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75 Cent Football —
JRATE Oregon football fans stomped out of Bell field in Cor
vallis last Friday night, refusing to pay the demanded 75
cents admission for the Frosh-Rook game because their $9
athletic cards stipulated admittance to the “Frosh game, No
vember 7.”
Letters and phone calls to the Emerald asked for an explana
tion from the University’s athletic department. Anse Cornell,
athletic director, yesterday came through with an answer.
“Typographical errors” was his verdict on whether or not
[Webfoots were justified in their refusal to pay the admission
price. According to Mr. Cornell, what the athletic card should
have read was “Frosh-Babe game” which was played here in
October. Students actually were granted free admittance to
this Eugene contest, although it wasn’t specified on their cards.
# # # #
/''VREGON State gate men certainly were justified in refusing
to grant admittance to students for nothing, since there
was no arrangement in the game’s contract for any reduction
to students from the visiting school. But the righteousness of
the OSC ticket takers did not lessen the Webfoots’ feeling that
“something was being pulled over on them.”
It seems extraordinary that the athletic office, in cheeking
proofs and making thousands of sales, did not notice the “typo
graphical error.” It seems even more unusual that no one was
informed of the mistake when gate keepers found no place
to punch the athletic cards for the Frosh-Babe game. Inter
scliool misunderstandings such as the one last weekend could
be lessened in number if mistaken points were clarified before
instead of after games.
He Saw History...
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V^IIAT will be read in history books of tomorrow will be
T told to Oregon students and faculty today by one of the
men, who stood on the threshold of world happenings and
watched events take place.
"William Henry Chamberlin, for many years the Christian
Science Monitor chief representative in the Far East, will
stand on Gerlinger stage this morning and tell how he saw day
by day events shaping into the world situation of today.
Drawing from the years he spent in France, in Germany,
China, and mainly of course, from his 12 years in the Soviet,
lie will try to explain the “Russian Enigma.”
Where such names as Leon Trotsky, President Kalinin, Pre
mier Rykev, former foreign commissar Cliiclieria are mere lists
of Russian names to us, Chamberlain has talked with them,
questioned them on their philosophy, on their aims, and achieve
ments.
# # * *
jyjlx. Chamberlin’s qualifications as a modern-day chronicler
Avas pushed to new heights when his latest book, “The
Confessions of an Individualist,” Avas put on the market. The
Atlantic Monthly praised him by saying:
This book raises Mr. Chamberlain bead and shoulders above
the rest of our commentators on public affairs. lie not only
knows history but understands it. . . . He has a sound philos
•ophy; he knoAVs his authorities and knows their motives, their
springs of action, their moral and intellectual capacities, and
therefore he knoAvs Avhat and Avlmt may not be expected from
them.
It is such a man and author avIio will today in Gerlinger
try to unravel for us the mysteries of the “Russian Enigma.”
i—B.J.B.
Ice skating is claiming more and more University students
since last Sunday’s destruction by fire of the traditional Wil
lamette Park dancing spot.
At
Second
(fiance
By TED HARMON
We spent the better half of
yesterday afternoon viewing
Doug Fairbank’s “Robin Hood” at
Chapman hall. As the last in the
current series of films presented
by the Museum of Modern Art
Film library, we think that it
should rank among the best pre
sented this term.
Our meager memory barely
carries us back to “Robin Hood”
and the "Black Pirate.” Being all
of three years when the Sher
wood forest epic had been re
leased, it was sheer enjoyment to
watch three reels of the film once
again.
Seeing Wally Beery in a long
down-to-the-ears wig as Richard
I, or Alan Hale as Little John
brought many laughs to the cam
pus audiences, but it was, and
still is, Fairbanks’ picture.
Against an imposing set of high
w'alls, curved steps, and hanging
draperies, the athletic Doug
leaped to his heart’s content.
With our ear tickling for com
ment during the cinematic black
out, we finally did hear one femi
nine voice say, “he does look like
Gable, doesn’t he?” “Yeah,” came
a gum-chewing answer. “But he
doesn’t look a bit like Rhett But
ler.”
BEST SCENE: When Robin
and his merry chums return sto
len treasures to the St. Cather
ine’s convent. The nuns reluctant
ly open the shutter-door to see
who is knocking. “ ’Tis Robin
Hood,” Fairbanks shouts, and
then the nuns throw open all the
doars and cheer, as well as gam
bol on the Sherwood greens.
ROMANCE IN THE AIR: To
wit, Elna Ramey, Sigma Kappa,
(Please turn to page three)
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Mail Bcui
To the Editor:
“This card entitles the owner
to free admission to all athletic
events listed below (with the ex
ception of the Oregon-Washing
ton football game at Seattle, for
which a credit on the regular ad
mission price will be given), only
when presented in person at the
proper admission gate.”
So reads our ASUO athletic
cards which we purchased for
$9.00 at the beginning of the
term.
Among the football games list
ed below is the Frosh game
scheduled for November 7, which
was last Friday. Believing that
the card would naturally be hon
ored at the game, several car
loads of loyal Webfooters traveled
to Corvallis to the contest, only
to be coldly turned away at the
gates. “I’m sorry but those cards
are no good," was the answer re
ceived at every gate. The Oregon
students protested that the game
was listed on the card as plain as
the noses on their faces but were
told, “Sorry, but we’ve got our
orders.” Protests at the ticket
office likewise did no good. Re
luctantly, the students, who had
traveled that distance to see the
battle, dished out 75 cents cash to
gain admission.
The question is—What in hen is
the score?
Who gave those “orders” to
the gatekeepers and ticket sell
ers ?
Is the ASUO listing football
games on the athletic cards with
out authorization?
Whose fault is it?
Sincerely,
THOSE WHO WENT.
Golamnlit fWa*uie/ti>
What's Stopping Britain? *
By DON TREADGOLD
Ernest Lindley, in his column appearing in the Oregonian of
November 6, undertakes to explain why the British do not invade
the continent, quoting the quip, “Roosevelt and Stalin are trying
to get England into the war.” His first point is that the North African
front has been strengthened and Syria, Iraq, and Iran occupied, open
ing the way to a possible expedition into Caucasia.
S
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He then declares that Libya is
just becoming a “sideshow” any
way. Secondly, he says that Bri
tain is now very strong at home,
though not strong enough to
match Germany’s forces across
the channel. He sees as Britain’s
task that of holding a “ring”
around continental Europe which
the Germans “cannot penetrate.”
His third point is that dents in
this ring may be made, say in
Norway, but that “to do this
without heavy losses would re
quire local control of the air.”
No Explanation
These reasons do not fully ex
plain to us why no British inva
sion. In the first place, if Libya
is only a sideshow, why reenforce
it heavily? If the purpose of all
the preparations in the Middle
East is a Caucasus invasion, why
the delay? Surely it would be
wiser to occupy advance posi
tions before the Germans crush
the Russian southern wing.
Britain may not yet be strong
enough to face the Germans on
the continent, but this ring-hold
ing business is not likely to win
any war. As far as breaking the
ring goes, what reasons does he
give for not trying, in Norway,
for example ? Local control of
the air? Churchill has just stated
that the RAF is now the equal of
the Luftwaffe, most of which is
pretty busy in Russia right no^r.
Strong Now
Who could ask for more favor
able conditions in the air? The
British were able to wrest Narvik
in northern Norway from the
Germans when they were prac
tically aerial anemics. They with
drew voluntarily, saying they
needed the troops elsewhere. But
they surely can spare enough men
out of a 3,000,000-man army for
Norway this time.
But after all, one can say, what
are the Americans doing criticiz
ing the British ? They’re fighting,
aren’t they? That’s more than
we’re doing. There is some justice
in saying just that. But the
ish public is howling louder than
we are, and asking the same ques
tions. And there’s a lot at stake
for America, too, don’t forget. So
you’ll have to pardon us Ameri
cans for speaking out of turn
once in a while.
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