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PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON University of Oregon, Engene, Oregon EDITORIAL OFFICES; Journalism building. Phone 3300 Editor, Local 354; News Room and Managing Editor 355. BUSINESS OFFICE: McArthur Court, Phone 3300—Local 214. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS . The Associated Press is entitled to the use for publication of all news dispetchcs credited to it or not otherwise credited ui •his paper and stso the local news published herein. All rights 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 Ave., 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, Bob Moore, J. A. Newton Ann-Reed Burns, Dan E. Clark Jr. UPPER NEWS STAFF Clair Johnson . Assistant Managing Editol Reinhart Knudsen . News Editor Ned Simpson .. Sports Editor Kex Cooper . iNtgnt cniei Ed Robbins .Telegraph George Bikman . Radio Dan Maloney . Special Ann-iveea uurns . noi«K» I'eKtry Chessman . Society Dick Watkins . Features BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGERS Manager—Grant F. Theum mel Assistant—Fred Fisher Executive Secretary - Jean . Cecil Advertising Manager — Fd Assistant--Hill Jones Merchandising Manager— Eldoni Haberman Assistant—Ed Morrow Assistant—Cliii J nomas Assistant—Maude Lon g National Advertising Man ager Fred Heidel Circulation Manager — Car roll Auld Classified Manager Dorris Holmes « gez Sue — Virginia Welling ton Assistant -Patsy Neal Copy Man -Ed I’riaulx GENERAL STAFF Reporters: Wayne Harbert, Phyllis Adams, Stone Rasmussen, Ruth Storla, Marjorie Kibbo. Helen Bartrum, Bob Powell, Jane I.agassce, Charles Paddock, LeRoy Mattingly. Fulton Travis, Rhado Armstrong, Halim Dudley, Norris Stone. Copy readers: Victor Dallaire. Margaret Ray, Virginia Scoville, Dan Maloney, Margaret Veness, Betty Shoemaker. Assistant Night Editors: Gladys Battle son, Genevieve McNieee, Betty Rosa, Louise Kruekman, Ellamae Woodworth, Ethyl Eyman, Betty McGirr, Marilyn Ebi, Helen Worth, Arlene Reynolds. Sports Staff: Bill Melnturff. Gordon Connelly, Don Casciato, Jack Gilligan, Kenneth Webber. Women’s Page Assistants: Margaret Petsch, Mary Graham, Betty Jane Barr, Helen Bart rum, Betty Shoemaker. Day Editor Thi- Dmh Mildred Blackbtirnc Night Editor This Issue .Rex Cooper 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 matter It the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. Newspaper Versus Radio IIK eternal battle of the press to retain ■*" its position ol leadership as distributor of news and opinion has been waged fiercely since the establishment of 1 he first American newspaper in 1 (>!)(). The radio, in recent years, with its great speed, and its ability to di”1 into newspaper revenues, has practic ally oblivated all other forms of competition. Some editors in an attempt to keep abreast of the times have taken over their own radio stations. Others have merely be come grey haired. American publishers are constantly faced with this ever-growing competition. How they will combat the prob lem in the future is hard to predict. There surely is a place in the world for both radio and newspaper. And yet the vital place which the press has held in the past seems to be depreeitttitijr year by year. Perhaps one reason may be attributed to the obstinaney with which editors have (dune to the traditional method of evaluating news. The tendency to “play up" stories such as the Hauptmann trial, has given them a great increase in circulation for the moment. Hut this type of story does not give them future solidity. Parmer Doe or mechanic Jones in the future may even desire to hear the vivid accounts of such proceedings through the medium of his radio. Compared with the Hauptmann trial, the space and reader-attention given the recent all-important decision of the Coiled States supreme court, was small. Although the American public is desirous of seeing justice properly upheld, any thinking person would agree that the gold clause decision was of far more vital eonsetpienee 1o the nation. Perhaps in this contrast of values lies a solution. Suppose the American editor would tear himself away from the traditional tab loid type of news and inject in its place cur rent problems of the world. Ii would mean a decided revision in the method of handling news. Keonomie trends, legislation, and the type of news which is now merely ga/.ed at by the average American reader, would h\ necessity be written with understanding and in such a fashion that Doe the farmer or Jones the mechanic could see its important reference to his own individual circuni stances. Progress or Pink Lemonade? 'JIK calliope! Tlu> bandwagon! The circus is here a {tain. Not the same circus, at’ course, but with the same side shows, the same types of freaks, the same hoarse throated barkers, and the same pink-lemon ade ballyhoo. In the panicki days of the fall of l!t2!J when the curtain fell with a heart breaking crash upon the happy, gum chewing, gin drinking l!)2()’s, wise men bent their heads together over cups of eold coffee to aver safely that Americans had learned a lesson ill the hard school of experience. Never again would l'Jll million break fnstdmugr\ American citizens rush for the Morning Blab to see if "Ship wreck” Kelli still remained aloft on the slipper,! top of a wavering flag pole; never again would tix>■ million hero crazy New Yorkers cover Fifth avenue with ISO tons of tattered ticker tape and telephone directories for the individual glorification of a young gentleman whose single mark of distinction was the feat of Inking an airplane up on this side of the Atlantic and setting it down again on the other side (lie didn't oven give an\ one a lift across). With the depression the pseudo-llaruums were torced to retire before a more discern ing public who thought in terms of farm debentures, gold standards, and uueiuploy rvmt insurance. But now, int mars after the holocaust, wluit is it that draws the attention ui fickle I John Public? The bewildered mother and father of a more bewildered set of “five peas in a pod ’ are thrust on the vaudeville stage j to be ogled at by less fruitful mothers and fathers: eleven “good and true.” whose hero making act it teas to condemn a man to the electric chair, arc approached with the proposition that they, too. would be welcomed on the footlight circuit : and 130 million pairs of ears strain to catch the | latest gossip on a bombasting, gnomic, buf foon who proudly refers to himself as the “Kingfish.” No, we do not ask for a “Century of Progress.” .lust one decade of progress— actual progress toward excellence in civiliza tion—would be something that really called for a blast from the calliope. I ---- The Distant Trumpet CHIAI.L we write about the abolition of ^ war? Shall we paint word nightmares of blood and spots of flesh? Or shall we grow purplish and rant about student fees? Why not dive into vats of figures and settle tax limitation enigmas? No. not. today. Because it is late in Feb ruary and nearly March. And the mill race gurgles louder every day. And the trees are tired of their barren | attire and whisper of new dresses. The, in tense gloom of winter is giving away to brighter days. There if is! We ll talk of moonlight and i bees and. birds and babbling brooks. And why not ? Oh yes. we know moonlight has been allied with madness. But need that be feared? It is a delightful madness. Bain si ill falls on the campus. But it is a. soft, cleansing rain. It doesn't chill as it soaks. It is a prelude to the sun that flings splashes of crimson on the world and an nounces the advent of another incomparable Oregon spring. Need more.be said ? Here's something, that, if not entirely new. is certainly different. Margie Sctvin, a junior at the I’niversity of Denver, has as her hobby the collecting of buttons. She has over five hundred in her collection and all the way from Lily Pons to Sally Band. Incidentally we wonder what Sally took I he button off of. -r One Man’s Opinion -jjy g fivers Vernon _ WE stumbled upon some statistics the other day which were so potent they almost ex ploded in our lap. Did it ever occur to you that the Townsend plan might be a perfectly natural product of the increase in the span of life which science has presented to man ? Honestly, it never had oc curred to us. We thought it was a product of a depression weary land which was willing to try any variety of fantastic scheme which seemed to show faint promise of bettering economic condi tions. Of course, it might be the latter also. Cer tainly no one can say that the Townsend plan would find enthusiastic backers during boom times. Everybody would be entirely too busy making money. The statistics we mentioned were gleaned from the “Lancer,” a column written by the eminent journalist Harry Carr of the Los Angeles Times. We seriously doubt if they were any more orig inal with him than they are with us but we'll give him the credit just the same. Just for fun we'll quote you a paragraph or so from his figures: “Statistics slum that the. United States is heeouiing a country of old people. The hirtli rate is falling oil'; the length of life is increasing. “In 1850, 52.5 per cent of flu- population of the United States was under 20 years old; 38.5 ! per cent between 20 and 19. Over 50 there were j 9 per eent. “In 1980 there were out) 39 per cent under | 20; II per cent between 20 and lit. The proportion J over 50 had increased from 9 per cent to 17 per cent. "As there are no elements coming up to I change this mathematical proportion, the ulti mate figure will he: under 20 years, 24 per cent; 1 20 to t9, 41 pre eent; over 50, 85 per cent. “It is absolutely inevitable that the political ! power of this country will lie in the hands o( elderly people. Unmiuereial statistics show that a i vast majority of people arc failures in life. A government run l»y the votes of elderly failures— with naive, ehildisli ideas of the power of the government to hand out lurgoes—is something j to think about.” If the readers of this column ere like its writer, these statements come as somewhat of a shock. We had to read and re-read them before we could make tip our mind on the matter. Our first reaction was that of acceptance of Mr. Carr's premise. The more we thought about it. the more we began to wonder if perhaps he were not on the wrong track. Suppose the ma jority were in the hands of the younger groups. Certainly there would be no larger a percentage of successes in this group. And we persist in a belief that as tlte years roll on, man accumulates a certain wisdom which is not to be found during his younger years. The Supreme Court of this nation is composed entirely of elderly men. Then too, we feel an instinctive resentment to that word “failure." Somewhere in the back of cair mind, we have an idea that success or failure cannot bo measured in terms of what a man does or does not know about money and finance. There are more subtle values which arc concerned with fuller living, which must be taken into account. Mr. Carr, we are sure, would I be the first to recognise such values. No, we would not advocate that the govern ment and its finance be turned over to other than experts in their chosen fields, tint the ' Lancet'' refers to the voting constituency and we have a sneaking hunch that regardless of age. a man who understands human relations will exercise his voting franchise more iuteUigentlv | thin one who Kno". ••«!> the ucc that i conic- from fmauctal independence. The Day’s Parade _ By Parks Hitchcock _ A Pernicious Pill A Message From Garcia J EST it be thought that we praise too highly our state legislature foi its action on various bills rela tive to the welfare of the Univer sity, let us cast a warning to it in order that it may not be beguiled and misled by a piece of stupid legislation that is now in its hands. This pernicious bill would create scholarships in the University to be given on the basis of scholastic merit. An Appeal to Heason The very unprecedented basis for these awards will no doubt con vince our senators and representa tives that the bill is sponsored by selfish and prejudicial persons who can hardly have the true interest of our University at heart, but if this appeal fails, this author hum bly suggests that a petition be cir culated to deter our legislature from carrying out this scandalous act. Such a petition might con ceivably be phrased so as to ap peal to their- common sense, for in so much as no one has ever heard of scholarships being granted on this ground before, it stands to rea son that it would be a grievous and irreparable error to commence this practice now. Sic Semper ryrannis! We are aware that objections will be raised against this petition on the grounds that this scholarship is allegedly sponsored by no less a person than the president of the University, but we (at least) think that this can be no more than some vile rumor, and furthermore, if the president’s interest must conflict with the true purpose of the University we (as loyal stu dents) must take our stand in be half of the school. For think in what a lamentable condition our University would find itself if it were to be overrun with dull pe dants, bookworms, musty scholars and a like crew of dried-up moths. A Protest It is to the interest of every self respecting member of the college to protest against this invasion of our social rights by those who would give scholarships on any other grounds than divine grace and athletic ability. We feel mor ally sure that the house or legis lature (where every heart beats for justice and fairness) will over whelmingly crush this bill. W/E think it is not amiss to here print the following commenda tory letter: Dear Day’s Parade: You have struck a stout blow for the cause of the better class es by your militant article fav oring the compulsory collection of the $15 student body fee. We agree heartily with your noble sentiments. Keep up the good work 1 If, upon your graduation, you find no better employment, we will use our influence, to see if you can be made an assistant graduate manager. Until then, keep an alert eye upon the activ ities of the masses! And re member, a revolt nipped in the bud will never assume major proportions. Yours ever, (For obvious reasons we with hold the signer's name, but we may assure our readers that our heart swells with a pride that we trust is not unmerited.) The Curious “Nice people in a nice way.” Cubby did a couple of character sketches of people who are at least notorious, if not famous, and the managing editor (a stern ladi vetoed them. Helen Bart rum, journalism ma jor (Cubby seems to run to them) was born July t. 1915 in Roseburg, Oregon. Portland is her home town and she graduated from Grant high, having held a position on the women’s tennis team. She has brown eyes, is brunette, a nice Hollywood smile, is very gracious, but declined to indicate the types of dates she preferred. (Past tense is accidental). Tennis is her major hobby. Her life ambition is to make an insect collection for a museum. Reading ? Oriental literature, deal readers. Rut she really likes adventure stories better than any thing else ami was very honest she likes the funny paper. The University? "A very lovely place." says, which beats a lot of stereotyped phrases which Cubby 111.* beard on • e ■ •'!. I t-lie is a member of Alpha Phi Rhapsody In Ink . , .. By the Octopus_ TIME FALLS ON ITS TEETH. Corporations Five of the fairest daughters of Delta Gamma last week were hon ored in one of the largest mergers in the history of the chapter at Oregon. The great brick sorority building rang with joyful felicita tions of a half a hundred girls who massed close around five jewel beladen sisters. These five Cupid had kicked in the shortribs. These five had been the recipients of va rious fraternity crosses, shields, hammers, tongs, scars, and stars during the days. New stockholders in the corpora tion and their partners are listed below with the name of their re spective badges. Louie Larson, one Phi Kappa Psi pin to Nancy Rahles. John Stope, one Sigma Nu pin to Betty Hamm. Bud James, one Sigma Nu pin to Margaret Van Cleve. Jim Watt:-', one Phi Gamma Del *ta pin to Betty Jeffers. Jerry Halverson, one Alpha Tau Omega pin to Doris Bird. Mergers of less size, but never theless important, were announced by the following couples: Bernice Healey—Burke Tongue. Kay Pasquel— Dick Williams. Marian Dreyer Bing Crosbie. Miami marcher Henry Koberts gave Cupid a terrific jolt when he presented petite Pi Phi, Caro line Hand, with a slug of gold and gems on their first official date. Letters Charming old Octi gathered the following culch from the Wiches’ Cauldron yesterday. There were two other letters, but they shocked the old fellow into near oblivion. Dear Octopus There seems to be the impression on the campus that during the past ten days I have acquired a wife . . . I AM NOT MARRIED, HAVE NEVER BEEN, AND HOPE TO THAT I NEVER AM. Bill Haight. Re your column, the “Octopus” is a misnomer. He should he ..called the “See Squirt.” A Nonnic Muss. * * * TIME MOTORS OFF. and a pledge of Gamma Alpha Chi, women’s advertising honorary. Helen is extremely modest. Even after Cubby had let her return to work, she offered to call up two nice girls because she was afraid her own life story might be boring. If it is, the fault lies with the Curious One and not Helen, be cause she is a highly interesting person and very popular. Opera Enters Life Of Silver Screen By Dick Watkins Emerald Feature Editor HERE & THERE . . . Although Enrico Caruso was a dismal failure as a movie star and utterly failed to impress the film going public of his day, times have apparently greatly changed, judging from the number of opera stars running around studios at present, all of them. Metropolitan top-notchers ... to name a few . , . Grace Moore, Mary Ellis, Gladys Swarthout, Richard Bonclli, Nina Koshetz, Lawrence Tibbetts, and Alfredo Garrio . . . * * sjs Guy Lombardo has again been chosen by radio writers to top the list of the best dance bands, closely followed by Wayne King . . Lom bardo woo the vote last year also . . . The most powerful short wave station in the world is near ing completion in France ... it will have a power of 120,000 watts and should be easily picked up out here on the coast ... A new French book just out. "Le Jazz Hot." is a comprehensive outline of the history of jazz, with crit icisms and reviews of the various musicians who were instrumental in creating cycles of jazz music . . . Tie this one! ... It took a hill-billy record to top all others in sales last year . . . the name of it was "The Death of John Dilling cr," and over 100,000 phonograph records m' it were sold . . Noel Coward has gone into the movies and is working on “Miracle in tilth St." . previously he has ap peared in the stage productions of his own plays, "Private Li'es" and "Design tor Living" . . We pulled this one from Melody And That’s That Again I See In Fancy -gy irre(jcric S. Dunn -. Mrs. Spiller’s Old Class Room Bell “Pap” Close, whose Christiai name is Frank, but who always used to respond so genially to the affectionate title “Pap,”—Third Master Plenipotentiary of the Buildings and Grounds and Pre requisites, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Guardian of Extra-Curricular Morals, etc. (he held a few other cabinet portfolios which I have for gotten),—“Pap” Close has in his possession a prized relic of the old regime which I have just called to see and verify. He was dusting up the furniture in the Laurean-Eutaxian Hall, where the library was at that time installed under “Dode” Scott, when Professor Mary Boise Spiller, then retired from her old time position on the Faculty, came in on a round of visits to the old haunts in Deady Hall. “What is that up there on the top shelf ? That looks like my old bell! It surely is,” and Mrs. Spill er clasped it, fondled it, jingled it a. bit, tears just this side of glis tening on her eye-lashes, for she was a Spartan. I am sure that she had early dis carded the old bell for a little tap bell, and latterly there had been established a system of electric alarms. But here was the original ene with which she had summoned the “preppers” to and from their desks and perhaps from moments of recess. A wave of emotion must have been in her heart as she turned to "Pap” and said, "Would you like to keep it as a momento, Mr. Close?” And he has kept it ever since. That is why I called to see him and it, way over the crest of Col lege Hill, on West 21st St. I car ried it to the front porch and swung it joyously, irrespective of city or dinances,—a bell like the auction eers would use to call the crowds around him, a bell such as many a country school tea,cher has used in assembling her children from "over the hills and a great way off," a bell such as you might wish in calling the cattle home or the reapers to their lunch,—a bell not quite colossal, but at least heroic. And to think that such a bell with such portentous jangling was ever used in a University hall! But, have you ever seen the old photo graphs of Deady Hall, with the great wood pile obscuring some of the lower windows, and youngsters climbing all over it and grouped on the steps, girls in braids and calico aprons, boys in knee-pants and short jackets ? They were children and the bell was none too loud. Next in the series THE FIRST TRIUMVIRATE IN THE FAC ULTY. News: “Meteorologically, January was the best plug month for the music business. Observe these weather reports taken from head lines . . . January 1-10, (“June in January"). “Record Heat ^pr Win ter Hits 77 Degrees."—news item . . . January 12-16 (“Lost in a Fog”) . . . “Worst Fog in Years Ties Up Harbor for Four Days,”— j news item . . . January 17-22 j (“Out in the Cold Again”) . . . . i “Cold Weather Hits Winter Low" news item . . . January 22-27 i (“Winter ..Wonderland”) . . . . | “Worst Blizzard Since ’88”- news | item That Beaux Art i Ball coming up Saturday evening j sounds like a fine thing and will bear watching, but we wish they wouldn't keep the music a secret, i for after all. that is half the jig. put ting it mildly, and a little more publicity on that score would not be amiss . . . Good Knight Will Be Heard at 4:45 B\ George Biknian F.merald ltadio Kditor . At 1:45 our Good Knight on the Air will be heard on the Emerald program over KORE today. Sir Ned Gee. who is usually a night behind in sleep will lance the tender hearts of the fair damsels who listen to his romantic wooing, and he will no doubt render a sad j sigh from the strong sires who might care to lend an ear to lilt ing love lyrics. Sir Chuck French will symbolize the Knight of Wait Hug. accompanying the vocalist on his black and white charger—stud io grand to you. Olga Budanova, Russian screen star;Eddie Dowling, Comedian Tom Howard; Sam Byrod of “Tobacco I Road” and the Six Spirits of [ Rhythm will headline Rudy Vallee’s program today at 5:00 over NBC. | Lanny Ross will sing a song j especially written for him on the | Show Boat broadcast at (i:()0. “Es I sential Freedom — Freedom of ; Press and Radio” will be discussed by Bishop Francis J. McConnell at 11 :45 this morning. On CBS at 6:00 there's the good old Caravan with Walter O'Keefe. Annette Hanshaw, and Glen Gray’s orchestra with more good music QUICK SERVICE ▼ Accurate Workmanship ▼ Reasonable Prices THE CAMPUS SHOE REPAIR Across from Sigma Chi Right on the Campus and fun . . . Wanted: More sug gestions for an Emerald of the Air theme song . . . An especially well done playlet coming up on Friday’s program, with the Emerald players producing. Answers ;gg (1) M en 71, lost 54, tied 19. (2) $25,000. (3) Sinclair Lewis. (4) Fall term 1930; registration 3095. (5) Sir Jeffrey Hudson, during (lie reign of Charles I. (6) Harry Houdini. (7) 1916-17. (8) Council. (9) Majority. (10) 1931, total 1747. Theater Class (Continued from Page One) eral weeks age from a number of students who tried out for the various parts. Directing, stage in structions, costuming and stage settings are also handled by them. “We give a number of these studio plays each winter, and in the past they have been very suc cessful,'' declared Mrs. Ottilie Sey bolt, head of the drama depart ment. Send the Emerald to your friends. Subscription rates $2.50 a year. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BEAUTY SALONS Individual finger waves, 35c. Love’s Beauty Salon. Phone 991. DRESSMAKING PETITE SHOP 573 13th St. E. Phone 3208. “Style Right—Price Right” LOST February 14, between Oregon building and Mill street, three flat keys on small chain. Re ward. Apply Emerald business office. SERVICE HAVE your car serviced cor rectly at Ernie Danner's As sociated Service Station. Unex celled personal service. “Smile as you drive in ’35.” Phone 1765. Corner 10th and Olive. FOR SALE FOR SALE—Large combina tion radio and phonograph. Phi Gamma Delta. Phone 660. 1 time . 10c per line. - times .5c per line. PHONE 3300 EMERALD CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT