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RUMOIt
TF one more well-intentioned but loose-tongued
-*• individual buttonholes us and relates in guarded
tones a “pretty reliable rumor" that he has just
heard that which “might bear investigating,” we
solemnly vow that there will be one less citizen in
our fair city of Eugene.
No single feature of the work of a newspaper
man is more annoying than the incessant pestering
of that lowest species of the pants-wearing genus,
commonly termed the rumor spreader. Wfc venture
to estimate that if all the hours wasted by news
papermen in chasing down “pretty reliable rumors”
were laid end to end they would come pretty close
to approximating the distance in light years be
tween the Senior bench and the star Arcturus.
What is most maddening to the journalist is the
fact that only about one-tenth of one per cent of
the rumors he hears have even the slightest basis
in fact; and the dubious atom of truth which may
be present is so buried in the mass of pure inven
tion that it is rarely worth the trouble of investi
gating.
Rumors never have any purpose, end or aim.
They are merely the stock in trade of light-witted,
loose-tongued individuals who satisfy their craving
for attention by winning an avid hearing from
other equally idle souls.
Ever since the incident of Roscoe C. Nelson’s
speech and the ensuing events, this campus has
been fertile ground for the germination of weird
rumors parading as respectable reports. Such
amazing truths were revealed that the campus
found itself ready to believe anything, and a veri
table epidemic of rumoritia spread with alarming
speed. Among the victims have been persons hold
ing high positions in thy state, intelligent and
scrupulous members of the faculty even the Uni
versity's athletic representatives.
To point out the vicious nature of such rumors
or, by exposing them, to show that they are ground
less and transparently ridiculous, would only serve
to give them further circulation.
Experience has shown that the best, way to nip j
a rumor js to laugh at its spreader, scoff at hisi
story, and promptly forget the whole thing. We i
recommend the method.
liACHELOK OF ARTFULNESS
. . . “We labor and toyle and plod to fill the j
memorie and leave both understanding and
conscience empty. Even as birds flutter and
skip from field to field to peck up corn or any
grains and without tasting the same carrie it
in their bills therewith to feed their little ones:
I so doe our pedants glean and pick learning
from books and never lodge it further than
their lips only to disgorge and cast it to the
wind.”—Montaigne.
"IlfK cannot hope to improve, but we may try
* ~ to apply the thought of this fine philosopher.
There are, after all, only two reasons why one
should spend the four finest years of youth in aca
demic preparation: it may be to make ready to
teach others, or ii may be to bring a more perfect
understanding to one's self of the bewildering ava
lanche of events that is the human life.
Yet in either of these cases there is no use or
logical justification for the highly complicated sys
tem of pedantry which comprises a deplorable share
of our educational machine.
Instead of subjecting their brains to a thorough
overhauling during their stay at college, a great
portion of our students merely spend their time
soaking up a series of pat facts or partially digested
thought which they promptly and accurately re
gurgitate at examination time. A.- simple as that.
This task done, they arc rolled over, stamped
with an euucational "O. K.,” wrapped in a fresti
diploma and popularly consigned to the company
of learned men.
What a mockery higher education is if this L
an appreciable part of the scheme For unless col
lege stimulates the organism of the informed brain
into a dynamic, incandescent thing that moves of
Its own machinations, it has failed of its real pur
pose. The student who leaves coliege unchanged
save for an addition of facts does not deserve asso
ciation with an institution of real integrity.
In a spirit devoid of destructive intent or vaunt
ing agnosticism, we offer the following for consid
eration :
Everyone deplores the outlandish and senseless
practice of "cramming” for examinations, which
sends the student to the test dripping with recently
and liberally acquired information which evaporates
in a few hours, but sometimes lasts long enough
; for him to dump it on paper and make an impres
I sion.
But—are any of our educational activities more
I than thorough cramming, for which there is no
I examination in real life where it will profit him?
j Does not he go out to fac o a half-century of exam
ination in which more is required for passing than
a vast encyclopediac warehouse ?
^ We wish to state that no criticism is intended
for the group which makes up the great majority
of sincere, reputable educators. We have, we be
lieve, spoken for them, not against them, in pro
pounding what we believe to be the doctrine of
genuine education.
But we charge the system of education with
vulnerable parts which are allowing the whole to
be weakened, and the reputation of the college de
gree to be seriously damaged. We charge, in short,
the serious possibility of graduating from college
with a high-school mind.
AN ASSEMBLY HALL
'T'HE University may feel fairly well assured of
the success of its pleas for an adequate infirm
ary and a central library, and these two buildings
are undoubtedly the major needs of the institution
at present.
But every time a distinguished speaker, such as
Dudley Crafts Watson, appears to address the stu
dent body, he must make his talk in a gymnasium.
He i3 confronted by an especially tinny address
system which serves largely to distort his voice to
all corners of the hall. The audience must sit on
uncomfortable folding chairs.
Consider the impression such surroundings must
make on the guest speaker. Overhead dangles
unsightly athletic equipment. The floor creaks
ominously as the inevitable late comers arrive. The
audience quickly becomes restless on the hard seats.
The speaker moves an inch too close to the micro
phone and his voice squawks like nothing human.
He moves too far away and he is afraid the faulty
acoustics will render his words inaudible.
The need for a new assembly place is not as
urgent as the need for a library, but certainly the
need exists. It should be so designed that an ad
dress system is not necessary, and it should be
equipped with reasonably comfortable seating pro
visions. ’it will probably be years before such a
project can become a reality, but at least the need
should be recognized and administrative authorities
should be looking forward to the time when it may
be filled.
Headline in the Oregon Journal says, “Scot's
Shout at King Stuns Parliament.” We wonder if
parliament was stunned more because the Scotch
man did something for nothing than it was because
he shouted at the king.
At Fordham university it appears that the fac
ulty are appointed by name. Father Deane is dean,
a Father Whalen acts as dean of discipline, Mr.
Shouten is in charge of debating, and Mr. Voekal
(pronounced vocal) is in charge of the glee club.
Contemporary Opinion
Oh—Forget It!
'T'HIS office has been deluged by football alibis,
ever since the crushing defeat of Oregon at the \
hands of the Trojans on Saturday. There are as j
many alibis fluttering about as there are football
fans, which includes the major portion of the popu
lation.
Perfectly natural of course, but also foolish.
Football is the most uncertain game in the sporting
world. That is one reason why it is so fascinating.
Between two teams, at all evenly matched, any
thing may happen, and the final result is seldom
known, until the final whistle.
As a result it is as futile to waste time alibi
ing a defeat, as unduly extending the celebration
of a victory. For nine times out of ten Lady Luck
had a lot to do with both. Far better to take both
in stride and transfer one's interest and attention
to the next contest.
* * * * *
That as a general rule, is what the football play
ers do. Being human they are downcast by a beat
ing and bouyed up by victory; but once either has
happened, they proceed to forget it, and concentrate
on the next hurdle.
That's what the Oregon players are doing now.
They arc getting ready for the game with St.
Mary’s, Thanksgiving. And the Southern Califor-j
nians are getting ready for Notre Dame. It was
tough to lose and sweet to win, but that's "all in
the day’s work" on Monday morning.
A similar philosophy might well be adopted by;
the football fans. But the truth is the fans take
football more seriously than the players, at least
as far as the results are concerned, in fact foot
ball is not so much overstressed on the football
field, as in the grandstand; not so much within
the team as outside it.
As above stated this is all natural enough. Non
combatants are invariably the most combative: the j
“blood thirstiest" warrior is not in the trenches,
but is fighting with his imagination before the club
fire.
But a little toning down on the alibi business
would lie in order. Oregon played great football in
the first half, and with a few "breaks" instead of
none in the second, the result might have been very
different. But that is always true. In fact that is
football.
The thing to do about a football game that is
over is to "forget it." Speculations, with their "it's"
and "buts", should be left to the next game, or
if the season is over to the next year.
This is better sportsmanship, better sense, and ,
better for the greate"-! outdoor "ame that the mind
of man ha-, ever mvented. -Medford Mail 1'ribuue. j
It’s Time to Come Down By STANLEY ROBE
An Artist in Oregon’s Treasure House
By ELINOR HENRY
riVE perfect things that man
A has done—the sculptures of
Phidias, the music of Beethoven,
the plays of Shakespeare, the por
traits of Jan van Eyck, and wood
block prints of Hokusai—these
were praised by Dudley Crafts
Watson, American artist and
speaker at yesterday morning’s
assembly.
“And here is a whole room full
of them!” he exclaimed as he
stood in the room devoted to the
Japanese prints made by Hokusai
which are only a part of the many
in the Murray Warner collection
of Oriental art., “I could spend a
whofe day here,” he said, his ex
pression showing the pleasure it
would be to him, then added, in a
more scholarly tone, “a whole day
—with profit.”
It was comforting—after seven
or more information-seeking and
beauty-imbibing trips to the mu
seum—to know that even a na-1
tionally famous lecturer on art;
could find few words to express I
his ecstasy at each group of ob- j
I jects in Oregon’s “treasure house.”
| Over and over he used superla
j tives and such adjectives as “beau
tiful, lovely, exquisite, marvel
out.” He called a tomb-figure
•horse “the best I have ever seen.”
Of a tall Chinese painting he ex
claimed, “That’s the most beauti
ful one I have ever seen.”
The magnificent throne room
held him spellbound. He praised
the care in arrangment of exhibits
shown by Mrs. Gertrude B. War
ner, museum director, who was his
guide through the collection. He
asked innumerable questions about
lighting and other protective steps
taken by Mrs. Warner, saying en
thusiastically, “You are years
ahead of your time.”
The large number of rare Chi
nese paintings particularly inter
ested him. “Do you know,” he said
in a half-questioning tone, “there
are only four real Chinese paint
ings in all of the Chicago Art In
stitute.”
Watson and Mrs. Warner found
a mutual ’ friend in Helen Hyde,
American artist, whose original I
water color paintings adorn the i
I walls of one small room in the
Prince Lucien Campbell memorial
building.
The battered stone “God of Mer
cy” which stands in the hall of
the second floor attracted consid
erable attention from the man
who was official lecturer for the
fine arts department of the Cen
tury of Progress exposition in Chi
cago this summer. Mrs. Warner
told how the statue was unearthed
by famine-stricken workers paid
with Red Cross funds who were
building a road where an earth
quake had caused a landslide in
900. She regretted the pitiable
state of the gentleman’s nose ,but
Watson agreed with her that it
was better to leave the idol as it
was, rather than attempting re
pairs.
“A Japanese print in every
school room,” this is the unique
plan for building friendly rela
tions suggested by Mrs. Warner's
guest. He was warm in his approv
al of the museum as a peace pro
ject as well as a splendid collec
tion of the finest of Oriental art.
Reading
-and
Writing
PEGGY CHESSMAN, Editor
be in doubt about
(^HOULD you
the wisdom of some of our rec
ommendations, select your reading
material from the suggestions of
William Lyon Phelps, Yale profes
sor, author, and critic. He lists 100
books which he deems are out
standing in all the literature pub-1
lished since July, 1932.
Here are some of the fiction
books he mentions: “Obscure Des
tinies,” by Willa Gather; “Human
Nature,” by Edith Wharton: "Hu
man Beings,” by Christopher Mor
ley: “The Bulpington of Blup," by
H. G. Wells; “Jenny Wren,” by E. i
H. Young; "Hardy Perennial," by (
Helen Hull; “Imitation of Life,” by
Fannie Hurst; “Papa La Fleur,”
by Zona Gale; “Pageant,” by G. B,
Lancaster; “Valiant Dust,” by P.
C. Wren; “The Sheltered Life,” by
Ellen Glasgow; “The Burning
Bush,” by Sigrid Undset; “Family
Affair,” by Lillian Gill; “God’s
Angry Man,” by Leonard Ehrlich;
“The Flowering Wilderness," by
John Galsworthy; “Forgive Us
Our Trespasses," by Lloyd Doug
las; “Mother and Four,” by Isabel
Wilder; "Ann Vickers,” by Sin
clair Lewis; “The Narrow Cor
ner,” by Somerset Maugham; and
"Never Ask the End," by Isabel
Paterson,
“Zest," by Charles G. Norris, al
though a novel, gives an excellent
and powerful picture of man as a
polygamous animal. Bob Gillespie,
hero of the story, advances the the
ory that marriage for life is a
mistake, and the readers will
sympathize with him for a time,
for his life is made exceedingly
miserable bv an unhappy marriage
Innocent Bystander
By BARNEY CLARK
'T'HE old-fashioned party lino tel-'
1 ephone has a rival in the Em
erald's system. Five (count ’em)
people listened in on Janis Wor
ley's verbal tete-a-tete with Mike
Miktilak. After speaking to an
audience like that Mike should
have no hesitation in getting up
and addressing a rally crowd!
Incidentally, it has been whis
pered that “Michael Mikulak"
means "Santa Claus" in Slovak
ian. He looks like that to Cal
lison. anyway!
Dr. Conklin, of the psychology
Conklins, produced a mild sensa
tion in his class the other day
when he raised a map that covered
the blackboard and revealed, print
ed in LARGE letters, the phrase
"Annie Doesn't Live Here Any
More!" The class assumed that
he was trying to test their reac
tions. but the good doctor was as
surprised as they were!
Ike “Lenny" Doom was per
turbed !he other day up".' te
eming a letter which began:
“How is my darling HUBBY
this morning?”
It was postmarked “Seattle,”
and Ike is in somewhat of a
quandary, as he cannot remem
ber clearly exactly WHAT hap
pened in Seattle after the Wash
ington game.
Five S. A. E.'s were on the in
jured list after the football epic'
with the Sigma Chis. They wore
more padding, too. S. P. T. is,
next on the list for the White (
Cross men, and it looks like a busy,
day for the dispensary. Hasn't
Prink overlooked something?
Ed Goodnottgh is thinking of
writing a burning letter to the
editor, scoring the lack of spirit
on the part of Oregon coeds,
who, so far. have not produced
a single feminine prowler to
match the score of candidates
provided by the male populace
to date. It doesn't sound like a
promising cause to us!
OGDEN GNASHES
: This ede is sting
To Thomas Tongue.'1
with a woman thrust upon him
because his mother thought the
match advantageous. However,
subtle though it may be, there is
a moral to the tale, and proof is
given that perhaps the old system
of marriage “till death do us part”
is the best in the long run.
Sven Hadin's latest, “Riddles of
the Gobi Desert," is now available.
His ability to collect material of
the deepest mystery about foreign
lands makes his tales convincing
ly exciting.
Mannequin!
By PATSY LEE
AY SCAR WILDE was once asked,
“What is the most artistic |
color?" His immediate reply was.
“All colors are artistic. As in mu
sic, so in color: one note is not
more beautiful than another. The
concordant combination of notes
is music; the concordant combin
ation of colors is beauty.”
How true! And how important
color is in the selection of clothes.
Color has four fundamental requi
sites in connection with the choos- ,
ing of practical ensembles. Here
they are:
1. Suited to purpose.
2. Suited to material.
3. Suited to cut of the costume.
I. Suited to mood which the cos
tume is intended to reflect.
There are three ways in which
color may be combined in clothes
--the one-color plan, or the shad
ing down or up; the two-color plan, I
a combination of two harmonious
shades; and the multi-colored plan,
dashing, perhaps, but dangerous
to most Complexions.
Your mood may be expressed, or
then again the intensity of your
personality may be shown by the
variety of colors you dare wear_
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not that you should run around in 1
violent red or passionate purple!
The idea is—don't subordinate
yourself with riotous colors, but
then again don’t be too somber— I
allowing your personality to do
everything for you.
Orange is the warmest color—
blue the coolest. The more lumin
ous a hue—the warmer it is. i
Warm colors are advancing—cool
colors are retiring.
Warm hues- correspond to some
temperaments. Story’s "How to
Dress Well" gives the following
two examples: "Rosa, the Italian
beauty, may wear vivid red, and
like a flame, express fire and
thrill. This harmony of likeness in
coloring may give way to Rosa j
decked with pale blue, and no less :
will be the attraction because of
the contrast of nature and color. |
“Helga, the girl of Norway,
coldly distant with golden hair
and blue eyes, chooses a cool color
— a silvery green like the ice floes
of her native haunts—and in her
harmony of likeness is as distant
ly enthralling as the ‘‘Lady from
the Sea.” Her portrait is alto
gether logical, just what one would
expect. A contrast of color with
her temperament may make her
incomprehensible, and as fascinat
ing as mystery novel.”
Another thing—luminosity in
creases size. Brilliant textures in
crease size; shadowy textures de
crease size.
JOHN DUNBAR WANTS TO
TEACH COLLEGE ENGLISH
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all departments of work, with a
comprehensive examination in the
senior year over one's major sub
ject,” he explained.
He is interested in regionalism
in American literature, which can
not be studied or understood with
out a background of English liter
ature. He believes that the present
effort in regionalism will lead to
something worth while, though it
hasn't yet. In a country this size
it is difficult for an artist to unify
and synthesize, so one must pick
a part or portion of the country
for feeling. He does not care for
Emerald
of the Air
ONCE again you are favored
with a program of popular
melody crooning. Louisa Parry,
the "Ruth Etting" of the Emerala
of-the-Air, will satisfy your sense
of syncopation if you but dial
KORE at 4:30. Maxine McDon
ald, pianist extraordinaire, accom
panies.
The Emerald
Greets —
i
_ i
JOHNNY HARE, the handsome
Beta.
ELMER ARNE KOSKELO, from
Finland.
MARCUS F. DeLAUNEY.
FRANCES C. JENSON.
JEAN ROBERTSON.
the modern American novel, nor
does he like escapists like James
Branch Cabell. He believes that
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville,
is the finest work ever written by
an American, although his favor
ite book is Tristram Shandy.
Dunbar likes tennis and golf
and to collect fine books. He ad
mits a fondness for San Francisco
and declares that it is “the finest
town west of the Mississippi.” He
likes both classical and jazz mu
sic and believes that every well
regulated family should have a
collection of phonograph records
so that music may be had how and
when it is wanted.
The candidates for the scholar
ship will probably go to Portland
January 2 for the state contest,
after which the winners there will
go to Spokane for the district con
test.
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