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Editorial Board: Roy Vernstrom, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Harold Olney, Kent
Stitrcr, Jimmie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbull, advisor.
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“At Learning’s fountain it is sweet to drink,
But ’tis a nobler privilege to think.”
—J. G. Saxe
Movies Come to College
rp'iIE presentation of educational motion pictures, under a
definite, planned program, will be tried out for the first
time here this year. The series, planned by a special com
mittee of the educational activities board, will be designed
to give the average student a little background on some of
the major subjects in the field of liberal arts.
Films will cover travel, economics, the arts and music,
psychological and sociological problems, history, and the
like. Some of the best recent films on these subjects will be
brought to the campus under this program.
The pictures will be made possible by the educational activ
ities board and will be shown to students free of charge. In
addition to the regular movies the. educational features pro
gram will also bring several noted lecturers to the campus.
In planning the program members of the features com
mittee put particular stress on getting a series which would
give a well-rounded background on a number of educational
subjects. Particular films undoubtedly will appeal to one
department or group more than to others, but the entire
program should be of general interest to all students.
# * #
V/JEMBERS of the committee do not. claim that the series
will be “an education in six easy lessons,” etc., but they
believe that such pictures will be a great aid both in bringing
education in new fields, and in supplementing present courses.
No definite list of films which will be presented on the
program is as yet available, but it is safe to guess that, when
the full schedule is out it will include many films of national
and internatonal importance.
The program has been paced on an experimental basis Ibis
year and its success or failure depends a great deal on the
interest shown by students. That, it deserves I lie support of
the student, body goes without saying. Students will only
have to take a look at the title and subject covered by the
pictures to arrive at that conclusion.
The Decline of Class Loyalty
pEEIIAPS oiio of flu* most clearcul indications Unit, any
university or college is growing out of the “small school'’
class is the gradual death of class activities. Not that the
extinction of class activity and interest is necessary when the
college steps out of the “small school” grouping. Not by
any means. Hut that the two events usually do go together in
most schools is, we believe, undeniable.
That such extinction of interest in and loyalty to one’s
class is a definite loss to the University is hardly to he ques
tioned. In some major colleges definite action has been taken
to keep this class loyalty alive on the assumption that class
loyally is the groundwork for loyalty to the school.
Certainly it is obvious that unless a definite effort, is made
to keep this loyally alive it will de as a natural result of
growth in the school. In order to intelligently strive to pre
serve this loyalty it is necessary to thoroughly understand
the forces which gradually operate towards its extermination.
rjpUERK are throe major reasons why class loyalty grows
weaker as the school grows larger. The first of these lies
in the fact that as the classes increase in size il becomes im
possible for fhe members of the class to know all the other
members personally. I'.ven the class leaders can become per
sonally acquainted with only a small percentage of the little
group of class members who still have sufficient interest in
their class to attend class meetings.
The second reason is partly an outgrowth of the first,
that is, the lack ot class activities. Itccausc the classes become
numerically large it becomes increasingly difficult to get any
concerted action from the members. Therefore the class offi
cers simply fold their hands and quit trying to bold class
functions with the natural result that the members lose what
little interest they still have in the class.
At Oregon we have seen class functions slowly die out one
by one. Just this year the Homecoming bonfire which has
been a traditional frosh function was dropped partly because
of the difficulty in getting the freshmen to participate in
building it.
IASI spiiug thorn was considerable talk ot dropping the
aumial freshmansophomore tug-of-\var. It was nut done
hut it was dismissed which shows that one h\ one tlie tradi
tional class functions are falling out of favor. Class dances,
the tug-of-war. and Junior Weekend are about the only class
functions which still stand and who knows how much longer
these Avill continue, to survive?
Une thing that contributes greatly to the lack of class activ
ities is the large volume of other activities on the Oregon
campus which clamor for the student’s time and attention.
This undoubtedly makes it much more difficult to hold class
functions ol any sort but if class loyalty is to be revived on
the Oregon campus it is absolutely essential that class func
tion* be once more revived and an hone-? effort be uiadc to
secure general participation in sueli functions.—II,0.
Spotlight on Scholarship
“p^RAINS are still being “blitzed” by the Interfraternity
council as that body of leaders continue to spotlight
scholarship within houses bearing Greek letters. Occasional
blackouts occur which deter their academic aims but none
which cannot visibly be changed through illuminating dis
cussions.
Blackout Number 1 : A quick survey of the pledge list in
Faculty-secretary Dahlberg’s office reveals too many men
pledged who arc in the low decile brackets according to their
high school records. That is the fault of fraternity officers
in not studying these files before Rush Week opened.
Blackout Number 2: This same survey indicates too large a
proportion of pledges who rank low in their psychology
ratings. That is no one’s fault at present. Perhaps a remedy
might be found if the IFC members will request the University
administration to give such psych exams hereafter a day
before Rush Week to those therein involved. Tabulations
could be made and posted before that celebrated but bewilder
ing week closes. We do not take into account the opinions of
those who skoff the merits of a psych exam. Since the .State
System sees fit to require it, we assume this type of examina
tion is valuable. Why then should not the IFC utilize it?
* # *
JgLACKOUT Number 3: These pretty white cards mutely
evidence innumerable pledges own low high sehooLrecords
and rather respectable psych ratings. Conclusion: Such men
have the stuff out of which scholars are made but they lack
the drive needed to apply themselves. Anticipating this black
out, we stand ready to accuse fraternity heads of negligence
when pledges with native intelligence do not produce scholas
tically their first year at Oregon.
As the individual houses continue giving approval to
scholarly attitudes, the University administration will neces
sarily become more sympathetic and treat such as responsible
organizations. At contrary-minded Greek groups will be aimed
the disgustingly parental eye of a sincerely concerned Uni
versity administration.—R.N.V.
What Other Editors Think
DEFENSIVE DEMOCRACY
We hear a lot of talk these days about the defense of democracy
and appeals to the American people to stop and think just what
democracy is. Behind these appeals seems to lie the opinion that we
can get over in a corner and pin down that illusive definition of
democracy.
But can we? Can we at any particular moment define as fluid a
thing as democracy? We can see by the dictionary that democracy
means government by the people, but then we run into a lot of
qualifications. Is it absolute democracy, or representative democ
racy, or bureaucratic democracy? Is it any or all of these?
Ever since the time the original thirteen states surrendered their
sovereignty to unite under the Constitution, democracy has been in
constant flux. We cannot look back to the days of Jefferson and
Thomas Paine and say without qualification “that is American de
mocracy," because it no longer is. The democracy of 130,000,000
people must be different than the democracy of 13,000,000.
It is futile to think that history retraces its steps. We must realize
that for 150 years, the trend of American democracy has been
toward centralization of power. The problem is to preserve the
original principles of democracy—freedom of speech, of the press,
of assembly- as the administrative form of government changes.
Eternal maintenance of the status quo is contratry to all the les
sons to be learned from history. Americans today are looking with
alarm at the more obvious, external changes in governmental forms,
but if we can win the fight to keep our hard-earned freedom, the
form of government accompanying it will necessarily be amenable
to that freedom.
Principles change slowly, but external forms which bulwark them
are liable to alteration with bewildering rapidity. If we think of
democracy as a set of principles, then we can profit from the words
of the founding fathers, but if we think of it in terms of govern
mental forms, we cannot come to any clear decision because we
can't base decisions on fluid foundations.—Susan Tivol '42, Daily
California.
This Collegiate World
By ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
Down around Atlanta they tell many an anecdote about Warren
Aiken Candler, retired Methodist bishop who is credited with "father
ing” Emory university. Now in his SO's the venerable bishop once
(and only once) tried to drive an automobile. There was an accident
and he was injured slightly. Climbing out, he plumped down heavily
on a lawn and clarioned to the gathering crowd: “Get me a doctor
ami get a veterinarian, too. 1 was a jackass for trying to drive
the thing.”
* * *
Wallace Gordon, junior at South Dakota State college, will either
receive a special award for perseverance or else he'll be ruled
ineligible in the school’s Hobo Day beard-growing contest. Dis
gruntled by his meager showing last year, Gordon started a new
growth early last June a growth that startled his competitors when
he showed up for classes.
Chancellor C. S. Boucher of the University of Nebraska has an
answer for those who say golf is a lazy man's game. He figures
his game on time, not strokes, and his best around-the-course record
is an hour and 50 minutes. He stays in the 70's despite his dog-trot
bet ween shots.
From All Sides
Kvchanges by Corrine Lamnn
"Fraternity Freddy," burglar,
visited fraternity row at the
University of Southern Califor
nia again last week and made
away with loot valued at
5123.90, Several fraternities on
the USC campus have been bur
glarized before this year,
Campaigning —
Oh give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
Aud the deer and the antelope
play
And never is heard
A cussing word
Of a cowboy who stopped to
pick up a rock and found
out that it was only a \Vi!l
kie button.
—Silver and Gold.
* * *
Rats in H»s Belfry—
S:\ty rats ttiivc m a Vaje
ment under the motherly care
of a graduate student at the
University of Kansas. The ro
dents are being bred for re
search purposes in three differ
ent rooms, a hot one at 90 de
grees, the control room at 70
degrees, and a cold room at 50
degrees. Thus far, the rats
thrive in the cold room and be
come ill and diseased in the hot
room.
—University Daily Kansan.
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Weather Stops Study
A student poll taken by
the Daily Northwestern at
Northwestern university reveals
a preponderance of students in
favor irf opening Deering li
brary on fair weather days. At
present the library is closed on
pleasant Sunday afternoons be
cause less tli3n a dozen students
hare used rt eg weekends m tbs
past Northwestern has over
14,000 students,
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In the Mail
Against Class Cards
My dear sir:
The lines are drawn. The bat
tle for political power' has be
gun anew. The campus blocs
fought to a sort of deadlock in
Wednesday night’s freshman
holocaust. Already the whips
are out and the frosh arc learn
ing the basic principles of a
democratic campus.
For some of these who may
be bewildered by the intense
partisanship shown I will ex
plain some of the fundamentals
of the biggest shell game the
University of Oregon has to of
fer as an extra-curricular activ
ity
The big question Wednesday
was this: Should the right to
vote in class elections be extend
ed to those freshman students
not possessing freshman activ
ity cards. The motion was
passed. All may now vote. The
big thing the so-called frater
nity bloc must do is to bring
enough votes to the meeting
tonight to in some way reverse
the independent gains.
Of course the term ‘indepen
dent" means such organizations
as dorms, co-ops, and other men
and women not associated with
any particular organization. But
with the so-called independent
group are certain fraternities.
The so-called independents are
popularly known as the Sigma
Chi group. It is necessary in
this game of politics, you see,
to call a spade a spade. Certain
fraternities join the indepen
dents to cull their vote.
Of course if some of the fresh
men really wish to be practical,
they need not pay for a class
card. All they need do is to wait
until election time. Then certain
benevolent fraternity and non
fraternity men will buy him a
card. Technically they only
give him the money, he drags
his carchss into the educational
activities office and purchases
his class card. Then he will re
ward his benefactors with his
vote. Nice? I oughta know, I've
done it for two years.
Now for the latest political
gossip; Certain fraternity pow
ers have definitely scrapped an
attempt to win the leadership
of the frosh independents. They
decided last night that the
promise of a pin to a certain
dormitory man would be to no
avail. Beta Young will be asked
to give the opening bombast
against all reform movement.
He will be asked to plead for
the constitution which has
served so many other freshman
classes.
One girl made the mistake of
asking the fraternities to give
up the battle. She declared that
all politics was the simple
struggle for power. Illogicatly
she concluded, ‘So why don’t
you (fraternities*, let them (in
dependents) have it?”
So goes the old story. Not a
question of right or wrong, only
the question how to get power.
Foul means or fair, but play it
smart, and you'll win. Now Mr.
Editor, what do I think?
If we are to play this game,
let's not confuse it with democ
racy It is not a question of love
of school. We know that. It is
not a question of giving the best
man on our campus the best job.
We know that, too. But what we
do not seem to know is that in
refusing ;to call a spade a spade,
dirty politics dirty, wc pro
foundly weaken our own belief
m the democratic form cf ao\
enunent.
•' A Student,
For Class Cards
Dear Editor:
I have been asked to express
myself on the question of "uni
versal sufferage” for freshmen.
Most freshmen suffer, I realize.
There appears, however, at the
present to be some question as
to whether all freshmen should
be given the right of "suffering”
(participating in class activ
ities) or whether such “suffer
ing” should be limited to those
students holding class cards. I
believe every freshman should
have the opportunity of par
ticipating in class activities, in
cluding the election of class
officers. Every freshman DID
HAVE that opportunity under
the old system of making par
ticipation dependent upon hold
ing a class card. Anyone could
buy a card.
It has been said that this
gave those with money (i.e.,
fifty cents) an unfair advan
tage. The old story of the
“haves” against the “have-nots.”
This is merely political bilge
water: in tne iirst place, tne
percentage of students inter
ested in class activities is small.
These students who want to
“suffer” can well afford to pay
fifty cents, “four-bits,” for the
dubious pleasure of electing
class officers and becoming “ac
tivity” men and women. Or is
fifty cents too much? With the
money from sale of class cards
the class then has a treasury,
something to work with . . . and
I’m sure no one will argue with
me when I say it takes money
to govern these days!
There is another consideration
in this present issue. Heretofore
only those freshmen who pos
sessed class cards could vote for
officers. At registration this
year many freshmen were led
to believe the class card a neces
sity for voting privileges again
this year as in the past. These
freshmen “paid out” for cards.
As long as the issue was not
made clear at the time it is only
fair and just that freshmen who
have already bought cards be
refunded their money. (I'll be
glad to set up a collection
agency for a nominal fee, say
90 per cent!)
In closing, if in the future
class cards are not necessary
for voting, neither should they
be necessary for the privilege
(?) of holding office! Let's be
consistent. I never could figure
out why there had to be a fresh
man class in the first place!
Will someone please give me
my money back!
WENDELL BROOKS
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By RIDGELY CUMMINGS
Today is R-day. Yes, R—reg
istration day, the day when you
and I and a lot of others who
didn’t have a great deal to say
about it line up and give some
personal information to three
men and get a little brown card
which, we are told, we must
carry with us "at all times.”
A couple of years ago all the
liberals and radicals were wor
rying about a day called M-day,
mobilization day. Some of us
are still worrying.
But R comes after M in the
alphabet and who, a few years
ago, could have foreseen Octo
ber 16, 1940? We can be sure
there are a lot more dates lurk
ing behind the leaves of this
and next year's calendars, preg
nant with unpleasant possibili
ties.
Meanwhile Europe's cauldron
goes simmering merrily on,
English and German rescue
workers dig squashed bodies
out from under debris that once
was buildings, and the world's
wise men turn inquiring eyes
toward Moscow.
Russian troops are reported
concentrated on the Bessara
bian border, carefully watching
the Germans consolidate con
trol of the Rumanian oil fields,
which are Europe’s major
source of the liquid that keeps
mechanized wars going.
The press describes commun
ist-nazi tension, pointing to a
Tass news dispatch as proof.
This official news agency of the
USSR denies that Russia had
been "informed in timely man
ner” that Nazi troops were be
ing sent into Rumania.
We haven’t any in with the
Kremlin, nor any unimpeachable
record for accurate prophesies
(this is still the writer who two
days before Germany invaded
Holland nonchalantly wrote
that the whole idea was ridicu
lous) but we have our own idea
of how the Russian bear will
move.
It may be wrong, but a wrong
opinion has at least the virtue
of being more interesting than
no opinion at all.
Here it is: Russia’s whole pol
icy is one of sitting back and
letting the other guy do the
fighting, ready at any time to
grab a little gravy if it can be
easily gotten.
The Russians know that wars
inevitably mean defeat for
someone, sometimes for all
hands, that defeat breeds bitter
ness and discontent and from
that comes revolutions. If they
are sincere in trying to cram
communism down the throats of
the whole world they could ask
nothing better than a total
world war, with themselves
toasting their toes at the edge
of the inferno.
We have heard rumors of a
Moscow-Chungking-Washington
axis but we think Moscow
would prove a very unreliable
partner. They have been spar
ing in their aid to China, the
communists have, giving Chiang
Kai-Shek just enough to keep
him going and keep Japan oc
cupied, but not enough planes
or technical assistance to help
him win a decisive victory.
The way we see it, Russia is
playing the game England
played for so long. She is pit
ting one power against the oth
er, sitting back snugly the
while.
According to that logic noth
ing could please the Soviets bet
ter than to have the United
States jump into the conflict.
But from other sources we
know that the local comrades
are advocating neutrality for
the U. S., and that doesn’t quite
add up.
Maybe there is a flaw in our
reasoning. Maybe headlines in
a day or so will read: “Russian
Troops Clash With Nazis.” Wc
don’t think so, although we con
cede the probability that the
reds will demand a share of the
spoils—perhaps more of Ru
mania or a slice of Bulgaria. It
is even conceivable that if Ger
many drives to the east Russia
will be willing to let the Nazis
have the Dardenelles if the So
viets get the Bosphorus.
Anyway, we’re still for peace
. . . It’s wonderful.
A $100,000 cyclotron is being
constructed in St. Louis by
Washington university.
A radio major has been added
to the curriculum at College of
the Pacific.
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