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PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Fred W. Colvig, editor Walter R. Vernstrora, manager LeRoy Mattingly, managing editor Wm. F- Lubersky, Assistant Business Manager Associate editors: Clair Johnson, Virginia Endicott. UPPER NEWS STAFF Pat Frizzell, sports editor. Lloyd Tripling, news editor. Bernadine Bowman, exchange Edwin Robbins, art editor. editor. Clare Jgoe, women’s page Paul Deutschmann, assistant editor. managing editor Jean Weber, morgue director Gladys Battleson, society Chief Night Editors: editor. Bill Davenport. Paul Plank, radio editor. Warren Waldorf Martha Stewart, feature editor. Reporters: Myra Ilulser, Rita Wright, Irvin Mann, Bill Pengra, Wen Brooks, Dick Litlin, Bob Ritter, Kathryn Morrow, Louise Aiken, Louise Sheppard, Mary Failing, Margaret Rankin, Alyce Rogers, Laura Bryant, Marolyn Dudley, Parr Aplin, Maxine Glad. Catherine Taylor, Kenneth Kirtley, Betty Jane Thompson, Warren Waldorf, Lew Evans, Hubard Kuokka, Peggy Robbins, Gertrude Carter, Margaret Ray, Stan Hobson, Sports staff: John Pink, Elbert Hawkins, Chuck Van Scoyoc, Kill Norcnc. Larry Quinlin, Morris Henderson, Russ Jscli, Dick Hutchison, Lucille Stevens. City editors: Jean Kendall, Rita Lee Powell, Katherine Morrow. Jack Townsend, Warren Waldorf, William Robinson, Gladys Battleson, Mary Kay Booth, Dave Cox, Alice Nelson, Larry Quinlin. Assistant managing editor Day editor: Bernadine Bowman Beulah Chapman Night editors John Powell Rebecca Overstreet Bob Tongue Betty Van Delicti Our Humble Pie jy|K. CHARLES PADDOCK’S communica tion printed on this page couldn’t have been timed better if lie had actually intended to embarrass this column, which we arc cer tain is not bis purpose. We swear on a stack of Bibles that wo were just getting around to examining the other side of this pacifism problem, when up pops the devil in the form of Mr. Paddock to fake what would have been a magnificent gesture of editorial .justice look merely like the eating of humble pie. But we’ll eat it. And we won't bother to base a counter attack on our correspondent’s misconstruction of our previous editorials on the subject, such as bis assertion that we cited enlistment of 105 “Oxford pledgees” to Hie Spanish loyalist cause as an argument that the pledge is “misty idealism,” which we never did. We never even mentioned the pacifists in Spain’s ‘‘International Column.” And “peace-at-any prico” pacifists in their dialectical battle with Mr. Paddock’s socialists, who advocate inter vention in foreign wars to support democracy against the peril of fascism—although, now < that the matter lias been brought to our at tention, we do believe the pacifists are right in their desire to let other nations fight their own wars. But all this is beside the point. Let us sink our teeth into our humble pic. # * # jN OUR EDITORIALS of the past week or so, we have, as Mr. Paddock calls it, “heckl ed” pacifists for their screwy tactics. We have pointed out that Joe College wauls to be as much like bis fellow men as possible and that, as a consequence, he is extremely leery about attaching hiiusclf to any movement that will make him appear “radical” or eccentric. He would just as soon walk through the cam pus in his B.V.D.’s as boar one of the placards carried by a few zealots in last Thursday’s peace demonstration. And, as we said, the idea of “fasting for Spain” is about as com prehensible to him as the worship of Vishnu. An effective pacifist movement; must; enlist a preponderance of the people to its banners, we declared, concluding that there could never be such a movement until pacifists divest their cause of the eultisli trimmings that repel Joe College, the composite American. And that conclusion we still hold to be valid. Hut that is where the humble pie comes in. "We have shown a psychological obstacle that stands in the way of the present, pacifist movement, but, on the other hand, can we demonstrate that a constructive peace pro gram, starkly divested of eccentric clap-trap, will secure the adherence of Mr. Joe College? Admitted that he is positively repelled from the movement as presently conducted, would lie in a reverse situation be positively attrac ted? Unfortunately, we cannot prove that he would. Mr. Average Student is wonderfully indifferent to such burning issues as peace and social justice. They call for a large view of things that is outside his narrow, day-to day ken. * * * ^ND WE ARE ALMOST compelled to admit that the present placard-bearing, striking, fasting enthusiasts constitute the bulk of collegians with an active interest in peace. This is a sort of gloomy admission, and not at all what Mr. Paddock might expect in answer to his challenge for us to offer an effective program. But it is not so dark a view as at first it seems. Indeed, there is much meat for pacifistie thought, we believe, in the tactical criticism we have made. After all, does it matter whether Joe College actual ly becomes an active participant in the cause? 11 is actions when war is really imminent are what count. What matters is that this aver age man of ours shall not be ignorant of the forces moving him into battle, that he shall not, be so naive as he was in 1917. This is the most constructive program for pacifists we can offer: avoiding eccentricities from which the public shies and consecrating themselves to a campaign of sympathetic in forrnaiton to prepare the people for crises to come. That, to our mind, is as good an answer as Mr. Pollock lias. Campus Comment (The views aired in this column are not necessarily 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 will be accepted.) EMERALD “HECKLING” To the Editor: I think it is about time to de mand of the Emerald if it is going to continue with column-long editorials heckling the only group which is even trying to promote a peace program; it should offer some program of its own which it thinks will be effective. If you are trying to convey the idea that peace action so far has not been effective, I say “Amen.” But I charge that if anybody is “negative” in this matter, you are. You are joining the pacifists in condemning the only effective opposition to war. That opposition is one which seeks to recon struct the economic system so that wars for profit will no longer be possible or desirable, and at the same lime fighting fascism, not through the instru mentality of the profit-seeking, so-called “demo cratic" nations, but through support of the work ing class and the anti-war forces as they are trying to gain real democracy (and peace) in every country. You talk about “negative pacifism,” citing the fact that 165 of the original Oxford pledgers arc fighting for loyalist Spain as an argument that adherence to the Oxford pledge is “misty idealism.’ This very fact, contrary to your rather unique interpretation, is an eloquent testimony that the Oxford pledgees arc realistic and practical. You and 1 agree with Mr. Buell when he says that the distinction between war and peace is meaningless. If you had interpreted Mr. Buell on this point you would realize that he was saying as I am, that the pacifists and the Emerald are falling into the same pitfall. Peace at the price of letting the world go fascist is not peace at all. The extension of fascism is the prelude to another world war. Our own government is no less a factor for war than is fascism. We must oppose them both. Only by abolishing the profit system and lend ing aid to tire people in every country who arc trying to build a world of real democracy and peace, will we ever have peace. The pacifists arc closing their eyes to the spread of fascism the war-breeder, and crying for peace at any price. You arc standing on the side lines and heckling both the pacifists and us who arc realistically trying to achieve peace by bring ing in "social and economic justice," which you agree is the only way to achieve and maintain peace. You arc both negative. Yet you accuse us of “negative pacifism.” Why don't you stop heckling and get behind a real peace program? CHARLES PADDOCK. Bulletin Boards (Continued from pane one) now except the cast of that play. And one well distributed ad that is up-to-date is, "Don't be afraid to tedl your mother," about Junior weekend, of course. The variety found on various boards includes: taxi, typing, lcaru tu fly, rooms for rent ads, lectures and concerts to be given, lists of health education references, hon orary society meeting notices, book lists, law school honor rolls, class assignments and postponements, •summer employment notices, sum mer schools and travel posters, which number about thirty-six and a dozen respectively on one board, and senior announcements and sales of news bureau pictures. One appeal on the co-op board asks a tide to Portland for two persons last weekend. How ninny years the handbills of the recent "protest against war" will be post ed remains to be seen. By way of keeping up with fresh news, the journalism shack bulletin board carries a lust-covered poster on, "How to be a better reporter," by the late Arthur Bi i bane, which has been there longer than the old est. inhabitant- can remember. U)4t —4iv lieuc-t p-r .'■on experts other honest persons to read the bulletin board in Con don may lie noticed by a small note saying, "found a fountain pen" and containing further details. Library to Oprn (Coniin tied from pane one) Surprise for Douglass "Moving ;is well in hand and pro gressing suvoothly." Mr. Douglass said yesterday. Mr. Douglass, who has been iway on his vaeatiou, Knew nothijig about the moving plans until h*> arrived in New York on April 7, and found a telegram waiting infor.Tiing him that moving would begin .it once. Plans when Mr. Douglass left were to wait un til summer to i.jove the books, but a sudden change in plans was nec essitated by the offer of federal funds to renovate the old building if moving took p’aac immediately. 4 (Kililion s (Contained from PUg# <m*) tion candidates, will be confronted with the potent problem of guuuug support or election for <;oed candi ates on their ticket. Women have become aroused over the fact that they have been left out of student government. !.vuvr4ui0 to Uadurg to-4 p-Uti-o the women hold the majority of student body cards and thus should have the majority of power in gov erning ASUO politics. It was sighted last night that if coeds decided to give all their first choice votes to a woman can didate they would be rewarded with placing a woman in the stu dent body president's office. UO Coop Pays (Continued jrom page one) at the co-op for the same prices as in the city iu which they are published. The staff of the co-op consists of four full time workers and two part time and Manager MacLain. The total salaries payed last year amounted to $7,1 dt’. 17. including $22b a month paid to the manager. Nominations Made Kive sophomores were nominated for the two positions on the board for two years each. They were Beruadiuc Bowman, Phyllis Card ucr. Lcilani Kroll, .lack Loch ridge, and Karl Wester. Four freshmen were nominated to fill one position for one year. They are Charles Skinner, Irvin Mann, Bob Smith, and (Jerald Norville. ■Elections will be held at the YWCA hut the same day as regu lar .U4uil beJy dutjviu t Hop’s SKIPS &• JUMPS By ORVAL HOPKINS 'J'HIS humor business has got me worried. In “It Seems to Me" Heywood Broun says that this business about the sense of humor is a lot of the old erl. He says that little squib, “the guy worth while is the guy who can smile" is just so much hooey. Broun maintains that the "guy who can smile” is the guy who hasn't the guts to came back and fight any more. He stands there with that silly grin on when the breaks are against him while the man with what it takes is in there working for every inch. Broun says that none of our heavy-duty thinkers, as Pegler calls them, were smilers. He points to Coolidge and Hoover and Franklin and Disraeli and Baldwin and no end of others (including Mussolini, Hitler, and Napoleon) as examples of big shots who couldn’t take a joke. All of which worries me no end. It does seem, at that, as if the bloke who is alway around with a grin on and thinks he sees a joke in everything is never the one who gets there. We could go into a dis cussion of what “there” indicates, but skip it for now. It's the sour puss always, the body who has to go and study or has to stay home and read or who has letters to write who gets there. The further this thing goes the | worse off I get. * * I still think there’s such a thing as having what it takes and having a sense of humor too. It doesn’t seem to me that any man is so busy that he can't take time out for a laugh. And if he is too busy, where is he ? I'm willing to grant that the lad who works so hard he hasn’t time to smile (let alone wash his necki is much preferable to the wiseacre who is always ready with a laugh, even if he has to laugh at his own al leged gags. But to the grind I’ll take the lug who can plod along and get just as much work done, do just as much good for society (if that’s your idea of some fun), make just as much of a mark tor himself, and still have a chance to laugh—even if he has to laugh at (not with) himself. As a matter of fact, 1 always say the guy who can’t laugh at himself is in a pretty state for fair. 1 don’t know, life's loo short. Not that we should just lie down and not do anything but drift be cause it doesn’t make any differ ence in the long run anyhow that’s the answer to every derelict in the alley. But the person who pokes along in all the dark corners I and scares the hell out of every body and gets so sick of himself he can't see, is just as much of a derelict as the old boy with the week's growth and no teeth and the grog blowing off his mustache like a sea breeze. It's just as easy to have one on the house, or yourself, now and then. The mon’s a mon f'r a' that. OICKHAKT ON staff A1 Dickhart’s name was omit ted from yesterday's announce ment of the 1908 Oregana staff. He will have charge of the frater nity section, Wayne Harbert, edi tor, has announced. He will be as sisted by Irwin Zeller. ‘Pennies From Heaven’ for Aimee Followers oi' Ainiee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles evangelist, con tribute pennies, jewels and watches in answer to a plea that “Aimet must have, funds to fight evil forces.” Mrs. McPherson is in the midst of a series of legal complications, including a $150,000 slander suit by Kheba Crawford Spllvalo, once Aimee’s associate. —-— Politicians Brew Potion; Dance to Start Pot Boiling Potential political candidates will make their official bow to the music of Gus Meyers' swing band on Wednesday, May 5, an nounced Frederica Merrell and Wayne Harbert, co-chairmen. The terrace of the new library will bo the scene from 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. for the initial move in campus politics. This will be a free student body dance, with campus clothes in order. Dates are optional. Plans have been completed to wax the red terrace to a glassy finish. The dance was originally scheduled for this Friday after noon but has been postponed be cause of a conflict in dates. YW, YM Seabeck Confab Rally Planned for 19th With the arrival of folders an nouncing the Seabeck conference, YWCA-YMCA student meeting which will be held June 12-20 at Seabeck. Washington, the local committee swung into action yes terday getting plans underway for a rally to be held behind Skinner's Butte May 19. Several campus students and faculty members will take an ac tive part in this summer’s confer ence. Elaine Cornish and Harold Strawn are co-chairmen and will preside over the conference while Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, di rector of dormitories, and Mrs. John Stark Evans, YWCA execu tive secretary, will lead discussion groups. Other leaders from the campus will be named later. Profs Will Go lo Rood College for Psych Meet Psychologists will gather from all over the state for discussion of psychological problems at the an nual meeting of the Oregon psycho logical association to be held at Reed college, Saturday, May 1 under the chairmanship of Profes sor William Griffith. Participants from the University of Oregon include Dr. H. R. Tay lor, Dr. L. F. Beck, Dr. A. R, Moore, Miss Mary Holmes, Mr. Harold Sexton, Mr. James Over turf, Mr. H. C. McMurty, Mr. James Welcher, and Miss Elizabeth Dye. 20 Women Will Attend Play Day At Reed College University of Oregon will send 20 women to Reed college, Port land, for the annual “play day" sponsored by Reed’s women’s ath letic association, announced Gret chen Smith, WAA president, last night. Ten schools will be represented at the meet which is to be Satur day, May 1, said Miss Smith. Schools competing will be Univer sity of Oregon, Oregon State, Maryhurst, Linfield, Oregon Nor mal, Albany College, Pacific Col lege, St. Helen's Hall, Pacific Uni versity, and Reed college, Oregon women will leave the campus at 7 o’clock Saturday morning and return the same eve ning, or the next morning. Rides will be furnished to defer expenses. A wide variety of sport competi tion has been planned, including badminton, archery, tennis, golf, swimming, baseball, and volley ball. Women interested in going are requested t<* get in touch with Grctehen Smith immediately. UO Symphony (Continued from page one) Ion and Gamma Phi Beta; "May time,’’ Zeta hall anil Alpha Delta Pi; "Desert Song,” Sigma Chi and Pi Beta Phi. "Tales of Hoffman” with the Striker. Shot in Stockton Rioting. Borne From Field Injuries* were severe to many on both sides of the bloody Stockton, Cal., cannery strike fighting. Thot*; rJjyus a picket, injure4 by bijU^Jjot, bejnj carriet! away to safety by ciftsr strikers i 4 w-vr. .»yr.'Vy>"VT^r ♦ THE ♦ 4th Estate !! ♦ m ♦ Today, friends, we start off with rumblings of the SAE picnic at Benton-Lane park Sunday. . . . contrary to usual picnic procedure, it was a sober event. . . . outstand ing in the proceedings was the sudden, inexplicable shift of the love of the ex-blond ADPI with the earrings from one of the bros to another bro and: then to yet an other. Stun Kostka, rattling home ward to the Phi Psi wrecking house the other eve after a Scab bard and Blade initiation, was dismayed to discover the door to his room would not yield to his rather blunt efforts to open it. Footballer Kostka is a forth right individual, so he backed up, took a deep breath and hit that door like it was the entire Washington line. . . . the door, l>eing a philosopher, yielded up the ghost and Kostka went to bed with a warm blow of satis faction and a badly bruised shoulder. . . . The dean of women’s stern edicts about hours have resulted in a sudden shift of interest to Eugene girls by a major portion of the Kappa Sig canalmen. Prominent among them are A1 Carter, La verne Terjeson, Chuck Miller. Sophomore Miller is taking a fatherly interest in his and is go ing with a high schooler. . . . Shifting from the tossing of brickbats and similar Irish con-.. ..fetti, 4th Estate editors wish to offer as their suggestion as one of Oregon’s best-looking couples, red-topped Kuth Buchanan and Jack Hazlitt. ... a high school romance, their affair is still go i mg strong. . . . Four hours of agony in the Mc Donald gazing into cavernous, Martha Raye’s oral disaster has led us to the 'unescapable conclu ! sion that Ingrid Liliquist, Kappa Kappa Gamma, is her close double. . . . which is no libel, Com edian Raye being a good-lookin’ gal when she chooses. . . . Closing this is a kindly tip to Alpha Phi Isabelle Miller, campus Emily Post, to please quit chewing gum in Condon. . . . Emily, Miss Miller, says it shouldn’t be done outside your boodwah. . . . — Barcarole scene, Sigma Alpha Ep silon and Alpha Omicron Pi; “Pag liacci,” Gamma hall and Susan Campbell hall; “Faust,” Chi Psi and Zeta Tau Alpha; “Babes in Toyland,” Phi Gamma Delta and Kappa Kappa Gamma; “Naughty Marietta,” Sigma Nil and Alpha Phi; “Student Prince,” Kappa Sig ma and Alpha Gamma Delta; “Vagabond King,” Alpha hall and Hendricks hall. Fete to Be on Air Negotiations have been complet ed to broadcast the canoe fete over the NBC hook-up. John Luvaas will announce each float as it comes into the view of spectators. Tickets are on sale in the ASUO office in McArthur court. Reserv 1 ed scats arc 75 cents and one dol lar and general admission is 00 cents. A news-reel may be made by ! some Hollywood photographers, ac cording to Zollie Volchock, public ity co-chairman. Definite arrange ments have been made to take pic tures for Portland and Eugene i theater news reviews. Those organizations who have not yet turned in specific scenes to be depicted in floats must do so as I soon as possible, staled Doug Milne last night. A general meeting of 1 all house chairmen will be held to day at d o'clock to which Milne urges complete attendance, as it will be the last meeting before ac tual construction is begun. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official ituaent publication of the Onlreraltjr of Oregon, Eugene, published daily daring than college year except Sundays, Mon day*, holidays, examination periods, the fifth day of December to January 4, except January 4 to 1Z, Bond Match 8 to March ZZ, March 22 to March 80. Entered as second-class matter at the poetoffiee, Eugene, Oregon. Subscrip tion rate, J3.«0 a year. Circulation Manager.-...Caroline Hand Asst. Jean Farrens Frances Ofoon.Executive Secretary Copy Service Department Manager ___Venita Broul National Advertising Assistant: Eleanor Anderson. Collection Manager.„.Heed Swenson Wednesday adevrtising manager: Hal Hancr': Assistants: Bob Smith, Bruce Curry Campus Calendar The Asklepiad club will meet at 9 tonight in the College Side. There will be a general Junior ! weekend directorate meeting to i day in the back room of the Col lege Side at 4 o’clock. There will be a meeting of all chairmen for Junior weekend floats upstairs at the College Side today at 4 o’clock. Reservations for the Pi Lambda ; Theta dinner to be held May 1 at the Osburn hotel should be made with Margaret Rugh, tel. 1787, be fore Friday noon. Tickets arc 60c. Alpha Delta Sigma will meet at 4 o’clock in Professor Thacher’s office. Joint meeting of men and women representatives of living organiza tions will be held tonight in the main dining room of the men’s dormitory at 7:30. Women representatives from living organizations meet in back room of College Side today at 4:30. Very important. Those in the infirmary today are John Miller, Lela Hull, LaClede LeFors, Lilyan Veatch, Phyllis Mowlin, Jane Lagassee, Lavern Terjeson, Ed Shumaker, Max Car ter, Arleigh Bentley, Sidney Lang, John Haman, Roy Vernstrom, Wal lace Newhouse, Bob Herzog. Master Dance meets tonight at 7:30 for its regular meeting. There will also be a special meeting from 4:45 to 5:30. It is important that all members attend both. Important canoe fete directorate meeting at the music building to night at 8:30. Frosh, Sophs (Continued from page one) president, last night announced the appointment of a constitutional committee to make plans for a set of rules to be adopted by the class at a meeting in Villard hall at 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Bob Becktel, Jim Wells, and Jack Lockridge will work with Weston to draw up the sophomore class constitution. ‘I’M A HARD GUY TO PLEASE’‘ But l have never been dis appointed with the serviee at— BYROM & KNEELAND THE MAN’S SHOP Tenth, just off Willmt. iajaja/M®asiaMaiEi2iaiEiaiEiBMeiEJEiaic Hundreds ^of Students Can’t Be NfcWTO.N SMITH Proprietor Wrong! They Buy College Side Meal Tickets ‘There’s a Reason’