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return WSSS University of Oregon, Eugene Sterling Green, Editor Grant Thuemmel, Manager Joseph Sasiavsky, 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. Kstill Phipps, Sports Ed. A1 Newton, Dramatics Ed. Abe Merritt, Chief Night Ed. Peggy Chessman, Literary Ed. Barney Clark, Humor Ed. Cynthia Liljeqvist, Women’s Ed. Mary Louiee Edinger, Society Rd. George Callas, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: A1 Newton, Mary Jane Jenkins, Ralph Mason, John Patric, Newton Stearns. EXECUTIVE REPORTERS: Ann-Reed Burns, Newton Stearns, Howard Kessler. FEATURE WRITERS: Henriette Horak. REPORTERS:Miriam Eichncr, Virginia Scoville. Marian John son, Iveitii’.art ivnudr.en, Velma McIntyre. Ruth Weber. Rose Himelslein, Margaret lirown, Eleanor Aldrich, Leslie Stanley. SPORTS STAFF: Bill Eberhart, Asst. Sports lid.; Clair John son, decree Jones, Dan Clark, Don Olds, Betty Shoemaker, Bill Aetzel. Charles Paddock. COPYREADERS: Elaine Cornish, Dorothy Dill. Marie Pell, Phyllis Adams, Margery Kissling, Maluta Read, George Bikman. Virginia Endicott, Corinne La Ban c, Bob Parker, Mildred Blaekburne. WOMEN’S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Mary Graham, Bette Church, Ruth Heiberg, Pauline George. NIGHT EDITORS: Boh Parker. George Bikman, Tom Bin tord, Ralph Mason, A1 Newton. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Henryetta Mummey, Vir ginia Catherwood, Margilee Morse, Jane Bishop, Doris Bailey, Alice Tillman, Eleanor Aldrich. Margaret Rollins, .Marvel Read, Edith ( lark, Mary Ellen Eberhart. RADIO STAFF: Barney Clark, Howard Kessler, Eleanor Aid rich, Rose Himelstein. SECRETARY: Mary Graham. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF William Meissner, Adv. Mgr. Kon Rew, Asst. Adv. Mgr. William Temple, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Tom Holman, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Eldon Ilaberraan, National Adv. Mgr. Pearl Murphy, Asst. National Adv. Mgr. Ed Labhc, Circulation Mgr. Fred Fisher, Promotional Mgr. Htith Kippey, Checking Mgr. Willa Bitz, Checking Mgr. Sez Sue, Janis Worley Alene Walker, Office Mgr. ADVERTISING SALESMEN: Bob Helliwell, Jack Lew, Margaret Chase, Bob Cresswell, Hague Callister, Jerry 'i’homas, Vernon Bucglcr, Phi! Gilstiap, Jack McGirr, Gertrude Boyle. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Gretchen Gregg, Maryanne Skirving, Janet Hall, Dolores Belloni, Helen Dodds, Doris (Island, Mary Jane Moore, Cynthia Cornell. Mae Schmellbacher, Pat Nelson, Thelma Cook, Betty Gallaher, Vivian Wherrie, Jean Pinney. BUSINESS OFFICE, McArthur Court. Phone 3300 Local 214. EDITORIAL OFFICES, Journalism Bldg. Phone 3300—News Room, Local 355; Editor and M a nag mg Editor, Local 354. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 F.. 42nd St., New York City; 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1(104 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, sell of Deaonber 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. LABOR LOOKS LEISUREWARD WORKING hours for labor, the principal sub ject for regulation under the N. It. A. codes, has forced itself back onto the session tables of the administration’s industrial council. The 40 hour week is apparently not accomplishing its pur pose of dissolving the army of the unemployed. The CVVA projects have placed the names of per haps 4,000,000 on public, though temporary, pay rolls, and the codes have sent perhaps 3,000,000 more back to work in regular industry on some sort of basis; but that 15,000,000 unemployed figure has proven obstinate, for more than 8,000,000 are still not at work. Further cuts in hours seem im perative. Almost an even century's tortuous progress gives weight and a certain inevitability to the pres ent move for shorter hours. The cause of labor was first effectively voiced in the 1830s, when the newly acquired popular manhood suffrage gave impetus to working-man organization. A cry for the right to enjoy citizenship came from the work ers who struggled for a reduction in hours from “sun to sun” to “six to six,” witli two hours for meals- in effect, the 10-hour day. Industry ac cepted with reluctance tlie proposals of the new trade unions, and the 10-hour day stood unchal lenged until the period of expansion preceding the turn of the century. Adoption of the 8-hour day was first made in the building trades in the 1890s, but not till after more than a decade of strife marked at times by violence in this as well as other branches of in dustry. Public health was the basis for popular support, but it was not until the World war that the eight-hour day became the rule in such indus tries as steel, lumber, textiles, railroads, and the change was made on a basis of efficiency. The Federal government, observing British success with the eight-hour day in their munitions plants, pre vailed on industry to try the shorter working day as a wartime measure. The NRA codes, however, are ttie first compre hensive attempt made by the Federal government lo decrease hours for men. States, primarily Ore gon and Utah, have previously been upheld by the! courts in hours regulation. Legislation normally lags far behind necessity in matters of labor re form. Hours regulation for women was made in the 1810s, but the right of contract prevented en forcement, and actually legislation for women was till recent years neglected even more than that for pien. The present tendency toward shorter hours is! technological. Seventy men may now produce what j 100 men could produce ten years ago, and in many Industries the increased efficiency runs far above that figure. In industry excess labor is waste, and any machinery that displaces labor is deemed bene ficial, for almost always it decreases cost of pro duction. So vital a cheek on the displacement theory as the 32-hour work week suggested for new industrial codes will not go into effect, without strenuous opposition and innumerable attempts a; subterfuge on the part of various branches of in dust ry. PlBLltm VI,\l\ PROTESTED A PROTEST was voiced yesterday by members of three fraternities against the prominent display given in yesterday’s Emerald to the perma nent abolishment of the Miami Triad dance. We are thoroughly sympathetic with the injured feelings of those whose fraternities were involved, and who will have to do much explaining to parents and others over the incidents causing the ban, which may be considered minor indiscretitions. Nevertheless we have no apologies to make for ths Emerald’s treatment of the news. As an event of general campus interest, that particular item overshadowed everything else in the paper. To have “played it down” would not have altered its essential significance or its circu lation on the campus. Furthermore, virtually every student knew that such action was under consid eration, and the majority of students knew far more, of the details of the affair than were given in the Emerald. As organizations, the fraternities concerned were absolved of blame: the Emerald declared that the penalty was unusually severe, "particularly in view of the fact that n ne of the fraternities in volved would knowingly have countenanced mis behavior.” If any other fraternities had been in volved, the handling of the story would have been similar. No names of individuals were mentioned; the Emerald used the same technique as it em ployed a few days previously when four students were fined 15 hours apiece and placed on social probation. The purpose of the severe penalty meted out by the student affairs committee was not so much tc punish the offenders as to issue a powerful warn ing to the entire campus that misbehavior cannot be countenanced, and to show that individual in discretions, perhaps trivial in themselves, assume great proportions when they reflect discredit upon (he University. Acting upon this theory, the stu dent affairs committee and the dean' of women made no attempt to suppress the news, nor did the Emerald. At various times during the current year the Emerald has managed to place itself in the bad graces of practically every group on the campus simply because it has attempted to present all the news without suppression, to express its editorial opinions without cavil. Our life would be much easier if we made the Emerald a glorified house organ, dispensing gentle pellets of pleasant infor mation with criticism toward none, with soft-soa^ toward all. But as we have said before, the Em erald then would not be a newspaper. THE KEELS THE lack of accuracy in University time and the accompanying fitfulness of the bell-ringing service on the campus is an annoying and uneces sary impediment to classroom efficiency. University time, we have come to realize, car be all the way from three minutes fast to five min utes slow. Most professors realize that it is im possible to get a class started on the hour when the bells are so undependable. Many complexities arise from this irregularity. The hard-boiled professor, whose class takes five minutes after the bell to get settled, will detain the class for an equal length of time after the dis missal bell. This sort of retaliation is a sort of [ crude and stubborn justice that- penalizes a student who has a long hike to the next class. The result is an absurd confusion. Such lack of co-ordination throughout the cam pus is something that, it would seem, could be com paratively easily avoided. It would be excusable if we did not have the modern devices of electric clocks, central regulation, radio time, telephone time, and all tlie other improvements available. It Is amazing Lo find such a large body of people running on so loose a time schedule as docs the University. Surely tjie installation of one good master clock and an accurate ringing tape, syn chronized with the central office of Western Union observatory time woidd be as cheap a purchase in the interests of efficiency as cotdd be made. OVERFLOW POST-SEQUEL: Our two recent essays on the business of fanciful names have started something. We hesitate to repeat this one, but a mem ber of the sports staff swears before God and these witnesses that it is authentic: A family of his acquaintance (last name on file here) was blessed with many pairs of tiny feet running about the house. They named the first one "Welcome." But there can be too much of a good thing. They passed numbers ten. eleven, twelve, thir teen, and fourteen. The fifteenth was a baby girl. They named her "Plenty Nellie." We arc all choked up inside with gratitude and wonder at what happened in John T. Ga noe’s World History class Monday. "I would ask you to read both of these sources," he said, "but l realize that you have other courses besides this one to prepare for." * * * Drunks aren't usually half as funny as they ate supposed to be, but one drunk gave us one of the happiest moments of our recollection. It was at the Oregon-Washington football game in 1930. A record crowd jammed Mult nomah stadium, bands marched and counter marched and the suit shone merrily. Governor Hartley of Washington beamed as he Informed the crowd, through the field loud-speakers, that if Washington needed an other man they could call on him. And the bands played. The game wore on. Hufford, the star Wash ington back that was being boomed for All American. was having his greatest ott-day Time and again the Oregon line would play hob with his lateral passes and line smashes, ttn several successive plays he lost yardage. An inebriate behind u reeled to his feet. "Hartley for Hufford!" he shrieked. JHOUSE HEADS PROTEST STORY OF 'TRIAD' BAN (CoiUinued from Faye One) fsuch publicity as that given the {Triad. “The sponsors of the Miami {Triad do not take any exceptions to th : ion ot tlj ; ludent rela tions gunip in banning the dance, j The undersigned wish to apologize to the students and the fiieuds of the University for being instru mental in an affair which, in any way, excited criticism. We. m turn, demand and expect an apol ogy from the Oregon Daily Em 01 aid l'oi the policy which prompt** .Oil thorn I" 'wavo' the story be fore the eyes of its readers in such a way to imply irregularities which did not exist at the Miami Triad. "Respectfully, Vd >\V1.\ M ARTlNUALbl JOHN KK.NOAU. O ill ruOXiAS. JK ' Education By STANLEY KOBE Practical Moves Toward Disarmament I WTITH the president officially en ™ couraging a larger navy, and with the army gladly and loudly furnishing its encouragement the outlook is not bright for those of the younger generation who sin cerely hope to avoid killing or be ing killed. The feeling is growing more common that the “next war” is only a matter of time, that it can possibly be postponed, but not prevented. And this feeling is quite justified, for there is little doubt that if the present rate of growth of armaments and the military spirit continues unchecked in the future, the only thing that will be in doubt about the “next war” is its place and date. Oswald Garrison Villard, whc speaks today at the Students For um and at an all-University lec i ture, brought out in last week's j Nation an article scoring this fa talistic attitude. lie brings forth what he believes is a workable first move toward disarmament. He would have President Roose velt offer to England, Japan, France, and Italy a 50 per cent reduction of land forces and a 30 per cent reduction of naval forces, with immediate suspension of all building programs, and an agree ment by each country never to al low its military forces to cross its national borders. Mr. Villard’s suggestion is emi nently practical. In spite of the fact that the president has ex pressed his support of a larger navy, he has repeatedly denied that he is either imperialistic or militaristic, so that he hardly need worry of the change of face. In addition, the popularity of the president is so great at the pres ent time that he could probably swing the support of the coun try behind almost any move that he might take, in a way that may not be possible again in many years. Military big-wigs have claimed that the United States has been, in the past few years, setting an example of disarmament for the countries of the world, the present world situation proving therefore that disarmament is a failure. Even could it be granted that this country has been playing so ideal istic a role, it must not be forgot ten that mere example accom plishes little. An official, yet sin cere and open offer must be made by one country to the others. An action such as that suggested by Mr. Villard should be made through official diplomatic channels, yet with full publicity given to every move, so that the pressure of pub lic opinion will have its effect.—^ Minnesota Daily. Innocent Bystander By BARNEY CLARK 7ARNING is being issued to all j couples that the bridge on the j road leading' to Sow Meadows (us ually known as Fiji Meadows), is | closed due to repairs. The county j road commissioner assures us that | this intolerable condition will soon be remedied. Dorothy Anno ('lark is sporting a poach of a shiner those days. By shiner, we mean, of course, a black eye. 1.15. has realized ail along that Tom Aughinbaugh was a di rt-e t and outspoken young chap, but we never realized tluit In- would go to such ex treincs. Anyhow, D. A. is flashing a Fiji ring'. Compen sation, we suppose. And then there was the bitter remark we overheard the .other day: “Neal Bush used to break coeds’ hearts. Now he breaks their arch es.” Wo never realized before that Ned “Teddy-bear” Simp son was a CROONER. It’s true, though. Ned stood right up at the Theta formal and sang, of al! pieces, •‘Tempta tion.” We are assured that he has a very good voice, too. Ned, though we haven’t mentioned it before, is one of our leading contenders for our Order of Merit for Meritor ious Motorists. We suspect a sinister motive beneath this assiduous generosity, for it has been bruited about that Mr. Simpson is only waiting until President Gets Invitation \n invitation to FranUlin 1) l{oosevelt in tlie form of a redwood hurl plaque lo visit tin- redwood einpire on lii~- proposed trip to the roast is loattes aboard a plane at Nan Francisco. From lett to right, are Fostmaster \\ . ii. .Met aithv. I dot SUucii, Stewardess V i.oiiii.i | Dunham, and M. O. UoitUuaa, prt uleiit oi tin red>iuod tinput. his new car is broken in before he takes li. Clark on a ride which will equal, if riot sur pass, the ride B. Clark took him on last fall. The most amusing news we have heard for weeks is the report that the dean of women has established a new inspection system, whereby our coeds are to be inspected by their respective house mothers be fore they go out in the evenings, j to see that they are wearing the ; proper amount of clothes. The i well-dressed coed must now wear, panties, a brassiere, and a slip. I Low-backed dresses are verboten. , Oh Death, where is thy sting! OGDEN GNASHES "The gals that make this a merry life Are not the kind you take to wife!” “Maybe Alumni of Oregon r Receive Positions T. Neil Taylor, June ’31, former ly of Portland, has a new position with the Zellerbach Paper com pany in Oakland, California. Philip A. Cogswell is working' on the News-Telegram in Portland. He graduated in June. '33. Kenneth Roduner, Sept., ’33, is continuing his music studies in New York City, and is singing in the South Park church there. His mailing address is 36 West Thirty ninth street. Maude Moore, Jan. '34, is wo men's social director for the Marysville School community C. W. A. project in Portland. Marvin A. McConnell, Jan. ’34, has a position with the Standard Oil company. He was married on January 30. and lives at 206 Al varado street. Casa Bonita apart ments. Pomona, California. VICTOR P. MORRIS IS SPEAKER FOR GROUP (Continued from Page One) solini's cries for Italian suprem acy, Hitler's militaristic and na tionalistic attitude in Germany are further evidences of this trend. The best possibilities for inter national cooperation can probably be obtained through the League of Nations. Although it has been se verely criticized for its ia#k of en foreement. it is a step in the right direction and has the backing of public opinion, if nothing else stated Idorri^. Reading -and Writing PEGGY CHESSMAN, Editor TREADING and Writing today of fers excerpts from CTiristo pher Morley’s criticism of “Brazil ian Adventure,” Peter Fleming's book selected by the Book-of-the Month club for January. The reason' he started the book, Morley says, was that his eyes met the phrase “it requires far less courage to be an explorer than to be a chartered accountant,” and he felt the urge to read the words of an honest author. Following the completion of the book his comments were “how en chanting—I don't suppose any more delightful account of travel has ever been written--it is ex quisitely absurd and unimportant, and full of sense and sensibility.” Of course, that is typically Mor ley. There are those of us who ac cept his word and will read the book if only because he has recom I mended it. Then, Loo, there are a ! great many of us who do not par ticularly care for Morley and his i individuality, but it might be w'ise ! to read the travels to see if Mor \ ley as a writer and Morley as a j critic are alike in judgement. Morley says that “Peter Flem ! ing is evidently a nut, of the pleas ] antest sort. His excursion was harebrained and haphazard, a ven ture for which Rider Haggard | might have written the plot and j Conrad designed the scenery.” The author of “Brazilian Ad j ventures” writes with engaging humor. He is unusually clever in | presenting his material, clever I enough to warrant Money’s com : ment that “this book is one of the 1 most irresistibly amusing ones I have ever read.” Fleming plays up the comic side of his adventure. He tells of his secret code (based on Othello, for he is a lover of Shakespeare) for sending back dispatches to the London Times. The conclusion, according to the review, is delightful. After so many ardors and endurances Flem ing returns to England with his meager dunnage, and is held up by the customs for six ounces of Amazon tobacco. The book, says Morley, “is beau tiful, mirthful, honest, and unique in its kind. In its revelation of the best Old Etonian temperament it deserves filing as a state paper.” University Buys Copy ofr Wehfoot Published in 1876 Struble's Webfoot Magazine, printed in June 1876, was recently purchased by the University at a book auction in Chicago. It is a small, worn edition (Vo!. 1. No. 1.) of the magazine and the pages are yellowed by age, but it contains j interesting activities of the North west during this period. The Webfoot was devoted to lit erature, science, art, commerce and the general interests of the Pacific Northwest. The advertisements are quaint ! and amusing and the printing is : the lovely old fashioned type. An interesting article on the life of Daniel Clark, who as it says, “Is now in the meridian of his man hood,” relates some of the exper iences of this explorer in the north west. “The Weekly Standard,” an ad ; vertisement states, “published at | Portland, Oregon is the largest Democratic weekly paper on the Northwest coast, contains all tele graphis, State and Territorial news, a carefully corrected mar ket report and editorials on all national and state issues. Per annum $3.00, per 6 months, $2.00 three months SI.50.” Emerald of the Air YJWE offer two features for to ” day's Emerald - of - t h e - Air ■broadcast. A general splash in the snappy news of the day at 4:30 possibly supplemented by another inter view with a celebrity if we can supply one. “Yellow Courage” is the title of tonight's 15-minute drama pre sented by the Emerald Radio Guild. It’s the story.of a daring wartime sky ace, and it presents a quarter hour of thrills in the air, over the air. The cast is made up of Ted Karafotias as Bradley, Bill Thienes as Hofen, Boyd Jackson as G-2, and Rex Faust as Morton. The station is KORE. Browsing Room Featured Part o Awaited Library A browsing room is to be a fea ture of the proposed new library, according to Dean Karl W. On thank, personal administration. What is a browsing room ? It is a cozy reading room where stu dents can wander in and select books from open shelves to read at random. The books will repre sent a variety of interests, for reading' material in every phase of college life is to be available. Athletics, recreational studies, orientation in college and in later life, interesting college people and the idea of a university, (that is, the what and why of college) are samples of subjects that will be available. “The new library is planned with a fine arts room for free stu dent reading, such a room is com monly called a ‘browsing room.’ Students may sample books they wish and select those they would like to read more fully. We would appreciate students’ suggestions for desirable reading material,” said Dean Onthank. The college life shelf, now spon sored by Onthank in the old li brary, is the basis of the idea in which the plan shall be expanded in the new library. A neat poster, made by Helen Wilson, sets the shelf off from the others in the old library. Spanish Meeting To Feature Flay A one-act play in Spanish dia logue, dealing with the adventures of an unfortunate doctor, will bo the feature of a Spanish club meeting at 7:30 tonight in West minster house. Following the play, members of the club will sing Spanish songs. All interested are invited to the meeting. This play, “El Joven Medico In fortunado,” is one of a series of three, to be presented at succes sive weekly meetings of the club. Marie Saccamanno, president of the Spanish club, is directing all of them. The cast of tonight's play is as follows: Doctor Cantante, played by Bill Starr; un Caballero, by Harvey Field; una senora, by Lo rayne Blackwell. Songs to be sung by the group are Alla en el Rancho Grande, Ya Va Cayendo, Cielito Lindo, Adelita, La Chaparrita, El Dester rado, and, as a conclusion to the evening, the national Mexican an them. Monday Student Recital Howard Halbert will present Brewster Smith in violin recital next Monday. Houser, former Art Student, Working on National Shrine Ivan Houser, former student of the University of art and archi tecture, is at present first assist ant to Gutzen Borglum, interna tionally noted sculptor, on the Mt. Rushmore national memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota, according to the last edition of, "Old Oregon," the University al umni publication which was issued recently. Houser was enrolled at Oregon from 1922 to 1921. An interesting account of the work, which when completed will include huge heads of Presidents Washington. Jefferson. Lincoln anti Roosevelt, is given in the maga zine. Unlike ordinary sculpturing where hand chisels and mallets are used. Sculptors Borglum and Hou ser must use miner’s drills, dyna mite, levels and tape lines, the ar ticle says. Each of the four vis ages are to be in heroic relief. Sixty feet from top of head to chin, carved out of the solid granite of the solid granite of the hills. Houser's job is known technical ly as "pointing up," which means sitting in the studio located a mile front the scene of operation, and bv means of sighting devices and telephonic instruction to assistants on the ccent. locates the nght po sition on the mountain said for the features as laid out on a 60 inch model before him. The Mt. Rushmore project is partly financed by private sub scriptions and these are matched by the federal government. The memorial will depict Washington, founder of the United States; Jef ferson, writer of the declaration of Independence; Roosevelt, perpet uator of the ideals of the nation; and Lincoln, preserver of the Un ion. A history in 100 words, writ ten by former President Calvin Coolidge. will also be carved in the ; rock. After leaving the University and before mining Borglum, Houser ; an interesting and successful ! career. He spent four years de signing on the Pacific coast, then studied under Arthur Lee of New \oik. He has assisted Korglum on | the "Trail Drivers" memorial in San Antonio, the Harvey Scott memorial in Portland, and'the Wil liam Jennings Brvan statue in Washington, D. C. He has exhibit ed his work in New York, Wash ington. and Portland, and small bronze mask is on permanent dis play at the Corcoran Gallery of -fit m Ualdington. D. C.