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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1939)
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon. publiBhed daily during the coUege yea.^except Sundays. Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and *6.uu per year, second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore.__________ Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE INC college publishers’ representative. 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San I-rancisco—Portland and beattle.___ BUD JERMAIN, Editor Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor Ljxl<wr\.v_rr-« L<uui.vin, mauaget Jim Frost, Advertising Manager Helen Angell, News Editor George Pasero, Co-sports Editor Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Betty Jane Thompson, Chief Night Editor Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor Hal Olney, Assistant Managing Editor Marge Finnegan, Women’s Editor Jack Bryant, Staff I’botographer Tcan Crites. National Advertising Frederick Elders, Classified Manager BUSINESS STAFF Rav Cook. Merchandising Manager Herb Anderson, Circulation Manager Janet Farnham. Executive Secretary Charles Kenyon, Staff Photographer No Door Tax In Gerlinger NIVERS1TY assemblies, a fixture of Thursdays at eleven, are doing no little bit these days toward keeping an assortment of very agile brains in motion. If this mental agitation continues for very long on its pres ent track, assembly audiences in the future are likely to discover in their midst a very different animal from the assemblies in effect now. Karl W. On thank, dean of personnel and therefore number-one man in the University assembly setup, is no believer in slothfulness. He is one of the hardest and fastest working men on the University staff. Furthermore, having his mind pretty well on his work, he is constantly working for improvement all the way around, including assemblies. Dean Onthank is not having to do it alone; far from it. He heads an able assembly com mittee, and one or two service groups have interested themselves in sprucing up assem blies to make them more attractive to students. More than that, L)r. Erb himself made his own position very clear last week at the pre-llomcconiing gathering. SSE.MBElEli at the University oL' Oregon represent problems peculiar to them selves; no other school has quite the same situation. First, assemblies are not compulsory here, except for the compulsion which is ex ercised upon (Jrcek-letter freshmen and upon various classes. At some schools assemblies are compulsory. Gerlinger itself is not an ideal auditorium for such a purpose. If it is enlarged sufficient ly to hold a crowd it becomes an unwieldy room, still a gymnasium. The audience gets a bad break, what with creaking chairs, squeaking doors, leather heels, and carly leavcrs. Freshmen must sit. in the balcony, although there is plenty of room bc|,u\v, and the absence of the freshmen from the main floor makes the auditorium look half-filled, leaves a bad impression. No crying need for a new building is hereby suggested—only that there is room for some smoothing over of rough spots in utilization of Gerlinger. To the average upperclassman assemblies mean little. He does not have to go, and chances are he will not go unless for a very special reason. There are plenty of upperclass men who have never held down an assembly chair since their freshman days. The fact that they do not is not so bad in itself as the fact that they have no interest in going; and the assembly setup is an important adjunct to regular classroom education. NE of tlu; suggestions for change, which unfortunately can have no effect this year, is the hour. It is possible that eleven in the morning of a day which is otherwise mostly free from classes is not too attractive. An hour earlier would he better. And if is a fact that the speaker has three strikes against him after half an hour, perhaps sooner; for when the call of lunch asserts itself the audi ence take on a different character and turns a deaf ear to the proceedings. This change in the audience is pronounced and easily discern ible the moment it happens, as if an electric current had hit, the crowd all at once. One thing which keeps assemblies long is that speakers are told they may talk up to the end of the period, rather than for 20 minutes, •'!() minutes, or whatever would be the most desirable for a unified speech. Some speakers are clever enough to say what they have to say and stop, while others are less considerate. There are some reports which merit, con sideration, but the list is already obviously overlong. At any rite the would-be assembly improvers have their work cut out for them. All they have to do is work things out so that Giorlinger will be so crowded every Thursday that undergraduates will have to come early or fight for seats. Authors’ Club--The UO Faculty Jj'lLTEJ.ilNG into I lie campus this week arc the vanguard of the first, issue of a new book by another University of Oregon profes sor, George S. Turnbull of the school of jour nalism. Professor Turnbull's work concerns, natur ally enough, newspapers the history of Ore gon newspapers—and is 1 he result of years of careful endeavor. It is in a class all by itself. Next month George Turnbull will be guest of honor at a banquet commemorating Ti years of service here for him, as well as the publica tion of this new volume. But George Turnbull’s hook is not the only new one out by an Oregon professor. II. I >. Sheldon's history of the University of Oregon is shortly to roll off the presses, while h'. G. G. Schmidt, retired from the German depart ment, has a fine German-American vocabulary volume. These are the three most recent; the pro cess goes on all Iho time, livery year some University of Oregon professor either pro duces or lias a hand in the producing of some book. They work for years before they will permit the finished product to go into type. Many of the textbooks in use at the various schools of the University are home-grown pro ducts. u i it ten by tin1 professors who teach the courses the books cover. And these books cun compete with any others ever written in their field. This tendency to become authors without any compulsion is something that does the University no harm. It shows these men are thinking, are authorities worthy of reeog ldt ion. Accordingly, to (icorgc Turnbull congratu lations art* in order; his book is the most im mediate. To all other University of Oregon authors, present and future, more of the same. It’s one of the things which go to make a university great. Special rate on the Emerald, 52.20 tor the balance of the year. Subscribe for the folks at home, for first hand campus news. , ELLIOTT S THANKSGIVING SERVICE Let ns I'liriiisl) your TURKEY •—ami roast it tor ^ o m* Tliauksaiviu^ DINNER ( boose Our Belter PUMPKIN PIES! MINCE PIES! ELLIOTTS GROCERY Util and Patterson, Ph. 110 Donald Duck has enrolled in the Indiana school of law. Which goes to prove that there arc some quack lawyers. Remember . . . (hat wo haw a large variety of fresh .sea foods . . . try one of onr individual oral) eoelvlails ! Remember . . . that we also have all the “trimmings" for your iliuner or smirk . . . rraekers, pickles, bailees , .. Phone 2309 NEWMAN’S Fish Market 33 L”t i; td >v Delta Phi Alpha Starts Work Appointing two committees Gcyrge Budncr, president of Delta 1’lii Alpha, German honorary, Iasi night started ground work on twt i new club projects. Bringing to the campus of the German-made movie, "Der Zigeu i l uerbaron," ("The Gypsy Baron" , within the next month will be the biggest undertaking. With the waltzes of Johann Strauss as ttu | central feature, the movie, like l other foreign-made films, wil have Knglish sub-titles so tha< ! those without ;m understanding i of German will not be lu&ili I capped. Naming Maurice Goldberg chairman, Bodlier appointed Aida Bruu. Gugcue Didak, and Betts Jane Thompson to the publicity and ticket comuuttee. Preliminary plans ssere alsi undo for a combined meeting o! Uje rrcnch. binui.-h. ,iud Germai honoraries Named to this com , mittee ssere LoiT.uue Gjorduig Robert Better, and Joe Amato Mi, s Gjorduig and Mr. 1’cttce t represent the l' rem U am J tipaiust irgrrarnt: rsgr: tv s’.; ci s.Uict tbsare alao members. The World At Large By JACK BUKER Japan's apparent failure in China is due in no small way to “below the board” business practices of a group of Amer ican and British “sharpshoot ers.” Japanese occupied territory contains a gold mine of Chi nese industrial plants, some of which have been partly de stroyed. Nipponese industrial ists eyed these huge factories with the idea of making them pay for the war. But no sooner had they kicked the Chinese out, when they be held large American and British flags sailing over most of the factories. The Japanese really got mad when signs began to appear on the property that read: “Owned and operated by the Associated American In dustries.” It seems that forming a cor poration in the state of Dela ware is like getting a divorce in Reno. Then the newly organ ized company by phony and an equally complicated arrange Behind the BaLl With JACK BRVANT BULLETIN Sigma Chi’s pick DG's Eve lyn Nelson for “sweetheart.” They are not re-building their homecoming barricade to ward off other fourteen sororities. Preparing more tactful defense. * * * ( iii Psi’s frosh fill house full of sawdust and wood, then walk out. * * * A pair of “Jacks” turned up at the Alpha. Chi’s Wednesday, and now Marilyn Ashley packs one of her fingers around in a splint . . . HINT: it could have been a game of slap. . . . Even the dorms are going ritzy . . . Alpha had an initiation for the newcomers last Saturday from 2 a.m. on. . . . COMPLICA TIONS: Two girls in the same house with identical formals, SUNNY STANKE and LOR RAINE JONES. . . . Today's “SHE GETS AROUND” list: (Please turn to t>ayc lour) 1 EMKRAI.I) REPORTERS: nOD IVU vill | Earreli Lear Betty Jane Thompson Nisma Ban la Mildred Wilson Jeff Kitchen Betty Jane Biggs Janet Piper Norman Foster Connie Averill Alina raksis Corine Lamon Elsa Brownell Jack Buker Howard Fishel Jim Banks Edith Oglesby Helen Sawyer Jean Adams Eleanor Kngdahl iMizauein Anne Harrison BUSINESS DEPT. ASSISTANTS: Mar\ 1C lion Smith, National Advertising Janet Rieg, Circulation E X EC U TIV E S ECRETARIES : Arvilla Bates Priscilla Cilinore BUSINESS OFFICE SECRETARIES: Billie Wade Boyd Copenhaver Sue Ehrhart BUSINESS PROMOTION STAFF: Kathleen Brady, Chairman Joan Stinnette Ken nett Lawrence SPECIAL ACCOUNTS: Rhea Anderson, Chairman Dorothy Horn Evelyn Nelson Lynn jonnson si'OKT STAFF: Ken Christianson Margaret Young Foil 1.1 .city i Smith jerry O’Callaghan Nancy Lewis Bernard Kngel Margaret Lake Mary Belcher uou uriniuu Kay Schrick Kav Foster Milt Levy Tim Schiller Lett Ballif l 'harles Boiee Boh Flavelle it oh Pot win Cop\ IK'nK St-.it I: Hal Olney. Copy Editor Joan Chry.stall. Assistant Mary Ann Campbell Eleanoro • Eugclahl Howard Fishcl Tom Wright Virginia Yost Marilyn Jones Wesley Sullivan Johnnie Kuhunanui Jean Dunn l'rida\ \d\ertising Staff: Doug Parker, Adv. Mgr. Betty Mae Euid l’at Heastand Kenny Maher Bob Potwia .Night Staff: Roy Galloway and Bernard Engel, Night Co-editor; Tom Wright Wh %¥ CAMPUS SHOP Tel 51 11 ment, becomes the owner of a huge Chinese cotton mill, etc. Chinese capital operates the factory or salvages the machin ery, and the Japanese, amidst much hissing of breath, raise merry hell. To complete the picture the foreign operators must place one of their country’s citizens on the property, which keeps the Japanese from blowing it up. Arriving in Shanghai stony broke, I was only tfoo glad to take one of those jobs, thinking I would get in on a little ad venture. I was sent several miles out of Shanghai to what is considered the largest cotton mill in China, with the title of assistant manager. Entertaining Bandits My job consisted of supervis ing salvaging, keeping out Chi nese bandits, and trying to make friends with the local Jap anese military. First they scared all of my coolies away. Then, by not allowing me or my Russian guards, who were hired to keep the Chinese guards awake, to have firearms, I had to stand by and direct heavily armed bandits to the nearest way out, after they had gathered as much loot as they could carry. So far it was adventure, but one night a band of Chinese guerillas began shooting up the place. It seems that a couple of Japanese officers got killed. The next day a whole company of soldiers broke down our gate and stormed in with fixed bayo nets. Through an interpreter X was told to leave under penalty of death. In the meantime they had tacked a sign on the front gate that said death to all who enter. I called the American consul in Shanghai, who got in touch with a Japanese official, who saved me some trouble. I was eventually given a pass, but preferred to retire to the more comfortable quarters of a news paper office in Shanghai. 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