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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1941)
Oregon ® Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sunday*, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University *4 Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second dks~, matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago— Bo* •M—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. Editorial and Business Offices located on ground floor of Journalism building. Phone* li?00 Extension: 382 Editor; 353 New* Office; 359 Sport* Office; and 354 Bu*ine*» Offices. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Anifi Backberg, Classified Advertising Manager Atyaugh, Layout Production Man ager Bill feterson, Circulation Manager Wary Ellen Smith, I'roiuotiion Director Eileen Millard. Office Manager JLSTE M. NELSON, Editor JAMES W. FROST, Businesi Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Hal Olney, Helen Angell fttnrn SEcnt !o Leonard, Managing Editor Stitzer, News Editor Fred May, Advertising Manager Bob Rogers, National Advertising Mgr. Editorial Hoard: Roy Vernstrom, Pat Erickson, Helen Angell, Harold Olney, Kent tftitzcr, tjmmie Leonard, and Professor George Turnbnll, adviser. Pat Erickson, Women'* Editor Bob Flavelie, Co-Sport* Editor Ken Christianson, Co SporU 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 Ten Torches 'TTHE most representative "roup of student executives that ' has ever been elected to govern the University of Oregon yesterday pledged themselves to carry on the duties of their office to the host of their ability. It is a highly desirable executive council that formally took over the leadership of the University. Each of the ten officers A as distinguished himself on the campus, is known by many •tudents for his school service. Indeed, polities helped put each •one of them in office, but that cannot detract from the fact that each had already proved himself capable of contributing Something tangible to the campus. The group represents both Greek and independent organiza tions lr is a cross-section of the University of Oregon . . . and the ba.*.is of a democratic organization in the field of student Hou.- affairs next year. w *• * nr HE new executive committee lias every opportunity to be of real service to the University. Its membership roll indicates that if should have a perspective view of the campus. It has the beginnings of new and bigger things based on three out *1'Hiding contributions of this year’s exec council: spirited achool a.somblies, universal suffrage for all undergraduates, a *te\ interfraternity sing contest, and rally committee reorgan feat ion. The next year will be a test tube ease. In that period ton apparently capable University undergraduates will have an opportunity to prove the worth of more truly representative •Indent government, ami to prove their own ability to govern fejtciligeutly and unselfishly. The torch is theirs. Au Revoir A^S another school year draws slowly to a close the tempta tion to wax profuse in morbid sentimentalities is almost overpowering. Especially is this true when one notices that 1G of this year's University faculty members will not be on the <eampns next year. Prominent names that will not be on the faculty roster when stration day again rolls around are Arthur (i. Dudley, assistant professor of business administration; Donald Hargis, instructor in speech; Mark Hanna, instructor in speech; James It Pcanton, professor of religion ; and Lieutenant Colonel John y\> p: issoy, assistant professor of military seenee and tactics. At the same time it was announced that other faculty mem bers were being retired to a part time basis. Among these was Oregon's respected and well-known head of the department of political science, Dr. James D. Barnett, familiarly known itr. <;Stiffy” Barnett because of a tendency to bear down with the red pencil on a student’s exam paper. Julia Burgess, pro le --> r o*' English, also retires to part time service. , *:■ *• * /^TIIER faculty members will leave the campus temporarily by virtue of leave of absence. Prominent names in this Ji.,1 .re "Warren D. Smith, head of the department of geography and geology; Anne L. Beck, professor of music; and P. A. I'arsons, head of th" department of sociology. There are some names on that list that have long graced the faculty roster of the University. Then there are some who |j ive not b um on the campus so long but they have made many frie 1 Is and have many admirers. These, and others, will say goo iby to the Oregon campus with the final day of spring tei; lu n:au\ cases the loss cannot help being keenly felt. —11.0. • ] ’s a startling creation of modern journalistic trends, with * . ,*al*!e dose of heretofore unheard-of original ideas. That .i \ 1 at is promised in tomorrow’s annual fling of the first - yi- Erne‘aid ■workers — I'.ditor Bob Frazier’s PHI frosh jfddioa. WHITEHEAD, STAR INFIELD ER. OF THE NEW YORK, GIANTS, IS THE ONLY PHI BETA KAPPA IN BASEBALL/ HE'S A U.OP NO. CAROLINA AUJ/A. 3?jreS: / A \ FAMILV tUtiAK DtlHtLL mu HO WIFE,ROSE, BOTH MADE .STRAIGHT ‘A* AVERAGES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAST SEMESTER ! Way back when* rr was customary for college? TO FURNISH PROFESSORS WITH PASTURES FOR THEIR COWS / a c~ International Side Show By KIDGELY CUMMINGS . The strange case of Rudolf Hess is taking puzzling turns. As far as Great Britain is concerned he has changed from a Nazi Cummings gifcuiiuui vvy “another Nazi thug.” Hailed as an “idealist” w hen he was first captured, he is now character ized as a “mur derer.” There are some people, notably hecklers in the back booths of the College Side, who profess to see no contradic tion in the two terms. These theoretical justifiers of force and violence when it is directed to ward “good *ends” gave me a thorough working over yester day because I maintained that murder was practically never justified. The only exception, I admitted after being backed into a corner, might be that of an in dividual who kills another indi vidual to save his own life, but I balked when the “suppressors of Cummings club” tried to extend this into masses of individual killing other masses of individ uals, as in warfare. The analogy didn’t hold good, I thought, be cause the individuals in the var ious uniforms have no particular animosity against those on the other side and are merely carry ing out the organized slaughter on orders from somebody else. There Is a Difference There is a lot of difference be tween shooting a madman who is chasing you with a butcher knife (even then it might be bet ter to merely aim at his arm or leg and stop him, rather than kill him)—that is different from spending months practicing sticking bayonets into the giz zards of straw dummies and then, when one is proficient in this gentle art of butchery, going out of your own territory to say Af rica or France and trying it out on live dummies. So since Hess is, Bevin says he is, responsible for the torture and death of many a good com munist, socialist, or trade union ist. he is automatically excluded from being an “idealist” as far as I am concerned. So, too, are Churchill and Bevin, though if anyone wants to substitute “fan atic” for “idealist” I won’t quar rel. And So Mr, Wheeler An interesting sidelight to L’Affaire Hess is Senator Bur ton Wheeler’s call on President Roosevelt to start in right now to negotiate a European peace on the basis that Hess’ flight to Britain shows a crumbling of German morale. Wheeler says that if it is appeasement to sug gest a peace move at this time he is “perfectly willing to be called an appeaser.” In my hum ble way I’d like to say “Me too.” Anything which can be done to stop a war which most thinkers agree can end only in disaster and defeat for all concerned should be attempted, and that immediately, before the flames spread to this continent. But Roosevelt is scarcely the man for the job. He has already committed himself for war. Last night he appealed to the French people over the heads of their leaders, attempting to squash the Franco - German collaboration which Marshall Petain had an nounced was in effect earlier Thursday. What From Mr. Roosevelt? I expect little good to come out of Roosevelt. He was slated to speak to the American people two nights ago. It was on the books for him to make an out right demand for convoys. Then came the Hess' case. Roosevelt is a smart public relations man. He knew' that Hess was going to have his day in the headlines and anything Roosevelt said w'ould be crowded to secondary position. So W'hat does he do? Postpones his speech until May 27. By that time Herr Hess should be explained .into oblivion. Of course it w'ill be a long time be fore the whole truth of the af fair is knowm, for both Berlin and London are attempting to capitalize on its propaganda pos sibilities to the fullest extent. Speaking of timing, Wilbur Bishop. Oregana editor, could take a fewr lessons from Roose velt. Wilbur’s - release date for the year-book exactly coincided with the first student body elec tion. As a result he missed four banner position on what is ordi narily banner news. Better luck next year, Wilbur, and as for the isolationists, we had better pre pare for squalls on May 27. There will be only two editions of the Emerald next week. One which will come out Wednesday morning and one Friday. In Time With the Tunes By RUBY JACKSON When you are home this sum mer there are a good many ways you can keep up on your music. If you live in a big city there are no end of free concerts to be heard. Or try going to a library that has a music library as well as books. If the library isn’t available, many of the large rec ord establishments and music shops have special rooms where you can take records and listen to them. There isn’t any charge, and ordinarily you aren’t obli gated to buy. Perhaps you are considering starting a record collection. Now that all prices are chopped in half, it won’t be as expensive as pre viously. Take One of Each Start it with a good basic col lection of one classical symphony or composition, one romantic symphony, one or two tone poems, and any single records you particularly like. Then build it up from there. Record players are not as ex pensive as most people imagine them. Small but efficient players can be bought and plugged right into the new radios. If you have an older model any radio shop will put in a “jack” for a modest price. Rates for these player's run from $6 to $15. More expen sive radio-phonograph combina tions are nice if you can afford them. Of course the more you pay for the player, the better your music will sound. Sunday .morning at 11 a.m. the CBS symphony is heard as usual. Saturday evening the NBC pre sents its weekly concert begin ning at 5:35 p.m. I, . From All Sides By MILDRED WILSON With bells, clown suits, horses and yelling, a circus-like contrap tion pulled up in front of 50 stu dent homes a week ago at the University of Michigan to pres ent outstanding students with lifts to suit their personalities— compliments of Michilodean, the annual spring jubilee. Roller skates to the man whose prowess in track is undeniable, a shovel :o a coed who needs an outlet for tier energy. Marbles, lip-rouge, nail-brush and a can of spinach vere among the gifts awarded. -—The Michigan Daily. * * * One morning recently, Gray Dorsey from the University of Kansas got up late as susual. Since he had been late to his 5:30 corporation finance class Wednesday—and nearly every day before that, he gritted his :eeth and determined to beat the dock and be prompt. He hurried to dress and called i cab. The driver turned on the speed and Gray leaped out of the ■ar, paid (plenty) and dashed into class—exactly at 8:30. No one was there. Before he lad gotten to class Wednesday :he teacher had announced that :here would be no class Friday norning. * * * Rife is the rumor in well-in ormed Harvard circles that the louse committee and the tutors (Continued on page fil e)