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University of Oregon, Eugene Sterling Green, Editor Grant Thuemmel, Manager Joseph Saslavslsy, Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Doug Polivka and Don Caswell, Associate Editors; Merlin Blais, Guy Shadduck, Parks Hitchcock, Stanley Robe UPPER NEWS STAFF jviaicoim i>auer, J\ews z.d. Estill Phipps, Sports Ed. A1 Newton, Dramatics Ed. Abe Merritt, Chief Night Ed. Peggy Chessman, Literary Ed. narney ciaric, liumor h,<l. Cynthia Liljeqvist, Women’s Ed. Mary Louiec Edinger, Society Ed. George Callas, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: AI Newton, Mary Jane Jenkins, Ralph Mason, John Pa trie, Newton Stearns. EXECUTIVE REPORTERS: Ann-Keed Burns, Newton Stearns, Howard Kessler, Betty Ohlemiller. 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. Ruth Weber, Rose Himelstein, Margaret Brown, Eleanor Aldrich. SPORTS STAFF: Bill Eberhart, Asst. Sports Ed.; Clair John son, George Jones, Dan Clark, Don Olds, Betty Shoemaker, Bill Actzcl, Charles Paddock. COPYREADERS: Elaine Cornish, Dorothy Dill, Marie Pell, Phyllis Adams, Margery Kissling, Maluta Read, George Bikman, Virginia Endicott, Corinne La Bane. Bob Parker. WOMEN’S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Mary Graham, Bette Church, Ruth Heiberg, Pauline George. NIGHT EDITORS: Bob Parker, George Bikman, Tom Bin ford, Ralph Mason, Al Newton. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Henryetta Mumraey, 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, Eleanor Aid rich, Rose Himelstein. SECRETARY: Mary Graham. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF wniiam Meissner, auv. Mgr. Ron Kew, Asst. Adv. Mgr. William Temple, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Tom Holman, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Eldon Haberman, National Adv. Mgr. i carl Murphy., Asst. INational Adv. Mgr. Ed Labbe, Circulation Mgr. Fred Fisher, Promotional Mgr. 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The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Otcgon, 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. ‘HE state of Oregon has lost the best secretary of state in its history. That is our own esti mate of Hal E. Hoss, who died yesterday morning, and that of thousands of persons who have been privileged to know him and deal with him. Hoss is a splendid example of the self-made man, so dear to American idealogy. He started from scratch, with nothing but an overwhelming capacity for work, a dogged tenacity, aftd a sense of humor. He came to be the most universally respected and admired of Oregon’s public officers. His death, at the early age of 41, was hastened by years of actual overwork work devoted to the interest of the people of Oregon. We wrote last week of his splendid personal attributes and his interest in the University and the school of journalism. We extend our sincere sympathy to Hal Hoss’ family, his subordinates, his fraternal associates, and his legion of friends. And it is with supreme regret lhat we lay this last, inadequate tribute on the copy desk. That copy desk, we may add, was the gilt to the Emerald of Hall Hoss and a few of his friends. TO HAL HOSS TO CLARIFY ouk stand Tlyl'ANY have called to compliment us on yester day's stand against compulsory military train ing in the University. Probably as many are in clined to question our views. And a few have ac cused us of straddling the issue. The latter accusation comes more or less as a shock, for although we attempted to encompass in small space what we consider all the major aspects of the case for compulsory training', we thought it was made quite clear that we believed the argu ments con outweighed the arguments pro. For the sake of clarity, then, we offer the fol lowing summarization of our views: 1. The present indisputable need for national defense can be adequately served by other means of training much superior to the present loosely organized two-year drill required in the universi ties. 2. The existence of military units on every campus, with required attendance, is socially un desirable, since it inclines youthful minds to a friendliness toward warfare and perpetuation of the militaristic method of settling international disputes. 3. Students who by reason of religion or con science abhor waifare, and students who feel that the value of military training is of negligible im portance in comparison with the other courses with which they could fill their college hours, should not be compelled to undergo drill, nor should they be subjected to humiliation in requesting exemp tion from drill; this more particularly since the government avowedly pursues a policy of not re quiring compulsory training duriug peace times. 4. If the desirability of continuing to teach mili tary practices and tactics to those who desire them, is conceded, there still remains no need for making military compulsory. The chances are overwhelm ing that a sufficient number would continue to take these courses to keep the local military unit alive, even if training were voluntary. 5. As realization of the economic and social wastefulness of warfare spreads, there will be ever increased demands to abolish the compulsory fea ture of military training. The issue will rise again and again. The question will not be settled by a disallowance of the present petition. We have no figures to show the country's pres ent state of preparedness, yet whatever the need for army reserve officers, we feel it can be filled fully as well by an expansion of the training camp system. To quote a University of California pro fessor reported in the newspaper of that school: “Compulsory military training is a matter of pre paredness. The only defense of a country is that of disciplined and courageous citizens. Compul sory training as we have it here, in competition with intellectual interests, is too trifling to be a real discipline.” This is not true of the advanced military courses, but it is certainly true of the underclass work which is all that the great ma jority of students take. SENIOR RELIEF TT is perfectly logical that college should grow more difficult each year as the student pro gresses. But there seems to be too great a differ ence between the activity required of freshmen and that of upperclassmen. Somewhere in the latt::r part of a college career, sometimes early in the iunior year, sometimes in the early part of the senior year, the student finds himself running into a sharp incline in work. Curricular duties naturally grow more difficult, but they are by no means the only part of the bur den that multiplies itself. Campus activities out of the classroom lead steadily to positions of greater responsibility. Most honoraries are restricted to upperclassmen, and large numbers of students enter these with often an election to an office or two; and countless minor appointments are passed out, for which experienced upperclassmen are desired. Coupled with the more profound scholastic work required of seniors, this gives the student a list of duties many times the size of his early load. It is deplorable that in his last years a student should be running on such an airtight schedule as to not be able to afford an evening or Sunday to himself with clear conscience. Only in activities is there a possibility of relief. No organization wants its venture bungled by an inexperienced student, although the great clamor for “Seniors Only” on important positions is largely unwarranted. There are plenty of really good underclassmen who could eliminate this monopoly if they were given a chance. •Contemporary Opinion Spellbinding for NBA T ISTENING to Frederick Vining Fisher, field representative for NRA, carries one back to the jolly old days of the World War, and Mr. Fisher himself contributes to this impression by likening the fight against depression to the war. Mr. Fisher is of the skilled-exhorter type who made the “pep” talks in the Liberty Loan drives and in the army camps during the war. There can be no denying that a certain amount of this “evangelistic” activ ity is necessary to winning any kind of war, but it is not presuming, we hope, to say in candor that Mr. Fisher’s appearances here have left “some things to be desired.” Mr. Fisher’s complaint that the people of the Pacific Coast particularly in Oregon and Califor nia—are not giving the Blue Eagle the enthusi astic support it should have betrays some mis understanding of the real attitude here. True, we are a long way from Washington and from the East which has been the center of industrial troubles, but people on the Coast have been almost unani mous in their pledges to NRA, and if it is not “clicking” here, it may be because the Coast pre sents some special problems which have not been clearly answered. With a few notable exceptions, the Coast is a legion of small businesses and agriculture. In the main, there has been quick and willing effort to comply with NRA provisions, but business men have been hampered by the inadequate provision for financing expanded operations, the public has been bewildered by the absence of any very effec tive and equitable program for enforcing regula tions, and unquestionably there has. been a great deal of the “chiseling” and "bargain hunting” which Mr. Fisher so vigorously deplores. As we view the situation, the Coast is ready to give NRA just as much cooperation as any | other part of the country, but it must be accom plished by friendly guidance with actual problems! rather than by exhortations. The intricate-prob lems of industrial readjustment are to be settled not by excitements but by patient effort and clear heads. Mr. Fisher's talks will be useful in re-creating the emotional atmosphere for NRA. but they have not answered some of the factual questions which are bothering many people as to just how we go and where we go, under the Blue Eagle, from here. Eugene Register-Guard. OVERFLOW CD he tips and marries the girl, did a friend ^ of ours, ex-'35, S. A. E., last week. Having- figured out that one plus one equals one, he took his lady up to the minister's house to have it done. He and two pals parked their seegars on the front porch and went in. Everything was going along pretty well, what with no rehearsal and all. Finally the minister said: “Now. take the young lady's right hand.” The groom reached over with his left hand and took the lady's right. “No, no," interrupts the minister, "use your right hand.” “But," complained the groom, "I'm left handed.” * * * Esthetic note: five large college boys were observed the other night gazing raptlv at some orchids in the window of a florist. * * * A Washington man hurled himself into the third row of the coed rooting section last night. It was the first really commendable leap since the halcyon days of Billy “Peanut" Keenan two years ago. On a good night, Keenan could dash for the sidelines after the ball, knock it back and go five rows landing keel up. Gib Olinger, when he was a sophomore, used to get off some pretty good jumps into the feminine lap. But advancing years and the captaincy have sobered him Mavbe he's just getting a little blase. Where Do We Come In ? - By STANLEY ROBE Hal E. Hoss TTAL E. HOSS received his first newspaper experience at the age of 17 years, when he obtained employment on the Salem Index, a small weekly newspaper. “I re call Mr. Hoss telling me how he spent his spare time then by studying law,’’ said Arne G. Rae, field manager of the Oregon State Editorial association and friend of the secretary of state for the past 18 years. When Rae first met Hoss in 1916, Hoss was operating a taffy stand of the carnival type at the Tillamook county fair and the As toria Regatta. Hoss’ place of business was a tent which he moved along with a carnival’s side shows. Hoss was then famed for his ability to pull taffy for a length of 15 feet. He spent many summers oper ating his taffy stand on the coast, and at the same time covered a string of Tillamook beaches as correspondent for the Morning Oregonian. As a result of his ef forts, many new beach communi ties were organized. During the winter months, Hoss clerked in a Portland hotel. In the year 1918, he served as a i reporter on a Camas, Washington, j newspaper, and shortly afterwards I became editor of the Clackamas | County Banner at Oregon City. It ■ was in that capacity that he ef fected the consolidation of the Banner and the Oregon City Week ly Courier. Hoss became editor and manager of the consolidated paper, the Banner-Courier. In 1920, when Edward E. Brodie, publisher of the Oregon City En terprise, became United States minister to Siam, Hoss took over the editorship and management of the Enterprise. It was in this po sition in 1921 that Hoss was elect ed secretary of the Oregon State Editorial association, serving in that office for two years, at the end of which he was elected presi dent of the association in 1923. He served in this capacity for two years, and then returned to the position of secretary in 1925. He resigned this position on January 1, 1927, to become secretary to Governor Isaac L. Patterson. During his newspaper career, Hoss was vice-president of the Na tional Editorial association, was an Oregon delegate to a New Hampshire conference of the na tional group, and was president of the Pacific Slope Newspaper con ference. Hoss held a record in Oregon for editorial and publish ing association offices. Hoss was appointed secretary of state September 20, 1928, by Gov ernor Patterson to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Sam A. Kozer to become state budget di rector. He had in the meantime secured the Republican nomination in the primary election, and was elected to the post the following November. He was re-elected to a second term in November, 1932. Hoss had been much discussed as a possible candidate for gover nor and on several occasion in the past few years was introduced as “Oregon’s future governor.” Rae worked with Hoss on the Oregon City Banner-Courier and the Enterprise, and said that Hoss had exceptional ability to build an esprit de corp among his em ployees and fellow workers and developed a loyalty and friendli ness toward all of his help. “Hal Hoss was always appre ciated by the younger folk, and his numerous visits to the Univer sity campus won for him many young friends,” Rae stated. Reading -and Writing PEGGY CHESSMAN, Editor WfHAT has America been reading ” during the past week? The New York Herald-Tribune conducted a survey for the past week, asking booksellers through out the country to report the sale of books and rental of others. When all statistics had been tab ulated, figures showed that new fiction fared a great deal better than new non-fiction, although there was a definite influx of read ing in the latter class. Hervey Allen's “Anthony Ad- j verse" topped the list of all sales and reading, followed closely by Walter B. Pitkin's 1933 best-seller, "Life Begins at Forty." Classified under fiction books outstanding in the people's choice were "Men Against the Sea,' Nordhoff and Hall; "Within This Present," Margaret A. Barnes; "Thin Man," Dashiell Hammett; “Sea Level," Anne Parrish; “The j Mother," Pearl S. Buck; "Oil for the Lamps of China," A. T. Ho bart ; “Skin and Bones,” Thorne Smith; "Rabble in Arms,” Ken neth Roberts; "Bird of Dawning," John Masefield; "Cross of Peace," Philip Gibbs; "Nest of Simple Folk." Sean O’Faolian; "One More River," John Galsworthy; “Miss Bishop." Bess S. Aldrich; “After i Such Pleasures." Dorothy Parker; "Bredon and Sons," Neil Bell; "Three Cities." Sholont Asch: and "L'Affaire Jones,' Hillel Bernstein The non-fiction group for the! last seven days included "Crowded Hours," Alice R. Longworth; "Bra zilian Adventure." Peter Fleming. "Man of the Renaissance," Ralph! Boeder: "More Power to You," Walter B Pitkin; "Testament of Youth." Vera Brittain: "Marie An toinette." Stefan Zweig; "Edward ian Era," Andre Maurois: "10.000. 000 Guinea Pigs." Kallett and Schlink; "Timber Line." Gene Fowler, "American Procession," edited by Rogers and Mien "\t 33." Eva Le Gallieune; "First' World War,” edited by Laurence Stallings; “Poor Splendid Wings,” Frances Winmar; “Charles Dick ens,” Stephen Leacock; “Flush,” Virginia Woolf; and “Mary of Scotland,” Maxwell Anderson. I " 1 Emerald of the Air We present today: At 4:30 We wade through the news of the day. At 8:30 Dramatics prevails during this hour. The creation as well as the production is an origi nal product of campus talent. The play, which is written by Hank Roberts and directed by Mary Graham, concerns a paralyzed war-time air pilot and his buddy. Those taking part are Lenelle Matthews, Bill Rice, Hank Rob erts, Dorothy Griffin, and George Bikman. 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 see fit. Portland, Ore., Feb. 5, 1934. To the Editor, . Oregon Daily Emerald, | Eugene, Oregon. 1 Dear Sir: Permit me to express apprecia ! tion of the editorial entitled "We ' Draw Fire,” in the issue of Febru j ary 1. 1934. It is a well written j reply to my criticism and at the same time carries a tone of fair j consideration for adverse opinion. It has been asserted that only by the free and unhampered clash of j fact with fact and opinion with ! opinion can we hope to move on ! ward toward the ultimate truth. In order to attain a fair amount ! of ideas it would appear that something akin to judicial tern ANNOUNCING OPENING — under — NEW MANAGEMENT FREE COFFEE Wednesday Only Toastwich Shoppe 786 East 11th i perament is a desirable quality in editors. Your rebuttal, however, does not ^exactly meet the issue. And therein lies example of a fault found by this long-time omnivor ous reader of newspapers and newspaper editorials. The eastern educator is reported to have said that graduation from high school in his city must depend upon the student’s ability to read and un derstand the front page of his newspaper. My point is that the front page 01? a newspaper has no certain high standard of educative value and that the student’s news paper likely might be of a type of the specimen I submitted and which you classify as lowbrow journalism. In such a case, if the student took his front page se riously, it would appear that upon graduation he would be ready for post-graduate work in a peniten tiary or to matriculate in a first class asylum for the insane. Prob ably such journalism is in the ma jority, especially in New York City, so it is clear that the test proposed is not a safe criterion if high quality of education is de sired. If the educator is correctly reported he went off half-cocked. You offer a much more com mendable example of newspaper front page as being the type you had in mind when voicing approv al of the idea of requiring high school students to study their newspapers. Making haste to pro claim familiarity with such news papers and avowing preference for them. I still contend that their oc casional existence does not war rant any such broad rule as that announced by the New York school superintendent. In fact your ci tation strengthens my contention that such a rule would be foolish. Your example, however, is good evidence of your ultimate proposi tion. that a good newspaper is the principal reading fare of the well informed man. Students should be urged to read good newspapers. (I spent several years on the Oregon campus urg mg tnat tact upon most of the students and some of the faculty with non-success.) But it might be well to recommend what Fran cis Bacon said in his essay, “Of Studies”; “Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and con sider. Some books are to be tast ed, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digest ed; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.” Bacon lived before newspapers as we know them but what he had to say about book fits very well to present day periodicals. In case you are not already fa miliar with it, I would call your attention to Chapter XV of “The New Morality,” by Durant Drake, which excerpt is entitled “Poisoned Journalism.” You will, of course, apply Bacon’s rules, supra. Yours truly, SILVAUS KINGSLEY. Campus, Feb. 5, 1934. To the Editor: Just a suggestion for someone who might care to “editorialize”; students who carefully deposit their coats in the cloak room of the library have returned from their labors and found articles missing. A sum of money, a pen or any thing else of any value, missing, might be overlooked since anyone should know better than to be so careless; however, when some stu dents are so small as to steal cig arettes out of another pcrson'3 coat, that’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Yours for a little more honesty, • L.F.S. Innocent Bystander By BARNEY CLARK tNNOCENT BYSTANDER has been thinking, and he has come to the conclusion that he is a greater man than either Professor Fisher or Doctor Einstein. Ac cording to the papers, only 19 men understand Fisher's theory of money, and only 12 understand Einstein’s theory of relativity. I. B. has only six readers that un derstand HIM. Anyway, that's our story, and we're stuck with it. We reveiewed one of the skits for the Coed Capers yes terday, and are still weak from the ordeal. The high point of the act was reached when Cynthia Liljeqvist and Virginia Wappenstein did a sort of involved adagio dance, in which they resembled most closely a mother kangaroo carrying her brood. Such grace! * * * The placard (ask the man that owns one) on the wall of College I Side for the registration of en ! trants in the beard growing con gest has provided much fun for the local wags. Here are some of the entries: Chancy Kerr. Newt Smith (College Side). “Doc” Moll. Gyp College Side (the dog). Mahatma Ghandi. Smith Bros. (Trade and Mark). Susan Campbell (S.P.T.) * * :S Green says we can’t So to the game until we finish this culumn. Ha! * * * OGDEN GNASHES “Betas are tough Bets are bad; But never doubt, They can be had!” 3: * * “Honest, I didn’t mean it that way!” (Continued on Page Tzvo) CLASSIFIED Advertisements Kates Payable in Advance 10c a line for first insertion; 5c a line for each additional insertion. 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