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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, Don Caswell, Stanley Kobe. rinnPD MrMxro ctapp Don Caswell, News Ed. Malcolm Bauer, Sports Ed. Elinor Henry, Features Ed. Bob Moore, Makeup Ed. Cynthia Liljeqvist, Women’s Ed. A1 Newton. Dramatics EdT‘ Abe Merritt, Chief Night Ed. Mary I>ouiee 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, Hade Corrigan, Byron Brinton. EXECUTIVE REPORTERS: Betty Ohlemiller, Ann-Reed Burns. Roberta Moody, Newton Stearns, Howard Kessler. FEATURE WRITERS: Ruth McClain, Henriette Horak. REPORTERS: Frances Hardy, Margaret Brown, Winston Al lard. Clifford Thomas. Carl Jones. Helen Dodds. Hilda Oil lam, Thomas Ward. Miriam Eichner, Marian Johnson, Vir ginia Scoville, Oertrude Lamb, Janis Worley, Reinhart Knud.sen. SPORTS' STAFF: Bob Avison. Assistant Sports Ed.; Jack Mil ler. Clair Johnson, George Jones, Julius Scruggs, Edwin Pooley, Bob Avison, Dan Clark. Ted Blank. Art Derbyshire, Emerson Stickles. Jim Quinn, Don Olds, Betty Shoemaker, Tom Dimtnick, I)on Brooke, Bill Actzel. COPYREADERS: Elaine Cornish. Dorothy Dill, Pearl Johansen, Marie Pell, Corinnc LaBarre, Phyllis Adams. Margery Kis sling. Maluta Read. Mildred Blackburne, George Bikman, Milton Pillette, Helen Green, Virginia Endicott. Adelaide Hughes. Mabel Finchum, Marge Leonard, Barbara Smith, * Bill Ireland. WOMEN’S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Janis Worley, Betty Labbe Mary Graham. Joan Stadelman, Bette Church, Marge Leon ard, Catherine Kisman, Marie Pell. NIGHT EDITORS': Fred Bronn, Ruth Vannice, Alfredo Fajar do, David Kiehle, Boh Parker, George Bikman, Tom Binford. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Eleanor Aldrich, Henryetta Mumrney, Virginia Catherwood, Margilie Morse, Jane Bishop, Dorris Bailey, Marjorie Scobert, Irma Egbert, Nan Smith, Gertrude von Berthelsdorf, Jeanne Mahoney, Virginia Sco „ ville, Alice Tillman. RADIO STAFF: Barney Clark, Howard Kessler, Cynthia Cor nell. SECRETARY: Mary Graham. BUSINESS STAFF wmiam Meissner, aqv. Mgr. Fred Fisher, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Ed Lab be, Asst. Adv. Mgr. William Temple, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Eldon Haberman, Nat. Adv. M gr. Foil Rew, Promotional Mgr. Tom Holman, Circ. Mgr. Hill Terry, Asst. Lire. Mgr. Betty Hentley, Office Mgr. Pearl Murphy, Class. Adv. Mgr. VVilla Bitz, Checking Mgr. Ruth Kippey, Checking Mgr. Jeanette Thompson, Exec. Sec. Phyllis Cousins, Exec. Sec. Dorothy Anne Clark, Exec. Sec. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Gretchen Gregg, Jean Pinney, Mar jorie Will, Evelyn Davis, Charlotte Olitt, Virginia Ham mond, Carmen Curry, Alcne Walker. Theda Spicer, ,1 are Sexsmith, Margaret Shively, Peggy Hayward, Laurabelle Quick, Martha McCall,, Doris Oslund, Vivian Wherrie, Dor othy McCall, Cynthia Cornell, Marjorie Scobert, Mary Jane Moore, Margaret Ball, ADVERTISING SALESMEN: Woodie Everitt, Don Chapman, Frank Howland, Bernadine Fraifasen, Margaret Chase, Bob Parker, Dave Silven, Conrad Dilling, Hague Calllster, Dick Cole, Bob Cresswell, Bill Mclnturff, Helene Ries, Vernon Buegler, Jack McGirr, Jack Lew, Wallace McGregor, Jerry Thomas, Margaret Thompson, Tom .Meador. EDITORIAL OFFICES, Journalism illdg. Phone 3300—News Room, Local 355 ; Editor and Managing Editor, Local 35‘t BUSINESS OFFICE. McArthur Court. Phone 3300 Local 214. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. T. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42nd St., New York City; 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Avtr., Seattle; 1206 Maple Avc., Los Angeles; Call Building,' San Francisco. 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. MIKULAKS IN MINIATURE ■JUST as Babe Ruth has become the idol of mil ** lions of 12 and 14 year old sandlot baseball players, so Mike Mikulak, Oregon's all-American fullback candidate, seems slated to become the paragon of football virtue to gmall-boy footballers of the Northwest. For now the kids are naming teams after Ore gon’s own Iron Mike! A fan writes from Aber deen, Washington, that a midget team has chris tened itself the “Muilin Mikulaks” and is doing its share in southwestern Washington to spread the name and fame of Oregon’s juggernaut. To be the idol of the sandlotters is a glory that comes to few athletes, but the bestowal of this honor carries with it obligations that are not to be taken lightly. From now on Mike Mikulak is a marked man. Throughout every Oregon game the Muilin Mikulaks and thousands of other midget pigskin artists will be hanging over the radio, and they'll tear their lungs loose when the announcer cries: “Mikulak has the ball lie’s away —five — ten—!’’ They’ll be expecting Mike to crash through for at least three touchdowns in every game. And any kid that says Warburton is a better man will get his face punched. Maybe the miniature Mikulaks were disap pointed when the mighty, man-crushing fullback didn’t ram his way to a touchdown against U. C. L. A. But there is no faith like that compared with tiie abject hero-worship of the American ado lescent, and they know that Iron Mike is going to make hash of Oregon State’s much publicized “immortals.” It’s up to you, Mike. You wouldn’t disappoint a good gang of guys like the Muilin Mikulaks would you ? A PLANNED CAMPUS ONCE upon a time there was a plan developer! for future construction on the Oregon campus. It was laid on: at the time of President Prince L. Campbell's statewide gift campaign, and it pro posed a development that would eventually give Oregon one of the most beautiful campuses it? the country. Now the administrative sages are pulling their beards over the problem of locating our new library, if and when the public works administra tion grants permission to build. We have the op portunity to make the new library a logical unit in a well-proportioned, balanced campus plan; but in hastening to a rapid decision the planners are apt to make a bad choice and commit an irrep arable injury. One of the dtes mentioned is on Thirteenth street, facing north, between the museum of art and Johnson hall. The other is near the southern extreme of the campus near tne education build ing. The Emerald believes that the latter location is the one which should be selected. Locating the building on Thirteenth street would fill a gap m the campus which, to the super-' ficial observer, seems should be fitted with a build ihg of some sort or other. But the campus plan ners should remember that some day the Univer sity hopes to see Thirteenth street closed in the interest of a unified campus, and the area trans formed into lawns and pathways. The southern location is the one which accords best with the years-old campus plan. It would form the center of interest in a broad, green-lawned mall, and would offer rare opportunities for effec tive landscaping. The new library, together with the new infirm ary. offers a chance to make a new start on an intelligently planned campus. Haste is Imperative.] in order that the plans for the new building, al ready unaccountably delayed, may be speeded tc completion. But already hasty and ill-considered decisions have resulted in too many instances of buildings plumped into the campus without regard to architectural style or harmony of the entire ar rangement. Let us not perpetuate this policy by a hasty short-sighted decision on the site of the new library. THAT BALLY TKAIN AGAIN I TJETITIONS were circulated last night in several -*• fraternity houses in an attempt to persuade the graduate manager’s office to make a last-minute switch in plans for the much discussed rally train now scheduled to leave here on Saturday, Novem ber 11, at 8 a. m. The wording of t'.n petition is simple, providing that men students be permitted to leave Eugene on any regular train after Friday noon, and per haps the originators, v ho are at present unknown to the Emerald, had no idea of upsetting any care fully laid plans, but the change would bring several serious complications. In the first place, Oregon's yell leader, with well-developed plans for the “best rally Oregon has ever seen,”^ would find it impossible to gather his loyal supporters together if they were arriving at various times on different trains. In a town as large as Portland, students arriving on Friday night would find it hard to gather for a rally Saturday morning. Even graduate managers and railway compa nies have a limit beyond which their patience will not stretch. Having originally made an arrange ment with the railway company whereby the train would leave here Saturday morning and return Sat urday night, the graduate manager’s office, answer ing a wave of student opinion, arranged to permit the students to return on any train Saturday or Sunday. If there was to be any other dissatisfac tion it should have been expressed at that time. The graduate manager has said that there were perhaps “insurmountable barriers” in the way of any change in plans at the present time. It is probable that the same low rate could not be ob tained if the plans were again changed. However, the prime reason for allowing matters to stand as they are is the possibility of a far greater rally than could be hoped for under other conditions. Whatever student group is backing this move should drop it, in the interests of developing a max imum of enthusiasm at a crucial period in Oregon’s coast championship campaign. ONE OF TWENTV-FIVE OREGON'S football squad is still among the elite of the American gridiron. Prince Gary Callison’s warriors maintained their record of being neither beaten nor tied by winning Saturday from the University of California at Los Angeles team in the south. Publicity and praise are the lot of the victorious football machine, and it is many years since Ore gon has had such a successful season as it is en joying this year. Twenty-four other squads through out the United States have compiled a not-beaten not-tied record, and not many of these teams are of major league caliber. A tribute is due Prink Callison. and his team of hard-driving veterans for their better spirit and improved morale. HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION IT will be pretty hard for the German voter to go wrong (?) when he goes to the polls (?) on November 12 for the Reichstag election. Here’s what his ballot will look like: There will be one circle at the top of the ballot, that of the Nazi party. All other parties have been dissolved by law, and woe be unto the founders of new ones. All the German citizen has to do is to mark an X in the Nazi circle, thereby voting for HiLler and his merry men. Any other marking of the ballot automatically disqualifies the vote. Whose idea? Oh, a talented young man called Hitler. There is, however, another possibility for the German to express his desires. He is privileged to say yes or no, whether or not he approves of Hitler and his actions since taking office m March. Since the elections officials will disqualify every ballot marked wrongly on another point, it is logical that they will do a little juggling along this line also. It is almost incredible that an intelligent nation can be so thoroughly hoodwinked, so completely molded into submission by some clever showman ship and less clever propaganda, discharged whole sale by a puppet press. If this be so, it is a signal tribute to the power of the press, a questionable compliment to the journalistic profession, but an irrevocable insult to human intelligence. A LIBERAL EDUCATION (CIITHAT should be more practical than a lib eral education?” queries William A. Shinier in the American Scholar. Mr. Shinier holds, with a great many other educators, that the aim of a university is to give a student an insight into life rather than to teach him the key to amassing wealth or securing the so-called practical “success.” It is unfortunate that the depth of Mr. Shimer’s observation must pass far over the heads of both students and educators in our American institu tion. It is certainly obvious, however, that univer sities as they are now existent in this country, fail miserably to approach even their own self-ordained ends, that of teaching the paths of material suc cess. Such things as making money and other of the pragmatic pursuits can be learned far better in six months of practical experience than in a four-year college course, and as for the technical vocations, their place lies not in tiie university but rather in the college and school. For the person, who either through necessity or by his own liking, must devote his life to the pursuit of the material, let him attend the business, technological, or training school, but don't send him to an intellectual center, for not only is he out of place but he cripples immensely the effectiveness of the university as a stimulant to those students who are actively and alertly mentally inclined. The American university is no longer a univer sity. It is a sad strange mixture of a training school for the sons and daughters of people who: have enough money to send them, with here and there a true educational streak uncovered The phenomenon of American education well merits the cry, "Oh. education, what sins arc committced in thy name!” Little Jason pokes his head in the door to ask whether janitor-' -jlane. i?ermit the tvpc ■'!' hunch | that require* two and a half hour, to consume. I i May His Dreams Come True - By STANLEY robe ! NEW jNHRMARY j-' The Safety Valve To the Editor: The faculty of the University of Oregon recently made a written plea urging President Roosevelt to relax immigration laws in order to provide asylum for Nazi victims. (Roscoe C. Nelson, in spite of his misleading name, a Jew, newly elect'd chairman of the Oregon state board of higher education, will cheer bravo professors, as he appears on the campus Thursday.) Senate investigations have dis closed that Wall Street financiers (Jews) have evaded income tax payment the last several years, accordingly, an open door for Ger man refugees would seem only a trivial matter, with such splendid help as a unanimous recommen dation by the University of Ore gon Chapter, American Associa tion of University Professors, and j signed by such eminents as Wayne j L. Morse, president (dean, school i of law), and Harold J. Noble, sec retary (associate professor of his tory). The faculty acted accord 5 ing to true Wilsonian theory, set ting down four points (not four teen) in eliminating the immigra-i tion ban. The Jews have a “National j Home” in Palestine, but the Arabs) have always been hostile: only re cently serious clashes resulted. Then too, Palestine offers pretty poor picking. . . . America has al ways been eyed by the Shylocks. The humanitarian faculty has never given thought that there are many millions without work in this country, and should a Semitic influx be allowed (a thing which will fortunately never happen 1 they (the faculty) would be the recipients of their own folly. VON BRAUNES HAUS 1192 Sandy Blvd. Portland, Oregon. To the Editor: I am in receipt of a copy of the "Dad’s Day Edition” of your pub lication addressed to me as “Mr. O. P. Kingsley.” Ergo, it would appear that I have been relegated to the position of the mere husband of my wife, Opal Phelps Kingsley, in your files. Now I yield to no man in my re spect and admiration for that es timable lady, and it may well be that the tables are so turned in our family that it is meet that I should be thus addressed, but it is not without qualmishness of the ego I contemplate the fact that at my ol' alma mammy I am no long er accorded the right to my own first name, which name is distinc tive if I am not. Incidentally, the name of the as sociation, “Oregon Dads,” repels me. In my distant youth I fished for craw-dads with a piece of fat meat on a string. Of late years, in fiction and song, on screen and radio, sweet daddy’s have come in for much uncomplimentary refer ence. To me the good old English word “father” is preferable for de noting the male parent. It is time honored, as witness Proverbs X:l, where Solomon said, “A wise son maketh a glad father.” Then, too, it savors of a vestige of respect, a thing dear to such an one as I, now become but Mrs. Kingsley’s husband. Yours truly, Mr. O. P. (Sylvanus) Kinsley Dear Editor: Perhaps you can use this clip ping for your paper: “The Mullin Mikulaks, indepen dent football team, is seeking a game with St. Martin’s high school eleven or the Seattle Croatian team. The Mullin team has been challenged for a game by Aber deen high school old-timers for next Sunday.” Mullin Mikulaks, a midget inde- > pendent team of Aberdeen, Wash- ! ington, has taken the name of your all-American fullback for their team. This independent team is well known throughout south western Washington and has done a great deal to create interest in football by their sportsmanship and clean play. Coached by Steve Mullins and Marion Ashmore, Aberdeen follows Oregon closely as one of the boys. Chuck Swan son, sub center, is one of the most popular players ever produced in this section of the country. Sincerely, A. FAN. Innocent Bystander By BARNEY CLARK TNNOCENT BYSTANDER is * amused to note that it took the Oregon State Barometer exact ly 23 clays to copy his telephone survey, testing the reaction time of the various houses in answering the bell. And when the Barome ter does something, it does it thor oughly. Not only did they copy the idea, but also the very words and phrases used by B. Clark. At least it's an easy way to put out a paper! The Chi I’sis worked a very high-powered deal the other day when they went up to take dinner at the D.G. tong. The brothers got together before they started and passed a res olution that the lad who was fortunate enough to get Bet ty Graham for his pardner should have his pleasure di minished by the knowledge that he was going to hit the mill-raee right after the meal. Ed Labile drew the fatal num ber, and spent a very uncom fortable hour, attempting to make sprightly eonversation and smile in his usual urbane manner, with no signal suc cess. The brothers kept their word, too. Labbe took the dive at 8 sharp in front of the Al pha Phi cave. * a; * Another 2 a. m. moot trial will be held in the near future accord ing to Judge Paul Wagner, as the success of the last trial was over whelming. However, Wagner re-! fuses to preside over the trial un- i less Defendant Harlan Thompson can be kept from demurring all the time; an almost impossible feat as long as he retains Attor ney Walt Grey as counsel. Waggie will retain his position as prose cuting attorney as well as the judgeship during the trial, a pro cedure that is not encouraged by Dean Morse. Further complications were added to Innocent Bystander’s already complicated love-life when Jean “Cupcake” McCus ker yesterday declared that she, too, wished to become en gaged to him: but that she re fused to do so until he had gotten rid of the other four “creatures,” as she called them, to whom he has already suc cumbed. “All or none” is Mc Cusker’s war-cry but 1. B. is rather doubtful, as he has learned that “Cupcake’s" last purple moment had the ghast ly endearment of “Sugar-Waf B«- armaMMW* mm » 'WWB’Jwmpqbihib mm. ny ■ ■ i CLICK WITH A TYPEWRITER Better Work—Better Grades KENT A TYl’KWKIT KK 1U'T IT TO -.fUl’KlMi" ^ Your I'hoifi of Any Make° ' ■ $3.00 per Month—$5.00 for 2 Months—$7.50 for 5 Months ■ - OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO. • ■ 1047 V1XXAMETTE tST. PHONE US § '■■■■■■■■bi ■■■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ a ■ a in tie” tacked onto him, and I. B. is taking; none of that, at least this season. * * OGDEN GNASHES “Alpha Phi’s nice But cold as ice!" “Say when!” Mannequin By PATSY LEE TF you haven't been killed in the rush, please jaunt down town to purchase one of these cute lit tle rain-capes. They are in three quarter lengths, come in all colors from powder blue to emerald green, and are they expensive? No! Seen about the campus: Peggy Chessman playing bridge in the College Side instead of reading New Dinner Dresses - featuring - \i:w STYLlCS. iiit!ii siiAines also LWLI DIXG liLALK $4.88 to $9.90 C.J.Breier & Company books; Dorothy Ann Clark selling doughnuts in the most appropriate campus costume of blue and white; Marian Bass and her long under wear; and Mike Mikulak, gridster supreme, with scholarly specta cles perched upon his most emi nent nose. Purses do have style, but we very seldom think about it. One purse for scnool, and two little fancy ones for formal wear seem to be the maximum of purse equipment to most of us. Well, to be very smart, your everyday purse would be long and flat, fashioned from a genuine leather, and in itialed in plain solid letters. For your formal functions, where some type of carry-all is necessary,—a fabric bag fash ioned from the same material as your gown is “par excellence.” The flashier, rhinestone bags are slow ly receding into the old-fashioned regime, whereas the more quietly brocaded and cloth pouches are coming forward in style trends. However, little clips of rhine stones are unique and fashionable if attached to the point of closing. Another thing; evening bags have a tendency now of being absolute ly “lose-proof.” Little composi tion or bone handles are placed on the more expensive models, which is a practical idea, it seems to me. And clips for your hair! You must have them—preferably at the sides of the head. Perhaps you have seen the star-shaped ones, brilliantly jeweled with rhine stones and synthetic emeralds, ru bies, and sapphires. If you do wear these hair clips, be sure to match them on your gown someplace. The neckline is an excellen place for these. Skirts sweep the floor at formal functions. Trains are coming back after all these years, but their popularity is somewhat doubtful. Our mode of dancing at the pres ent time does not coincide with the idea, but perhaps that will change, also. One very outstanding evening ensemble which Mannequin gazed at recently included the following glittering hair-bows with clips at the neck to match; dress fabric Emerald of the Air A LL phases of national and lo cal news will be covered in a 15 minutes of Emerald news read ings this afternoon. This regular feature of the Emerald-of-the-Air brings you news of home and country at the hour of 4:30. Hu mor, sports, accounts, squibs, edi torials, and newsy news may be had by merely twisting the dial to KORE. The Emerald Greets — TODAY the EMERALD GREETS IRVING CLISE COLWELL BELDING RICHMOND CLAUDIO DE LOS SANTOS CENDANA JACK DONNELLY gloves and pouch; very, very high neck at the front, and very dec ollette at the back. A sweeping skirt gave the very Edwardian ap pearance. Attractive ? What do you think? U. OF 0. FUTURE TO BE THEME OF LUNCHEON (Continued from Page One) beth Bendstrup last night are; prizes committee, Catherine Cole man, chairman; Virginia Younie, Margaret Cooper, and H e 1 / n Wright. Ticket sales committee, Elsie Peterson, chairman; Kath leen Newell, and Alice Ann Thom as. Registration committee, Vir ginia Howard, chairman, and Elaine Ferris. Tickets for the alumni luncheon will be sold at the registration booths in Johnson hall Friday af ternoon and Saturday morning. "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 alto sold in 1-pound and ^2-pound tins . • . and in 1-pound Humidor Kegs.