SPIRIT CONTAGIOUS
'27 Emerald Reflects Era
The Oregon of the '20’s was a
far different place from the Uni
versity of today if we are to judge
the content of the Oregon Daily
.Emerald during those years. Fol
lowing are just a few of*the items
gleaned from the September and
October issues of the 1921
Emerald:
1 The first issue of the Emerald
for the school year 1921-1922 an
nounced that a “modern electric
baking oven and automatic coffee
percolator" had been added to the
: Friendly hall kitchen.
“With between 75 and 80 per
cent of last year’s students who
did not graduate back in school"
there was a housing problem.
Appointments Made
We learn that “Oregon spirit . ..
is contagious, it doesn’t grow on
one gradually, but it seizes you
the moment you walk out on the
campus. It seized the old student
when he came upon the campus
•again and drifted into reminis
cences; it seized the new student
as a revelation.”
The secretary of the school of
education's appointment bureau
was disturbed because students at
tempted to make use of its serv
ices in making appointments with
anyone at all on campus.
A ’20 graduate, then teaching
English at Klamath Falls high
school, reported that a girl in his
class began an English theme with
. “Dear Mr_and ended her
work, “Lovingly Yours.”
Elevators Pictured
The new crop of ROTC cadets
was having clothing problems. The
Emerald declared that “It isn’t a
case of the uniforms not fitting
. the man — the military depart
ment was careful to order the
right sizes, but all the trouble
comes from the fact that the men
don’t fit the uniforms.”
Fifty students turned up look
- ing for staff positions on the
Emei’ald.
The Singer Sewing Machine
; company advertised that it would
• do hemstitching at 10 cents a yard
and would furnish the thread
(black or white.)
The Otis Elevator company, un
: der a picture of the Kremlin, ad- {
vertised that there were two Otis
Automatic Push Button elevators
installed in the Great Palace.
The Co-op advertised cost of
[ membership at one dollar and
pointed out that with average pur
| chases running way up to $35 a
* year, the member could expect a j
! return of $2.10 at the year’s end.
UO Chosen
I A number of college students
i from Oregon Agricultural college,
’ Whitman, Oregon and Washing
i ton had spent two months of their
I summer vacation on the high seas
; and in oriental ports. “The West
Keats on her return trip from the
Orient . . . set a new speedy record
for boat9 of the Pacific Steamship
company . . . The trip back to
America was made in 15 days and
> one hour.”
| Two students and their mother
F had set out in a car from Sioux
i City, Iowa, in search of THE uni
' versity. After traveling 10,000
l miles and rejecting such institu
tions as California and Washing
' ton, they chose the University
of Oregon. They didn’t like Eu
gene, though. It was a typical col
lege town, they said.
University officials were threat
[ ening to limit student loans to
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TERMINAL
TAXI
Service, Inc.
non-smokers. Funds were running
low, and ‘‘The amount of money
spent by the average smoker dur
ing a school year is 50 dollars or
better, and it is felt that if a stu
dent really needs help he should
eliminate this item of expensa."
Ye Campa Shoppe advertised
luncheons for 35 cents and special
evening dinners for 50 cents.
Vests Worn
Under the headline ‘‘Cupid
Mows Them Down,” the summer
marriages of 25 students and sev
en faculty members were chroni
cled. Possibly another young swain
had this happy ending in mind, for
in the same issue there appeared
an advertisement stating that’ a
canoe was wanted for rental by
the hour or to buy (“cheap”).
Sophomores at the Oregon Agri
cultural college initiated the cus
tom of wearing purple vests to
their classes, while “The Univer
sity of Wisconsin students by a
heavy majority vote in popular
elections decided to reinstate class
rushes and green caps.” Juniors
at the University of Washington
sagely adopted Stetson hats and
old clothes as their traditional
garb.
Flies Baited
A request was received from an
alumnus (Class of T6? then en
gaged as a librarian in a Hono
lulu high school. She wanted cata
logues and descriptive matter
from the University and asked “in
particular for something inspira
tional on the subject of advertis
ing.”
Delta Tau Delta had a pet al
ligator named Brunfield. His sea
sonal appetite (for 8 months of
the year he scorned food entirely)
was “an attribute which endears
him strongly to heart of the house
manager.”
We learn that "when the au
tumn rains set in, and the little
fly wings himself away, the Beta
dinner table will again be dull.
Report has it that the Betas have
discovered a new indoor sport.
Nickels baited with tid-bits of
meat are laid out In front of the
plates, and the individual whose
nickel first tempts the wily fly
wins all the stakes.”
Women journalism students
were creating quite a stir with
their newly-bobbed hair. “Down
with the old double standard idea,”
they cried, “a woman has just as
much right to cut her hair as
has a man. Why should we waste
our valuable time taking care of
a lot of hair that does no good
even as an ornament?”
Thus in one respect at least,
things haven't changed since the
fall of '21. You can still spot a
female J-schooT* student on sight.
She’s the one with the short hair
who walks FAST.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
0 Movies concerning the art
and architecture of the Navajo In
dians will be shown today at 4
p. m. in Architecture 107. The
films include "Navajo Sandpaint
era,” “Pueblo Dwellers” and
“Southwestern Indian Dances.”
the new “Mr. Formal'' Tuxedo
features more youthful lines!
—narrow shaped
shawl collar of
Skinner silk satin
The more natural,
slenderizing lines of the
“Mr. Formal” tuxedo
make it a favorite of
Mr. Junior and Senior
Executive alike! The
lightweight all wool
worsted makes it ideal
for wear the year ’round.
Midnite blue.
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