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EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE OF THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD University of Oregon, Eugene WlilisDuniway, Editor Larry Jackson, Manager Thornton Shaw, Managing Editor Ralph David, Associate Editor Betty Anne Macduff, Editorial Writer Merlin Blais, Radio Director EDITORIAL STAFF Rufus Kimball, Asst. Managing Editor Jack Bellinger, News Editor Eleanor Jane Ballantyne and Lenore Ely, Society Editors. Roy Sheedy, Literary Editor Walt Baker, Sports Editor Doug Wight, Chief Night Editor BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Mgr.Harry Schenk Assistant Adv. Mgr.Auten Bush Assistant Adv. Mgr.Barney Miller National Advertising Mgr.Harold Short Promotional Mgr.Dick Goebel Promotion Assistant.Mary Lou Patrick Women's Specialties.Harrietts Hofmann uiassiiica Anv. Ai(?r.ueorge Drannuuor , Office Manager ..Jack Wood Circulation Manager.Cliff Lord Assistant Circulation Mgr..Ed Cross Sez Sue .Kathryn Laughridge Sez Sue Assistant.Caroline Hahn Checking Dept. Mgr.Helen Stinger I Financial Administrator.Edith Peterson ADVERTISING SOLICITORS: Caroline Hahn, Velma Hamilton, Maude Sutton, Grant Theummel, Bernice Walo, Louise Rice, Florence Nomblaia, Bill Russell, Harlan Boats, Mahr Reymers, Bill Neighbor, Vic. Jorgenson, John Vernon, Althea Peter son, Ray Foss, Ellsworth Johnson, Bernice IngalLs, Mary Codd, Ruth Osburn, Magdalen Zeller, Lee Valentine, Lucille Chapin, Norris Perkins. MARKETING DEPARTMENT: Nancy Suomela, executive secretary; Betty Mae Higby, Alma Tye, Laura Hart, Virginia Kibbee, Louise Bears. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Pearl Base, Nancy Archbold, Alma Tye, Marian Henderson, Virginia Howard, Laura Hart, Helen Schacht, Helen Kalmbaoh, Betty Gorrill, Annabel Tullock, Mildred Laurence, Mabel Darrow, Jean Frazier. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated 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 Rugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. Advertising rates upon application. Phone, Manager: Office, Local 214; residence, 2800. Dole Out The Wheat "PROBABLY no action taken by the United States senate since "*■ the convening of congress has more to commend it to the people than the act of the legislative body in voting to take 40,000,000 bushels of wheat out of the surplus of the federal farm board and to distribute it to the needy of the nation. Opposition to the bill was made by senators who felt that the appropriation was nothing more or less than a dole, and others who contended that a better plan would be to buy the wheat directly from the farmers than to take from the surplus of the farm board. The “dole” system of relief has more imagined than actual evil effects, and has been held up before the American people for so long as the last resort of an unsound government that it has assumed unreal proportions. There does remain some thing to be said, however, for the argument that wheat bought directly from the farmers to be distributed to the needy would be serving two purposes relief to the farmers and the needy. On the other hand, it should be remembered that as long as the present huge surplus remains on the hands of the farm board there is not much chance that wheat prices will go up. The large reserve is a direct threat to the market and cannot help but keep the prices down. If 40,000,000 bushels of this wheat is used for relief purposes, it will not only reduce the surplus of the farm board but should improve the outlook of the farmers for better prices next year. True, the gift of wheat would be in the nature of a dole. But it would be a dole coming somewhat less directly from the national treasury. The wheat surplus of the farm board has been paid for and in the present situation represents a loss to the government. That it cannot be disposed of at a profit be comes increasingly evident. The gift of wheat to the needy should be an easy and tenable method of relieving the situation. Room For Both TT Is not too early for the campus to jot down in its "Things To Remember" or "Things To Do" notebook that Georges Enesco next Sunday will open the A. S. U. O. concert series for this year when he appears at McArthur court. Advance notices report that the Roumanian violinist is "one of the out standing musicians of Europe.” Scheduling of all concerts in the 1932 series for Sunday afternoons has been a wise innovation. Experiments in this line last year proved that more students attended the concerts when given on Sundays than when held during the week. Since the series is brought here by the A. S. U. O. chiefly for the benefit of its members, it isn’t a bad idea to make it possible for as many of those members to attend as can. Parenthetically, we pause to wonder what will happen to the popular twilight organ recitals this term when concerts occur. Will they continue to be given every Sunday? We hppe so. The campus in general has acquired the “twilight recital” habit every Sunday late afternoon, anil we hope that habit will not be broken. There is room for both the concerts and the recitals. Comprehensive? — We’ll Say ■^TO examinations given at the end of fall term deserve more the attention of the campus at large than the four-hour comprehensive tests given in the freshman survey courses in background of social science and theory and observation of sec ondary teaching. The examinations marked a new departure in University of Oregon procedure, and "upon the success or failure of this scheme rests the future of the educational plans of the University.” The University is looking to the future when it started the compreliensives this fall. Educators are seeking a quiz that will really test students’ general knowledge, not what they can cram in two hours of intensive study. Establishment of the compre hensive examination system would be a step in the direction of academic and cultural progress. That students forget their term’s work as soon as they have written their modicum of knowledge iu a blue book at the end of the term is a too-nearly correct assumption. Anything leading to its correction is to be desired. "Five Hundred Feet Patter Up Walk to Music Building" says an Emerald headline. We wish some of those same feet would patter and not tramp in Condon library. In Portland, Egbert or Etlielbert the whale is going to re ceive a new shot of pickling. They’d belter not let Tusko heur about that or he'll set up a cry for another toddy. Lenz and Culbertson are just about through with their "bridge battle of the century.” What will be done tut front-page news start a chess and checker tournament ? A question box for social problems is being installed m the Hide. ^ Well,1 Lemon'Palooka may find some good material, any way. LEMON ♦ ♦ PALOOKA We see by the papers, as the; fanner said cleaning up his camp grounds, that three sorority houses were robbed during vacation. * * * AND THREE THOUSAND STUDENTS HAVE COMPLAIN ED THEY WERE ROBBED ON THEIR GRADES. We intercepted a letter written home by one of the I’hi Sig pledges just before vacation, in which he gives the folks the low down on the grading systems: Dear poppa and momma: Knowing that you will soon get my report card, I am penning th's little note so that you will know what they mean. In the first place, don’t pay any attention to the notice on the back. That was written under the old rules. Here are the new rulings. F, of which you will probably see a lot, means FINE. I expect to get most all these. There may be a few D’s, which mean DARNGOOD. The next grade is C which means COMPLETELY SATISFACTORY. Then there are the lower grades A and E. B means Bad, and A means AWFUL. Some of the boys in the house got all A’s and B’s, which is pret ty terrible. So you have a right to be proud of me, since I expect to get straight F's or maybe a couple of D’s. They have an or ganization here called Phi Beta Kappa which is a punishment for getting too many A’s. I am quite confident that I will never have to be put there. I will be home soon. Can I have the car? Your loving son, (CENSORED) l’. S. I may need some money In get. home on as I have been spend ing a lot on extra books and cours es. Classified Advertisements Kates Payable In Advance 10c a line for first insertion; 5c a line for each additional insertion. Telephone SHOO; local 314 FOB RENT FOR RENT—Comfortable room in desirable modern home. Call 2743J or 2335 Alder. MISCELLANEOUS HARRIET UNDERWOOD 583 13th Ave E. Phone 1393 DRESSMAKING SALON Style Right—Price Right Upstairs over Underwood & Elliott Grocery. SHOES REPAIRED The finest shoe repairing in Eugene, qual ity work, and service. All soles stitched, no nails. Campus Shoe Repair, 13th between Alder and Kincaid. KRAMER BEAUTY SALON~ Also Hair-cutting PHONE 1SS0 Next to VValora Candies NEW BEGINNERS'"BALLROOM CLASS Starts Tuesday—8:30 P. M. MERRICK STUDIOS S61 Willamette Phone 30S1 (O/ip?! 1/01/ u/a/i£a // /S/Wt / 272 25c-35c 10c each additional Passenger BLUE LINE TAXI LESSONS IN EMERALDANTO Lesson IV Gennya grades Ilya Joe. Hya Eddie. Gettya grades yet. Yeah. Ainita gripe. Hominy points jamake? I gorrobbed sompnawful. I only made sempoints. Geewhlzz. Youmade sempoints anyer !**■<■ tin. I wen inna hole three points. Geeass tough. I knowa guyat wen inna hole ninepoints. You ainso badoff. Thesiss the worst I evva made inma life. DUIja fokes raisa fuss? Noeydint. Attis, nomueh. Wunee I flunked tennours anna oiman woont lemma havva car for ra month. I hadda polsha oid apple to stay in school this term. Yeah, ainit the nertsaway some guys do at? Ilsayso. I doita little maself once inna while, but I doanliketa. Well, Imgonna make twenny five pernts thissterm. Imgonna work. Yeah, somy. Gonna gedinnan work. Well, seeya later. Wheyagoin ? Gess II callup magal. Imgonnovertooa colje side. I doan thinka profll call on me to morra. In* tootired to study too. 11 dooat tamorra. Solong, bwah. Yeah, seearound, Joe. ROW WE WILL RELEASE ALL THE BREATHLESS DETAILS OF A CONTEST. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, THERE WILL BE A REAL PRIZE. NO BLANKS. WATCH FOR IT. Mikulak Honored By N.Y. Sun With Attractive Medal rJ'HE sensational playing of the bareheaded Oregon full back, Mike Mikulak, in the Ore gon-New York university game last fall resulted in his being given honorable mention on the all-American selections made by the New York Sun. Mikulak has received a gold medal from the eastern paper is a reward. The award has a football engraved on one side and the player’s name and the donor inscribed on the reverse side. Oregon Trials for Five Contests Set for Jan. 27 (Continued from Toge One) held the second Friday in March at Southern Oregon Normal, Ash land. Entered in the contest will be representatives from all the uni versities and colleges in Oregon. The student winning first place will receive a cash prize of $25. The Oregon State Peace orator ical contest, regularly scheduled the second Friday in April, will be held instead the second Friday in February under the auspices of the Inter-Collegiate Oratorical as sociation of Oregon. Cash prizes of $60 for first place and $40 for second place will be awarded. Cash Prizes Up At the time of the selection of the entrants for the State Extem pore Speaking contest, there will also be selected those for the Pa cific Coast extempore contest. The State Extempore speaking contest will be held the second Friday in April, at Oregon State college on the subject of American party pol itics. A cash prize of $25 will be given. Subjects for the Pacific Forensic contest will cover a wide range of topics. Prizes will be awarded. The contest for the two hun dredth anniversary of the celebra tion of the birthday of Washing ton is open not only to members of the state forensic association but also to any members of insti tutions of higher education in Ore gon. A committee headed by Judge Wallace McCamant, Port land, will have charge of the con test. He will be assisted by John B. Horner of Oregon State. Prizes ranging from $50 down will be awarded. The date will be some time before February 22 and the place is to be announced later. I V°v the spirit that wins the dash Whether you like your track on the smooth cin ders or prefer detouring cross country — you know it’s more than second wind that keeps you going. To go faster and farther — try Shredded \N heat. ^ our coach "knows it means more fuel for the body—and that’s more speed for the legs. That’s because all there is of Shredded Wheat is good—and you digest it to the last calorie. It’s the breakfast of record breakers — it’s on the training table of the consistent meet winners. And if your running is confined to making early classes, Shredded Wheat can be eaten for break fast in less time with better results than anything else you can order! Try it tomorrow! NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY "Uneeda Bakers" SHREDDED I WITH ALL THE 3RAN OF THE WHOLE WHEAT CAMPUS ♦♦ ALENDAR Skull and Daggers and Kwama joint meeting tonight at 7 o’clock at the Phi Delt house. Very im portant that every member be present. Arts and Crafts group of Philo melete meets tonight at 9 o’clock in room 102 Architecture. The regular meeting of the Christian Science organization will be held tonight at 7:30 at the Y. W. C. A. Thespians meeting at 8:45 in Gerlinger hall. Important. Girls who have registered appli cations for part time employment at the Y. W. C. A. are requested to notify Margaret Edmunson as soon as they accept any position. A postoffice has been installed at the Y. W. C. A. for all cabinet members and all these girls are re quested to come to the bungalow several times a week to get an nouncements, etc. The January Beacon i3 now in the boxes. Any pictures or snapshots taken at last year’s freshman or sopho more picnics are wanted for use in the Oregana. Please turn in to Max Duniway, Sigma Chi, or at the Oregana office. Students interested in trying out for the oratorical contest get in touch with Mr. Casteel of the speech division at once. Senior cops meet today at 5 o'clock in the women's gym of Gerlinger hall. Big Sister meeting today at 5 o’clock in 105 Journalism. Short and important. Interfraternity council meeting at 4 in 110 Johnson. Important. K. K. K. 1-16-32 CARL COLLINS’ KAMPUS KNIGHTS “Goin’ to town?” Date Early Friday Nite! Cocoanut Grove BOOKS OF THE DAY EDITED BY ROY SHEEDY A BIOGRAPHER’S OWN STORV Gifts of Life; A Retrospect. By Emil Ludwig. Little, Brown & Co. By R. S. Having reached the ripe age of 50 years, Emil Ludwig, highly suc cessful German biographer, set himself to the task of telling his own story. Ludwig’s life has not been one of great color, but he has augmented the book by numerous sketches of the great and near great, including such Americans as Coolidge, Borah, Mellon, Mrs. Wilson, and Justice Holmes. And for good measure there are count less little philosophies on life which seem to indicate that the author must have a very fertile mind. Ludwig, author of “Bismarck, * “Lincoln,” “Schliemann,” and sev eral other life stories, was born of Jewish parents in the city of Breslau, year 1881. The family name of Cohn was changed to Ludwig by Cohn Senior, a famous eye specialist. Ludwig was given a good education and delivered in to his uncle's coal business, but the young man had his eye on a literary career and broke away to elope with an English girl. The couple settled by Lake Locarno in Switzerland, where Emil, in the peace and quiet of the countryside, began to write plays and poetry. His work was but.mildly success ful. During the Eventful Years he was occupied as a war corre spondent, but his first biography, “Goethe,” brought instant success and saved him from furthen jour nalism. Critics cannot complain that the author has not mastered his sub ject in this case; and the book is well written. Ludwig writes in a quiet, entertaining manner, seem ing to have the faculty of making the most prosaic matters interest ing. Doctor’s Orders To Be Met by Dorin Diet (Continued on Page Two) I Apparently the masculine ele ment of the dormitory has found no necessity for change or de crease of diet, for no applicant with the necessary doctor’s slip has turned up yet. However, there has been a reducing and weight-gaining table in effect for the women boarders all term. “Every effort is made to cut down on the starches for those who wish to lose weight without upsetting the proper balance of vitamins,” Miss Jones concluded. Bring your RADIO or ELECTRICAL troubles to DOTSON’S RADIO SERVICE Phone 1824 — 11th and Oak PAY CASH AND PAY LESS! BOSS DE LUXE College Cords Finest Quality Cord Made $5.50 OTHER GOOD CORDS $2.75 FRESHMAN PANTS $2.40 ERIC MERRILL CLOTHES FOR MEN 825 Willamette Street J3M3iai3/3isiaiajaisiaii5iaiaiai2MaiaiaMEjsi3jaiaM3M5i3i3isM3M3iiJsr3MsraEMSfS STUDENTS ALUMS AND OLD Subscribers Order Now ! 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