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Student Union Fifth?
IN making allotments In 1 tic I 'ni vcrsily for
I lie construction nf new buildings. federal
and slide officials have before them ;i pre
pared lisl of building projects, the comple
1 inn ni' which would equip the I’niversity
of Oregon ;is a first class instntinn nf higher
learning should lie equipped.
The first five buildings on this list, in
order nf suggested priority, as shown in yes- j
lerda.v’s lanei'iild. are:
1. Completion nf the new library.
It. Additions In the heating plaid.
•S. I’hysieal education plant and men’s ;
gym. i
4. Humanities building.
n. Student union building.
Why. asks the Ibuerald, is the student
union placed fifth on I his Iis1 t
With the construction of a new and ade
quate 000 library already assured, is
there any reason why an additional grant i
should lie requested in order to make addi I
lions, which, although included in the orig
inal plans, were omitted in the final con
struction because of financial limitations'!
With the completion of the library, the 1’ni
ver,sity will be well provided wit It library
facilities. Of course, the additional stack and
reading room space may at, some time in the
future heroine necessary, but at present such
a project might better be put near the hot- I
tom of the building program rather than in
t he number one posit ion.
The second project, 1ha1 of adding to the
healing system, is a necessary one, hut is
already underway, and has been sufficiently
planned for to make it unnecessary to con
aider any further grant for this work as
affecting funds which might be available
for the remaining projects on the list.
A new physical education plant is a need j
.which cannot he denied. The probable cost
of an adequate plant, according to the com- j
inittec in charge of the building program, j
.would be approximative :f'4b().(l()(J.
The consideration of a new humanities
building to provide additional classroom
space for classes in literature, languages,
and similar subjects, seems highly improper
in view of the need for the next proposal in
the tentative program, a. student union
building. With the construction of the new
library, I lie opening of the old library for
the law school, and the resulting evacuation
of Oregon hall, there will be ample class
room space available for the hiinuuiit ies:
and. in ease the Condon reserve librarv
should In' translerred to the new structure,
i lie additional space acquired by such a move
would serve to dispel the most insistent de
maud for a building such as that suggested
as four!h in priority.
All of which brings us to the prospect of !
a student union building with hut one other
project in a more favored light. That is the !
new physical education plant.
The Passing Show
U;T l S UK SPONGES—SOMETIMES
k SPONGE being absorbunt, one should be
^ * like a sponge in i lassrooms amt at lectures;
also at oilier places where knowledge is given."
Thus an editorial in a junior high school paper
advises.
The analogy is a good one, and the idea is i
not so bad for a junior high school kid. But the
same idea is held by many young men and women
of college age as well, and for them it is not so
good. Too many students still have, the "teacher
said so' attitude toward education. Too often there
is (he sad case of the university freshman who
has acquired the idea back in primary and sec
ondary schools that a teacher Is something above
the ordinary man as regards the validity of
statements which precede from his mouth, and
who continues to think so throughout his college j
Professors are not willful liars or dishonest i
persons, to be sure, but the possibility of their 1
being wrong about some things is evet present.
Being humans they have no doubt done a little
“sponging" themselves. And even if they get all
they expound out of books, still the possibility of
.error is great. For as a local professor once told
an undetgraduate class, "You should read hooks
not to try to discover what the author is trying |
to tell you, but rathei what he is trying to keep
from you."
Authors are usually humans too And by the
time the professor has read something by a mis
informed writer and lias given it his own little
personal touch, then ihe chance of the matter
becoming a bit shady is great.
So we would say, "Let us be sponges some
times," but not until we have analyzed the load, !
strained it thoroughly and investigated its
sou: s And then may tee be ready 10 jucerw
our. ?ivt at any time. -Pally Texan.
years.
Wiping Out War
- - - By Johll f'hnn-ilwrliiin -
Editor’s note: John Chamberlain writes
the daily column, “Books of the Times,” in
the New York Times, 'this article is pub
lished below through the courtesy of the New
York Times with the permission of the As
sociation of College Editors.
WITH Hitler taking the bit between his teeth,
and with France, England and Russia ail
showing visible signs of perturbation (although
Ernst Henri told them a year ago what was
coming, and others, including General Tasker
Bliss, uttered a premonitory “I told you so” the
day after Versail! it may not be the precise
moment to be flippant about war and the rumors
of war. Yet Sir Norm n Angell’s “Peace and the
Plain Man” (Harper. $2.50) invites flippant
treatment. Rhetorically speaking, the book is pos
itively brilliant.
But, as I read, I was haunted continually by
Lawrence Dennis’s epigram: “While the free
traders were winning all the arguments, the pro
tectionists were winning all the elections.” Sir
Norman wins all the arguments, but his oppon
ents simply won’t come around of evenings to
the Oxford Union. Which leaves Sir Norman in
the plaintive position of one crying: “If only the
world were intelligent, it would listen to me.”
Which is true.
Sir Norman Can Help
If you want to refute the militarist who sits
next to you at the dinner table, Sir Norman can
help you. With Sir Norman’s aid, I can imagine
a conversation running along in this fashion:
General Smirkontheface: "But, my dear man,
War is inevitable.’
Caspar Milquetoast (brave with four cock
tails under his belt and an evening of Sir Norman
behind him): “Which war? Any war? Plainly,
militarists don't believe that all wars are inevit
able, because they urge more armament, on the
ground that that will help to preserve peace.”
General S.: “But, human nature is essentially
quarrelsome.”
Caspar: “That is why we must have a League
of Nations or institutions of discipline. If human
nature were perfect, regulatory institutions
would be unnecessary. If man were not a fight
ing animal, there would be no need for courts,
police and decalogues. Just because man’s a
fighter, you don’t assault your neighbor when he
dislikes you. Or, if you do, (he police stop you.”
f .m/i/gt/t" Unman nahuvtor
Genet'll] S.: "But you can’t, change human
nature.”
Caspar: “You don't have to. But you certainly
car. change human behavior. Man was once can
nibalistic, believed in human sacrifice to the gods,
upheld the Ordeal by Fire, sanctioned dueling.” 1
General S.: “But war is a spiritual cleanser. I
Without it, man would grow soft."
Casper: “J thought you said in your last
lecture that we needed armaments to insure
peace?"
General S.: "Well, 1 was only making a point
that those people at the Community Centre would
understand. War will continue ns long as man is
selfish.”
Caspar: “But war demands of men the great
est possible unselfishness, the greatest sacrifice j
of all, life. It destroys property, wealth and
trade. If men were intelligently selfish, war !
would not take place."
General S.: "But what would you do if a brute
attacked your sister?"
Caspar (swallowing another drink): "I'd give
him a sock on the jaw. But if conditions were I
such that women were liable to violence, I'd try
to cooperate in organizing a system of police,
courts, and so on, which is precisely what those
who use your arguments as analogous to the
restraint of violence in the international field
refuse to do internationally."
General S.: "But would you leave your house
unlocked ?”
Caspar: “No. Bui if 1 had to depend on the
strength of the lock, with no reliance on the
community, with its police and nuigistrature, my
house would be plundered anyway. Defense must
be collective and cooperative or fail. The League
is an etforr. at such collective defense made
weak. I admit, because the householders fail to
pay Bie international tax (in trust) to support
it."
iicneral K.: "But capitalist nations must have
markets for the disposal of their surplus goods.”
Caspar: "Britain had victory in tills over its
most powerful commercial rival. Are British cap
italists more able to dispose of their surplus than
they wore before the wai
Mr. Smith Drcidrs
General S.. “Some capitalists, however, may
benefit by war."
Caspar: "Some capitalists vvouUl benefit by
a new Great. Kile of London; all industries rein I -
iny to the building trades would boom. It does
not make arson a capitalist interest."
Here we come to the crux of the matter. We
hn\o wats, not because ut the things which Sir
Norman talks about for some 1100 puses, but be
t Huse the* game ot power is. like poker, not onlv
a same ot indisputable cartls, but also a game of
bluft. And any one who is willing to bluff must
take the chance that the bluff will he called. Wars
tesult when some one calls a bluff that is made
by a man who is too pround to buck down, or who
thinks the man calling the bluff is himself bluff
ing.
II or Is tin Irridrnt
In other wonts, war itself is never solely a
matter of policy, but an incidental accident incur
red in pursuing (other) policies This being true,
does it mattei much whether men bluff by the
old diplomacy or over the green baize tallies of
Geneva .’ Of course, it we had a world with nl\
one reigning elite . . Hut hush, hush, little man.
you're suggesting international socialism or one
imperialist victor, such as Home of the Pax
Montana. Anti how ate you going t > get Uianee
unit Mussta. or Japan anil the United States, to
agree on either of these?
P. o. If you know you'ie Lving in a munitions
factory you Wj'l . .>;■■■ ml ; - ’ C
mat'lu-' ntonud
A ny thing Goes
By Dick Watkins -
By Dick Watkins
CAMPUS — Well, Anson has
come to town and breezed out
again like a flash, and we re still
trying to figure out why we
couldn't have nabbed him for a
campus dance, especially when
nothing would have pleased he and
his boys more, and such an en
gagement could have been so
easily arranged . . . although
Weeks has not what you call an
entertainment orchestra, he put on
a darn good show at the Mac, and
sounded vastly improved over the
last time we chanced to hear him
in action . . . His array of talent
is nothing to be sneezed at either,
especially the singing of Freddie
Williams, a newcomer to his out
fit, on that “On" Night of Love”
encore.Weeks’ 45-minute
stage performance was more than
we had bargained for, and was run
off so smoothly, we have nothing
but orchids to toss at this writing
. . . the band play:; next at Seaside
and then open up Jantzt n Beach
I*nrk for the season, on Sat eve
. . . next they head north to Van
couver, thence to Seattle where
they are lined up to play at the
IT. of Washington's Spring Infor
mal on the 18th . . . what gripes
us so darn much is the fact we
could have had him ourselves for
the .11 MOK FROM next weekend,
had we only gotten off the dime a
couple of weeks ago when it was
first known he w a s coming
through here, and made a few in
quires into the situation.
yesterday, Weeks himself said he
would have been available up till
only a few days ago, and then we
could have had a From that was
worth tossing . . . Owell, no use
crying over spilt milk, but it
stands to reason, that since so
little good music is available
around these parts, whenever a
prominent band does stroll through
here, having them play at a cam
pus dance would be a fine thing,
and would be well supported by
the student body ... in fact,
what harm would there be in hav
ing- the ASIJO sponsor such an af
fair, from time to time, forin
stance? ... on other coast campi
such as Cal., Stanford, CSC,
Wash., UCLA, etc., the student
body regularly features such
event.: as part of their membership
privileges, and actually make
money on the deal at the same
time . . . recently, even the Pas
adena Jr. College had Lombardo
at one of their hops; Tom Coakley
played for the Cal Senior Ball;
Jay \\ hidden plays tonight for
another It. of Wash, jig, and so it
goes .... prominent orchestras
nearly always prefer playing- for
college proms, for, as Hal Kemp
recently remarked, “college stu
dents appreciate them better,” and
also, because of the favorable pub
licity it brings to them . . . Well,
tliis is enough of a ‘beef’ for one
sitting, so we’ll sign off, but any
how, it’s all food for thought . . .
■such is life in the north woods . . .
Burg Speaks
(Continued from Page One)
storms which sweep the North Pa
cific.
The steering gear was swept
away ten times, and given up for
lost by the captain. As one tre
mendous wall of water broke over
the ship's fore deck and sub
merged it in 20 feet of water the
captain cried, “She'll never come
up!"
Coal Swept Away
But she did struggle up from
the depths with her lifeboats, deck
bunkers, and coal swept away by
the mountainous sea, and limped
into Unalaska with the men stok
ing the boiler in the stokehold
standing lcnee-deep in water.
The Russian crew deserted in
Unalaska and Mr. Burk was left
with only two others, a Swede and
a Siamese sailor, on leek to steer
the ship to Yokohama.
f irst Pictures of Tribes •
His most recent trip was his
journey down to far off Tierra del
Kuego. the jumping-off place of
civilization at the southern-most
tip of South America While there
he made the first moving pictures
of the tribes and country in that
region ever made, lie was given
up for lost by several supply ships
which were searching desperately
for him but he always showed up.
chugging out from among the ice
bergs in a small surf-boat, the Dor
jun. He was caught in several vio
lent gales which are eternally
sweeping across the wild stretches
of land and water in that even
wilder portion of the world.
lb' cruised for miles up and
down the western coast of lower
south America among the muuct
ous islands, that line the shore for
tundreds of miles up the western
side of that continent from Cape
Horn m a Chilean navy training
yj-tir- Cu •- IJ • . C1J. T’nO
|ed state- la stopped otf lor otcr
Appeal for Peace
To Be Broadcast
By George BIKMAX
Emerald Uadio Editor
Th£ most widespread appeal for
International peace in world his
tory will be made over NBC net
works today between 12:15 and 1
p. m. Thirteen leading men and
women in the world affairs are to
speak from six different countries.
The impressive list includes
Brince Tokugawa of Japan; Vis
count Cecil of Britain; .Madame
Krupskaya, widow of Lenin; Ma
dame Ivy Low Litvinoff, wife of
the Russian foreign commissar;
Monsieur Joseph Paul-Boncour,
former premier of France: Sir Ron
ald Lindsay, British ambassador;
Alexander Troyanovsky, ambassa
dor of the L.S.S.R.; Arthur Hen
derson, president of the disarma
ment conference, and Hiroshi Sai
to, Japanese ambassador.
On the Columbia network glam
orous Grace Moore will be guest
i rtist on Lire hour long dramatic
musical revue, Hollywood Hotel, at
5 o’clock, a new time. Richard
Himber's fine orchestra will fol
low, with Stuart Allen and David
Ross. At G:30 a special broadcast
from Louisville, Ky., will bring a
description of the set up on the
eve of the Kentucky Derby.
A Musical Letter from San Die
go, featuring that city's symphony
orchestra, will be broadcast this
afternoon at 1. Nino Marcelli will
direct the 80 piece orchestra in se
lections which will call to mind
the Spanish atmosphere of the
forthcoming San Diego fair.
a month to take color pictures of
the greatest coffee plantations in
the world in Brazil.
Mr. Burg is a former student of
the University and comes to the
campus at frequent intervals to do
research work and write.
Dean Onthank
(Continued from Page One)
from every quarter of the campus
could meet and develop common
understandings, it is now.”
Expanding upon this serious
want, he continued, “There is a
practical need for facilities of
many kinds, large and small, for
a lunch zoom for commuting stu
dents, for offices for important but
neglected student groups, for suit-1
able rooms where dances may be
held on the campus without com
peting with athletic and depart
mental uses, and where banquets
may be served to Oregon Mothers
and Dads without driving the dor
mitory students out of their own
dining room, for suitable rooms
for student councils and commit
tees, for quarters for the alumni
association, for a small dancing
room where informal and inexpen
sive parties open to all students,
and especially those who cannot
afford the more expensive func
tions, may take place frequently,
and for many other uses which are
indispensable to the proper student
social and recreational life."
Emerald Commended
Dean Onthank commended the
Emerald “for reopening interest in
the union and for clarifying under
standing of the real part it would
play in student life and activities. '
"The experiences of a large num
ber of universities,” he concluded,
"indicate that a student union, if
designed to provide for the partic
ular needs of the campus on which
it is situated and kept within suit
able limits as to expense, is one
of the most indispensable units in
the university plant.”
And What Else?
COME OM —
WE'LL KILL
THIS BOTTLE
Again I See in Fancy
— - tty Frederic S. Dunn ; -
The Little Brick Church
Diagonally across the intersec
tion of Broadway and Pearl from
the Eugene Hotel, which itself now
occupies the site of a. meat market
on scaffoldings above a swale, was
once a little red brick church whose
history is curiously interwoven
With that of the early University.
Eugene used to refer to it quite
intimately and affectionately as
the Brick Church. Its modern
flourishing successor on Oak Street
with the Greek facade, the cam
panile and the carillons, should not
take offense at corroboration of
boy-hood impressions which I find
in contemporary news-items, that
it was otherwise known in those
clays as the "Campbellite Church.”
Civic programs u'ere frequently
staged in the Brick Church. Here
W'as where Abigail Scott Duniway
first propounded equal suffrage to
Eugenites. Here lectures were
given on all conceivable subjects
and for any legitimate purpose.
Since the University was so far
away and the streets so inade
quately lighted and transportation
facilities nil, the several downtown
churches were much command
eered.
And it was the uncompleted con
dition of the University building
which made the Brick Church a
welcome adjunct in time of public
demonstration. “The chapel room”,
as the news constantly has it,
meaning the one large auditorium
in the upper story, was still under
construction when the academic
year closed, just the day oeioie
the Furth of July. Messrs. Douglas
and VanAlstein, contractors, had
not commenced work on plastering
"the chapel room" until late in
Hay, anu were not ready for hard
finishing until well into June.
Meanwhile the Brick Church pro
vided the "chapel" for the closing
exercises of the University's first
year.
On Friday, June 29th of 1877,
Mrs. Spiller's and Miss Stone's
classes in elocution were for the
first time heard there, in solo, an
tiphony, and chorus,- in all the
diapason of the speech-arts, at the
expiration of which “Judge J. M.
Thompson presented to each a
beautiful book as prize in differ
ent studies,”—prizes in reading,
spelling, and arithmetic. Does Ida
Patterson, ’86, much esteemed
Principal of our Washington
School, recall that she was the only
cne to earn a "double"?
Fitting prelude to the glorious
Fourth that followed, which saw
the first fire-works ever displayed
ir. Eugene and was climaxed with
the Fire Men's Ball in the old
Court House, was the University's
quasi-Commencement. There was
no^class as yet to be graduated,
but the aggregation of declama
tions, recitations, and essays was
appalling, except to Editor Harry
Kincaid whose story in the next is
sue of The Journal retailed a smil
ing compliment for every partici
pant. He even included "the large
and intelligent audience." The
gamut of subject-matter ran from
GET THAT SUMMER HAIRCUT
at the
CAMPUS BARBER SHOP
849 East 13th Street Leo Deffenbaeher. prop.
r-—--—
"Mefital Power” by Laban Wheel
er/to "The Brides of Enderby" by
Rose Scott.
A pity that Eugene could not
have preserved its Brick Church as
a museum, or even as a mere me
morial, as Boston still welcomes
pilgrims to its Old North and Old
South Churches! We are reckless,
prodigal, in our advance and then
deplore the evanescer.ce of our tra
ditions.
Next in the series: GO-GET
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