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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1941)
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: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Represented tor national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago— Bos* 2 ton -Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. LYLE M. NELSON, Editor JAMES W. FROST, Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Hal Olncy, Helen Angell Jimmie Leonard, Managing Editor Fred May, Advertising Manager Kent Stjtzer, News Editor Bob Rogers, National Advertising Mgr. Editorial Board: Roy Vernstrom, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Harold Olncy, Kent Stitzer, Timmic 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 554 Business Offices. 1 Pat Erickson, Women’s Editor Ted Kenyon, Photo Editor Bob Falvelle, Co-Sports Editor Ken Christianson, Co-Sports JPPER NEWS STAFF Wes Sullivan, Ass’t News Petty Jane Higgs, Ass’t News Editor Ray Schrick, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Tom Wright, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Corrine Wignes, Executive Secretary Johnnie Kahananni, Feature Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Anita Backbcrg, Classified Advertising Bill Wallan, Circulation Manager Manager Emerson Page, Promotion Director Ron Alpaugh, Layout Production Man ager Eileen Millard, Office Manager Democracy in Action long ago, an Oregon student reminiscently told us that he almost flunked out of school while at Willamette university because he spent most of' his time attending the sessions of the Oregon legislature, lie vouchsafed the in . formation that he did learn a great deal during that term although he did not learn it in a classroom. We would hardly advocate flunking out of school. Flunk ' ing out of school is, certainly, not an accomplishment that most students wish to have accredited to them. And yet, under such circumstances, wc can almost find an excuse for the former Willamette student. Two things he did have that most students seem to lack. In the first place, he had, obviously a, healthy interest in his own state, its government and management. lie. was suf ficiently interested to want to know who the men were that were handling the business of the state. lit; wanted to know how they were handling it. lie wanted to know the process by which the state’s business was done. In the second place, he was interested in watching, to quote the apt expression of a friend, “democracy in action.” He wanted to see the democratic processes of government being carried out in the halls of the legislature, lie wanted to watch that constitutional form of government, which was established by the founding fathers, in operation. ***** " believe that with world conditions so upset, with ~ the future as uncertain as it is, with the distinct " possibility that many thousands of American boys will be " required to defend democracy on a European battlefield, that University students should be vitally interested in dem ocratic government. 'They should be interested, if for no Z other reason than from a desire to know for what they are Z fighting, if and when their country should call them. ” We believe that an Oregon student should feel that an *■ opportunity to set in on a lab course in constitutional govern " ment should not be passed by. Wc are confident, that any - Oregon student who takes even a day out to attend a session - of the legislature will decide that the day was well spent. - —II. O. They’re Not Pop’s Gates “ 'J'HERE is about, $25,000 invested in some huge iron gates “ planted in the ground over on Eleventh street . . . and - not one out of 10 University underelassmen knows why. - It’s not their fault . . . but any project carried on over a - number of years naturally become a little shadowy in explicit - details. Now that the gates are finished and new plans are - ahead, it would appear that some form of an education pro - gram as to this project of the dads’ organization of the state Z would be in line. ” The dedication ceremonies of the completed gates, with rol 7 orl’ul description of future plans and tlie ultimate artistic “ effect visioned, is a step in this direction. It will bring stu 2 dent and parent eyes together as they look forward to the - future of their University of Oregon. » The Dads' weekend program is planned to center around - this impressive ceremony, scheduled for Saturday during the - Webfoot fathers' annual visit to the campus. Z May the ceremonies serve their purpose. May the Oregon Z dads leave the campus with an educated student body . . . ” looking forward with the visionary eyes of their fathers to Z the beautiful dreams of a greater Oregon that those dads ~ and University officials have tucked away in their briefcases. 2 For it is the student body’s Oregon too . . . and both father 2 and sou should look for greater things ahead together. 11. A. What Other Editors Think “ Democracy has one very peculiar characteristic. Because of con * stitutionally guaranteed rights of free speech, any man can he „ heard. And if he is celebrated enough he can make his voice " sound completely out of proportion to the importance of the view » he is representing. " A graphic example of this fact is Senator Burton K. Wheeler, - Montana's very competent and sincere isolationist leader. At this _ time when an overwhelming majority of the American people are * devoted to the task of preparing this country physically, industrial » ly. and morally for any eventuality, Senator Wheeler has persistent “ ly disapproved of almost all measures relating to the President a - foreign policy. « And became Wheelei a record in Congress is so outstanding, hi ■ •comments always receive widespread recognition. This may be fair enough in consideration of his record as a Congressman But nevertheless it cannot be denied that Wheeler represents an lutm ‘ itesimal minority of the American people, and the publicity bis views receive blows this minority into a prominence it does not deserve “ Recently in a radio address Mr. Wheeler proposed an eight-point * working busi . toward a peace that should be negotiated immodiato . ly between the warring countries. Almost every newspaper in the * nation carried reports of the talk in conspicuous places on their - front page. . Mr. Wheeler s eight point.- are j.- follow. 1. Restoration of Germany 1911 boundane with an autono mous Poland and Czechoslavakia. 2. Restoration of l.w. - iC International Side Show By KIDGELY CUMMINGS In Glasgow, Scotland, at an open air meeting with Harry Hopkins “sitting shyly on the platform, his face half-hidden in his hand,” British Prime Min ister Winston Churchill made a surprise appeal for an avalanche of American weapons to hold off the attacking Germans. Britain must have weapons in far greater quantities “than wo are able to pay for,” explained Churchill, if she is to hold off Hitler’s blows in “the front line of civilization.” Much of Churchill’s remarks wore apparently directed right to Hopkins, who went to Eng land last week as Roosevelt’s personal messenger. According to the press stories Churchill turned to Hopkins on the plat form and said, "we do not re quire in 1941 large armies from overseas. What we do require is weapons, ships, and airplanes. All that we can pay for we will pay for but we require far more than we shall be able to pay for.” While Churchill was making it plain that he already consid ers the United States as Eng land's paying partner, on this side of the Atlantic ocean that proposition was being debated. The house foreign affairs committee has been hearing witnesses express their opin ions on Roosevelt's lend-lease bill to give unlimited aid to the British and unlimited power to the president for several days now. So far four cabinet officers have testified: Hull of the state department, Morgenthau of the treasury, Stimson of the war de partment, and Knox of the navy. Hull urged speedy passage of the bill and warned that Ger many could easily cross the At lantic if the British are de feated. Morgenthau said the British have ordered three billion odd dollars worth of war material in the U.S. this year, and have dollar holdings sufficient to pay for only half of it. The British exchange assets available amount to $1,775,000, 000, according to Morgenthau. This apparently does not in clude all Britain’s financial as sets in this country However, but only the “dollar holdings.” Stimson said he could foresee conditions which might make it desirable that the navy be “transferred” and objected to writing into the bill any prohi bition against releasing Ameri can nhips to Britain or any oth er nation. Stimson also predicted that Great Britain will face a crisis in 60 to 90 days and insisted that Roosevelt be given the sweeping powers the bill calls for. Knox said practically the same thing, praising the British navy for “keeping war out of this hemisphere" and urging that the bill be passed. So far all the witnesses called have been for the bill, but Lindbergh and Kennedy are due before the committee next week and should present the case for peace . . . what the opposition calls “peace at any price.” Kennedy is due to speak on the radio tonight. He has been conferring with Wheeler, lead er of the anti-interventionists, and Roosevelt, and may spill some beans at the broadcast. A letter was introduced at the committee hearing yesterday from John Bassett Moore, iden tified as an authority on inter national law, who wrote “there can be no doubt” that the ad ministration bill “assumes to transfer the war-making power from congress” to the presi dent. That’s what I wrote a few days ago, so I'm glad to hear that Mr. Moore is in agreement. Descending to a more inti mate level, Fred Beardsley of the music school remarked about a poem titled “The Man with the Gun” that appeared here yesterday that he’d dis covered the words fitted in with the “Londonderry Air,” all ex cept for one or two lines that didn't scan perfectly, and want ed to know if I’d been humming it when writing. The answer is “no,” but I thought it ironical. Professor George Turnbull of the journalism school also caught a serious weakness in the poem’s message. He pointed out that the masters, lords, and rulers have to get together on this policy of better treatment to the man with the gun, other wise the unregenerate rulers who won't mend their ways may walk over the people who do. Disarmament isn't effective or safe unless everyone docs it, was Professor Turnbull’s thesis. And I suppose a sound one, too. so be it. By BILL FEND ALL University of Oregon, Jan. 16, 1940. Dear Bill: Undoubtedly you noticed the double head on the front page of Wednesday's Emerald over a story concerning the crippled American freighter, West Ke bar. The sorry spectacle moved me oh, so deeply. Perhaps you can use the result of my an guish in your ‘column.' Sincerely, Hutch Baldwin, coltn ed.'s note: ‘HUTCH’ re fers to the story that assured t he campus that DEAN KRATT'S sister, who is aboard the WEST KEBAR, is safe . . . the erring headline was: KRATT'S SISTER REPORTED SAFE CONVOY WILL ESCORT TO NEW YORK PORT TO NEW YORK PORT and here is the result of HUTCH'S anguish . . . Headset ters must have Drunk a quart Drunk a quart Proofreader evidently Drunk as well Drunk as well Emerald has obviously Gone to H Gone to H Confidential note to PAT ER ICKSON: and just because you heard me murmuring “prune” that once, and couldn’t see what I was really doing because your eyes were closed, is no reason to shift your SAUCEY comment onto a mythical "she” . . . and^_ we agreed not to tell anybody, too . . . I'm hurt, PAT, that you should betray us in such a man ner, deeply hurt. . . . * * * campus quips . . . JIM BER NESS, the GREEKS' freshman class proxy, who hit the 5:50 bus out of Portland yesterday afternoon upon receiving a tel egram from the campus telling him there was to be a “major ity class” meeting . . . KAPPA, SIGMA'S BILL, NORENE out with a certain not-so-unknown brunette . . . JIM PARSONS bought a non-coed a bus ticket to BREMERTON just to get’ her out of town—oh, well, orig inally she was going there any way . . . FRANK ALBRECHT, who planted his pin on SK’3 MARIE GABEL and two days later landed in the infirmary . . . PROF. KRENK raving about this “quote” in yester day’s EMERALD . . . “and this is one way where they can really get down and air their opinions’’ so went the EM ERALD . . . such English, PROF, such English, in the above news quote, that is . . . so be it . . . Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France, t Restoration of German colonies. .) Protection of ill racial and religious minorities in all countries, ti Internationalisation of the j>u»-z Canal. T. No indemnities or reparation-. S Arm- Limitations. Cven it' peace could t.e arranged at the present tune, is Senator Wheeler -uggests, it seems absolutely incredible that a German dominated Axis would subscribe to the majority of these points— especially the first three and the fiftn. Only the most optimistic of persons could possibly believe that Germany would ever cease hostilities at the present time and agree to a plan such as Wheeler's It s«ieills remarkable that a man as conscientious as Senator "heeler could stand no wholeheartedly m the way of President Roosevelt's foreign policy s:ni yet cifsr .. a ,-utsUtnts. _^ n_t.,^ 'C3.1l';. THOSE LONG REOJ STOCKINGS WORN BV SOME OF THE I CO-EDS' indicate DEFINITE COMHWNISTIC tendencies r CftK 100 TWo \ CAPITALISM IS DlSCOU/Wro,.. ? — I NEVE* LISTffN TO m k' 4 WRING THE U/H/SKSRINO COrttVJNISTS cone R/6HT 0</T _ (N THC OP£N„, ANOUIEW ANTI-SEMITIC,,, I r Cl OCCASIONALLY A STUDENT IUILU GIVE THE NAZI SALUTE W THE CLASSROOM... PIP YOU KNOW THAT AU THf R.QTC. OFFICERS WERE SPIES RECEIVING THflR ORDERS w *. plAYar THE ORPFR OF T«F 0 IS A SUBVERSIVE GROUP, PfcRSfCUTWG HINORrnts, ETX. PltiECT FROM MOSCOW? — PY GEORGE HR*T — wright or wrong With TOMMY WRIGHT We don't even get a chance to let the last colm get cold, when we have to cut loose on another, but here goes on an other Wright "Never Finished Rhapsody.’’ It may not sound like the "Blue Danube,” but we understand that even the Dan ube is a little muddy. THIS WEEK . . . J. Bryant, once behind the Kappa Sig 8-ball, may see the realization of his fondest hope. Word from Jack, reveals that he is now in the army air corps. So if the boys on the race find their house “coventrated” some morning, just remember we told you so. Latest news from Bill “Woe be it” Fendall, reveals he has no “set-ups” In his course this term, (that is; no courses he will have to “set-up” studying this term). 3-MINUTE 1*0ME . . . This little toe went to market. This little toe stayed at home. This toe went to Crosby, Now it's as flat as this pome. ♦ * * CAMPUS WHISPERS . . . Marellen Wilber, Hendricks brunette, breaks with Football er Dick Ashconi, Sigma Nu, who Cawote—Doesn't read this colm anyway—uncawote . . . ’tis understood some couples are going skiing this weekend, and some are going period . . . Eugene “Fibber” McGee of the Theta Chis takes a pin planting seriously and some sources say that it may be all fixed. . . . . . . Seymours is a bad place for Sigma Kappa Pledges to be at 12:15 a.m.—and on a week night too Kuthie and Veva— naughty, naughty ....!. W. S. of poetry fame (Longfellow does a half gainer in his tomb every time J. Wes picks up a pencil) breezes out it a late rendition —“They Found My Still on Blueberry Hill.” CONFUSION . . . Place: Cornvalley. What: A game called basket ball. Tdluso tosses up the ball and HELD OVER! “ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS” with Allan Jones and O V) cvy ITfryU* Hank Anderson tips Piluso to Townsend. Townsend made a pass at Yturri sitting in the third row. Anderson gets the ball and does a specialty. Two points for Oregon and the bald heads in the gallery call for a fan dancer. Mandic throws a block on Jackson and Hobson calls for a ladder to get PJ off the rafters. Mandic throws an other block, the one between 18th and 19th on Chestnut street. Half-time score 0-0. They forgot to hire a scorekeeper. P.S.—It wasn’t halftime. They forgot to hire a timekeeper too. Taylor passes—out. Oregon pen alized for having only four men on the floor. Hobson rushes on the floor, and Atherton protests that Hobby is a professional. Oregon penalized for having six men on the floor. Referee stops fight—Oregon wins on Techni cal Kayt>. Dog team rushed from Nome with ice water to give Slats Gill a transfusion. CONCLUSION . . . So long for a while ... we know—you hope it’ll be a long while. Architecture department at the University of Nebraska is replacing the standard German color chart with one using American pigments. From All Sides By MILDRED WILSON Harvard used to chain its li brary books to the shelves to prevent over-prehensile under graduates from making off with the volumes—and they’ve al most decided to start the prac tice again. It seems the librar ians in Lowell house, on enter ing the library door in the morning, found that during the night some wits had taken all of the 3000 volumes in the main reading room and reversed them so that the titles faced the wall. Five librarians placed the books in order after working three hours. Nobody was able to ex plain how the culprits man aged to do the deed, for the li brary doors were locked, and the windows are two stories above street level. —The Harvard Crimson. * * * An example of a practical joke that grew to a symbol of When the game ends... pause and Two words describe ice-cold Coca-Cola ... delicious and re freshing. Delicious, because it is always a pleasure to taste. Refreshing, because it leaves a delightful after-sense of re freshment. So when you pause throughout the day, make it the pause that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola. Bottled tisder iutbcttty of Tie Cocj-CoU Co»p*ey by COCJL-COUL S0TTLI2TS CO. OF Oregon W Emerald Saturday Advertising Staff: Warren Roper, Manager Norma Baker Bill Wallan Dewey Campbell Night Staff: Mary Wolf, Night Editor Ted Goodwin Don Ross Ruth Jordan Hunter Van Sicklen Don Butzin Copy Desk Staff: Kent Stitzer, Copy Desk Editor Johnnie Kahananui Mary Ann Campbell Jean Eckley M. Wilson O. Wilson Joanne Nichols Dorothea Cathcart Lynn Johnson great honor is a little red oil can presented to Dean E. M. Freeman of the University of Minnesota, in 1916. Now, at the annual college of agriculture as sembly it is given to the stu dent or faculty member who has contributed most to the campus during the year. Another fea ture of the dance is the pre sentation of a ball and chain award to the couple most re cently engaged. —The Minnesota Daily. Poor posture is the coed's most common fault, according to Mrs. Josephine Harford, blond personality authority at the University of Washington. Emphasizing the fact that girls who wished to be more attrac tive should “straighten up,” Mrs. Harford declared—“Pos ture denotes everything—it re flects your mental attitude and your way of meeting life as well as mirroring accurately both confidence and self-conscious ness.” -—The University of Washing ton Daily. * * * I’m through with women They cheat, they lie, They prey on us males to the day we die. They tease us—torment us, They drive us to sin; Oh, oh, who’s that blonde That just walked in. . . . —The Cornell Daily Sun. SALE On Date Dresses Vi OFF These lovely ■wools and silks at half price. Just the thing; for informal campus occasions. 1004 Will. St. Phone 633 I S 1 Two Big Features! Pat O’Brien and Gale Page in “KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN” —Plus — “THE GAY CABALLERO’’ with Cesar Romero MHONALH Action and Love! Robert Taylor and Ruth Hussey in “Flight Command” — Plus — Rosemary Lane in “ALWAYS A BRIDE’’ Rhythm with Romance! BOB CROSBY and his Band in “Let’s Make Music” — Plus — Charles Starrett in * • TTl 11VI «*1 C>"lYt y rt tl f-1 C. K ►
