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What Is This Thing
Called Love?
POETS have loiligoggled over it since poets
began.
Cynics have declared it the superb ridiculum.
Hollywood has made it a fleshly robot, with
looks and curves and waxy lips.
And hacks have done it up in pulp paper for
small boys to read behind the nation’s woodsheds.
This poor patient earth has heard an endless
drivelling about thing thing called love.
So much drivelling that it is a particular bit
of relief to know that at last the “Love and
Marriage” lecture series, which begins this Thurs
day night, is going to give us the straight dope
on this age long problem.
Not that we couldn’t figure it out for our
selves.
Not that we couldn’t have figured out the
theory of relativity without Einstein’s help, if we
could take time from the hustle of life—ah,
confident youth!
But life is short.
And we don't purpose to make either love or
relativity our end-all.
That is why we have experts.
Mr. Tsurumi’s Oils
Paint Pale Pictures
PAINTED as it was with a gently diplomatic
brush, the picture of American-Japanese re
lations drawn by Ken Tsurumi, Portland Japanese
consul, Tuesday evening in Villard hall, had the
defect of being all lights and no shadows. In his
anxiety to present the land of the rising sun as
a ‘‘good neighbor,” Mr. Tsurumi made several
errors in fact and judgment.
He made the mistake of asserting that Japan
fully respected and acted in accordance with the
“open door” policy, when it is now understood
that American oil, tobacco, and other interests
are leaving "Manchukuo” and north China be
cause of economic pressure brought upon them
by Japan.
He made the mistake of separating the in
separable naval and expansionist policies of the
Japanese government. Japan's naval "policy of
protecting the coast of Asia from western nations
must go hand in hand with that country's im
perialistic policy.
He made the mistake of quoting trade sta
tistics upon their present percentages, rather
than upon the important aspect, their relation
to the figures of a few years past. Hence, while
it is true that America has comparatively little
foreign trade with China, that trade has increased
six-fold from 1910 to 1930, and with our industrial
saturation, would surely increase far more rapid
ly if actually given an open door to China.
lie made the mistake of charging America
with having gained more territory by aggression
than Japan, overlooking the facts that the United
States purchased Alaska, Guam, Panama, the
Virgin islands, and in part, the Phillipines.
These are considerations that enable the fair
minded observer to gain a proper perspective of
the American-Japanese picture, which is not the
panorama of blue skies Mr. Tsurumi would have
us believe, but has black clouds of economic con
flict intermingling with the fluffy white clouds of
hope and international good will.
International Club
And Current Events Course
S a possible procedure for setting in motion
■*- *■ machinery that could provide a current
events course for the University, the Interna
tional club on this campus might well take up
the idea and make it a reality.
From time to time the International club
has brought to the campus lecturers and repre
sentatives of foreign countries. We assume that
the idea behind this club is to stimulate interest
in international affairs. If it isn't, then the club
is misnamed.
If the club would like to do something con
structive and permanent they might well work
for the establishment of a course wherein stu
dents could be coached in not only understanding
what appears in the daily papers, hut in appre
ciating tile immense amount of good, solid, and
educational material that is placed on everyone’s
doorstep every morning in the world.
As a matter of fact, were the educational
prospects of such a course to be completely
ignored, such a course would still merit a place
in the University curriculum. If the course did
nothing else, it would familiarize students with
the public press in such a way as to fill the void
now spent in an idle, rather dull, perusal of the
newspaper.
That most people are potentially ardent seek
ers of world news is evidenced in part by the
phenomenal success of T1MK. weekly news mag
azine. Through clever journalistic manipulation,
thousands of readers have been attracted to its
pages which contain in essence rewrites of the
daily newspaper.
This magazine does not profess to take the
place of the daily newspaper. But it lias created
a consciousness on the part of many people of
the color and life to be found in news.
A course in current events for the college
student could do much the same thing. The stu
dent j would enjoy it.
1 The Safety Valve l
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Editor, the Emerald:
This morning's Emerald carries a statement
from Jim Blais directed largely at myself and
certain things I said in an article which X recently
wrote for the Oregon Grange Bulletin. It grieves
me deeply to have incurred the wrath of my good
friend Jim. He is an estimable gentleman, and
a really likeable chap when he is not enraged by
‘'nasty" politics. He inquired of myself certain
things, which I presume were entirely in good
faith and Jim really wants to find out about
these matters. 1 am always glad to give anyone
any information possible from my limited store.
The first question he asks is: Do students
want these activities? I assure my friend Jim
that students do want these activities whenever
they can afford them. I assume that the students
also would answer yes to the question: Do you
want an automobile and gas to run it with?
Jim also wants to know who would object
to exemptions or means of earning the member
ship. You got me there Jim. I really don’t know
who really wanted amendments to the ASUO
constitution providing for just that suppressed
in the ASUO assembly. You might inquire of
Ralph Schomp however. I am sure he will be glad
to tell you. Since educational administrators have
known such conditions as you described, Jim,
existed and did nothing about it I presume they
are not favorably impressed with your suggestion.
Now Jim you slipped a little. I stated that
the football manager gets $135 per month in
expenses. Yes, I specifically said that. Is it true,
Jim, or isn’t it? And you said it was possibly
for one month. Well, your employee, in whom
you are well pleased, Mr. Rosson, gave me figures
indicating for fall of 1934 the expenses were
about $405 or $135 for three months.
Now then about my request for expense ac
counts. The request was put orally to Mr. Rosson
on the 3rd of January. Mr. Rosson refused that
information until the executive council ordered
him to give it. I wrote to the executive council
and they granted permission to see the accounts
about 10 days later. You will recall, or do you
Jim, that the letter was delayed about a week
in answer to my request. Meanwhile I had writ
ten this article. So it was true when I wrote it,
and I knew of no permission being given me
to see them when the article was submitted. But
since you mentioneil it I am glad to report that
our “rabble-rousing” has had its effect. Ah yes!
Those $15 parties don't show up. The hotel bills
are reduced. The saving is really commendable
this year over last, when there was really no
publicity being given these accounts. Mr. Rosson
can live economically if he has to, you see.
Now Jim, really was I right or was I ifcrong
when I told the Eugene Morning News that
cultural activities spent about $23,000, or one
fourth the total budget? And, Jim, does football
spend more money than everything cultural put
together or doesn’t it ? Was I right in saying
football spent about $40,700 or did Mr. Rosson
misinform me? Now Jim, really I can’t imagine
how you could embarrass Mr. Rosson so! It
isn’t fair! He told me that football would only
bring in about $39,000 this year. In other words
it won’t make money. It will lose money. Yet you
report expenditures of $10,000 and receipts of
$42,000.
InOw .Jim you asK wily we navcu u giv. a uuui
sides of tlie picture. Such innocence! Really it is
amazing! You know Jim we are engaged in a
political campaign. Of course you don’t under
stand the operations of politicians but it seems
to be an invariable practice only to defend the
position they think is right. Now I haven’t the
space to explain these things further but go over
to Bob Allen’s office. He can tell you about them
and show you examples of how politicians work,
how they get out just one side of the issue, and
how they spend money rather lavishly upon
occasion, even how sometimes state money is
advanced from school's business offices to finance
one-sided political propaganda. Though of course
some politicians arc worse than others.
Now about the Townsend clubs. 1 presume
they were contacted just as any other group was.
I presume that they knew what they were sign
ing and so far as 1 know they were not told
anyone endorsed their plan. 1 do not now, nor
never have endorsed it, but that is no reason why
they should not sign petitions that we do agree
upon. And I assume that the fact that some of
our members are writing for magazines indicates
more ability than possessed by the average, yet
1 hardly see how that should be held against us.
Jim, I'm ashamed of you! You say I wrote
utter falsehoods for the Grange Bulletin. I am
willing to defend every word 1 said and back it
up by the ASUO books! 1 invite you nay t
urge you to show one single misstatement of fact
or quote one single figure that is not absolutely
true! Do that in the Kmc raid for tomorrow! -
The reason money shouldn’t go to fight for
this bill from the ASIJO. is that it wa. paid with
the understanding it was to be used to finaneo
activities and not to finance political slush. And
you ask why they rant about trips the ASUO
president takes, i imagine, while l have not done
so myself, that the reason is that it is true. An 1
the state board has no business being called upon
to decide something that the voters and support
ers by taxation of state of Oregon wish them
not to decide. If the voters vote for the law
asking the board to decide it 1 shall be content to
let it decide it. If they vote otherwise I hope you
will be as fair.
And Jim, it isn't fair to quote me in conclusion
of your remarks without giving the devil his
dues. I claim responsibility for referring to the
ASUO officials as educational racketeers and
vultures.
I hope you will answer questions put to you
in the same manner 1 have yours. Again 1 wish
j to challenge one single misstatement of fact or
figure in my article in the Grange Bulletin. Put
the figures 1 have used to lie to the people, with
correct figures, in the Emerald m the running.
S. Eugene Allen.
The Marsh of Time ❖
By Bill Marsh
Am! stiil no ruin! It’s really a
crime to sit on the shiny portion of
my punts and write this afternoon.
(Immediate response: “It’s u crime
for you to write at any time!”)
I know, I know. But I can’t help
it. It’s the gypsy in me.
s|: !j: $
Vigorous splashings from the
millrace disrupted my lunch. In
vestigation showed that sopho
mores by the dozen were being
dunked for shaving. Proper, at
this time, is a statement from Ken
Kirtley, the chap who invented
pencils with lead on*the outside so
they wouldn't have to be sharp
ened.
Says Kirtley: “I am a fugitive,
harried, heckled, harrassed anil
hunted. I am an outcast from the
haunts of men, an unwelcome
guest. My only crime is that I
can’t grow a heard. Every morn
ing I pore over my map, but all in
vain. This morning a slight blem
ish on my upper lip lit the spark
of hope. But all in vain. It was
only a bit of breakfast egg. But
j rather the race than dishonor. I’il
splash ami I’ll splutter. But I’ll not
| have it known that it just isn’t ir.
! me to grow whiskers.”
Thank you very much, Mr. Kirt
ley. Maybe Mrs. Seybolt of the
drama department will lejjd you a
set of false chin whiskers until af
ter the whiskerino.
* * *
Fraternities are on the griddle
again. This time they’re coming in
for a flood of criticism concerning
Hell week practices. Adjectives are
flying, inhuman, cruel and brutal
| being the most common.
l iifortliiiately, as is the case
with most reform movements, the
would-be reformers know little
| about the thing they seek to
change. Many of the people who
| are hollering about tile behavior of
fraternity men belong to no frater
nity. Naturally, fraternity men re
; sent this.
Then, if they resent it, as they
rightly should, why don't they do
something about it. Most Greek
seniors, many of them living out.
are agreed that paddling and tub
bing are just a trifle childish. They
believe, in their own minds, that
the development of gentlemen who
seek a thinking approach to their
college relationships rather than
one based on thoughtless, stereo
typed custom and tradition, is not
fostered by freshman humiliation.
But they don't put their beliefs in
to action.
Upperclassmen in the houses
know that paddling or tubbing is
not inhuman, cr cruel or brutal.
And they know also that such prac
tices arc silly and infantile. The
purpose behind them is, of course,
to take youthful ego and shrink it
so that independent thought will
have room to function. But can a
person’s mind be developed by a
scries of swats cn the extreme op
posite end from the mind?
Greek seniors know that fresh
men CAN be taught what is right
and wrong by appeal to their per
fectly adequate reasoning powers.
But custom and tradition have a
tremendous ineitia. I think frater
nity upperclassmen will destroy
that inertia. I think fraternity up
perclassmen will destroy that iner
tia and teach freshmen their place
by leadership, instead of dictator
ship. I don't know. But I hope so.
* * *
Best remark of the week, thanks
to Mary (proxy) McCrackekn:
“Where's Jack Mulhall? Is he
playing that monotony (monopoly)
game again?”
If you’ve never played monopoly,
you won’t appreciate that. Suffice
it to say that I got info a game
the other night (hat lasted for three
and a half hours. Four or six peo
ple play, and the last one to go to
sleep is (he winner. Now, do you
get it? Monopoly, monotony . . .
Oh, ail right.
Famed Liberals
(Continued from page cue)
America, is an enthusiastic sup
porter. Norman Thomas, national
leader of the Socialist party will
serve on the advisory hoard, along
with Van Wyck Brooks, Waldo
Franks, Lincoln Steffens, and Mary
Fox.
Air Y’ ❖ ❖
Listenin’?
By Jimmy Morrison
Emerald of the Air
Ned Gee and Chuck French, vo
cal and piano pair, will once more
entertain via KORE today at 3:45.
Local Bands
Tonight two ten-piece hands will
hold a swing session at the Winter
Garden hall, 8th and Charnelton in
downtown Eugene, for the Presi
dent’s birthday ball.
Although it’s probably no news
to the Kappas, Eddie Scroggins
and his Jeff Beach orchestra will
be one of the bands. Eddie has
added “Bix” Huffman, well-known
campus cornetist, and after almost
too hasty consideration, promised
to bring this writer out of the
depths of poverty with a guitar
job.
The other band is Gerry McLain
and his Willamette Parkers, which
has improved considerably since
last fall.
Incidentally, if you are among
the unfortunates who don’t go to
the ball, NBC and CBS are broad
casting the music of some of the
larger orchestras through almost
every station in the country at
8:30.
1 lie Air Angle
Tito Schipa, noted operatic tenor,
and you may be sure it’s not a
wolf in Schipa's clothing, will be
heard in an international broad
cast from La Scala opera house in
Milan, Italy, this afternoon at 1
o'clock. Today is the 100th anni
versary of the premier of Donizet
ti's "Lucia di Lammermoor.”
Deane "Honeylamb" Janis will
entertain her listeners on the Cam
el Caravan tonight with a new and
swingy ballad entitled “Sing an
Old Fashioned Song to a Young
Sophisticated Lady," while Pee
Wee Hunt will chant "I Hope Ga
briel Likes My Music,” and Kenny
Sargent will utter words of mourn
ing in "Dinner for One, Please,
James.” In addition to O'Keefe's
skits with Louis Sorin, Alice Frost,
and Jack O'Keefe, the Casa Loma
boys will play “Alice Blue Gown”
and “China Boy.”
* * *
‘‘1st Das Nicht Ein Schnitzel
bank," rousing comedy song, will
be equipped with special lyrics
when Horace Heidt’s Brigadiers
present it at 7 tonight. Also "The
Cockeyed Mayer,” "You Hit the
Spot,” "Dark Eyes,” "One Night in
Monte Carlo,” and "You Stayed
Away Too Long.”
* * *
Kay Noble's tune, "If You Love
Me,” sounds like it will be a hit.
If it isn’t, it ought to be, since
Paul Whiteman plans to play it
Sunday, Vincent Lopez Monday,
Fred Waring Tuesday, Rudy Val
lee Thursday, and Richard Himber
Friday.
I\BC-CBS Programs Today
1:00 — Tito Schipa, tenor. NBC.
5:00—Fleischamn Variety Hour.
KFO, KGW.
6:00 — Maxwell House Show'
Boat. NBC.
7:00 — Horace Heidt’s Briga
diers. KOIN, KSL.
Bing Crosby; Jimmy Dorsey’s
orchestra. NBC.
8:30 — Camel Caravan. KOIN,
KSL.
Rushing Dinner Held
Alpha Xi Delta held a rushing
dinner Tuesday evening. The table
was decorated in yellow, writh daf
fodils and pussywillow centerpiece
and yellow tapers. Helen Row had
charge of arrangements.
Iowa Decision
(Continued from paeje one)
plans were laid for a test of the
federal tax.
All schools represented agreed
to cooperate in the movement *but
no university or college was chosen
to start the action.
Howe believes that the United
States supreme court may hand
down the final decision in the case
and that at least two more years
will be required before the final
answer will be given.
Corporation May Be Dissolved
“A decision to dissolve Oregon’s
student corporation may be
reached by that time,” Professor
Howe declared. “The corporation
was originally formed to permit
the sale of bonds for the construc
tion of McArthur court. These
bonds have been paid off and the
corporation is no longer necessary.”
Student body indebtedness might
have to be cleared up before such
^a move would be possible. “This
indebtedness is not the fault of
the corporation,” he laughingly de
clared, “for the student body made
use of funds gained by the presi
dent’s endorsing its note.”
As tickets for basketball games
cost but 40 cents, the limit for tax
exempt admissions, the University
would not increase its profits in
this sport were the tax declared
unconstitutional. It would, how
ever, be able to increase the rates
to 50 cents or more, tax free, was
Howe’s opinion.
Affects Fee Battle
“I am interested in the test case
in another way,” Howe said. “By
the decision, the fight on the stu
dent fees is a fight on the revenues
of the University and therefore up
on state revenue.”
Since his arrival on the campus
in 1901, Professor Howe has taken
an active part in the affairs of the
University, particularly in sports.
bx-iNaval Head
(Continued from page one)
placed in the office of the Far
Eastern division of naval intelli
gence, four years after his gradu
ation from Annapolis.
Served in Many Countries
Between 1919 and 1921 he was
staff intelligence officer to the
commander-in-chief of the Asiatic
fleet and, also liaison officer of
the international military police in
Vladivostok. In the Orient he has
Town Gleemen
Will Appear
February 4
Hal Young, Tenor,
Engaged as Soloist;
ASUO Cards to Admit
Holders to Concert
The Eugene Gleemen will give
their tenth jubilee concert to mark
the start of their eleventh season
on February 4 at McArthur court.
Hal Young, nationally known ten
or, has been engaged as soloist for
the concert.
Young has appeared before with
the Gleemen and has always
been a favorite. He recently re
turned from six months study of
light opera in Europe. Young sang
in the first production of the fam
ous light opera, "Student Prince.’’
Gleemen Organized in 1925
The gleemen were organized ten
years ago following a chamber of
commerce luncheon. At the end of
its third year, the organization
reached a low ebb. With the instal
lation of Dr. Charles E. Hunt as
president and John Stark Evans as
director the gleemen prospered and
have enjoyed a steady growth.
Hunt and Evans still retain their
respective positions. The group has
sung over KORE, KGW, KOIN,
and KOAC, and on one occasion
was featured on a nation wide
hookup.
Admission for the concert will be
40 cents for reserved seats and 25
cents for general admission. Hold
ers of ASUO tickets will be ad
mitted free.
Officers of the organization are:
Dr. Charles E. Hunt, president;
Wayne Akers, vice-president;
George Miller, secretary; Percy W.
Brown, treasurer; Dr. R. C. Bur
nett, historian; Alton F. Baker,
G. E. Gaylord, publicity chairmen;
Blair Alderman, stage manager;
and Dale Cooley, property man
ager.
seen service in Siberia, China,
Manchuria, Japan, Korea, and the
Philippines.
He has done considerable re
search for Stanford university in
the field of political science and in
1933 led the conference on inter
national relations at the Univer
sity of California.
Is Author
Contributions by the retired na
val officer on many aspects of in
ternational affairs but particular
ly in the Orient have been pub
lished in Current History, New
York Times, English Military and
Naval Record and many other pub
lications.
The talk Friday will be followed
at 11 o’clock by a forum in the
alumni hall of Gerlinger.
Campus Calendar
(Continued from payc one)
Heads of houses will meet at
5:00 today in the AWS room in
Gerlinger.
Dime Crawl representatives will
meet at the College Side Fridajr
afternoon at 4:00.
ASUO speakers committee will
meet today at 4:00 upstair in the
College Side.
All freshmen and sophomores
wishing to turn out for basketball
managers see Jack Campbell at
the Igloo today between 3:00 and
3:30.
Try-outs for Master Dance will
be held tonight at 7:30 in'the dance
room of Gerlinger hall. All mem
bers please be present.
Ethiopian Drummers inspire Fighters on to Battle
At ;;i.• ...h*.. I Jiirpi.Hi native* pound out hat tie-inspiring rhjthin on kettle drums of their ancestors.
l'!i m il: .l tioat of the x.oird musio aids in working their primitive companions, pictured on the left,
into ;>. iiglitirg teonz.v. 'Ilit- group pictured is one of Haile Selassie’s crack mounted troops preparing for
, au assault oa the Italian torce*.