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Lesson of 1917
T AST week's series of articles on the World
War and how it affected the University
had a significance extending beyond the mere
fact that their publication coincided with the
twentieth anniversary of American entry into
the holocaust. Their importance lay in their
being a preparation for the present observ
ance of Peace Week, giving some idea of what
a celebration like the current one should mark
out for its purpose.
Those articles gave a picture of a univer
sity girding for war. They showed how young
men and women of our own age. idealistic as
only college youth can be, could be turned
from the highly civilized process of gaining
an education to the barbaric business of “or
ganized destruction.” They showed how pro
fessors who had been teaching the enlightened
concepts of internationalism could turn upon
their preachings and exhort their students to
the pursuit of “a just cause.” They showed
how university teachers, who traditionally
cherished academic freedom, could abandon a
free-thinking colleague to the mercies of the
yapping super-patriots. They showed how a
community so normally level-headed as a uni
versity could be thrown into panic by the
preposterous tale that “the Huns” were pro
paring to invade its environs. In short those
articles gave a clear demonstration of how
lightly laid our civilized ideals are—how easily
they may be brushed aside and forgotten
when the hysteria of war grips a country.
It’s easy for us to laugh now at the ludi
crous picture of University professors urging
the community to fortifynlself against a fan
tastic and impossible enemy attack. We can
sneer at the Hmerald editor who. reflecting
the panic om the day, admonished his readers
to “keep an eye on the border,” where
■Prussian-incited Mexicans were massing for a
raid. We can have a feeling of scorn for the
University president who was so far in the
dark i\s to think, or to profess, he was (toil
speeding his students to fight for a .just cause.
It’s all well and good for us to curl our lips
at the actions ot those who preceded us here
”() years ago. Hut what should we have done?
#
I> have done the same thing, if we'd
known no more about the ways id’ war
makers than they did. Hut even with our
present cynicism about the last war, we might,
be led slupidl.x into another one.
Sure, we know that (iermany with her
I boats gave us no more legitimate provoca
tion than did Hngland with her mines and her
illegal blockade.
We know that our I!»17 idea of the “rights
id neutrals was antediluvian and couldn't
justly apply to the situation.
^ c know that the Hurnpran system of al
bailees was rotten to the middle.
We know that internalional bankers and
munitions makers with a stake in allied vic
tory were instrumental in our entry.
We know that we were gulls of clever
English propaganda.
We know that war is barbaric, that force
settles pothing.
Yes, we know all that.
Hut let the drums start thumping, the
bands playing, the flags waving, hearts beat
ing, brains reeling, and see what happens. We
might do it again.
Unless.
Yes, there has to be an “unless.” It would
all sound too gloomily inevitable, if we didn't
have one avenue of hope.
So let us say that we shall find ourselves
in the same predicament of our predecessors
of 20 years ago, unless we bear well in mind
the lessons taught by their fate. There is
today too much of a tendency to regard what
happened in 1917 as a closed chapter that can
never be repeated.
The years are notorious plagiarists. Today
19:17 is copying the lines of 1917 in the hope
lliat years will have wiped them iroin the
world’s memory. Here is business for the
J’eaee Week forums and lectures both now
and in the future: to expose t It is repetition of
evil, to lay bare those forces that are leading
us once more to the brink of disaster. Then
we shall not a<rain lie deluded with pious
shibboleths about wars to end wars.
3 Times I Equals 2
'J'WO decades afro America was a nation
straining every facility to equip and
supply an army, to throw every ounce of her
support, behind Ihe allied forces .'!()()() miles
across the waters.
lender the duress of the times, industrial,
agricultural, and economic sources were taxed
to the upmost. Emergency measures were
passed, most of which subsequently were dis
carded with the return of peace and normal
times. One of these treasures was the adop
tion of the three-term system by many uni
versities and colleges, following a suggestion
made by the government. At the time, the
three-term system allowed students to enter
and leave school easily and at short in
tervals, adding their hit to seasonal labor. Al
most all major colleges have found it expedi
ent to return to the more leisurely and less
expensive two-terms, but at Oregon the sys
tem is still in use, vestigial monument to
war conditions.
While other schools have one by one return
ed to the old division of the school year, Stan
ford and Oregon (it's used throughout tin*
state system of higher education) put off the
change. There are apparently hut two argu
ments in favor of the short term—since the
nation is at peace—it is now in use and, it
permits students to enter school at two in
stead ol only one time during the year with
out breaking into courses already underway.
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J^ESISTANOE to change is never to he
over-estimated. In some cases, re-instal
lation of the two-term setup would mean re
vision of course outlines which are used from
year to year. This might become an advant
age rather than an disadvantage, since it
M'onld necessitate the revamping and ‘ liven
ing up” of some courses.
Willi the development of comprehensive
and continuous courses, the advantage of an
additional break in the school year has been
diminished.
Aside from the fact that it would neces
sitate a change, the two-term system can
boast many advantages. It would add, with
out extending the opening and dosing dates
of the year, approximately ten more days of
class periods, because it would eliminate one
exam week, one registration period. The fin
ancial saving I rout the dropping of one re"
is!ration would be considerable, for the pro
cess is not an inexpensive one.
East year the problem has been placed
before the faculty.. There have never been
strenuous objections raised to its adoption;
much as has been said in its favor. Through
out the nation, the majority of ranking col
leges have revamped their ^curricula, gone
luK'k to ll"' but more'logical system,
th'egon should follow suit.
I )i*an Morse Tries
(Continued jrom fit ye one)
lu correcting bad behavior traits
in my daughters 1 have found that
sometimes a system of rewards
will accomplish result In despera
tion and exasperation last year I
decided to extend that infantile be
havior conditions pattern to our
baseball team as an inducement
for better playing and less puffing.
Cigars Pledged
Therefore, X hereby pledge my
self to supply the Law School stu
dent body with a box of one ban
died cigars of my own selection,
if and when official news is sent
to me, over the signature of the
president of the Law Student Body
and the Acting Dean, that the Law.
School finally succeeded in defeat
ing the School of Business Admin
istration in a regulation softball
game.
However, my offer is subject to
the condition that the Act Dean
of the Law School be not permitted
to umpire more than one half the
innings of the said game. I make
tlmt condition because I recognize
that, if you are to have a reason
able chance to win the cigars you
must have tit least half the innings
to make up for the poor eye sight
(which is a charitable expression)
of the aforementioned umpire.
Sincerely yours,
WAYNE L. MOUSE.
Director (and sometime
dean of the Oregon School
of Daw. t
T' S The Chancellor, who i re
potted to have better eye sight,
should satisfy me as the umpire
for the other half of the game.
Dr. Barnett should be asked to
pitch the first ball for me.
W L.M.
Irregular Life Full
(t ontiinied from paje one)
brown and looking at one in i di
rect straightforward manner with
clear, very much alive, grey-green
eyes he gave the impression of
efficiency and geniality.
Married, he is the father of a
littK' girl, Julie Lou aged live. His
home is m Hollywood.
Dorsey has but one stringed in
strument in his band of 13 players
and two singers and that is the
viol. • We don’t use any in
dies because to have them we
would have to have it least five
fiddlers to get anything. We don't
play classical music because to do
so, we would have to add about
2b men. Then it wouldn't be Jimmy
Dorsey but Stowkowsky or ome
thing."
Dorsey has written a. number of j
pieces, two saxophone solos,' "Bee- '
be' and "Oodles and Oodles"; -The I
Dorsey Stomp ", "The Wedding at
the Waldorf": and "Hollywood
Distunes," which lie wrote about
■ i \ car ago tin the Kt itt program
Before returning to Los Angeles
to take part m tin- Crosby-Bunn
program Thursday night, Jimmy
Dorsey and his band will make
appearances in Boise, Idaho, and in
Salt Lake City.
"All we do is to pack and un
pack our bags.” he sighed.
Flying Fortress in Air at Last
Sixteen tons of flying fortress, the latest thing in massive aerial war equipment, is taking off for
its first test flight sinee it nosed over on December 7 during a landing. Powered by four 100-horsepower
motijsy-the big Boeing-built ship flew perfectly according to ehief army test pilot Major John D. Cork
illc. The plane will soon be flown to Wright Field, Ohio.
Campus
Calendar
Members of interfraternity coun
cil will meet at 6 o’clock tonight in
the Delta Upsilon house for din
ner, followed by a business session
at which major problems of rush
ing and hell week are expected to
come up for consideration.
| Asklepiads meet tonight at 7:30
in the College Side.
Mrs. Turnipseed’s religious dis
cussion group will meet at her
apartment in Friendly hall tonight
at 9:00.
There will be a meeting of the
Theta Sigma Phi today at noon in
the Anchorage.
Infirmary patient* today are:
Sheldon Parks, Marvin Boyd, Vir
ginia Enokson, Jean Gulovson,
Jean Parker, Paul Rowe, William
Torrence, John Halliman, Edward
Barnett, Bob Ludington, George
Robinson, and Sam Kroshell.
Publication Board
(Continued from page one)
the final and deciding O.K. The
decisions will then be returned to
the activities board to be announc
ed.
The candidates include Bill
Pease, Clare Igoe, Don Root and
Wayne Harbert for the position
of Oregana editor; and Howard
Overbeck again running as the
only candidate for Oregana busi
ness manager.
Candidates for Emerald editor
are: LeRoy Mattingly, Lloyd Tup
ling and Gordon Connelly. Walter
Vernstrom is the only candidate
for Emerald business manager.
The decisions as reached by the
various boards will be announced
Wednesday.
Passing Show
(Continued from page one)
the Basque port of Bilbao, where
food-laden Union Jack merchant
men were held up by an insurg
ent blockade. A “corps-a-corps"
decision was reached with Baldwin
agreeing that ships be protecter
up to the three mile limit and not
further.
Opposition declared this was a
recognization of the blockade.
Baldwin mentioned practical rea
sons, risks, insurgent sea mines
and planes. Hungry Basques offer
ed 11 miles of protection to the
ships from shore batteries.
Dictator Threat
Lord Mat'ley, speaking in Port
land against Hitler at the western
council of Jewish federations, yes
terday, suggested that it might be
necessary to "fight to save demo
cracy." The only new words in the
slogan were "from dictatorships"
instead of "autocracies.”
Hitler and his Nazis are the big
menace today, according lo the
British peer. England will be able
to "step on the gas" in the Span
ish situation, he affirmed, as soon
as their armament program is
completed.
PROFESSORS IN\ itku
Orlando J. Hollis, acting dean of I
the law school, and Charles G. I
Howard, professor of law, have j
been invited by George Wharton !
Pepper, president of the American j
Law Institute, to atttend the fif- I
feenth annual meting of the insti- |
tute. which will be held at the |
Mayflower hotel in Washington, i
D C.. May H, 7. S.
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tives behind their activities in
Spain were the features of the
forum conducted by Mr. Smith.
The point of sharpest and most
elementary difference between the
theory of communism and that of
fascism is in the ownership of prop
erty, according to Mr. Smith. The
fascistic state is still the defehder
of the capitalistic ideal of private
property, where the communistic
state believes in collective owner
ship.
Communists Classless
The communistic ideal is a class
less society, with the governmental
control vested in the proletariat,
while the fascists believe in the
despotic rule of a small oligarchy.
Both advocate gaining control by
force if necessary.
Mr. Smith maintained that the
fascist movement was largely to
buttress up a deteriorated capital
istic society with the infusion of
members of the lower middle class.
One characteristic of fascism is
that they must have some common
enemy to fight in order to insure
their own unity.
Mr. Smith announced that the
topic of the forum tomorrow would
be the amount of foreign interfer
ence in Spain, and the true omtive
behind it. Also, a discussion of the
American policy is promised at
either the n^pt session of the one
following.
Beall Is Substituted
Dean of men Karl W. Onthank,
who was to discuss the topic,
“Youth Movements in Other Coun
tries,” Monday, was detained in
Portland but is expected to lead
the discussion this afternoon.
Hayes Beall, director of young peo
ple's work at the Wesley founda
tion, led an informal discussion of
world youth movements as a sub
stitute for Dean Onthank.
Sketching the growth of youth
movements over the world in re
cent years, Mr. Beall declared
youth in Russia is organized on a
larger scale than in any other
country. They are solidly for peace
and favor a strong national de
fense program, the speaker de
clared.
Peace. Movement Starts
In Germany, large social demo
crat and communist groups inter
ested German youths before they
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were turned toward the Nazi ban
ner by the rise of Hitler, Youth
movements in China are directed
taking definite action against the
invading Japanese, he stated.
The youth movement was born
as a drive for peace in England
when the Oxford Debating union
resolved never to fight for king or
country by taking the now famous
Oxford pledge. Action by the Ox
ford union led to the formation of
similar groups in other English col
leges.
As the movement came to the
eyes of students in the United
States, student strikes outlawing
war were launched. In 1934, 25,000
students in New York state col
leges participated, and this year
50,000 have taken up the task of
making America peace-minded, he
said.
“War Is Debunked”
“This war business has been
pretty well debunked," Mr. Beal!
pointed out in talking of the organ
ization that made a flurry among
colleges last year—the Veterans of
Future Wars.
Robert Knapp compared the sys
tem in Germany with the Y.M.C.A.
“There is an intense feeling of na
tionalism among the German
youth," he said. “All keep hoping
for continued peace, but seem to
be tending toward war."
He added that the German
Youth movement is kept under the
thumb of the Hitler regime.
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LL seniors have to take finals
-*■ and it jolly well serves them
right. What a lot of gall any
fourth year person has in expecting
to be exempted from taking exam
inations. Why it’s absurd, non
sense, that’s what.
What's to prevent seniors from
just lying down and coasting if
they don’t have to take finals?
Of course the faculty couldn't im
pose a quiz every week or two, just
to keep the folks on their toes.
After all, it’s the examinations that
count, not the amount of "educa
tion” absorbed. Who, I ask you,
ever heard of anybody becoming
educated without cramming his
mind full of facts and flinging
them in the prof’s face on exam
ination day? Why, it’s pure fool
ishness.
Simply because a person has
gone through four years of taking
ex’s is no reason for his expecting
to be exempted in his last term.
It’s part of the “system." It’s a
vital cog, this examination busi
ness. Who could possibly expect a
college student to be fitted for life
without having taken a set of
quizzes in his last term in school ?
What education could a senior pos
sibly hope to have without this
vitally necessary period of memor
izing facts and repeating them on a
sheet of paper for the profs ?
‘HIS beef has been going on
for years anyway, I under
stand. And nobody ever sot any
where with it yet. Why can’t
these seniors take their defeat
and sleep on it. Who cares what
men like President Hutchins of
the University of Chicago says
about examinations? Who cares
about the precedent set by Ox
ford regarding examinations? It
don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got
those quizzes.
One of our foremost faculty
members told us one day that
this University was one of the
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leaders in liberal thought with
regard to education. And the
fact that seniors will not he ex
empted from ex’s in their last
term certainly bears this out.
It is part of the educational sys
tem. Just as cheating in order to
get higher grades is part of the
system. Just as going to college
to get a degree and nothing else
is part of the system. Just as
doing enough work to get by,
and no more, is part of the sys
tem.
It’s a pretty small attitude for
the seniors to take, is all I say.
After all, theyr’e here to learn
and they cannot learn without
taking examinations — they can
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