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Coeds Go to the Polls...
generally have favoritism and “string pulling” come to
he the basis for most Webfoot political dealings that most
University students raise a skeptical eyebrow when the term
“honest election” is employed in conversation.
Today’s first spring election of 1942 is in many ways an
exception to the general rule, for the list of candidates nom
inated for AWS voting this-morning is an excellent one, and
a list composed of the cream of all four University classes
of girls.
It was a fascinating privilege to watch the half dozen senior
women on the AWS council operate in creating their nomina
tion roster. They eliminated with a stroke of the pen a girl
who had been “angling” for a particular position, believing
1lmt unselfishness should be a criterion for office; they checked
scholarship in every case; they called presidents of Kwama
and Phi Theta to check on the ability of certain girls; they
contacted the deans of women for recommendations; they
made a character study of every girl nominated. They spent
three nights, these senior coeds, ironing out their lists and
removing all but the most desirable candidates.
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J^At'U of the committee members pledged herself not to
reveal the name of any candidate until 11 o’clock Thurs
day morning, when coeds enter Gerlinger hall to vote. Such
a method, instigated by last year’s Mortar Board group, was
designed to eliminate pre-election campaigning.
The result of their efforts is as fine a list of possible AWS
officer materials as they could secure. No matter who comes
out of this morning’s battle of the ballots with majorities,
women students can be assured that the job of coed governing
will be in good hands.
Dean Morse Comes Home ...
V^fAll brings many problems. Labor-employer relationships
are a touchy problem during normal times but at a time
when important questions are inevitably being decided more
on the basis of emotionalism than cold, hard reasoning, there
is an added strain on such a relationship. Neither the employer
nor tln> laborer knows today precisely what he can or cannot
do. Neither can be even normally positive that he knows what
tomorrow holds in store for him.
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J^TOT only because il is essential from a military standpoint
that onr faetories keep running is the understanding of
sneh problems of prime importance but also for the preserva
tion of our national eeonomie and political stability. And the
])roblem is, no matter how you look at it, political as well ns
economic.
Thus the decision of the University assembly committee to
schedule an assembly appearance of the law school's Dean
Wayne U. Morse was a wise one. Already nationally known
as a labor mediator, he is respected and admired for his ability
an 1 fair dealing. Last week, Time recognized Dean Morse for
his outstanding work in the field of labor mediation by print
ing a story mentioning him with an accompanying picture.
Dean Morse has exhibited extreme skill in the handling of
numerous labor eases in the past, lie has had a wide range
of experience in the field of labor mediation, hr fact, it could
probably be safely said that he is the foremost labor mediator
in the nation today.
\ny speculation as to what Dean Morse will have to say on
March •> would be simply speculation. But whatever he 1ms
to say it should be well worth hearing.--11.0.
'Iliosi* sr;nv heads scattered all over United States news
papers announcing the fact that the 1-os Angeles area had a
little aerial trouble a eouple of nights ago, give eredenee to
the belief that has been held for a long time—that with the
rrn.v hanging away at anything with wings the swallows wi'l
have a tonsil time when they decide to come back to Oapis
t ratio.
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fetieahjait
By TED HALLOCK
Assuming of course that Art
will have an excuse for not
bringing his all-stars to last
night’s Wintergarden benefit.
Walt Weber came down from
Corvallis and showed much stuff
that was an reet. Gale Quinn
came down from Eugene period.
The jam session scheduled for
Saturday afternoon at Gerlinger
is off for the obvious and expect
ed reason that there was no
response on anyone’s part.
Mere n mere
Stuff: Tom Dorsey now holds
the Palladium attendance record
having aced Kenton out, via the
eve of January 13. Jack Tea
garden at Casa still and brother
Charlie on trumpet. Johnny Rich
ards at Zucca's in Hermosa
Beach gets good Mutual air time
and is with a Lunceford kick,
(incidentally Lunceford is still
playing like Lunceford).
More stuff: There is a lovely
piece of literary endeavor on
page 7 of the March “Music and
Rhythm.” It’s by George Frazier
and is even continued on pages
48 and 48. The title is, oddly
enough, “Why I Hate Glenn Mil
ler’s Music.”
Priceless quotations from Fra
zier’s masterpiece in conserva
tism are: “If I were compelled to
choose one adjective to fit the
majority of his performances, I
think I should be inclined to rely
upon ‘sluggish.”; “You want to
know what is to me the only
interesting thing about Tex?
Well, he reminds me of some
body I don’t know. I can’t decide
whether it’s Alfred Gwyne Van
derbilt or Fred MacMurray.”;
“So it's far too little of Hackett
(he’d take solos for the same
price, you know), far too much
of Beneke (he’d be quiet for the
same price).”
No Zip
Finally says George, in a cul
minating burst of glory, “Jazz is
something spontaneous and full
of high strange beauty. It is
Johnny Hodges and the band,
practically any band, at Nick’s
and Jess Stacy and the Basie
band. It is all these things and
a good many more too, but it is
not Glenn Miller, with that slug
gishness and that pretentiousness
and those vocals and always (my
God, ain't it ever going to end?)
that train waiting on track 29.”
Which article speaks for itself
and beautifully.
A Coming Man
Now that Kenton is a semi
biggie it is interesting to note
that Stanley, Claude Thornhill,
and Ricky Martin all started at
Balboa in ye Rendezvous. (Ricky
is the “Young Man With a Horn’’
Beiderbecke. So mayhap we
have another hotbed of coast
jazz there.
Kenton’s outfit was picked
band of the month in the same
mag which spotted George’s anti
Glenn bizz. Didn't realize that
lied Dorris who sings like a male
Helen O’Connell With Stan, plays
that very Websterian tenor too.
Teagarden’s air shots have
been getting better lately. Fine
Paul Collins percussion, good
Ernie Hughes 88. Likewise is
Woody Herman's fern chirp and
horn ace Bille Rogers good.
Blows like Eldridge-James, and
■ ings like Bailey, Louis, and O’
Connell.
Thenk you veddy much. .
The court in Philadelphia had
to stop and consider when a gen
tleman by the name of Zwe
guintzoff asked that his name be
changed to Zvegintzov. He, being
a modernist, goes in for phonetic
spelling.—Daily Kansan.
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Russia, Land of Realism
By TOM PICKETT
There is only one country which has successfully met the German
hordes on the battlefield and stopped them—Russia. That Russia is
the greatest sustaining factor in this war so far is a fact that should
need no amplification. I should like to give long overdue credit and
tribute to the power and strength of this great, unknown country
which for many years now has been misunderstood, miscalculated,
and unappreciated by the rest of the world.
Russia was the country which had no generals, no roads, no or
gamzauon, ana no cnance oi
stopping Hitler; the experts had
Russia defeated in a few months.
It is beyond comprehension how
so many people were so utterly
wrong about the capability of the
USSR—for what has happened ?
Russia has the generals, the
roads, the organization, and it
has stopped Hitler—and all this
after Hitler had conquered Eur
ope and integrated' many more
allies and industries into its econ
omy.
A Trio of Leaders
The three great Red generals,
Timoshenko, Zhukov, and Voro
shilov, have stopped the Nazis
cold at Leningrad, Moscow, and
the Ukraine. Nazi planes don’t
fly gaily over Leningrad or Mos
cow—the Russians have proba
bly the best antiaircraft defense
in the world. The air force which
was "destroyed” many times by
Herr Goebbels is still a formid
able force, and with the advent
of spring the Red “ghost” planes
will again haunt Hitler.
The Red army is deserving of
the greatest commendation.
Fighting with matchless zeal and
courage, with whatever weapons
that could be mustered along the
vast battle front, the Russian
soldier refused to beaten. Call it
"nationalism,” peasant instinct,
or whatever, the Russian soldiers
are exhibiting no traces of the
somnolescent, verbose "business
as usual” morale which has char
acterized the activities of fallen
France and well-night beaten
Britain—and it might be added
rather obviously, the United
States.
If there could be any one word
to epitomize Russia today, I be
lieve that word would be tough,
steely, hard-headed realism. The
soviets are prepared to fight Ja
pan and Germany at once; a
large factor which is impeding
the progress of the Japs must be
accredited to the Russian army
fronting Mongolia, an army
which must cause the board of
strategy in Tokyo considerable
apprehension.
The main thing we can do right
now to help win the war on the
German front is to send Russia
everything we can- not only mil
itary armaments but industrial
products as well. Hitler must be
beat on land and the Russians
are the ones that cam do it.
The secret of the Soviet Union
is its industrial strength. . . .
They aren’t telling and I’m not
guessing, but suffice it that their
industrial power, especially in
the Ural stronghold, is far great
er than the rest of the world sup^~
posed.
This combination of great in
dustrial power and matchless
fighting ability is a force which
will continue in importance dur
ing and after ths war. If not
worthy of emulation, Russia is at
least worth our study and consid
eration.
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By MARY WOLF
Patriotism burst into red-hot
flames on the University of
Washington campus last week as
three date-seeking students in
vested §175 in defense bonds. A
free date, to dinner and a movie
with any girl on the campus, was
offered by AWS to the first male
to buy a $50 defense bond. Wash
ington's men responded with such
enthusiasm that AWS decided to
get dates for all three bond buy
ers.
Students at the University qi>—
Michigan still don’t know what
time it is. One week after the na
tion went on war time, the Mich
igan state legislators voted to
turn the state’s clocks back to
normal eastern standard time.
This drew the opposition of the
Detroit city council, which usual
ly sets the pace for Ann Arbor,
home of the university. The ICC
has also ruled that the state law
would apply only to state and lo
cal agencies, and not to industries
in interstate commerce nor to
federal agencies.
A further complication lies in
the possibility campus time would
differ from Ann Arbor time. Lo
cal citizens would then lose an—■
hour every time they stepped on
state property. ^
A Washington State student was
asked what kinds of women there
were—he answered, “the beauti
ful, the intelligent and the ma
jority.’’