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PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON University ot Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Fred W. Colvig. editor Walter R. Vernstrom, manager LcRoy Mattingly, managing editor EDITORIAL BOARD Mildred Blackbu'rne. Darrell Ellis, Howard Kessler, Wayne Harbert, Dan E. Clark Jr., Victor Dallaire, Charles Paddock Associate editors: Virginia Endicott, Clair Johnson EDITORIAL OFFICES: Journalism building. Phone 3300 Editor. Local 354; News Room and Managing Editor. 353. BUSINESS OFFICE: ASUO offices, Phone 3300 Local 237. The Oregon Daily Emerald will not be responsible lor return ing unsolicited manuscripts. Public letters should not be more than 300 words in length ami should be accompanied bv the writer's signature and address which will be withheld if requested. All communications arc subject to the discretion of the editors. Anonymous letters will be disregarded. 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UPPKR NEWS STAKE Lloyd I upling, assistant man* affine editor Pat Frizzell, sports editor Paul Deutscbmann. news editoi Ed Robbins, art editor l\oneri jl ojjock, cmci ingnc cu* Paul Plank, radio editor Howard Kessler, literary editor Clare jRoe, women’s editor Gladys fiattleson, society editor Desk Staff This Issue 17ay editor : Bernadine Bowman Assistants: Cotfiene Antrim Nio-ht Staff This Issue Niffht editors: Jack Townsend hob Knox l Assistant night editors: Peggy Jane Feebler Mary Kay Booth Marge 1'innegan Roy Jane Haley Duggan, Copyreaders Ruth SavTct Harry Proudfoot, Mignon Phipps, Blanche Brown. Ketchnm, Anna Mac Halverson, liman Zeller, Rnsacll h*py, Orville Williams. Kathryn Morrow, Matt Kramer, Beverly Brown, Patricia Alliscn. Margaret Rankin, A1 Brannon. Stan Hobson, Peggy Rob bins, Janet Calavan, Frances McCoy, Theo Prescott._ Reporters I’arr Aplin, Louise Aiken, Laura Brvant, Morrison Bales, David Cox, lean Cramer. Marilyn Dudley, Myra Hulser, Stan Hob sen, Da\e Ho«.s, Ora May Holdman, Anna May Halverson, Ken neth Kntley, Roy Knudsen, Huhard Kuokka, Doris Lindrgren, Dick Lit fin. Fclker Morris, Alice Nelson. Hill Pcngra. Ted Proud foot, Peggy Rolibins, Wilfred Roadman, Ruth Mary Scovel, Kathe rine Taylor, Roy Vernstrom, Rita Wright. Advertising Manager This Issue Steve Cook BUSINESS STAFF National Advertising Manager . Patsy Neal Assistant : Eleanor Anderson Circulation Promotion Manager Herald Cnsman Circulation Manager . Frances Olson Assistant: Jean Kawson Merchandising Manager.Eest Miller Portland Advertising Manager Rill Sanford Executive Secretary. Caroline Hand Collection Manager Reed Swenson Business Ofiice Assistants Jean Far reus, Bettylou Swart, Sally McGrew, Velma Smith, Anne Earnest, Betty ( rides, Margaret Carlton, Doris DeYoung, Jean Cleveland, Helen I hirst, Janet Eawes, Anne Fredrickscn, Mignon Phipps, Barbara Epsy, Caroline Howard. Jane Busketr Afterglow of the "O" rjpill0 hilarity of a very fine Homecoming celebration apparentl.v Ims left a head ache not only to the weekend's ontlmsiaslic student body but to Lhtgene townspeople as well. That perfect “()” wliieli flamed so gloriously Friday nijj-lit on the south slope of the butte is now a black, unsightly sear, ruinous to the view of the park as it is seen from the town and the railroad. Said the Kugene Morning News in an edi torial Sunday morning‘‘Kugene folk natural ly hold the University community in high re gard. The University and its student body mean a great deal to the city. Homecoming is an important civic event. But sometimes the city is indulgent out of all reason and it is one of these times when the freshmen are permitted to build their bonfire' on the Butte.” ■» «■ * TytUTUAli felicitations are in order: the University likewise naturally holds the city in high regard. Kugene townspeople are the constant faithful supporters of University activities, many of which could not be carried oil were it for their participation. And never has there been an attack upon the University from outside but that the local citizenry has sprung to our defense. The University is deeply appreciative, but that is not the only reason why students would never wittingly do anything to mar the city s beauty. The Morning News in its editorial might have appealed to our civic pride. Out here on the campus we are con scious that much of the beauty of the campus depends upon the setting which the city itself affords. t'.t ft 'TMIl', situation, hideous though that lilack soar may bo, is not irremediable. however. Tin1 iooshiiiaii class, since it reaped so much f^!oi\ 11 oiu i* riday night s spectacle. might delegate a group of its members to go up on the Hutte and rake up the charred remains. 'J hen the lirst fall rains would almost suffice to u ash the monstrous disligurution into the brown hill side. Next year, though, the class of ’4‘J should be urged to stage its fiery “()" with some less damaging combustible, perhaps with fire works as the News suggests. *3,580 Is Allotted request, for L. K. 1 lessor of research •- - -1 curator of the hi (-Continued from /w,/r on,-) j full-time to part tii A. Young as professor of voice to ; pointment of Dr. L succeed Roy Bryson, resigned; j assistant professor change in time service, at his own j pointment of Dr. 1 Take Another Bow, Sergei ‘‘"PERFECT” is scarcely sufficient ]>raise for little Sergei Jaroff and liis hand of Cossacks, who turned out to be not nearly so blood-thirsty of visage as advanced reports foretold. Their singing«Sunday was one of the most stirringly beautiful presentations the campus has enjoyed in recenf years. The rumble of that great bearded bass and his deep-throated companions in the center, the high clear voices of the tenors and the rich voices of the bari tons at the sides—all combined to make such a symphony that one eould scarcely credit it to human voices. And that sharp little direc tor, chipper little showman, Sergei Jaroff— what genius he must have to train and har monize those voices. Activities Director Sehomp is to be compli mented for bringing the Cossacks back to the University. Indeed, though, the series that he has arranged for this season, with Nino Martini and Roland Jlayes among the vocalists yet to come, holds promise of even more of this superb sort of entertainment. How Come No Music? XT N0W1NG little about tin- difficulties of organizing and training a band wo have, wo think wisely, refrained from adding our voice to the abuse of the “Swing Band.” But on many tongues are charges of editorial pusillanimity, and that is more than we can bear. After much trembling we have decided to stick out our chin .just a little bit. We hope the band leaders won’t hit it too hard. What the devil is the matter w-ith the band? Bast basketball season when they first broke out with “The Music Goes Round and Hound,” “Dinah” and several other synco pated bits the campus was agog with enthus iasm. It wasn’t exactly an innovation original with the Oregon musicians,- for I lie stunt was already very popular in other schools, but it was something new here and it was a welcome relief from the ponderous martial airs that were usually featured. T^TII'iN the “Swing Band” was officially organized this fall the campus looked forward with eager anticipation. But what has come of it? At an assembly or two they appeared amidst gales of applause, but since then about the best they have done is occupy a score of the best seats at football games and toodle out “Mighty Oregon.” Perhaps some crank has threatened them, or maybe the eat has their tongues. What ever it is an explanation is demanded. How come no music? Campus Comment (The views aired in this column are not necessarily expressive of Emerald policy. Communications should be kept within a limit of 250 words. Courteous restraint should he employed in reference to personalities. No unsigned letters will be accepted. To the Editor: Underclass rivalry lias its good points, but it can sometimes go too far. Friendly rivalry and premeditated desruction are two en tirely different things. What purpose did certain sophomores expect to achieve in attempting to destroy freshman bonfire materials? Most cer tainly not to assist the homecoming program More likely it was just to "take a crack” at the class of ’40 through their bonfire. The again the freshmen are merely freshmen, and provide amusement for all when they are entangled in any difficulties. But be as it may, more co-operation and less direct opposition be tween the two underclass groups would be a good thing. Dick Litfin. To the Editor: Being a first year man, perhaps it is not my place to say anything about student activities, but I cannot realize that any school of such size and rank could be so un-cooperative on such important occasions as the homecoming dance and general program. To the student entering the school with ambition to help promote the school and its facilities, the lack of cooperation with those responsible for the success of the homecoming dance, in particular, was enough to stop any interest in working on anything in the future, and it is on the first year people that the school must depend to conduct these activities in the future. Chairman Dave Lowry had to borrow pianos from the McDonald theatre and the Sigma Nil house when the school has innumerable pianos at their disposal. He had to borrow davenports from various fraternities and sororities and to top it all off, about it) people did all the work. At! others had to be begged or coaxed by possible membership in the "Skull and Dagger.” The dance was successful but only because a few had the spirit and ambition to do the thing right and credit the school, not discredit it, and if tlie school authorities and students will only cooperate 90', better than this last example. Ore gon students will never have to be ashamed of anything they undertake. Lot's put our events on tlie map and show what really can be accom plished with a little cooperation. Dave lloss londerson. pro in botany and rbarium; from lie, and the ap iroy Dotting as of botany, ap Yank C. Black as assistant professor of English, to replace Dr. George Williamson, on leave of absence. Caneellor Frederick M Hunter who was present at the meeting will probably return to the Oregon i campus today. Men and Nations By H. K. __ ■ -■ Pity England! Have you ever stood at the edge of a thousand-foot precipice, with a hundred cannibals rushing down upon your unarmed body from be hind ? If you have, British Bulldog Baldwin will give you his sympa thy. He knows how you felt. It may be true, as Count Her mann Kcyscrling, the eminent philosopher, insists, that the whole nation of England “has an uncon querable prejudice against think ing,” but there are many English men today who have disdained prejudice, and are thinking far into the night ... on the destiny of the British Empire. Dashed Difficult “Shall we trot along with Rus sia, and run the risk of a Commu nist England?” “Shall we help those blighters in Spain, and if so, which side shall we help?” “Shall we sit back until the last minute before'we jump in any di rection ?” “Jove, old man, it's a beastly problem!” On Saturday, Russia tore up “a scrap of paper” on which she had promised non-intervention in the Spanish civil war. On Sunday, Russia dispatched 30 munition ships to Barcelona, to aid the government of Spain. On Monday two Russian supply ships were successfully bombed by Dictator Franco’s planes in Bar celona harbor. On Tuesday, or any successive day of the week, no one knows what will happen. If Prime Minis ter Baldwin could know, he might I have some idea how best to act to maintain the status quo. We Won’t Fight! Great Britain will go to almost any length to avert a war that quite probably woidd disrupt her empire and ruin her pre-eminent trade position. That is why she docilely took all the slaps aimed at her by Mussolini. Comes it now, perliups, a show down. Wurra, wurra, which horse to bet on? If the fascists take control of Spain, they wiH logically cooperate closely with their benefactors, Italy and Germany. To what extent ? Will Franco give Ceuta, the fort ress opposite Gibraltar, to Musso lini, as well as Mediterranean is lands for naval bases? If he does, British control of the Mediterran ean will be destroyed, and her first sea route to India will be jeopard ized. To antagonize the rebels, with out actually declaring war, would further drive them into the wel coming arms of II Duce, whose primary object in life is to gain 4taly supremo power in the Middle Seal Why Wait? To openly offer assistance to Russia in case of war will encour age the Soviet to fight fascism into the earth at once. It may be that all Stalin is awaiting is the assured support of Great Britain before making war. Britain's best bet appears to be a sympathetic attitude toward Dictator Franco and his boys. Im mediate security may lie that way, although It means a tremendous strengthening of the fascist cause, and the perilous tilting of the bal ance of power, which it has always been England’s aim to maintain. No, we’re sorry, Johnny Bull, but we can’t help you much in this thing. You fellows will just have to muddle through. That’s what you've been doing for several hun dreds of years anyway. Music Musi Be (Continued from page one) All were very beautifully interpret ed by the Russian singers. Since the Russian revolution the Cossack singers have been in exile. But no more. There was a light in Kolesnikoff’s eyes when he said that the secretary of state in Washington had invited them to take up citizenship papers. Already they have taken out their first papers, he said. The men of the Don Cossack Russian chorus are going to be American citizens. What a wealth of beauty in music will be added to American culture! First Nighters (Continued front paye one) smoothed out for the subsequent performances. For a cast of forty, each one contributed his bit with surprising unity and competence. The usual leading roles were happily missing from this play. Mention must be made of some of the sincere and notable character bits which the play furnished. As the sergeant and first soldier, Gerald T. Smith and George Bik man took on the hard-boiled types not unlike the Victor McLaglen-Ed mund Lowe combination of for mer years on the screen. The life stories related by Private Levy (Milton Pillette), Private Schelling (Ernest Savage), Private Dean (Kenneth Kirtley) and Private Webster (Adrian Martin) were particularly appealing not only be cause they were well done but be cause Mr. Shaw has provided them vividly contrasting lines. Boyle Gives Fine Performance Walden Boyle gave his usual fin ished performance as the sympa thetic captain; George F. Smith, first general, personified the mili tary man with an austere rigidness and superiority which the other two generals lacked. As the doc tor, Don Childers lent a certain maturity to his role that made his tedious medical examination one of the evening's most interesting mo ments; while the stereotyped roles of editor and' reporter were played in movie-like fashion by Dan Clark Jr. and Lester Miller. Among the women, Marian Bauer’s portrayal of the mother who wishes to see her young son's shot-away face is emphatically a moving scene despite its screaming climax. As the embittered Martha Webster, wife of the eighteen-fifty garage mechanic, Helen Roberts aggressively projects the hatred and misery of the down-trodden working classes in true rabble rousing fashion. Although the confused ending with the machine gun firing on the dead men reeks of theatrical ho kum, nevertheless “Bury the Dead” remains the finest and most dram atic thing that has come from Mrs. Seybolt's department since “Dan gerous Corner.” Tune ’er Out... By BOB POLLOCK A fine thing! We advocate abol ishing the Hit Parade, and it’s still on the air. We say hooray for Oregon’s swing band, and it gives us nothing but Sousa all afternoon! Here’s propaganda for Ohmart, Paddock, and B. Brown, not to mention the genial Major Connel ly: Charlie Barber, bass fiddle and tuba virtuoso with Fred Waring became a musician because, when he was in school, he had to choose between taking military training or playing the school band . . . some times, listening to him, we think this is propaganda for the Oregon Liberty association. Hallowe’en comes into its own this p.m. over the Good Morning Tonight spot of KGW at 9:30 . . . you’ll get “The Green-eyed Drag on,” the “Ghost Dance" and the “Shadow March” . . . incidentally, the latest definition of a program is this one by Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle who says that it is mu ic or talk designed to fill the pace between station announce nents and time signals . . . there lave been times when the Colonel las been guilty of living up to his lefinition admirably . . . News: Jack Pearl, Baron Mun :hausen of pre-depression fame, 'Omes back to the air Monday, No vember 9 ... he still has his straight man, Cliff “Sharlie Hall, 3ut the program will be new . . . tils sponsor—known in radio cir cles as the man without whom you iren't on the air—will be a tobac co company and it will be NBC. Not content with keeping our mistakes at home, the bloomin’ Na tional Broadcasting Company is hooking up five short-wave trans mitters back on the east coast to relay election news bulletins to for eign countries . . . A Brooklyn, N. Y„ fan upset Columbia’s babe who distributes the Annie Oakley’s—the free pass es—to studio shows; she wanted tickets to the “Bulova Watch pro gram”—which is on the air approx imately 3 seconds, or as long as it takes to give the correct time and a plug for the ticker. . . . TAYLOR-made hamburgers.—adv. 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