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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.
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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
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That’s because all there is of Shredded Wheat
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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
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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.
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