Oregon W Emerald
The Oregon Daily Emerald, published oaiiy during the college year except Sundays,
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of Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second
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Stitzer, Ummie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbull, adviser.
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Editor
Ken Christianson, Co-Sporte
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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.
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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. -— -
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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.
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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.
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Robert B. Frazier, assistant
Mary Wolf, assistant
Lee Samuelson
Dorothy Routte
Ted Goodwin
Johnny Kahananui
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Night Staff:
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Ardie Alexander
Jim Wilson
Victor Ross
Madelle Christopherson
Penny Mullen
Barbara Lamb
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' 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.
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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 —
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ACADEMY AYYARDE
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THAT MAKES
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