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By TED IIALLOCK
Hoyt Franchere, he of the lib
eral minded English department,
is about to take a step that will
either add or subtract manys the
pupil to come. Step to be taken is
the addition of a lecture upon
pre and post-war jazz. Its influ
ence as a medium of expression
typifying the period will be dis
cussed, as will its origins, and
place in musical history be
traced. Mr. Franchere is attempt
ing to fill out a fairly compre
hensive picture of life during the
twenties, complete with both mu
sical and literary reactions to the
war.
A large perfumed chrysanthe
mum to an individual whose far
sightedness will iVe n t u a 11 y
emerge as the quality in modern
education needed to prepare the
student public for the after ef
fects of the current conflict.
Orchids to Shirley
Shirley Christilaw is solid.
Shirley Christilaw is sharp as a
tack in fact. For Shirley uses her
bun in listening to music. Shirley
likes Miller, but that doesn’t dis
qualify her from the groovy list,
’cause she knows why she likes
him. Says hepster Christilaw, “I
like Glenn, even though it’s all
the same,” which doesn’t make
sense the first seven times, does
it?
What she is getting at is that
G.M. is the most stylized ork go
ing. Every tufie is exactly the
same. If you like the style as a
whole, that’s fine, hut you cannot
say that you like one tune better
1 lmn another, because you usual
ly cannot tell one tune from an
other. And so it goes. Confusing
as hell, isn’t it?
More Than MiliOrite
Put Shirley’s gateness goes
much further. For she is the cat
oxtrordinaire who comes in with
her teeth in mouth modestly omit
ting that she dug Lester Young.
People just don't do that, espe
cially Oregon people. Lester
Young is the ex-Basie tenorist
who fled to Los Angeles to find
refuge from the cruel world. But
does John Q. Squarelegs know it ?
No. he does not know it.
So this Jane is walking in and
saying sort of half matter of
factly and naively, “I dug Les
Young at Hermosa.” So I am
sending her name to Ripley ’cause
it is just too good to be true. In
fact any one who digs like Chris
tilaw is too good to live.
Any Connection?
There is a wax critic for Met
ronome by name Gordon Wright.
Could this groovy be a relative
seventh removed from our beam
ing history prof of same name.
Good air shot to catch is the
same slot that Stanley and Can
non aces used to copy. Nightly,
five eves per week, via CBS's
KSL, from Jerry Jones Rainbow
Rendezvous in Salt Lake, this
time it's Pee Wee Irwin and men,
ex B.G. first horn. The business
goes along at an au reet rate
with some occasional spots that
move like mad.
Claude Thornhill's men in tur
moil over Fazola’s exit on clary;
it seems Fatso creates quite a
stir in any band he is with. Kru
pa’s legal entanglement suing for
divorce. J.F.B. will not appear in
Sunday’s Emerald it was learned
later today.
A fiddle is an instrument to
tickle human ears by friction of
a horse’s tail with the tautly
stretched muscles of a cat.—
Washington Daily.
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A communist is a person who
has given up hope of ever becom
ing a capitalist. Michigan State
News.
The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays,
Mondays, holidays, and filial examination periods by the Associated Students, University
of Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second
class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon.
HELEN ANGELL, Editor TREE O. MAY, Business Manager
Associate Editors: Hal Olney, Fritz Timmen
Ray Schrick, Managing Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Advertising Manager
Bob Frazier, News Editor Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertising Manager
UPPER BUSINESS STAFF
Helen Rayburn, Layout Manager
Helen Flynn, Office Manager Lois Clause, Circulation Manager
Bands Exit...
rJ''JIE pages and pages of anti-Glen Miller propaganda which
Emerald Columnist Ted Hallock lias fed the presses from
time to time lost all local significance this term, when the
student affairs committee took matters into its own hands and
decided Oregon needn’t worry about liking or disliking “big
name bauds.” There just aren’t going to be any, at least for
the duration.
Naturally the decision struck a great many snags in the
field of student opinion. For the periodic visits of bands such
as Benny Goodman, Kay Kyser, and others were highlights
in any Webfoot's life. Musical ears schooled to the groovy
music brought by modern radio dwarfs the prestige of even
the most popular campus orchestras.
rJMlE student affairs committee took into consideration all
of these factors . .. yet went on record as favoring abandon
ment of well-known orchestras in line with war economy policy.
They pointed out the prospective enrollment drop, and the
consequent decrease in sales appeal of high-cost music. They
pointed to the defense committee's plea for “only the simplest
of social affairs” in order to reduce preparation to the mini
mum in line itli the increased duties of students and faculty
members. They pointed to the additional committees, etc., that
big name dances usually entail.
i^O far. big name band dances have proven profitable. In the
past four years, 10 off-campus musical units of prominence
have been brought to the University. Of this group, only four
lost money . . . but three of these four losers were at Senior
balls, traditional red ink social affairs. The really well-known
bands brought in excellent returns. The question which faced
the student affairs committee, however, was not what they
have done in the past, but what could be expected of a big
name group in war time. They voted almost unanimously that
it was a risk to make the large money guarantees required for
this better music in times when crowds cannot be guaranteed
as well.
# =£ #
rJ''I!F one faculty member on the committee who voted “No”
to the band decision did so ou the grounds that, although
the question’ of attendance might become important later, just
now it is a relatively minor point, and that the affairs com
mitee was taking advantage of the war emergency to get rid
of this popular feature of student life.
Since then, however, other schools up and down the coast
have taken similar action, and big name bands seem on their
way out until after the war. Oregon's policy, whether based on
hysteria or not. is in line with what colleges in the west are
doing in their new extravagance-cutting war programs.
A Lesson Learned...
(Contributed)
npilKKK’S something more to a grapefruit than meets the
eye, an outstanding horticulturist has declared. So, too, is
there much more behind Oregon's student-faculty defense
organization than is at first apparent.
The coordination of student and faculty work is now com
plete. Committee within committee, project by project the
defense has been outlined under the two supreme heads of the
war councils. Howard K. Taylor, head of the psychology depart
ment, and Lou Torgeson, who has taken hold of the student
committee temporarily since Martin Schedler resigned.
* # =» *
''JpilK organization is there. But the real power behind the
defense movement is something far more important. It
might be that these precautions will never come to the critical
test. It could happen that no permanent or further blackout,
unlikely as this is, would come to the Pacific coast, and even
closer, to our own campus.
Even were this true, however, the defense movement and the
hurry of organization which has been carefully put into active
operation would not be in vain, lit it a University campus, the
United States, or our united nations at large, democracy has
learned a lesson. This lesson has been the hitter sloth of un
preparedness. The high throne of safety is gone, and today
we sit in the line of combat.
Any preparation and precaution is desirable. For we can all
well note the day when first we said, "Remember Pearl Har
bor." We don't want to be forced to say this again, in any
connection.—K.S.
• • •
Alliei Mud 2>>iop.
'Maginot Line Psychology*
By DON TREADGOLD
As the little yellow men creep toward Java and the Burma road,
I think we should begin considering a very unpleasant, possibility.
That is, that the Jap may win his race against time. Now we know
we can lick them in the end: American manpower and productive
capacity can eventually overwhelm any enemy. I am no defeatist;
T know who is finally going to be defeated' and it isn’t Uncle Sam.
Nevertheless, we weren’t ready,
and we thought we had a push
over. Stunned by a series of unex
pected defeats, we can scarcely
comprehend w’hat is happening.
Nation Says
To quote Donald W. Mitchell,
writing in the January 24 Na
tion: “Realization is wanting
that this is a war which we can
lose and ARE LOSING at pres
ent.” Declaring that the Allies
seem still to be influenced by a
“Mag-inot line psychology,” he
says: "Wars are won only by
offensive action; and yet our
plans for defeating Japan in the
Pacific, as drawn up by the Joint
Board of the Army and Navy
after July, 1941, contemplated
defense of Malaya and Siberia,
economic blockade, bombing,
raids, aid to China—all essential
ly defensive measures or strokes
of attrition.” Mitchell asserts
that we have grossly under
estimated' our enemy.
Hope He’s Wronog
We hope Mr. Mitchell, though
he is a military analyst of some
repute, is overstating the dan
ger. The Allied command does as
sure us that a great counter
stroke is under way; presumably
General Wavell knows what he is
talking about. But one need not
be very astute to realize that
counter-strokes, if any, must
come very soon if the Allies are
to save the South Pacific.
The Jap is within 100 miles of
Rangoon, seaport of the Burma
Road, and are threatening it at
two other points.
If the Burma Road is cut, how
can we expect to make good our
brand new half billion dollar loan
to China ? The Chinese cannot
fight on without supplies. If the
rest of the East Indies fall, the
Jap will get a hoard of strategic
war materials which will last him
for years. Already he possesses
Malayan tin and rubber. What
will happen to Australia, with
her troops fighting in Africa in
stead of at home ?
Perhaps Backed I'p
It is a bare possibility that six
months from now we may be
'Snap.'
By DON DILL
die
among the many photographic
subjects which afford the ama
teur photographer an opportunity
to better his technique in com
position, exposure, and style.
Shadows can make an ordinary
snapshot into a salon print by
providing a strong contrast in
light values or in filling a blank
space which creates a one-sided
composition. The pattern photo
graphy which is so popular now
depends a great deal upon the
shadows cast. A straight shot of
an old rail fence does not at
tract much attention but if the
lighting had come from a low or
odd angle so as to cast a corre
sponding shadow pattern, the pic
ture immediately takes on a new
aspect and will cause the viewer
to take a second look.
Early or Late
To obtain shadows one needs
to have the light coming from
a low angle such as can^je found
in the early morning or late after
noon if it is natural light or from
low placed lamps tilted at an
angle. Perhaps for the amateur to
use a flashlight on a small object
would be a good practice plan.
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driven back to Hawaii, with all
the Far East lost and China iso
lated. This situation would be
appallingly similar to the Allied
position in Europe now: a strong
sea bastion in Great Britain, all
of continental Europe lost, Rus
sia almost isolated beyond.
Some day we are going to have
to reconquer Europe. If we must
reconquer the whole South Pa
cific too, this war might last dec
ades. Maybe you don’t enjoy con
templating these things; I cer
tainly don’t. However, unless we
try to foresee all contingencies,
all of us may be in for some rude
shocks.
Combinations worth mention
ing: Peggy Johnston, Kappa, and
Les Anderson, DU, activity man;
Mary Jane Rabbe, Pi Phi, and
Warren “Pinky” Treece, Phi Delt;
Evelyn O’Brien, Alpha Chi, and
“Ham” Skelly, Delt.
We may have panned the Be
tas in the past and more espe
cially Bob Koch and his oh-so
newsy triangle troubles, but
think he’s a typical “bouncing”
Beta and a good bct(a) for
King of Hearts.
A king or queen or sweetheart
a week seems to be the byword
on this campus and when there’s
a lull some bright columnist
dreams up another, but don’t wor
ry we have no such ideas.
Just friends: Mary belle Mar
tin, Theta, and * Chub Church,
Phi Delt, “Smokey” Stover, Sig
ma Chi, and girls in general.
More than just friends: Arta
belle Grover, DeeGee, and Dick
Davis, Beta.
Found: An ATO pin by
garet Barrett, Chi O, the owner
has already been notified ... of
the consequences.
Lost: the Kappa Sig pin of
Ehrman Giustina to Lee Barlow,
DeeGee.
x-icinusume t-iai r reaericKs or
the baby blue sweater Beta's, is
playing second baseman on
Jeanne Hine's DG team, with a
Fiji on first.
Wanted: Two 2-points for Fay
Rice, ADPi, and Bill Yankie, Sig
Ep—and you can guess why.
Ted Yaw, Kappa Sig and frosh
class prexy dates Bobbie Sawyer,
down from Pc,rtland especially
for the occasion, for his house
dance. *
Another new Alpha Phi and
Beta combination—Gloria Kib
bee and Bill Skibinski. And here
we thought all along that his
heart was in Piedmont, Califor
nia.
Interesting people: Pat Larkin,
Alpha Phi, just because she is;
Anita Fernandez, Gamma Phi,
because she doesn’t believe in go
ing steady—and she goes out
with such interesting people, too,
namely Kenny Bowes, Chi Psi;
the Phi Delts because they’re
such cut-throats and to their own
brothers; Don Vernier, ATO, be
cause he’s so bashful. Hint.
And well do the Gamma Phis __
remember a rainy Thursday night
and a not too steady nasal tencb^
singing Anne Boleyn.
An in conclusion, Pi Kap Tom
my Roblin's famous last words:
“If you don’t stop black-balling
my name I won’t be able to get a
date on this campus.”