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International Side Show By RIDGELY CUMMINGS One of the most flagrant cx . amples of the bland insolence which • seems to be the accepted technique ’. of ‘‘Greater Japan" occurred Thurs ’ day in French Indo-China when ! 2,000 Japanese troops were landed ) in Haiphong, port of Hanoi. • Just prior to the landing, ac ! cording to Associated Press re ’ ports, three Japanese planes had ! bombed a nearby railroad crossing, | killing and wounding 15. • First official act of the Jap com mander after quartering his men ) was to pay his respects to the • French officers and apologize for the bombing. It was all a mistake, • he said. ! Just like that. ‘‘So sorry, excuse ) please.” ■ Reading about it, one gets the ) impression the whole incident has > about as much importance for the ! Japanese as accidentally knocking ; over a goldfish bowl. Or making ■ a technical foul in a basketball I game. • So sorry! ! Logically there is a good bit to • be said for the Japanese philosophy of Asia for the Asiatics. Possibly ) as much as for our own Monroe • doctrine, the Americas for Amer | leans. ■ But the Japanese for all their [ vaunted politeness just haven’t got •' any brains when it comes to put ,' ting their expansionist philosophy into practice. They lack finesse, .Ttechnique, smoothness, or, to use a “subjective phrase, a "sense of de Feeney.” Z Our own country is well on the “way to extending its hegemony “over South America. Roosevelt's Zcartel plan has gone through (at “least a professor of sociology told — us it has. We missed reading about “it in the papers). < ) — The U. S. is entering a period «of expanding imperialism, just as “old Trotzky predicted before some — body stuck an ice-pick in his skull. “Not that we’re a Trotzkyite, but — it’s only fair to give the devil his “dufi and Leon saw the tendency “long before your humble columnist — did. “ But the U. S. technique of im perialism is so smooth that even „.a hidebound isolationist has a hard — time finding something to kick — about. And the Japanese technique “makes even a pacifist hot under — the collar. “ Peace. It’s wonderful! I Wedding Bells l Ring for Coeds zAt Pennsylvania Z By BETTY JANE BIGGS “ Tellers, Beware! • More than half of the campus ro “ rnances at Pennsylvania State Col — lege have resulted in wedding bells, “ according to questionaires sent — out to 1,752 regular session coeds ~ who were graduated between 1921 “ and 1935. Z —Exchange. ~ Advice NOT to Freshmen « Don’t study when you're happy, “ Don't study when you’re blue; — Don’t study when you’re tired, “ Or have something else to do. ** Don't study in the daytime, • Don’t study in the night ” But study at all other times — With all your main and might. ” —Technala. “ They Must Buy More' “Weeds” „„ The Daily Cali^irnian Teports “ that Fred Waring will dedicate a — fight song to them for their “Cali “ fornia Day at the Fair.” Maybe *» the Webfoots should go in for Z Chesterfields more. ~ Fledge Song ... of the men who have a blonde •"in every sorority: Mercs’ to the pic* — tures on my desk; may they never “ meet. — —Exchaugc. - Hi-Ys Register Z The University YMCA is spon - soring a table at McArthur court Z during registration for ttie purpose - of registering all students inter Z csted in YMCA work, and all Hi - Ys entering the school. Informa ~ tion and free folders can be ob - tained by anyone registering. Oregon Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as sec ond-class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. __ 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. LYLE M. NELSON, Editor JAMES W. FROST, Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Harold Olncy, Helen Angcll.___ Editorial Board: Roy Vcrnstrom, Pat Erickson, Helen Angcll, Harold Olney, Kent Stitzer, Jimmie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbull, advisor. ___ Jimmie Leonard, Managing Editor Kent Stitzer, News Editor Fred May, Advertising Manager Bob Rogers, National Advertising Manager Pat Erickson, Women’s Editor Ted Kenyon, Photo Editor Bob Flavclle, Co-bports Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Ken Christianson, Co-Sports Editor Wes Sullivan, Ass’t. News Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Ass’t. News Editor Kay Schrick, Ass’t. Managing Editor Tom Wright, Ass't. Managing Editor Corrine Wignes, Executive Secretary A New Deal in Rally Committees 'I'HE rally committee lias lost little time getting into the swing of things this year. They set out with the determination to show the value of such a committee and apparently arc off to a good start. Wliite-elad rally members were on hand to meet the Marines when they landed at Eugene airport Wednesday. They were pres ent to pass out songs, and help at the ASUO assembly Thursday night. They came out in spite of the rain to lead Oregon cheering at the game last night. On top of this the com mittee, under the direction of able Pat Keller, has begun plans for a new deal on the inter l'raternity sing contest, have outlined a plan for a half-time stunt at the Oregon State game. This in addition to preparing for a big rally dance at Jantzeu beach after the Wasli iugton-Oregou game. The rally committee has done all this prob ably knowing that they must succeed or write a permanent ending to rally committees at Oregon. There always lias been much criti cism of the rally group here, and this criticism was hotter than ever last year. There was considerable talk about abolishing the rally squad at the time of making appointments. The new committee has shown that they are ready and willing to work. They’ve lost no time getting started. That they need the full cooperation of the student body goes without saying. Many students crying for the aboli tion of the rally setup seem prone to blame it for what is their own fault—mainly the failure to show anything which might be called pep. The Emerald reserves the right to comment freely on the actions of the committee, but we believe that the least their critics can do is give the men and women in white a chance to prove themselves. Come Again Some Other Day pilOM Hawaii to California, and from Washington to Chicago they come, these students who make up the student body of the University of Oregon. And every single one of them, no matter how ignorant he may be of Pacific coast customs and traditions, at least knows that the Oregon campus is Web foot territory . . . and they’ve heard at least an inkling about the famous “Oregon mist.” But few were prepared—even the oldsters— for the downpour that accompanied registra tion activities yesterday. Streets flowed with rushing streams as the torrent poured down the campus by-ways. With a duck for a mascot, perhaps it’s a • good omen for ft big year when the first day of school turns out to be a field day for all water-lovers. Anyhow' some bewildered fresh men really had an Oregon initiation. Seriously, though, it doesn’t rain all the time—and Eugene rains are interesting be cause they’re warm and friendly, never cold and whipping. They may be a little uncom fortable at times, but when spring term comes around and all the moisture turns the campus into a veritable paradise of flowers and leafy trees--that’s the reward. And besides rain makes your hair curly. —li.A. 1 But What About The Trees TOURING the last few years much talk, and reams of publicity have been devoted to the long-promised mall, it is intended, shall extend in a straight line from the libc ter race to 11 tli street. Equally well discussed has been the gates to the University which finally materialized this summer and now blossom in royal splendor within a few feet of the 11th street sidewalk. The idea is supposed to be that the gates will mark the 11th street end of the mall. If any enterprising person sights carefully from where the gates now stand to the library; he will find approximately 20 of the fine big trees which now beautify the Oregon campus smack dab in the path of the proposed mail. At the ritsk of seeming to put an obstruc tion in I lie wheels of progress, we feel that it might be advisable to give tlie matter more consideration before installing the mall. Un doubtedly the mall would be a landmark to which future Oregon students could point with considerable pride. But, after all, could the mall compare in beauty with the huge trees which are scattered so liberally over the lawn west of Villard and Ueady? Is it really such a good idea to tear up a goodly portion of what is now the most beautiful part ot our campus? After all, it only takes a few months do build a mall but it takes a good many years to grow a tree.—11.0. The Back Door Is Closed COM EON K has said that “Rome was not built in a day.” So it is with any truly great project, for each improvement must be made by building from a foundation. The plan must grow from the ground up. The closing of the “back door” of the l ni versity to traffic is but a link, a connecting step, in tlie expansive policy of making the campus area safe for student pedestrians. The unpaved road beyond the art school lias long been a danger point, for it is narrow and the driver’s vision is limited. It was a visionary step for the University to declare the area a “dead end.” * # « IDEALIZATION of the complete hopes of the school's safety-minded officials seems not quite so distant now. Their ultimate plan is to close all of the campus portion of Thir teenth to automobile traffic so that it may be free to use by University members only. That would provide almost a Utopia as far as student accidents in the school area are con cerned. ' But even in our enthusiasm for the new arrangements being made, ve must hide a smile when we think of the procedure used. It may be remembered that last winter when public opinion rose in protest against the unsightly and dangerous road beyond the art school, all please for paving and improve ment fell on deaf ears. rJ''lIK city said such work should not be a municipal project, the county said the road certainly did not belong to them, and the University disclaimed jurisdiction over the area. Set improvements were forgotten for the time being. And yet when later conditions proved the advisability and definite need of either im provement or condemnation, there was very little red tape connected with the discovery that it was after all University property, and it was very simple to declare the area unsuit able for traffic. However ironic the methods, the ultimate condition is tt worthy one. The school is keep ing step with the times and with its growing population . . . that is the test of a truly demo cratic institution.—•11.A. Ill: IMMIAI.il FOUR MIGHTY STARS “Boom Town” CLARK GABLE CLAUDETTE COLBERT SPENCER TRACY HEDY LAMARR I ‘‘Ghost Breakers’* with Bob Hope Paulette. Goddard — plus — “An Angel from Texas” with Wayne JJcrris EoiecHty Lius HEIlig ‘Blonde Has Servant Trouble’ witli Penny Singleton — plus — ‘Texas Stagecoach’ with C/liiflei) Stwrett The Amazing Story of One Woman “THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT” with ANN SHERIDAN GEORGE RATI The BAND BOX By BILL MOXLEY Prices Cut On Recordings Biggest music news of the year and biggest record news in six years is the terrific price cut au thorized on Victor and Columbia records. In the middle of last month Co lumbia dramatically announced that all its classical records (old and new alike) would be on sale for half price. The price slash was made on the theory that there are thousands upon thousands of music lovers who would buy good music if they could afford it. This opinion was justified. Rec ord sales of classical music have doubled all over the country and in many localities three or four times as many records are leaving the shelf. Victor Reduces “Popular” Prices To meet this new competition the Victor Company came forth with similar history-making reduc tions. All 75c Victor popular rec ords are now selling for 50c, bring ing such artists as Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and Artie Shaw much closer to the buying public. Victor's classical reductions are even more startling. Beethoven's 0th, which formerly sold for $8.00, can now be had for $4.50. Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade Suite has been reduced from $12.00 to $6.50. The Johann Strauss album has been cut from $10.00 to $5.50. And so on down the line. No wonder the record business is booming for one of the greatest years of all time. Goodman Band Breaks I’p The top-notch Benny Goodman band which played here on the campus last year has broken up for good. Benny has been sick and in the hospital a good deal of the time. He is now on his way to re covery .though, and plans to reor ganize sometime next month. Zig gy Elman, who nearly tore the top so be it.. by bill fendall with no ideas and thinking of nothing “so be it" docs its Emer ald takeoff amidst an unknown studentry ... its columents and typed trivia that is handed down to the copyreader is of necessity one of first impressions gained from a bit of campus gum-shoe ing ... its name recalls a glory of the past—its material, the fu tility of the future . . . ’cause the millrace runs cold and the epidermis is tender, so bg it will not spoil its own appetite for a time by using names of eds and coeds but will watch while SAL and PAT burn the scandal at both ends .... * * * after receiving a shakedown to bridge in a campus-SIDE cokery, this fan is ready to tab the colle giate bridge player that necessity to have around when there is ab solutely nothing to do . . . in the throes of determining a bid the bridge player is not himself—but the resemblance is startling . . . the original JEKYL-HYDE must have been a bridge player—one person ality for one kind of partner, an other for the others . . . * * * ’twas the day after pledging when all through the row the girls weren't speaking not even hello . ., campus quips . . . that mother son combination in yesterday's reg istration lines . . . the early morn ing tomato juice . . . the contor tionist who escaped a BETA but ton . . . lorosis. halitosis, gaposia and GAMMA PHIs ... the frosh moron wearing upperclass pants— evidently trying to pantomime an upperclassman . . . with all the rules and regulations it seems somebody forgot to say when while the rulcbook was being filled out .. . how’ skirts and prices go up together is one of the mys teries of economics . . . just so pome of the dancing students at MERRICK'S don't outstrip their instructor . . . (plug! . . * go to your old eight, o'cloeks mondav and see if I care ... the SIGMA C'HIs sure have some swell labels to paste on the. lampshades now that the summer parties are over . . . the ATOs are proud of their expensive rugs but they'll soon have to break one of their new pledges or one. of their four dogs . . . aad oa tci tis> li£U*0 ermae tonight The Freshman BTH& G/R.t_ This Collegiate World (Bv Associated Collegiate Press) In a typical year the average girl would have quite a round of activities to cover. She would have 210 quarts of "coke” to imbibe, and 20 pounds of candy to ruin her complexion with, not to men tion 20 feet of gum to chew. Seven and a half days would be squandered in the movies and 55 days devoted to studies to compen sate for the 99 classes cut. Preparing for her 80 days of dates, she would sleep 115 days for beauty, spend three days put ting her hair up, and 16 combing it, bathe 90 hours, and zip 1,000 zippers. She would also turn down 125 dates, receive five declarations of tender sentiments, and be the ob ject of 500 kisses (these statistics included several “steadies"), which transaction would speed the year ly consumption of six inches of lip stick. Besides these pursuits, she would spend 13 days clinging to a tele phone. In the chase for the oppo site sex she would annihilate 50 pairs of stockings, absorb two pounds of cold cream, and buy a quart of “My Sin” or “Moonlight Madness” perfume. off the Igloo with his “And the Angels Sing,” is joining Tommy Dorsey in Bunny Berigan’s spot. Nick Fatool, Johnnny G. and sev eral other Goodman men are now with Artie Shaw. They are unhap py about it, too. Saw some of them with Shaw a couple of weeks ago at the Palace in San Francisco. Guess once they play for the great B. G„ Artie Shaw seems like a temperamental kid. Fiddlin’ Five Swings Out Artie has 23 pieces at the Palace and sounded right good on a few things like “Gloomy Sunday,” “Frenesi,” and “Begin the Be guine.” To say the least, it cer tainly looked odd seeing a row of five violins all swinging together on some jazz classic. Incidentally, Artie’s recording of “Frenesi" has finally started to sell with a ven geance. It was released last spring and has been lying around on the music counters all summer. But the public finally caught on or something happened because it’s been selling like a Glenn Miller the past few weeks. Campus Calendar I)r. B. Earl Parker will hold ser vices Sunday morning at 11 at the First Methodist church, Willam ette at Twelfth; topic, "The Sacra mental Life.” The Rev. Charles E. Funk will lead a discussion at the Wesley Foundation at 7 p.m. Sunday on “What’s So Important About Vic torious Living—This Year?” Mr. A. F|. Homer of the YMCA will be resource leader. Yeomen will hold their first meeting of the year Monday in Gerlinger hall at 7 ;30 o'clock. Oregon If Emerald Business Staff this issue: Jim McDonald A1 l?utnam Alvera Maeda Mary Kay Kiordan Fred Welty Jeanne Routt Reporting Staff: Ep Hoyt Dorothy Routt Mimi O’Donnell Byron Mayo Jeanette Eddy Shirley Patton Corine Lamon Bob Frazier Copy Desk Staff: Wes Sullivan, copy editor Betty Jane Poindexter Hunter Van Sicklen Ida Lesser Tom Wright Bill Fendall Night staff: Tommy Wright, night editor Jean Spearow Ray Schrick Hunter Van Sicklen Betty Jane Poindexter Onceover Lightly... By PAT TAYLOR and SALLY MITCHELL Yestiddy and tidday are the days they take your money away, which reminds us that this new two-dol lar-deal is pretty good because it gives you the Emerald and thereby you are getting your dirt cheap. * * * We know we haven’t got a ghost of a chance against this new speak in’ spook in yesterday’s paper, but we’ll do our best to give the G-man a little competition. * * * Sho' nuff . . . there are cer'ntly slews of southern accents on the campus this year—you all. . . . The Tau’s were in a temper because we didna mention a cute ATO freshman the other day. Well, let's see . . . how about Reed Guerney? There's a lot more sigh in Chi Psi now that Wendell Brooks is back. . . . Wen was quite a rounder (’n abouter) in his day. ... So Bruce Macintosh is registering again—well, well, and we never thought the dean would live to see the day . . . and the payoff is he signed up for 17 hours and five eight o’clox. . . . Nominee for the cutest hairdo is Pi Phi Betty An derson’s blonde braids. . . . Phi Delt Allan Van Dine is back again after a year of staying out and going out. . . . Marie Bastron, Tri Delt dilly, is getting lots ’n.lots of Kap pa Sig attention. * * * Candidates for the T. C. L. A. C. A. O. (if one doesn’t eat) Club are .Jim Buck and Jean McCalhun Buck, George Warner and Barbara Stallcup Warner, and Len Isberg and a girl we know only as Mrs. Isberg. Betty Buchanan, one of the first to appear in nehi socks last year, is still keeping it up ... or should we say—them. Madeline Chin— Oregon's China doll . . . Barbara Crane, KKG, now has Boyd Brown’s Theta Chi pin . . . dawgawnitt!! . .. Bill “Beat the Band’ Moxley believes in getting first hand stuff for his column, so he is now selling records on the campus. . . . Jane Hochuli knits all her own sweaters, and soch gaugeous ones, tuh. . . . * * # Crack of the Week: After being dunned for his last dollar at the fee tables, one disgruntled lad said —“and how much will my out-of Portland fee me?” Don’t go giving anyone ideas, chappie. * * * Then there was the football play er who, just before a big game, asked his girl friend what he got for every touchdown he made. And she promptly replied: “Why, six points, silly.” * * * And speaking of football, while we’re writing this of course it’s too soon to know who is going to win the game tonight. Naturally, WE will. And you can tell it to the Ma: rines. FOR BETTER HEALTH eat more FRUITS and VEGETABLES Students, lie sure lliiit you menu includes wholesome, healtful fruits and vegetables. To lie assured of quality produce, call our store. University Fruit and Produce Co. 9 E. 11th St. Phone 2910 Welcome Students No health giving meal is complete without Dependable Dairy Products of Quality. We ask you to let our special campus drivers service your needs of Grade A Milk—• Butter —Cheese — Cottage Cheese and Ice Cream. You will enjoy the extra richness and quality. Eugene Farmers Creamery Phone 638