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Let’s Have a New Deal!
■y^"ANTED: a student government that will permit the
majority of student* to take a hand in determining
policies that directly affect them.
It is our c^fntention that the students of the University of
Oregon have the ability to direct their own affairs intelligently.
Democracy in student government is as desirable as in national
government. If students in the past have not taken an active
part in government it has been the fault of the system, not
the students. Student leaders have admitted a weakness and
have asked for the formation of a student forum as a body for
the discussion of campus problems. But are these same student
leaders willing to consent to the carrying out of their ideas to
a logical conclusion—a student parliament with legislative
power ?
A student forum organized as an extra-constitutional body
with no power but that of recommendation may serve to point
out to student officers the direction of student opinion, hut there
is no assurance that it will be followed. An executive may say
that the forum is ill-informed and ignore its action. In other
words, he remains in the same position as now free to follow
his own conclusions. But to invest this forum, or a representa
tive student parliament, witli legislative powers is to guarantee
executive action.
It is absolutely necessary that an organization be built up
that can be kept alive by student interest. That student interest
will be kept at a higher level in an organization with legislative
power Is apparent. That such an organization is desirable from
the standpoint of true democracy and responsible government
should be just as obvious.
Now that the opportunity has been presented for a complete
reorganization of the government, every effort should be di
rected toward the formation of a representative student parlia
ment. If students have the right to take a hand in the deter
mination of policies concerning themselves, the road should be
made easy for the new plan. To deny this right is to challenge
the very fundamentals of democracy.
Derby Day
rjnODAY is Derby day for Oregon's political dark horses. Their
respective owners will jockey them up to the post at 11
o'clock when the campus meets at the nomination assembly. The
University band will be on hand to supply suitable race track
refrains.
Brian Mimnaugh will pull ihe barrier, and the race to make
nomination speeches will be on. (Length of tlie talks has been
limited this year. For which, due thanks.)
One day last week we offered our kingdom lor a horse
preferably a dark one to enter the election lists and do battle
with the one-party candidates then in the running. Our pleas
were answered, so fully indeed, that the number of dark horses
in the field became so great as to obscure the race track. The
Roustabouts bless 'em were the first to brighten an otherwise
dull campaign. Then their usefulness outlived, they retired to
let a really serious opposition ticket get to work.
Capable men and women they are, these office seekers who
will he nominated this morning. Eleven o'clock classes have
been dismissed for the race track classic. Put your money on
a steed, and come on out for the fun.
Premature and Immature
rpHK smouldering question of high school fraternities blazed
forth anew at Salem when a hunch of the boys tried to
coerce a prominent athlete into joining their group. Kidnaping
and assault brought the matter into the limelight, and scattered
it over the front pages of Oregon’s press. Temporary suspen
sion looms for ail fraternity members in the Salem high school,
with more severe punishment for the seven boys involved in
the melee.
We have always been inclined to regard high school societies
as weak and pathetic imitations of college organizations. More
than that they could scarcely hope to be. They lack the close
contact of membership that comes from a unified living organi
zation, and the spirit and fellowship that marks the college fra
ternity. They are premature and immature.
It is our belief that the state law forbidding I lie organization
of high school fraternities is well founded. Barely are such
societies devoted to constructive activity. Too frequently they
dogenerate into cliques that hinder scholastic attention and
harass high school unity. They constitute a threat to the de
mocracy of our secondary; institutions and. we are sorry to ay
too otteu a demoralizing influence on their misguided member.
By V. H. Hal
For many months now I have
noticed the book stands heaped
with little yellow copies of a book
called “A Fortune To Share.”
When one sees book stores so well
stocked with a certain publication
the curiosity is frequently aroused,
i Mine was. However, I procrastin
! ated, failing to purchase it be
cause of some vague feeling that a
friend would loan it to me.
The opportunity to borrow it did
i arrive when a young man came to
me with a story that his hop.eful
aunt had sent the book to him re
questing that he read it and re
port on it in his next letter. Such
an idea displeased this boy and he
asked if I would please read it and
give him the dope so that his
chance to inherit her fortune would
j not be endangered.
X read the book. It was filled
with the philosophy of an insur
ance man by the name of Vash
Young and that philosophy of life
was the fortune he had to share. It
was indeed the function of an av
erage mind in a search for happi
ness. Vash Young found what he
calls success by profiting by mis
takes, following his list of “vir
tues,” and being an all-around de
cent man. The philosophy he has
to share is what all of use received
as we sat years ago upon our
grandfather’s knee.
No one can sincerely believe that
the world would not be a more
pleasant place to live if every man
and woman would religiously fol
low all of Vash Young's virtuous
characteristics. The devil, instead,
rears his ugly head and says, “Fie,
don’t be tolerant! Don’t be gen
erous! Don’t be cheerful! It does
n’t pay.” And the devil, by the
way, is an influential character.
Vash Young's philosophy is ad
mittedly that of an uneducated
man. It is a shallow fortune, and
it is mechanical enough to be sim
ple. Compile your list of virtues
and keep them in action. They may
accumulate and become com
plex, yet they will provide an ac
ceptable god for any beneficiary.
CAMPUS ♦♦
ALENDAR
The outdoor gtimnusium is to be
used for the scheduled women’s
tennis matches only if it rains. The
regular tennis courts will be used
otherwise. The outdoor gym must
be scheduled for in the main office
of the women’s physical education
building.
Important meeting of old and
new Kwama members tonight at
7:45 in upstairs room of College
Side. Every member’s presence is
required.
Tonqued meeting at Westminster
house tonight at 7:15.
Officers wfil be elected at the
meeting of the German club in Su
san Campbell hull tonight at 7:30
o'clock. All members are urged to
be present.
Intramural archery meets today
at 1 o’clock unless it is raining.
There is to be a special announce
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NEW BEGINNERS’ BALLROOM
CLASS
Starts Tuesday- S:30 P. M.
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’ ment of interest to all archers re
gardless of whether they are work
ing for W. A. A. points or not
Come on out.
International Relations clut
meets tonight at 8 o’clock at In
ternational house.
Y. W. C. A. World Fellowship
group meets at bungalow, 9 o’clock
j tonight, to hear talk on Me'diter
1 ranean countries by Evelyn
Schmidt. Anyone interested invit
' ed.
All those interested in making
the Obsidian club hike to Death
, Ball Rock, Sunday, May 1, are to
meet at McMorran & Washburne's
corner at 8 a. m. Sunday morning.
The party will drive in cars up the
McKenzie, and will then hike four
miles to the rock. Further infor
mation may be had by calling Alice
Madsen, leader, at 439RX.
Y. W. C. A. discussion leaders
meet at the bungalow, 4 today.
Topic, led by Polly Pollitt, will be
“The Art of Thinking.”
Oregon Yeomen! Tickets for
Friday night dance are being han
dled by Merlin Blais, Robert
O'Leary and George Bennett.
Wesley club worship group meets
tonight at 8:30 at 613 E. 11th ave
nue.
A Decade
Ago
April 28, 1922
Invitations have been issued for
a formal musical to be given by the
men of Friendly hall on Sunday af
ternoon, April 30.
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Construction of at least two new
cement tennis courts, the repairing
of the dirt courts north of the walk
to Deady, and the preparation of
a four-hole golf course were rec
ommended in a report to President
P. L. Campbell and the board of
regents by the newly appointed
committee on intramural sports, at
its first meeting.
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The privileged fish who inhabit
the mill race were disturbed for
about two-billionths of a half-sec
ond when the whizzing form of a
man shot through their translu
cent realm last Saturday. Lieuten
ant Knowles claims to be the first
faculty member to venture into the
race this year.
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Camping outfits and cooking
utensils will be included in the
commissary department of the stu
dent geologists, who will camp un
der the stars with the eroded walls
of the Umpqua valley as their only
protection against the winds of the
night. From Kiddle the party will
hike down the river to Roseburg
and will return to Eugene Sunday
evening.
On the ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Recent Records Reviewed
By LARRY FISCHER
Jealousy
Leo Reisman and his orchestra.
O Cara Mia
Jack Hylton and his orchestra.
Two tangos presented by famous
orchestras. Leo Reisman does a
violin solo introduction that is
worth hearing. The tango' rhythm
is the best that's been heard for
a long time, and the melodies are
catchy. Hear this one.
Time Alone Will Tell
I Believe in You
Jack Hylton and his orchestra.
We like Jack Hyton and his ra
dio popularity is deserved. This
record, a waltz and a fox-trot, is
as good as any he has turned out
yet, and it' you haven't bought it
yet, you should hear it. It's good
for dancing and for just plain lis
tening.
VS ai’l'lc Appointed Head
For Annual Talk-Fests
Josephine Wattle has been ap
pointed manager of the Jewett
contests in public speaking for wo
men. John L. Casteel, assistant
professor and director of speech
division, stated last night.
.Miss Wattle is au English ma
jor and a freshman. Her home is
Astoria.
These contests are the advanced
contests for women, and the con
test for undciclass women. Entries
ma; be nude at the _peech office^
m Friendly hall.
D
ANCE
ISKS
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UPSTAGE
By BOB GUILD
I
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| I hate to bring up an old sub
' ject, but where are all the mam
' moth movies we see advertised sc
I often? We’re all tired of paying
coin of the realm tfl see the sloppy
outpourings of America’s out
standing industry. And we’re tired
of reading the same drivel about
each super-gargantuan epic in
turn.
Aren’t we? Publicity is one oi
those unnatural children. Movie
publicity has played Gargantua till
it has devoured its parents. It’s
become a soporific. By the time
we've waded through reams ol
ubiquitous slosh by the Follyanan
ias’ that conduct movie columns
we’re too tired to object to what
goes on on the screen.
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By the same token I’d like tc
see a movie column with fair crit
icism in its annals. But "you can’t
print that” is as potent a charm
now as when Seldes wrote the
book. Advertising managers won’t
let the reviewer be a critic. As
long as the ads for the pictures
are so unblushingly praiseful, how
ever, there’s no need to write it
again under the guise of criticism.
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The modern movie reviewer can
not discriminate. There was a
l good show at the McDonald over
; the week-end, lauded about as
\ much as the poor one that was
there before it. There is a really
I fine picture this afternoon under
| the auspices of the Faculty clufc
| at the Colonial, and one line in
j yesterday’s column and a half oi
! review about it.
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Just to plug a bit: there are
i two outstanding events on the cal
I endar this week-end. Hamlet, and
the Boardman-Thacher recital to
night. If you want to be unkind,
compare them and their publicity
to a couple of movies and theirs.
EMERALD
... of the A I R
The mad scene from Hamlet,
Shakespeare’s outstanding drama,
will be broadcast this afternoon at
4:15 during the Emerald of the
Air. The scene, in which the mad
Ophelia is the leading figure, will
be put on as it will be staged dur
ing the presentation of Hamlet on
Friday evening.
Ophelia is played by Marian
, Camp. Others who appear in the
j scene include: Queen, Inez Simons;
King, Jack Stipe; Laertes, Warren
Gram; a gentleman, Martin Geary.
I Miriam Stafford will play the cello
as an additional feature of the
I broadcast.
KORE Broadcasts Big
Oregon-Penn State Epic
In the second of his weekly re
vivals of famous Oregon grid en
counters “'Rush” Hughes of KORE
recalled the Oregon-Penn State
game of January 1, 1917, in a
broadcast last night. So far back
in Webfoot grid history was this
first intersectional contest in
which Oregon engaged that it had
slipped the minds of many Eugene
fans until "Rush” made Oregon’s
great 1916 team live again if only
in a play-by-play account fifteen
years later.
At that time Hugo Bezdek made
such an impression on the Staters
that they never rested until they
usurped Oregon's greatest football
coach. Outstanding figures on the
Oregon 1916 team were the Hunt
ington brothers, Johnny Beckett,
and Anse Cornell. The latter is
now coach at the College of Idaho.
Oregon Delegate Gives
Talk to Vi omen Athletes
New views on athletic awards,
the point system, women’s partici
pant^- in the coming Olympic
games, and many other interest
ing subjects of national interest
were reported to the Women's
Athletic association yesterday aft
ernoon by the Oregon delegate.
Miss Dorothy MacLeap, who at
tended the athletic conference of
American college women recently
at the University of Southern Cal
ifornia at Los Angeles.
Archery, golf, tennis, and hockey
reports were also presented at the
meeting by various members.
Plans are now being formulated
for it he ,\V A., A. play „ which, will
be presented at an A. W S. func
tion on May 13.
Positions on Men’s
Edition Announced
Plans for the annual men’s edi
tion of the Emerald reached a def
inite conclusion yesterday, when
George Sanford, editor, and Parks
Hitchcock, managing editor, an
nounced the upper news staff ap
pointments for the edition.
This special edition is an annual
feature. It is part of a contest
between the men and women jour
, nalism students, the winner to re
ceive a party at the expense of
| the defeated sex.
The appointments are as follow:
j sports editor, Joe Saslavsky; news
i editor, Oscar Munger; society edi
tor, Jack Bellinger; literary edi
tor, Roy Sheedy; cinema editor, J.
Almon Newton; day editor, Ralph
Mason; night editor, Doug Poliv
j ka; editorial writer, Hal Nock;
special writers, Jay Seahorn and
Sterling Green.
Beat li3ts will be posted soon
with the names of other men to
work on the special edition, the
editors stated yesterday. The mas
culine edition will be published
Saturday.
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Program Planned
For Tonqued Meet
A musical program, dancing, and
refreshments will be the entertain
ment for the meeting of the Ton
queds, Eugene women attending
the University, which will be held
this evening from 7:15 to 8:15 at
the Westminster house, Catherine
Coleman, chairman of the mass
meeting announced.
Gertrude Lamb is to sing a solo
| as the first number of the evening’s !
program. Other entertainers are
Margaret Ellen Hill, who will play
a flute solo; and Peggy Reynolds,
! who accompanied by Lucille Skeie
■ will do a tap dance.
This is the regular monthly
meeting of the group and the first
to be held this term, Kathryn Lis
ton, president, pointed out in urg
ing all the members to attend.
The committee which is assisting
1 Miss Coleman with the arrange
ments is Pauline George, Gertrude !
Lamb and Dorothy Davis.
Gale To Continue Work
On Campus Next Year
Thornton Gale, active in campus!
affairs, probably will continue his 1
studies here next autumn. He
originally intended to graduate
this June, but yesterday decided
to return in the fall to take a few
additional courses. His decision
: was somewhat of a surprise.
The 1931-32 Oregana yearbook,
which will be released next month,
was edited by Gale and previous
to assuming that position, he had
been connected actively with the
Oregon Daily Emerald. Gale prob
ably will be connected with the
Emerald staff again this fall.
The
Edited By Roy Sheedy
LITERARY SIGNPOST
CAPRICE VIENNOIS
Reunion in Vienna. By Robert E.
Sherwood. Scribners.
The author of "The Road to
Rome” and “Waterloo Bridge” has
written a happy play here, a satiri
cal piece that flaunts the princi
ples of science and casts doubt on
the success of democracy. Sher
wood lays his scene in the Vienna
of 1930, a decade after the people
had removed the Hapsburgs from
power.
A few of the old guard decided
to relive memories by holding a
party on the 100th anniversary of
Emperor Franz Josef’s birth.
Among the invited guests is the
beautiful wife of a famous psycho
analyst and her former lover,
Prince Rudolf Maxmilian, who has
not seen her for ten yers. You will
understand these characters better
to know that Lynn Fontanne and
Alfred Lunt played the parts in
New York, which parts seem to
have been made to their order.
Rudolf, mad, gay, and emotional,
begs for her for one more night of
love, but she escapes from him to
return home. He follows her, ready
to fight for his wishes. Her hus
band meets him with a cool man
ner, however, and completely re
moves any thought of battle. Rec
ognizing his foe as a scientist, Ru
dolf attempts to bring scientific
methods to bear, pleading that if
he may have the doctor's wife for
one night, she will soon forget him,
and their whole lives will be cleared
up. The doctor suddenly forgets
his science, however, and shows
ordinary husband-like jealousy, and
with two or three twists in the
plot, the plays ends with satisfac
tion to all.
“Reunion in Vienna" is consid
ered by many critics to be Sher
wood's finest. It is a little like
Shaw, like Ibsen, like Chekov, and
indeed, seems to take some of the
finer points of all three play
wrights. It is certain that Sher
wood builds up to a glorious cli
max, though from simply reading
the piece, one at least fancies that
there is a slight let-down in the
last act.
Pan Xenia Pledges
Five Wednesday
Pan Xenia, foreign trade honor
ary, pledged five men to member
ship at a regular business meeting
last night in Gerlinger hall.
The men are: Auten Bush,
George Stockner, Bill Draper, Bob
Wilson, and Theodore Natt.
Bush is a junior in business ad
ministration, and has been active
in managerial work upon the Em
erald, and is at present assistant
advertising manager. Stockner,
Draper, and Natt are juniors in
business administration and have
been active in foreign trade cir
cles. Wilson is a senior in the
business school and has had con
siderable experience in commer
cial fields.
The Pan Xenia foreign tour, to
be held this summer, was dis
cussed at the meeting. The cruise
will take in major points of inter
est in the northern Pacific basin,
stressing commercial relations be
tween Oriental countries and the
United States.
Band Plays Sunday
In Outdoor Concert
The first of the annual spring
outdoor concert series given by the
University band on the mill-race
will be given Sunday, May 1, at
7 p. m.
These concerts are free to the
students and townspeople. Two
years ago they were given on the
tennis courts between the old li
brary and the Commerce building.
The change was made to the mill- i
race because of the ample seating
capacity, splendid acoustics, and
the beautiful setting. s
The program for the first con
cert as announced by John Stehn,
director of the band, is Robinson's
Grand Entree march by King;
Poet and Peasant overture by
Suppe; Echoes, medley of concert
and operatic fav'orites, is a com
position of Tobani; American Pa
trol, Meacharn; A Spanish Villiage
from the Don Quixote suite by
Safranek; Marche Slave, a Tschai
kowski composition; and King
Cotton march, one of Sousa’s best
known marches.
School Head Speaks
To Education Classes
J. F. Cramer, superintendent of
schools in Grants Pass, spoke at
the University Tuesday evening
and Wednesday morning. Eight
o’clock classes in theory and ob
servation, secondary education, and
child hygiene heard Mr. Cramer
talk Wednesday morning on “Edu
cation in Australia.” He described
the organization in comparison to
the education in Oregon.
Members of Omega Delta Pi,
underclass education club, heard
the superintendent Tuesday eve
ning at their meeting on the same
subject.
“HAMLET” SEAT SALE ON
Dorothy Clifford, business mana
ger for “Hamlet,” announces that
the seat sale for the play is open
at the Guild theatre box office
from 9:45 to 5:15 daily, telephone 4
local 216. Friday evening at 6
o’clock tickets will be on sale at
Gerlinger where “Hamlet” will be
staged.
Mysterious Bunk
ONCE in a blue moon now some bright, old-fashioned
cynic says: “Aw, I never read the advertisements. They’re
full of bunk.”
But when one starts to look for it, the “bunk” in adver
tising shows a mysterious tendency to be absent. Speci
mens of it are hard to locate.
The reason for that is simple. Bad goods cannot be suc
cessfully advertised. To stand up under the pitiless glare
of publicity, merchandise must be honest. It must live
up to its promises. Otherwise you would quickly cease
to buy it.
So advertisers discovered long ago that for them, too,
honesty was the best policy. More!—the only possible
policy, if they were to remain advertisers!
Read the advertisements. They are not full of bunk.
On the contrary, they are full of honest information and
interesting news. They show you ways to be more com
fortable. They make life easier. They help you to be
happier and healthier. They teach you prices and values.
No doubt about it—advertisements do you many a ser
vice. Read them every day!
the
Emerald
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