ESSAYS ON LINCOLN
ARE WELL WRITTEN
Threat School Paper Shows
Acquaintance with Civil
War President's Life.
Unusual interest has been taken In
the Abraham Lincoln essay contest
which closed at the high school Mon
day and which was sponsored by the
school in conjunction with the present
showing of the tiitn. "Abraham Lin
coin.' at thj Colonial theatre in Eu
gene this wp; k. The contest was
d.Tided Into four sections representing
the four grades, with prixes of free
theatre tickets being offered the win
ner of each group.
The winners of the contest by
classes si as follows: Freshmen, Dor
othea Frese. Betty Mersdorf. and Lela
Squires; sophomore. Florence Vail;
juniors. Haxel Shelly and Eldon Elli
son; seniors. Dale Daniels. Faye Par
sons and Enid Travess.
Teachers at the high school read
the papers and decided upon the win
ners. Some very good essays were
handed in by the students as a result
of the contest. A typical essay, al
though not necessarily the best one
entered is one by Florence Vail, soph
omore. It is published herewith. The
subheads are our own.
L IN C O L N , T H E S T O R Y -T E L L E R
Lincoln, the story-teller!
What a wealth of stories this phrase
brings to our minds as we think of
the many stories we have heard of
"our" great President. Not only his
stories but also stories of his deeds
and problems.
He was humorous and he knew just
wbat to say and when to say it. It
seenfs that he had an answer to any
retugrk on the tip of his tongue. If
there was need It could be cutting,
abusive, invective or it might hold
humor or sympathy, it truly seemed
that he was capable of expressing any
emotion on an instant's notice.
O thers T e ll Stories
Lincoln's stories were seldom of his
own making. Indeed, he once said,
“I am only a retail dealer." when
referring to his stories.
He loved stories. From his earliest
years he listened to every good story
or Joke he could and he was very
adept at remembering them He once
described the manner In which his
memory worked thus: “I am slow to
learn and slow to forget that which
I have learned. My mind is like a
piece of steel—very hard to scratch
anything on it. and almost impossible
after you get it there, to rub it out."
He nld not usually tell a story for
the sake of an anecdote but rather
to clinch a fact to conceal his pur
poses or sometimes to let an ardent
office-seeker down gently. Most of
his stories were told as parables and
had a point or moral to them.
A T yp ic a l Story
Lincoln once told this story which
was prompted by an editorial opposing
his renomination.
•'A traveler on the frontier found
himself out of his reckoning one nighi
In a most impossible region. A terrific
thunderstorm came up to add to his
trouble. He floundered along until
his horse at length gave out. The
l.ghtning afforded him the only clue
to his wajr, but the peals of thunder
were frightful. One bolt, which seemed
to crash the earth beneath him,
brought to his knees. By no means
a praying man. his petition was short
and to the point "O, Lord, if it is all
the same to you. give us a little more
light and a little less n oise!” '
Stories
TIIVRSDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1931
THE SPRING FIELD NEWS
PAGE SIX
H ave
Purpose
Lincoln bad and still has this repu
tation of being a story-teller but he
said he did not deserve the name,
"for it is not the story itself that
Interests me but its purpose or e f
fect." He often avoided a long ano
Marring« Lleenaas
useless discussion <iy omers, or a
GRETA GARBO NOW AT
During The past week marriage II
laborious explanation on his pari, by
MCDONALD: “INSPIRATION' censes have lie e ll Issued to the follow
a short story wh oh Illustrated hts
point of view or took the sharpness
W hat an "In s p ira tio n " G reta Garbo ing Stephen Rodgers, Greenville, uud
Evn May Linton, Junction City, 0. N
1st
off a refusal or the edge off a rebuke
I
by tell "g an appropriate story which
In her new talkie of that name now Bodlwr. and Mabel Koch, both .o f
.¡.vnl wounded feelln is and yet served
el the Fox McDonald Theatre, Garbo Itti’cl on city; Howard Hwearlnger,
bail no neetl to exert herself to be Drain, and Mmle Timer, Yoncalla!
rhe furpoae.
He aid. "No. I ant not simply a
accepted conv Inc ugly us the Inspirit i lieor. o I'erct und i.eonu Banl, loth
story toller, but s ory telling as an
'loll of the forenuul artists, writes, ! if Portland, liny Haynes, Portland,
emollent saves me much friction and
< sculptors, pot ts anti compos. rs of mil Minnie KylhnaoB, Fall Creek;
i'eu Hvpliers, lllnchly. and Daisy
I aris. She Is a ll o f tha t, m ore glam or
distrt as.”
Too much story-telling"
! our than we have ever beheld her I tllckmmi, Veneta.
So some people thought.
before, more alluring, more elusive
People Criticized Stones
: all thnt an Ins pirn I Ion should he
He was criticised severly for his j
« ten In l aris.
Incessant story telling and he was said !
The story has a racy, nioderu hack
•o V ive caused ■< >iue very grave I
j ground mi l Is based upon a t a m e
blunders with his stories. The feel '
of tra g ic sacrifice w th Hoi- rt Mont
I g. in e rt as the p ro v in c ia l love" tor
ngs of these critics are expressed
somifhat In this incident which took
n Itotu Yvonne, the heroine. In. ns hei
•lace shortly after the beginning of j
| ro m a n tic w orld topsv tu rve t
the ( Ivll War.
Made to-Ordsr Role
L I'.ccln was requested by a Mr. ,
This Is a role written for Garb«
Wadi to dismiss General Grant. In
We know of mt other aclt
whom
reply t > one of his remarks l.lncoln ,
It would fit as well
said. Senator, that reminds me of a j
Montgomery. In his initial appear
story.”
mice with the exotic star, registers
“Yes. yea," Wade shouted angrily j
splendidly and Is certain to find him
"it is with you, sir. all story, story!
self more popular than ever by reason
You are the father of every military : NO PICTURE EVER MADE
SCREEN PLAY "BROTHERS’’ of his performance What a cast was
blunder that has been made during1
HAS POWER OF “LINCOLN"
AT REX ON SUNDAY ussemhletl by Clarence Brown for this
: new Garbo talkie! Not a single char
the war. You are on your road to ■
hell. sir. with this government, by , "Abraham Lincoln" which opened
Another Of last year's successful acter has been slighted The support
your obstinacy; and you are not a 1 yesterday at the Colonial for 1 days, stage plays hus been brought to the ing players com« to the front so
mile off this minute."
is pictorial drama at Its greatest. screen, it Is "Brothers.” the Columbia strongly thnt we wonder how credits
Lincoln's answer was cool. ‘'Senator, Though the picture possesses all of dramatic vehicle with Bert Lytell In tould hare been arranged in anything
that is just about the distance from the Ingredients of an historical spec his or.ginal dual impersouatlon role, but an alphabetical order
here to the Capitol, is It not?”
Lewis Stone, Without whom no
tacle— big sets, battle scenes and 'Brothers” at the Fox Rex Theatre.
Wade as Lincoln put it "grabbed up nu'ba—Its greatness Is founded on the Sunday and Monday.
Garbo picture seems complete, mills
his hat and cane and went away.”
another superb characterlantlon to his
simplicity of its direction and the
The slage play was considered one
Yes. he was criticized by Some but sympathetic treatment of Its romantic <f last season's brilliant successes glowing record and Marjorie Rnmbeau
; of the stage renders an outstanding
these few hardly counted against the and tragic, scenes.
It ran for eighteen months on Broad
multitudes who believed Lincoln was
The whole of Lincoln's life is pa way and the road. The film Is even depletion of a somewhat passe deml
a wonderful man. above criticism, that radeti on the screen, from the time •nore thrilling than the play. Bert niondalne with a passion for cocktails
his stories helped to make his mind of his birth to hts assassination nt Lytell fascine lad the audience with and composers. Others perfectly cast
include Judith Voasell, Beryl Mercer,
so great and that through them he Ford s Theatre In Washington Just as his clever dual portrayal.
John Miijnn. Edwin Maxwell, Oscar
was able to reach the level of the he had realised a successful conclu- ,
The story Is concerned with the Apfel. Joan Marsh. Zelda Sears. Karen
"common people" and yet be at ease i sion to the Civil War.
lives of twin brothers, separated In Morley. Gwen Lee, Paul McAllister
with the aristocrats of the country.
I.Incoin's heroic figure is seen in all
Infancy and the effect of contrasting rthur Hoyt and Richard Tucker
Lincoln, the story-teller!
its multiplicity of s’range method».
t-nvlronn|ents on th»-lr personalities.
Both the direction and the pictorial
The retailer of the stories whieh The artistry with which this feat in
helped to enshrine him in the hearts characterization is accomplished is One is brought up In an atmosphere beauty of the film are noteworthy and
of the millions of people, who lived largely' due to the superb acting of of wealth. Ihe other In poverty. In Miss Garbo'a gowns are especially
unfolding. It reveals the dissolute life commended as a treat for eyes of
then, live now and shall live as "The Walter Huston
of the rich boy ending in murder either sex.
Man of the Common People.”
The cast, which numbers over one
and the wholesome life of the poor
hundred principal speaking players,
Forty-seven per cent of the estlmat* was chosen wisely. l'na Merkel, a hoy. Because of the physical resem THURSTON HIGH WINS AND
ed expense of the city of Baker for newcomer to the screen, plays the , blance. Eddie Connoly. the poor boy. LOSES BASKETBALL GAMES
1931 will be met by sources outside of role of "Ann Rutledge." Lincoln's boy i is accused of the crime of his twin
taxation. The total estimated expense hool sweetheart Her love scenes with
Thurston high school girls won their
is $18«,532.
haskethall game with the Moore Cycle
Huston are remarkable for their quiet "WORLDLY GOODS” IS
SHOWN AT FOX REX club teem 25 23. at the St. Mary’»
The city of Bandon is looking for a beauty, and the scene at her death
hall In Eugene last night, and the
new dump site. The present site 1s bed Is tragedy, sublimely directed
"Worldly Goods" Is one of the best boys' bicycle team defeated the Thurs
so located that drainage from it flows and acted.
Kay Hammond plays the irrasdble yarns that Screenland has projected ton boys team immediately afterwards
across land used by R. R. Davis for a
"Mary Todd Lincoln" perfectly since | In some time. It was adapted from by the score of 19-11 This was the
cranberry bog.
Andrew Soutar's novel and is Just first game of the season tor the girl
The total tax on motor vehicle fuel her voice and mannerism are Ideally
.hock full of gripping episodes thnt bicycle riders and they played a good
suited
to
the
nagging,
caustic
Mary
oils daring the period January 1-Dc-
make for a super film. The blind game. They were never more than
cember 31, 1930, was $1,898,109.27, ac Todd of history.
man feature In the picture has been | three points behind their experienced
Ian
Keith
does
splendidly
as
the
cording to a report prepared at Salem
treated with suiierb dexterity.
opponents. The boys played a nigged
by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state. sinister "John Wilkes Booth." whose !
game.
James
Kirkwood
was
splendid
as
cruel
shot
ended
Lincoln's
life.
Others
Sales included «.803,371 gallons of gas
The Weiidliug Havens will meet the
oline and 307.213 gallons of distillate. in brilliant portrayals are Jason Ro John Tullock, the profiteer. He clev
bards. as "Herndon"; Hobart Bos erly wove a cumulative interest Into Bicycle club team on the Eugene floor
All but two small pieces of right of
worth. as "Robert E. Lee"; Frank the nilsunderstod nabob's acts, and next Wednesday at 8:00 The Shaw
way for the last section of the Wil
Campeau. as ‘‘Sheridan," and Lucille rose to thespic heights In the thrilling all-stars, a Y M. <’. A team will play
lamette highway between Black can
La Verne, as the matron officiating finale. Merna Kennedy was sweetly the Bicycle club's second team in a
yon and Oakridge have been secured
aluring in the part of Mary Thurston. preliminary game nt 7:00.
at the birth of Lincoln.
and everything is about in readiness
Ferdinand Schumann Heink's delinea
for the letting of the grading contract
tion of the blind soldier's star-crossed
FREE
AIRPLANE
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by the federal bureau of public roads.
UNITED ARTISTS-
life was smoothly persuasive, -espe
OFFERED LOCAL PEOPLE
Property owners of Roseburg will
FIRST
RUN SUPER
cially In the closing scenes; and
pay taxes this year slightly higher
W ITH PURCHASES HERE Shannon Day's Cassie was cleverly
ATTRACTION
FOR 3 DAYS
than last year. The tax rate will be
hit off. her work being' particularly
18.5 mills as compared with 11.« mills
Merchants of Springfield are co noteworthy In the attempt to win
THE WONDER PICTURE OF THE CENTURY!
last year. The in. rease is due to a operating with the Springfield School Tiillock'a affection.
A titanic spectacle mirrorin'" (ho Ad
2-mlli tax for the north Umpqua high of Flying In offering free airplane
venturous career of a great master of
way and additional levies voted by the rides to their customers who save COMEDIES FEATURED AT
men. No picture mad» In the last ten
the tickets which are given with pur
people.
years can compare with this vital ro
THEATRE
NEXT
WEEK
mance of humanity's great champion
Completion of a tunnal into the chases. The customer has the option
who lived with mercy toward all and
Ghost cham' ers c' the Oregon caves of saving enough tickets to gain a free
malice toward none.
Tonight is the lust time to see that
ride,
or
else
saving
designated
num
has been a n n c .-c c ! by government
funny comedy "From Soup to Nutc"
contractors. Regraveling of the high hers, which are printed on the tickets, by Rube Goldberg, at the Bell theatre.
way leading from th » Redwood high and paying a small sum In cash for Friday and Saturday will bring .Wully
way to the mouth of tha caves is the airplane ride.
Wales, Virginia Brown Falre, and Buzz
Yellow window cards are displayed
nnder way and will be finished before
Barton in "Breed of the Iaiw.” Sun
by
those
merchants
who
are
cooperat
the spring influx of tourists.
day
will bring John Mnr Brown and
ing in this sale with the flying school.
Eugene will entertain the Oregon
Wallace Beery In ‘'Billy The Kid.”
older girls' conference March «, 7 and
’ Those Three French Girls" will play
8. About 500 delegates and 50 adult WILL TRADE—Standard 6-tube elaa- at the theatre Wednesday and Thurs
trified radio set for wo >d. Call day of next week.
leaders and advi- rs are expected to
Eugene 1259J.
attend. The conference is held under
the auspices of the Oregon Council of
Christian Education.
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