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PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Fred W. Colvig. editor Welter R. Vernstrom, manager LeRoy Mattingly, managing editor Desk Stall This Issue Day executive: Hilt Cummings Day editor : Hob Emerson Assistant day editor: Jean Gulvoson Night Stall This Issue Night editors: Assistants: Homer Graham Margaret Rankin John Grimes Mary Mcdill Deferred Pledging Again rjpiIH committee appointed by Interfratern ty council president, Ed Reames, 1o in vestigate deferred pledging must be in up to their necks by this time. It was no easy prob lem that their red - headed president gave them. Two major stumbling blocks have been shown already in the path of the plans hypo thetical success. First is the possible effect on fraternities, which critics charge the plan would break. Second is the effect which establishment of the plan would have on University of Oregon housing accomoda tions in general. Dean Onthank has de clared that if freshmen were not permitted to live in fraternities the construction of new dormitories would he necessitated, funds for which are not available. Here are a couple of real sticklers for the committee to mull over, but in so doing they should not lose sight of their complete pur pose. # * w we see it, the committee should take cognizance of certain faults in the present fraternal set-up: failure to inspire high ideals of scholarship, snobbbery in their relations with non-Greeks, dissatisfactions that come from pledging without giving proper reflec tion. The investigators should discover first whether a positive, satisfactory correction of these faults is possible under the present sys tem ; second, whether remedy would be assur ed if deferred pledging were adopted, and, third, if they find that deferred pledging offers remedies impossible under the present fraternal regime, they should judge whether the establishment of the new system is worth while even though the obstacles to effecting it be great. That most certainly is the kind of an in vestigation the Oregon Dads desire, if one is to draw a reasonable inference from their resolution a few weeks back. And it surely is the sort, that t lie campus is expecting. We have every confidence, however, that the committee's report will disappoint neither the Dads nor the campus. # # # rJpilOSF two, what we term “mechanical” obstacles to the plan are quite challeng ing, but we do not regard them as absolutely insoluble. They have been solved on other campuses which have adopted deferred pledg ing, and they can be solved here. The judgment snapped when the plan was first proposed, that a postponement of pledg ing would break every house on the campus, is not nearly so impregnable as it first ap peared. It has been pointed out that there are plen ty of non-Greeks in the other three classes with whom fraternities could fill their rosters ii they were denied access to the freshmen. Furthermore, it has been observed that the first shock of the plan could he eased by having it go into effect gradually, deferring pledging one term the first year, two terms the second year, until the planned deferment is reached the third year. # # * for the criticism that establishment of the plan would necessitate the construc tion of new dormitories to aceoinodate fresh men—well, why not build them. It is true that there is no cash available, but there is credit. Bond for the construction of new dorms should not be hard to dispose of. And they need be no burden upon the school, for they could easily be amortized from the income which the dorms would bring in. In a survey of university housing condi tions conducted by the University of Michigan Daily the dean of men of Iowa State reports: “I consider that our dormitories have proved very successful both financially and socially. The Quadrangle has paid for itself and now makes a profit which will be used later to invest in another dormitory for men.” And Iowa State dormitories charge only $27 for board and room. If they can pay for dormitory construction out of the proceeds, why can’t we? * • * ^^BSTACLES to effecting a system of de ferred pledging are not insuperable. It remains really to determine whether the ad vantages of such a plan would make the change from the present system worthwhile. We think they would, but our final judgment is pending until the investigating committee reports. Miscellany JN recent years, an undeniable trend toward a saner outlook among college students has manifested itself. The average campus has been changed from a reservation for bois terous adolescents to a place where serious minded students arc given an opportunity1 to educate themselves. On the whole, the shift in attitude has been consistent, but there still remain vestiges of the old order. Towering high above the other remnants stands Ilell Week, an institution bred in the pre-war days, nourished by the hysteria of the gay twenties and now shel tered and nursed in the fraternity system. Hell Week stands alone as the most incon gruous element of present day college life. It is damned by all thoughtful national fra ternity officers and by most undergraduate college organs, yet it persists. The flimsy justification offered by adher ents of this medieval custom is condemnation of itself. Pledge training, they say, is its pur post1. It serves, they maintain, to impress pledges with a proper respect for upperclass men; to strengthen his loyalty to his group through sacrifices and trial by fire and to test his metal and his moral calibre. With these high aims in mind, active mem bers each year indulge in juvenile horseplay at the pledge’s expense. Their antics upset (lie pledge's class work and often do him physical harm. In the end, the only constructive tiling that (lie practice offers is inflation of the active’s ego. A few months from now, the farce will again be carried out on Northwestern’s North Campus unless broadminded fraternity men see clear to do away with it. Active fraternity men with the broader view should begin now to bring about aboli tion of this ancient a bust1. —Da i ly Northwestern. Campus Calendar l’©t>8y Hayward, Margaret Rob bins, Joan Seavy, Morris Carter, James Buell anil Stanley Short are in the infirmary. The current problems forum sponsored by Westminster will meet tonight at 7:30 at Westmin ster house. The Oriental Art museum an.I the museum library will be closed during the Thanksgiving holidays. The Hunt club will not ride Thursday, Thanksgiving evening, but the facilities will be open to anyone who cares to use them. Next ride will be held December 3. Meeting of the polo members which was to be held today lm been postponed until further no tice. Master Dance meets Wednesday at 7:30 in the dance room in Gcr linger hall. Westminster house hike to Spen cer's butte Friday at 3 o’clock. Al! going meet at Westminster house at 3 with suppers. All Oregatta sales agents in liv ing organizations who have not re ported to the Oregana business of fice this week are requested to do so this afternoon. Anyone staying on the campus during the Thanksgiving vacation who lias not had his Oregana pic ture taken is urged to do so. Ken nell-EUis studio will be open both Friday and Saturday. Nature Interpreter (Continued from f'Oi/c one) this work led to the development of a Mother’s club. "With the present trend toward more leisure and shorter working hours, 1 think that opportunities for recreation will be greatly en larged and that there is a new field opening for nature work in camps and recreation groups," said Mrs. Price. While this is good for only summer employment now. she pointed out. it fits in with teaching and full time opportunities. More j ami more people, according to the I nature expert, are becoming inter ested in the out-of-doors ami find ing how enriching it is. That ilia. Price's work is vital and changing as well as inspiring instead of beiug dry, regulated, and j pedantic as many people think, is proved by the more than cordial reception that her keennes, enthu siasm. and charming personality have won hero Elected to I'hi lSrlu Kappa Mrs. Price has been widely edu cated, although she never really got a degree until last May. She entered the University of Califor nia at Berkeley a.s a girl, spent a year at College in the east and then after her marriage to a colclge professor, spent a year in Europe. “Wherever I lived I audited clas ses,” said Mrs. Price, “but about four years ago I decided that I wanted more substantial scientific knowledge so 1 enrolled again in the University of California and received my degree in science last May.” She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, scholastic honorary, and Sigma Xi, science honorary. "Each door opened as I came to it without any premeditation,” said Mrs. Price in commenting on her life. "Every bit of it developed from my early interest in nature.” While on the campus Mrs. Price spoke to several classes and visit ed Kappa Alpha Theta house. She was a member of that sorority in her freshman year at Berkeley. Mrs. Price's daughter, Peggy, was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1929. She was a P.K. major and is now head of the phys ical education and dean of girls at a California high school. Mothers* (Huh Moulin*' On Friday Is Postponed Eugene Oregon Mothers’ club meeting on Friday has been post poned due to Thanksgiving vaca tion. The group will hold its an nual Christmas covered dish party in Ger linger. December J Tune er Out... By BOB POLLOCK Saturday afternoon, because no one would take us to the last round up, we spent a couple of hours in the Carnegie room over in the music building. (For the enlightenment of freshmen and worshippers of Cab Calloway, the Carnegie room is a place way out on hades half acre where the mu sic building is located where there is a phonograph. Also a fine col lection of recordings of classical music. There’s an attendant, very courteous and not too aloof, who’ll play anything you pick out.) But to get on: we spent a couple of hours in the place hut it was only because we were too broke to go elsewhere. The mu sic was grand—if not entirely understandable—and the service was OK. But here comes the rub—and we mean that literal ly. The seats In the room were fine examples of the carpenter’s art, polished and beautiful. They would have been swell to put in a glass cage and worship—from a respectable distance. As far as things upon which the human anatomy could be deposited for any length of time with any degree of comfort, they simply did not exist. For a while, the music iheld our attention and then the seats began to tell. We squirmed, sitting first upon the end of our spine and then upon the back of our neck. Finally, we folded our tents and went away from the place. Suggestion to Dean Landsbury, or whoever is in charge: Why not see what can be done toward furnishing the Carnegie room in a manner that would make listen ing to good music there a pleas ure instead of an endurance con test. A few over-stuffed chairs, with maybe a davenpoyt or so would do wonders. If there Isn’t room for them, toss out the piano which only lends atmos phere to the place and which the average student does not use— if any one does. Money for the job may be diffi cult to obtain, but it’s a lead-pipe cinch that the late Mr. Carnegie when he left money for the room meant the place to be enjoyed by the average student as well as by the music major, and we seriously doubt that anyone will enjoy it if he has to spend the time there sit ting on a bit of polished two by four. Passing Show (Continued, from page one) injured passengers to the closest hospitals. G-Ships to the Rescue Relief for the food shortage sit uation in Alaska was promised last night as striking maritime unions agreed to man government-char tered ships carrying food supplies to the distressed residents. Concessions of the strikers to Alaska left unsettled similar de mands from Hawaii, where scarc ity has resulted from the tieup of American ships. Meanwhile, peace with employers was no nearer yes terday. More ISobel Winners Nobel peace prizes for 1935 and 1933 were awarded yesterday to Carl Von Ossietzky, Germany, and Carlos Saavedra Lamas, foreign minister of Argentina. The two awards had cash values of $39,303 and $39,286. From Berlin, meanwhile, the Nazi government issued a state ment that the award to Ossietzky, recently released from custody af ter being sentenced by the Ger man high court for treason, was an "impudent challenge and insult to the new Germany." tiet a shukf at TAYLOR'S, ua. THE PRODIGAL Hop’s SKIPS & JUMPS By ORVAL HOPKINS QUEER things, holidays. And queer ways we Americans have of celebrating them. On this one in the offing there will be much eye-casting toward heaven and el bow-bending toward hell as ex pressions of our thanks. Thanks, perhaps, for the mess in Spain, the unemployment in the US, and the swell chance we have for an other world war. Also there are those to whom Thanksgiving means nought but the opportunity to gorge them selves on turkey and drink quan tities of gratis liquor. Probably they will feel true gratitude the day after Thanksgiving when they’re thankful that it comes but once a year. They’ll be all set to go after it again a month or so hence, however. In another of our jubilant holi day seasons we will listen to sun dry stodgy members of the clergy droning on with regard to “the spirit of peace cn earth.” Thisi par ticular year of our lord they will have ample opportunity to dwell on the “peace” foible and don't think they won’t grasp it. * * * QNE thing about Christmas, for this is she, which always im presses me is the wholesome I slaughter, as they say, of young j trees which is carried on in pur I suance of this, the spirit of peace. Many cheesy-looking individuals j will reap a neat profit this winter from the sale and delivery of Christmas trees. Many pounds of groceries and many bottles of grog will be bought thereby. Therefore, (Please turn to page jour) COOT ® Lights By EDGAR C. MOORE McDonald: “Big Broadcast of 1937” and “15 Malden Lane.” llEILIti : “Smartest Girl in Town” and “Love Letters of a Star.” KEX: “Big Broadcast of 1937” and “15 Maiden Lane.” STATE: “Rendezvous at Mid night.” Mayflower: “Under Two Flags.” What a galaxy of stars of radio and screen in the “Big Broadcast of 1937!” Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, Benny Goodman and his swing orchestra, Leopold Stokow i ski and his symphony orchestra, Shirley Ross, new singing and dancing star of the screen, used to sing with Gus Arnheim a few years back if we remember cor rectly, “crooning" Benny Fields and “Bazooka” Bob Burns, Van Buren. Arkansas traveler and dis penser of homely wit, are all there. Going Home for Thanksgiving? Call— 424 CAB Prompt, Safe Service Eugene's Only Union Cab ALL-AMERICANS of Ithe SHOW WORLD! STARTS TODAY! starring JACK BENNY GEORGE BURNS GRACIE ALLEN BOB BURNS MARTHA RAYE BENNY GOODMAN and his orchestra Shirley ROSS Ray MILLAND FrankFOREST Benny FIELDS and LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI and his symphony orchestra Although we don’t care for Grade | Allen, there are enough others tc ' more than make up for her in what should be a fine picture. "15 Mai den Lane," the other picture at the McDonald reveals the secrets oi the world’s greatest jewel center Manhattan. Claire Trevor and Ce sar Romero head the cast. “Smartest Girl in Town,” star ring Gene Raymond and Ann So thern, is a singing comedy in which the girl plays "Hard to get,” but she is “got.” "Love Letters of a Star,” the other feature at the I-Ieilig, may remind the public of recent Hollywood scandal. The Rex has the same billing as the McDonald for today and to morrow. “Under Two Flags” is featured at the Mayflower and is a very well produced picture of the for eign legion in Algiers. Ronald Coleman, Rosalind Russell, and Victor McLaglen are starred. — I fiaaaiaaMBllMMWMaw •<• • n The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon. Eugene, published daily during the college year exvept Sundays, Mon days, holidays, examination periods, the fifth clay of December to January 4, except January 4 to 12, annd March 5 to March 22. March 22 to March 30. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscrip tion rate, $3.00 a year. MEMBER OF MAJOR COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS Represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42nd St., New York City; 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 10U4 2nd Ave.. Seattle; 1031 S. Broadway, Los Angeles; Call Building, San Francisco* Business Office Assistants JJean Farrens, Bettylou Swart, Sally McGrew, Velma Smith, Anne Earnest. Betty Crider. Margaret Carlton, Dori. DeYoung, Jean Cleveland, Helen Hurst Janet Eames, Anne Fredricksen, Mig non Phipps. Barbara Espy, Carolina Howard, Janee Burkett, Louise Plum mer, Nancy Cleveland. BUSINESS STAFF National Advertising Mgr.Patsy Neal Assistant: Eleanor Anderson Circulation Prom. Mgr...Gerald Crisman Circulation Manager.Frances Olson Assistant: Jean Rawson Merchandising Manager.Les Miller Portland Adv. Mgr.Bill Sanford Executive Secretary.Caroline Hand Collection Manager.Reed Swenson Wednesday Advertising Manager: Bill Lubersky; Assistants: Bruce Curry, Geanne Eschle. Mothers’ ChiB Council Meeting Is Postponed The executive council of the Eu gene branch of the Oregon moth ers’ club will not hold their meet ing this week due to Thanksgiving vacation. Their next meeting will be on December 2, at a Christmas cover ed dish party in Gerlinger. Wherever you go Wherever you are We sincerely hope that you have a FINE THANKSGIVING DAY and then We’ll Welcome you back next Monday TIIE . BROADWAY . INC. 30 East Broadway EffitW: 5.v OCCASIONALLY a telephone wire must be ruu under a rug or carpet. The twisted wire formerly used made an unsightly ridge. f So Western Electric — manufacturing, distributing and purchasing unit of the Bell System — produces a flat cord only one-eighth inch thick, seven-eighths of an inch wide. (Like this ) Within this tiny space are four conductors of insulated wire. Un der the rug or carpet this cord is not seen, not even felt with bare feet. Even to the smallest detail, the Bell System is eon slantly on the lookout for the better way to make telephone service more satisfactory to the customer. College men and women find after 7 P. M. a convenient time for mak ing long distance calls. Moreover, most rates are lowest then. IIEljL TKLKPHME §VSTEM