PUBLISH!1'!) BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Robert \V- Lucas, editor Eldon Haberman, manager Clair Johnson, managing editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Ed Hanson, cartoonist Virginia Endicott, news editor Charles Paddock, sports editor Ed Robbins, chief night editor Mildred Blackburne, exchange editor Woodrow Jrtiax, radio editor Miriam Kichner, literary editor Marge Petsch, woman’s editor Louise Anderson, society editor LeRoy Mattingly, Wayne ilar bert, special assignment re porters. EDITORIAL BOARD Hcmiette Ilorak. William Marsh, Dan K. Clark IT, Howard Kessler. Tom McCall, Fred Colvig, Bob Moore, Mary Graham, secretary to the board. __ REPORTERS: Lloyd Tupling, Paul Deutschmann, Ruth Lake, Kllamae Wood worth. J»o 1 > Pollock, Signc Rasmussen, Marie Rasmussen, \V ill red Roadman, Roy Knudsen, Fulton Travis. 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Walter Vcrnstrom, circulation manager; assistant Toni Lu Hetty Wagner, national adver tising manager; assistant, Jane Slatky Caroline Hand, executive *ec retary Advertising Manager, this issue Assistants Kcinhart Knuilsen Kenneth Wood The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, Eugene, published daily during the college vcur, except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, examination periods, all ol December except the first seven days, all of March except the first citflit days. Entered .'is *€con<i-c1ass matter at the postolfice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription talcs, $2.50 a year. Is Radicalism Harmful? Then Do Something—Now! THId military problem on this campus is one of the touchiest little ding-bats that the faculty has juggled in years. And the fun has just begun. It is likely that the question of whether mili tary drill is to be optional or compulsory will he placed on the fall ballot by an initiative. The people again will decide an important issue of higher education, and again the wisdom of sub mitting educational policy to popular vote will be questioned. But military drill is likewise a matter of national defense policy, and the popular initia tive in this case will be more justiifed than in the tees controversy. * «]* * Since military drill is no burning issue on this campus it is hard to deal with it vigorously. As the matter now rests, any student who does not want to take ROTC training has only to signify his conscientious ojbection and he is excused. The fly in the ointment, however, is the state-wide reaction to the question. One who has the welfare of the University at heart can find much to fear in the way the issue will take form. Should the faculty vote for option al drill, anti should the state board of higher education refuse to grant it, the ensuing initiative drive will call down the wrath of many persons in the state who are suffering under the illusion that the University is seething with radicalism. At the same time the state board will again be under tiio intense fire of labor groups, granges, and Townsend clubs, who at present are inclined to favor optional drill. Should the faculty vote for the retention of compulsory drill and the state board endorse its retention, it will be the same old story the com plete and uncompromising condemnation of the whole shebang by the same group that success fuly opposed the COmpusory fees bill. Whatever happens, the University of Oregon is going to come in for much unjust criticism, whether it be from the liberals or from the con servatives of the state. One thing seems to be certain. The state hoard of higher education will not adopt optional military drill. Now the business of reconciling the two camps appears to be impossible. As stated before, the present status of military training, with its len ient if slightly confusing provisions for exemp tion, makes the situation at this school highly acceptable to the majority of students. However, the MAJORITY OF SU DANI'S AND Till: MAJORITY OF I’F.KSONS IN THIS NTATK DO NOT WORK UKK 11111 MINORITY ON Tin; t'AMI'l S AND THUOl'OHOI T THK STATU, Their methods are different. The major ity of the voters do not circulate petitions; they do not break up into effective, active groups, and they (to not hold frequent meetings, furnishing a steady flow of copy to the public press. :t< * fk There is only one way of stopping the in disi riminate vilification of the University of Ore gon. That is the immediate organization of the majority. There are those who will decry this us reaction of the most horrible sort. But is it ? After all the University is a state-owned institution, existing J through the consent of the people of the state. An organized majority can bo misdrirected. And, if it is. it should be called to task by the objections of a determined minority, for in organ izing the majority for what might he termed self-preservation the suppression of the minority is unwise, unnecessary, and impossible in a democracy. «! « * This newspaper has given a great deal of space to tile activities of radical students on the campus For this, there have been two reasons: first, because it agrees with some of their ob jectives and admires their alertness and energy: but, second, because of a hope that there would arise open, loud-voiced disagreement with their policies, thereby balancing the student mind. Object? Not at all. The slumbering majority permits that energetic minority to walk all over it. Something must be done to revive this slug gish mammoth, for, while reactionaries talk about radicalism on tire campus of the University, the state itself is already under the "dictatorship of the farm-labor vote.'’ The Safety Valve Letters published in this column should not he construed as expressing the editorial opinion of the Emerald. Anony mous contributions will be disregarded. The names of ocm municants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editors reserv ing the right to condense all letters of over 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. Editor, the Emerald: From the comments which have appeared in your columns recently, one unfamiliar with the campus might conclude that unfavorable criti cism of the University library service is general. Believing that such a conclusion would be quite unfair, may I state that at least in rny own ex perience with the library through a number of years, the service has been intelligent and effic ient. True, the resources of the library are limited at various points, but I believe that an instructor or student can secure available material as quick ly and effectively here as in any other large institution with which I am familiar. Such occasional difficulties as we have ex perienced have been due almost invariably to my own failure to make proper advance arrange ments, or to see that students had exact refer ences and directions. (Rarely may one assume that all members of a class know even the loca tion of the libraries, to say nothing of the tech nique of library usage.) The entire staff has al ways been cooperative and individual members have been very helpful in the preparation of bibliographies, checking of publishers’ book list, making available unbound publications, securing materials from other libraries, and handling special sets of pamphlet,s or folders. Appreciation is due especialy to Mr. Warren, reserve librarian, Miss Rise and Miss Casford of the circulation de partment, Mr. Seitz of the order department, and to Mr. Douglass. It would seem that the librarians will be as sisted most definitely in their work by thoughtful cooperation of faculty and students, which takes into account the present limitations of the library as to space and budget. F. L. Stetson, Professor of Education. Editor, the Emerald: It may seem like strangling on a mote in a star-beam, yet the Department of the Classics, speaking in the name of the Humanities, feels outraged, that, despite its protest and timely in tervention, a fictitious mask is to be placed over the entrance to trie Library and labeled Aristotle. It is true, relatively few people, and still fewer on our own campus, realize that, in lieu of the beardless anomaly which has been parading under the nom de guerre of Aristotle and which the smug, Shavianesque Will Durant still counten ances in reprints of his “story of Philosophy,’’ and in lieu of the conventionalized head which our artists in charge of the project have executed and submitted to be recognized as a “Greek Type,” there are two authenticated portrait busts of Aristotle. But, since Aristotle has enjoyed the unique distinction of being one of only three ancients to be selected out of the wealth of an tiquity to adorn our Library, even to the exclu sion of Homer or Euripides or Vergil, why in the name of verity should a suppositicious head be chosen instead of a replica of one of the two certified portraits ? The Department of Classic Languages does not intend to wield a Gutzon Borglum mallet over the head of Aristotle, but it wishes the Uni versity to know that, when the error was dis covered and opportunity given to rectify that error, some one has gone blundering on. Frederic S. Dunn. Editor, the Emerald: The University will not be closed. Classes will not be dismissed. This much is certain unless unforseen and unexpected conditions should arise. It is unfortunate that many wild rumors have been circulated with regard to sickness that ex ists among students. The truth is essentially as follows: Among boys the condition with regard to influenza has improved. There are however, more new cases among the girls. In view of the fact that not all cases present themselves to the health service for early diagnosis it is impossible to say exactly how many cases of influenza there are at the present time, but so nearly as we can estimate there are about forty-five cases of in fluenza. There have been five cases of pneumonia. One has been very serverely ill. As was reported last week there has been one case of suspected infantile paralysis. No other student has this dis ease or lias been suspected of having this disease and 1 have been informed by the county health officer that no new ease has been reported in the last week and there is only one other ease in the community. In the case of the individual on the campus the student is at the present time not sick and it is expected that she will be able to leave for her home to convalesce in a few days. There is absolutely no truth in reports that there have been a number of cases of paralysis. It has always been the policy of the health service to give all the facts to the student body and no at tempt will ever be made to distort the news. If conditions get worse, that is if there are more cases, file student body will be informed. How ever, in no event will the health service attempt to dismiss any classes unless such action should be taken generally throughout the community and state. At tlio present time conditions in Eugene are similar to those that exist in other parts of the state and there would be no gain but actually conditions would be made worse if the University were to close and students kept in their living organizations or allowed to travel over the state to their homes. As indicated yesterday the ban on social activities wall continue for the reason that such activities involve an additional and unnecessary health hazard but beyond this no action is contemplated either by the University health service or the local county physician. 1 should' like to appeal to students to refrain from spreading rumors about the health situation on the campus for such gossip does a great deal ot harm and needlessly alarms many people. The Emerald has been alert to gather the news and to present all facts to the students and l believe that the Emerald staff may be depended upon to continue in this policy. We shall do all wo can to make the news available to the stu dents through their own paper. Kred N. Miller, M.D. t, ctsity Ki> oician. As Herblock Sees German Political Olympics CMSCOS THROW L. SHOT POT VAULT Arc HORPL6S MILE. ROaJ ' HAMMER THROW * JAVELIM THROW ! \&e<Z%U>e ❖ The Marsh of Time By Bill Marsh Last weekend, fate ordained that the jjals of the Gamma Phi Beta training camp were to be de prived of their silverware. Yes, by Jove, rot only their own, but that belonging to the downtown hotels as well. And what could be more amusing than the sight of a nor mally charming and nicely man nered group of lassies shipping soup loudly and raucously from the edge of the soup bowl? Or per haps they were eating salads with the tools that nature gave them, and none others. And any rate, the situation was very funny . . . very funny indeed, until Toni Lucas called me up, and accused me of stealing the Gamma Phi spades and shovels. That hurts. It smashes one’s faith in the sanctity of good wo men and the brotherhood of man. All the time, mind you, all the time it was an inside job, planned and executed by some of the gals themselves. But they have to have a fall guy, see. A stooge. A chump. A sucker. Someone to frame. So Lucas tries to nail me. It’s our sympathetic nature I guess. * $ * Looming up through the College Side fog, what should appear hut the melancholic countenance of Tex Thomason. Quips Tex to us, "Have you seen the latest Read er's Digest?" That’s an example of SAE hu mor. If Tex keeps telling himself jokes like that all the time, it’s no wonder at all that his frail expres sion reminds one of a funeral di rector with a had stomach ache. * * * 1 wish Japan and Kussia would hurry up and get their confounded war started. This suspense is ter rible. It's like lying under a leaky pup tent, staring at tin* canvas top. You see a drop of water form, watch it grow bigger and heavier. It’s right above your face, but the accursed thing won’t drop and get it over with. So there you lie, waiting, meanwhile working your self up Into a fine nervous frazzle before the drop finally does splash against \ our nose. Such a thing as this Asiatic sit uation. Any person who hasn't got his head stuck up high in the ethe real clouds of theoretical pacifism recognizes the fact that, contrary to Kipling, the East and West have met. Two different types of civi ' lization, two different nations of thought are rubbing against each other. Neither will yield, neither shows any sign of beiug willing to i back up. The answer, whether you | like it or not, is war. And sitting around waiting for the firecracker that will start the powder magazine burning is a ter rific strain. « * « I understand that at the end of days and hours and minutes, all nicely counted out and tabulated I in precise military manner. Chief of stuff Tom Aughinbaugh went to Portland over the weekend, t According to brother tijia the General made the trip to the city of the living dead for the express purpose of seeing the girl whom he practically constantly talks about in his sleep. ❖ Listenin’? By Jimmy Morrison Emerald of the Air Frank Michck and Tom McCall will handle the KORE microphone in another Emerald Sportcast to day at 3:45. Today's Brief Biography A1 Bowlly is Ray Noble’s vocal ist of Wednesday night “Refresh ment Time’’ programs. He was born in Johannesburg, South Afri ca, and as a young Johannesburg barber became known as the “Singing Barber.” Playing ukelele and banjo (now obsolete) and singing, Bowlly toured the Far East with an or chestra, traveling in China, Japan, Dutch East Indies, Java, and Su matra. Then he went to England to join Fred Elizalde’s band at Lon don's Savoy hotel, later playing with Roy Fox and Lew Stone. He met Ray Noble in London and has been with him for seven years. Even though A1 Bowlly has had robust adventures, such as being amateur light-heavyweight cham pion boxer of South Africa and Corporal in Kaffrarian Rifles in German East Africa, he specializes in soft-voiced love songs. The Air Angle Rimsky - Korsakov’s “Song of India" and two other favorite selec tions will be featured by Lily Pons during her program with Andre Kostelanetz' orchestra this eve ning at G. Miss Pons will also sing McHugh’s distinctive hit, “With All My Heart.” George Burns and Graeie Allen will launch a determined attack on the weather, in cooperation with Jacques Renard's orchestra, on their program tonight at S:30. "I think the papers are all wrong in prophesying more cold weather," Graeie says. “If they would only print ‘Fair and Warmer’ for just one week, why then I think— (Copy cut here by George Burns.) Since Del Courtney’s Bal Tab arin band made its professional de but in 1929 it has traveled about 25.000 miles, filled 400 hours of air 8S stations in one broadcast. yBC.A.BS Programs Today 3:00 Woman's Magazine. NBC.1 G :00 — Andre Kostelanetz' or chestra. KOIN. KSL. 6:30— Refreshment Time. Ray Noble's orchestra, Connie Boswell, A1 Bowlly, and The Freshmen. KSL. KOIN. 7:00 The Vince Program. NBC. 8:30 Burns and Allen. KSL. 9:00 Town Hall Tonight. Fred Aien, KPO KFI. time, and played over as many as Miller Says Illness (Continued, from page one) Conditions at the present time are the same in Eugene as in other parts of the state, and would not be improved, but .in all probability Play •> By Play Marian Bauer V book of verses underneath the bough, t. jug of wine, a loaf of bread— and thou Beside me singing in the wilder ness— Dh, wilderness were Paradise enow! And so is the picture. Cut a ;lass if necessary, but don't miss 'Ah Wilderness.” You'll get more >ut of this than a two hour lecture vith Haile Selassie as prof. You’ll ;ee people you've known all your ife, folks you’ve loved and laughed with, fought and hated with. It ioesn't need a host of adjectives to praise its virtues—it's simply ruman and genuine. O'Neill has written for us a great American comedy romance with an undercurrent of serious in tent. It's Youth, bewildered and baffled, groping in the darkness that only a child can know, seek ing to find the even tenor of its way, hoping to find a meaning for life and living. It's Age at its best, full and gracious and understand ing. And the playwright brings them together, to the threshold where they meet in a glorious un derstanding — an understanding which might have been tragedy, which so often is tragedy. Lionel Barrymore is superbly cast as the father, who was bigger than his offspring could realize, who was humanly faulty and im perfect and lovable. Eric Linden gives a finely drawn portrayal as the sensitive impressionable young ster who hitched his wagon to a star. His die is definitely cast as an actor. Wallace Beery, to men tion only one of a grand support ing cast, will make you forget (not as he did, in liquids, but equally as well) how many term papers you have to write. It's a picture thoroughly enjoy able from start to finish, whole some, delightful, charming—there come those inevitable adjectives— but truthfully, it’s a sure-fire box office hit. If you miss “Ah Wil derness” it’ll haunt’cha. Starts to day at the Mac, with “The Widow I From Monte Carlo.” would become worse, if the Univer sity were to be closed and the stu dents spread to all parts of the state, he feels. Social Ban Extended The ban on all social functions will continue for the reason that such activities involve additional health hazards, but beyond these no action is contemplated either by the University health service or by the county physician. Yesterday nine patients were added to the sick list, one at the Pacific hospital, three at the Uni versity infirmary, and five to the infirmary annex roll. Sick Listed Herbert Juell was the only new patient to be admitted to the Pa cific hospital from the University. Other patients are: Kathleen Rose, Helga Myrno, George Schloetzer, William Hutchison, Donald Stout, George Reeves, Richard Farra, Abram Merritt, John David Ham ley, Walter Naylor, Ralph Cathey, Welsey Guderian, Daniel Jordan, Richard Roberts, and Harrison Winston. Audrey Aasen, Harriet Gamble, and Bartlett Cole were admitted to the infirmary and the other pa tients are: Frederica Merrell, Maude Long, Dixie Miller, Evelyn Troudt, and Dewey Paine. The infirmary annex which was opened last weekend now has sev en patients, Helen Carlson, Elvera Marx, Marijane Sturgeon, Dorothy Howell, Arlene Reynolds, Aileen Dement, and Jean Girard. Advertised Emerald Can you afford to pay more when you can buy for less? .Did you take advantage of these good buys featured in last month s EMERALD? 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