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I 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: SI.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second-claai matter at the postoftice, Eugene, Oregon. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, * fNC., 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: Hal Olney, Helen Angell Jimmie Leonard, Managing Editor Kent Stitzer, New* Editor Fred May, Advertising Manager Bob Rogers, National Advertising Manager Editorial and Buainess Offices located on ground floor of Journalism building, i npne9 8300 Extension: 382 Editor; 853 News Office; 359 Sports Office; and 354 Business Offices. Pat Erickson, Women’* Editor fed Kenyon, Photo Editor Rob Flavelle, Co-Sports Editor <en Christianson, Co-Sports Editot UPPER NEWS STAFF Wes Sullivan, Ass’t News Edktor Betty Jane Biggs, Ass’t News Editor Ray Schrick, Ass’t Managing Editor Tom Wright, Ass’t Managing Editor Corrinc Wignes, Executive Secretary Johnnie Kahananni, feature Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Klvera Maeder, Classified Advertising Man ager Ron Alpaugh, Layout Production Manager Rill Wallan, Circulation Manager Emerson Page, Promotion Director Janet Farnham, Office Manager In Answer to a Need 'T'lIE expected split in the fresh class has finally occurred A with a bloc of well over 50 per cent of the first year men and women severing relations with the present organization " and electing to form a class of their own. The new freshman class organization will be a much more democratic affair than tin; past class groups. The right to vote and a part in class affairs will not be restricted to any group of freshmen or dependent upon the payment of a “poll tax.’ In other words, class cards will not be required to vote. The only requirement will be the University standing of a fresh man. A constitution is under preparation and will be presented to a mass meeting of the new group sometime soon. This con stitution will attempt to give all factions an opportunity to be represented in the controlling body of officers. No political bloc will control the entire class activities. # # # 'T'HE split in the freshman class was predicted in the Em erald some time ago. Since the first controversy over the class card issue some time ago it. was fairly certain that the committee of six appointed to reach a compromise would pro duce no real solution to the problem. They had no common ground on which to meet. The new organization is an answer to a growing demand for more representation in class affairs. If flic, new class succeeds in getting more students interested in class affairs, if it makes democratic administration more effective, it will be perform ing a real service to the University. From the excellent start which has been gained there seems to be every reason to believe that the new organization will succeed. ; Corvallis Goes Witch Hunting 1 rJ''HE city of Corvallis lias always held a “soft” place in its heart for the troubles of Eugene and its University . . . has searched diligently to uncover any hints of un-American activities and has religiously brought them to light. For years Corvallis editors described Eugene as a communistic center. But today, in keeping with the popular trend of the times, the University of Oregon and Eugene prep schools are having trouble quelling pro-Nazi movements. That's the latest un covering of the editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times. “A lady from Eugene was in this sanctum the other day,” - yesterday’s editorial in the Gazette-Times reads, “and she says the Nazis are quite active down there. Well, that’s at 7 least a change from the Communists that have been so proini * nent in the past.” A description of a supposed recent disturbance in a local grammar school when a pro-German father declared that his two children could salute nothing but the swastika was fol lowed by an editorial statement that “special students at the University too have received notice of a Nazi meeting they are urged to attend.” The swastika situation is vigorously denied by Superintendent of Schools John F. Cramer in last night’s Eugene Register-Guard. # # # ,"J''1IE Corvallis-born statement is certainly not a sufficient basis for a pitched battle on the subject. It is too shallow, has all the earmarks of war hysteria, and adopts an idea of universality from a single uncertain incident. There are always rumors in troubled times like these . . . rumors that make the ideas of one man appear to be those of a hundred . . . rumors that make one incident represent a picture of a whole city . . . rumors that make one person’s un American belief become the purported teachings of a whole University. For the public mind is a romantic and imaginative thing and a tiny germ of an idea, a veritable whisper, can become a loud shout with very little coaxing. In truth the Corvallis attack is not worth answering, for any analysis of the accusation shows little basis of fact, little of the real search for truth that is the avowed purpose of a newspaper. Scores of students interviewed yesterday were completely unaware of such a condition here. Not one saw any basis for the editorial attack. If there is a swastika flying, it’s certainly being hidden under a bushel basket. University ideas on the subject are pretty well summed tip in Dean of Men Virgil D. Earl's statement: “Funny they should hear of it in Corvallis first.”—11 A The Records Show JT’t> down in black and white now —the scholastic records of 3700 University of Oregon students for the fall term of the year 11(40. And, as is inevitably the case, some of those 3700 individual records are a real credit to the student and the school while others fall below the line where they may be a credit to anyone. About 4,3 per cent of the Oregon student body joined the coveted ranks of honor roll students." Almost 7 per cent of the 1(50 "honor rollers crashed that inner circle of the inner circle- the four points. Such .scholastic records are. of course, enviable and the studeuts who earn them are not only gaining credit for them selves but for their school. Kot that a student must make the hofior roll to be a credit to his school. Far from it lie is an additional credit to hi. school if lit does attain scholastic excellence. That could hard'" b 4 *» * ' •» «i\ to the good of his school and maintain only average grades. It is even conceivable that a student might have lower than average grades and still be a considerable asset to his school although that is, probably, extremely doubtful. And yet, to paraphrase the well-known metaphor, it takes all kinds to make a school. # * * IF it were not for the low grade students it would, obviously, be impossible to have the honor roll students and the four pointers. If all were four-pointers there would be little credit in obtaining a straight A card. Cold cheer that may be for those who received sub-average grades but at any rate it docs shed a little more cheerful light on things. There is one type of student that can almost positively be entered in the loss column as far as his school is concerned. He is the person who dismissed a low OP A. with a shrug of his shoulders and, in lack-a-daisical manner, drifts along without attempting to do anything about it. Better the stu dent who is constantly attemping, even if unsuccessfully, to kick those grades back up where they belong than the “I don't care” type who is always in the cellar. A University student should keep in mind that his record is going down, up there in the registrar’s office, in black and white, lie will be judged by that record whether he is proud or ashamed of it. lie should be satisfied with nothing less than the best that he is able to accomplish at all times. Then if it is still not good lie can, at least, say, “It represents my best efforts. I didn’t lie down on the job, at any rate.”—H.O. Campus query: “Who is taking Modern Europe this term?” Answer: “Hitler.” Parade of Opinion By ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS America’s college newspapers saw little hope late last spring for union of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. But swift-moving events have changed the view. The concensus of undergraduate writers now is not only that prospects are good for ending factionalism, but that truce in the near future is imperative. Commenting on the resignation of CIO President John L. Lewis, the Cornell Daily Sun says that “the next move necessary to the unreserved cooperation of the nation in the preparedness .program is the unqualified unification of the forces of labor. With the workers of the nation split into two camps, it is impossible that the program can go forward with the best operation.’’ In the opinion of the Michigan Daily, President Roosevelt's victory and John L. Lewis’ defeat gave rise to one of the brightest hopes for labor unity in the last years. The mass of both organizations have common interests and are desirous of uniting them. In many cities there are joint labor councils, joint journals and joint strikes when necessary. Consciously and unconsciously the workers in both organizations have been united in political action. That the COI and AFL are not joined in an effective union today is an indictment of the democratic processes within the organizations that allow the leaders to block the will of the members.” The Amherst Student joins in the view that “any move toward union could not appear at a better time. Yet opportune as a com bination now of the opposing camps might be and ridiculous as their struggle seems, there is more concerned in their continued separation than the mere personalities of Lewis and Green. “The whole organizations of the two unions differ; one has herded unskilled workers together, the other skilled workers. One repre sents the proletariat of labor, the other the aristocracy. But al though the difficulties are extensive, they cannot be as important to fight OVER as labor's cause in general is important to fight FOR." The Dartmouth refers to labor in general in a discussion of pro duction bottlenecks involving labor disputes, and contends that these bottlenecks are two-sided. “The talk,” says the Dartmouth, “is all about eliminating the right to strike. There is not enough talk about eliminating the abuses that cause strikes. "Obviously it would speed defense preparation if strikes were made fewer. Just as obviously, it takes two disputants to make a strike. If America is sincere in seeking to stop strikes in order to defend democracy, she would do well to look just as sharply to the practices of the manufacturer as to those of the laborer.” General benefits to come from labor's turning its back on the “reds” are envisioned by the Daily Kansan. "President Roosevelts,” says the Kansan, “would like a united, well-controlled, anti-Com munist labor front to work with him in courting business. Sidney Hillman (labor coordinator of the rearmament program! would like to free labor from the restraint of the Sherman antitrust law. "If he could unite the CIO and AFL in an alliance acceptable to the president, he might get what he wants and probably would cooperate with the administration. If Hillman can get the coopera tion he wishes, Roosevelt may get the ‘red’ purge he wishes within labor ranks. If the ‘reds’ are purged, business may work with the administration with greater harmony. This is Roosevelt's answer to Mr. Willkie’s ‘loyal opposition;’ either way, business can't lose." so be it.. by bill fendull voted tops as tlie three sweet est words in the English lan guage according to a campus survey of the uninspired is the combination *‘i love you” . . . others in order are; 3. dinner is served 3. keep the change 1. all is forgiven 5. sleep 'Iill noon »i. here's that five . . . voted as the three most dr liked words were “external use only” followed by: 3. buy me one 3. out of gas 4. dues not paid 5. funds not sufficient (i. rest in peace . . . * * V morning is a hell of a tune to get up ... here's one handed the colm in moment of aeeeptatoiv weak ness . . (scene on a Portland street car . time. 1941 A.D ) you must be absent-nunded' absent minded ” ' "yes. you haven't any neck tie on” brother . . . my boy left for col lege last night” . . . the following is merely an at tempt to find the. owner of this poem . . . will the person who left this verse by the colm's tap-tap machine please come and get it . . . deals like this shouldn’t be left by them selves . . . breathes there a man around this school sufficient by rest revived, and cool enough to limit his demands to say goodnight just holding hands? who has the decency to wait 'til at least the second date to reach that warm, romantic state? to give a girl some preparation before demanding osculation if such there lie go, mark him well for I'll date that guy I ho' he looks like-—’ . . . CLASSIFIED~A5S * Board. Room KOOM, BOARD —Everything new, steam heat, good meals, home privileges. Phone 4360-W. BOARD and ROOM or meals only'. SIS E 15th. • Lost READ SILK Hosiery case Phone \ dbur Ostsriot ITj-t-J su ■ ird Temple university's BASEBALL TEAM MADE ONLY ONE HOME £> « RUN DURING \ THE I93G SEASON?^ BOB GARRISON HIT IT WITH THE BASES FULL, n WAS HIS / ONLY HIT OF , | THE SEASON/ n KAPPA ALPHA THETA chapter House AT THE COLL63E OF WILLIAM AND MARY WAS ERECTED EARLY IN THE l&T-a CENTURY FOR THE COMMIT MENT OF DEBTORS. CRIMINALS AND OFFENDERSi It was known as ! OLD DEBTOR'S PRISON/ OF A WILUSTON. N.D. RESIDENT/ International Side Show By RIDGELY CUMMINGS Pink - cheeked youth, who would have been better occu pied reading Goethe and drink ing beer and singing songs in Heidelberg and other former university towns, last night sat in big airplanes and pulled throttles and levers that re leased fire bombs and high ex plosives on a west England town. To put it simpler, German planes blitz-raided an unnamed English town Friday night and early Saturday morning in what looked like the most severe raid since last Sunday when London was fire-bombed. First reports said casualties were not heavy, although two hospitals, four churches, and four schools were damaged. Berlin Silent At this writing there is noth ing on the wire from Berlin about the raid, though when it comes in the story will undoubt edly tell about munition plants and military (objectives dam aged. That's the way it goes— reading the reports from Lon don one gets the idea the in vading planes single out help less non-combatants and do no real damage to British indus try; while from Berlin it's the same thing — hospitals and schools are the main targets hit by the British, so the Ger mans say. It is probably the case of the stories being the truth, and maybe nothing but the truth, but not the whole truth. Ireland Bombed Bombs have fallen on the oth er side of the Irish channel also in the last few days, and yes terday neutral Ireland sent a strong protest to Germany af ter some of the bombs which killed three persons and injured 25 others were identified as of German manufacture. An ‘‘informed neutral source'' in London declared flatly that the bombs came from German planes. About the only neutral source in London we can think of is the Swiss ambassador, if he's still there, and one won ders where he got the informa tion. Question Raised At dinner last night the sub ject came up as to whether it was German or England that was bombing the Dublin area. I Ruins of breastworks built during the siege of Jackson in the Civil war are still to be seen on the campus of Millsaps college, Jackson, Miss. The Biggest Hits This Year Will be on VICTOR and BLUEBIRD RECORDS See us for VICTOR SERVICE i WILSON MUSfC HOUSE 23 East 10th Ave maintained the heretical posi tion that German has nothing to gain by involving Ireland in the war whereas Engiand re cently asked DeValera for per mission to use the Irish ports as ports of entry for British war supplies. De Valera refused, saying it would be unneutral, but if Ireland declares war on the Nazis then the British will get what they want. A1 Carp, psychology assistant who thinks for himself, said that if Germany got Ireland into the war then the British home defenses in order to pro tect Ireland from invasion. Other Explanation Another explanation, based on the fact that the Nazis have too often demonstrated that they believe in nothing else but brute force, is that they are trying to scare the Irish into keeping neutral. If they think that way, the Nazis don’t know their Irish psychology. An Irishman’s def inition of a pacifist is some body who can't get his hands on anything with which to fight. The Irish haven't much use for the English, whom they claim have been oppressing them for centuries, but they won’t stand to be brow-beaten by the Nazis either. Truth in Air The conversation went back and forth for some time and at the end I remarked that the truth would come out in a cou ple of years. To this A1 made a good counter: “We don't know the truth about the Lusi tania and that was 20 years' ago. The Germans are still pay ing that the English sunk her.” On the home front Roosevelt announced that he is sending Harry Hopkins over to England as his personal representative until a new ambassador is se lected. Hopkins will have no official status, the president said. Senator Gerald P. Nye, vet eran non-interventionist from North Dakota, reacted to the Hopkins move by saying it “may be a move to ascertain what chances peace talks would have over there. If so, then I am heartily for it.” OhegdnUEmemld Advertising Staff This Issue: « Jean Eckley Jim Thayer Elizabeth Edmunds May Kay Riordan Night Staff: Brian Thompson, night edito, Betty Sevier Ruth Jordan Mary Wolf Copy Desk Staff: Ray Schrick, city editor Betty Jane Biggs Dorothea Cathcart Jean Eckley Chuck Woodruff Lynn Johnson Bob Frazier Adele Say Dresses Start the new year and term with a lovely tailored or afternoon date dress in wool or crepe. The latest feminine styles for those special dates—a very spe cial group at— $5.00 _iadW’s 1004 Willamette Ph. 633 Happy New Year The Eugene Water Board is ready to serve you an other dependable year. As another year rolls around we try to improve our service to you. Hoot Mon! AREAL BARGAIN! Only $2.00 to send the Oregon Daily Emerald home for the remainder of the year. Regularly $ 1.25 Oregon® Emerald