Emerald 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: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered a* tecond-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore. _ 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers representative, BUD JERMAIN, Editor Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor GEORGE LUOMA, Manager Jim Frost, Advertising Manager Helen Angel], 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 Oiney, Assistant Managing Editor Ralph Woodall, Cartoonist Marge Finnegan, Women's Editor Ken Christianson, Assistant Sports Editor Jean Crites. Tuesday Mgr. Fred May, Wednesday Mgr. Majeanne Glover, Thursday Mgr. Betty Mae Lind, Jay Scott, Friday Mgrs. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Bob Rogers, Saturday Mgr. Mary Ellen Smith, Nat. Adv. Mgr. Lvnn Johnson, Merchandising Mgr. Rhea Anderson, Special Acct’s. Mgr. Doug Parker, Classified Dept. Mgr. Kathleen Bradv. Promotion Ted Kenyon, Photography Bill Ralston, Layouts Before the Parade Begins "FLORAL floats moving along the line in Portland’s Rose Festival parade make an inspiring, if fleeting, picture. They represent the most sophistieated aspect of the florist’s art. But before any float from the University of Oregon takes its place in any such parade there are a number of questions which will have to be answered. As a matter of fact, there is not much definitely known about the proposition which was presented to the executive committee last Thursday. About all that was offered was a proposition to put the University into the parade. Details were almost completely lacking. As for the points of doubt, they come under three general classifications: finances, labor, and regulations. # * * to finances, there has not even been an estimate matle as to the costs involved, nor can there be until it is learned whether floats in the collegiate division—for most of the colleges of the state are rumored repre sented—will have to be made with student labor and student-grown flowers. More than that, nobody seems to know where the money is to be found. The ASUO itself has little enough, and the matter would have to come before the budget-bound activities board. Whether it would be a good investment is another thing. As to labor, the question is simply one of who could and who would do the Avork. If there could be a worse time of the year for such a project it would be hard to imagine— tail end of spring term, examination time, school-end time, leaving time. The only way out is to get the work done long before exam week, which means completion of the frame work at least, with a simple floral design to be installed once the framework got to Portland. * * * J ABOR leads into the next point, that of regulation. If the requirement calls for the whole project to be done by student labor and design, wtili student-grown flowers, the matter is as good as dropped, for the time of the year and the shortness of the time would eliminate the thing nicely. It is no argument to claim an investment capable of vast returns in publicity and good will. Too many floats appear in festival par ades for any permanent impression to be gained. It is doubtful that anyone would even be conspicuous by absence. What other schools do is their own business. In this respect, it is pretty much a matter of conjecture just what other schools will do. * * * "y^TIEN the executive committee had this problem dumped into its lap it did the only thing it could do in view of the existing lack of details, it ordered an investigation to learn costs, regulations, and all the rest. What the committee does with the pro posal after it has the facts at its command is unpredictable. But unless some potential miracles appear—and there does not seem to be much possibility of such appearances—the difficulties would appear to outweigh the advantages of putting a University of Oregon float in the parade in June. In the Mail April 8, 1940 To the Editor: The YMCA has long deplored the political situation that dis enfranchised a considerable por tion of Oregon students from ASUO voting privileges. We be lieve the executive council now is in a favorable situation to render a great service by establishment of universal student body mem bership. With the advent of the addi tional $2 registration fee next year—a fee all students will pay for the program arranged by the educational activities board—any plan giving the vote to fewer than all registered students must again establish a minority representa tion by the device of a poll tax. It would seem inconsistent to require a special poll tax to vote for ASUO officers who are to be members of the educational ac tivities board which controls fees all students pay. Any plan to give the voting privilege exclusively to those who buy season tickets for athletic events would further seem il logical. There is no connection be tween the purchase of a ticket for an athletic event or events and ASUO voting resulting in control ot the moneys administered by the educational activities board. We quote from the excellent editorial in last Friday’s Em erald : “Universal membership in the student body has long been want ed by many sound thinkers, who see it not only as the fair way but as the only way to make the student body a universal project. Dr. Erb himself is one of this camp.” We believe the majority of stu dents hold this same opinion, and we offer them an opportunity for expression in favor of democratic self-government by petitions post ed in the “Y” hut and being cir culated. We strongly urge general stu dent participation to solicit fu ture ASUO privileges from the executive council. Yours truly, U. of O. YMCA Cabinet, By M. M. Small, President Miss Smith Lists Full Time Positions Permanent, full time jobs are open with the Oregon state un employment compensation com mission, Miss Janet Smith, em ployment secretary, announced last night. Applications must be filed before May 1. Information and application blanks may be secured at the em ployment office, YMCA hut. The starting salary in one of the lower paid positions is $1200, according to the release from the commis sion office. The BAND BOX By BILL, MOXLEY Splinterbagging It looks as if we may all be singing, dancing, and living in the “South American Way” in the near future. The United States is turning to southern markets for entertainment as well as for com merce since the war has closed a great deal of our European rela tions. Down in Miami, Florida, the latest fad is carried on by "splin terbugs” dancing around on their naked feet to the shush-shush of the conga rhythms of Mexico. The new art of “splinterbugging” is being indulged in by the soci ety element in the southern re sorts. The queer name comes from the high percentage of risk in volved in dancing on most floors in bare feet. It certainly softens the danger from your partners trodding toes, but the real danger lies in the shortage of splinter proof dance floors. Of course, this fad need never come to Oregon because it seems like most of the girls on this campus are already walking on wood. Hold Tighters Again The Andrews Sisters have re J^ehind the g BALL With JACK BRYANT Third Week—Spring Term WEATHER FORECAST: California and Clatskanie. . . . More rain. Speaking of the rain, one of the Cal defenders said, “111 bet you a buck that two ball clubs are playing baseball in San Bernardino to morrow.” Well, in walks the fellow in the next room and sticks up for him but can't for the life of him see how an outfielder can get around in a rowboat. And all this time we were wondering what being from California had to do with Dalis and WETmore being good swimmers. Of our greats in the swimming world, do you know who was the brains behind the campaign to send Dallas, Wetmore, and Macdonald east? Tiny little Queen Black George (G. S. II) Pasero! He is the whole cheese. And so to our hero, and he is our hero, we present the award so coveted by all campaigners and reformers, THE 8-BALL DIS TINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD. If he will call at our offices he will be awarded a root beer coke with fresh lemon. # # * Picken ’Em Now for the biggest surprise of all! The committee has announced the completion of its test and has found that it can segregate coeds. It will be noted that these classes overlap, but each has a fundamental category. The first class is the Theta class (roller skates), second come the Kappa, (plumes in hair and all-around good girls), third comes the class from private schools, (haven’t gotten oriented yet) and fourth are the tricks from Grant, (even the fellows take after ’em). The group, and a large one at that, which remains unclassified is you! New Deal Without a doubt the most popular place on the campus these nights is the library, and naturally, too. The helpful-hints-to-bookwanters division has advanced a few suggestions to make studying easier. Stay away from the main desk, it is a place to pay fines and waste time. A query for a book will send you to the card catalog, from there you return to the desk and if your slip isn’t wrong, the librarian disappears. Now, if you are lucky, you have a good novel to read while the guy, or gal, goes someplace, or noplace, looking for your book. But wherever he goes, and no matter how long it takes, he will come back with the information that: 1. The book is out. May I call it in for you ? 2. The book is lost. 3. The book is mislaid, would you like to come back when we aren’t so busy? 4. The book is in the bindery. 5. Are you sure that this is the book you want ? 6. You can’t take this book from the library. 7. The book is on open shelf on the fourth floor. 8. Isn’t there some other book you want, the librarian in charge of window washing is reading it now. You Can’t Win To alleviate the situation we might: 1. Put roller skates on the librarians. 2. Move the browsing room in the lobby to facilitate waiting. 3. Put on a floor show. 4. Show movies in the stacks. (Might as well, they haven’t any books back there). 5. Move in an orchestra and "Let’s dance, Chillun!’’ Trenches on the campus today bring back memories of 1918 :Iasses. In those days the boys dug ’em for practice . . . now we have the WPA to dig ’em for us. . . . That’s progress! Did You Know? Oregon has, without a doubt, the worst looking campus in the Northwest. Never during the past 3 years has it appeared halfway decent. corded three hot swing tunes which just arrived in town last week. "The Woodpecker Song" is due for a very high rating on the Hit Parade. On the other side is “Down by the Ohio" which telis of a farmer boy who knew how to raise cabbages but was also very well versed in the art of wooing the farmer's daughter. The third Andrews disc is the suggestion "Let's Have Another One." Duke Ellington makes a good impression with his first Victor waxing of “You, You Darlin’ ’’ and "So Far, So Good" . . . Glenn Miller’s latest work is “Polka Dots and Moonbeams” and “What’s the Matter With Me." Artie Better Than Ever Artie Shaw, according to the latest reports, is conquring new worlds with his first two record ings with the 31-piece orchestra. The tunes are a couple that he brought back from Mexico with him. They are “Adios, Mariquita •Linda" and “Fren^si.’’- The WctcJr' publicity department goes so far as to say that Shaw’s new band may be starting a whole new era in American music. Shaw has not attempted to make classical ar rangements with his new group but has stuck right in the swing tempo. He has "taken his own top brand of swing rhythms and en hanced them a hundred fold by addition of beautiful tone colors and sweeping backgrounds here tofore unthought of and un achieved in the popular music field.” Oh, boy! That really sounds good. Dipsy Doodle Plane Larry Clinton bought a brand new four-seater Stinson cabin plane recently which he has named the “Dipsy Doodler” be cause he paid for most of it with the royalties on sales of "The Dipsy Doodle.” . . . Duke Elling ton is scheduled to give a show at Portland’s Uptown Ballroom Tuesday, the' 16th. .