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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.
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