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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. AIK. WILLIAMS SPEAKS WHITING WILLIAMS, in a talk well worth hearing, presented at yesterday's assembly his observations formulated while sounding out the mind of the working man in a number of coun tries. His theme of ultra-conservatism, his dogmatic treatment of the conditions in Russia, and his oppo sition to the idea of social reorganization, however, have caused many on the campus to take excep tion. His contention was that, though admittedly we fell victim to economic chaos through over capitalism, we cannot bring about normalcy by go ing to the extremes of collectivism. On close observation one can see that this is reckoning with a purely individualistic and capi talistic basis. Is there any such thing as “too much collectivism?” Many people would say that collec tivism IS the supreme goal of social order. Roosevelt’s new ileal is pointed toward social reconstruction. The administration believes we can never go back to the old order. Every move made since the ascension of tire party to power has been to this end. Mr. Williams is completely opposed to this idea of reorganization. His ideal, it ap peared from his remarks, is to get back to better managed capitalism. Such measures as are now being undertaken in the recovery program, he emphasized, must be only temporary "breaking of bread.” Does he propose that we should bend every effort to get back to a point where we will work long hours again, that we should return to the old mad scramble? Does he propose that we should get back to less govern ment interference in business ? Toryism is indeed strange music to the eat of the college student. Bigotry, conservatism, re sistance to change come to be regarded as the cardinal sins by the present-day student. It is, in deed, radical to be conservative in the college of today. His stand that the provisions of the recovery program must be regarded as TEMPORARY relief measures, that they must be abandoned when sta bility is reached, are violently contrary to the views of the best experts in the field of social organiza tion. Jt is believed that the New Deal is in accord ance with the accepted principles of proven eco nomics. It is primarily, to be sure, motivated by the necessity for relief. But it is also an improve ment of the relation between worker and employer that is a step in the direction of sound economic planning. Mr. Williams began his lecture with an amusing and innocuous monologue in which he told of the way in which he had collected his data in several nations: by donning a pair of overalls and going with the workers, by lounging in the guise of a workless workman about the gates of industrial plants, by ‘‘bumming with bums.” Serving to his lecture what a bibliography serves to a scholarly treatise, it added a note of credulity to his utter ings. Having thus presented his credentials, he went on into a really splendid and logical discussion of conditions in German; This further established his word and won him the confidence of his listen ers. At this point, he f und himself in position to launch his attack on t le progressiveness of the present day. Mr. Williams’ discussion of the motivation for work in the Soviet Union was a reechoing of indi vidualism’s prime argument against socialism, the first obvious difficulty to collective enterprise. His alarming tales of the recent famine, the pessimistic observations on the success of the Rus sian experiment run contrary to the views of the more profound observers in Russia. Are we to dis card the opinions of these observers and accept, unquestioning, the views of the speaker? During his lecture, Mr. Williams did not conde ' scend to reveal his authorities, and gave only an occasional reference to some man he had spoken to on the street. An hour of the purest dogma tism, during which he used no authority but his own, was the treat given campus folk who attended the assembly. THIRTEENTH AND UNIVERSITY IT1 ARLY last Friday morning a University truck collided with a light sedan at the intersection of 13th and University streets. The truck was headed north on University and the sedan west on 13th street. The driver of the sedan received minor injuries. The accident is not of particular interest be cause the one car in the collision belonged to the University, but it is when police records show that the smashup Friday was the third at the same in tersection since the first of January. To Eugene townspeople and to students of the University of Oregon, 13th street is a very impor tant artery of traffic. At several of the intersec tions of 13th street, the city of Eugene has thought it an important enough bearer of traffic to estab lish stop signs. Yet, at no intersection of 13th street now boasting stop signs is traffic as heavy as at the intersection of University. The city fathers have no doubt felt that since University street is more or less a dead end north of 13th, there is no need to make it a boulevard stop. Both sides of the crossing at University are dangerous, even since the grading of the southeast corner. If three accidents can happen at the same cross ing in one month, what will be the total at the end of the year? Not because of the accident Friday, not because of the preceding two this year, and not because of those at the same intersection in years past, but because of those which could be prevented in the future, it is felt that the city of Eugene should make University a boulevard stop on both sides of 13th street. OREGON’S WONDERS ADVERTISED ATIVES of Oregon do not have to be told of x ^ the beauties abounding in the “Emerald State,” but even they must be surprised at the re markable wealth and variety of scenery portrayed in the February National Geographic in an article written and illustrated by Amos Burg. “A Native Son's Rambles in Oregon" is written by a one-time student on the University campus, but nothing short of a life-long association with the state’s natural wonders, its agricultural development, its industrial growth, and its people could have in spired this presentation. Richly illustrated with 67 photographs, 24 of them full color plates. Burg's article presents one of the finest nationally distributed dissertations of Oregon’s resources and charms seen in recent years. Lumbering, fruit-growing, wheat-ranching, fishing, manufacturing are graphically illustrated as the state’s basic enterprises. Beautifully tinted “shots” depict the grandeur and gorgeous coloring of the Columbia gorge, Crater lake, the fossil graveyard of the John Day, the rugged fringe of coast, forests, and snow caps of the Cascades, Steens mountain, canyons of the Wallowa country. Portland's Rose Festival and Pendleton’s Roundup are shown as gay, colorful celebrations. Many other scenic wonders appear in the magazine's pages; many more have been left out for lack of space. The article, it is estimated, represents an outlay of more than $200,000. Its readers will number many for each of its 1,000,000 subscription list. Oregon’s little exploited wonders are receiving some of the attention that has long been their due. LOOK TO LOVE’S FUTURE WARNS PSYCHOLOGIST (Continued from Cajc (hie) a good pronunciation, certain idio syncrasies or characteristics that mark one as slightly different or novel, the ability to entertain and he entertained, and the power to he interested in the interests of others. Manners, in which he in cluded facial expressions, carriage, and personal appearance, were al so listed as a most Important ele ment in attraction. Arguing decidedly against the more or less accepted theories ihat a girl must drink, smoke, “pet,” talk baby talk, play dumb, or be a clinging vine type to be liked by men, Dr. Conklin stressed naturalness. Pretense Overabundant “Tltere is enough pretense in the world as it is.” he told the wo men. This pretense leads only to disillusionment which will follow gooner or later.” As another aid to successful inarriage, Dr. Conklin advised the women in preparing themselves for matrimony to take course.-, in fi nance, household care, the care of children, and some vocation in ad dition, so that no matter what might happen they would be pre pared. “Life as a whole,” he repeated, “must be considered in future terms rather than in the present.” SEVERAL ABILITY FEATS HEARD DURING RECITAL (Continued from Page (hie) former, us we recall, necessitates a running accompaniment of thir ty-second or sixtyvfourth notes for several pages, and the later a con tinuous alternation between the! left and right hands. Miss Scobert is a student of George Hopkins, as her interpretations showed in places. Maxine Hill, appearing third on the recital, played Brahms’ Inter mezzo, Op. 117, which seemed to stretch a rather small hand, though our impression may be wrong. Despite this physical han dicap, Miss Hill’s interpretation was “ definitely musical She also I played “En Bateau” by Debussy, j Miss Hill also studies with Mrs. Tbucher. Vivian ttat c v'tio 'ucC'iit of Rex Underwood, played a i.eugo by A bi os. Sho was accompanied by Dorothy Chatterton. The Tan go was full of technical intricacies which called forth the full abili ties of Miss Malone's nimble fin gers. SPECIAL GROUP VOTES DOWN STUDENTS' BID (Contiitiii'd from Page One) Eugene Laird, Carl Coad, and Jo sephine Rice. K. C. Sammons, a member of the student welfare committee, deelared after the meeting that the matter would again be con sidered by the board, at the time, when new annual institutional I budgets are prepared. than to Be Discussed He intimated that at that time the matter of relieving graduate students from compulsory pay ment of an A S, U. O. fee, a pos sible uniform reduction in fees, or tht- setting up of a body to which needy students might petition for exemption, would all receive con sideration at that time. There was no discussion of the proposal at the. boards found! session. I By STANLEY ROBE His Birthday The University’s Early History Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of interviews with Dr. F. G. G. Schmidt, head of the department of Germanic languages and literature, and oldest in service of the Univer sity faculty, on early history of the University of Oregon. By DOUG POLIVKA W7HAT is the meaning of the ” initials, F. G. G., preceding Dr. Schmidt's name ? No doubt this has been a question in the mind of every person who has studied or is studying German un der Dr. Schmidt. When the ques tion was put to the Doctor, he modestly replied that his full name is Friedrich Georg Gottlob Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt was born at Unter magerbein, Bavaria, on November 17, 1868. His parents were Rev. Ernst and Sophia (Horn) Schmidt. Schmidt studied at the University of Bavaria before coming to the United States in September of 1890. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins university in 1896, and immediately assumed the du ties of acting professor of German at Cornell college, Mt. Vernon (Iowa). When Schmidt came to the Uni versity of Oregon in the fall of 1897, there were no high schools in the city of Eugene and there were only two in the state of Ore gon, one in Salem and the other, the old Lincoln high school in Portland. Because of the scarcity of pre paratory schools in Oregon at that time the University maintained high school courses so that stu dents minus the requisites of the University might obtain them, ac cording to Dr. Schmidt. When the University finally abolished these courses in the last year of Dr. Charles Chapman’s presidency in 1899, the enrollment fell from about 400 students to 150. Due to this sudden drop in en rollment, the state legislature so seriously considered abolishing the University that it sent a special investigator to the Eugene cam pus. The investigator was shown only Professor Howe’s English class and Dr. Schmidt’s German class, then the two largest in the University. This seemed to be sufficient reason to allow the Uni versity to remain, for even though Portland newspapers advocated its moving to Portland, the legis lature took no action. When Schmidt came to Eugene, the campus consisted of only five buildings: Villard hall, Deady hall, boys’ dormitory (later called Friendly hall), Collier hall (now the residence of Chancellor Kerr), and the women’s gymnasium (a small brick structure). In order to make room for Dr. Schmidt's classes in 1897, a par tition was built in the middle of Deady hall's largest classroom, separating Dr. Johnson’s Latin from Schmidt’s German and French classes. Members of the University fac ulty during Schmidt's first year at the University were: President Charles Chapman, John Johnson (the University’s first president), Dr. Thomas Condon, John Straub, Benjamin Hawthorne, Luella Car son. Edgar McClure, E. B. Me Elroy (father of a now prominent Portland dance band leader), Dr. Charles Friedel, Fredrick Wash burn, Fredrick Young, Edward McAlister, Joseph Wetherbee, Gifford Nash, Arthur Lockman (now famous for an oil refining process), Charles Burton, and Dr. Schmidt. Proof that the University had disciplinary problems even that early in its history is the fact that Schmidt attended a faculty meet ing every day during his first six weeks on the campus. Following this lengthy series, 12 students were dismissed from the Eugene institution. Following the sending of a spe cial investigator to the Univer sity, Professor Charles Friedel, then head of the physics depart ment, charged the private firms selling the University water and electricity with robbery. He ac cused them of charging too much for their service, and to remedy the electric situation, set up the University’s own light plant. Shortly after the water and electricity row, President Chap man (University head from 1893 1899) decided that Eugene firms were charging too much for print ing. To the University’s private electric plant, he added a printing press, the first step toward the school’s present University Press. Some of the first types used in this early day are still to be had. Dr. Schmidt stated that Eu gene's two newspapers, the Guard and the Register, violently criti cized University officials for their actions. In retaliation, the faculty christened the one paper, the Eu gene (Mud) Guard. Scanning the Cinemas MCDONALD “Mr. Snitch,” with Zasu Pitts and Will Rogers showing today and tomorrow. COLONIAL "Whoopee," with Eddie Cantor. Last time to day. "Red Head," French film, coming Wednesday and Thursday. By RALPH MASON “Mr. Skitch” is a commonplace name for anything most anywhere, and as a title for a vehecile star ring Zasu Pitts and Will Rogers j it does little to stir the imagina tion. The picture, however, has several merits not found in many contemporary productions now gracing our screens. To begin with, this picture is a perfectly safe one to see in the company of any visiting relative, your housemother, or a still naive freshman coed. There are not em barrassing er you know what. 1 mean—well, anyway, it travels on a high moral plane. In compensa tion for this all-necessary defect, there is plenty of good comedy arising from Zasu and Will. This pair, as man and wife see America fourth class with their family, consisting of assorted girls and one boy and ti dog. A typical shot occurs when Will is invited by a "native son" to ust take a breath of the Califor nia air. asks, after a thirty-second pause, if he could have another breath, please? There is a sweet little love af fair o* rourre involving the old.e-' of \\ ill o daughter. , and a baud some six-footer of a West Pointer. ❖ ❖ * Although we had seen “Whoo pee” once before on the screen and more recently on the stage, we got many a laugh out of Cantor's In cantations, gyrations and consti pa better let you guess the rest, might be censored. Tne plot is highly colored, technicolored, in fact, and is laid in the great open spaces of the (California) West. Action varies from tense melo drama such as Cantor making love to a sylphlike (see Webster page 2143) essence of future round steak, to his domestic opus when he concocts a "waffle." Some of the chorus numbers aren't the latest thing but they are easily pardoned if one raises his j eyes from the calves (female) to | the clouds and other scenic effects ! that abound in this film. And after we had taken "Whoo pee" in. genial George Godfrey let us preview "Red Head," which is a French film, French characters, photography, dialogue, and set ting. but it is not "Frenchy." In America such a title as this un doubtedly conjures up visions of \ Clara Bow or sumpin', but this I film is much different. "Red Head" is the epic portray- j al of a little spindly gamin not yet in his teens, the so not a prosper ous and kind hearted man. whose! wife's only delight, is in making | the other members of the family I unhappy, especially Toil do Car otte” as the "Red Head" is called. The story concerns itself with the urI tribulations of little C3 rotte, how he does all the work, fears ghosts, makes love, and con templates death. Foreign producers have not yet been able, apparently, to equal the technical fineness of some of our films but this one attains its ef fects in a manner that is novel and simple. Imagine being subjected to a close scrutiny of a cow’s ante rior (Schnozzle) during the height of one of little Carotte’s lighter moments when he goqs through a sham marriage ceremony with his faerie queen. Well, that’s just one of the queer one's, and there are lots more. The Safety Valve An Outlet for Campus Steam All communications arc to he addressed to The Editor, Oregon Daily Emerald, and should not exceed J00 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 To the Editor: In the talk by Whiting Williams before the student assembly Mon day morning there were, several points which I cannot allow to pass without comment. They were the following: 1. In his statement on the treatment of the Jews in Germany Mr. Williams left the impression that all of the Jews had been re moved from their positions and degraded to a low status in so ciety—the industrialists as well as) workers and scientists. This i not the situation. To the more wealthy and the more influential of the Jews, nothing has been done. Those Jews who were so cialists or communists were espe cially - ingled out for terr'ir Those of the Jewish mtelligensia who* had liberal or pacifist leanings were forced to flee from the country. 2. In connection with his point! on motivation, the value of the ruble was discussed. He failed to bring out several salient facts. One of these is that the Russians! do not maintain the ruble on the foreign exchange, and the value of the ruble quoted on the exchange as two and one-half cents has no bearing on the value of the ruble within the country. Furthermore the high prices about which Mr. Williams talked were the quota-’ tions to tourists which are higher than to workers. Also only one per cent of the soviet national in come goes to capitalistic enter prises, and the open market is but a small division of these enter prises. Thus the insignificance of the open market prices is seen. As to the question of the rise in wages. I should like to submit a table on the growth of the na tional income from the Soviet Union Review of October, 1933. (In. unchanging prices of 1926-27) 1913 . 21,500,000,000 1926 . 22,900,000,000 1932 .. 45.500,000,000 1933 (plan) .... 51,000,000,000 (Plan was exceeded in 1933.) 3. In dealing with the matter of starvation, Mr. Williams’ data on the years 1932-33 seem to dis agree completely with such au thorities as Maurice Hindus, Cor nelius Vanderbilt Jr., and mem bers of workers’ delegations sent from the United States. He used in his observations on the food shortage of 1932-33 material taken from previous famine and used isolated incidents from previous periods upon which to base a statement that. 5,000,000 people died in 1932-33 of starvation. In cidently he spoke to workers only in German, and there are fewer workers in Russia who speak German than there are in the United States. What sort of a basis for scientific investigation is this! 4. Our educational institutions in America were praised because they fostered an attitude of ig norance and reaction as typified by tbe statement of a negro boy whom Mr. Williams quoted. Commenting in general, I would say that the eulogy on the bum should have been followed to its obvious conclusion, either that we should all become bums or that there is something wrong with the system which will breed men who are perfectly satisfied to be bums. His stand for regulating the fu i ture in terms of economic policies which were practiced when the world situation was very much different than it is today is un scientific, to say the least. The inference that what we need in this country is a Hitler is a hard one for liberal minded people to i swallow. The attack on the 30-hour week by comparing it to dividing a slice of bread is so superficial as to miss the point completely. The point is that with our present stage of technical development 30 hours a week is enough labor to provide a satisfactory living for all of us. The least that could have been done would have been to give students the usual oppor tunity to ask questions in a forum as has been done in all other speeches of significance. CLAYTON VAN LYDEGRAF “Patronize Emerald advertisers.” A SHARP-EYED reporter rushes in with the information that there are cobwebs from the brim of the Pioneer Father’s hat to his coat collar. The natural inference is that he hasn’t been tipping his hat lately. Girls, something must be done about this! Are we to allow this deplorable condition to continue. No, a thousand (1000) times no! The first award of B, Clark’s Order of Merit for Meritorious Motorists goes to Ed Cross. Mr. Cross transported I.B. all the way from the Oregana of fice to College Side, and in consequence the cardboard placque is no wbeing engraved for presentation to him. Good ol’ Ed! Georgie “Mastodon” Bennett called up to inquire what odds I.B. would give him that no one faint ed at the love and marriage lec ture last night. I.B. would give no odds, as it is a frequent occur rence at these expositions. Just why people faint at these lectures no one knows. Some faint at the thought of marriage, and Kappas have been known to keel over at the mention of love! * * * Speaking of Georgie Ben nett, one of the more impres sionable lads in the editorial office stuck his head out of the door the other .evening and saw the old Local Landslide himself coming down the hall. The lad slams the portal and yells, “Quick, Green, lock the door! There's a mob coming!” * * * I.B. is going to COPYWRITE his column. It seems to be about the only way to keep the Oregon State Barometer from copying his stuff. We wouldn’t mind it if they would only ASK us if they could use our gags, but no, they pass ’em off as their own brain children. It’s bad enough having to write the Emer ald's humor column without having to write the Barometer’s, too! OGDEN GNASHES “This verse Is terse But scarcely Cherce!” “Thar she bloo-o-ws!!!” Emerald of the Air rJVHE Ducks may win or lose, but sports news goes on and on. This afternoon we present our regular Tuesday broadcast with Bill Eberhart, our sports announc er, at the mike. All the dope of the sports realm, past, present, and future is squeezed into this quar ter hour of etherized Emerald news. And the place and time, ladies and gentlemen, are KORE and 4:30, respectively. “Patronize Emerald advertisers.” Watch Your Eyes And They Will Look Out for You • A periodic examination will correct faults before they become serious DR. ELLA C. MEADE OPTOMETRIST 14 West Eighth—Eugene, Oregon Phone 330 TIES Finished on a Form Look Better Six for 75c Phone iL 30()