University of Oregon. Eugene
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MR. ROBSON’S RALLY TRAIN
'T''HE rally train which has been chartered by
Graduate Manager Rosson to carry students of
the University of Oregon to the Oregon-Oregon
State football game in Portland on November 11
has proved to be a boomerang.
The providing of a free rally train has not en
tirely quelled the murmurs of discontent over the
removal of the annual "civil war” from the campus,
where it has become a historic and traditional event.
And the plan of the graduate manager to have the
train leave Eugene early Saturday morning and
return early Saturday evening following the game
has aroused even more outspoken opposition.
Nobody relishes the prospect of arising at 6 a. m.
or earlier, riding for four hours or more in one of
the Southern Pacific’s day coaches, climbing off
in time to buy a lunch, participate in an impromptu
rally and walk to the Multnomah stadium to spend
another three hours before buying dinner and climb
ing back into the same Southern Pacific day
coaches for another 125-mile ride.
And nobody would voluntarily schedule for him
self a visit to Portland that eliminates any possi
bility of visiting with friends or parents.
So seriously are students taking the question
that rumors have even been heard of boycotting
the rally train. That would be foolish, of course,
yet we prophesy that very few students will make
use of the graduate manager’s train on the return
trip. Mr. Rosson would be wise to consider holding
the train over in Portland until Sunday.
There are only two valid arguments for bringing
the train back to Portland Saturday evening, and
both are of minor consequence. The first is that
students who do not live in Portland will have to
pay for a lodging for the night. The argument
can not hold water when we realize that every stu
dent either has friends in Portland or knows Port
land students on the campus who would be glad to
provide him with lodging for the night.
The second argument, presumably, is that the
University administration is not anxious to have
excited students running loose in Portland Satur
day evening. But the administration forgets that
those students who wish to make tlie football game
an excuse for revelry and rowdyism will remain in
Portland to do so whether the rally train leaves
or not.
Mr. Rosson will do well to consider a change
in the hour of departure of his rally l rain. Boiled
down to its essentials, the fact remains that the
train is a sop to the students for removing from
the campus a historic game, and the wishes of the
students should be consulted in the matter.
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ( HANGING TIMES
THE supreme indifference of American college
students as a class to the changing world about
them was never more clearly illustrated than in
their present complacent, disinterested attitude to
ward the vast social and economic upheavals that
are at this very minute ripping to shreds the stereo
types that have ruled supreme in government and
industry for the last half-century.
In practically every other country in the world
the student group is always in the forefront of those
fighting for change and progress, whether in poli
tics, economic reform, or matters of national policy
Our own country is now whirling in a vortex of
reorganization and readjustment that will see the
end of "rugged individualism" and the drawing of
the curtains on the era of high-pressure competi
tion. Old values are being discarded more rapidly
than in any comparable period in our history yet
we doubt if two college students out of ten even
know the meaning of the phrase "rugged individ
ualism." or know who Hugh Johnson is.
Never before in history has the academic mind
been accorded so cordial a reception in the seats
of government. This is the era of the “brain trust.”
Odd, Is it not, that students themselves have con
tinued to move placidly in the old channels of
thought, content to garner the crumbs of informa
tion thrown out' to them in classrooms, and devot
ing major attention to football and campus politics,
with incidental emphasis on rumble seats and
hrirlge? Odd indeed, yet it is a fact that college
students in the mass have made not the slightest
attempt to familiarize themselves with the world
situation, to inquire about the nature of the changes
which may topple our entire capitalistic system into
the discard.
A contrast is evident between the apathy of the
youth of America and the very violent interest
shown by the college youth of other lands and other
races.
The part which students have played in the!
Cuban revolution is too well known to deserve am
plification here. Suffice it to say, as did the Ore
gonian yesterday, that the students are the real
rulers of Cuba, and that students have been the
greatest leaders in the A. B. C. movement, which
has long had for its goal the wrecking of the Ma
chado regime.
In Japan students have often been in the fore
front of the political battle line. In 1930, to cite
one instance, Japanese naval authorities were con
siderably disgruntled when the government agreed
at the London naval conference to observe a naval
building holiday until 1936. Siding with the navy
faction, the students voiced their disapproval in a
series of strikes, parades and demonstrations.
In Germany the interest of students in political
affairs is proverbial, and student thought and ac
tion have been ruling factors in German life for a
century and more. As an instance we may cite
the enduring service which German youth rendered
the fatherland in leading the movement for the
unification of Germany in the years that followed
the Congress of Vienna. And even now the youth
of Germany is in the van of the Nazi movement,
believing that the stains on Germany’s record must
be wiped out, and trusting in the tactics of Hitler
ism to return Germany to (her old proud place in
the sun.
In other European countries the interest is as
intense, if less militantly displayed. The energy
and enthusiasm of English students is mainly vented
in discussion and debate, but it is nevertheless a
mighty voice to which statesmen and industrialists
lend respectful ear.
American youths need not show their zeal and
patriotism by loosing rounds of machine gun ammu
nition into the breasts of corrupt government offi
cials, nor need their excess of national pride ever
lead them to singing such a song as the Nazi youth
of Germany chant:
“Our heart’s contentment knows no bounds
When hand grenades burst all around. . . .”
But the college youth of America should be in
terested in the flow of social trends that are now
sweeping aside the old standards and substituting i
a new basis for civilization. All that is necessary
is that the college youth of today prepare himself
to play a leading role in the life of the new America
that will emerge when depression, inflation, and
N. R. A. are mere catchwords in the history books.
Contemporary Opinion
Dormitories for Freshmen
WHILE the evils of “Rush week’’ are still fresh
in mind, following the annual scramble for
pledges at the University of Oregon and Oregon
State college, It would be well to reconsider the
proposal made some time ago by the Oregon Build
ing congress, that dormitories at the two institu
tions be made part of the federal public works pro
gram. It should be compulsory for first-year stu
dents to live in these dormitories, thus providing
a period during which they would become used to
university or college life and during which they
could study the advantages of the several living
groups.
As was pointed out editorially a few days ,’go
the present system of signing the studerd" before
they have attended their first classes is impossible
except as a passing expedient. Those who hav
watched the annual arrival of young men and
women with their fond parents, and who know the
needless heartache and confusion, are convinced
that the present arrangement must end.
It has been continued up to the present, due
to the fact that the state has been unable to finance
proper dormitories and has allowed an over-develop
ment of fraternities and sororities. (Most of the
houses were constructed at a time of high prices,
and the result is that now, with enrollment low
and money scarce, the payment of interest and
[principal requires overcrowding, at a time when
even a normal number of residents is difficult to
secure. Thus there is the spectacle of "Rush
week,” which this year was an even more tumul
tuous prelude than usual to the opening term.
If application for dormitories as part of the
public works program meant immediate breaking
away from the old system, it could not be made
i with a clear conscience. After all, the fraternities
and sororities are more or less innocent victims of
i institutional policy. They built their houses under
I encouragement, and are in a position to demand
! consideration.
However, the dormitories should be planned,
i under the presumption that registration in the nex
jyear or two will return to normal. For instance,
in the school year 1930-31, there were 1695 men
i students enrolled in the university, with 791 resid
ing in fraternities. Of the total enrollment of men.
564 were freshmen. Thus if all the freshmen had
been compelled to live in dormitories, there would
have been 1131 students left over from which to
i fill the fraternities. Likewise, if first-vear women
had been compelled to live in dormitories, there
■ would have been more than enough women of the
I other three classes to fill the sororities.
Arkansas already is at work on several unive -
1 -ity dormitories, authorized under the public works
program. Baton Rouge has made application for
$1,000,000. California and Washington, among
others, include such dormitories in their tentative
lists. And dormitories, in turn, appear to be classed
by the federal government as preferred projects,
qualifying, as self-liquidating without support from
taxpaying agencies. This was the ease under the
old RFC and is likely to continue. Oregon needs
the dormitories and should take ••'.{vantage of tin
I opportunity offered.- lhe Oregonian.
Dig Him Up - - - By STANLEY ROBE
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Looking at the Orient
Editor’s note: This is the
third of a series of interviews
with members of the party of
University of Oregon educa
tors who spent the summer
visiting Japan, China, and
Manchuria. Today H. V. Hoyt,
dean of the school of business
administration, gives his gen
eral impressions. In a succeed
ing issue the Emerald will look
at the Orient through the
eyes of the feminine members
of the party.
By HENRIETTE HORAK
Once a mighty empire, a land
of highly developed culture and
oriental splendor, China has been
bled by internal corruption and
for interventions, until today she
suffers from anemia, and has
wasted to a mere shadow of her
former mystic grandeur and pow
er.
“What the Americans call de
pression would to the Chinese ap
pear a veritable life, of luxury and
a haven of rest,” declared Dean
H. V. Hoyt.
“We complain of heavy taxes,”
said Dean Hoyt, “which we usual
ly pay once a year, but in China,
in many places the inhabitants are
forced by controlling war lords to
pay taxes 50 and 60 years in ad
vance, and the governing war lords
change practically as often as the
temperature.”
“The Chinese,” continued the
dean, “are deeply rooted in cus
toms, traditions, and are without
doubt the world’s greatest non-con
formists. Their high percentage of
illiteracy, their many dialect lan
guages, their impossible writing—
all these make national unity dif
ficult, if not impossible. Only one
Chinese out of a thousand is able
to read a newspaper, and chances
(Continued on Page Three)
Reading
-and
Writing
PEGGY CHESSMAN, Editor
A ND now for a little more inten
sified reading, something in
teresting yet uplifting.
Just off the press is H. G. Wells’
sequel to “Outline of History,” a
prediction of the future called “The
Shape of Things to Come.” Wells,
the prophet and seer, has an in
terest in the future that is intense
and absorbing. He sees knowledge
and human power increasing, and
sets no limit to the development
of the possibilities in the life of
the people to come. “Existence
impresses me as a perpetual dawn.
Our lives, as I apprehend them,
swim in expectation.”
He indicates in all his historical
surveys that he considers modern
civilization with all its faults su
perior to the ancient civilization of
Greece and Rome, yet he fears for
the modern world, in which he has
placed his faith, a similar down
fall. Safety from this catastrophe,
he has said, lies only in a complete
readjustment of the political sys
tems of Europe. (Available at the
High Hat library 1.
* * *
For an intimate view of life in
modern China. Nora Wain's latest,
“The House of Exile,” cannot be
surpassed. It has the stamp of ap
proval of no less a person than
Pearl S. Buck, whose “Good Earth"
and “Sons” are outstanding novels
on China. Louise Jordan Miln, too,
has issued a statement praising
the sincerity and honesty of "The
House of Exile." lAt the old libel.
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Jo Van Ammers-Kuller’s “The
Apple and Eve," classified as a
novel, deals with the lately contro
versial problem of a home versus
a career for a married woman. A
new angle is presented here in a
clever and amusing way. (Co-op
Hight Hat library).
"The Journal of Gamaliel Brad
ford" is as interesting a diary as
one could expect to find. It is a
bit-by-bit record of a literary life,
impressive in its devotion and con
tinuity. a life which recalls the
classical age of American letters.
The "prince of American biogra
pher:." reveals in his journal his
impression of his own type of writ
ing. which he termed "psyehogra
phy." The book has been compiled
by Van Wyck Brooks, and may be
found at the old libe.
Anonymity as a rule adds a bit
of the daring to a book and “Mir
rors of Wall Street is no excep
tion. It is a straight-froiu-the
shoulder exposal of the mysteries
surrounding- Wall street, its activi
ties, and important men. Thirteen
leading American financiers, J.
Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rocke
feller, Charles G. Dawes, and Otto
Kahn among them, provide a great
deal of material for this book.
Portraits in black and white by
Hugo Gellert accompany each one
of the chapters dealing with the
thirteen men. (Co-op Book shop).
For an amusing sketch of the
Chicago of 100 years read “Julia
I Newberry's Diary” at the old libe.
i It is the daily record of a young
woman from a popular pioneer
family in Chicago of the back
woods days, and while the articles
are written with youthful enthu
siasm. it still provides worthwhile
historical bits. Scattered through
out its pages are facsimiles of the
original diary, undoubtedly a fea
ture which has made it one of the
year’s best sellers.
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Tomorrow: Popular short story
writers of the present time.
Innocent
Bystander
By BARNEY CLARK
I •
pUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 on the
dean of women's list is the
kind-hearted old farmer who cut
down those three trees along the
mill-race after the dean had just
succeeded in having all the brush
tamoved. The trees fell alongside
the bank and made an elegant an
choring place for canoes: so our
amiable agriculturist is on the
spot on the grounds of conspiracy
against the moral purity of our
student body.
D. A. "Screamer” Clark has
turned Phi Bete on us this year,
declaring that she is through with
the frivolous things of life and
intends to devote her valuable
time to study. This will be a
great loss to a number of gentle
men on the campus, but it is some
consolation to learn that our out
standing blonde does not intend to
go off the gold standard, at least.
Parks "You Bet He Does”
Hitchcock is another reformed
character. Parks has signified his
intention of making at least a 2.5
average this year, and when last
seen was wearing a W. C. T. U.
pledge button. How the mighty
are fallen.
Mickey Vail is the most popu
lar man in school right now, due
to his efforts, to have the gravy
train to the Oregon State game
moled bulk to Friday after
noon rather than Saturday
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mustache he may succeed, as he
has the unqualified support of
the Portland Bar-tenders union.
Our famous University prowler
showed his true fickleness the
other eve when he transferred his
attentions from the Pi Phi house
and Hendricks hall to the Alpha
Phi hang-out. The gals were all
elated when they heard about it,
’cause his activities are a sure in
dication of a tong’s popularity,
but imagine their embarrassment
when they found out that the
house-mother was the only one he
had favored with his attention.
Not so good; not so good.
The Safety Valve
An Outlet for Campus Steam
AH communications ar- to He addressed
to l'lie Editor, Oregon Daily Emerald,
and should not exceed dUO words in
length. Letters must he signed. Hut
should the writer prefer, only initials
will he used. The editor maintains the
right to withhold publication should he
see (it.
To the editor:
There seems to be some mis
conception as to my connection
with the Oregon Daily Emerald
this year. I returned to the cam
pus this autumn l'^ir the primary
purpose of completing the academ
ic requirements necessary to en
trance into the law school, made
impossible last spring by my early
departure for Europe. Inasmuch
as this will demand considerable
time and energy, and also inas
much as I am serving as general
correspondent for the Morning
Oregonian and writing for several
eastern publications on the various
aspects of Germany under the Hit
ler dynasty, I find it highly im
probable that it will be possible
for me to write for the Emerald.
I also have agreed to serve on the
executive committee of the Ameri
can Jewish congress and a special
committee of the American Civil
Liberties union, activities which
will further proscribe my limited
time.
I appreciate the inclusion of my
name in the Emerald's masthead,
but believe it best that I hence
forth confine myself only to that
avenue of opinion open to the oth
er members of the student body—
the letters to the editor column.
Should you embark upon any ex
cursions to the foothills of pro
gressive leadership, I think you
will soon enough stumble across
the sharp line of demarcation be
tween your friends and your ad
versaries without adding to your
coterie one whose policies and cru
sades aroused such widespread
controversy and comment a year
ago, although 1 am confident now.
as I was then, that those policies
were sound.
Let me wish you and your col
leagues the best of luck for a suc
cessful year a year in which is
sues will be met and not avoided.
And let me express the hope that
the Emerald always will be the
watchdog of the campus, ready to
warn against reaction, prepared to
snap at the inroads of fear and
prejudice. And when the Merlins
of jingoism and stagnation beam
upon you from their ivory towers
and plead tearfully for “coopera
tion” and “mercy”—terms which
they construe to mean being re
ceptive to their reactionary poli
cies—I hope you will be heard tell
ing them in the words of the old
rhyme-maker—
As sure as the morning sunrise
Follows the darkest hour of
night.
No question ever is settled
Until it is settled right.
Cordially,
Richard L. Neuberger.
The Emerald
Greets—
CATHERINE HASTEN—
Blue-eyed, and blonde, she an
swered with astonishment that
yes, she had a birthday, October
3, but sh-h-h, no one was to know
about it around Hendricks. Acci
dentally, the secret was spilled, so
Catherine should be in line for
some nice greetings, at least.
Any hobbies ? “Well, I swim
quite a bit.”
Anything planned after gradua
tion? “No.”
How old will you be? “Twenty.”
In desperation the interviewer
asked, grasping at the last straw,
“What do you think about the
Bonneville dam, since you live near
it?”
“I'm not interested in it. I don’t
read the papers much.”
With a gesture that spelled the
end of the matter, she rose from
the davenport, smoothed the lines
of her blue brushed-wool sweater,
and retired.
MAXINE WYATT
ROLAND BLANTZ
DALE HARDESTY
HELEN HAUGSTEN
MARYGOLDE HARDISON
A Decade Ago
Oregon Daily Emerald
October 2, 1923
WITH the publication of this is
sue, the Oregon Emerald be
gins its 25th year as the official
student newspaper of the Univer
sity of Oregon.
Open House Ancient
On Saturday evening all women’s
■ groups will be at home from 7:80
' until 12 in observance of the an
! cient tradition of open house.
* * *
Instead of being a privately
printed, advertisement-supported
publication, this year’s Hello book
is entirely free of propaganda and
is paid for by the A. S. U. O.
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“Grand Old Man”
In spite of a serious cold which
has kept him confined to his home
for the last three weeks, John
Straub, dean of men and profes
sor of Greek and literature, attend
i ed the freshman meeting for a lit
tle while Friday. He gave the same
I hearty greeting it has been his
’ custom to give annually since 1878.
Army pants, frosh are warned,
'will he removed from any wearer
of same on the trek up of the “O”
today. Old clothes are the order
of the day, even for the touching
ceremony of green lid crowning at
the senior bench.
French “Guest” Here
Mademoiselle Andree Pell ion ,
from Rouperrou le-Coquet, France,
is enrolled here as the first recip
ient of the woman’s league $500
foreign scholarship.
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Coming at The Castle—Elinor
Glynn’s Sensation, SIX DAYS, the
most thrilling love story ever pic
tured.
"WHEN A FELLER
NEEDS A FRIEND”
... here’s a friend, indeed!
Placed on the market a few months ago,
this pipe mixture made many friends be
fore it had a line of advertising.
Said one smoker to another: “Try a pipe
ful of this mellow mixture. I’ve paid much
more for tobacco not nearly so good!”
Aged in the wood for years . . . there’s
not a bite in a barrel of BRIGGS! But
BRIGGS would much rather talk in your
pipe than in print. Won’t you try a tin
and let it speak for itself?
Briggs Pipe Mixture is also sold in 1-pousd and
Ja-pound tins • < • and in Impound Humidor Kegs.