of his adventures.
Following these two, comes one of the U»'- 1
versity of Oregon's most famous alumni, Yosuke I
Matsuoka. The new star in the firmament of
international diplomacy has decided to let his alma |
mater bask in a little reflected glory. Close on |
his heels will follow Lincoln Steffens, most re-'
nowned of “muckrakers,” America's eminent re
forming journalist.
Then on Saturday of this week a man of another
color, Frank Crosswaith, negro educator, editor,
orator and labor leader, who comes as unofficial
ambassador of another race, will be on the campus.
Take off your hats. The parade is passing by!
WORK OF MERIT
QOME of the best work on the campus is done each
^ year by the University press in the field of fine
printing and book-binding. A book, published re
cently under the able direction of Robert C. Hail,
press superintendent, was one which any printer
might well regard with pride.
On the John Henry Nash fine arts press, some
really splendid volumes have been printed. With
students doing most of the work—and it is by hand,
not machine—the books have been published. Mr.
Hall and his colleagues deserve commendation for
the excellence of their product.
YOUNG ENGLAND TAKES A STAND
'THE STAND of the Daily Californian of the Uni
•*- versity of California in supporting the recent
determination of the Oxford forum not to fight lor
“king or country" is interesting. It points to a new
perspective of war and its accompanying horrors
among the college students of the nation. The
fact that the Californian also recommends similar
action by the American Intercollegiate Conference
Against War is further indication of changing view
points.
That students at Cambridge, Leicester and Man
chester are not willing to die for “king and coun
try” is surprising when one considers the fervor
with which England’s youth tramped to war in 1911.
And it also is encouraging, for there is nothing to
be so desired as peace and tranquility. We want
no more homeless families, fatherless waifs and
destitute widows—stricken by the plague of war.
The advent of such a spirit among the youth of
England and America bodes ill for war in the
future; it also points to the future abandonment
of war anachronisms and such militaristic agencies
as campus training detachmenls and summer en
campments.
Kenneth Ferguson, the young cartoonist whose
work embellished this paper fall and winter terms,
has graduated anti Is not in school this quarter His
place on the staff has been taken by Stanley Kobe.
Ferguson was a fine addition to the staff. He will
receive an Emerald “O” award lor his work.
—
In northern Ohio about 10 per cent of the peach
i buds, enough to bear a moderate crop, survived the
February zero wave.
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On Other Campuses !
; University Students Would Do Well to Follow the
Feud of the Oxford Forum
CMNCE the passage by the Oxford forum of a
^ resolution “That this house will in no circum
' stances fight for “king and country' " several other
! English student organizations have followed the
| lead and voted overwhelmingly for similar resolu
j tions.
More than 000 students of Glasgow university
; voted in favor of the resolution passed at Oxford
while similar resolutions were passed by students at
Leicester and at .University college in Wales. At
the same time, Manchester university students
| added to their resolution a telegram of sympathy
to students at Nottingham whose faculty refused
to allow debate or motion.
According to the New York Times, Cambridge
and London universities have not voted on the sub
| ject, but inquiries there indicate the pacifist declar
ation would win by substantially the same propor
tions as elsewhere. No declaration has stirred up
j more resentment among old fashioned patriots
than has the Oxford resolution. All old men were
outraged and many of the youthful leaders needed
bodyguards to protect them after the debates.
These students know full well that their resolu
l tions, no matter how numerous they may be, will
not prevent Great Britain from going to war. but
on the other hand such resolutions were not passed
prior to Great Britain's entering the world conflict
in BH1. Perhaps if England were called to war
again there might be some half-million volunteers,
but with a million pacifists and conscientious ob
jectors the government might think twice before
tumbling headlong into another international con
flict.
At this point no groups in the United States
have adopted any resolutions similar to those of
the Oxford forum or other English universities.
However, the Intercollegiate Conference Against
v».ii: meets again at Palo Alto this Friday and
Saturday with the purpose of stimulating not only
a national but an international antagonism against
armed conflict. All phases of tire present politica1
and economic situations will be covered by fac
ulty speakers, student speakers and round-table dis
cussions.
Following in the footsteps of their English
cousins the representatives at the Stanford confer
ence might consider passing a resolution similar to
the one voted by the Oxford forum- Paily Calt
forniau.
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Old Mother Hubbard - - By STANLEY ROBE
The Oregon State System of Higher Education
(This is one of a series of articles' describing the furious schools and
departments under the system put into effect at the start of the current
college year by the stale board of higher education.)
Lower Division
CALEM, April 4. (Special) —
“Lower Division" is a compar
atively new term in the conduct
of the Oregon state system of high
eer education. Every student in
the freshman and sophomore years
at the Eugene and Corvallis units
will probably feel the effects.
Following the general recom
mendation of the federal survey of
Oregon higher education, the state
board adopted a plan devised by
the curricula committee which is
described in part on the official
poster of the system as follow's:
“Unspecialized freshman and
sophomore work is offered on es
sentially the same basis at both
Eugene and Corvallis, under the
director of lower division. The ob
ject is to provide the broad foun
dations of a general education,
such as is needed by men and wo
men regardless of the careers they
may follow. These early studies
serve also as preparation for up
per division, professional and tech
nical curricula in the junior and
senior years."
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To organize and direct this uni
fied arrangement the board select
| cd Dr. M. Elwood Smith, who since
191!) has been dean of the school
of basic arts and sciences and di
rector of the summer session at
Oregon State college. Doan Smith
| is a graduate of Syracuse univer
sity with master's and doctor’s de
grees from Harvard. Before com
ing to Oregon he was professor of
English and director of the sum
mer session and organizer of the
school of extension teaching at
jSyracuse. His writings, particular
ly his contributions to educational
journals, arc widely known.
Unlike the deans and directors
who head the several schools Di
rector Smith is in one way a “gen
eral without an army" as he has
no faculty not identified with one
of the schools, but in another
: sense he has the largest staff of
I all, as every member of the facul
ties on both campuses engaged in
; teaching non-technical freshman
or sophomore subjects is assigned
to work under the direction of Dr.
i Smith in integrating the work of
1 the first two years.
Dr. Smith was asked to inter
pret his lower division organization
, in terms of its actual effect on
present high school seniors plan
ning to enter the State college or
University under the new arrange
ment.
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"The first eftect is to insure for
the entering student some breadth
of interest and knowledge and to
permit him to defer decision as to
his future career until he can
choose understanding^-," he an
swered. "The lower division or
ganization provides a unifying
agency in the new system. Within
it the student may range among
the departments of basic knowl
edge now divided among the sev
eral schools. Requirement that
students in the first two years take
work in several different fields,
arranged for by a system of so
called group requirement, provides
that the student is not only al
lowed considerable freedom, but
also led to lay a foundation of
reasonable breadth.
"In practice the new plan will
w >rk something like this: An en
tering freshman who knows what
line of work he wishes to pursue
may still register, and in fact i
advised to enroll, in the school of
his choice on the campus where
major work in it is located and
continue the course through to
graduation. He is responsible,
however, to the lower class divi
sion for the fulfillment of certain
group requirements in basic sub
jects.
“The student who has selected
his definite work but who for some
reason does not desire to enroll on
the campus where major work in
that field is given may still, in a
considerable number of cases, reg
ister for that school but take his
undergraduate work on the oppo
site campus. This applies particu
larly to the schools of business ad
ministration, fine arts, home eco
nomics, journalism, law, literature,
language and art; physical educa
tion, science and social science.
"Students not yet decided on
their choice of major work may go
to either campus where they will
be enrolled merely as lower divi
sion students undifferentiated as
to schools,” Dr. Smith continued.
“In this they will have opportun
ity to ‘explore' the various fields
of education while getting funda
mental general work in the four
great groups of physical, biologi
cal and social sciences, languages,
literature and art.
"Students not in the technical
or professional schools are required
to select any three of the four
groups for a year’s sequence of
study and one for a two-year se
cjuence. Meanwhile all students in
the first two years of study, but
particularly those not in the tech
nical or professional curricula,
will have the help and guidance
afforded by a definite organiza
tion of group chairmen and other
advisers made up of faculty mem
bers in each of the four major
groups of undergraduate study.
This organization will depend also
on the specialized help and coop
eration afforded by the personnel
and guidance staffs and the reg
istrar's office."
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The director was then asked as
to the possible steps for the stu
dent who completes the first two
years before choosing a major. In
other words, "where does he go
from there?”
* * *
"In the first place we must rec
ognize that 50 per cent of college
students go no farther than the
first two years," said Dr. Smith,
"hence the junior certificate pro
vided on the completion of lower
division work will have more than
passing significance for many.
Others will have decided before
the end of two years what school
they are primarily interested in
and have been transferred to it.
Most of the remainder will have
begun to shape their course toward
their major interest, with some
taking, for example, their required
two-year sequence in physical sci
ence and others in arts.
“But for the one who continues
a general course for the full two
years, certain schools will be read
ily available for upper division
study without possible loss of time
in the make-up of required work.
Others with more technical cur
ricula in which freshmen and
sophomores take some specialized
work, could be entered only with
some loss of time involved in
catching up in subjects required
before upper division work in those
schools can be taken.
“Schools iu which students
should be able to continue without
\
loss of time following a general
lower division course are literature,
language and arts; social science,
education, physical education, law,
science and journalism,’’ Dr.
Smith concluded. “Those in which
considerable work is prescribed in
the first two years are medicine,
engineering, agriculture, forestry,
pharmacy, home economics, fine
arts and business administration.
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Current
LITERATURE |
By JOHN SELBY
"PHERE is a good deal about peo
pie in the week’s books, some
of it written from odd angles.
There is, for example, an auto
biography of that irrepressible
and still youngish gentleman of
England, C. E. M. Joad. Mr. Joad
has at 41 been a philosopher, pro
phet of a sort, pacifist, socialist,
and enfant terrible in general.
He also is, as he frankly admits,
very interesting as a conversa
tionalist and thinker. His “Under
the Fifth Rib’’ bears him out.
There is scarcely a page of it
which does not contain at least
one positive assertion with which
the reader may disagree violently.
But the assertions are interest
ing, even the one to the effect
that since Chopin there has been
no composer. Shaw, Mr. Joad
feels, is the greatest English writ
er of his time, and probably the
greatest of all time. Of younger
writers he chooses for worship J.
B. Priestly, Sinclair Lewis, Vir
ginia Woolf a and Aldous Huxley.
And so on.
Mr. Joad’s is a record of states
of mind rather than events, opin
ions rather than movements. And
it’s guaranteed to “rile’’ the calm
est reader.
There has been plenty written
about Alexander the Great, but un
fortunately most of it begins
“Alexander the Great was born
.” Arthur Weigall’s new biog
raphy is not of that sort, however.
He has headed toward the goal
of “popular biography,” which pre
sumably is based on authentic de
tail and careful study, but con
trives to present the material in
prose that is readable for pleasure.
So judged, Mr. Weigall has suc
ceeded.
Alexander’s ancestry (whether
from Zeus, as he first decided, or
more mundane) is a first rate
starting point, and Mr. Weigall
makes the most of it. His life as
a boy. the share his father Philip
played in preparing for the son’s
career, Alexander’s own prowess
and Alexander’s loves fills the
body of the book—and good filling
it is.
And as is usual, the detail that
history omits is most revealing.
Such items as the fact that Alex
ander was compelled to defend
himself against insinuations of ef
feminacy because he insisted on
shaving, and that at one sitting he
toasted 20 of his dinner compan
ions, each with a full goblet of
wine!
* * *
It is perhaps too much to put
the curse of whimsicality on Luigi
Pirandello’s “One, None and a
Hundred Thousand,” for he seems
CAMPUS CALENDAR
(Conihmcd horn lfa>ic Oin-J
Epsilon Kappa today at 5:00 at
Dr. Bovard’s office for the purpose
of electing new officers. Every
body be there.
Delta Zeta announces the pledg
ing of Virginia Terry. Portland,
and Juanita Miller. Hood River.
perfectly serious about the novel.
But the results that flow from the,
remarks of Vitangelo Moscarda’s
wife, who declared that the right
side of his nose was lower than
the other, seems a little remarka
ble for calm acceptance.
Among the other late novels is
to be found “Overlord,” a very
pretty romance of the Southwest
written by a Catholic sister whose
pen name is Sue Mildred Lee John- !
ston.
Assault and
Battery jitchcock |j
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The city authorities’ plan to
kayo the sale of beer near the
campus sounds like just so much
sour grapes to us. At fifteen cents
to a quarter a pint, they couldn t
get a student to buy it. Not when
these prices are in effect:
Malt . 33c a can
Bottle caps . 16c a box
Yeast ... 5c a cake
Sugar . 25c for 5 pounds
* * *
Minnesota Rotarians are pretty
well busted up.
Cuppolctti, Mi'kula k, Gemlo:
High seas.
Morse: Washing dishes at the
Beta joint.
Neuberger and Gagnon: Living
with Ralph Stenshoel and Red
Wilson, the Agate street agitators. I
Choppie Parke had not been
located at a late hour today.
* * *
We select for the House of
David team: Don Burke and Louis
Yturri.
* * *
A new racket for showgoers:
once a day we nominate some
sucker for the Keg club. Along
with the membership goes a pass
to the Colonial which may be
called for at the box office. To- j
day’s first membership goes to
John Creech because he thinks
this column is printed on soft
paper.
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|
Some chap by the name of
Eldred Price was wrapped in a
sheet the other night, and carried
over to the Kappa house. Laid him
on the front porch, rang the bell,
ran.
* * *
U. of W. Houses Wet
(Headline, Emerald)
That’s to be expected, the big
babies.
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ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:
Rubinoff Lockitch decked out in
springies .... Rosser Atkinson
studying . . . , Hack Miller giving
politics the air .... Newt Smith
looking for business .... Don Mc
Kinnon wandering .... Pozzo try
ing to look athletic ....
Contemporary
Opinion . . .
Low Cost Living
STUDENTS who are living on a
total outlay of $8.50 a month
have been discovered at University
of Oregon by the student newspa
per, Oregon Daily Emerald. The
Emerald does not, however, pre
sent the figures as a triumphant
illustration of how cheaply one
can subsist at Eugene, for the pa
per remarks upon the under-nour
ished appearance of the lads. For
of the $8.50 monthly outlay, only
$3 is spent for food.
The purpose of the Emerald—a
laudable purpose—is to point the
need for establishing lower living
costs at the University for those
young people who are fighting
with backs against the wall to
beat hard times and acquire an
educati'. And not content with
pointing the need, the Emerald
presents a plan. It proposes that
co-operative student units be es
tablished in dormitories now two
thirds vacant.
The plan is similar to one that
has had encouraging success at the
University of Iowa. It calls for a
room and board bill around $14, ,
in contrast with the S2G now
charged in dormitories, and the
$36 average assessment of frater
nity and sorority houses. Students
joining the enterprise would per
form such household chores as
as waiting on table, cleaning house,
kitchen policing; food based on a
balanced menu devised by the
home economics department would
cost $1.54 a week.
Naturally the food would not be
fancy and the tasks assigned
would be menial but the fruits of
the labor of participants would be
an education, a goal for which
some students are now making un
supervised sacrifices of which
broken healt h may be the outcome.
The Emerald's plan deserves en
couragement.—Oregonian.
Emerald
Of the Air
The Emerald-of-the-Air presents
its second news program of the
spring term today at 5:45. Note
the change in hour of broadcast
from 12:15 to 5:45. This after
noon time will prevail throughout
the entire term.
Programs this term will be es
sentially the same as last, with a
few feature additions that will be
announced later. Watch this col
umn for future programs from
day to day.
Are you listening?
| About 1864,
farmers began to grow White
BurleyTobacco. A few casks
were taken to the St. Louis
Fair in 1867 and sold for
58c a pound.
White Burley Tobacco is
used to make Granger. It
is the best pipe tobacco that
grows.
You will notice the dif
ference as soon as you light
up your pipe of Granger. It
burns slower, smokes cooler
and never gums a pipe.
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