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FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928
A Good Politician
Is a Worried Politician
TWO presidential candidates lmd
their names presented with
‘ soi inly flourishes at the nominations
“ assembly yesterday. Then, as if
acting on a prearranged schedule,
nominations for vice-president were
declared in order, without even ob
serving the parliamentary propriety
of awaiting a third aspirant.
A scant handful, perhaps, noticed
the lapse; they were the uninitiated.
Had they been paying attention to
the growth of ealinpus political for
* illations all through the past weeks,
they would have been startled from
their seats if a third nominator had
arisen with another candidate. Cut
and dried—that’s what most stu
dents remark with a secret sense of
vanity in their penetration.
In regard to political inertia, stu
dents do not differ from their par
i cuts. Periodically they demand a
man to lead them; one who measures
[ up to their ideals. They do not in
i tend to go seek him themselves;
they won’t even turn out and vote,
for him when ho is brought to them.
But they will hold their democratic
privilege inviolate.
That is where the campus poli
tician steps in. Last week, particu
larly, we saw him deftly manipulat
ing the Gordian knot of conflicting
ambitions. .Shrewdly ho would
pluck out one hopeful office seeker,
shift another to his place. And at
last lie emerged with his eandidato,
all ready to be sleeked down for
filial presentation.
To this strain of college political
genius we owe 1 ho simplification of
the election problem; it is the un
sung ballot strategist, who produces,
from any number of well-matched
potential candidates, exactly the
right; man at the right time. With
out him, how could the perfect can
didate whom the voters demand over
be found?
.So far, all (ho politician’s anxiety
has been subordinate to the domi
nating fear of popular whimsies
shown at the polls. This uncertainty
alone drives him to his utmost lo
choose, in the first place, material
that may find the widest favor;
and, in the second place, to whip
that material into the closest ap
proach of tlii‘ popular ideal he can.
When the voters’ voico becomes ab
solute and predictable, democracy is
through.
II is lip lo the students next Wed
nesday to affirm or differ with the
choices of the politicians. And as
popular will stiows itself in this
election, so will the diplomatists
struggle or lag next, time. Let the
voice speak out with authority.
East and West;
The Twain Meet
SHALL Oregon have a chair of
oriental art and culture? The
question was publicly raised yester
day when R. Stephenson Smith, of
the English department, made the
suggestion in a talk before the Eu
gene chamber of commerce.
Oregon is well qualified for just
such an addition to its courses of
study. Its position as a university
in a state bordering on the Pacific
and becoming more and more in
volved in trade with the nations of
the Orient, is an important factor of
geographic fitness. As our relations
with the Par East become increas
ingly close and binding, a knowledge
and appreciation of Oriental peoples
and their customs is not merely de
sirable but a necessity.
It is not only because of com
mercial reasons that wo need to
know movo of the Orient. Com
merce, it is true, opens the way and
is chiefly responsible for contacts
between the East and the West, but
the Orient is valuable to occidentals
for other reasons. Much can l>c
learned from the philosophies and
religions of the Orient. Oriental
literature, art, and culture is filled
with riches for the student seeking
to fit himself to cope with the prob
lems of the coining era of world
affairs.
The University has already made
a start toward bringing about a
better conception of the Orient and
its peoples. The Murray Warner
museum with its display of Chinese
and Japanese art objects has im
parted an idea of Oriental art and
culture to ninnv an Oregon student.
Contacts with students coming from
eastern countries in increasing num
bers have helped greatly. Courses
in Chinese and Jupaneso history
have aided in bringing about better
understanding of these nations. Ro
far, only the surface has been
scratched.
A chair of oriental art and cul
ture at Oregon held by a Chinese
professor was the idea advanced by
Mr. Smith. If the idea can bo made
into a reality, Oregon may truly
take a place in the first rank of
those promoting amicable relations
and an appreciation of each other
between the Occident and the Orient.
—W. C.
A good-will delegation of Cali
fornia business men is due to reach
Eugene Monday of next week just
as University classes are dismissed
for noon. The chamber of com
merce wishes us to hang out the
•‘business as Usual” sign. Slickers,
galoshes and umbrellas will probably
be in order.
Wadsworth to Take
Position on Cruiser
K. P. Ho wo n, head of t lie romance
language department, lias just an
nounced tlie faculty appointments
for the coming year. Mr, Wads
worth has accepted a position as in
structor in Spanish on the S. S. Ryu
dam of (lie College Cruise, llis place
lit re as assistant professor will be
filled by l)r. Arnold H. Rowbatham,
of the t’uiveisity of California.
The teaching fellow will be Charles
li. Howell, who takes liis M.A. this
year at Syracuse University, Syra
cuse, New York. Miss Helen Crane
has been reappointed graduate as
sistant.
Miss Cornelia l’ipes, who has been
■ n leave of absence at l’aris this
year, will return. The successor to
Miss Hellion, who will be at Pomona
College, has not yet been appointed.
Schedule Meeting of
Board in Oregon City
Tho Board of Higher Ourrieula
will hold its annual meeting Fri
day, April 2S in Oregon City. This
l'.oard meets ones a year to decide
what courses of study or depart
ments, if any, shall not be duplicat
ed in tho higher educational insti
tutions of Oregjm. It determines
end defines the courses of study and
departments to be offered and eon
ducted by each of the institutions.
University High Tennis
Team Scores on Salem
The Vuivorsity higli tennis team
was again victorious when they beat
Salem high last Friday afternoon by
winning four out of five matches.
The doubles were not played because
of the lack of time,
MADGE BELLAMY AND HER
HUSBAND WERE MARRIED
FOUR DAYS BEFORE A DIVORCE
WAS SECURED.
Movie actors and actresses are
certainly original. Who else would
have thotxght of applying the mara
thon to marriage?
* * #
“Why the sleepy look in your eyes,
olrl chap?”
“No classes yesterday,”
Frosh Ben Dover heard his first
nomination speeches yesterday. He
■said he didn’t like it when the
speaker left the name of the candi
date until the very last, because he
had trouble recognizing even his
own brothers by their lists of ac
complishments.
LIFE’S LITTLE TRAGEDIES
The geology professor gets badly
stung on an investment he makes in
a gold mine.
DREAM tollies
FULL OF PATHOS
O’Bryant, as Cabin Boy on Shasta,
Has Many Trials
The scene opens with a melody
lingering on. Just what melody it
is or how long it has been lingering
is not divulged until everyone in the
audience has made a guess.
At this point the lights arc sud
denly switched on and the Pony
Chorus comes prancing in, chanting
the “Saddle Song.” (“How Saddle
Bo When You Arc Gone”).
Suddenly the scene changes. (If
it doesn’t, it is the fault of green
stage-hands). Billy O’Bryant is all
alone on the stage, representing Fri
day and Saturday nights in the
library. In walks the rushing com
mittee from Phi Beta Kappa.
(See tho dramatic climax at the
Ilcilig today and tomorrow).
TODAY’S DIRECTORY ANSWER
“Well, go ahead. What were you
going to tell me?”
“I Sawyer girl out with another
fellow last night.”
The Junior Vaudeville at Wash
ington State College is free. Oh
well, if ours was free people would
kick because they didn’t get paid
for going.
“Wlmt new statue is that dvcr
there liy the Pioneer?”
“That’s one of the campus gar
deners.”
OH, THOSE CAKELESS PKINTEKS
“The cat, after striking the man,
skidded on the slippery pavement
and dragged him for more than
thirty feet before coming to a stop
against a telephone pole on the
southwest corner of the intersec
tion.”- News item.
Released from pledge
Was Mordocai Evans;
Lucky at dice—•
Rolled too many sevens.
PRIZE NOMINATION SPEECH
lie was a member of the, acted on
; tlie, served on the, was elected to
I the, was chairman of the,* was on
!the committee of the, was chosen
for the, was for two years on the,
had charge of publicity on the, is
at present working on the, is presi
dent of the, (time!)
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“My candidate has all these qual
ifications.”
SEVEN JSEElEs
Him Tips
REX—
Today—Tom Mix in “Daredevil’s
Reward,” a drama of the Texas
Rangers, and on the stage, “Wild
West Wonder Shows,” featuring
“Nan,” world’s champion pistol
shot, and “Wyoming” Bill, world
famous roper, in their sensational
act, matinee and night.
Also, “High Flying George,” a
fun filled flight of laughs, and Ore
gon Pictorial News; Marion Zureher
at the organ.
McDonald
Today—Richard Dix in “THE
GAY DEFENDER,” the hottest type
of romance ever produced by Dix.
The locale of the story is on the
Murietta rancho in southern Cali
fornia during 1850, when native
Californians were desperately fight
ing the rush of unscrupulous gold
seekers; when the strumming of gui
tars was interrupted by pistol shots:
“In days of old when knights were
bold!” That’s the setting of Dix’
latest! Imagine him as a romantic
Don of the nineteenth century! Will
the girls rave about him? Wo ask
you—and how!
J. C.
Interchurch Banquet to
Be Given Wednesday
As a final windup of religious
activities on the University campus
for this year, various student groups
will hold an interchurch’ banquet
Wednesday, May 2, at the Baptist
church, it was announced yesterday.
Victor P. Morris, professor of
economics at the University, will be
the chief speaker. A variety of
musical numbers are also planned.
Tickets may be obtained from Rev.
H. W. Davis at the Y. M. C. A. hut,
Miss Dorothy Thomas at the Y. W.
C. A., or members of the various
church groups. The ticket sale ends
April 29.
The student interchurch committee
is sponsoring the event. This is
composed of Lois Tuttle, Congrega
tional; Robert Fleming, Presbyter
ian; William Suver, Christian; Rev.
H. W. Davis, Y. M. C. A.; Betty
Brown, Y. W. C. A.; Ralph Boding,
Lutheran; Harold Guldi, Methodist,
and Miss Eunice Blodgett, Baptist.
Legion Invites Cadets
To Local Post’s Meeting
Invitation to attend the first meet
ing of the local American Legion
post in the month of May has been
extended Colonel 'William S. Sin
clair, his staff, and members of tbe
B. O. T. C.
The invitation reads as follows:
“At the meeting of the Eugene Post,
number three, I was instructed to j
extend to you and the officers of
your staff and members of the B. O.
T. C. an invitation to attend the
first meeting in May. This will
come on Thursday evening, May 10.
We will be very glad to have you
meet with us. Very sincerely yours,
A. T. Moses, Adjutant.”
Con Dillon is commander of the
local post.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo
Alto, April 26.—(P.I.P.)—The first
phonograph record made by the Stan
ford glee club, and one of only a
few recorded in the United States,
was formally released last Tuesday
by the Victor Company. “Come
Join the Band,” “Stanford For
ever,” “Sons of the Stanford Red,”
and a parody on the “Trojan War
Hcrse Song,” compose a medley on
the record. “Hail, Stanford, Hail,”
and “Alma Mater” are recorded on
the reverse side.
Pledging Announcement
Alpha Kappa Delta, national hon
orary sociology fraternity, announc
es the pledging of Lee Brown, Louis
Damaseh, Lenore Durkee, Allen
East, Adelaide Fay, Phyliss Hart
zog, John Sten, Florence Sommer
ville.
[ V KU6P '27
tHfc BULL SBfS\ON
Fifth and Last Blast
—In Which Various Matters Are Discussed, and a Plan Evolved,
f5Here’s a point I never thought
of,” Johnny began. “The Univer
sity—and that means the students
as well as the institution—is really
“Crum”
indebted to Eugene,
and especially to the
merchants of the
city. Of course, the
University is a great
asset to the town;
but anyway, the
merchants, bankers,
and so on, do a lot
for the University—
more than we know
anything about. They ve given
money — real money — more than
once; and they do a lot for the stu
dents, too. I’m not saying they don’t
expect to get it back. But whatever
their motive may be, there would be
a lot of hard feeling if the Co-op—a
student enterprise—should start a
price-cutting business. As long as the
Co-op sells goods at the same general
price level as the down-town mer
chants, everything’s pretty; but if
they should begin to under-sell,
there’d be trouble right away. So in
stead of cutting prices, the Co-op
gives refunds with all purchases
made by members—students and
faculty.”
“Say,” Bart Broke in, “you know
I've been thinking aboitt that refund
proposition, and I’ve got an idea.
While the discounts that any one
person might save throughout the
year don't rate very much—why, if
we all saved them, it would really
amount to something. Well, you
know, we were talking about our
library the other night at House
meeting, and trying to think of some
way of getting some books. Now,
suppose we all agreed to save our
refunds and put them in a pool for
the purchase of books at the end of
the year.”
.x V
“Johnny’*
“ B1 a m e d good
idea/' answered
Ajax. “How much
would it amount to,
J o li n n y ? I'm no
math shark.”
„ Johnny figured for
a moment on the
baek of an envelope.’
“Well, the average
purchases for each
student amount to twenty-seven dol
lars a year. Thirty times that is
$810.00; and the refunds would
amount to $40.50. And if we all
agreed to buy everything we could
of the Co-op instead of anywhere
else, we’d have quite a little more
than that. I’d say it’s worth doing.
Let’s put it over.
What do you say, you
fellows ? ’ ’
“I’in for it,” said V
Ajax. ‘‘How about ‘
you, Crum?”
Crum took several
long drags at his cig- 4
arette before he an
swered.
‘‘Say, I started
‘Bart’
this thing, didn’t I? I came in here
roaring because I thought I’d been
stung on those books I bought. Well,
I was just a plain darned fool—and
I don’t care who knows it. But I
figure that I’ve done everybody a
kind of favor by getting this thing
cleared up.
•
“Of course, I’m in on that refund
saving plan. That’s all to the godd.
But I don’t think we ought to stop
there. There are other guys around
this campus that crab the Co-op
just as I did. Well, I’m all for con
verting ’em. It’s just because they
don't know—that’s all. I’m sold Oil
the Co-op, myself—and I'm going t o
do what I can to pass the word
along. We ought to get behind it, just
the way we do athletics, and Junior
Week-end, and everything else. And
I'm much obliged to you, Johnny
—and you, too, Bart—for the work
you’ve done in getting the dope. I
only wish every student on the cam
pus mul been in on
these bull sessions.”
He got up from bis
chair and reached for
his eap.
'* Where you going,
Crum!” Ajax asked.1
‘‘Over to the Co-1
op. 1 ’in out of cigar-1
ettes. Wanta come
along?”
That’s All—There Isn’t Any More
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