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The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of 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, $2 .50 a year. __ __ The Emeruld'a 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 us 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 be 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 he 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 i 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 careful in 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 Schura. % - - AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUDGET (From a University Perspective) I EVER since the men of this land first rebelled against the oppression of British rule, the American people have guarded jealously the right A Sacred U. S. Institution to euucaie men cniiuien. h is a privilege for which the first settlers on this conti nent struggled across half me world 10 me Darren coast or jxew ruigiauu. n is one of the underlying principles of American democracy. Martyrs have died for it; patriots have suffered for it. Down through the most eventful years in the history of civilization it has been a beacon beckoning to all mankind. The perpetuation of this sacred heritage was comparatively easy in the natal days of this coun try. The population was scattered, the struggling little nation was almost continually in debt. Ex pansion was accomplished with great difficulties. Then the world moved on; a succession of indom itable argonauts pushed the boundaries of America westward; the 13 states became 21 states, 3G states and finally IS states. Great men appeared and left their footprints on the land. In two centuries the little nation became a mighty power, a host to be reckoned with. And these complexities spread to education. The little country schoolhouses of before became rambling structures of steel and brick. The make Student Education the Primary Function shill college, where a hand ful of scholars grouped themselves about an aged professor, expanded into great institutions costing thousands of dollars every month to operate. Education developed into a great industry. An educator, Thomas Woodrow Wilson by name, even ascended to the highest position in the land. He was one of a little band of idealists and intellectuals who surveyed the rapid growth of the educational system, and recommended that untiring efforts be devoted to the student and not the many ramifications which gradually were be coming camp-followers of the army of higher learn ing, attaining ,i purpose, to be sure, but not the specific purpose id' higher education. And it is this logical premise on which wo will base our analysis of one of education's many modern com plexities the estimated budget of the Oregon State system of higher education tin 1933-31 school year. * 4- * There now is before the state board of higher „education a budget calling for an expenditure of $2,278,788.19 for the fiscal year ending Jiipe 30. 1931. This is $559,952.15 below that of the present year, or a reduction of 20.1 per cent. Obviously, this lash and manner iu \ihkh it wa; accomplished require considerable investigation, particularly in view of the fact that institutions of higher learning already were operating on budgets reduced approxi mately 30 per cent below the zenith year of 1929-30. In surveying the budget, one important fact should be remembered. Income from unrestricted funds has been estimated in five different ways. Surplus or Deficiency ? This has been necessary be cause of the various immi nent fluctuations in the mill age income, the possibility of a decline in student enrollment and the con tingency of a decrease or raise in student fees. The first and second bases provide for deficiencies be low the required unrestricted fund income of $2,278,788.19; the third, fourth and fifth provide for surpluses. By sums they follow: Basis I—$114,752.33, deficiency. Basis II $35,252.33, deficiency. Basis III $10,280.32, surplus. Basis IV $50,280.32, surplus. Basis V $90,280.32, surplus. Obviously, therefore, being dependent upon the fluctuations in millage income and student fees, there either will be a surplus or deficiency to be accounted for. In connection, therewith, is the problem of providing for a deficiency or consuming a surplus. * * * Shall the deficiency be taken care of by the funds of the University, which receives $646,979.11 for 2045 students, or shall it come out of the in All Wo Ask Ih Kqulty come of Oregon State col lege, which is scheduled to obtain .$939,454.23 for 1971 students? Should there be | a surplus, which school should receive it? On the j face of things, whether there is a surplus or defi | ciency is a minor matter. But it is one that should I be taken care of before the greater problems are j encountered. ' On the value of information which we have presented, and data which we have yet to present, it seems obvious that any surplus should be credited to the University and any deficiency should be provided for elsewhere. We ask for no special favors. All we hope for is an equitable division for the University of Ore gon. That alone gives us the right to request that no future reductions be made in the unrestricted funds allotted to this school. We already have ac cepted our share. * • * I We must start with centralized activities before delving into the appropriations to the two institu tions proper. The unrestricted funds to each school by major segregations: University of Oregon General .$ 95,595.35 Administration . 35,857.84 Instruction . 387,805.18 Research . 7,096.00 Physical Plant . 120,024.74 Oregon State College General .$ 99,443.70 Administration . 34,291.30 Instruction . 572,645.48 Research, Agricultural . 43,858.00 Physical Plant . 188,215.75 Thus we see that the state college receives more in unrestricted funds in all save one activity, administration. For the latter the University re ceives an excess of approxi Rememlier What mately $1600. We grant Wilson Said that the state college, being a technical school, should be allotted more money for its physical plant and gen eral fund. The equipment necessary to engineer ing, science and agriculture, ali majors at Oregon State, demand considerably more attention and up keep than that used at the University. * * * But there are two items which we cannot under stand. As mentioned yesterday, there is the allot ment of $43,858 for agricultural research at Oregon State. Kven though this goes to match and supple ment federal money, wo cannot see the excuse for it in the current financial emergency. As Wood row Wilson and his contemporaries declared two decades ago, education should be primarily for the student. All else should be incidental. If that $43,858 were to be used to teach a stu dent at Corvallis to build a bridge or be a success ful dairy farmer, we would not object so strenu ously. But, when the Uni Education Must versity faculty operates un Come First der a 21.9 per cent cut in addition to other decreases, the $43,858 for agricultural activities looms moun tain-size. As we have said before, we are not op posed to agricultural projects. All we ask is that appropriations for them be subordinated to those for essential educational work in this crisis. The Univeisity of Oregon faculty will receive | $387,805.18. This is $185,840.30 less than will be spent at the college for the same item. We are willing to concede a reasonable excess at the col lege over the University because of the numerous small classes which must be taught at the former, laboratory equipment in engineering, chemistry and similar subjects making such groups necessary. But. taking into consideration the recent decline in enrollment, it still seems evident that the discrep ancy between the two schools is too great. Oregon States faculty item has been reduced i “2.7 per cent. The University’s has been trimmed 1 21.9 per cent. As compared to this, cumulative enrollment at Corvallis is reported to have droppeii > ■from 3443 to 2509, a reduction of approximately | 27 per cent. Cumulative registration at the Uni | versity is reported to have descended from 3088 Mo 2509, a decline of approximately only 12 per | I cent. Figures speak louder than words. (To be concluded tomorrow) Indiana had a population of 6.550 in 1800, 16 years before the territory became a state. Animated cartoons are the most popular movie ;hort films in Colombia. Idle men are being used to develop a botanical1 park on idle land at Asheville, N. C. The park will contain 50,000 rhododendron shrubs. Ninety-eight per cent of crop loans advanced farmers of Spartanburg county, S. C., have been repaid, say. .1. L. Mosely, Jr., field inspector. Several hundred sparrows were frozen to death when a sleet storm trapped them in the trees at Boa ling Green, Kentucky. Or No? Make Your Choice By'STAN LEY robe AS'JO iT_ , rC^,nrA£HT5_ V V\ \ <1 i Cancer Quacks and Cures (Editor’s note: a prominent University student in pre-med ics, gives his views upon the subject of cancer and “cancer cures,” in connection with work of this nature being done at the University medical school under Dr. Richard Diiiehunt.) By REUBEN LOCKITCH LARGE tent, a first class show, and a most persuasive gentleman represent the back ground for the dispensing of a miraculous compound, the efficacy of which, judging by the eloquent claims made for it, is really no less than astounding. The audience is lulled into a purchasing mood by the hypnotic voice of the "patent medicine faker," 100 bottles of this omnipotent concoction are quickly exchanged for as many dollars and the day’s business is done. Thus, playing the South in winter and the North in summer, this clever salesman, in spite of the keen competition of the talkies and the automobile, manages to extract a fat sum of money each year from thousands of pockets because of the child-like faith and gullibility of the average man or woman who is ill or half ill, or who imagines for no good reason at ail that for mal health is not being enjoyed. The situation would perhaps be amusing were it not for the la mentable fact that a proportion of tlie victims cling so to the state ments so alluringly made, and as persuasively, though by inference, published on the bottle's label, that they needlessly suffer or even die in consequence. Therein lies the pity of the matter. As a point of fact, that is the pity of all this amazing hocus-pocus, which, with glib tongues, glamorous promises, and glittering labels, imposes it self upon the confidence of suf fering mortals. Delayed cures, or what is more unfortunate, prema ture funerals, in thousands of cases inevitably result. Such consequences, however, do not disturb the sublime tranquil ity of the "professors,” who im modestly admit that through their wonderful discoveries they have outstripped the indefatigable and brilliant scientific research men, backed by the millions of the phil anthropists. ¥ ♦ Now, the peculiar thing is that the modern faker is little changed, either in method or manner, from his predecessor of 50 years ago. While incantations, amulets, and! charms have been discarded, prae-1 tically all of the abacadabra sur-! vives. In short, through quacks, quack advertising, cults, “pathys", | on food and tobacco exploitations, the American citizen of today isj so hammered at on the subject ofj health that he develops either a! complex or a logical callousness toward the whole business. It can. therefore, be safely said that mis applied aud misstated facts on1 health arc a real menace to the public. « * » One of the most harmful of "patent medicines" to come un-' der recent medical observation is the one known as Koremlu Cream. This cream, which is used as a de pilatory. contains a potent drug thallium acetate—which, when not used carefully, causes baldness and harmful effects on the central and! sympathetic nervous fcvstems Nu-; meroii-- cases are on record of dio ability brought about by the use of this cream. Since cancer has risen from the sixth most prominent cause of death to second place in the fa tality list, being surpassed only by heart disease, medical fakers have concentrated their efforts on cancer-stricken victims. Not in frequently, when a physician has been called in to see a patient who is suffering miserably from a can cer in the advanced stages, has he discovered by questioning the his tory of treatment at the hands of a quack or “patent medicine" faker. The American Society for the Control of Cancer was organized on May 22, 1913, as a national agency “to disseminate knowledge concerning the symptoms, diag nosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer.’’ * * * Cancer is a curious disease, due principally to the “running wild” of certain parts of the body tissue. For example, a few cells in the liver or some other similar organ, grow beyond the natural limit and invade the surrounding tissues; then we have a cancer. This can cer often does not give any notice of its presence until a long time after the trouble has begun, be cause the cells composing it are the same, or nearly the same, as the cells from which they origin ated, and therefore, the body does not recognize the fact that an alien element is present until the cancer has attained a considerable size. The origin of a cancer has been aptly compared to the situa tion occuring in a family seated at the dinner table when a sup posed relative arrives and is given a place—the newcomer eating all of the food, and eventually starv ing the family itself. This is just how a cancer behaves. It starts very quietly; is quite minute at first, but gradually grows and de stroys the very tissue that feed it, until ultimately it kills its ljont by the destruction of some essential part of the body. * * * Cancer occurs so frequently that there is hardly a person who has not known of its occurrence among his immediate relatives or friends. It is important to remember, how ever, that if it is discovered in an 'early stage, the cancer can be re moved with a great probability of ultimate and permanent recovery. It would therefore appear that many more people must be edu cated to the tremendous impor tance of periodic health examina tions as the true “discoverers” of such baffling diseases in a stage when curative and corrective mea sures are still practicable. More over, they must somehow be trained to rely only upon the heal ing art in its more ethical expres sions to cure their maladies. Na ture cults, autohemic theurapy, as tral healing, crompathy, diet fads, and all the rest of the tribe, in cluding alleged cures and testi monies of neurotics, must be thrown on the ash heap, in the province of which they so justly belong. * * * Certainly, fools we will always have with us, but further to re tard the foolishness of such indi viduals, which foolishness is now applied to health fakes and fak ers, is a worthy cause indeed. Re markable, almost unbelieveable, progress would be made in this laudable campaign if everyone would seriously ask himself the question, “Am I a hocus-pocus vic tim?” and then act accordingly. (The background for Mr. Lock itch's discourse on cancer and med ical fakers was obtained from Hy geia and the journal of the Ameri can Medical association.) LETTERS to the EDITOR All “Letters to the Editor'* must bear either th** signature or initials of the writer, the former being preferred. Because of space limitations, the editor reserves the right to Withhold such communications as he sees fit. All letters should be concise and to tho point. The editor of the Emerald solicits opinions and constructive criticism from the members of the student body. Against Optional Membership To the Editor of the Emerald: Sir: It is my belief that the amendment providing for optional membership should be defeated. With reduced incomes because of declining enrollment every student should be made to contribute to the A. S. U. O. treasury. Every member has equal rights. He can see the games, attend the con certs, and run for student body office if he wishes. Membership is well worth the five dollars a term it costs, and I therefore think this amendment should be de feated. F. T. For Optional Meml>cr.ship To the Editor of the Emerald: Sir: Shall membership in the Associated Students be optional? Today students will have an op portunity to go to the polls and decide this issue and decide whether everyone shall be arbi trarily taxed $15 a year, regard less of personal wishes. An amend ment providing that membership shall be optional will appear on the ballot. May I make a two-fold appeal: first, for those students who are; making a desperate attempt to! coutmue their education m face oti the most trying financial circum stances. To many of them the difference between $38 a term and $33 a term for fees is a signifi cant matter. Scores of students have been forced out of school for lack of funds. The state board of higher education is considering reducing fees by $3 or $6 a term. If the latter reduction is made and the amendment is passed, students who so desire can come to the University for $27 a term. By voting “yes'’ on this amend ment regarding optional member ship you may provide the means for a numberW students to come to school who otherwise would be kept away. Is it fair and just to deprive them of this oppor tunity? My second appeal is this; Make the Associated Students provide a program that is worth $5 a term, so the students will join. We all know that the average student isn't getting his money's worth not by a long shot! Nearly all the football games are in Los An geles or Portland; minor sports don't gel a dime. All most of us get is the Emerald six bits out of our five bucks. The A. S. U. O. appointments are made to political hangers-on. and it's a rare phe nomenon when an independent student gets a fair break. I think it's time to call the bluff—give us our money’s worth or we won’t pay In the name of justice and fair ness let’s go to the polls today and put this amendment over. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP is what we want. Let's say it with ballots today! G. L. S. Prof. Thacher Replies To the Editor of the Emerald: Sir: Your correspondent who signs himself "Luke Fidich" is clearly entitled to the information for which he asks, and I am glad to give it to him, and to any oth ers who may have wondered why Professor Howe was substituted for Mr. James McCool as a judge in the Edison Marshall short story contest which was recently con cluded. To each of the judges originally asked to serve there was sent a sheet of instructions from which the following is taken: “Each story in the list below is to be given a percentage rating. If possible, no two ratings should be duplicated. The only ‘standards’ recognized are those of the short fiction in the better class of contemporary mag azines. Each judge, however, will make his own interpretation of these standards.” Out of the 24 stories submitted and forwarded to Mr. McCool, he gave ten the percentage rating re quired. The other fourteen he marked “d.” When findftgs from the other two judges were received it ap peared that the manuscripts which received the highest percentage ratings, with one exception, were among the stories marked “d” by Mr. McCool. As I had no way of knowing what rank was indicated by this symbol, there was no pos sibility of arriving at a combined rating that would represent the opinion of the three judges. And as Mr. McCool had not complied with the stipulations on the sheet 1 of instructions, it seemed to be that, in the interests of obvious i fairness, I was justified in asking another judge to serve in his place. No one of the three judges saw the decision of either of the other two. The manuscripts were not signed. I did not myself know the authors until I had completed the compilation of the judges’ ratings. The winning story, “Mother Per rell” received a percentage total of 260. The next story in order re ceive^ a total of 230. Mr. McCool has a perfect right to his own opinions as to the merit of the stories. Possibly he may be justified in his estimate of their mediocrity. The contest is open to all students in the University, and j I am familiar with only a few of ! the manuscripts submitted, which ^ I have recognized because they ; have been previously turned in as ( class assignments, j Finally—I regret that the mat I ter has been given publicity. I have been somewhat concerned about the proprieties involved, and before I decided to ask another judge to serve, I consulted a num ber of people—among them, your self, Mr. Neuberger. There seemed to be no other procedure. Probably I should have written to Mr. Mc Cool at the time; but I did not feel like asking him to wrestle still further with the manuscripts; and a fair and final decision was pos sible only with a percentage rat ing for each story submitted. I am ! writing to Mr. McCool forthwith, : and I most sincerely hope that he i will understand the problem with which I was faced, and the rea sons for my solution. W. F. G. THACHER. Assault and Battery lUtchcock || “The women are having every thing their own way at the in firmary now'. There are four of them to one lone man. They are Mildred Maida, Nell B. Halstead, Peggy McKie, Irene Van Houten, and Gilbert Olinger.”—News Note, Emerald. Well, Gib can hold his own. * * * Today’s accolade goes to Ed Charles and Clay Sherman, who served so valiantly at the fire the other night. You can be sure that when there’s anything hot in sight, those boys will be there. * * * We nominate for the I<eg club and the free pass to the Colonial: Bob Ferguson, because of his fa mous intrusion at a recent formal dance. , # * * The present inflation scheme re minds us of nothing so much as a see-saw with the dollar on one end and commodity prices on the other. When one goes up the other goes down, but F. D. prob ably overlooked the fact that one of them might fall off the board while the other was up in the air. PRE-LAW STUDENTS WILL HOLD SECOND ANNUAL MOOT TRIAL —(Headline, Emerald) Pre-law! That’s what we thought when we heard the first trial. * * * ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: A1 McKelligon, the victorious war horse. . . . Bob Hudson crossing the drag. . . . Bob Welch chinning with someone. . . . Bud Johns go ing to a class. . . . Peggy Chess man smiling sweetly. . . . Drew Copp, the Phi Psi flash. . . . 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