International Side Show
Will allowing food to reach the
hungry non-combatants of Eur
ope prolong the war? Professor
Emmet W. Gulley, president of
Cummings
Pacific college at
Newberg, says
“No, it will not,”
and the prexy
should know.
I dropped into
Westminster
house for the
Tuesday lunch
eon expecting to
see the regular
group or 20 to 25 standbys and
was pleasantly surprised to find
a capacity crowd of about 60, in
cluding many campus professors
and leaders, assembled to listen
to Mr. Gulley.
Quotes Stephen Douglas
A big man—I didn’t get the
statistics but he looked about six
foot four—Mr. Gulley opened up
by quoting Stephen Douglas’ re
mark about Lincoln’s height:
“How long, oh Lord, how long!’’
and Lincoln’s rebuttal: “How the
wicked are cut off!” The not-so
tall Paul Sutley, secretary of the
campus YMCA and chairman of
the meeting, wriggled in appre
ciation of the crack and then
Mr. Gulley got down to business,
which was to discuss the feeding
of Europe’s hungry in the light
of his experience as food adminis
trator for the Quakers in Spain
during the revolution.
War is more ruthless today
than ever before, he declared, be
cause starvation of whole popu
lations is recognized as a legiti
mate weapon. The four horsemen
of the Apocalypse are riding in
horrible succession across Eur
ope. First comes war; close in its
train comes famine; then, logical
outcome of malnutrition and lack
of sanitation, comes pestilence;
and finally, like the clean-up man
in the batting order, death, to
knock a home run and release
the victims.
Non-combatants Get Left-overs
The hardest hit are the most
defenseless, the women and chil
dren, for as long as the will to
war is strong the generals will
see that the soldiers eat. The non
combatants must take the left
overs, and there comes a time in
modern war when there are no
left-overs.
Of these four horsemen, pesti
lence is one that recognizes no
boundary lines. Disease germs
jump in defiance of border pa
trols and Mr. Gulley used the ex
ample of the spread of Spanish
influenza during and after the
first world war as proof of this.
Flu spread over Europe and in
1918-19 hundreds of (thousands
died of it in this country.
Mr. Gulley deplored the debate
over who is responsible for the
hunger of Europe’s women and
children. It makes no difference
whether it is the German inva
sion or the English blockade that
is the root of the trouble—the im
portant thing, he maintained, is
that the hungry be fed.
Europe’s conquered democra
cies have the money to buy food.
What they are pleading for is per
mission to buy food in this coun
try, take it in their own ships
through the blockade to where it
is needed, and distribute it where
it is most needed, under strict U.
S. supervision and untouched by
the governments of England and
Germany.
Lists Major Objections
Major objections are (1) that
Hitler will withdraw food from
the nation being fed, and (2) that,
even if he doesn’t, feeding the
non-combatants will prolong the
war.
The answer to (1) is that if
food is requisitioned from the na
tion being helped the help will
be withdrawn. Mr. Gulley told
how this worked out in Spain,
where wheat was sent to Fran
co’s side (it went to both sides
and Mr. Gulley was distributor
for the Loyalists) and Franco
tried to export a corresponding
amount of wheat. The Friends so
ciety learned of this and threat
ened to cut off supplies. Senor
Franco capitulated.
As for (2)—even on the Loyal
ist side, which more nearly re
sembled the democratic concept,
when the Quakers started giving
relief they found that thousands
of children had already starved,
but the army was eating and the
war was going on full force. The
weak were going to the wall, as
they must these days unless we
can re-awaken belief in the gold
en rule of doing unto others as
we would have them do unto us,
and the war raged on.
Quakers Feed 215,000
The Quakers fed 215,000 chil
dren daily after their arrival un
til war’s end, Mr. Gulley de
clared. If they hadn’t been fed,
these 215,000 children would
have been innocent victims, but
the war wouldn’t have stopped
any sooner.
The parallel holds good in Eur
ope. The warring nations will
continue to slaughter each other
until a miracle intervenes or un
til one or both sides loses the will
to slaughter, and the starvation
of a few million non-combatants
is not a crucial factor in their
plans.
Operating on the assumption
that human life is valuable and
more or less sacred, an assump
tion which war denies, we hu
manitarians in this country
should lift our voices and raise a
little hell for those who are
voiceless.
I had another character sketch
to append to this today, but the
space is gone and this problem
is much, much more important.
School Secretary
To Interview Girls
Over KOAC Tonight
Mrs. Ruth May Thompson, sec
retary of the school of business
administration and instructor in
BA, will interview five senior
girls of the school over KOAC
tonight on the weekly business
hour.
Purpose of the interviewing is
to give retailers and other busi
ness men who have been notified
of the broadcast a little idea of
what the college graduate wish
ing positions with them have to
offer. The broadcast may be the
means of getting a job for the
five to be interviewed, she ex
plained.
Those on the program will be
Maxine Klinge, who attended
Linfield before coming to Ore
Campus Calendar
Persons interested in summer
Real Silk selling will meet to
night at 7:30 in Room 5, Com
merce.
Cafeteria lunch will be served
this noon in the YWCA bunga
low. It is sponsored by the Dill
Pickle club and the YWCA cabi
net.
Forty-two students have regis
tered for the Westminster May
3-4 outing at Kitson springs. Res
ervations are still available, and
can be made at Westminster
house.
Westminster house will hold a
picnic at 6 p.m. today. If the
weather is good, supper will be
served by the outdoor fireplace.
Everyone is welcome, and each
person is asked to bring a covered
dish.
First round girls’ golf matches
will start May 1 and end May 6.
Please turn in all qualifying
rounds by today at the Ger
linger cage.
For the remainder of the term,
the Badminton club will meet on
Wednesday night. In case of con
flict with some important event,
meetings will be held on Thurs
day, as is the case this week.
Graduate Positions
Awarded to Three!
Two graduate students and a
senior in the Romance language
department have recently re
ceived graduate appointments at
other universities for the coming
year.
Donald G. Castanien, research
assistant in Romance languages,
has received offers from the
graduate departments of UCLA,
Wisconsin, and Michigan univer
sities. He will accept the Michigan
offer where he will continue his
research studies.
Frances M. Harland, graduate
assistant in Romance languages,
has received and accepted an of
fer for graduate research work
at New York university.
Perry John Powers, graduating
senior in Romance languages, has
received graduate school appoint
ments from Brown, Columbia,
and Johns Hopkins universities.
He will accept the latter.
gon, Jean Ann Semling, a former
student of the College of Teresa,
Minnesota, Marie Weatherly,
Laura Hughes, and Doris Smeed.
T. M. Holt, graduate BA school
assistant, will reveal current bus
iness trends in his “Business Ob
server” feature at 7:45 over the
same station.
Airline Neophytes
'Coke Up' the Profs'
By MILDRED WILSON
“Yippee! The cokes are on me,
fellows—”
That cry has echoed around the
airport at least 40 times in the
last few weeks.
It sounded swell to everyone
the first few times they heard it
—ever since the first soloist, very
elated at his birdlike venture, in
a sudden burst of generosity de
cided to treat the whole crowd to
the handiest beverage.
In fact it sounded swell even up
to the fifteenth or eighteenth
time—but after that a few hab
itual members of the airport
crowd, especially the instructors,
began to turn slightly green
when the neophyte pilots would
light after their first solo—with
a coke-dispensing gleam in their
eyes.
One original minded member of
the ‘‘flying fifty” broke the tradi
tion slightly by presenting his
instructor with a case of beer
after his first solitary soar—
things were looking up for awhile.
But, unfortunately, subsequent
students didn’t take the hint.
It’s still cokes. And out at the
airport they shudder whenever
anyone mentions the fact that
eight more students still have to
solo.
Eight more rounds of cokes
Traditions to Rule
For Three Day Frolic
By RAY SCHRICK
Traditions will again reign
supreme on the University of
Oregon campus May 9, 10, and 11
when Junior Weekend renews
festivities which made college
days a “happy, carefree” life in
the gay ’90s.
Opening Friday with the cam
pus luncheon, four days of pro
grams and fun will swing atten
tion to something even greater
than the spirit of Arabian Nights
and Oriental genii, as lettermen
again fill the “ducking pool” be
tween Deady and Fenton for a
new spring rush.
Strict observance of all lunch
eon traditions was promised by
Martin Schedler and Elliott Wil
son, co-chairmen in charge of
traditions, last night. Wearing
white shoes, ties, and talking
with members of the opposite sex
will be punished by dunking, they
reported.
Traditional parades of Askle
piads, Friars, and Mortar Boards
will also highlight the luncheon
with each of these groups tap
ping new pledges for the coming
year. Scabbard and Blade, mili
tary honorary, will be guard of
honor for the queen and her
court, Schedler stated.
The weekend calendar will
enter into complete spirit of its
afternoon schedule at 3 o’clock.
From 3 to 5 parents and students
will dance on the library terrace
to the music of Ray Dickson’s
quintet. Intermission will offer
entertainment in form of a men’s
fashion show in women’s cloth
ing. Prizes will be awarded for
the best costume.
Bright and early Saturday
morning freshman men will rise
to respond to the call of Class
President Jim Burness and to re
paint the “O,” high atop Skin
ner’s Butte. Long a tradition, this
“ceremony” will last one hour,
from 8 to 9 o’clock.
The 8 to 9 morning hour win
also find sophomore men cleaning
the Oregon seal in front of Villard
hall, under the watchful eye of
President Bud Vandeneynde.
Class festivities will be at their
competitive best by 9 o’clock
with inauguration of a “pu|3h
ball” contest between classes in
stead of the usual tug-of-war.
This will be a game of two 15
minute halves in which the two
opposite sides try to push a bafl
across the opponents’ goal line.
Oregon l?; Emerald
Wednesday Advertising Staff:
Jim Thayer, manager
Dave Holmes
Bob Rudolph
Dave Zilca
Night Staff:
Herb Penny, night editor
Joanne Nichols
Marge Curtis
Bob Frazier ,
Copy Desk Staff:
Bob Frazier, city editor
Ted Goodwin, assistant
Don Ross
Joanne Nichols
Herb Penny
FRED’S
CAMPUS SHOP
Men’s Haberdashery
by
Wilson Brothers
Across from Sigma Chi
Cleaning Ph. 3141
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