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We Told You So!
/''VREGON’S own unique brand of exhuberance again put
Webfoot rallyers ... or their representatives ... on the
carpet yesterday.
Last year the railroad company only grumbled disapproval
when station farewells for athletic teams turned into the rather
destructive fun of marking railroad cars with chalk.
But this year they didn’t mince words. They forbade dis
figuration of the cars, and when students .refused to listen at
Wednesday night’s rally, it turned out that somebody from
this vague organization we call “Oregon” is going to have
to pay the bill for revarnishing the cars.
We looked in our files last night, found the following edi
torial written last January. We feel inclined to say, “We told
you so!”
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Paint and 'Rah, Rah, Boys'
(Reprinted from Emerald, Jan. 21, 1941)
College students have long been looked down upon by the older
generations as the ideal embodiment of the frivolous, carefree,
irresponsible youth. Pointed remarks about “rah, rah boys,” are
not uncommon.
To some extent it cannot be denied college students have earned
this reputation. Yet we always like to think that it is only the
wild minority that earn such reputations for a saner majority.
Students are, we tell ourselves, not all irresponsible.
And yet, we must admit, sometimes students, who are not
really irresponsible, thoughtlessly commit some act, without
knowing the results of such an act, which causes considerable
headshaking. A point in issue is the marking of the rally trains
on which the ball teams ride to their various athletic contests.
Undoubtedly the students could see little harm in decorating
the trains. It seemed like good clean fun. Had the students known
that every time they gave vent to their enthusiasm in such a
manner the entir car had to be repaintd, we feel confident they
would have refrained from such an expensive pastime.
We are told that it is getting to the point where Southern
Pacific is threatening to refuse to carry the Oregon teams. While
probably they would not go to this length we are confident that
the students will respect their property rights. It’s a lot of fun
to smear the train up, all right, but “the durn stuff doesn’t wash
off, kids.”—H.O.
Standing Room Only
^^REGON kills the traditional fatted calf and hangs out the
flag today. Because this morning’s assembly marks the
return of a favorite son to Orgon’s university community.
day Allen was an undergraduate of the University of Oregon
in the early twenties, and it was here under Dean Eric
Allen, George Turnbull, and other faculty members of the
period that he received early training in the journalistic field.
They recall that lie was scarcely “classroom minded,” for he
paid little attention to academic custom, read what he liked,
read it when he liked. “In so.doing.“ declares Dean Allen,
“In* was able to obtain a remarkably fine self-education that
is the envy of many.”
4k *
JN 1921 he was part of the gang that made the journalism
shark their homo, ami a member of the Emerald staff. Jay
Allen is a product of that especially fruitful three years be
tween 1920 and 192J in which the Emerald produced such well
known writers as Ernie Haveox, Robert Ormond Case, Oregon
ian Publisher Palmer Iloyt, and many others.
Recently released from a German-controlled French prison,
Mr. Allen brings back to America a wealth of material on just
what is happening abroad. So timely and appealing is the
slant ex-WebfootoJay Allen brings “home” from his years of
foreign correspondence that today's meeting has every indica
tion of being one with “standing room only.”
With the deck cleared for action on the plans for the new
Miper highway, there should be nothing to prevent a solution
to the Thirteenth street traffic problem.
White Lies
By WHITELY
Pat Vandeneynde is one gal
on this campus that really has a
swell sense of humor. She has to
have. Anything, no matter how
drastic it may be, can always
have a funny side, according to
“Grandma Vandeneynde.” Harry
Prongas invited Pat and Isolde
Eichenlaub for a ride in his new
Wambat Six . . . alias ’31 Chev.
After getting comfortably set
tled, Harry got a choke hold on
the choke, choking all the life
out of his car, which by this
time was reclining exhausted in
the middle of the street. With the
remark that “this is old stuff for
me,” Pat gracefully leaped out
of the car and practically pushed
the car through Taylor’s wall,
midst Harry's screams of “this
can’t happen to me.”
Regardless of that fact Harry,
it did.
♦ * *
The law school politicians re
moved Ed Luckey’s petition to
entfer Sigma Delta Chi’s "The
Perfect Type” contest, now go
ing full swing.
According to those in the know,
the contest is to find the “per
fect type” at Oregon, and they
believe that if Ed ran for the
title all the girls entered would
withdraw, due to his super-per
fect physique and personality.
It has been suggested by sev
eral luminaries of the journalis
tic fraternity that a proclama
tion of peace and love be handed
to the barristers thanking them
heartily for their undying coop
eration.
* * *
Dean Theodore Kratt of the
music school is a mighty pop’lar
fella these days. His music ap
preciation class has them liter
ally in the aisles, and there’s no
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Congress Must Clearways
for Arming of Merchantmen
By WILLIAM HAIGHT
President Roosevelt wants the
authority to arm merchant ships
and the repeal of this certain
specific part of the neutrality act
is now before congress. The re
peal of this section of the neu
trality act is necessary and right.
The repeal is necessary because
it will increase the assurance of
the safe arrival of our material
sent to England under the lease
lend act. Our navy is now operat
ing under “shooting orders” in'
“defensive waters” and our mer
chant ships are plowing through
the se&s that primarily are with
in the circumscribed area known
as “defensive waters.”
The repeal is right from a
moral point of view because it
eliminates the degrading subter
fuge of misusing the flag of the
small defenseless Republic of
Panama. An example of this sub
terfuge was graphically made by
the sinking of the Pink Star by
a German submarine.
Pink Star Incident
The Pink Star lost at sea on
September 19, was in a British
convoy carrying the flag of the
Republic of Panama. Tacked on
the captain’s door was a sign
saying, "this ship is the property
of the United States govern
ment.” The ship was chartered
by the United States lines, but
her crew was not a United States
crew. To add to the confusion the
ship Was a Norwegian vessel re
cently seized by this government.
The vessel was carrying material
to England under the lease-lend
act.
And, too, it is well to remem
ber our navy was searching
through the same waters for the
lurking rattlesnakes of the sea—
submarines.
Congress should repeal the of
9*i the Mail feacj,
(Editor’s note: The Emerald
reserves the right to refuse to
print unsigned letters to the edi
tor. Since the following is the
first received this year without
proper signature, an exception is
made. If the writer of the letter
so desires, his name will not be
published, but the letter which is
turned in to the editor must be
signed.)
To the Editor:
In answer to Wednesday’s edi
torial—Rain: No Sports.
Perhaps the yell leaders did
take a lot of heckling at the
Oregon-Idaho game. Perhaps
this heckling was the “chief
sport” of the evening. It may be
that the rooters were rowdy and
that they did act “like spoiled
children.” But on the other hand,
could it not be likewise true that
the fans had every reason in the
world to carry on their “baby
chair act” ?
It’s true, the rooting section
isn’t what it use to be. But whose
fault is that?
Whose Fault ?
j This year is the first year that
I've seen that:
(1) The yell kings turn fair
wreather leaders on the student
body. When the going is smooth
and the weather is clear, they’re
out doing their duty, but if the
going gets a bit rough and wea
ther isn't just right they go into
hibernation and leave the fans
to cheer the team and individual
players on their own. And for in
juries and substitutions, they did
it. Surely they must realize that
they are leading yells for ORE
GON. not Arizona. We do have
rain here.
(21 The yell kings actually en
courage the Oregon fans to cheer
when the opposing side is penal
ized. Even high school yell lead
ers frown on this show of poor
sportsmanship.
Glum Silence
(3) The University band sits
in glum silence after each and
every Oregon touchdown. Not
once did they strike up with
“Mighty Oregon” after touch
downs and attempts for extra
point. The Webfoots trotted back
to midfield only faintly hearing
the words of thfeir school song
as it was being sung by loyal
supporters without aid or leader
ship.
When the rooting section is left
in this condition, without yells
when the yells are most needed
and without music when music is
most needed, exactly what reac
tion does the Emerald staff ex
pect from the students? It is not
students who are to blame for
Friday's rowdiness but the yell
kings, whose duty it is to lead
the fans, control the fans, and
especially encourage good sports
manship. The band, too, might
give some cooperation.
Sincerely,
The Nomads.
To the Editor:
W. E. H. defines pacifism as
“the settlement of international
disputes by arbitration,” and
then declares that “we have one
half the world willing to arbi
trate.” Does this mean that one
half the world is pacifist?
May I also ask W. E. H.
which half of the world is willing
to arbitrate?
Sincerely yours,
Orval Etter.
fending article of the neutrality
act. Then our ships, carrying our
material, may defend themselves
against attack, and will be able
to proudly hoist our flag and not
sail under the flag of the Repub
lic of Panama.
German Efficiency
There is always the possibility
of a submarine commander spcJl^
ting the Stars and Stripes flut
tering in the sea breeze, but I’ll
be hanged if German efficiency is
developed to the degree of read
ing a sign posted on the captain’s
door, from under the sea.
Short note to Sen. Burton
Wheeler, Montana).
Heil Senator: F’evvens sake
what kind of American history
do they teach in Montana schools
that would leave you with the
impression the doctrine of free
dom of the seas is not a tradition
al American doctrine ?
Irritating conjectureWhy is
the American expeditionary force
in Iceland under a British coi^f
mander-in-chief ? Shades of Per
shing!
By MARY WOLF
University of Texas—Journal
ism class is meeting in the Home
Economics building. Members are
obviously trying to cook up news.
* * * *
University of Cincinnati—
Draft robs many universities of
some of their male population!
Dr. Raymond Walters, president,
Reports thait numerous institu
tions have conducted promotional
campaigns and waived limitations
on the size of freshman classes to
offset the losses in upper class
enrollment. Maybe that is the
way to solve the problem.
* * *
Oregon College of Education—
Three hundred women and twen
ty-five men register. What do all
those men think that they’re do
ing-going to a girls’ school*^
Fenn College, Cleveland, Ohio
—Charlotte Lehman breaks a
precedent by being the first Fenn
coed to head council. Miss Leh
man, council vice-president, was
automatically elevated to the
post when President Roger Flem
ing officially resigned because of
impending induction into the
army.
* * *
University of Nebraska—Math
ematics Professor Chester C.
Camp heats theory of relativity
straight from the lips of Einstein.
While at the Princeton univer
sity institute for the advanced
study of mathematics, Professaf^
Camp had a series of talks with
Dr. Einstein. The Nebraska in
structor states that Einstein ap
pears to be continuously think
ing about his research but that
he fears he will not reach the
truth about relativity before his
death.
The famous physicist also dis
cussed with Camp the world sit
uation. It is Einstein’s conviction
that Hitler will ultimately fall;
that the Unied Staes can be of
more aid by sending supplies to
forces opposed to Hitler than by
becoming a belligerent; that the
U.S. could defend itself single
handedly against Germany, if^
that should become necessary.
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Perfect Harmony—A freckle^
faced girl in a polka dot dress
leading a spotted dog in a hail
storm.—Baker Log.