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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1930)
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD (Oregon ®aita University of Oregon, Eugene Arthur L. Schoeni . Editor William H. Hammond . Business Manager Vinton Hall . Managing Editor EDITORIAL WRITERS Ron Tlubhfl, Ruth Newman, Rex Tugsing, Wilfred Brown Nancy Taylor .. Secretary UPPER NEWS STAFF Mary Klomm . Harry Van Dine . Phyllis Van Kimmell Myron Griffin . Victor Kaufman . Ralph David . Claience Craw . Assistant Managing Editor .. Sports Editor . Society . Literary . P. I. P. Editor . Chief Night Editor . Makeup Editor GENERA!/ NEWS STAFF: Dave Wilson, Helen Cornell, Carol Werschkul, Robert Allen, Henry Lumpce, Elizabeth Painton, Thornton Gale. Lavina Hicks. Jack Bellinger, Kathryn Feld man. Barbara Conly. Rufus Kimball, Thornton Shaw, Robert Guild, Betty Harcombe, Anne Bricknell, Carl Monroe, Thelma Nelson, Lois Nelson, Evelyn Shaner, Sterling Green. SPORTS WRITERS: Jack Burke, assistant editor; Ralph Yer gen, Edgar Goodnaugh, Beth Salway. Day Editor . . Dorothy Thomas (Jen. Assignment . Henrietta Steinke Night Editor.. Ted Montgomery ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS Gwendolyn Metzger John Rogers BUSINESS STAFF George Weber, Jr... Aasociate Manager Tony Peterson . Advertiaing Manager Addison Brockman .. Foreign Advertising Manager Jean Patrick . Manager Copy Department Larry Jackson . Circulation Manager Betty Hagen . Women’s Specialty Advertising Ina Tremblay . Assistant Advertising Manager Betty Carpenter . Assistant Copy Manager Dot Anne Warnick . Executive Secretary Professional Division .. Lau.,hridge Shopping Column . Betty Hagen, Nan Crary EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS: Ned Mars, Bernndine Carrico, Helen Sullivan, Fred Reid. ADVERTISING SOLICITORS: Larry Bay, Harold Short, Auton Bush, Inu Trembluy. Production Assistant . Sterling Green Office Assistants . Ellen Mills, June Lyon The Oregon Daily Emernld, official publication of the Asso ciated Students of the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. Member of the Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, aa second class matter. Subscription rates, $2.f»0 a year. Advertising rates ipon application. Phone, Man ager: Office, 1895; residence, 127. Set Salaries Fairest Eight good men and true, not to mention two women, are now engaged in the herculean task of remodelling a constitution for the associated stu dent body. At each turn new wrinkles are unfold ing themselves to the renovators, and new difficul ties are arising. One of the questions which will have to come to a showdown before the final draft is complete is, “In what form shall the constitution provide for remuneration of the editors and managers of the Emerald and Oregana?” At present reading, the Emerald executives are paid for their year’s services upon recommendation of the finance committee, with no guarantee that there will be any set amount. Oregana heads receive compensation only if there are any profits left after the book is issued. From the standpoint of finances, possibly the lat ter practice may be justified since it serves as an incentive for the yearbook manager to see that there ARE profits. In fact there is nothing that says he cannot cut down on the quality of the book to be sure that profits accrue and his year’s work is not wasted. The Emerald never fails to turn several thou sand dollars profit into the associated students’ treasury so the placing of the salaries of the editor and manager on the basis of whether a certain committee wants to vote them money shows a de cided distrust in the good intentions of the Emerald. A year ago the editor and manager were guar anteed $400 and then a cut out of the profits, with a maximum limit of $000. Last spring this was repealed and the remuneration, if any, left entirely to the whim of a committee a sort of Sword of Damocles to be held over the heads of the editor and manager to assure correct behavior. Freedom of the press is involved there, all arguments to the contrary notwithstanding. In the interests of a better yearbook which will compare favorably with those of other schools anil fair play toward student workers, the constitu tional remodelling committee should consider a sys tem of set salaries for both Emerald and Oregana. Athletics and Alcoholism Interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics are founded on the premise that they contribute to the bodily strength of the athlete, develop in him high ideals of sportsmanship and an appreciation of dean living which will stay with the man for the rest of his life. With such aims, athletics in the educational sys tem of the nation have made great advances in the past three decades. From an interclass activity football has risen to an international sport. This year a Mexican university team played a south western college as a step in this direction. Other sports on ttie athletic calendar have grown. The American public is sports conscious. Continually stressing the theory that being an athlete makes a man realize ttiat the only life is the clean life, high schools and colleges all over the nation have embarked on an extensive cam paign of development. Everything is being done to raise the athlete and the school team into the spotlight of the public press. The star halfback is almost as well-known as the mayor. Adulation is his; the town "sports" make his acquaintance. They know him by sight, while often he does not know them. He is placed on a pedestal of hero-worship and develops a self confidence that his punier, less-athletic classmates do not get. He travels around from town to town; is thrown in with all sorts of companions; meets the "sport’’ and the hale-fellow-well-met. They cater to his vanity with praise. He begins to like their com pany. The things they do are constantly thrust before him and talked about. Herein enters the paradox. On the one hand the athlete strives to develop his body that he may better excel in his sport. On the other hand he picks up the bad habits of the “sport." The one works in direct opposite to the other. Alcohol usually is shunned during the training season, but once it is over the athlete forgets what it will do to his body and turns to it us a long lost friend. | Wager is that a far greater percentage of athletes will be found to be addicted to alcohol than any other similar number of young men. This does not say that ALL athletes have met and quaffed; but a percentage score as compared to non-athletes would' point an accusing finger against them. In this light the great development of athletics in American education has worked an injustice against the individual. Whether or not these men would have developed the taste for alcohol had they not been athletes cannot be predicted. But by be | ing such, they have thrust upon them temptations ! that tlo not come to their less-lucky compatriots. Opportunities are greater for such digression and once the season is over the "good sport" side of the public’s hero is appealed to and alcohol helps him be the hale and hearty fellow the public ex pects him to be. Perhaps the evil effects of alcoholism upon the human body are not as severe as pictured by school hygienes—this last is not to be taken as a defense for drinking. Apple-core Absence Apparent The fact that no apple cores were heaved out of the Oregon rooting section at the personnel of the O. S. C. squad would seem to indicate a triumph for Barometer editorial policy. But that might be accounted for by the fact that apples are rather out of season at this time of year. However, the Emerald is frankly pessimistic. It was to be noted that many paper gliders folded out of programs were sailed out from the Oregon section in the direction of the floor, which would tend to indicate that Webfoot rooters, in spite of all the femerald and Barometer moralizing, are still guileful and murderous at heart. In view of this and the fact that certain of the Corvallis visitors had their vision partially impaired by posts, and no coffee and doughnuts were served in the press box, the Emerald is expecting, accord ing to form, a two-column front page editorial in this morning’s Earometer entitled “Time to Call a Halt,” or something of that sort. (S'-“ ----- "------«—•[£) Oreganized De7nentia Pl--- !»■ - ---------------------„_„_,'|S LETTERS FROM HOMESICK FROSH I Dear Papa, Well, I bepn aroun dis dump since Chrismas. Youse may have done de right ting to send me out in de sticks for a education, but I aint seen nutting of it yet. I got socked tree berries today, papa, for not handing over seven bucks to dem mugs up in de match box wit de white posts in front wot I was tellin you about. I)ey wrote me a letter and said dey was goin to string me up by de suspenders if I didn't kick trough pretty quick. Of course as you says I got to pay de price to git educated, but she’s a big order, papa. I don’t even tink we could fix dese babies if dey wars back in Chi—de skoit at de window don’t know nuttin about where de order to squeeze out me tree bucks come from except dat de state needs de jack. Rut really, papa, dis aint a bad place. Dey got a big tomb down here dey call de igloo. Saturday a hunch of some kind of farmers come up from a place dey call de stock college, an got out on de floor an mixed it wit a flock of univoisity punks. Dpy put a real show. When some was chasing each udder aroun in coicles, de udders was playin ketch wit a ball. Some big blond bunny jumps on a little bit of a univoisity punk and was rnaulin him aroun on de floor. I was gonna go out an moider de big louse when everybody begins to hol ler ‘‘Moo!" I guess dat was part of de racket, so I hollers moo, too. Dat stopped de fight. Den Home dizzy ape lias to git exeited an pull his gat. At de foist shot I dives under de seat, but from de sound 1 soon seen dat lie wasn't shnotin nut tin but a old out a date horse pistol, so I hits for de door, liopiu 1 can git out before some udder egg opens up wid a real paint sprayer. I don’t know how it toined out, liut I hold plenty of hollerin and a lotta blokes come piliu out liehin me. Papa, 1 gotta go to class now. Some dame is goin to spill tie woiks dere on how some Beowulf yap maims a boid called Grendel, an I don’t wanna miss it. Give de warden me love. I'll send you anudder letter soon. Your affectionate son, Hank De Hat. * * * TO KEIJEVK poor Hank l)e Hat’s home sickness, Adolphe Burdneste, our highbrow laureate, sympathetically penned the following poem with tears in his eyes. It will cheer Hank. We’re proud of Adolphe. DE GANGSTER Noivous, wall-eyed. Gun, grab jewelry;— "Dat guy's a stool.” Give bonus to de mayor .... Machine gun . . . tattoo, steel jackets . . . Blooie! Fed-agents . . . warehouse, black rats Playing blind man’s buff . . . “Quittm de gang eh? O. K., you squealer! Quitter!” Bang!—Crash! “Who dropped dat dish?” Sigma Delta Chi—business meet ing today at 3 o'clock. Plans will be discussed for press conference and for initiation. -o V. M. C. A. Cabinet—meeting to day at the hut at 4 o’clock. All frosh debaters—are requested to inspect the bulletin board in Friendly hall for assignments. Work will begin at once. All junior women physical educa tion majors—meet today in the club room of the Women’s build ing at 11 o’clock. ———o Alpha Chi — will meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the women’s lounge of the Gerlinger building. ———o Cosmopolitan club—will have Jap anese picture slides on Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. ■ -—o German club—meeting tonight at 7:30 at the Y. W. bungalow. Vis itors welcome. Professor Tuttle’s discussion group in “Religious Adjustments”—will meet today at 4 o’clock at 708 East 12th street. ■ -o Five o’clock chorus—will meet in the bungalow at 4 o'clock today for practice. Junior and sophomore women’s basket ball teams—are requested to be out for practice at 5 today. --o— All people—who have not received a refund on tickets for the Amer ican hockey game can secure it at the Ad building between 4 and 5 o’clock today. After that no money will be refunded. -o Emerald staff—meets this after noon at 4 o’clock. -o Alpha Delta Sigma—meeting at 11:50 today, at Mr. Thacher’s of fice. Now Your Appearance cart always be at its best, because there’s no excuse for not hav ing your shoes always shined. Here, you will get a lasting shine, one that will defy even the fickle Oregon weather. Rain or shine. CAMPUS SHOE SHINE Across From the Sigma Chi House New Ballroom Class for BEGINNERS Starts Wednesday, Feb. 5 7:30 P. M. All students will dance a modern fox-trot in first lesson. Ten 2-Hour Lessons $7.50 Ladies $5.00 Francis Mullins Merrick Dance Studios 8(11 Willamette St. Phone 8081 Stuillo Open Daily at 1 P. M. Oregana Wants Snaps of Women Sports, Serious, Funny Pictures Desired Snaps of women’s sport3 and well-known women are wanted for the Women's section of the Ore gana, according to Dorothy Kirk, editor of the women’s section. Snaps of tennis, canoeing, arch ery, basketball, speedball, horse back riding, swimming, and hik ing will be particularly appreciat ed. Either prints or negatives will be gladly accepted if turned in be fore the end of this week to Dor othy Kirk, Beth Salway, or the Oregana office in the Journalism shack. Snaps of any well-known campus women will be gladly ac cepted, either serious or funny. University of Washington track men may go on smoking if they wish. Faculty members are deter mining the effects of the nicotine. Girls! Louis Philippe Lipstick $1.00 Full Line of Max Factor Articles. University Pharmacy “Student Drug Store’’ CONVERTIBLE for DESK mrm TAKE OFF THE CAP PUT ON THE PEN TAPER CONVERTIBLE FOR POCKET TAKE OFF THE TAPER PUT ON THE POCKET CAP OKI] TWO PENS for tlic Price of One — « Pocket Pen for Classroom Notes, and a Desk Pen for Your Room — Guaranteed for Life! If you buy a Parker Pocket Duofold you now can have a Desk Set without buying a second pen. Or if you buy a Parker Duofold Desk Set you also now receive a Duofold Pocket Pen guaranteed fc.r life. 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