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PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon EDITORIAL OFFICES: Journalism building. Phone 3300 Editor, Local 354 ; News Room and Managing Editor. 353. BUSINESS OFFICE: McArthur Court. Phone 3300—Local 214. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of 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. All advertising matter is to be sent to the Emerald Business office, McArthur Court. Robert YV- Lucas, editor Eldon Haberman, manager Clair Johnson, managing editor EDITORIAL BOARD llcnriettc Horak. William Marsh, Stanley Robe, Peggy Chess man, Marion Allen, Dan E. Clark II, Ann-Reed Burns, Howard Kessler, Mildred Blackburne, secretary to the board. UPPER NEWS STAFF Charles Paddock, news editor , Tom McCall, sports editor «! Gordon Connelly, makeup editor Woodrow Truax, radio editor « M iriam Eichner, literary editor l Marge Pctsch, women's editor Louise Anderson, society editor LcRoy Mattingly, Wayne Har & bert, special assignment re 23 porters REPORTERS: Marvin Lupton, Lloyd Tupling, Lucille Moore, Paul Deutsch mann, Ruth Lake, Ellamae Woodworth, Bill Kline, Bob Pollock, Signe Rasmussen, Virginia Endicott, Marie Rasmussen, Wilfred Roadman, Roy Knudscn, Betty Shoemaker, Laura Margaret Smith, Pulton Travis, Jim Cushing, Betty Brown, Bob Emerson. COPYREADERS: Mary Ormandy, Norman Scott, Gerald Crisman, Beulah Chapman, Gertrude Carter, Dewey Paine, Marguerite Kelley, Lorce Windsor, Jean Gulovson, J^ucille Davis, Dave Conkey, war ren Waldorf, Frances True, Kenneth Kirtley, Gladys Batt.eson, George Knight, Helen Gorrell, Bernadine Bowman. Ned Chapman, Gus Meyers. Librarians and Secretaries: Faye Buchanan, 1 carl Jean Wilson. BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Manager, this issue.. Assistants, this issue. Ed Morrow, promotion man ager . . Donald Chapman, circulation manager Velma McIntyre,classified man ager .Stanley Bromberg ..Howard Overback, Tom Allen, Walt Vcrnstrom Bill Jones, national advertising manager Caroline Hand, executive sec retary OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Jean Krler, June Hast, Gcornctte Wilhelm, Lucille HoodlanJ, Louise Johnson, Jane Slatky, Lucy Downing, Bette ISeedham, Betty Wagner, Marilyn Ebi, Dorothy Mihalcik. Day Editor, this issue. Assistant Day Editor, this issue Night Editors, this issue. Assistant Night Editors, this issue. .Darrel Ellis .LcRoy Mattingly Jack Bryan, Lloyd Tuping .Peggy Jane Peebler, Marjory O’Bannon High Entertainment In '‘Mutiny on the Bounty” EVERY so often the Hollywood cinema manu facturers break down all over Southern Cali fornia and turi# out something that’s really memorable. Such a picture is “Mutiny on the Bounty.” “ One of the finest things the^movie bigwigs can do for the American nation is to make his tory, great events, immortal characters come to life before the eyes of the public. Although it usually happens that such events take place only when the producers stand to make money by it, these events are, nevertheless, important. The release of “Mutiny on the Bounty" is one such important event. The producers have taken the admiralty records of the original Bounty's historic cruise and combined them with the im mortal characters of Fletcher Christian and Cap tain Bligh. The superb acting of Clark Gable, Franchot Tone and Charles Laughton makes these characters actually live again. The Bounty used in the making of the film is an exact replica of the original Bounty, so the ship, too, lives again. History itself turns back 150 years—his tory lives again, and those who arc there to see it experience an emotional strain that defies words of description. The film moguls have been kind to the Bounty’s fascinating story as it is told in the novel by Charles Nordoff and James Norman Hall. The charm, the thrill, the characterizations, the intense pitch of the action are all there. So confused are your reactions to the picture that they cannot be analyzed. Charles Laughton, liv ing tlie life of the cruel captain of the Bounty, makes you hate him even while you admire his strength of will. Clark Gable, the Bounty’s mate him you admire, even while you pity him. Franchot Tone makes you squirm in your seat in more than one powerful, dramatic scene. We applaud, not only the film for its surpass ing excellence, but we applaud the Hollywood producer who had the courage to spend $2,000,000 bringing to life one of the world’s greatest ad ventures the voyage of H. M. S. Bounty, from the time it left Portsmouth, England, till it wound up in flames on the rocks at the base of Pitcairn island. In producing a picture like “Mutiny on the Bounty” the film colony is utilizing to a good end a powerful instrument in their hands for the education of the American populace. There is no greater medium for primary education than the process of visual imagery. And whether it be the noble synthesis of a character like David Copper field, the portrayal of the man with intellectual courage in “The Man Who Lost His Head.” or the building of morale in the British navy, it is high entertainment and of great value. Oregana Week Last Chance To Buy 1936 Yearbook <<^"'vKEGANA WEEK" opens this morning! For ^ the few innocent campus dwellers who may not yet know what the Oregana is, we remind them that it is the University yearbook, also known as the annual a recording of campus events and history covering a period of one year. A nice thing to have around twenty or more years from now to remind one of the college days that used to be, and for one's children to grin over when perusing the pages for pietuers of mother and dad, and their friends! After lookmg through the pages of the “dummy,” we are convinced that this year's Oregana will be truly a great one. More pictures, novel and modern photography, distinctive and clever copy, to say nothing of the ritzy binding and the page paper. Since the publishing of the Oregana is a big time financial undertaking, it is necessary, as in all other business, to estimate the amount of demand, and gage the supply accordingly. That's why Oregana Week, and the concentrated drive to fill the -~u doc Option quota the buoiaeos man.; ger has made elaborate arrangements for pay ments on the annual, in order to go easy on the j strained college pocketbook. The cost of the book may be paid in easy installments, thus enabling every student to afford the $4.50 price. As a further inducement, rewards are being j offered for early subscriptions. To the fraternity i and sorority making the highest percentage in this week’3, and the last drive, a silver loving cup is to be presented. Names will be engraved on the books of all members in any living organi zation which signs 95 per cent of its membership in. the drive. The Oregana is put out for the pleasure of the students, and not for any profit motive; it 1 is the Oregon students’ book, and we urge every 1 student to consider it a privilege to be able to own such a book, and cooperate with the editors by “signing up’’ during Oregana Week, which, ! by the way, is the last chance for purchasing the | 1936 greater Oregana! And Why Can’t It Happen Here? 11^ANY of us are inclined to scoff at those who -LrA predict a Townsend congress within the year. "American voters arc not so gullible,” we may say. "They will not place faith in promises of $200 a month for everyone over 60.” Still it is wise to recall what happened in Alberta, to study the march to power of a school teacher, who glories in the simple “B. A.” he gained in university. For in much less time than Dr. Townsend has to work with, William Aber hart consolidated a great political machine on the promise of $25 a month to every adult Al bertan, and built a vital social credit plan on the dormant Major Douglas theory which no one except the kindly old major himself pretended to understand or believe in. The story now is that Aberhart, correcting final examination papers in Edmonton, the capi tal of the province, met a colleague who loaned him one of the Douglas books on “Economic Democracy.” The bald-headed teacher, who spent his spare time delivering impassioned religious orations over the radio, read the book, found the germ of an idea therein and set to work figuring out a plan that would draw votes instead of yawns. Then he launched a smashing campaign on a platform which may be condensed as follows: We will issue social dividents monthly from a central credit house, to the sum of $25, to each adult citizen. A pass book will be presented at the credit house each month, and an entry of $25 will be made. The citizen will then be able to pay for purchases by a non-negotiable certificate, ordering the transfer of the credit to another. The process will be largely a matter of book keeping. We will ban interest charges from our midst. By credit loans from the state bearing no inter est, the giant octopus, mortgages, will gradually be removed. We will arrive at “just” prices for all goods, so that no consumer will pay more for an articie than what it is justly worth. The state will insure all loans granted for the planting of crops, building factories, etc., against loss by failure or destruction. To all youths over the age of 1G, we will provide a basic divident of $5 per month, in creasing this by $5 each year until the age of 21 is reached, when the adult dividend of $25 will be paid. These payments will enable minors to complete their education. Here was something that anyone could under stand. With his message booming through the ether every Sunday to the hundred thousand de voted disciples he had won through his "Pro phetic Bible Institute,” Aberhart zoomed to the top of the political firmament in a few months. When the provincial election campaigns got under way ho was the target at which all the other parties aimed their darts, and you cannot win an election by booing your opponent. There is a lesson in that. Socialism to Science Spiced With Music ISITING the University of Oregon campus ’ this week will be a rich variety of speakers, discussion leaders, and people with established \ reputations in their specialities which range from socialism to science. Sigmund Spaeth, known as the “Tune Detec tive" of radio, and one of America's most popular speakers and writers on music, introduces this activity-jammed week Wednesday in Gerlinger at 10 with a lecture on “The Art of Enjoying Music." He is the author of numerous books on the subject of music and has had varied exper ience on the "big time" newspapers of the east, namely the New York Evening Mail, the New York Times, and the Boston Transcript. Among the most newsworthy is Dr. Cornelius de Villiers, dean of the faculty of sciences at Stellenbosch university. Dr. de Villiers, who is j brought to the campus by the Carnegie Endow- : ment for International Peace, will be active in j Eugene for a month, giving tulks before the i University faculty club and student groups on the campus. Speaking tonight in Yillard hall. H. W. Laid ler, prominent socialist and close friend of Nor man Thomas, Socialist candidate for United States president at the last election, will talk on the subject "Socializing Our Democracy." Celeste St rack, radical student leader at I UCLA, who was given her "walking papers" at • that school for red activities and later reinstated, will also be on the campus and will lead discus- ; sions before the local chapters of the National Student League and the Student League for In- ! dust rial Democracy. Presenting quite a different topic, Charles E. Scofield, president id 1 litt Theological seminary, oi Denver, will be on the campus tomorrow to make three speeches. Dr. Scofield is being brought here by Chancellor Hunter, who, while at Denver university had numerous contacts with him. Such a variety of speakers and such a variety of topics should be of interest to Oregon students who aspire towards developing some kind of in tellectual curiosity, and acquiring some knowl edge of v.orid affaus. , The Marsh of Time * By Bill Mersfi Step on It Sidney Smith, famed creator of "Andy Gump,” had a zest for traveling fast. He owned a pow erful Dusenberg, a lead foot and a skill in driving which is unusual in men over fifty. “Time” for No vember 18 publishes a sworn statement of Smith's which testi fies that, with witnesses in the rumble seat, he drove a distance of 90 miles in 75 minutes, reach ing a top speed of 102 miles an hour. Sidney Smith was a wonderful driver, better than 95 per cent of the drivers who think they're qual ified to travel at more than 50 miles per hour. When they picked Sidney Smith's body out of the wrekage it was smashed and crushed to an almost unrecognizable pulp. His car, the powerful, delicately at tuned machine that could rocket him through space at a mile and a half a minute was fit for noth ing but scrap metal. Sidney Smith is dead. Sidney Smith was a far more skillful driver than most of you are or ever will be. Do you tlnnk it’s smart to use your throttle-foot in stead of your head ? If so, hop to it. Get her up to 70—80—90—go on, Hell isn't half full. King Joe We note that little Joe, pride of t lie ATO’s, is tops as a yell king, and the Salem high preppers just love him if his reception at the Salem Eugene Hi game was any indication. * * * Puppy Love Joe Houston, tap dancing Web foot guard, got a long distance call from the future Mrs. Hous ton the other evening. And as fai as she (the chaming young ladj goes by the simple, loving namf of Stinky McFadden), as far as she is concerned, the depressior is over. She called all the waj from Santa Monica, California with the flimsy excuse of wishing Joe good luck against the Port land pilots. Love, my dear Houston, makes the world go around, but so wil a good' swallow of tobacco juice and it’s an awful lot cheaper thar long distance calls from Santa Monica! Jaw Rhythm Because he can chew the larg est wad of gym fastest, stretch il farthest and pop it loudest, Mar vin Yett has been proclaimed gum chewing champion of the San Di ego exposition. He won prizes to talling $75. Too bad the girls rally commit tee didn't hear about that con test. They could have won it in a walk, and the $75 would havi paid their expenses and bought them a carton of Spearmint foi the Washington game in Seatle. Comprez? We were tea’ed' Sunday evening at the very charming studio-homt of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Miller. Mrs Miller is a native of Paris, and in her most gracious manner proved to us that our French i: getting rusty. Boy! Run down tc the American Express and make us a reservation for Le Havre Calais, Paris, Fountainbleau am points south. We’re going to skif classes this morning and spend the day on the Riviera. Calendar (Continued from Page One) l’hi Beta meeting for actives and pledges tonight at 7 o'clock in Gerliuger hall. * * * Members of Tan Delta Delta will meet in Westminster house tonight at 7:30. rtii Theta I psilon members will meet at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 0:30 tonight for dinner. $ * * Fresh council will meet this af ternoon at three o’clock at the Y hut. Representatives from all the organizations are urged to be pres ent as some action will be taken on green lids. * * * All housemothers will meet to day at 1:15 at the Alpha Delta Pi house. Book Week tea honoring all campus authors will be held in Gevlinger alumni room this after noon at 1 o’clock. Everyone is in vited. I'hi Beta double quartet practice at 5 o’clock today in the lounge of the music building. » » * Scabbard and Blade meeting at t o'clock today at the College Side tor both members and pledges. National Book (Continued from Page One) remarks Mathew Hale Douglass the University librarian, will intro dace Professor S. Stephensor Smith who will act as master ol ceremonies. Assistant Frofessoi Alice Henson Ernst and Associati Professor E. G. Moll will reac short selections from their recent writings. Mr. Moll will read eithei from "Blue Intervals.” a book o1 poems which he has written about Crater lake or from his “Campus Sonnets." Mrs. Ernst's selection? will be from "High Country," hei recently published book of plays dealing with the Northwest. Arrangement Committee In charge of arrangements foi the tea are Miss Bernice Rice and Miss Elizabeth Findley. Mrs. M. H Douglass, Mrs. Dan E. Clark. Mrs, H. B. Yocum, and Miss Beatrice Barker will pour and Mrs. Perry Baker. Mrs. lone Brooke. Mrs Wayne Rutherford. Mrs. John Reynolds, Miss True Morris, and Miss Gladys Yoder will serve. As sisting about the rooms will be Miss Ella Carrick, Mrs. Marian.P. Watts, Miss Lenore Casford. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Warren, Miss Paul ine Walton, and Mr. Corwin Seitz. Students, faculty and towns people are urged to attend. For you—A Greater Oregaua. Stage of the World (Continued from Page One) the boldest Roman of them all. The man wouldn’t scare. So now every known device of propagan da and of financial pressure is be ing worked to persuade the non League powers to help starve the Italian people into submission. Irony For all powers, members and non-members of the League of Nations let these words of and Englishman himself be recalled', “If blood be the price of amity Lord God we have paid in full.” because of the clumsy pursuit of peace may take the English to war and they may drag the world into it with them. The vote to go on trying to back Mussolini down is an indirect one for maintenance of peace, yet how ironic if it proves to have been one for war. 1936 Oregana (Continued from Page One) changes before the list is again published at the close of Oregana Week. Offer Awards Men and women have been ap pointed to take charge of the sign ing of subscriptions in all houses and if the representative signs 7E per cent of the total membership of his or her house, he will be given a free 1936 Oregana. Mem bership slips are to be available by noon today. If 95 per cent oi the membership of a house is signed, the representative is to have his name engraved in gold on his book. Friday noon is to mark the dead line for all competition in the drive, and at. that time Dick Hill, circulation manager, telephone 129; must have in his hands the com plete list of all signed students ol those houses wishing to compete in any division of the competition For you—A Greater Oregana. FOUMD OUT GREYKOUHOS LOW FARES I GO BACK TO THE OLD HOMESTEAD NEARLY EVERY WEEK END TO SEE THE, FOLKS V Low fare* and frequent depar tures make it possible to go home —or other places—often. Get acquainted with your local Greyhound agent. Find out the many advantages of Greyhound travel. Air Y’ •> Listen • I in By James Morrison Emerald of the Air Radio Editor Woody Truax says he has a surprise program lined up for this afternoon's broadcast. He refused, however to divulge the nature of the entertainment. The Etherian Slant Paul Speclit, one of the U. S. band-leading lads barred from England, says Jack Hylton is the fingleader of British opposition to American bands, and that he should be kept out of the country. He also says that he will bring suit against Hylton for $100,000 damages as a result of pressure brought to bear by Hylton in Eng land. This is to take place the moment Jack Hylton lands in America. The famed Rochester Civic or chestra, with Guy Fraser Harri son conducting, will be heard in a special broadcast at 10:45 this morning in a program built espe cially for children. (Seudents, Therefore, college students.) Mr. Harrison will give short explana tory talks between each number. Another installment .of Billy Rose's huge spectacle, “Jumbo,” will be on the air this evening at 8:30 direct from the stage of the | Hippodrome, New ^York’s mam | moth theatre. Gloria Grafton, musical comedy star; Donald No vis, stage and radio tenor, and the : chorus will sing several of the i tunes written by Dick Rogers and Larry Hart. Jimmy Durante and Arthur Sinclair, dean of the Irish theatre, also will be heard. In addition to conducting the orchestra for the Jack Benny show, Johnny Green is now record ing for Brunswick some of the outstanding song hits from Hol lywood’s latest film musicals. For the first time on record a photographer recently caught Bing Crosby in a full dress suit. It was while Bing was experimenting with a mike between shots on the Paramount lot. The novelty has been recorded for posterity by the photographer, who had never be fore seen Bing in anything but slacks, a sweater, and a soft hat. Because a fellow artist was will ing to give his blood for her, Mar jorie Beattie, pretty voocalist with Paul Pendarvis’ Palace hotel baud soon will be back on the air. She was operated upon for appendi citis, suffered a relapse, a blood transfusion was ordered. Every lad in the Pendarvis orchestra of fered his blood, but none of them had the same classification of i Miss Beattie’s. Up- stepped the Griff Williams Mark Hopkins hotel orchestra to a man, and Buddy Moreno, feat ured vocalist and guitar player, wag selected. * * * 1SBC-CBS Programs Today 5:30 — Lawrence Tibbett, bari tone. KSL, KOIN. 0:00 — Nils T. Grandlund and His Girls. KGW, KPO. 6:30 — Fred Waring's orches tra; Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd. KSL. Jumbo show. KPO, KFI, KGW. 7:00 — Sterling Young's orches tra. (Most of Johnny Robinson’s original band.) KVI, KHJ. Sigmund Romberg’s Studio Par ty. KGW, KPO. 8:30 — The Camel Caravan. Walter O’Keefe, Deane Janis, and the Casa Loma orchestra. KSL, KOIN. 9:00 — Death Valley Days. 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