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®tC0nu ©ailii fmcralb University of Oregon, Eugene SOL ABRAMSON, Editor EARL W. SLOCUM. Manager EDITORIAL BOARD Bar Nash __— Managing Editor Harold Mamrum __ Sports Editor florcnca Jones —_Literary Editor— Henry Alderman_Contributing: Junior Bertram Jessup —— Contributing: Editor Paul Luy _Feature Editor News and Editor Phones, 665 DAY EDITORS: Beatrice Harden, Genevieve Morgan, Minnie Fisher, Barbara Blythe, Bill Haggerty. Alternates: Flossie Radabaugh, Grace Fisher. NIGHT EDITORS: Bob Hail, Supervisor: Wayne Morgan, Jack Coolidge, John Nance, Henry I.umpee, Herbert Jonas. SPORTS STAFF: Jack O'Meara. Assistant Sports Editor; Dick Syring, Art Schoeni, Hoyt Barnett, Dick Jones, Bob Foster. FEATURE WRITERS: Donald Johnston, Ruth Corey, John Butler, Joe Sweyd, LaWanda Fenlason. UPPER NEWS STAFF: Jane Epley, Alice Kraeft, Edith Dodge, Bob Galloway. NEWS STAFF: Grace Taylor, Herbert Lundy. Marian Sten, Dorothy Baker, Kenneth Roduner Betty Schultie, Frances Cherry, Margaret Long. Mary McLean, Bess Duke Ruth Newman, Miriam Shepard, Lucile Carroll, Eva Nealon, Margaret Hensley, Margaret Clark, John Allen, Grayce Nelson, Dorothy Franklin, Eleanor Edwards, Walter Coover, Amos Burg, Betty Hagen, Leola Ball, Dan Cheney, Ruth Newton. BUSINESS STAFF Milton George_ Associate Manager Herbert Lewis .. Advertising Manager loe Neil . Advertising Manager Larrr Thielen .... Foreign Advertising Mgr. ftutb Street . Advertising Manager Francis McKenna .... Circulation Manager Eli His sell . Ass’t Circulation Mgr. Wilbur Shannon . Circulation Ass't Ruth Corey . Specialty Advertising Alice McGrath . Specialty Advertising Advertising Assistants: Flossie Radabaugh, KodencK L.ar ouexre, maurine uomwaru, Charles Reed, Bob Moore, Bill Hammond, Oliver Brown. Office Administration: Dorothy Davis, Lou Anne Chase, Ruth Field, Emily Williams. Tha Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of tile University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during the college year. Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year. Adver tising rates upon application. Residence phone, editor, 2293-L; manager, 1320. Business office phone, 1895. Day Editor This Issue—Bee Harden Night Editor This Issue—Jack Coolidge Assistant—’Dave Pompel Unsigned comment in this column is written by the editor. Full responsibility Is assumed by the editor for all editorial opinion. THE American people cannot be too careful in guarding the freedom of speech and of the press against any curtail ment as to the discussion of pub lic affairs and the character and conduct of public men.—Carl Schurz. Get Out the Crying Towels SINCE the controversy over a pub lications-committee Emerald started, the Emerald has asked that the question bo decided on its fun damental significance. It has at tempted to draw away from the per sonal, and the petty technicalities and to deal with the question of whether or not it is to the best in terests of a university student body that the editor it elects should bo permitted the freedom of the edi torial columns, rather than be sub ject to supervision by an appointive committee. Proponents of tho measure have been given every opportunity to dis cuss the issue (this they do not deny) but rather than deal with tho basic problem, they have contented themselves with repeating tho sur face facts:—that the change is ono of simply harmonizing constitution and by-laws. These same proponents have asked first-page space for their material. This request has been granted, as have their other requests. Yet oven now they do not discuss the prob lem. Instead thev use a column in which to weep because of the in justice done them by material used by the Emerald and through typo graphical display. This despite the fact that they have boon granted their every request for space. Wo still wait for them to come to the heart of the problem, willing that the students judge the question on its merits, and confident that if they analyze the problem they will soo that they will be doing themselves more harm than good by opening a means for the suppression of free and honest criticism, Despite the writer’s objection to the use of “Oregon” in reference to “gag” rule, we insist that sup pression of editorial comment would hinder the University and its stu dents. That was the reference. The editorial columns themselves are secondary. To accuse the writers of messages of not knowing the facts is to as sume the possession of information that we are certain the complainant would not claim for himself. Might not these persons have read the statements of the president and vice-president of tin* student body which appeared in the same issue with the Emerald's statements? Would the writer not grant the persons he discredits the ability to make a rational choice? And how about the cries that the Emerald misrepresents the University to the alumni? Should we not permit these alumni to testify? The freshman class meeting was reported as are all other class meet iiigs. We wonder why no one has ever before objected to the “class” reference in tin stories of meetings, regardless of what the attendance', or called the news “propaganda.” The Emerald had no part in the class’s deliberations, and any open minded persons will grant, surely, that the class had a right to do what it pleased. To disagree witJi l’rofessor Smith’s communication does not suffice to settle this point. What ever the writer's views, he present ed a clear analysis of the case, and the points he raised have not vet, although they are fundamental, been answered by the proponents of a supervised Emerald. If the Stanford Daily misinter preted the Emerald’s message in the process .of reconstruction, it , none the less made comment per tinent to the local situation, and ^ which has not been altered in later word from that institution. But after all there is no reason why wo should permit the propon ents of a censored Emerald to draw us into petty disputes that obscure the issue. The point remains that the Emerald under the proposed amendment could be rendered worthless, editorially, and the stu dents must decide whether they wish to run the risk of such a pos sibility in order that “harmony” bo had. Just a word regarding tho stu dent body presidents’ messages. It should be remembered that two sys tems of choosing editors are used on the coast. One is that used hore —direct election. The other is ap pointment by a publications com mittee. Under tho former plan, no institution in tho country, so far as we are able to ascertain, holds tho editor in check by an appointive committee that can make him pre sent his policies to it beforehand. A few make him responsible to a committeo for acts already commit ted. Under tho appointment plan it is only natural that tho committee which appoints should have the right to recall. This is tho system in use at Washington, whore, how evor, students voted yesterday on a plan to make tho editor an elected official. Under tho new plan tho editor would bo responsible only in cases of libel, slander and so forth. When any college editor goes that far ho is responsible not only to a committee but to tho president of tho university and tho civil courts as well. At Idaho, again notice, there is no check. That student presidents should, however, declare themselves in favor of policy control is not at nil surprising. The contrary would he. Wouldn’t it bo a remarkable thing if' student body officials did i not favor a plan that would safe guard them from criticism? An an alogous situation was a recent na tional administration request to newspapermen that they not critic ize its foreign policy. Would he not have liked to control criticism? Yes indeed. And it would have made for harmony. But the question is: are the stu dents best served by a continual state of harmonious stagnation? Or shall mental life be permitted, even though tho truth may hurt? The Case of \ Mv. Socrates TTISTOBY records the execution hy the Athenian State of ono Socrates for the high crime of what today would technically be called sedition. It happened in 399 11. 0. On March 31, 1937 A. I)., an Athenian lawyer in due legal form appealed to the Supreme Court of Oreece for a reversal of decision that history might also record the formal correction of a serious “mis I carriage of justice.” Honored shades of limbo, what j an example of the “law’s delay”! ; Hut even yet it shall not be. Never —if the sentiment of the present court prevails. It rejected the plea “on the ground that legal action was no longer needed, world opin 1 i<jn having completely vindicated Socrates,” according to a report in the New York Times. It is easy to be humorous about the whole incident or to join the feature artists in such blandiloquent blurbs as that of the Times’ writer, : who murmurs, “It is perhaps the ; happiest tribute that could be ' paid.” But let us not deceive ourselves. ! 1 he truth is, that Socrates is about j as far from being vindicated by ( world opinion as a man could be. ' It is difficult to imagine a more un congenial and troublesome figure than Socrates translated into the modern world. Believing himself divinely in spired he set himself implacably against the dearly intrenched ways TfeSEVEN * SEERS The annual adjective slinging contest was held yesterday at the assembly. s • • • Every time I read an editorial in the Oregonian I have to look up the meaning of “necromancy.” • • • There’s on thing about the E. O. T. C. uniforms, they don’t pick up lint as badly as blue serge. * • * Culture is penetrating farther and farther into the wilds of the state. The other day I disco\ ered a bottle of the famous “Old Oregon” liquid soap in a hotel in Eoseburg. Addled axiom: It’s a long avenue I that has no filling station. Summer Can’t go to Winter Without A little Fall; Nor can Winter go to Summer Without A little Spring. No, Gretchen, residents of Great! Neck, Ii. I. are not called Great Neckers. With so much rouge the order of the day, flowers are not the only things born to blush unseen. —Klamath Falls Evening Herald. Perhaps Portland’s baseball team hasn’t been so successful yet, but gosh, you can’t expect them to start scoring homers right off the batl A dancer we hate Is Helen Hankies; She wears her dresses Down to her ankles. • • • The professor -with the shiny blue serge suit says ho didn’t realize there were so many on the honor roll and Greater Oregon committee until he went to the assembly yes terday. • • • The old drinking'fountain in the shack realized that with so 'much going on around thero this week more moisture would be needed so it put out two more inches of water yesterday for the frothy-mouthed campaigners. "A bootlegger just moved into of belief and practice of a demo cratic, patriotic and success wor shipping age. Unremitting and un sparing public critic, unmincing prophet, impenitent martyr, he was such stuff as gods are made of. Imagine Socrates accosting your chief men of the town at the en trance to the local success club or council chamber with such words as these: j “Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for reputation, and for honor? Will you not think or care about wisdom, and truth, and the perfec tion of your soul?” And hear to his calm, sad judg ment of democracy, its tyranny and incompetency, and say if Socrates would find welcome in our market place: “There is no man who will pre serve his life for long within Ath ens or elsewhere, if he firmly op poses the wishes of the people, and tries to prevent the commission of much injustice and illegality in the state.” Socrates vindicated by world opinion! He knows not Socrates who says so. Or else he is blind in his own conceit of the real temper of our day. Can you picture Socrates wield ing his gadfly arguments on the curbs of Wall street unmolested by the modern money-makers, or loaf ing round the lobbies of our Cap itols poking ironic jibes at the pol iticians? Then you can also imag ine such another one as speaker of tlie day at a business men’s lunch icon bowing to enthusiastic applause after his finely given “pep talk” ion the subject. “Consider the lilies J of the field.”—B. J. our neighborhood and dad is as sore as the devil.” “What’s the matter, does it give the vicinity a bad name!” “Oh, no, that’s not it. Dad’s afraid the bird will squeel on him.” • • • Mary baked a pie—she did; Tasted like a manhole lid. That tasty pie to her beau she fed, She’s still a Miss—her beau is dead. —Yeki. THE PRESENT CRIME WAVE IN PORTLAND MIGHT WELL BE CALLED AN EASTER YEGG HUNT. • «■ * Fame is fickle. What has become of that fellow that swam the Cata lina channel last winter, whatever his name was? WOMAN ARRESTED FOR CARRYING CONCEALED ARMS (Hdline). Her legs were probably in plain view, however. FAMOUS LAST WORDS "Line’s busyyyyyyy.’’ Common icauons , ■ J;' How About the World Court? To the Editor: The Emerald is the official stu dent publication of the University of Oregon paid for by the students at the rate of 75 cents each term, j It is representative to the state at large of the student opinions. I | feel as though an advisory com mittee should be allowed the editor of the Emerald in order that he j shall have opportunity to check up on his opinions. He ought to be I able to assure himself officially that he is representing the most united and worthwhile side of the argu ments of any propagandists he will have to face. It is a check both for him and for the students. This is not needed in each editorial or even on each issue but is a safeguard when he or the students feel the need of a meditating body. On a II rge campus, a growing institution j to be backed up by the students it is our only way of assurance—a safety valve—a good idea. MARGARET EDMUNSON Psychology to the Defense To the Editor: I wonder if you have room in your columns for an Irishman who is always glad to share in a good light. I believe the position of the editor of the Emerald is sound from a psychological view point. Modern psychologists in the edu cational field, such as Gates and Colvin, say that a conscious selec tion or rejection of facts or ideas concerning a situation, is the only method of arriving at a rational conclusion regarding it. The individual contributes new ideas, discovers new facts, and the group acts upon them. Individual judgment is progressive and open to new impressions regarding' things: group judgment is notor iously conservative. In group judg ment progressive ideas are elimin ated, or suppressed in order to reach, a common ground. Consequently no new ideas or facts are likely to or iginate from such a source. The opinion of the editor of the Emerald and the communications from various students are far more certain to be representative of the individual opinions of the great body of students on the campus than is the group opinion coming from the Student Council and the presi dent of the student body, arrived at through suppression of their indi vidual opinions. Society is in a continual state of L & R Beauty Shoppe Marcelling, Facial and Scalp Treatments Expert Barbers in Attendance Next to Rex Theatre i Direct from Portland 1 40 New DIANA HATS Alluring: Shades in Silk and i Straw Combinations. $3.95 to $6.00 On Display at 775 E. 22nd Street. Between Hilyard and Alder, Phone 1078-J. I growth and change, demanding new adjustments in various phases of life. The college campus is no ex ception. The only' thing that the president of the student body and the student council, imbued with fine ideals of respect for old traditions and given the power of censorship over the campift news, is able to do with any degree of success in meeting ; new conditions, is—nothing. How splendidly such a group might accomplish such an object is evidenced by looking at the back ward civilization of China, whose government has from time immem orial been in the hands of the lit erati, a group of scholars, steeped in the old traditions and given the power to enforce them on the peo ple. It is a curious thing that it should have occurred to some of the stu dents of a great university, which is about to grant greater liberty to individual thought and enterprise, that it is necessary to muzzle its most effective channel of individual expression, that of its newspaper. Too often efforts are made to appeal to men’s prejudices, and their so-called traditions, while the deeper purpose which motivated the outcry is kept conveniently in the background. It is charged that the editor of the Emerald is not expressing the opinions of the majority of students. If he is not doing so, and it is such a heinous crime as we are led to believe, let his accusers abandon their generalizations and give us some definite proof, and prepare the way for his recall. Do they dare do this? “Let there be light.” WALTER BUTLER Orchesis announces the pled ging of: Dorothy Brown Grace Gardner Joyce Maddox Hazel Nobes Eleanor Poorman Elizabeth Thacher. DOBBS HATS The new Dobbs RIVIERA suggests | in its lightweight texture and charm ing colors the sunshine and zephyrs of Spring days. The quality is the product of seventy-five years’ experi ence in making fine hats, and it bears die signature of Dobbs & Co, New York’s leading hatters! Here and on Fifth Avenue exclusively. 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