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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1941)
The Scholar’s VIEW L .. . (CONTRIBUTED) ^ There’s a lot of loose talk these days about the responsibility of “education” for this or that un fortunate slip of some cog of civilization. Much of it that gets into print isn’t worth the time it takes to fight one’s way though it. But when Walter Lippman prepares four thousand words or so to prove that “the prevailing education is destined, if it con tinues, to destroy western civil ization and is in fact destroying it,” that’s quite something else. Walter Lippman, former editor of the New York World and for several years one of the best known and most respected of American newspaper columnists, prepared such a speech and de livered it about three months ago, under the auspices of Phi Beta Kappa, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in ses sion at the University of Penn sylvania. This great student and publicist’s speech is reproduced in the spring number of The Amer ican Scholar, general magazine published by Phi Beta Kappa. He charges, in brief, that the west ern culture which produced the modern democratic state has been removed from the curriculum. The schools and colleges, there fore, he contends, have been send ing out into the world men who no longer understand the creative principle of the society in which they must live. Asks ‘Reconsideration’ What Lippman asks is “a thorough reconsideration” of th.i “underlying assumptions and pur poses” of the modern educational system. This is one of the fea tures which should insure a care ful reading of the spring number of The Scholar. I Another contribution of greater local interest in Oregon, is Stew art Holbrook’s article, “There They Stand, The Yankees,” an analysis of the stubborn, penur ious conservatism of the New Englander. Holbrook has done most of his writing the last few years in Portland, Oregon. The opening article, by E. Mer rick Dodd, of the Harvard law school faculty, argues that the sword is the only way to preserve ultimately the rights and privi leges and peace of a democracy. Another writer criticises the policy of America toward her aliens as too hard and unsym pathetic. International Language? Dr. Albert Guerard of Stanford contends for an auxiliary lan guage for international use. Charles I. Long, biologist,'devel ops the thesis that the history of creation shows “all organic evolution ends in paralysis of the race.” “Constant refinement of A adaptation,” for instance, he writes, “is the role of birds, as well as our own,” and “they fol low it to their own destruction, having drained the reservoir of their adaptability.” How the literary pessimism of the poets de Vigny and A. E. Houseman acts as a tonic for comfortable men is traced by Ar nold Whitridge; and A. L. Bader describes, with sparkle, the use by the Chinese patriots of their new weapon, caricature, against the Japanese invaders. The spring number of The Scholar provides enough live, con troversial material to keep “bull sessions” going continuously on every campus in the land until long after the summer issue is off the press. Library Group Total Hits 151 The Association of Patrons and Friends of the University of Ore gon library now has a member ship of 151, of whom 26 have been recently added, it was announced by Burt Brown Barker, vice president of the University and president of the group. The association also reports gifts in cash totaling $154.41 and a number of other gifts. The li brary of the late Capt. James D. Basey, U. S. Army retired, was presented by his aunt, Miss Ma bel Dodson of Portland. A large portrait of Judge Matthew P. Deady, one of the founders of the University after whom Deady hall was named, was recently hung-, the gift of his son, Han over Deady of Portland. A num ber of notable additions were made to the Burgess book collec tion by Miss'Julia Burgess. New members of the associa tion include: Dr. R. B. Dillehunt and Mrs. Margaret W. Sharp, of Portland; Miss Victoria Avakian, Dr. N. H. Cornish, Dr. H. D. Sheldon, Eric W. Allen, Roy C. Andrews, Dr. Chandler B. Beaii, Miss Ella Carrick, John Stark Evans, Miss Mozelle Hair, Mrs Everett Harpham, David C. Hen ry, Dr. Carl L. Johnson, Col. R. M. Lyon, Miss Louise Nimmo, Miss Merle Nimmo, Miss Mary H. Perkins, Dr. F. L. Shinn, Mrs. Bessie Yates, all of Eugene. Miss Clara Davis, Enterprise; Miss Juanita Demmer, Medford; Mrs. R. A. Galloway, Oakland, California; Vincent Genoves, Honolulu, T. H.; Miss Mary Fran cis Robinson, Martinez, Califor nia; Mrs. David G. Wilson, Jr., Washington, D. C.; and the fol lowing from New York City; Luton Ackerson, Miss Vivien Kel lems, Jack Stipe, and Dr. S. von Berthelsdorf. Art Enthusiasts Plan International Meet in Portland Art enthusiasts from 11 west ern states, British Columbia, and the territories of Hawaii and Alaska will meet in Portland April 7, 8, and 9, for the 1941 convention of the Pacific Arts association. Members of the University of Oregon art school faculty have been invited to particfpate in the convention which has as its theme, “Art grows from human needs.” The problem of art's relation ship to contemporary life and the school curriculum will be de bated in round table discussions, besides numerous general meet ings and lectures. Nationally known educators, including Dr. Hilda Taba of the University of Chicago, specialist in the relation of art and the so cial studies, will make key speeches at the meetings. University of Cincinnati has students from every continent but Africa. University of Minnesota stu dents and faculty members are planning their first joint hobby show. Sixty per cent of the 11,000 University of Texas students earn all or part of their way through school. MILLRACE!... Spring Term Brings Hope For Students Traditional Oregon Informality Nears With Year's End During dreary fall term study tables freshmen heard about it. While it poured down Willamette valley rains in December freshmen were heartened with it. While they complained of lack of entertain ment at Oregon, they were given cheering smiles and tales of that acme of the collegiate life, “Spring Term at the U.” There may be just as many hours in a students spring term sched ule, but the days are longer and his ability to discover a greater range of things to do is a display of the ingenuity of the fun-loving Webfoot. Picnics Outside of the usual realm of dances, desserts, movies, and Jun ior W'eekend, Oregon pleasure seekers fill spring term with in formal picnics. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are the fa vorite times for the Webfoot -in terpretation of the word “picnic.” Approached in the right manner, house cooks can often be persuad ed to help out on the food end with a good-sized stack of sandwiches. Swimmers’ Delight, Belknap Springs, Shady Nook, and Fiji Meadows are the old standbys. Romantic-minded collegians find a favorable setting in a canoe floating down the willow-shaded millrace on a warm spring after noon. For the athletic soul, the old race is a popular swimming spot after a round of afternoon classes. Sports Sports enthusiasts find numer ous outlets for their energy. The University tennis courts are open to student use after morning ten nis classes are over, and the three golf clubs on the outskirts of Eu gene literally swarm with sun burned undergraduates. Baseball in the street with the fellows next door is a popular after-dinner way to spend the dusky hours before dark. Long Sunday walks in the coun try give that sense of “getting away from it all” that harried col legiates occasionally demand. Less strenuous, but much more popular, are long golden hours in the back yard or on the roof dressed ap propriately for absorbing sun shine. The houseboys will grum ble, but occasionally they’ll take plates off the table so one can eat . lunch in the backyard. That is, providing there isn’t a 1 o’clock in the offing. F reshmen Greet Johns With just one week of workouts behind his charges it was too ear ly for Ccach Ned Johns to venture any prediction as to the potency of the 1941 frosh track squad. Around 25 yearlings, including two state high school camps, are work ing out daily for positions on the team. Prep recordholders are Bob Newland, high jump ace from Medford, and Don Wilson, crack miler from McMinnville. The frosh are already pointing to their first meet—the Oregon State relays—April 19. Intra squad time trials first will be con ducted April 5, Johns announced. Campus Calendar Students interested in French are invited to attend the meeting of Pi Delta Phi, French national honorary, at 4 o’clock today in Westminster house. Entries for women’s all-campus tennis singles and women’s intra mural doubles and singles must be in tomorrow. Cafeteria luncheon will be served by the Dill Pickle club for five cents a dish at noon today at the YW bungalow. The Order of the 4‘0” will meet at noon today at the Pi Kappa Alpha house. Those out for positions include Veryl Alexandr in sprints and broad jump; Stanley Ray, Dick Shelton, and Vernon Ward, quar ter mile; Jim Briggs, Jim Cole man, Marion Hufford, and Bob Van Orden, half mile; Wilson, Stan Skillicron, Don Broderick, Ben House, and Americo Di Ben editti, mile. Rod Moore, Owen Oay, and Phil Jackson, pole vault; New land and Lloyd Jackson, high jump; Alexander and Duncan 'Stewart, broad jump; William Deller and Phil Jackson, discus; Morris Ribback, shot put; and Andy Beckstrom and Owen Day, hurdles. Igloo Plags Host To Lions Next Week McArthur court will play host to amateurs Friday, April 18, when the Eugene Lions’ club holds its annual show. „ A $50 first prize will he the big drawing card for would-be* entertainers. Prizes of $25, $1A* and a gift of $5 to all who appear and are not so lucky will also be given. , The show is open to any kind of acts. Blanks can be obtained in the local papers and should be sent to Dr. Samuel H. Tyler, gen-* eral chairman of the show com mittee. Date for try-outs has net yet been announced, but all entry blanks must be submitted by, April 7. 1 The amateur show is presented annually for the purpose of rais ing funds to help with some com munity project. This year the proceeds will be used by the club to provide “extras” for the Lane county men stationed at Camy Murray and Fort Lewis. Lab Plans Survey Economics statistics plans to survey the earnings of the stu dents on the campus, according • to Dr. Beatrice Aitehison, in- t structor in econjmics. Estimates of the occupation* and earnings of the whole cam pus will be made from a cross section of the student body. GET ONE OF THESE BOOKS FREE! A Treasury of World’s Great Letters The Reader’s Digest Reader Leaves of Grass — Walt Whitman ( i Join the Book of the Month Club at ycur UNIVERSITY CO-OP I \ A- good plan... pause and A little minute is long enough for a big rest when you drink an ice-cold bottle of Coca-Cola. It brings a feeling of complete refreshment...completely satis fying. So when you pause throughout the day, make it the pause that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola. yOU TASTE ITS QUALITY Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF EUGENE