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Oregon M Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daiiy 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, £NC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago— Bos ton—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. LYLE M. NELSON, Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS JAMES W. FROST, Business Manager : Hal Olney, Helen Angell /immie Leonard, Managing Editor Kent Stjtzer, Kewa Editor Fred May, Advertising Manager 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 Vernstrora, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Harold Olney, Kent Stitzer, Timmie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbull, adviser. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Anita Backberg, Classified Advertising Manager Kon Alpaugb, Layout Production Man ager Mill Wallan, Circulation Manager Emerson Page, Promotion Directoi Eileen Millard. Office Manager Pat Erickson, Women's Bob Flavelle, Co-Sports Editor Ken Christianson, Co-Sports Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Ray Schrick, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Hetty Jane Biggs, Ass’t News Editor Wes Sullivan, Ass’t News Editor Corrine Wignes, Executive Secretary Mildred Wilson, Exchange Editor More Than A Dream pOR 20 years Oregon’s iiopes for a student union building have had all the ups and downs, all the enthusiasm and despair that a graph of the 1920’s would show of business during the depression decade. Zooming plans followed by disheartening defeats brought hearty cheers and consequent grief to a union-minded student body. Rut yesterday it seemed that the plan for a student union building was about to become more than a dream. For the ways and means committee of the legislature gave its okay to the bill for an Oregon building, and at last the proposal lay in the hands of the senators of the state. All the University of Oregon can do now is wait . . . talk student union . . . and pray. # # # of the closest followers of the day-to-day play that plans for the new building have enjoyed during the last month is John McGregor, student body president in 19211 when the plan first saw the light of day. In New York now, McGregor is Manhattan’s chief Duck booster. He and the hundreds of aluinni-backers who have followed him out of Oregon heard with enthusiasm yesterday’s report of the in troduction to the senate. Excited undergraduates gathered on the steps of campus buildings, in the library, at the College Side—all the places they meet because there’s no student union—to expound on the possibilities of a new campus monument to student ac tivities. All in all, the great Webfoot family is joyous. For the dawn is breaking . . . and “Union Now” becomes more than an empty phrase. —Il.A. An Evaluation ^^REGON'S “adviser” system of providing faculty aid for students in making out their courses at each registration period serves to prevent complete random selection of class schedules. Rut it has for a long time been declared unequal to the task set for itself. Roth professors and students grant this. Professors who serve in an advisory capacity have struggled for years in an attempt to select well-rounded courses for their students and to evaluate the qualities of each class. But a single professor can seldom know the vir tues of every class in the University and admits partial in ability to cope with his duties. A group of education students who call themselves the '41 Club have taken a revolutionary move in the field of reform of the adviser system. # # # pRIMARY purpose of the new group—like that of most professional organizations — is to incite interest in ed ucation courses. Rut of special campus importance is the ini tiation of an idea to survey the subjects open to education majors, beginning first with the classes in that school and working gradually to other offerings of the University. The survey of vital statistics will deal with the material offered in each class, the professor who teaches it, his qualities and special talents, his eccentricities in approach to the subject, and the ultimate value gained. Because members of the club who will make the study will include only upperclassmen and graduate students actually in possession of a teaching certificate or working for one, the material will be that of people who know and are keenly interested in the school and other departments allied with it. Recent graduates in the teaching field will add their advice to the statistics, explaining what each of the proposed classes has added to his professional preparation. # # * 'THE information will lie presented to bewildered new stu dents through discussion groups, with the chairman in possession ol all the statistical material collected, including the opinions of each of the types of people interviewed. With this material the student will be better able to find what lie wants. The 41 Chili s idea will take in a relatively small scope of the campus at first. But in time it can be developed to handle more and more student interests, to deal with larger numbers ot student registration problems. The hope, as outlined 1" President Bob Cridlev, is finally to widen the branches of th ■ survey to a wide sweep of the whole campus so that the assets of such studies may he made available to students other than education school enrol lees. It the 41 ( lull carries on, it will be adding a material step to the educational growth ot the l niversity. will be solving one of the undergraduates' and faculty's most troublesonm problems, 'l'oo. it will give professional clubs m each school an idea for constructive service outside the "tea party" field that will actually help students get the most out of the earecr preparation which they undertake in their four years in eoi 3e*?- ‘ s-lELk, Incentive and Income Tax JAMES CALHOUN in the September issue of Future Maga zine points out that it was four times as difficult to make a million dollars in 1937 as in 1928. It is assumed that it is even more difficult now. Mr. Calhoun goes into an extensive study of the causes for the decreasing number of million dollar ratings. The re sults which he turns up are interesting as well as informa tive. He found after some study that contrary to popular opinion there has been no actual lessening of opportunities during the past few years. The opportunities of which America is so proud are still there, Mr. Calhoun states. The great fields of Radio and Television, and now Frequency Modulation in Radio, of Science, the Airplane industry, Auto mobile manufacture, etc., still hold great possibilities for the hardworking American. As proof of his statement Mr. Calhoun cites the figures of the U.S. Bureau of Patents. These figures reveal that over 316,845 patents have been issued in the last 20 years—that over two million have been granted since 1800. While not all of these arc valuable, many have made their owners small fortunes. JN the final analysis the “share the wealth” campaigns with resulting higher income taxes have been the cause of the great decline in America’s “self-built millionaire.” Quoting from Mr. Calhoun’s article: “In 1916 citizens with incomes of $100,000 or more, as a group, were permitted to retain 93 per cent of their income after the payment of income taxes. In 1938, after repeated raises in rates, after the income tax had become an instru ment for the redistribution of wealth, and after statu, coun ties, and cities had invaded the field, government took an estimated 83 per cent of the income (in this group) leaving 37 per cent for the use of the individual.” Economists tell us that the income tax is the most fair of all taxes because it is “progressive.” In other words the taxes are the heaviest on those who have the most with which to pay. Sound economic policy supports the income policy. * * * 'Y^'IIAT the economists and the legislators fail to take into account is the psychological aspects of the income tax. Knowing that 63 per cent (or more) of what they make will be taken by the government, most young men aren’t too en thusiastic about trying to “make a million.” Rather they are content to put a little less effort in their work and spend more time in idleness or play. This is not meant as a condemnation of income taxes. It is merely a warning against too great a use of even this system of taxation, particularly because taxes or incomes arc certain to increase to pay for tin* war expenditures. These Paddling Ducks ^^REGON needs a swimming pool. True, it needs a student union building, but second to this comes the increasing want for adequate competitive, recreational, and class swim ming. For 28 years, the University has been using the men's pool to handle the growing Oregon varsity and freshman swim ming teams, Eugene and University high school teams, purely recreational swimming, and the swimming classes. For a, time, the facilities were adequate, but as the school grew and the sport grew with it, like “Topsy,” it became insufficient. Like a 1910 automobile, Oregon’s men’s pool has become out da ted. The tank was dedicated in 1913, but a lot of water lias passed under the bridge since then. A lot of new swimming pools have been built on other campuses. Oregon’s pool is no longer modern. The size of the Duck tank is 30 feet by 60 feet. No one builds tanks of that small size anymore. Washington’s new, modern pool (costing approximately $200,000) measures’ 42 feet by 75 feet and is the ideal college size. "BECAUSE Oregon's tank is of small size, choppy waves are created when one diver or swimmer enters the pool and begins splashing about. "It nearly drowns a hreaststroker,” said Coach Mike Hoyiuun, referring to the waves. The facil ities would be sufficient for purely competitive swimming, but it is painfully inadequate when recreational swimming and swimming classes must be crowded into the day. Washington university was ouc;e in Oregon’s present plight. The school had adequate place to train its swimming team. Oregon came north for a meet and grabbed every first place on the card. Because of this, Seattle business men became irked and started the ball rolling wiheh brought the present plant. Since that t ime (two years ago), better swimmers have matriculated at Washington. The result — championship teams. Compared with the modern facilities at Oregon Stale, Washington and Washington State, Oregon's tank is as old fashioned as hobble skirts. However, until the state board of higher education, a generous group of alumni, or student action so wills it, Oregon will have to struggle along with its present small and overcrowded pool. —lv.C. Biography in a Crisis By J. l'AKKK General George C. Marshall, U.S. chief of staff, is putting into practice the lessons learned from the German campaigns. As head of five departments of army war plans, personnel, mil itary intelligence, operations, and training, and supply, Mar shall asserted several months ago, "that while the principles ol war remain unchanged, the German success was in the co ordination of all branches, through training and skill, and in the remarkable wa\ the staff was able to keep in touch with all the uew and old arms oi bat tle to insure teamwork." on September 1, 1039. General Marshall started a minor revo lution, for most of the Ameri can army hadn't experienced war time conditions for years. In the same winter some 70,000 men were put into the field for extensive maneuvers and mim ic warfare in the South. George C. Marshall, bom at Union Town, Pennsylvania, and a great-grand nephew of Chif Justice Marshall, lias no mili t iry tradition behind him. After having tried yj vain for a West Point appointment, he attended the Virginia Military institute from 1S97 to 1901 and gradu ated with the highest military r.-isa ui ius cadet corps, htjudes With TOMMY WRIGHT Finding this prittle-prattle in colyum five of ye olde Emer alde three times per week seems to have been taken for granted by stoops and studes around these parts, at least that is what we would like to blame it on. Could be that you don't even find it. 3-MINUTE POME . . . Blue eyes gaze in mine—vexa tion. Soft hand held in mine—palpi tation. Fair hair brushing mine—ex pectation. Red lips close to mine—temp tation. Housemother’s footsteps—dam nation. PAN LIST V . . . Sorry we forgot to put the finger on the post-valentine list members, but they are here anyway. Number one and two are JEANETTE EDDY and STANLEY ROBINSON, who broke up a beyootiful romance and are revolving unattached again. Number three is LYLE NELSON, who puts the blue pencil on our choicest bits of sediments. IMPRESSIONS . . . Emerald headline, UO Coeds to Exchange Bullets With Hus kies. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Feb. 14.—Bulletin —- Coeds de clared war today on Washing ton university femmes. Jeal ousy given as only reason for drastic moves. DEAN MORSE may try arbitration to halt at tack. HARVEY BLYTHE blamed for blitzkrieg attempt. CAMPUS WHISPERS . . . Example of telephone calls posted on sorority bulletin boards: VEVA “THE SWEET” PETERSON —- A man — no mess . . . Flash! EDITOR NEL SON gets SDX pin back from CORRINE WIGNES — fair ex change for Sigma Chi white cross now adorning CORRINE . . . Alpha Delta Pi NORMA BAKER wheedles her w^y into this colm, and you asked for it NORMA—to give us a little time for research, expect to find your name on Tuesday's pan list with ADELE SAY, RUTH JORDAN, and LEIGH TON PLATT ... It may be spring and it may be love, but something has awakened the pin planting bug . . . Sigma Kappa GLORIA WEST gets one from her man—a Kappa Sig from North Dakota . . . JEAN SCHNEIDER purloins DICK COGGIN’S white cross . . .and BETTY REAMES blossoms out in a JACK MALLORY effect . . . and a girl with other thoughts in mind is NANCY having been an all-southern football tackle. General Marshall's career has carried him to many parts of the globe, and he has held posi tions from the distant Philip pines to the comparatively near France and the still closer Van couver barracks in Washington, by the Columbia river. As a sec ond lieutenant of infantry, he was assigned to the thirtieth infantry of the Philippines in 1902 and remained there until the following year. In 1907 he graduated with honors from the U S. infantry-cavalry school and in 1908 attended tire Army staff college at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he remained as instructor until 1910. General Marshall was in the Philippines again in 1913 and distinguished himself for having mapped the best defense plan for the city of Manila that his commander had ever seen. World War I gave George Marshall further opportunities to prove his initiative. He went to France as captain on the gen eral staff of the first division, became colonel in a year, and saw active duty in the battles of Cantigny, Aisne-Marne, and famous St. Mihiel. In Septem ber 1918 General Marshall was appointed chief of operations of a section of the first army at a time when a large part of the AEF had to be transferred from St. Mihml for the Meuse• Argonne offensive, which settled the war. Marshall took off two weeks ami carefully arranged and organized his part of that offensive. He was later promot ed to chief of staff of the eighth array corps with the rank of brigadier, blit on his return from France, a;, aid to Persh ing liar-Lali reverted to his International Side Show By RLDGELY CUMMINGS Senator Burton K. Wheeler, democrat from Montana, is a smart politician. But in addition to being smart, Senator Wheeler must have another asset which stands him in good stead in his fight against the Roosevelt for eign policy. That asset is a com petent staff of researchers, for Wheeler is continually break ing into print with startling and—to the administration— embarrassing facts. Yesterday on the floor of the senate Wheeler charged that British possessions are asking CASH for war materials sold to their mother country, in con trast to administration propos als that the United States lend, lease or give away such mate rials to Britain. More Than All the Empire Wheeler said that Roosevelt's lend-lease bill,, which hits the senate floor for debate today, would have the United States do more to aid Britain than Can ada, Australia, India, Egypt or and other British colony is will ing to do. Wheeler’s charges came dur ing the senate’s consideration of a bill to increase the public debt limit by 16 billion dollars. In cidentally the senate passed the bill. That means that the ceil ing on the national debt has been raised to 65 billion dollars. It’s a Lot of Money Even if you say it quickly, “65 billion dollars,” that is a lot of money, but Wheeler said that senators were not being realis tic and that if this country planned to finance both U.S. de fense needs and British war needs they might as well raise the ceiling to 100 billion. Now I don’t know much about high finance, but it stands to reason that when an individual borrows money he has to pay it back, with interest. The same rule ought to hold good for na tions. Interest on $65,000,000,000 abounts to a couple of billion ANN FAY of gammafibeta, who doesn't want a pin, and won't wear any brass . . . prize of the week is a letter to Delt NORMAN FOSTER in one of these ‘‘A personal message to an Oregon dad” envelopes, with a return address White Shield Maternity home, Portland, Ore gon—Pardon us while we say it sounds like HUGH B. COLLINS . . . FRANK SHIELDS gets this week's most disappointed luvver cup—What! No Date . . . And could colleague HUMBERT could colleague H U M B U G ART WIGGINS-JANE GRAY deal—It sounds like BUD VAN DENEYNDE to this tripewriter. CONCLUSION . . . The pencil's broke, the rib bon's shot and the telephone is dead, so thatees all there is, there isn't any more. So long for a while. pre-war rank of captain. He is said to have refused the offer of a large corporation, replying that he was simply a soldier and could never be anything else. Remaining General Pershing's aid until 1924, Marshall slowly rose in the military hierarchy. In 1936 he was brigadier, and after further duties was ap pointed in July 1938 chief of war plans division of the gen eral staff. In October of the same year he was called to Washington to be deputy chief of staff. Closer collaboration with South America led to his military mission to Brazil early in 1939 where an exchange of views between several Latin American nations took place. And with General Craig's re tirement George Marshall achieved the highest army of fice in the fall of 1939. As to an invasion of the Unit ed States by a foreign power, General Marshall has indicated its possibility. Yet it would seem that such an invasion on the part of a nation which has fought two or more years would entail so many difficulties as to be impossible. Dr. George N. Snutrer, presi dent of Hunter college, believes Laiui and Greek philosophy and religion must be restored to the American educational scheme if young people are expected to de fend democracy. More than 900 men and 300 women students at the Univer -ity of Kentucky are, earning part of their college expenses. Members of the speech cor rection class at Duquesne uni versity are presenting a series of radio programs, workshop this semester. Plans have been approved for i $100,000 RGTC armory at City College ox Kew xcr... anyway. That means that every year for a good many years you and I and the guy next door will have to dig down and pay a couple of billions in taxes, in addition to the normal operat ing expenses of the government. Who Pays? That an t hay, brothers, and somebody is collecting every year. You wonder who? So do I. I don’t pretend to know who is doing the lending and the col lecting, but it stands to reason you can't lend money unless you have it or are making it, and the ones who are making the most nowadays are the muni tion makers. If those gentlemen are collect ing from the government for munitions and then lending the proceeds back to the govern ment in the expectation of col lecting interest and principal from the public in the form of taxes, then they are doing what in race-horse language is known as “parleying.” That’s when you bet on a horse to win and then bet your winnings on another horse, and so on and so on. Uncle Sam Bets on England This excursion into higher fi nance is taking me over my head, but it stands to reason that if you bet on a horse you want him to win. The munition makers, or whoever is lending our government the money, are betting on Uncle Sam; Uncle Sam, or at least Roosevelt, is betting on England (which is #iore, according to Wheeler, than the British colonies are do ing); therefore to protect their investment England must win. You figure it out from here. r Oregon H’Emeimld Saturday Advertising Staff: Warren Roper, Sat. Adv. Mgr. 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