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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1941)
The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily 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 for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago— Boa ton—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. Editorial and Business Offices located on ground floor of Journalism building. Phones 1300 Extension: 382 Editor; 353 News Office; 359 Sports Office; and 354 Business Offices. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Anita Backberg, Classified Advertising Manager Ron Alpaugh, Layout Production Man ager Bill Peterson, Circulation Manager Mary Ellen Smith, Promotiion Director Eileen Millard. Office Manager LYLE M. NELSON, Editor JAMES W. FROST, Businesa Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Hal Olney, Helen Angell Jimmie Leonard, Managing Editor Kent Stitzer, News Editor Fred May, Advertising Manager Bob Rogers, National Advertising Mgr. Editorial Board: Roy Vernstrom, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Harold Olney, Kent Stitzer, Timtnie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbull, adviser. Pat Erickson, Women’* Editor Bob Flavelle, Co-Sport* Editor Ken Christianson, Co-Sport* Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Ray Schrick, Ass’t Manag ing Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Ass’t News Editor Wes Sullivan, Ass’t News Editor Corrine Wignes, Executive Secretary Mildred Wilson, Exchange Editor You Owe It to Yourself to Vote ‘Y'OTI owe it to yourself to vote today. There is a tendency in all elections, campus or otherwise, for the individual to minimize the importance of his own vote. “Oh well, my vote won’t make much difference,” is not an uncommon expression. Such an attitude is not conducive to good government. In a democracy every vote counts as much as any other—every vote is as important as another. It goes without saying that every citizen, or student, should exercise the right to vote. # # # 'JpiIIS year every student lias been granted suffrage. Critics of the plan said it wouldn’t work—that if everyone were given the right to vote, only a few would exercise the right. The election, we hope, should disprove their contention. Different student groups are backing diffei’ent candidates. The administration or any outsiders are not backing any of the candidates. Student votes and student initiative will decide the campaign. You owe it to yourself to vote, or as a California editor recently said, you’ll make a good subject for a fascistic ruler. A La Boston Red Sox “^^REGON has the heaviest-hitting baseball club that the northern division has ever seen,” quoted Coach Buck Bailey of the Washington State team. The sixteen players who have seen at least one time at bat this season have averaged a terrific .346 for the eight games played to date. Never has the northern division seen a whole team which could whack out such an average. Think of it. The Ducks average about 12 hits per game which they generate into 10.5 runs per game. Those hits are collected off good pitchers, too. Henry Bush man of Washington State is probably the best chucker in the league. Dick Snyder, Idaho; Bill Sewell, WSC; Glenn Elliott and Glayt Shaw, Oregon State; and Warren Sierer, Washing ton, are no mean pitchers. Yet the hard-hitting Oregon club continues to smack out hit on hit. * * * IT'LL be the hitting that will carry Oregon to the divisional pennant, if and when it happens. Oregon State’s pitching might upset the apple cart, but at present the Ducks are riding high. The acid test of their season will come next Tuesday when the Webfoots begin a road trip comprising six games in seven days—the toughest grind on the pitching staff. The one great saving factor for Oregon will be that the hitters can and will carry the pitchers through the trip. Game on game tends to sharpen a hitter's batting eye, while the road trip saps a pitcher’s strength. For this reason Oregon should come out of the road trip with its shoulders above water, while second-place Oregon State might sink — without the hitting.—K.C. Oregon®* Emerald Thursday Advertising; Staff: Mary Kay Riordan, manager Barbara Crosland Elizabeth Edmunds Peggy Magill Mary Reimera Betty Schalock Copy Desk Staff: Bill Hilton, city editor Herb Penny, Russ Hudson Bernie Engel Lynn Johnson A. J. Homer Brad Young Night Staff: Ardie Alexander, night editor Doris Jones, assistant Betty Anunsen j Campus Calendar Amphibians will hold their in itiation tonight at 7:30 in Ger linger. Members should be dressed in white. The YMCA speakers’ commit tee will call other campus relig ious group representatives to the “Y” hut at 4 o’clock today to make plans for the campus ap pearance May 18 and 19 of Ar thur Cushman McGifford, presi dent of the Pacific School of Re ligion, Berkeley, California. Jurors for the moot trial to night are asked to report for duty at 7:15 at the county court house. In the Editors Mail (Two letters, presenting opposite sides, are printed below. From these the student can draw his own conclusions.) (Editor’s note: Mr. Luoma for gets, or overlooks, two very im portant facts. (1) Mr. Luoma for gets that if the Emerald editor desired merely to promote Greek candidates there were several others already nominated that he could easily have promoted. (2) Mr. Luoma makes it very clear to Greeks and independents alike that the independent party, as well as the Greek party, rests its campaign not upon the basis of the respective merits of the candidates, but upon procuring a large share of the gravy for an adopted bloc.) To the Editor: The Greek candidate shot by Greek Emerald Editor Nelson (who has acquired a humanitar ian reputation for his sincere de votion of time, genius and Emer ald space during the past hectic nine months to the cause of the independent students) two days prior to spring term elections has perplexed many a campus inde pendent with his stand. This letter, collected from campus independents, conveys some of the reasons for the ques tions that have arisen. Subsequent campaigning, which includes the argument that the new Greek candidate is both pro Greek and pro-independent, and will bring the two parties togeth er harmoniously, sounds like the Communist candidate who said, vote for me, I am pro-Republi can and pro-Democrat, and will bring these two evil, bickering factions together. Others feel that this Greek bombshell is more appropriately referred to as a “tool” for ulti mate Greek success. They reason that the proper type of campaign ing, which has been conducted, will influence some independents to leave the real independent can didate; but they know that the highly-organized and sheep-like Greek vote will not deviate from the original Greek candidate. Therefore, what result? Just this, say our friends: the “tool” will break the independent vote and place the other Greek candi date on top. But the independent students are also well organized. Through proper political procedure their representatives have selected candidates who will best repre sent their interests. Naturally, the results independents desire will be best achieved by their own candidates—duly selected to represent them by the democratic independent pre-election proced ure. This year, with a vote - for - all - and - no - charge ASUO election, is the opportunity to ob tain a long-awaited independent victory. The independents have followed through with their pre election organization. They have selected their best candidates. And there is only one independ ent candidate for each position. Who will best represent the in terests of the independents? An independent! Who will best rep resent the interests of the Greeks? A Greek! This fact stands high above any last-min ute political maneuvering that takes place annually in our elec tions. This fact has been well ar gued, discussed and reasoned. This is a potential independent victory year. Only with a proper manifestation of the election privilege, that w’e all now have, can this latter statement be made a fact. Marvin Gorrie Gerald Huestis George Luoma This letter is submitted not as an argument or reflection of per sonal beliefs, but it is submitted To the Editor: Today approximately 1800 as sorted saps, yours truly among them, go to the polls trying to kid themselves into thinking they are deciding who shall hold the student body governmental posi tions. The funny thing about it is that we suckers should know better. We should know better because most of us will be forced to vote for one bloc or another; most of us have been bamboozled by eith er the “Greek” politicians or the “purity” hypocrites; most of us will not be voting for the candi date most worthy of the office, not by a long shot, because we would be double-crossing that which has been arranged for years. The suckers, among other min or details concerning the execu tive committee and representa tive “gravy” posts, will make sure that one Buck Buchwach, a midget screwball, is not elected to the senior position on the ex ecutive council. Why? Well, yours truly does not belong to a fraternity and therefore (God forbid) must not get onto the council or most as suredly he would do everything in his power to kill any Greek measure. And yours truly does not belong to the independent po litical “purity” party” either, and (horrors) does not and must not get their vote because if he gets onto the council he might vote for a Greek measure, instead of lining up solidly with the hand some hypocrites. Which leaves nobody to vote for yours truly except one room mate (who must be provided transportation to the polls). The moral to the story? If you think you are the best man, the best qualified for the position, for God sakes don’t run. The revolu tionary attempt would only meet in dismal failure, trampled by the Greek bloc and smeared by the Puritan independents. Pardon me while I find that automobile to get my roommate to the polls. My initial attempt at politics, no matter how naive, must not be blanked altogether. By Buck Buchwach. International Side Show By RIDGELY CUMMINGS One step at a time the clique of interventionists that surround Roosevelt are preparing us for war. Tuesday night Secretary of War Stimson called for convoys, a step that ev eryone is agreed will lead to a vio lent clash with the German blockade around the British Isles. That will, of course, mean war. ■m. It’s a disgust UntKmT ing game which Cummings the state depart ment and the Roosevelt adminis tration has been playing with the American public. They know just as you and I know that a national vote on the simple question: Should the United States enter the European war? would result in an overwhelming chorus of “no’s.” But they also know, our demo cratic representatives, that al though the American people have been opposed all along to an outright and blind jump into the conflict they are lethargic and trusting enough to allow them selves to be pushed slowly closer to the brink. So that has been the technique. In the name of peace the neutrality legislation was scrapped. It was even argued that the lend-lease bill was a “peace measure.” On the Brink Now we are on the brink of the precipice (many declare we are already over the edge) and the stimsons, et al are pushing with all their no small might and main. It is shrewd psychology to re peat over and over that the cause for peace is lost and that willy nilly we are already in the war. This engenders a spirit of defeat ism in the isolationists. Many feel they are fighting a lost bat tle and their protests are already turning into weak cries of re crimination. But the cause for peace is not yet lost. No American boys have yet fallen on European soil. No ships flying the American flag have yet been sunk. The lend lease bill was dangerously close to a declaration of industrial par ticipation in the war but it wasn’t an outright declaration and the interventionists are worried. They as a concise, representative inde pendent reaction to this year’s anti-independent movement. are afraid they have moved too fast for public opinion. Still Hope If the nation balks on the brink there is still hope. Just because . we have taken several large strides toward madness, there is no inescapable law which says we must make the final lunge. To change the subject slightly —that staunch militarist but oth erwise admirable chap, Bruce Hammond, yesterday wrote a poem about ostriches, copper heads, and isolationists. I am an swering him today in doggerel less polished than his own, but since I couldn’t find a good rhyme for “copperhead” I’d like to say that I’m not one, for one of the first tenets of an isolation ist is that the U.S. can’t be suc cessfully invaded, while a “cop perhead” is one who thinks his nation is doomed to defeat. Answer to Hammond Now Bruce is not an ostrich, For the ostrich fights alone, And Bruce wants lots of com pany When he offers blood and bone. He says war is no foreign thing To any man or breed; But if peace is just a whim to him, To others it’s a creed. Thou shalt not kill Is mandate still For many good and true, And the man with the gun Has a long way to run And many misfortunes to rue. So Bruce you may jump To the drums’ thump thump, And follow the bellowing herd—* But those ostriches all Who for hatred won’t fall Will be happier, having demurred. READER ADS Ten words minimum accepted. First insertion 2c per word. Subsequent insertions le per word. DISPLAY ADS Flat rate 37c column inch. Frequency rate (entire term) : 35c per column inch one time a week, 34c per column inch twice or more a week. Ads will be taken over the telephone on a charge basis if the advertiser is a subscriber to the phone. Mailed advertisements must have suffi cient remittance enclosed to cover definite number of insertions. Ads must be in Emerald business office no later than 6 p.m. prior to the day of insertion. • Lost THETA CHI PIN—diamond hilts —pearl blades, gold snake with ruby eye. Reward. Call Charles Haener or Len Clark, 1920.
