University of Oregon, Eugene Sterling Green, Editor Grant Thuemmel, Manager Joseph Saslavsky, Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Doug Polivka, Associate Editor; Julian Prescott, Guy Shadduck, Parks Hitchcock, Francis Pallister, Stanley Robe. UPPER NEWS STAFF Don Caswell, News Ld. Malcolm Bauer. Sports P>d. Elinor Henry. Features Ed. Boh Moore. Makeup Ed. Cynthia Liljeqvist, Women’s Ed. A1 Newton. Dramatic* Ed. Mary Louiee Edinger, Society Ed. Barney Clark, Humor Ed. Peggy Chessman,' Literary Ed. Patsy Lee, Fashions Ed. George Callas, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: Bill Phipps, Paul Ewing, Mary Jane Jenkins, Hazle Corrigan, Byron Brinton. EXECUTIVE REPORTERS: Betty Olilemiller, Ann-Reed Burns, Roberta Moody. FEATURE WRITERS: Ruth McClain, Henriette Horak. REPORTERS: Frances Hardy. Rose Himelstcin, Margaret Brown, Winston Allard. Stanley Bromberg. Clifford Thomas, Xcwton Stearns, Carl Jones, Helen Dodds, Hilda Gillam, Thomas Ward, Miriam Eichner, David Lowry, Marian John son. 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ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Eleanor Aldrich, Henryctta Mummey, Virginia Catherwood, Margilie Morse, Jane Bishop, Dons Bailey, Marjorie Scobert, Irma Egbert, Nan Smith, Gertrude von Berthelsdorf, Jean Mahoney, Virginia Scovilie, Alice Tillman. RADIO STAFF: Barney Clark, Howard Kessler, Cynthia Cor SECRETARY: Mary Graham. BUSINESS STAFF wiiuam meissner, auv. mgr. Fred Fisher, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Ed Lahbe, Asst. Adv. Mgr. William Temple, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Eldon Haberman, Nat. Adv. Mgr. Kon Few, Promotional Mgr. Tom Holman, Circ. Mgr. win rerry, Asst. Lire. Mgr. Hetty Iientley, Office Mgr. Pearl Murphy, Class. Adv. Mgr. VVilla Ilitz, Checking Mgr. Hutli Rippey, Checking Mgr. Jeanette Thompson, Exec. Sec. Phyllis Cousins. Exec. Sec. Dorothy Anne Clark, Exec. Sec. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Cretchen Gregg, Jean Pinney, Gail Hufford, Marjorie Will, Evelyn Davis, Charlotte Olitt. Vir ginia Hammond, Carmen Curry, Alene Walker, Theda Spicer, June Sexsmith, Margaret Shively, Dorothy Hagge, Peggy Hayward, Laurabelle Quick. Martha McCall. Doris Osland, Vivian Wherrie, Dorothy McCall, Cynthia Cornell, Marjorie Scobert, Mary Jane Moore, Margaret Hall. ADVERTISING SALESMEN: Woodie Everitt, Don Chap man, Frank Howland, Hernadine Franzen, Margaret Chase, Hob Parker, Leonard Jacobson, Dave Silvcn, Conrad Dilling, Ross Congleton, Hague Callister, Cy Cook, Harry Ragsdale, Dick Cole, Ben Chandler, Boh Cresswell, Hill Mclnturff, Helene Kies, Vernon Huegler, Jack McGirr, Melvin Erwin, Jack Lew, Howard Bennett. Wallace McGregor. Jerry Thomas, Margaret Thompson, Andy Anderson, Tom Meador. EDITORIAL OFFICES, Journalism Bldg. Phone 3300 News Room, Local 355 ; Editor and Managing Editor, Local 35^. BUSINESS OFFICE. McArthur Court. PhoMe 3300 Local 214. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon. Eugene, published daily during the college year, except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, examination periods, all of December and all of March except the first three days. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene. Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42ml S't., New York City; 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1206 Maple Ave., Los Angeles; Call Building, San Francisco. A TRAVESTY ON CULTURE TN University lecture halls they teach of labor •*- problems, and of the improvement in the con ditions under which laborers have worked since the advent of the industrial revolution. They teach of labor’s efforts to secure shorter hours and suitable working conditions. They instruct embryonic com munity leaders in the problems involving employee, employer and public. They teach modern theories I of social reform. They offer a course designated as "labor and remuneration.’’ An extension service guides workers in improving the use of their leisure hours. Yet, to the University’s shame, in these same buildings janitors are arriving for work at 6 o'clock in the morning and leaving at 6 o'clock at night. They are made to take a 2%-hour recess in the middle of the day, the hours when formerly they accomplished their work most efficiently and most conveniently. They must remain on duty until the buildings are locked at 6 o’clock at night. The fact that conditions almost equally unsalu tary have existed for the past 20 years does not alter the essentia] features of the case. Such things as child labor and steel-mill brutality were accepted evils 20 years ago. And never, so far as we are able to learn, have janitors at the Univer sity worked until 6 o’clock at night—a weary close, indeed, to a day which begins at 6 o’clock in the morning. Nor does the continuation of a harsh labor condition for 20 years condone an apparent violation of the state laws. A chief executive unci his trained assistants are working night and day in Washington to spread nationwide the principles of shorter hours and fair remuneration. If it should become necessary, as Executive Secretary Pallett has intimated, to place janitors upon an hourly salary basis instead of a monthly basis, then that action should be taken. It at least could be construed as an effort to apply the standards of labor reform to this institution. Much more in line with present social trends would be the rearrangement of hours so that the janitors could have the late afternoon hours for rest and recreation. The Emerald has the statement of a member of the janitorial force that if it were not for the 2',j'hour "lunch" period, the main work of the day could be completed shortly after three o’clock. The buildings could then be locked by the watchman, as was done last year. Yet we can readily Imagine the storm of dis approbation that would arise if the administration, in tardily attempting to organize a reasonably hu mane schedule of houis, should make drastic cuts in salaries which are already pitifully low. There can be no gainsaying the fact that the hours of the janitors are too long, and that they do not make for maximum efficiency. The people of this country are now placing Implicit faith in the principles of the National Recovery act to lead them out of the quagmire of economic dis tress^ Then what a travesty.i.t must seem to the average citizen. this' relic of the sweatshop age surviving in the very home of progress and cul ture! EXIT ANOTHER TRADITION? TNDICATIONS are that the leaders for Home coming this year are not any too anxious to have the traditional bonfire, it is another case of wan ing interest in a collegiate tradition. And maybe this waning interest is not to bo condemned. The past lew years have seen a rapid decay of the old rah-rah spirit that used to prevail so much I on every campus. At Oregon in the past two years' we have done away with the frosh lids and the paddlings on the library steps. They had stopped serving their purposes. So it is with the bonfire. Very few students joined in the parade to the bonfire the last year or two it was ueld on the butte. Last year, with the fire on the heights, the attendance was even smaller. There was a time when all students and the ma jority of faculty members joined in the march to the fire. But those days are gone. The spirit of the bonfire is no longer there. Why administer artificial resuscitation to the tradition again this year? One of the principal charges against the bonfire has been that it takes a large number of freshmen from classes for a couple of days before the fire and disorganizes study hours. Householders near the scene live in terror until the last spark is ex tinguished. An unsightly, blackened scar left on the hillside is the only enduring memento. And there is usually a bill to the freshman class for somebody’s shed or fence that has been mistaken for scrap lumber. Much consolation was derived by the few first year men who were privileged to spend the night guarding the bonfire, for freshman girls brought hot coffee and doughnuts or sandwiches up to the brave guards. And they got a kick out of it be cause it was collegiate. We know, we did it. But why not say goodbye to another tradition that has outlived its usefulness ? It was great while it was youthful and spontaneous. Now it is due for an honorable discharge. STRATEGY OR ERROR? GERMANY’S action in bolting the world’s dis armament conference at Geneva probably quickened the pulse of the world as much as her invasion of Belgium in 1914. Memories of the last conflict, its attendant misery and subsequent chaos, have left the world powers in a position comparable to a rheumatic old man with St. Vitus dance. Whether Germany under Hitler’s guidance quali fied herself as a super strategist or committed a diplomatic blunder, only coming events will tell. Hitler's rise to power qualifies him as a super showman. Dictators in order to upset constitu tional authority must secure control of certain in ternal institutions the army, navy, militia and po lice. Next in importance is control of all agencies that may be used to mold public opinion—the press, telegraph and telephone lines, radio, theatres, churches and schools. Solution of some very controversial question, usually internal, produces the spark that assures gaining control of the agencies just mentioned. Germany had many of those internal problems, some of which perplex other governments as well, but several peculiar to Germany alone. She was a defeated nation, disarmed and loaded down with reparations, her colonies and foreign commerce gone, torn by a post-war revolution with complete change In form of government -a country with no strong centralized government except in war and a multitude of political parties and factions. Hitler proved himself a master musician by striking one popular chord after another until he produced internal harmony where a short time be fore only discord prevailed. While his acts have met with the almost unani mous approval of the German people, not so with the rest of the world. Guilt for' loss of the war was placed by him and his followers on the shoul ders of the ‘‘less than one per cent” of total popu lation, the German Jews. His treatment of those people, whether right or wrong, actual or magni fied, is one domestic issue that stirred up a storm in foreign quarters and reacted to Germany’s detri ment. Walking out on the disarmament conference, if it proves to be a blunder, would be Hitler’s second great error. On the contrary, it may turn out to be a diplomatic stroke of genius, and will tempo- j rarily at least serve the purpose of diverting the I attention of the world away from the anti-semiTTc activities. The mere fact that the conference adjourned | following Germany’s withdrawal indicates the grav-. ity of the situation and the importance to the rest of the world of Germany’s participation in the de liberations. Every nation fears the consequences of another war, not knowing how many of the j powers will enter or how they will line up. For i that reason, if no other, Germany may be able to ! secure concessions when the conference reconvenes J that she would not otherwise have secured. In that event her recent action will have proved to J be a bit of first-class diplomatic strategy. UNITED INDEPENDENCE \ WEE bit tired of having things done or not | done for them by various campus groups, the unaffiliated women of the University of Oregon have at last determined to do something for them-1 selves. Their union should awaken an interest in cam pus affairs impossible among scattered individuals, llnafflliated students rank above the average in every grade list, but too often an independent woman has spent four years at the University with- j out discovering the wealth of educational and recre ational activities offered outside the curriculum. Sponsors of the new organization say that they hope to cooperate with the Greek letter groups and the women's dormitories, but also to preserve their independence. Their aim is to help each girl make new friends and realize her responsibilities to tlie University and to herself. After listening to Dr. Reinhart for about an hour, we still can't pronounce "Goethe" the way he does. Anyway, winter will be holding forth in Port land on November 11. If it isn't, the treats will be on us at the corner of Sixth and Alder at high noon. What with all the winter we had last spring and all the summer this fall, we don't quite know whether to get a heavy suit or a light one with that money we just got from home. f O V’j of Our hopes for a new library took a big slump when we saw repairs put on the present building. Some passers-by at first thought they were begin-, ning to tear the old building down before, it fell down. So fat the only hunting reports heard around the campus arc of two Chiny roosters bagged by the campus cop while on an expedition down the valley Wednesday. 'Several of the boys have been g-uaniug for deer but are keeping quiet about then luck. -—--—-*-^ ..istrm- v (A „ ---L '..-..... ^__ Duck Hunting By STANLEY ROBE Case of the Harvard Scrubwomen By ELINOR HENRY POR two cents, muttered Presi dent A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard university, I’d throw out all the Widener Library scrub women and put men in their places. This isn’t, you will notice, a di rect quotation, but it does sum up a situation similar in several re spects to the University of Ore gon's apparent disregard of mini mum wage laws. Because state inspectors had pointed out too strenuously what they had been mentioning politely for nine long years—that 35 cents an hour was not 37 cents an hour—20 Harvard scrubwomen were fired. Half of them were dismissed arbitrarily on November 1, 1922. The others were put out on the Saturday be fore Christmas. A few were taken back on as chambermaids at the dormitories at 32 cents an hour, but all the others were, both lit erally and figuratively, “left out in the cold.” But for a kind-hearted rrjinister who tried to do something for an ex-scrubwoman mother with five children, public notice might never (Continued on Pane Three) Reading -and Writing PEGGY CHESSMAN, Editor W/1TH sincerest apologies to Don ” Herold, we copy from the windows of the Co-op a slogan that is very appropriate for this column: ‘’Nibble a book. Gnaw a book. Keep a book going all the time- it's a way from routine and boredom. It makes a whole day better, to look forward to your book. You_ roam new fields and cities. You freshen. Walk to new worlds through the door of your nearest book.” Since Hitler is quite the center of interest at the present time, it is quite appropriate that his auto biography, “My Battle,” should ap pear just now. This head of a great European state tells his life story, his aims and methods, his social, political, and economic phil osophies in this book (complete with swastika and salute). Another non-fiction book that has created no little excitement among readers is Stefan Zweig’s “Marie Antoinette- The Portrait of an Average Woman.” In Ger many this 500-page book is ac claimed his masterpiece. It has been printed in 15 languages, and was selected recently by the Book of-the-Month club. scarcely a year goes by but someone attempts a biography of Queen Elizabeth. This year being no exception, Milton Waldman pre-l sents his story of the life of the Virgin Queen, and her only true love. In his preface he states that his book is different from all oth ers in that it does not deal with the trifling personal matters and; love affairs of the ruler, but ex plains her fierce passion for her country. “England was her hus band”—that is the theme of his whole subject matter, in which with a great deal of sincerity he shows her development of the land she loved from an insignificant is- 1 land to a farflung world empire. Waldman is the author of a his tory of the matrimonial negotia tions between Queen Elizabeth and Philip of Spain, a book he quite cleverly calls "King, Queen and Jack." Students of recent English his tory will find E. F. Benson's "King Edward YU an unusually! tine biography. The Saturday Re view offers the following criticism of jt. "King Edward has been lucky in his biographies, thus escaping the horror of our time. Mr. Ben son. after his memorable book on Charlotte Bronte, has needed and has used a broader brush for this portrait of a more robust person ality. The book is written with1 Mr. Benson's customary skill and zest and a clearer image of King Edward has not yet been .made bv anyone. lhe traveller, the sportsman.! and the boulevarder are all here with the statesman.” “Bubbling in the same manner which won her innumerable friends in Washington, D. C., the sister of Ex-Vice-President Curtis, in her first attempt at this type of liter ature, “Dolly Gann’s Book,” gives a vivid and exuberant picture of life in the capital city, of her life as official hostess and an adventurer in politics. The social life she calls a “tempest in a teapot” in one of her short chapters. “Esquire,” a quarterly for men, has just made its appearance on the campus, and it is something for young men, and young women, too, to notice. Its contents are divided into sports, humor, cartoons, pho tography, fiction, and articles. It prints material by such authors as Ernest Hemingway, Nicholas Mur ray Butler, Ring Lardner jr., John Dos Passos, Douglas Fairbanks jr., Bobby Jones, Gene Tunney, and Joseph Auslander. Particularly outstanding are the full-page colored cartoons by Wil liam Steig, oil paintings by Jules Pascin, and pages and pages of colored fashion plates showing just exactly what the undergraduate male or upperclass man will wear and when. Emerald of the Air ]%TARY LOUIEE EDINGER has 165 column,inches of data on what the “400” of these here parts is doing, have done, and will do. (That seems like a round about way of saying that society news of the past, present, and fu ture are in order, but anyway, it's our style and we're stickin' to it. To get on with this document, this society broadcast originates in the studios of KORE at 4:30. Get the Emerald - of - the - Air habit. Tune your noise-maker in for this campus feature every day The KORE kilocycle number is 1420. Innocent Bystander By BARNEY CLARK 570-926-662-504! These are not football signals, children, they are a few of the numbers, potent, meaningful numbers, that have been floating through Innocent Bystander’s already overloaded brain ever since the Seattle game. Oh, to get away from the ghastly tales that have accumu lated as the aftermath of that fatal embroglio! To forget about Room 504 and the hideous events that occurred there. To hear nb more of the Goulet Bird-Gaddis bathtub trio’s vocal efforts at 7:30 in the a. m. To ignore Room 926 and the details of Holloway’s sensational rescue of one of our campus bright lights. To wipe from memory the oft*repeated story of Mark .Thomas’ 10 o’clock class in the Fiji grip in the same horrible room. Alas, it is impossible! All our life we are doomed to go on listen ing to Jack Miller telling how he occupied Governor Meier’s seat at the game, mistook Vic Myers for a prominent Seattle bootlegger, and bummed cigarettes off Gover nor Martin, mistaking HIM for a visiting coach. Already we have heard for the fourth time the saga of Harlie Thompson, who borrowed a brother's car at 8 o'clock in the evening, promising to return it in one hour, and how the car was discovered at 10:30 the next a, m. near the L. C. Smith build ing. We have also heard of "Colonel" Titherington’s four hour search for his coat. Again and again we have been told the story about Walt Grey and the quartette of cops, and the girl whose name he did not know. Yes, and we’ve been informed of the fact that it took 76 (count ’em) phone calls before the Sigma Chis could locate a date for Chet Beede. However, we have not yet Dear friends: Did you ever think of it buying jewelry is just a tittle bit different than buying anything else.' Here's the point I'm trying to make: Mr. Skeie here has been in the jewelry business for 25 years. He has handled a lot of merchandise during that time and he knows the "inside" on every make of watch or clock that's manufactured. He knows jewelry values from A to '£• and when you buy from him. you get the benefit if all that experience? In other words, it isn't necessary that you learn the jewelry business in order to buy a ring. That's part of the service of this store. You get what I mean, don't you. ? TICK “If It comes from Slide's it must be good” discovered exactly WHAT hap pened in Room 1001 at the Meany, | but we will. And are we an old meany. * * * OGDEN GNASHES Breaking the Ice “Beer is fine, But gin saves time!” 99 and 44-100 per cent pure! The Emerald Greets — The men have it ail to them selves today. That's a good sign, boys. ANTONE YTURRI Tony comes from the Basque settlement up ill Jordan Valley, and if they all dance like he does, there should be a general exodus east among the' women. MIN YASUI A walking encyclopedia—that’s Min. Knows something- about ev erything, and plays a swell game of chess, besides. ED HARRIS BEN GROUT DAVID A. MORRIS TOM STYLES The Safety Valve An Outlet for Campus Steam AiI communications arc to be addressed to The Editor, Oregon Daily Emerald, and should not exceed 200 words in length. Letters must be signed, but should the writer prefer, only initials will be used. The editor maintains the right to withhold publication should he see fit. To the Editor: I believe that my dear friend, E. N., should be educated as to the general workings of our busi ness staff before proceeding any further in his statements on un informed facts. In the first place, I would like to tell him that we have found it to our advantage to place men on the staff whom we believe to be best qualified for the position. The three students picked to contact the men not in living organizations were all well quali fied in that they are enthusiastic, capable, and! well acquainted with a large number of students in that group. I believe that E. N. is trying to make too great a distinction be tween fraternity and non-frater nity men. I can see no advantage to be gained by it. Is it necessary for someone tc always be creating friction be tween the two groups when they should be working together with just one object in mind—to make our University a bigger and better : one ? This is no time for contro ; versies. Ed Cross. Mannequin By PATSY LEE HERE is an intelligence quiz, my dear students, for the socially elite of the campus. What do the following numbers mean to you? 662-950-868-674 O. H. What—a chemistry formula! In your hat, and they aren’t telephone numbers either. Who is afraid of the big bad wolf? And speaking of not-so distant lands, do you remember, or how could you forget the lovely policeman on the sixth floor ? Six feet six and at least four feet wide, natty blue uniform, shiny badge— a former Iowa tackle (good foun dation ). And now for more practical things. Do, by all means, get your knitting out. Knit sweaters, dresses, anything—but knit. It is the latest and most practical fad which has swooped down upon us for many a moon. Knit any place, but never look idle—it just isn’t the thing, and knitting is more profitable than biting one’s finger nails at tense moments. Manne quin chooses Mary Ming for the limelight because she continually knits a flame-colored sweater on huge, wooden needles. You must possess a lovely large 1 bag to carry your knittin’ in, too. Home - spun bags in gorgeous oranges, blues, and yellows are in expen,j^ve and spacious, and very swanky to carry around. More from the fashion center concerning chapeaus. “The smart hats at present all have a sort of hairy appearance. Besides the turbans in tweed and rough wool which are essential to the college wardrobe, there are caps made of monkey fur, and all the possible toques and berets made in long haired rayon velvets and plushes. Hairy woolens with long white Jarres over angora backgrounds give a very frozen effect. Long haired felts of the taupe type and flat felts having long white hairs are all the vogue.” Speaking of shapes, the helmet type prevails for the toques, tur bans, and even for the cloches. All the crowns, except for berets, are high, irregular, most unex pected in their drapery, and are even knotted right on the top Berets have not said their last word, and one of the leading de signers, Rose Valois, has devoted all her attention this season to many tricky berets which are ex tremely novel. Most of her mod els have that up-and-down swoop. Glen Hieber lost his lovely new chapeau in Seattle, notwithstand ing the fact that he guarded it most carefully. Frances Spence is most chic and luxurious in her ermine coat and toque hat. I I A strategic point in the battle for sales Today’s intense competition calls for new and more effective merchandising methods. Several plans pioneered by Bell System men are provine helpful. For example: the “Where to Buy It” section of the telephone book. Here local dealers are listed beneath the trade-marks of advertised products— such as Plymouth, Greyhound Lines, Exide, RCA Victor. This service helps manufacturers to reduce substitution, helps dealers to increase sales, helps you to locate the brand you want BELL SYSTEM I take a trip home BY TELEPHONE ) 1 —TONIGHT AT HALF-PAST EIGHT! j