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University of Oregon, Eugene Sterling Green, Editor Grant Thuemmel, Manager Joseph Saslavsky, Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Doug Polivka and Don Caswell. Associate Editors; Merlin Blais, Guy Shadduck, Parks Hitchcock, Stanley Robe UPPER NEWS STAFF Malcolm Bauer. News Ed. Estill Phipps. Sports Ed. A1 Newton, Dramatics Ed. Abe Merritt, Chief Night Ed. Peggy Chessman, Literary Ed. Barney Clark, Humor Ed. Cynthia Lilieqvist, Women’s Ed. Mary Louiee Edinger, Society Ed. George Callas, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: A1 Newton, Mary Jane Jenkins, Ralph Mason, John Patric. EXECUTIVE REPORTERS: Ann-Rced Burns, Roberta Moody, Newton Stearns, Howard Kessler. FEATURE WRITERS: Ruth McClain. Henriette Horak. REPORTERS: Clifford Thomas, Helen Dodds, Hilda Gillam, Miriam Eichner, Virginia Scoville, Marian Johnson. Rein hart Knudsen. Velma McIntyre, Pat Gallagher, Frances Hardy, Ruth Weber, Rose Himelstein, Margaret Brown. SPORTS STAFF: Bill Eberhart, Clair Johnson, George Jones, Dan Clark. Ted Blank. Don Olds, Betty Shoemaker, Bill Actzel, Ned Simpson. Charles Paddock, Bob Becker. COPYREADERS: Elaine Cornish, Dorothy Dill. Marie Pell, Phyllis Adams. Margery Kissling, Maluta Read, George Bikman, Virginia Endicott, Corinne La Barre, Charles Pad WOMEN’S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Betty Labbe. Mary Gra ham, Bette Church, Marge Leonard, Donna Theda, Ruth Heiberg. NIGHT EDITORS: Bob Parker, George *Bikman, Tom Bin ford, Ralph Mason. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Henryetta Mummey, Vir ginia Catherwood, Margilee Morse, Jane Bishop, Doris Bailey. Alice Tillman. Eleanor Aldrich, Margaret Rollins, Marvel Read, Edith Clark. RADIO STAFF: Barney Clark, Howard Kessler, Carroll Wells, Elwin Ireland, Eleanor Aldrich, Rose Himelstein. SECRETARY: Mary Graham. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF William Meissner, Adv. Mgr. Kon Kew. Asst. Adv. Mgr. William Temple, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Tom Holman, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Eldon Haberman, National Adv. Mgr. Pearl Murphy, Asst. National Adv. Mgr. Ed Eahbe, Promotional Mgr. Fred Fisher, Promotional Mgr. Win. Perry, Circulation Mgr. Ruth Rippey, Checking Mgr. Willa Bit/.. Checking Mgr. Alene Walker, Office Mgr. ADVERTISING SALESMEN: Hob H ell i well. Jack Lew, ■ Margaret Chase, Bob Cresxwcll, Hague Callister, Jerry Thomas, Vernon Buegler. BUSINESS OFI'ICE, McArthur Court. Phone 3300 - Ixical 21-1. EDITORIAL OFFICES. Journalism llklg. Phone 3300 News Room, Laical 355 ; Editor and Managing Editor, Local 354. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42nd St., New York City; 123 \V. 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, 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. WAR FOR THE WILLING COMPULSORY military training, long a subject for campus discussion and occasionally an issue for desultory action on the part of small groups, yesterday became the object of an attack by a student committee. Signed by the committee of about 25 members, the petition was read at the meeting of the University faculty. The request, which has not as yet been acted upon, asks the sub stitution of the term, “optional,” for Hgtat of “the minimum requirement” in description of lower divi sion courses in military trainng. Determined groups on many campuses have dur ing recent years championed successfully similar revisions of the compulsory feature. The federal law, contrary to popular conception, leaves this phase of military curricula to the individual school. Significant action on military training was taken by a nationally organized student group which met in Washington during the year-end holidays. While conservative student body presidents and editors from 175 colleges were rejecting proposals for the liberalization of military training at sessions of the N. S. F. A., the National Conference of Students in Politics was taking an active stand against the R. O. T. C. Eleven student organizations were represented at the latter sessions, which were given official rec ognition through the principal address given by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. Taking to heart his remarks about the complacency of college stu dents, the group outspokenly declared its opinion on the subject of the R. O. T. C. The committee at work on the Oregon campus has not proposed the abolition of military training, but merely the removal of the compulsory feature. The group has made significant progress in having its petition placed under the serious consideration of the faculty. It would seem there is no more reason for making military training compulsory than to demand courses in other departments as all campus graduation requisites. The mildness and fairness of the proposal should go far in determin ing its fate at the hands of the faculty committee. AN APOLOGY "E' I-SEWHERE on this page is a letter in which the proprietor of au eating establishment com plains that the Emerald has by implication injured the reputation of his shop, by grouping it with other places outside the "beer zone" where disorder liness has accompanied the sale of beer. After re reading yesterday’s editorial, we find that the com plaint is amply justified. Although the Emerald in previous issues had been careful not to impugn any individual establishment, we carelessly erred yes terday and hasten to apologize. In one point we believe our correspondent in ■ error - he has obviously read into another editorial j on the same subject a meaning never intended nor implied, if he believes we classified his establish ment as a “bootleg joint." Disorderliness has been prevalent in several establishments downtown and on the outskirts of the city. Of so much we are eye-witnesses, in some cases, and have indisputable evidence in others. Yet «s far as the establishment represented by Mr. Rob inson is concerned, which is largely freciuented by students, the Emerald has seen no cause for com plaint and has had no intention of injuring or ma ligning it. The error resulted simply from the Emerald's eagerness to show that a four-block dry zone does not prevent students from obtaining beer if they want it, and to establish the fact that supervision Is impossible if students are drinking beer ut tv dis tance from the campus. The unfortunate juxtapo sition of these arguments in the editorial undeniably injures the reputation for clean business methods which Gosscr’s has built up, and the Emerald is sorry f"1’ the careless mistake; nevertheless, th > basic arguments involved remain uadi puled. PASS THE CHLORINATED LIME TJ UDY VALLEE and his mate flaunt their sordid little personalities at each other while the pub lic gapes. Mae West goes to court in ermine and wows a packed house with a couple of feeble bits of repartee in accusation of a man who stole her jewels. The Wynekoop trial unreels its ugly spectacle while women are crushed on the courthouse stair way. The Mdivani boys forsake their Lothariac activi ties to defend their management of an oil company. This is a composite smear from the front pages of our best dailies. Its dripping juiciness is a startling contrast to the rest of the news that sur rounds it, the grey, hard-boiled information as to the CWA, PWA, NRA, CCC, A. F. of L., ICC, RFC j and the rest of the three-letter organizations. Surely the editors kuow better, at least the edi tors of the respectable, influential dailies, and the men in charge of the press services. They are mostly men of good education and wide interests, who know what is going on and who have a real sense of values of events. It is pretty safe to bet that they aren’t all het up over this sort of sewage. Then it must be the public that demands it. If it is, it’s now a very encouraging index of the in tellectual capacity of the great American electo rate. It is a bit disheartening to see a nation whose principal interest is the consumption of such drivel trying to pull itself out of a monstrous economic snarl. When every voter knows as much about the national budget as he does about the actions of crooners on the night of August 12, we may have a chance of getting something done. OVERFLOW WE stumbled onto a clue yesterday that may explain why we men are fast becom ing a race of anchorites. We were hashing over the movie situation with a young lady of our acquaintance, who is about to become a university graduate. The talk turned to “Thunder Over Mexico.” There, we said, was one movie we wanted to see. “Thunder Over Mexico?” queried the young woman, of good Christian parents, too. “Wasn’t that here a long time ago, Walter Huston and Franchot Tone, and —oh, no. That was ‘Gabriel Over the White House.’ ” A little rest and quiet is all we need. Contemporary Opinion A Salem View WE entertain little enthusiasm over the “peace” which Willard Marks has patched up with reference to higher education affairs in Oregon. It looks too much like a Chinese victory all round: a general saving of faces. The festers are still there, the antagonisms are still there. And the creation of acting presidents on the campuses at Eugene and Corvallis merely gives spearheads to these antagonisms. The board is vfery apt to find that these acting presidents stir up trouble rather than allay it. The relationships are complicated between chancellor and board and acting presidents and inter-campus deans. The acting presidents will speedily become walking delegates for their own institutions; and the board will be even more beset with controversy and intrigue. Wc could tolerate this experiment in pacifica tion were it not for the pusillanimous resolution which the board adopted at the Monday meeting. If ever a body stultified itself the board did in this resolution in which it rubs its own nose in the dirt. Its backdown from the “ringing resolutions” of its October and December meetings offers an open in vitation to recalcitrants to defy the board on occa sion. The fresh assertion of threat at what it will do when profs and deans thumb their noses at the board in the future has a hollow sound. The apolo getic tone of the board resolution is apt to be inter preted as a jellyfish surrender. If the action seemed wise to expunge the past and make a fresh start assuredly it should have been done without such penitential abjectness as the board voices in its resolution. In its zeal to save faces the board seems to have served every one except itself. Salem Statesman. STUDENT BODY FINANCES (Continued from Faye One) legiate debate, for instance, is in a fair way to die out completely unless more financial support is given in the future. The budget item for Philo meletc is the only financial assistance given by the Associated Students for the benefit of unaffil iated women; an increase of $100 would not be mis directed if applied here. The leader of the band is receiving a salaiy far from commensurate with services rendered. The Emerald’s publication sched ule has been reduced until there are gaps, for in stance, from November 30 to January 9 during about three weeks of that time, school was in ses sion. The addition of 30 issues during a year would increase the budget item by about $1000, we esti mate. More artists of the calibre of Roland Hayes j should be brought to (lie University; an increase of $3000 in the uiuial budget would be amply justified here at present the concert item covers little more > than the labor cost of transporting chairs to Mc Arthur court and similar services. Therefore we Uuiate that the normal expan sion of the A. S. U. O. program should call for an additional $5,500 at least. This would bring a total normal year’s non-athletio expenses to the neigh-j borhood of $18,000. As an estimate, these figures are open to criticism. The Emerald believes them j to be fair. * * * Assuming that it is desirable to maintain alii these student body activities, which some advo- j cates of optional membership do not at all concede,! the question arises: Will the student body be able! to maintain its present program if those who do! not wish to pay student fees do not do so? In a succeeding issue we will attempt to discuss tlie possibility of meeting these obligations with i optional payment of fees. This will be followed1 with a brief analysis of the legal status of the stu dent corporation, and other phases of the problem,; on which the outcome of the present investigation j of the board may depend. Students should give careful consideration to all these factors before making up their mind, on the problem now con- ■ fronting them. | A Step Forward - • By Stanley robe Dr. Boyer’s Selection Praised “What is your personal reaction to the appointment of Dr. C. V. Boyer as “acting president” of the University of Oregon?” Seventeen members of the Uni versity faculty were asked this question yesterday with the fol lowing results: Dean J. R. Jewell, school of edu cation: “I’m sure that I can co operate with him to the very high est degree. During the year and a half that I have been on this campus I have found him most cooperative. I have been per fectly glad to go to him with teacher training problems and set tfiem before him. I found him not only cooperative, but judicious minded. Fair, able to look at the thing in a detached, unemotional way. I can talk to him freely and frankly with the feeling that he will get and understand our point of view and to the extent that he does approve, work for it. M. H. Douglass, librarian: “All things considered, the appointment is the best that could be made. Dean Boyer has a great deal of executive ability, and he works well with the chancellor.” R. C. Clark, head of the history department, was enthusiastic about the appointment: “It was a very wise appointment. I approve it completely." Earl M. Pallett, executive sec retary and registrar: "Dr. Boyer is a very fine man and excellent to work with. It was a kind se lection.” Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school: “The appointment of Dean Boyer to the presidency of the University of Oregon is in deed a meritorious one. He is not only an able administrator, but a recognized scholar, and hence he will undoubtedly give to the Uni versity of Oregon what it so sadly needs—namely, educational philos- j ophy and program.” it.. r. Liawrence, clean oi tne art i school: "The division of Fine Arts I is very much pleased by the ap-1 pointment of Dr. Boyer, who has : always had a rare understanding ! of the status of the fine arts in | the cultural life of the university j and society." Edgar E. DeCou, professor of i mathematics: "Dean Boyer is a! gentleman and a scholar. He is| fair and judicially minded. He is [ sympathetic and understands j thoroughly the needs and prob- ! lenis of the University. I think he will make an admirable presi dent.” F. P. Sipe, professor of botany: "My slight acquaintance with Dean Boyer would lead me to ex pect a fair and efficient adminis tration of his work as acting presi dent." O. F. Stafford, professor of j chemistry: “For many reasons i Dean Boyer is the best selection we could have." Will V. Norris, professor of physics: “I think it is a fine thing. He is certainly qualified! and if given the proper amount of authority will improve the sit uation." Hugh Kosson and Tom Stod dard. graduate manager and as sistant graduate manager: "We are heartily in favor of Dean Boyer. He is one of the outstand ing members of the faculty and is very ably qualified to discharge the duties of the office of presi dent of the University." Dr. L. S. Cressmau. professor of sociology: "1 think the appoint ment of Dean Boyer, a man of Hide scholarly training, the bal anced judgment which comes from a study of the law, courage, fairness, and a genuine interest in his men and higher education, as acting president, takes us far along the path out of the educa tional morass in which we have been, and that he deserves the loyal and aggressive support of all people interested in the wel fare of the young people of Ore gon.” Robert H. Seashore, associate professor of psychology: "I feel that the University is fortunate in having a man of such broad interests and abilities as Dr. Boyer. The appointment should help to pave the way for under taking a number of research and other technical investigations in the University.” Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the geology and geography de partments: “I heartily endorse the faculty vote of confidence given to acting President Boyer today. This appointment of one of our own faculty of our own choosing is a great step forward for us and for higher education in America. We have at last caught up with the universities of Europe and South America in this important aspect of university procedure.” Dr. Edmund S. Conklin, head of the psychology department: “I am very happy about the appoint ment.” Dr. George Rebec, head of the philosophy department and dean of the graduate division, actively approved the selection of Dr. Boyer. “I feel,” he said, ‘‘that he will meet the demands of the position admirably. Dr. Boyer is a man of fine intellect and scholarship, of thorough and rich culture and good sense, poise of spirit and j tact. As a member of the faculty he has always stood in favor of the finer ideals of what a univer sity should be. “While a practical man, he is never carried away by the mere spirit of bigness and ballyhoo which aimed to multiply the Uni versity into a loose mass of so called “services” and roads to success, but rather his ideals have been qualitative instead of quanti tative. He has believed that the development of human personality and realization of the cultural and spiritual weal of humanity is more important than pushing in the di rection of more efficiency at ar riving at money and place. “I believe Boyer will be able to do a great deal to heal the un happiness of the last couple of years in the institution and in Oregon higher education, but be yond that I am looking to his do ing affirmative service in helping Oregon higher education into a new era.” Scanning the Cinemas i MCDONALD “My Lips Be tray," Lilian Harvey, John Boles, El Brendel. Also, "Eight Girls in a Boat,” Dor othy Wilson, Kay Johnson, Kent Douglass. COLONIAL — "S. O. S. Ice berg.” By J. A. NEWTON The Artistic Movie “S. O. S. Iceberg" is great artis try. It is unequaled in thrilling, gripping drama. No movie has ever had such perfect photography. This show is its own standard, it stands so high above the general run of motion picture entertain ment. Its greatest star is Nature in all her unconquered magnifi cence. Actually this show is not “enter tainment” in the sense of diver sion or amusement. Rather it is a bit of art which is to be expe rienced through the eyes and ears. As a matter of fact, one can actu ally feel it. You feel the cold, clinging wetness of the heavy clothing on the man who attempts to swim four miles in ice water from the berg to the last bit of land the strange craft will pass. You feel the biting wind as it whines over the glistening ice. You experience the thrill of the pilot of the rescue plane as he maneu vers it above the icebergs. The number of spoken words in this masterpiece is very small. Words are not necessary. Nor is great acting ability. The princi pals might be great actors or poor actors: it matters little. But as an artistic unit, “S. O. S. Iceberg” is nearly complete as any attempt at movie art can be. It has musical background which fits the mood and scene exactly. Us photography is unparalleled. Us movement is constant and com pelling. No other medium but the mo tion picture could have ever pro duced this work. King and Cafe Singer “My Lips Betray" opens today at the Mac. And, customers, if li’l Lilian Harvey doesn’t drag them in, I've lost my judgment of personal ity Miss Harvey is one of those cute and little girls. She weighs about 95 pounds, and walks a tight-rope, not to keep the hips slim, but to keep the sense of balance in trim. Her purpose is certainly accomplished. She is a delightful dancer and can express i almost as much by bodily action as by facial expression or the spoken word. And, customers! John Boles! breaks into song again. Remem ber his "It Happened in Monterey," which he sang. I believe, in "The King of Jazz" ? Incidentally, we mustn't forget that long white streak which the young king uses for an automo bile. On the same bill is "Eight Girls in a Boat.'-' The teaser is frighten ing. There was the scene where the girl falls down, apparently af ter a swim, and says in a tear strained voice. “I'm going to have a baby?" Overdone. Vf/E switch the "mike" to the so ciety department of the Em erald for the feature of this after noon's broadcast. The trials and tribulations • in the local social w hirl come to you through our * Emerald of the Air society editor^ Mary Louiee Ed inger. At 4:30 the asbestos is re moved from the mike. At 4:30:05 Mary Louiee starts a fifteen min ute grapple with said apparatus. At 4:45 you have all the dope con cerning social functions of cam pus. 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 m 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: As the proprietor of an eating establishment outside the recently existent beer zone, I have watched with considerable interest your campaign for its abolishment. May I say at the outset, in order to avert the impression that this ex pression of attitude arises from prejudice owing to my position relative to the campus, that the campaign of the Emerald is one with the principles behind which I have been in sympathy and most hearty accord. I take exception, however, to some of the methods resorted to by the Emerald in its crusade. The constant reference to students walking three or four blocks to drink as much beer as they de sired, could of course mean no other establishment than Gossers. With these allusions, had they stopped here, I have no quarrel. X do resent the suggestions made in the Emerald, an example of which may be found in today’s paper, in which it is said: ‘‘that students who wanted beer were simply walking three or four blocks far ther, to places outside the beer zone; that no attempt was being made in any of these places to maintain orderliness.” A recent issue of the paper referred to the “bootleg joints” on the outskirts of the zone. Insofar as these statements refer to my establish ment, they are not only lacking in factual basis but were stated so carelessly as t;o be altogether rep rehensible. In my place of business an attempt has and is being made to maintain order and, I may add, with entire success. It must be realized, of course, that when a group of students are assembled in an eating place, whether they are drinking coffee at the College Side, milk shakes at Taylor’s, or beer at Gossers, that any one up on entering could not possibly ob tain the impression that a G. A. R. convention was in progress. I ob tain this impression not only from my business association with stu dents but as a comparatively re cent graduate of the University myself. In my opinion the Emer ald might have carried on an ef fective campaign to abolish the beer zone and thus helped the cam pus restaurant owners, without resortin'g to tactics which would unjustifiably injure someone in such a position as my own. Sincerely. MAX J. ROBINSON. January 17, 1934. To the Editor: “The Tragedy of a Corporate Death”: The wailing of the A. S. U. O. officials over the movement for optional fees is reminiscent of a practice common in medieval Eng land. Upon the discovery of one afflicted with leprosy the monks would attend that individual and escort him with great solemnity to the church where he, standing among those present, would listen to the funeral ceremony. Then he would accompany the monks to an open grave, and would watch the burial of his legal existence. Thereafter he would be given a wooden rattle and a bowl and would be turned into the forests where he would live the remainder of his days, begging from the inhabitants of the countryside for his food, and warning all persons of his affliction by the rattle, yet being legally non-existent while thus living as a parasite upon the l fringes of a community. Is it not apparent that the pres- I ent situation is somewhat akin thereto? The relatives of the lep er. in all probability, mourned over his synthetic death. The A. S. U. O. officials must find themselves in a like position by mourning over the possible decrease of a corpor- J Innocent Bystander By BARNEY CLARK rjiHE prize for the cutest trick of the season goes to Ike Donin. We are informed that ’way back in last term, when the Hill dance was first planned, Ike rushed up to Dean Schwering and asked if they could serve apple cider at the brawl. “Certainly,” says the dean, little suspecting the murky depths in Donin's soul. So-o-o-o Ike rush es out then and there and pur chases a barrel of apple cider. A few days ago word of this reaches Dean Schwering and Ike is summoned before her. “Donin,” says she, sternly, “what did you mean by purchasing that cider so long ago. Didn't you realize that it would become HARD cider if you let it stand?” “Sure,” says Ike, “that's what I was hoping!” The Theta tong ate at the Pi Kap dive last night, and a brief survey conducted before the event indicates that every girl was SURE that her part ner would be Mike Mikulak. It seems almost certain that SOMEBODY was disappoint ed! * * * You have to keep an eye on these honoraries. The latest scan dal concerns Alpha Kappa Psi. At a late hour last night, it was re ported that the boys were whoop ing it up in Heinz “57 Varieties” Hueber's apartment with the aid of a keg of BEER! Seatmates of these Alpha Kappa Psi lads in morning classes are warned to be on their guard, or they may find a load of suddenly sleepy class mates deposited in their lap! The pride of Newt Smith’s life just now is his new beer equipment. The boys around the joint treat it like a new baby, and are seriously think ing of getting special brass polish for its fittings! How ever, they don’t know much about its mysterious inner workings yet, and when they attempted to put the plunger in a new keg yesterday, the keg blew like an oil well, soaking Donin, Bill Holmes, and an unidentified customer. Donin generously declared that the customer would not have to pay for his free beer, however! OGDEN GNASHES “Beer is a curse, Beer is a sin, But beer is better Than 90 proof gin!” * x * “Sorry, sister, but I'm broke!” ate existence. It, at least, has its element of humor to those who look on. Very truly, CARL H. COAD. Reading Courses Out The printed announcements of the new “Free Time Correspondence Reading Courses” are ready for the public. LONG NAP, BRUSHED WOOL SWEATERS High, Crew Neck Black, Brown and Blue $1.95 * * * C. J. Breier CUT RATE DRUGS AND TOBACCOS — 80-1 WILLAMETTE — $1.10 Yardley Perfume . ggc •-5 Dr. West's Tooth Paste . 15c Krank's Lemon Cream . 29c 1.00 -Match King Lighter . 79c .15 lxool Cigarettes—2 for . 25c .•>0 Kleenex Tissues . 25c .35 Lifebuoy Shaving Cream . 19c 1.00 Ovaltiue 67c 1.00 Ambrosia Powder . 29c