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i'cum PUBLISHED 1SY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF the: university of Oregon Fred W. Colvig, editor Walter R. Vcrnstrom, manager LcRoy Mattingly, managing editor Editorial Board: Clair Johnson, Howard Kessler. George Bikman, Edwin Robbins, Darrel Ellis, Orval Hopkins, Virginia Endicott Associate editors: Clair Johnson, Virginia Endicott. UPPER NEWS STAFF j ai rrizzcii. is cmui, Paul Deutschmann, news editor. Bernadinc Bowman, exchange editor. Cladlys Battleson, society editor. Paul Plank, radio editor. ^ aging editor. Kdwin Robbins, art editor. Clare I&oe, women’s page Leonard Greenup, chief night Reporters: Parr Aplin, Louise Aik n, Jean Cramer. Beulah Chap man, Morrison Hales, Laura Bryant, Dave Cox, Marolyn Dunley, Stan Hobson. Myra Jlulser, Dick Litfin, Mary Hen derson, Bill Pcngra, Kay Morrow, Ted Proud foot, Catherine Taylor, Alice Nelson, Rachael Platt. Doris Jandgren, Rita Wright, Lillian Warn, Margaret Ray, Donald Seaman, Wilfred Roadman. Sports staff : Wendell Wyatt. Libert Hawkins. John Pink, Morrie Henderson, Russ Iscli, Ccce Walden, Chuck Van Scoyoc, Bill Norene, Tom Cox. Copyeditors: Rov Vernstrom, Mary Hopkins, Bill Garrett, Relta .Lea Powell, jane Mirick, Tom Brady, Warren Waldorf, Then Prescott, Lorcne Marguth, Rita Wright, Jack Townsend. Wen Brooks. Marge Finnegan. Mignon Phipps, LaVern Littleton, June. Dick, Frances McCoy. Lawrence Quinlan, A1 Branson, Helen Ferguson. Judith W ode age, Betty Van Deficit, Stan Hobson, George Haley, Geanne Eschle, Irvin Mann. Assistant managing editor: Day editor: Bill Pease Lillian Warn Night Editors: Assistants: Jack Townsend Margaret Dick Crawford Llyc Ducks Take to the Air £|AMPUS cooperation in the fullest sense, both from living organizations and indi viduals, should be given Ilal Young and the music school in Ihe nationwide radio broad cast planned for 6:00 to 6:60 p.m. Wednes day, January 27, over the NBC network. With its accompanying beneficial public ity for the school, the project is certainly a meritous one and deserves every element of support from University students, faculty and friends. This support is necessary to make the initial broadcast a success, which would insure further radio programs of a similar nature. * * * jyjUCIl commendation is due Hal Young for his efforts in negotiating the broadcast, for many hours spent arranging the details of the program, and for consenting to appear on the program himself. As Dean Landsbury says, Mr. Young has had the sole responsibil ity and deserves every iota of credit. Under Rex Underwood’s direction, the 60 piece University symphony is enjoying one of its better seasons this year. Miss Dorothy Johnson has already made a name for herself as a violin soloist. The program selected is an enjoyable one. Efforts of this sort de serve all possible encouragement,. On to the concert. Kulfcurkampf JJOW IS a university to aehieve its pur pose? This is a key question in higher education, and that there is no unanimity in the answer Jo it has been quite effectively demonstrated in the response awakened by J)r. MaeLean’s address in which he proposed the general college. For that response was divergent. All might agree with Hr. MacLean that a university should purpose to send “cultured young men and women forth with their di plomas. All might concur with l)r. MacLean in denying that “culture'* consists of tails and top hats. And all might grant with the Minnesota dean a positive definition of “culture” as the product of intellectual training that enables a person to “feel perfectly at home and at ease in all the various worlds of his exper ience'’ and to get the utmost in satisfaction and pleasure from life. All might go further and declare “cul ture'' among the people is essential to the social discrimination that enables mankind to sort good from evil and thus strive toward the great goal of truth and beauty -that striving which is progress. Concurrence ends, however, with a defi nition of “culture.” How young men and women are to aehieve it is the point of di 1 vergenee. « » # McLEAN’S idea is that a university should function to give its students all the answers to the problems of life, and, if the answers for a large percentage of stu dents are not to ho found in the regular cur riculum, the university should provide a gen eral college with a course of studies that will answer their needs. Training in this general college is to he of a sort directly applicable to the problems of work, marriage, machines, human intercourse, etc. Students are to he taught attitudes that will simplify their earthly sojourn. But opponents of the general college plan aver that there is no short-cut to “culture” and that the Minnesota scheme is a delusion representative of the defeatist philosophy loose in the world today, wherein people, like in the fascist countries, desphir of answering life’s problems, take the easy way, and put themselves in the hands of a dictator. There is a spirit of dictatorship, antagon ists of the general college declare, where stu dents eschew the hard road of fundamental training and put themselves under the influ ence of a curriculum whose connection with the practicalities of life is all too reassuring ly evident. JT I& Tllfi notion of those critics that life is a moving reality: not only docs the scene change, but the facts and principles under lying the scene become increasingly percept ible to the human understanding. Hence they oppose any plan that says: students, here is life and this is the way for you to get the most out of it. For tin* university, to their mind, should be an institution for the train ing of those young men and women who are to be at the van of human progress—not for furnishing its students with a “practical,” cdbsoling attitude toward life. Hut still there remains the problem of raising the cultural level of those young men and women for whom the present college curricular road is too tough. Leave that to the high schools; let secondary education in crease its contribution to “culture,” declare these opposed to the general college. There is a greater problem in making higher educa tion available to those from whom its cost denies it; let us devote ourselves rather to opening up the way of higher learning to worthy students. We arc inclined to agree with them. Campus Comment (The views aired in this column are not necessarily 1 expressive of Emerald policy. Communications should be | kept within a limit of 250* words. Courteous restraint should be observed in reference to personalities. No unsigned letters j will be accepted.) “EYE-BROWINO” To the Editor: May a male member of the sophomore class offer an appropriate and timely suggestion to the female members of the sopho more class of this, our university? ’Twas last term at a dance, to which I took a fair young damsel, that I gave birth to a colos sal idea! This young damsel insisted upon pluck ing her eyebrows until she looked like a cross between Marlene Dietrich and Charlie Chan! As we danced to the lilting music I placed my smooth shaven check upon her snow-white brow only to recoil in horror! Her eyebrows instead of being soft and silken were, by dint of much plucking/ a veritable barbed-wire entanglement! (The birth of my idea) Even now my cheek breaks out in a rksh to think of it! And now, since we sophomore gentlemen have been compelled to peer out from behind an ever expanding growth of shredded wheat upon our faces and necks, the situation has moved me to speak my mind, for the time has come' I suggest that all sophomore girls toss their tweezers on the shelf and allow their suppressed eyebrows to run rampant for several weeks, even as we men nave done with our beards. At the end of which time let them proclaim a mighty dance which shall be called the “Sophomore Eye browino.” During the evening festivities I recom mend that prizes be awarded those girls who, in the opinion of the judges, have sprouted the black est, the reddest, and the heaviest, and the lightest eyebrows. What sayest thou, girls? How about it? . . . Nevertheless, 1 still think it's a noble idea! EDGAR F. WULZEN. BUT NO PENCIL SHARPENERS To the Editor: There i.s one condition that has come, not. only to my attention but also to that' of many other pencil pushers in this institution! that is dedicated to higher learning. That is the i deplorable lack, dearth, absence in fact 1 have, found only two in the portals of said institution that caters to the whims of more than 2700 young men and young women coming here to garner an education, cultural or otherwise -- of good old fashioned pencil sharpeners. Now pencils are not akin to Emerson's brook . . . they can't go on forever. They must be coddled, wheedled, coaxed, babied, petted, sharp ened. and tuned up constantly. Most pencils, it has been my experience, have an intense dislike of being scraped by a dull, cast-off raor blade, or being gounged by a pen knife. They resent this kind of treatment. They break, smudge, scrawl, unless they receive the careful ministra tions of a patented, smooth, cool-as-ice shave of a reputable pencil sharpener. And what is going to be done about it ? We biuld super-super gymnasiums, ultra infirmaries, re-landscape the lawns, but we fail to look close to home, analyze our educational system and at tempt to succor the striving students by supplying their primary wants, and facilitating their study ing My pencils are rebelling. My note-books are blank. 1 can’t keep up with my work—because every time I want to sharpen a pencil I have*to stumble over half the campus to find one of these infernal machines. There is no point to this now but when we get the sharpeners there will be plenty! Is our educational system lagging? JOHN riNK. Company i) Given ROTC Honor Award for VS cek Because of cold weather, week ly KOTC inspection was cancelled yesterday. Each Wednesday all companies flte inspected and points are given J for individual neatness. Tlie com pany receiving most points is des ignated honor company of the week. Last week's winner was com pany f>, with a score of 80.82 per cent. This company’s officers are. company commander. Frank Nash; first sergeant. Minoru Yastii; pin-. toon leaders, Pat Cassidy. Sui Mil ligan, and Bob Chilton. Other companies in order are company E, 99.62: company B, 98,85; company C, 98.61: company A, 98.47. Send the Emerald to your friends Subscriptions only 88.00 per year Tune ’er Out... By JACK TOWNSEND tseneve it or not: Strange as it seems! And what have you! Look at what we found on our desk. It’s some dope from CBS. Yes sir, they must have heard our prayer or something, because the> couldn’t have got our letter so quick. The only trouble is that it’s dated for next, week and gives all times in Eastern Standard time. Well, beginning Tuesday we’ll try to hash it out. Now for some programs: To be gin with, the Portland Symphony orchestra will star in tonight’s Standard Oil hour. Everything from "Lohengrin" to "Rosamuhde’’ will be played, this is over KGW_ 8:15. For music lovers this will be an ideal night, as the Rochester Phil harmonic orchestra will do its stuff over KEX at 5:30. (Certain fresh man football players please note above.) Another good program this eve ning will be Show Boat with Gloria Swanson as guest star of Lanny Ross. She is scheduled to do some singing and a dramatic sketch. A1 Goodman’s orchestra will provide the music. KEX —8:30. Bing Crosby and Lee Tracy will get together and see what they can do with Bob Burns and his bazoo ka. Jimmie Dorsey’s orchestra will provide the music.—KGW—-7:00. Incidentally it was the Dorsey brothers who started Bob (not Bing) Crosby on his musical ca reer. For the home town talent tonight we have KORE presenting the Mc Morran - Washburne quartet at 7:00. Rudy Vallee has signed Edgar Bergen, the ventriloquist, as a reg ular feature to his show. Ed and his team mate, "Charlie McCarthy” made such a hit when they first appeared' on the Vallee program that they were recalled several times, this time to stay. Bergen is a Northwestern university gradu ate while "Charlie” is just the cre ation of a Chicago craftsman, for “Charlie,” although he sounds life like enough over the radio, is just a ventriloquist’s dummy.—KGW— 5:00. : Shorts: Two of radio’s comedians dress the parts they play when they "ap pear" on the radio. Both Eddie Cantor and Victor Moore began their careers on the stage, thus they continue their outlandish garbs . . . whoaaaa . . . the boss (Mattingly) said not to get this drivel too long, so I'll sign off. Campus Calendar A meeting of the Eugene Hunt club tonight at 7 p.m. at the coun ty fairgrounds was announced by Paul Washke, president, yesterday. The club will hold a two-hour ride prior to the meeting. All students interested are invited to attend. Fencing club meets tonight at" Gerlinger hall. Call of Winter ♦ oWt Wy'fS fry I 1 Out of State and Tuition Fees Due, Monday Deadline Non-resident fees are past due, the business office an nounced today. Falling due Jan uary 18, a penalty of 15 cents per day from that date will be inflicted. If fees are not paid by Mon day, January 25, students will be suspended from school. After that date, a reinstatement fine of two dollars 'will be charged, plus $1.75 on the accruing pen alty. Second installment payments of registration fees is due Monday, January 25. The same rule applies to this installment as does to the non-resident fees. Payments must be made within one week. Absolutely no ex tensions will be made beyond February 25. Second installment non-resi dent, and third installment reg ular fees are also due. Dean Landsbury Talks in Chicago The factors whether music his tory, or any other subject, should have a place in any curriculum, and what that place should be, were discussed by John J. Lands bury, dean of the school of mu sic at the University, in an address to the Music Teachers National as sociation in Chicago recently. The deciding points would depend on the objectives of the curriculum, and whether that subject would contribute to the realization of def inite objectives and still not dis place anything more suitable or valuable, were the keynotes of his speech. The adequacy of equip ment and the competency of the one assuming the role of leader for the courses also came under con sideration in the talk. • Dean Landsbury returned Fri . day from Chicago where he attend ed conferences of the Music Teach ers National association, National Association of Schools of Music, arid Phi Mu Alpha fraternity. Forums Series Planned By ASU Union Leader Will Explain Coast Strikers’ Stand At First Meeting The executive council of the American Student union was in structed this week to plan a series of forums on topics of current in terest to be led by qualified speak ers. A special invitation is extend ed to the campus at large to par ticipate, with the knowledge that attendance will not identify them with the ASU unless they are actu ally members. First of the. forums is planned for Friday afternoon with Ken neth Irwin, young leader in the marine firemen's union, explaining the purpose of the striking mari time unions. Irwin addressed the state ASU convention in Portland recently. Among the topics for later for ums will be the student strike against war, the Spanish situation, a student peace program, and ade quate federal aid for students. The ASU executive council will meet at the Y hut this afternoon at 2 o’clock to plan the forums. Also under discussion will be plans for ASU organization on the campus, in the high schools and in other colleges, a membership drive, the anti-war strike, and oth er important matters. The ASU will not meet next Thursday night but will hold a forum in the after noon and attend the mass meeting open to townspeople at the court house Thursday evening. Passing Show (Continued from I'acje.onc) city of Decker was expected to "go out any time.” Along a 700-mile stretch of the Ohio river, from Belleville, West Virginia, to Cairo, Illinois, where it converges with the Mississippi, muddy waters were steadily rising. Meteorologists, forecasting rain and snow, said flood conditions along the lower Ohio probably will continue for three or four weeks. Hop’s SKIPS &• JUMPS By ORVAL HOPKINS OTILL more of the same. ^ I don't like to go on and on about this, but I find it hard to see any value in the alleged argu ments put forth by Mr. Roger P. Sheppard in yesterday's Emerald. In the first place the wise crack about my opinion's being "purely personal" hasn't much point. Show me some criticism, particularly drama criticism, which isn't whol ly personal. In any event, it’s rather a petty point, isn't it? Secondly, I am ashamed be yond recognition that the erudite Mr. Sheppard should have the opportunity to point out that Maxwell Anderson has written, among others, “Elizabeth the Queen,” “Mary of Scotland,” “Valley Forge.” If our com municant got the impression, from my little piece, that Mr. Anderson is but a rank amateur, I humbly bow, I retreat—you got me, Bud. Thirdly, far from wishing Holly wood to string along in the same old hole forever, I am in favor of her doing something a bit different now and then, even as Mr. Shep pard so astutely recommends. My | beef with “Winterset’ is that Holly wood did not get out of her tracks. Contrarily, she dragged "Winter set" down to her level. If I remem ber correctly my piece said some thing or other to the effect that “the least Hollywood could have done would have been to experi ment along with him (Anderson).” Not too smooth for rhetoric I ad mit, but fairly simple. The gentleman admits that "there were many who were not” aware of the poetic speeches in the movie. My only request regarding that is that you children read An derson’s pliy as published. Then if you find yourselves nothing more than “aware” of the poetic speeches, I shall gladly stand cor rected. JN all justification I will say that Mr. Sheppard’s communication as printed, was sadly cut so that it lost its meaning in spots. How ever I read it before it went to press and was therefore not con fused as to his points. I still have a quarrel with the happy ending tacked onto “Win terset.” It was a typical crowd pleaser, a Hollywood “get-it while-it’s-hot” ending. But what disappointed me principally was the fact that the most beautiful scene in the play as Anderson wrote it occurs in that last por tion when Mio and Miriamne confess their love for each other and go into darkness together. Now I ain’t no sissy, but after all there's a little to be said for beauty, isn’t there? If I must be truthful about this, I’m forced to confess that I’ve yet to find anyone who agrees with my stand on “Winterpuss.” But I'm still standing there. I think it was a raw deal to run the Mere dith, the Cianellis, and the Mar gos in on something like that pro duction. And I still say that with out the “power and the glory” of Maxwell Anderson’s blank verse the movie version is a foul-out to the catcher. Th* Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, Eugene, published daily during the college year exvept Sundays. Mon days, holidays, examination period*, the fifth day of December to January 4, except January 4 to 12* annd March 6 to March 22, March 22 to March 30, Entered ns second-class matter: at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscrip tion rate, $3.00 a year. BUSINESS STAFF Circulation Manager.....Caroline Hand Frances Olson.Executive Secretary Copy Service Department Manager,...Venita Brous i National Advertising Manager ..Patsy Neal . Assistant: Eleanor Anderson. Collection Manager..—.Reed Swenson Earliest Papers Received at Libe Four original copies of the Ore gon Free Press, successor to the Oregon Spectator, Oregon’s first newspaper, were received recently by the library from E. H. Sauer of Los Angeles. The paper, a weekly, was first published by George L. Curry of Oregon City on April 8, 1848, and had as its motto, 'Here shall the press, the people’s rights maintain, unmarred by influence and unbrid led by gain.” The library received a photographic copy of the first is sue and originals of copies 11, 12, 33, and 34. The price of the paper for six months was $3.50 in currency or produce taken at cash value. Sauer also sent six pamphlets, published from 1840 to 1882, con cerning the Pacific Northwest. Scribes Gather (Continued from page one). will be on the campus. Earl Rich ardson of the Dallas Itemizer-Ob server is expected, and Adelaide Lake, recent purchaser of the Sheridan Sun will probably attend. Vinton Hall, Portland, editor of the Oregon Motorists magazine is another who will meet with for mer friends on the campus. Palmer lloyt, managing editor of the Morning Oregonian and member of the class of ’23 will be a featured speaker of the confer ence. A dozen others will appear during the course of the meet who have been at one time or another students on the campus. Others Scheduled John Benson, president of the American Association of National Advertising, and Paul C. Smith, executive editor of the San Fran cisco Chronicle, will also speak during the meet. The conference will be rounded out Friday and Saturday with din ners, speeches and discussions on a variety of newspaper phases. Class Changes (Continued from page one) Dean Jewell of the school of education believes there is need for revision in the Oregon system. Dr. Malcolm MacLean, speaking before the associated students Tuesday, also stressed the need for curriculum revision. Mr. MacLean believes in more liberal education, the curriculum being based on stu dent's present day needs. PROFESSORS ILL Dean Victor P. Morris of the school of business administration, and Dr. J. H. Bond, professor of business administration have been confined at home this week with ! the flu. Spring Togs You will find them in all the shops now, straw hats, patent leather shoes, gaberdine suits and new flashy prints of soft blue and greens that fairly shout spring at you. We spotted at BEARD'S a jaunty spring suit, heavy enough for those brisk cold days. Whisk around in one at the Whiskerino. At WASHBURNE’S, JEAN FARRENS, GAM MA PHI BETA, found a lovely dress of blue crepe. The dress features a plain sleeved tight fitted bolero jacket over a blue, green and rose printed top. The blouse has full three-quarter length sleeves, the skirt is flared. With this she wears a new spring blue hat with a bumper brim of blue straw. A clever little navy blue silk crepe dress with a white lace collar and a fitted jacket was JANE GREENWOODS, CHI OMEGA, choice at R. C. HADLEY’S. Transparent buttons down the front are the outstanding attraction. Keeping with the times, the skirt is quite full in the back. Two piece soft wool sport dresses are still the vogue on the campus. LOUISE LATHAM. DELTA GAMMA, has one of yellow gold that has a slight Russian collar and tucking on the shoulder. The dress is trimmed with bone buttons. Louise found hers at H. GORDON & Co. MARY SHAFER, TRI-DELT. has a BULLOCKS WILSHIRE creation of red. yellow, and blue flow ered printed silk crepe against a black background. The dress is topped with a large collar that goes to the waist line, it encircles the waist and ties in fri>nt. \ brilliant brooch ornaments the collar at the neckline. It has the proverbial swing skirt and short sleeves. UP TO SNUFF Venita Brous and Ellen Hill Night Togs Evening clothes havc_been playing a large part in the campus styles, especially for men, and so wo thought that we would give you our individually styled creations for the various personality types of the campus, to wit: GIB SCHULTZ, Sigma Alpha Epsilon s student body prexy, really has no need for night togs be cause he has been too busy with campus activities that he doesn't have time to change clothes at night. He leaves his red flannel underwear on, instead. He keeps his ears warm with broken election pro mises. Due to the fact that his feet are in hot water all day, he hasn't been sleeping well the last few weeks, since he has had a bad case of assump tions, a slight confiiction of curricula has set in. TONY AMATO. Delta Upsilons sheik, should wear a pair of old frosh pants that are sewed to gether at the cuffs. An ASUO sleeveless athletic shirt should be worn under his last years football sweater. When sleeping with his fraternity brothers. Tony should wear shoulder pads. JOHNNY LEWIS, Sigma Chi's basketball ace, should wear blue snuggies. CLIFF TROLAND, Alpha Tau Omega's blonde life guard, would be even more attractive with dash ing silk pajamas, a la Esquire. The pajamas fea ture bell shaped sleeves, and a high neckline. ED ELVING, Astoria's representative in the Sigma Nu house, for Eddie, we recommend sea green sleepers, the kind with the feet in them. This should be topped off with a cute hood that ties under his chin. A clever zipper runs up the front of the ensemble. DON THOMAS, Kappa Sigma's rally king, would be even more attractive in Russian tunic pa jamas of red satin. BILL b OSKETT S, Chi Psi's lost Sigma Nu. outfit is a bit undecided because of his habit of getting his colors all mixed up. bRENCHI LA COU, Phi Psi’s love lost romeo, a knit night shirt, night cap and bed socks to match. Knit of varigated yarn, white to deep red, and white to deep green. We believe that this ensemble would be just the thing for cold wintery nights. JOHNNY MADER. Phi Gamma Delta, the cam pus' perennial pin planter, would look very striking in red flannel pajamas with black and yellow light ning stripes running through the pattern. Hiking socks with purple tops would probably be the thing for the ankles. Over the socks, Johnny should wear fleece lined bed slippers tied on with rubber bands. DEL BJORK. Sigtna Phi Epsilon's football cap tain, white night shirt with pink flowers carried out in the design would be our suggestion. Perhaps a white night cap trimmed with pink rosebuds and booties tied with pink yarn would be the complete ensemble. We arc a bit dubious about this last suggestion.
