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SCRATCH A RUSSIAN and you’ll find a
Tartar.
We’ve scratched the AWS, and we wish
we had only a Tartar to reckon with. Ile’d
be a lamb beside the two furious women
whom our editorials on female polities have
aroused. Rut we’re brave, and we’ll stand be
hind every word we’ve uttered on this sub
ject,
First, permit us to sum up what we have
said. It seems awfully innocent when we look
back on it, but we certainly were toying with
dynamite. Our opening sally was an objec
tion to the secrecy with which the nomina
tions preceding the AWS elections were
handled. To us, it looked like a slick way of
covering up the inter-sorority back scratching
that we presume goes on behind the scene of
women's polities every year—the old idea of
“you scratch my back this year, and I’ll
scratch yours next year,” as a result of which
the principal offices in the female political
constellation move through a four-house orbit
on Fifteenth street between Alder and Kin
caid.
■ymiKN TIIK FLURRY from this effort
quieted down, wo wore aroused to editor
ial action again l»y the ballot-burning cere
mony so impressively conducted by election
officials after the votes were tallied. In an
editorial “Purged in Flame,” we deplored
1 licit the. smoke from those burning ballots
should have carried away every opportunity
the AWS had of “cheeking, recounting, of
vindicating” the nominations of its secret
committee. For if a tally of those ballots
showed wide margins of victory for the suc
cessful candidates it; might have proved the
truth of the rumors current that “the deck
was more or less stacked because of the selec
tion of nominees by a eommitteetgjSiaking the
elections cut and dried affairs.”
This editorial was fanned along by a com
munication contributed yesterday by Lloyd
Tupling, a member of the Emerald staff but
quite eligible to write as many letters to the
editor as lie pleases. Mr. Tupling called atten
tion to the part played by personnel officers
in the conduct of women's activities, decried
the “hand-picking” of nominees by a small,
non-representative group, and exhorted us to
“keep hammering away” at a situation which
each year leaves many coeds feeling that they
have received a dirty deal.
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^I'11FRF AKF TWO main points in the com
munications from .Miss Martha McCall
and Miss Margilee Morse which are printed
on this page defense of secret nominations
and an attempt to vindicate the ballot burn
ing. Both young ladies give excellent briefs
for the AWS ease, but it would take an even
stronger brief to make that ease defensible.
There is no excuse for the ballot burning.
In our editorial on this subject we presumed
1 hat it was done to save the feeling of de
feated candidates; this was big-sou led, we
felt, but not,justified under the circumstances,
-Miss Morse brings out another defense for
the ineinerat ion ot the votes, maintaining that
ii prevented disgruntled politicos from cheek
ing back and seeing where they had been
jilted in their campaign promises. If such
was the purpose id' the act, it was fine. But
it was misconceived, for no examination of
1 be election returns, unless the candidate had
been completely snowed under, would have
showed exactly where the break occurred,
because under the Australian system of bal
loting the votes cannot be identified.
The nominating committee, which Imth
young Judies warmlx delend. has something to
say in its favor if it insures that the most
capable candidates shall he brought forward,
but if it works to perpetuate the control of
AWS at tail's by a lavored few sororities, it
cannot be termed a .just system.
* * *
rj''llEUL Is 3I0HE to hi> siiid against tlu*
nominating committee than we have vat
mentioned. First of all, it gives an unfair
advantage to those candidates who ha\e the
prestige of the committee behind them. Other
candidates of equal or even greater ability fail
to receive proper consideration. Furthermore,
when the nominations are made secretly and
the candidates alone are informed of their
choice, it gives them an opportunity to build
their political fences unimpeded in the three
or four days before nominations are made
publicly drum the floor. The fact that consent
must be secured from tbo candidates does not
warrant four days of secrecy.
If, as it is contended, the nominating com
mittee performs a useful function in ascer
taining the scholastic eligibility of the can
didates, why — may we ask — couldn’t they
just as well present a large list of persons
eligible for nomination to the entire assembly
at its open meeting?
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JT IS ARGUED that the present system of
secret nominations, with only two days’
lapse of time between the public nominations
convention and the election, leaves no time
for line-ups to form. But this argument col
lapses in the face of what actually happened
this year and happens every year. Surely,
neither Miss McCall nor Miss Morse is so
naive as to believe that the usual old fence
building wasn’t pursued during those two
days.
Nope, the briefs offered by Misses McCall
and Morse aren’t strong enough to secure the
acquittal of the system which controls wofti
en’s politics at present. What is needed is
not a whole-hearted white-washing of that
system, but an examination of it and a deter
mination of how it could be brought to repre
sent fairly and openly the women of this
campus.
Campus Comment
(The views aired in this column are not necessarily
expressive of Emerald policy. Communications should he
kept within a limit of 250 words. Courteous restraint should
be observed in reference to personalities. No unsigned letters
will be accepted.)
THE EMERALD IS ENLIGHTENED
To the Editor: In view of the fact that there
has been a great deal of criticism levied against
the A.W.S., Y.W.C.A., and W.A.A. elections, I
should like to enlighten the Emerald staff. The
“smooth dictatorship” which carried on the nom
inations for the A.W.S. offices was a committee
made up of all the seniors on the A.W.S. Council,
numbering nine and representing six living organ
izations, not all sororities. The meeting was held
in the office of the Dean of Women where records
of activities and grades are kept.
In order to run for any office it is necessary
that the candidates have a high enough grade point
average, so that she will not lose her office through
the action of the university. Another qualification
is ability. A girl may be outstanding in activities,
due to the efforts of her organization and yet not
have the ability to carry out a decent piece of
work. As each office was considered, the list of
girls in that specified year of school was read over,
with all of the outstanding ones selected. From
that list each member of the committee voted
for the candidates.
At the nominating assembly the report of the
committee was read and nominations were re
ceived from the floor. The work of the nominating
committee has been kept a secret for various good
reasons. The consent of the candidates must be
secured, as some do not desire to run for women’s
offices and others, having been nominated by more
than one group, are given an opportunity to select
the office for which they wish to run.
As for the elections, they are carried on in the
same manner as the A.S.U.O. elections: The ballots
weie read by one member of the committee, were
tnflied by two other members, and the readet was
watched by a fourth. Since both of the tallies
came out the same, it was justly considered cor
rect. Hence, the burning of the ballots.
The women students are more than flattered
that their activities have received so much atten
tion from the male members of the staff.
MARTHA McCALL, President, AWS
FURTHER ENLIGHTENMENT
To the Editor: The editorial in Tuesday's Em
erald and Mr. Lloyd Tupling's letter in the Wed
nesday Emerald make rather specific accusations
in regard to the recent AWS, YWCA and YVAA
elections. Our attention is called to these assump
tions :
1. Dictatorship of personnel nominating com
mittee.
2. Secrecy of the names of candidates.
3. Secrecy in regard to the actual ballot count
and burning of the ballots.
1. The personnel of the nominating committee
is made up of all seniors on the AWS council,
which persons represent as unbiased a group as
can be obtained.
2. The names of the candidates are kept secret
- first of all to make sure that all those selected
can run and secondly (and most important) to
minimize the political aspects, by asking all can
didates to maintain secrecy and thus prevent any
campaigning before the time of nominations.
The report of the nominating committee is read
at the AWS mass meeting at which time anyone
can add nominees to the list for any office. This
way. also, eliminates the necessity for petitions
being filed and the pre-nomination campaigns of
the ASUO.
Having less than two days between the nom
ination and elections, the amount of "dirty" polit
ical work is cut to a minimum.
d. In regard to burning the ballots and not
publishing the actual count. The easiest way for
a person to check on the way people voted is to
check on the election results. If an exchange of
promises to vote for certain candidates has been
made, then the "politician" may expect maybe L’Oii
votes, if his candidates loses, and he checks the
ballot and finds he received only 100 of the prom
ised votes, then he knows he was double-crossed
and will retaliate at the next election.
The AWS policy attempted to eliminate this
cheek which serves only as a weapon for the use
of politician.
Lastly, I would like to say, that, considering j
the Emerald's past policy of criticism for "dirty '!
politics in all elections, and editorials for less
"gravy" promises and dealings, I cannot under
stand its utter lack of cooperation with this real
ly sincere attempt of the AVVS to eliminate dirty
politics.
I
MARC.lt.EH MORSE.
Funds Measure
Passes Senate
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(Continued from patje one)
! plans were tested on the floor of
I the house.
A short history of the financial
set-up is:
1929 $6,000,000 allowed to run
schools.
1931 all special appropriations
cut off except federal cooperative
extension and research by refer
endum vote.
1933 diversion of $508,000 more
from higher education fund.
1934 state support dropped to
i below $4,000,000, a $2,000,000 dc
[ crease from 1930.
1937 ways and means commit
I tee recommended allotment of
$910,000 to hold Oregon school's
j facilities up to other state's
i schools.
February 22, 1937—Appropria
tion bill for higher education on
house calendar for final reading,
j Action nearly delayed,
i February 24, 1937 Passed by
i senate. Submitted to governor for
I signature.
No Place for Joe
(Continued from fmae one)
paintings and statuary, lectures
and books, laboratories and observ
atories, and these will be the ob
ject of a constant effort at under
standing, and a perennial subject
of interested conversation.
Learner Helps Learner
The trouble today is that uni
versities and colleges are attempt
ing something they are not quali
fied to accomplish: to do some
thing vaguely benevolent but not
demonstrably beneficial to non
learners. Not much is known
about higher education, but this
ONE fact stands forth by the ex
perience of the ages: when one
learner is helping another to learn,
both .are enormously benefitted,
and society profits most of all.
The common unlearned man
senses the truth of this. He is will
ing, has always been willing in
societies far poorer than ours, to
acquiesce in the existence and sup
port of institutions of genuine
learning. Today, with greater and
greater aggregations of non-learn
ers posing as learners everywhere
about him, his genuine instinct for
the detection of humbug leads him
to tighten the strings of his pocket
book.
Education Needs Weeding
The Ideal University will have
to grow; it is not a thing that can
be manufactured. The soil is al
ready deeply enriched; much has
been accomplished. Vigorous
sprouts can be detected by those
A’ho know what to look for. What
is needed now is somebody who
las the courage to start a process
>f rigorous weeding.
How about the non-learners?
Are they not human beings, poten
tially good husbands and fathers,
businessmen and citizens ? Em
phatically yes. God must love
them, as Lincoln said, because He
created so many of them. They are
lovely people, often more likeable
than the learner. There are only
two reasons why a University must
under no circumstances indulge it
self in the very real pleasure of
having them around: first, because
they spoil the intellectual life, and,
second, because it cannot be
PROVED that they get any real
benefit from it.
Oregon Students'
(Continued from pope one)
throat if they had a chance. But,
as they say, legislators have
strange bed-fellows. Just wait
until they get what they want and
then see what they have to say
about Mahoney.
Although they are keeping in,
the background, there are two
legislators who were quite wrought
up about the way the speakership
election turned out. Anything
they can do to stir up trouble on
the floor for Speaker Harry Boivin j
without coming out in the open j
themselves is great fun. The old
age pension bloc was too good a
chance for them to get someone
else to do the dirty work for them.
The wire-haired bunch who have
been objecting to passage of the
appropriation bills may find
they've given themselves too much
rope. Many of them belong to the
label group and their actions are
not making them very great favor
ites in the house. Wheu a decision
on a labor issue comes up they may
find their shouting has caused the
labor group trouble, too.
Clarence Hyde, Lane, lias been
taking the lead for education late
ly. When Representative Gleen
went off on a tangent about the
effect of the educational appropri
i1ion bills Monday morning, Hyde
Brought him to time by pointing
nit that the bill did not increase
:he tax levy on property.
People We’oe Seen
The Perpetual Pin-Planter
By MARTHA STEWART
He had always been generous. When he was in grammar school he
used to give candy to all the little girls he knew. In high school his
football letter had made the rounds and hung on sundry walls through
out the neighborhood. But now as he pinned the new fraternity badge
upon his vest he raised his manly head with pride at the thought of
all the happiness that he was about to scatter throughout the campus
sorority houses.
“You may look like a hunk of brass to some.” he chortled as he
pushed the safety catch in place to make the pin secure, “but to me
you’re the open-sesame to the
hearts of some plenty sweet cook
ies.”
That night he met Flo. She was
a lovely little piece of fluff, and
she had thfe answer to a maiden's
prayer in 'her blue eyes and hair
that looked like yellow silk. The
black velvet of her dress seemed
just the spot to hang the brass.
“You are the girl of my dreams,"
he whispered in her ear as he re
linquished the precious jewelry. He
felt warm all over thinking of the
thrill that he was giving to this
lovely child.
The pin didn’t seem any worse
for the wear, he thought to himself
a couple of weeks later as he
polished the tiny white pearls to
a fine lustre on his coat sleeve. He
had' been a little worried at first
for fear Flo might be nasty when
he asked for it but she’d handed
it over without a word. He laid
that to his good taste in women.
He’d always been able to pick the
kind that didn’t make a fuss.
“You are the girl of my dreams,”
he whispered softly that night as
he pinned the jeweled treasure on
Cynthia's shimmering satin dress
and thought how happy she must
be.
Cynthia had raised the perfect
arches of her eyebrows when he
asked her to give it back. He hated
to have to do it, but he had just
met Irene.
By the end of the term he had
established quite a reputation for
his generosity. Everybody was
talking about the treat he’d given
to so many girls and how kind and
unselfish it was for him to farm
his pin out among the pining
weaker sex. There wacn't a house
on the campus that hadn't at some
time during the three months of
the term housed his jeweled badge.
People marveled at his impartial
ity and named the pin "Lightning”
because it never hit the same spot
twice. Happy little coeds proudly
formed the Society For Girls Who
Had Been The Girl of His Dreams
and held meetings twice a week.
And all the time he raised his head
in honest pride because he had
brought such cheer and sunshine
into the drab lives of some of the
most beautiful women the college
had ever registered.
And then one afternoon as he
was juggling two lemon cokes back
to a booth in the College Side he
ran into Kay, and he knew right
then and there that she was defi
nitely the girls of his dreams.
"Maybe,” he told himself dazed
ly, "I’ll graft the pin on her for
good.”
When he left her at the door
next night pinned on her bosom
was the cherished brass and pearls.
“You are the girl of my dreams,”
he told her tenderly before he
went.
Kay proved to be a very busy
girl. She wasn’t in the next night
when he called to take her out.
He couldn't get her on the phone.
He’d never ben treated this way
and it made him plenty sore.
Next day he saw Kay on the
campus and he whistled and ran
to catch her. She didn’t seem to j
hear him, and when he thought
he’d almost caught up with her
she disappeared in the between
class crowd.
"Oh well," he shrugged, "It's
her loss. Not mine. If she wants
to see me she’ll have to keep her
eyes open. I haven’t time to waste
with women that are deaf and
blind.” He was just about fed up
anyhow, and he decided that he’d
make a date with her that night
and ask her for his jewelry. He
hated to do this to her. She would
probably be all broken up over it,
but then a fellow couldn’t waste
his time with a droop like that.
“He was through, he repeated
emphatically as he entered the old
fraternity house and walked with
determination to the phone booth
to call her up. Just then someone
eome running up with a letter.
"Just came for you,” they said.
It was a slender white envelope
addressed in a feminine hand.
Maybe it was from Kay! He de
cided not to take the pin back
after all. Feverishly his fingers
tore at the envelope. As he shook
it open a cloud of tiny bits of card
board the size of very fine con
fetti floated out, and then a single
folded shet of paper. Slowly he un
folded it and read:
“You’ll find the pawn ticket for
your fraternity pin enclosed,” it
said. "Try and put it together.
This ought to give you something
to dream about."
Probably one of the most im
portant and significant dances of
the term will be held this weekend
in form of the Lemon-Orange
Squeeze, important because it is
a drive for funds for turfing Ore
gon's football field, and significant
because it is the first time Oregon
and Oregon State have cooperated
in giving a joint dance.
The dance, to be held immedi
ately after the basketball game in
iGerlinger hall, will be informal.
Girls will wear short silk or dressy
woolen dresses.
Both Schools Honored
Gus Meyers and his orchestra
will play; featured entertainer will
be “smoky” Whitefield. Sam Fort,
speaking of the decorations, said
that both schools would be honor
ed by crepe paper decorations in
orange, black, yellow, and green.
Large cartoons of the two mascots,
the beaver and the duck, will hang
on the walls.
The programs, in form of pen
nants, are especially interesting in
that they reveal intimate things
about certain persons from each
school.
Five House Dance SSIated
Five house dances will be given
this weekend. Alpha Phi and Phi
Sigma Kappa are giving their
dances on Friday night, and Kap
pa Alpha Theta, Alpha Delta Pi,
Delta Upsilon, hold their winter
formals on Saturday night.
Babe Binford’s orchestra from
Portland in playing for the Alpha
Phi formal. The pledge class is res
ponsible for decorations and ar
rangements, and are keeping the
theme secret.
The Phi Sigma Kappa formal
will be held at the chapter house,
which will be decorated to resem
ble a modernistic night club. Jim
my Morrison's orchestra will play.
Themes Novel
Delta Upsilon is having a formal
dinner dance at the Eugene hotel.
Gus Meyers orchestra will play.
A formal garden scene will make
the Kappa Alpha Theta formal at
the chapter house an attractive
scene for tuxedoes and vari-colored
formals of the girls. Jimmy John
son's orchestra from Corvallis will
play.
Umbrellas turned upside down
on chandeliers, trees, and large
cardboard pennies strung along
ceilings will carry out the “Pennies
from Heaven” theme the Alpha
Delta Pi sorority has chosen for
its formal dance at the chapter
house on Saturday night. Jimmy
Morrison's orchestra will play.
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