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Mighty Oregon...
nPHE city of roses will get an all-ont demonstration of what
A Oregon spirit really is tonight, when nearly 3.000 traveling
Webfoots trek northward for the first home-ground gridiron
battle of the 1941-42 conference season.
The cry of “Rally, Rally” begins early today, for although
the administration orders “no dismissal of classes,” the evacu
ation of the Eugene campus promises to begin soon after noon.
Businessmen with thoughts of highway travelling groan and
recall previous football weekends, when the highway between
Eugene and Portland is a moving nightmare of cars, station
wagons, rattletraps, jallopies, and a large contingent of hitch
hikers in traditional rooters’ lids.
* * *
P'1 YE brand new drum majorettes, a record in quantity,
practice their antics in preparation for their first official
performance tomorrow. Not so long ago, Oregon oldsters recall,
drum majorettes were taboo. And now there are five of them
in the front rank of the band.
Tex Oliver’s team, fresh from a strapping good victoi’y in
southern territory last weekend, shiver appreciatively in the
cooler climes of the northland, hope nervously for a chance to
really scrap with the California Bears.
The leaves have turned gold and brown. The air is crisp.
It’s definitely football time. It’s rally time on the campus.
And the theme is ‘‘On to Portland” to defend ‘‘Mighty
Oregon.”
A Schedule for Rallies
JT isn’t lack of work, but rather lack of foresight that places
so many rallies on the borderline of failure. The rally squad,
contrary to criticism of two years past, is ready and willing
to work. Members spend long hours planning ways and means
of lighting the spark of school spirit. The core of the problem,
however, seems to lie in a somewhat different direction.
A perfect example of the in-coordination came last Monday
morning when the Webfoot football eleven returned north after
drubbing Southern California 20 to 6. Originally no rally was
scheduled; due to a slight mix-up, however, notice was placed
in a downtown paper that there would be a welcome for the
returning travellers at 8 a.m. the following morning. Late
Sunday night, it was officially decided to form a greeting
aggregation. Result was that no more than three or four houses
showed up, and the situation proved just one more black eye
for the rally set-up.
# * #
T>AT Keller, last year’s rally head, came into the Emerald
Tuesday with what sounded like a highly logical solution
to the problem, lamenting the fact that the idea hadn't come
one year sooner, llis suggestion was this: All games are sched
uled far in advance of school opening. A full program of games
at home and abroad is available. The rally squad can know just
what days the team will leave for points north and south and
approximate the time of return, depending on the distance
travelled from Eugene. Why would it not be possible, then,
to schedule at the first of fall term a complete list of proposed
rallies ?
This plan would have two basic advantages. First, it would
give all houses complete advance warning on all rallies and
would therefore give them a chance to ‘"plan ahead’’ for full
attendance. Second, it would give the rally squad itself a sound
foundation upon which to build “school spirit’’ in the true
sense of tho word. It should, as a result of these advantages,
definitely solve the attendance problem at rallies.—K.S.
One of the new profs on the campus was trying to explain
the “scene behind the scenes” of state politics to his govern
ment class. ^tfVr^jftcliiuhl to believe that they are amateurs
and could take lrfssfons from campus politicians.
9 am jfO-n,
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By TED HALLOCK
I’ll just bet you kids can’t
guess what band’s going to play
—oh fudge! I forgot this column
comes on Friday. Well, so you
know, it’s Ken Baker. And that's
what I get for trying to be sub
tle. Some things they haven’t
told you about Ken though are:
he has a brand new band and a
brand new library; he is from
Los Angeles, so California studes
here will have to attend the
Whiskerino in self defense; he is
but good verily.
The kick is, unless you have
heard the Baker crew in Port
land, where he has been playing
the last two weeks, you haven’t
heard the band that he will bring
to Eugene.
That’s confusing, isn’t it? What
I really mean is that Cal studes
will tell you that they have dug
his band, ah, but no. The band
he had in L.A. was from hunger
and was consequently given the
fast brush by Mr. B.
It’s Okay
Many’s the groovy character
incorporated within this new
crew, too. Example the follow
ing: Tom Todd, a Portland kid
who kicks like gang-busters on
the ivories, and only eighteen
years here, too. Add Rosy Rosa
linde who is sharp as a tack on
tenor sax.
Also the band’s got nothing but
fine tunes aplenty. Has copies of
all top styles, T. Dorsey, D. El
lington, and the band that just
made a sucker out of Chester
field for another year. On top of
all that meaningless nothing it
has a very danceable-listenable
style all its very own. I mean,
why don’t you break down and
go.
If you’re going to the northern
city for today’s game, do not for
get the rally crawl this eve at
Jantzen with Kenton’s ork. If
you have already gone, then—
what am I saying.
The Round Begins
First house dances come next
Friday night. Canard club’s radio
jig. Phi Sig's hop with A. Hol
man initiate the season like all
get out. Saturday finds the Tri
Delts jumping for joy with Bob
MacFadden’s eleven cannibals of
rhythm. I’ll try to list the bands
for each week’s dances till they’re
over.
Digging the discs uncovers Jan
Savitt’s gutty interpretation of
Claude DeBussy’s “Afternoon of
a Fawn” on Victor. DeBussy did
write other tunes without Larry
Clinton, so arden lovers of “Rev
erie” listen hard to both parts 1
and 2 on this 20 inches of good
ensemble blowing. To prove that
swing will replace baseball, Paul
Robeson lent his voice to Colum
bia this week for a Count Basie
Robeson collaboration. The disc
is a two-sided blues clambake tit
led “The Joe Louis Blues” which
doesn’t really mean a damn thing,
so stop trying to read a deeper
thought into the title. Only other
mentionable platter is T. Dorsey’s
"Anniversary Waltz,” mentioned
only because I can’t always be
a non-conformist and it does
sound a little like Glenn.
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See This Exciting Drama
'Parachute
Battalion'
with Robert Preston and
Nancy Kelly
— also —
Charles Starrett in
'Prairie Strange'
QolunuuUt P>wlictl . ^
Nippon to Play 'Jackal' Role
Editor's note: Interpretive columns on international affairs express the opinions of
the writer, and are not necessarily those of the Emerald.)
By WILLIAM HAIGHT
Russia is staggering from Panzer division blows; the Japanese
are choosing a new cabinet, and from Vladivostok to the Dutch
East Indies the Orient is tense. Where and when will Japan strike?
I believe Japan will strike against Russia in Siberia, following
the jackal technique used by Mussolini against France. Her military
machine is poised on the Siberian border, and for several years past
has occasionally made military thrusts against the Russians, presum
ably to test their strength.
Japan will have a severe campaign on her hands. The Russians
have mined the waters around Vladivostok and have somewhe|$
between 40 and 75 submarines stationed there ready to strike against
the Japanese navy. The Japanese navy will be a long way from her
home base and keeping the lines of communication open will present
a tremendous problem.
This is particularly true if the Singapore base of the British
swings into action, although several months ago the British an
nounced the defense of the Pacific would be undertaken by their
dear cousins—America.
OH Problem JNOt Acute
Oil and gasoline for the campaign at first will not be a major
problem. The estimates on the Japanese reserves have varied from
enough oil and gasoline to last six months to two years. The inten
sity of the fighting would determine how long she could operate,
my guess would be some place between six months and a year.
The Russian air force at Vladivostok is not large but well
equipped and adequate to damage the Japanese severely. Tokyo,
Yokohoma, and Osaka are approximately 600 miles from the Vladivo
stok base; about the same distance from London to Berlin. '
From all reports we can gather the Japanese cities are tinder
boxes, and Russian incendiay bombs dropped on the major cities
in Japan would cause the worst conflagration in the history of man
kind.
What About Industry?
Japanese industries are heavily concentrated in well-known
areas. The industries she would need to carry on an extensive war
would be ruined after a few air attacks. The reports I have read
would indicate the Japanese people would suffer more from air at
tacks than any other nation.
If Japan takes Siberia the immediate gain is small. She will
have eliminated Russia, but a victorious German army might prove
more disastrous than the Russians. Despite the immense resources in
Siberia they are not developed for immediate use. The resources are
mainly a promise for the future.
My guess: Japan will strike to the North, and by this time next
year she will be an utterly ruined nation. ^
Cis Steel: Good slugging. Pacifism may ADVOCATE more than
the settlement of international disputes by arbitration but I agree
with Webster—it starts there. I enjoy your letters—and ouch!
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