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STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE
jNewton Stearns, Barney Clark, Malcolm Bauer,
Mariana Eichner. Wayne Harbert, Leslie Stanley,
Sigiie'Kasmussen, Rex Cooper, Mary Graham, Bill
Pea$e, Stivers Vernon.
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^The Rise and Fall of Podunk
/"YNCK upon a time there was a man called
Stephen Oldbergor who lived in a little
to#11 called Podunk. Now Podunk was a
niffe little village, with a number of pleasant
p.ijfks, a big public playground and swim
ming pool, and a very promising library
system. Visitors liked the town and the
pifpulation was increasing.
*Then 1 lie Depression arrived, showing ils
fc^jjli. Money was scarce and activities hail
to$>e curtailed somewhat, bid life respon
sil|Je people of 1he eumtnunily determined
1 lnjd despite dal ol- dehhil Depression lliey
wiffe going to retain tliose pleasant features
tlijjft fiati added so much to the life of the
towu and had made if so appealing to
visitors.
• Now Stephen Oldherger won not a very
nice man. Also, In- had once been a big shot
injthe burg. and lie did not relish being out
of? tile spot-light. Therefore In* bethought
liijn of the old political expedited of defend
inj* the underdo!*, and ”■<»t up on his hind
legs and hollered and moaned about the
little taxpayer, forced In put out his hard
eatrned money for the fripperies of the rich,
vifc parks, libraries, and playgrounds.
Unfortunately. there were a large
jnjmber of people in Podunk wlio couldn’t
set* the future beyond the next hour, and
leaped at the opportunity of avoidin'* the
payment of a little immediate cash. Stephen
.Oldberner had his way and there were no
more “luxuries” in Poduiik.
f Look at Poduiik now. It's a rather grey
litjtle town. Visitors don't come there any
more, and the only inhabitants that stay are
those that have to. Men who used to boast
about their town are curiously silent. The
old spirit of community enterprise and civic
pride is dead. Taxes are an increased burden
and business is moribund, because the visi
tors and new inhabitants who made trade
lively come no more. Other towns, wise
enough to retain 1 lie features that made
their social life attractive, draw the visitors
now. I’odunk. led astray by the personal
■vanity ol Stephen Oldherger, has reirret~
fully come to the conclusion that a penny
sayed is sometimes a couple of dollars lost.
* a »
"■'The bright little boy at the back of the
mjjtiionoe asks, “What has this to do with
fire University of Oregon '”
giPlenty ! It means that if we don't wake
npfaiul kick our local Stephen Oldbergcr in
1 hje seal ol the pants, we re going to find
onyselves in a sel.I with a steadily decreas
ing enrollment each term; and. moreover, a
School in which there will not. b" one ounce
oPd-eliool spirit or school pride, for we won 't
•li'ive one single community achievement to he
pi&uud of.
. And that s not all. In about ten years we
may not even have a school, because no one
is grilling to attend a uuievrsily that offers
in*-social field in addition to its curricular
mcji vil ies. when there are plenty of others
Ill'll do. And no state is going to maintain
a Ifluiversily that cannot induce students to
Htft'lld it.
“•Buying fl student body card may work
fcoSte hardship on you. It may mean giving
ipTa couple ol dances or a number of shows,
bid if you place any value at all upon your
mgjnhership in this school, if you have anv
vestige of loyally to Oregon, it is a duly
1 hstl 'VI •“!! l>h DON KI And anyone who is
convinced it is not will never be worth a
liuiker s dam to any community or organi/.a
lidji he may belong to in later life
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One Man’s Opin ion
s—Sr-———By Stivers Vernon __
■Vlrrc ran across a lament In the Southern
-California Daily Trojan tin; other day. The
editors went to great lengths to point out that
alhjjtie big “breaks'' in the way of news occurred
dumig the time that the student publication lisd
suspended its activities according to a pre
iuSinged schedule. The staff was right eeously
tn^pguant that they lutd been unable to compete
in She scramble tor a scoop. Nor had there been
lh«Klhrill of blaring forth, m a large banner-head
thjj news of such and such an event or eiretint
Stitjiee.
rfJow we discovef that Coach Billy Reinhart
up and announced his intention of transferring his
activities to George Washington University dur
ing the time when the “Emerald’’ was out of
publication. And, inasmuch as the regular issues
of this pgper do not begin till April 9.* it is
quite possible that the faculty committee, execu
tive council, board of education and other bodies
may have to pass on the question of his successor
without this paper once getting a chance to air
its opinions on the subject. And certainly, things
have come to a pretty pass when a college daily
has to sit quietly by and permit a new coach to
be selected without first getting a chance to
tear its hair all over its front page.
Yes, Mr. -Reinhart, we consider it extremely
poor taste that you did not time your announce
ment so that the gang down here at the "Shack”
could have had some f mt of it. Just think,
this here column could have existed for a solid
week on that occurrence done.
Coming up out of the vacation fog, we observe
with faint interest that J25 new residents of
Lane county are entertained at luncheon by the
chamber of commerce, Hitler arouses Europe
by publicly announcing what he has been doing
in secret all the time, a youngster with an upside
down stomach goes east to get it righted, Lee
Tracy - the movie actor is in jain again and
fishing opens in a few days on the McKenzie.
Nothing to get very ecstatic about. We recall
that Germany is a place surrounded almost en
tirely by Europe and the rattling of arma
ments, and who during the years of our child
hood; played the • role of villain in a medieval
squabble that got started somehow' we can’t
remember just how. Anyhow, there were a lot ot'
folks killed and a lot more that wished they had
been when they began lo pay the bills and now
Germany doesn’t feel like a villain any more
and wants to make up and play soldier with the
rest of the boys. Which leads France, who has
a horrible inferiority complex where Germany is
concerned, to toot the bugle and call together all
her former allies in an effort to scare tarnation
out of Germany. Which effort, needless to say,
is quite futile because Germany under Hitler
doesn’t scare worth a hang.
At present, it looks as though the situation
might go on almost indefinitely with all the
nations of Europe sitting up nights with shot
guns across their knees, so lo speak. Perhaps
they'd be at each others throats now if any of
the-continental diplomats could figure out a way
of having the United States pay the bill. This
time, however, Uncle Sam having been sucked
in on a similar deal before has decided to play
solitaire and watch out the window while the
big bad boys play in the neighbor’s yard.
Of far more interest to us is this little item
front' tlie American magazine:
“To win a wager, Mel (Lucky) Smith tried
sellirig genuine $5.00 bills for $3.30 on downtown
Los Angeles, California, streets. Of hundreds
who stopped to listen to his offer, only two per
sons bought.” (
All of which goes to prove something pos
sibly that all but two of Mr. Smith’s prospects
* wei(> folks who had been fleeced on California
real estate and who didn’t propose to be hung up
to dry on any more phoney deals. Or perhaps it
proves that American people are just naturally
skeptical ot anything that is offered them where
by they themselves might profit. At least, we
know that we would surely hate to try to sell
vacuum cleaners in that burg. Maybe some of
the administration’s economists could tell us
about it in terms of the “Gold Clause” decision.
FRANCES BROCKMAN GOES EAST
fi-TEN Frances Brockman, violinist, goes to
1 Philadelphia on April 23 to represent the
Northwest in the “young artists" competition of
-he Federated Music Clubs of America, she will
be one of the few representatives of what might
be called "the public school system.” Most of the
contestants at Philadelphia will be from the great
special conservatories of music or the classes of
private teachers. Miss Brockman represents the
University of Oregon and a town called Eugene
(think of it) which to the eastern mind is just
another ot those places “beyond the mountains."
Ibis community has reason to be extremely
proud of Miss Brockman With talents approach
ing genius, she remains normal and wholesome.
She would be the first to scoff at the idea that
she is "a prodigy." She is as much "the typical
American girl" (ideal would be a better word)
as the artistic virtuoso. If she has achieved skill
and poise and ability and understanding which
seem beyond iter years it is because circum
stances and hard work have added to the natural
virtues of common sense and self-reliance. Fame
may be hers in the future but she will dignify it
by being an interesting person as well as a comp
etent artist.
The concert appearance which lias been ar
ranged for Miss Brockman next Sunday at the
music auditorium should be a genuine civic ova
tion. Her name will reflect honor on the Univer
sity ol Oregon, and on Eugene, her home town,
when heroes of the moment are long forgotten.
It is scarcely to be expected that she can win
at Philadelphia, but the Northwest has never had
a more worthy representative of its people and of
(What the East does not suspect) its culture.
Eugene Register-Guard.
The Passing Show
I
J ale of Term's
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jfCoHtinucd from Ivor Onr)
(ffinsilHst term under tire auspices
tȣ tfifc associated students, will no
longJJ' be engaged to appear before
loeaftiudiences if insufficient num
bersjjfif student cards are sold to
day 3,n^ during the coming few
!Weel$£.
i / Z Athletics Endangered
Curtailment of athletics also
faccfe the University in the event
of 1t{J failure of students to realize
the ip i port ante of such activities
io a£ institution of higher learn
ing. If is stated. Such campus pub
licatio!.- a the 1 mt-rud and the
Drogana. which nov: are numbered
among the finest on tlie coast,
might even be forced to cease pub
lication if student funds prove in
sufficient to finance them.
Tite privilege of voting in class
and student body elections to be
held t His term will be denied all
who are not members of the ASITO
and the right to serve on commit
tees will go to holders of ASUO
cards.
•tfijsSJioKs’ Kxprrss
(Coniitiiti J !’\hr r»<ie One)
the statement ot Bob Parke, foot
ball captain and javelin star, which
barked up Mi. Shechy's remark
.. ■ ■ east>n ! hi Bet i K ip
pa said, I thirl; everyone .houlcP
buy a student body ticket, espe
•'tally with elections coming ti{
Everyone should take part it
them ’’
Arne Lindgren, chairman o
homecoming and truck star, re
marked, "It would be an erupt;
school year with only our books
Margery Kissling active Kwamti
said, "[ think every student shouh
purchase a ticket not because o
the student body's use for the fees
but because of the value each stu
dent receives from the ticket.”
Dagmar Haugen, member of tin
senior ball committee, said. ”
think that the A.S.l'.O. activitic:
are as an important part of col
It t •!'!• ttion ti’c '."'It in
activitic
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_ By the Octopus
Time Dashes in With Spring.
Corporations
The Liljeqvist-Simpson affair
1 seems to be running according to
original code plans again after a
bust-up seemed almost inevitable
i the last week of winter term when
both members of the partnership
I were seen other places doing other
I things with other people,
j Southern Cal must be having
1 quite usual weather, from the
locks of the terrific sunburn that
I was captured and brought back to
j Oregon by one John Rogers. He
j and some of ‘de frat’ boys from the
j ‘U’ evidently went for just one too
many flits on the spacious beaches
in the background of Los Angeles
during their visit to that region
during vacation. Yes sir, Rogers is
surely in the red! Ask him to show
you!
Boyhood and Youth
Goodness! Has it come t.o this?
Malcolm Bauer has reverted to his
I youthful days. In spite of a strenu
ous vacation during which he ate
I only two hamburgers and a glass
j of milk, he came coasting into- the
1 “shack" yesterday afternoon to of
fer his services to the Emerald
force on a pair of second-hand
roller skates. It seems that he was
cleaning out the haymow of the
Phi Delt barn and upon discovery
of the skates just coudn't refrain
from showing his stuff on the toys.
Wonder what else the Phi Delts
1 have in their attic?
Datini; Bureau
Signe Rasmussen, the flaming
haired girl from Burns, is getting
quite choosey, ,jt seems. Boy
friends who called her place of
abode yesterday afternoon were
obliged to tell their names before
she would even interview them
over the wire!
TIME FLITS OFF TO PICK
WILD FLOWERS.
Dean Eric Allen
(Continued fr.om Pay? One)
will Jge given by Eric W. Allen,
dean*bf the school Tuesday, April
2, The talk, which is to last 15
minutes, will begin at 8:30 p. m.
Dean Allen's talk will introduce a
series of similar talks by other
cleans and directors that will con
tinue through April, May, and
June.
Also broadcast over KOAC, will
i be a series of talks on investments,
the first of which will be a speech
by O. K. Burell, Associate professor
of business administration of the
University of Oregon. Scheduled
for Friday, April 5, Professor
Burrell’s 15 minute talk will be
gin at 7:45 p. m.
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ment plan has been instigated to
further these sales.
At an assembly held last Thurs
day, Willard White, president of
the student body, told between 600
and 700 students that just because
spring activities had been fostered
at the college for so many years
was no reason why they could be
carried on again this term unless
sufficient funds are available.
Also appearing at the assembly,
President George Peavy explained
that the Associted Students of
Oregon State is an organization
that has been built up only with
years of painstaking effort on the
part of students and faculty mem
bers. He also issued a plea for the
financial support which will pro
vide for extra-curricular activities
which he termed necessary foi
one’s education. The president
named two distinct types of edu
cation that are secured at college
- the general knowledge gained
from books and classrooms, and
the type that makes one fit to deal
with his fellow citizens.
Cancellation Alternative
If student fee collections are not
satisfactory for this term, the only
alternative will be the cancellation
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C. V, Ruzek, chairman of the board
of control, before a group of stu
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lrom voluntary fee payments for
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from running at large upon the
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