The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods. Subscription rates: $1.26 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as 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 Francisco—Portland and Seattle. BUD JERMAIN, Editor Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor GEORGE LUOMA, Manager Jim Frost, Advertising Manager Helen Angell, News Editor George Paaero, Co-sport* Editor Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Betty Jane Thompson, Chief Night Editor Marge Finnegan, Women’s Editor Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor .Jack Bryant. Staff Photographer Hal Olncy. Assistant Managing Editor Ken Christianson, Assistant Sports Editor Don Goodall, Asst. Mgr. Editor. Jean Crites, National Advertising Frederick Lhlers, Classified Manager BUSINESS STAFF Bay Cook, Merchandising Manager Herb Anderson, Circulation Manager Janet Farnham, Executive Secretary Charles Kenyon, Staff Photographer Rose Bowl by Proxy—or, Who’s Kicking? rpilK()UGlI the years that football lias been played by University of Oregon teams some great moments have been written into Webl'oot gridiron history. True, Oregon foot ball lias had its ups and downs, but on the whole it has not done so badly. This year it did rather better than “not bad," by a considerable margin. Accordingly, before Webfoot football is allowed to com pletely submerge itself into the background for another year, it might be in order to more clearly mark in the edges of the picture for the season. Everybody knows about the percentage angle. Last year it was .429, with three games won and four lost. This year it is an even .500, three won, three lost, and a tie. There are some powerful schools lower on the ladder than University of Oregon, schools which are rather more used to being higher on the list. # # j-JOWEVEIt, it is not the number of games won or lost which provide interest, be yond the stage of cold figures. It is the kind of football put out that counts, and in this department it would be hard to find a better showman than wily Tex Oliver. 11 is boys played colorful ball, their games were hair raisers to watch, and Tex is still stronger than horseradish with the fans up and down the state. One of the main troubles with football is 1 hat its appeal is emotional, which means that it must make way for other emotional appeals. That is why every year, as soon as a season is done, the eye is turned ahead to the next year. For the same reason the great plays of each game fade and blend together in defer ence to new interests. It is only with special effort that the memory will relive entire games or situations. About all that is left of a football season after it is over is pictures like that of a hob Smith sweep to the left with that sharp swerve to the rear, then the long prayer pass to Jay Graybeal. * # # a little thinking the savage contact of the Oregon State game comes back, with its final heartbreak, and the sneaker pulled by the Gonzagas, and the UCLA frosting. At the extreme other end of 1939 football retrospect looms the Trojan tie. An Oregon team which can tie the Trojans, who have been ami are going to the Hose howl, need make no apologies for a .5U0 season. They have done their bit. Nickel Arithmetic and AWS Headaches ‘^y'TIJ'iN it comes to picking sure-fire dyna mite it begins to look as if the “Nickel Hop," nee “Dime Crawl,” ought to rate a place oil the list as a natural. This year it seems some of the lassies got (heir figures crossed in the little matter of door lax. They, it was rumored, charged some of the boys not the specified nickel but a dime, and therein lies 1 he “beef.” Just how many campus males jingled dimes into the collection boxes would be hard to estimate. It, is probable that not many did so. It is also likely that most of them didn't care. But that makes no difference in the final standings. It is no heinous crime to ac cept the tenth part of a dollar rather than the twentieth part, if the males do not object, but it must be admitted it certainly would throw a monkey wrench into the figuring which conies after the returns are in. # # # rJTvlIE AWS has a pretty good system worked out to determine which house actually did the best. They consider the number of girls compared with the total take, and they have a sliding scale so it works out quite equit ably for aby size of house. But the whole program is based on equal taxes at the door. Accordingly, it is (he responsibility of the girls to see that equal factors are kept equal. That they did not do so makes little differ ence in the long run, for the scholarship fund swells just that much more, but it does not make the girls feel any better when there is room for even the slightest murmur. Anne Krederiksen, AWS president, did everything she eon Id (o insure smoother op eration than last year. Last year's complaint that the announcement of the winner was delayed she forestalled herself by rolling up her sleeves and going lo work immediately the dancing ended. Nothing but commenda tion should come her way for the way it was handled. » » » JT is possible that results might have been different, had not the rules been infringed upon, but it is unlikely that anyone will cry over sjii11 milk, (lirls are good enough sports these days to take things as 1hey come, and they believe in fairness, although at times, when the cry is raised against the election of some “queen” of the many, it might seem otherwise. Kvrit making an award of any kind in this ease is no easy task, with so many popu lar houses among the women and so many close scores. One mill of difference is not much, but someone has to win, and there is only one cup. Anyway it must have furnished consider able enjoyment to charm 2212 nickels (and one penny) out of male pockets. And inci dentally it is an improvement that the tax was cut in half this year. The AWS did not suffer much from the reduction. Maybe next year there will be no hitch. Behind the With JACK BUY ANT All ill ail the nickel hop was O.K. . . . had ilh l>iis . . . NOMIN YTIONS Ku.ss (jiiiiin as one ol the lies! soda jorkers on the campus . . . Chi O's Phyllis Ash, a pledge from Astoria as very, aery, popular at the uickel hop . . . B. ,1. I'oullie, Camilla I’lu, as the best lookin' and suell-ek gaj'.tecst, thrte am. Bream 11 n y, "Darling adorable Blonde.’’ (Contributed) , tiruee YY dll uns. Theta pledge, Di&li pees on a YYeUdrtheU ... ** c, TjiKMu 4... niJ 5 htr for hoy-* tball season—but after the sea son was over, when the band had more time to fool around. Fred Waring got into it when lie offered to help. When nothing at all had happened for so long that it looked as if nothing was would, the Emerald approached John Dick, suggested that the song be given a fighting chance. Dick, worked to a frazzle between basket ball, his ASUO duties, and studies, there and then won his spurs as a master strategos, pull ing the rabbit out of the hat in the shape of the Emerald committee. By this one fell swoop the Emerald is stopped cold. To say that the position Nels and his min ions find themselves in is complicated is a prize understatement. If no results are forth coming, they must point the journalistic fin ger at themselves in all solemnity and good faith. Either they “put up or shut up.” They certainly can t pick on anyone else for not doing the job. You never can tell, the old alma mater might have a fight song yet. And we still think Prexy John has the last laugh, if any. The BAND BOX By BILL MOXLEY Last week, Time magazine gave over a column to Glen Miller and his band, calling him the “undisputed King of Swing.” That is really some thing. For a band to skyrocket to the very top of the heap in a few short months is nothing short of phenomenal. How does Glen Miller do it? What is there about his music that draws such a horde of pop ular followers. Glen is recog nized as being one of the few bands without numerous pre mium instrumentalists or ace soloists who share the spotlight and have a following of their own. His band is just a good all around organization, with no widely featured and highly pub licized virtuosos. Has Stylo Perhaps the largest part of Glen Miller’s success is due to his “style.” This one factor has operated more in Miller’s case than with almost any of the other top bands. He makes no secret of his orchestration tricks that give some of the unusual effects characteristic of his style. The “saxatones,” for instance, give that unusual effect of sax ophone harmony featured in many of his numbers. In creat ing this effect, the clarinet and fourth alto play melody an oc tave apart, with the other alto and two tenor saxes filling in the harmony. Simple isn’t it? Yet a few devices like that have made Glen Miller tops in the nation's favor. Survey Made Two hours of Nickel Hopping gave an excellent survey of campus music of the moment. Glen Miller, Orrin Tucker, and Artie Shaw were going full blast everywhere. Columbia re cordings arc gaining favor with some good bands. . . . Speaking of Artie Shaw, he has become a No. 1 headache of late. Mr. Shaw says that ‘‘the music business stinks.” He may be right but anybody who is making several thousand dol lars a week from a business shouldn’t mind a little smell. Artie is quitting the business and heading for distant parts to enjoy a full life of peace and quiet (and no thousand bucks a week). Maybe he’ll be back in a few months going stronger than ever with lots of martyred glory behind him. Most people who walk out on gold mines .don't stay away very long. Tonight is a good night for swing fans. Goodman, Miller, and T. Dorsey are all scheduled for airings at various times. SO LONG. Law Major to Pledge The pledging of Myrt P. Wilson by Sigma Nil, was announced yes terday through the office of Virgil P. Karl, dean of men. Wilson is a freshman in law. Frame your favorite picture to make that perfect Christmas gift at LUDFORD’S I Faults i lv> V ■ ■■ ■ »-■ Was Art Goods iibu <49 p • 1 ; The World at Large By JACK BUKEK Again the United States comes close to war in the Far East, as many observers declare we are on the verge of a scrap with Japan. The trouble, as usual, begins with England. By a master stroke of diplomacy last month, John Bull reminded us of our responsibility in China, while she is busy guarding her loot in Europe. In other words England is walking out of China, letting Uncle Sam hold the sack. And that sack contains just this: The U. S. marines, next to the Japanese army, will soon be the largest foreign armed force in China, and our diplomatic position makes us the number one saliva in the Japanese tea cup, regards her complete control of China by present methods. Japanese Army Attacked Ambassador to Japan, Grew, although gaining the favor of Japanese industrialists in a recent move, did not warm the hearts of those little fellows who drop bombs and will pick a fight with anyone, relying on the invincibility of the Japanese soldier which is not entirely mystic since Japan has never lost a major war. Also important is the fact that Japan needs an excuse for quit ting the China struggle without losing face. Russia offered a pos sible diversion, but the Japanese cannot wait for Stalin to turn his back. Therefore a short naval battle with this country would strength en our position in China at the expense of busily occupied England, which would please the Nipponese since their future in China would be brighter because of our point of view which is more pro-Oriental than that of the British. Would Give Japan Advantage After a short struggle, an expertly arranged settlement on the part of Japan would put her in the number two position in China which would give her every advantage for trade and sectional control. Of course we would start the war. The state department has promised real trouble if any more American property is destroyed in China. The Chinese will take care of that rash act, if Japan does not beat her to it, since both would evetually profit by the ensuing struggle. Undoubtedly the United States would profit as the dominant force in suppression of the Sino-Japanese hostilities, so why not? But who ever heard of taking a chance on losing three million dollars worth of business in Japan to save one million in China. The loss would probably only be for a short time, but oh those business men. If your viewpoint is conservative on this, just try to get a pass port for China. Oregon Grads To See Service Address Changers Required to Secure 'Special Permits' Three former Oregon students, now second lieutenants in the na tional officers’ reserve corps, have been included in a group of 57 re serves who will soon start active duty with the regular army in the ninth corps area, it was announced yesterday by the Presidio, San Francisco. John Gavin, who last year was captain in Scabbard and Blade, na tional military honorary, Don Boyd, another Scabbard and Blade .member, and Ralph Amato, one time Oregon baseball player, are the three from this University. According to the bulletin, the group will spend seven months with the regular army. Connoisseur in Libe j The library has recently received , 37 volumes of the magazine Con-1 noisseur which will be on the shelves for general circulation within a few days. The volumes include number 50 to number 70. ®regci fimera iu REPORTERS: EMERALD Rob McGill Darrell Lear Betty Jane Thompson Nisma Banta Mildred Wilson Jeff Kitchen Betty Jane Biggs Janet Piper Norman Foster Connie Averill BUSINESS DEPT. Alma Paksis Corine Lamon Elsie Brownell Jack Buker Howard Fishel Jim Ba-nks Edith Oglesby Helen Sawyer Jean Adams Eleanor Engdahl Jean Spearow ASSISTANTS: Mary Ellen Smith, National Advertising Janet Rieg, Circulation EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES: Arvilla Bates Priscilla Gilmore BUSINESS OFFICE SECRETARIES: Billie Wade Boyd Copenhaver Sue Ehrhart BUSINESS PROMOTION STAFF: Kathleen Brady, Chairman Joan Stinnette Dorothy Horn Kennett Lawrence Evelyn Nelson Mary Jean McMorris SPECIAL ACCOUNTS: Rhea Anderson, Chairman Lynn Johnson Don Brinton SPORT STAFF: Margaret Young Bob (Lefty) Smith Jerry O’Callaghan Nancy Lewis Bernard Engel Margaret Dake Mary Belcher Ray Sclirick Ray Foster Milt Levy Jim Schiller Len Ballif Charles Boice Bob Flavelle Bob Potwin Saturday Advertising Staff: Bob Rogers, Adv. Mgr. 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