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Principle and Prejudice
pOLITICAL controversies, whether national or local, tend
to woke personal hatreds and class prejudices. Bitter
attacks are made by both sides, very often missing the point
entirely.
Such has been the case over class cards. It started merely
as an argument against the principle of requiring class cards
to vote in class elections and class meetings. From the text
of recent letters to the editor, printed in the Kinerald, it
appears that the controversy lias taken the form of a decry
against various classes or groups.
It was never meant to take such a course. It should not
■ be allowed to do so. Neither side started the original argu
• ment, it is safe to say, intending that it. should culminate in
a fight, between the “ins” and the “outs”—a fight, carried
, on along personal lines. Yet, as Mr. Luoma points out in a
; letter to the editor today, the conflict is beginning to take
•just that appearance.
iJT is difficult in a heated argument to refrain from mud
slinging and personal attacks. Practical politicians even
! tell us that it is unwise. Perhaps so in national affairs
where the voters are spread out over the country and repre
sent all groups in intelligence. It should not be so on a Uni
versity campus.
The argument is over a difference in opinion. It. would
make no difference which side held that requiring class cards
i to vote was a desirable policy and which claimed that it was
, wrong. As little as possible emphasis should be put on the
groups proposing the arguments. It. is inaccurate to say
I that one group “unanimously” stands one one side. Ex
| amples of conflicting opinions can be found in either of the
; two groups.
• In its policy against class cards the Emerald has not tried
• to “raise class consciousness.” The paper has refrained
’.from criticism of the groups themselves. The argument was
I begun over their respective stands in class politics. We dif
! fer in opinion with those who think that requiring students to
; buy a vote in class elections is good student government.
; Letter writers have a right to space in this paper, either
; to agree or disagree with the paper's policy. Their argu
ments, however, would be much more effective if they would
■ avoid personal and class prejudices.
Paint and 'Rah, Rah, Boys’
^JOLLEGE students have long been looked down upon by
the older generations as the ideal embodiment of the
frivolous, carefree, irresponsible youth. Pointed remarks
about “rah, rah, boys,” are not uncommon.
To some extent it cannot be denied college students have
earned this reputation. Vet we always like to think that it
is only the wild minority that earn such reputations for a
saner majority. Students are, we toll ourselves, not all ir
responsible.
And yet, we must admit, sometimes students, who are not
really irresponsible, thoughtlessly commit some act, without
knowing the results of sueli an art, which causes considerable
headshaking. A point in issue is the marking of the rally
trains on which the ball teams ride to their various athletic
contests.
* * *
TJNDOUETEDLY the students could see little harm in dec
orating the trains. It seemed like good clean fun. Had
the students known that every time they gave vent to their
enthusiasms in such a manner the entire ear had to be re
painted, we feel confident they would have refrained from
such an expensive pastime.
We are told that it is getting to the point where Southern
Pacific is threatening to refuse to carry the Oregon teams.
While probably they would not go to this length we are
confident that the students will respect their property rights.
It's a lot of fun to smear the train up till right but “the durn
stuff don't wash off, kids.” —11. 0.
Time, King Tut, and Students
“tinu\ time, said old king tut, i, something i ainl got
anything but." from til** gospel according to don marquis.
Maylie King Tut can look at it that way, in his mummified
. splendor, hut for mere mortals, not exeluding l’niversit\ slu
dents, Time is something than which there is everything hut.
While complaints about the lack of Time, the inadequacy
of the same, and the injustice of it all mount steadily higher,
there are otlmr interesting ideas afloat ou the subject. Time
is also commonly kuowu to be eternal, heal wounds, make no
difference twenty five years from now march on, and fly.
King Tut s problem, at tins point, seems definitely annoy
ing and rather inferior. UK wouldn't feel that way if UK
had mid-terms coming up with the simultifueous realisation
that three weeks of a short term were fading fast. At least
he wouldn't he so bored in that ease. Poor King Tut.
At any rate, whatever it is, whatever it is doing here any.
way, and whether Time is flying, melting into eternity, or
‘buying off to heal some carts, it's spreading itself pretty
thing uav. • 1 or us :t just almost isu't. — P. h.
In the Editor's Mail
(Editor’s note: Mr. Luoma is
certainly right. Most of the
present controversies started
over what we believed were
principles involved in student
government. Many students on
both sides have missed the
point entirely and have used
the differences in opinions to
bring up old hatreds and per
sonal enmities. This idea is
further expressed in the editor
ial on this page.)
My Dear Editor:
I have been much fascinated
of late with the elaborate verb
iage and conflicting accusations
related tn the columns of the
Emerald's editorials and “let
ters to the editor,’’ and am
prompted to think that the stu
dents, as a whole, may have
come to the conclusion that
there is a painful conflict of
classes at Oregon.
If such be the case, then it
can be rightly said that those
letters and those editorials
represent an outburst of student
hatred and bitterness and a
consensus of student opinion in
regard to the way the other
half lives.
And, also, if such be the case,
it might be said that those vest
ed with the executory respon
sibilities of our many important
campus positions'. (1) Student
Administration, (2) Publica
tions, (3) All-Campus Events,
and (4) Other Activities, are
rightly, or can rightly, devote a
considerable part (and In some
cases all) of their time, genius,
talent, and effort to further
bickering and hashing of the
many conflicting issues uncov
ered by themselves.
On the other hand, there are
so many non-controversial prob
lems to be taken care of, that
these same people may be very
easily avoiding the primary re
sponsibilities trusted in their
hands; that is, the bettering
and furthering of the existing
good, non-controversial things
at Oregon.
The time may be here now to
say, as a Washington politician
said on his Christmas card; “We
ain't mad at nobody."
Sincerely yours,
George Luoma.
p.S.—The pith, core, intent
and purpose of this letter is
NOT meant to be biased or
prejudiced; and any twisted in
terpretations that may be given
to it by such writers as those
who replied to the letters of
Cavanagh and Gurley will be
purely coincidental.
International Side Show
By RIDGELY CUMMINGS
Editor’s note: Mr. Cummings’
column today is upon a very
controversial national issue. As
such it represents—as it has al
ways represented—the opinions
of the writer only. In tomor
row’s Emerald a special article
by Walter Millis, released to
this paper by the Brown Daily
Herald of Brown university, will
present the other side.
While we hold the right of
columnists to write what they
think, subject of course to rules
of decency and good taste, this
does not imply that these col
umns necessarily reflect the
opinions of the editorial board.)
When "a friend" told me that
the writer of this column had
been referred to as an "unwit
ting tool qf the communist par
ty, my first
reaction w a s
one of surprise
mixed with mild
indignation. I
even concoctefd
an aphorism, if
it can be digni
f i e d by that
name, in rebut
tal: "The price
Cummings of notoriety is
calumny," and then decided to
scrap that as being too strong.
Calumny is a false and ma
licious accusation of an offense,
and I don't think the prof was
malicious. It may or may not
have been false. I’m not sure.
The official communist party
has twisted and twined so
much in the past few years that
it is difficulty to say just what
is the c.p. policy.
Hear Jump
There are a lot of diplomats
in the world capitals who would
give a good deal to know just
which way the Russian Bear is
going to jump. Great Britain is
wooing the soviets, hoping to
create a break between the na
zis and the communists over
who shall dominate the Dardan
elles, which is now nominally
under Turkish control although
Russian ships can go in and
out of the Black sea at will.
Superficial observation gives
me the impression that even the
United States is not above try
ing to keep on good terms with
Russia, as witness American
goods that are going to Vladi
vostok by way of Mexico.
Sign Agreement
And just last night It was an
nounced that a. Russian-Japan
eso fisheries agreement has
been signed, alter months of ne
gotiations. It will be in force
for one year
So if the professor know .
just which way the communists
are going, then he would be a
welcome visitor to the state de
partment
But what the professor prob
ably meant in saying l am an
unwitting tool of the commun
ist party is that 1 am for non
intervention in the current war.
and the communist party is for
a* tie current war . . . there
fore, ipso facto, I am a tool of
the communists.
A Rocky Road
It would be just as logical to
say that the communist party
is a tool of Ridge Cummings.
Lenin once said something
about the train of revolution
traveling very fast on the
twisting tracks of history, and
many a good man getting
thrown off going around the
corners. This is, borne out by
news that reached here the oth
er day that Clarence Hathaway,
editor of the Daily Worker and
one of the big-shots whom I lis
tened to in Madison Square
Garden in my New York days,
has been bounced out of the
communist ranks.
But this twisting train that
is continually throwing off
members to scratch their shins
in the roadbed cinders goes in a
lot of directions. What more
natural than that it should hap
pen to be going in my direction
momentarily? If Russia were
to enter the war then the com
munists would immediately agi
tate for U.S. entry on Russia's
side, but I would still stick to
my original direction, which is
non-participation for the United
States in European squabbles
over who's going to mop up the
gravy.
If by advocating keeping the
peace I’m an unwitting tool of
the communist party then I'm
keeping a lot of awfully good
company that includes such
men as Senators Wheeler and
Clark, General Hugh Johnson,
and retiring ambassador to Eng
land Joseph P. Kennedy.
Kennedy Speaks
With Kennedy especially I
heartily agree when he says, as
he did Saturday night, that the
United States should keep out
of war unless attacked.
He said Britain is fighting,
not to save democracy as Roose
velt and Churchill tell us, but
“for their very existence.’’
War for the United States,
Kennedy said, would spell bank
ruptcy and the loss of democ
racy. Even a victorious war, he
said, would mean that the vic
tors would have to stand guard*
tor generations in Europe to
save the defeated nations from
communism.
That sounds like common
sense to me, and not the talk
of an unwitting tool of the com
munist party.
Who’s Wise?
The way I see it, the cotnnni
lists are the smart ones in keep
ing Russia out of the war. If
the United States goes in and
Russia keeps out then, when the
lighting is over, if it ever is.
Russia will emerge as the most
powerful nation in the world.
Communism means dictator
ship and I'm against that, which
is one reason I’m against this
“all power to Roosevelt" hill
which is going to be debated
today in congress.
Kennedy takes the witness
stand today before the house
foreign affairs committee. He is
"xpected to oppose the new pow
ers which the bill would give
Roosevelt. Strength to his rl
say.
wright
or
wrong
With TOMMY WRIGHT
THIS WEEK . . .
Heaven has taken a back
seat on the campus as more and
more of THOSE weeks get un
der way. . . The phidelt pledges
visited the pifi habitation the
other night. . . sigep pledges
went cockroach hunting in a
downtown cafe and captured
seven of the little rascals after
a tough battle—with the cook.
CAMPUS WHISPERS . . .
Bud Wimberly and Frances
Cox together as usual . . . Mea
sles and Shirley Mulkey got to
gether so he took another gal
to the Senior ball. . . Theta Chis
plan to invade State for a quin
tet of coeds for their house
dance . . . Don Richardson picks
up a monicker ‘‘Lewis”—but
why—Who said anything about
Clarke . . . Could be that things
are not going so good with
Phyllis Dube . . . Fendall you
know who, has a two date di
lemma—he wound up dateless
for one had broken a date to
make a date then broke the
date with Bill to keep the date
she had before—more dates
than a history book, and he
couldn’t remember any of them.
Blondie Back, Sigma Chi, gets
his pin one day and plants it
on Theta’s Shirley Gillett the
next. Watch for him in the
stocks.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS . . .
A freshman to upperclass
men: ‘‘Answer the phone you
dopes, I’m busy.”
RENDITIONS . . .
For Frank Albretch, Marie
Gabel sings “You’ve Got Me
This Way.”
Between the Alpha Chi house
and the Phi Delt Barn “I Jus’
Wanna Play With You.”
Bob WTiitely sings “Kit Rit
ter Here I Come.”
The Kappa Sigs are on the
up swing in grades and may get
out of last place—if one of the
other houses takes a tumble.
CONCLUSION . . .
They may say: “the world is
too much with us” but what
about the moon on non-date
nights.
From
All Sides
By MILDRED WILSON
Pedaling over 3,300 milea in
56 days, 17-year-old Donald
Schonberg, freshman at the
University of Minnesota saved
train fare from Long Beach,
California, to Minneapolis where
he wanted to attend school.
Buying his equipment—sleeping
bag, wire basket, and bicycle—
for about $50, he left Long
Beach June 18, on his trip half
way across the continent.
Loneliness and tired legs were
the worst disadvantages, ac
cording to Schonberg. Best dis
tance he made in one day was
120 miles. The worst, through
mountains and a rainstorm, was
14.
On one stretch in Montana he
had 24 flat tires in three days.
To top off the whole experi
ence, Schonberg now pumps
back and forth to school every
day from his home which is 12
miles from the campus.
- -The Minnesota Daily.
Matsuyo Kawamura, gra du
atc student at the University of
Hawaii, holds the distinctive
position of being the only fem
inine member of the university
band. At convocations and foot
ball games the dimpled lass in
green uniform is outstanding as
she cheerfully plays her clarinet
among the boys.
"I'm thrilled," was her com
ment upon her unique position.
Miss Kawamura doesn't mind
being the only girl in a class
of approximately 30 boys. "It's
lots of fun,” she chortled.
—Ka Leo O Hawaii.
The same group of wits nbo
reversed 3,000 books so their
titles faced the wall in Harvard
University's Lowell house —are
at work again. On their latest
visit the vandals turned the por
trait of Ex-Presideut Lowell
upside down and switched sev
eral volumes about on the
shelves.
The yard police staff has as
yet no definite suspects ;n
ui’.sd. but is pursuing the trail
"Paul r^ere;:»
CAPT. DAVID H. NICHOLS
IN JANUARY lo74v MADE
AN CWER, NIGHT HORSEBACK.
RIDE FROM DENVER TO
BOULDER AND BACK AGAIN
TO SECURE FUNDS TO MEET
THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S
DEMAND FOR MONEY BE
FORE rr would estab
lish THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO AT BOULDER./
(Predecessor to The IX)TOLAN)
THE LOYOLAN
NAME AND MASTHEAD
THE FORMER STUDENT PAPER
LOyOLA UNIVERSITY. (CAUF.)
/tuoents of the university op
WISCONSIN TRAVELED OVER IO
TIMES THE DISTANCE FROM THE
EARTH TO THE MOON IN ORDER TO BE
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS LAST TEAR.'
'I
so be it...
By BILL FENDALL
OREGON in formal dress . . .
coeds with gowns that should
be worn in quotes—HOLLY
WOOD quotes . . . coeds with
dresses that fit with an indis
cretion . . . coeds in their
VAMPire clothes . . . coeds
whose clothes revealed both dis
tinction and distinctly . . . just
coeds—or so it seemed at the
first glance. . .
the penguin effect of the
men’s tuxes . . . the lad whose
stiff shirt kept bulging every
time he pronounced a word with
more than one syllable . . . the
one with the shirt that rose out
of his vest at the beginning of
every breath. . . .
the little number done up in
blonde from hair to slippers . . .
her partner sneaking a finger
in between shirt and back of
neck—and hastily running fin
ger around to front of collar...
the men with loosened ties,
unbuttoned coats, unlaced shoes
in the post mortem bullfests . . .
the beautiful complexions of the
coeds that went into the waste
basket via facial tissues a few
minutes after she bid you good
night . . . yes, OREGON in for
mal dress. . .
add personal correspondence:
To the fraternity who threat
ened to call a boycott on a cer
tain alongside-campus eatery...
... this calm doesn’t believe that
any fraternity on this campus
would support the disgraceful
conduct exhibited by the nine
spokesmen Saturday night who,
to the disgust of all those pres
ent, loudly flaunted their fra
ternity’s name—saying the fra
ternity was backing them in
what was a personal argument.
_if, however, this is the case,
then the entire story, with
names, will be printed in these
columns . . . which, you and
this colm can both understand,
would bring about a campus
boycott, not on the ones
of the snooper men in relentless
fashion. One tutor threatened
dire punishment to the guilty
ones when finally apprehended,
declaring, ‘‘By golly, we ll string
them up by the thumbs.”
—The Harvard Crimson.
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ON YOUR OVVN HOUSE! . . .
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UNIVERSITY campus . . .
campus quips . . . sans a yell
leader, a quintet of OREGON
ITES made up the entire stu
dent rooting section at COR
VALLIS Friday night. . . “I’m
the most even-tempered man in
ASTORIA—I’m mad all the
time,” CHESSMAN TO ALLEN
. . . TIME'S significant wording
—“The LONDON - WASHING
TON Axis. ..”... the reason
the BAROMETER - EMERALD
game was so close can now be
told—the BARO boys not only
kept CLAIR FEHLER out of
their lineup, but threw in some
unexpected competition on the
scorekeeper’s bench ... so be it.
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