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Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published nniiy during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second * class matter at the postofhee, Eugene, Oregon. Represented tor national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Avc., New York —Chicago— Bos ton—Los Angeles -San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. LYLE M. NELSON, Editor ASSOClATE EDITOKs 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 Mgr. Editorial Board: Hoy Vernstrotn, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Harold Olney, Kent Stitzer, ’immie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbull, adviser. Editorial and Business Offices located on ground floor of Journalism building. Phones 3300 Extension: 382 Editor; 353 News Office; 359 Sports Office; and 354 Business Offices. Pat Erickson, Women's Editor Ted Kenyon, Photo Editor Bob Falvelle, Co-Sports Editor Ken Christianson, Co-Sports Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Wes Sullivan, Ass't News Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Ass’t News Editor Ray Schrick, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Tom Wright, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Corrme Wigncs, Executive Secretary Johnnie Kahananni, Feature UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Anna uacKoerg, ^ias.sinea auvciumii^ Manager Ron Alpaugh, Layout Production Man ager mu vv.iii.m, v^ircuiaiion Emerson Page, Promotion Director Eileen Millard, Office Manager That Tests the Quality 'HE “Majority Class of 1944” has organized. The meeting Wednesday night was with diverse sueeesses. The new constitution, adopted by a unanimous vote, was a step to ward universal suffrage in the classes. It gives Ihe right to vote to every student recognized as a freshman by the University. In that field it is unerpialed among class constitutions. It is a step toward a more demo cratic form of government in which all students will have the right to vote. The fundamental argument against class cards has always been that they constituted a kind of prepaid poll tax. In other words, 1he classes are selling the right to vote. The new constitution of the “Majority Class of 1944” does away with that. {JECONDLY, the meeting showed that independents—pre dominant. there—are definitely interested in student government. The meeting was probably the largest indepen dent turnout in the history of class organizations. The 1100 or so that turned out were enthusiastic about their organiza tion. They listened attentively to talks by four student leaders warning them that they must keep up their interest— that their way would not be easy. The meeting Wednesday night was the second attempt on the part of these freshmen to get the right to a voice in class affairs . The first attempt, earlier in the year, failed when the old constitution, requiring class cards to vote, was passed by a freshman assembly. This was the second effort, after the first had ended in failure, and it proved the quality of the group asking for a voice in the freshman class. Activity Man! J^OW, Mr. Webster took tho word “activity” and hid it . on page 31 of his super-size dictionary with an inex plicit little definition of “brisk or vigorous movement . . . exertion of energy.” But then Mr. Webster never went, to „ Oregon. For yesterday we listened to a score of campus men . . . the most prominent in student affairs . . . talk to an assembly for freshmen women, on the values of “activities” in col lege. And we sincerely believe at this point that the esteemed American who penned Hie dictionary would never recognize their modern interpretation of the word. Maybe it was because the fellows were on parade . . . there’s a lot of glamour connected with being “somebody” on a col lege campus, an aura of greatness that makes freshmen turn around and stare when they see you. The men who spoke had a duty: they had been told by the l’lii Theta host esses, no doubt, that they were to talk on how thrilling it is to he a college “activity man.” rJ'JlKY did such a very good job that, one almost got the idea that activities are a big rosy glow. Von know . . . first somebody pops a handsome white sweater over your head, then before you can say “Jack lvobinson” somebody presents you with a smart yellow one or a new honorary pin, and on top of that the dance you're chairman of makes money hand over fist ! Now, we don t think the guest speakers were doing them selves, and others like them, .justice. Especially that soul who declared “You don’t even have to work very much. ’ If that s true in his field . . . lie’s found a college Utopia. The lot of a college activity person . . . and we’re not re ferring to “bull session” politicians, but those who really or ganize events and incite school spirit through service ... is not an easy one. There's long hours of work behind each page of that 1 '> 11 Oregaua, a good many tired hacks among those who decorate lor dances, dark circles for those who spend all their waking hours on the Emerald, disappoint ments as well as thrills for athletes, discouragement in no small lots lor him who starts out pushing a broom for the Glee cleanup committee I There are fewer long golden hours in the College side, there is more midnight oil burned to keep the Gl’A up to a point of respectability that will keep him in activities. There are faculty conferences and contacts that make one quake m his hoots. It’s not a picnic at all, but about hree iourths hard work and cue fourth glamour. Y^T it iipei-wting to note that every one of these who spok" y.-sterday w;r enthusiastic about the field, urged first-year men and women to find a niche m the activity setup. It was the voice of those who had worked at it for four years that nave that advice But we think that if am of the ”0 student leader., would think for a moment lh°- would phrase the rewards in a dif ferent manner Wouldii t he. say that the real benefits to be reaped from that tield are the pleasures»ot knowing people and how to get along, the qualities of self respect that are gained fion; learung ly doing, the pu;v joy cf . a kb v eil dogs ? — - — _it ^ What’s a Hemisphere Anyway? have talked lately of two ocean navies, “all out aid" to Britain, and especially of a tiling referred to as “western hemisphere defense." What is the western hemisphere? Generally speaking, it is the American continent on the opposite side of the world from the countries of Europe, the Orient and Africa. But if we are to be defenders of the western hemisphere some one will have to accurately define that entity, if it exists as such. There lies a point which has been skipped over for want of exact knowledge. This want has not been due to ignorance of geography. In general it has always seemed simple to lump Alaska. Cana da, the TTiiled States, Mexico, Latin, and South America, and a few assorted islands, possibly including Greenland, in the “western hemisphere" designation. That classification is entirely a geographical one. Our sad lack lies in the want of adequate political defini tion of the hemisphere. We have, it is true, the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. And from l!~>23 to the present the Doc trine has meant “hands off" to Europe. European expan sion has been carried on in another hemisphere. V\7’ 1T1IIX recent times there have been proposals for “hem isphere unity" in our part of the world, directed by the United States. In respect to our lack of political defin ition of the hemisphere it seems significant to notice that most of the northern part of the so-called hemisphere, with the possible exceptions of Greenland and Mexico, are all for the United States defending them. The inhabitants of the southern area are more inclined to fear United States “im perialism." And all the while, U. S. strategists are trying to determine the praticability of Greenland for air bases and the possibility of a European invasion through South America. Geographically minded, they can make defense plans involving areas that may not be politically inclined to join the hemisphere. At the very least, these vaguenesses can but slow up and hamper the actual defense of our country, cspcially if in such a total defense we spread our concentration so thin and throughout so vast an area as to be unable to be at all positive as to what is our rightful domain, a domain dear enough to us that we would be willing to die for it. —P. E. In the Editor's Mail Dear Joe—and others who are interested: School politics are very pecu liar, as are any politics. On this campus the quarrel is be tween independent and Greek. Sometimes flare-ups occur be tween these two factions, and trouble ensuies. That flare-up is now a fact and trouble is evident. This letter, then, is an attempt to answer Gurley’s let ter to Cavanagh. It is hoped by the writer, that the arguments offered will make more sense than the very feeble arguments offered by Mr. Gurley. There are several points in Gurley’s-letter which can be re futed with no trouble at all. As a matter of fact, it is question able whether the letter is worth answering since it evades the main issue. But since the meaning of the original epistle has apparently been missed, someone must make the point clear. Does Gurley think his let ter is a good defense for the ac tion of the present administra tion, or is he merely attempting to rehash a fait accompli ? The answer is rather an opaque one. No one seems to know -except maybe Mr. Gurley. So Staiger is appointed Dads’ day chairman! So what. No one doubts his qualifications. No one questions his ability yet Gurley deliberately goes into a long winded discussion as to Staig er's capabilities, when Staiger is not the issue involved. That issue is so evident all Mr. Gur ley had to do was READ Cav anagh’s letter. Obviously neith er he nor his cohorts actually did read it because the main point has either been over looked, or else unrecognized. Surely, college students who call themselves upperclassmen are supposed to possess the fac ulty to read! The fact remains, however, that Mr. Gurley ob viously missed the point. Whe ther this was due to lack of in telligence or whether it was due to an attempt to flout the facts we do not know. For your information, Joey, Cavanagh clearly protested against the method used in se lecting Staiger, he did not pro lost against Staiger. Why was a man chosen when his name wasn't even on the list Why was he chosen over the man who ran second when the orig inal appointee had to resign .' There is the issue. Staiger, Buohwaeh, or even Joe Blow could have been chairman. The committee would have func tioned just as well, and would have made the event a success. Fie thrice fie! Mr. Gurley purely you know how to read. Are you also in the habit of in terpreting statements so that they might suit your own puv Then please do not infer that this letter la a. diatribe against the present government There go :utent:cu cf ridicul ing Mr. Payne and compare . but merely the earnest desire that you, Mr. Gurley, and you too, gentle readers, understand what is going on. When there is such a deliberate flouting of democratic principles as was evidenced in this case, there are really no words to express the feeling of complete disgust and litter contempt in the mind of one who is interested in stu dent government. There are a few other points of interest in the letter which hear refuting, and with your permission, Mr. Gurley, here are the answers: 1. You claim that Mr. Cav anagh's accusation of “dirty politics’’ was written with un clean hands. Now, is that nice? Aren't you ashamed to accuse Mi'. Cavanagh of personal un cleanliness ? Or didn't you know that politics are at best, dirty. How can your side claim Mr. Cavanagh’s hands are dirty, when your own hands, political ly speaking of course, can't possibly be clean—if you really play politics! 2. Staiger - again this issue is accomplished. It is foolish to even discuss it. 3. “That has never been a ba sis of decision”—quoting from your letter. Can you give me a list of independents who have been named leaders in respon sible all-campus positions through the appointments of a student body government? 1 re member one in the last year. Are the Greeks afraid that the independents will usurp their power? Is that why they throw out an occasional bone to an independent aspirant for cam pus positions ? I. You claim that Cavanagh and Nelson try to raise class consciousness through the ob vious method of rabble-rousing. Why, my dear Joe, have you no idea whatsoever about how the very fraternal system makes for class consciousness, whether latent or overt? Don't you realize how much class consciousness there is on this campus because of the fra ternal system ? Think it over once before you blame others for rabble rousing! In the interest of self govern ment, it would seem that the Greeks would be big enough to move over and give the inde pendents a well-earned chance. But, the question seems to be whether the Greeks are as in terested in maintaining student government as they are in maintaining the status quo. The independent group, like British rearmament, is glow ing in strength. In tun'', per haps sooner than we think, the breach will be so wide that only open war can. result The re sulting struggle will be tar worse than we imagine. It won't do any good tor us to stick out necks m tpe sand The issue, has passed that stage. The sly read etez rcrcncihs tioa oa a fair basis. Such a dec The BAND BOX By BILL MOXLEY I.. i r.Ti -f BOB CROSBY SPECIAL At long last the night rolls around when ye old Igloo will rock from front to back and from rafter to window with the famous Dixieland jive of the celebrated Mr. Bob Crosby. To night is the night. You may go in formal clothes but please don't go in a formal frame of mind. Chances are we’ll be hearing some of the hottest, most spec tacular music being played to day. The Crosby crew has a loose style of swing that even Benny Goodman couldn’t equal with the band he had here last spring. Watch the individual trumpet w'ork of Muggsy Span ier who plays second man on Down Beat’s All - American Swing Band. Watch Miller For pure expressionism keep an eye on Eddie Miller, tenor sax. ... It is hardly necessary to mention the fame of Jess Stacy at the keyboard. Bay Bauduc on drums has made the “two-beat’’ style of Dixie jazz a by-word with swing fans ev erywhere. The All-American five is rounded out by Bob Haggart on bass. This is probably the greatest group of swing musi cians in the country to be play ing under the same baton at the same time. And Bnb-o-Links In contrast to this array of talent Mr. C. features songs by a moderately successful quartet called the Bob-o-Links and also the voice of Bonnie King. Of course the famous Crosby vocal cords will be warbling at fre quent intervals for those who like the softer and more senti mental type of popular music. The Dixieland style of music as Bob Crosby plays it is unique among the swing bands of to day. The band often strives de liberately to achieve corny fig ures yet they are played with such skillful musicianship that the very clement of corn ac quires a novelty and distinction that is pleasurable to the car. Be sure and listen for the famous Crosby arrangements of “Rampart Street Parade,” “Mi le n burg Joys,” “Wolverine Blues,” and, of course, the beau tiful theme, “Summertime.” Yes, it should be a hot time at the Igloo tonight with Dixie land jive rocking all over the place. Gee, I can hardly wait! conciliation need not be termed appeasement. When the inde pendents become strong enough there will be a rapid reconcilia tion on a fair basis. Such a re mise of the Greek party. Yes, Joe, there’ll always be New Year's eves and hearty ses sions in Hadley's (formerly Short’s) restaurant. All too cordially yours, Bernard Somers. Dear Editor: Joe Gurley's letter in Tues day's Emerald was greeted with snickers by many of those who read it. Your confused attempts to justify the “power politics" of the Oregon campus, like sev eral others which preceded it, only show the lack of any logi cal justification for that policy, Mr. Gurley. For a power politician you have remarkably little knowl edge of the workings of that type of politics. You should study up on the Kclly-Nash ma chine of Chicago and the for mer Pendergast machine of Kansas City. That type of ma chine works on the quiet, with out attempting to appeal to the reason of the electorate. And by the way, Mr. Gurley, haven't you dirtied your name enough in connection with bloc politics without adding to it by attack ii g a man who has demonstrat ed his honesty and courage as John Cavanagh has done. t believe that, in the opinion (>f the majority of Oregon stu dents. he. and Lyle Nelson, stand head and shoulders over any other present leaders on ttv campus, not excluding Ti ger Payne and. other members of the executive council. \s for Staigcr, there seems to be a slignt evasion of the is sue here; nobody has asked for his resignation. He is merely a victim of circumstances and it remains only tor him to go ahead and prove lus ability to hc-nile the I ce.rsiasr much more pert: International Side Show By RIDGELY CUMMINGS Edwin Markham died during the first year of the war, an old man whose chief claim to fame lay in "The Man With the Cummings Hoe. tieiore ne died he told a reporter sent to interview h i m on his birthday —an annual custom on many m e tropolitan N. Y. sheets — that the world was ripe for an other poem on war, a poem that would do for the soldier what Markham had done for the exploited peasant. “The Man With the Hoe” was written during the Christmas vacation of 1898, while Mark ham was working at the Uni versity of California. It was promptly sold to the San Fran cisco Examiner and appeared in the Sunday issue alongside a large half-tone reproduction of Jean Francois Millet’s famous painting of the same name, on January 15, 1899. Became Famous Other papers reprinted the verses, and they became a sub ject of national discussion. The New York Sun offered a $700 prize for the best answer to "The Man With the Hoe.” A fellow named John Vance Che ney won the prize and his “an swer” was printed but soon for gotten. Markham wrote much in the following 40 years, but never anything that equalled the one I am using as a model. Today I am using the space that should be devoted to in ternational events for an ef fort of my own in the direction Markham indicated. I don't claim it is a great poem, or even a poem at all, but at least it has the merit of sincerity. The Man With the Gun Bowed by the weight of lethal steel, he leans Upon his gun and gazes cross the trench, The blankness of despair upon his face And in his back the bent ram rod of obedience. Who made him impervious to the joy of life, A thing who pulls the trigger at another's nod ? Poker-faced and unhappy, a brother to the machine, Who put this man in uniform, made him a cog? Whose the order that breaks the ties of family and of home Ar.d sends him out a slave to do as he is bid: Load, aim, fire, lie in ditches, drop bombs, kill, be killed ? Whose the quarrel that the poor man fights, When all the gain he reckons is the toll of ruin ? O masters, lords, and rulers in all lands, Unhappy is your future when this dolt, This cannon-fodder whom you feed the maws of Mars Awakes. Not forever will he march and counter-march To tunes yet more insane than those you play. O masters, lords, and rulers have a care. The gun you put within his hands, the catchwords You so brightly sow on seas of print May some day ricochet. From All Sides By MILDRED WILSON Contortions of dancing stu dents at the University of Utah have reached such exaggerated proportions recently that a veri table civil war is now raging between faculty administrators and irate students. Criticizers complain that the type of ver tical necking carried on by Uni versity students on the dance floor was both “immoral and unsanitary.’’ Associated men and women student councils expressed hope for at least a slight change in faculty attitudes, feeling that the matter should not be pressed too far as students alone reserve the right to use any “holds and steps’’ they so desire. The administration view nent some suggestions which I have heard rhat perhaps certain other people, who have not so clearly shown their ability to handle the lesfonsibility placed on them, should turn in their resignations instead of Stan Staiger. But as long as you do ment'on Staiger, I suggest you stick to the facts. Staiger was co-chairman with Dick Williams of the Frosh Cdoc club commit tee, not chairman of the com mittee, and the profit made by the organization was $90.50 in stead of the high-sounding fig ure of $500.00. You didn’t mention, though, and John Cavanagh was above it, what campus opinion consid ers the real nigger in the wood pile in this case—the fact that premises probably had to be made to the Kijis, who were pushing Stan Staiger for stu dent body president last spring, by the Payne-gang, who now lind an excellent opportunity to make them good — especially when Cav&nagh’s back was turned for a few minutes.’ Concerning political ma chines, there is a great deal of difference between a machine which reminds one of the Fas cist party, blindly carrying out the orders of its Grand council, and one which works on a basin of freedom of thought and lacks the means of coercion even if d desired to use them. (The ex pression may be trite but it's still a daru good democratic principle 1 \s for the sessions at Had leys’, 1 can’t argue with you on that point. Mr. Gurley. I guess that’s one party I missed. Richard R. Roomie. point was expressed by Dean of Men John L. Ballif, who de clared, “It can be improved ma terially,' both from the stand point of posture and “rhythm." -—The Utah Chronicle. The WLB broadcasting1 stu dios at the University of Min nesota received more than they had bargained for when they ordered an ASCAP index, said, to be an index covering the most-used musical works on radio programs since 1935. The studio expected some thing on the order of a Sears Roebuck catalogue -but they didn't expect 126,650 title la bels arranged in perforated sheets of ten. According to di rections, the labels arc to be separated and pasted on 3 by 5 index cards. At the present time studio workers are trying to find some place to store the 11 cartons, in which the index was shipped— and someone who has time to put it together. —The Minnesota Daily. * * * The secret of successful dat ing is to have a good time your self, according to a group of sophomore coeds at the Univer sity of Minnesota. “A line,” the sophomore women decided, “is a conscious effort to get the con versation going." You can develop a line, but it should be entirely natural. Some don’ts for daters were: Don't be gushy. Don't challenge a man too defiantly—it puts him on the other side of the fence. Don't let your line consist of just flattery. It's too obvious. —The Minnesota Daily. wright or wrong With TOMMY WRIGHT Through the portals of this va cant head pass the loveliest dirt in the world, and I would that my pen could scribble the thoughts that arise in me. REVIEWS . . . “The Best Athlete on the Campus" — Bill Fendall, who broke all existing records to get a girl home an hour late. “Best picture of 1940"—Etch ing in the Bill Caples’ collection with, Chinese inscriptions ex plaining. “Best Movie of Year” — All this and Tiger Too, starring John Cavanagh. “Sweetheart of Year”—The faded but still glamorous Queen Kroopnick. “Date of the Year" — a som ber day in October when Uncle Sam put the bee on his nephews. "Pin Planter of the Year”— Hal Olney, who distributed 14, 000 Roosevelt buttons. I OVERHEARD . . . English K student describing a gender: "It is divided into two distinct and separate parts — masculine and feminine. These are likewise divided into sep arated groups. The masculine into temperate and intemperate, and feminine into frigid and torrid.” He: She certainly lias a beau tiful figure. She: Yes, she lets you judge for yourself, too. CAMPUS WHISPERS . . . Gloria Wadsworth of Alpha Delta Pi makes definite plans to leave the date list with a wedding coming up next month. The other “I do” is Elmer Mal lory, Sigma Alpha Epsilon . . . Jonelle Melvin, Alpha O, makes the vow for the lad in Seattle . . . Betty Lou Jardine gets ready to do without her wan dering boy Friday, Bill Nylen, who is heading back for the is lands . . . Jaque Jo Finney takes a ring and skips the rest of her higher education . . . Latest pm cultivation is done by Joe Kennedy — the girl Barbara Jacobs . . . The Sig Eps go militaristic and give the pledges a helluvaweek. . . C ONCLUSION . . . I'll be seeing you, but that is another column for another page. A New Coiffure For The Senior Ball Let ns erente a new Jiair style for you . . . as new and individual as your personality. 1004 Will. St. Phone 633 Brecon tf Emerald Classified Ads Phone .3300—354 Koom o, journalism Ulus'. READER ADS Ten words minimum accepted. First insertion 2c per word. 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