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First Lady
JjN n lime fraught with attempts to create a new crop of
“divine leaders’'’ throughout the world, a First Lady such
as Fleanor Roosevelt is a refreshing reminder that the true
spirit of democracy still lives.
fthe is a composite picture of that ideal of equality, humility,
ambition, spirit, and indeed that dash of humor that Lin Yu
Vang considers so significant to national spirit.
The key to Mrs. Roosevelt’s magnetic quality was expressed
“between the lines’’ of her talk Wednesday night. Speaking
of creation of better Pan-American relations, she declared that
the most important step is development of the ability to mold
jUncself to any situation, to enjoy life wherever it may be lived.
That is Mrs. Roosevelt’s suggestion for peace in the Americas.
That is Mrs. Roosevelt.
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rJMTF integrity of her smile and the honesty of her voice
make those who meet her forget immediately that she is
4h< wife of the President. Whether it's about her grandchild’s
new tooth or the economic situation in Portugal, she is as
a xious to hear the opinions of others as their own mothers
u ould he. She is an enthusiast on the importance of “getting
things discussed.”
Flic is more than the wife of a president. For even if she
it-ad new seen the White Ilous-*, Airs. Roosevelt would be the
personification of that which today seems to he as important
as food and drink to democratic people . . . humility toward
fellow-beings, intelligence, alertness, enthusiasm for life, relig
ion •> ideals, and an untiring desire to search for the truth.--11.A.
More Power to Popeye
y lily V year when the warm spring breezes gently waft their
way across the Oregon campus and the student mind
irrevocably turns to thoughts of some favorite swimming hole,
the physical department uncoils its several miles of fire hose
and begins to bedevil campus pedestrian life.
It is not unusual to see a student streaking his way—just
as all Oregon students streak when late for class—across the
campus, swerving to and fro in an attempt to dodge the man
made tools of Jupiter. It is not unusual to sit in a classroom
aud watch the spouting dragons efficiently conquer and claim
the campus sidewalks for their king, Poseidon.
’Less someone thinks this is a criticism of the physical de
partment—or, worse still, accuses us of not being duly serious
t—wo offer the following self-evident facts in the light of which
any superficial conclusion will seem justified. (1) The people
vho set the miniature “old faithfuls” are doing their duty.
(2i Maybe they are trying to show up the WPA and make
the grass grow on the sidewalks. (:>) Anyway it's easier to go
Out and “cool off” when told to do so.
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EVROM those thought-provoking facts it must already be
evident that something must be done, ami done at once.
The University thought machines—all students but those in
law school—have been working day and night and have
,feooked up" what they consider an effective, if not immediate,
remedy. Their history-making decision can best be summarized
in the following three suggestions:
(1 That students walk across the lawns where they are
certain to miss the drowning machines. (2) That the University
install a finer system with built-in sprinklers on either side of
the walks, (3) That someone donate 3000 umbrellas to be used
l>y students when walking across the campus.
Anyway as soon as Popeye defeats Davy Jones things will
l*e different.
News note: Men will dre» in women's gowns between inter
missions of the Junior Weekend terrace dance to put on a
special style show.
Editor's note: They will, no doubt, take advantage of the
opportunity to go into their sarong and dance.
In the Editor's Mail
To the Editor:
The letter that Mr. Lindbergh wrote received much notice
and many opinions. One said “a letter notable for its restraint,
dignity, sincerity, and freedom from personal innuendos.*’
This epistle will be of an entirely different nature. There could
not possibly be any restraint from one who is boiling inside
and tainted with personal prejudices.
However, Mr. Cummings, I take you at your word that this
is a “free country" and 1 have a right to express my opinions.
That last, don't you think has been a bit overdone. After all
there are conventions and social barriers set by ourselves and
our ancestors which we must respect. Would you consider
disobeying the laws of marriage and preach the doctrine of
“free-love,” because tiiis is a “free country”?
This to me is about as incongruous as your viewpoint on the
present situation. Mr. Lindbergh has disobeyed the laws of
nationalism by shouting defeat in our ears, and because society
has vowed to ostracize him in their grace—you think the next
step will be concentration camps. Is this not a little bit far
fetched Mr. Cummings?
^ ou are entitled to your opinions, but I and a dozen others
wish that you would keep them to yourself when it comes to
demoralizing our faith in a nation which we love, a nation
which we would give our lives and our sons for. Your camping
on the side with one who implies pro-Nazi sympathies is com
pletely out of step with what we take pride in.
If at any other time but the present situation I would brush
aside your remarks with the opinion that you are an incurable
romanticist with a strange mental quirk that does not enable
you to see that freedom in America, no matter how little,
is far better than being a whipped dog under another flag.
\ ou have your rights as I have mine but everyone could not
be out of step in this march but you. . .-.
Please give it a little more reasonable thought, Mr. Cum
mings.
Laura May Hexter.
International Side Show
By RIDGELY CUMMINGS
Remember the story of the lit
tle boy who didn't get to see the
circus but who came home all
thrilled because he had helped to
water the elephant ?
..__ __ Well that’s
your correspond
ent. He didn’t get
to hear Eleanor
Roosevelt's
speech, which was
apparently a rep
etition of the ac
cepted truism
■ that strong cul
SBKSf ; tural ties make a
Cummings good loundation
for political and trade relations,
either with South American re
publics or with any other nation,
and that the way to improve
these cultural bonds is to meet
the people, learn the language,
exchange students liberally, and
substitute cooperation for com
petition.
He missed the speech but he
did get an interview.
Just “Plain Folks”
It is an adage among newspa
per men that the more important
the personage the easier they are
to meet. The really big personal
ities are just “plain folks," and
usually very nice folks, too. This
is especially true of Mrs. Roose
velt, a president’s wife who bulks
large on the national horizon in
her own right.
Mrs. Roosevelt was very ably
guarded against intruders by her
secretary, Malvina Thompson, an
imposing woman in a red eve
ning gown, but this was the only
barrier. In spite of a threatening
letter received in Los Angeles a
few days ago, not a single G-man
was in sight.
The First Lady was seated in
an armchair before a dressing
table, wearing a lace evening
gown of grayish lavender. She
looked stately and at the same
time friendly as she smiled and
told Jimmie Leonard, one of the
three of us who beat the rest of
the news hawks to the punch, to
go ahead with his flash bulbs.
Her face was a little thinner than
I had expected from her pic
tures and there were a lot of
laugh-wrinkles under her eyes,
but she seemed in good health in
spite of her strenuous tour.
An Old Hand
To the request for permission
to ask questions she nodded as
sent and smiled a smile that im
plied this was an old story for
her.
“Is the United States already in
the war?”
“No, we are not, but we ARE
engaged in a war of ideas,” she
replied, elaborating on this by
pointing out the conflict between
the ideals of the dictatorships
and the democracies. •
“Do you think the United
States will send an expeditionary
force to Europe?”
“Where do you think w’e can
land an expeditionary force?”
she countered.
“Well, Portugal and Switzer
land are the only two neutrals
left, and we’d have to use para
chutes to get them to Switzer
land," was the reply. Mrs. Roose
velt laughed agreement.
“You are too young to remem
ber the last war," she said, but at
that time we had friendly shores
and camps and armament and
equipment waiting for our boys.”
She countered a suggestion that
Africa was still British and avail
able as a landing base by saying
she considered the whole idea
“highly improbable.”
Doesn't Want War
She concluded the international
phase of the interview by adding
that she was no authority on
these subjects and that “I hope,
as does everyone else, that we
won’t have to go into the war.”
Then Colonel Lindbergh cropped
up. “Do you think Lindbergh
should return his medal?”
“If you asked me what I would
do if I had a German medal I
The
Passing
Parade
By CORINE LA MON
Is Doc Henry trying to get a
date in the Theta house by using
the same tactics he used on the
Gamma Phis? (Said tactics did
n’t work, incidentally) . . . What’s
this about Don Swink sneak dat
ing with Ann Miner after the
Theta house dance?—He’s SUP
POSED to be going with Ruth
Condon. . .
A “Suppression for Cummings
Club’’ is being organized in the
back booths of the College Side.
Applicants for membership must
submit personality sketches on
Ridgley Cummings of SIDE
SHOW fame, we understand . . .
Why do they call Adele Canada
“Bundles?” Bundles for Canada,
no doubt . . . Carolyn Collier gave
Greg Decker’s Sigma Nu pin
back two months ago but SN
censorship has kept it out of the
columns until now . . .
Divorce department: Shirley
Huntington broke up with Wish
Brown. They’re still good friends,
though . . . Betty Johnson gave
Chuck Powers’ ATO pin back
Sunday. She just took it Satur
day . . . Jeanette Neilson gave
SAE prexy Bernie McCudden’s
pin back. This may not be leap
year, but he asked for it . . .
And now for a few new cou
ples - about - campus: Elaine Mc
Farlene and Reed Farrell going
steady . . . Bob Newland hung
his Theta Chi pin on Janet Ross,
ADPi . . . Phyllis A3h, Chi O,
took Tommy Roblin’s Pi Kap pin
Saturday night . . . John Schil
ler killed two birds with one stone
when he gave Nadine Bouck a
diamond ring. The occasions: en
gagement and initiation . . . Cis
Steele and John Powers, Fiji, ai’e
pinned again after a six-week re
lapse . . . Marellen Wilbur and
Dick Ashcom dating again . . .
When Nancy Allen and Don Mc
Kalson, Fiji, who works in the
Side, go sailing it doesn’t look
much like the triangle that has
been rumored around . . . Bobbie
MacLaren took Howard Lawr
ence’s Theta Chi pin night before
last . . . Joe Walker, Chi Psi, and
Willow Coffin, Hendricks girl
have been steadying for some
time . . . Bob Skibinski, Beta,
planted his pin on an OAC Pi
Phi, Adeline Hargood by name.
F. Tom Atkinson, e x - D e 11
prexy, leaves school to go south
to work at Lockheed today. He’s
stopping en route to see pin
plantee Edie Heath at Stanford
. . . Joe Marty, SAE, decided not
to go to San Francisco this week
end. Reason: He has a date with
Julie Gillespie, Susie girl . . .
We hear the Beta convention
in Portland and the Sigma Chi
conclave in Seattle last week
end were quite THE deals . . .
That’s all for now ... As they
say in jolly old England, “Cheerio,
pip pip, thumbs up, good night,
world!”
would answer that I would have
given it back a long time ago be
cause I don't like what Hitler is
«doing and has done. But what
Mr. Lindbergh does with his med
al is entirely up to Mr. Lind
bergh.”
Then as an afterthought she
asked: ‘‘What would you do if
you had the medal?”
An embarrassed silence and
then: “Well, I’m kind of a pacif
ist and I recently wrote a little
piece defending Lindbergh.”
“Pacifist or not, what would
you do?” she insisted.
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