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* EDITORIALS * FEATURES * HUMOR ♦ LITERARY * University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton Hall, Editor Anton Peterson, Manager Willis Duniway, Managing Editor Rex Tussing—Associate Editor Dave Wilson, Harry Van Dine, Ralph David-Editorial Writer* NEWS STAFF Reporters: Merlin Blais, Jack Bellinger, Betty Anne Macduff, Roy Shcedy, Willetta Hartley, Carl Thompson, Virginia Wentz, Caroline Card, Kenneth Fitzgerald, Madeleine Gilbert, Frances Johnston, Helen Cherry, Ruth Dupuis, Oscar Munger, Frances Taylor, Duane Frisbie, Jessie Steele, Vincent Mutton, Florence Nombalais, Genevieve Smith. Night Staff: Friday—Elinor Ilenry, Harold Birkenshaw, Joseph Saslavsky, Fred Fricke. Day Editors. Thornton Gale, Lenore Ely, Thornton Shaw, Eleanor Jane Ballantync, Ralph Yergen. Sports Staff: Ed Goodnough, Bruce Hamby, Walt Baker, Ervin Laurence, Esther Hayden. Night Staff: Monday - George Blodgett, George Kerr, Mary Belle Fobes, Adrienne Sabin. Editor's Secretary: Mary Helen Corbett Assistant: Lillian Rankin Managing Ed. Sec’y: Katharine Manerud BUSINESS STAFF Harry Tonkon, Associate Manager Jack Gregg, Advertising Manager Imrry Jackson, Foreign Advertising Larry Bay, Circulation Manager Ned Mars, Copy Manager Martin Allen, Ass’t Copy Manager Mae Mulchay, Ass’t Foreign Adv. Mgr. Edith Peterson, Financial Adm. Victor Kaufman, Promotional Adver tising Manager. Harriette Hofmann, Sec Sue Betty Carpenter, Women's Specialties Kathryn Laughridge, Asst. Sec Sue Carol Werschkul, Executive Secretary Waue Ambrose, Ass’t Circulation Mgr. Bob Goodrich, Service Manager Caroline Hahn,, Checking Department John Painton, Office Manager Dorothy Hughes. Classified Advertising Manager Copy Department: Beth Salway, Mirtle Kerns, George Sanford. Copy Assistant: Rosalie Commons. Office Records: Louise Barclay. Office Assistants: Marjorie Bass, Evangeline Miller, Gene McCroskey, Jane Cook, Vir ginia Frost, Virginia Smith, Helen Ray, Mary Lou Patrick, Carolyn Trimble. Production Assistants: Gwendolyn Wheeler, Marjorie Painton, Miriam McCroskey, George Turner, Katherine Frentzel. Ass’t Adv. Mgrs.: Jack Wood, George Branstator, Anton Bush. Advertising Solicitors—Monday: Ellsworth Johnson, Auten Bush, Vic Kaufman, Dick Currents T'l 7HILE at the behest of Governor Meier, the state board of T ” higher education and the presidents of the five schools of higher learning attempt to reorganize the sflhools and to cut expenses, it must be remembered that there are two definite currents running. One rises from the report of the federal survey commission, with its story of duplications, low percentage of graduates, high pressure recruiting, per capita cost, and so forth. The commis sion made recommendations some weeks ago to develop Oregon schools into better educational institutions. The other current has its source in the present depression and was definitely marked out by Governor Meier. His $500,000 cut from the appropriations, followed by the necessity for fur ther reductions in expenditures as demanded by the state board of higher education, is a movement quite different from that of providing a better educational system. As. the Emerald said on the day of release of the report, the problem of the com mission was to see that Oregon gets full benefit for each dollar. The problem of reducing the dollars is quite another matter. The task which is set before the schools assumes a double aspect. Now it is not only to search for those parts of the report which it is best to adopt, but it is to eliminate every dollar of expense not proven necessary. The board of higher education and the presidents of the insti tutions are all being subjected to these cross-currents. If they can direct the two together, they are to be praised. And it is quite possible that better schools may be had for less money. Yet, in treating the two problems as one, there is likewise a double danger. Just as the reward of treating the two prob lems as one is greater, so is the risk increased. It is possible that on one hand the desire of the presidents to maintain prestige for their institutions will lead to few or no economies being perfected. On the other hand, there is danger that the cry of the dollar will drown out any sense of proportionate loss—for instance as salary cuts might lead to a poorer grade of pro fessors, and so lessen the value of the entire system. Under the circumstances, with two problems to treat instead of one, and with two rewards to be gained or two faults to bo found, it behooves the state of Oregon—citizen, governor, and presidents alike—to tread lightly on the educational field. LOCAL committee is preparing to fight the referendum on the oleomargarine tax bill passed by the legislature. The tax was not planned to raise money for the state, but to make sale of oleomargarine impossible and so to increase butter sales. In the plainest words, it was passed to help Oregon dairymen sell more butter at a higher price. Oregon dairymen do need help but for an entirely different reason than the price of butter. The tax load has been placed in most instances on the landowner, and it is there that the dairyman feels the pinch. With the move against oleomargarine, farmers plan to right one wrong with another. They do not propose to supervise margarine production, but to prohibit its sale. To that end they are using a tool which they have not often used before political pressure. Oleomargarine is not seemingly of prime importance to many Oregon students. They cannot eat it because state law prohibits coloring it when the food is to be sold. Of interest to students, however, is this latest example of the American system of bene fiting one class at the expense of another until no one is bene fited at all. Just to spite the Emerald, Calvin Coolidge came back on the front page yesterday. And now we're hearing about mid-terms again. Who will make a survey to determine just when registration ends and examinations begin ? King Praja Dhipok is in the country, the first Asiatic mon arch to arrive here while still crowned. Young A. Felix Uu Pout Jr. plans to learn aviation from the bottom up. a news story tells us. Here's to you. Skoll! Without Benefits to Any CoiitiiicrtM* Honorary Initiate 10 Neophytes Alpha Kappa Psi, national com merce honorary, held its initiation Sunday morning at 8 o’clock in Geriinger hall. Following the in itiation ceremonies, which were in cliarge ot' Richard Keasey, the 10 new members were entertained a' bicakta.it at the Osbutu hotel. Clifford Beckett, newly elected j president of the organization, and * H. C. Hawkins, professor in busi- C ness administration, were the speakers at the breakfast. The new members of the honor ary are: Wilson Jewett, Trove tl Jones, Eugene Tarbell, Leslie f( Houston, Edgar Smith, Robert Ale-j fi Cormick, Charles Woodin, Carl a Gerlinger Delbert liimbcrlin,, and 1< John At hitcltouiic. * ■ ;> oR'zo^ ^ Steps Toward THE UNIVERSITY BEYOND Horizons is a series of editorial articles prepared by members of the Emerald staff in an attempt to sug gest possibilities and opportunities in the future of the University of Ore gon. Definite constructive criticisms, perhaps at times appearing for the present rather Utopian in nature, will make up the bulk of the writings. MUST OUTSIDERS PAY? In a l-alk before the board of I higher education yesterday, Governor Meier presented some interesting figures concerning the cost to the state of educat ing out-of-state students. The governor said: “Each student costs the state of Oregon $276.99 a year. . . . Included in our enrollment are 1613 students from outside the state of Oregon. The survey suggests that many of these have come on account of thp lower standards maintained in Oregon institutions. The tuition fees charged do not begin to cover the cost of educating this large number of out-of-state students. In fact, at the rate of $150 per year charged by the college for non-resident tuition, the state loses $126 99 per year for each out-of-state student, or a total of $204,834.87 per year. Here is a clue for saving money for Oregon without in any way impairing the efficiency or low ering the standards of our edu cational institutions.” The fact that students from neighboring states should be given an absolute handout of $126.99 of course has little to be said in its favor, that is as long as those students are only attending Oregon’s schools be cause they have been unable to pass entrance requirements at their home institutions. But on the other hand, there are many of the above men tioned 1613 students who have come to Oregon because they like the state, they sense the opportunities that can be had here, and because, as is often the case, they can get the courses here that they cannot elsewhere. Another point might be taken into consideration, too. When we consider that many of those coming to Oregon will probably settle down in the state, and when we consider also that many of those who live in the state will probably settle down perhaps in the East, or some other place outside of Oregon, where the benefits accruing from their education do not re turn to the Oregon taxpayer, then we have a question of eth ics as to whether the state does not get as much good from the visiting students as from stu dents native to the state. It is possible that a distinc tion might be made as to the age of students. Those who are of age to register as voters, it would seem, should be allowed the privileges of the state's edu cational resource* on the same basis as Oregonians; and those who are under age, whose home and parents are in some other state, should pay the out-of state tuition. As to the requirements for both entrance and fees, a bal ance should be found between the two, after taking the above suggestion into consideration. Entrance should be rigid, that would cut out undesirables. Fees for students who had not reached voting age should at least be made high enough so that the burden of educating them would not be too heavy on the state. We then have a situation amounting to this: A University where younger students who can meet the requirements and are able to pay may attend; a Uni versity where older students, who are assumed to be studying with serious intent, are granted the same rights as native Ore gonians; a state which stands as good a chance of reaping the benefits from educating out siders, as it does from educating its own students; and yet a state which does not close its eyes to the value of having stu dents with different points of view and different standards on its eampi to mingle with its ow n men and women. 0 EDS REVENGE TO OPEN LEAP WEEK (Continued from Page One) e men and get busy making dates »r the rest of the week-end. Their rst chance as escorts of the coy id clinging males will come at >■30 Thursday evening when the ! trly will adjourn to Midway tor 1 ( t i t £ £ \ £ i 1: n t n n n e ► >► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► > ► ► ► ► ! i a special dance lasting until 1 o’clock. The Kappa Koffee, another an nual affair, will take the spotlight Friday afternoon from 3 to 5. In this case, the senior women must provide themselves with men be fore showing up at the function. Refreshments of some kind will be served, their nature depending chiefly on the weather, Miss Clau sen disclosed. The one official function of the week-end will not be limited ex clusively to seniors will be the no torious Mortar Board ball, sehed uleld for Friday evening at the Eugene hotel. This occasion, in accordance with ancient custom, will be a formal all-campus dance, for which the inviting, the cartage, and the paying are handled entire ly by the women. Saturday afternoon will claim interest with the Leap Week pic nic, the details of which are to be made known later; and Saturday evening will bring the week-end to a climax with the renowned Hen dricks hall "Barroom Bust,” at which costume, decorations, and refreshments, according to Miss Clausen, will be such as to suit the occasion. In addition, she said, a special midnight matinee for those attend ing the “Bust” will be given by the Colonial theatre from 11:30 to 1:00, with comic features and short acts filling out the program. All music for the week-end is to be furnished by George Weber’s orchestra, it was announced yes terday. EVENTS OF ♦ ♦ THE WEEK Senior leap week and the Mor tar Board ball will be the out standing events of the campus so cial calendar for the week. The Kappa Koffee, originally sched uled for Thursday, has been chang ed to Friday. The events are as follows: Thursady, April 23 Senior leap week. Co-ed’s Revenge. Phi Beta recital. Friday, April 24 Senior leap week. Mortar Board ball. Kappa Koffee. Saturday, April 25 Senior leap week. Hendricks hall Bar Room Bust. Men’s physical education athletic larnival. Phi Kappa Psi barn dance. Sigma Chi dance. Sigma Nil upperclass dance. A. S. U. O. benefit movie—Co onial. 'EAR AND ’AIR What Do You Think of Tea Dances “I think they are foolish but if here is an incentive towards sue essful rushing they are all right." Larry Donaldson, senior in his ory. * * # “They are all right but I have i't seen any tea.”- Jim Gilbaugh, enior in pre-medics. * * * “I think they’re all right, but hoy are rather boring." Johnny ! imedburgh, freshman in business dministration. “Why, they are very nice things lthough they are rather bore ome sometimes. The dancing is ery nice but the tea isn’t so j ood." Brute Stauffer, freshman j i pre-medics. A Decade Ago April 21, 1921 First place in the Edison Mar- j! hall short story contest was won I y Ernest Hayeox. * * * Formal presentation of the Ken eth Lucas Fenton law library will e made at assembly Thursday lorning. » * * The Lemon Punch, Oregon's hu or magazine, will dedicate its last umber to the “piggers" of the unpus. ************ * We were just offered the * * presidency of the ASUO by a * * prominent campus political * * group. However, not desiring * * to take that honor away from * * a few dozen other aspirants, * * we wish to issue the statement * * at this time that we do not * * choose to run. All reports to * * the contrary are to be regard- * * ed as untrue, malicious, treach- * * erous, and so forth and so on. * * Wetfoot is an honorable in- * * stitution, and we resent very * * much the attempt to blackmail * * our good name by associating * * us with campus politics. More- * * over, the Campus Camp Fire * * group refused to back us, even * * if we did run. * %%%***%**%%* * * * At last! Someone just left us a contribution to the effect that a pretty girl likes to be told she’s | intelligent, and an intelligent girl | likes to be told she’s pretty. YAH, BUT WHAT’S A GU"i GOING TO TELL THESE COL LEGE GIRLS? * * * Maybe it was a little personal but we just asked Art Potwin how the girl we saw him with the oth er night kisses. To which the jolly chap came right back at us wit! some flippant remark about play ing a tuba. Well, even though il was beside the point, we admire the boy’s wide reading knowledge of humor magazines. HERE LIES THE BODY OF JIMMY BING WHO IS SAID TO HAVE DIED OF ACUTE COLIC, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MAT TER IS HE TRIED TO CRASH THE APRIL FROLIC. Wetfoot did it. Yes, boys, we went to the April Frolic Saturday night, and are now prepared to re lease all the dirt that’s fit to print. Of course, we won’t divulge by what method we did the deed, but we will tell of some of the things we saw there. The senior girls looked rather ferocious in their lords and sweaters, and we nearly :ame to grief at the end of Max ne Glover’s paddle. However, we escaped in the crowd and left Max ne gnashing her teeth in a wild age. We almost had heart failure when we came face to face with a 'erocious looking teddy bear, but when it said, “BOO,” at us, we (new that Louise Ansley was be hind it all. Little Red Riding Hood vas there, and she seemed quite nit out about the story we ran ■oncerning her graveyard episode. 'Why, it’s preposterous to say hat I. Annapauline Rea, would dop to talk to a strange wolf in Eat—Then Catch Your Bus.... After a downtown tour, when you're waitin'.' for a Ims. drop into sKYMOI K'S. Then, with that tired and hungry feeling gone, eatch your bus right at the door. Seymour’s Cafe 6 10th and Willamette : a graveyard,” she said. We were certainly impressed by Nancy Suo mela’s blind date, but we couldn’t get her to give us her phone num bed. We admired Dean Schwering’s dress suit, but just couldn’t figure i out why she carried the big red cane. At first we surmised it to be covered with the blood of unfortu nate men who attempted to follow us into the Frolic, but on second thought we came to the conclusion that the dean couldn’t be so bru tal. * * * WE DID blush at the freshman stunt, but we’re broadminded. It looked to us like a castor oil ad vertisement. Anyhow it should show stage managers a new meth od of clearing their stages in a hurry. v w Oh papa, papa, buy the child Another pair of shoe*,— The “best dressed” contest has been won By little Jo Jo Hughes. Sigma Delta Chi Holds Celebration Banquet Eugene S. Kelty of the Oregon ian and Paul Howard of Olds, Wortman, and King company were elected president and secretary, respectively, of the Portland al umni chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism fraternity, last Friday at a banquet celebrating Founders’ days and attended by members of the University of Ore gon chapter. The speakers at the dinner were Verne McKinney of the Hillsboro Argus and Gordon J. Taylor of the Molalla Pioneer. Those making the trip to Portland were Bob Al len, Rex Tussing, Phil Cogswell, Mack Hall, Neil Taylor, and Vic tor Kaufman. JUNIOR VAUDEVILLE STAGES REHEARSAL (Continued from Page One) out into the sunshine. There un der the magic influence of a sunny day, the crooks, waiters, hicks, cops, chorus girls, and even the Bull and Don Bruzio, were remet amorphosed and became again Ed and Co-ed, very much as always except for a touch of spring fever. Sunday started the drive. Last night it was taken up by the entire personnel of the vodvil. and, under the direction of “Slug” Palmer Chuck Jones, Barney Miller, Gene Love, and Gibson Danes, five sep arate acts went forward toward completion. Rehearsals are definitely planned for each skit, act, oi blackout from now until the final presentation of the event on Sat urday evening, May 2. Complete plans for costuming stage settings and effects are com pleted and work on these elements is progressing rapidly according tc authorities upon the subject. One thing is assured, this year's Vodvil will be something entirely different from any other produc tion. It will be far superior to any that has been presented in the Iasi several years, and “That New Idea” will be the big surprise oi the year. BAND OF UNIVERSITY SPONSORS BIG SHOW (Continued from Page One) soon as possible since a sell-out is anticipated. Late permission for women until 1 o’clock that night has been granted, so that any students may see the entire show. CAMPUS ♦ ALENDAR I*ot and Quill meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Turnbull, 1010 Twentieth avenue east. Beta Alpha Psi, national com merce honorary, will hold its reg ular biweekly seminar meeting to night at 7:15. Norman Luvas will read a paper on state accounting laws. Order of O meeting at Sigma Chi house tonight at 6:15. Im portant. Election of officers. German club meets tonight at 7:30, at Y. W. C. A. bungalow. Important. All members attend. Tonqueds meet today at 4 p. m. in room 110 Johnson. Members please bring dues. Phi Chi Theta will meet today at 5 o’clock in room 105 Com merce. All Big Sisters meet today at 4 in 105 Journalism. Y. W. C. A. executive group meets in bungalow today at 4 p. m. “O” TO ELECT OFFICERS Election of officers for the Order of the O will be held to night at their weekly meeting, Jerry Lillie, president, an nounced yesterday. Tonight’s meeting will be held at the Sigma Chi house at 6:15. Plans for their annual barn dance will be discussed. Roy Hughes, George Christensen, and Jack Erdley are in charge of arrangements. ror Dance Programs We have suede velour paper, eolored parehin,ent, silk cords, fraternity and sorority crests, and a group of work ers who will give you ideas and take a personal interest in your job. Bring in your house papers—we can print them. , Valley Printing Co. Phone 470 73 West Broadway TYPED PAPERS BRING RESULTS IN BETTER GRADES RENT OR BUY A TYPEWRITER Ancl see that your notes and papers are all neatly typed. (,It's as easy as longhand—and how much neater!) 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