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Oregon W Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published oaiiy 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 ton—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. LYLE M. NELSON, Editor JAMES YV. FROST, Business Manager ASSOCI ATE EDITORn: Hal Olney, Helen Angell Jimmie Leonard, Managing Editor Fred May, Advertising Manager Kent Stitzer, News Editor Bob Rogers, National Advertising Mgr. 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. Editorial Board: Roy Vernstrom, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Ilarold Olney, Kent Stitzer, Ummie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbull, adviser. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Anita Backberg, Classified Advertising Manager Ron Alpaugh, Layout Production Man ager Dili vvaiian, v^irciiiduuii .vi.jn.is-* Emerson Page, Promotion Director Eileen Millard. Office Manager Pat Erickson, Women’s Editor Bob Flavelle, Co-Sports Editor Ken Christianson, Co-Sporte Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Ray Schrick, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Tom Wright, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Ass’t News Editor Corrinc Wignes, Executive Secretary Wes Sullivan, Ass’t News Editor Mildred Wilson, Exchange Editor Travel: 69.13379 per cent ,NE of the important phases of the Rally committee’s w budget which needs the attention of the rally reform group when they meet Friday afternoon is the large per centage of the total which is spent on travel. Far too much is spent in sending the committee or the yell leaders to games which only a few of the Oregon students will attend. A glance at the expense account turned in this year by the rally committee reveals that $183.17 out of $364.95 was spent on travel either by the yell leaders or by the rally squad. That figures out to be 69.13379 per cent of the total budget. There can be little doubt in the minds of most students that 69 per cent of the total budget is far too great to be spent on travel. It leaves only 31 per cent to be spent on such highly important items as halftime stunts, equipment, etc. These things the whole student body, or at least those who attend the games, see and benefit by. r£MiEEE is some justification for sending the rally squad or the yell leaders to various California games. It' they function as they should it, undoubtedly makes a favorable impression. The question, however, is whether it is worth the price—the price of sacrifice in things which will make favorable impressions locally such as a well worked out stunt. For years there has been a tendency on the part of the committee to earn as much over the budget as possible so that they might be able to send themselves to some Cali fornia game. It seemed reasonable to let them take the ex cess, if there was any, and spend it in that maimer. After all they had earned it. Those who propose that argument, however, overlook one very important detail. That kind of a setup places so much emphasis on raising money that almost the entire time of the committee is devoted to ways and means of making more than the budget—so much so that they frequently forsake more important and worthwhile functions. The student body is looking to the rally reform committee for an answer to the problem. * # # Those Who Think /"\NE of the main functions of education, our professors tell us, is to teach the student to think for himself. Certainly the function is a highly important one. It repre sents a goal well worth striving for. If the creed of a democratic nation is freedom, freedom of speech, press, and assembly, then surely its foundation is an enlightened citizenry which thinks for itself—a citizenry that reasons independently. University students are citizens in the making. They are the voters of today and tomorrow. If the educational process teaches a student to think for him self, to reason, it is making good citizens. * # * I^VIDENCK that the University is suceeding in this most important of educational functions has not been lack ing. The most recent point in issue is the discussion by three student speakers over radio station KOBE of the “aid to Britain” problem. Three members of a speech department class went on the air for a half hour broadcast on a highly important and complex national issue. The problem, in its many phases, was argued pro and con. We believe that this is one of the ways that a student can learn most thoroughly to think for himself. The interchange of ideas is undoubtedly valuable. The research which a stu dent must do to prepare for such a discussion cannot help being thought provocative. Yes, the broadcasts are a good idea. Good for the students who participate, good for the school, and, beyond a doubt, interesting to the listeners. —H. 0. 'No Swimming Here’ ^!^T some time during his studies, usually around the fifth or sixth grade, every student runs across the story of the farmer who posted a "no swimming” sign by the old swimming hole and then preceded to enforce his dictum by hiding nearby with a shotgun. That early villain, however, was a piker as compared with the present administration of the University men's swimming pool. It is almost impossible for a student to do any recrea tional swimming in the men's pool. In fact it is impossible ou Monday. Wednesday and Friday when classes and the swimming team occupy the pool all day. Ou ’I tie. clays and Thursdays the pool is open for recrea tional swimming for a few hours Ou Baturdav morning it is taken over by town kid.--. Saturday afternoou student.-, may again swim. That makes only three days a week—and only a few hours each of those days—that the average student who doesn't take a swimming dues may refresh himself by a dip m the pool. rJpHL men who are in charge of the pool are not to blame. They arc doing a job which has been assigned to them, and they are doing it well. It the pool is idled that's all there is to it. -— - ♦ s r-ti - s . 1 - —... — a - ■«.— w another, or a larger pool, as was once planned. That, how ever, seems impossible at present with' so great a demand upon building funds that are already limited. Until a new pool is built some arrangement should be made to give students at least an hour for recreational swimming each day. That might involve a little more work on the part of those in charge and it might involve cutting the time of a few of the people who now occupy the pool all day Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but it would be worthwhile. Biography in Crisis By J. PARKE “'"piIERE is no man in the country with whom I cannot talk as an equal,” so remarked Boris III, king of Bul garia. The slim, swarthy-faced, 4(i year-old ruler, who speaks eight languages, has, in fact, taken more interest in locomotives, machines, butterflies, borzois and travel than in his role as king. As is customary for male royal offspring, Boris attended the military academy at Sofia and was graduated at 18. The Balkan wars and world war 1 gave him his first prac tical experience as soldier. The military defeat of Bulgaria in world war 1 brought the immediate abdication and flight to Germany of King Ferdinand, who had been largely responsible for the coun try’s joining the Central powers, and the elevation to the throne of his son Boris ill. Boris, only 24, proved to be as democratic as his father before him had been autocratic. # # # OULGAKIA experienced several changes of government— from an agrarian socialism to a parliamentary democracy and to an authoritarian regime in 19114, when parliament was dissolved and all parties suspended. Through all this Boris kept his throne. It seems that only the present crisis may jeopardise his rule. For Boris, who belongs to the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Bourbon, is faced with the most difficult choice of his career. In his own words: “MY ministers are pro-German, my wife is pro Italian, my people are pro-Russian—I am the only neutral in the country.” IIow long lie will remain a neutral, even Boris, perhaps, doesn’t know. International Side Show By RIDGKLY CUMMINGS With Wendell Willkie buzzing around London accompanied by crack correspondents, some in teresting sidelights are coming across me ca bles that might not otherwise get by the cen sors or might not be consid ered worth the cable tolls to send them. Cummings Accompany ing Willkie for A asociated Press is Eddy Gilmore, whose by-line I remember seeing on several good feature stories from Washington last year. The. other day Gilmore described Willkie's visit to the House of Commons, where an argument over freedom of the press was going on. It seems two communist pa pers, the Daily Worker and The Week, have been suppressed and a laboritc member was as sailing the government's action because he thought it was driv ing the opposition “under ground" and would necessitate the creation of a British gesta po to keep an eye on things. Another Story Yesterday there was another well-written story, this time by Ned Russell of United Press, telling about a demonstration against the government's food policy. Willkie was going through the lobby of the Savoy hotel on his way to lunch when he ran into the demonstration, which was apparently staged for his benefit. The demonstrators, chanting and waving banners, were pro testing against the policy of not requiring patrons of restau rants to give up food coupons while the poor, unable to dine in restaurants, can buy only ra tioned foods. Ration the Rich The banners read “Rat ion the rich," and “The government says to eat less but the rich get their fill." Of the debate in Commons Willkie had said, "This is de mocracy in action," but lie is reported to passed l he demon strators with scarcely a glance. When pressed later for comment he is quoted as protesting: l really don't think I want to cay anything about that." Expects to Return Incidentally, Willkie an nounced yesterday that he ex pects to return to the United .States by plane late next week That looks bad for a certain prophecy 1 made the other day about how I thought Willkie might be the next U.is. ambas sador to Britain My line of reasoning was that once over there, it lie made a good impression which hr ap parently has. Willkis would &e: a message from Roosevelt ask ing him to stay on the job. Any way the position is still unfilled and I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Not that 1 particularly want Willltie to be an ambas sador, but it would improve my average considerably to have one prediction come true. Witnessed One Speaking of demonstrations, I witnessed a good one for de mocracy in the Anchorage yes terday afternoon. I had gone there looking for a quiet spot to try and find out what this guy Racine really had in mind when he wrote “Es ther,” but was unable to con centrate because the disputa tious Bill Merrill of the art school was holding forth on some abstract topic. I glanced at his listener with pity, for I ,too, have been cor nered by Bill and it always takes an hour to escape. But the tables were turned on him shortly after 1 arrived. Knight of Road His companion was appar ently a "knight of the road,” a red-faced, middle-aged gentle man who was fortified by a pa per parcel containing some bev erage. “I'm a veteran,” he an nounced. “I fought for democ racy in the last war and I’d fight for it again. I believe in capitalism too, comrade.” When Bill asked where he had picked up the “comrade” the other said it was a common term in the expeditionary force and that the communists had stolen- it from the veterans. Where Else ? It didn't appear as if capital ism had been particularly kind to him, but he spoke with in tense conviction and there was something heartening in the way he swung his arm around in an expansive gesture and said, “This is the most demo cratic country in the world. Where else could we sit and argue like this?" Soon he left. I watched him as he walked down the high way, the pockets of his shape less eoat bulging over his hips. After he had gone out of sight 1 felt a pang of remorse be cause l hadn't thought to give * him the address of the Ameri can Legion. A man like that shouldn't be compelled to wan der homeless along the high ways. Suppose he loses his con victions ... he wouldn’t, have much else to live for DniverSity of Cincinnati's 10.S00 students inejude 4.022 from 14 states and the District, of Columbia, 11 foreign coun tries. Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, and Hawaii. Fairmont State college. 1 air mont. W. Va . has been broad cii.tuig c\er the Fair inert rain station for nearly 1- yaars. wright or wrong With TOMMY WRIGHT “Go little midterm, Scamper, scamper—,” seems to be the general tune rendi tioned around these parts late ly, with studes hoping that mid term grades don’t put them on the study table. As you strug gle through that psych test just stop and think how much you could have studied during the time you set through that dou ble feature. How do we know you were at the theater? Well, ws were there, too. CAMPUS WHISPERS . . . Infirmary inmates ELEANOR BECK and DONALD TURNER hold an exchange dessert, so they won’t miss any of the fun of being healthy and hospital free . . . local WPAer to fellow WPAer (also leaning on shovel handle) “I think I have spring fever.” . . . HARRY PRON GAS, one of the barnyard boys, (phidelts) has three house dis illusions with a gammafi, a pifi, and chiomega-ex—Oh, what a kid is HARRY! . . . they say he left a whole bathtub full of broken hearts at San Mateo JC . . . Alpha Os JONIjjLLE MELVIN and POLLY EWAN have weekend guest from Seat tle and Tacoma—And the one has a ring on third finger, left hand of MISS MELVIN .... The Alpha Os get ready for a house dance invasion of eleven Phi Psis—and Oregon still needs a monopoly and trust buster . . . EMERSON PAGE, Theta Chi all-business, no play unglamour kid still sings “The Lady Who Couldn’t Be Kissed” . . . the world at its best— When someone is brave enough to bring a carton of nicotine sticks inside the Journalism shack . . . DON SEELEY of the Sigma Nu boys on the race, with MARGE TURNER again and again . . . MILODENE GOSS and LORRAINE LEWIS of the Alpha Chis ’tis said have had a monopoly on the Fiji house . . . LAWRENCE LE SAGE of the French depart ment plans to take the vows and the “I Do” some time in February . . . Has the ARNIE MILLS - BETTY WYCOFF af fair reached an equal ground again? . . . CONCLUSION . . . JOHN BROWN, notoriety kid of pre-civil war days once said “so be it . . and he was nuts. From All Sides By MILDRED WILSON What is a kiss ? A kiss is a noun used as a conjunction. It is more common than prop er. It is never declined. It is not singular because it is always plural. It is a preposition because it has an objective. It can be active or passive. It agrees with me.—The Uni versity of Washington Daily. "Low grades cannot be rem edied by taking thyroid gland tablets," declared Dr. Alfred Talor, research biologist, in an address at the University of Texas. Although a survey or part of the student body sev eral years ago showed most of the members of Fhi Beta Kap pa were syper-thyroul in com ] arisen to the rest of the stu dent body, Dr. Taylor said that this condition is caused by the extra-mental activity rather than increased activity of the thyroid gland. Undcr-function of the gland Dr. Taylor added, results in the slowing up of the mental proc esses while over-activity re sults in a highly nervous condi tion. —The Daily Texan. * * * Student blood donors from the University of California are being accepted at the Cowell Memorial hospital laboratory in Berkeley. Fifty men students recently were tested, classified as to blood types, and placed on the donor list of the University hospital. They will he on call for use in five other hospitals in Berkeley and are paid f-~ bleed contributed. —The Cinfemias. •BUCKSHOT^ GALLAUDET COLLEGE (WSWNGTOM.D.C.) IS THE ONLY COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF IN THE WORLD' fssii&k. YANKEE DOODLE and I’VE BEEN WORKING\ ON THE RAILROAD ORIGINALLY WERE COLLEGE SONGS/ UNIVERSITY OF SAN AAARCOS LIMA, PERU, IS THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY IN THE AMERICAS/ IT WAS ESTABLISHED - . • IN 1571 • * • J rhursday Advertising Staff: Mary K. Riordan, Thursday Ad vertising Manager Barbara Crosland Elizabeth Edmunds Peggy Magill Mary Riemers Mary Ellen Smith Copy Desk Staff: Mary Ann Campbell, copy editor Robert B. Frazier, assistant Mary Wolf, assistant Lee Samuelson Dorothy Routte Ted Goodwin Johnny Kahananui Ruby Jackson Night Staff: Bill Hilton, night editor Ardie Alexander Jim Wilson Victor Ross Madelle Christopherson Penny Mullen Barbara Lamb Marjorie Major Doris Jones ' Nu Epsilon Tau Tau, honorary intersorority group at the Univer sity of Texas, is promoting a na tional campus knitting campaign to help the Red Cross. !l Campus Calendar Amphibians will not meet to night due to midterms A discus sion test on the Aquaticade Guide for officials for swimming meets will be given next Thursday, Feb ruary 4 at 5 o’clock, in the WAA social room. All amphibians are asked to be present. .. .There will be a meeting of the China Cupboard and Chest com mittee of the YMCA at the home of Mrs. F. L. Chambers, 1059 Hil yard from 2:30 to 5 p. m. Thurs day and Friday. Come either day that is convenient. Canterbury dramatics group, un der the direction of Lorraine Long, will meet at the home of Helen Sutley, 1841 Emerald street from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. Friday. Westminster Drama group will meet at Westminster house at 4 p. m. Ski club members will meet to night at 7:30 in 207 Chapman. Plans will be made for a trip to Hoodoo this Sunday. Phi Beta meets tonight, at 7:15 in Gerlinger. Oregana pictures will be taken. Please bring radio cards. There are ten miles of electrical wiring in the main barracks of The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. See It Now! Henry Fonda - Dorothy Lamour and Linda Darnell in “CHAD HANNA” — Plus — “Second Chorus” with Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard Two Big Features! Johnny Mack Brown in “TONY POST” — Plus — “Phantoms Of Chinatown” with Keye Luke MOVED OVER! “THE HIT PARADE OF 1941” Starring KENNY BAKER and Francis Langford CI^3 Music and Romance! Betty Grablc and Don Ameche in “Down Argentine Way” — Plus — “CAVALCADE OF ACADEMY AYYARDE AN OUTFIT THAT MAKES A “HIGH BID” TO FAME! Worth singing about is our new group of spring suits . . . gabardines, light-weight wool . . . new styles. 16.95 to 29.95 1004 Will. St. Phone 633 — Oregon H Emerald Classified Ads Phone 3300—354 READER ADS Ten words minimum accepted. First insertion 2c per word. Subsequent insertions lc per word. DISPLAY ADS Flat rate 37c column inch. Frequency rate (entire term) : 35c per column inch one time week. 34c per column inch twice or more a week. Ads will be taken over the telephone on a charge basis if the advertiser is a sub scriber to the phone. Mailed advertisements must have sufficient remittance enclosed to cover definite number of insertions. Ads must be in Emerald business office no later than 6 p.m. prior to the day of in sertion. • hound Found: at Depot, foot of Univer sity street Books: 4 Shakespeare 1 Geometry 2 Military Science 1 Essay 3 Prose 2 Social Science 2 Hstory of Europe 1 English Poets 3 Composition 1 Physics 1 Psychology 1 Reporting 1 Economies 2 French History 3 German 1 Outline English literature 3 Literature 5 Looseleaf Notebooks 10 Notebooks 1 Sociology 2 Accounting 1 Business Correspondence Miscellaneous: 1 Cigarette Lighter 4 Hats 3 Large Kerchiefs Gloves 2 Stringa of Pearls 2 rings 3 purses 1 slide rule 5 pens 5 eversharps 1 debate pin 1 pledge pin 1 key 1 P’-P? 1 jacket 1 slicker 3 raincoats 1 white uniform I HULL IS A 5c LLCOVELY ILL Room 5, Journalism Bldg. | • Lost STRING of small pearls on chain. Reward. Betty Keller, Phone 3200. SIGMA Chi Delta pin. Finder please return to Hal Olney. When Everything Drops To Zero— I Use the Oregon ^ Emerald i Classifieds Call 3300 - 354 or come to— Rm. 5, Journalism