Oregon It Emerald
The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays.
Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University or
Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.26 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second-class
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LYLE M. NELSON. Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS :
JAMES W. FROST, Business Manager
Hal Olney, Helen Angell
Jimmie Leonard, Managing Editor
Kent Stitzer, News Editor
Fred May, Advertising Manager
Fob Rogers, National Advertising Manager
Editorial and Business Offices located on ground floor of Journalism building, in n
3300 Extension : 382 Erlitor; 353 News Office; 359 Sports Office; ami 354 Hasmess Offices.
UPPER NEWS STAFF
Pat Erickson, Wonven •
Editor
Ted Kenyon, Photo Editor
Boh Flavelle, Co-Sports
Editor
Ken Christianson, Co-Sports
Editor
Wes Sulhvan, Ass t ISews
Ed i,tor
Betty Jane Biggs, Ass’t News
Editor
Ray Schrick, Ass’t Managing
Editor
10m wrignt, v\ss i
Editor
Corrine Wignes, Executive
Secretary
Johnnie Kahananni, feature
Editor
UPPER BUSINESS STAFF
Alvera Maeder, Classified Advertising Man
Ron Alpaugh, Layout Production Manager
Bill Wallan, Circulation Manager
Emerson Page, Promotion Director
Janet Farnham, Office Manager
Take Off the Blinders
; ■OESULTS of a survey of Pacific coast college and univer
sities conducted by the Emerald show very conclusively
; that the practice of requiring class cards to vote in class
elections is restricted to the two Oregon schools. In the com
plete list of all major schools, Washington, Idaho, Washing
• ton State, Oregon State, Oregon, California, Stanford, and
UCLA all turned in a no answer to the question of requiring
class cards except Oregon and Oregon State. CSC did not
reply, but a worker on the Daily Trojan has informed the
Emerald that class cards do not exist on that campus.
Since class cards are entirely a local product it might be
well to investigate the reason they are in use here and not
elsewhere. The natural argument is that it is more difficult
for classes to raise funds in small towns like Eugene. True,
it is harder than it would be at Washington, Stanford, UCLA,
or California, but certainly not harder than at Washington
State or Idaho. And they do not have class cards.
• All these schools have class organizations—most of them
‘ have active ones. Classes in the majority raise money by
• sponsoring various activities, from dances and fund drives
at Stanford to parties and carnivals at Washington. Oregon
classes could do the same if politicians would let them.
TyrOST of the leaders of the campus have recognized the
desirability of abolishing the anti-democratic class-card
to-vote system. A fair poll would probably show that a great
majority of the student body is also in favor. AVliat then is
holding back this needed reform? The answer is politics.
A few politicians who have the power now cannot see be
yond their personal gains. They are unwilling to give up the
power they possess. They are not farsighted enough to realize
that the movement is much bigger than a mere battle be
tween independents and Greeks—they are not far-sighted
enough to see that a change would bo in the best interests of
the class and the University.
When the thing comes to a head—as if is bound lo do—the
explosion and effects will be much greater than if the change
is introduced now. At present the independents are willing
to cooperate. Perhaps later when they get a representation
and power, or when they organize in classes of their own,
they will be unwilling. We hope not.
The class card voting system is a vestige of an outmoded
order. The sooner it goes the better for the class, for the
University, and in the broad general sense for the individual
student.
No Champs? Ye Gods!
'll I1] approach of (lie annual “civil war game between
Oregon and Oregon State invariably Ians the age-old
rivalry between the two institutions to a white heat. I suall.v
it requires a match to set off the conflagration—an ill-advised
remark or act that arouses indignation and retaliation, either
verbal or otherwise.
A few days ago this match came—in the torm ol an article
by Bud Forrester, OSO athletic news director and, yes, we’re
indignant. Mr. Forrester, allegedly quoting Irom another
publicity director of a Pacific coast school, said:
“This guy Stiner lias put you on the football map. 11 is foot
ball teams have been so good that you are beginning to take
them for granted. He has put his teams up there where they
are rated even with every California team they meet. And
they get that rating on ability. Not on ballyhoo.
“1 want you to understand that you fellows aren t thinking
Rose Bowl in the same sense as Oregon. Over at Kugeue they
talk about winning a championship in every sport no matter
what their material is. They get a great deal of satisfaction
from that although they seldom realize their boasts.
“But at Oregon State . .
we have no quarrel at all with Mr. Stiner. He's ob
viously a top-notch coach. Furthermore, wo don’t be
grudge Oregon State their successes on the gridiron. We hope
they win them all—with the exception of the annual "civil
war.”
It cannot be denied that Oregon State has had the edge
over Oregon as far as football goes for the past few years.
The reasons are obvious. Three years ago we had a new coach.
It takes years to build a championship team and when a new
coach is installed the work of building is. at least partially,
disrupted. T’util a coach has been at a school for a few years
he has little chance of producing a championship squad. Oh
sure, it can lie done Look at Stanford. But Shaughnessy,
gooii coach that lie 1^. stepped in with a hunch of experienced
veterans dumped in bis l ap and. of eour.se lie went to town.
We, here at Oregon, are not so dumb as our unknown clitic
teems to imply when he said, "they talk about winning a
championship in every sport no matter what their' material
is.” No, Oregon students and fans are far from that ignorant
They didn't expect to go to the Rose Bowl with a team com
posed largely of sophomores. They expected that team to be
a scrappy bunch and be tough opponents for most any of the
conference teams. Iu that they were not disappointed. Fur
thermore, Vt feel confident that the highly lauded Boa\er
is certainly going to lose a lot of fur in trying to pick some
Duck feathers next Saturday.
* * *
£^UR unknown critic left himself wide open, however, when
he failed to limit his attack to football and said, “they
talk about winning a championship in every sport.’’ Well!
Might we ask where Oregon State’s national championship
basketball team is? Has an Oregon State team ever gone to
the Rose Bowl as Oregon has twice done?
And has Oregon State any Pacific coast swimming cham
pions such as Oregon’s Jack Dallas and Shertn Wetmore?
And speaking of champions, what about George Varoff and
Boyd Brown? We always figured 1hat these boys were some
shakes from the amount of national and state-wide publicity
they received.
Yes, we’re indignant—plenty! We feel that this unknown
critic certainly went out on a limb and had best remain under
an all-protecting cloak of anonymity. Perhaps it is best, to
ignore such outrageous attacks but it is a wonderful relief
to get it off your chest.—II.0.
In the Editor's Mail
To the Editor:
Students at the pep assembly
yesterday witnessed one of the
rottenest pieces of sarcasm that
I know of when Tiger Payne,
A S U O prexy, "sounded-off”
some personal opinions on the
duties of the editor of the Em
erald.
No one begrudges Mr. Payne’s
right to talk about school af
fairs if he feels that way, but
many begrudge his right to voice
them while presiding over a
meeting. If he wants to talk so
much, why doesn’t he get down
on the floor and say what he
wants to, letting the vice-presi
dent run the meeting until he is
through ?
But no, he can’t do that. He
has to take advantage of the
position that he holds by shout
ing sly remarks when he gets
the chance. The president of the
student body is supposed to rep
resent the students. Mr. Paine
did a poor job of this yesterday.
He may have represented a
certain few (who also applauded
his efforts); some others actu
ally booed him; but most stu
dents were beyond doing any
thing because they were struck
aghast by the fact that their
own student body president
would stoop so low.
Uly Dorais
International Side Show
»> RIDGELY CUMMINGS
The golden age of American
capitalism is passing.
A strong statement, you say,
and how do we know?
Cumininga
Well, u r.
Beck proved we
weren’t psychic
last year when
he gave us one
of those extra
sensory per
ception tests—•
that’s the one
where you fool
a r o u n d with
cards that have
wavy lines and
stars and so forth on them, re
member?—so wc don't know.
But we have our intuitions
and when we read on the UP
wire last night that Jesse L.
Livermore, one-time boy plung
er of Wall street, had picked
yesterday afternoon to put a
bullet into his brains that's the
idea that occurred to us.
Found in Cloakroom
The body of the. 63-year-old
speculator was found in the
cloakroom of the fashionable
Sherry-Netherlands hotel just
about the time dusk was de
scending on nearby Central
park.
Of course we never knew Mr.
Livermore in our New York
days, not traveling in such ex
alted company, but we did spend
several very chilly nights in
Central park and remember the
battlements of the Sherry
Netherlands looming up on the
southern horizon. We were pret
ty sore at capitalism in those
days and the Sherry-Nether
lands was to many of the park
bench dozers a symbol of eco
nomic injustice.
Well, the bartender told re
porters that Mr. Livermore
drank one cocktail about 1:30
p.m. yesterday and was very
busy writing in a little black
notebook. When they found his
body an hour later police with
held some of the notes but. they
let newshawks read one to his
wife that went "I love you, but
I'm not worthy of your love.
I'm a failure."
Once Livermore took a bor
rowed $10 bill and ran it up into
a million, so the story goes.
Made Biff Protit
During the rich man's panic
of 1007 he played the market
short and made a reputed profit
of $3,000,000.
During the war, the other one,
he rode the bull market to its
peak and pulled out with a vast
profit before the break.
He put his winnings into the
grain market, and in a federal
trade commission investigation,
it was revealed that he often
bought as much as five million
bushels of wheat at a time but
was unable to tell the differ
enee between wheat and oat
when they were placed befoi e
him. He left the grain market
worth reputedly $10,000,000.
Livermore started as an of0
fice boy and was fired from hm
first job for speculating during
working hours.
During the great stock mar
1 f W i 1 flirt s
lapsed in 19-3 Livermore vis
hailed as a minor prophet. Ru
mors of his market position
spread across the whole nation
and influenced thousands of
small investors.
Is a Symptom
Now there’s a Latin quota
tion, the exact words of which
we forget but whose import k;
that nothing but good should
be spoken of the dead. We don’t
want to be unkind, but we think
Mr. Livermore’s passing from
the scene as a self-confessed
failure is a symptom that the
wealth gained from speculation
doesn’t amount to much.
Wall street men howl about
being persecuted by the secur
ity exchange commission, but
the great American public
wants some sort of regulation
down there in the marble hall
where men gamble frenzicdly
with commodities which are
only names to them but bread
and butter to the workers who
make the wheels go round.
As Professor G. W. Roches
ter of the law school told a
group of Eugene business men
yesterday, the trend is toward
socialism. As long as civil and
political rights can be safe
guarded it won’t hurt some of
the denizens of Maiden Lane to
have their economic rights cur
tailed in the interests of the
general public.
From
All Sides
By CORINE LAMON
College Sans Weekends
"Long and popular weekends
are not helpful educational ad
juncts," the administration of
the University of Kansas de
cided last week. As a result of
this, students will have Satur
day and late afternoon classes
next term. Executives declared
that "Saturday classes will keep
students on the campus and in
the school atmosphere over the
weekends." Opposing action is
being taken by working stu
dents who spend all day Satur
day at their jobs.
—University Daily Kansan.
Form Feud
In reply to a San Francisco
sports writer’s derogatory re
marks about the Stanford root
ing section, where the Indians
sing “God Bless Clark Shaugh
nessy” for the benefit of any
Cal men present, a Daily edi
torial writer quips:
“Sports writer, ’tie of thee,
Protector of liberty,
I pen these words.
Next time you need some
guff
To end your column's stuff
Just figure that you have
enough
Without such blurbs."
Said columnist reported the
cant to Shaughnessy, to the
tune of “God Bless America,”
as being an unpatriotic parody
on one of the country’s airs.
The Daily says: “He’s afraid
that we might begin using the
“Star Spangled Banner” for a
football song.
—Stanford Daily.
Big Game Prelude
In reference to the painting
of Cal’s Big “C" red by Stan
ford saboteurs, a Daily Califor
nian columnist has:
... A transbay reporter
phoned today to inquire about
“your big ‘C’ painted red—eh?
—hehe-heh” . . . “Is this Pres
McPherson pulling a Chamber
lain, signing up a non-aggres
sion pact with Stanford? If he
doesn’t watch out it’ll end up in
another Munich—heh-heh.’’
-—Daily Californian.
Campus Calendar
All committee heads for the
sophomore informal will meet at
the Side at 4 o’clock today.
Hockey players! Charter mem
bers of the Oregon association of
the Pacific Northwest section of
the U. S. Field Hockey association
will meet in room 121 Gerlinger at
4 p.m. Monday. It is important that
all be there.
The French table will meet at
4 o'clock this afternoon in the An
chorage. All interested arc invited.
Neatness...
is tlio most valuable asset any person can
possess, so take an inventory of your clothes
today. Phone 75 for an iuerease in assets.
Eugene Cleaners
Phone 75
245 E. Broadway
OREGON vs. O.S.C.
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Just a word to say that we are backing the
team and are hoping for a big victory over
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Corvallis on Saturday.
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