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duff, Editorial Writers Merlin Blais, Radio Director
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To Carry On
\ NOTHER editor has been chosen to bear our standard for
the coming year. In his hands will rest the destiny of
Volume 34 of the Oregon Daily Emerald. To be the voice of
three thousand college men and women is a responsibility as
well as a privilege. May he use it well. |
In these hectic days of collegiate journalism much is required
of an editor, and much is expected. With Reed Harris expelled
from Columbia university for bucking the administration, a chal
lenge is hurled into the face of every student editor. Whether
a college publication shall be an official house organ or an inde
pendent newspaper that is the issue. We are confident that
Richard Neuberger will make his stand—and stand by it.
With full knowledge of our own shortcomings, our lack of
courage, and our rather mediocre record, we pass on to the
coming editor a set of ideals that we have held aloft. To our
mind, they constitute the guiding stars of the newspaperman
who would uphold and preserve the sacred trust of the fourth
estate. May the new editor find in them inspiration, and more.
The first of our ideals are TRUTH and COURAGE. It re
quires a wise man to find the truth and a brave man to print
it. Freedom of the press hinges largely on these two factors.
If a newspaper is to carry on the finest traditions of journalism,
truth and courage must be imbued in its editor and imprinted
in its columns.
FAIRNESS and SINCERITY give dignity and respect to
any paper. They do much to offset the rah-rah spirit with
which collegiate journalism has been cursed. Let the news
depict a fair and honest picture of every situation, and let the
editor’s views reflect sincerity of belief.
The last, but hardly the least, of our guiding stars have
been PROGRESSIVENESS and PROPORTION. Without the
spirit of liberalism progress is doomed. In both national and
campus affairs it is essential that a progressive attitude be
adopted. In our hands rest the destinies of the nation, for the
college youth of today will be the leader of tomorrow. To regard
each event in its proper proportion is a quality any editor may
well aspire to. But the spirit of progress is paramount.
So, in extending our greeting to the new editor, we point
out to him our guiding stars, and express the hope that at the
conclusion of his term he may write “30” at the end of a better
volume than ours. And we commend to him the lines of John
McCrae:
“To you from falling hands we throw the torch,
Be yours to hold it high.”
On the Wrong Track
<4'Tf'HE ASSOCIATED Women Student* will roniuin staunch
in their support of individual rather than mass voting. . . .
This stands as a challenge to those seeking office, a challenge
which an ardent and enthusiastic candidate cannot ignore."
This statement by Ann Baum, president of the A. W. S.. would
seem to indicate that with the opening of the season for aspiring
political candidates to step forward and announce whether their
intentions are honorable or not, a renewed campaign will be
undei way to abolish party politics.
We are not prepared to voice an opinion as to the ability
of the A. W. S. to carry out its pledge for individual voting.
But it remains a fact that in the past, organizations have often
been unable to control their membership to tiie voting of straight
tickets, rt is therefore reasonable to believe that the A. W. S.
will be as unable to prevent some of the sororities from joining
purty lineups. The temptation may prove too great to enter
in on the spoils of a party victory.
But aside from this, what does the plan idealized by the
A. W. S. hold for campus politics and student government?
In the first place, it would increase the difficulty of selection and
preparation of suitable candidates for student office. What is
to prevent a dozen men announcing their intention to run for
student body president? Isn't the way thrown open for all the
organizations to push forward their favorite sons for considera
tion on the ballot? With several candidates running for each
position no one would be able to command a majority of the
votes cast. The result would be a government of the minority
— a thing no student of government will advocate and which,
no doubt, the A. W. S. wants least of all.
Furthermore, after election and installation of officers, how
are these same officers to be held responsible for their campaign
pledges? If they owe no allegiance to party and are not honor
bound to carry out their avowed plans, who is going to exert
the necessary pressure to bring about the desired action? The
students as a mass cannot exert this pressure without the power
of recall or initiative. The living organizations will not exert
it because they have not been a unit in voting on the issues
lu the past parties have been criticized because they did not
form on certain definite issues. But this may not be a fault
of the political parties, but rather of the system of student
government. If there are certain clearly outlined issues over
which students may disagree, the party system is the only way
that the majority opinion can rule. If these issues do not c.\i.‘
then student government Ua- lost its leason lor being
nings, in his home, he would turn
on the automatic phonograph,
switch off the lights, sink in a
deep, comfortable chair and listen
to record after record of beautiful
symphonies. He would allow his
mind to play about in fancy, for
get the harshness of the outside
world, and presently emerge fresh
to tackle new problems.
During the recent Portland Sym
phony concert a lady sat next to
me who violently led the orchestra
with the tap of her toe and the nod
of her head. She knew and under
stood each composition, accurate
ly followed the changes in tempo,
and seemed to work with each mu
sician.
At this same concert I noticed a
person lolling in his seat, eyes
closed, and an expression of su
preme rapture on his face.
Others, I saw, watched and lis
tened quietly.
Still others moved restlessly
about, looking this way and that.
Just why is it that people enjoy
music? That question cannot be
answered by a blanket statement.
I am fully aware that nearly every
person has his own reason. Some,
no doubt, cannot explain it others
will analyze their enjoyment, flow
erily but vaguely.
Music is purely emotional. If
the listener fails to be swept into
new and inexplicable wonderlands
or if his imagination cannot be
stimulated, he enjoys the simpler
pleasures of listening to or watch
ing the performance of an individ
ual player.
X have heard persona flayed,
called hypocrites, for pretending to
enjoy music when in reality they
are neither emotionally stimulated
or interested in the technical per
formance. I see no reason why
they should be scorned. In fact, I
admire those who sincerely try to
find something in music that they
know must be there. If they do it
for their own spiritual develop
ment, regardless of failure, they
should be helped and encouraged.
Surely it is possible that they can
find something. I liken this to a
situation which a person who re
ceives no pleasure in reading a cer
tain book struggles through it be
cause he knows that it is consid
ered a classical masterpiece and
necessary for an intellectual back
ground.
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NEW BEGINNERS' BALLROOM
CLASS
Starts Tuesday 8;30 P. M.
MERRICK STUDIOS
sbl Willamette Phone 3051
1
! quet, which w|ll be held Sunday
at 6 o’clock.
| All Yeomen interested in play
, ing intramural softball report on
| sawdust field west of Hayward
field at 2 o’clock Saturday after
noon.
Dial will meet Monday, April 18,
at 8:00 at Dr. Smertenko’s home.
Dr. Hayes will speak.
An Outlet for Campus Steam
All communications arc to be ad
dressed to the editor, Oregon Daily
Kmerald, and should not exceed 200
words in length. Letters must be
signed, but should the writer prefer,
only initials will be used. The editor
maintains the right to withhold publi
cation should he see fit.
Safety Valve
OH! FOR A WALK
To the Editor:
I read that some new walks are
to be laid. Pray let them be put
where they are needed, rather than
where some designer’s genius dis
tates! Note the convenient placing
of the walk for Susie girls in a
hurry to get to the dining room!
Note the twenty feet of mud east
of Education which soiled shoes a
hundred thousand times this win
ter, yet Building and Grounds re
fused to put a walk there! Note a
dozen other places where hundreds
daily feel the temptation to walk
on the grass, and sometimes yield!
Beauty and time economy for
1 busy students can be combined, as
the Old Campus and other college
campuses testify. Yet we at Ore
gon seem doomed to expensive and
rather ugly terracing, and walks
designed without regard for Py
thagoras’ theorem, that the hypot
enuse of a right triangle is always
shorter than the sum of the other
two 3ides. We are apparently at
; the mercy of architects and land
; scapers whose whims for stiff and
unnatural design furnish us with
an inconvenient, unduly expensive
campus, which discredits when vis
itors compare dollar for dollar re
sults on other campuses.
Fellow students, may the powers
that be aid us ere all is lost!
Yours constructively,
—J. Ed. C.
BOYS LEAVE FARM HOME
CORVALLIS, April 14—(AP) —
L. M. Gilbert, superintendent of
the children's farm home here, an
nounced today sik boys disap
peared from the home last night.
I He said he believed they were
| headed for the coast.
Campus Kidnap
Case Rumored as
local rival to the famous Lind
bergh kidnaping case. It is ru
mored that a dastardly crime in
the field of football is contem
plated.
Semi-official sources have it
that Bill Bowerman, ably as
' sisted by George Pepelnjak are
planning the kidnaping of Joe
Walsh, another prominent grid
I ster.
Incidentally, Wash and Bow
erman are opposing captains in
the big grid struggle this after
noon on the practice 'fielu be
low McArthur court. So deter
mined arp the rival captains
i that it is said that they will
stop at nothing to win the con
test.
Ex-Convict Arrested
For Beating Merchant
PORTLAND, April 14— (AP) —
Elmer W. Lovegren, 42, an ex
convict, was arrested here tonight
and held as a fugitive from Van
couver, Wash., where he severely
beat A. L. Bowers, sporting goods
dealer, during an alleged holdup
attempt earlier in the day.
Lovegren, who was released
from the Oregon State penitenti
ary two weeks ago after serving
15 months of a three-year sen
tence for robbery, was arrested at
a hotel where he had registered
earlier in the day under the name
of E. W. Johnson. Police said he
readily admitted his identity.
RAMBUS officials
"•AMPIS officials are con
J fronted with what may be a
Oriental Tour To Start
June 17 From Frisco
A student tour to the Orient,
organized and conducted by Dr.
Harold J. Noble of the history de
partment, will start from San
Francisco on June 17, when the
party will sail on board the new
S. S. President Hoover of the Dol
lar line.
According to Professor Noble,
the tour is for pleasure as well as
for educational purpose, and Uni
versity of California credits may
be earned by signing for the
course in Asiatic history which
will be given in connection with
the cruise.
Among the places of historic in
terest to be visited are those of
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Shang
hai, and Manila.
Geology Groups To See
Fossils at Comstock
Geology classes in stratigraphy
and general geology will take a
field trip to Comstock Saturday
where the state road crews have
unearthed a very good collection
of fossils while widening the road
at that point.
When the fossils were uncovered ,
State Engineer Walsh brought
word to Dr. Warren D. Smith of
the geology department of his find
and displayed a very beautiful
specimen.
The classes will look for similar
specimens for the department's
collection.
Alice Gerot Appointed
Temenid Tea Chairman
At a recent meeting of Teme
nid, honorary for members of
Eastern Star, Alice Gerot, fresh
man, was appointed general chair
man of a tea to be given on April
27 for all Eastern Star women on
the campus.
Five committee chairmen were
also named. They were: Dorothy
Folsom, invitations; Marian Jones,
decoration; Anna Evans, refresh
ments; Oma Johnson, cleanup;
and Willametta Logesdon, enter
tainment. Plans for the tea were
also discussed.
A1 Smith Fails To Upset
Roosevelt Vote Machine
WASHINGTON, April 14— CAP)
—The Anti-Roosevelt and foreign ;
debt bombshell exploded in Demo
cratic ranks by Alfred E. Smith
brought divergent reactions in po
litical circles today, but the favor
able comment was mild compared
with the denunciations by Gover
nor Franklin D. Roosevelt’s sup
porters.
The Roosevelt presidential band
wagon pushed into Michigan to
claim 38 more pledged delegates to
boost his total pledged and claimed
total to 254.
Bodies of Deer Found
In Linn County Forest
ALBANY, Ore., April 14—(AP)
-Bodies of many deer have been
found recently by woodsmen in the
Cascade forests of eastern Linn
county, C. C. Hall, Santiam forest
supervisor, said today.
Hall said John Short, a forest
service employe, had reported J
finding the bodies of six deer j
within a short distance of his
home..
Woodsmen attribute the deaths
to severe winter weather or to
disease. Two years ago a disease
killed many deer in the Cascades. ‘
A Decade
Ago
April 14, 1922
On a slow, wet track, with a
Iriving rain pouring down through
out the afternoon, the first day of
the All-State relay passed into his
tory with the Aggies leading Ore
gon la-10.
* * *
The two-game series between
Pacific university and the Univer
sity of Oregon baseball teams re
sulted in victory for—the weather
man! The stormy weather forced
the visitors to return to Forest
Grove without playing.
* * *
A style show in the form of a
dramatic skit, with the scene a
modiste's shop, will point out the
difference between suitable and
TONIGHT
ie NORMA
Shearer
.. ROBERT
[ Montgomery
PRIVATE LIVES
unsuitable campus clothes to pros
pectlve co-eds this afternoon at
the Woman’s building.
* * *
A two-year tie may be broken
tonight at Guild hall when the O.
A. C. end Oregon woman debaters
clash on the subject of the closed
shop.
4* * *
Tomorrow’s sunrise prayer meet
ings and special services will mark
the observance of Easter Sunday.
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