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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1938)
The BANDWAGON By BILL CUMMINGS f By BILL CUMMINGS Some people tiling preferen ’ Cal voting should he junked; 1 cithers think it’.; the hest way to choose student body officers, ; but whether it’s a desirable sys j tem or not it has done at least , (One good thing for the campus, 'j It has drawn a brainier bunch of ■ politicians into the fold than the T old type of vote - gatherers, whose chief concern was to ^ polish the apple. | Now it takes a mathematical i genius to figure out in advance \ of an election how the votes are t going to go, with first, secoud. j third, and fourth tallies to eon j .aider, and moie than one Phi j Fete has thrown in the towel in j this year's campaign because he ] couldn’t make things come out j light on paper. | * * * j For example, when more than I one candidate is being boosted j for office, you have to figure j very carefully just how many ■j number one votes should be cast ] for the presidential nominee, j and how many number ones it ( will take to put the other can j chdates on the executive council. In this election, for instance, j the t'hi Omegxis will have to j rally behiud their candidate, .Naan Palmer, with 100 per cent 1 r.upport, giving her all them | number one votes, and all the ( other sororities they can drag j With them, in order to even \ place her in fourth position. \ Such is also the case with j Wally Johansen from the Sigma j JIu house. Wally is not being j, 4ousted for president, but he is \ being boosted very strongly for i a position on the executive coim ( cil, and it will take the first ^ votes from several houses to put him in. This is also true of Clair Hoflich, dorm candidate, who is running for another spot on the council. In other words, about 25 or 30 pw cent of the voters in this year’s elections will have very little to say in choosing our next student body president. They will be concentrating their frist votes on the minor candi dates, and their number two votes will probably have little effect on the outcome of the election. ^That is the weakness of the preferential voting sys tem. * * * Only two candidates, Harry Weston and Zane Kemler, have signified their intention of run ning for student body president. Weston is the lone candidate from the old ATO - Phi Delt Beta bloc, although that bloc is not following the traditional grooves this year. Kemler, on the other hand, has organized a ticket, in the last analysis, and is evidently seeking election in the prefer ential voting system in the same manner as he would if the old Australian ballot were being used. .Except, of course, that the political braintrusters are in a dither about the proper method of proportioning the votes. On the other side of the fence, the opposing braintrusters are likewise spending considerable time scratching their heads over the sequential first, second, third, and fourth vote setup, and the leaders of both factions 1 aye wondering out loud whether the preferential system is the best way to do it after all. In the Mail © o ( __ __— ; MOUNTAIN MUSIC? (This0 letter is not “only one of I < r iticism for our past dances 1 \i also,, a letter containing suggestions for those to be j. ) 'Id in the future. Probably l . > outstanding grievance is j tue type of music that has been \ jii ayed by practically every so i t ailed ‘'big time” orchestra l hat has played at campus I < cnees. It's about time that tie dance committee informed j ttxe orchestra leaders that • \ iltzes and slow fox trots are t >e most popular forms of mu f.to played at college dances and > »t hot and torrid foxtrots. It ' i**iso seems that the floor at lvlc Arthur court, despite re Its, l * 4 i, 'sentel ■ 'i Nation:.’ A iu' ti'iiu *'>' National Advertising Service, Inc l ' I’uMi'lu ' ' Re;': e- nt:»ti\ • .1 flndi-m Ave.. New fork. . t. iv.ijg,i, 1S..M li. l.» Angeles, San Vi atiei'Ci’ 19 '.7 Member IT'S Associated Collegiate Press Bmv Carry. N.rtl. Ade. Jtfgr. '\ . "Stant. lean Ureas*. Dv'Vi NVtay, Cii-eu'.ati >n Mgr. A . V < I i I I i i }' \ s i u a r • I \ " ,y ■ • v ■» n ..Units 1 .o-' \ mne '.tiibaia Lspy, t ;.-k Skinnei . Web Adv. Mgr. I'.MURAI.O RMPORTKRS <1 Oange ‘e Nelson • ill ■ it J i I Jerruaiir I * Mi’, a ' lb At. \ ai llette Snyder C'.enn Hasselroolh 1’. l.iickson r seill.r Mai sit i >: Km. Ridgeway 1> i l i p i ike ( ,. Taylor ARTS STAFF !’n.. IViuc l’arkor, r> li’.-.rke. Joan .\*u »e. l.y.e Nei.-jn. Hide i. Milton. I.e\y, hill f f ' . i i M.yu. •*. w mu > i A!T i\ll kt‘l* peated promises, has been in an abominable condition for every dance, with the possible excep tion of the Senior ball. This coupled with the altogether too numerous fast foxtrots, etc., played, has just about broken the proverbial “camel's back.” If my memory serves me light, Paul Whiteman’s orchestra was the first to put in its appeaance on the campus. Better concert music is played only by the Philadelphia S y m p h o n y. A sticky floor also aided us in having a “swell” time. Then came Harry Lewis’ orchestra. This, no doubt, turned out to be the best dance of the season for the music was good, even if the floor was not. Next came Jack Winston and his orchestra, and may I say now that if there ever prevailed a more odious atmosphere in McAr thur court I doubt if it has ever been recorded. If anybody can call that “stuff" that Win ston played “sweet swing,” it must be his press agent. Not content with the misery that it has already brought upon the good-natured, easy going stu dents, the dance committee, fov the Junior Prom has just pulled off probably the most foul-smelling coup-de-teat, since the Austrian Anschluss, by en gaging some fourth-rate orches tra that it is trying to palm off on us taccording to the Junior week-end program) as a “big time" orchestra. What has hap pened? Has the committee for gotten that in an issue of the Emerald, they stated that they LEROY MATTINGLY, Editor -- WALTER R. VERNSTROM, Manager LLOYD TUPLING, Managing Editor Associate Editors: Paul Deutschmann, Clare Igoe. Editorial Board: Darrel Ellis, Bill Peace. Margaret Ray, Edwin Robbins, A1 Dickhart, Kenneth Kirtley, Berr.aidine Bowman^ UPPER NEWS STAFF Martha Stewart, Women’s Editor Don Kennedy, Radio Editor Rita Wright, Society Editor Alyce Rogers, Exchange Editor Betty Jane Thompson, church editor John Biggs, Chief Night Editor Elbert Hawkins, Sports Editor Bill Pengra, City Editor _ Lew Evans, Assistant Managing Editor_____— The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication pf the U^^^^seco'nd-ciaJ^ma^mattCT a^the*/.lOstfflce^Eugene! excelt Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods. En-erea as seconu ci*« ^ Oregon. ____ ____— A Typographical Opportunity EWS that John Henry Nash, fine printer. ” will make his home in Eugene opens an opportunity for the University. Dr. Nash, world-famous for his accom plishments in the graphic arts, has taken an enviable position among the great typogra phers of the day. Eugene and the I niversity is fortunate in having him here. The reputation of Dr. Nash has been built upon years of hard work. Tie has preserved the traditional methods of the fine arts prin ter, setting type in his own shop, working hard and regularly, and producing typogra phic masterpieces which are things of beauty and precision. While Dr. Nash has signified his intention to retire from active work, his services, at least in an advisory or part time manner, would be an exceedingly great asset to the University. The master printer is already connected with Oregon, as an advisor of the students in typography, as a recipient ot an honorary degree, and as a lecturer. ^ ^ TTE has taken great interest in the work done by student printers, has Joaned type for their books, has visited the campus to criticize and aid them in producing fine print* ing. Recently he strengthened all these bonds to the University by loaning his valu able collection of rare books and fine printing to Oregon on a semi-permanent basis. The value of these masterpieces is just beginning to be appreciated by the campus which viewed them yesterday for the first time. In San Francisco the Nash press was a center for typographers and lovers of fine printing the world over. Now that Dr. Nash has decided to reside in Eugene the possibility of building up a new center for the typo graphical world is not remote. The Univer sity shoidl take every opportunity to make this possibility a reality. Judicious Voting TX^TTH elections only one clay away and bloc lineups practically complete, the campus politicos are girding their loins for the big contest. Today will begin the last stand barrage of campaign slogans, political pigging, parades (if possible), and all the colorful fanfare that have made college elections famous. With them will come a great deal of baloney, a little fact, and a lot of fun. Campaigning on this campus has estab lished a reputation for being merely an at tempt to solidify the blocs which have been laboriously built up during the nominating period. Promises are for the most part super fiieial, being restricted to the bare minimum necessary to draw votes. O # # # o 'I'HE task for the student voter is to separate the fact from tire fiction. His larger duty Avill be to scrutinize the candi dates, evaluate their abilities and decide judi ciouslv upon tlie men who, in liis estimation, will do the best job. If political candidates ran for student offices upon some other basis than bloc line ups, the voter’s job would be immensely sim plified. As it is even the candidate himself lias little control over his group. The plea to vote is either to support some bloc or to de feat another. The situation being as it is, little improve ment can be made at present. Careless voters who let themselves be railroaded into blind support have created a situation which seems impossible to correct. While these sage observations will fall for the most part upon ears deafened by bloc loyalty, some few students maintain their sovereign right to vote. To those we reiterate, A candidate stands or falls upon his ability. It would be .better to let him fall now than later. would pick the orchestra from amongst those led by Jimmie Lunceford, Ran Wilde, Phil Harris, and possibly Glen Gray? Are they trying to see if we are just a bunch of good natured oafs who can have the wool pulled over our eyes con tinuously? Why is it that since we have paid $1.25 for nationally famous orchestras that we have to pay $1.00 for a fourth-rater? Surely, Billy Mozet does not rank with these other orchestras, surely he does not expect the guaran tee given to them. Then why not a corresponding decrease in price? The writer, the under signed and the whole campus, not only deserve but demand an explanation for the presence of Billy Mozet’s orchestra at the biggest dance of the year, and also the price, in view of the above-stated facts. Chester Shan. Rodney Orange, Chris Madera. ‘‘The universities are in the pres ent juncture on the side of the scientiifc spirit and freedom of in quiry. Business will be well ad vised to welcome the dynamic force of education.” University of Michi gan’s Dean C. E. Griffin calls on business to accept the aid of its best ally. Campus Calendar | Ye Tabard Inn will meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock in Gerlinger hall. Order of the O will meet this noon at the Chi Psi lodge. Harriet Robinson of the Lane county relief G-.^ee will speak to the Westminster group tonight at 9 o’clock. There will be no Gamma Alpha Chi meeting today. Sigma Omega Chi will meet at 9:15 tonight in alumni hall of Ger linger. Student and faculty members of the hunt club are urged to attend the business meeting of the club Wednesday evening at the county fairgrounds at 9 p.m. The business meeting will be preceded by the regular ride in the ring at 8. More Harvard university seniors selected business as their profes sion than any other line of endea vor. i Protects Minors Superior Judge Emmett H. Wil son . . . announced lately that he would make it mandatory that all minors’ movie contracts place one halt of the earnings in a trust fund to avoid a repetition of the Jackie Coogan affair. Pacific coast athletic authori ties are planning a 150-pound foot ball league. •»••** t I » I I 4 *•1*4*