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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1940)
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination oerioda. Subscription rates: $1.25 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 GEORGE LUOMA, Manager Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor Jim Frost, Advertising Manager UPPER NEWS STAKE Helen Angell, News Editor George I'asero, Co-sports Editor Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor Betty Jane Thompson, Chief Night Editor Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor Hal Olney, Assistant Managing Editor Ralph Woodall, Cartoonist Marge rinnegan, women s Editor Jack Bryant. Staff Photographer Ken Christianson, Assistant Sports Editor UPPEIt BUSINESS STAKE Mary Ellen Smith, National Adversiting Manager Ted Kenyon, Classified Manager Rhea Anderson, Special Accounts Manager Kathleen Brady, Special Promotion Manager Kay cook, Merchandunng Manager Herb Anderson, Circulation Manager Emily Tyree, Oflice Manager Legal As Long As Educational—That $2 Fee /'VNE of the most-asked questions since the state board’s adoption of the $2 compulsory fee for educational activities is the one of how the legality of the move was decided. With the demise of compulsory fees several years ago in a storm of referendum ballots still alive around the state it is only natural that such a question should arise. It is certain that before such a move was con templated the board knew what it was doing. Before the campaign began which ousted com pulsory fees its proponents did the same. They went to the attorney-general of the state, who returned a ruling that compulsory fees of the type then in use could not be defended as con stitutional. Then the matter was forced to a head. The board this time has done the same thing, or someone did it. At any rate the ruling was found, and this time the declaration was to the effect that if the activity for which the fee was levied was educational then its collection was legal. Under these terms the state system has the right to enforce any fee for educational activ ities. In local quarters the ruling has the ap proval and support of competent legal minds, such as Orlando J. Hollis, assistant dean of the Oregon law school, and member of the educa tional activities board since its inception. CCORDINGLY, the fee will be legal as long as it is confined to educational activities. But if it ever digresses from its defined field, and there is no indication that it ever would, it is likely to find itself on thin ice. Wince there have been plenty of official promises that the setup will remain the same as to administration # the promises will stand as insurance against the thin ice mentioned. There can be no doubt that cultural concerts, the Emerald, forensics, and the other depart ments covered by the new fee are educational in character. There is no indication that the new fee will include student body membership and voting, although yesterday’s Barometer, Oregon Htate college organ, carried an editorial declar ing: “The tedious details of preparing rosters of student body members every term will be eliminated from the duties of associated student officers. Every student will have a voice in elect ing those officers who administer the students’ business.” # * # rJpilE Barometer edit leads off with: “The state board of higher education took a long step toward more democratic distribution of the educational facilities of the college and univer sity when it added $2 educational activities to the regular term fee.” As far as the legality is concerned, then, the fee is safe as long as it goes toward the support of activities educational. It was for this reason that the ASUO execu tive committee did not go on record as either approving or disapproving the measure. It was all over before it got to the committee, which is limited to student government. The $2 being a board policy affecting all units of the state system the A8UO executive committee could do little more yesterday than consider it for its own information, and in anticipation of the problems which will have to be worked out when the change goes into effect. The Gathering of the Clan—-The Fourth Estate ^JpiII'j Oregon Press conference of the Oregon Press association opens its twenty-second annual session here today. In a war-torn, nervous world, beset with modern economic problems, facing tlm challenges of the modern competitors of newspapers, and with elections just around the corner, the, editors and publishers should find plenty of lively topics for discussion. The annual conference has always found plenty to talk about, which is one of the things that make it one of the most successful in existence, as it is one of the oldest. Recognized all over the country as one of the best state conventions of of newspaper men, the annual Oregon affair is successful largely be cause it remains undivided, despite the fact that tlic interests ol' the biami little papers grow farther and farther apart. * # OUT, while the big papers grow bigger and the •small sheets more numerous, mutual inter est, respect, and fellowship have bridged the gap, and most of the papers in Oregon will be represented here today and tomorrow. 'I'lie press conference, its continued success both from the standpoint of interest and pro gress, is one of the strongest reasons for the high quality of journalism in the state of Oregon as compared to that in other state. Development is one of the prime results of existeqee, and state journalism, which is broadening through the years, shapes its development to a large extent through these annual gatherings. A YEAR IN A DAY l!litllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|||||!llll!l||||||||||||||lllllllllllllllllll||||llllllll|inilll!lll|ll||||||l|l|||||||||lllllll||||UIII|||||lUi|l||||MIII|||||l|||ii|||!||||||||||||||||||||i||||||||||||||||i:i|i By WES SULLIVAN 11)11 January 4 Indirect lighting at the University has proven it self, according to Mr. Ried of the University lighting depart ment. Typhoid epidemic on the cam pus. Every fraternity, club, and boarding house will be given a 10-gallon can of boiled water each day until the danger is past. January 7 A new type of hat called the “tarn" has just invaded the. campus on the heads of the coeds. The men are wondering ‘‘what will they think of next?" Mill race Mi\ Go January 11 The future of the indlraco hangs in the balance as a group of irate property own ers have signed a pet.lion to di vert the stream because it i.> flooding their basements. Bert Prescott, Oregon's, ace golfer, cracked the record on Eugenes nine.hole course yes terday. He lowered the mark from 42 to Pj8. The Oregon Monthly is offer jug a prize for the composition of a new song for the Univer sity. January 2b- The ,-t mieait tody is considering giving a iniu< letter for basketball. Women's Suffrage Discussed Women's suffrage is under discussion at the University to day. February lb—The cia bene'; “senior bench” made its appear ance on the campus this week. February 18 When the swim ming tank will be completed is still a matter of conjecture. February 22 The University dramatic department will pre sent a minstrel show at the county fair this year. March 8—The basketball team ended the season with a neat profit of $21.85. This is the first time in the history of the. University that the basketball team has been out of the red. Onthunk Named tiditor Karl Onthank was selected editor of the 19111 Oregana yes terday. March 11 The YWCA bunga low fund has reached $1,500, just $000 short of its goal. March 15 The heating plant in Deady hall caused such ;ui odor last week that it has been closed. The students complumcd that they could not work under those conditions. President lioosevelt Visits April 5—President Theodore Roosevelt made a . horl addn . to students of the University from his special train today. Ku gene is one stop m a nation wide Lour now being made by the President May 1,’i- Phe University wo. men put out a special 18-page edition of Uic KmcraM. May 20—Seventy-four .-cumr.. v id rtccn.c t”._ Health Service Head Given Spring Leave Spring term leave of absence for research and study granted Ur. Fred N. Miller, head of the Uni versity health service, according to a decision rendered Tuesday by t lie State Hoard of Higher Edu cation. Upon leaving Eugene Dr. Miller plans to visit the Mayo clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, following that up with a jaunt to Ann Ar bor, Michigan. There at the Uni versity of Mishigan he plans to take a two-weeks course given un der the direction of the American College of Physicians. Ur. Miller's leave will extend in to the summer months, and he plans to return when school con venes again next fall. He has been connected with the University health service since 191i5. r iv 9 o n 'fef C- m e ra i i> Friday Advertising Mali: Doug Parker, Adv. Mgr. l’at Heastand Betty Mae Lind Kenny Maher Bob Potwm Ron Alpaugh Ray Foster Copy Desk Staff: Hal Olney, Copy Editor W'e.s Sullivan. Assistant Phil Sinnott Thomas Wright Mary Ann Campbell Jonathm Kihaivuun Night Staff ■lean Dunn. Night Editor Elsie Brownell, Assistant Eavbara RoUrL Curb Cruising By ALYCE ROGERS When they built the library, they forgot to put enough seats in it . . . too bad. And it's get ting so congested, they should install stop and go signs in the aisles. The traffic is so fast, many students have reported catching colds from the drafts created by the pledges sweeping by (on their way out to get a drink, have a cigarette, meet Jos or Jean, show off the new outfit, or to have a snappy little game of bridge in the upper hall.) . . . All in all, the libe is to many but a temporary halt ing place before continuing on down to the Side. And we’ve just located a story about the Beta house prexy, Walt Miller. It seems he made a midweek date with one Alpha Chi freshman. She left her even ing art class early to meet him in the cemetery but he was late —or forgot—and she froze until 10 p.m. waiting. And then Walt spent a good thirty minutes on the telephone trying to appease her. “Little" I’hil Barrett, Theta Chi, just planted his pin on Al vera Maeder, Hendricks hall. I-Iis only comment was that it didn’t happen in the dark. . . . And another Theta Chi, Merle Hanseom, the one with the beau tiful eyes, is doing a lot of pig ging in the Delta Gamma house with cute Maxine Ilanson, * * * Military Ball plans are going full force and the piggers better get rolling. For those without dates, just call “Cue-Ball,” he knows all the girls who sit home weekends. Once predicted Les Ander son’s DU pin on Mary Ann Fox, Pi Phi, but it looks as though he has some pretty stiff com petition before such a realiza tion. Friday night, she will be with Phil Sinnott, Phi Psi, who also dates Marthella Glover; then Saturday it’s Les; but Sun day she will be seen with A1 Silvcrnail, Chi Psi. (Looks like M. J. Shaw has a rival—in num bers. ) # r * Again the graveyard . . . Fiji Boh Millspaugh's car got stuck in the mud there the other night and it created quite a riot when Nancy at last got back to the Theta house. Mary Harvey, ADPi, has been the recipient of orchids and roses lately, and soon it will probably be his pin . . . Jack Burton, Delt. . . . Ann Gardner of the same tong has an OSC Delta Chi pin. . . . And Itae Vulgainore has a diamond from someone back home. BITS: Bette Morfitt, Kappa, has Chuck Coffin's Sigma Alpha Epsilon pin . . . Eleanor Collier, Pi Phi, no longer has Fred Fil lers’ Sigma Nu pin but they arc still keeping company. . . . Ru mor has it the Delts are quiet this term; merely whistle at the Tri Delts as they pass by. . . . Another neat couple seen around is Helen Jane Kerr, Theta, and Warren Finke, Beta. Ellouise Gunn, Alpha Phi, is having quite a time by herself trying to decide between her two ex-pins, Johnny McGowan, Beta, and recently - returned Scott Corbett, Phi Delt, and a third, a Portlander. Must be great to have so many men at one’s feet . . . and such desir able ones too. Libe Has Classes Pity the poor librarians! Thirty two sections of English Composi tion classes are being initiated into the mysteries of the library within the next few weeks at the rate of three classes a day. The BAND BOX By BILL, MOXLEY Glenn No Accident Contrary to general opinion, Glenn Miller’s arrival is not a mushroom affair but rather the result of many years of fore thought and planning. During the past ten years Glenn has played and arranged for prac tically every outstanding band in the country. All this time he was working out styles and ar rangements which, he thought would be successful when he started his own band. Glenn remembers the days when he joined Ben Pollack's band, after he had just graduat ed from Colorado university. He played beside Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa in that outfit and even in those days he played real swing. Bix Beiderbecke heard that Glenn was one of the finest trombone “ride men” and, after hearing Glenn himself, was so sold on the youth that he used him in the famous Beider becke recording combo. Glenn Miller’s sudden rise to fame is really a logical ascent because of the wealth of experience and background that Glenn acquired before embarking on his own to astound the music world. Johnny Started Young Johnny Green’s musical ca reer started at the age of three when he became twisted up in a gramophone while trying to discover where the sounds came from. (In case you're in doubt, a gramaphone is nothing more than a phonograph.) Colonel Had the Answer Favorite story of Budd Hu lick, of Stoopnagle and Budd, has to do with an incident that occured while he and Colonel Stoopnagle were touring in vaudeville. An obstreperous heckler was taunting them, giv ing them the bird, and yelling at them to get off the stage. “I never saw two guys as dumb as you,” he yelled from an upper box. Budd then tells how Col onel Stoopnagle stopped the show and walked to the side of the stage from which the heck ler was yelling. “You know what I’m going to do tomor row?” he asked. The heckler listened, mystified. “I won’t get up until noon,” continued the Colonel, “then I’ll have a bath drawn by my valet and then my chauffeur will take me for a drive in the park. But you, my friend, you’ll be up at seven thirty and going to work!” The audience applauded up roariously and the heckler quiet ed down for good. ‘Lopez Speaking’ From S. F. Vincent Lopez is currently playing at the Palace hotel in San Francisco. He is on the air every night about eleven o’clock with his swell band. Lopez has, in Penny Parker and Ann Bar ret, a couple of top flight gal warblers, Ann Barret being just about as hot as her predeces sor, Betty Hutton, who had a reputation as America’s No. 1 jitterbug. Bob Mitchell Like Orrin Those who have heard Bob Mitchell, who is going to hold forth at the Military Ball, say he sounds very much like Orrin <;low-burtu**S but he smokes a slow cigarette My JOB IS i| SPEED— BUT MY SMOKE IS SLOW-BURNING CAMELS 1 IHT«Tm>Ll1WiTlilinWWnn'n TAKING 11 l;ASY, I ligineer Bronson says: 'So speed lor me in ui> cigarette. Tbat slower-burning leaturc makes sense to uic. I've been a Camel smoker lot years- 1 know Camels are milder and always taste swell. And -on the side—I don’t object a bit to getting those e.vua smokes per pack.’’ THE C.ES'IL KY READY TO "HIGHBALL,” as they say in railroading! Engineer Walter L. Bronson (above) swings up into the cab of Number 5449, one of the big Hudson type locomotives which flash at SO miles an hour across the landscape be tween New York and Chicago in a day-in, day-out epic of modern railroad speed. HERE'S EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, AND EXTRA FLAVOR, and here’s why: Camels are slower-burning. They have thoroughbred quality through and through. Finer, more expensive tobaccos arc used, in the first place. And these choice tobac cos are combined into a matchless blend. Smoke a Camel. Notice how slowly it burns. That is your clue to true cigarette enjoyment— the extras of mildness, coolness, flavor-and — extra smoking in every cigarette. Camels * burned 259c slower than any other cigarette in recent tests (full details below). You’ll always rejoice over the day you switched to Camels! FAST BURN ING— creates hot ‘lat taste in smoke...ruins ddicateilas or, aroma... Slow BURN ING—protects natural cjuali liea that mean inildhcis, thrill* i>'S tjitc, fra* ^fV//if...acool cr smoke... 1-*.. B. J li-\- — ,a~, ' —. :a-a4ieiB.:>'. C. In recent laboratory tests,CAMELS burncd25Ce ■'/purr than the average of the 15 other of the largest-selling brands tested — slower than rf’iy of them. 1 hat means, on the average, a smok ing phis equal to extra S/HOKES TeR RACK.' *>