Side Show
Edited by . . .
PAUL DEUTSCHMANN,
National.
BILL CUMMINGS,
Loral.
Campus
Here’s the latest campus con
troversy: Class presidents vs.
the 1938 Oregana.
In past years the freshman,
sophomore, junior, and senior
organizations have not been
asked to pay for their sections
in the year book, but the 1938
Oregana budget calls for a tax
of $75 on each of the four class
es. This new tax, amounting to
$300, has been necessitated by
the fact that this year's Ore
gana is going to be a bigger and
better book, with many new fea
ture, including natural color,
according to Editor Wayne Har
bert and Manager Howard Over
back.
The four class presidents—
Tiger Payne, Dick Litfin, Zane
Kemler, and Chuck Irwin—have
Indicated strenuous opposition
to the $75 tax, on tile grounds
that their respective class or
ganizations lack not only the'
funds, hut the means of raising
any such amounts in addition
to other expenses. They protest
that, class members are expect -
Ing a return for their 50 cent
class card fee, in the form of
activities throughout the year,
and if the funds derived from
class card sales are used to pay
the Oregana, where is the mon
ey for class functions coming
from ?
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Manager Overback is firm in
his proposal to tax the classes.
Rising costs of printing, and the
expense of a bigger book with
several natural color pages
makes the charge absolutely
necessary, the manager con
tends. Furthermore, he points
out, year books on other cam
puses are in the habit of charg
ing for their class sections, so
the Oregana is not attempting
something new.
“Classes have been given free
Sections in the Oregana for sev
eral years, and now that we find
It necessary to charge them for
their space—like all other or
ganizations — there is a kick,
naturally,” Overback states. "If
the classe can’t raise the mon
ey, we’ll have to leave them out
of the book.”
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Meanwhile, the class presi
dents are scratching their heads
to figure out a way of collect
Ing $75 from their organiza
tions. With costly ..activity
schedules in the offing, the four
cluss proxies seem to be be
tween the devil and the deep
blue sea.
National
Announcement that the nine
power treaty conference to de
cide what to do about the 150,
000 Japanese cutting China to
bits has been postponed from
October 30 to November 3 is not
very important. This is proven
by the inconspicuous positions
the report was given in the na
tion’s newspapers.
In the first place, four more
days of warfure in China before
the nations of the world con
sider the situation will not mean
much. Perhaps only a few thou
sand soldiers on both sides will
be killed, the Chinese will lose
a few more miles of territory,
and half u dozen bombs may
blow pieces of a thousand ignor
ant coolies into the heurt of the
International settlement.
In the second place, hopes
that the congress will accom
plish much or even little are
rather empty, if one considers
past experience, or even present
conditons.
For an immediate example
we have the 23-nation non-inter
vention committee which has
been bickering about the Span
ish question. The admitted aim
of the parley is to give war in
Spain back to the Spanish kick
out the seconds of both sides,
and try to make a “fair” fight
out of it, if any war can be
fair.
The last major news on the
non-intervention meet indicated
that everybody was well pleased
because Italy had acquiesced to
taking out foreign volunteers on
a program that will take months
to operate—if it is possible.
An enviable record. Perhaps
Iue nine-power conference will
do as well, or do as the Oregon
ian’s Senator Soaper suggests,
“try to decide on an interna
tional equivalent for ,t»k, tsk.’ ”
Or perhaps as FDK suggests,
they should “quarantine” Japan.
LEROY MATTINGLY, Editor WALTER R. VERNSTROM, Manager
LLOYD TUPLINO, Managing Editor
A«sociate Editor* : Paul Deut«chmann, Clare Tgoe.
Editorial Poard : T)arrel Ellis, Pill Peace. Margaret Ray, Edwin Robbins, A1 Diekhart, Kenneth Eirtley.
I'PPER NEWS STAFF
I*, inert Hawkins, >ports ignitor
Pernadine Bowman, City Editor
Homer Graham. Chief Night Editor
I>ew Evans. Assistant Managing Editor
Jean Weber, Art Director
Warren Waldorf, Staff Photographer
.vi a mi a >tewart. women s r.aitor
Don Kennedy. Radio Editor
Rita Wright, Society Editor
Betty Jane Thompson, Assistant Chief Night Editor
Eli/alieth Stetson, Feature Editor
K PHPTF
Bill Pengra
Louise Shepherd
Lick Lit fin
Pita Wright
Wen Brooks
John Pink
Moritz Thomsen
Ken Kirtley
Hetty Jane Thompson
Catherine Taylor
l)oris Lindgryn
Itarhara Stallcup
Parr Anlin
Leonarn Jermain
Tiill Ralston
Hetty Fiksdal
Hill (Irant
(ilenn Hasselrooth
John Powell
Klizaheth Arm Jone«*
Catherine Crane
Gordon Ridgeway
J>orothy Preyer
<*rr i 11 Moran
Patricia Krikson
George Peug
Mortimer Heinrich
Aida Macchi
ftettv Hamilton
Pat Walsh
Katherine Cannon
Marjorie Isler
Vera Stokes
Patsy Warren
Pat McCarthy
DESK STAFF THIS ISSUE
Assistant Managing Jvlitor
Hob Pollock
May Ivlitor
Rene** Mattingly
Copyreadera: Dorothy Burke
Night editors :
Pat Met arthy Della Root Petty Mae I.inn bugene Snyder
NK»HT STAFF TUTS ISSl'K
Rob Tongue Tim Tait Roy Terry
Heads of Houses Ussurp Too Much Power
JJRANDINO the “cainpusing” of all pledges
who participated in walkouts ns unfair
and retroactive, coeds are circulating a pro
test petition asking that the punitive regula
tions be annulled.
That the measures are definitely legisla
tion enacted after the “crime” is true. The
pledges have a strong ease from the stand
point. of justice—but they probably won’t
get the ban lifted.
There are arguments on the other side, too.
The ruling group, although no direct punitive
action had over been taken, indicated before
the present situation arose it would frown
iipoii walkouts and take action of some sort
in ease they occurred. It feels that the warn
ing was specific and should have been suffi
cient. It also can advance a strong ease, based
on the fact some houses acceded to its wishes
and did not walkout and that it is unfair
if those who failed to comply are not pun
ished.
('ampusing girls is important not only in
that it will prevent many pledges from attend
ing the dances this week which are given for
them. It seems in direct opposition to the
policy women’s organizations have pursued
of interesting underclass women in campus
activities.
Many of the coeds contribute a good deal.
as they should, to their activities. Their ser
vices are relied upon—(at least they are in
the ease of The Emerald.) If the heads of
houses imprison them in houses, activities
suffer and the program’s purpose is nullified
because the sense of responsibility and of the
importance of the work is lost.
IJTTING aside the other aspects of the
situation, someone has been guilty of
false threat and intimidation.
Included in a recent news story printed in
this paper (it was written by a member of
heads of houses) was the following:
"Officials hinted that more serious action
would be taken if walkouts continued. Future
offenders will probably be brought before the
student discipline committee and have hours
toward graduation cancelled."
“Officials” must mean thc dean of wo
men, who works with heads of houses and
seems to be the main authority it can call upon
to hack up its regulations.
We doubt very much if Dean Schwering
would or could attempt to have hours taken
from academic standing as punishment for
a social misdemeanor. This is stepping into
the faculty’s jurisdiction—and it’s a mighty
long stride for heads of houses.
Making use of such a threat, whose exe
cution fortunately seems a very remote possi
bility, is coercive and unfair practice.
A Zealous Reporter Ruins the Perfect Reform
JjMVE Star Bill i’engra, well-meaning Em
erald nose - to -1 he-ground-a ml-ear-cocked
reporter, went to the football game Saturday
and spoiled his editor’s only campaign.
Now an editorial column without a cam
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paign—at least one campaign—is the least
read of newspaper features. (Next least
read is an editorial column with a campaign
—and since, campaign or no campaign, it is
one and the same column and is automatically
least read'anyway—but why carry this Hope
less situation further?)
Last week things boomed along nicely and
members of the editorial board rubbed Ihcir
hands together and were happy because they
had a nice, not too controversial, and much
mauled reform on which to campaign. The
rally committee was on the spot.
Now all is changed.
The rally committee, worse luck, still needs
reforming. Time, its performance Saturday
was improved. People are beginning to think
it ought to keep on existing and its future is
brightening.
But The Emerald cannot press this reform
just when it is progressing so nicely. Five
Star l’engra ended all that.
# * #
^JlllEE point in the reform today was to be
the card stunts. By the grace of God—
and the football schedule—no more of them
will be put on here this year. The failure of
the stunts (comment from those sitting in
tin* west stands and the disorder which accom
panied the demonstration indicated they were
far from successful) couldn’t of course be
blamed entirely on tin* rally committee. The
yell leaders couldn’t get them going so this
provided an opening for another much needed
reform—rtlie yell leaders. The editorial board
gloated.
Then gloom chased, joy out of the stadium
as far as the reformers were concerned. The
basis of the reform vanished. Pengra was at
work. Seated near the center of the white
shirted group. Five Star and a companion
were gleefully following instructions. They
must have been reading the instruction card
upside down, however, for when the rest of
that section turned up yellow cards, they
raised red or green or black.
# * «
p IVK Star had little success with his own
reform namely, convincing the rest of
the group they were out of step.
Today the editorial board stalks in and
oid of the office, yelling intermittently at
I’engra and about its campaign. For what can
it say, either about the rally committee or the
.veil leaders, Kveil the most honeyed sugges
tion of needed improvement or soft-spoken
criticism of last week’s performance would
bring leaders of the embattled group storm
ing in with cries of “you planted that man
in the stands to ruin our stunts!’’
What can be done? Reporter Pengra
ruined the campaign. Either the board will
have to find another reform or go over to
the libe and read about Carrie Nation.
The only rub is Who wants to
be the nurse to watch the door?
Reports yesterday morning
tell how King George VI open
ed parliament with a speech
dedicating England "to the
search for peace in the far east
and Spain." A good idea. Why
not have all of the nations go
out on a "treasure hunt for
peace" and award the first find
er of any a battleship? Maybe
the prize c o n s i d e r i n g that
King George would even put up
Britain’s rearmament "now is
making rapid progress.” He
might be able to give a sub
marine or two or even a tri
motored bomber to such a
worthy cause.
The reader may guess that we
are cynical and sarcastic. But
we have been studying history
and know that the first pro
posals for a league of nations
were seriously considered 115
years ago. Also that disarma
ment conferences suggested
about the same time and pur
sued in good faith for many
years, have left us nothing but
“scraps of paper" and enough
implements of destruction to
blow ourselves off the earth.
We'll be seeing you In a dug
out.
In the Mail
COOPERATION—
NOT CRITICISM
To the Editor:
The editorial, "KOAC A Si
lent Station Saturday,” in my
opinion deserves some elabora
tion as to facts which the edi
torial board apparently over
looked in their analysis of the
situation. May 1, as one who
has been rather closely associa
ted with KOAC for the past
three years, add to the com
ment.
During the past three years
the manager of KOAC, Mr.
Luke Roberts, has carried on a
campaign attempting to place
studios on the University of
Oregon campus, in order to give
the University an opportunity
to share the facilities of the
"state-owned station." The Em
erald during that time, in con
trast to its present radically
changed policy of criticism, co
operated with the management
of the station in its efforts.
Why then this uncalled for
blasting criticism.
Let us review the points as
cited in the Emerald this morn
ing. KOAC was started on the
Oregon State college campus by
the school of engineering in
1925. At that time the school
was known as Oregon Agricul
ture school, hence the call let
ters. When the present system
was adopted the station was
assigned to the general exten
sion division under whose ad
ministration it now operates.
Anyone who has had anything
to do with the federal communi
cations commission realizes the
futilty in attempting to change
call letters. For that reason
they have remained KOAC.
There is no discrimination there.
As for "Eugene and Corvallis,”
we must in the same breath add
Monmouth, La Grande, Ashland,
and Portland.
As mentioned before the ad
ministration and activities of
the station are carried on bv
the general extension division of
the state system of higher edu
cation, and not by that of Ore
gon State college. A glance at
From the Barometer
(EXCERPTS FROM NEWS STORY, TUESDAY ISSUE)
By DICK GEARHART and BOB HOLLEY
Barometer Special Writers
In one of the greatest shows of spirit since the Oregon State
Oregon game had to be held in Albany because of interschool bitter
ness, Stater students led a manifestly friendly expedition of an
estimated 150 cars covered with loyal "ralliers" to Eugene yester
day morning. Before the day was over and after most of the cars
had left for home, Oregon students committed everything except
mayhem against Beaver stragglers.
State and local police stopped the caravan of 2000 students or
more just outside the Eugene city limits and promised them safe
escort on a rally parade through the city if no fights were started,
or immedate arrest to be the penalty for any such conduct. There
were no skirmishes instigated by OSC students, but more than 300
were manhandled by Oregon men in one form or another with no
chance to resist the overwhelming odds on any occasion ....
Band Greet Staters
Lemon-yellow warriors mapped and carried out a campaign which
was only too successful in bringing to a miserable end a visit which
had no intention of damage. While they met the full force of the
serpentine with friendliness and with as many of their band members
as they could muster on such short notice playing “OSC, Our Hats
Are Off toYou,” they mobbed the last few cars of the parade each
time it passed a force strong enough to snatch rooters’ lids and
drag men from the cars with little or no resistance to the millrace.
Staters put entirely too mueh faith in students of their
brother institution when, as the majority of their companions
followed the police cars out of town about noon, some turned
out to eat lunch in Eugene. Oregon valiants thereupon declared
their own illegal holiday and turned out in force to track down
and carry off every last Beaver rash enough to linger.
Cars Pelted During Noon Hour
College students subsequently to be blamed for causing the
riot had then only one thought in mind how to escape it. Cars
roaming individually or in groups of two or three during the noon
hour soon left town after being squirted with hoses and shelled with
everything from wet mud to water bags, rotten eggs and all manner
of well aged fruit and vegetables from fraternities with mne home
for dinner. ... t
It is not likely that it would have come to more than a mere
exchange of words if the “flying ducks” could have restrained
the bravado instilled by their superior numbers over the last
few of a hundred strong or if police had brought up the rear
with their strongest escort to dampen such ardor.
Not a Beaver man who remained in Eugene after 12:30 or
1 o’clock came home without one or more tales of the fray. They
were still straggling in late in the evening and many reported
missing shoes and other articles of clothing and money and valuables
of all description and value.
While less than a third of the Staters who made the trek to
Eugene were being mauled as they attempted to leave eating places
following the orderly campus parade, the rest headed straight for
Corvallis or stopped off for a two-hour rally dance at Benton-Lane
park.
When the occupants of the cars that were the first to leave the
Webfoot campus arrived in Corvallis, they were surprised to hear of
the royal chase which followed their exit from Eugene. . . .
A LOOK AT OUR SIDE!
By ED BURCHELL '
(Note: Mr. Burchell is editor of the Barometer)
In this morning’s paper appear several pictures taken yesterday
during the rally at Eugene and used on the front page of the Eugene
Register-Guard in their mail edition last night. Headlines on the
same page and on other papers including the Oregon Journal of
Portland and the Eugene Daily News claims that the Oregon State
college students invaded the Eugene campus and started a riot.
After carefully examining the pictures and the facts of the
:ase It hardly seems possible that the Staters could have started
it. Looking at the pictures one wonders how the Oregon Stater had
room to even move his arms about.
Quoting from the “Backwash of Victory Riot” published in the
Daily News, “First definitely unfriendly act was the snatching of
an Orange rooters’ cap from a passing carload of students.” The
first movement toward riot and violence was initiated by University
students and the column goes on to tell how an Oregon State
student was pushed into the path of another car by University
rooters.
The Beavers are accused of speeding through the campus, yet
the same paper states that lids were grabbed from students as they
rode by and another report has it that Webfeet drove in front of
the Beavers forcing them to stop.
The Eugene papers accuse the Oregon Staters of starting the
riot when the poor Beavers were making every possible move to
get out of town and start for home. The Daily News even says that
the Oregon spirit was—lynch mob.
the programs scheduled for the
station prove that the Univer
sity is not discriminated against
in programs and announce
ments. The programs are pre
sented by a full-time staff of
the general extension division
assisted by faculty members
from both schools who contrib
ute their services just as they
do to the extension center in
Portland and other cities. The
farm and home economics pro
grams are presented by staff
members financed by the de
partment of agriculture and the
home economics extension divi
sion. Discrimination ? Indeed
not. It seems that the editorial
board has jumped at hasty con
clusions without a study or
knowledge of conditions.
Such an attitude as the Em
erald exhibited in this editorial
does not lead to constructive
work in the direction of an ex
tension of the facilities of
I<OAC to Eugene. In fact, it
shows a great deal of school
prejudice, rather than clean
logical thinking. Let 11s not get
this situation in the wrong
light. The refusal of the Asso
ciated Oil company to allow
broadcasting of the game was
just as decided a blow to the
University as it was to Oregon
State since all three parties in
volved are members of the state
system of higher education.
With these facts before us. let
us continue the former Emerald
policy and get an extension of
KOAC service, rather than ques
tion petty details.
LARRY WALES.
(Editor's not: It was certain
ly not The Emerald's intention
to dispraage efforts to bring
radio facilities to Eugene. It
remains that despite those ef
forts, nothing has as yet been
accomplished.
Larry Wales, an Oregon State j
student finishing his course
here, knows the attitude the
state-owned station has taken
toward the extension of service.
Three years of work with KOAC
programs have placed him in a
position to know the limitations
on extension. He declares they
are mainly financial.
Agreeing with him that all
•should work for the extension,
we must take exception to his
statement that the details are
petty. It is obvious that OAC
has the station and cannot help,
no matter how it tries, deriving
greater benefits from it.
If the state board advertises a
station for the entire system,
the station should be just that.
It should not be a state board
station at and for Oregon State
college. Because the present
appropriation is insufficient is
no reason Oregon State should
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be given almost all of it It
should be made sufficient—this
is the logical answer. If it can
not, Jhe money should be turned
over to the institutions by fair
division and Oregon State re
quired to finance the station by
itself.
There is no question of school
prejudice involved. The Univer
sity is always glad to see its
sister institution progress—and
OSC holds the same spirit. It is
a question of equal distribution
of funds appropriated for the
use of the entire system of
higher education.)
QUICK TURNOVER
Efficiency so great it never
had a chance to serve its pur
pose.
Palm for that goes today to
The Emerald want ad column.
The morning mail brought a let
ter from an anxious Oregon
State student, wishing to ad
vertise of a lost and valuable
watch.
The afternoon mail brought
instructions to insert an ad that
the watch had been found.
That’s service.
Spooks Run Wild
In Browsing Room
Thrills and chills in the form of
listening to ghost and spirit tales
were provided for a limited audi
ence Wednesday night when Miss
Ethel Sawyer, browsing room li
brarian, gave readings in the
browsing room.
If enough interest is evidenced in
listening to readings, says Miss
Sawyer, she will attempt to set
aside one evening a month, say
Wednesday, to read different type?
of literature to students who would
like to hear it. She requested that
people who would like such an
arrangement see her and let her
know.
Final NY A Exams
Slated This Week
The last of the examinations be
ing given to students seeking NYA
positions will be held Thursday and
Friday in the commerce building
in room 208.
A typing and shorthand test will
be given at 11 Thursday, and a
typing test at 4 Friday. All stu
dents who have not taken these
exams are requested to report at
these hours promptly as each test
takes a full hour.
Forum Groups
(Continued from pope one)
Three questions have been chos
en by the men’s symposium. In the
first, “What excuse is there for
industrial struggle?” an attempt
will be made to uncover forces
which have caused the labor ten
sions so apparent today. Attention
will be • given to American eco
nomic history, industrial expansion,
and the Wagner act with view to
ward a clear understanding of the
whole movement.
The penal code of the state ot
Oregon is the second topic and will
be studied by the freshman men.
The third topic to be considered
is the special session of congress
called by the president to consider
agricultural issues.
UO Hawaiians Elect
(Continued from page one)
meeting. Sunny Long and Mar
garet Boynie were chosen for the
executive committee.
A letter from Hawaiians at the
University of Washington inquir
ing as to the success of the club
here, was discussed along with the
possibilities of making the unit a
national organization.
Members of the club will meet
Saturday noon to make plans for
a Hawaiian serenade and to set a
date for the "luau,” which is a na
tive word for feast.
3 California
(Continued from page one)
ministration to be managed by the
Cooperative association.
Board and room costs are $22.50
per month for men, and $24,50 per
R.O.T.C.
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greater in the California Co-ops
than here, because of the larger
salaried staff. One thousand dol
lars monthly is paid out in salaries.
“I was quite pleased with the ^
comparison between their organ
ization and ours, even though
their is larger,” said Ohmart. “I
believe we have a better spirit, an.I
a better social program, than they.
This is due to their houses being
so large that the students’ feelings
are more impersonal.”
Ohmart said that the coopera
tive leaders at. the University of
California campus were in favor of
a coast all-Co-op meet, but doubted
the feasibility of holding it on the
Oregon campus because of the ex
pense involved in sending a dele
gation up here.
Concrete Driveway
(Continued from page one)
of the building, according to Fred
A. Cuthbert, University landscape
architect, who will supervise the
project.
The allotment, totaling $1120, is
all to be used to buy material.
WPA labor will be used, the work
to start as • soon as the labor is
available.
Teletype Talk
(Continued from page one)
quittal reached Hollywood rumors
of his potential money-making
ability accompanied the news, but
: it was evidently the dream of an
over-zealous press agent.
Larry Crosby explained that
Marvelous Monty’s income will
probably be confined to a couple
: of movie shorts, on golf, some
magazine articles, and a spot on
brother Bing’s cheese program.
Bing, however, denied the cheese
part.
STOCK MARKET AID
DESIGNED BY BOARD
Sagging security prices may be
helped when the federal reserve
bank goes into action with a dras
tic revision of the stock market
margin requirements.
A two-way change, effective
November 1, was announced. One
is designed to reduce the margin
purchaser’s cash output from 55
per cent to 40 per cent. Second,
short sellers must put up 50 per
cent of the value.
Thus, short selling will be dis
couraged while margin buying will
be encouraged, with resultant rise
in values.
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