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EDITORIAL OFFICES. Journalism Bldg. Phone 3300—News Room. Local 355; Editor and Managing Editor, Local 354. BUSINESS OFFICE. McArthur Court. Phone 3300-Local 214. Member of the Major College Publications Represented by the A. J. Norris Hill Company, Call Build ing. San Francisco; 321 E. 43rd St.. New York City; 1206 Maple Ave., Los Angeles. Cal.; 1004 2nd Ave., Seattle; 123 W. Madison St., Chicago, 111. University of Oregon, Eugene Richard Neuberger, Editor Harry Schenk, Manager Sterling Oreen, Managing Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Thornton Gale, Assoc. Ed. Jack Bellinaer, Ed. Writer Dave Wilaon, Julian Prescott, Ed. Writern UPPER NEWS STAFF wscar MUtnier, ixewa u.a. Francis Pallister, Copy E<1. BrOce Hamby, Sporta Ed. Parks Hitchcock. Makeup Ed. Leslie Dunton, Chief Ni^ht Ed. jonn funerary imi. Bob Guild, Dramatics Ed. Jessie Steeie, Women’s Ed. j Eloise Dorner. Society Ed. Ray Clapp, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: Rob Patterson, Margaret Bean, Francis Pal Ii8ter, Virginia Wentz, Joe Saslavsky, Hubert Totton. NIGHT EDITORS: Bob Moore, Russell Woodward, John Hollo peter, Bill Aetzel, Bob Couch. SPORTS STAFF: Malcolm Bauer, Asst. ’ Ed.; Ned Simpson, Dud Lindner, Ben Back. FEATURE WRITER: Elinor Henry. REPORTERS Julian Prescott, Don Caswell, Hazle Corrigan, Madeleine Gilbert, Betty Allen, Rav Clapp, Ed Stanley, Mary Schaefer, David Eyre, Bob Guild, Paul Ewing, Fairfax Roberts, Cynthia Liljeqvist, Ann Reed Burns, Peggy Chess man. Margaret Veiiess, Ruth King, Barney Clark, Betty Ohlemiller, Lucy Ann Wendell, L. Budd Henry. ASSISTANT SOCIETY EDITORS: Mary Stewart, Elizabeth Crommelin, Marian Achterman. COPYREADERS: Harold Brower, Twyla Stockton, Nancy Lee, Margaret Hill, Edna Murphy. Monte Brown, Mary Jane Jenkins, Roberta Pickard, Marjorie McNiece, Betty Powell, Bob Thurston, Marian Achterman, Hilda Gillam, Roberta Moody, Frances Rothwell, Bill Hall, Caroline Rogers, Henri ette Horak, Myron Ricketts, Catherine Coppers, Linda Vin cent. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Gladys Gillespie, Virginia Howard, Frances Neth, Margaret Corum, Georgina Gildez, Dorothy Austin, Virginia Proctor, Catherine Gribble, Helen Emery, Helen Taylor, Merle Codings, Mildred Maida, Evelyn Schmidt. RADIO STAFF: Ray Clapp, Editor; Harold GeBauer, Michael Hogan, Ben Back. BUSINESS STAFF Manager, Harry Schenk Adv. Mgr., Mahr Reymers National Adv. Mgr., Auten Bush Promotional Mgr., Marylou Patrick Asst. Adv. Mgr., Ed Meserve ARst. Adv. Mgr., (iil Wellington Asst. Adv. Mgr., Biil Russell Executive Secretary, Dorothy Anne Clark circulation Mgr., urant 1 heum mel Asst. Circulation Mgr, Rfon R(*w Office Mgr., Helen Stinger Class. Ad. Mgr., Althea Peterson Sez Sue, Caroline Hahn Sez Sue Asst., Louise Klee Cheeking Mgr., Ruth Storla ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS: Gene F. Tomlinson. Dale Fisher, Anne Chapman, Tom Holeman, Hill McCall, Ruth Vannicc, Fred Fisher, Etf Labbe, Hill Temple, Eldon Haber man, Elisa Addis, Hill Connell, Wilma Dente, Hazel Fields, Corinne Plath, Marian Taylor, Hazel Marquis, Hubert Tot ton. Hewetl Warrens, Donald Platt, Phyllis Dent, Peter Gantenben. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Patricia Campbell, Kay Disher, Kath ryn Greenwood, Catherine Kelley, .Jane Hishop, Elma Giles, Eugenia Hunt, Mary Starbuck, Ruth Byerly. Mary .lane Jenkins, Willa Hitz, Janet Howard Phyllis Cousins, Hetty Shomaker. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Asso ciated Students of the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. Mem ber of the Pacific Intercollegiate I’ress. Entered in the post office at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription rates $2.60 a year. Advertising rates upon application. Phone Manager: Office, Local 214; residcncce, 2800. Men must be at liberty to say in fn-int what ever they have a miiul to say, provided it wrongs tia one. —Charles Anderson Dana, New York Sun “HAYWARD JR.” AND- “OSCAR” TN PORTLAND are a couple of citizens who are -* going to be remembered with appreciation by several generations of Oregon and Oregon State college athletes. One is Aaron Frank, manager of Meier and Frank company. The other is Philip Jackson, publisher of the Oregon Journal. It was they who financed and purchased the water-carts that now are tho property of the University and college football teams, Already the two wagons have traveled farther than did Christopher Columbus on his epic voyage long centuries ago. The Oregon State wagon, re cently christened “Oscar," has been transported 9,000 miles on the Beavers' trips to Fordham and Detroit. The Oregon vehicle, appropriately named "Hayward Junior," twice has been hauled uncere moniously into a baggage car and taken into the state of California. Because football is a hard game, and the batter ings and bruises sustained in it are many, it is rea sonable and logical to assume that the little wagons, with their tanks of cold water, are almost an oasis in a desert to the exhausted athletes. Oregon’s foot ball players have been enthusiastic in their praise of the conveniences and comforts afforded by "Hay ward Junior." Doubtlessly, "Oscar" is appreciated to ail equal extent by the warriors in Orange. Long after the present corps of Oregon and Ore gon Slate athletes havo had their getaway day, the vehicles presented by Mr. Frank and Mr. Jackson will be, transporting water and refreshment to suc ceeding generations of football players. They are gifts that will be more and more appreciated as the years roll along. Their donors could have pre sented no morn useful equipment to the athletic departments of the two schools. WATER! WATER! LIVE IS WATER! rpHE THIRSTY nomad In the desert who Ima -*• gines he sees a vernal oasis and then discovers it to be only a mirage is no more chagrined or dis appointed than the Oregon student who stoops to drink from one of our indoor bubble-fountains, par ticularly that in the hall of the school of journalism. To say that Ihe water which spouts therefrom is luke-warm would be putting it mildly. The majority of persons who stoop to partake of its refreshment are so disillusioned that the sort of look flits across thc.r faces that reminds one of the countenance of Simon Legreu when ho discovers that the stuff which looks like Johnny Walker is only anaemic loot-beer. The other indoor fountains hero are not so dis tasteful as that in the school of journalism, but the water which spouts from them never has given the false impression that it comet- from a pipe encased iu ice. These indoor fountains do not bubble continually as do those in front of the main library. Just why this should be the case, we do not know. One would I suppose that the fountains outdoors would not need to be spouting all the time to be cold enough for drinking purposes. Perhaps some technical point of plupibing enters this situation with which we are not familiar. However, on the face of things, we believe it is reasonable to demand that the indoor fountains bubble continually so that their contents are more reminiscent of aqua pura than tasteless beef broth. At present, with our lukewarm fountains, especi-! ally that in the school of journalism, one is reminded j of what Mr. Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner said after I he had killed the albatross: "Water, water everywhere, nor any a drop to drink.” I I MANCHU IS BURIED rpHE JAPANESE r;ood-will tour left with us the -*• impression that their mental outlook is peculi arly like our own. They ascribe the same reasons for their theories an 1 political beliefs, taking the reverse side, of course. They have an overdeveloped sense of national loyalty and suspicion of the mo tives of other peoples. Japan refuses to compete with low paid Korean labor. Quite naturally, they think, but they can not understand why America refuses to compete with their workmen. They would prefer to have tariffs levied against every other country including the United States and yet be able to deal under condi tions of free trade in the markets of the world. They do not regard their occupation of Man churia as being any more territorial aggression than our own direction of Nicaraguan political affairs. The three boys were wary in speaking on interna tional problems, doubtless feeling that their re marks would be interpreted as having some official sanction of the Japanese government. It is curious that immediately following the good-will visit came the loudest newspaper criticism so far of the attitude of the Japanese government. Its failure to accept the Lytton report, and the con flict between the Japanese and Chinese .represen tatives lead to bitter accusations by American papers. But, nevertheless, we think that their visit has accomplished a great deal. It has introduced us to the better class of Japanese as a witty, intelligent, and clever race, excellent friends and companions. We are glad to lay forever the impression of the Japanese as painted by the old movie thrillers and literature of the Fu Manchu type. FIFTY CENTS A CUT OUR CONTEMPORARY, the Minnesota Daily, suggests that a new system might be inaugur ated to raise the attendance record in routine classes, such as English drill, military, and physical education classes. Their idea is to fine students fifty cents a class for every cut during the term. The money might be taken from a required deposit made upon enrollment in school. This system gave a marvelous stimulus to the attendance urge in ad vanced military courses where it was tried and the Daily thinks it might work elsewhere. Possibly. But on the other hand, if students were required to make a "cutting" deposit, before enroll ing they would in nine cases out of ten just add it on the bill that dad has to foot and charge it up to profit and loss. The Daily likewise suggests that the professors bo penalized fifty cents for every cut that a stu dent makes, the result being supposedly an ardent attempt of professors to make their courses more interesting. This is obviously absurd, as the stu dent who would not cut otherwise, would now miss his class with the feeling that no one will take it on the neck but the professor, and that he’s paid a salary and must accept it. The real solution for the whole problem is for the administration not to give a tinker’s dam how often the student comes to class, but to raise the scholarship standard so that the student must at tond a fair amount of classes in order to pass the tinal examination. After all, the student is sup posed to be in college to avail himself of the oppor tunity of going to class, and if he doesn’t care for this chance, let him take the consequences. THESE COTTON SUITS SOCIAL hour swims in the women's gym pool .have drawn a pretty fair attendance, but the attendence isn't all it should be for a student body known as Webfoots. A little inquiry as to why thus was in order. It seems that the evil grows out of the reason able ruling that cotton suits issued by the gym be worn instead of the personal suits of the students. Cotton for swimming suits just doesn't seem to be appreciated. Now anyone who has seen a cotton suit in action can oasily understand why they shouldn't be popu lar. They manage to fit the form in the most drap ing ways when wet. And if the form isn’t .all it might be in the first place. Many co-eds who don’t mind in the least wearing tire homely but fairly neat campus clothes absolute ly draw the line at appearing in mixed company in a cotton suit. And the man who wears the dirt iest cords would undoubtedly have the same feel-, ings on t ho subject. The ban on personal suits was imposed for hy gienic reasons. Of this, there can be no objection. However, if there is any way in which wool suits belonging to the individual students can be used i it would undoubtedly make tiie swims more attrac tive to a larger number of students. And since the pool is to be open for the swims, the more students who partake of the recreation the better. Dr. Bovard and Miss Florence Alden will probably dismiss the matter this morning. It is to be hoped that they will decide in favor of wool suits. Although wheat is the staple crop of Turkey, tobacco is considered the money crop. More than 53,000,000 automobiles have been built since the first one was turned out in 1918, the California State Automobile association records dis close. Campus Calendar (Continued from i'ayc One) Lyons will give a piano solo, livery one is Invited. The Westminster guild will fin ish the bon It, "God and the Cen sus," at 9 o'clock tonight at the Westminster house Today's V. W. silu.dtih•: Upper-, class com mission cabinet, 1: frosh | discussion groups of Eileen Hick- j son. Barbara Jean Payne, 2; Bar bara Conlv. Marigolde Hardison, j J. Betsy Sieiwer, 4; Vespers, 5; , Industrial group, 8. 'mpurluitl meeting of all mem-; bers of tbe charm school of l’hilo melcto at Susun Campbell hall to night at 8:00. Dr. Donald At. Erb will speak tonight it 0:00 in the man.' lounge, Cerliager hall. His topi< will be "A Workable Economic Program tor the World Tomor row.'' All are welcome to attend. V program by the pledges of Phi Beta, women's national pro fessional music and drama frater nity. will be given al 7:00 o'clock in Alpha Chi Omega tonight. Corrida do Todos, Spanish club, will meet tomorrow evening at 7:45 at the Westminster house. Anyone inter* ted i invited to at tend. 1 ------- I B CAMPUS CARAVAN _By DAVE WILSON W7ELL, here’s one post-Thanks ” giving broadcast that isn’t go ing to lead off with a lot of talk Bill Bowerman auuuL iuu turkey.” Most of us observed the day around fra ternity tables. * * * William Bow erman, the John N. Garner of Oregon’s student government, f i - nally broke down and told why he was postponing calling the Student Parliament in to session until next term. Bill says he’s waiting until aftor the lame-duck session at Washington is over so that the Oregon Parliament won't make Congress look cheap. # H: # It took only their first week in the U. S. for the Japanese good will visitors to absorb the finer points of the American education al tradition. I took little Maki yama into the College Side during the 10 o'clock rush one night last week. "This place,” I explained, “is where we come for to sit around and drink coffee when we get tired studying at the library.” “Don’t you mean,” queried Mr. M., “that the library is where you go when you get tired sitting around here drinking coffee?” * * * Those who asked the three Japanese how they liked American co-eds received evasive replies. The reason is that the Japanese are inherently courteous and ab stain from openly speaking ill of anyone or anything. If a Japanese could be persuaded to state frankly his opinions of American girls, it would run something like this. "To us Japanese, your American women are far from beautiful. Their noses are too large, their eyebrows too prominent, their complexions gaudy, and their eyes too large and too protuberant. Their form-fitting clothes are in teresting but hardly genteel, and their feet are far too large." * * * Amos Burg, far-famed explorer, adventurer and Oregon alumnus, will address a select audience at the women’s Matrix Table dinner Thursday night, talking on "Dances Around the World.” And we really believed he’d been study ing marine life and exploring Arc tic wastes all these years! promenade by carol hurlburt IT is breath-taking in this day -*• when women have turned ultra womanly and feminists have gone really feminine to note a similar trend in men’s and women's clothes, not as to cut as in post war days, but as to materials. * * * The biggest sensation of the season is Descat's hat, "The Ama zon," which is designed in soft, mannish felt and sits on your head the way a man's hat does (and if there is any article which I have always envied the sterner sex, it is their hats . . . that dev ilish kind that slants down over the facell. This “Amazon" differs from the regular fedora in that it has a cocky roll and dip to the brim . . . that hard-boiled swag ger of the Australian soldier. * * * Special from Henri, the Stylist: In regard to sport garments, it is certain that checks will be high ly favored, ranging from the small to the even huge block check. Stripes are now ahead of other patterns and range from bold to very fine pin stripes. * * # Should you have a chance to g > to any of the smart watering places, you would see the checked Emerald Of the Air The "newspaper of the air'' comes to you today at 12:15 over KORK. The last episode in the dramatic presentation, “Hr. Bill and the Stroubles," written and directed by Michael Hogan will be on the aii tonight at 7:15. suit, the checked jacket with the plain skirt, the checked suit with the three-quarters length coat. * * * In fact, what with fashion, ex aminations, holidays, disarma ment, and our football situation, this is a checkered career which we are leading. And the men, no less than the women, are leading “checkered" lives, here is a general trend in men’s clothes toward little checks and overplaids. Stripes and her ringbone designs are “always with us." For country wear, wo men are aping the men and tak ing to these self-same herring bones. One chic suit is made with a Scotch plaid blouse and waist coat.' * - * Corduroy is another fabric which is in the blood. Last sum mer some of the men's houses were endeavoring to replace white flannels with a fine grade, light weight corduroy and were making double-breasted palm beach suits in corduroy. In the East the Nor folk jacket, belted and fashioned in corduroy, is back and finding a big following. It would be de cidedly practical for campus wear. $ * * Les femmes du rnonde are now, using corduroy for coats, coat-' linings, suits, gloves, hats, scarfs, even capes. V * * Still speaking of sports clothes, we have: Special from Henri: Tiiat the cape will be smart and even sold as a separate item as if it were a jacket, or part of a cos tume is practically assured. The majority of the new capes will be from elbow to finger tip length. The sportwaist dress has taken such a hold on sport styles that it will undoubtedly make many ap pearances for the coming season. Press lengths in sports apparel will be practically the same as last fall. Broad shoulders are still in favor although it remains to be seen how strongly they will be ac cepted. These sport clothes are so cut as to' give a woman the long rangy look of a sleek greyhound . . . but still with curves. * * * We Select for Promenade: Mary Jean Warner, because she chooses a frock of blue and white stripes cut on the bias, and because this frock also boasts a bolero (the bolero, mes enfants, should be watched.) The Safety Valve An Outlet for Campus Steam All communications are to be ad dressed to the editor, Oregon Daily Emerald, 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. To the Editor of the Emerald: The University has recently been talked of as going on “the rocks’’ by many students here on the cam pus, and from what one is able to gather this attribute does not re fer to academic organization, but rather to such things as the mill race clearing, the student car sit uation, and some talked of date restrictions. Now if one stops to look around, it will be easily noticed how the apparent rah rah college spirit is slipping. You see fewer flashy sport roadsters, fewer hotcha week-end parties, less gaiety in clothing, only a few new camel hair coats, and probably more dirty shirts. And no doubt the de pression is responsibla for it all. Still depressions are building stones. It has been said that thinking is the hardest thing to do —perhaps that is why so few peo ple do it. With the apparent curtailment of the rah rah spirit will come bet ter grades, more serious thinking, and students who are scholars. The “old” college spirit will never die as long as there are co-ed schools, but as a result of the depression, this spirit is associated with more sincerity and thought. It has giv en many of us something to think about. Those few who are still too well fixed to realize the chang ing conditions should not live in glass houses. —A. H. S. To the Editor of the Emerald: In my three previous years at Ore gon I have been accustomed to receiving a campus luncheon as part of what I paid for in my stu dent body fees. This year none has been forthcoming. Could yourself or any other officials of the A. S. U. O. please explain this discrep ancy. I believe I also paid for such this year. I wish to compliment the Emerald upon its courageous attitude in regard to student ac tivities. Keep up the good work! —M. K. F. MORGAN NAMED ON C. W. BALL’S ALL-STAR TEAM (Continued from Paije One) not Junior, did yeomen service in observing the heroes of Santa Clara, Idaho and points east. Rich ard Lewis Neuberger. Doc Spear3' little friend, looked over Washing ton and Washington State. I. my self m person, wratched Oregon State, the poor fellows. Operator X7>7, whose name must- be left im printed for political reasons, peeked in on Montana one rainy afternoon but evidently forgot to mail in his report. Crystal Raves on I can see no reason for trying to enumerate the qualities of" the a'l-s'ar fir?' string . line Every player is oiiUtandiu.~. Of course.; some may say Stepanovich of St. Mary’s should have- a first team guard position over Corbus or Ro senberg. Well, the board has de cided that the Gael ace shall be: further punished by keeping him off. Keeping him out of the Ore- j gon game wasn't enough. They won anyway. The center position was one which caused the board some trou ble. Neuberger said Howard of Washington was best’; a couple of j bthers thought Hughes of Oregon should get the berth because he | played the “iron man" role. Due to a technicality h§ is omitted. Chuck Swanson played a full half against Idaho. Thereby Mr. Hughes’ chief distinction is lost. Eckman Makes Report On the recommendation of Scout Eckman, Capt. Homer Oli ver is given the post over Hughes, Howard, Ed Christie of Califor nia and his own U. C. L. A. team mate, Lee Coates. The backfield is the best. Try eiuu ueai u. nomer vxruiiiu, George Sander, Max Krause, An gelo Brovelli—what a quartet! Krause was the leading scorer of the coast; Griffith led the confer ence scorers; Sanders was the per fect stylist, and Brovelli, the ideal fullback. Mark Temple and Mike Mikulak were given second team positions. While this may seem like partisan choosing, the members of the board and myself believe both deserve the honor. Mikulak needs little boosting. Temple is chosen over such fine halfbacks as Bufkin and Muczynski of Washington; Moe of Oregon State; Bergdahl of U. C. L. A. and Ernie Caddel of Stan ford. Temple was one of the most consistently brilliant backs to play on the coast. In every game he played steady, haads-up foot ball. Against Oregon State his 65-yard run gave Oregon a close victory. San Francis^) sports writers couldn’t give him enough praise after the St. Mary’s game. He was the leading ground gainer for Oregon in nearly every game of the season. The complete second team is composed of Tony Slavich and Bill Wilson, ends; Ernie Smith and Curly Miller, tackles; Stepono vich and Bill O’Brien, guards, and Ed Christie, center. The backfield, besides Mikulak and Temple, in cludes Hank Schaldach and Mit chell Frankovich. Their schools are listed in the box elsewhere on this page. A. CANNON WORKS, YET IS ELECTED TO SENIOR SIX (Continued from Page One) accounting fraternity, and vice president of Beta Gamma Sigma, national scholastic honorary in business administration. His name v/as put on the Beta Gamma Sig ma plaque as the outstanding mem ber of the freshman class, and re cently he was presented with the Alpha Kappa Psi medallion as the outstanding student in commerce. His work, however, is of more importance to him than any schol larly attainments. Imagine a sen ior who knows he’ll have a job when he graduates! Cannon has already had five offered to him! ‘‘I date my life from one job to another,” he remarked. When he was in high school at Hood River, he was an agent for Fleischman's yeast, and later a motion picture operator. Since he moved to Toledo, he has had numerous other jobs, in cluding truck driving, loading hay, and working in a grocery and feed store. EVANS PLAYS REQUEST PIECES IN LAST PROGRAM (Continued from Page One) bers. On the program Sunday, Mr. Evans graciously included sev eral request numbers, among them "Pomp and Circumstance,” by Elgar, also familiar in choral ar rangement, and "The Lost Chord,” by Sullivan. "The Long Day Closes, also by Sullivan, was very effective, sung from the echo or gan by a quartet from the Eugene Gleemen. An original improvisation on Christmas themes was particular ly interesting. Three well known hymns were arranged in unusual harmony, with excellent contrasts and fascinating modulation which used portions of the first theme to weave the melodies together very effectively. Probably the most outstanding number from the point of tech nique was the stirring number, "Variations de Concert," by Bon net, with pedal cadenza. The ap parent difficulties of the pedal work were quietly met. the pre sentation was wholly satisfying, and the number particularly ap propriate as a finale. Next Sunday at this hour Gounod’s “St. Cecelia Mass" will be presented at the Methodist church, and on the following Sun day. Decembei 11. the University choruses and orchestra will pre sent the "Messiah" at McArthur court. Articles Lost and Found The lost and found department in the University depot has sev eral pairs of gloves, an umbrella, and a riug that were turned in recently. There are books, note books, pens, pencils, bracelets, hats, coats, check-book, and spec tacle case that have been on hand for some time, but which mav still be reclaimed by the owners. Director of Athletics -(Editorial)-— (Continued from Page One) gations? The Emerald believes it is not. * * * Our solution for the alleviation of the evils of this situation is the employment of a dlreetor of intercollegiate athletics. Once hired, he would replace the ath letio committee. He would oc cupy practically the same rela tion to the executive council as now exists between Chancellor Kerr and the state board of higher education, literally be ing the council's athletic execu tive. By the coordinating of the activities of the athletic director with the final judgment of the executive council, the student and faculty members still would retain a place in the system and student government would not suffer. * * * There also would be another, and still greater, advantage to the student body of Oregon in the employment of a director of ath letics. A definite fixation of re sponsibilities would follow imme diately. At present there is no one in direct charge of the situation. A malcontent dissatisfied with ath letic conditions does not know whether to take his complaints to the coaches, the graduate mana ger or the committee. There is no specific person to whom complete responsibility is delegated. Con sequently, buck-passing is facili tated to a considerable degree. It is the opinion of the Emerald that one individual must be placed in direct supervision of Oregon's athletic system. He must be given literally the powers of a dictator and he must be told to go ahead and install his policies. He must be given a certain length of time to accomplish the betterment of J athletic conditions here, and he must be responsible only to the executive council and the chancel lor of higher education. Possibly this sounds like a dras tic step. We believe it is to a cer tain extent, but we also believe that change is vital to progress ! and that progress is vital to the I survival of Oregon athletics and | the advancement of the A. S. U. O. i The Emerald is certain that the | employment of a director of ath J letics would benefit every member j of the student body, the alumni, : the athletes and interested Eugene j citizens who have dedicated both ; their time and money to Oregon’s j future. For instance, were the : people of Eugene and Lane coun I ty and the students of Oregon dis pleased with the home schedule : assigned to the University football ' team, they would have a definite person to whom they could trans port their complaints and sugges tions. * * * In making what it believes to be a thoroughly constructive suggestion, the Emerald em phatically declares that it has no ulterior motive for doing so. This paper does not care who I obtains the post of director of athletics. The establishment of the office itself is all in which the Emerald is interested. So far as we are concerned, the di rector can be a present member of the athletic staff, the grad uate manager, an outsider, the president of the University or anyone qualified in some degree for the position. All that we de sire is one responsible person holding the executive power over the University’s intercollegiate athletic department. We also believe .an athletic di rector in complete charge of the A. S. U. O. activities in that field would enlarge the scope of the entire Oregon program by coor dinating the work under his juris | diction with that of the intramur 1 al department and the school of physical education. * * * Earlier in this editorial we de clared that the faculty member of the athletic committee, in this instance, Professor H. C. Howe, was the sole member qualified to pass judgment upon athletic prob lems. We now briefly point out that the abolishment of the com mittee would not necessitate part ing with his opinions and services, as he still would be retained as Oregon's faculty representative to the Pacific coast conference. * * * Ihe suggestion for a director of athletics, which we address to the student body in particular and the Lniversitys alumni and friends in general, has been made in the hope that it will be of constructive ser vice to the University of Oregon. We are eager that it will be re ceived in the same spirit. Prepare for Rain Are your shoes in condi tion for winter weather? CAMPUS SHOE SHOP 843 Thirteenth St.