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University of Oregon, Eugene Richard Neuberger, Editor Harry Schenk, Manager Sterling Green, Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Thornton Gale, Associate Editor; Jack Bellinger, Julian Prescott UPPER NEWS STAFF Oscar Munsrer, News &a. Francis Pallia ter. Copy Ed. Bruce Hamby, Sports Ed. Parks Hitchcock, Makeup Ed* Bob Moore, Chief Nijrht Ed. unnn iiroas, literary c<u Bob Guild. Dramatics Ed. Jessie Steele, Women’s Ed. Esther Hayden, Society Ed. Ray Clapp, Radio Ed. BUSINESS STAFF Adv. Mgr., Manr Keymers National Adv. Mgr.. Auten Bush Promotional Mgr., Marylou Patrick Asst. Adv, Mgr., Gr a n t Theummel. Asst. Adv. Mgr. Bill Russell r^xecuuve nerrHuiry, i/uruui/ Anne Clark Circulation Mp:r., Ron Rcw. Office Mtfr., Helen Stinprer Class. Ad.Mfrr.. Althea Peterson ' Che?kinj? Ruth Storla Checking Mirr.. Pearl Murnhv DAY EDITORS; Bob Patterson, Francis Pallister, Doug Polivka, Joe Saslavsky, Ralph Mason. NIGHT EDITORS-Bob McCombs, Douglas MacLcan, John Holiopctcr, Bob Couch, Don Evans, Fred Brown. SPORTS STAFF: Malcolm Bauer, Asst. Editor; Ned Simpson, Bob Riddle. Bob Avison. Bill Ebcrhart, Jack Chinnock, und Roberta Moody, Jack Miller. FEATURE WRITERS: Elinor Henry, Maximo Pulido, Hazie Corrigan. REPORTERS: Julian Prescott, Madeleine Gilbert. Ray Clapp, Ed Stanley, David Eyre, Boh Guild, Paul Ewing, Cynthia Idljeqvist, Ann-Reed Burns. Peggy Chessman, Ruth King, Betty Ohlcmiller, Roberta Moody, Audrey Clark, Bill Belton, Don Olds, Gertrude Lamb, Roland Parks. Frances Hardy. WOMEN'S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Jane Opsund, Elsie Peterson, Mary Stewart, and Elizabeth Crommelin. COPYREADERS: Harold Brower. Nancy I.ee, Margaret Hill, Edna Murphy, Mary Jane Jenkins, Frances Rothwell, Caro line Rogers, Claire Bryson. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS—Betty Gearhart, Portia Booth, Jean Luekel, Margaret Corum. Carolyn Schink, Betty Shoe maker, Ruth V.annice, June Seximilh, Carmen Blais, Eima Giles, Evelyn Schmidt, Cynthia Liljeqvlst, Frances Ncth, Frntices Hardy, Gwen La Barre. RADIO STAFF: Ray Cflapp, Editor; Barney Clark, George Callas, Marjorie McNiece. SECRETARIES—Louiae Beers, Lina Wilcox. ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS: Fred Fisher, Ed Labbc, Cor rinne Plath, Bill Meissner, Ruth Baker, George Brice, Parker Pavier. Eldon Haberman, Maurice Vannier, Frances Fcarnley, Bill Schloth, Bill Perry, Tom Holman. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Phyllis Cousins, Patricia Campbell, j Betty Bretacher, Betty Hcntly, Elina Giles, Jeanette Thomp son, Jean Bailey, Marjorie McNiece, Willa Ritz, Betty Shoe Maker, Ruth Hyerly, Ruth McCormick, Mary Jane Jenkins, Virginia Blais. EDITORIAL OFFICES. Journalism Bldg. Phono 8300—News Room, Local 305; Editor and Managing Editor, Local 854. BUSINESS OFFICE, McArthur Court. Phone 8300—Local 214. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42ml St.. New York City; 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1206 Maple Avc., Los Angeles ; Call Building, San Eranclsco. 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 .60 a year. | The Emerald's Creed for Oregon " . . . . There 1h 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 lends 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 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 Hfo 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 rre 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 1931-32. 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 ischttrs. MOTHERS, AN INVITATION TO YOU TO you, the mothers of Oregon, who are our honored guests today, we offer an invitation far different from any ever before extended in these columns on Junior Week-end. It is one that is unique among the many messages which our illustrious predecessors have penned in the past. And because of that distinction we regard it a privilege and pleasure to extend our invitation to you. As you know, this is essentially and fundamen tally an educational institution. All else is, and should be, subordinate. Thus we do not invite you to attend the canoe fete; we do not urge your presence at the dance; we do not advocate your watching the baseball game; we do not request you to stand in the reception line at tea. We want to see you do all those things and enjoy yourselves, but you have an obligation to look after here, and we invite you to fulfill it. Your children come to the University of Oregon to obtain an education, to acquire culture and knowledge. Which is why many of you have made heroic and self-imposed sacrifices that the finances necessary for your children’s attendance here might be available. And so we invite nay, urge you to take this opportunity to scrutinize carefully the procedure and mechanics of your children's educa tion. Track meets, luncheons, dances, water carni vals all are pleasant, but none is essential. If you have to forsake any of those events to inquire into the details of your children’s educational prog ress, Jo so, regardless of what you miss. It will be well worth your while. * * * N this campus are many notable faculty mem bers, men in whom the fires of leadership and courage have been kindled for many years. They want to meet you, they want to inform you of the progress and attainments of your children. Pro fessors are not the aloof, crusty individuals the movies anil Saturday Evening Post would have them be. They are human beings, with frailties and weaknesses, even as any of us. And. just be tween friends, it truthfully may be said that they would be flattered to have you call upon them. Do not hesitate to make available the opportunity of visiting these instructors today. You can l'injl out from them how your children are progressing, whether your son is out of place in social science and should transfer to physical education, whether your daughter is not finding her niche in English and should change to home economics. The members of the faculty have the interests of your children at heart. They are men who have dedicated their lives to the education of young people. So it stands to reason that they will wel come any attempt on your part to investigate their work and its correlation to the scholastic attain ments of your children. And we also invite you. mothers of Orgon, to take under your surveillance the conditions under which your sons and daughters are educated. Look at the classrooms and laboratories. From those halls men and women have gone forth to save hu man lives, to administer justice, to influence public opinion, to serve their country. And from those halls men and women will march forth in the fu ture to perform similar feats. Among them will be your sons and daughters, your descendants in j this great game we play. * * * IN the lecture halls which we hope you visit today have sat students who have gone forth to greatness. In those young people were instilled knowledge and ideals and courage, and they had , the essential character to use those sterling quali ties. What is true of the past is applicable to the present and the future. Among the Oregon stu dents of today are men and women who someday will make their country's laws at Washington, oth ers who will hold great editorial powers and influ ence reaction to those lav/s, still others who will administer and interpret them. These leaders of the future are your children. So take it upon yourselves to visit the Univer sity today. And by the University, we do not refer to its activities. We mean the fibre and root of the institution, that part which existed before most of us were born. We admire the University’s rami fications; we like its outside enterprises. But we arc proud of the University itself. We know you will share that pride if you accept our invitation today. WE CONGRATULATE MISS GILBERT '■y'O Madeleine Gilbert, editor-elect of the 1934 Oregana, the Emerald extends its congratula tions. The editorship of the year-book is only more success in a long list of personal triumphs. Her personality, ingenuity, and experience make us feel confident that under her leadership, next year’s book will be an outstanding and exceptional one. We are assured by members of the Oregana staff that Miss Gilbert will have their complete confi dence and backing. We commend the publications committee for the manner in which it solved the perplexing problems concerning the Oregana editorship. We feel that committee’s solution was both fortuitous and in telligent. Miss Gilbert’s selection has gone a long way to restore campus confidence in the Oregana, the publications committee, and the executive council. No honor which any women’s honorary on this campus can bestow is too high for a person of Miss Gilbert's attainments. She is deserving of both praise and distinction. AS MAN TO MAN (POLITICS ASIDE) T^TE congratulate the six students who were * ™ pledged to Friars yesterday. Their induction into an organization which has been formed for the purpose of honoring notable juniors and seniors is an event of considerable significance. But there was another side to the Friar pledg ing which was equally significant, but not so hon orable. On the lav/n yesterday were at least half a dozen students who fulfilled every requirement of Friars, but were not invited to. membership. Some of them were independents, others belonged to fraternities. Some were athletes, some Phi Beta Kappas, some newspapermen. All were fine, up right youths. They are intelligent, have splendid characters and can live up to the qualifications which Friars profess to uphold as efficiently as anyone whom Friars delighted to honor yesterday. We say this as no reflection on the students who were pledged. It is uttered as a commendation of those deserving students who were not taken in. Yesterday Mortar Board pledged 13 new mem bers; Friars initiated six. Why the latter group did not take in more, we do not know. What is more we do not care. All we know is that there were at least half a dozen upperclassmen on the campus who deserved to be pledged to Friars and were not inducted. Naturally those slighted were hurt and grieved, but they can console themselves in that Friars was the loser, not they. No organization such as Friars can afford to permit politics, class distinction, personal preju dices, affiliations or similar elements enter into its selections. Once that happens, the entire purpose of the body is defeated, killed deader than Judas j Iscariot. Equal treatment for all, regardless of connections or peculiarities, is a principle for which the founders of America sacrificed their lives. We advise Friars to consider more thoroughly and care fully in the future or the honor coincident with their pledging will be conspicuous by its absence. We did not agree with the logic in Mr. Mafsu oka's recent speech here. But his last quotation, taken from Rudyard Kipling, we pass on in all good faith and friendship to the Friars: "But there is neither east nor west, Border nor breed nor birth When two strong men stand face to face. Though they come from the ends of the earth.” For the benefit of our guests, we have reprinted the Oregon Daily Emerald plan for low-cost living tor hard-pressed students. Since its approval from j many members of the press, we have heard con i siderable demand for its reappearance. We reprint it in the continued hope that it may help to main tain living expenses here on as low a level as pos sible, thereby making the financial burden as light as is compatible with existing conditions. We hope the parents of Oregon approve our purpose. On several occasions recently the editor has been forced to withhold from publication bitter and vitriolic letters wlucn their authors refused to stand behind. We must insist upon signatures being at ' taened whenever any communication attacks an individual >r his reputation. We are willing to stand behind our criticisms and we must expect our contributors to do the same. Anonymous let lors ot condemnation and denunciation have uo place m those columns. The editor. in connection with Tom Tongue's radical new platform for a revival of school spirit. Newt Smith now is selling 3.2 per cent beer at the College Side inn. The picture ot a huge black hand, carved on a t lilt by the Licking river by prehistoric peoples and made black by vegetation, was destroyed years ago by blasting for the Ohio canal. Holiday cruises have become extremely popular in Croat Britain, with 253 special boat trips aJ j rt.o.iy .cUt-JuleU tor -pirng and summer mouths. Our Honered Guests - By Stanley robe Getting a Job As a Teacher (Editor’s note: The following article by Carl W. Ziegler, professor of education at Lafayette college, in the New York Her ald-Tribune, tells how the unemployment situation has been effecting college gradu ates seeking positions as teachers. It should be of considerable interest to the campus.) rpARIFF barriers in some forms have a provoking way of gen erating into unexpected situations. One wonders just how far this ten dency may lead in the future to a modified form of the feudal do main where a lonely castle on a frowning mountain side strove to be quite complete within itself as an isolated unit with moats, draw bridges, and forbidding battle ments. In the field of public education, at present, not merely a tariff but an actual embargo seems to be developing in regard to permitting any one but a native of one’s own community to obtain a position in a public school system after grad uation from a liberal arts or a state teachers’ college. Although always a factor to be considered in the locating of beginning teach ers, in 1932 college placement bur eaus and commercial teachers’ agencies found that this condition was becoming very pronounced and they have predicted that in 1933 it will have become well nigh uni j versal in cities under a population of 200,000. Private schools both below and within the college field have oc casionally experienced this tenden cy. but for the most part their ad ministrators have consi s t e n 11 y avoided any indication of favoring their own graduates for teaching S positions in their institutions. Very large cities generally have introduced the requirement of two years or experience on me part or a teacher before his being consid ered for any position at all; small towns in the vicinity of the metro politan areas have followed their example or because their wealthy citizens have presented very few of their own sons and daughters for entrance into that profession, j this question has never become a paramount problem in such dis tricts. Moreover, in communities any where in which strong corporations control the political fortunes of the educational world there is us ually noticeable a conspicuously successful effort to demand that educational administration be giv en a free hand to select members of their teaching staffs, regardless of local affiliation, from those best fitted to carry on their work. Nevertheless, all prospective teachers during the coming months i are going to be forced to face this situation. It was with the desit.' to obtain the attitudes of school superintendents in regard to this i question, therefore, that recemiy I over a score of administrators were requested to state their opin ions frankly concerning the matter with the understanding that their i statements would not be quoted in such a way as to indicate their I authors. There i ■ no unanimity in the opinions expressed. At present, un der existing conditions, the major ity. however, believe that more 1 harm than good results from tak ! mg as a member of a school staff young men or women who have profited by no teaching experience as instructors outside of the sys tem in which they were once stu dents. Practically all of them re late that there is a growing tea ; denev for this to be the case. One uperinteudent. Uowcvei. in a --mall school system stated that last year, of all years, his board passed a res olution that no natives should in the future be appointed to teach ing positions. Administrators say that rarely does a school board place on its minutes any resolution in regard to its attitude, but that even where seeming impartial written tests are the custom, though oral examina tions or other methods, all except local candidates are likely to be eliminated. Bill Morgan’s father pays taxes in Podunk, therefore his son deserves a position. Henry Zimmer played a great game at halfback for dear old Siwash while he was in high school, hence Henry must be brought back to coacn his old high school team. “I’ve known Mary Pearce since she was knee-high to a grasshopper, cer tainly she should be given a teach ing position in our eighth grade.” * * * The main arguments against such a procedure are generally ed ucational, although here and there appears a suggestion that it is ease and comfort in administration that are back of the arguments. For instance, the individual stress es the difficulties of handling teachers where social and politi cal affiliations are very strong among members of his staff. As he pathetically puts it: “Often I find that some teacher possesses more power than I do myself in regard to the issue that arises. The first thing I know about a problem is when a mem ber of a board comes to me and .... ■ ■ .. ■ demands why I have not been aware of a certain situation that exists in a certain school.” Most objections, however, are distinctly educational. One super visor contends that it is very dif ficult for a native to handle dis ciplinary troubles as parents and friends feel, occasionally justly, that he is taking it out on a pupil some personal grudge against the mothers and father. At its worst, this would be true of the instance where a teacher told a boy: "Oh, 11 know your parents. They always were trouble makers and you’re just like them.” An exaggeration, you may say, but many superin tendents could cite somewhat re lated instances. More serious, however, are other , objections. Such is the tendency j for teachers to teach in their class es, the same colloquialisms in speech, the same peculiarities in idioms to use the same methods of teaching, to exhibit almost entire-1 ly the same attitude towards life ! with which they themselves were i familiar in their childhood days, i This means inbreeding with a dire ful effect. One is reminded of the story of a recently arrived immi grant who, desiring to learn the language of his adopted land, ob tained a boarding place in the home of a family in the city to which he had traveled. For sev eral months he studied sedulously to speak fluently the language which he heard, only to discover later to his chagrin that he had merely acquired another foreign tongue. Unfortunately the greatest of fenders in the employment of na tives in teaching are likely to be those very communities in which new points of view, new attitudes, new methods of procedure are most For the Benefit of Our Parents and Guests We Present Once More the OREGON DAILY EMERALD PLAN For Reduced Living Costs for Hard-Pressed Students. (Editor's note: The followina plan hos received favorable comment throni/haut the state, from newspapers and lead ini/ citizens. Its advocacy has been credited with helpintt to reduce Ikcina casts an the campus to a certain extent. II e repeat it herein for the benefit oj those who are our honored attests today. Even shojtld the specific plan which we present not be adopted, we hope the persistency with which it has been advanced will help to keep lk‘in<i costs at a minimum, thereby beiiuiino the facilities of the I niversity within reach of the i/fcatcst number of youths in this period of financial distress.) 'T'O PRESERVE the benefits of higher education to students fae -* ing financial problems that prohibit continuance at the Univer sity under the present scale of board and residence charges and to offer the opportunity of collegiate training to greater numbers of students with limited funds, the Oregon Daily Emerald submits the following proposals for reduced living costs. Confident that students intent upon obtaining an education will gladly forego many of the luxuries and conveniences now offered in campus living institutions, recommendation is hereby made that administrative authorities investigate the feasibility of establishing a low cost living program that will provide board and residence at a cost from $10 to $15 per month. With dormitory facilities now being only partially used, provi sion might be made for renting units i such as Friendly and Hen dricks halls) at bare maintenance costs (light, heat, water, laundry), allowing residents to perform the necessary cleaning chores under the supervision of graduate students. Provide a simple, balanced diet, consisting of the less expen sive foods, and arrange for residents of the group to perform all the necessary duties in connection with preparing and serving meals, except the actual cooking. By diverting a portion of the funds to food that students now pay for rent in private homes, students can be given regular, nutritious meals, a necessity many are now failing to obtain. The Oregon Daily Emerald believes that scores of students are ready to make substantial sacrifices to obtain an education, and will willingly enter into a supervised, cooperative plan that will permit them to continue at the University at the reduced costs proposed above. It is suggested that immediate attention be given this proposal so that definite provision may be made for reduced living costs-for the ensuing term needed. It is much more cheerful ] to recall the anecdote of the well known dean of a famous college, who thundered forth that if he j ever discovered all the members of a faculty agreeing on a given ques tion he would at once fire half of them and enroll 50 per cent of1 those who would have new ideas to | suggest. * * * Some superintendents claim, al so that individuals teaching in their home towns take less interest in their work. They feel that, due j to a large acquaintanceship, so nu- ! merous are their varied activities, | many not even directly related to education, that they often either neglect their educational duties or enter tneir classes too fatigued to carry them on effectively. Occasionally, they believe that natives even dare to neglect their duties and to avoid whole-hearted cooperation with their superiors, confident of their power to retain their positions o"n account of polit ical influence. The arguments are not, however, all on one side. There are many reasons, especially in these times of educational trials and tribula tions, in favor of selecting natives as teachers which several superin tendents have mentioned in them letters. It is argued that a young man or woman is able to live on a much lower salary, if he accepts a position where he can board with his parents or even more distant relatives. Moreover, it is argued, that a lo cal appointee is likely to remain as a more permanent fixture in a community than one who is look ing forward. to moving, elsewhere. Even though such a one does re main on account of lack of ambi tion or unwillingness to make the necessary effort to advance him self, it is felt by some that the lack of a large turnover of teach ers adds decidedly to the efficiency of the system. One chief advantage, according to another supervisor, is that a student coming back to familiar ground knows very well what to expect from students and commun ity. He fits in more quickly with his situation, he avoids wounding pet prejudices and prides, he is more sympathetic with the weak nesses and peculiarities of his fel low men. One very progressive superinten dent is sincerely convinced that ‘‘so long as these people receive their teacher training in institu tions of proper standards outside the community, I see no argument against employment.” At present, the percentage of such teachers in most communi ties, where two years of experience are not necessary for appointment, is likely to run from 50 to 75 per cent or even greater. There is a pronounced tendency for this pro portion to increase. School boards generally realize they are elected by the people and are subject to recall by the voters. Consequently, it is improbable that they will re sist the pressure of their constitu ents to appoint to teaching posi tions their sons or daughters or other relatives. Various solutions have been sug gested for this problem, some im practical, others fully capable of realization. The most radical is federal certification by which na tional civil service examinations should be held for which applicants from any part of the United States would be eligible. Such a plan would resemble procedures in France and also in Germany pre vious to 1914. Even if desirable, such a law seems quite impossible of realization in America for many years. A second solution is actually fea sible. This is to lay the responsi bility for minimizing evils result ing from the employment of na tives primarily on the teacher training institutions and, secondar ily, on the supervisory forces in a school district. This demands, how ever, that in state and private col leges the political influence must be reduced to a minimum or entire ly eliminated. There is no reason why a young man or woman genuinely educated for his profession may not return to his home town and become a greater asset to his community than one coming in as a complete stranger to its problems. Teacher training institutions, however, must face the necessity of elimin ating from their students all those who intellectually or in undesirable character traits are unfit for the handling of educational problems in a critical period of American history. Moreover, they must be absolutely free to do so without arousing hostile retaliation from political influences. The depression has emphasized the fact that many more individuals are anxious to en ter the teaching profession than are required for annual replace ments. Quality both in natural in telligence and in excellent prepa ration can, therefore, easily be stressed henceforth, with only benefit accruing to the public school system as a result. * * * Finally, it is up to the individ ual aspirant for this profession to ask himself very seriously wheth er he should return tc his home community to teach, even though the opportunity- to do so is offered to him. Here again his college should aid him with wise advice. He should ask himself whether he will be more inclined to relax his efforts to continue his educational growth among friends and reta in eo or whether their sympathy Current LITERATURE By JOHN SELBY IN your mind's eye you see your self, some spring afternoon, suddenly telling the office force good-bye. You fling your coaL over your arm and, without a look behind, you disappear into the country. There you get back to fundamentals, and live the full and simple life. It can be done. It has been done, indeed, and by Gove Hambidge, the writer. What is more important to the world at large, he has told about the success of his experiment in a little book he calls "Time To Live,” which can be read in an hour, and which might bear fruit throughout the succeeding life of the reader. Five hours in the morning Mr. Hambidge works. The rest of his time he lives, in the broader sense of the word. Instead of a couple of free hours daily he has 10, and the 10 he employs as he chooses. It happens tha^ he chooses to live and work in the country, reserv ing the city for occasional plunges, as it were. He has time for simplicity, or primitiveness, whichever one pre fers. He raises both vegetables and flowers, and he tends fruit trees, most of the year with noth ing on but a pair of shorts. He soaks up the sun, he walks and he builds things. Likewise, be has time for recre ation, for games (the less conven tionalized ones), for sports, among which he prefers swimming, for the crafts such as leather work, for music. But more particularly he has time for friendship, under which heading he groups both friendship with his fellow man and that ."closest of all fellowships, between husband and wife.” His family relationships are made all the more rich because his wife and children are sharing with him the game of living. All in all, there is perhaps only one class for which Mr. Hambidge has no message. It is that whose interests are hopelessly static, whose minds are wholly passive. Washington Bystander. . By KIRKE SIMPSON W/A.SHINGTON, May 12.—(API ” —A definite Roosevelt tech nique for handling highly contro versial legislative problems seems to have crystallized out of the farm relief and inflation projects. There is so much similarity be tween the presidential method of endeavoring to enlist all active factions in congress behind his proposals in both cases that it in vites attention. It is to be recalled that Mr. Roosevelt pledged himself to get behind any bill upon which farm | spokesmen could agree. Unable to induce such an agreement, the administration cut the knot by in cluding all the major proposals i within the scope of the bill it pre ! sented. That practically insured | support of the adherents of each j to the bill as a whole. The key to the situation was j that all methods were made per missive instead of mandatory. It was left to the secretary of agri culture to select and apply that which promised the best results. And to sweeten it to general legislative taste, the farm mort gage relief proposals were added as a new section. Chairman Smith of the senate agriculture committee, whose pow erful support was won despite his distaste for the leasing and allot ment plans, likened the bill to a sandwich with a tasty top slice—• his own cotton plan and an ap petizing bottom slice—the mort gage relief section—which made what lay between more palatable. Yet even in this form the senate debate on the bill dragged out. And, with time essential if what ever result the bill might have in cutting down agricultural sur pluses and boosting farm prices j was 1° be effective on this year’s ! crops, the debate turned on cur rency inflation. and assistance will actually enable him to develop more rapidly his own potentialities. Will he, on th; other hand, in the long run pro gresses farther amid conditions where he must advance through his own efforts and responsibilities and sink or swim by his own en deavors? Strong personalities nev er have developed amid ease and lack of difficulties. It seems reasonable and fair, therefore, in the present situation to refrain from a harsh one-sided criticism of the tendency to em ploy native individuals in the teaching profession. It appears far more wise to emphasize the possibility of so eliminating unde sirable candidates in our teacher pfeparmg institutions that only competent men and women shall be graduated from tiieiu. I
