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— 1—-— University of Oregon, Eugene Sterling Green, Editor Grant Thuemmel, Manager Joseph Saslavsky, Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Dong Polivka and Don Caswell, Associate Editors; Guy Shad duck. Parks Hitchcock, Stanley R< be. UPPER NEWS STAFF .uaicoim natter. .\evvs i„<i. Estill Phipps, Sports Ed. Cynthia Liljeqvist, Women’s Ed. A1 Newton, Dramatics Ed. Abe Merritt, Chief Night Ed. Mary i-omee tuinger, ^ocieiy Ed. Barney Clark, Humor Ed. Peggy Chessman, Literary Ed. George C'allas, Radio £d. DAY EDITORS: A1 Newton, Mary Jane Jenkins. EXECUTIVE REPORTERS: Ann-Reed Ruins, Roberta Moody. Newton Stearns, Howard Kessler. FEATURE WRITERS: Rutli McClain. Henriette Horak. REPORTERS: Clifford Thomas, Helen Dodds. Hilda Gillam. Miriam Eichner. Virginia Scoville. Gertrude Lamb. Rein hart Knudscn. V'elma McIntyre, Pat Gallagher, Virginia Catherwood, James Morrison. Prances Hardy. SPORTS STAFF: Rill Kberhart. Clair Johnson. George Jones. Dan Clark. Ted Blank. Don Olds. Betty Shoemaker, Rill Aetzel. Ned Simpson. Charles Paddock, Bob Becker. COPYREADERS: Elaine Cornish, Dorothy Dill, Marie Pell. Phyllis Adams, Margery Kissling, Maluta Read. Mildred Blackburne. George Rikraan, Milton Pillctte, Virginia Endi cott. Adelaide Hughes, El win Ireland. Nan Smith, Ruth Weber, John Patric. WOMEN’S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Betty Labbe. Mary Gra ham. Joan Stadelman, Bette Church, Marge Leonard, Donna Theda. Ruth Heiberg. NIGHT EDITORS: Ruth Vannicc, Alfredo Fajardo, David Richie, Rob Parker, George Bikman, Tom Binford, Bob Becker. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Henryetta Mummey, Vir ginia Gather wood. Margilie Morse, Jane Bishop, Dorris Bailey, Irma Egbert, Gertrude von Berthelsdorf, Jeanne Mahoney, Alice Tillman, Barbara Ream, Eloise Knox. RADIO STAFF: Barney Clark, Howard Kessler, Carroll Wells, Elw.in Ireland. SECRETARY: Mary Graham. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Gretchcn Gregg, Jean Pinney, Char lotte Olitt, Virginia Hammond. Carmen Curry. Aletie Walker, Theda Spicer. 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Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42nd S’t., New York City; 123 VV. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1206 Maple Ave., 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, «11 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. DEAL ’EM AGAIN ^"NAMPUS life has a distinct advantage over that of the rest of the world in that it does, periodi cally, clean house and start things from scratch. Ahead of us lies a new term and a new year. Both are yet to be done; both admit of no previous success or failure. The old idea of going into rosy raptures over the time to come is, fortunately, dead. America no longer has Its childish, fatalistic faith in the increase of the future. The catharsis of the past few years has purged us of our old idea of simply hanging on while the great creature called civilization went through its wild and inexplicable gyrations. We have been jolted into the realization that what will happen will be that which is actually planned and accom plished by responsible thinkers and doers. The country club atmosphere, as one writer termed it, is largely disappearing from the colleges. In its place is coming a new institution, filled with new students, who are studying when all the world is a great sociological and economic laboratory filled with live, active specimens of varying degrees of unloveliness. A great political party was knocked from power last fall for its policy of sitting tight. It was de stroyed by the new national mind. And so now we look ahead, not in curiosity about the myste rious destiny of our institutions, but as thinkers, Who see that there is work to do. A ruum .AL L.lBUK.V lUli V T 1STED inconspicuously among the courses in the registration manual appears one entitled Social Science Symposium. What appears to be just another seminar for be-spectacled graduate students is in reality an educational experiment with unguessed possibilities. The symposium, which is being launched this term, will attempt to organize students uiul faculty members from various schools and departments in a co-ordinated attack on vital current political problems. About 20 seniors and graduate students, representing workers of some training in the fields of economics, education, geography, history, jour nalism, political science and sociology, will study important present problems taken up by trtie group, each with respect to liis own major field. A fac ulty member from each department represented will serve as adviser. Reorganization of Oregon counties has been named the major problem for the ensuing term, ht the suggestion of the instigators of the plan, Warren D. Smith, L. S. Crossman, James D. Bar nett, and Alfred L. Lomax. Drastic revision of county government, projected in other states, and growing pressure in Oregon for change make this an ideal selection for the opening battle-ground. Solution of Oregon's divisional difficulties is not so much the aim of those taking the course, as is the practical experience in applying “book lamin' and academic research to the same knotty problems that confound the politicians. There may be some doubt of the importance of the reports the sym posium may prepare, but there can be little ques tion concerning the real value of the work to Ore gon's future policies, for the experiment is the state's first laboratory for tomorrow's political ex perts. THE CAKIOC.V fT'HE tendency of the modern musical motion picture Is at times rather discouraging. Par ticularly so ure the sequences which arc intended to divert the audience through the medium of stage ext ravaganzas. Advertising matter informs us that the “Cari fcca.' a dance which wl recently prelected in etis such film known as ‘'Flying Down to Rio," is at; catchy, so full of life and vigor that the whole country will be doing it soon. We cherish the hope that this prediction does not come true. The “Carioca” is no dance; it is an exhibition. It is an exhibition which is,' in the words of the song to which it is danced, "not a fox trot and not a polka.’’ It has passed beyond the stage defined by the term “suggestive." Even strong-stomached college students gagged a bit. The only thing which the Carioca has in common with a good stage ex travaganza is rhythm. In contrast to the Carioca we had in Eddie Cantor’s recent "Roman Scandals” an extravaganza built on a theme—a slave mart in ancient Rome. It had beauty, and good solo interpretation. It even had drama, at times intense and compelling. These are the original traditions behind the stage spectacle. But :. producers apparently feel that these should be sacrificed to sensation, to ele phantine sets, and to 100 more sunkist beauties than the latest producd n of their competitors. American producers might well take a lesson from the European producers of “Love Me Tonight,” which was refreshingly free from the morbid sex element. It was among the most popular of last year’s shows, probably because of that very air of freshness and cleanness. Certainly those who con trol a medium which reaches so vast an audience as the motion picture should observe some limits of decency in their productions. They are forcing stone age entertainment on a twentieth century civilization. ANOTHER COMEBACK '’T'HE shades of Okerberg and Westergren stalked the Igloo last night while Oregon banged out a neat victory over the Cougars as a good start of the conference schedule. Bill Reinhart is building a basketball machine that promises to recapture the level of his crea tions of the late twenties. The "Hapless Ducks” of last year seem to have turned at last into a team that will jar the teeth of the teams that expect it to be a breather. Last fall we were thoroughly enraged at the alleged dopesters who, in their syndicated articles, laid a lily on the chest of the departed Oregon foot ball supremacy. The Ducks showed fine disregard of the professional reputations of the writers by becoming the finest team in many years. The same crepe merchants have been measuring Oregon for its basketball shroud. Let’s get behind a good squad and spill the dope bucket again. DEBUT 'Y*7'E read with some chagrin and a little dismay * ~ about the recent debut of a Detroit heiress. The ball which served as her entree to "society” required an expenditure of $25,000. It doesn’t take a mathematical genius to figure out that this sum would have purchased milk, bread and meat for several thousand families. We are not disparaging the ritual of the debut— and we realize that some heiresses in the past have spent much more on their glorified coming-out parties than a paltry $25,000. But it still seems a bit out of proportion. Little Ajax points out that the whole Journalism building has been redecorated to match the lava tory. He suggests it would have been cheaper to redecorate the lavatory. * This is about the time of year you find that the roommate was not as considerate of the future as you were, in the matter of the number of blankets ! i he brought from the home town. OVERFLOW 'T'HERE are many little incidents popping into the daily routine of the campus jour nalist that fall into the classification titled by a certain distinguished newsman as “news, and yet not news.” Sometimes they are the trivial mishaps of the great; sometimes they are the comic predicaments of the not-so-great; some times they’re just stray thoughts or comments, apropos of nothing at all, that somehow seem worthy of circulation. They're riot entitled to space in the news columns, they're not edito rials, and they’re not the stuff that feature columns are made of. They are neither beast, nor fish, nor fowl. They are the journalistic leftovers. That's what this corner of the editorial page will henceforth contain, if our idea is the least bit successful. Since it is our own comment, we'll call it the “Overflow,” to distinguish it from the campus letter forum, the Safety Valve. Naturally, we'll appreciate suggestions for the Overflow from the campus at large the Emerald misses a lot of things. * * * Worth retelling is i little coincidence in volving Wayne L. Morse, fire-eating dean of the law school, on his return from the annual ' meeting of the Association of American Law Schools. (Oregon’s recent higher educational controversy was the subject of no little discus sion at the session, by the way.) Well, it was in Chicago, an the way home. The dean had stowed his family into their uppers and lowers, and before retiring to his own berth, decided he'd drop into the club car for a moment. He threaded his way down the aisles, en tered the club car, passed the tiny barber shop, and sighted a familiar face above a newspaper. It was, of all people, Roscoe C. Nelson. Dean Allen stepped in the door last night long enough to give us this: It seems the Journalism Shack had echoes. That is, in all but one room. Then came the CWA, and the shack blossomed forth, well up holstered with sound insulation, and resplend ent in antiseptic white and sanitary gray. But when they finished, they found that all the echoes were gone except in one room, the same one that had not echoed before. And so now it volleys and thunders to the booming of student heel-plates, in tiny challenge to soundproofing, progress arid lekes. t « * Life became livable lor us again yesterday when we heard the talc ol the Amerindian on the Klamath reservation who predicted a long, hard winter became there was three inche. of IUO00 on the noith ride of hio squaw. i Forgotten - - - By STANLEY ROBE -LH1LLW.. V" 1 " 1 .-JH.J.LL.-L!J*! . - --■■ --- Educational Controversy in Review By DOUG POLIVKA A T present the higher education situation in the state of Ore gon appears to be quiet. Sched uled to meet in Portland, January 15, the state board of higher edu cation is expected to act on a number of suggestions made by the special committee of the American Association of Univer sity Professors. Since the final issue of the Em erald last year, however, higher education in Oregon has not al ways been so quiet. On Saturday December 16, the Salem Statesman published a signed article by its managing edi tor, Sheldon Sackett, stating: “An armistice has been called in the field of higher education in Ore gon if one can fully accredit re ports seeping out of the news front in the last fortnight.” The cessation of hostilities is not a calm before a new battle, the article implied, but rather the various factions are reported to be in substantial agreement on these points: 1. Dr. Kerr will terminate his service as chancellor on or about June 30, 1934. 2. No extensive investigation will be made by the state board of higher education into affairs at Eugene. 3. A casual checkup of Dean Wayne L. Morse may be made meanwhile and his “wrists slapped,” but his removal from the Eugene faculty is not contem plated. 4. Quietly the board will at once start the quest for an out of-state man as chancellor, his services beginning the school year of 1934-35. 5. In no sense will Chancellor Kerr's retirement be held an ouster. The board in due time will make public commendation of the work of Dr. Kerr. 6. Governor Julius L. Meier wiil-be in no hurry to appoint a successor to Roscoe C. Nelson, re signed board member. 7. During the armistic period disgruntled Eugene townspeople and faculty members will keep si lent. and work for a successful school year in 1934-35. 'The conclusions are not the re sult of guesses,” the Statesman continued, "but neither can they be confirmed by statements from board members. Following the lead of Vice-Chairman Willard Marks, the board of higher educa tion members are keeping mum and trying to keep the higher edu cation controversy out of the press.” The article in the Statesman further stated that "It is definitely established that Eugene faculty members have been consulted and that their responsible leaders have agreed that all would be quiet on the Eugene sector if a new deal would result by next school year.” in commenting upon the article appearing in the Salem States man. the Eugene Register-Guard pointed out that Charles F. Sprague and Sheldon Sackett pub lish the Salem Statesman and that ih. Sprague is a former resi dent of Corvallis and is interested in the Corvallis Gazette-Times. The Register-Guard said that Mr. Sackett. who also publishes the Coos Bay Times, has gone much farther in that paper in ex pressing the view that Dr. Kerr should retire. Willard Marks of Albany, vicc chairman of tly state board, de clined to comment on the article appearing in the Statesman, but announced that the state board would meet in Portland January 15 and would have before it a number of suggestions made by the special committee of the A. A. U. P. Marks said that the first step toward permanent adjustment of difficulties would be the establish ment of official procedure for rep resentation of faculty views on proper educational matters. A uniform policy for all campuses is expected. * * * No formal or detailed reports of findings by the A. A. U. P. or the American Association of Law Sohools have been prepared, ac cording to Marks, but a brief memorandum for the orderly ad justment of difficulties has been forwarded to the board. On January 1, Marks declined to comment on reports appearing in various Portland publications setting forth alleged details of the A. A. U. P. committee’s opinions on the situation, the most widely noted of these appearing in the December 30 issue of the Oregon Voter, which is edited by C. C. Chapman, an ardent supporter of Chancellor Kerr. The Oregon Voter indicated that the A. A. U. P. committee had met with the University faculty and had rebuked the faculty for its opposition to many of the chancellor’s educational and finan cial policies. It represented that the A. A. U. P. committee had enjoined the faculty to cease controversy and offer the chancellor “loyal sup port”; also, that the facts con cerning their meeting between the faculty and the A. A. U. P. com mittee had been suppressed by Eu gene newspapers. In reply to statements set forth by the Oregon Voter, University faculty leaders stated that it would be a breach of faith for them to discuss their conversa tions with the A. A. U. P. com mittee but that the versions pub lished gave a badly distorted slant on the facts. While in Oregon the A. A. U. P. committee avoided interviews. The members of this committee, who left the state last December 1, were George P. Adams, professor of philosophy, California; Fred rick M. Padelford, dean of the graduate school. University of Washington; and Charles B. Tay lor, professor of biology, Stanford. The committee is known to have emphasized the importance of settling all difficulties, if possible, through the state board, and to have stressed the dangers of pub lic fights. It is also known to have been deeply concerned to :preserve faculty rights, including the right of public protest should political complications prove in tolerable. The committee is expected in normal course to make a complete report of its findings and expe riences to its association. It will be for the association to decide whether or not this report will be published. And so rests the higher educa tion situation in the state of Ore gon until the next state board meeting in Portland on January 15. Reading Writing PEGGY CHESSMAN, Editor DIOGRAPHIES and non-fiction fill today’s menu. The mar kets have been flooded with mate rial of this type lately, so within that collection you are sure to find something to your liking. Current economic situations and governmental problems offer sub ject matter for a great deal of re cent literature. A book based pri marily on ideas afforded by recent monetary and administrative prob lems is “Our Times: The United States,” by Mark Sullivan, dealing with the war years and their re sult on the country. “Honest John Adams,” by Gil bert Chinard, is a biography that tends to emphasize the man and his characteristic honesty. It is a vivid life story of the most realis tic of the founding fathers. The life of a celebrated nine teenth century beauty is related in Michael Sadler’s “The Strange Life of Lady Blessington.” It shows the rise to fame of the young Irish girl despite the hin THE CAMPUS SHOE SHOP " WISHES YOU A ■ SUCCESSFUL NEW TERM §§ ■ * Across from Sigma Chi The CAMPUS GROCERY CAN SERVE YOU BEST OX ALDER Near 13th hand in neatly typed papers lie might taint—but jutlf KENT TYITWKITKK OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO. 1047 IVILXA.'tt'TTE ST. je from other results. -ITT IT TO WORK PHONE 14S ^_.ill:_m *lt..a_k ji. a^. b..-B'...a_..a_B'. a. .b~.. a...a .i. .1 1 ..a— s drances forced upon her by her despotic father, who sold her to her first husband when she was but 15 years old. Eric Linklater very nearly reach es his goal in his biography “Mary, Queen of Scots." His ambition was to separate trutWfrom legend, and so far as we can see, his results are harmonious with that idea. In stead of placing his subject on a pedestal, instead of making her more than she was, he presents her as a woman, showing those quali ties for which she is to be es teemed. He admits that her con tributions to English history is slight, and does not try to play on the reader's emotions by a melo dramatic presentation of her life. “The Arches of the Years" is the autobiography of Halliday Suth erland. It comprises the life mem oirs of a distinguished English specialist. The Safety Valve An Outlet for Campus Steam All communications are 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 Editor of the Emerald: Is there an eating place in the neighborhood of the campus where mashed potatoes are not served every day at noon? OLD BOARDER. WEBFOOTS TAKE FIRST GAME FROM COUGARS (Continued from Page One) on a nice pass from Berg. It was still anybody’s ball game, but the boys from Pullman couldn’t quite make the. grade. Willard Jones and Bill Berg scored a couple of free throws on fouls by Johnson and McPhee, and the latter scored two more points for the Cougars on a short shot. With two minutes to go, Scott fouled Robertson, who converted, and Wills followed for Washing ton State with a shot from center floor. A short shot by Budd Jones and another freak one-hander by Wills ended the scoring. Team Looks Good The Oregon team looks as though it were going places in the conference this year. Rein hart says it will improve as time goes on, with three rather inex perienced men on the team. After last night’s performance, any im provement will make champions out of the boys. Jack Robertson and Ken Wills shared high point honors last night with ten points each. Lineups: OREGON: Berg . Robertson Jones, W. . Olinger . Jones, B. . Lineups Given FG .. 2 .. 4 . 1 . 1 FT PF TP 6 10 4 4 6 W. s. c. McPhee . Johnson Houston Wills . Scot.t . Holstine McNeil Driver ... 11 8 5 30 FG FT PF TP ... 2 ... 2 .. 2 .. 5 ... 2 .. 0 .. 0 .. 0 4 5 4 10 4 0 0 0 13 27 Referee: Ralph Coleman, Cor vallis. Umpire: Dwight Adams, Salem. Innocent Bystander By BARNEY CLARK And a good good morning to you, you rats! But before we go into this tri annual wrestling match of ours, l.B. wants it clearly understood that he will not, by any manner of means, attempt to emulate Parks Hitchcock's late lamented “Assault and Battery.” We have not yet de cided to provide competition for Whizz Bang! The biggest event in our young journalists' lives right now is, of course, the painting of the Shack. Some misguided persons came in during vacation and did the old joint up, slapping on a coat of ghastly dead white. The place now looks like a hospital and smells like a political deal. If the editors would only don the customary white coats and provide uniforms for our female members, they could put on “Life Begins” without the slightest trouble. The painters did l.B. the most dirt though. How would you like to come into your office and find your prize collection of rare old cigarette packages gone, a beauti ful portrait of Jean Harlow spirit ed away, and furthermore, the slid ing panel which enabled you to look into W. F. G. Thacher’s of fice boarded up ? It’s felony, that’s what it is! The silver-mounted trophy for the most awful description-of-the week goes to Janis Worley, Pi Phi’s mental Mae West. Says Janis (quote): “Every time I see Mikulak my toes just curl up!” That’s passion! Speaking of Mae West, Hilda Gillam, the old printing and pub lishing ace, declares that Mae West is a 'body type.’ Not Braille, we trust! * * * And now for the prize item. John, local bootie, is in the local jug; not for selling illegal booze, but because the illegal booze he sold was made up from embalming fluid! And have you got that sink ing feeling? OGDEN GNASHES “Vice Is nice But Kappas Think twice!” » * * “He done it!” 90 STUDENTS ON HONOR ROLL FOR FALL TERM (Continued from rage One) Cracken, Max McKinney, Hoy Mc Mullen. Vivian Malone, Richard Marlitt, Burke Morden, Andy Newhouse, Helen Payne, Arno Peiterson, Ed gar Perry, Maxine Rau, Josephine Rice, William Shepherd, Burton Smith, Margaret Ann Smith, Mar garet Stauff, Twyla Stockton, Ber nice Stromberg, Marjorie Sumpter, Polly Thompson, John Tuhy, Al fred Tyson. Robert Van Nice, Siegfried Von Berthelsdorf, Robert Vosper, Alice Wedemeyer, Kenneth Wood, Geor gia Young, Norma Zinzer, and Hermine Zwanck. Get Your Dates Now For The Krazy Kopy Krawi The Dance Sensation of the Year FEATURES FOLLIES FUN FAVORS Sponsored by Alpha Delta Sigma COCOANUT GROVE Saturday, January 13 Your Formal Should be carefully handled when cleaned Call 300 Electric Cleaners