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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1941)
PaAade oi OfUtu&n CENSORSHIP Bigwigs in Washington, according to an article appearing recently in a national periodical, are seriously considering for mation of a censorship bureau in our nation's capital. Appar ently army and navy officials are sponsoring the move, in an attempt to step foreign disruption of America's armament setup. Is there a need for censorship in the United States press? k. there a justification for such censorship? We reply in the negative to both questions as posed. There is as much need for curtailment of the press as there is for a secret police faction. It is the right of every American to know what is being done by his government, in which he is the most important cog. Legislation passed, bills proposed, mobilizations planned—these are the specific business of each and every American. t'k i'k One hundred fifty years ago our forebearers lived through chaotic warfare and unending suffering that they might in stitute a government of, by, and for the people. The nation’s founders provided for freedom of speech, religion, and press. To what depths do we degrade these tenets if we permit sub jugation of any? x Russia has its OGPU, the reieh has an oppressive and sup pressive band of Brown Shirt police, whose duties are to ad vance only the views held by a governmental, administrative minority. This is censorship in its frankest form, suppression of the-voice of the people. America is being led into war because not everything is told in the releases emanating from European press centers. Reuters and the Deutsches Nachricliten Buro divulge only what England and Germany wish disclosed. The result is stark confusion—two stories each day told one in direct contradic tion of the other. Biased news views fill every newspaper because not all the facts are brought to light. This is in opposition to every prin ciple of Americanism. Distortion, one-sidedness, suppression, tight-lipped informative federal sources—these have no place itt the American scheme of things if the American press is to maintain its high position in the workl. * * * =» To what use are we putting our great press bureaus, like the Associated Press and the United Press, if we have to accept the whims of a man or a board as our bases for opinion? Amer icans have the right to run their government as they want it run; to this end were instituted our houses of legislature and our governmental checks in the three branches. A free press is a voice of a free people, and it is not to be turned to the exclusive use of money-hungry war mongers and grafting politicians. True it is, possibly, that patriotism and a tendency to take sides in the European conflict have a hold in the United States at the moment. All well and good, but tlie fact remains that America does not want to go to war. Adolf Hitler built his empire on censorship and oppression. The people of Germany listen to the government radio pro grams, read the state newspaper, abide by the maxims laid down by a single man. Censorship is not yet fact in the United States, but it is a vivid potentiality. We must not recognize its birth. The Index, Niagara university. YM Building Available For Use of Students Both city and university YMCA boards of directors met in com bined session Tuesday evening at the YMCA house. They voted unanimously to approve recom mendations made by a special committee which provides that the YMCA building at 1125 Kin caid will be kept open for use by both city and campus young peo ple every week day from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 6 p.m. Dan Bacot, secretary of the student YMCA, states that some one will always be at the house during these hours to answer phone calls and answer queries concerning employment possibil ities as well as to give informa tion on rooming and boarding fa cilities. The “Y” offers its build ing for use by all students in cluding meetings of student body groups. At Second Glance (Continued from page tzvo) for giving Jane Gray his brass. He filed his way out as the Kap pas ate their dinner . . . AOPi Betty Leist, spittimage of movie dom’s Loretta Young . . . ADPi’s Betty Workman sick abed with a colb in da nobe . . . Dave Stone cuts quite a carica ture . . . wedding bells this week end for Alphagam’s Betty Fiks dal and Oregon State fiancee Glenn Smeed . . . Bernice Fra netovich who’s voice’ll charm any one . . . Sigma Chi’s Don Merrill and Alphagam Norma Baker still going everywhere alone to gether . . . Simile: Thursday night’s frosh meeting and the Black Hole of Calcutta . . . Open house at seven; hot water at twelve. Ernst III Professor R. H. Ernst of the English department has been un able to meet his classes for the last few days because of illness. Daniel to Speak Professor Edward Daniel, of the school of business administra tion, will address the Eugene chapter of the Rotary Interna tional club at a noon luncheon on Tuesday, October 7. University extension classes begin Monday evening. tynxun the PuLp.it By ELSIE BROWNELL World Wide Communion will be observed tomorrow (Sunday) at the majority of the Eugene churches. This will be observed at the St. Mary’s Episcopal church at its 11 o'clock worship pro gram. A vesper service will be held at 6 for students, but the regular evening services are not to begin until November. Methodist Church The worship hour at the Meth odist church will begin at 11 a.m. and will have the World Wide Communion service as its theme. Dr. B. Earle Parker and Rev. Charles Funk, student director on this campus, are in charge. An evening program will be held at the Wesley house on the Univer sity campus at 5 p.m. with Mur ry Adams in charge of the devo tionals. Paul B. Means, new pro fessor of religion at the Univer sity will speak to the group on “Has a Student Time for Relig ion?” First Church of Christ “Unreality” is to be the topic of this week’s lesson sermon at the First Church of Christ, Sci entists, at 11 o’clock. The Wed nesday service begins at 8 p.m. Presbyterian Church The general theme of the wor ship program at the Presbyterian church will be the “Whole Fam ily” and Dr. Norman K. Tully is planning the service around' Com munion baptism, and the taking in of new members. In the eve ning a gospel service, “Open Door of Opportunity,” will be held at 7:30 for young people. The young people’s choir featur ing about 30 voices will be a fea ture on the program. Westminster House Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women, will speak on the “Place of Religion in Collegiate Education” at the 9:45 Sunday school hour of Westminster house. A social tea will be held at 6 o’clock and the evening program will follow at 6:30 p.m. with Dr. S. H. Jameson in charge. Dr. Jameson, of the sociology depart ment, will conduct a question box and will discuss all problems brought up by the students. Catholic Church Masses will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic church on Elev enth and Charnelton at 6:45 a.m., 8 o’clock, 9:30. and 10:30. The Newman club will not meet Sun day. First Baptist Church The First Baptist church is holding its regular Sunday school for University students at 9:45. The morning worship program commemorating communion Sun day will begin at 11 o’clock. Dr. Vance H. Webster’s sermon’s topic will be “Our Covenant with God.” At 6:15 the University BYPU will meet in the COS room and Sally Hodge’s group is to be in charge. The evening evange listic program at 7:30 will be on “Is There a God?” This is the first in a series of five of the greatest questions of religion. .■— Fa 11 Term Activities Planned By AWS The AWS cabinet at a meeting Tuesday night formulated plans for activities to be held during the coming term. Two appointments into the cab inet were revealed. Barbara Lamb, sophomore in journalism and a Kwama, was given the po sition of AWS reporter and Car olyn Holmes, junior in social sci ence and a member of Phi Theta Upsilon, was made social chair man for the campus. Plans for the Coed Capers, to be held November 14, were dis cussed and Adele Canada and Babs DuPuy named co-chairmen for the event. Women's living or ganizations will attend the coed dance in a group. This dance will be the big money making event of the term and alll proceeds from the concessions will be giv en away in scholarships. The AWS auction was dis cussed and is scheduled to be held later in the term under the chair manship of Mary Louise Vincent. This year the Associated Wo men Students will sponsor nu merous assemblies directed by the YWCA, Phi Theta, and Kwa ma. The first assembly of the term was held last week when all new women students were en tertained and introduced to the leading women figures on the campus. Mrs. Cochran, who recently pi loted one of the big American made bombers from Canada to England, will be the guest speak er at the next AWS assembly on October 30. The cabinet also announced that a new office has opened in McArthur court. The office will be open at 4 every afternoon and at other times by appointment. SEE YOUR Campus Representative They will collect and de liver laundry to your living organization. Cheek on our excellent s e r vice and superior work. PHONE 252 DOMESTIC LAUNDRY Superior Work and Service—We Prove It 121 W. 7th Phone 252 ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 13th and Pearl Sunday Services—8 and 11 Student Vespers—6-6 :30 Student Canterbury Club—6:30 Wednesday—7 a.m., Communion, Gerlinger Ilall Rev. E. S. Bartlain, Rector Phono. 4606 or 4808 Miss Caroline Ilines, Student Adviser Fh. 4605-J or 4808 _Vdyir**_ Haircuts to Suit YOU! 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