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Social Pressure Now
\\7 EDNEftDAY S Morning Oregouaiu edi
torial commending President Boyer for
Ids abolition of “hazing” as a means of en
forcing Oregon traditions was good in spirit
if weak in body.
Correcting the misapprehensions under
which some well-meaning Oregonian editor
ial writer labored, it should be pointed out
that “hazing” was not restricted to fresh
men alone; that, it wasn’t the sophomores
who sat around with “sadistic” and “bar
baric” smiles on their faces while waiting
for the next hapless victim. The punishment
was dealt out impartially by members of the
Order of the 0 to all offenders after they
bad boon told of the charge and given their
chance for defense. On several occasions the
lettermen punished members of their own
group for violations.
The Emerald has never advocated "haz
ing.” In this the Emerald is in accord with
the Oregonian editorial. But Oregon students
wince when the Oregonian unjustly leads its
lObjiTIl paid subscribers into thinking that
hazing here has been of the dreaded sopho
niore-perseeution-of-the-freslnnen type.
Th(> Emerald believes, as do the great
majority of Oregon students, that Oregon
traditions should be respected. Oregon stu
denst are proud of their campus. The failure
to find any other way to enforce traditions,
particularly those historic ones under which
students do not walk on the lawns and do
not smoke on the campus, led Oregon to
revert to paddling this year.
With the abolition of physical force, the
maintenance of a neat campus now depends
on social pressure that must force the “re
calcitrant” minority to conform with Ore
gon traditions.
A news item from Bend, Oregon says
that a new form of “linkless” chain letters,
with investment and possible income limited
to five cents, appeared on the streets there
recently. Persons accepting the copy after
paying a nickel read:
“This is to help transport mules to the
holy land. Now don’t be a jackass and ask
for vour nickel back, (let voursclf one like
1 did."
ila. ha!
Legislation seems to be going a bit too
far when il is necessary to look to the law
books before proceeding w ith the clearing of
the debris remaining following the recent
destruction by fire of the state capital. The
fire itself waited for no legal opinion before
doing its part of the work.
It's news when a mass march upon the
national capital is made to throw bouquets,
not brick bats, at those in power.. The thous
ands of “AAA supporters” now camped on
the Roosevelt stoop must be far more wel
come than the band of bonus seekers which
bivouacked in the Hoover backyard not so
Ion" ago.
The Passing Shotv
HAZING FORBIDDEN
OUR dispatch from Eugene, telling of Presi
dent Boyers stricture upon hazing at the
University of Oregon, reports that "paddling of
students on the university library steps has
causd much ill feeling,’’ which we dare say is to
put it lightly.
As a matter of fact, it always is the case that
where hazing is countenanced by the authorities,
and the upperclassmen are free to practice it,
they quickly go beyond mere disciplining of the
freshmen and take up paddling as a science. If
the freshmen unfeelingly refrain from smoking
in the scared precincts or sitting on the senior
bench, then they are hazed for being too perfect.
A country with a big army and navy grows clam
orous for something to do with it, and a sopho
more with a paddle, which he is authorized to
use, is no different.
No college or university ever has found a hap
py medium, permitting student self-discipline by
violent methods but excluding license. If you al
low one, then the other follows. And Dr. Boyer is
following the general American practice when,
as the only practicable solution, he bans hazing
altogether. Admitting that there are many fresh
men who certainly need something, it neverthe
less remains best to leave them to the slow cor
rective of time. We realize how painful that ad
vice is to the impatient sophomore. Nevertheless,
it is best. Morning Oregonian.
OREGON MOTHERS ANI) DR. KERR
TA ESOLUTIONS calling for the vacation of the
office of chancellor of higher education in
Oregon, adopted by the Oregon Mothers’ club of
Eugene, are synthetic, not spontaneous, expres
sions of sentiment. The mothers’ group was only
the foil for anti-Kerr forces. It was not the posi
tion of chancellor which the mothers wanted
abandoned; it was the man holding the position.
While the board of higher education need not
regard the resolutions as indicative of what all
Oregon mothers think their organization being
utilized as a sounding board by the anti-Kerr
forces- it cannot much longer defer the already
belated decision on the chancellorship
Mr. Kerr’s resignation has been in the board’s
hands for considerably more than a year. Yet
from all the public can learn the selection of a
successor to Dr. Kerr is no farther along than it
was when the chancellor resigned. If the chan
cellorship is left hanging fire indefinitely, the
state has every right to think the board of higher
education has not acted in good faith when it'ap
pointed a committee to secure a chancellor and
the committee then proceeded to let the entire
matter go along indefinitly.
What the board of higher education must do
is to get busy on its selection of a new chan
cellor. Leaving the position vacant and putting
the existing presidents in full charge of higher
education would not long be satisfactory. The
only reason such a step was proposed by the
Oregon Mothers was because it afforded an im
mediate way to oust Dr. Kerr. Yet a chancellor is
needed to correlate and lead all the higher edu
cational facilities of the state. The board of high
er education, meeting spasmodically, cannot do
the necessary correlation work which falls to a
chancellor. The man to direct all higher educa
tion in Oregon should bo sought out and hirefl.
Until the board does this work, Dr, Kerr should
stay.—Coos Bay Times.
HELL WEEK IS TOTTERING
FOURTEEN of Stanford’s fraternities have
adopted the Inierfraternity Board's anti-Hell
Week plan, a progressive move which will bring
local Greeks into line with many other campuses
in ruling oat excessive initiation practices.
Quick action by the others will bring Stan
ford into the category of a few other colleges
where students have taken this sensible action
on their own initiative, without a faculty rule
being necessary.
An interesting contrast is found in Los
Angeles, where Hell Week has been banned both
at USC and UCLA. The difference lies in the fact
that USC fraternities took no action on their own
responsibility, but were greeted with an edict to
that effect from t lie president of the uni
versity. At UCLA the interfraternity council,
profiting by experience gained when two pledges
were seriously injured a few months ago, took
matters into their own hands and decisively ban
ned rough initiation practices without official
assistance.
The ten fraternities here which have not yet
indorsed the plan will meet Monday night to con
sider it. Definite action on tnis measure will
clear up the present argument, at the same time
adopting a definite policy to be in force before
present pledges are initiated. Stanford Daily.
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Anything Goes
. By Dick Watkins
By Dick Watkins
LOCAL — A new band of mys
terious origin and unknown cali
bre is slated to make its initial
appearance out at Willamette Park
beginning this Friday and Satur
day nights and are expected to
hold down the stands till the first
of the month . . . we haven't been
able to glean much gossip concern
ing said 'X' band, outside of the
welcome news that it will consist
of a 12-piece outfit, including a
sax quartet and two co-ed enter
tainers, and only hope they can all
kick through with some good mu
sic . . . Commencing June 1st, the
Ten Commanders move back in for
a three-week stand of Sateve danc
es only, and will be followed in, by
this new orchestra who will hang
their hats there, for the duration
of the summer . . . NEWS ITEM
Due to King George’s intense
dislike of dancing, a court ball in
stead of a state ball was held this
week, at Buckingham Palace, in
honor of his Silver Anniversary
Jubilee . . . Apparently had a state
ball been held, the King would
have had to dance the opening
quadrille, so a court ball was ar
ranged in its place, and Ills Majes
ty was left to roam about, at will,
as a spectator entirely . . . Poor
George! what a beating he must
be taking during all this Jubilee
rigamorole.
ASCAP (Arn. Soc. of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers), have
just released a few figures on what
they term, “the Murder of Music,”
so in case you’re interested, here
are a few statistics on the subject:
—the U. S. radio audience has
j grown from 1(1 to (10 million from
1925 to 1932 . . . total radio-set
sales in 1929, reached nearly 600
million dollars, but slumped to 125
million in ’32 . . . app. 1 millions
were spent for broadcast advertis
ing in ’27, while in ’32 they jumped
to 40 millions . . . royalties from
! phonograph records .slumped from
$887,733 in ’2(1 to $36,600 in ’32
19,000 musicians were employed in
motion pictures in ’25—in '32, only
a bare 3,000 . . . sheet music sales
dropped from $3,500,000 to $827,
154 between 1925-32 . . . the aver
age life of an outstanding song-hit
selling over a million copies, prior
to '25, was 1(1 months. . . . since
’31, total sales of the best song
hits seldom reach 200,000 copies
and their lives are rarely prolonged
after 3 months .... it is estimated
by the President’s Committee on
Recent Social Trends, that of all
the money the public spends on
musical entertainment, 1 /, billions
go to motion pictures; 525 millions
to radio; 16(1 millions for theaters
and concerts, 24 millions to dance
halls and night clubs; and the com
posers, authors and publishers who
turn out the tunes, firmly hold the
sack at the small end of the horn,
getting in return for all their work,
a measley $1,704,00(1 to be divided
among all of the Tin Pan Alleyites
. . . there just ain't no justice, no
how . . . nufsed . . .
Wuxtra! Bikman
Gets Fan Letter
By George Bikman
Emerald Radio Editor
Folks, we’ve done it! After
we’ve spent eountless hours before
the microphone, someone has brok
en down and sent in a fan letter.
Our colleagues having pored over
every syllable unceasingly, we bow
before their demands and put the
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might enjoy it for aye. It follows:
My Dear Mr. Bikman:
Did you know that you had a
most ardent fan ? Of course you
couldn't know. But you see, un
used to writing fan letters as I
am, I’ve had lots of inexperience.
Every day (except Sunday) I turn
on KORE at 4 :45 to li3ten to your
magnetic voice. My little dog,
Hodge Podge, even stops spell
bound while you are talking. Would
you like to hear about Hodge
Podge ? But, oh, excuse me, this
is a fan letter.
1 enjoy the musical program
when you arrange for Gobbie Bar
retson. Honnie Jogg also is fine.
But best of all you are your won
derful poetry programs. It must
be wonderful to be able to read
words with such understanding.
And your partner has a wonderful
voice, too. All in all the poetry
programs are wonderful. And the
musical background is wonderful
too.
I should like to ask a great fa
vor of you. I know movie stars
do such things, but I should so
much enjoy having of you a pic
ture. I should like to see what pro
duces such lovely sounds. If you
can send me a photo, I shall gladly
send you 25 cents or whatever the
charge is, and I’ll even pay the
postage.
I hope you do not consider me
too bold for writing such a letter.
And could I dare to think that you
would be interested in learning
about someone, such as I, who
faithfully and eagerly reserves
each day (except Sunday) at 4:45
for you ?
Devotedly yours,
Measiss Measaxine Reasankeasin.
Thomas Sets
(Continued from Page One)
Details of the parade have been
modelled after the opening parade
of the Olympics. Jack Campbell,
parade marshall, apointed his six
aides yesterday: Fred Lieuallen,
Dave Macquire, Bill Paddock, Stan
Smith, Bob Zurcher, and Stan
Bromberg.
Campbell Handles Parade
Campbell and his committee will
have charge of the organization of
the parade, erection of the victory
shrine and queen’s throne and will
escort the winners of <each event
to the victor’s shrine.
Queen Mary Morse and her
princesses will occupy the throne j
at the meet and will award the i
winning contestants their medals j
and ribbons following the comple- I
tion of each event in victory cere- j
monies.
The University band under the
direction of John Stehn is sched
uled to take an extensive part dur
ing the meet. The ROTC unit is
furnishing color guards for the
parade and the Order of the O,
officials of the meet, and student
body officers will lead the proces
sion.
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- By Frederic S. Dunn __--.-—
Croquet, the King's
Game
If the students of the first gen
eration could not dance they could
go ft, church socials. If they could
not play Bridge, there was one
game that was countenanced even
by the Faculty,—and that was cro
quet. Battledor and shuttle-cock,
blowing the feather, charades, con
sequences, were parlor games, but,
out-of-doors, croquet was the
King’s game. Never shall I forget
the gray-bearded men in cutaways
and silk tiles, on a playground1
near the Luxemburg palace in
Paris, seriously engaged in a
game of croquet on a Sunday af
ternoon.
Every reputable home toward
the close of the eighteen hundreds
owned a croquet ground in the
back yard or somew'here on the
lawn. The newer the set, the more
fascinating were those glossy mal
lets and balls with their gay stripes
of varying colors! The aboriginal
in us permitted us to choose ac
cording to our chocolate or lime
dispositions, others by virtue of
preference either for blondes or
mauve in eyes or braids, still oth
ers “because yellow was the win
ning color.” Psychology was an
unknown term, but we had it just
the same.
The First Baptist church now
covers a famous “tourney field” in
Professor Bailey’s yard where the
good Doctor himself took his only
known recreation in croquet games
with his student roomers or chance
guests. Alums have confided to
me that Doctor Bailey's spirits rose
or fell with his luck, and that they
would slyly see to it that he won,
because it was like seeing him turn
from the blackboard to his classes
in Analytics, with face all agleam
with his triumph.
Just to mention another,—for
they were everywhere,— Mrs. Cro
ner had a croquet ground in her
backyard, where the boarders
played till darkness drove them in.
There were two eligible daughters
in the family, but, just across the
street were also two very live
anes named Whiteaker, who would
boldly invade the premises. Mother
Croner once told Anne and Stell
r
that “she wished they would give
some one else a chance to play
once in a while,” but the boys,
who were wise to the situation,
would still occasionally sneak the
Whiteaker sisters in through the
side gate.
It would not be sound ethics to
detail the various expletives which
would come involuntarily when you
tripped on a wicket. Neither would
it be w'ise to speak of a faulty con
science, if you judged the ball
when your opponent’s back was
turned. This is not an “experience
meeting.”
Next in the series: TIMMY
SWORE THEY WERE TOAD
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