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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1939)
I The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published daily dur ing the college year except Suhdays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second-elasS matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore. Editor, BUD JERMAIN Manager, GEORGE LUOMA Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor Rita Wright, Adv. Mgr. Upper News Staff Helen Angell, News Editor George Pasero, Co-sports Editor. Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor. Marge Finnegan, Women’s Editor. Betty Jane Thompson, Chief Night Editor. Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor. Hal Olney, Assistant Managing Editor. Charles Kenyon, Photographer. Tipper Business .Stall Jean Crites, National Advertising Manager. Mary Ellen Smith, Assistant Frederick Ehlers, Classified Manager. Jim Gleeson, Assistant. Earl Maize, Merchandising Manager. Ray Cook, Assistant. Herb Anderson, Circulation Manager. Janet Farnham, Executive Secretary And Every Saturday, Blood P'OLLOWING their avowed policy of never looking beyond Ihe next weekend’s game, 1lie Lemon and Green again lakes to the grid iron today, after having lasted blood on three successive Saturdays. Although they have knocked over three by no means easy opponents, today’s struggle is not exactly in the hag. True, on the basis of past successes it would seem that the Web foots are not exactly in the underdog posit ion. If they keep going like they have been, there just doesn’t seem to be anyone on the sched ule who can trip them. On the other hand, there is still a long way to go, and this is no time to start count ing the chickens likely to be hatched. Fur thermore, having gone through 1hc first part of the toughest schedule in history, three Cali fornia outfits in as many weeks, Tex Oliver fears his charges are due for a letdown, or so lie intimates. 'jpHERE is not. mud) point 1o reviewing llie general setup; that part is generally ! known, and anyone’s comments would be as j acceptable on the subject. However, 1be cam- ! pus, swarming with 1bose who are proud of 1he way the year is going, is bubbling over with enthusiasm. Tex Oliver is stronger than horseradish with one and all, and so are Jiis boys. There’s no getting around it, people like to see winning football, especially when it is their own team as this one is. Already the year looks like a record-breaker; already you can hardly buy seats for the Oregon State game of November 11. Last night’s rally was a well-organized, spirited piece of work. It showed the feeling piled ui) behind the gridmen. Beyond that it is u]) to Tex and his boys. And next week maybe there will still be headlines reading “Unbeaten Oregons.” They Came to Learn; Instead They Taught r I'TIE average college student, especially after lie has been a college student for a year or two, is prone to consider his high school younger brethren as rather unfledged material. From this type of material not much is to he expected in the way of useful ideas, 1he forgetful collegian is all too apt to decide. Yesterday,* in Hie guild theater of John son hall, this idea ran into a snag, or rather it suffered a complete rout, and at I he hands of a group of these same pre-college youths. It seems that they not only have their own ideas, but they have plenty of them, and the ideas are good. More than that, they are not a bit bashful about sounding off about what they think and what they have done. Not many college students are that way. To anyone sitting in on yesterday’s ses sions of the high school press conference it was impressive 1he way these youngsters came through. They got up in a crowd they did not know and sounded off. They told of their “student days,” in which students take over the school, run tin* classes, and have a field day in general. They told of their trou bles in arousing enthusiasm for various school projects. And 1 hoy know plenty about. news papers also. in all, it. was a question as to who was learning the more, 1 lie high school jour nalists or 1 he few stray collegians who for business or curiosity wandered into the meet ings. It is certain that everyone came away with something new, something useful. All is not lost if high schools are turning out material like this these days, if the per sonal views will be pardoned. Although the phrase lias been used so many times, it might again he permissible to say that the Univer sity is fortunate in having these high school conferences here each year. The University is indeed fortunate, for not only do the young sters learn, hut they also teach. Possibly they teach more than they learn. And there is al ways room for such teaching, if it is going to mean so much mutual benefit. Only complaint possible is that it is too had more of the college young people could not contact, the youngsters to see how much they had forgotten. Rockets Should Go Farther INTERESTING angles can be counted on to develop as lime goes on, and this is true of almost anything which can be named, ll is true of this year's slndent body membership campaign. Only a week ago the drive was being hailed as the most successful in the history of optional ASUO fees. It was, in some ways. It did sell more cards than had ever been sold before, and of these it did sell more $15 cards than last year’s all-time high, which means winter and spring term percentages will hold up better. But enrollment is up, and in selling more cards, the drive still netted a lesser percent age than last year, by nearly four per cent. Of course the term is not yet over and many of the returns are not yet in, but this is fairly close to a final figure. When the matter is held out at arm’s length and inspected it has all the earmarks of a paradox. More enrollment, yes, and more football games at home than ever before. Not only that, but football games away from home iire <1 rawing heavy water in llie way of eorn |)li*1(‘ admission for ASUO members; Berkeley supplied I lie latest, instance. HE fact that more of the heavyweight cards, the all-year fil'teen-dollar numbers, were sold seems to indicate plenty of ready cash among the undergraduates, particularly among freshmen. At the state college the three thousand mark was reached a day or two ago, which beats our percentage considerably. This is especially unusual, for the University has always led the college in percentage of student body cards sold, ever since the adop tion of the optional fee. The more pondering that is done the far ther one strays from any logical conclusion. The best drive machinery in years put on the best campaign, sold more cards, but percent age' fell. If there is any reason for this state of affairs it is not immediately apparent. If someone has the reason at hand he should come forward with it. Oregonizing had a great start. It rolled far, but it could have rolled farther. It’s a Salt-Mine Job *Jj''WO days ago, as a result of annual fall elections, the class of ’TS, the University's newest freshman class, became a body with a head and a framework. They took on a new president and a new set of class officers, the first of a four-year line. Immediately upon learning of their new found offices, the electees found themselves face to face with a hand-raised set of prob lems, generally those which have been fresh man concerns since the class system was in vented. Not very stupendous concerns, it is true, but nevertheless matters which would come under the “to be done” heading. The frosh, through their new officers, found themselves almost completely disor ganized, an almost invariable characteristic of any successful attack, according to the KOTO manual, volume 111. They had carried their position, but for the moment they were unable lo do'much more than try to figure out the # meaning of tlioir victory. # # Jj'IKs’l' on their list was the orango-and hlaek “O" on Skinner’s butte. The frosli duty was elearly, as a matter of tradition, to restore to the huge eonerete letter on the hill ils original gleaming yellow eolor. That this was not done the day it was diseovered will probably be a blaek mark on the elass record which will be a long time wearing off. Having cleared up the matter of the “0” they must then not only guard their work, but they must get. ready to build the greatest bontire ever, tor Homecoming, and prepare to guard that. The life of the freshman is not 100 per cent a bed of roses, and the elass story is like that of the individual. But the frosh should not be too slow in starting, or they will find them selves behind the well-known eight-ball for some little time during their first year here. The SHOW OFF By NORMAN FOSTER Dust to dust! . • . Perhaps you’ve heard the one about the producer who calls the novelist into his office and says, “Congratulations, you've got a swell story here. We’ll change the plot, move the setting from Alas ka to Florida, add some new char acters and it’ll make a colossal picture.” And that’s the way of all nov els in Hollywood. Take for exam ple the best-seller, “Gone With the Wind.” By the time the Hollywood big wigs get through with the now infamous novel, it will be some thing on the order of "Hurricane.” ■. Incidentally, “Gone With the Wind” is scheduled for release around Christmas. Which Christ mas they didn’t say. And “Grapes of Wrath,” the picturesque ditty by John Steinbeck, is still before the cameras. Steinbeck sold the story only on the condition that he could okey the script before it was “shot.” Hollywood Backyard ? In spite of the author’s precau tions, “The Grapes of Wrath” will probably be shot in a Hollywood backyard or alley, if not Florida. Steinbeck’s "juicy” story promises to be a headache for the Will Hays office, and no wonder! “Mighty Oregon” Recorded Decca will release discas of the leading college songs throughout the country. “Mighty Oregon” will be one of them, but as yet we don’t know the band that will swing out via wax for the Alma Mater . . . Almost as good as his “Begin the Beguine” is Artie Shaw's treatment of the old “I Surrender Dear.” Top suave swing, this tune should discredit any be lief that Shaw and company are on the downgrade. Besides spectacu lar clarineting by Shaw, the musi cal accompaniment for “I Surren der Dear” fairly makes the plat ter sizzle and the side fry. Airing! . . . Bunny Berrigan has given up his band in favor of a studio job . . . Edythe Wright is no longer with Tommy Dorsey and company. T. Dorsey’s vocalizing will be car ried on by Anita Boyer . . . Glen Miller’s band and the Andrews sis ters will replace Paul Whiteman’s on the Wednesday night CBS Chesterfield cig show. Can’t Happen Here? . . . A “gentlemen’s agreement” among most of the country's lead ing bands is to the effect that said orchestras will not play any for eign national anthems regardless of the importance of the individ ual making the request. Plans Set (Continued from page one) to campus social life, has been definitely set for the night of No vember 4. The scene of the dance will be McArthur court and the theme, as yet not released for pub lication, will be “extremely appro priate.” Bob Calkins, president of the class of '42, explained in an inter Cp f m e r a Ui Copy Desk Staff: Shirley Mulharen Ann Reynolds STSlry Husk Ray Schriek Wes Sullivan Ken Erickson Jimmie Leonard Hal Olney Business Promotion Staff: Kathleen Brady, Chairman Dorothy Horn Evelyn Nelson Joan Stinnette Kennett Lawrence Business Office Secretaries: Billie Wade ' Sue Ehrhardt < Boyd Copenhaver Saturday Advertising: Staff: Bob Rogers, Advertising Mgr. Margaret Girvin Elizabeth Dick Bob Gilsan Special Accounts: Arthur Haines Rhea Anderson, Chairman Lynn Johnson Don Brinton Executive Secretaries: Arvilla Bates Priscilla Gilmore Night Staff: Bill Borthwick. Night Editor Charles Kenyan Priscilla Gilmore Tom Wright view last night the* general pur pose of the soph infortnal dance. “It is our desire to give a dance where the fellows can bring their girl-friends and enjoy an evening of dancing or jitterbugging in a friendly and congenial atmosphere —all without a too noticeable chop in the felloWs’ allowance,” Talk ins explained. The rules for the “dirtier than dirt” contest have been set as fol lows: Entrants must be members of the class of ’42; any evidence of an intentional attempt to get the shoes or pants dirtier than would result from ordinary wear, will eliminate entrants from the con test; and entrants must be wear ing their own clothes. In other words, the would-be contestants must be sophomores. However, the fact that a partici pant may be on freshman study table because, of heavy pigging last spring term will not keep him from entering the contest. Con testants are not supposed to fall into mud puddles on purpose nor dab black paint on shoes. Such ac tions will be considered decidedly unfair and therefore will not be al lowed. If a hopeful contestant’s shoes are two sizes too large or if the moleskins resemble knickers, said contestants will be consid ered wearing other than their own apparel and will be excluded from the contest. A suggestion has been made by the contest committee to the ef fect that in order to even be con sidered for judging, moleskins should be able to stand by them selves and saddles should be of the new “midnight in a Coal Mine” shade. Students who expect to partici pate, will be asked to meet at some given place in McArthur court the night of the dance for judging. The time and exact place of the judging will be announced at a later date in the Emerald. jitterbugs (Continued from page one) represent an electoral college. Su san Campbell hall and the Delts have chosen University of Idaho as their theme. The Kappa-DU booth will present Annapolis. Hen dricks hall and Alpha hall have chosen Gonzaga as their college. Bryn Mawr is to be the theme of Zeta Tau Alpha and Sigma hall. Prizes Offered A prize will be awarded to the most original and best decorated booth. The concession taking in the most money will also receive a prize. The Highland cooperative and Sigma Alpha Mu booth will represent WSC and a turtle race will be featured. University house and Sigma Chi have chosen Minne sota. Alabama will be represented by the Gamma Phi-SAE booth. The Alpha Delta Pi-Phi Delt booth will carry the University of Washington colors. The Alpha Gamma-Chi Psi-Zeta hall conces sion theme is to be a football game starring UCLA. Ohio State will reign over the Alpha Omicron Pi Sigma Nu booth. Squirting water guns at lighted candles will be used in the West Point concession 3f the Alpha Xi Delta-Canard club booth. The Chi Os and Kappa Sigs are decorating their booth in Univer sity of California colors, and the Delta Gammas and Phi Gamma Deltas are planning on a penny Ihrowing contest, using Cornell as Iheir college. Tri Delta and Camp Dell cooperatives 1 and 2 will pre sent Dartmouth’s winter carnival. The theme of the Theta-Sigma Phi Epsilon booth is to be “Rally Sands Dude Ranch” featuring the University of Texas colors. The 3eta-Sigma Kappa-Pi Kap booth vill sponsor telegrams again this ,’ear, using Vassar colors. Students Take Exams Final examination for a master's degree in business administration ,vas taken by Delos Shinn Monday ifternoon. The examination committee was is follows: Dean Victor P. Morris, 'hairman; Professor Calvin Crum >aker; Associate Professor Daniel Dudley Gage: Assistant Professor Vilbur P. Riddlesbarger; Professor Cardinal Lyle Kelly; and Professor )rin K. Burrell. GOOD LUCK! to ‘Mighty Oregon’ We’re cheering for the team and Kose Bowl conscious . . . stop in and see us at the foun tain before and after the game. • School Supplies • Drugs • Fountain Service LEMON “O” PHARMACY Across from Sigma Chi j The World At Large By JACK BI KER Japanese progress in China is much like the path of a truck through desert sands. The Nippon ese invaders advance, but Chinese civilians rise up around them, bombing at night and forgetting to raise crops by day. The Japanese method of sup pression in this case is probably one of the most inhuman acts of the present day. Forbidden by death to use opium under Chiang-Kai-Shek's regime, the Chinese are having it forced down their throats at the profit of Japanese army officers. Officers Profit Having captured a town, a group of Nipponese officers promptly open several shops for the distribution of a cheap grade of opium. Profits from the busi ness, as do many other similar grafts, go into their pockets. China tried for decades to sup press opium smoking, and under the iron hand of Chiang-Kair-Shek was realizing great success. In 1936 the Generalissimo said, “Chi na’s greatest danger is not from foreign invasion, but from her old age opium smoking habit.” Unusual Warfare It Is all too plain that such a degrading method of warfare might well lower Chinese character and resistance to a degree where Ja pan can mold the entire nation. At the present time 75 per cent of the Japanese in Manchuria are some way connected with the opium industry. This is not only a problem to China, since nearly all of the opium imported to this country is raised' and shipped by the Japanese. However, these ship ments are first labeled in Shanghai or Tienstin in order that the blame will be placed on the Chinese. The Japanese as a whole are not to be blamed for this weird busi ness in China. The Japanese army operates on its own authority, lis tening only to the applause of its home audience. Army Control Having the greatest voice in the cabinet, the army chieftains are able to realize their own ambitions without dissent from important sources. Therefore, it is almost the army alone that has profited from the struggle. Officers are re turning home from the front wealthy as a result of systematized graft sweated out of conquered Chinese. Chinese land in Manchuria is taken over, fortunes are stolen, and cases are on file of wealthy White Russians being kidnaped by Mlf HOIIAI.ll EDWARD G. ROBINSON in “BLACKMAIL” plus Joe E. Brown - Martha Raye in “$1,000 a Touchdown” SHIRLEY TEMPLE in “Susannah of the Mounties” plus “Hotel Imperial” with RAY MILLAND ISA MIRANDA JOE PENNER in “The Day the Bookies Wept” plus CHARLES STARRETT in “The Man From Sundown” with GINGER ROGERS and FRED ASTAIRE plus ‘Unexpected Father’ with MISCHA AUER and SANDIE HENVILLE Japanese military police and held tor ransom while various other members of Japanese police fought for a share in the spoils. While the Japanese islands are one of tiie finest places we have visited, we can’t help by grind the axe of hatred sharp over the ac tions of the Japanese army in Chi na. Miss Lucy Jane Downing of . Westport and Joseph Letelle Mc Cool were married in Carson City, , Nevada, September 16. Miss Down i ing was graduated from the Uni versity and is a member of Delta Gamma sorority. Joe McCool is a former student and a member of i the Phi Psi house. r«u Delta Chi Elects President, Secretary Edwin Larson was elected presi dent and Allan Shepard, secretary sf Tau Delta Chi, men’s business honorary, Thursday night at a regular meeting. Two new officers were installed and suggestions were made con cerning the selection of several new members. A radio program, which is given annually by the group, is planned for some time in December. The broadcast will probably be a 15 minute dramatization. CONGRATULATIONS To Oregon’s Mighty Team EUGENE BRANCH THE U. S. 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