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rcctotr University of Oregon, Eugene Richard Neubergcr, Editor Harry Schenk, Manager Sterling Green, Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Thornton Gale, Associate Editor; Jack Bellinger, Dave Wilson Julian Preecott. UPPER NEWS STAFF Oscar Mungor, News J&a. Francis Pailister, Copy Ed. Bruce Hnmby, Sports Ed. Parks Hitchcock. Makeup Ed. Bob Moore, Chief Night Ed. jonn V»rOSB, Ijiveiary rju Bob Guild, Dramatics Ed. Jessie Steele, Women’s Ed. Esther Hayden, Society Ed. Kay Clapp, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: Rob Patterson, Margaret Bean, Francis Pul Iistcr, Doug Folivka, Joe Saslavsky. NIGHT EDITORS: George Callas, Boh Moore, John HoIIo peter. Done MftcLean, Bob Butler, Bob Couch. SPORTS STAFF: Malcolm Bauer. Asst. Ed.; Ned Simpson, Ben Back, Bob Avison, Jack Chinnock. FEATURE WRITERS: Elinor Henry, Maximo Pulido, Hazlc Corrigan. REPORTERS: Julian Prescott, Madeleine Gilbert, Ray Clapp, Ed Stanley. David Eyre, Bob Guild. Paul Ewing, Cynthia I.iljcqvist, Ann-Reed Burns, Peggy Chessman. Ruth King, Barney Clark, Betty Ohlcmiller, Roberta Moody, Audrey Clark, Bill Belton. Don Oids, Gertrude Lamb, Ralph Mason, Roland Parks. ASSISTANT SOCIETY EDITOR: Elisabeth Crommelin. COPYREADERS: Harold Brower. Twyla Stockton, Nanry I,ee, Margaret Hill. Edna Murphy. Mary Jane Jenkins, Marjorie McNiece, Frances Rothwell. Caroline Boners, Henriette Horak, Catherine Coppers. Claire Bryson, Bingham Powell. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Frances Neth, Betty^ Gear hart, Margaret Corum, Georgina Gildez, Elma Giles, Carmen Blaise, Bernice Priest, Dorothy Paley, Evelyn Schmidt. RADIO STAFF: Ray Clapp, Editor: Barney Clark, George Callus. SECRETARIES—Louise Beers, Lina Wilcox. BUSINESS STAFF Adv. Mgr., ivianr iteymrrs National Adv. Mgr., Auten Buah Promotional Mgr., Marylou Patrick Asst. Adv, Mgr., Grant Theummel. Asst. Adv. Mgr., Gil Wellington Asst. Adv. Mgr. Bill Russell Executive ijwrcwiry, uoruuiy Anno Clark Circulation M*r., Ron Rew. Office M*r., Helen StinKer Class. Ad. M*r.( Althea Peterson Sez Sue, Caroline Hahn Sez Sue Asst., Louise Rice Checkin* M*r., Ruth Storla Checkins? Msrr.. Pearl Murnhy ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS: Tom HoUtnan, Bill McCall,) Ruth Vannice, Fred Fisher, Ed Labbe, Elis* Addis, Corrinno j Plath, Phyllis Dent, Peter Gantenbein, BUI Meissner, Patsv Lee. Jeannette Thompson, Ruth Baker, Betty Powers, Bob Butler, Carl Heidel, George Brice, Charles Darling, Parker I Favier, Tom Clapp. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Betty Bretsher, Patricia Campbell, Kathryn Grecnwxxt Jane Bishop, Elma Giles,. Eugenia Hunt, Gene Bailey, Marjorie McNiece, Willa Bitx, Betty Shoemaker, Ruth Byerly, Mary Jane Jenkins. EDITORIAL OFFICE^, Journalism Bldg. Phone 3300—News Room, Local 356; Editor and Managing Editor, Local 364. BUSINESS OFFICE, McArthur Court. Phone 3800—Local 214. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 321 E. 43rd St., New York City ; 128 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1206 Maple Ave., Los Angeles ; Call Building, San Francisco. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of 1 the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during the college year. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, j $2.60 a year. The Emerald’s Creed for Oregon “ ... . There is always the human temptation to forget that the erection of buildings, the formulation of new curricula, the expansion of departments, the crea tion of new functions, and similar routine duties of the administration are but means to an end. There is always a glowing sense of satisfaction in the natural impulse for expansion. This frequently leads to regard ing achievements as ends in themselves, whereas the truth is that these .various appearances of growth and achievement can be justified only in so far as they make substantial contribution to the ultimate objec tives of education .... providing adequate spiritual and intellectual training for youth of today—the citi zenship of tomorrow. . . . " . . . . The University should he a place where classroom experiences and faculty contacts should stimu late and train youth for the most effective use of all the resources with which nature has endowed them. Dif ficult and challenging problems, typical of the life and world in which they are to live, must be given them to solve. They must be taught under the expert supervision of instructors to approach the solution of these problems in a workmanlike way, with a dis ciplined intellect, with a reasonable command of the techniques that x re involved, with a high sense of in tellectual adventure, and with a genuine devotion to the ideals of intellectual integrity. . . —From the Biennial Report of the University of Oregon for 1031-32, The American people cannot be too i arc!ul 111 guarding the freedom of speech and of the press against curtailment as to the discussion of public affairs and the character and conduct of public men. —Carl Schurs. EXTEND THE LIBRARY DEADLINE THE chief librarian, M. H. Douglass, has said there is a possibility that the time limit for returning reserve books may be extended to 9 a. m. for those who present valid reasons for doing s^o. The desirability and necessity of such action are unquestionable. At no great bother to himself or his staff, the librarian will be performing a valuable service for the real scholars of the University. Most of the students who study (there are those who eliminate that activity from their curriculum) do so until lute at night or early in the morning. Under such conditions, it obviously works a dis tinct hardship upon them to arise in time to return a book to the library at 8 a. m. With that thought in mind, numerous scholars are forced to curtail their evening studying in order to get back their reserve books within the specified time limit. There is not much to be said against extending the deadline to 9 a. m. for those who request it. So long as they can give adequate and sufficient reasons for their demand, the library can make no mistake in giving them permission to return their volumes at 9. Mi'. Douglass would act wisely and well to giant the extended time limit to the students who ask for it. He must not forget that the 8:15 deadline often imposes fines upon scholars who have justifiable excuses for returning their books late. And student poeketbooks are not stuffed with greenbacks these days. ONDAY night two programs of general cam pus interest were presented at the same time. One was the recital of dance music by George Hopkins; the other the love and marriage lectures. Both drew large numbers of students. Many stu dents complained that they were unable to attend It is this complaint, so often heard on the cam pus, that is being voiced here. Many times through out the year similar circumstances occur. Several times each term affairs which have an attraction to large numbers of students.are scheduled for the same time. Why is there not some central agency where all events must be scheduled in order that this over lapping might be avoided':' There are such agencies on many of the more progressive campuses. It seems that there should be one here. At Stanford university any event of general campus interest may be scheduled for a "closed date." This means that there can be no other event of general interest at the time granted that affair. This is handled by one of the committees of the associated students. It might bo answered that the schedule of the music building la ..c filled with recitals that Monday CROWDED HOURS bot h. night was the only one on which Hopkins could appear. Last night, however, was devoted to a stu dent recital of rather limited interest—those at tending being practically all musicians. The dean of women’s office keeps a schedule of all social functions. University affairs are sche-1 duled through Dean Onthank’s office. Why could not one of these offices take complete charge of the schedule and see that no such crowding of hours recurrs ? OUR PSEUDO PATRIOTS BACK of the crass materialism for which Amer ica has been witheringly damned by the other nations of the world is a spirit of sentiment, noble in character and noteworthy in essence. While our thousands of splendid youths were laying down their lives in the shell-torn fields of Flanders, it is all too true that paunchy-faced millionaires were adding to their ill-gotten gains by criminal profit eering literally turning scarlet blood into scarlet dollars. Bilt there is something to be said for America. She does not forget. And to atone for many of her misdeeds, to make up for much of her material ism, and to pay homage to her honored dead she has set up monuments of polished granite in the public squares of her scattered cities. More than that, she has mounted field-guns in her many parks, mute memorials to her fallen heroes. America does not forget. And so, too, the state of Oregon remembers her boys in khaki. With touching sentiment she has seen that her brave youth do not go unnoticed, fn the shadow of the Broadway bridge at Portland the state has moored the obsolete battleship Ore gon, and each year pays tribute to her courageous warriors to the tune of $30,000 in maintenance funds. Thirty thousand dollars would buy a lot of food and fuel for hungry vets, but—Oregon does not forget. There is no reason why this great University should do less. In the midst of our educational difficulties, we should rise above the moment, cast aside the crass materialism which has demanded money for men and mortar, and in truly patriotic spirit pay homage to those stalwart souls of the past who sacrificed so much for posterity. Let us now, in reverence to the stalwart plainsmen who conquered this wilderness, do what little we can to express our appreciation. Let us unite the Pio neer and Pioneer Mother, those noble characters whose images we have reared on our campus grounds. Let us level our new administration building to the ground, and now, for the first time let the Pioneer gaze across the expanse at his cou rageous soul mate. Let not a mere building—token of our materialistic character separate them from each other’s sight! The University must not for get! BUGBEAR OF ATI1EI8M \ BILL to prohibit the teaching of atheism in *- public schools has just been introduced to the Wisconsin fathers by Assemblyman John Conway, who hopes that the anti-Christian "goings on” of the younger generation will be promtply squelched. The University of Wisconsin, being a public school within their jurisdiction, would be subject to such regulation if the measure is passed. There is little likelihood of the proposal's becoming a law, however. In the great and progressive state of Wisconsin, which has been responsible for much of our liberal legislation, the strangulation of free thought can not come about easily. The southern states that have passed laws against the teaching of evolution and the interpretation of science con trary to the precepts of the Bible, are the laughing stock of the world. Atheism is not taught in the schools despite the wild allegations of political mountebanks. What they consider the teaching of atheism is simply the explanation of certain scientific trends and beliefs, which if omitted would not only emasculate the sciences themselves, but would be tantamount to defeating the expository aim of the university. In order to comply with the beliefs of the occa sional cranks and paranoics who are forever de luging the legislature with suggestions of this na ture, it would be necessary to completely abandon any pretense of scientific investigation. Atheism is an emotional word. It always calls forth twitter ings of the viscera from certain self-righteous people who fear that youth, upon even hearing the word mentioned, would be unalterably damned. Vigorous denial of any considerable atheism among college students can be found in statistics concern ing their church attendance. Paul Gutman, a blind man, is in charge of the tuning of 245 pianos at Oberlin, Ohio. Contemporary =Opinion= Learning llow To Loaf TlUTLKK UNIVERSITY apparently is staffed * f with those professors of foresight for whom H. G. Wells appealed recently. That forward-look ing school is preparing to instruct its students in utilization of leisure, preparing them for (It the 11 iumph of Technocracy, when no one will work more than lti hours a week; or (2) the triumph of unemployment, when no one will work at all. To this end, it has launched a series of courses in avocations and hobbies, to enable its graduates to loaf intelligently, without the crudities certain to be committed by unenlightened idlers. Gardening, astronomy, photography, sports, books, birds these are among the fields to be cultivated. Avo eational training thus takes its place alongside vo cational training in the curriculum, and il is a wise step, lor schooling in one is as important to human happiness as knowledge of the other. One subject, however, gives us pause. The last two items listed in the announcement are "appre ciation of art and after-dinner speeches." This lacks a necessary clarity, out with dire implica tions in either case. Does Butler V. intend to teach appreciation of after-dinner speeches, or tlie art ot making them? If the former, a horrible prospect of ttie Technocratic ge appears. No one will be rushed tor time, and speakers can drone on at even greater lengths than now. The science ot appreciating them undoubtedly will be the stuf est course of the lot. And if the latter interpreta tion is correct, the prospect is equally bad. We need fewer banquet orators rather than more even with d 16-hour week.—Lt. Lout Pdst-Dn.paUli. False Reminiscences - By KEN FERGUSON € c l promenade by carol hurlburt -I— HPHE king commanded: the peo pie obeyed. Thus did fashions originate from the time of Rame ses, the Egyptian, until the de nouement of Napoleon. Today only one member of a ruling royal fam ily has any influence on styles and modes. That member is H.R.H., the Princess Elizabeth, elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, and fourth lady of the British Empire. Well dressed chil dren the world over copy the clothes of this golden-headed child of London, England* That, however, is just about as far as the influence of royalty permeates in the matter of fash ion. The clothes of today are born in Mediterranean fishing villages, in the shadowy, unmentionable parts of the underworld, in the extravagant salons of Hollywood. The beret, which, at one time or another, graces the heads of half the feminine world, is the out standing example of a garment born without benefit of respecta bility. It so happens that a notorious Parisian cocotte went down to a Basque fishing village for a rest. The son of an Argentine million ait e, who was much enamored of j her, became suspicious, paid her a ! surprise visit. He accused her of having an affaire with one of the native fishermen. She denied it, but he espied a rough beret on her table and whereupon struck her. The fisherman, who had been in hiding, jumped out and attacked the millionaire with knife. The young Argentine, however, was singularly lithe, agile, and suc ceeded not only in vanquishing the fisherman but in fracturing his skull. Scandal ensued, but the cocotte went back to Paris, boasted of the affair, and wore the beret as sou venir. The women of Paris found the beret jaunty, alluring, with a , touch of devilment about it. Thus | was the debut of the beret. * ❖ $ Not so long ago women every where, from 15 to 50, wrapped a gaily colored handkerchief around I their wrists for decoration. Mil ; lions of handkerchiefs, gaily eol | ored bits of chiffon and gauze, were sold, and this is how it hap pened : In one of the celebrated Parisian testaurants a courtesan was bit-) I ten in the wrist by an infuriated dancer whose Grand Duke she had stolen. Nonchalantly, she tied a handkerchief over the wound and continued dancing. The casual act ■a as noticed by a social leader, who also was guilty of purloining the husband of one of her enemies. The next evening this woman ap-! peared with a mouchoir tied about her wrist: laughingly remarked. “In case 1 get bitten.” Last summer a beautiful platin um blonde drove to the beach at | Monte Carlo in the speed boat of a Greek gambler. After swimming, j she found that the top to her pa-; jamas had been stolen, and, being ■ an ingenious young blonde, she simply folded her bandana into a j triangle, spread it across her chest, tying the top points around her necklace and the ends around her waist. When she emerged for lunch the blase eyes of sophisticated gal lants followed her. Their compttn-‘ ions took notice and followed the blonde's example. j * * We Select for Promenade: Miss I Phoebe Greenmail seen having tc i . at Ihe Anchorage m a smart sport frock of brown wool trimmed with rolled collar and cuffs of white knitted angora. (P. S. Don't forget that any one selected for the dubious honor of Promenade will receive a pass to the Colonial theatre if the request is made by calling me at 2340 or the Emerald office : : : Signed: Promenade.) Washington Bystander. . By KIRKE SIMPSON W/ASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—(AP) —Just by way of showing its many-sidedness the senate capped weeks of filibusters and wrangling by two remarkable ex hibitions of speed and word re straint. One day it voted, all but out of hand, an almost dictatorial grant of powers to the incoming admin istration to refashion government machinery in the interest of econ omy. The very next it took up, debated and passed a $43,000,000 department appropriation bill in the space of less than four hours. And it did both of these things without benefit of special rules, cloture, unanimous consent agree ments or other parliamentary aids to higher speed. The powers conferred on the next president by the Byrnes amendment, adopted without even the formality of a muttered “aye” or two, are probably the most ex traordinary ever conferred on a president, certainly in peace times. Only by a two-thirds ma jority vote of both houses could congress block whatever consoli dations and abolitions of executive agencies Mr. Roosevelt may de cree. Save for a fear that consolida tion of the army and navy into a single department of national de fense might flow out of it, even the departmental structure would have been placed under the presi dential ax on similar terms. That was the sole reason as signed for excepting them. And in this precedent breaking form the proposal w'ent through. Just w'hy the interior bill was passed next day in similar fash ion, it would be hard to say. There were many items in it of highly j conflicting interest to various sen afors. Yet only two speeches were made. One was by King of Utah. It merely continued his ten-year at tack on government Indian policy. He has made from one to a dozen speeches about that every one of those 10 years and was armed with a bulky manuscript this time. Eut Senator King, even, yielded to the psychological urge of the particular moment in the senate. Instead of plowing through his gi gantic manuscript from end to end as usual, he just flitted from page to page, in his formidable arraying of figures. The other speech was by Ash urst on tax exempt securities, hailed as the shortest premeditat Assault and Battery -Parks Hitchcock Tonight’s-the night. Tonight at 9:15 sharp Raymond Joseph (Butch) Morse will call at the Kappa Alpha Theta house to par ticipate in the annual Theta for mal, anil when we say dance we mean dance. The boys at the Minnesota Rotary club, headed by such eminent piggers as Bree Cup poietti and Mike Mikulak, plan to : give the errant traveler a send- j off banquet and we don’t mean i blanket. Carol (Mash i Hurlburt , will be on the receiving line when j the great R. J. arrives in Harry Weimar’s tux. Headline: MUSIC MAJOR TO GO ON AIR TONIGHT. Yeah, that’s what most of them go on. We think there's probably some co-relation between these two headlines that appeared in yester day's Emerald: 1. ASSAILANT FIRES ON ROOSEVELT; 5 OTHERS HURT 2. OREGON RIFLEMEN SCORE VICTORIES OVER RIVAL TEAMS * * * And they say it was a telegraph ic meet. Willie Johnston wants it distinct- 1 ly known that contrary to Carol Hurlburt, he is not a member of i the Green Pea club. Rumors are current, however, that he plans to join the String Bean club at an 1 early date. • * * Our suggestion for a good ra dio program would be Chic Sale broadcasting over the Chase and Sanborn hour. It won't be long now before the usually sedate junior class bursts' out with shoe shining apparatus. We think it's only fair for the juniors to gi\c local bootblacks a’ chance to go to school that day. or a free ticket back to Italy, or even some apples and a “Help the Unemployed” sign. Fairness, jus tice, and equality to all. That's ’ us all over. The would-be assassin who took five shots at F. D., missed the president-elect and hit everybody in the vicinity, reminds us of j nothing more than deer hunters. * * * ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: 1 Kayo Mullens smoothing out the mat at the wrestling match . . . Jack Kneeland fixing a Ford . . . Mahr Reymers doing the Pozzo high pants swagger . . . Bob Nel soji strutting . . . Creech p.laying bridge with the Kappas . . . SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 A. M. "Where Is God?" 7:30 P. M. "Would Jesus Be a Socialist?" Congregational Church CLAY E. PALMER. Minister A Church where you will hear a posi tive. free and modern :d effort the courtly Arizonan rver let loose on the senate. Ashurst explained that, while >riginally contemplated as a half lour effort, he had fallen in com pany with a distinguished group .vhich discussed “the uselessness, ndeed, the futility, of protracted speeches in the senate,” and so lut it to five minutes. And there you are, the wordy senate operating less wordfully than the house. Who would have thought it possible? i 1 Answers rpHE following are the answers to the questions furnished yes - terday by Andrew M. Vincent, pro- ' fessor of drawing and painting, and Lance W. Hart, assistant pro fessor of drawing and painting. 1. That there is a “Royal Road" to artistic success-—that there ex ist rules, formulas, and tricks that once learned insure success as an artist. 2. The difficulty ill' getting across to the student the fact that i the instructor’s fondest dream is of : developing the ability of the stu dent. 3. That the instructor is there to make the decisions and to tell the student what to do. 4. Not until he had acquired a sound basic training in design— then such a school for the com mercial “finish” would be all right. 5. “Class” is hardly the right word—but every Wednesday night a large group of architectural and art students meet around the hearth at Professor W. R. B. Wil cox' to discuss any and all ques tions in a cloud of cigarette smoke. 0. An almost indefinable dem onstration of that thing which we call fitness, the result of selecting with a keen sense of design for the individual as opposed to the mob movement with “styles.” And if you disagree—come over | some day at tea-time and let’s discuss it. A Decade Ago From Daily Emerald February" 17, 1923 Who Said Happy Days? A code of rules governing stu dent actions and conduct in 1882 was unearthed today by the his torian’s office. Among the regu lations then enforced were: the prohibition of students imbibing any form of intoxicating liquors, or joining secret societies, or re maining away from places of res idence after 11 o’clock at night. * * if Phi Kappa Psi fraternity was in stalled on the campus here last night. Initiation services were held at the I.O.O.B’. hall. * * * Rev. Diffon, University pastor, spoke before the editing class to day on recent excavations in Egypt- He was born in Alexan dria and spent many years in and around the scene of the Tutanke man discoveries. Deep Stuff Washington professors and stu dents have been skiing to classes the past week. An exceptionally heavy fall of snow has made other j means of travel highly impractical. ' One determined prof weathered a | severe storm on skis the first morning on his way to class, but found that students had remained at home, unwilling to take the risk. On Other minwiiiiniiiiisiMiniiinmimmmiiimiiiwinfflfim Campuses Frnts and Sororities Fraternities and sororitie3 of the university in 1932 paid in to the city of Madison approxi mately ?70,821 in real and person al property taxes. This item alone, in these depressed times, is a real problem to fraternity and sorority financial advisers—advisers who are faced with a decline in revenue in their houses and a highly prob able future decline in membership in their organizations. They must face this problem with all facts before them, and little hesitation in adopting a plan of action that will be both practical and accept able to the city. There is little doubt in the minds of those acquainted with the fra ternity situation that many of the Greek letter houses are over- as sessed, and that it is in this over assessment that the real evil lies. Of course, many shout loudly that fraternities and sororities should not be taxed at all, and moves have been made, quite unsuccess fully, in the past to remove the tax. We do not believe that such a move would, at the present time, net any appreciable results, and would very probably be only wast ed effort. The fraternities and so rorities should, on the other hand, conduct a very vigorous campaign for re-valuation and reassessment. The first move to take in this direction is for the fraternities and sororities to appeal individually to the Madison board of review for a hearing on their separate cases. First of all, a reappraisal of the property should be made by a re liable realtor; then, according to the tax assessor’s manual, “any i taxpayer who thinks the assess ment of his property as made by the assessor is too high or is ille gal may appear before the board of review and, under oath, offer testimony to correct such assess ment. He may also call witnesses . . . The assessor . . . (has the) power to counteract such testi mony . . . When the evidence is all in . . . the board of review has power ... to make such changes as it believes the evidence war rants ... If testimony is intro duced by the taxpayer and no op posing testimony is introduced to rebut . . . such testimony, then the board of review must change the values to conform to the testimony introduced by the taxpayer.’’ Sev eral fraternities and sororities. headed by vigilant and interested officers, have had their assess ments materially reduced by fol lowing this formula. Should group action seem advis able, and the seriousness of the present situation certainly war rants it, a reappraisal of the en tire district can be secured upon application of the owners of only 5 per cent of the taxable property in the district. Should this district reassessment be obtained, it is al most certain that the resulting appraisal would bring -about a more equitable adjustment of the tax burden on the whole, in addi tion to a general downward revi sion of the present assessment fig ures in the majority of the cases. The fraternities and sororities cannot afford to merely complain of an unjust tax situation. They must take immediate action.—■ Daily Cardinal, University of Wis consin. SCHOOL SUPPLIES SHEAFFER — PARKER — WATERMAN PENS Study Lumps Desk Blotters Typing: Pnpcr Serateh Pads— Notebooks . -ream 2 for . UNIVERSITY . $1.50 ..10 .50 .05 50e to $0.00 PHARMACY The Students’ Drug Store lltli and Alder Plione 114 Great-grandfather wore BIT lie lhed in a different age. We don't wear red flannels in this dav of steam heat and elosed cars. Vnd we don't need so many heavy, hot foods. A bowl of Kellogg's is sensible and refreshing. Rich in energy, easv to digest. Delicious for any meal. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.