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Vviien There’s Work to Be Done
^liiiina^iia ieu.er to tne executive committee ot me
which was printed m yesterday morning s ivnerald,
occasioned more man me usual amount ot comment. Political
janissaries came out ol tneir corners to deny or altirin tlie
statements vvnicu tie made, but tlie average student, his in
terest aroused only queried: "What’s going on here?”
i nat question should have been lairly well answered by the
letter, out to clear up any doubt we repeat the history ol the
controversy, oi cnairman ot .Dads’ day.
ounuay noon, January o, tne executive committee met to
seicci a cnairman. in accordance with the ASUO practice
petitions tor tne position ot chairman had previously been
caned tor. 1 hree men applied lor the position. 1 hey were
oeorge iviacKin, tint Bernard, and Buck Buchwach.
* * *
rpHK Held was narrowed to Mackin and Buchwach in a short
time. Uf the two men Cavanagh and Nelson favored
Buchwach and Payne, McLean, Bergtholdt and Buchanan (by
phonej favored Mackin. All agreed, however, that both men
were capable of handling the job in an efficient manner.
A few days later it was found that Mackin also was
chairman ot tne Senior ball. President Payne then took the
omy action possible and asked him to withdraw from the Dads’
day appointment. It was a wise step.
When the executive committee met the following Tuesday,
January 7, the Dads’ day appointment was again under con
sideration. At that meeting the name ol Stan Staiger, who had
'.not applied and should not be considered under aSCU liun
',utes, was brought up. Cavanagh left the meeting early, and
|the committee voted 4 to 1, with Nelson still favoring Bucli
Jwach.
Both Cavanagh and Nelson felt that Buchwach should have
received the appointment, since he had applied and since every
one had previously admitted that he was competent to handle
■the position.
.rJ'HE controversy over the appointment put Staiger in a very
bad position. He faced the possibility of doing a job with
out tne support ol a large section ot the student body, it ap
peared tnat his ability was being questioned, l acing tins
Staiger ielt he should resign.
His resignation should not be accepted. Staiger is fully
quanued to handle the appointment. 1 he decision has been
made, he has started his work—proof that he is interested in
tne position. Already Staiger and Buchwach, who was ap
pointed to handle promotion, are working together *as well as,
probably better tnan, must committee heads.
Dads' day isn't far off. The committee has a good start. The
iiiimetnaie inciueut can well be torgutten; the principle behind
■u is worthy oi luture student consideration.
Reason for Reminiscing
A SCAf's battle of the notes with BM1 has been brought
closer to home. Last night John Stehn’s musical band of
blowers refrained from playing "Mighty Oregon" at the Wash
ington State game which was broadcast over a non-ASUAP
station. Perhaps, John and the boys appropriately should have
played “Practice Makes Perfect"—the single BM1 tune that
has provoked popularity in recent weeks.
Resurrected from musty music files since January 1 have
been such ancients as "Beautiful Dreamers," "Zip Coon,”
"Liebestraum,” "Blue Danube" often with boogie-woogie and
rumba adaptations. Such tunes, reminiscent of other less
dynamic days, have proven a pleasant diversion for avid radio
listeners, not too many disliking the absence of pre-’41 popular
hit songs.
"^l/Tl'l l this absence, one is made to realize how many manu
scripts of Southern spirituals, European waltzes, and
even symphonic works—if not subjected lo an overdose of
syncopation—are admirable, offering satisfy ing enjoyment to
one’s listening pleasure. Out of this ASCAP-BMI bickering
eventually will come the return of banned notes to the air lanes.
One hesitates to prophesy when the present plight—if it may
be considered a plight—will be past history. But this present
period should encourage greater appreciation of compositions
that have become classic through age.
In this streamlined era. life becomes just a little less com
plicated instead of more bewildering when the wholesale out
put of ASCAP honkv tonk. timed at "eight to the bar” can be
forgotten and familiar song., of another generation lenietn
bered by radio.—K.XA
Tile committee, says a recent Emerald story, will consider
applications. Upon these applications the tiual decision w ill be
biased.
Xi\vs story; rTc.-.slters -va Lore*—als ar.c Learr .
Parade of Opinion
By ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
“What’s become of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’—or have
we abandoned it as our national anthem ?” asks the I’urdue Ex
ponent. That's a question that a lot of college newspapers have
been asking, half tongue-in-cheek, half.seriously.
The Exponent “won't debate the merits of Irving Berlin’s
‘God Bless America' but we do dispute its right to the same
honors as the national anthem. We think that the substitution
of ‘The Star Spangled Baner’ for ‘God Bless America’ on a
few public programs would be a welcome change—at least for
college students who have built up a terrific 'hate' for the very
obvious attempt to synthesize patriotism where patriotism has
already existed.’’
The Daily Reveille raises a protest at Louisiana State uni
versity, taking its readers back to one of the recent football
games. “When the band played the super-popular ‘God Bless
America,’ thousands leaped to their feet, males swept their
hats from pates and slapped them over hearts, and stood stiffly
at attention while the tune swung on. We wish that such re
spect would be shown ‘The Star Spangled Banner.’ ” The
Reveille believes that ‘if the fervid standees would stop a
moment to consider the silly tribute they are paying to the Am
erican god, Advertising, they might save their fervor for true
patriotism. God didn't pick out this geographical spot to endow
all his lofty virtues. We should be proud that we were born
here; we should also remember that it's pretty much of a
gerietical accident that we are Americans. God doesn’t ‘bless’
America; 'blessings’ come where people are free to think and
where those men act decently toward their fellows.”
El Gaucho tapes up a similar cry at Santa Barbara State col
lege. “Understand,” says El Gaucho, “we don’t object to
people’s rising to sing ‘God Bless America.’ We think it is a
very nice gesture to the composer and to the singer who made
it famous, and nothing more. But one’s ability to bellow forth
chauvinistic babble is hardly an indication of one’s feelings
towards the United States.”
Realizing that "there will probably be FBI men on our trail
by morning,” the Dartmouth declares it is “unable to keep
silence any longer on ‘God Bless America.’ ” The song, says
the Dartmouth, brings up a “mental picture of someone wav
ing a flag because it’s fun to wave a flag and everybody else is
doing it. It seems as though we could do a little more than
place America’s well-being musically in God’s hands and call
it patriotism.”
The Anvil Chorus concludes with the observations of the
Cliff Dweller at the University of Pittsburgh, which recalls
that “when the country was growing and expanding in every
direction, it sang boisterously and challengingly. We as a
nation must grow and expand again. We need a song of spirit
and courage. Let the song pluggers play and sing Berlin's
tune of apathy, but let Americans have a song like ‘Onward
America.’ ”
it is suspected the collegiate writers are not really as excited
about “God Bless America” and its possible implications as
they seem. But most of them feel America’s patriotism must
have a more fundamental expression than the musical pica
for divine blessings.
Biography in Crisis
By J. PARKE
^^F' great significance to the ever closer collaboration of the
United States with England is the appointment of Lord
Halifax as British ambassador to W ashington. It is significant
because Halifax represents not the usual envoy, but in the
words of Churchill, himself, "an envoy who comes from the
very center of our counsels and knows all our secrets.”
Lord Halifax, gentleman, sportsman, scholar has been called
the "saintliest” character in British public life. Tall, big-boned,
with a high forehead, clear eyes and a sensitive mouth, Halifax
has a natural charm and dignity that caused one man to com
plain, "you know one trouble with the fellow is that everyone
who comes at all into close contact with Halifax becomes
enamored of him.”
Representing the highest type of British aristocrat, Hali
fax's education and career followed the usual course. Oxford,
parliament, and government service. In 1910 he entered parlia
ment as a Conservative because of the Liberals’ farrcaching
social legislation. Active duty during World War 1 kept him
in France. In 1918 Halifax was one of 200 Conservative mem
bers of parliament who signed a demand for harsher terms
with Germany.
FULL offices followed. Parliamentary undersecretary for
colonies 1921-22. From October 1922 to January 1924 Lord
Halifax served in Stanley Baldwin’s cabinet as president of
the board of education. From 1925 to 1930 Halifax’s rule of
India as viceroy proved benevolent, lie won the admiration
of Ghandi but lost the favor of British Conservatives who
found him over-anxious to compromise with the Nationalists.
Other services such as secretary for war 1935, and leader of
the house of lords, 1935-38, rounded out his career.
The cabinet crisis in Great Britain in February l‘HS, which
led to Eden’s resignation as foreign secretary, ended with the
appointment of Lord Halifax to that post. But the spirit of
appeasement had come too late to Europe, and Halifax, like
Eden, fared no better, especially after Germany had entered
Prague. Five days later he admitted the necessity' of collctive
security on the part of the democratic and post-war nations of
the continent.
With such experiences as have been his. Lord Halifax might
well become one of the participants in the shaping of a just
peace, should that be ever possible
Last night Columnist Tommy Wright, of Wnght or Wrong
fame, was proved wrong. In one of hi.-- prec ious columns he
had referred t > a group of big lips a> "Rabble." They had
offered him a free haircut it lie did not retract the statement
He did not. and last night the pledges c ime to get him. In
stead of a tree haircut or other bodily harm a? was expected,
the Sig Eps proved him wrong by taking him to dinner and
returning him. unharmed, to his yob. "Rabble" would not have
^ » -iV*0s.8.
wright
or
wrong
With TOMMY WRIGHT
Singing the latest tune added
to the Wright or wrong reper
toire—‘‘I’m the Bad Rumor
Man”—we swing into the lat
est colm beating everyone’s re
putation eight to the line.
REBUKED . . .
... by friends of Betty Gregg
for our inSINuations. Being a
second story man, we can’t pos
sibly see why Betty Coed of
Hilyard could be interested in
story three, Campbell co-op.
... by the Sig Eps repeatedly
for the Rabble incident. So
much that they’re beginning to
call me Rabble Rouser Wright.
... by Sigma Nus,Elliott Wil
son, It was Mary Jane Spann
he got lost with.
CAMPUS WHISPERS . . .
The pifis break through with
a nickel hop win by fair mean3
or foul. Even at that four-bits
is mighty low tariff for the best
of the sorority gals . . . unruled
by the mob spirit, the Campbell
boys plan a millracing for Bill
Bilyieu’s 3-month old pin plant
'ng at 12 today . . . Arnie Mills.
Sammie, catches Betty W’ycoff
in a weak moment and he isn't
wearing his pin anymore . . .
for the benefit of College Side
cohorts, Dorothy Greer sends
the pin back to the lad at OSC
. . . ATO’s Dave Browning
launches a new campaign
against Peggy Myll of the Gam
mafis . . . most of the boys are
passing up the WAA hobble to
make a little atmosphere at the
Playground . . . The Gammafis
blossom out with a few new
pledges and the measles . . .
Carl “Punjab” Little, inter-sor
ority wrestling champ, will try
out some of his new holds in
the All-campus meet . . . Ernie
Hinkel, is having one heck of
a time with his woman situa
tion. He’s been caught divid
ing his time between three
Youth League beauties, and
two from the SB in Lincoln
Grammar school.
As I sit here at the type
writer Sig Eps make a last min
ute stand in front of the door.
Well, dear public, I mustn’t
keep the rest of my public
waiting, so you won’t mind if
this colm isn't as long as the
others. Time 5:15.
CONCLUSION . . .
That’s all and I’m afraid I’ll
let you do the EYEBROW rais
ing. So long for a while.
FLASH . . . Sam Dolan of the
Sig Eps plants pin on shy Bet
ty Chambers, Sigma Kappa.
P. S. . . .
I offer my thanks to the
house of Sigma Phi Epsilon for
a most enjoyable evening. Time
6:45.
so be it..
by bill fendall
SINCLAIR LEWIS’ defini
tion of a college class, that be
ehairecl mecca with its forced
pilgrimages ... “a typical con
test between a dreary teacher
and unwilling children of 20,
won by the teacher because his
opponents have to answer his
questions, while their treacher
ous queries he could . counter
by demanding, “have you look
ed that up in the library? Well,
then, suppose you do?” . . . •
“hya bwah?
okeh
gottaweed ?
yeh . . . herezamateh
wareyugoin ?
ohusgointuklass
gochalesn? •
naw, imnfatithprof
watziname ?
LKSCH
othasdifmt
lesgotathside
yeahcmonlesgrabbacuppamud
yehlesdo ....
dear R B .
please don't ask SO BE IT
to deliver endearing messages
through its colms ... if I know
MARY WORD she will be glad
to get them in person . . .
♦ * *
“SALLY MITCHELL and
PAT TAYLOR are about the
same size aren't they ?”
“Yeh. only that PAT is a little
rounder' . . .
campus- quiFS - . . that the
C-AlliL'. pTb'-inty
Median educ
ation for u.s.
\ AS A WHOLE IS
V COMPLETION
b OF THE ELEMEN
V TARY SCHOOL/ |
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ^
HAS THE ONLY IMPORTED HINDU
TEMPLE IN AMERICA. THIS HAND
CARVED TEMPLE WEIGHS 10 TONS,
WAS BROUGHT TO THE FLORIDA
CAMPUS FROM BENARES,INDIA
Each year the president! of
NORTHWESTERN UNIV. LIGHTS
A HUGH PURPLE CANDLE 4 FT HIGH
AT fi.'Ol P.M ON A WEDNESDAY IN
THE MIDDLE OF MAY. AT THE
SAME MOMENT N.U ALUMNI ALL
OVER THE WORLD LIGHT CANDLES.
* ■ -
From All Sides
Exchange by Mildred Wilson
A new steel-plate machine,
hidden in the corner of a room
up on the twenty-first floor of
the University of Pittsburg is
responsible for all grades, from
A to F, given on true-false and
multiple choice examinations
in the cathedral of knowledge.
The electric scoreograph, an
innovation at the University this
year, stands about three feet
high and resembles a low desk.
Not completely automatic the
machine requires someone to
feed the papers into it one at
a time. The “brains” of the
machine comes in the form of
a set of electric brushes that
send a ton of pressure through
a black plate containing the
“key” answers.
—The Pitt News
“I've a friend I’d like you
girls to meet.”
Athletic girl: “What can he
do?”
Chorus girl: “How much has
he?”
Literary girl: “What does he
read?”
Society girl: “Who arc his
family?”
Religious girl: “What church
does he belong to?”
College girl: “Where is he?”
—Daily Trojan—Southern
California.
The address book of the Uni
versity of Minnesota contains
273 Johnsons although there
are only 94 Smiths and 40 Jones
represented. The book is print
ed with its usual gray and
black cover, but plenty of col
or is furnished by 1 Pink, 15
Greens, 45 Browns, 28 W'hites,
2 Golds and 6 Silvers.
Although -four Fords, two
Hudsons and one Dodge arc
listed, there are only six Carrs.
Six Masons and six carpenters
are probably responsible for
two houses, two Churches and
one Whitechurch. That's the
Long (seven) and the Short
(three) of it.
—The Minnesota Daily
* * *
EUROPEAN SONG HIT
PARADE
1. When the Bombers Come
Back to Picadilly.
2. Begin the Barrage.
3 Beat Me, Ajax, Three to
the Bottom.
\. Heil, Heil, the Gang's Alt
we realize . - . but we didn't
know to what extent they would
go to get it . - . 137 students
were counted through the SIDE
front door in 15 minutes dur
ing nickel-hop night ... the
sign that tops the EMERALD
ed's door in the journalism
shack—“OREGON'S MOST AC
TIVE STUDENTS PASS
THROUGH THIS DOOR
DAILY . . . Somebody has sug
gested the hardest line that
OLIVER had to buck last term
was co-sports editor BOB FLA
YELLE’s . . . some SENIOR
ball and DAD'S DAY committee
members have grown under res
ponsibility — others have just
swollen . . the D. G.'s are sup
posed to have had their open
car for several terms now with
out a wreck—to be more ex
act they have had a wreck for
several terms and never had a
car . . . BILL GRANT who
smokes a pipe for exercise .
ROBERT M. HUTCHINS, prexv
of the UNIVERSITY of CHI
OAGO cnee remarked — “the
college graduate is presented
with a sheepskin to cover his
mtallactviii ' . . . to
Here.
5. Torpedo Junction.
6. Gunboat Serenade.
7. Tanks for Everything.
8. Whispering Blasts.
9. The Call of the Cannon.
10. All this and Hitler, Too.
—Benson Tech Pep (Portland)
* * *
Girded with everything from
tin hats to a set of batteries,
28 members of the University
of Washington mining class re
cently descended into the depths
of one of the largest coal prunes
in the state of Washington.
The neophyte miners explor
ed all three levels of the mine
and were permitted to observe
the “regulars” knock loose huge
blocks of coal from their posi
tions high in vertical shafts and
get a general taste of the prac
tical side of th£ir future occu
pation.
— The University of
Washington Daily
"Romeo, my Romeo, where
art thou, Romeo?”
"I'm in the balcony; it's
cheaper.”
—The J Bird—Juneau, Alaska.
* * *
Without the previous formal
ity of going steady, pin planting
or an engagement, 19-year-old
Sara Falknor, daughter of Dean
Judson Falknor of the Univer
sity of Washington law school,
eloped with Ross Reid, 23, and
president of the law school
student body. .
They were married at Mos
cow, Idaho, and after sending
telegrams home to their res
pective parents the couple left
for Los Angeles where they will
make their home.
—The University of
Washington Daily
* * *
For those who still have to
break the sad news about grades
to their parents (mainly flu
victims) David Janison of the
University of Colorado, has a
few unique methods:
1. The Safety Match Method.
Write a one-page letter, putting
your grades in a lower corner.
Fold this page, place it in an
envelope so that the grades arc
in the left hand corner. Strike
a safety match and burn off
the entire left side of the envel
ope. Address and mail. To
morrow write a second letter
home and say that you hoard
there was a fire on the mail
train. (A strike - anywhere
match may also be used.)
2. The No-Lie Method. Sim
ply write a letter home and say
that you didn’t get any grades
this quarter, which, of course,
would be no lie.
3. Write that you were told
to see the Dean about your
grades, but that you are afraid
to go into his office bocause
you heard that an NYA student
who worked there last quarter
is now in bed with the flu at
his home in Alaska. Ask your
folks if your grades are worth
the flu.
Silver and Gold.
University of Illinois Alumni
News reports So to 90 per cent
of the 1910 graduates are em
ployed m work of their choke.
Evidence that human beings
witnessed formation of Crater
Lake thousands of years ago is
under study by University of
Oregon scientists.
Twenty southern California
communities arc served through
classes offered by the Univer
cf CsLfcrma eatsnsicn, it
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