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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1935)
PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON University of Oregon, Eugene. Oregon Kobert Lucas Ed’tor Charles Paddock News Editor Clair Johnson Managing Editor Marge Petsch Women’s Editor rucon naDerman Business Manager Tom McCall Sports Editor The Oregon Daily Emerald otticial student publication oi 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 at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. The Red Devil Of Propaganda NEARLY all organizations, political parties, big businesses, and public “crusades" now maintain highly organized departments. The press agent retained for the purpose of spreading information is becoming a necessary part of the world’s economic setup. In competition for public, favor, vast advertising campaigns have included more and more the direct communication with people. With improvement of the printing press, and speed of communication, the public is ever being more intensely cultivated. And the press agent' often serves a good purpose in matters of government by clearly explaining the functions and proposed functions of government. But press agents are press agents and pub licity is powerful if not alv/ays advisable. And through this condition arise billows of smoke that obliterate the true structure or comparative value of a given piece of legislation, a given law, or a given policy. How to get behind the rosy curtain of propa ganda and to discount tales of ruthless indiscrim ination are the major difficulties of the person whp would adopt and practice objective and pro gressive civic criticism. The most desirable approach is through edu cation— contact with political science and the technique of political parties in gaining power. If one does not understand what is meant by the “balance of power,” “imperialism,” or the psych ological reactions of people but recently engulfed in a world war, it is difficult to justly appraise the Ltalo-Ethiopian conflict. And when colored reports come from the typewriters of Italian press agents or from the machines of Ethiopian sympathizers, or from agents of economic institu tions, the only alternative lies in the application of the educational background in an attempt to secure intelligent, objective information from men of established reputations who have scientif ically studied the situation and report for en lightenment rather than specific and pointed pur pose of gaining moral support from the whole body of the people. This course is left open for every college stu dent and it involves the effort to secure, read, and digest the best that is written, in the best mediums, and by the most substantial critics in the field. wmu is tne best that lias been written? That is a matter of opinion that is best answered after a careful analysis of the writer’s back ground, his education, and his experience as an observer'and commentator on a given problem. What are the best mediums ? Among others, they are books published by informed and nationally recognized people—supplemented by such maga zines as Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Scribner’s, The American Mercury, Time, and Current His tory. Newspapers have a definite and irreplacable position in this list but for a different purpose. They give a continuous and reasonably accurate picture of situations, sans background, sans complete objective interpretation. This appears to be an overwhelming task for the average citizen. Perhaps it is. But college students are not average citizens. People in col lege are being given added opportunities to create just such critical attitudes. They are being given educational background in order to be superior citizens with a maximum of fair and objective attitudes. One cry that is continually ringing in the cars of the college student is the challenge of the twentieth century a constant reiteration by adults that the fate of mankind rests on the shoulders of youth and that youth must meet the responsibility of bolstering a disintegrating civil ization. This challenge is most gracefully accepted by those who at least know what civilization is, about, and by those who best evaluate its fal lacies among which propaganda and the arbitrary direction of public thinking rates high. Election Rules Must be Observed \ N opinion rendered by the judicial committee of the student body declared unconstitu tional the special meeting' held last Wednesday, thus rendering all business transacted at this meeting illegal. The meeting was declared illegal because "proper advance notice of the meeting had not been given." Someone, perhaps President Blais, has com mitted a f:\ux pas. The student body must be called together at another time, with 21 hours advance notice given as to the exact time and place. To many people this mix-up will appear as trivial and the allowed exception to the validity of the meeting will be considered unnecessary. However the observance of the “proper notice” rule is exceedingly important to the protection of the rights of the minority and majority groups who must be given an open chance to compete and prepare briefs. While the mistake is of no more import than an oversight on the part of the student body president, it is important a-, a matter of principle that the correct procedure be followed in public elections as the results, however unimportant in this case, affect each member of the student body. Library Improvement Started in Gamma Hall N AMMA hall is emerging as the men':; living organization instituting the most thorough liou&e hbraiy ice oa the campus. The action the seemingly antipathetic attitude adopted by other men's residence organizations. Where Gamma, formerly notorious for the disinterested ness of its members in matters of an intellectual nature, has commenced plans for a complete library in one of the hall rooms, the male groups have not responded with the enthusiasm dis played by the women's houses, At the meeting of the house librarians last Tuesday in Gerlinger hall the program was con ducted before an audience composed of more than 30 women and only three representatives of the men’s living groups. The men were perhaps occupied with other activities- or perhaps the attendance was merely indicative of the attitudes of male students toward intellectual diversion. Yet it is basically to the men and to the in dividuals who have not maintained that constant contact with the library that the faculty has introduced this a- 'gement. The attempt had its inception in the desire to aid those who had obtained an understanding of the value of the written word in securing that training so essen tial to the mature individual. Those who have taken cognizance of the value of the service have realized the significance of the assistance being given the student body by this extraordin ary service of the library authorities. Where the women's houses have established their library rooms and have instituted regular discussion groups, the men have failed to rise from their usual intellectual lethargy arid have maintained a glacial indifference to the “novel” system. Will the men suggest that they have no time for such pursuits? Or will they admit that they have no interest in the reading? If the students will give the feature some attention they will soon realize the value of the opportunity pre sented them. The Gerlinger Mike A Black Spot 'VT'ESTERDAY we were a.slred by a student to describe Colonel Leader. It seemed an oppor- I tune time to censure our friend for not attending the assembly in Gerlinger hall when Leader ad dressed University students. So we asked him why he didn’t. Then, with killing emphasis on every syllable, the student replied: “I did.” The black microphone that blots out the features of every speaker not on stilts at student assemblies, is a menace alike to the equanimity of him who talks and they who listen. The speak er is confronted by a small wall of metal, and the audience glimpses a cowlick now and then. If one is an athlete, it may develop into a game, to see who can obtain the most complete view of the speaker without leaving one’s seat. Running up to the platform is cheating. And the freshmen who are herded up to the galleries are actually the fortunate few who are able to look upon all of the speaker’s face at the same time. Please, we like to see as well as hear. Europe Firsthand By Howard Kessler I_‘ (Continued) HEN a Moroccan steals, stabs, or sins ac ’ ' cording' to the rights and regulations of his people, he is dragged (or perhaps he just walks) before a high tribunal of African big shots and given a hearing, after which, if he cannot talk fast and convincingly, he is tied across the back of a donkey and paraded through the streets to the delight and edification of the good burghers who are invited, nay requested, to hurl rocks, sticks, last week's garbage or verbal abuse in liis direction, with the result that, if the street is long or the guide becomes lost, the culprit finds himself pretty fagged cut, and promises to be a good boy for ever and ever after. Quod erat demonstratum. We peeped in on a Mohammedan wedding, held at night in a tiny square created by the juncture of several narrow streets. Two snake charmers who provided the musical accompani ment, sat in a corner and blew until their cheeks puffed out like peacocks' breasts, with terrific effect on their slender pipes. Their duty must have been, to subdue the bride, and you will admit that even a first rate, deadeye snake charmer bailing from a long line of snake charmers on bis father s side, would never make pretensions on such a masterpiece of subduing. Dozens of little- black youngsters were dancing and shout ing to the music, sensing perhaps that they would soon have playmates. Suddenly there was a change in the tempo of the weird whine. Just opposite to where w< stood in the shadow, a blaze of light approached the end of an exceptionally narrow lane, and the bride appeared, sheltered by a tapestried framework on poles which were in the hands of four husky natives, who carried the wife-to-be over to the donkey that had been standing patiently in the square and placed the box. with the bride hidden in it, on the beast’s back. "They take sweetheart to her mail now," said the guide. Mohammedans have no choice as to then wives. When a Moslem has a little spare cash ami feels extra masterful he gets himself anothei spouse. This keeps on until he runs out of monej or nerve, and then he may start weeding out some of the older models. The Moslem takes a childish and wholesome delight in killing a Christian piece by pie- -. Usually, as a preliminary experiment, ho cuts off a pound of ilesh here and there to see it you can take it. Having ascertained that you are en joying the game immensely, he disembowels you, which may be painful, and then fills you with sand, old shoes, a waten chain, or anything that happens to be left over from last nights stag party. The ethical thing would be to sew you up after this operation, but ince lie has never studied medicine, our Moslem proceeds, with in finite care, to gouge out your eyes, slice off an ear or a nose, all the time assuring you in Arabic that this is not going to hurt much. You have probably told him many times that lie needn't be so painstaking in his surgery, but he knows his business and knows just how much a Chtj. tinn in good running order can stand, having ud Bilb. biiu.ui ui Uiui.ni, Ipiu.t once. CANT STOP Again i See In Fancy By FREDERIC S. DUNN “WANNA BUY A DECK?” One might presume from the great bulk of stories told of John VV. Johnson, that his was an ab solutely unbreakable tyranny^ Blessed were those who knew him intimately and realized the man be neath his armor. And' of those who enjoyed that rare privilege was Billy Scott, who knew the president in fraternal circles, even seeing him participate with glee in side degrees for the pure sport of the thing. When president and prepper could thus meet on a com mon level, it was a precious gift of circumstances. And Billy once met with the president on a summer’s outing at Foley Springs, where there were also Dr. Charles J. Whiteaker, son of Oregon’s first governor and member of the graduating class of ’78, and Bob Hayes, proprietor of one of the down town saloons— tall, dark, handsome gentleman, one of the kind that might have saved the saloon from its one time deterrent reputation. In that group, Billy says, “the president was just like the rest of us and could tell as many yarns.” Billy occasionally accompanied him on his hunting expeditions, camping out over night at week ends. A third participant was Jas per Stevens, commonly called Jap. The one thing I can recall of Jap is seeing him habitually in hunting boots and with his shot-gun tucked under his arm. Once the three were out in the south and west of town in the Am zon slough and Long Tom districts, they would separate, but occasion ally meet to tally up their suc cesses. The country was flat and they could readily watch each oth er to prevent accidents. Billy says that they were nearing the end of their program, and he had not a single bird at his belt, whereas Johnson and Stevens had netted, between them, two ducks and a goose. Scott finally became a little wily and, meeting up with a lone hunts man, bought his quarry of two ducks, sorry that he had not a goose as well. When the three met to return from their hunt, Bil ly displayed his two ducks, but could not refrain from nudging Jap in the ribs and whispering to him the secret of their possession, but ‘not to tell Johnson.’ The next Monday on the way up to the University, President John son passed by a group of students. He tapped Billy on the shoulder and, as he walked on, looked back and wryly queried, ‘What’s the price of ducks today, Scott?’ In Review By Stuart Portner Films Today: Heilig - “Westward Ho” and "Make a Million,” through Saturday. Mac—“Here Comes Cookie” and Major Bowes Amateur Group, today only. Mayflower - "King Solomon of Broadway," through Saturday. Rex Same as the Mac. State — “We Live Again” and "When a Man Sees Red,” through Saturday. At the McDonald Friday The depression period having created so thick a gloom that the mental health of the nation was endangered, Paramount accepted the task of reviving humor in the United States and introduced the team of Burns and Allen. But the result has not been too entertain ing. After belaboring the defense less public in short sequences, the former vaudeville and radio com edians were given the opportunity of engaging in full length films and of boring audiences for a com plete hour rather than for isolated moments. “Here Comes Cookie," and the photoplay is even more peculiar than its odd title, is the Paramount joy restorer. Miss Allen, whose va cant stare, idiotic responses and general demeanor have gained a veritable myriad of admirers tmong the lesser intellects, ap proaches the nadir in her career n this lamentable effort. A story pr<r » • ART HOLMAN INTRODUCES w TILLMAN SCHAFER si ,, . Banjo Exi : Extraordinary Fnda\ Evenin': \ .>Uc per couple (No dance Saturday nite I because ot' .. Sophomore informal i ■ li ■ i H h GREEN PARROT » i, PALMS J S £ a S E I I i : 3 £ has been woven about the eccen tricities of Gracie, but the result would have been as profound if no continuous theme and no other actors were introduced. In that case Gracie and the long-suffering George could have returned to their vaudeville manner of hurling inane comments about the lot without endangering the reputa tions of others in the cast. George Barbier is far more comical in his role than those twin stars of the drama, but he does not save the film from descending to complete lunacy as the narrative develops . Perhaps tlje Major Bowes group of Columbia university xylophon ists, Oxford students, and those without the academic sphere, ap pear to advantage because of the display afforded by the Burns-Al len combination. Conference (Coiltinned from Page One) will be held with Mrs. Earl presid ing. Speakers will be Mrs. L. T. Merwin director of the north Pa cific section, and Dr. Victor P. Morris, professor of economics at the University of Oregon. Mrs. William Tugman, Eugene, has charge of the entertainment. The first meeting Saturday will be at 8 in the morning when dif r Y’ ❖ ❖ ❖ Listenin’ By James Morrison Emerald of the Air In the absence of Woodrow Tru ax. radio editor and regular Em erald of the Air announcer, who is in Corvallis on business concern ing the installation of a campus radio station here, Noel Benson will have complete charge of the broadcast today. The time will be devoted to announcements about the Sophomore Informal. Virginia Wellington and William Pease will talk, Ned Gee will sing, and Bucky McGowan will play the piano. Local Bands Bucky McGowan has made great strides in lifting the brand of cam pus music employed for house dances last year to a much better level, as those Who attend the Al pha Chi pledge informal Friday evening will find. The old meth od of musicians shaking hands on the job is out, he declares, as his bands will be well-rehearsed. Lucky D.G.'s! Jimmy Dierickx is scheduled to come over from Corvallis and give the girls a treat with his tuneful group. 1 Tonight is also College Night at Willamette park. Earle Gib ferent groups will meet for break fast at the Eugene hotel. A com plete Saturday program will ap pear in the Emerald tomorrow. Purpose Given The association was founded 54 years ago, with the purpose of uniting college and university wo men in the development of educa tional standards through legisla tive and other means. “Education al in international relations are studied to enable women to better understand world conditions, and to better their positions in life,” Mrs. Earl said'. The Oregon division gives a $1200 fellowship every three years to some woman university grad uate of Oregon schools. The last person to receive this was Mar garet Williams who graduated from the University of Oregon The national organization at pres ent has 21 women enjoying schol arships. Paulsen’s (Continued from Page One) tober 20-26, again not official and not setting forth a definite date. Once again the assembly was announced as a news story in the Emerald columns, Wednesday morning before the meeting but was not published as an official notice. In the future, the committee ruled that an official notice of a special meeting of the ASUO must appear in the Emerald issue of the day previous to the date of the meeting. TAKE SNAPSHOTS in your own home at night. New films make night snapshots easy. For full particulars ask at the Carl Baker Film Shops On the corner of Ttli and Willamette i!llillllil||lllllll!lllllll!ll!llillllllllllfllllilllllll!!lllll(!|III!ll|||IIIII!!!llllilllilllii!illllillll!l son's augmented orchestra will play. Tomorrow night Gerry Mc Lean and his Willametteers take the stand. Next Friday Jack Mills and his orchestra are to appear at the Park, direct from a summer engagement at Detroit Lakes Pa vilion. Stars of Radio Fame, rather than fortune, is the goal of Nyla Taylor, 21-year-old Lansdale, Pa., girl who acquired considerable of both by winning in the women's division of Eddie Du chin’s Fire Chief “National Open” radio auditions contest recently completed. To have six songs published by January 1, 1936—not great songs, but “hits”—is the immediate am bition of Lanny Ross, tenor star and master of ceremonies on the Maxwell House Show Boat. Lanny got off to a good start toward this goal with the recent publica tion of his latest composition, “Day Dreams.” He has cherished a desire to compose since his student days at Yale, when he first sang on the air. In the past few years the ten or has written about twenty songs, several of which he introduced on his radio programs, none of them published, however. “But it’s going to be different frem now on,” Lanny declares, “now that I've broken the ice.” NBC'CBS Programs Today 3:00 p. m.—Women’s Magazine of the Air. NBC. 4:00 Sax Appeal—Mickey Gil lette. KPO. 5:30 — Kellogg College Prom. Ruth Etting, blues singer; girls’ trio; Red Nichols’ orchestra. KGW, KFI. 7:30—Elgin Campus Revue, with the Mills brothers; Hal Totten, sports commentator; Art Kassel and His Kassels in the Air orches tra. NBC. 8:15—Lum and Abner, comedy sketch. KPO, KGW. 10:15—Norman Sper, football forecasts. KGW. DANCE ORCHESTRAS . 10:00—Paul Pendarvis. 10:30—Tom Gerun. Eddie Fitzpatrick, Jr. - 11:00—A1 Lyons . 11:30—Jimmy Grier. 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