Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, February 12, 1936, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPUBLISHED BV THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS Ob' THE UNIVERSITY OE OREGON University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Robert YV. Lucas, editor Eldon Hahorman, manager Clair Johnson, managing editor ~ EDITORIAL BOARD ITcnriette Horak, William Marsh, Dan K. Clark IT, Howard Kessler, Tom McCall, Fred Colvig, Bob Moore, Mary Graham, secretary to the board. UPPER NEWS STAFF Erl Hanson, cartoonist Virginia Kndicott. news oHitor Charles Paddock, sports editor Erl Robbins, chief night editor Mildred Blackburne, exchange 1 Woodrow I ruax, radio editor Miriam Eichner, literary editor Mar Re Petsch, woman’s editor Louise Anderson, society editor JLeRoy Mattingly, Wayne llar bert. special assignment re REPORTERS: I,loyd Tupling. Paul Reutschmann, Ruth Lake, Kllamae Wood worth, Fob Pollock, Signc Rasmussen. Marie Rasmussen, Wilfred Roadman, Roy Knudsen, Fulton Travis. Hetty Brown, Rob Emer son. Gladys Hattlcson, Lillian Warn. Elizabeth Stetson. Bill Pease, Herald ('liman. Jlenryctta Mummey, fJcorgc Knight, Norman Scott, Mild led Blackburne, Irma jean Randolph, Edgar Moore, Helen Dodds. Assistant Managing Editor, this issue Wayne llarbert Day Editor, this issue Wayne JIarbert Assistant Day Editor, this issue Paul Dcutschmann Night Editors, this issue Assistant Night Editors, this issue Edgar Moore 1'at Frizzell Dorothy Hutchens Martha Felsheim BUSINESS STAFF Dick sleight, promotion man- 1 agcr . Walter Vcrnstrom, circulation manager; assistant Toni Lu uctty wagner, national adver tising manager; assistant, Jane Slatky Caroline Hand, executive sec retary Advertising Manager, this issue Assistants Reinhart Knurl sen Kenneth Wood 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 1 He first seven days, all of March except the first eight days. Entered as second-class matter at the postnl'fice. Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. All advertising matter is to be sent to the Emerald Business Senior Ball Corsages Should Be Optional A COMMITTEE of Eugene florists is protest ing the action of the Senior Ball committee in ruling .that corsages for their dance are not in order. They want OPTIONAL corsages. And al though it is too late to go on the ballot, petition pushers are always available. The Senior Ball committee is in a lough spot. Should they make corsages optional the guy that can’t afford a corsage for his lady-bird feels like a clod. Should the committee hang tight to its present stand a large body of Eugene mer chants will get hot around the collar. And in view of the excellent support Eugene merchants have given the University in the past—finan cially and morally this must be avoided. So the situation at present is a clash between economic policy and intestinal fortitude. Now if” big, strong man hasn’t the g-! to tell a little tiny girl that he couldn't afford a corsage, he and A1 Smith ought to “take a walk.’’ Oh yes, such view point is revolutionary. There is nothing that makes a strong man weaker than the tremulo of a little lady. But not all males will have to knuckle under. There are many chaps on the campus that can and should “dig down in the old sack" to please the usually ''flowerless'’ date and make the one big formal of the year a real formal. No doubt the Senior Ball committee decided on wlmt it considered to be the best procedure. But it should amend its stand for the sake of harmony. ,. Anyway, to think of Chairman Michek, the “Scappoose Flier” puzzling' over some posies makes us giggle. Perhaps Mr. Borah Just Forgot! O ENATOR Borah’s observation made in the .sen ate on Monday that peace treaties cannot be enforced except through force seems to add one more inconsistency to the long list the senator has to his name in his political career. For the senator from Idaho is a vehement apostle of the "1 reedom of the seas" for America, opposed to any restriction of trade with belligerents. Vet, if he is lending his support to the policy of the enforcement of peace treaties by force, us would appear from his statements, Borah surely must have forgotten the Fact of Paris, agreed to by the United States as well as prac tically all other nations of the world, which out laws war and aggressors. To be consistent, the senator should favor sanctions against Italy, or at the very least, a complete embargo on all exports to the belligerents, instead of "freedom of tlie seas," and the right to trade with any nations in any goods. Within the United States outlaws are treated with little deference. Wo not only refuse to assist tiieni in any way in their nefarious activities, we are obliged to apprehend them, to endeavor to put a stop to their criminal acts. Strange it is I then, that where common consent lias been given to outlaw this crime called war, and where an outlaw has been definitely found, we indignantly refuse to redeem our pledge by cooperating to stamp out the outlawry. 4'1' t 'f l'M 'l' l l l -l'T l 'l 'l 'lH' l l t 't f M-l-i-FI 1'1-1-f | The Safety Valve l bolters puMidicd in this column shouhl not be construed ns exi>iYrsiiK the editorial opinion of the Kmeruld. Anony mous contributions will bo Ue■ ivHideil. The names of orm olu n iron ’.will, however, be ie.;nriled a-, confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editors reserv ing the rijtht to condense nil letters of over SOU words and to arrefit or reject letter., upon the criteria of scneral editor ml importar.ee and interest to the campus. Editor, the Emerald: We, the undersigned florists of Eugene, wish j to present an argument favoring the wearing of flowers—not, necessarily, on every occasion though there are few times when they are not fitting, but certainly on such particular occasion - as tlie Senior Ball from which they have been recently banned. We cannot help feeling there is an unjust, though possibly unintentional, discrimination against our industry in the banning of corsages. It-flowers are to be considered ns a luxury we j are surely entitled to compare them with the other luxuries that contribute to a successful Senior Bail. Arc they more a luxury than the programs and decorations which require special committees to insure their success, so important is the part they play? Are they more a luxury than the taxi, which is and should remain op tional; than the elaborate and lovely gowns for which no one would dare suggest the substitution of an economical gingham uniform; than the tuxedo, or the floodlights, or the indispensable music? We contend that these things are not more humble, less luxurious than the corsage, and that the privilege of wearing flowers is no less indispensable for the successful, truly formal dance. Certainly it would be absurd, and far from our wish to insist that flowers be required at the dance. We only ask that, like the privilege of attending the Senior Ball, the choice of flowers should be optional. We feel that most men enjoy sending them, all women love to receive them, and that now, if ever, they are in place. No one has, and obviously no one will propose a ban on the wearing of chrysanthemums at foot ball games, because the AWS nets a tidy sum from this sale each year. This, then, is not the time nor the occasion to discriminate against flowers—against an industry that employs more than one hundred people in and about Eugene; an industry with an investment of more than $250 - 000 in Lane county; an industry that is support ing the University to the utmost of its ability. Sincerely, Kirkland Floral Co. Chase Gardens Raup’s Flower Shop University Florist College Flower Shop. Editor, the Emerald: Mr. Marsh's clever and amusing article on winter sports in Friday’s Emerald was much en joyed, and I share his horror of the deadly tobog gan. Ah to skiing, though, I am sorry that he and many others, after seeing some experts take the jumps or shoot down a precipitous course, get the notion that skiing consists of that and notl/ing else. This is just as mistaken as think ing that swimming is confined to fancy diving from a high platform. Skiing originated as an easy and pleasant way of getting about over the snow, and that is what it still means for the rank and file of ski en thusiasts who are merely out for fun and exercise to take the place of hiking and other summer pastimes. A short cross-country trip is a favorite day’s program for these ordinary skiers. It takes them over clean, untrodden snow, through woods and over ridges where foot travel is impossible. Such a trip is comparable to a hike except that it’s more fun. If you come to a nice little “run" you can stop and play around awhile—we timid souls take it on the bias so we won’t go fast. And if you wisely arrange your trip so your ob jective is somewhat above your starting point, you have the advantage of “riding” most of t'-’ way back. Even a beginner, properly equipped, can enjoy this kind of skiing, and thankfully be an admir ing spectator at the exhibition stuff. Anita Cifre. Some ski enthusiasts “take it on the bias’’ whether they like it or not. Ed. Editor, the Emerald: Following are the arguments that will be laid before the faculty this afternoon in an effort to persuade it to ask the state board of higher education to make ROTC optional. 1. Compulsory training amounts to discrimina tion against University men. a. The American people have refused re peatedly to allow general conscription in peace time. To make fiOTC compulsory to first and second year University students amounts to dis ct iinination against those who seek an education as compared to those who do not attend the i University. b. The Unievisity usurps a federal function 1 when it makes it compulsory to take a course which is arranged and taught by federal repre sentatives. 2. The course is primarily military, rather than educational. a. Elective courses in history, literature, social science, arts, etc., doubtless have greater educa tional value. b. The fact that students who take their first two year’s work elsewhere are not required to take the course amounts to an admission that the course is not educationally necessary. The same board which requires military training' of nil men at the University graduates students from the normal schools without that training. e. Originally the course was introduced as a military measure without educational purposes, i d. The purpose now is primarily to popularize militarism, as shown by the fact that the most fundamental part of the course from the stand point of self preservation In war, the matter of bayonet drill, has been removed because the American people protested it was too brutal. The result is to make students feel prepared and thereby make them actually less safe in battle. e. Control by an outside agency is dangerous and undemocratic. It is a dangerous educational principle for a school to surrender control to an outside agency which is powerfully organized around a special interest, especially when that interest, is not primarily educational. Military officers under orders from the war department may keep any man from graduating by merely j failing the student in the compulsory course. No < one would think of giving the power to the Anti- i Saloon league, the Catholic church, the Federal ! Council of Churches, or a power trust, to give a compulsory course on ethics, religion, or econom ics. even though they might be able to demon strate an educationally sound course. 3. All citizens arc responsible. \\'e are the government, and it is we who are discriminating against one section of the popula tion. \\ omen arc as responsible as men and sheuki ( show the same interest in making the situation tight. Sentiment has grown steadily over a num ber of years until last year when the faculty vote was tied. This year can be the year of success 1 it tile students will make their desires known. j Our committee urge, that students consider i these arguments and if they agree with any points listed urge them te sign the petition.- being circulated requesting optional drill. Cicgou Committee fox Peace m.a i’xvs.. The Marsh of Time*:* By Bill Marsh Turmoil Now that the bonus battle has been fought to its bloody finish, some of the more amusing inci dents occurring during the fight are coming to the surface. Witness a number of vets as sembled in Delaware to consider ways and means of driving the last big push over the top to victory. “Our best bet,” suggested a Westerner, “would be to hire a transport and go to France. Then, when we get over to Europe, we’ll send Congress a note asking for a loan. They’ll think we’re foreign ers, and give us the dough without any trouble at all.” Death Leonard Lyons tells the real story behind the recent suicide of one of the most important in dustrialists in the Midwest. A minor ailment had prompted his retirement to a farm . . . “This out door living will give me new life,” he insisted ... on the day when he blasted the brains from his head with a .45 slug he went up to his room where his son had just completed a telephone call to the country doctor in the nearby town . . . five minutes later he shot himself . . . the news flashes carried no mention of this, but on the message pad near the phone there was one word written in his son’s handwriting .... the word . . . “cancer.” And so this great, wealthy man took his own valuable life, believ ing that his family had been keep ing from him the truth about his ailing health . . . he never knew that his son had been phoning to the town doctor, who is also the town vetinarian, concerning one of the farm’s horses . . . he never knew that the dreaded word “can cer” referred to the condition of the horse . . not him . . . si- St # Comeback: A cocky young wel terweight boxer entered a ring, glanced over at his opponent and then sneered, “I’m gonna ruin you, sucker,” after which he turned and repeated the boast to the referee. The show began, and the welter was flattened in the first round. “What'd I do,” he asked upon com ing to. “Did I lead with my right ?” “.Vo,” snapped the ref. “i'ou led with your tongue.” Someone asked Ed Wynn the other day why he changed his title from “Fire Chief” to “Senator.” “Well,” Ed garbled, “I could have kept on going under my title of ‘The Perfect Fool.’ But, I’m ter ribly busy these days, and “Sen ator’ is so much shorter. And it really doesn’t make any difference, because they both mean the same thing!” # * fr Did you know that George Washington scribbled his monicker on the first presidential veto, put ting the skids under the Congres sional apportionment bill in 1792? * # * Leap Year Even proofreaders have a sense of humor. It seems that when the story broke concerning the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Williams the copyreader got care less and left Mrs. Williams out en tirely, writing a headline to the effect that “Daughter Born to Mr. Erwin Williams.” Whereupon the proofreader pen ciled a notation saying, “Yea Gods, it’s leap year again!” Innocent Bystander iiiiiMimiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiinHiiiiimriuiiiiiiumiiiiiiHiiiuitiiiiiiimiiiiimiummiiimiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiimiiiaiiiimiiiiiniiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiuiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiHiiiiiuiiiiiiiiuH By BARNEY CLARK Today marks a new epoch in the art of column writing! Today In ocent Bystander will set up for the first time a complete home study course in the technic of gos sip-mongering. No down-payment, no dues, no assessments. All you need is an evil mind, large ears, and a nose like an ant-eater. All set, kiddies? Here goes! CASE I: From a booth next to yours in College Side your scoop-like ears have snagged onto the fact that three Thetas have walked back from a ride. Your news sense tells you that this is a big story. ONE Theta walking back is interesting, TWO Thetas walking back is his tory, but THREE Thetas walking back from a ride is COLOSSAL! You have a vague hunch that the three females involved are Helen Labbe, Ginny Koehler, and Jerry Chessman. As for personal data about the three, all you know is that Helen Labbe has a mania for sun-porches, Jerry thumbs rides (there's a clue!) and Ginny speaks her mind on any occasion. You don't know who they were riding with, or when, or why. Pretty scanty, eh? Well, you just buckle into it, my hearties, and the first one through gets a breathing spell. I'll talke mine now. CASE II: Dick “Heat-Wave” Mcars has told you that he and his gal, Mary Ann Skirving, went out to the Chicken Inn for dinner the other eve. On picking up their respective forks they were astounded to note that they bore the Pi Beta Phi in itials. On closer examination they found several other pieces of Pi Phi silverware. You have buzzed sev eral Pi Phis, including Marvel Twiss, Nancy Weston, Martha Mc Call, and Frosty Wright about the matter, and all you can discover is that they have been missing nu merous items from their table late ly. THEY eat with their fingers, anyhow, so they’re not worried. Thusly it’s up to you to discover (Please turn to page four) Air Y’ Listenin’? By Jimmy Morrison Emerald, of the Air Tom McCall returns to the KORE microphone at 3:45 today after a two weeks absence to an nounce the Emerald Sportcast. Loral Boy Mohrs Good Heard Ed Perry singing with Bart Woodyard's orchestra via short wave from the tropical Young hotel roof in Honolulu Mon day night. Ed is the hoy who used to thrill you with “The Object of My Affection” when he sang and played with Art Holman's band at Willamette Park last year. Perry quit school last spring term to accept an offer from Bart Woodyard, who was then playing in Portland. Reports last fall had it that he was very much “that way” about a girl singer with Woodyard’s group. She's still with the band in Hawaii. Woodyard’s band almost per fectly duplicates Ted Fio Rito's< stype. He uses lots of flutes and temple block work in his arrange ments. You can hear Perry and the band every Monday evening from 9:45 to 10 o’clock over KSL, or over KGNC, 1410 kilocycles. The Air Anglr Jack Benny will make a guest appearance with Fred Allen on Fred’s Town Hall Tonight broad cast at 9 this evening. He will be accompanied by his chief stooge, Mary Livingstone. Last summer Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa made a guest ap pearance on Jack’s Sunday night program in Hollywood. Mary, she introduced herself as “Seattle Mary,” and Portland, the stooges, stole the show from Jack and Fred, the principals. The girls will carry on the microphone argument they started on that occasion. * * * Boake Carter, noted commenta tor, has received upwards of 100,- ■ 00 requests for copies of his talk on the death of King George V of England, broadcast the same eve ning the British monarch suc cumbed. It constitutes one of the greatest avalanches of mail as the result of a single broadcast in radio history. Letters are still com ing in. 9 * 3! Andre Kostelanetz' orchestra is scheduled to play Irving Ec-rlin's new tune, "I'd Rather Lead a Band,” from the forthcoming film, "Follow the Fleet,” as well as "Alone” and “The Broken Record” on the program this evening with Nino Martini and Lily Pons. ISBC-CBS Programs Today 3:00—Woman's Magazine. NBC. 6:00—Andre Kostelanetz' orches tra. KOIN, KSL. 6:30—Refreshment Time. Ray Noble’s orchestra, Connie Boswell, A1 Bowlly.and The Freshmen. KSL, KOIN. 7:00—Vince Program. NBC. 9:00—Town Hall Tonight. Fred Allen; Jack Benny and Mary Liv ingstone. KPO, KGW. He’d Spike Guns If “the Logan amendment” somo day takes a place in history as effecting an epochal change in the U. S. constitution, it will get its name from Sen. M. M. Logan (Dem., Ky.), above. Senator Logan lias introduced an amendment giv ing congress power to regulate and control production — power which the supreme court held it did not possess in the decision out lawing the AAA. fc 1330. R. J. Reynolds Tob. Co, CAMELS MONEY-BACK OFFER STILL OPEN TO COLLEGE SMOKERS! %vv^': Read Our Invitation to You flavored cigafe”” cvefsmok^” ' “ ^ the mildest> best «s. of the cigarettes fa it tTus “ ’ “’e Pad“** wi* the ate*and we wm ^ y°“'^ZZblP2ZTfrom ,llis - ton-salem, north Carolina ... We who make Camels and know CamePs quality are confident you’ll like them! Camels are made YOU'lL LIKE THEM TOO!