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» 8 OVD TL'PLING .Editor O *11 DON C ONNELLY .Associate Editor IWVL KEI TSCHMAXN Managing Editor GEORGE HALEY . News Editor Hport->: Elljert Hawkins, -John Pink, Hill Norene, Jimmie Leonard. fifaff:Lew Evans, Wen Brooks, Bolt Emerson, Homer Graham, Moritz Thomsen, Larry Quinlin, Bill Cummings, Clair Johnson, Ed Bobbins, John Powell, Leonard Greenup, Bill Pengra, Orval Hopkins, Hub Kuokka, Jack Townsend, Stan Hobson. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT Two years ago there were many on the campus who scoffed at the small band of students who were trying to make the payment of the ASUO extra-curricular fees optional, instead of oblig K'cory. They predicted the demise of the Emerald and forecast a dull college existence minus athletics. They said these few students were ‘■meddling" in affairs not 11 (dr own and were usurping the power of the state board of higher education. Hut. nevertheless, these insurgents went to Die citizenry of Oregon and secured the signatures of some JG,O0u voters. An ant igonistie legislature became favorable, reversing its vote behind the will and pressure of public opinion. And the activities didn't falter in the slightest, and student government, Io and behold, stood erect, although a worn-out system had begun to collapse. Under this stimulus provided by the "meddlers," student officers regained consciousness, and a »i3w system began to take shape. Fees were voluntarily paid iii proportion to the value of the extra-curricular progTam for that term, and a week ago Anse Cornell announced that the athletic budget was out of the red under the new setup for the first time in a decade. Some of these same "meddlers" two weeks ago attended, as <! li gates, tln> organizational convention of the Oregon Common v mIth 1’ederation (Prof. S. Stephenson Smith, president), sister pv.'iip to the Washington Coinmonwealth Federation, which has gain'd political control in that state by uniting all liberal forces against misrepresenting representatives who snatched seats in office, while liberals- blindly fussed over minor differences and Jorgot major agreements. Coming out of the more privileged group of youth, these (hvgon students nevertheless saw the predicament of five million American youth in other social strata who live without jobs ntul without education. The "forgotten generation" was recog nised by the CUT', and youths were granted equal caucus status with such groups as those of labor, farm, the unemployed, fliul pensiouites, which means equal representation as a special interest group on the board of directors and other committees. Through the program and resolutions committee they secured acceptance of the following planks for youth and education— complete academic freedom in class and out for students and Btudent, adequate salaries and retirement provisions for teachers, gradual abolition of tuition fees for students, complete demili tarization of the campus, passage of the American Youth Act, and endorsement of the Child Labor amendment. These students from this campus are active in the political field, displaying an active interest in and performing the duties of (democracy and citizenship. They should no longer be scoffed at ii the lethargic mass of students who are only too representa tivo of the blind hordes of humanity that have allowed demo cracy to decay m so many nations in Europe. While a few alert aludents safeguard the interests of the many, the many, poisoned l> interim, repose in a "life" of slovenly ease. ONE DOZEN ORCHIDS A- the last ih'Ii' uf Ni:io Martini’s great voice rings out to morrow it will mark tl; • culmination of another great dunioi \\ eekein! l!ain-spatterod as it was at times yesterday, we are hoping for hotter tilings today and tomorrow . The barometer was going mp last night. 1 hit regardless of rain or wind, the innumerable )i dpi rs and leaders did a good job of surpassing difficulties and ] itting on (lie affair. C- ngratulations to Sam Fort and his jisSoeiaSs. The Mothers deserve more than a carnation, too. 'I hex took it in good spirt and were truly appreciative of the continuous attempts to entertain them. It’s been a grand weekend. We’re glad you came. Mothers. Sipiirrels attack 1’niversiry coeds on Easter. Hite several • » s w ho were parading the latest in hats. Thought the girls vere nuts. It used to be the ladies who did the waiting. Now it’s the J>uke of Windsor. Thought men’s shirt styles have kept changing this year. 11 ere seems to be little change in men’s pockets. John POWELL’S ATTER By JOHN POWELL Time scampers on, bringing the usual Saturday, and Saturday brings that virile, hairy-chesteji phenononon of the news room, the men's edition. Comes the deadline for non-news stuff, finding Tup and the boys frantically searching for filler, so the second assistant copy boy corners me and says write something for a column. Something funny. Just like that. Hell yes, just sit down and rattle off something funny, like Bob Burns or Hopkins, but have it in tomorrow. Junior weekend is settling nois ily around our necks, just as the campaign smoke is lifting. It seems as though the past week has been one big committee boy’s jubi lee, and now, what with mommas to take care of, people to toss in the fish pond or whatever it is, and all the attendant goodies, some budding executive is bound to ex plode in a big bubble of joy. At least he can die with his illusions intact. I • * 4= In the same vein, that spread of candidate’s statements on the front page of Wednesday's campus oracle surpassed itself in original ity. It may be a good way to keep happiness rampant on the campus, but Gertrude, Hamlet's momma, called the turn with “More matter and less art.” A nice way of select ing candidates might be to let the vote fall on him whose backer’s auto horn blows the weakest. Also, why not a little enlighten i ment on this “gravy” deal that’s [been breaking into print with such monotonous regularity? The way it appears, the “gravy” consists of the privilege of hanging crepe at the igloo for a campus dance, or heading cne of the numerous com mittees. If this is gravy, why all the clamor for it? There appears to be an over-seasoning of perspir ation about the whole thing that hardly enhances the idea in my estimation. But, they say, there’s nothing like having your name lib erally scattered around in the Ore gana. But now it’s all over, complete GRIPES My Dear Mr. Mattingly: In yesterday's Emerald there ap peared an editorial titled Pay-Dirt Politics, and in this item it was stated that when Emerald report ers asked for the tally sheet of the sophomore returns two members of the winning side protested its release. I should like to offer a correction of this statement in that these two protests came from the president of the sophomore class and the campaign manager for the losing ticket. It was only after these two had voiced their disap proval of the release that the other two members of the counting staff agreed that it would be best to withhold figures. Furthermore, there was only one member of the I winning ..ide present when the of ficial count was taken. I would also like to conteract persistent talk to the effect that my bloc quoted Dean Earl as hav ing directly approved proxy voting. Dean Earl's office acted only in an advisory capacity and we quoted his office only in the light of the advice we received there. Yours very truly, ZANE KEMLER. ! with shouting; the boys have taken unto themselves a new prexy, for : better or for worse, and it's up to Lloyds to lay the odd on how soon his graues will run him out of office. The new prexy, by grace of the ASUO, just dragged in, from the victory carousal, saying that most of the wassailerslooked as though they wished themselves in I bed. So r,ow it's heigh ho and off for the top rung of the igloo step ladders. Hop’s SKIPS 6* JUMPS By ORVAL HOPKINS JUNIOR Weekend undoubtedly ** has its virtues. Not the least of these is the fact that all classes after eleven were dismissed. Free food is another little item about which even I can't groan. Good or bad, if it's free you couldn’t kick, eh ? The little celebration also gives parents a chance to see what col-, ' lege sometimes is but shouldn't be. Then the crowning virtue is, of course, the Men's Edition. Sincerely do I trust that neither the queen nor the least of these her maids-in-waiting caught them ; selves a husky shot of double lobar pneumonia while braving those icy blasts of Oregon spring. The girls did look right pretty. And they are surely nice girls. But they didn't profit much by the loyal order of the O boys steeling thun der right and left with their dunk ■ings. Then that canoe thing over on the race. The combination of two silly announcers, a frigid rain squall in the midst of things, and some of the poorest excuses for humorous floats these old orbs ever taken in produced an hour of about as bad entertainment as even the most fastidious good de sire. The only laugh of the day was contributed by the. “Boy, was he handsome and was I drunk and did my ma give me hell!” contri buted by some nameless comedi enne. Remove this impromptu quip and you have a thoroughly useless performance. I understand the al leged comic divers received an An nie Oakley to the prom last night. It’s fortunate that somebody pro fited. JEAN JINGLES \ PRIZE RHYME; j WINS TICKETS] Jean Weber, freshman, won the two tickets to the Junior prom offered by the Junior week end directorate for the best four line jingle about eight pairs of “great lovers,’’ in keeping with the “Romantic Serenade” theme of the weekend. The winning jingle is: One, two, Edward’s through Three, four, England’s sore Five, six, Wally sticks Seven, eight, love won’t wait. Other ranking jingles concerned Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Ro meo and Juliet. At the CHURCHES I Lutheran All Lutheran students will meet at 7 o’clock in the church parlors at Central Lutheran church, on Sixth and Pearl streets. Questions and discussions will be in order. Westminster Westminster mothers will be guests at the Sunday morning wor ship service at 9:45. Students and mothers will give talks. Mrs. F. C. Pursley and Miss Doris Wulzen will each sing. •> Methodist Charles Paddock will lead the second in his series of discussions on the subject, “Christianity and Human Exploitation.” Jay Putnam will be in charge of the worship service, and Frank Tubban and Ben Paddilla will sponsor the social hour. Baptist The Sunday morning college Bible class will be led by Rev. Mr. McAnnich in the pastor’s study. The Sunday evening meeting starts at 6:30 in the church parlors. While on this mustache subject —Betty Lou Drake saying “What have we done that the men hold them against us?” Well. Wells, where’ve you been ? Kind of a ticklish subject I’ll admit. HERE’S ‘HINT’ FOR COED COOK By MORITZ THOMSEN In getting put an entire men’s edition of the Emerald, the staff realizes that it is only too easy to forget the women’s viewpoint. It is for this reason that we include a few hints on a subject that is not only interesting to Oregon coeds, but of vital importance—cooking. Your good eats reporter went to a good deal of trouble today to get you some of the favorite recipes from prominent Oregon students. Pat Allison, promising young journalism major, whose poetry is sweep ing me campus iiKe wim-iue, mi- i ally gave us her mother’s favorite I recipe for crepe suzettes. This may not be quite exact, as no notes were taken during the interview. So per- ; haps it would be safer to bake this I concoction under the supervision of the local file department. To or dinary pancake batter, which has soaked over night in a tub of gin. a o j three tablespoons of a dry claret is added. The mass is cooked and allowed ! to dry on the line. While the pan cakes are being dried, a mixture of Scotch i Old Homestead 1, three quarts of creme de cocoa, and one tumbler of brandy is thoroughly mixed. The pancakes are then tak en off the line, the juice poured over them, and the whole thing ignited. Miss Margie Xeil, Kappa Alpha Theta, was cornered in the art building late this afternoon and re luctantly gave us what I fear will be the culinary scoop of the year. My dears, it’s steak—smothered in onions. Any meat but filet mignon may be used. “It's a shame to waste filet on a mess like this." Miss Neil confided with a gay wink. The meat should first be cooked in olive oil for two days. This draws out all natural meat juices and imparts a distinctive flavor that is abso lutely unique in the cooking world. Several bushels of Bermuda onions have, in the meantime, been sim mering on the stove, and. aside from the horrible odor that per meates every room in the house, this part of the meal is compara tively easy. When everything has been definitely cooked, the mess is mixed thoroughly, and—Miss Neil faltered at this point, and mur mured something about throwing the whole thing into the garbage, but perhaps you girls will be able to do something with it. After all, this is a men's edition and we’re not supposed to know everything