International Side Show
By RIDGELY CUMMINGS
Daisies raise trusting heads up
on the campus lawns, the sun
still shines, and spring is swell
ing the trees, but there are many
Cummings
events on the
night wire to re
mind one that
fear, suspicion,
and intolerance
are growing. A
young David
Wark Griffith
would find plenty
ofmaterialto
make another
such movie as the
lyiti version ot "intolerance
which showed in Chapman hall
the other day.
Here’s a sample. In Washing
ton General George C. Marshall,
chief • .of • staff, announced that
soon. -«*»re. than half a million *
civilians-wtlHnc enrolled as volun
- teer - observers in a nation-wido
nr twoskrito •■umm. against aerial
invaders. The general didn’t .say
whether the "invaders” are com
- ing from Mars,.Mexico, ,or Can
ada; but-before the end of August
between 500,000 and 600,000 per
sons will be "actively participat
ing” in air defense.
- Divorcees Don’t Escape
In - Portland, - selective service
officials are reported to be dig
ging into - divorce lists to find
men no longer entitled to defer
- ment beeause of no longer having
dependents. That indicates a
suspicious attitude, which in re
turn reflects a well-known fact,
namely that the draft law just
isn't popular.
Incidentally this is a good time
to say so-long to Wen Brooks,
well-known journalism student
and leader of campus republican
circles. Wen dropped out of school
this term to earn a little dough
ray mee, but the army says noth
ing doing. Wen’s number has
come up and he is due to leave
next week. Happy hunting old
boy.
iviotners’ Boys Learn How
Speaking- of future soldiers re
minds me of Soldier Wayne Har
bert who was editor of the Ore
gana a few years ago. Wayne is
now in Camp Roberts, California,
from whence he recently wrote a
little piece about a bayonet prac
tice which is too good to remain
buried in the files. This is Wayne
talking:
“They have thousands of what
were. once, mothers’ boys running
and whooping at each other with
the rusty old bayonets. It’s either
us or the opponent, they say, if
it ever comes to the real thing
“ ‘Now if any of you have ever
worked in a meat shop,’ the col
onel pointedly told us one day
after he had stepped from his
Packard and talked to us in the
shade of an oak, ‘you know it’s
hard to stick a knife where there
are bones, such as in a man’s
chest. So strike ’em in the neck,
the face, or cut ’em in the guts!’
“Then they commanded us to
yell like Indians when we left
our base positions to charge and
turn on guard on the spot our op
ponent had recently left. I
meowed like a pretty mad house
cat on my first run, refusing to
see the sense of stimulating lust.
But now if Tarzan could hear me
scream he’d think I was trying
to cut in on his lost mate.”
It’s Not Pretty
That’s not a pretty picture
Wayne paints. War may sound
romantic but when one gets down
to the bare details it is made up
of young men sticking knives
into the necks and faces of other
young men. Naturally one has to
yell like an Indian in order to
acquire the proper frame of mind
for such butchery. Even with the
yelling it’s going to be difficult
for some of us. We’re going to
take a lot of training.
To change the subject, it looks
like Mrs. Roosevelt saw a straw
in the wind when she suggested
that U. S. citizens cut down on
buying new cars during the next
few years. Last night William S.
Knudsen, director of OPM (office
of production management) an
nounced that the automobile in
dustry has agreed to reduce its
output of 1942 automobiles and
trucks by about 1,000.000 units.
A 20 per cent curtailment goes
into effect August 1. The idea is
that the manpower, material, and
facilities withdrawn from making
cars will be diverted to “defense
production.”
In Greece last night the Ger
mans appeared to be gaining
ground, while in Washington
Senator Charles W. Tobey, repub
lican from New Hampshire, called
upon President Roosevelt to give
a “frank, unequivocal, and com
plete statement” of his position
on the convoy question. Roose
velt will probably wait for awhile,
hoping for public opinion to catch
up with him.
Campus Calendar
Voting for Westminster officers
will begin at the open house at 8
p.m. The ballot box will be left
in the entrance hall so that stu
dents may vote until Sunday
noon. At this time the votes will
be taken on a student picnic, and
counted there. Students are invit
ed to the picnic, which will be
held somewhere on the McKenzie.
Cars will leave at 12:15 p.m.
Orides who are planning to at
tend the potluck dinner Monday
night are asked to sign up with
Mrs. Edith Siefert, Gerlinger
hostess, before Monday noon.
Wesley foundation will hold
open house tonight at 8 p.m.
with Murray Adams in charge.
Remaining matches in the first
round of women’s tennis must be
played off by Monday. Second
round will end Friday, April 25.
Rally Precedes
(Continued from paae one)
ing he said, "Such a building
would implement the ideal of gen
eral student participation in cam
pus affairs.” Anse Cornell, ath
letic director, reviewed the fi
nancial program of the athletic
department for the past five
years. He said that they have
made a $51,000 actual net profit
during that time.
Eighty voices of the Eugene
high school a cappella choir un
der the direction of Glenn Grif
fith, music supervisor of the high
school, sang three numbers. They
were: "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy
Ones” by Fisher, “All In the
April Evening” by Robertson, and
"Beautiful Savior,” arranged by
Christiansen with a solo by Enid
Smith.
"Does Your Heart Beat for
Me?” Russ Morgan’s theme song
was sung by the Gamma Phi Beta
trio consisting of Jean Burt,
Elizabeth Steed, and Frances
Roth.
"King” Earle Russell and his
“Dukes” Bud Steele and Max
Miller led yells while the Univer
sity band under Leader John
Stehn played.
Bob Whitely, ATO, read a tele
gram explaining why an expected
hula dancer did not arrive. Les
Anderson, head of the rally com
mittee, asked all to be at the
station at 12:04' to meet Coach
Hobby Hobson, and the “tall firs.”
UNION
NOW!
By Ann Reynolds
Next Tuesday, April 22 is the
date scheduled for the general
meeting of everyone interested
in the student union movement.
They will meet in the faculty
room of Friendly hall at 7:30.
The student-faculty committee is
preparing information that they
think will interest those who have
expressed the desire to do some
thing to help.
After a brief account of what
has been done, the meeting will
be turned over to any student or
faculty member who wishes to
ask questions or offer sugges
tions. As we have repeated so
many times before, the main, pur
pose is to ascertain the attitude
of the student body. This will be
the first direct contact that the
committee has had with student
opinion and the outcome of this
meeting will largely determine
the speed with which the plans
go through.
Faculty Backs
One of the most encouraging
elements of the whole movement
is the enthusiasm evidenced by
the faculty members. The men
who are doing most of the work
are specialists in their fields.
They are the ones who say “The
students don’t know what they
are missing by not having their
own building for an activity cen
ter.”
Outstanding at the last meet
ing Wednesday was the question
of providing convenient kitchen
facilities to supply the large ban
quet hall and the several smaller
dining rooms. Mrs. Genevieve
Turnipseed, director of the dorms,
and a decided expert on dinner
dances and banquets, was one of
the guests at the meeting. When
she was asked to express her
opinion on the most important
point of dining facilities she im
mediately said, “Quick service
from the kitchen to the tables so
that the food will be attractive.”
We know that nearly every one
will agree with her on that point
especially if they have ever at
tended a banquet at Gerlinger.
Another question was raised if
the proposed cafeteria in con
nection with the card and game
room would draw enough of the
students.
Perhaps a Cafeteria
The eating place would prob
ably be less like the usual cafe
teria and more like a club or
gathering place like the Side.
During the day between classes
the students could go there for
recreation and the larger meals
could be served twice a day.
Another item that hasn’t been
mentioned before but that is
especially important to the unaf
filiated students is the possible
provision for lockers. These could
be used by the Eugene students
to leave their books and coats in
during the day.
The meeting Tuesday will be
the first proof of exactly how
much enthusiasm there is on the
campus for the building. If there
is a large attendance the work
will go on twice a sfast.
FRED’S
CAMPUS SHOP
Men’s Haberdashery
by
Wilson Brothers
Across from Sigma Chi
Cleaning Ph. 3141
United States Praised
By Canadian Teacher
By DOROTHEA CATHCART
A wee bit of Britain, tucked
away in the physical education
department, has probably not
been known about by most stu
dents on the campus. Miss Mar
ion Maynard, graduate assistant
in physical education, comes
from Vancouver, B. C., but at
tended the University of Toron
to, which is located on the Great
Lakes, in Ontario, Canada.
Caught between classes, Miss
Maynard, small, dark, and with
a charming British-Canadian ac
cent, stood over a radiator and
told of catching a street car and
within a half hour skiing in the
mountainous country surround
ing Vancouver.
Tourist Travel
As American tourists are nu
merous in Vancouver, the down
town sections are much like an
average American city, but the
residential districts are distinct
ly British, in architecture and
furnishings, Miss Maynard said.
One of the largest colleges in
Canada, the University of To
ronto, has a total registration of
about 12,000. It is similar to the
American colleges of the East as
it is very formal, Miss Maynard
stated, adding “It would be un
thinkable to appear on the cam
pus at Toronto in a pair of ank
lets.”
“The British aren't as reserved
as Americans think. They have
a different type of sense of hu
mor. The British idea of having1
a good time is not to let their
hair down and have a whopping
good time, but to resort to subtle
ty in their fun,”, Miss Maynard
said.
Comparisons >
Americans, she has found, are
very easy, comparatively, to get
acquainted with and would usual
ly “break their neck to do some
thing for you.” She pointed out
that America is similar to Can
ada as both have different ac
cents in scattered parts of their
country.
Miss Maynard plans on getting
her master’s degree from the Uni
versity of Oregon and is major
ing in corrective \yprk in physi
cal education.
"Four hundred University of
Michigan students are housed tar
the university’s new east quad«t
rangle of residence halls.
A $20,060 steel storage build
ing is now being used by Iowa
State college for books seldom
used or kept for exchange pur
poses.
Every operator
in this
telephone exchange
must speak
four languages! j
Each operator in San Francisco’s Chinatown telephone ex
change must speak English plus at leafet three of the five
Chinese dialects — Som Yup, Soy Yup, Heong Sow, Gow
Gong and Aw Duck—in order to handle calls. For the average
Chinese understands no dialect but his own!
Since there is no Chinese alphabet, the 36 page directory,
listing 2200 subscribers, can’t be printed in tbfe usual way.
It is handwritten — then reproduced by engraving and print
ing processes. Subscribers are listed by streets, instead of
alphabetically. And operators must almost know the book
by heart, for the Chinese seldom call by number—but by
name and address.
Here is a Bell System exchange that in many
ways is unique. But it is just like thousands of
others in giving good service to telephone users.