r Today's
Teletype Talk
By STAN HOBSON
Stock Market Calms
Solving Don’s Problem
The Australians Bathe
J. Edgar Takes Over
Mountie Gets ‘Shot’
BUYERS BOOST STOCK
IN MARKET RUSH
NEW YORK — Led by the big
gest rallies since March, 1933, the
stock market returned to normal j
yesterday evening after a turn
over of 4,336,000 shares. Averag
es of leading issues indicated a
gain of $3.40 above the Tuesday
level.
Everybody was buying as even
•'little men” dug into savings to
pick up bargains that came as a
result of the sudden drop. The
ticker tape fell behind again, but
this time it was from accumulated
buying oiders.
* * *
NON-INTERVENTION GROUP
AVERTS SHOWDOWN
LONDON — The non - interven
tion committee, deadlocked on rec
ognition of the rebels and the vol
unteer situation, saved itself from
a serious crisis yesterday when
Count Dino Grandi of Italy agreed
to a conditioned withdrawal of for
eigners on the Spanish front.
The action, taken in the nine
power subcommittee of the gener
al non-intervention group, will de
lay action for some time. All lead
ing delegates were satisfied that a
'showdown’ had been averted.
NO BATHS IN MOVIES,
SAY AUSTRALIAN CENSORS
HOLLYWOOD — The Austral
ians bathe, but they don’t like to
have it done in such a public place
as on the cinema screen.
At least that is the opinion of
W. Cresswell O’Reilly, Australian
film censor visiting here who sees
no necessity in having bath scenes
in movies and cuts them out "ev
ery time.”
♦ * *
G-MAN TURNS SLEUTHS
ON KIDNAPPER’S TRAILS
CHICAGO — Search for the kid
nappers of the wealthy greeting
card magnate, Charles S. Ross,
went into full swing yesterday as :
J. Edgar Hoover took complete '
charge of the search.
Tips on the whereabouts of the
kidnappers were widespread, with
suspicious automobiles being traced
as far apart as Missouri and Ore
gon.
Lists of the serial numbers of
$50,000 in fives and tens will he
the mainstay in the attempt of
the federal men to apprehend the
culprits.
* * *
MOUNTY GETS “SHOT"
BY PREDATORY LADY
REGINA, Saskatchewan — A
surprised mountie was collared by
a woman from Florida yesterday,
who grabbed him by the arm and
cried, “Shoot."
Serious complication was avert
ed, however, as the woman was
merely another United States pho
tography fan, advising her hus
band to get the “shot.” The lady
explained to the confused consta
ble that she had been hunting a
mountie for days, and didn't plan
on this one getting away without a
picture.
Social Events
(Continued from ['iuic lluci')
a joint meeting with the Oregon
State chapter, at McCrndy's Sat
urday night.
* * *
Exchanges Given
During Week
Wednesday night, Alpha Omi
cron Pi went to Phi Sigma Kappa
for a dessert. SAFI will entertain
Alpha Chi Omega tonight; Phi
Kappa Psi, Alpha Phi; Sigma Al
pha Mu, Tri Delta; Delta Upsilon,
Chi Omega.
» * *
Gamma Phi Beta
Holds Keception
Gamma Phi Beta will hold a re
ception for Mrs. Spencer Herron,
their new house mother; Mrs. Gor
don Burke, Gamma Phi province
director; and Mis. George Clark
Davis, Mortar Board section in
spector and a member of the soror
ity.
Senior Coeds
(Continued from page three)
with tin* rest of the cows, hut
nothing doing. In spite of the fact
the hoards hurt her hooves she per
sisted In walking where she didn't
belong. Ho hum! We suppose there
must always lie rugged individual
ism, even among cows.
* * *
We saw Alice Toots this morn
ing and she tells us she’s afraid
she’s going to have to give up
wearing dark blue suits. She says
they give her dandruff. --
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student plication of the University of Oregon, Eugene, pub
lished daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods.
Entered as second-class mall matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon.
LEROY MATTINGLY, Editor ^ WALTER R. VERNSTROM, Manager
LLOYD TUPLYNG, Managing Editor
A Foo on the Rally Committee
Tj'LSKWHERE in III'1 columns of this issue
^ .in Oregon alumnus, Ha/ Williams, lias
told the story of an old-time Oregon rally.
Hill Hayward, trainer extraordinary and
track coach, augments this with a definition
of Oregon spirit.
For the past several years there have been
attacks made upon the student body, with
varying degrees of justification, for the
apparent physical and mental laziness Ore
gon students display in place of the sound
enthusiasm which they should greet student
activities.
It must he remembered that, the grass
always looks greener when one looks hack
on the good old days. It is also possible that,
the hounds of enthusiasm and rowdyism over
lapped to a considerable extent, it some ol
the hair raising stories of the past can he
relied upon.
# # *
|!<’ tlx* present {'•■noration of students on this
campus lias ruled out violent and destruc
tive conduct, it is to be congratulated, d he
general opinion ,however, is that it has not
stopped with this worthy reform but has
assumed a shell of psuedo - sophistication
students being refrained by a sort ot “social
fear” from joining in the rallying and yelling
which are a fine characteristic of college life.
Any demonstration which is not spontan
eous on the part of the students is bound to
fail. No one person or group can inspire in
a student body a pride in its campus, its team,
and its standing in every respect as an insti
tution if that belief isn’t really there. *
There is no reason why that, spirit
shouldn’t be there, lying dormant awaiting a
chance to spring into life. It. is equally cer
tain that if it is, it is usually kept well hid
den, tucked away beneath a bushel of false
reserve. This can be easily observed by a
comparison with the activities of other
schools, both larger and smaller, if one does
not, wish to accept the oft-voiced opinions of
alumni on the matter. Too often a former
Oregon man voicing such beliefs is mentally
hooted and labeled “rabid old grad.”
'Ol # # #
■yiKITORS to the campus usually voice, if
the duration of their stay is long enough
to permit, observation, one or both of two
opinions. These are: That Oregon’s campus,
all in all and with the size of the institution
taken into account, is one of the best on the
coast; and that the students either don’t
realize this or are too tired to say anything
about it.
It is true that Oregon’s football teams the
last couple of years and last year especially
were nothing to write home about- It is not
true of this year’s aggregation, nor is it, true
of Oregon’s baseball, basketball, track, swim
ming, and ot her teams.
Last Saturday that football team scored
14 points against I'SC Oregon’s first touch
downs against Southern Cal in 22 years. That,
of course, was in Los Angeles, since the Tro
jans arc not eager to risk their scalps in the !
northwest. Over 40,000 people thought enough
of Oregon’s team to plunk their money on
the line for tickets.
Three weekends ago, that team out-fought
a tough Stanford aggregation, 7 to fi.
* * *
J~^II) Oregon tear down the grandstand after
that contest? The students marched out
as quietly as the dinner line at a deaf and
dumb school, didn’t, even feel the urge to
shake a goal post.
There surely was spirit enough in that
crowd, which saw Oregon whip Stanford for
the first time, to stir up a pretty good sepen
tine and evening rally with perhaps a dance.
Somebody was asleep at the switch.
It took a long time to kill tin* spirit that
made the Oregon and Oregon State game the
event it is to the coast and the whole nation
today. Coaches of a past regime did their part
in impaling it when they refused to take any
interest in student rallies and alumni meet
ings. Peppery Arise Cornell isn’t that sort of
man. If he is approached, lie will gladly at
tend and address any rally and see that a
plentiful supply of coaching talent is also on
hand. (Iranting the spirit was there, it seems
Oregon’s white clad rally committee was to
blame for tin1 wheezy and lethargic victory
“celebration.”
# # #
JpOR the last two years, that rally committee
has been, in the vernacular, lousy. It
“sold out” to the Park the night of the Stan
ford game—collecting $2b and free admission
of members by threatening to (and not) hold
a dance.
Leader Sam Fort is capable and knows his
business. 11 is committee is apparently a good
one. These talents, however, seem to be direct
ed toward getting together enough money to
finance a trip to California. That is not the
purpose of tin1 committee and it ought to
be discouraged if that is.its aim.
At any rate the committee gets another
chance, its big one, at homecoming- It should
have profited by its experience of the Stan
ford game. It should know that card stunts
are losing their novelty, that only half of the
crowd can appreciate them at all, even if
they are done well. A well-planned stunt on
the field seems more appropriate.
The committee’s big task comes after the
game. Win or lose, it’s homecoming and
some demonstration and an informal dance
is in order. Such a dance should be presented
by the committee without any charge. If
that is impossible, the admission should hi1
ltept under 2b cents, because any campus
orchestra could be paid several times from
tickets sold at that low price if the rally
If it isn’t, it ought to resign enmasse.
committee is efficient enough to “swing” a
dance.
How to Enjoy Life Though Only a Pledge
JjW)R years The Emerald has religiously
carried feature stories about the pledges
of old Tappa Nil Keg who walked out carry
ing the front door, all the fuses, the chapter
trophies and the cook’s spare uppers.
For years it has littered its columns with
the yarn about the poor li'l female pledge
who participated in a walk out only to find
on her return that her sisters had sewed her
bed together, had hidden all her clothes, and
finally that she would not be permitted to
go out on dates for all of two weeks. All
this because she had put one cute little foot
in front of the other and had gone away from
the old tong.
Why this urge to walk out shows itself
is hard to explain. The pledges —especially
those of male persuasion know that when
they return as they must—vengeance awaits
them. The old oaken paddle, they are tin
pleasantly aware, never lias slept securely
on its brackets above the fireplace and the
chances are excellent that it will develop a
grand ease of insomnia on their return.
Hut every year the pledges have fared
forth to raise hades, to put a prop under it
if time will permit, and to return for the
laying on of hands. It has been so universal
a stunt that the public grows surfeited with
the sameness of it.
There is no quarrel with the tradition back
of it. It is a grand idea and is fine food for
letters home to 111a and pa. Hut we ache for
originality, for that extra something which
makes the jest the more full-flavored.
France started it. General Motors publi
cized it, John L. Lewis enjoys it—-why not a
sit-down strike- It entails no effort, it nullifies
the efforts of the most experienced of paddl
ers, and it will be as manna in the wilderness
to Oregon. B.P.
In the Mail
LETS GET ASSOCIAED
The social activities provided by the University
are not adequate. The average student can attend
college four years and graduate without knowing
or even having seen or heard of another student
who lived, perhaps, not more than two blocks
away during the entire time. Our parents, friends
and politicians tell us that the social contacts in
college are worth as much as the academic train
ing . . . but how am I going to meet you, your
friends, and your friends' friends, and in turn
how are you going to meet me and mine? Cer
tainly, not under the existing circumstances, where
even though we jostle each other in class, our
shglit relationship ends when we pass out the
door. Not to any great extent at the spasmodic
concerts where I may sit the entire time with
only the top of my head apparent above the masses
that surround me on the bleachers.
There must be some way -some logical way—
in which we can become acquainted without being
accused of being bold, or of lacking in social
courtesies, or of being a breaker of tradition. A
"nine o'clock shuffle,” more commonly known as
the “Saturday Night Hop” is, I believe, the
panacea.
The Oregon Normal school at Monmouth, as
well as the Oregon State college, utilizes this idea.
At the normal school the dance begins at nine
every Saturday night and ends-af 12 or 12:30.
Side Show
Editrd by . . .
PAUL DEUTSCHMANN,
National.
BILL CUMMINGS,
Loral.
I
Campus
After two year3 of separation,
house managers of the campus are
banding together again with the
old cry, “No taxation without rep
resentation.” In other words, Mr.
Fraternity Member desires a voice
in matters pertaining to his pock
et book.
The organization, composed of
every house manager on the cam
pus, is headed by Chairman Mel
Rooney, Sigma Chi, who plans to
call a committee meeting today
for the purpose of drawing up a
constitution and a set o fby-laws.
The intention is to make the or
ganization a permanent one.
* * *
The immediate rason for the
sudden reorganization of the once
influential campus body was the
homecoming luncheon which was
to have been held Saturday noon.
Arguing htat an assessment of 25
cents per head was unpopular
among fraternity members, and
that the luncheon would deprive
fraternities of a chance to enter
tain returning alumni, the house
managers brought about the can
cellation of the luncheon. This was
a blow to the homecoming direc
torate, but the weekend program
includes so many other events that
cancellation of the luncheon will
probably make little difference in
the success of homecoming.
The house managers’ group will
function parallel to the interfra
ternity council, and will meet regu
larly for the purpose of discussing
such assessments as will be made
on fraternities throughout the year.
This will eliminate the possibility
of fraternity members being
"touched” for donations without
having a voice in the matter. Those
in charge of any affair calling for
donations will simply consult the
house managers’ organization on
the desirability of asking the
houses for funds.
Whether the^ body will conflict
with the functions of the interfra
ternity council is a question an
swerable only by trial. Presidents
of the houses usually’ have the
final say-so in matters such as
donations, and although the opin
ions of house managers probably
are more matter-of-fact, the house
managers’ council may prove to be
a source of irritation to the inter
fraternity council. Or, it may
assume full responsibility for the
fraternities, taking money worries
entirely out of the hands of the
house presidents’ organization.
National
Tuesday evening of this week
one of the outstanding Republicans
of the country, none other than Alf
(Maine and Vermont) Landon, ad
dressed his 17,000,000 cohorts and
pointed out what is wrong with
the Democratic administration and
what it should do in the coming
special session to rectify a few of
its many mistakes.
With 5000 words of friendly
criticism he shook a Republican
finger at the unemployment situa
tion, the NRA, relief, the proposed
wages and hours law, Hugo Black,
the social security act, and so on
until the radio technicians had to
cut him off for taking too much
time.
There is no arguing with Mr.
Landon or with his 17,000,000
stand-bys that the New Deal is as
full of holes as good Swiss cheese.
Mistakes do exist, they will proba
bly go on, and something must be
done.
We might point out that in spite
of holes there is a lot of excellent
material in both the new deal and
Swiss cheese.
But what did Mr. Landon sug
gest ? He suggested drafting
needed legislation through com
missions of learned experts after
Music — first by a battered, lid
less piano, and later by a fair stu
dent band -made the echoes ring
in the old gym. Some danced, some
stumbled, some walked, some
watched—but after two or three
weekly dances the frigidity of rug
ged-individualism gave way to the
warmth of fraternity and fellow
ship. Everyone became acquainted
with everyone else—knew them not
as somebody "in my geology class,"
but as Johnny, Jane, and Mable.
Can't we have the same thing
on this campus? Think it over—
it's a big time — free — with the
chance to meet that cute gal in
the Alpha Delt house ... or that
A TO.
If you are in favor of it. we ear.
start the ball rolling today—tell
your friends and have them tell
their friends. Let's get associated!
PAUL P. STEWART, h
lengthy investigation. The success
□f this system under Hoovef was
negligible. Remember the commis
sions that investigated for months,
turned in lengthy reports, and left
ts knowing nothing except how bad
it all was ? It must be admitted
that they were all very constitu
tional, but also that their batting
average justified dropping them
from the administrative team.
Landon’s speech, besides being a
warning to one and all, has various
political significances. Whether
he meant to or not, the “Kansas
Coolidge” assumed the moral lead
ership of the befogged Republican
party when he spoke on the basis
of letters from thousand|. of his
friends “earnestly inquiring why I
riave remained silent so long.
But will the GOP elephant be
satisfied with a leader whose only
policy is anti-FDR? Since not
enough of them were satisfied in
1936, the logical conclusion is that
Landon has failed to learn any
thing from his terrific drubbing at
the polls.
Move the scene to 1940. The Re
publicans will have clung to po
litical life for eight years on a neg
ative policy. In 1940 they must
come out of the rain and find an
issue. What kind of a campaign
can they propose that will bring
together the ossified old guard and
the progressives?
They will have small satisfac
tion that the Democrats will be
split into new dealers and anti
new dealers. Roosevelt would have
a strong hold on one rein at least
(unless he chooses to run) of con
trol from the back room.
Personally, we would suggest
that It is going to be a good year
for the Socialists.
Gamma Net Squad
(Continued front page two)
this afternoon at 4 o’clock on the
courts.
Cardinal, though hampered by a
sore shoulder, dropped Lewis Cole
man, Zeta’s top raking singles man,
8-1, 6-3.
Engelke and Moe had quite a bit
of trouble before downing Bob
Fairfield and Lee Reynolds. The
Gamma boys dropped the first set
4-6, then came back to eke out
7-5 and 6-4 wins.
Art Grobe and Burton Dake,
Zeta’s number two doubles team,
likewise took the first set, but they
collapsed in the last two, losing
them, 6-1, 6-2.
Williams Longs
(Continued from page one)
phone poles driven into the ground
to prevent the pile from toppling
over.
During this time the University
and the townspeople were such
good friends that all business es
tablishments closed down on the
day of a game and all the towns
people attended every game and
rally. Another forgotten custom
was that everyone spoke to each
other, regardless of introductions
and a better feeling was created
with the townspeople and students
alike.
Williams stated that around the
year 1924, traditions were lost, and
that it was due to the influence of
coaches. McEwan and Spear, who
did not think that they were im
portant to a college team. Little
did they realize that a team with
out traditions, and the loyalty and
pep that follows in their stead,
will not get very far as they go
to building up a spirit that is al
ways needed for Oregon men fight
ing on an Oregon field.
In the old days there was no
public address system and students
gathered closely around the plat
form where campus professors,
football players, and alumni would
tell of the outlook on the coming
game. Bill Hayward was called on
at all rallies, and his speech was
always followed by the yell, “Long
may she wave.” This yell signified
a tribute to his long stay on the
campus and the feeling that has
from this day onward been carried
on by all those who know and love
the colonel.
At the conclusion of the rally,
everyone went to their respective
fraternity houses and since the
members of the team also stayed
there, in respect to them, quiet was
the rule of the campus. During
this weekend there were no dates
until the Saturday night campus
dance, as the primary purpose was
to entertain and honor the alumni.
Following the big game, the
dance was held that night and at
its conclusion all fraternities and
sororities held big bull fests, put
on smokers, and swapped yarns as
entertainment for their alumni.
All beds were given up with active
members sleeping on the floor, but
it was made a real welcoming for
the alumni.
Reminiscing, Baz Williams told
the story of Alibi Bigby, a mem
ber of Phi Delta Theta when it
was located just back of Taylors,
now the men's co-op. Bigby, one
of the most famous football play
ers of his time, came back several
years after his graduation for
omecoming. In the meantime the
Phi Belts had moved out and the
Newman's club, a group of Catho
lic girls had taken residence there.
Expecting a warm reception from
the brothers, he strolled up the
steps and heaved his suitcase
through the door but was met with
absolute quiet. Alibi immediately
let out a string of oaths that any
good golfer would be proud of, and
the embarrassment that followed
is still a favorite campus story.
This homecoming is lauded as
the greatest since that great day
when campus custum and alumni
were honored as the year's big
event.
Campus
Calendar
Yesterday 16 patients were reg
istered at the infirmary, this being
the highest daily registration so
far this year. Those confined • to
bed were: Frank Small, Shirley
Shean, Jean Elkington, Muriel
Horner, Marion Huhenburg, Janet
Johnston, May Morrison, H. Speet
zen, Samuel Knight, John Metzger,
H. Sharpe, Dale Mallicoat, Earl
Scott, Chet Haliski, Stanley Robe,
and Grant Alexander.
A display of books from the
John Henry Nash press which be
long to the University library and
the school of journalism, has been
arranged in the main circulating
lobby of the library.
Members of the Oregon Melody
Men are asked to meet in the op
posite end of the auditorium from
the stage in Gerlinger hall this
morning before the assembly.
There will be a Skull and Dag
ger meeting tonight at 10 o’clock
at the College Side.
Comparative Religions group for
both men and women will meet to
night at 9 o’clock with Mrs. Tur
nipseed, 1374 Onyx.
All girls are requested to attend
the women students’ assembly to
day at 4 o’clock in the AWS rooms.
Refreshments will be served after
wards.
Sigma Delta Chi pledges will
meet today at 3 p.m. in room 104
Journalism. Attention Norman
Scott, Bill Cummings.
Terse Tales
FOB
TINY TOTS
Or stories for the young col
lege students — literary efforts
from nowhere about anywhere.
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By MORITZ THOMSEN
He taught in a small girl’s col
lege before he was given his posi
tion here, but he really knew his
stuff about his field—psychology.
He could analyze all of the emo
tions, and he could tell by looking
at a college student, all the sins
that he had committed. He taught^
a course in mob reaction, and an
alyzed the whole workings of mob
psychology. He snarled and raged
at the class about the hypnotism
of the masses, and said that only
a few strong minds could resist it.
He made it quite clear that he
was strong enough to withstand
the rule of the mob, and was really
quite proud of the fact.
One day he went to a football
game. He took a seat in the back
row where he could look down on
the people and the players. He
sat there very aloof, and he was
glad that he was not being taken
in by the hysteria that seized the
crowd.
During an exciting play he dis
covered that he was standing in
his seat screaming very obscene
things about the other side. He
was very embarrassed, and he sat
down very quietly while everyone
turned around to glare at him.
During the half he stood while
they played “Mighty Oregon,” not
because he felt loyal, but because
he didn’t want to be conspicuous.
In the middle of the song, he
looked down at his nose and found
great tears dripping off the end.
He had never felt so silly.
He finally had to leave the sta
dium when he tore the hats off
everybody within three feet of him,
and began screaming in genuine
hysteria.
The next day he resigned from
the psychology department and put
in an application for a position as
football coach. They turned ins
petition down, however, and gave
him a job as cheer leader. He en
joyed the job very much, was giv
en a “block O’’ and lived to ripe
old age.
See you at the game Saturday.
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