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The Oregon Daily Emerald. official student publication of flic TTriiver-ily of Oregon, published daily during ill* college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods. Subscription Tales' i..i per term and $.1.00 per year. Entered as second-class mater at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Editorial offices, Journalism building 2, 6, 10. Phone Local 351, 3a3. Business Offices, Journalism building 5. Phone I.ocal 351. Represented for national adviretising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SER VICE, INC., college publishers representative, 120 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. - Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San Eraneisco. _ PAUL DEUTSCHMANN, Editor HAL HAENER, Manager BILL PENGRA, Managing Editor KEITH OSBORNE, Ast. Bus. Mgr. UPPER NEWS STAFF Lloyd Tttpling, associate editor Rtid Jcnnain, news editor Lyle Nelson, assistant managing editor diaries Green, chief night editor Elhert Hawkins, sports editor Glenn TTasselrooth, literary editor Bornadine Bowman, women’s editor Wally Patterson, photographer Rnthellen Merchant, executive secretary REPORTERS llelen Angell Corriene Antrim Nisma Jtanta Ann Jlrown John Cavanagh Ridgely Cummings Janet Collier 11 ope Donders (ilenn Ifasselrooth P.ette Hayden Margaret (lirvin Elizabeth Ann Jones Wayne Kelly Alvira Klies I )orolliv Wrcis Doris Dindgrcn Iris Eindberg Priscilla Marsh I * el ty Jane Metcalf Koy Mclzlcr Sadie Milchell J-ois Noble T,ois Nordling Harold Olney Doug J'arkcr Wally Patterson 1 rma Semler Harbara Stallcup Kleanor Teeters Hetty J. Thompson Jerry Walker Amey Wilson Hetty Workman Monday Desk Staff COPY EDITOR Cilenn Hasselrooth COPY READERS Amcy Wilson Monday Night Staff EDITORS Jim Timmins PROOF READERS Jean Adams UPPER PITS!NESS STARF Clayton Ellis, circulation manager Jean Farrens, national advertising manager Dick 1 At fin, classified manager “Scoop” Scowl, executive secretary Petty Flankinton, executive secretary HAY ADVERTISING MANAGER Sian Norris ASSISTANTS Dick May Nancy Knickerbocker. Big Business in College JT WAS rather unpleasant out on Multnomah fiehl last Saturday. The same wasn't going so well, a eold wind was ■whipping across 1he field, and even in the sheltered stands it was a hit nippy. For several hundred Oregon students who stood on the eold “turf’ of Portland’s civic stadium it was even more chilly. They looked for the yell leaders, the rally committee—anybody to gel them justice—and seats. Looking at the situation with an unbiased, judicial atti tude, it is not difficult to appreciate the leelings of those students. They were members of the ASLO. They had laid down their seven bucks a long time before for those seats, which as far as they could determine, were occupied by high school students and oilier general admission ticket, holders. By all the theories of quantity purchasing and buying in advance, Ihey should have had more consideration than they did. If they searched the records for a similar treatment of season ticket holders to any other type of function they would find none. if; iff iff iff T OOKTNC! at the situation with an equally unbiased, .judi cial attitude, but from the viewpoint of the ASIK) offi cials, it is not difficult to appreciate an entirely different set of feelings. To them the ASIIO is a business. They are hired as managers of a business concern. Their .job is to take the “student activities’’ -football, concerts, other sports —utilize the dramatic portion of them and sell them. At the ■ beginning of each term they sell them first to the students. Then—after students have been given a prior opportunity to buy—they try to sell these “shows’’ at their disposal to .the general public. They try to sell them to as many people as possible. That, is what they are hired and paid to do. When they cease to . do that they will no longer be desired. Their business is to sell them to Ihe maximum number of persons, taking into consideration, of course, that lliev arc in the unique position of selling at two prices to two very different groups. >» «* # JT IS rather incvit able tluit I lie interests of these two groups of buyers will cl.isli at times. They will not clash loudly, nor riotously unless these interests have been stepped on too definitely. And there is a third consideration which will clash with the buyer groups, most probably with the student purchasers. That is the effort of tin* officials to carry out their job and make money. The fault cannot be easily laid at the feet of the ASl’O administration or of the students or of the general public, which is unwittingly a factor in the situation. It goes far deeper to matters of policy — policy which says that the University shall have activities which shall be sold to the maximum number of1 purchasers. • * * * a nPUAT policy was not thought up in a minute. It was not promulgated by one individual, nor is it maintained In one. It is part of the system which had taken over collegiate activities. It is not designed primarily for the benefit of the students, at least not directly. It is big business, utilizing high power advertising, look ing for profits. As a matter ot fact it is not quite as polite as big business. It does not believe that the customer is always right—especially if he is a student customer. Would-Be Doctors Will Take Medical Aptitude Tests A medical aptitude test will be given Friday, at 2 o'clock in room 305 McClure, for those students who plan to enter medical schools in the fall. This test, which is conducted at the same hour in all the major in stitutions in the United States, i:. used by the admissions committees of the various schools to determine the fitness of a student to study medicine. Approximately ten thousand pre ttied students throughout the Unit ed States take the exam each year. Writing Contest Closes December 13 Pot and Quill members yester day warned would-be entrants of the writers’ contest that the clos ing dat, December 13, is less than two and a half weeks awuy. Work to be submitted should be placed in the box in the east entrance of t He library. The author of the best piece of work will receive $5. The organ ization's new members will also be chosen from the list of entries. .The organization is made up of women interested in creative writ ing. The contest is open to all undergraduate women. Copy of Stevenson's Kidnapped' Added To Nash Collection The latest addition to the John Henry Nash collection of rare vol umes in the University library is a copy of Robert Louis Stephenson's "Kidnapped." recently published for the members of the Limited Editions club, which he presented to the library yesterday. The volume, one of 1500 printed for the group, is ilustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alex ander Mueller, and the book was designed by Elmer Adler. The Nash copy is number 2011 of the series published. Round 7n About... WITH WF,X BROOKS Students will have their first irhance to see the 1938 edition of Hobby's hoopmen in action to night at 8 when the Oregon bas ketballers take the floor against Portland university in the Igloo. Your student body card will get you in. The Oregon team, already be ing tagged as “the team to heat” by northern division coaches, takes a trip east in December. Plays the City College of New York in Madison (Square Gar den on the 17th. Fellows making the trip, including Senior Mana ger Hal Adams, will probably spend Christmas in Chicago. One consolation—that it won’t he much colder there than here if the present cold wave lasts. * * * And it probably will. Rumors have more than one campus swain already donning the long undies of his granded’s day. It is cold! So cold I’m having a time of it getting out of bed in time to make that eleven o’clock three times a week. And hand kerchiefs aren’t the most unpop ular part of the student’s ward robe these days from the looks of things. Notice more than a few rubbing noses and it’s def initely not spring fever. Ut * * Asked girls from one sorority yesterday what they did these nights to keep warm . . . that is, after the fellows had left. And unanimo|usly they answered,' “we don’t!” Think folks would appreeiate a little of that Cali fornia dew (rain) these days in lieu of the cold . . . but it would probably turn into hail stones on the way down! But let’s forget the cold . . . just try to. Picked up a little bit yesterday that should interest Ripley, provided that gentleman were writing for the Emerald. Seems two students hitch-hiking to Portland this past weekend were fortunate and got a ride. They didn’t bother with intro ductions. After about five min utes I understand one of the boys turned to the driver. “Seems to me I’ve seen your face before but I can’t quite place it,” he said. The driver smiled, “I’m Dr. Erb.” And the boys in turn gave their names It was several min utes later that the boys woke up to the fact that they had been picked up by the president of the University. I always did advocate mak ing freshmen attend assemblies —might learn to recognize the faces of some of the faculty and members of the administration! Wonder what Dick Loomis or Ernie Williams would say about the matter? * * * This ’n that: Russ Inskeep freezing his hands while ehang. ing a tire on Ninth yesterday . . . and a stately Alpha i'hi waiting patiently. Wellington H. Quinn swinging a bat over the holiday, keeping in shape for baseball which is not so far around the corner. Quinn is one of the Oregon bays who scouts from the big leagues are report ed to have their eyes on. May not be long before he’ll be bat ting them out like Joe Gordon. Understand Burton Barr called “time out” while celebrating this past weekend in Portland. That is . . . well, better ask that hoy about it. Thursday night the curtain will rise . . . rather, be drawn back ... on NOAH, a comedy being staged by the University theater. I’m waiting for Vince Gates to make a quip on the ti tle. It should be a good show and represents lots of work do ing every thing from making masks of animals and building sets, to memorizing lines. Just bet you won’t be able to( recog nize one member of the cast who will be masquerading as a black bear. His name’s Smoky Whit field. And you ought to rinse your eyes on Sunny Stanke, gotten up to look like a poka dot Holstein. Adrian Martin, who is doing post grad work now in English, plays the lead role, that of Noah. Incidentally, one of Noah’s sons . . . one Shem ... is in eltd with the flu and may not be able to play when the show comes off. At least, they don’t noah at present. Latest tip has Jens Hansen learning Shem’s lines. Shem was to have been played by Wilfred Roadman . . . may still be. Either boy should be good. A year ago tomorrow the Ore gana staff chose the ideal cou ple on the campus . . . Marjorie Bates and Pete Mitchell. Two years ago we had Marcia Stein hauser taking the honors as Miss Oregon. The Sigma Chis have a sweetheart but I’m won dering now who the next pub licity scheme will put up for Miss Something-or-other. After finals are over I may be in line to nominate someone myself . . . namely, ,Miss-Fortune. That’s Strange Land By WERNER ASENDORF Editor’s Note Werner Asen dorf was an exchange student from Germany last year at the University of Oregon. He took an active part in campus affairs, in which a regular Emerald col umn, "Strange Land,” his im pressions of America, was in cluded. He is now traveling in Manchukuo, doing journalism work. His letter indicates that Oregon has made for him a last ing impression. Sitting in my Compartment on the Hsinking Express, wait ing for the train to arrive in Hsinking where I expect two friends and a dozen vodkas, be ing not in the mood now to talk to the only other foreigner in the observation car as he is ob viously Italian and I can’t speak their lingo, I took time out to read Sept. 3rd "Collier’s.” in which a story about college starts. Before tears glitter in my eyes, tears which would speak of glorious memories and bygone days at the old mill-race, I put my heart in my hands and start to pound on this here old type writer, as I so often have done in the Beta house, trying to think of something new to say about the strange land, now be yond the Pacific, America . . . 1 realize suddenly that I am still a part of the campus, a part of University life at least those months still live in me and vis ions of frat dances and dates and the College Side keep me on the straight and narrow out here where geishas try to practice their art of entertaining the whimsical males on me. Boy, oh boy! Would I prefer to make the rounds again at ral ly dances of course to make the same choice again, too. And would I love to smoke a real Phillip Morris in talk-filled fra ternity den* full of chatter and earnest talk . . . Could I tell stories? And how! But nobody can give the real goods from Asia through the mail. Too many people read it. The other day I was sitting in the saloon of a Sungari river boat, quite similar to the old Mississippi ships with big wheels, but no pure water so that I could not brush my teeth except with beer, which became a nuisance soon. As I say, I was sitting and typing away on a letter to Portland, in English. Some Japanese gentlemen were looking over my shoulder, as their patriotic duty ordered' them to do. After arriving in Harbin, the police get into my hair by ex pressing the wish to see what I had been writing. I look blankly at them. So out it cofes: "We have been informed that you have been writing in formations about Manchuria in English. Do you mind if we see it ?” Of course I do. They, appar ently, suspected me to be a phony German, as I had typed away swiftly in English instead of writing in my mother tongue. Thus suspicious, they wanted to go into the matter. I got good and mad; and, even put some German expres sions in my otherwise flawless Oregon American . . . That did not help very much. Not until 1 resorted to showing them let ters of introduction to high military people could I experi ence results. And then it came. The Hus sion speaking Japanese had the Russian interpreter tell me: “Will you please tell your mili tary friends that you have met an impolite Japanese! I hope it was the first one. Excuse please.” This story tells more than one truth. . . If it does not have a point to you, excuse please. But do you want to have a policeman read your letters from that girl down there in San Diego, city editor? In the Mail BACK—NOT BUCK To the Editor: During the past weekend in Portland it seems that there happened to be a few incidents which necessitate some clarify ing. A couple of these are in my own behalf and the others in be half of the students in general. In regard to my not being present in front of the rooting section the first few minutes of the game. During that time I was very busily engaged in try ing to find some plade for the students without seats to sit down even it was on the ground. After going to the stadium of fice and from there clear up to the press box. I was still able to find only room on the ground, and 1 might add wet ground, for the girls with the remainder of the paid spectators still without seats. Why couldn’t the students of the U of O as well as those of OSC be given seats some place when they paid their admission? Why do we have a football team if it is not for the benefit of the students of the University? It seems to me that the games should be played for the benefit of the students. At the end of the first quarter there were still thousands of unfilled seats in the east end of the stands and at the end of the: game there were still these vacancies with several hundred paid spectators standing around the field with cold feet and ill-feelings toward the school. I ask you as students of the University of Oregon why this situation remains ? •Every day I receive numerous requests to explain what has happened to the “Old Oregon spirit.” This comes from alumni as well as students. It reverts right back to the deal I men tioned in the preceding para graph. The football team doesn't belong to the students any more. They will not permit the spirit to be brought back for fear of letting themselves go. The eas iest way for them to pass the buck is onto the rally committee. This rally committee is or ganized for the purpose of. plan ning spirit for the games with the funds so limited that what ever deal they may plan is either corny or just another plan for the committee to publicize itself. It is true that many of the things the rally committee do to re establish this spirit is not sup ported by the students them selves. I am not trying to defend the rally committee but only de fending them from certain un fair aspersions. The rally com mittee, your rally committee, does they very best they can wtih the limited funds they are given with which to work. If any of these problems are to be solved they cannot be solved by cutting at the rally committee. In most cases they are behind the eight-ball before they start. Their work is aimed directly at a greater benefit for the students rather than per ’Cuquic5 Own Stoic WAfHBlRJNEf An Old problem— with a New solution! Gifts of Beauty • Helena Rubenstien—Beautility Bags $3.75 • Francis Denney—Compact and Lip stick Set . $3.50 • Helena Rubenstein—Bird Cage Containing. Pasteurized Milk Until. Water Lily Bath Powder, Eau d' Cologne, Bath Soap . • Magnifying Make-up Mirrors . • Swiss Musical Powder Boxes—from . $7.50 $1.00 $3.00 • Town and Country Gift Sets Both Town and Country Perfumes, Jeweled Compact add Lipstick . $5.00 TOILETRIES SECTION sonal publicity even if it does seems to be the latter some times. Let’s back them rather than buck them and see what happens. PAUL CUSHING. FIVE RECOVERING Students listed Monday as pa tients at the infirmary were: Al thea Burghardt, Frances Burrows, j James Manley, Clarence Higgins, and Samuel Hughes. 'Tffa/S/wu fdfatt &ht£ Suites- m/s miss post W$ I WATCHED I AT MUNICH and discovered what that peace'means to /Ifn ericas future I WAS with the correspondents at Munich,” says this American reporter, “and saw what diplomats have since tried to gloss over. For one revealing instant, they exposed what the peace of Munich actually signifies to Americans.” Here’s his eye-witness account—and an analysis of what will happen in our future relations with Europe, South America, and, in particular, England. See page 5 for — European Showdown by DEMAREE BESS does your scu^ problem, by a uiuw- - ,-s one answer to an old colleg* u is> nobody wants to give : who says trouble with t h weUto0Wn sports myths. Gate Receipts and Glory ROBERT M. HUTCHINS, Preside,,,, Un,vers„, ._ I •..Thick 4s Ladder Team gets a dizzy workout EIGHT STORIES UP! TWENTY-SEVEN KIDS trapped on the top floor. Truck 4 raises its hundred-foot aerial ladder — and Tommy Mayo picks that crucial moment to tell Arch Reynolds, “Nobody’s ordering me to kill myself for nothingA fast-moving story of fire-fighters in action. High Fly by MAURICE BEAM 'T s $&gn$l • ..._____ ^ AND A PREACHER COES TO WAR- What did the Good Book say? “Stay not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hind most of them.” With a Civil War going on, that was all the Rev. Praxiteles Swan wanted to know 1 A short story by Lt. Col. John W. Thomason, Jr._RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEDDING. Ninety-Nine Alarm Clocks went off! Dorothy Thomas tells you why, and how it affected more than one wedding. A short story . . . PLUS: Fiction, arti cles, serials. Post Scripts, cartoons and news of authors on the Keeping Posted page. All in the Post out this week. ' ....' ''