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LYLE M. NELSON. Editor .JAMES W. FROST, Business Manager
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“A falling drop at last will carve a stone.”—Lucretius.
Off To Berkeley
JMNAL action on the rally committee’s proposed trip to
Berkeley for the Orcgon-California game came last Mon
day when the student affairs committee ruled that the group
might go if certain stipulations were fulfilled.
This group did not express itself in favor of the trip. They
ruled that jurisdiction on that question lay with the executive
committee of the ASIJO, which group had already voted in
favor of the trip, and that the student affairs committee
could only decide whether the trip would be against Univer
sity policy.
In the student executive committee meeting considerable
discussion over the trip ended with a 4 to 2 vote in favor of
sending the rally group south. On the one side it was argued
that the rally committee had raised its own funds from various
functions and that therefore was entitled to go. On the other
was the argument of the past three executive committees,
based on their experience, which was against sending the
ASUO rally committee on long trips such as the one planned.
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JJRIEFIjY the arguments were as follows: (1) That rally
committees hoping to raise enough funds to be able to
send themselves on a trip somewhere devoted most of their
time and effort along this line and not to raising spirit at
the University. (2) That there are plenty of functions and
other things here at home which the rally committee could
perform with that money and which would do more good
than the trip. (2) That experience with past rally committees
sent on such trips has been unfavorable because members
devoted most of the trip to having a good time rather than
to work.
For these reasons, chiefly, the Emerald editor and John
Cavanagh voted against the trip. Voting for were Gleeson
Payne, Harrison Bergtholdt, Betty Buchanan, and Marge
McLean.
No Usurpation Of Authority
|~^U1UNG the past few years, columns and columns of Em
erald space have been devoted to weeping and wailing
because of the very obvious disregard of campus traditions.
But not much in the way of tangible action toward securing
the observation of traditions was taken until this year.
This year the Homecoming committee announced 1 hat the
week preceding and including Homecoming weekend would
be “tradition week” and that Oregon traditions would be
observed by all students with the traditional punishment for
offenders. For several days the noon hour has seen several
students line up at the steps of Fenton hull and “assume the
angle.” Even faculty members have not been exempt.
Now this is all very fine and I approve. It is especially fine
to observe the traditions at this time. The tradiions, hacking
included, are a part of school life for the grads. I would even
like to see it made a permanent thing and it seems there are
many who feel the same way.
Yesterday the Oregon strong men, Order of the “O”, met
and decided they would enforce the traditions all year. All
right, that’s fine, but we would like to meekly make a couple
of comments. In the first place who empowered the Order of
the "O” men to make such a decision? When did they become
a legislative body for University students and who gave them
disciplinary powers? Yes, I feel that the Order of the “0”
overstepped its authority a little in making this announce
ment.
■J^TOT tlial 1 disagree with wind was doin'. If tlioy lmd pre
sented a petition to the executive committee asking that
the committee authorize the enforcement of the traditions
by the Order of the ‘‘O” that would have been fine.
Another tiling 1 would like to mention is that the enforce
ment of tradition is an excellent idea—within reason. Hut
when circumstances make the observation of a tradition im
possible it is ridiculous to attempt to insist on its observation.
We refer to the tradition of {'rootin'? everyone you meet on
“Hello walk.” That was fine when the tradition was started
and you met only a half a dozen people between Yillard and
Fenton halls. But now when you amble down “Hello walk”
between classes and meet some two or three hundred students
—well, I should think the answer would be obvious. The
tradition is impractical and impossible and should be
“sacked.”
.So if the Order of the “O' would circulate a pet it ion to the
executive committee asking for the authority to enforce tra
ditions, with the exception of the “Hello walk" business, I'll
not only withdraw my objections, I'll sign the petitions. But
1 can’t help but feel that insisting on an unenforceable tradi
tion would endanger the enforcement of the others. And it
could be a good idea to observe the others.—1I.O,
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A Webfoot Goes to Assembly
'IMIIS is a funny weekend. It’s one that begins, in the minds
of the students, on Thursday and won’t end until next
Tuesday. Official sendoff for the annual Homecoming cele
bration, main theme of the vacation hilarity, was taken care of
yesterday morning when ASUO Prexy Tiger Payne called
Webfoots together in Gerlinger hall for an hour rally session.
The assembly showed more spirit than most affairs of the
type . . . perhaps it was prompted by such a motley array of
pep-arousers in the person of eight candidates for the yell
king position. Perhaps it was aided by the new stunt program
instituted for roll call novelties. 'Whatever the stimulus, those
who came had a lot of fun. Particularly the Phi Helts.
Put if one should take a poll of the students who attended
Thursday’s meeting, the percentage of freshmen there would
be appalling. Only a few upperclassmen, either there to cheek
on their frosh or to vote for a loyal political ally for yell
leader, were scattered throughout the room.
When such a gathering for cheerful keynoting of a weekend
is supported only by lower classmen, required by house rule
to attend, its real success cannot be fully attained. No matter
how successful the yell leaders or how much fun the program,
its success will be only half-hearted until the whole University
gets behind the assembly setup . . . until all Webfoots find
out how much fun you can have up there in Gerlinger at these
Thursday pep sessions.—II.A.
In the Editor's Mail
To the Editor
So our “Mary” is broken
hearted—. She can’t wear a for
mal to the Homecoming dance.
Rivers of tears literally flow
from the eyes of the males on
this campus. Let's take a look
at this crucial situation from
the fellas' side of the question.
1. Over 1000 alums will be
“Treking the Oregon Trail”
next Saturday night. The Home
coming dance is always a “Sar
dine Hop.” as the Igloo is liter
ally packed with dancers. It’s
impractical to wear a formal.
2. How many alums will
know of the "no posy" deal as
advocated? All the alums will
give their dates corsages, and
where will the rest of the men
be? One of the parties is cer
tainly going to be embarrassed.
3. If you lived in Scappoose,
would you haul down your soup
and fish, just to “be one of the
boys ?”
And now for today's gripping
drama of “to dress or not to
dress.”
Let us call our hero Wcther
by. Sometimes at night Weth
erby used to lay awake dream
ing of how he could save a little
money on this dance situation.
For nights he hadn't dreamed
of his honey—the only thing he
had visioned was dollar signs
leaping over his bed. Last week
the Beta Alpha Gammas, one
big posie for the Montana game
- He could hold up his wallet
to the sun and read a newspa
per through it. Then the wo
men of the campus threw a
monkey wrench into a beauti
fully laid plan. To have the
Homecoming dance f o r m a 1.
Wethcrby awoke with a start
—- after reading yesterday's
Emerald. “Migawd! They can't
do this to us. I budgeted my
last week’s allowance to have
my slacks cleaned! Someone
will give his gal a corsage,
won’t that make ME feel swell.
After all, Homecoming isn't
Junior Weekend. If it takes a
gal’s formal to get THE boy of
her dreams, there's something
the matter with her.
"With a smooth band and a
smooth girl the least I can be
is comfortable. The Homecom
ing dance FORMAL? By golly,
1 can petition too. Can’t the
dance be left as you originally
scheduled it. Now I lay xnc—<
Please dear Lord make the
dance informal."
Bob Whitely
Dear Mr. Nelson:
Midterm is here, yet still the
Emerald, through its editorial
pages, continues its lonely cru
sade for the betterment of frosh
politics. The general reading
public has stood for this guff
without complaint for far too
long.
Honestly, Mr. Nelson, who
beside you and the half of the
freshman class that is on the
outside looking in cares wheth
er or not the other half is, as
you have impliedly indicated, a
congeries of petty crooks?
For about two weeks, the
clean-up campaign was good
copy. All the heartbreaks, ha
treds, and noble gestures of re
nunciation were good for an
hearty laugh. But like other
old jokes, this stuff has ceased
to be funny.
True, if we believe the mov
ies, every newspaper must have
its crusade, but when a cleanup
drive is undertaken, the object
is generally one of general pub
lic interest and concern—not
petty peccadilloes that have, un
til this year, been the butt of
editorial wit rather than edi
torial concern.
You might quite legitimately
inquire what business of ours
your editorial policy is. Last
year you had your readers over
a barrel; but this year, we have
a very real interest in the con
duct of the Emerald. Inasmuch
as we are forced to contribute
two dollars per term to the
maintenance of such projects
as the Emerald, we have be
come your owners, on a small
scale, of course, but still our in
terest is there.
We, your proprietors, are not
opposed to crusades. Wc do like
to re-set the stage from time
to time. We don’t like to sec
our paper clad in threadbare
verbiage. We’re sure you can
find a new crusade. Why not
run vice out of Eugene for two
weeks, then plug for repeal of
the twenty-first amendment for
a week, and then swing into the
home-stretch by climbing onto
Father Divine's bandwagon?
Yours ’till the ballot boxes,
Herbert Grant Busher.
Hugh B. Collins
Floyd Hamilton
Norman J. Wiener
William J. Robert
Hamilton Kennedy II
Gerald J. Norvillc
James K. Buell
R. S. Phillippi
(Editor’s note: Most great
fights for individual rights
were never won in a few weeks.
We did not, still do not, expect
to win this “crusade" in a few
weeks. We believe that the ex
isting conditio n has been
brought about because students
failed to stand up for their
rights throughout the year.
Usually they have made a
great stir around election time
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By RIDGELY CUMMINGS
In the midst of the battle
for Greece and rumors of a
non-aggression pact between
Japan and Russia that would
put the U.S. on the spot in the
Orient, there came over the
wire last night a little bit of
news that looks significant.
It had to do with high fi
nance and we're just a babe in
arms when the politicians get
to talking in billions, but nev
ertheless it looks important be
and this has soon completely
subsided—just the thing that
the politicians want. We believe
that “perseverance is more pre
vailing than violence; and many
things which cannot be over
come when they are together,
yield themselves up when taken
little by little.”
We're just nicely started now.
Why quit?)
cause it may affect the living
standards of you and you and
me too.
Here it is. The cost of rearm
ing may increase the national
debt to 65 billions by 1942. The
amount the nation can go into
the hole is limited by law to 45
billion dollars (sounds like it
ought to be enough).
At the last session of con
gress an extra four billion
above the 45 billion was author
ized in order to finance the de
fense program. Now, yesterday,
Henry Morgenthau, secretary
of the treasury, said it would
be necessary to raise the debt
ceiling by another 15 or 20 bil
lions.
“We have only just begun to
rearm,” said Morgenthau.
This writer, never having had
the benefit of Dean Gilbert’s
course in money and banking,
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dollar financing with mingled
disdain and bewilderment, but
it stands to reason that if the
government is going to spend
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