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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1937)
Fred W. Colvig, editor Walter R. Vernstrom, manager LeRoy Mattingly, managing editor Wm. F. Lubersky, Assistant Business Manager UPPER NEWS STAFF Pat Frizzell, sports editor. Bernadine Bowman, exchange Paul Dcutschmann, assistant managing editor Gladly3 Battlcson, society Paul Plank, radio editor. Lloyd Iopling, nows editor Edwin Robbins, art editor. Clare Igoe, women’s page Jean Weber, morgue director Chief Night Editors; Lawrence Quinlin George Haley Assistant managing editor: Mildred Blackburnc Day editor: Corrictie Antrim Night editors: Lew Evans John Powell Dick Litfin Our Need, Their Gain COI'PLE OF WEEKS ago we took it spring from the topic of cheating as it exists upon this and other campuses and land ed over our head in the involved currents of education purposes and how they arc to be achieved. We finally came gasping and blub bering to the surface with the notion that education, if it is to by worth its salt, must be concentrated on the development of the individual — not upon pitting one student against another in the senseless sort of com petition that gives rise to cheating. This “individualization” of education, we declared, is to he gained, first, by arousing the intellectual curiosity of the individual student ; and, secondly, by instructors’ giving attention to the specific needs of the student. The process, as we see it, is one of give-and take—not, however, with the student always on the “take" side and t ho "professors always giving. Such formalization of education must be broken down. The professor must be on the “take” side part of the time, receiving from students their individual problems, and prescribing accordingly. jEVXCEl’T IN A RARE few instances, the University today fails to give this sort of educational opportunity, with the result that on the campus an organization is now being formed to supply “individualization" by private initiative — a “coaching school" staffed with upper-classmen and graduate students as tutors. They will give students individual instruction and arrange seminars over various subjects, but at a price which some students may find rather steep. Thus, the failure of.the I niversity to answer this vital need means money in the pockets of these enterprising tutors who will. One hates to throw cold water over a scheme as yet untried on this campus, espec ially since it has a very successful record in eastern schools, but it is doubtful whether such a tutoring system will fill Oregon’s need of individualized instruction with any degree of completeness. Chances are, the chief ap peal of the service will be to floundering stu dents faced with the bugaboo of exams. Thus it may become a kind of set-up for last-minute super-cramming on the part of sub-marginal scholars, instead of providing for the pro gressive development of the individual, as the ideal educational plant would do. *K‘ * # ''JpilK IM.Kh’KHKN('K between individual i/.ed i list rind ion fostered by the Univer sil\ tin cl approximately the same sort of tiling supplied by paid tutors is one of student motivation. I'nder the ideal university set-up, the motivation of the student would be a per sonal desire lor intelleelual development, in spired and guided In attentive instructors. I'mler the private tutorial system, prevented by the expense from taking extensive re course to it, the student would likely be moti vated by an eleventh hour fear of flunking. Hut more power to the private tutors, if they provide, in any degree, the guidance and inspiration which the University fails to pro vide at present. Campus Comment ( The views ^ aired in this column are not necessarily expressive of Kmerald policy. Communications should be kept within a limit of 250 words. Courteous lestraint should lu* observed in loierenee to personalities. Is'o unsigned letters will be accepted.) SHADES OF CRIMSON To the Editor: Yes, 1 saw rod! And it wasn't on a corner fire-plug-. I saw screaming scarlets. outrageous oranges, and sickly pinks, as well. And I think it’s high time someone said something. These girls who lavishly smear on the war paini day after day with no thought or consideration for us males who have to be the spectators . . . well, something should be done. Definitely! They certainly outdo the American Indians. A girl should take pains to choose the right shade that will match her complexion. It wouldn't be a great deal of bother to find out what suited her ai d the effort would be well spent. Would make the differ ence between a Venus and a wild Apache in many cases. How about it, girls? And this matter of dabbing your faces all up to kingdom come . . . from your forehead to your chin and around your eyes. Please ... I beg you. Use a little less an'' you will look better. Reminds me of a verse I saw once. Don’t remember the author. Went like this . . . “Silly girl, what is the cause . . . Putting paint upon the jaws ? Man loved woman years ago, when her face was white a ; snow . . .” and so on. Now I don’t recommend giving up the stuff en tirely. If there’s anything I hate to look at it’s a pan that looks as though it had been dipped in a flour barrel . . . pale, sickly white or ashy gray. A little coior of the right shade is swell! Just a. little less in the future. And your paint will last longer, your faces and youth will last longer, and we males will last longer. I thank you. Sincerely, W.B. Miscellany FOUR YEARS OF HITLER “All I ask is four years," said Adolph Hitler in January, 1933. “Then judge us and give us your verdict.” He added later in an interview: “. . . And if at the end of those four years conditions are not. better than they are today, the people may kill me, crucify me, t-e-a-r me to pieces!” The four yeans are over now. A survey of the German situation reveals some startling cultural, military and eco nomic facts. "Rearmament and the Four Year plan have placed a severe strain on German finances,” ac cording to the Foreign Policy association bulletin (2-12-37). Germany has repudiated every part of the Treaty of Versailles; her armaments budget mounts higher and higher, twenty billion marks having been spent for war materials in the last four years, according to The New York Times (1-31-371. The Nazi drive tov/ard war already has been concretely evidenced in Spain where thou sands of German soldiers fight side by side with Moors, Spanish Fascists and Italians in the Rebel army. Nor has Hitler masked his desire for the territory of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Ukraine. Culturally Nazi Germany is now almost a vacuum. With her leading intellectuals in exile— i men as prominent as Albert Einstein and Thomas j Mann with books burning and a ban on literary j and theatrical criticism, and German “culture” | under the aegis of Herr Goebbels, a man whose j literary efforts were mercilessly howled down by the critics in the pre-Hitler era, Germany has subjected the seven arts to the art of war. “. . . The German people are having to draw in their belts. Prices are rising and wages falling correspondingly” (N.Y. World-Telegram, 1-30-37). Cannons, which unfortunately cannot be digested, have tiiken the place of grain and fats. There is an acute grain shortage in Germany of 1,000,000 tons of wheat and 1,000,000 tons of rye. The fat scarcity is so alarming that a plan was proposed to scrape and utilize “drainage greases.” With trade unions illegal, the German workers have had to accept wage decreases, voluntary donations and special assessments until the average weekly wage is now approximately $11. Discontent has spread to such an extent that a penalty for “grumblers" is mreateneu. The fear of Hitler policies lias caused another | feverish armament race in Europe. No amount of ; calling for and praising "peace” can dispel, in Great Britain, France, Czechoslovakia anti the Soviet Union, Hitler's determination to regain the 1 lost colonies and to "expand” in Central and Ea it- 1 ern Europe. Four years of the Swastika have meant four years of degradation and economic insecurity for Germany’s (100,000 Jews. The anti-Jewish cam-1 paign, less violent and spectacular now than at; the beginning of Hitler's rule, has been none the less ruthless and unbroken. German Jews are no longer considered citizens of the State. They; cannot own land, vote or hold public office. They are subject to attacks, both verbal and physical, by loyal Nazis. The mentality of the Nazi State, comments Westbrook Peglcr, "is comparable to that of a little boy who pulls the wings off flies and tortures birds and frogs,” Certainly the attempt of the Naz.i chieftains to substitute paganism and the worship of Thor and Wotan for Christianity has not helped to dispel the suspicion of the demo cratic peoples of the world toward the things which German Nazism holds dear. American League Against War and Fascism, I . 1 : ♦ THE * ! 4th Estate I j • ♦ ♦ ; Seared in the coke-addled minds of the authors of "The Fourth 1 Estate” are just three words “Names Make News." With this as its lexicon, the Fourth Estate will appear twice-weekly, will pull no punches for less than a quarter. Fourth Estate will ape Time style because its authors wish to remain anonymous—and Time hides all tilings. Themselves masked, Fourth Estators first reveal clever au thor of now defunct “Quacks,” published for time in Emerald. Quackster was t lair Johnson, well-known senior, excellent writer, tiring his inhibitions, re- ! jtressions, Old Oregon Editor Johnson daily exhumed "spark ing ey os.** Fourth Estators will reveal no sparkling eyes, will at tempt to background all black ones. Clever quip of week, flips from mobile lips of Kenny Kirtley. Re mark came apparently without effort after Kirtley had seen pi* of (;. T. Smith, Helen Roberts, bundling in "Pursuit of Happi ness.” Sparked Kenny: "Well, it I had to bundle, it's a cinch l wouldn't bundle with Del Bjork's girl." Fourth Estate's kind word of the day: To Ruth Ketchum, coppery topped A O Pi, suggestion that Sophomore Ketchum smile more often, display excellent teeth, in teresting grin. Definite word that long-await ed spring is upon campus came last night when Kuss Iseli, fresh man s,\E spaded up newly-ac quired (Ircck jewelry, planted same on 18-year-old Mary .lane Wormsor, frosh I’i Phi . . . S A K brethren, following old Violet I custom, dumped Planter lscli In mattress, pajamas, puzzled, em barrassed grin in Pi Phi front | room. Pi Phis point with pride i to five pins planted in two weeks, suggest all mothers with marriageable daughters send them arouud'to good ol’ Pi Beta Phi. ... Pardoned after ti paraagraphs of doing Time, Fourth Estate editors I descend to MeLemore for ADD ' SCREWV SAYINGS: "So tight he;; wouldn't pay four-bits to see the ( twelve apostles in a six-day bicycle > race." : i l Pacific. Europe (.t i Hhiiticd from filth’ eii,A month after Hitler became chan- 1 ! eellor. ; Classes ordinarily meeting on 1 Friday will meet on the following 1 Thursday at ti o'clock. Mi. 1 Brown's talk will be followed to- f morrow morning by a forum in | Alumni hall at 11. 1 IBlack Menace By H. RIDEM RAGGED > EPISODE EIGHT (What Has Gone Before: I)in Toomas, threatened with death'byTh"' black menace, unknown killer running amuck on the campus, is in n booth at the College Side with Honey Lorraine, close friend of Ton Masters, Emerald reporter. The black menace, from a vantage point on the balcony, has succeeded in planting a small poisonous creature on Toomas’ neck.) -“Escape” - Honey Lorraine was stricken with sudden terror as she saw Din Toomas shudder once, then slump down lifelessly in hi: scat, his eye3 glassy and still transfixed on the spidery creature which his foot had smashed on the floor. Only one other in the room knew that anything out of the ordinary was happening; the mingled babble of conversatior and tittering laughter did not stop until he, Tom Masters pointed to the monarchial black figure on the balcony. “Guard the doors! Don’t let hfn get away,” he shouted as he dart ed from his booth toward the stair case. Pandemonium broke loose; whili women screamed and men gasped all scrambled into the aisles in i mad rush toward the door. It was but a second later tha' Tom reached the balcony, only t< find the hooded one had vanished There could be only one avenue o: escape, he thought, and ther screams from outside told him lit was right—the front windows. rt was more than a fifteen fool drop to the sidewalk, but it was not enough to keep Tom from div ing out in pursuit of the myster ious killer whose capture had now become an obsession with him. Crowds gathered on the side walk and hustling across th< street toward Bayler’s indicated the fugitive’s path of retreat. “He can’t possibly get away,’ Tom assured himself, but when he arrived, panting at the rear oi Baylor’s, no trace of the killer was to be found. A throng of curious excited people had gathered at the spot where it was agreed he had last been seen. Theories no end Tom heard from the wide-eyed on lookers. “He climbed in the co-op win dow, I'll bet. Wouldn't be sur prised if it was this Cuddelly guy, after all— ” “What happened?" "Maybe he’s hiding in Bayler’s kitchen. Suppose it could be old Bayler himself?” “What happened?” "Just an Emerald pubilicity stunt. I saw ’em rehearsing it yes terday.” "Somebody lost something?” “It was like this— I saw the whole thing—” “What happened?” After an hour of snooping about outside the co-op house, Tom was forced to admit failure and joined Honey Lorraine in Bayler’s where she had been waiting for him. "I wish you’d forget about this olack menace, Tom,” she pleaded when he had settled down in a oooth with her. “It's dangerous." Tom smiled, looked around fur lively, then leaned over the table toward Honey. “Just between you ind me, Honey, I’ve got a plan that I think will end the black nenace forever, (applause from readers). It's just a hunch got t from a remark that was made nit there while the trail was still lot and if it works, we’ll Tom stopped as a nattily dressed ,’oung mail stepped up to the table. "1 heard you talking about the nenace," he said. “I'm only a Teshman here and don’t know nany of the people on the campus, mt I think I know who this black nenace is." “You do?" Tom breathed. “Yes sir. I’ve been thinking it wer ever since that general from he University war department vas killed," the informer eontinr ted. “It’s so simple. I'm surprised -omebody hasn’t discovered it be Yire." He paused. "Yes, yes, I’m listening. Who is he black menace?” "Well, there’s a paper here on he campus called the the oh, vhat is the name of that thing? well, anyway, I've often thought hat what it needed to liven it up vas a few murders Well, that's ust it somebody else has thought if it too and this newshound I’ve ieen hearing so much about has ieen right in the thick of all these lack menace incidents His name > oh, what is the name of that epotter?-’’ « * (WHAT IS TOM MASTERS' ’LAN TO END THE BLACK 1ENACE FOREVER? GRANT ID IT WOULD BE A GOOD MING. DON'T MISS THE NEXT INSTALLMENT IN TUESDAY'S MERALD ) No nmn works at Taylor's I Hop’s i| SKIPS 6* JUMPS By ORVAL HOPKINS HERE'S a lot to be said foi eating and food. I’ve always been suspicious of these individuals who claim they don’t like to eat just do it out of habit. Such a person will often turn out to b£ a cut-throat and a thug, you'll find On the other hand the good solid jam-it-in eater is nine times out of ten our jovial lad, the good egg, often a connoisseur. He be gins the day with a huge break fast, corisumes a more than ample lunch, sits down to a sumptuous repast in the evening. He then is able to retire and sleep the sleep of an honest gourmand. Of cohrse there are ways and ways of eating. Some go about it ,in a manner to simply satisfy their physical craving. Others make it a work of art. T^'OVV my dad is one of our ^ more meticulous crammers Of the hatch. He always stands around for a few minutes after the meal is served (and don’t think he doesn’t hear about it) in order to catch the aroma of the steaming dishes. If it’s sum mertime and there ain’t no aroma he stands around and gets the cool look about the lettuce and listens to the clink of ice in the lemonade pitcher. During these periods of aesthetic enjoy ment his thoughts are often dis turbed by sonnds of my being upbraided (seldom justifiably) by my small sister. At length he gets down to the serious business of the meal, however, and it’s little short of a ritual with him. 'There is noth ing, absolutely nothing, that my dad does not cat and enjoy. He lays claim to a violent hatred of jelio, but we always scream him down when he mentions it. Mat ter of fact he spend a good part of his time in research work, seeking out strange foods in the faint hope that there will be something he will dislike but will force himself to learn to eat. Next to me, that’s his top pride. On second thought, I come after the eats. J'M sure L. P. should have been a great planner, a ruler of destin ies, a justice. No crumb is too small to be overlooked in his sys tematic attack on a meal. Every bite, every morsel is delicately dis sected from its main body, com bined with a bit of bread or a touch of applesauce, carefully in serted into the oral cavity. He then lays down utensils and sur veys the family board in extreme satisfaction, chewing the current bite thoughtfully. And there's a lesson to be learn ed there. While often I jump up and run out while my dad still lingers over the soup, the right idea is on his side. No hurrying and bustling about for him when there's eating to be done. A time for thought, meditation, commun ion with one's self and one’s fam ily is the dinner hour to him. It's a time when the world should stand still, when strife must cease, when the river of life should be at its most serene. Salutations, Parent! Action is Necessary (Continued from page one) peace over a long period in Brown's opinion. "The alliance would he perhaps as dangerous as it seems to be helpful." he said. "It would act as a "scare" to war for a time, but would later resuit in opposition forces uniting against Anglo-Saxon domination." Discontent Behind Fascism Rather bitter in his attitude tow- j ards fascism in Italy and Ger- j i many, the speaker characterized the fascistic trend and usurpation of government as "A mass move ment on a discontented youth which had no future. Neither of the movements were revolutionary. A completely ruthless outfit in small 1 couhtries installed a highly cen tralized form of government.” He j said the result is the existence to : day of a static condition which i will disappear later with violence. . Much of the other questioning centered on the Orient, from where Mr. Brown has just returned after a four month's trip gathering ma , terial for the North American j Newspaper Alliance. Asked what the attitude on Communism was in China, he said ' it was his belief that Communism |as the word is interpreted here is ! not in the immediate future of China. "An agrarian revolution, with some of the earmarks of Commun ism i3 a possibility, though,” he added. Chinese Disinterested "China cannot be united and put up a defense until a larger propor tion of the people have a stake in the land,” Brown continued, “They i don’t care who they are ruled by now. Their horizon extends only as far as where the next bowl of rice is coming from.” | Later he mentioned that the students are being responsible for doing away with a part of this nar row, "bowl of rice” horizon. These I students are sent out to harangue 1 the people and promote anit-Jap | anese feeling, but they see how bad off the country is and are try ing to remedy conditions by pro moting education for all. In turn, they have been greeted by a responsive demand for educa tion that is leaving them flabber gasted, Brown said. Chinese who two years ago couldn’t be bribed to attend classes now fight to get in school in an almost incredible manner, he concluded. i Oregon and i --—. (Continued )rom paijc one) gon a tentative combination con sists of Dave Silver and Johnny Lewis, forwards; Slim Winter mute, center; and Bobby Anet and Wally Johansen, guards. State Lineup Listed Gill will probably start Hub Tuttle and Art Merryman at for wards, Earl Conkling at center, and Elmer Kolberg and Mai Harris at the guard posts. Due to a lack of scoring on the ! part of his two ace forwards, Mer r—-— ■ - ryman and Tuttle, Mentor Gill has been threatening to oust one of them in favor of Ike Wintermute, junior reserve. For Oregon, Laddie Gale is prob ably the outstanding possibility of crashing a regular position. Gale played a beautiful game against Oregon State last Saturday and has been showing the same form in practices. Oregon Reserves Ready Ken Purdy, Bill Courtney, and Ray Jewell of Oregon's "big nine” all stand ready for action. Purdy, Oregon State's jinx man, is a cer tainty to see action. Jewell drove into the limelight against Gon zaga Monday night with an out standing performance. ‘Gravy’ Appoint (Continued from page one) governments was discussed with Margilee Morse, senior class presi dent, the only class representative appearing at the joint meeting. No Action on Classes No action was taken by the ex ecutive committee to adjust the divergence between the two groups, and members of the com mittee maintained that the classes themselves should decide whether to perpetuate or sever ASUO ad ministration of class activities. The executive committee passed a qualifying resolution to the ath letic award clause in the new by —— laws which had restricted the awarding of blankets to those ath letes who had received a Univer sity degree and had won an em blem for three years in one sport. Believing that "all persons who have not received a University de gree but who have won a letter in a major sport prior to this date, and have fulfilled or will fulfill other requirements are eligible to receive a blanket,” the committee resolved to amend the award clause. N'o hair in the Soup at Tayier’s Send the Emerald to your friends. Subscriptions only $3,00 per year. You’ll have a better time to night if your shoes are freshly shined. TREE TOP SHINE Across from Sigma Nu MILITARY Ball IGLOO MARCH 6 THE TRIPLE STAR HIT OF 1937! GEORGE in “DOCTOR’S BANCROFT DIARY” The dotted line indicates the translucent diffusing bowl beneath the shade—which softens the light to help protect your eyes. NEW SIGHT SAVING LAMP Makes Seeing Safe in Any Room The new type I.K.S. lamp as indicated above combines all of the latest scientific lighting features. 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