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Tde Oregon uauy Emerald, puonsned daily during the college year except Sundays,
Mondays, hoQdafe» and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University
of Oregon. SuMmpnon rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second
class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon.
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ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Hal OIney, Helen Angell
Flmmie Leonard, Managing Editor
Kent Stitaer, News Editor
Fred May, Advertising Manager
Boh Rogers, National Advertising Mgr.
Editorial and Busings Offices located on ground floor of Journalism building. Phones
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Editorial Board: Roy Vernstrom, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Harold Olncy, Kent
Stitzer, Timmic Leonard, and Professor George Turnboll, adviser.
By These Signs Ye Shall Know
JN some far away place beyond the horizon the pods who
control the weather got together and decided that spring
should come to Oregon early this year—earlier than usual
and earlier than the time prescribed for it in the academic
calendar of the University. The result, although very hard
on GPAs, has been a taste of spring in the waning days of
winter term.
While the editors of this paper refuse to go out on the
limb (with the weather man) and predict that spring is
here, there are many signs around 1 he University which would
justify such a conclusion. The warm days .just, past have
brought out many signs indicating that spring has come, or
is on its way. Some of the signs that spring has come arc
already present, many will come early in next term.
* * *
squirrels playing games on the lawn, a boy and a
girl slowly weaving their way across the campus seem
ingly oblivious of time and place, two professors (dialling on
the steps of Friendly hall, and the Wl’A renewing its activily
to make the grass grow on all parts of the campus where it
was not originally sown.
A canoe sliding up the millrace, students sunbathing on
fraternity lawns, a radio-phonograph sharing its high fidelity
(anyway loud) message with the rest of the world, a lonely
couple studying in the libe, and a ear crawling up Thir
teenth street at one half the usual speed (til) miles an hour).
By these signs ye shall surely know that spring has come to
Oregon.
A Problem and Its Solution
^^ltliGON students arc1 optimistic, and they have a, rip-lit, to
be. For 18 years they have worn the old thinking cap
in a seemingly futile attempt to conjure up a student union
hull. Now the state legislature has come to the rescue and
the dream of countless Oregon students seems near material
ization.
Yes, the students are optimistic and justly so. lint the stu
dents must never think that the task .is now finished. Much
lies ahead and now is the time for the students to really
get on the bandwagon and boost.
rJ"'IIIS filet was realized liy one campus organizaf ion mill
' they wet, out, to do somethin;;- iihoiil it. hast, week lhe
W. F. 0. Timelier chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, men’s
vertising honorary, pledged +100 to help furnish a room in
the proposed structure for tin' meetings id' campus honoraries.
The advertising hoys pul their finger on a major selling
point, of student union propagandists. Such rooms should
certainly not, be overlooked when the plans for the building
are drawn. And the chapter not only put their finger on the
problem but put their shoulder to the wheel and are doing
something about it.
The donation undoubtedly is going to work something of
a hardship upon the chapter. It is extremely unlikely that the
treasury of any campus honorary is so packed with green
backs that the extraction of a +100 donation would not be
missed. But ADS did it because they saw a problem and a
solution.—11.0.
When problems get
knotty...pause and
Toke O minute to relax, and
things go smoother. Ice-cold
Coca-Cola odds refreshment to
relaxation. Itj delightful, whole
some taste has the charm of pu r
Ity. Sawhen you pause through
«utthaday,makeit t/is pause that
refreshes*ith ice-cold Coca-Cola.
YOU TASTL ITS QUALITY
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COSO-COLL BOtiLIKCr CO OF LVQLkL
'The Messiah1
hundred student voices raised themselves in song Sun
day night to tell again the story of the greatest life ever
lived on earth.
A packed McArthur court sat entranced for two hours as
the massed chorus and the five featured soloists traced in
song the first visions of the shepherds, the birth of the Christ
child, 11 is persecution on the cross. The audience rose in com
mon praise as tlie vibrant “Hallelujah” chorus came forth in
powerful declaration that lie lives again in the hearts of men.
Not the least of the highlights of the evening was the
University symphony orchestra’s interpretation of the Pas
toral Symphony, which gracefully built visions of the shep
herds in their fields, the quiet and peaceful world that waited
in awe for the coming of their Messiah, it was the acme of
loveliness . . . and charm . . . and peace.
# # #
AI'HERE were few in the audience who did not turn to
their neiglihors at sojne point during the evening to
marvel at the immense amount of work that Dean Theodore
Kratt must have expended to give the chorus, the symphony,
and the capable soloists that quality of precision that made
for perfection in timing. For the new dean of the music
school, who seemed just as naively happy about the success
of the production as the lowliest alto on the back row of the
600-student chorus, had a difficult assignment. He directed
both the symphony orchestra and the singers.
The music school’s contribution to University cultural
life brought pleasure to many, both on the campus and in the
surrounding community. The custom of presenting an all
school chorus in some classic performance is not new; but
if accomplishments like that of Sunday night arc an example,
the idea can never grow old.
It was fitting, too, that Oregon should open the Lenten
season with the exquisite pageantry of the “Messiah.”—11.A.
In the Editor’s Mail
March 4, 1941
To the Editor:
When Scabbard and Blade
first announced this term that
applicants for membership in
that organization were to be
interviewed, I scouted around
for information concerning its
purpose, aims, and composition.
Its composition in particular
interested me for, being an inde
pendent and a strictly non-polit
ical one, unless there was at
least a 50-50 chance of an in
dependent being admitted, there
would be no reason to learn its
purpose and aims.
From casual remarks over
heard here and there I was giv
en the impression that Scab
bard and Blade was decidedly
political and with a tendency
toward being a “fraternity
clique.” However, casual re
marks and biased opinion would
hardly be a fair basis upon
which to condemn what may be ;
an impartial, upright organiza
tion. 1 decided that the proof
would be in the pudding.
The proof was there all right!
Of the 24 pledges from the
third-year military class two
were independents. Now, to the
best of my knowledge, at least
40 per cent of the third-year
military class are independents,
and I know of only one who did
not make application. Less than
9 per cent are represented on
the pledge list. Why did these
two independents make the
grade ? Perhaps they make up
the small per cent considered
a “necessary evil” by Scabbard
and Blade to keep it from com
pletely losing face with inde
pendents.
There may be facts,of which
I am not aware, that will cast
a different light on the subject,
but until they are revealed the
very unflattering opinion I have
formed will remain unchanged,
f would appreciate any informa
tion on the issue that you have
available, but since I wish to
remain unknown (I still have
hopes of some day becoming a
member of Scabbard and Blade
- why? T don’t know) it must
be through the channels of the
press. Perhaps the Scabbard
and Blade chapter of U. of O.
Fraternities, Inc. would be in
terested in enlightening me.
Sincerely yours,
Cadet Sgt. “Disillusioned”.
International Side Show
By R IDG ELY CUMMINGS
Not since the days of the
NRA, the WPA, the national la
bor relations board, and other
innovations of the New Deal
has any question so sharply
split the American public as
the problem of America’s role
in the war.
Debate over Roosevelt’s “lencl
lease" bill has done much to
bring the matter to a head. Al
though there are many diverg
ences, many shadings of opin
ion, two camps have emerged:
the interventionists and the iso
lationists.
There is always a danger of
over-simplification in using
sharp dichotomies, but I think
it is evident by now that the
essential differences in view
point boil down to a philosophi
cal attitude.
The way I see it, one’s stand
on intervention is bound to be
strongly conditioned by one’s
attitude to death.
For generations now the
Christian philosophy has aimed
at convincing man that life is
sacred. Not even a sparrow can
fall to earth without God being
aware of it, the Bible tells us.
How much more important then
must be the individual's life.
Living in the United State.*,
whore murder is the worst crime
on the calendar and the front
pages of the newspapers, until
recently, chronicled all the gory
details of any deviation from
noff-violence, it is natural that
the American citizen sets a high
value on the mere privilege of
continuing to breathe.
If this is true for the prac
ticing Christians, so-called, then
it is even more true for those
of us who have been “contamin
ated” by skepticism.
The philosophy of material
ism is growing. It is a contra
dictory phenomenon because al
though on the one hand it fur
nishes the ideological base for
fascism and communism, on the
other hand it inspires that atti
tude to the dogma of immortal
ity that says: “You’ve got to
show me.”
“There may be a life after
death,” these young materialists
say, “but I don’t know anything
about it. I’ve never yet met any
body who has come back from
the beyond. Millions of people
have died just since I’ve been
knocking around on this planet,
to say nothing of the countless
swarms who have fertilized the
earth in ages past. They died,
and as far as I know they’re
still dead."
In a nutshell, the idea is that
when you're dead, you're dead
ip
for a long, long time.
It is people who believe like
this that make up a good pro
portion of the isolationists.
They value life and hesitate to
throw it away. When the ora
tors shout “glory” and “nation
al honor” and “duty to one's
country,” they wince, because
at heart they are skeptics.
War, they know, is unfortu
nately a game that is played for
keeps. When a piece of shrap
nel takes off the top of your
skull at the eyebrows they know
you are out of the game perma
nently. When you are lying in
the mud with twenty feet sep
arating what used to be your
arms and legs from your torso,
they know no one can say mum
bo-jumbo and put you together
again.
Knowing tms, tney want to
be sure the game is worth the
candle. When a middle-aged
hero says “democracy” and
“freedom” to them they want
to be sure that what he really
means is not “foreign trade”
and "profits for Bethlehem
Steel.”
Leland Stowe, who is the
mouthpiece for Colonel Frank
Knox, secretary of the navy and
owner of the Chicago Daily
News, expressed the crux of the
matter very succinctly, albeit
unwittingly, in one of his recent
articles. Stowe quoted the now
dead dictator of Greece, Pre
mier Metaxes, who furnished
oratorical leadership for the
Greeks in their fight against
the invading Italians.
Said Metaxes: “For us of the
Greek orthodox faith, death is
only an episode.”
For the Mohammedans too,
death is only an episode, and if
a good Moslem dies in battle he
believes that he goes straight
to paradise to meet his seven
wives.
Unfortunately for the U.S. in
terventionists, few Americans
are believers in either Moham
med or the Greek orthodox
faith.
For too many of us death is
not an episode, not merely an
incident along a road that
stretches endlessly ahead. For
us, young materialists, death is
the end.
So Colonel Knox and all the
other interventionists up to
Franklin Roosevelt himself had
better take heed. When they
ask us to offer our lives to up
hold their theories they arc not
asking for a trifle, but for ev
erything.
Have a care, oh masters. Your
reasons even now tax our belief.
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ON WED. AND THURS., MARCH
12th AND 13th, THE COLLEGE
BOOK CO. OF COLUMBUS, OHIO
WILL HAVE A BUYER AT THE
CO-OP TO PAY CASH.
College Book Co,, Columbus, Ohio
Be Warned!
Commencement announcements should be
ordered at the “CO-OP” immediately after
the Spring vacation.
The price is 10 cents each. All orders must
be placed by April 25th to insure delivery
in plenty of time for mailing before your
commencement.
Samples will be ou display at the
Umiuersity 'CO-OP’
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CONSULT THE “CO-OP” TEXT-BOOK DEPARTMENT BEFORE YOU SELL
YOUR USED BOOKS, OUR TEXT-BOOK BUYER KNOWS MORE ABOUT BOOKS
TO BE USED HERE THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. ASK AT THE
“CO-OP” FIRST. HIGHEST CASH PAID.
the 'CO-OP’
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NORTHBOUND: Lv. Eugene 12:20 PM. and
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... when he wrote
“Whafs in a Name?”
The Bard of Avon was right about the rose —its name
is unimportant. But if he'd had anythin";to do,with
naming telephone exchanges, he’d have learned a lot!
Names must he easy to pronounce and transmit—must
not look or sound like other exchange names —must
not use the same dial finger spaces.
Take Ml IF and OTIS, for example. Fine!—except
they dial alike! For the first two letters of each appear
in the same finger spaces ou the dial.
Often hundreds of names are listed, studied, discarded
before one is found that meets all requirements. Such
care in every pha^e of Bell System work helps to make
5 our telephone service the world’s finest.
Whvnot telephone home often ? Iona Dis
tance rotes to most points ore low;;)
night after / P. M, and all day Sunday.