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University of Oregon, Eugtme Sterling Green, Editor Grant ThuemmeJ, Manager Joseph Snslavsky, Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Doug Polivka and Don Caswell, Associate Editors; Merlia Blais, Guy Sbadduck, Parks Hitchcock, Stanley Robe UPPER NEWS STAFF Malcolm Hauer, News Ed. Estili Phipps, Sports Ed. A1 Newton, Dramatics Ed. Abe Merritt, Chief Night Ed. Peggy Chessmaa, Literary Ed. Harncv mark, Humor Ed. Cynthia Liljeflvist Woman’s Ed. Mary Louiee Eaifiger, Society Ed. George Callas, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: A1 Newton, Mary Jane Jenkins, Ralph Mason, John Patric, Newton Stearns. EXECUTIVE REPORTERS: Ann Reed Barns, Howard Kess ler. FEATURE WRITER: Henrietta Horak. REPORTERS:Miriam Eichner, Virginia Scoville, Marian John *on, Reinhart Knudsen. Velma McIntyre. Ruth Weber, Rose llimclstein, Margaret Brown, Eleanor Aldrich, Leslie Stanley, Nowton Stearns, Fred Colvin, Guy Shellenbarger. SPORTS STAFF: Bill Eberhart, Asst. Sports Kd.; Clair John son, George Tones, Dan Clark, Don Olds, Betty Shoemaker, Bill Aetzel, Charles Paddock. COPYREADERS: Elaine Cornish, Dorothy Dill, Marie Pell, Phyllis Adams, Margery Kissling, Mnkita Read, George Bikman, Virginia Endicott, Corinne LaBarre, Mildred Black WO MEN’S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Mary Graham, Bette Church, Ruth Ileiberg, Pauline George. NIGHT EDITORS: Bob Parker, George Bikman, Tom Bin ford, Ralph Mason. A1 Newton. ASSISTANT NIGIIT EDITORS: HenryetU Mummey, Vir ginia Catherwood, Margilce Morec, Tane Bishop, Doris Bailey, Alice Tillman. Eleanor Aldrich. Margaret Rollins, Marvel Read, Edith Clark, Mary Ellen Eberhart. RADIO STAFF: Barney Clark, Howard Kessler, Eleanor Aid rich, Rose Ilimelstein. SECRETARY: Mary Graham. UPPER BUSINB6S S*»AFF William Meissner, Adv. Mgr. Ron Rew. Asst. Adv. Mgr. William Temple, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Tom Holman, Asst. Ad". Mgr. Eldon Haberman, National Adv. Mgr. Pearl Murplij, Asst. National Adv. Mgr. Ed Labbe, Circulation Mgr. Fred Fisher, Promotional Mgr. Ruth Kippey, Checking Mgr. Willa Bitz, Clocking MgT. Sez Sue, Jams Worley Alene Walker, Office Mgr. ADVERTISING SALESMEN: Bob Hdliwell, Jack Lew, Bob CresBwell, Ha^ue CaHister, Jerry Thoman, Phil Gil strap, Jack McGirr. Gertrude Boyle, Blaine Ballah, Mary an no Skirving. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Gretchen Gregg, Janet Hall, Dolores Bolloni, Doris Osland, Mary Jane Moore, Cynt.hia Cornell, Mae Schellbacher, Pat Nelnon, 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 Managing Editor, Local 354. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42nd 5*t., New York Citv; 123 W. MadisonvSt., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1206 Maple Avc., 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 seoond-cla9S matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. DOCTORING THE CONSTITUTION rTMIE constitutional revision committee is ready to offer for the delectation of the student body a group of amendments to the flimsy A. S. U. O. constitution. From what we have learned, there is not much in the proffered amendments that will set the world on fire. Nevertheless they contain several suggestions that will considerably expedite the flow of business through student administrative channels. Anil there arc one or two which could cQnceivably arouse a mild storm of opposition. The revision committee has not lost sight of its original intention to revamp the entire constitution. Its purpose in presenting the several amendments at this time is to secure the stamp of student ap proval while the work is still in progress, rather than complete the new constitution, only to have the whole document nullified later because of oppo sition to some minor clause. Don’t go to the assembly today prepared to see the constitution of the A. S. U. O. torn to shreds before your eyes and then reconstructed on a new and startling scale. It won't happen. But a few very significant changes are being made, and it would be shirking a duty not to attend the assembly and form an opinion on them. You may come away from Gerlinger hall con vinced that the mountain has labored and brought forth a mouse. But at least you should hear the recommendations today, in order to be prepared to vote affirmatively or negatively upon them at the special election next week, in the interest of estab lishing and pel-petuuting an effective student gov ernment at Oregon. INTRODUCING C OLUMNIST LKGKKK COMPETITOR columnist has invaded the ter •+■ *- ritory of Innocent Bystander. It wouldn't be so bad, says I. B., if the Invader would come out in the open and tell us his name. This Monsieur Legree, the columnist who makes his debut today, refuses to do, in spite of the fact that we told him we didn’t care especially for his nom de plume. He has apparently become much attached to it. To satisfy the curiosity of anyone interested, we will tell as much as we know. Senor Legree, in an unguarded moment, has confessed that he is a college tramp. He has left more universities than most of us have heard of. In several cases he left voluntarily. At two of these college, at least, he lias been the conductor of a column, writing under his present pseudonym. Hence his affection for the name. We would not be doing our duty to unsuspecting and trusting readers if we did not divulge that Herr Legree is no respecter of persons. He arrives at Oregon with a fresh viewpoint, and many things here, strangely enough, look funny to him. Anil he doesn't mind saying so, in which particular he differs from a great many of us older inhabitants. Our Mr. Legree has been given permission, twice a week, to speak out in meeting. He will probably pick on the Emerald as frequently as ho singles out other hoary and self-conscious campus institutions and ingrown Webfoot traditions. We can take it if you can. THE POOH-POOHED CLASS 'T'HE Oregonian’s editorial on the Reed collegf A demonstration against European-style auto craciea is a beautiful example of the type of over weening snobbery to which college movements an subjected. Such an outburst as we reprinted yesterday re veals that much of the adult world refuses to believ; that college students are capable of rising above th< rah-rah stage of intellectual activity. The possi bility that sincere, deliberate thought might be pro yoking such revolutions apparently does not occu: to them. Recent “revolutions" on the Oregon campus haw not exceeded the bounds of parliamentary propriety yet even these have been met with a few editorial: from the press of the state indicating a gross mis conception of college life. When honest convictions, however manifested are put down as infantili whims and “silly pranks,’ we start to boil. Let the pastor and flock of th< 17th Baptist church come forth with a resolutioi of protest on some issue and they are treated witl deference, however shallow their reasoning may be But let campus leaders raise their voices on curren matters and they are scornfully set down as quix otic crackpots out to raise a smell for the fun of it It’s lots of fun to toss off such pharses as “Hero ically beating back the heathen hordes of German; from their sacred campus,” and a surefire way o setting oneself up as a master of brilliant sarcasn and sophisticated comment. But, such editoria pleasantries don’t refute the arguments of th< “rebels” or discredit their motives in the eyes o thoughtful persons. We do not justify every movement of studen rebels. But we stoutly maintain that college stu dents will have little chance to rise above the menta plane of mediocrity if their earnest efforts at dem onstrating dissatisfaction with existing abuses an sneeringly set down in the public prints as pueril bombast. i,i-■ .. On Other Campuses The College Racket GOING to college is called “the great Americai racket” by President Ralph Cooper Hutchin son of Washington and Jefferson college in one o: the most scathing denunciations of the presen: nigher educational system and its students issuec within the last few months. President Hutchinson charges that most studen1 organizations, both past and present, were formec for graft, and that fraternity jewelry salesmen am other agents declare that they simply can not dc business on some campuses without practicing graft. He decries the fact that in general the ole ideals of education, culture and character have been submerged by the motives of social and finan cial profit. He does not let the matter drop without a rea son. Hutchinson declares that the rapid pioneer expansion of the nation created a demand for mei: of training greater than the supply, and therefore a college degree took on a great practical signifi cance. The general public hence was encouraged I to “send its young men and women through the sausage grinder and out with a packer’s trade mark.” The bitter charges of one so closely in touch with the university system can not be ignored. I! is probable that the American college system has been permeated in the past by a great amount of graft, but there is a lighter side to the picture. The university students seem to be staging a “new deal" of their own in this respect. Organizations are having to justify themselves to exist, graft isn't tolerated as it once was and there is a growing interest in the real intellectual purpose of a college education.—Indiana Daily Student. i: OVERFLOW <<'T'HESPIANS will meet at 7 tonight on the A sun porch of Gerllnget. Each member is requested to bring thirty cents.”- from the Campus Calendar. You either bring it or feel like it. * * * One of our charges on the reporting staff at the beginning of last term started off on her career of college journalism by turning in the following gems as news stories, just to show you what day editors have to put up with: “Cor these long winter evenings, why not organize a bridge tournament ? The houses could have teams and play for the champion ship.'' And: "A number of local cars have been observed passing through town lately with deer on the running boards. So look out. my little deers (dears) and don't get on any running boards!” * * * HEH! HKH! DEPARTMENT: Ex-l’ostmas ter General Brown is being investigated by Senators Black and White. * * $ When the gleemen started going in for flossy antiphonal effects, they recked not with the possibility that someone would get it wrong. At their concert Sunday a double quartet re tired behind the scenes, from which point they kicked it back and forth with the visible vocal izers. Very Alpiny. "They used to have such a good reputation for punctuality," said one lady. "It's a shame that at the last two concerts seven or eight men have come in late after two numbers have been sung.” ANTI FASCIST LEAGUE FORCED TO ADJOURN (Continued from Page One) ical science, providing: that action of the body be considered as ac tion only of the individuals voting for that action, Bennett, republi can; Allen, sophomore in business administration, and George Teltoft, freshman in business administra tion last term, both active in the league of Young Democrats, with drew from the meeting. The roll call of party affiliations was as follows: Communists, Clay ion Van Lydegraf and Richard Bolling; radical, Lester Van Lyde graf; Socialists, Jack Barker, John Crockert, (not registered in school i, Henry Ireland, David Henry (not registered in school), Charles Paddock: liberals, Johann Hesse, Harold March. Harvey Hawley; students of government, William McCall and David Ktehle; Democrats, Allen and Teltoft; Re publican, Bennett. The discussion of communism was started by Teltoft's reading a ' clipping from a Communist paper advocating preparations for war and asking Bolling to explain his being a Communist and also a pa cifist in the face of this avowed communistic policy Allen asked for information per taining to the background of the : organization, declaring that he would not be connected with any group leaning toward communism , and denouncing communism as a ■diabolical form of government. [Argument folioe,td. i Then and Now - - By STANLEY ROBE 0 King albert i9f4' PEHSomiy commands Belgian ARMIES WRING G£Rt1AN INVASION f934-pLEI> IN 3S FOOT FALL g WHILE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, g MORSE TO SPEAK ON LAW STUDENTS’ FUTURE TUESDAY —head in Emerald. Aw, dean, why did you remind ’em of that? Kappa rushing ^ chairman, to 5 p rospect: “Yes, there was a time when t h . Thetas were f very good." SORORITIES PAY MORE FOR FOOD, SURVEY SHOWS head in Emerald. That doesn't take a survey, just a casual glance. Mexico City, D. F., Mexico, Feb. 20.—ZP—Offi cial confirmation of news that the University of Oregon had voted to retain compulsory military training rilled the state department with consternation here today. The secretary of war , ordered the Uni versity of Mexico cadet corps to abandon the op- ' tional basis upon - which it had been i conducted. "We cannot close our eyes," said an official p r o n unciamento, Left to right: Generalissimos Uoscius 11. Backio, Federico Woofer, Edvvurdo Keley and \V. A. Wuppenstino.—By telephoto. "to the preparations for war in ‘Los Estados Uni dos,’ as clearly indicated by the action of the faculty at ‘La Universidad de Oregon.’ We must be guided accordingly.” The four students who have comprised the op tional R. O. T. C. unit here during the present year have been commissioned generals, and' will aid in drilling the Mexican freshman. * * * NATURE GROUP TO TAKE LONG WALK —head in Emerald. Perhaps the Journalism faculty could be induced to join the Nature Group. j TO A “JLOST LADY” (upon learning of her engage ment): ‘"Tis better, Charlotte, to have loved And lost," I'd fain begin; Through weary hours I'd have shoved Such phrases as “it might have been," And lovely words I thought you’d like Into a poem you could read Quite proudly to a little tyke, Who, hearing of a Launcelot’s deed And speech, might well inquire; “Gramma, was they lots of gents You ever used to could inspire To talk to you such elygence?” But, instead, I'll wish you well, And with no poem struggle; ’Tis better, Charlotte, truth to tell, Than poetry to juggle; ’Tis better to have loved and lost, Yes, darling, ’tis much better. COURSE HERE GEARED FOR LOW ABILITY —head in Emerald. Course? Courses! Innocent Bystander By BARNEY CLARK r|''HIS is one of our off days. You six readers will have to be contented with a short column. The only reason we can ascribe for I this abberation is that the unusual ! weather has warped our carefree spirit. It isn't the heat, it's the ; humility 1 The Kappas evidently be lieve in showing their rushees the seamy side of life. Au thentic reports indicate that they intend to take them all to the smoker. Either the Kappas have underestimated the depressing effect of mas culine \ iolenee upon the sen tie female character, or else the material they have im ported is of sterner stuff than the Keystones we have known. An unfinished letter Left in a typewriter here in the office in trigues us no little. It is very unfinished. As a matter of fact, is consists merely of a salutation, viz: "My darling- King—" I This is the most maddening thing we have come across in ages. Who is this king? Is he real royalty, or is he just a Rus i sian refugee? What girl is it that hobnobs, nay, consorts, with a gentleman of royal blood? What hidden currents of international intrigue may not underlie this ap parently trivial clew? We are going insane; you fool with it for awhile. or. dun gnashes "Them as drinks Grain alcohol straight Are headin' for The pearly gate!" Elizabeth DeBusk Better Elizabeth DeBusk. who is in the | hospital with bronchial pneumonia, was greatly improved Tuesday. Her temperature was normal | again. She is the daughter of Dr. 1B. \V. DeBusk of the school of education faculty. Parents Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Failing of Portland visited their daughter, Jean, senior in history, on the j campus yesterday. “Patronize Emerald advertisers.” CLASSIFIED Advertisements ! i Kates Payable in Advance I 10c a line for first insertion; 5c a line for each additional insertion. Telephone 3300; local 211 DRESSMAKING — Ladies' tailor ing, style right, price right. Petite Shop, 573 13th Ave. E. Phone 320S. PATTERSON-Tuning. Fh. 3256W. ! FOR a general tailoring on men's and women’s clothes call on The University Tailor. Cleaning and Pressing prices reasonable. 112S ' Alder. Phone 2611. . ALLADIN GIFT SHOP—55 West Broadway. LOST Black and red Parker pea Finder notify Emerald business ofticc. RcY, ard. ‘Enoch Arden9 Presentation Meets Approval of Audience Playing upon his voice as if it were an instrument, Paul Petri, professor of music, attained a range of qualities in his reading of “Enoch Arden” last night, equalled only by the piano tones of the accompaniment played by Mrs. Petri. “Enoch Arden," a poem spoken with interspersed piano accompani ment, was an unusual sort of en tertainment—and was unusually well performed. Net only a wide voice range, but also a tremendous dramatic power, enabled Petri to interpret the crises of the poem so forcefully that they were actually imparted into the audience in their full im port. This was especially notice able in the feeling of foreboding before Enoch’s leaving, and in his despair after he returned. The musical accompaniment (Mrs. Petri draws the full tonal expression from the piano) built up, to a great extent the interpre tation of the poem. Different piano themes for the characters, settings, and ideas in the poem were interwoven to portray the action which was going on. The music dramatized the words as well as did Petri himself. The performers deserve especial credit in that some parts of "Enoch Arden,’’ which contain quite sentimentally trite expres sions, might have seemed melodra matic except for Petri's powerful interpretation, and the expression which Mrs. Petri put in Richard Strauss’ musical accompaniment. The eight themes in the piano music were played at the first of the concert by Mrs. Petri, thus en abling the audience to see how the themes were built up and inter woven to create the dramatic in terpretation of the poem. Emerald of the Air T ET’S go to press! News of var ious and sundry forms is at your command during the after noon broadcast at 4:30. In the evening we go into an other strange interlude by pre senting a wartime air story, en titled “Fool’s Luck.’’ There are plenty of airplane crashes while the young hero is trying to gain a ten-day leave of absence by ‘get ting’ a deadly German ace. Cast of characters consists oi Line Devereaux as the Major, Bill Rice as McCain, Hank Roberts as Hemingway, and George Bikman as Rupert. The sound effects are produced by Craig Povey. It's at 8:30. Reading -and Writing PEGGY CHESSMAN, Editor rpHOSE who have read and re read Gertrude Stein’s “Auto biography of Alice Toklas” will ap preciate the announcement that Random House is finishing pub lication of the opera, “Four Saints in Three Acts,” which Miss Stein and Virgil Thompson have writ ten together. The opera was recently produced in Hartford and New York. Carl VanVechten wrote his impressions of the production immediately af iaOI3EMSJSM3lDJ|fiin5[Sl!nJni)|fairiirril[HiraUD[HlInllnl ter the premiere, and his article is being used as an introduction to the Random H^use book. After “Ah Wilderness” has been in circulation but a few months, a great many critics suggested that Eugene O’Neill return to his for mer style, morbid though it might be, in preference to this di version which was to serve the author and the public with relax ation. It is interesting to note, however, that the folk play has gone into its fifth printing, with demands from all parts of the United States flowing into the publishers’ office daily. Fitted to the college students’ budget are the Modern Library series of books. Through the in troduction of these the purchasing of numerous new and old books and the acquiring of a fairly ade quate library have been made pos sible. The latest additions to the Mod ern Library are “Three Lives” by Gertrude Stein; “Ben Hur” by Lew Wallace; "Eminent Victorians” by Lytton Strachey; “Guermantes ; Way,” by Marcel Proust; “The i Enormous Room” by E. E. Cum ! mings; “The Essays of Mon taigne”; “Quentin Durward, Ivan hoe, and Kenilworth” by Sir Wal ter Scott; “War and Peace’ by by Count Leo Tolstoy; “The Life of Samuel Johnson” by James Bos well. “Les Miserables” by Victor Hu go; The Complete Poems of Keats and Shelley; “Plutarch’s Lives”; The complete novels of Jane Aus ten; and “Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century.” Tabard Inn Pledges Three Ye Tabard Inn of Sigma Upsilon announces the pledging of Barney Clark, Rupert Pray, and Willard Marsh. f3 fril fril fn] Im fri] ra fra nn rsi ra m ra m m m m rr-' I New — Try One College Ice Cream Bar C WE MAKE WAR ON DIRT The battle is carried on from the first immersion in thorough cleaning suds till the Garment makes final appear ance—sound in texture and surpris ingly clean. NEW SERVICE LAUNDRY . S3<) HIGH ST. PHONE 825
