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EDITOR: MTRTAM ETCTIXER THE EMERALD MAGAZINE ,:L . ,;.u -)0 : _ ' /' ’ ^>T i, 7,^1# , i, ■■ n , ' m.n ■ ■ i. ■■■■ ~ ■■■ i ■ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE,WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1935 ' ' t DIRECTOR: R. RTEPTTENRON RMTTTI •9 rIt Con’t H0ppen Here’ Portroos o Fascist U.S. ur IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, by Sinclair Lewis, Doubleday, Dor an & Co., 1935, 458 pp. $2.50. "It Can’t Happen Here,” written at a terrific speed by an apparent ly inspired Sinclair Lewis, Ameri can-scene author of Babbit, Ar rowsmith and others, is receiving nation-wide acclaim as a “signifi cant book.” The book is just off the press. Depicts Fascism Lewis depicts Fascism as it would take place in America. Half of his political characters are real •—Roosevelt, Miss Perkins, Huey Long and half are the created radicals of the Fascist move and their converted "American” fol lowers. The action centers around Doremus Jessup, American, an average editor-citizen of an aver age town. In spite of the fact that he is tbs mouthpiece for the ideas of the author, he is a living char acter as well as a type. 3Vfol> Spirit The author shows a mob-spirited American swept into Fascism by such methods as Huey Long him self might have used. And the reader is too absorbed with the sweeping political action of the story that he fails to notice much a certain roughness in the writing. You too catch the spirit of the party and are interested not in the personal but in the politics. “Ser vice Before Self.’’ The story forecasts war, revolu tion, dictatorship for America. It paints a shockingly European scene against the familiar back ground of our country. Critics Quoted J. Donald Adams of the New York Times Book Review says: “In Lewis the novelist there is always more than a little of Lewis the pamphleteer.’’ And those who believe “It Can't Happen Here” have carefully de tailed for them how America is ripe for a dictatorship, how easily the dictatorship can be formed - and more interesting still how America will revolt. Novel Significant For an understanding of the psychology and principles of Fas cism, this is an excellent and easily read source. For an expose of the minds of America, as Lewis be lieves them, it is a crisply humor ous and biting source. Every college student “in the know” will investigate this novel, as well as the rest of America. And though from literary standards it may not be “great” it will remain a "significant book.” 71 M. E. Bg Howard Kessler Fast approaching, the light "ldip-klop” became a staccato heat that made the ground tremble be neath their feet. Panic! Tt was in the hoofbeats! The two campers felt it and rushed from their tent ns the thundering came close, and a maddened horse labored un the mountain trail, a slender figure clinging to its back. “Fire! The forest on fire! Pad! He’s trapped!” That was all. Tt was a girl, insane witli terror. A mist came to Jason's eves. P>onny . . . no, it couldn’t be. But what a resemblance! They carried her into the tent. Jason looked again and shuddered. It was a ghost calling from above. Then suddenly he was command ing. "Get more men from the mill and phone for help! Wait! Look after this girl! To hell with the fire!” Swinging astride Black Prince, Jason galloped off in the direction from which the girl had come. He rode hard, unseeing. Conflicting emotions surged within him, thoughts of Bonny . . . and him self. Pictures blurred and faded in his numbed brain, gay days, hap py days, with the girl who had looked at him so adoringly and murmured, “Yes.” But it was too good to last. Cur ious . . . everything had been too good to last for him. They had made plans for a delightful little church wedding . . . and more plans about the years to come. Then . . . snatched away. He grit ted his teeth. The parting at the bedside, with Bonny so still and small beneath the damnably white covers. “I'll be waiting" . . . that was all. She was gone, out like a match. God. how he had cried aloud in agony of soul. With her had gone his gaiety, his joy of living. Black Prince halted abruptly. BOOK SALE the “CO-OP” Below, a surging' river roared. The cliff was steep, very steep, and high . . . and the river roared. Methodically, his eyes strained ahead, .Tnson dismounted. Black Prince whinnied . . . nuzzled his soft nose in his hand. “Good-bye, old man . . . I'm go ing away.” The roar of the dash ing, tumbling water smote his ears. A moment he paused on the brink. The sun was down, leaving a red haze and shadows creeping up in the quiet evening. The cataract below looked blue and cold. His eyes were to the sky, and he saw a vision there ... a beautiful wo man’s face. The water was cold ... it filled his nostrils . . . choked him . . . it seemed an eternity . . . gasping for breath. “And he had a fine future, too. Too bad . . . too damn bad. Do you think Marsden can hold up his part? No? That kid was good. Just tell those nosey reporters he was the greatest discovery I ever made. And get Johnny King on the phone.” “We go all ready to shoot the scene. He acted funny. But on the playbacks that scene was a masterpiece. I says to Jim, that’s the 'sisstant 'lectrieian, I says, "Boy, that guy’s too good to last!” “My dear, isn't it the most ter rible thing? That’s what I told Sue, and she told me about once when she saw him crying with a girl’s picture in his hand! Yes, my dear, actually! Isn’t it tragic? And the film would have broken no end of box-office records. He was so handsome. Gee, that’s a keen hat y’got on Joby. Where’d ya get it ?” "Jason Bates, one of the most recent cinematic ‘discoveries’ of Henry l)e Grange, Hollywood im pressario, met with a tragic acci dental death by drowning yester day, while on location in the moun BOOK SALE Wed. Thurs. Fri. only the “ C O - O P ” Phone 330 DR. ELLA C. MEADE OPTOMETRIST 14 West Eighth ^aEiaaiM2wa/aE®a®aiM/®M,®iaw«Masjaaia®aMajaJ5iaisiaiBiaEl RECENT BOOK REVIEWS I_ GOLDEN APPLES by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. New York. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935. 325 pp. $2.50. When the “furriner” entered the lives of Luke and Allie, orphans left to their own resources in the wilderness of the Florida orange country, he brought both happiness ana misfortune. And here begins the story of pride against pride; the pride of an outcast English man of good family and fortune against the pride of the Florida Crackers. It is the story of people far apart in social status who find themselves forced to live with one another. They find they are both striving for the same goal, and that end is a place for themselves in the world and contentment with their lot. Tenderness Real There is in Miss Rawlings’ novel a tenderness so deep that it is not lost in the most tragic parts. The author gains this tenderness only because she knows these people. Miss Rawlings has lived for sev eral years in the orange-grove country of nothern-central Florida, and here she has brought a new people into the field of the novel. Her first novel, “South Moon Un der,” her novel of the “Big Scrub” country of Florida was chosen by the Book of the Month Club. And here's a word to the strug gling journalist whose professor does not particularly care for his style of writing. When Miss Raw lings attended the University of Wisconsin, she was enrolled in the class of the wife of a well known professor now here on the campus. The author was considered by her to be a “problem pupil.” Perhaps we all have a chance! J. McConnell. SOUTH TO CADIZ, by H. M. Tom linson. Harper and Bros., New York and London, 1934. 195 pages. $2.00. H. M. Tomlinson finds Spain a "land of confused values”; the reader finds “South to Cadiz" a reflection of bewildered impres sions. Beset by the incompatibil ity of machine age realism and Utopian ideals of peace, beauty and romance, the author finds him self out of harmony with post-rev olutionary Spain. So he chooses for the most part to ignore it and turns introspective. In a journey through Madrid, Toledo, Cordova, Cadiz, and Gra nada by a bus which "treated Spain as a historian does human ity," little was seen of the minor towns or the common people “ex cept by chance and in surprise.” tains near here for the filming of 'Just Fools,’ his first starring ve hicle for Supreme Pictures. "Rvidently thrown from his horse into the Showena river, Bates' body was recovered late last night by volunteer searchers organized from members of the motion picture company ...” Maybe . . . who shall say . . . the grief-stricken old mother knew the truth, and, sensing it, had this simple inscription carved into the heart of the cold stone which stood over the body of her boy . . . "The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one, Yet the light of the whole life dies When love is done.” BOOK SALE the “ C O - O P ” LTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOraraTOrarara Quest Futile Somewhere along this route, his reader feels, Mr. Tomlinson will find the Spain which he seeks, but' a cool courtyard of the Alhambra serves only as one of “the usual reminders of futility.” Wandering through the narrow streets of Ma drid “looking for what has ceased to be there,” he thinks it curious that “we rarely find what we go to see, unless we refuse to believe we are mistaken. One wishes that the author had not employed the travel narrative as a medium for irrelevant person al philosophy in “South to Cadiz.” The purely sensuous perception of beauty which graced his earlier travel sketches, "Tidemarks,” and “The Sea and the Jungle,” Mr. Tomlinson seems to have outgrown in this latest, more mature offer ing. M. Brown. FIFTY YEARS A SURGEON, by Robert T. Morris, M.D. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1935. 347 pp. $3.50. For anyone who pays his doc tor’s bill last, Doctor Morris’ chap ter on “The Surgeon’s Fee” in his book, “Fifty Years a Surgeon,” should prove both interesting and informative; for those who have the average layman’s curiosity about disease and the body, this book will supply reliable reviews and discussions, but for students of the medical profession it should be the most valuable, for here is presented the evolution of medi cine over a period of 50 years. Dr. Morris succeeds in making this au tobiography of his professional ca reer both technical and interesting; anecdotes and explanations of sur gical methods fill the book. Facts Given In almost every chapter, he gives a complete set of facts with the history and evolution of the particular field he has in mind. His own experiences in surgery are the basis for each chapter, and in this way, the reader gets both the subjective and objective points of view. Fads, cures, antiseptics, and gland grafting are a few of the topics he presents. Dr. Morris writes fairly and frankly, admitting his mistakes in method as well as his successes. He has a fine sense of honor, and his uprightness and clarity character ize the books. Pacemaker He has always been one of the first to undertake or commend new fields of thought in medicine, and as a result, he has been the object of much criticism. His ad vances in appendectomy have brought him recognition and at tention. For a scientific, yet enthusiastic, explanation of the progress in medicine and a really vivid account of a doctor's problems, “Fifty Years a Surgeon” should find a wide reading public. R. Storla. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, by George Seldes. Bobbs-Merrill. New York, 1935. 376 pages. $2.75. “Freedom of the Press" is a clear, incisive picture of the cor ruption of American newspapeis backed by unquestionable and au thentic proof. George Seldes the BOOK SALE Wed. Thurs. Fri. only the “ C O - O P ” fnl(ftirarararararaQ(siQararnaar?amfnrncif=imr-. Brain Fag? A steaming hot slice of College Side mince pie will revive a jaded cranium and bring cheer to the tummy. The College Side Where you II meet your friends—and encounter the best food on the campus. author, is himself a newspaper man widely experienced in both do mestic and foreign correspondence. This book is an appalling bom bardment of truths; it is full of inside facts on all of the large newspaper stories of recent years. In it we learn the sordid misrep resentations, distortions, and sup pressions of news subscribed to by virtually all of the papers in the Teapot Dome scandal, the fight against Tugwell pure food and drug bill, and the propaganda that sent us into the World war to save the ' Morgan millions,” as Mr. Seldes aptiy phrases it, , Right to “Sell Out” “Freedom of the press” becomes the right to sell out to large ad vertisers. George Seldes tells the methods used by the public utilities and mu nitions interests to secure backing by the press in their huge drives for a “favorable” public opinion. Even our main news source, the Associated Press, is exposed as a corrupt organization in which the “strike breakers report strikes.” Truth for Sale "It has ben my aim to empha size the fight for a free pr°ss whicn I still consider the most important fight in the world,” Georg? Seldes declares in his foreword. But his budget of facts proving that “truth is for sale to organized capital in the United States” is too overpow ering for much hope. CATHERINE, THE PORTRAIT OF AN EMPRESS, by Gina Kaus, New York Viking- Press, Inc., 1935. 384 pages. $3.50. "No great joy attended my birth. My parents had wanted a boy.” Throughout the colorful life of Catherine the Great as told by Gina Kaus, it is possible to see how Catherine tried to become supreme, and finally triumphed even though she was a woman. "Catherine, the Portrait of an Empress,” is the story of the fulfillment of Cath erine’s dream of becoming "the greatest man of her age.” Gina Kaus shows Catherine as the many-sided person that she was. While endeavoring to Euro peanize the mass of Russian peo ple, Catherine elevated Russia to a commanding position in politics. Although she Ruled Russia she considered her private life her own, therefore she was the cause of great court scandal. However, when one knows the motives for Catherine's action, it is easy to see that although Catherine had many loves her real love was Russia. Gina Kaus, previously noted as a novelist (Luxury Lines) and a playwright, proves with this dra matic and entertaining story of Catherine that she is a writer of biography. Miss Kaus includes ma terial which has just recently beer discovered, putting the book out BOOK SALE the “ C O - O P ” v of the class of “just another book about Catherine the Great,” into the more readable class of "a rich ly-detailed biogTaphy of the em press of all the Russians, whose life is as exciting as any romantic novel.” I. Miller. Bij Barnegj Clark Goodie, goodie, here it is fall again, and all the new go-carts are beginning to peer shyly out at the public. On second thought, to hell with this goodie, goodie business. Last year we were all happy about the new motor models arriving . . . and what happened ? The Big Boys in Detroit all joined hands and shoved their engines up over the front axle, making it impossi ble to roll a ’35 model around a corner at over five miles per hour without joining the birds. So we have viewed the first few arrivals this year with a decidedly jaundiced eye. Let’s look at Hud son-Terraplane: Ah, pretty, pretty! A new front end, with a narrow concave trian gle of chromium on a rounded snout, a deeply curved back, and new fenders that look strangely like Oldsmobiies. A little too con sciously pretty as a matter of fact, hut shucks! They claim to have frame improvements that aid road ability, but we haven’t driven one yet. Judging from last year’s is sue, they could do with it! Buick this year has produced an astoundingly commonplace group of offerings. They look like a com posite of all General Motors prod ucts and feature hydraulic brakes, which only a few years ago were being given the Bronx cheer in all G.M. sales talks. Never mind, the public won’t remember. Oldsmobile looks much the same, save for the addition of fancy hood louves. Motor and frame haven’t changed. Pontiac, too, has noth ing new to talk about. Packard 120 has added a new bumper, ten horsepower, and claims new riding comfort. Ford cleverly solved the diffi culty of disguising its chopped-off front end by continuing the top of the hood on out over the radiator. A good-looking nose for 1936, but no other changes worth mention ing. Plymouth and Dodge, too, have handsome noses this year, resem bling the G.M. line, but nothing else new. The Plymouth instru ment board looks lousy, Dodge looks nice. Graham is dropping its eights, producing four lines of sixes. The big one is 130 h.p. supercharged. The body lines won’t be changed much. Reason for dropping the BOOK SALE Wed. Thurs. Fri. only the “CO-OP” “EUGENE'S*- OWN STORE” McMorran^ Washburne MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY -PHONE 2700 A New Dudley Field Shop on College Side Row With Campus Representatives BERT MEYERS CLAY POMERY Milano Demuth Pipes, regular $3.50 Hiekok Buckskin Belts Wool Sox . Ties . Hat styles you're looking for . Suspenders and Garters . Gooseskin Rain Jackets .. Parka Rain Jackets Sport Coats . 50c, .... 50c to 50c to $3.50 and $1.00 and $1.00 $1.00 $2.50 $1.00 $5.00 $1.25 $6.00 $5.95 $12.50 Chit-Chat Bjj Henrietta Horak Well, it looks like Professor Walter B. Pitkin’s Columbia uni versity students have been doing a bit of research again, for “Let’s Get What We Want” is just off the press. The rambling 285 pages about the capitalistic system termed a book, was published by Simon & Schuster, which is enough said, except that most of the work is devoted to a refutation of “1,000.000,000 Guinea Pigs.” * * * Devotees of Rockwell Kent are going into ecstasy over his “Sa lamina.” Besides being a literary portrait of life in the raw in Green land. the book was named after Kent's “iewel of a housekeeper.” Eighty drawings, some in color, add to the bulk of the work. The art work exemplifies Kentanian nicety. Critics predict a. “best seller” lead for Walter Duranty’s “I Write as I Please.” When Duranty lost his lea: in a French railway acci dent. he nearly lost his life as well. As he lay in a hospital, contem plating death, here are a few of his thoughts. “I am probably going to die: but if X do not die, I shall act differ ently in the future. I have too of ten been afraid in my life, but now I am facing the ultimate fear, be yond which there is nothing. None of the things I have been afraid of before are as bad as the thing I am facing now, which is death by slow torture. Now. facing death, I regret a few of the things I have done, but I regret not doing a great many things I might have said or written. If X do get back, I shall do as I please and write as I please, without fear of favor.” Duranty got back—and in his eights: they burned too much gas. Graham, however, will remain this country’s prize car for roadability. Chevvie news hasn’t reached us yet, but we predict it won’t be startling. That’s about enough for today, but we’ll come back some time and tell you why our modern cars won’t stay on the curves without divine intervention. book. “I Write as I Please” he savs whatever he damn pleases, especially about Russia where he has been a correspondent for The New York Times since 1920. The best in biography this month rates "Old Jules.” by Mari Sandoz, which copped the Atlantic $5,000 non-fiction prize for 1935. Old Jules, father of the author, came to the sand hills of Nebras ka in 1880. At that time, it was a land where a man would “marrv anything; that got off the train.” The tale depicts Old Jules and his fight for his home; he fights against cattlemen, against the in evitable weather, and against any thing which is worth a good fight. “A slice out of the sinews of Amer ica,” the book has been called. Leading November novels: "Ed na His Wife,” bv Margaret Ayer Barnes. The storv is a march of time starting in the days of tan dem bicycles, beer gardens, and hansom cabs, and ending in the whirl of 1935 life as whirled bv the rich. One. Edna Jones, just can’t keep up the pace, when she finds herself rich, and as a result, poor Edna is left lonely and unful filled! It strikes every note cn the xylophone of human emotions! “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sin clair Lewis—a story of the darkest pages of Ameriean history as seen hv one family and its friends—and the way Fascism sent democracy back to the kennel. "Hands” by Charles G. Norris, is a novel of social and industrial drama. It looks at America through the microscope from the eighties to the present and finds dirty work afoot! "Honey in the Horn” by Ore gon’s own H. L. Davis, is fourth on the fiction best seller list. Which shows, that being nasty pays! BOOK SALE Wed. Thurs. Fri. onjy the “ C O - O P ” b ra | Eugene Mattress | § and | I Upholstering Co. 1 1 _ i i Upholstering and P 4 Mattress Work ! I of All Kinds £ I - I §j 1122 Olive St. Phone 812 I gl!IIIB!l!!fl!i;ilH!!!!Bl!!!UI!HI'!!IBI!ni!!IIU!!!!Bll!l!^ Smoot Hew tnmpus CORDS Give You "3 Pairs * Of Slacks In One/y! Hound’s Tooth Checks! Cambridge Squares! NewPlainShadesI English Pleated Fronts I , Smart Belted Waistbands! Talon Fasteners! 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