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Lucille Davis
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Hetty Van Delicti
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High School Stuff, But. . .
CVIX years ago — brief bit of eternity — we
^ used to write editorials for a high school
paper. What stinging expressions of opinion
those were! Every other week we’d write one
on school spirit, 1 hut elusive quality which
to 11s meant lusty rooting at the games and
something else — wc didn’t know exactly
what.
In between times we wrote about a variety
of other matters of the most profound im
portance: an appeal to one of the service
organizations to polish the dingy trophies, a
Thanksgiving editorial about the Pilgrims,
a note of praise for the third string (where
we held down a tackle post and were aroused
because we 1 bought the beating we took ill
scrimmage wasn’t properly appreciated),
and, the prize of all, a piece admonishing stu
dents to keep off the grass.
ll is this last epic that gives point to the
foregoing reminiscence. And the fact that
keeping students off the grass is svieh a prob
lem as might offer itself for a high school
editorial theme makes comprehensible our
embarrassment at having to bring the same
problem to the attention of grown-up college
students.
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yy h Iili not the only one who Inis blushed
to ask collegians to respect the beauty
of their campus by keeping off the grass.
Someone long before us must have felt the
same way about it and, rather than address
the tramplers of campus beauty as juveniles
by pedantieallly pointing out the error in
their ways, this predecessor made a more
sophisticated appeal.
“Men,” he said, “walking on the grass is
a violation of an old ivy-hung tradition and
no one who respects the bones of Matthew
Heady and Henry Villard will do it. We'll
enforce this tradition if we have to whale
offenders within an inch of their lives.”
One wasn’t to he spanked like a small hoy
for a childish indiscretion. Not at all. lie
was 1o he paddled by a very impressive group
of executioners for violating a really and
truly collegiate tradition.
If may have been a good way to keep face,
but the truth remained — the real offense
was walking on the grass, and, when you
got to 1he root of it, there was no disputing
its childishness.
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climate when- grass grows green and a
setting of pines and firs makes the Uni
versity of Oregon a natural claimant for the
title of most beautiful campus in the west.
But a thoughtless herd of students trampl
ing across green lawns, cutting the turf up
like a rodeo grounds, can knock those claims
to beauty into a cocked hat.
One for the Book
“pOlt the price of one ticket to an ephe
meral entertainment, vmt ean secure a
book that will give strength aiul leisure to
your mind all your life.”
Thus spoke William Lyon Phelps, Yale’s
illustrious professor.
This is Book Week in the I’nited States of
America.
Its objective is to show millions of Ameri
cans who have yet to taste the infinite de
lights of good reading, how they ean find
an impregnable armor against boredom.
Its founder was Franklin K. Matthiews,
chief librarian of the Boy Scouts of America,
who,, in 1919 evolved the plan for a national
Boys’ Book Week. The movement spread
quickly to a Children’s Book Week then to
a Book Week for everyone.
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at the University of Oregon arc for
tunate in having readily available hun
dreds of thousands of volumes of printed
matter.
Within a few weeks we will be reading in
a fine new library. Much will be done to at
tract the busy student to its comfortable
rooms. It will be so easy to read good books.
Maybe it will be too easy.
Maybe good books were appreciated more
when they were difficult to get, and treas
ured accordingly.
Sadly, there are students still who enter
the library only in search, of a friend. House
libraries, display eases, other innovations
have been partially successful in luring new
readers, but there remain hundreds in this
school who have not explored the great new
world to be opened by books.
Well, there's nothing much we can <io about
it if they arc stubborn.
But they don’t know what, they’re missing.
Campus Comment
(The views aired in this column are not necessarily
expressive of Emerald policy. Communications should be
kept within a limit of 250 words. Courteous restraint should
l)e observed in reference to personalities. No unsigned letters
will be accepted.)
TWO PERTINENT QUESTIONS
Mr. Editor: We Dads last Saturday seem to
have touched on a matter which concerns the wel
fare of the student body deeply. Many dads are
worried over it, and with the receipts of the Nov
ember lti Emerald, (which I understand was sent
to all Dads) those who were not here as well as
the few hundred of us who came will be anxious
to know what, is being done about it. Permit me
to reflect some if this concern in two inquiries:
(I.) Is it fair to say that, in the case that
rushing were deferred until the sophomore
year, houses would be wrecked for lack of
candidates for membership, in view of the
large number of "non-Greeks” in the other
three classes now?
(2.) II' rushing were deferred a year, would
there result merely a one year rush period,
where we i*ow concentrate it in one week (if
we disregard any proselyting which some claim
is carried on among high school students,
especially during the summer after their
graduation), or might the financial limita
tions imposed by so prolonged a rushing per
iod tend to reduce the effectiveness of the
latter, and free the student to see and judge
for himslf?
An Oregon Dad
The
Coed Mold
By ROBERT POWELL
Suppose someone told you that
a college girl was coming to your
home to spend the weekend.
Wouldn't you make preparations
for a rather special guest? You
would probably be thinking about
places that are fun to go to and
intelligent subjects to talk about,
for everybody believes that a uni
versity woman is not an ordinary
one.
May 1 suggest that you do not
take your coed's arrival quite so
seriously. If you are one of those
many persons who have always
pictured a college girl as an in
triguing creature whose superior
advantages have made her more
individual, more subtle, and more
interesting in every way than the
ordinary' woman, your ideas need
changing. You have greatly over
estimated her.
% ^iiiur i.m i > win
(lirls in college art* perfectly
t'rooninl and stylishly hut con
servatively dressed. They are la
dies in their every aetion, walking
gracefully and seldom running.
Excluding the freshmen, they all
smoke. Although very reserved,
their manner is never one of utter
sophistication, and they wear a
friendly smile for everyone. Every
one, I say, la- lie rich or i>oor, the
student liody president or the li
brary- janitor, gets that identical
smile—and every coed wears it. ,
But aren't these qualities worthy
ones, you say? I am sure they are,
but the trouble is that all coeds
f.eem to have them all in the same
! degree. They luive no individuality
'no particular personality pattern'
behind their smooth manners. Col
lege women are regimented.
Cheers for High School
High school girls have outstand
ing characteristics. Oftentimes
they may be affected but thei
personalities are definite. In higi
school I knew a beautiful blonc
who affected to be the “sophis
Heated lady" type. People either
loved her or hated her. Now thal
she is in college she is pleasani
and unaffected and nothing else
For a high school girl to have im
agined that she had experiencec
enough of living to be sophisticat
ed may have been silly, but at
least it was something' definite It
offer.
Wtu'ii a college man takes a
rill'd to a dance lie usually doc.'
so because lie Is in the mood tin
a little “romuiii'ing.” But miles.'
the cord is unite in love with him
she is going to the dance for tin
thrill of whirling to the music anil
to he seen ami admired by every
one jiresent.
At the large universities the wo
men who are not "going steady
with anyone take it as a matter oi
course that a date must include a
trip in a private car to a country
club or city hotel supper dance
Consequently, a large per cent oi
the men in those colleges situated
in large cities can afford relatively
few dates with coeds and spend
much of their time with the inex
pensive, less-demanding, and very
accommodating "townies" wo
men not connected with the uni
versity. This desire to go and be
seen seems to be a universal trait
among university women.
We Have No Choice
Are these women realty popu
I ti ? It is doubtful. They liavi
plenty of dates, but perhaps that
is because the college man has
little choice in the matter. When
he makes an engagement for the
evening with a girl, lie can forecast
quite accurately how she will look,
where she wilt want to go, and
what she will talk about.
However, 1 know one coed who
is not regimented into the usual
college personality pattern. Her
hair and nose turn up on end, and
she is little and blunt and cocky.
She is one of the most prominent
girls on her campus. She is her
self individual and different, with
a definite personality to offer
not just pretty, nice, and poised
and nothing else. No one doubts
her popularity. But this one’s dif- ;
ferent.
Wlu> is responsible for the dirty
work? Who has regimented all
the Vnieriean eoeds into this one .
tipe? Perhaps (heir sororities'
have dictated it to them. It could
lie the movie influence. Maybe it!
is because all young people love1
to lie alike. I often wonder.
Immrcliatc lJs<:
(( oiiliinit'd from pjje one)
modern as those found in dormi
tories. It must bring its program
of its life and activities in line
with the present objectives of thei
modern university."
I'raiso Voiced
The move of several fraternitiesJ
| at Oregon to engage a capable al-1
i ununis advisor to supervise condii
i tious was highly praised by Dean
I Onthank as was tins extension of
i the duties of sorority house moth
ers to positions of business ad
visors and counselors to the wo- j
; men.
Get a shake at T.W 1.Oil's, ad
Tune ’er
Out...
By BOB POLLOCK
An earnest disciple of old dime
donor John D., we always give the
Standard Oil’s symphony a plug
every Wednesday night just as
certain as the dean of women say
ing no to 2 o'clock permission . . .
here it is music lovers—and fake
music lovers as well . . . present
ing, the symphony! They’ll hop
from Spain, where they present
Don Juan by R. Strauss, to Hun
gary, or some place, with Brahms
Hungarian Dance in A Major . . .
all KGW at 8:15. The music we
don’t understand so good . . . but
a boost for the advertising policy
of the program ... if they’d all
do the same, the radio would be a
more enjoyable decoration.
Did any of you hear Paul
Deutschman, Emerald news edi
tor, on KORE last night? They
wanted a news commentator or
something, so Deutschman was
dragged in ... as a news editor,
the boy lias our vote . . .
Mountain music on KEX this af
ternoon at 2:45 .. . the Pine
Mountain singers . . . they’ll give
you most of the old tear-jerkers.
Personally, we get sort of all tired
of whiny, nose-singing, pseudo
mountaineers . . . but if you want
to listen, why there ain’t no ac
counting for tastes.
WJZ, NBC station back east got
itself a new ultra-modern 640-foot
antenna . . . power for the station
will remain at 50,000 watts, with a
proposal up to increase it to 500,
000, but the new antenna will in
crease the efficiency of the station
so much, that it will be equivalent
to 110,000 watts.
The start of one of the numer
ous all-American selections will
be launched this afternoon over
CBS, with Eddie Dooley, who is
supposed to know his stuff about
fcotball, as launcher . . . prob
ably won’t be released locally,
but try some other coast CBS
station around 3:30 . * . and if
they forget Bjork, there is no
justice.
My friends, we were not fooling
about that ride to Corvallis ... if
something doesn't show up soon,
we’ll be riding the rods. . .
The Passing Show
(Continued from page one)
Where Did Eddie Go?
King Edward’s trips to poverty
stricken territories in England
were viewed by left-wing members
of the house of parliaments as
means of gathering the support of
the common people for his friend
ship with Mrs. Wallis Warfield
Simpson, ‘‘designed to overcome
vehement objections to a possible
marriage.”
The King visited yesterday with
Welsh miners and was greatly per
turbed by their poverty. He sought
to make his seven hour tour infor
mal and to meet on equal terms
with those he talked with.
Careless Students
(Continued from page one)
year more than ever students are
walking all over with no regard
for established paths.
Mr. Lindstrom concluded by say
ing that, after all, this is the stu
dent’s own campus, and that when
it presents a scrubby appearance
it is just like not having their own
lawn clean. He believes that if
they will just stop to think before
they continue to trample down
the grass, students with any Ore
gon spirit at all will start using
the paths established for them.
Pledge Trainers
(Continued from page one)
lost book, she stated also, and that
is why, with over 2500 students
wandering about book-looking, the
University maintains the closed
shelf method of distribution.
Attention
(Continued from page one)
came and Mrs. Young screamed
excitedly and sat down in the bot
tom of the boat too.' It “looked
like a shark to me when it flopped
into the boat.” she told the re
porter.
Mr. Young tried to hit the flop
ping monster with an unwieldy
ear but only succeeded in wallop
ing Washburn’s foot and adding to
the confusion. While the males of
the party were having it out. Mrs.
Young found a firm seat on the
tail of the nearly exhausted mon
ster and stayed there until it had
ceased struggling and could be
taken ashore. Old-timers on the
:iank watching the battle claimed
that it was the biggest salmon ever
taken from that river in many
rears. The fish weighed thirty
five pounds, according to Mrs.
Go Home and Pack Your Scanties
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Arvilla Bates and Shirley Giltner are evidently jamming' down the lid on the University of Oregon
equipment trunk, above. Both the girls and the trunk will make the trip to Oregon State Saturday.
Looks like the team packed up early in anticipation oS a pleasant trip. Let’s load in that other shirt and
join the Beaver-bound party.
TODAY’S ATTRACTIONS
MCDONALD: “jSwon(|Enemy”
and “Wedding Present.”
HEILIG: “Ride Ranger Ride”
and “Bulldog Edition.”
REX: “Sworn Enemy” and
“Wedding Present.”
MAYFLOWER: “Hearts Di
vided.”
STATE: “Dracula’s Daughter”
and “Custer’s Last Stand.”
Robert Young, Florence Rice,
and Lewis Stone starring in
"Sworn Enemy," and “Wedding
Present" with Cary Grant and
Joan Bennett, play at the McDon
ald today.
Gene Autry, singing cowboy,
plays the part of an ex-Texas rang
er in the United States cavalry.
He leads an unsuccessful attack
against the Indians, for which he
is discharged from the army, and
so goes back to the rangers. “Bull
dog Edition,” a fast moving news
paper story in which two of the
I executives vie for the love of their
I pretty cartoonist, is the other fea
ture on at the Heilig.
Major Edward Bowes, originator
of amateur hours, has many busy
traveling units, one of which will
come to the Heilig theater on Sat
urday.
One of the units of Major Bowes’
"amachers” will be at the theater
j Saturday for five complete shows.
Quite an array of talent is in this
unit, which includes Rhoda Chase,
a comely orphan maid with a bass
voice; the Minunicking Melodiers,
four budding musieans imperson
Young's story, and that is a lot
of fish.
Not knowing what to do with so
much fish all at once, the Youngs
gave it to Salvation Army repre
sentatives after it had reposed in
the window of Roach's sporting
goods store for a day. Roach's
offer a prize to the person bring
ing in the largest fish each week,
and presented the lucky lady with
a handsome six-dollar reel.
••Now. " said Mrs. Young, 'I sup
pose 1 11 be a fisherman for the
rest of my life. All I need is a !
rod!"
| ating such famous bands as Wayne
iKing, Fred Waring, Casa Loma,
Rubinoff, and Ted Lewis; James
Erikson, 18-year old accordionist;
and Paris Lee, a bass-baritone, who
usually acts as master of ceremon
ies for the unit.
* * ❖
The program at the Rex is the
same as the one at the McDonald
for tonight only.
* * *
“Hearts Divided,” a rather amus
ing semi-musical with Dick Pow
ell and Marion Davies, is at the
Mayflower. Edward Everett Hor
ton, Charles Ruggles, and Arthur
Treacher furnish the comedy in
this film which is set in the days
of Napoleon.
* *
.“Dracula's Daughter,” another
of the series of the “weird” Drac
ula pictures, comes to the State
today. Otto Kruger, Gloria Golden,
and Marguerite Church in the lead
ing roles. “Custer’s Last Stand,”
with Jack Mulhall and Lona Andre,
is the supporting bill.
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Campus
Calendar
In the infirmary today are:
Gayle Meyer, Edna Smith, Carlene
Scott, Muriel Nicholas, Jean Raw
son, Peggy Hayward, Helen Jones,
Robert Marquis, Dennis Donovan,
and John Strickler.
Reserve campus libraries will be
closed Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday.
Inter-fraternity council meets at
4:00 o'clock this afternoon in 110
Johnson.
Polo players on the campus will
meet at Gerlinger Hall, Wednes
day, November 25, at 4 p. m. All
girls interested in playing or learn
ing how to play, are asked to at
tend.
Installation of the sophomore
commission cabinet will be held at
9 o’clock tonight at the YWCA
bungalow.
Alpha Delta Sigma meeting
Thursday noon at the College Side
inn.
Christian Science organization
will meet tonight at eight o'clock 1
in the north room on the third
floor of Gerlinger hall.
Tabard inn meeting tonight, S j
p.m.. Kappa Sig house.
All girls interested in lacrosse
are urged to be at Gerlinger today
at 11 o'clock.
Amphibians will meet tonight at
7 o’clock at Gerlinger pool. All
members must be present.
Survey of Dams
Given by Robins
Northwest Engineer Tells
Of Work on Columbia
In Illustrated Talk
Citing the main purposes of the
Bonneville day to be navigation
improvement and power produc
tion, Col. Thomas M. Robins, army
division engineer of the Pacific
Northwest, spoke before a crowd
of over one hundred Wednesday
evening in McClure hall in the sec
ond of this term's popular science
series.
Colonel Robins, introduced by
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Major R. H. Back, assistant pro
fessor of military science, gave a
survey of the comprehensive plan
for the Columbia river develop
ment, illustrating his lecture with
lantern slides. This plan includes
the Umatilla dam already con
structed, the Grand Coulee and
Bonneville projects under con
struction and the proposed build
ing of seven other dams on the
Columbia river.
He described in detail the ex
tensive system of fish ladders and
elevators which are being installed
in the Bonneville dam at a cost of
$7,000,000. The entire project will
cost $50,000,000 with two of the
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Each of the units has a 60,000
horse power turbine.
The geological formations which
led to the choosing of the dam
site were explained and illustrated.
Gene Autry in
“BIDE, RANGER, RIDE”
pins
“BULLDOG EDITION”
with Ray Walker
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Transcontinental Revue
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“HEARTS DIVIDED”
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Jean HARLOW'
Wm. POWELL
Myrna LOY
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