Another Drive Opens—'Buying a Bed for a Battleship'
Pollock's FOLLY
Ey BOB POLLOCK
ALASKA HAS ITS guessing contest on when the ice is going
out (see Folly for Saturday, Januarry 29), and practically every city
in the United Slates has a Chinese lottery or two, but a new kind
of game of chance has hit the University of Oregon campus.
It concerns a maternity ease, really, tint there’s no need of
railing the dean pf women’s office, nor an obstetrician for that
matter—this is a ease that will take care of itself.
THE THING REALLY' started when, from out of a night that
wasn't fit for the guy who invented weather, a tired, battered and
dripping terrier staggered inot the SAE house. (Plug).
To even the most innocent of freshmen, it was evident at once
that the little dog was definitely in what they used to call a “deli
cate condition.” So the hoys gathered round, brought “Mrs. Dionne,”
as she was promptly christened, up to the fire and arranged an
impromptu “stork shower” for the new'est member of the household.
THIS RESULTED in a bed in the basement, two or three bat
tered biscuits, and almost a quart of four point grade A milk . . .
the patient revived almost at once, smiled happily at her assembled
benefactors—and promptly went to sleep.
That was two or three days ago. After a brief and cursory
examination by one or two of the brothers who are would-be M.D.’s,
it was announced that the blessed event should happen within the
week.
THE COLLEGIATE mind is always fertile and adaptable and
it wasn’t long before one of the lads had a bright idea. It evolved
from this: Mrs. Dionne, fulfilling the biological functions of her
kind, was going to produce pups—how many it was impossible to
say, at the moment. Of course, Mrs. Dionne was a small dog, but
then the pups would be small, too.
Besides all this, it was obvious Mrs. Dionne was wliat might he
called a charity ease. When she staggered in out of the storm she
bore no lieense—marriage, dog or otherwise. When she would bn
released from confinement, she had to be cared for—and her family
with her.
SO A POT WAS organized. Each participant went to the base
ment, took long and calculating looks at Mrs. Dionne and returned
to the den. There, after consulting the stars, he dropped a nickel
in the pot and placed his name together with his estimate on the
number of potential puppies on a list. The proceeds will, of course,
go to the lucky winner and whoever guesses the same number.
But Mrs. Dionne will be cared for.
The winners have to buy her a bone.
Fun-Roundup
Mayflower: “Stage Door” and
“Reported Missing.”
McDonald: “Hollywood Hotel”
and “Checkers.”
Heilig: “Manhattan Merry-Go
Round” and “Escape by
Night.”
Rex: "Life of Emile Zola” and
“Bulldog Drummond Comes
Back."
* * *
KORE: 7:25—Direct broad
cast of Ore-WSC game. 10:30
Emerald news reporter.
NBC: 6:30—Hollywood Mardi
Gras with Lanny Ross, Charles
Butterworth; 8:30 Johnny Pre
sents.
CBS: 6:30—Jack Oakie; 7—
Bennie Goodman; 8:30 A1 Jol
son’s Show and Martha Raye,
Parkyakarkus, Patsy Kelly; 9
—F6rd Show with A1 Pearce
and gang.
Dano* orchestras: 9:30 NBC
—Rogtr Pryor; 10 — NBC —
Louis Panico; 10:30 NBC —
Jimmy Grier; 10:45 CBS —
Phil Harris; 11— NBC—Eddy
Duchin. (KORE from 9:30 to
12).
By DOUG PARKER
"Manhattan Merry-Go-Round”
continues at the Heilig until
Thursday. The picture stars Phil
Regan, Ann Dvorak, Leo Carrillo,
and Ted Lewis and Cab Calloway
with their orchestras.
Leo Carrillo becomes the owner
of a phonograph recording com
pany whose chief attraction is
Phil Regan. Carrillo’s wife decides
she prefers opera records to jazz,
so Regan has to leave Ann Dvorak
at the altar and make love to Op
era Star Tamara Geva. Tamara,
you see, will not sing for money,
but for love—yes!
And with this send-off the mer
ry-go-round gets on its way. Mean
while, several leading song hits
are reeled off, including “Mama
I Wanna Make Rhythm” and ”1
Owe You." Joe DiMaggio takes
time off to powder up and sing a
song for his bit.
“The Life of Emile Zola" will
continue at the Rex until Thursday,
too. This film ranks as one of the
top pictures of the past year. Paul
Muni, best actor in 1936 and an
outstanding candidate for the
1937 prize coming up, gives one
of his better characterizations as
Emile Zola, revolutionary writer of
the late 19th century France.
Tonight is the second night for
the University News-cast. There
will be one every night from Mon
day through Friday. Sponsors of
the program are the Emerald and
the Lucky Strike company. The
five minute broadcasts will be de
voted to campus news entirely.
HOUSEMOTHERS FETEl)
The housemothers were enter
tained Sunday night with a buffet
supper given by the heads of
houses at the Chi Omega sorority
Other giaests were: Mrs. Hazel P
Schwerlng, Mrs. Alice B. Macduff
Mrs. Virgil D. Earl. Mrs. John
Stark Evans, Karl Onthank
and Mrs. Louise B. Schroff.
Chicago Medico
(Continued from f>at/c one)
J bring our boys up in the ‘fast
break’ down in this country and
keep them trained.”
Broadway...
r The pride of would-be Harvard
Lotharios has been greatly piqued
with the news from New York that
in the future they must sign ap
plication blanks before being al
lowed to date chorines of a Board
way musical show foi; the evening.
Dying Race ...
M»n who stand high in college
studies have more children than
those of low standing, but even
so college men are a dying race
from the point of view of having
enough children to reproduce their
kind, according to a Brown univer
sity report.
In a group studied at Brown, in
cluding all grades of scholarship,
it was found that less than 40 per
cent can be “expected to be fully
represented in the next genera
tion.”
The report, made by Raymond
It. Willoughby, seeks to discover
whether there is a "differential”
in fertility of high-ranking and
low-ranking college men. It is too
early to he sure, according to Wil
loughby, because the date avail
able goes only to the end of the
World war.
President of Hoboes
(Continued from paqc one)
order by getting drunk and was ex
pelled from the group after receiv
ing 250 lashes. The hobo president
is one of the 250 Jewish members.
Holm Creed Told
Hobos agree never to spend a
cent for transportation, to be gen
tlemen, to have no racial discrimin
ation, to be courteous, and sani
tary. If a hobo is caught spitting
in a box-car, his penalty is 50
lashes, and if any one of them is
discourteous when asking for food,
he gets 50 lashes, with 200 in sus
pension.
They never lie to each other, and
always share their experiences to
gether, believing that is the way
they get their thrills.
“The desire for new experience
is the idea that dominates,’’ Mr.
Knott said. They wish to be recog
nized in their group, and become
emotional at the threat of being
expelled, and having their home
town papers notified.
Knott Aids l*rexy
Dr. Lawzorwitz reported that he
had a good meal of Jewish bread
and herring the night before, but
he was hungry at the time Mr.
Knott talked to him. He is send
ing the March issue of the Hobo
Journal, in return for the money
Mr. Knott gave him for food.
The hobo president carries all
official documents with him, in a
portfolio, Mr. Knott said.
PE ( LIB TO MEET
The Physical Education club will
meet in the physical education
building February 15 at 7:30. The
meeting has been called to discuss
business and social events due in
th. near future. Physical educa
tion majors, faculty and others are
invited.
The Ofegon—Is She Worth Preservation at $80,000?
|^AT?\T.Y Hall’s ASUO committee to push
the student “Battleship Oregon” drive
fares one of the toughest brief tasks which
a campus group will tackle this year.
For one thing, the campus has been
“drove” and “tagged” so often and every
one has purchased so many caramel apples
and doughnuts and ice cream bars that stu
dents go ’round the block when they see a
stand, two pretty girls, and a colored um
brella—and house managers answer all in
quiries with the non-committal “We will if
every oilier house decides to.”
In addition, the nature of the present cam
paign makes it a tough job to inspire students
1o the point of giving 2d cents apiece. Most
Oregon students would look at their quarters
twice before they’d donate two bits to get
llieir names engraved on a gold plaque to be
hung within 1he pearly gates of heaven—and
the Oregon, famous in a day which they can
not recall, has scarcely that much appeal for
t hem.
# # #
JHrEN in high schools, there’s been con
siderable opposition to 1he drive. To the
second and third generations, from which a
goodly part of the $80,000 sum required to
anchor the Oregon in cement is to come, it
might seem to be only a memorial to an im
perialistic war.
There is considerable basis for such a be
lief although the ease for preserving the Ore
gon is much stronger. As a momento of Hie
Spanish-American war (which authorities to
day say William Randolph Ilearst paid Ar
thur Brisbane $100,000 to start) we’d be
among Hie first to suggest giving her to the
Japanese.- Unfortunately, some of those who
are working most fervently for the Oregon’s
preservation have put tin1 campaign on that,
basis—when in reality it is a movement to get
one of the landmarks in state history a per
manent and appropriate berth.
* #
rp'IIE Oregon is beloved to Spanish-Ameri
can war veterans but to all of that gene
ration she has a greater significance.
Some say the boat put this state on the
map. At any rate it was the first ship in the
American fleet comparable to tvliat is now
called a battleship and hers was the keel of
the first major war vessel ever launched from
a coast shipyard.
It is true that the Oregon made lmr famous
rim on the way to a now more or less infamous
war. Built in 1894, she went. 1o San Francisco
from the northwest when trouble with Spain
started. From 'Frisco she began the famous
voyage to join the Atlantic fleet at Key West,
traveling around the horn, 1 1,000 nautical
miles in 07 days.
That voyage is an amazing feat. The men
in her engine rooms made it possible, for
today the trip around the horn sometimes
takes the modern vessel GO days. The Oregon
was coal-stoked and 1898 was of the day
before the automatic stoker. Every ton of
fuel that went into her furnaces was tossed
there from a stoker’s shovel.
The trip attracted national recognition for
Ihe Oregon. It did more than that, however,
as the next few years proved. It. called the
attention of Theodore Roosevelt to the need
for an Allantie-Paeific canal. The first Roose
velt built the Panama canal, finishing 24 years
ago what might otherwise have been a New
Deal project today.
That, not the fact that it arrived in lime
to take part in the American victory of San
tiago, is the Oregon’s lasting historical con
tribution.
rJ''IIE old ship. 1 lion, is more Ilian a monu
ment to greedy imperialism. In all like
lihood she, if preserved, will mean more to
the tenth and eleventh generations, standing
as a monument in a waterfront park, than she
does to the younger people of today.
Although those younger people may he
reluctant to contribute because participation
has been presented to them, in some instances,
as a “patriotic” duty, they will find in the
story of tin* Oregon more satisfactory grounds
for doing so.
No matter what the reason, an appeal is
being made for student support. Eugene must
make a creditable showing; and it would cer
tainly be regrettable, to say the least, if the
University failed to do likewise.
SIDE SHOW
Edited by ... .
Bill Cummings, Campus
Paul Deutschmann, National
Campus
Under the proposal wliieh
came up before tlie interfrater
nity council at its last meeting,
rushees would be allowed to
pledge during the middle of rush
week. This, it is said, would
relieve over-crowded living con
ditions brought about by the
present system. But w ould it ?
Overcrowded living conditions
are not caused by the fact that
fraternities get larger pledge
classes than they want, through
the present sealed bid method
of pledging. Regardless of the
pledging system, fraternities
will continue to get large pledge
classes, if they can. The prob
lem is not one of changing the
pledging system, but of regu
lating the number of pledges,
and whether the freshmen ac
cept pins in the middle of the
week or at the end of the week
will make little difference.
It is true that fraternities
sometimes get surprise pledges
whom they do not expect when
they send in bids under the
present system, but these con
stitute a very small percentage
of the pledge class. In the ma
jority of cases pledging is pre
arranged, and the sealed bid
system is merely a formality.
* * *
Allowing; freshmen to pledge
during the middle of the week,
however, is a step in the direc
tion of a plan which may solve
the pledging problem. The cam
pus seems well united in oppos
ing the deferred pledging sys
tem which Oregon Dads recent
ly proposed. A change in the
system is Inevitable, and rather
than have deferred pledging, It
may he advisable to adopt open
pledging—allowing prospective
students to pledge even before
they enroll in the I'niverslty.
Kush week would be entirely
eliminated; pledging would be
done off the campus to a con
siderable extent, and freshmen
would be allowed to settle down
to fraternity and t'niversity life
with no interference.
National
Attitude of foreign popula
tions in regard to the Spanish
civil war has been for the most
part fallen behind a let-alone
policy In fact official programs
of the European countries have
all been on the side of non-in
tervention — "Let Spain alone
to fight out her own problem.”
Keceutly the Christian Science
Monitor published an interest
ins' proposal, made by Jose Cas
tillejo, a former professor of
the University of Madrid. Di
vide Spain, he suggested, be
tween the two warring factions,
thus ending the toll of human
life and postponing the settle
ment to the future when feel
ings of enmity have deereased.
In support of his plan there
is Spain's long-stand;ng resent
ment against centralization,
which was a strong factor in
the fall of the monarchy, and
in the lack of efficiency of the
Popular Front government in
the early stages of the war.
Further in support of his plan,
a long continuation of the con
flict, such as seems unescapa
ble under the present conditions,
would be avoided as well as all
the economic, cultural, and
moral results which it would
entail.
On the other hand one might
well be allowed to question
whether the plan would not in
reality be a step backward. Par
tition was the method of solu
tion of the Balkan problem af
ter the world war, and very lit
tle satisfaction has been derived
from it.
Partition will mean economic
barriers, petty racial national
ism, and development of deep
rooted antagonisms over a long
period of time. It would mean
duplicated industries, fortified
frontiers, independent languag
es. customs, and institutions.
And by the nature of the two
factions, each of these elements
would be racially aligned
against the other.
Resides these far-reaching ef
fects that seem unavoidable,
there would also be the diffi
culty of practical application of
the plan. Attitude of Germany
and Italy favor the centralized
state which Franco would set
up if he became supreme.
France and Kngland as well as
Russia are inclined toward the
popular front government.
* * *
It could be answered in re
turn to this argument that these
nations would be satisfied with
the compromise that partition
would bring about. But even if
they would, there is yet slighter
possibility that the rebels and
loyalists would be willing to ac
cept such a proposal.
The violent declarations of
the rebel leader, oft repeated
announcements of a "war to the
death," and general incompati
bility of the two factions make
it almost sure that neither will
give in.
A better solution, but by no
means a perfect or simple one
to effect, would be withdrawal
of foreign troops and complete
isolation of the warring Span
iards. Such lias been the “an
nounced” goal of the non-inter
vention committee, but such has
not been the effect.
Weak point in the es
tablishment of non-inteicention
has been England, which
has the strength to make non
intervention a reality but has
continually bickered with Italy
and Germany. If England had
taken advantage of the “pirate”
submarine incidents or the re
cent bombings of her ships, in
all probability she could have
reached a forceful agreement
with Italy.
Then with isolation of foreign
goods, the war would be
brought to an end of necessity
through lack of the means of
war. And it has always been
our conviction, as well as that
of many observers, that the in
surgent cause would collapse if
its outside aid were shut off.
With the success of the loyalist
cause, Spain would have the
centralization necessary to give
economics and industrial devel
opment, and would also be ac
corded enough local autonomy
to mitigate the popular feeling
against a federal government.
It would be in many ways
similar to our own United
States. A federation of Cata
lonians, Basques, Euzkadians,
etc., would go through periods
of states rights policies, until
the benefits of transportation,
nation-wide industry, and free
trade would result in a unified
nation.
German support of such a pol
icy would not be too difficult
to obtain. The Nazis are broil
ing in a reorganization “purge"
at the present. France, Eng
land, and Russia would back
the plan if it would be more
than a farce. And Italy could
be forced in, or bought off if
necessary, by a strategic or
forceful British policy.
Why England has pursued
such a wishy-washy program in
the Iln'rian question has dis
mayed Americans ever since
the trouble started. It might be
explained by hints that Eng
land, especially in regard to her
foreign office, is suprisingly
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l)on Kennedy, Radio Editor
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An Empty House
GAIN (liis year 11io University of Oregon
gained first place among the nation's
libraries for circulating more reserve books
per student Ilian any other institution. And
if there had been a division for the Univer
sity having the least amount of money avail
able for purchasing new books, Oregon's
library would have been high in that, loo.
Unfortunately the American Library asso
ciation, which summarized the figures, count
ed from the other end and instead of winning
double distinction the Oregon library must
remain content with being twenty-eighth on
a list of 30 schools for 1 he funds available
for new books.
ROFF.SSOItS here place great weight on
the use of library books. In some courses
they are used as texts, and in almost every
course they are supplementary. For that rea
son, and because students do not buy books,
the reserve libraries are popular places.
This achievement in the field of reserve
books is lessened by the fact that the Univer
sity uses a one-hour “check-out.” system,
whereas most libraries use a two-hour period.
Oregon's system was not founded in me nope
of obtaining a No. 1 rating, but in the hope
0f insuring fullest possible distribution of
books. The system and the ineonvenienee it
brings to the student is necessary because of
the small number of books available, which is,
in turn, caused by lack of funds.
According 1o American library association
figures, both the University and Oregon State
college met decreases in purchasing budgets
hist year. Less money was allotted in state
budgets and less money was available from
gifts. So both schools bought fewer books
to appease a growing demand, fewer hooks
to replace old, worn copies, fewer new books
from whence comes new enlightenment.
:V, # #
IT is strange that a half-million dollar house
should be built for it family of books rated
twenty-eighth in a list of 30.
Such an anamoly brings to mind the story
of the scientific institute that had all 1he
latest machinery for conducting highly useful
and significant work. But it did not have
enough money to operate the machinery.
—L.T.
inclined toward fascism. But in
view of the increasing threat of
Italy in the Mediterranean, we
should see a swing towards a
strong policy of the British. As
soon as they do and non-inter
vention becomes a reality, we
may see an end to the danger
ous political battle which clouds
Spain’s sunny skies.
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Alpha Phis Win
(Continued from page two)
pha Omricon Pi; Berni, Alpha Phi,
36.2.
80-yard free style relay: Mc
Miclcen, Cunningham, Berni, How
ell, Alpha Phi, 29.2.
Diving: group I: 1, Bogs, Alpha
Omricon Pi; 2, Carlson, Zeta Tau
Alpha; Tomlinson, Hendricks; 3,
McMicken, Alpha Phi. Group II:
1, Tomlinson, Hendricks; 2, Boggs,
Alpha Omricon Pi.
Optional dive I: 1, McMicken,
Alpha Phi; 2, Tomlinson, Hen
dricks; Boggs, Alpha Omricon Pi;
3, Carlson, Zeta Tau Alpha.
Optional dive II: 1, McMicken,
Alpha Phi; Tomlinson, Hendricks;
2, Zeta Tau Alpha; 3, Boggs, Al
pha Omricon Pi.
Scores of other houses partici
pating are: Zeta Tau Alpha 17, Al
pha Omricon Pi 16, Gamma Phi
Beta S.
Lift Is Used
(Continued from page one)
in a vacuum tube, presses a button,
and the tube goes to the proper
floor, where an attendant (there is
one on every other floor), picks it
up and finds the book. He then
puts the book on one of the revolv
ing baskets and it is carried down
to the main floor, where it is auto
matically dropped out of the bas
ket.
,The revolving basket system is
an innovation found only in the
largest and newest libraries. Miss
Rise pointed out. It has eleven
baskets on a revolving chain which
is in perpetual motion at a slow
and even rate of speed, so that it is
possible to put books in easily.
When it is necessary to get a book
from the basket, one simply pres
ses a button which causes a little
metal arm to stop the book.
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AWS council will meet at 5
o'clock today in the AWS rooms
in Gerlinger hall.
YMCA cahinet will meet at the
Y hut tonight at 5 o’clock.
Therp will be a meeting tonight
of Phi Beta, music honorary, in al
umni hall in Gerlinger. Active
members will meet at 7:10 and
pledges at 7:30.
Ask for “Mitch” or “Tim” at j
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