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PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pifc-ts is entitled to the use fpr publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All right* of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42nd St., New York City; 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Aye., Seattle; 1031 S. Broadway, Los Angeles; Call Building, San Francisco. William E. Phipps Grant Thuemmel Editor Business Manager Robert Lucas Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Parks Hitchcock, Fred Colvig Assistant Editors Malcolm Bauer, Barney Clark, Boh Moore, J. A. Newton, Ann-Reed Burns, Dan E. Clark Jr. UPPER NEWS STAFF Clair Johnson . Assistant Managing Editor Reinhart Knudsen ......... News Editor Ned Simpson ... Sports Editor tiox Ooopor . iNipnt L-niei Ed Robbins . Telegraph Georpe Bikman . Radio Dan Maloney . Special Ann-neco Kurns .. Pejrtf-y Chessman .. Dick Watkins ... .. women .... Society . Features BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGERS Manager—urant r . i rieum Assistant- -Fred Fisher Executive Secretary Jean Cecil Advertising Manager — Ed Assistant—Bill Jones Merchandising Manager— Eldoni Haberman Assistant—Ed Morrow /issisiuni 'ini 1 nonius Assistant—Maude Long National Advertising Man ager—Fred Heidel Circulation Manager — Car i'oll Auld Classified Manager Dorris Holmes Sez Sue —• Virginia Welling ton Assistant Patsy Neal GENERAL STAKE Reporters: Wayne Herbert, Phyllis Adams, Signe Rasmussen, Ruth Storla, Marjorie Kibbe, Helen Bartrum, Bob Powell, Jane Lagassee, Charles Paddock, LeRoy Mattingly, Fulton Travis, Rhado Armstrong, Hallie Dudley, Norris Stone. Copyreaders: Victor Dallaire, Margaret Ray, Virginia Scoville, Dan Maloney, Margaret Venetfs, Betty Shoemaker. Assistant Night Editors: Gladys Battlwson, Genevieve MeNiecc, Betty Rosa. Louise Kruckman, Kllamae Woodworth, Ethyl Eyman. Betty MeGirr, Marilyn Ebi, Helen Worth, Arlene Reynolds. Sports Staif: Bill Mclnturff, Gordon Connelly, Don Casciato, Jack Gilligan, Kenneth Webber. Women’s Page Assistants: Murguret Petsch, Mary Graham, Betty Jane Barr, Helen Bartrum, Betty Shoemaker. )ay Editor .. Virginia Endicott I'j'ight Editor This Issue ..Mohan V. Raj 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 except the first seven days, all of March except the first eight days. Entered as second-class mattrr It the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon, Subscription rates, $2.50 a yeai. SVIO.rSLY il would hr grossly and shamefully md'air to iVlr. Tugman. man aging editor ol' tin1 Kugene ilegister-duard, to make any comprehensive comparison lie tween that genllcman and Oregon's Mr. Ncli burger. Hut in llii1 matter of eompiilsory student, body fees now before the house of represen tatives both .Mr. Tugman and Mr. Neuherger have some misunderstandings in common. For .Mr. Neuherger this situation is not sur prising, lint in the ease of the usually astute Mr. Tugman, who has long been a champion and loyal supporter of the Fnivcrsity and its activities, we are genuinely surprised. .Mr. TTigmun's editorial discussion'of the sludeiil body fee problem appears elsewhere on this page. Mr. Tugman’s editorial smacks through out as a tempered version of a Neubergerian tirade. However lie saves himself from con troversy on any other basis limn mere opin ion by carefully omitting any facts and figures to hack Ids arguments. Whether Mr. Tugimtn is aeipiiiinted with the true situation regarding student body activities or whether Iris opposition In Die compulsory lee is based merely on preju dices formed from certain isolated eases and experiences, we can not say. Although he draws a conclusion appar ently based on a lack of understanding of the situation as we see it, lie must ill least he given credit for admitting rlial the matter is ol real importance and deserving of in noli thought and study. .However, for Mr. Tuguuin, long a cham pion in the light to divorce politics from education, to advocate a lengthy hearing baton1 tile stale legislature on a bill which merely “enables" the state hoard to eolleel tin1 lee. we detect a serious inconsistency Would it not lie belter, Mr. Tugman, in let the state boa'nl of higher education, charged as il is with the responsibility of administering higher education, to decide Hu* merits of ibis admittedly controversial subject ? I hat would be placing the matter where it belongs. I lull would he keeping matters ! ol educational theory and administration j out of politics. And that would at least give | the state board and the students some choice in the matter—an opportunity they do not now have without the anthortiy as contained in the Wheeler bill. All Intelligent Move VSfM an‘ occasionally gratified to learn tJmt, some action which we have en couraged and nourished editorially has be come a ideality. With pleasure we read yes terday's Emerald carrying the announce ment that the dining room has been opened as smoking quarters J'or girls living in the I'nivorsity dormitories. Whether or not our recommendation for such action had any direct bearing on the change is a srb idiary point. The issue is that smoking rooms have been established and some of the stringent rules previously imposed upon coeds who wish to smoke have been relaxed. Women living in dormitories should enjoy the same privileges they have in their own homes; a privilege already extended to girls living in sororities. In the future, before next year perhaps, we hope to see smoking rooms provided in various buildings on the campus. l\The Passing Show STUDENT FEES A REAL ISSUE. OPEEDED through the senate by those devices ^ known to politicians, the Wheeler bill, giving the state board of higher education power to re store the compulsory clause in fees for “student activities,” goes to the house for further discus don. It is to be hoped the discussion will be ample, for the issue os one of real importance, despite the efforts to make it appear another manifesta tion of “Public Nuisance No. 1,” the ubiquitous Richard Neuberger. The issue is NOT the "annoying Neuberger.” It is the ability of many hundreds of young people in Oregon to dig up $5 a term, .$15 a year for' the support of athletics and a wide range of other activities which have, at best, only doubtful ed ucational value. It is true that these student en terprises cover musical organizations, concerts, lectures, debates, publications and many endeav ors which have a certain cultural value, but the central feature is athletics with a rather rich embroidery of events which ought to be self supporting'. . When tlnres were flush, there was little pro test against the student fees because over a year’s time the $15 extra did not much matter even to the poorest students. One could get the $15, and one could get at least partial return for the money. Since the depression, things have been different. There are scores of students to whom every penny matters. There are many students Lo whom every penny matters. There are many students to whom the $5 a term may mean enough to eat or not enough to eat, whole shoes or broken shoes, a little necessary leisure or an endless grind of dishwashing, stacking wood, odd chores to keep body and soul together. We have t.i|e greatest respect for Senator Wheeler who has sponsored this measure, by request, bift he is wrong when he pictures the opposition, as “all Neuberger.” There is too much Neuberger in it. That may be true. It may be difficult to get other students to face the un pleasantness which goes with “standing with Neuberger,” lor organized campus sentiment is not charitable. But, one cannot live in a college town without realizing that this issue is bigger than any individual. This paper does not share with Neuberger Iho idea that student activities are mismanaged at the University. They have been well managed under Hugh Rosson, and conditions in the Oregon schools are probably what they are in nearly all colleges. We maintain merely that the time has come to make conditions easier for the stu dent who cannot afford the luxuries which have been attached to college education, at least to give him some say in the matter. Perhaps those activities which can qualify as education should be segregated from those which me lion-educational. Certainly the impoverished student should not be taxed without his consent for blessings which he cannot share. The vol untary fee system does not destroy normal aetivi lies. It tends merely to restore a proportioning which is reasonable and fair. Because of Neu berger's connection with the voluntary fee move men! there is much concern among' the “right people” on the eampi, but we do not belive the “right people” are right in this matter. Eugene Register-Guard. One Man’s Opinion ————— By Stivers Vernon_— JN the old days it was a nigger in the woodpile. Now it seems to be an Ethiopian in the cordwood. And the eordyvood is all neatly piled in Signor Mussolini’s bitek yard. Jt is positively amazing how heroic the big nowers become when they engage in it squabble with a smaller country. When it comes to a diplomatic mess between them selves, they approach the matter with fear and trembling and avoid conflict if they can. But when some little fellow gets haul about some- < thing, the situation quickly re-j solves itself into a question of just how much of the obstreperous! one's territory shall be taken to I make amends. The present unpleasantness be i tween Italy and Ethiapia is a i graphic object lesson. II Duce would no more think of picking a row with the black men than lie would with America, if he did not have the assurance of the other European powers that they would keep hands off (lie matter. Since they have indicated their disinter est at least as far as taking sides Mussolini will probably go around shooting up Africa to his heart'■> content it is not impossible that Mnsso- i liiii might run into somewhat the same sort of a tartar as did the Japanese when they engaged the Hith Houle Army of China along the Woosung front before Shang hai- Japanese imperialism lost a lot of prestige in that encounter and tlie Route Army gained im mortality in Oriental legend. We understand that Kthiopia. last ot the black empires, has at her command a vast swarm of tribesmen to build around a nucleus i u' trained troops. Like the Chinese, these troops probably lack the ma r bine-like precision of those of Italy oj Japan. Unlike China, how ever. this country is united against the invader. The black men are fiercely proud of their ancient gov ernment and will present a solid phalanx of warlike savagery to the Italians. f-o while Mussolini may be rea sonably assured of an eventual ' tetory if he van s to throw the strength of his fine fighting units into the fray, still there is reason to believe (but he may have sliced himself oft a chunk of gistle in stead ot a teuder steak. Witness, for example, the strug 3'lt that iUicuMcud lor .0 long oi the border, of tne Spanish posses -ions in North Africa. The Spanish never did quell the wild tribesmen though they presevered for years. It finally reached the pint where tht Spanish retired behind their walled towns and resorted to their dignity to save the national face. | Kven this was to no avail and the nomadic swarms continued to do I pretty much as they pleased. Italy, under the regime of the j tacisti, is by no means comparable | t > the Spain of that period and of the present. Italy is not tormented by internal bickering as was Spain. ■ Site can, and no doubt will be | forced to use a groat many of the resources of a united nation to exact tribute from the Abysin Ansivers (II I'JtU! won 5 tied 1, 1916 won 7 tied 1. ('-*> King 1 “liar a oh •'eereetl all baby hoys were to Ire killed. (3) lu„. (I) U*‘_>| (a) Ulfo-Jiti Hi) 1930-111, total I8ti. il) too. Id) .'loses nurrieil an lltliio piun. C*i t allfuruu (l(M Won !• lost .1 aud tied I. I The Day’s Parade By Barks Hitchcock Does (i Compromise Loom on the Bonus? JT appears as if Mr. Roosevelt, long the stalwart and outspoken opponent of immediate payment of the soldiers' bonus might be forced into a hole by congressional oppo ! sition. He has taken under con sideration a plan which would pay 1 the men who fought overseas at 1 the rate of $400,000,000 a year. Selfish Senators If the president assents to such p compromise it will be easy to see from what direction the pres j sure came. It has long been ap i parent that congressmen consid ered their own chances of re-elec ; lion over what ever convictions they had as to the justness and de sirability of any ideas of any piece J of legislation. As a touching bit ; of: evidence to this noble modesty, the recent World court protocol 1 stands adequately. Fingers in the Pie Now the thinking people in this country (among whose ranks we cannot but number the better part of the administrational heads) are confronted with another tribute to the admirable sanity and laudable instinct of self-preservation that our legislators show in the face of a dangerous and crippling pi»ce of legislation. They adeptly dodge the responsibility of raising money | for the soldiers’ bonus, and yet, watching open-eyed the sums of I money that the president spends; on thoroughly worthy projects, j they have conceived the admirable ! plan of diverting some of this mon ey to a large and powerful contin 1 gent of their voters; the rapacious American Legion. Tlie World Js Safe The bill that provided for the gratuitous payments to the soldiers was framed and enacted in an hys-, terical moment when the better part of congress felt that we had. saved the world for democracy and ' that the world was ours for the having. They little anticipated lhat our noble doughboys had saved I he world for nothing more than fascism, nationalism, discord, and yet another war. A bill that was conceived in good intention and enacted with the sincerity only capable in those j who know that they would not1 have to pay for the honor they j were bestowing, has since become j a political football in which so] many people have become violent ly interested that it threatens to upset the equilibrium of the saner and less self-interested moiety of’ our country. If Mr. Roosevelt is | placed upon the political block and j forced to assent to the Legion’s de- ! mand it will be but another strik-! ing bit of Americana, bits which! prove consummately and adequate ly our essential pettiness and stu pidity. nians.. Even so, the cost will be enormous. And after it is all over, L Duce will find it even more urg ent than ever to promote the in crease in bir thrate of male babies. Many an Italian signora will wring her hands for the boy who lies somewhere on the sanguinary bat tlefield of Ethiopia. The Curious Cub “Nice People in a Nice Way.” Cubby announced yesterday to his three devoted readers that he had found a nice slogan to put at the head of the column, telling all! the people what it was about, "Nice1 People in a Nice Way" it is and for fear it won’t find itself at the i head of the page it’s included here. The Curious One was in a vin dictive mood yesterday, so he chased Vivian Maloney into her! practice room and -climbed on her! piano stool. She’s a very nice person, just! the right height, brunette with j blue eyes and a winning smile. I Vivian is a graduate student who ! majored in journalism her first year and spent the rest of the; time taking public school music, i She is an accomplished violinist and at the present time is tear'll-' ing. Vivian refuses to take talent into consideration and unreservedly! gives all the credit for her ability to Rex Underwood. She likes bicycling, dancing, swimming, tennis and canoeing and I conversational dates because she doesn’t like to talk and wants toJ be amused. Types mean nothing, but personality counts heavily. The University? "I think it's ..well and it revolve.- around Under wood" Mt Profoasoi y :: tfee ’ • I Rhapsody In Ink By the Octopus M Histones Back and forth from plate of! stew to mouth moved the giant la dle propelled by the pale firm hand of demure Theta, Peggy “Love and 1 Marriage Chessman, She indeed! was collected, calm, did not spill ! much, for she was making a hit with the guest of honor, Will Du rant, on her right. To every remark made by the sparkling Finn, answered thinker Durant, “Very good, very good. Yes, very good 1” For the fourth consecutive Val- ! entine's Day. Jane Bishop was, j upon coming down to breakfast in her sorority (Gamma Phi Beta),1 greeted with a gift of a dozen j freshly cut American Beauty roses. ' Sender, as in previous years, un known. Grant Theummel, Delta Upsi lon adonis, is in line for congrat ulations. Yesterday he appeared, blush ing and giggling, with a Delta Gamma pin upon the vest of his , neat sack suit. Little is known of the lucky woman, except that she is a Del ta Gamma. Sports It was cold one night last week on the Alpha Omicron Pi sleeping porch. So thought Bette Beckley, frost nipped freshy, as she trun dled bathroomward, bed covers un der arm. Once ensconced in the marble chamber, she, daintily, laid the scented foundation of her dreamland, sank snoozing in the bathtub . . . Commented Miss Beckley, next morning, after a desperate swim to shore, “When I woke up the bathtub was gone.” The Octopus, whom we all know and love by this time, is usually averse to puns in any form. Last night, however, he was caught off his guard when a charming young ster ran up to him in the street, saying, “Mister, here is something you octopus in your column.” That worthy was so nonplussed for the nonce that he allowed a letter to be forced into his inert hand. Walking to the glow of a nearby street light, the old gentleman apened and perused the following unsigned note: Dear Octi: It has come to our attention that last Saturday night a four some composed partially of Al pha Chi Omegas was PARKEing and HUGing somewhere in the vicinity of the milirace. Time scurries off! for teaching her to like Words worth and the “Portugese Sonnets” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She's a Phi Beta (music honorary) ind a Pi Lamba Theta (educational honorary) and Cubby, in company with many others, thinks she’s a grand person. Lombardo Band Arrives on Coast By Dick Watkins Emerald Feature Editor An inquiry has come in regard ing Guy Lombardo and his Jioyal Canadians, who opened this week at the Cocoanut Grove, so here’s a little dope on him . . . He, of the wailing saxaphones, began playing the violin at a tender age and while yet a schoolboy, organized a band in his home town, London. Ontario , . . Guy’s other three brothers, Carmen, Liebert and Victor, being musically inclined also, joined his band, and launched their profes sional career a short time later by getting a job at a dance pavilion . . . then came a vaudeville tour and many night club jobs, as well as the Koyal Canadian Yacht Club for a spell, where they acquired the name they have kept ever since. Lombardo went on the air for the first time from Chicago and his unique style quickly at tracted wide attention, and soon found himself deluged with more offers than he could use , . . By this time they have played at nearly every big hotel and amusement spot of importance in the U. S.-and are still going strong their records have always been consistently good sellets. and for years have been able to demand end get just about any price they desired, for playing jobs ... in fact last year, the best part of a million lolled into their pockets . . . Car men does most of the heavy chores, t'oi he handles the arrangements, the vocals, and some composing, on the id' 'hi!*: Gu\ lead, tbr baud w itU his far-famed violin Plowed Under a®? ffi/CUlTORAl ^AKE'UP bow, which as yet, he has never been seen to use . . . Some of the Koyal Canadians’ newst records for Decca include, “With Every Breath I Take,” “June in January,” “Win ter Wonderland,” and Water Un der the Bride” . . . His “Merry Widow” and “Cat and the Fiddle” selections are gems, and two of the best he has ever waxed . . More house brawls are being thrown tonight, than you can shake a stick at, plus several good ones over yonder' in Corvallis for those plutocrats trekking to the Beaver game . . . Sherwood Burr A' Co. Ltd. appear to have a cor ner on the local music biz this eve, for he and his henchmen scatter to all parts of tong row playing at all jigs, excepting the A. T. O. air-castle, where Jimmy Whippo & his W'hippowills will hang out . . . The complete list includes: the Theta Chi winter dance; Alpha Delta Phi informal; Phi Gamma Delta winter formal, Delta Delta Delta winter formal; Chi Omega winter formal; and the Alpha Tan Omega formal . . . take your pick . . . seeyanextweek . . . Sunday Concert To Be Broadcast By George Bikinan Emera Id Radio Editor The second in the series of Em erald of the Air broadcasts of out standing University musical pres entations will be released over the Eugene station KORE tomorrow at 3:00, when the University band is heard in concert. A band is not a symphony orchestra, but we're doing everything in our power to insure as faithful reproduction as is humanly possible. A new kind of "This Is News!” program will be heard on the daily broadcast at 4:45 today. A society reported and Bob Cath ey will join Stan Bromberg in presenting an intelligent conden sation of trends in campus news and thought during the past week. Sir Frederick Whyte, British news commentator, is scheduled to analyze British events for the American radio audience over CBS at 2:30 today; it’s the first inter national exchange of news com mentaries between the United States and Great Britain. Another CBS international broadcast from the Duchy of Luxemburg will bring an atmospheric program from the Grand Duchess Char lette’s country; that's Sunday at 9:45. Try to hear the Philharmonic Symphony society of New York, under the direction of Arturo Toscanini, at noon today over CBS; the first in a cycle of Brahms programs will he pre sented. The Sunday Evening Hour at 7:00 will feature Ilya Schkolnik, violinist, as guest artist. E. V.L. Hits Play Of Bruno Trial It is seldom that the Emerald can be justly criticised on matters of policy in the news columns. It has shown in the main an intel ligent regard for decorum in news stories and has usually been free from offensive copy. However, I can find no valid excuse for the playing up of the Hauptmann conviction story Feb ruary 14. Is the Emerald playing up the yellow side of news a la Winchell Tabloid? When a murder trial such as this which is remote from the University the length of the continent, must the Emerald give the story three or four times the attention given to Will Durant, who really is good copy for a university paper?. Won't the Em erald readers hear enough of the horrible details through the local city dailies and the radio ? I don't even like the caption “The Hot Seats Looms for Him” over a picture of the ill-fated Hauptmann being led to his cell. One might almost infer that the Emerald lusts for his blood. Perhaps it may add prestige to a university daily to carry such a story. If so, maybe that is justi fication enough. But what price Guilty!! No Need to Be Just call us and we will clean and launder your dirty cords. Also ■''cad us your tuxs to he cleaned and repaired for your house dances. Quick. Quality Service. New Service Laundry s.-tu Hi ah Street Phone soy I prestige ? I'm not a fanatical re former, just a meek "viewer with alarm.” E. V. L. Note: In the Friday editorial columns may he found the reason why the Emerald as well as papers the nation over found cause to give space to the devel opments of the Hauptmann trial. Shoe Repairing at Cheaper Prices besides Qualilv Workmanship \\ hat more can anyone ask ? KEITH’S Shoe Repair Paul Mars, Manager 1076 Willamette “The shop with a sign on the sidewalk.” CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BEAUTY SHOPS CITY Barber and Beauty Shop. Permanent wave complete $1.75. Finger wave 25c and up. 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