The Oregun ...aily Emerald, official student pub lication of tlie University of Oregon, published dally during the college year except Snudays, Mon days, holidays, and final examination periods. .Sub scription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. PAUL DEUTSCHMANN, Editor BILL PENGEA, Managing Editor HAL HAENER, Manager blCK LITFJN, Assistant Business Manager Upper business staff: Jean Farrens, national ad vertising manager; Bert Strong, circulation manager; J. Bob Penland, classified manager. Represented for national advertising by NA TIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representatives, 420 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.—Chicago— Boston Los Angeles San Francisco. Day advertising manager: Milton Weiner Joe Says, fIt Can Happen Here' I dashed into my office, locked the door and leaned back against it, puffing and blowing. Sit ting at my desk was Joe Soap, a demonical grin on his face. "Hullo editor,” he chuckled. "I see that they almost caught up with you. Now you know how I felt.” "Just about, Joe,” I panted, trying to catch my breath. "Some of the bloc boys down at the DU house were going to throw me in the millrace.” "What you should have done,” he wagged his finger at me, "was to let them go ahead with it. Think of the story it would have made. T ran see the headline now EMERALD EDITOR AT TACKED BY BLOC POLITICIANS. Boy, what a story!” „ “Yes, it would make a good story,” I admitted, “but what good would it do. I've been talking for half an hour steady until I'm blue in the face. All they will say is ‘sure, the bloc system is bad, but what are you going to do about it.’ They’re con vinced that nothing will improve the present set up. Some of them even try to argue that the bloc gets the best man in office, that it's the only way to run student government. Maybe I’m just an idealist, but I think, or at least I thought, that a democratic student government could be or ganized.” "Don’t let them get you down,” Joe put in cheerily. “It can happen here.” "What do you mean?” I queried. “A dictator ship?” "Nuts,” said Joe disgustedly. "You know what I mean. The bloc system can be broken up. It’s rotten to the core now. It’s been running student government down-hill for years. It rests on a shaky basis. It doesn't do anybody in particular any good. It doesn’t elect the best man. In fact ” “I know,” I interrupted him, "it stinks.” "Exactly," Joe smiled in a very satisfied man ner. "Now if you would only let me get into this battle. Why I could tell some talcs that would turn everything topsy-turvy." "Keep calm Joe. I have got myself into enough complications without having any more deals like you got us into,” T answered. "Maybe you're right, editor," he said. "I always was a bit impetuous. But keep up the battle. I’ll be plugging for you.” Round V About With WEN BROOKS I amble up to the editor, sec, and say, “Deutsch, I can't write a column tonight. There’s nothing to write about. Sorry.” And immediately a dozen voices chorus, "We’re not!” That's how a column ist is appreciated! But Deutsch wants a column whether there’s anything to write about or not. That’s beside the point. "The paper couldu’t be any worse,” he says encouragingly, and after looking' at one of his editorials 1 think maybe lie's right so I sit down to my peck-writer and start in. It goes like this: * * * Flash! Cupid scores a home run. Latest bache lor to go out of circulation, ladies, is Irvin Maun, married a week ago to the old home town sweet heart, Norma Peterson . . . now Mrs. Irvin 1,. Mann! Congratulations . . . both of you! And then I start philosophizing. First it's doorbells, then wedding bells, finally flrst-of-the-month bills. Maybe hatching ain’t so bad at that! Except that the guy you’re supposed to be eating with happens to prefer the \lpha 1 ’hi house. And him saving he'd never get serious about any girl! Yah' * • * And the Alpha Phi house seems to attract a lot of the Betas. There are the Reid sisters, Babbs and Doris . . . with Don "Happy Boy” Turner and John W, "Jackson” Smith. And Johnny McGowan and Eloise Gunn. And the Duden-Pearson com bination, of course. And there must be others. Beta’s Loehinvar, Hal "Dick Jergens" Drayton, still seems to prefer the Kappas, however. Dorothy Kairhurst continues one of the most popular girls in the sorority on the race. They call her "Ducky.” What d’you call her, Ehrman? * * * Round ’n About finds Tom "Mickey Rooney” Williams asking the name of that cute Kappa townie, Ruth Hall. Tom, incidentally, does not like publicity, fio ahead and say it . . . much! And having phone duty every night this week has been kind of hard on lh-1 l iter lint it ought to gi\e Kina Johnson a breathing spill. Before 1 forget it ... two coeds planned a nice little joy ride for Kappa Sig’s Bob Norris night before last. Phoned the boy, who was at the Oreguna, that they were out of gas out by the Coburg bridge. It was ten. Would he please hurry so they could get in on time! As if that would worry the girls! Betty Norwood and bright-eyes Kneass gave themselves away, however . . . saving Norris the ride. * « * Chief exponent of long-distance-love on the I 'If I Wuz King Ladies ’n gentlemen and the rest of you mugs: Foolin’ i( the duty of every student to take an active distrust . . . excuse mo . . . intrust in cam pus elections, an moreover, it’s the duty of all us guys to put the best man in power, I hereby nominate myself . . . JOSEPHY P. MFGGS . . . for first dictator of the Oregon student body. * * * Politics are a dirty mess. They smell. Get rid of them by making me, JOE PERSANTHEMUM MTJGGR, dictator an I’ll give you each a puff on my cigarette if someone’ll gimme a cigarette. Now you guys prob’ly wanta know somethin’ of my past. The Green Goose ain’t out yet but here’s the straight dope in a bombshell. I’ve never done nothin’ except what would bring me personal glory. Just the things that would bring me lots of publicity. I like to get my mug shot for papers. Moreover, I’ve never given a hang about real work. Who does? I wanta be a figurehead. Make me dictator an I will be. VOTE FOK A BLOCKHEAD TO SMASH TIIE BLOCS. I won’t stand on no platform as long as my legs hold out. I won’t make no promises because I prob’ly wouldn’t keep them. HOWEVER, when I’m dictator I’ll work for some thing. Frinstance, I’ll try to get the faculty to allow for smokin in classes when things get hot. It’s refreshing. I’ll abolish all roll calls as they interfere with a guy’s peace of mind when he can’t answer them. I’ll do away with chcatin in classes by not havin no exams. I’ll do away with the grade system as it is. Nothin under B. EVERY MAN A KING . . . WITH MFGGS DICTATOR. * * * Now student body activities will be fer stu dents an all the rest of you guys. Nobody will have to buy no cards or pay fer nothin. The citizens want us to be cultured as well as educated so they can sponsor the football and basketball teams we need to broaden us. My congressmen will take care of this at the last legislature. * * * OUST DIRTY POLITICS WITH MUGGS. * * * There won’t be no gravy appointments. X won’t make no appointments. What I can’t do myself won’t get done. My campaign slogan is “A student body of all the students!” Muggs for all and all for Muggs! My chief ambition is to get a student union building on the campus so we can all have fun. * at TRY MUGGS ... NO MONEY DOWN. at ai ai Now if you make me dictator you won’t need to bother about no more politics fer several years . . . five or six anyhow ... as I’ll prob’ly still be here fer that amount of time. Thankyouse kindly fer your attention, JOSEPHY P. MUGGS (the people's voice) What Other Editors Believe A RIBBON FOR THE EMERALD That the Oregon Emerald, student publication of the University of Oregon, should have been selected as one of the outstanding college news papers of the country, is gratifying but not sur prising. The surprise would have Como if it had not been so recognized; for the make-up and the con tent of the Emerald set a consistently high stand ard by comparison with other college publications, and even by comparison with a good many dailies. There is always some misjudgment of such college papers by those who pick them up casually. The casual outsider finds the columns given over in considerable part to sorority and fraternity events which ho considers unimportant, and frequently the paper, as a paper, is condemned without due reflection upon the fact that to the collegians these are important matters. It is true that some of the college papers do an injustice to the minds of their readers by' giving them little else but campus news; and it is one of the virtues of the Emerald that it attempts to keep the students abreast of outside events even against their will. We do not doubt that this admir able balance was taken into consideration by the judges m putting the Emerald on the distinguished list that and the consistently good editing and attractive typography. The Oregonian. campus at present seems to be Sigma Chi’s Oliver Mackey who burns up around $20 every month on phone calls alone, 1 hear. And a letter most every day to the girl who is in Nashville, Tennessee. She will attend Oregon next year, rumors have it. One way of economizing . . . and a good one! Bill Scott is another boy who writes home regularly . . . and 1 don't mean to his mother. And SAE’s Jack Giesy still has an interest in the Tri Delt house . . . or has he ? * * * By the way, if you're surprised one of these nights in Hendricks park by a flash bulb going off *n your face, don’t be alarmed. It will probably be just one of the Green Goose photographers. That most worthy publication will be out the week before finals, I hear. A lot can happen be tween now and then. A lot has happened already! The boy who seems to have forgotten his steady in Portland for a musical number. And . . . but shucks, this isn't the Green Goose! * * » It appears to still ho smooth sailing; for Jack M('Clung and Barbara “our girl" Campbell, cute IHi. And Clmek Eaton continues that way about queenly Maxine Glad. While the Emerald editor to-be has been seen in the company of Marge I inuegun quite a bit. And some old sayings still hold: an dive is like a kiss.. me . . a kiss is like an olive. The first is hard to get but after that they come easy. In closing 1 must men tion one nickname . . . Blanche “Grade Vilen” Brown ... it really Bl'KNS her! The CALLIOPE.. By BILL CUMMINGS Strengthened by the enthusiastic endorsement of several leading figures in student government, the movement to discard bloc politics and give every student a voice is steadily gaining momen tum. Lloyd Hoffman, Kappa Sig prexy, was one of the most enthusiastic endorsers of the plan. Yes terday he said he heartily agreed with a wide open election in which every student who wished to run could have the privilege. “What we need is a gentleman’s agreement among all politicians that no blocs shall he formed,” he said. “The minute any under-eover movement is started to line up votes, such action should he reported immediately to the editor or the Emerald. I’ll run for president myself if every one agrees to carry through with the idea.” * * * ASTTO Prexy Harry Weston said yesterday before leaving for Seattle that breaking down the bloc system, if it can be accomplished, is a fine idea. He indicated that he has always been op posed to bloc politics and that he believes every student should be free to make up his own mind when it comes to voting. Hal Jahn, Sigma Chi politician and chairman of Junior weekend, agreed that the theory of bloc politics is wrong, and that the ideal setup would be complete freedom among the students in cast ing their ballots. Roy Verjistrom, Delt prexy, has voiced his in tention of running for student body president un der the best-man-win system. He "hates bloc pol itics.” Jack Dunn, ATO politician, agrees with the theory of the non-bloc system and feels that every student should be given a voice in student affairs*. * * * Talk among the sororities has revealed as much interest in the new plan as is found in the frater nities and men’s dorms. Elisabeth Stetson, past president of the AWS, and Anne Frederiksen, present AWS head, both enthusiastically endorse the idea. Bernadine Bowman, prominent in interdorm politics, said from her sickbed in the infirmary yesterday that she will give her full support to the campaign to break down bloc politics. Clair Hoflich and John Biggs have already given their endorsement. Betty Lou Kurtz, Chi Omega prexy and presi dent of heads of houses, said she favors a non bloc campaign and heartily endorses the plan to give every student a hand in government. Carolyn Dudley, Tri Delt prexy, likewise said she favors the campaign to allow everyone who is eligible and qualified to run for positions on the executive committee. Willi endorsement from such student leaders as these, and with the principles of the reform so obviously right, the success of the plan rests in the hands of the students. Every ASUO eard hold er should be vitally interested. His vote is as pow erful as the next man's. Here is the challenge: Start thinking! Break down bloc politics and make up your own mind who to vote for. You bought an interest in student government when you purchased your ASUO eard. Use that card to your own advantage and to the best interests of the University. Looking Back.... WITH JIMMIE LEONARD One year ago - Dick Jurgens’ orchestra played for the Frosh Glee. Dick Williams was the dance chairman. WSC nosed a victory out of Oregon’s ball club, 5 to 4, and the frosh dumped Eugene high, 12 to 2. Dr. Fred N. Miller, of the University health service, said that students needed more sleep. "Weekends break into the hab its of regular sleep,” he said. Billy Mozet’s orchestra wa3 signed for the Junior prom. Two years ago—Ten nominees were up for nomination for ASUO positions at a Gerlinger nominating assembly. Bob DeArmand, chairman of one of the coalition groups, said that the Emerald didn't truly reflect student opinion in its news columns. "But under stand,” he said, “I am not try ing to hit the Emerald.” Three years ago—(It seems ironical to pick up an Emerald of each of the years back and invariably see something like this: "ASUO Reorganization Proposed”). Professor Victor P. Morris was named acting dean of the school of business administra tion upon the resignation of Dr. H. V. Hoyt. Four years ago—"Melody in Spring” was the theme selected for Junior weekend. Five years ago — Oregon's baseballers dumped OSC, 5 to 1. Six years ago—The frosh ed ited the Emerald. Bruce Hamby, junior in jour nalism and sports editor of the Emerald, was named managing editor of the Emerald. Seven years ago—Richard L. Neuberger (prominent feature writer now for several nation ally known magazines> was ed itor of the Emerald. Harry Schenk (now field secretary of the ONPA) was manager. U.S. Students Impress Visiting French Architect By MARIE BOJE Guy Arciilouze, French architect traveling on the Delano and Al drich fellowship, has been on the campus six days — just long enough to gather a few general impressions. Informally perched on one of the high stools used by student archi tects, the witty young French man chatted amiably in his native tongue. (Since Ardilouze speaks some English and the reporter speaks little French, Eyler Brown, associate professor of architecture, pulled up another stool and acted as interpreter.) Frankness Marked The brilliant architect declared that he was struck w-ith the open ness and .frankness of the students, their freedom of action, and espe cially their diversified interests. Entirely new to him also is the at titude of confidence and friendly exchange between the students and the professors—a thing which does not exist in the same sense in the school of France. When asked if the American money system bothered him, Ardil ouze explained that the French system and that used in this coun try are basically the same—that the only trouble he has with the money is counting it to make it last. Men’s Clothes in Rut What appears to the Frenchman to be a curious situation is his good-natured observance that in America, particularly in New York, a man may not wear what he wants to. Any deviation from usual styles, he remarks, causes Ameri cans to stare. He has noticed that the women here, like in France, have more freedom with then choice of clothing than the men. An excellent collection of Ardil ouze's water colors, which he adds to by painting each section of the country that he visits, is exhibited in the architecture room of the art school. The Frenchman will leave this Students Sketch Frescos On UO Art School Walls Walter Eliott. Don Boyd, Lily aim Veatch, Bob Swan, and Earl Scott these five will go down in history as students who executed the five frescoes in the art school patio. "It's an awful lot of work, but really lots of fun,” seems to be the general opinion about the long hours of planning and actual work necessary to sketch a fresco. An Intricate Process The process is a complicated and very interesting one. After taking off the old plaster from the bricks, a fresh layer of smooth plaster is applied. Then the full size drawing (that took all last term to com plete! is used in a process called “punching,” whereby small holer are made in the plaster to guide the artist in roughly sketching the fresco. Since the method of fresco-mak ing is to apply dry pigment to wet plaster with a brush dipped in Imie water, only a comparatively small section of the composition is done at once. This prevents drying of the plaster before the artist is finished. Two More Weeks Most of the frescos will be com pleted in about two weeks, as the artists are working long hours at the jobs. They don't seem to mind being watched while they work, and at least one of them can be found most of the time—so if you crave nice, peaceful entertainment, just drop by. To add variety, one of the five is left-handed and two are redl headed. PROMINENT GRAD VISITS Dr. Louis Beeson, former Uni versity faculty member who is now rofessor of history at the Univer sity of Minnesota, was a campus visitor yesterday. Both Dr. and Mrs. Beeson are Oregon gradu ates. morning for the University of Washington, his next stop. Ardilouze credits the hospitality and friendliness of the people with making his trip very pleasant. Seibert Lands ’Shavetail’ Job Marine Corps Post Awarded Senior Cadet Colonel Announcement of the selection of Luther Seibert as the graduat ing senior from the University ROTC ranks who will receive a regular second lieutenant’s com mission in the United States ma rine corps was made yesterday by Col. Robert M. Lyon, commandant of the University ROTC. Colonel Lyon announced that Seibert had been picked as the principal and Fred R. Findtner as alternate in accordance with an announcement received by the mil itary department from the navy department in Washington, D. C., nearly a month ago, informing them that the University of Ore gon had been picked as one of the schools to select two candidates for the marine corps. Erb Selects Men The selections were made by Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University, upon the recommenda tion of Colonel Lyon. Seibert will be ordered to a ma rine station, probably at Bremer ton, Washington, where he will re ceive his final examination. All the men, who applied, have already passed a physical examination. If Seibert passes the more rigid ex amination at the marine station, he will receive his commission and be ordered to active duty as a sec ond lieutenant of the corps at the U. S. Marine barracks at Phila delphia, Pennsylvania. Findtner will also go to the ma rine station to take the physical examination and in the event that Seibert, or a principal, from some other school which did not select an alternate, fails to pass the ex amination, he will receive his com mission. More About Mr. A (Continued from page three) young Earl of Essex, who in turn is dazzled by the gallantries of the court and the pretty ladies who were part of its attractive furni tuie. The characters were by no means simple to interpret, but the complexities found in their person alities are explained in such lucid and plausible lines that the death of the ambitious young earl makes a climax of poignant inevi tability. The speech ' is perhaps the most beautiful created by an American dramatist during the first three decades of the century; it is picturesque without bursting into flowery "purple passages"; it is a delight because much is pure music—and most important of all, intelligible music. Told in prose and poetry, the play reaches heights previously unattained by Anderson. I To be continued) I Hayward Stands Near Complete> PWA Announces The addition to the grandstand ; on the athletic field at the Uni versity of Oregon in Eugene is ; about 75 per cent completed, the legional office of the Public Works Administration has been j advised. The entire job will be j finished by July 1, at the pres ent rate of progress. Construction of the grand- j stand addition created nearly ; 41,000 man-hours of employment on the project site and in lumber mills, cement plants and other private industries supplying con struction materials. Total cost j of the project will be about $40, 700. The Public Works Adminis tration has authorized a grant of $18,315 to help defray the cost. New Rating jin for ROTC Seniors Commissions for 30 In Army Reserve Effective June 2 Commissions for 30 graduating seniors as second lieutenants in the United States army reserve corps have been received at the military department, Colonel Rob ert M. Lyon, commandant of the University ROTC, announced yes terday. The commissions, effective June 2, were received this week from the adjutant general in Washing ton, D. C. The commissions are for a five year period, at which time they will be renewed if the reserve of ficer has performed his duties sat isfactorily. The seniors, three years after they receive their commissions, will be automatically raised to the rank of first lieutenant. In accordance with the policy of the war department, application blanks for the annual summer camp' have been sent to all the newly commissioned officers. The seniors who will receive re serve commissions are: Anderson, Donald N.; Andrews, Fhilip M.; Boyd, Donald C.; Camp bell, William M.; Cummings, Wil liam H.; Davis, Richard M.; Dell, Kenneth L.; Findtner, Frederick R.; Foster, William B.; Gavin, John C.; Hillway, Charles A.; Hockley, Claud C.; Logan, Ray M.; Lynch, Fhilip M.; Mitchell, John W.; Rob ertson, Lenard K.; Sanders, Paul A.; Siebert, Luther R.; Smith, Don ald T.; Stephens, Wilfred R.; Tow er, Donald O.; Van Dusen, Lloyd F.; Wagstaff, Jack J.; Warren, Stanley A.; Welsh, Edwin; Weston, Charles H.; Williams, Earl C.; Wi per, Thomas L.; Yeager, Don B.; Young, Leo F. Theta Sigma Phi Plan Job Clinic To give journalism students con structive help in applying for po sitions through letters and per sonal interviews, Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary, will hold, with the help of Eugene newspapermen, a job-seeking clin ic May 10. The meetting is planned for 8 o’clock in the men's lounge in Gerlinger. Women in journalism, especially juniors and seniors, are invited to submit for criticism their applica tions for jobs. Letters should be written with a position in a town about the size of Eugene in mind, Kay Taylor, president, said. En tries must be left with Miss Jean Gulovson, secretary of the jour nalism school, by May 5, Miss Tay lor said. At the meeting William Tugman, managing editor of the Eugene Register-Guard, and Arthur W. Priaulx. editor and publisher of the Eugene Daily News, will criticize the letters. Theta Sig members will also present model interviews, a good one and a bad one, with the two newspapermen. OREGON ATTENTION DOES PLOP WANT POWER ? Pulchritude Parade Tops Water Show Bathing Beauties, Water Polo Feature Spring Pageant “Duck Splashes," spring water pageant, will feature as one of its main attractions a Jantzen style show prevueing the glamor swim fashions of 1939, modeled by some of Oregon's comeliest coeds. The girls will also appear in some of the costumes grandma called “naughty but nice,” outmod ed bathing costumes of seventy years ago. “Duck Splashes” will open at the men’s pool Tuesday night at 8 o’clock, with another perform ance on Wednesday night. Admis sion will be 25 cents. Instead of the SAEs and the Phi Delts staging their intramural water polo playoff as was pre viously scheduled, the champion ship SAE team will engage in bat tle against an opposing all-star team. Prominent swimmers participat ing in the pageant include Sher man Wetmore, Jack Dallas, Jerry McDonald, Martha McClung, and Janet Morris. These and other swimmers will be featured in form ation swims, speed swimming, and exhibition dives. Starting with fall rushing, the pageant will 'outline the highlights of the school year throughout the winter, which emphasizes the im portant position wooden shoes play in the coeds’ wardrobe, and end with the spring Mortar Board ball. . . . costumes of seventy years ago. Some of the coeds who will model are Maxine Glad, Anne Waha, Vir ginia Regan, Sue Peil, and Sue Cunningham. New Prof (Continued from page one) the University of Oregon will seek to develop an appreciation of the nature and processes of religious thought and experience, and to re late these facts to the life and problems of our time. The work will also be intended to meet the needs of students whose major work in other fields fits them for positions of leader ship, and who can become effec tive and influential in the religious and spiritual life of their commun ities through a better understand ing of the power of religion over men’s lives and over the destiny of civilization. QUACKENBUSH HARDWARE STORE 160 E. 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