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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1940)
Emerald ’ l in i • y ' *f n • irvxuii Daily Emerald, published daily dunriy the college year except Sunday*, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated ^tudanta. University of ' jbscription rates: $1.26 per tern, ami $3.0«» per year Entered as second-class he , ostottue. Eugene. Oregon <«'i resent* d for national advertisiny by NATIONAL r (> le e publishers’ representative 420 Madison Ave.. \ M ♦•le,. San I rancisco Portland and Seattle ADVERTISING SERVICE New York Chicago- -Boatoi m v •*'i son Editor \ SOCI AT E EDITORS JAMES W l-KOST Bualnew- Manage* Hal Olney, Helen Angel! ro MMimtfiru’ Rdito» i- rwl May AiJvertminw M«nuu**» M,,l Roj^eib. Nation** AMvertUin* Maim^ il Buaitess Offices located on around lit or of Journalism nuildinti. r M-'l Kdtior . 353 News Office : 35» Snorts Office : anti 354 Business 0 UPPER NEWS STAFF i bdii< Aes Miliivan • \ew' bdtfot t- U; Jane Hikk» \a* » Nf* K'llof < y S<,hn*-k \-“ vl^n^mb I I >111 V> I IK " " Kditor • orrin*- Win11*** Kxnum Secrftarj IllhllPIt ^ Mrtlllll •♦■xMi t. ,i.f npprR business STAFF VI art I ci Classified Advertising Man *ivci« ^gcr <f,n A'lyaugh Layout Production Manage! Bill Wallan, Circulation Managei Emerson Page, Promotion Directoi Janet Farnham, Office Manager A Matter of Policy A LMOST every year in one or more of the many organiza ; tions with which students are connected there appears a number of examples of negligence and inefficiency par ticularly, and most noticeably, in the loose handling of funds. Not that any of these people are lazy or dishonest, but usually they are employing slipshod methods and trusting more or less to luck that the final result passes. Such a condition is harmful for two very important reasons. In the first place it is poor training for the student. It breeds a system of negligence and carelessness which will, if carried on throughout life, eventually cause a great deal of trouble. Sooner or later a person continuing that system will be caught in a position in which accurate records and good organization would have been invaluable. The ability to keep a committee well organized and to keep an accurate account of all financial transactions is a quality of leadership which is universally recognized. It is one, of the best recommendations any student leader could have. In the second place the failure to perform a task well or keep an accurate account of finances places a stigma on stu dent government which is hard to erase. It gives certain members of the administration, or certain iaculty committees, an excellent excuse to take away some of the responsibility and authority from the students. It very often takes a suc cession of four or five efficient and thoroughly honest leaders to win back the confidence lost by someone not so efficient or not so honest. # * * A LL student government has as its one main objective the training for leadership after graduation. If it fails that purpose it has lost its excuse lor existing, do that end, also, student government is desirable and must be kept as free as possible from all outside control. Any excuse for faculty supervision should quickly and effectively be removed. Most of the members of the administration do not want to take over the supervision of student organizations. They some timse find it necessary to do so and once it becomes necessary are dubious about turning it back. Many of the Emerald’s critics have suggested that the campus daily is “sticking its nose into affairs which are none oi its business.” We believe that they are our business. By maintaining an editorial board to which any student may come and present his case and by following an alert, progressive policy of insisting on accuracy in accounting and euiciency in oilice, we believe we are best serving the inter ests 01 student government. Joyful and Triumphant J^i is Cnnsimas time again. Pine branches smell sweetly ugaiusi Hie warm background of a cheery fire, tree lights .vw-ukie j,ayi<.y ni nemos eveiyunere, •‘baskets oi cheer lor needy tamiucs gladden the hearts of the givers. And yet when one thinks of the spiritual qualities of the Yuleude feeling . . . one remembers that across the waters, on both sides ol us, there is war again. Over there the birthday of Christ will be saluted by shell fire, and the Bible prophecy of “beating swords into plowshares” will be scoffed at as new guns come from tlie molten steel that might be used for more useful tilings. It seems a far cry from that scene at the manger in ancient Bethlehem one wintry night, wlieu wise men and shepherds gathered to view their new king, and to hear angel voices proclaim “Peace on earth, good will toward men. Since that first birthday in a far corner of Europe a panorama of events lias come and gone. Peace, then war, peace . . . war . . . peace . . . war . . . peace . . . war. On and on it goes in a never-ending cycle of dizziness and terror. So liiiuij times the doctrines of kindness and human goodness taught by the followers of Him who was born in Jerusalem have been forgotten in the struggle of man for material greatness. * # # JN every nation there is a feeling of sadness and tear when people think of lifting their glasses in a toast to 1941. Put sadness is not a part of the 1 uletide spirit ... it has no place in such a season. Christmas joy is a special kind of happiness that must come from a glow within. In England today, one thinks that there is no reason lor holiday merriment. And yet a I nited Press dispatch tells us that the season has not been forgotten . . . there w ill he extra rations of sugar for Christinas tea! Such fortitude and strength in erisis gives troubled souls the world over something for which to live. It makes it all seem right that one should sing his favorite Christmas hymn with joy; that Santa Claus should oQine bubbling down the chimney as usual; that friends should seek each other's company and shout gay “Merry Christmases' across the frosty air; that there should be gifts for the poor and food for the hiiugn . That is where Christmas begins . . . iu the heart. For the world to In' happy and worshipful in troubled 1910 is a reassertion of faith in Him who was born in Bethlehem. Chrisi mas is coming. Let us be “joyful and triumphant" iu our knowledge that right will ultimately conquer might . . . and that there will be peace on earth . . . good will tow ard men. —H.A. In the Editor's Mail i To the Editor: result of his puritanical lacing Yes, it was a little wet and muddy on the ROTC parade ground the other day. A few of those hardy souls who ventured forth to tote that beastly rifle and wallow through those dreadful bogs actually did ruin the shine of their shoes and maybe even collected a mud spot or two on their pants. Wicked and inconsiderate, those “brass hats” who order us onto the muck and mire, aren’t they? But did you notice that they, too, were splattering about as miserably as the rest of us? The nation is most certainly interested in national defense. Any person who professes to call himself a man, let alone a citizen, should jump off a cliff if he begrudges his nation two hours of drill a week—mud or no mud! True, there is an epi demic of flu, but let any man truthfully inform the ROTC staff that he is physically inca pable of enduring this drill pe riod, which some think so con ducive to sickness and disease, and he will be excused' with few questions asked. Odd it is that so many students continue to slop around at football on the mud-and-water fields scattered about the campus when many of these very same rugged lads moan and whine so pathetically at having to tromp “that wet ground into a froth” on the Thursday drill period. To be consistent, the “objector," whose article appeared in the Emerald of the 6th, must advo cate, in this time of epidemic, discontinuance not only of ROTC drill periods, but also of every class meeting of any kind. It is in crowds within closed rooms that the “flu bug” bites best. What do you think we’re do ing when we're preparing for national defense—preparing for a great game of tiddle-de winks? The primary task and purpose is to teach a bunch of babies to be men. Frankly, the ROTC is not accomplishing much toward this end. Perhaps its sphere of action is confined only to teaching marching, the manual of arms, and a few fun damentals of officers' training; yet I believe this is important enough to warrant far stricter discipline and a much greater degree of cooperation from the cadets. Let it rain! It's hardly worse than taking a bath tif you do get that wet, and so far I have n't). Let's get in there and quit making this ROTC a waste of time! W.F K To the Editor: If the age of chivalry is not dead it surely is sleeping sound ly. Our literary page turned •'crusader" Saturday and dragged the womanhood of the sophomore class in the moo The story was not written by a member of the Emerald staff but by some "fearless" unat tached contributor. It is for that unwarranted bit of defamation that we wish to make amends. We admire the writer of that article for his courage. Was he afraid of being beaten to a pulp by some ob jecting Sally? Was be unwilling to face a possible mill-racing at the hands of the brawny Pi Phio? No. Our Horatio Alger was satisfied tc face any reps - cations that might arise as a of our sophomore girls. But almost everyone realizes that this outburst might have been the result of a disillusion ment experienced by the “au thor.” But even if he were disap pointed in his campus social status, even though he went tumble-less, even if he had grown bitter on Oregon maiden hood, he should be man enough to cloak his sour attitude and not appoint himself “connois seur of female sophomores." Well, enough of this—as a personage the writer of the ar ticle is too unimportant to waste any more space criticiz ing him. The purpose of this disclos ure, as mentioned before, is to make amends for the injured pride of some of the more sen sitive girls in the sophomore class. “Scholastically, she has many shortcomings. She may not know tomorrow's history lesson from the Pigger’s Guide—.” So stated our anti-social friend. We might put Frankie Fresh man right by informing him that the average GPA for girl3 at Oregon is always about 20 per cent better than that of the boy3. “She goes to football games because all the rest of the girls do—,” continued the writer. Well, maybe so, but we can safe ly say that such is no more the rule than that all the boys trot over to Hayward field on Sat urday afternoons for, is to drink “coke” mixtures” — an stuff. “She does her boy friend out of everything he has.” Sonny, where in this little ole country can you find many schools where a “date” means two nic kel cokes and a booth at the College Side? The writer contends that the girls spend countless hours ev ery day trying to improve their figure (then he infers that they don't have any figure to watch). “In one sorority there is a group if girls who do nothing after 10 o'clock except sit around and watch each others figures,” con tinues our own “Dotty Dix.” You're just jealous, pal—the trouble is that you'd like to join that little circle—huh In a cyclone wind-up, Dizzy Tich (typographical error) maintains that, "She's not pret ty, she’s not thoughtful, she’s not intelligent.” All we can say, Reggie, if the young ladies are that undesira ble, you are keeping very, very, bad company and I'm sure that Mama wouldn't like you keep ing such very, very, bad com pany—sooooo . . . Steve Worth. L'ear Santa: Christmas is coining and ov cry’oody is happy, but we’re lonely and blue. Everybody calls us ba-a-ad boys and no body loves us. We don't want much and wo re really awfully nice when you get to know us but nobody wants to know us. We've read "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and we've tried the Lonely Hearts club, but they can't help us. We've tried everybody, but you and maybe you can help us. So. please, dear Santa, make the other two-thirds of the stu dent body love us and bring us a stocking full of independents to hang on our gravy tree. Hopefully veurs IUe You-Know-Whos. In all the commercial music industry there is nothing of more interest or difficulty than actual studio recording of band music. Most bands re cord only one or two records at a session. The first considera tion is orches t r a 1 balance. Bill Moxley The orchestra leader sits in the control room with the en gineers while the band runs through a number. Instrumentalists are moved back and forth until the sound coming through the loudspeak er is a perfect blend. Four mi crophones are generally used, one for the sax section, one in front for the brass, one by the rhythm section and one for the vocalists. For individual instru mental solos, musicians simply step up to the closest micro phone. Test Recording Once balance is achieved, a test recording is made to be played back for the entire or chestra to hear. If everything is satisfactory the finished re cording is transcribed. Two turntables operate, one consist ing of a thin coating of com pound “flowed" over a metal; the other, for emergency use, is a solid plastic platter one-half to two inches thick. Oftentimes the problem of achieving perfect balance be comes difficult and tedious. Glenn Miller often spends over an hour arranging and rear ranging his men and instru ments to get just exactly the right tonal effect. Swing bands will often make half a dozen test pressings just to get in the mood for the final record. Must Be Done Over Occasionally a band will hit a snag while making the master record ... a trumpet player will drop a mute, a sax man will rustle his sheet music, or a singer will hit the wrong note. The “take” is spoiled, and the recording must be done over. Once in a while slips of this kind will happen five or six times during an attempt to re cord one record. Another interesting note is the fact that there are no of fice hours in the recording stu dio. Any hour of the day or night, Sundays or holidays, may fino the place going full blast. Sessions have to be ar ranged according to the differ ent bands’ or artists’ schedules which accounts for the irregular hours. Bands playing theater or ballroom dates aren’t likely to arrive before midnight. . . .A rather fascinating industry— especially for those who are a part of it. ^[Asons BIST Greetings and good wishes. May your Yuletide season be, a merry one. Eugene Cleaners ‘J45 K. Broadway CLASSIFIED ADS • Gifts DON LEE HANDICRAFT—62 S. Park Street. That unusual per sonalized Christmas Gift. Small monogramed shiny brass Christ mas bells, 35c. • For Rent COMMODIOUS apartment for three upperclassmen. 925 Patter son. Fh. U34-W. International Side Show B> KJDGELY CUMMINGS Most literate people have cer tain literary shibboleths to which they give lip service. Thus few will deny that Shakespeare and the Bible provide some of the greatest reading in the English lan guage, but how often do we get around to actu ally reading them ? The same Cummings holds true or the congres sional Record. It is often referred to as per fect bedside reading matter but, speaking for myself, every time I manage to wade through the closely packed pages of fine print I feel an interior glow of righteousness. You know the feeling—one of a tough task well done, sorta smug. Well, a few years ago when I was religiously reading the daily output of Heyward Eroun, Franklin P. Adams, and a Hearst editor named Charles Hanson Towne, I used to marvel at the fact that they always had something to say. No long er do I marvel, for it is appar ent now that the whole thing boils down to a question not of material but of time and energy. A Dozen Columns There is enough material in the issue of the Record which I have at hand to provoke a dozen columns. This one gives the pro ceedings and debates of the 76th congress for Friday, November 29 and Monday, December 2. Together with the appendix it fills 92 pages in six point type —too small for easy reading. This issue came my way through the kind efforts of two friends, one of whom, a hand some gentleman, prefers to re main anonymous and the other, a statuesque blonde, must re main so if the first is not to be uncloaked as the intimate of an isolationist scribbler. It is in the appendix that one finds the dynamite. There one finds reprinted such articles, addresses, letters, etc., etc., which some congressman thinks particularly worthy of preserva tion. Landon’s Point The first one that struck my eye was a speech by the Hon orable Alfred M. Landon of Kansas on the Neutrality Act. Senator Capper of Kansas was responsible for its insertion and Mr. Landon, defeated republi can candidate for president, ex presses what seems to me a surprisingly sensible point of view. Says Landon: “The big 'if in the future is whether we are going to get into this war or not.” He goes on to point out at some length the unpleasant re sults of war for the U.S., firm ly plugs for the unyielding de fense of the western hemi sphere, and then says: “Therefore, I, for one, who have favored the repeal of the Neutrality Act, up to date, and everything we have done, up to date (he spoke on Nov. 26, 1940) in assisting Great Britain, say that it is time to stop seeking new ways of assisting her when these new ways will inevitably involve us in war.” That one needs no comment, except to say that this column agrees. Holt Speaks A page or so farther on Sen ator Rush D. Holt of West Vir ginia, speaking of the William Allen White Committee to De fend America by Aiding the Al lies, says: “I may say that the William Allen White committee is fi nanced by blood money—and I mean blood money—furnished by individuals who are making profits out of this war. One of the first checks received by it was from J. Pierpont Morgan, the lovely protector of democ racy in this country. “I may also say that if sen ators will go through the list of those financing and sponsoring the William Allen White com mittee, they will find the names of persons in the munitions racket who are raking in dol lars as the result of the death of somebody’s son somewhere. “The William Allen White committee is a war committee.” lEdit in New York Times The next one is an editorial in the New York Times of No vember 29, 1940, which quotes William Allen White on how his committee “organized public opinion in Tavor of sending the 50 United States destroyers and 26 flying fortresses to Eng land.” The Times quotes White as saying, in part: “I want to say that we’ve never had an objec tive that wasn’t approved in advance by the general staffs of the United States army and navy. . . . “We put General Pershing on the air, but the really smart trick we pulled was that after (Please turn to page three) From All Sides Bj CORINE LAMOA Flu Bus Bites To accommodate additional chronic flu cases, a laboratory and two basement rooms of the infirmary were converted into wards at the University of Cali fornia last week. The normal capacity of 92 beds was filled too, last week, with the addition of the temporary wards, 120 of the worst cases were abed in the campus hospital. The flu epidemic which has been sweep ing the Pacific coast started in the Hawaiian islands a month ago, Cal infirmary heads said. —Daily Californian. Sigma Nu Burns Bleary - eyed late - sleeping Sigma Nus at the University of Washington were awakened one morning last week by the screeching of sirens to find the basement of their house in flames. Burning oil on the fur nace room floor was the cause of the blaze, which was quickly extinguished by a troop of fire men and two policemen. It was the third fire on fraternity row within the week. “This is the first time a real fire was ever turned this box," the cop on the corner observed. —University of Washington Daily. * * * And Amen The drill sergeant frequently finds out that the mother who didn’t raise her boy to be a sol dier did a good job. •i5 The best Anglo-American re lations are based on recollec tions that we are Anglo-Ameri can relations. —Daily Texan. Ii ... - — Merry Christmas from Quackenbush’s The Christmas Hardware Store See our large variety of Gift Goods 160 East Broadway Eugene Put Her Christmas in Wrap her up in one of these charming housecoats — and hear her rapturous thanks! Excellent values for Christmas givers! Fuzzie-wuzzies Lustrous satins Quilted cottons Tailored corduroys Bright checkered taffetas Let her be radiant in this, come Christmas morning! It’s a shimmering gift of rayon satin with circling skirt five whole yards round! 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