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Change Is Not Wrong
But There Is a Way
|N a letter printed elsewhere on this page,
■*- Gordon Connelly says in effect that the "active
minority" on the campus is not composed of
liberals. Mr. Connelly believes that the conserva
tive minority on the campus is the group mis
representing the University.
Now what iH meant by "liberal minority" and
“conservative minority" and all that stuff?
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There are a few students that think a great
deal on matters of social Importance. They not
only think on these matters but act on them as
well. They have little respect for the state board
of higher education—believing it to be too con
servative and timorous to assure any speed, and
this group believes that the people and only the
people should have the say in a democracy. Con
sequently when a matter of educational impor
tance arises, this group of students takes it
before the Granges, Townsend clubs, and labor
unions, who in turn place it on the ballot and
thow their collective weight behind its passage.
The group at the University may well be called
the liberal minority.
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Now, as Mr. Connelly indicates In his letter,
the large part of the Oregon student body may
and has agreed in principle with the liberal stu
dent. But the majority of Oregon students find
distasteful the methods of the minority and see
in those methods lurking dangers to higher edu
cation. The direct control by the electorate, re
gardless of constituted authority, has never been
conducive to efficiency in this country. Those who
argue that higher education is primarily a matter
for the direct consideration of the electorate are
apt to be the same group that would deprecate
the principle of the American constitution as be
ing a needless check on a progressive society.
The republican form of democracy provides
for representatives through which the people gov
ern themselves. If the chosen representatives are
ignored, republican demoearey falls and the chaos
of mass-dictatorship takes its place. In the ab
sence of chosen representatives the power of the
electorate, uncontrolled, and unadvised my roll
through any measure it deems expedient
whether the measure be economically sound or
not.
* SI *
Hight now, any group that will organize the
minority can slam through the government any
plan that it wishes. And the labor groups, the
Townsend clubs and the Granges now hold the
ace.
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It is about time for someone to organize the
majority group with its eyes not primarily on
suppression of the opposition op disagreement
with its principles, but with the firm conviction
that republican democracy must be re-estab
lished. In other words, if an individual believes
that specialized tasks call for specialists, and a
technical process is best administered by a tech
nician, let him say so. And if there is disagree
ment with the essential wisdom of the manner in
which functions are discharged by the chosen
official—change the official but keep his office.
No, he isnt' dreaming. Nor is he walking in
his sleep. It doesn't really look like love either,
hut you never can tell. You don’t know what’s
wrong? You should have guessed by now Spring
ja in the air:
Junior Weekend
Goes A'Begging
ONE of the University of Oregon's most color
ful and well-established traditions, Junior
Weekend, is but two months away. Tt is a big:
affair involving the expenditure of a goodly sum
of money and includes the manipulation of many
details and persons.
The personnel for administration of Junior
Weekend is appointed by the president of the
junior class. At present there is no president and
there is no vice-president since both have been
declared ineligible.
There is little reason to wait for a meeting
and decision of the scholarship committee as to
the possible eligibility of onetime Vice-president
Carmen Curry. Since she did not hold office this
fall term it would seem to be a reasonable inter
pretation of the constitution that she be ineligible
by virtue of the provision demanding that persons
elected to office must must assume their official
duties the fall term after they have been elected.
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A Junior Weekend chairman and committee
must be .appointed soon if the affair is to equal
past performances.
It is rumored that there are approximately 50
members of the junior class who are in good
enough standing to vote in class elections. "Good
standing” of course refers to ASUO membership
and class membership.
It might be a very good idea if these 50 stu
dents rallied around for a short meeting, picked
the best they could find for chairmanship ot
Junior Weekend, and started this thing clicking.
A Tragic Reminder
To Canoeists
A NNTJALLY the Emerald sounds a warning to
millrace canoeists to he careful. This year
the warning comes too late. Saturday Clifford
Flowers met his death when a canoe he was
paddling got caught in a current and overturned.
The University sorrows with young Flowers’
parents and relatives over his untimely passing.
His many friends mourn. It was a pathetic ex
ample; it is an unfortunately strong warning to
canoeists to watch their step.
Ordinarily the millrace is not very dangerous.
Early in the year, however, its currents are very
strong. Attention and care are necessary. Non
swimmers should carry life preservers. Even
competent swimmers should be aiert.
A drowning to sound a warning is a very
sorrowful occurrence. It is one of those “too had”
accidents which we cannot help now. But in pass
ing Flowers serves to save other lives. His death
will stand as an unhappily vivid reminder to all
to be more careful.
The Safety Valve
Letters published in this column should not be construed
ns expressing the editorial opinion of the Emerald. Anony
mous contributions will be disregarded. The names of ocm
niunicants will, however, be regnrded ns 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:
Students at the University should appreciate
the efforts of the Emerald editors in trying ;it
all times to work out a feasible program for fee
collection, financing of athletics, purging of
politics, and for all campus activities. The edi
tors have continually had the best interests of
the University in mind, and have done much to
destroy the animosity so prevalent here between
the slightly different groups known as radicals
and conservatives. The leadership in the formula
tion of the “Opinion Steering Committee” to
determine the true campus attitude regarding im
portant educational issues is of such calibre.
In naming this committee, however, the edi
tors defined the purpose as determining and
representing the whole Oregon sentiment on
issues in order that an active minority could not
fool the people of the state as to the real public
opinion here. The Emerald's big mistake was its
statement that this active minority was composed
of liberals. The opposite is the case. It is the
conservative minority that misrepresents the Uni
versity. My friend, Jim Blais, signed an argument
with four other higher education student proxies
in favor of compulsory fees, and just because
Jim was the ASUO head, the Oregon Journal
and other active proponents of compulsion in fees
stated that the majority of students here were in
favor of compulsory fees. Such was entirely with
out proof. All possible indications were that the
optionalists had the preference, as noted in the
following cases: Dan Clark II conducted a survey
on the campus between classes asking how stu
dents stood on the issue 75 out of 100 were for
voluntary fee collection. In an Emerald staff vote
there was an overwhelming vote for optional fees. '
Unconsciously, too, I believe, the editors have
helped to increase that unfair distinction between
our campus groups known as radical and con
servative. There is but one difference between
the two. Those who are asked to wear the name
“radicals,” which connotes bomb-thrower, free
lover, destnictionist, and Communist, merely have
thought about serious problems and upon reach
ing a conclusion have prefered to act their con
victions demand action as a duty. The other
group which applies these handy shibboleths are
the conservatives. In turn they arc branded “re
actionary,” who would he the opponents of im
provement.
I'm certain that misunderstanding is the basis
of the verbal warfare, and as one who has been
falsely termed “Red," “atheist," and “parlor
pink," 1 know that those most active in the at
tempt to gain optional ROTC are not Communists
in any sense, but sincere patriots who love this
country as they love the rest of the world. They
believe that over-preparedness is the facilitation
of all war. and that governments exist only to
insure absolute personal liberty to the individual.
When individuals are forced to learn the methods
of murder, whether for aggression or defense,
that governmental purpose is destroyed with the
destruction of liberty and peace.
Gordon M. Connelly.
By the way whether it be gladsome tidings
or just a warning this is the last week of the
Emerald this term. As an after thought it might
be well to mention that exams start Thursday,
Ilarch 1-'.
The Marsh of Time
By Bill Marsh
A iittle birdie fold us that Alex
ander Franklin Eagle, Jr., has a
magic carpet secreted along with
a couple of skeletons in the closet
of his apartment. According to the
rumor which is making the rounds,
papa Eag will take anybody on a
round trip magic-carpet cruise for
the trifling expenditure of a few
moments of time.
It seems that the only think you
have to do is whisper, “Toyko,” or
“Nippin Yusen Kaisha” or "Gei
sha” (Geisha is usually the most
effective password) . . . and whis
per it into Al's ear. Then, with a
great whistling and rustling of
wind, the carpet takes off, and
away you go to strange, exotic
lands that lie far across the infin
ite expanse of the western sea.
Seems like that might he a
mighty fine way to travel. No
passports . . . no annoying prob
lems of getting money exchanged
... no rickshaw coolies to holler
for “cunisliaws” ... no Japanese
taxi drivers to scare a year1’*
growth out of you every time they
round a corner.
* * *
Up in northern Idaho they've
been having such heavy rainstorms
that normally dry sinks and creek
bottoms are overflowing and do
ing their best to turn the range
land into an inland sea.
The would-be floods are not dan
gerous. But they are so deep that
the jackruhldts have all had to
take to the sagebrush to keep from
drow ning.
I didn’t think there was enough
sagebrush in the world to take
care of all the jackrabbtts there
are in Idaho. There must be liter
ally millions of them. It's a strange
feeling to be driving through the
state and notice tire dead rabbits
that are strewn all along the high
ways. I don't suppose anyone ever
tried to estimate the number of
jacks that are killed by autos each
year. But. although it's usually im
possible to drive for more than 30
seconds without seeing at least on?
dead rabbit, the high fatality rate
doesn’t seem to decrease their
teeming numbers a bit.
At least, Idaho lias the distinc
tion of being one state out of the
IS wherein the highways kill more
animals than they do men and wo
men.
$ ifc *
Eighteen students at the Uni
versity of North Carolina were
given tlie well known boot a while
ago. Seventeen of them were giv
en their dismissal papers on the
basis of cheating, and one, the
ringleader, was told to scram on
an alleged charge of misconduct.
It seems that the group had or
ganised a nice, soft racket, right
within the college itself. They were
securing advance copies of exam
ination questions and preparing
advance copies of examination i
questions and preparing themes
and qulzy.es. These bits of infor
mation were then sold to needy
students at a standard scale of
priees,
They worked it by the remark
ably simple expedient of getting
; one of the university printers and
‘ mimeograph artists on the inside.
They cut him in on the profits . . .
he gave them the necessary pa
pers. The members of the mob
ware scattvXd throughout the va
rious colleges of the university,
and they reported to headquarters
whenever a quizz or exam in their
department was coming up.
So, while they were functioning,
(here was hardly an examination
given that they didn’t have the
questions to ... in advance , . ,
for a price.
Probably the only way the fac
ulty got win of the whole thing
was by their suspicion when grades
in general began to skyrocket like
a 1928 stock quotation.
Air Y’
❖ Listenin’?
By Jimmy Morrison
Emerald of the Air
Archie Parrott, campus band
leader who at an early age played
intermission numbers for George
Olsen's band in Portland, will be
heard over KOHJE at 3:45 today
playing popular piano selections.
Local Bands
Archie Parrott's band, augment
ed to nine pieces, a stick waver,
and a girl singer, played a com
mendable job for the paper makers
in Camas, Washington, Saturday
night. In spite of the fact that the
boys had to blow hard to be heard
by the large crowd, the music was
good, and Archie stands a fine
chance of getting the Bungalow
summer job at Seaside when he
plays a tryout job there next week
end.
Of course nearly every band in
Oregon is after the B ungalow job,
but why not? You rehearse a lit
tle in the afternoon, play at night,
and lie around on the beach be
fore and after. Archie Loveland's
band is probably Archie Parrott's
nearest competition for the job, al
though Dan Flood, Buck McGow
an, Kenny Allen., and Johnny
Busch are also in the race.
The Air Angle
Meredith Willson’s orchestra will
be heard in another of America’s
“folk songs of tomorrow” pro
grams at 7:30 tonight. The half
hour of continuous tempo includes
hits from “The Jazz Singer” and
“The Big Broadcast of 1936,” and
Tin Pan Alley past and present
hits.
Ben Bernie and all the lads will
be heckled on their American Can
broadcast in Miami tonight by Ed
die Cantor, Parkyakarkas, and
Jimmy Wellington. ‘‘From Can to
Cantor,” the Ol’ Maestro observes.
The program will be a combination
of the typical broadcasts of the
two comedians, aided by incidental
stooges.
Lawrence Tibbett, noted dramat-1
ic baritone, will pay tribute to his I
fellow headliner, Ray Noble, when
he sings the popular composer
conductor’s new song, “If You
Love Me,’’ as a highlight of hi3
Packard program with Don Voor
hees’ orchestra at 5:30 this after
noon. While this charming melody
has been heard over the air sev
eral times since the author intro
duced it on his own program, this
will mark the first time it has
been featured as a vocal solo.
On the Casa Loma program to
night: Deane Janis will sing one of
the season's hits, “Lights Out,”
while Kenny Sargent will offer
“Ev'ry Time I Look at You,” and
Pee Wee Hunt will feature “Swing,
Mr. Charlie.” The Casa Loma
boys will play “The Royal Garden
Blues” and “Do You Ever Think of
Me.”
ISBC-CBS Programs Today
3:00 Woman's Magazine. NBC.
5:30—Lawrence Tibbett. KSL,
KOIN.
6:00 Bon Bernie and All the
Lads. KPO, KGW.
6:30—Fire Chief Srow. KPO.
7:30—Music America Sings.
KGO.
8:30 — Camel Caravan. KSL,
KOIN.
9:00 — Waring's Pennsylvan
ians. KOIN.
ZTA House-mother Arrive s
To Take Over Duties
Mrs. A. J. Gillis, new house
mother of the Zeta Tail Alphas,
who arrived here from Seattle Sun
day, March 1, spent many years of
her life in the Yukon region of
Alaska, going there during the
stampede to the Klondike in the
gold rush days, and returning to
the United States in 191S.
There she and her doctor hus
band, who acted as surgeon, dent
ist, and veterinary, for the town
of Dawson and the surrounding
district and treated everything
from humans to chickens, lived an
active, outdoor life, making fre
qquent canoe trips and camping in
the wilderness for weeks at a time.
Much of her traveling was done
by dog sled, she stated, saying that
tale after tale could be told of the
wonderful intelligence shown by
the dog teams, some of which were
composed of St. Bernards, some of
which were decorated with bright
colored blankets and silver bells.
While there Mrs. Gillis was
worthy organizing matron for the
Yukon uupt-r number one of tue
Order of the Eastern Star.
Conditions during the gold rush
were picturesque, she declared, 'out
they have been exaggerated in re
cent movies where gamblers are
shown to run rampant over river
steamers and heroes are shown to
endure hardships "possible but not
probable.”
Mrs. Gillis believes that living in
the North where people are taken
at their face value and not for
what their parents were “broadens
people and gives them experiences
which could not be duplicated in
any other part of the world."
Her cure for the trivialities and
pettiness of life is several years in
the Yukon, which teaches tolerance
of the other person's mode of life.
Mrs. Gills has°also traveled to
the opposite extreme, in Hawaii,
but prefers the North, stating th,rt
if things were still in a pioneering
stage as they were when she first
went to live there, she would 'go
back tomorrow," a feeling which
she believes all other people who
ha\e lived in the North share.
Poetry Reading i
Contest Week Set
Casteel Gives Conditions of
Event; $40 Offered in
Prize Money
The annual VV. F. Jewett poetry
reading contest will be held during
the week of April 20-24, John L.
Casteel, director of the speech di
vision, announced last night.
Contestants will read a selection
from each of three types of poetry,
lyrics, sonnets, and blank verse.
The selections are chosen by the
contestant from a list compiled by
the drama and speech division.
These departments are jointly
sponsoring the contest.
The aim of the contest is to
stimulate the appreciation of
poetry through effective oral read
ing from memory and the contest
ants may introduce selections with
such comment as they wish to
make.
Prizes of $20, $15, and $5 will be
offered. The general procedure
will correspond to the plan used
last year. ,
Required ROTC
(Continued from page one)
faculty will vote on a petition first
presented last month asking- the
body to refer the ROTC question
to the state board of higher educa
tion. The petition carried about 700
names asking for discontinuance of
all military courses on a compul
sory basis.
It was originated by an Oregon
Committee for Peace and Freedom
and in the petition it is contended
that:
1. Compulsory military training
amounts to discrimination against
University men.
2. The course is primarily mili
tary, not educational.
Compulsory ROTC Advocated
The committee for the general
welfare upheld compulsory train
ing on the grounds that:
1. The University of Oregon, for
financial reasons, can not under
take the support of optional ROTC
because of the danger of losing
federal support, in view of the fact
that such support is derived from
the present system of having the
ROTC training required.
2. Under optional military there
would be a falling off of enroll
ment . . . and adds an uncertainty
of continuance of this course.
3. We have not heard of anyone
taking this course, who would ob
ject to leaving it under its present
status, that did not have selfish
motives for this change.
4. All citizens are responsible.
State Board May Decide
In the event that the faculty ac
cepts the petition of optional mili
tarists, the future of the question
will be left in the hands of the
state board.
“If the faculty or the state board
refuses to heed our collective voice,
an initiative appears inevitable.
Liberal sentiment in Oregon is too
strong to allow such groups to per
vert i t s democratic function,”
Charles Paddock, leader in the op
tional ROTC movement, declared
yesterday.
Infirmary Progresses
With the cement pouring fin
ished last Saturday on the second
floor and the columns of the new
infirmary, workmen are now busy
putting up the forms for the third
floor walls and the columns.
Stripping of the forms from the
basement is now going on, and the
carpenters are working with a full
crew on form work and inside re
enforcement.
Commonwealth
Meet Here
March mi
Martin and Hunter Will
Speak; Parsons Plans
3-Day Session
Governor Martin and Chancellor
F\ M. Hunter will be guest speak
ers at the annual Commonwealth
conference to be held on the cam
pus March 19 to 21, according to
announcement of Dr. P. A. Par
sons, head of the department of
sociology and general chairman of
the conference.
The kick-off luncheon will be a
joint affair for all conferences in
session the first day. Governor
Martin will speak.
Bight Sessions Listed
The eight sessions arc mining
and geology, League of Oregon
Cities, chamber of commerce
executives, community recreation,
social security, rural land zoning,
governmental structure, and stream
purification. Experts in each of
these fields will preside and lead
discussions.
Dr. Hunter will speak on “The
Relation of Education to Good
Municipal Government” at the an
nual dinner of the League of Ore
gon Cities March 19.
Carson Will Speak
Other speakers will be Clifford
W. Ham, director of the National
Municipal association, Chicago;
Mayor Joseph Carson, Portland:
and Emery Asbury, principal of
Galt junior high school, Tacoma.
Community leaders, mining ex
perts, city and other government
officials, and chamber of commerce
secretaries interested in commun
ity recreation, social security, rural
land zoning, stream purification
and other projects will attend the
conference.
Committee to Decide
Dr. Parsons will meet with the
conference committee to decide on
further plans fror the convention
today. Members of the directorate
are James H. Gilbert, dean of social
science, in charge of the program
for chamber of commerce groups;
Miss Florence D. Alden, professor
of physical education, in charge of
recreation; Eric W. Allen, dean of
the journalism school; Miss Moz
elle Hair, head of correspondence
study, in charge of exhibits; Mrs.
Genevieve Turnipseed in charge of
dinners; Karl W. Onthank, dean of
personnel administration, in charge
of rooms; Herman Kehrli, director
of the bureau of municipal re
search, in charge of the League of
Oregon Cities; and George H.
Godfrey, associate in the news bur
eau, in charge of publicity.
The conference is being held this
year during spring vacation so that
the dormitory will be available for
meals.
SWEET AS
HONEY i
THE ONE
AND ONLY
r Starts Sweet
Smokes Sweet
Stays Sweet
NOTHING ELSE HAS ITS FLAVOR
Also Imperial Ytllo Boh $1.50
Were I But a Boy
Were I but a boy again
Without a single care,
Playing in a mountain- glen
Or in some hidden lair;
Running barefoot all day long
As happy as can be.
Flying kites or catching birds,
Oh, boy, I envy thee.
Oh, boy, I envy thee,
Thou hast thy life to live.
Knowledge, power and wealth are things
To gain and then to give;
Thou hast the key to riches,
To everything worth while—
Use it. e're it rusts, my boy. •
And use it with a smile.
—Franklin Lee Stevenson.
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