Mn\y cm PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Fred W. Colvig. editor Walter R. Vcrnstrom, manager LcRoy Mattingly, managing editor Associate editors: Clair Johnson, Virginia Endicott. UPPER NEWS STAFF Pat Frizzell, sports editor. Paul Deutschmanu, news editor. Bernadine Bowman, exchange editor. Gladlys Battleson, society editor. Paul Plank, radio editor. Lloyd TupTtng, assistant man aging editor. Edwin Robbins, art editor. Clare Igoe, women’s page editor. Leonard Greenup, chief night editor. Jean Weber, morgue director Reporters: Parr Aplin, Louise Aiken, Jean Cramer, Beulah Chap man. Morrison Pales, Laura Bryant, Dave Cox, Marolyn Dudley, Stan Hobson. Myra Hulser, Dick Litfin, Mary Hen derson, Bill Pengra, Kay Morrow, Ted Proudfoot, Catherine Taylor. Alice Nelson, Rachael Platt, Doris Lindgren, Rita Wright, Lillian Warn, Margaret Ray, Donald Seaman, Wilfred Roadman. Sports staff: Wendell Wyatt, Elbert Hawkins, John Pink, Morrie Henderson. Russ Iscli, Ccce Walden, Chuck Van Scoyoc, Jim Norene, Tom Cox. Copyeditors: Roy Vernstrom, Mary Hopkins, Bill Garrett, Rclla |,ea Powell, jane Miriek, Tom Brady, Warren Waldorf, Tlieo Prescott, Llin Mary Kay Booth Assistants r Mary Mcdill Lorraine Larson The Camera Curse 17 AE FROM ever having playccl varsity * basketball, we’ve got beyond the “hunch” stage; but. still, i£ imagination is at all valid, we feel competent to pass on what must be a source of greatest irritation to the basket bailers—the cameraman. Under the basket he lurks, like a hunter watching a game trail. Down the lloor come the two teams, their feet flogging the maple. The cameraman gets set. The hall Hashes back and forth among the offensive players. The cameraman gets his gadgets ready, fin gers the trigger. A forward whirls, takes the ball on a rapid pass, and darts under tIn basket . lie leaps to sink his shot. Then there comes a blinding glare as the photographer snaps his photo-flash. Did he make it? There is a fraction of a second when, from the audience, we can t see what's happening. Whether the players can sec the ball during that split interval, we don’t know. Hut we don't see how they can. If a basket's been made, well and good. The photographer, who has shot after the ball left the player’s hands, has done no harm. But, if the ball has bounced off the backboard it is still in play, and tin; basketballers are. groping blindly until they recover from their momentary loss of vision. At least, such wo assume to be the case. # * # npilIS IS a complaint that we've heard voiced more than once: that photograph ers interfere with the game. And it all boils down to one question: Which is more vain- ' able, a frame free from alien impediments or press pictures? It would be a tough decision to make; for action pictures in newspapers help a lot in arousing interest in a team and consequently are a boon to the gate, a thing that, athletic managers must forever keep their eyes on. Perhaps the situation could be worked out reasonably with a little cooperation from the cameraman. There might be some good done if photographers would concentrate on shoot ing when they are least likely to ruin the play. That’s a big bill, of course, for the camera boys are after action. And in the melee under the basket anything might hap pen. Miscellany END OF FAD During and immediately after the World War the craze among the .states of the United States was to pass what is known as criminal syndicalist laws. The fad was so appealing that no less than 37 states took it up. To most of us this means absolutely nothing. But it is interesting to note that it was not until 1933 that the State of Ore gon passed a criminal syndicalist law. In 1935 the longshoremen were on strike, and the Communist party held a protest meeting against some illegal tactics of the police. The police broke up the pro test meeting and a Mr. dejong was arrested. He appealed his arrest, to the state supreme court, which upheld the state statute calling for j seven years’ imprisonment for anyone belonging, to an organization which even advocated a change in the government of the United States. A fur ther appeal was carried to the United States supreme court, and just last week this body de clared the Oregon criminal syndicalist law uncon stitutional. We are so _accustomed to hearing about the supreme court declaring necessary social legisla tion unconstitutional, that it is particularly grati fying to hear of that august body actually doing something to enforce some of our more funda mental civil rights as set down in the Constitu tion of the United States. Regardless of whetner or not we agree wun the Communists, or the longshoremen, or any other radical organization, we cannot deny their right, as American citizens, to express themselves in protest against obviously unconstitutional laws. Our pleasure is unbounded in hearing that the supreme court fias declared a criminal syndicalist law unconstitutional, because this action makes all of the other laws of a similar nature unconstitu tional also. We all should feel gratified because we can never tell when anyone of us will have a 1 new philosophy of government, and will demand the right to advance our ideas. From now on all of us will look at the supreme court in a different light, and reach the conclu- j sion that maybe the court does justify its exist ence, if for no other reason than that it can and will protect our civil liberties, and our fundamental rights as defined in the constitution—University of Pittsburgh News. Authorities (Continued front pnt/c one) arts, business administration, or sciences. Hvery department loses a few, however, the survey showed. Many who give poor health as a reason, have, in their beginning campus life, given too much of their time and energy to campus activities and not enough to their studies, have stood by while their grade point averages fell below par, have become disheartened and made the decision of withdrawing, hoping to find work in their home town or try some other kind of School. ^ “Many quit when they find themselves with a low scholastic average at the end ol their sopho more year and with no hope of ob taining a junior certificate,” Mr. Constance said. At the end of the week, January 23, of this year, 15 students had already withdrawn. Four gave family difficulties as the reason, four, poor health; three, finances: three, employment; and one, dis satisfied. Although the students giving the reason of dissatisfaction are the smallest in number, it is these which worry the school officials most. There is always the fear that this group will increase, and there is no definite way as yet to get to the. bottom of the trouble and find the real reasons. Dr. Howard K. Taylor of the psychology department states, T believe that the students, those who withdraw, do not find what they expect, though sometimes students have unreasonable expec tations through no fault of their own. Some are lured, through grade and high school teachers to try to make everything so easy, that students couldn't help learn ing it. “At college, the professor tells what he understands about sub jects without making it so Inter esting, leaving the interest up to the students. Many think that col lege gives all practical information necessary to life and are disap pointed when things are abstract, general, and academic. They fail to realize that nothing is practical without being applied. Some are disgruntled at the red tape, re quirements, and the efforts of peo ple to advise, steer and assist them.” If the doors could be opened to many of the meetings of the high er boards of education, we would perhaps find the professors and members querying about what to do about the situation. Many say watch and wait. Others want to cull out of the institutions those students who show they arc not here for the sole purpose of ob taining an education anti others do not become bothered about the question. The conclusion has been made by the Oregon state board of edu cation that the financial trouble can be straightened out by student help and NY A, that there is no reason to try to hold students who have obtained work, that family troubles must be worked out with in the family circle, and that poor health is up to the individual. But Mr. Constance in a conclud ing sentence said, "We wish the students would come to us anil tell us why they are dissatisfied, that we may have something to work on. We want to remedy the situa tion, but we don't know how the student himself feels about college and if he is completely satisfied," Passing Show (Continued from frige one) at more than 400, levee engineers were apprehensive lest a general rain add to the volume of water poured into the Mississippi, threat en the billion dollar levee system and add to the already vast total of dead ami homeless. Protested Dismissal As a protest against the dismis sal of Hugh DeLacy, University of Washington K n g 1 i s h professor, who aspired to a position on the Seattle city council, six students visited Governor Martin, declaring. "That many of the students be lieved that University faculty members, as, intelligent people, should be allowed leaves without pay to render public service.” Elmer Kistler, chairman of the group who were referred by the governor back to the board of re gents, said. "The present attitude of University officials tended to discourage this highly equipped class of persons toward their pub lic duty.” He further indicated that the University president's re fusal to sec the group would prob ably result in a student mass meet ing later in the week. Certified Relief After all controversies on the new senate $900,000,000 relief-de ficiency bill had been solved and final passage scheduled for last night, a sudden proposal by Sen ator Bailey (D-NO) to require “states and other political subdi visions to certify they have ex hausted their own resources before applying for Federal aid" blocked further action on the bill. Referring to states and cities now virtually back on their feet, Senator Bailey said. "It is only reasonable to expect that they will provide the funds for their pro jects.” Passage of the bill, without the proposed amendment, had been deemed urgent as present WPA funds have been seriously depleted because of the emergency demands for flood relief. I>i" $la<*e “ v (Continued from page one) Ballot," Tatiana Kiabouchinska. and others. K coopt Ion lMannetl Reception plans for the mem bers of the ballot arriving Thurs day afternoon in their special 12 car train, were discussed at a •Mortar Boaril meeting, Virginia '^ndicott, president of the organi zation, said yesterday. Invitations •have been issued for the reception to bo hold in alumni hall following the performance. The performance will begin at 8:15 following preference desserts, to bo given by the fraternities. Student body stubs must be ex changed by noon today for ballet tickets. I t:At HUS IN H1ANS Christian Spreon. '33, is teaching social science in Granado Mission high school, in Arizona. He writes to the alumni association that he likes lus work among the Navajo Indians. Uocm for the gang, TAYLOR'S*, ad I Tune ’er Out... By JACK TOWNSEND TONIGHT’S BEST BETS 6:30 p. m.—KGW—Thrills. 8:15 p. m. — KGW — Station EZRA. 8:30 p. m. — KEX — Josef Hornick. 8:30 p. m.—KOIN—Burns and Allen. 9:00 p. m.—KGW—Town Hall. Well, now that gue3t artist, Bob Pollock, has had his fling, (with no pay) wc can settle down to rou tine life again. Even at that, his column wasn’t so bad (?) was it? Fred Allen will answer back to night to the charges made by one Jack Benny, on a certain program Sunday night. After the terrific beating that Allen took at the hands of Benny (in his dreams) it’s a wonder that Fred will be able to even broadcast tonight. But tune in on KGW at 8:00 and hear the rest of the feud. For you scientific birds, here’s an interesting trip. A traveling mike will be sent through the Underwriters’ Laboratories (you know, the place where they put the OK on new gadgets, elec tric irons and what have you). The explosive chamber will also come under the description of the plant. It should be good.—HEX—7:00. "Give me liberty or give me death,” Patrick Henry's famous last words will be the main item in the Thrills program this eve ning. Off to a good start last week, the new program is something real ly worth listening to.—KGW, 6:30. Here’s some good news for the brothers at the Sigma Chi house. Don Wilson has just discovered that he and Chester Lauck and Norris Goff (Lum and Abner to the radio audience) are all frater nity brothers. The house is Sigma Chi . . . Bob Burns of Bazooka fame is eligible as a pledge for the new Sickma Flu house. He came down with the flu just as he fin ished his latest picture . . . Rush Hughes, who is the son of Rupert Hughes and is the colorful com mentator on several NBC pro Scientific Loafing Encouraged By Nebraskan Prof Lazy students of Oregon may be much encouraged to learn that “scientific loafing” has been highly endorsed by a college pro fessor as conducive to creating the mind of a genius. Prof. R. P. Crawford of the University of Nebraska states that “skimming” a book intelli gently enables many students to become highly educated. The exploding of many princi pals held by high education came as a result of his book “Think for Yourself" that was based on his findings in his class of “creative thinking” at the university. This book assures “ordinary people” that original thinking can be developed by themselves. Bond Reviews Economic Ideas For Publication J. H. Bond, professor of business administration, has had an article accepted for publication by the American Economic Review quar terly. In his article, “Moulton vs. Ayers," Professor Bond compares certain economic ideas of Harold G. Moulton, president of Brookings Institute, with those of Leonard P. Ayres, vice-president of the Cleve land Trust company. From a comparison of these two economic viewpoints. Professor Bond reaches the conclusion that "at present we have no effective way of preventing business depres sions, and that we shall have to create a method oP adjusting con sumer buying directly to produc tion instead of relying for such ad justment upon the present meth ods of financing production.” Professional Guide Phone 2929 UK. L. L. BAKU; Dentist 12th and Pearl Eugene, Ore. j 1 JOSEPH DARBY for AUTOMOBILE and KIKE INSURANCE 117 K. 10th Ph. 2697 grams, has been on the air over 5,000 hours. It took him ten years to round out the figures ... As an operatic singer Fred Astaire isn’t so hot, as was evidenced on a re cent broadcast. Yet when he was a kid he had ambitions to be an opera star and sang in the choir. That's all for today. The Eugene Hunt club will hold its weekly meeting tonight instead of Thursday night because of the Ballet Russe, Ed Reames, member, said yesterday. The club meets at 9 p.m. in the club house at the county fairgrounds and will be preceeded by a 2-hour ride start ing at 7 p.m. “Socialism and its Relation to Christianity” will be discussed at the Westminster current problems | forum at 7:30 tonight. Students in the infirmary today are: Dorothe Hagge, Ellen Adams, j Amy Johnson, Mary Jane Piper, i Jean Beard, Maxine Horton, Jean | Stevenson, Mary Lou Nichols, ■ Charles Ashley, Martha Kumler, j Virginia Regan, Florence Wimber, J Roma Theobald, Harold Draper, | Rex Gwyther, Wilbur Greenup, j Max Carter, Jack McKean, John | Belding, Bill Pengra, Bill Marsh, 1G. W. Brandy, Walter Swanson, Joe Meaney, Warren Kimble, Mar | vin Boyd-, Allen Sherill, Charles Bailey, Earl Swanson, Edwin Stan ton, Gene Wade, Woodrow Robin son, Gordon Williams, William Hutchinson, Russell Iseli, and Vir ginia Conrad. Ballet Russe committee meets at the College Side at 3 o’clock. -- Alpha Delta Sigma meets at 3 today in W. F. G. Thacher’s office. All lettermen meet today at noon at th eSigma Nu house. Ev | eryone be there. Hop’s SKIPS &- JUMPS By ORVAL HOPKINS CAY what you please about Eur ope’s dictators and armies and concentration camps —there are still things to be picked up there, little tips on stuff. A recent issue of the National Geographic gives excellent advice on what should be done regarding roads. In former years Germany’s roads were built principally to withstand the jarring given them by heavy artillery’s rolling, jounc ing progress. Thus they were built deeply, paved with stone. Today, the advent of the auto mobile having altered cases, the same roads are paved with ce ment, over that deep bed, mak ing them comparable even to California’s beautiful highway (!!). The feature which attracts attention to Germany’s roads is that they are one-way traffic thoroughfares, each vein capa ble of accommodating four cars. The lanes are separated by a wide strip of mother earth, re ducing chance of accidents to a minimum. Furthermore, crossings are elim inated as much as practicable through under and over passes at intersections, and approaches such as are utilized around the bay bridge in Oakland and San Fran cisco. * * * J^ WASHINGTON correspondent. looking to correction of the washout which occurred at the capitol inauguration day, cites the fact that the president could take his oath quietly in the White House on January 20, the celebration and parade to take place later in the spring when it gives flowers and sunshine. This idea from England's practice of “installing” their king at the moment of vacancy by the previous ruler, then holding the coronation in the sunny months. Another Washington story, in Time, points to England’s effi cient civil service in which a new leader does not have to train his staff anew every time there is a change of administration. President Roosevelt’s projected overhaul of government manage ment machiney reflects this point of view. Besides taking patronage from the government, it makes for a much more effi cient staff. However, it’s not there yet. In 1911 Great Britain passed her first bill authorizing social securi ty. Her system has grown and flourished throughout the years. Nineteen hundred thirty-five first saw the enactment of a national social security program in the United States, 1927 its first state proposal. That’s awfully close to 25 years after, isn’t it? There's still a shot or two in the old jug—and they say the older she gets the better. UO Gratl Gets Library Post In Washington Jesse S. Douglas, a graduate of 1931 from the University, has re cently become a member of the staff of the national archives in the division of reference in Wash ington, D. C. Douglas received his B.A. in 1931 and M.A. in 1932 from Oregon. He was an assistant in history in the University of Minnesota in 1931 32 and then a director in the fed eral archives survey for the Pa cific Northwest. The national archives building has recently been completed and is to house the records of the various government departments. The ref erence division answers inquiries for information that may be found in these documents. Douglas is specializing in the war department records. GOVERNOR’S SON WEDS Ellen Jean Bowman, ex-'35, was married to Samuel H. Martin, in Portland, February 1. Mr. Martin is the son of Governor Charles H. Martin. No man works at TAYLOR’S, adv. Eugene Gleemeu Concert Slated Feb. 18 in Igloo The Eugene Gleemen, under the direction of John Stark Evans, orofessor of music, will give a con cert in McArthur court February 18. The concert will be given un 3er the auspices of the ASUO, and student body members may use their cards for admission. Proceeds from the concert will be given for the aid of flood victims in the middle west. The Gleemen reported a highly successful concert in Salem, Janu ary 27 under the auspices of the Rotary club, for the benefit of the boys scouts of Marion county. Feb ruary 26, they will give their fifth annual concert there for the bene fit of the Shrine hospital. Campus Comments Seeing that the weather has been the chief topic of conversa tion we notice several boys evi dently from the high country who have been protecting their brogans with good old fashioned galoshes. Leroy Mattingly, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Bill Regan, Phi Delt, are among the he-men who are keeping their feet dry. “The Shirt of the Month” by Arrow, two dollars. Another aftermath of the Law School Lyric comes to light as James Kilpatrick, Delta Upsilon, sadly enquires if anybody has seen Alexander. Alexander . . . it seems ... is a cat . . . Kil patrick was about to take him (or her) in as a room-mate but cat-fearing fraternity brothers objected. That heavy weight Foot-Pal Brogue is just the thing for this rain. Priced, five bucks. Fertile - minded Bob Emmer son, Zeta hall, braved the waters in riding boots and pants . . . lacking only the moustache to impersonate Hitler . . . We just received a new ship ment of Spring Sweaters. Four ninety-eight. This weekly column sponsored by— ERIC MERRELL —the University Man’s Shop Claudette Colbert says: "My throat is safest with a light smoke” *fAn actress’ throat is naturally very important to her. 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