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Magnum Munus
rJ>0 MEASURE a man’s service to his community or to his
country, how better can we proceed than to survey the in
fluence he has exerted, the courage he has maintained and the
ideals he has upheld ?
In the midst of our educational maelstrom it is with a feel
ing of relief and reassurance that we glance in retrospect at a
record that nothing can obscure. For 20 years Eric W. Allen
has played the dual role of educator and editor—and his teach
ings and writings have reverberated the length and breadth of
the nation, reflecting credit upon the University and upon the
state.
As dean of the school of journalism, he has wielded a potent
and permanent influence upon the press of today and tomorrow.
The hundreds of men and women whq have sat at his feet have
gone forth with the gospel of a finer and fairer journalism, and
a legion of newspapers have broadcast his teachings to a multi
tude of readers. If the press is truly the voice of the people,
then Dean Allen has exerted an influence that is unrivalled on
the coast.
Now, as never before, the crying need of the hour is for
courageous leaders; men who can see the evils of our present
system and attack them fearlessly. Men who are hardy enough
to find tha news, and brave enough to print it. If, as Junius
said, liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil and
political rights of men, then the courage and conviction that
the dean has imparted to his many students will prove stalwart
defenders of the freedom we have valued so highly.
But perhaps the greatest service Dean Allen has rendered in
his 20 years of work is his championship of idealism in journal
ism. He has ever endeavored to instill in the minds of his
students the cardinal axiom that a newspaper is a public ser
vant rather than a private business. He has undertaken the
difficult task of reconciling “practical journalism’’ with ideal
istic principles. He has provided a ringing challenge to the
contention that “a newspaper is merely an eight per cent in
vestment.’’
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There Is No Victory
"^^HILE the league of nations makes futile moves to end the
war in the Far East, Japan retains a firm grip on her hold
ings in China and prepares to defend the puppet state of Man
churia. The rumbling of the Russian bear along the Manchurian
border seems to disturb Japan not a whit as her military forces
continue in their conquests. How is it all going to end?
As difficult as it is to answer that question, it may be said
with a reasonable amount of certainty that in the end Japan
will be in a worse position than she is now. Whatever she may
conquer in the way of land and peoples, at the consummation
of her militaristic desires she is bound to find that she has
strengthened herself neither economically nor politically.
Japan's imperialistic ventures in the past should have served
sufficiently to convince even the most rabid of the militarists
that there is nothing to gain through military conquest. For
mosa, Shantung, Korea, Manchuria, eastern Siberia are all re
miniscent of campaigns that either ended disastrously for the
Japanese, or that brought but negligible results. In spite of
these warnings from the past, Japan continues, seeking to emu
late the actions of the nations of Europe and the United States
during the latter part of the nineteenth century. As the result
of the imperialism of these nations, a world war. As a result
of Japan's imperialistic uctions, perhaps another world war.
The lesson of the World war has not been learned by all.
Japan will learn but only after her people have suffered from
the disease, starvation, and death of war. For every inch of
ground she may conquer in China, some human being in Japan
will suffer. And a bloody victory will be rewarded by the scorn
and opprobrium of the civilized world.
Greetings-To Dean Straub
I)I'-an STRAUB, Oregon's beloved "grand old man," had a
birthday yesterday. It was his 7‘Jth.
For 02 years Dean Straub served the University of Oregon.
To every man and woman who ever attended the University,
he is cherished as a friend and counselor. For 52 years
Dean Straub was daily about the work he loved work for Ins
“boys and girls." Of late he has not been able to bo on the
campus so often. His "boys and girls" have missed him. When
ever he does stroll down the street, he always becomes lire center
of a little group that stops him for a chat.
\esterday, on his birthday, Dean Straub sent a message to
the campus. "No matter how old 1 get to be." he said, "my
love for the students, boys and girls especially the girls will
never be diminished. 1 hope to be strong next fall, so that when
the tug-of-war comes off at the militate, 1 expect to take hold
of the freshmen end of the rope and pull the sophomores in
Or, it not that, at least tu see that the freshmen get a 'square
deal.' "
And, Dcau Straub, when you sit down to your tooth birthday
cake, we^uope to be onrUduci‘to help*>ou'\vitir tlib'celebration.
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By V. H. Hal
One evening a short time ago
the door of my room opened and
in walked an elderly lady wrapped
in a fluffy fur coat and wearing a
small, shapely, black hat. She sat
down in a nearby chair and an
| nounced that she had just returned
j from Easter services. Most peo
| pie attend church once a year and
that once is usually at Easter time.
11 don't attend them. But it hap
j pens that she is a regular goer.
I noticed something about her
] that queerly betrayed a comfort
| able soul. She was contented and
| seemed to radiate intrinsic satis
faction. There was only one way
I could account for this “nimbolic”
mood and Victorian happiness. Her
mind was not hopelessly fluttering
from place to place in the vast
abyss of hypotheses and theories,
undecided upon which to light. She
had one definite conviction that
here unfolded itself quite appro
priately. She was one of the many
millions who believe that some
thing of much greater beauty will
follow this life. The human. soul,
she said, is so complex and so mag
nificently and mysteriously devised
that complete destruction by such
an inglorious procedure as death
is impossible.
My skepticism often worries me.
But then, I can’t discuss life after
death in this little column.
Where there is doubt there is no
real truth, and this question would,
in all probability, fall into the cate
gory of the unknowable. I fear
that this is one of those problems
that will never be cleared in the
eyes of man.
i once iia.u a, proiessor uraw a dia
gram of all knowledge by first out
lining a large circle on the board
in front of us. He cut off approxi
mately one-third of it b$ a straight
line. That third represented the
extent of man’s knowledge today.
Then he drew another line clipping
off another fifth of the circle. This
he labeled the unknowable. All the
rest of the circle represented the
unknown. The lack of information
on life after death might be rep
resented by a dot in the unknow
able section.
Now it is said that experimenta
tion is the forerunner of knowl
edge. Any sane human being
would object to being a subject in
an experiment on this problem.
Although, if restoration of life
were possible, I wouldn’t mind a
round trip to hell, myself.
The lady who entered my room
was prepared to die “at the call
ing.” In fact, she was a little im
patient to find out what sort of a
place it was that would enable one
to live a glorious, a spiritually per
fect, life. I, at once, attributed
this curiosity to the evening ser
mon on the resurrection.
Personally, I would dislike giving
up my golf and midnight ovaltine
just to make such a test.
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ty work, best of service; work
that is lasting in service. 13th
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NEW BEGINNERS’ BALLROOM
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Next to Walora Candies
j Course in Leadership
Of Group Work To Start
A course in group leadership for
! Y. W. C. A. freshman discussion
group leaders and cabinet members
opens today under John L. Casteel,
head of the University speech divi
sion. The class will be held at 4
p. m. at the “Y” bungalow.
Practical instruction in leading
discussion groups is the aim of the
course, Margaret Ann Pollitt,
chairman of the group leaders,
said yesterday. It is the policy of
the Y. W. C. A. to build these
leaders from seniors of the organi
zation and juniors particularly
qualified. They are chosen as a
result of> cabinet try-outs.
The class will meet at the bun
galow at 4 p. m., two Thursdays
of each month during the term.
CAMPUS ♦♦
ALENDAR
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Sigma. Delta Chi dinner meeting
at the College Side inn, upstairs,
6:00 p. m., Thursday.
Lutheran students association
will be the guests of Emmaus
Lutheran church Sunday. Ar
rangements have been made to
transport all students from the
campus Y. W. bungalow at 6
o’clock.
Phi Beta will hold an important i
meeting this evening at 7:45 at the
Alpha Chi Omega house. Every
one must be present.
Volunteers for working on cos
tumes for “Beggar’s Opera’’ will
meet at the Kappa Kappa Gamma
house at 4 o’clock today.
Prose and Poetry group of
Philomelete meets tonight from 9
to 10 at Susan Campbell hall.
Phi Delta Kappa meets Friday
at 3 in room 3 in the Education
building. Election of new mem
bers will be held.
All girls interested in intra
mural tennis please sign up on the
W. A. A. bulletin board in the
women's gym before Friday eve
ning.
Christian Science organization
will meet tonight at 7:30 at the
V. W. C. A.
Kappa Sigma announces the
pledging of Harry Lucas.
Y. YV. C. A. class in group I
leadership begins today, 4:00, at
the bungalow. John L. Casteel, of !
speech department, in charge. All
particularly interested may enter
course.
Ccharm school of Philomelete.
Members and anyone interested,
don’t forget the meeting Monday
at 9:15 at Phi Mu.
BELIEF MODEL MADE
A relief model of Asia has just
been completed by Ernest MeKit
rick, Norman Gonzales and Andrei
Isotoff, which will serve as a medi
um of assistance to the geology
anti geography departments. A
similar map has been made of
South America and one of Europe
will also be added to the collection
in the future.
FELLOWSHIPS RECEIVED
A graduate fellowship in sociol
ogy at the University of Southern
California has been awarded to H. -
Karl Pemberton, assistant in the I
sociology department here for the
last year. Pemberton got his M. A.
at the University in 1931. He will
work for his Ph.D. at U. S. C. un
der Professor E. S. Bogardus, head
of the department there.
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DOCUMENT IS RECEIVED
Professor Leavitt O. Wright of
t he Romance language depart-'
meat has just received a copy of
the new constitution of the Repub-j
lie of Spain sent to him from the !
embassy of Spain in Washington.
Included in the constitution is a
picture of the new president.
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Hoover Election Croup
Advocates Wet Plank
HARTFORD, Conn., April 6.—
(AP)—The Connecticut Republican
; convention tonight applauded a
eulogy of President Hoover and a
plea for the repeal of the 18th
amendment by Senator Hiram
Bingham, the keynote speaker.
The 600 delegates applauded and
cheered Bingham’s declaration:
“The great experiment of prohi
bition has not only not succeeded,
but it is producing results we did
not expect it to produce in the way
of harming our young people. It
should be repealed."
Military Anniversary
Observed in Washington
WASHINGTON, April 6.—(AP)
—President Hoover gave a peace
time salute today to part of Ameri
ca’s war strength, reviewing thou
sands of past and present military
men who filed past him in an army
day commemoration of the 15th
anniversary of the nation’s entry
into the World war.
The observance drew a protest
from two senators who voted
against the declaration of war—
Norris of Nebraska, and Dill off
Washington.
Postage Raise Unfair,
Says Advertising Club
PORTLAND, April 6.—(AP) —
The Portland Advertising club to
day adopted a resolution which
termed the proposed increase of
first class postage rates from two
to three cents “grossly unfair" be
cause if amounts to imposition of
a 50 per cent tax on this traffic.
Charles L. McNary and Freder
ick Steiwer, United States sena
tors from Oregon, were asked by
the club to oppose the measure ac
tively.
CAMPUS CARNIVAL TO
BE FUN-PEST OF YEAR
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peanuts to dancing at the carni
val,” Miss Hancock stated. “The I
affair will be something entirely
new to the Oregon campus.”
In line with the prevalent com
petitive spirit, members of Kappa
Alpha Theta have issued a chal- 1
lenge to any women’s house to se- I
lect a team of five players and en
ter a contest to see which group
can win the most prizes at the bas
ketball throwing concession to be 1
sponsored by Sigma Alpha Mu.
The whole carnival will be run
on a jitney basis, with a five-cent
charge for everything in the place.
The dance will be in the form of a
jitney dance, also. Those attend
ing the carnival will buy tickets at
four special booths.
CANOE FETE HAS PLACE
FOR 4 CO-ED GROUPS
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will not disqualify those women's
organizations wishing to enter this
spring.
Sororities or women's halls
wishing to enter the canoe fete
may make arrangements by call
ing Hal Short, chairman, at 940
today before the drawings are
made.
Entrants in the Canoe Fete up
to last night included: Alpha Delta
Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu, Sigma
Kappa, Zeta Tan Alpha, Hendricks
hall, Mary Spiller hall, Alpha Up
silon, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Tau
Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Sigma
Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Pi Tau, J
Theta Chi, Gamma hall, Omega j
hall, and Sigma hall.
NEW CONTACT WITH
KIDNAPERS IS CLAIM
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folk in a navy plane—piloted by
the same officer who flew another
of the intermediaries here to see
Lindbergh several weeks ago— I
Curtis went into conference with1
his two associates.
Then he issued the following'
statement:
“Gentlemen: On my trip I made
:ontact, was informed by my con
:aet that the child was well, saw
Colonel Lindbergh personally, but
>m not at liberty to say where. I
■egret my inability to say more at
his time.”
FALMOUTH. Mass., April 6—
APi—State policemen searched
he Great Neck section today after
ecciving a report that a man, a
voman. and a baby were nearing
jreat Neck in a boat.
The policemen searched several
lours and found only footprints,
vhich they said appeared to have
>een recently made. They found
to trace of the boat.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh visit
d the section in an airplane Mon
lay and the visits of other un
dent ified planes have caused a be
set' the kidnaped Lmdbsrgh bab\
a in this vicinity. i
French Group Initiates
To Be Banquet Guests
Pi Delta Phi, French honorary,
will hold formal initiation and a
formal banquet Thursday evening
for nine new members. The init
iation is set for 5 p. m. in the men’s
lounge at Gerlinger hall. The new
initiates are Regina Brooks, Laur
ence Fischer, Marjorie Halderman,
Elma Doris Havemann, Ladrew
Moshberger, Nella Roster, Wil
liam Starr, Evelyn Struve and
Nancy Turner.
Following the ceremony the new
members and the initiates of last
term will be honored at a banquet,
which is to be held at the Eugene
hotel at 6:30. Dr. A. R. Moore, of
the department of biology, will be
the speaker of the evening, and
Louis Myers of the French depart
ment will act as toastmaster.
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“Up Stream,” oration by Wal
lace Campbell, will be broadcast
during the Emerald of the Air at
4:15 this afternoon over station
KORE. The presentation will be
the entry of the University in the
State Peace contest to be held at
Albany college Friday evening.
During the past two years Ore
gon’s entries have been victorious;
and Campbell, who is a veteran
forensics man, is conceded a good
chance to win.
Friday’s Emerald of the Air will
present a program of music by a
campus musician not yet selected.
Wesley Members Plan
Annual Beach Retreat
About 40 students of the Wesley
club will go to Newport for the
organization’s annual retreat April
15, 16, and 17, it was announced
yesterday by Donald Saunders,
president. The general theme for
the week-end is to be “Religion,
the Dynamic of Creative Living.”
There will be discussions Satur
day afternoon, a bonfire on the
beach Saturday evening, and a
church service on the beach Sun
day morning, Saunders said. Some
cars will be leaving Friday after
noon and others Saturday morning,
and those who wish to attend the
affair are asked to call 375 to
make arrangements.
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[Baker and Associates
Denied Immediate Trial
PORTLAND, April 6 — (AP) —
Presiding Circuit Judge Jacob
Kanzler today denied motions for
immediate trial of Mayor George
L. Baker, indicted by the Multno
mah county grand jury following
an investigation of the city’s pur
chase of a municipal market site.
The court denied similar motions
made on behalf of City Commis
sioner Earl Riley, City Engineer
Olaf Laurgaard, A. A. Hampson
and Paul Ferrens, attorneys, under
indictment in the same case.
Lloyd George Decides
On Virtual Retirement
LONDON, ~AprlT 6 — (AP) —
David Lloyd George, one of Bri
tain’s greatest political figures,
was reported tonight to have de
cided on virtual retirement from
the House of Commons.
Only events of outstanding im
portance, said those close to him,
would bring the war-time prime
minister back to the scene of his
past triumphs.
Lloyd George, noted Welsh lib
eral, will devote himself to writ
ing and farming, his friends said.
Revision of Medicinal
Liquor Control Urged
WASHINGTON, April 6.—(AP)
Limited revision of the Volstead
act to obtain greater flexibility in
the use of medicinal whisky was
approved here today by the gov
ernment’s chief prohibition offi
cers. The present law permits not
more than one pint for one patient
every ten days. Bills to lift all
statutory limitations on prescrip
tion whiskey, as well as a measure
to permit the prescription of malt
liquors are at the present time be
fore a house judiciary sub-com
mittee.
OLIVERAS TO SPEAK
Amacledo Oliveras of the grad
uate school will speak on the Phil
ippine Islands tomorrow at the
regular meeting of the Grace Lu
theran University club. Games
and refreshments will round out
the program. The meeting will be
held at 1065 Ferry street at 7:30.
SIX IN INFIRMARY
Paula Link,Lawrence Jackson,
Everett Harrell, Gay McVay, and
Marion Van Sceyoc are still quar
tered in the infirmary. Marion
Robbins was admitted Wednesday.
A Decade
Ago
April 7, 1923
There are 500 or 600 radio sets
in operation in Eugene. Supply
houses are being swamped with
orders and it is practically impos
sible to buy a pair of head tele
phones for any price.
The Oregon Knights will offici
ate at the first student body
dance of the term, to be held at
8 o’clock tonight in the Woman's
building.
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A “new-fangled” batting cage
designed by Coach George M.
Bohler was recently pushed from ’
its moorings at the rear of the
men’s gymnasium into Kincaid
field. Witnesses of the moving
wondered “who crossed the front
wheels of Henry Ford’s automobile
with the neighbor’s chicken coop.”
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An autographed photograph of
the Lincoln Memorial statue,
which is being placed in the Lin
coln Memorial hall in Washington,
D. C., was received today by the
Sculpture club of the University.
Daniel Chester French, noted
American sculptor, is the signer.
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Ernest Hayco.v is a special
writer on the Emerald staff. Floyd
Maxwell is editor and Webster
Ruble manager.
A married law student locked
another law senior in an upper
room of the Oregon building to
keep him from a canoeing date,
fearing that the hapless youth
might forget a vow he had made
to the effect that he would always
remain a single man. The trial is >
to come up some time during the
next three weeks, as practice for
the budding lawyers.
Plans for Canalization
Of River Recommended
Albany, Ore., April 6—(AP) —
Delegations from Eugene, Salem,
Springfield, Corvallis, and Albany
met here today and drew up re
commendations for the proposed
canalization of the Willamette
river and a summary of benefits
to be derived from the improve
ment.
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