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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1942)
Brecon W Emerald HELEN ANGELL, Editor Associate Editors: ' Fritz Timmen FRED O. MAY, Business Manager Ray Schrick, Managing Editor Jack Billings, News Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Advertising Manager UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Helen Rayburn, Layout Manager Helen Flynn, Office Manager Lois Clause, Circulation Manager Jim Thayer, Promotion Manager Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertising Manager Connie Fullmer, Classified Manager UPPER NEWS STAFF w Lee Flatberg, Sports Editor Mary Wolf, Exchange Editor Erling Erlandson, Assistant Sports Editor I^ois Clause, Circulation Manager Fred Treadgold, Assistant Sports Editor Duncan Wimpress, Chief Desk Editor Corrine Nelson, Mildred Wilson, Co-Women’s Editors Ted Bush. Chief Night Editor Herb Penny, Assistant Managing Editor John Mathews, Promotion Editor Joanne Nichols, Executive Secretary Joanne Dolph, Assistant News Editor Editorial board: Buck Buchwach, Chuck Boice, Betty Jane Biggs, Ray Schrick; Professor George Turnbull, adviser. The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sunday, Monday, holidays, and final 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. '('HE end of the year is always inventory time if a man’s in business. If that busi ness happens to be student government, all the more reason why there should be an opening of the books for a full study of the transactions that have transpired during the year. Today is inventory day for the 1941-42 ASIJO executive committee. At 11 o’clock this morning in McArthur Court, Prexy Lou Tor gcson officially hands the gavel over to newly elected Les Anderson. At the same time a whole council of new student representa tives will replace the 12-man committee which has for a year administered Oregon’s student government. The ledger in which is recorded the suc cesses and failures of the 1941-42 council in dicates that this first attempt at student gov ernment through an enlarged executive com mittee has proved exceptionally successful. ’Whether it is the personnel of the committee or the 12-man committee system, cannot be judged in the light of one year ’s record. But all. in all, this council has accomplished far and above that of the average ASTJO execu tive group. ROBABLY the greatest criticism of the group this year may be directed at its lack of initiative in presenting the student stand on certain pertinent problems to the student' affair's committee or other adminis trative authorities. There has been much talk within the council of “expressing the student attitude’’ on particular issues during the year. Yet when representatives of the committee do have an opportunity to speak for students, they often do it in an unconvincing manner. That is what the exec committee is for—a link between faculty and students. That’s what President Erb wants it to be—a force ful, unhypocritical key to student thought. Too often the committee has neglected its opportunity, to discuss situations with admin isrative officials. On the other hand, the council leaves a remarkable record in the field of organiza tion, political cleaning up, appointments, and responsible attitudes. 'J '11K list of constructive ventures which the committee has undertaken and success fully completed is long and each item is full of meat : «■ # « # # # • • # /Ju Reoaisi, y<7&x,r KEG ON students are used to gathering at the train station to tell “Tex” Oliver good-bye. This time, however, “Tex’s” trip is more than a weekend jaunt with the foot ball squad. The eoaeh of the {mst four Web foot teams is leaving Hayward field for naval training school. Football fans remember with a chuckle that it was “Tex” Oliver who. as head of the University of Arizona gridironers, beat the "Webfoots and made them like it—for three weeks after that 20 to 7 defeat, he took over “Prink” Callison's job as Duck mentor. The first team “Tex" sent out on the field tore up the conservation turf of Ore gon football and the razzle-dazzle era of “Oliver Twist” was launched. Under Oliver (1) Removed one of the most serious causes of University friction by abolishing the class card system of class voting. (2) Increased the GPA requirement for ac tivities participation from 1.5 for lower classmen and 1.75 for upperclassmen to a 2.00 even for every student. (3) Organized an enforcement program through the educational activities office for the 2.00 regulation. (4) Took into its own hands the fresh man class fall term political bickerings by moving its elections and class organization to winter term. (5) Made a definite stand on major ath letic awards for football, no longer permit ting team members to decide for themselves what awards should be made each year. (o) Consistently made appointments on the basis of merit rather than political con siderations. Homecoming Chairman Russ Hud son is an excellent example. (7) Almost completed constitutional revi sion. (8) Jndiealj'ed ,a qpnse' of responsibility for the records made by the chairmen it ap pointed. The overstepping of the budget by Dads’ Day Chairman Jack Lansing became a council problem. (9) Exercised its right to have its mem bers act on the Educational Activities and Athletic Board by regular attendance and in telligent discussion of the business trans acted there. (10) Supported and helped organize the University of Oregon federation for Univer sity summer rushing. (11) Furnished the ASUO office on the second floor of McArthur Court. (12) Took an active part in defense or ganization. These arc tangible accomplishments of the executive committee, but its most significant contribution to student government lies in the fact that the 12-man exec comm really enjoyed doing its job this year. Its members had a sense of responsibility for their under taking. They mixed the serious pledge to do a good job with a real feeling for the job. Their record will stand for a long time in Oregon history. They have set a record for next year’s committee that will be hard to surpass. Oregon’s football took on the glamour of Hollywood both in personalities and in tricky plays. Headliners were Jay Graybeal, Len 1s berg, Jim Stuart, the touchdown twins, Me eliam and Roblin. And rival coaches had to think up a way to defeat his bootleg re verse. For next year, before the navy called, he had perfected a new play which sport page authorities have described: “as the best of the T formation and the power of the straight single wing offense.” “Tex " hasn’t finished carving his name on the honor roll of Webfoot coaches. “Tex's” naval orders read “for the duration.” He told the athletic board “he’d be back.” So next week it really is just another “an revoir,” not “good-bye” to “Tex."—BJB. Q ARTHUR KAHLER COACHES FOOTBALL AT DICK INSON COLLEGE AMD BASKET BALL AT BROWN UNIVERSITY/ HOWA STATE COLLEGE AT AMB5\ IOWA, IS THE GEOGRAPHICAL • • « CENTER OFTHE .STATE ■ • • The infirmary at reed COLLEGE, PORTLAND, ORE. IS MAMED QUIETT INFIRMARY IN MEMORY OF A STUDENT. OfUimUm?. . . 'Can We Take Setbacks/ Still Keep Going Strong . . . Pe4,&nulm? By TOM PICKETT Three events of iftiportunous character have occurred in the last few days—events which will have a disintegrating effect on the already muddled and melancholy United Nations’. The question of this year for the United States will be: Can we take setbacks and yet keep our eyes determinedly fixiTT on the main objectives of this global war? uutt wao uic vac parture of Sir Stafford Cripps from India. Surely, people every where are saying, something could have been done about In dia—somehow, in some way the English and the Indians could have reached a magnanimous and common-sense solution to the In dian question. The Indians are human beings like you and I; they do not want to fight for a rented house. The responsibility for the failure of Cripps has not been established yet, but woe be unto those that were the short sighted, and incredibly selfish businessmen and statesman that tied down Cripps in his efforts to give the Indians a real Magna Charta, instead of the exploita tion system they have at present. All the Indians wanted was either independence now, or control of their own war effort. The British did not see fit to give them eith er—it was the hour for bold statesmanship and magnanimous action, and there might not again be such an opportunity. \ ellow vs. White ? If the English and the rest of the United Nations do not give the Asiatics a decent break now, then just as sure as the sun rises tomorrow there will be another war after this one is over—a war of all Asiatics against those that have exploited them. This is not a pretty prophecy to contemplate, yet the writing is unmistakable on the walls of Armegeddon. The second event which was disturbing the United States in particular was the eleventh-hour retreat of the suicide squad of American soldiers on Bataan. The fate of the remainder of our forc es in the Philippines is not one we like to conjecture on. One thing is certain though—by their refusal to give up, they have proved that we are not, after all, so soft as the Nietzche disciples of Berlin and Tokyo took us for. Laval Too The third, and least surprising* moral Dunkirk of the last few days was the assimilation into the schizophrenic Vichy government of that unspeakable louse of rot ten, French politics—Pierre La val. This introduces a new phase of collaboration with the Nazis. France is bereft of leaders of high courage; the land of Joan of Arc is slowly being sapped by the Nazis just as the decadent Roman empire was razed by the Huns. Perhaps the answer to these setbacks is now being plotte^by General Marshall and Harry Hop kins. The two men have great qualities of fortitude and initia tive and they have been in Eng land for a few days already. Let us hope their mission will be a successful one—this is the year to knock out Herr Hitler. I ~—~—-. ladle. • • By MARY WOLF - College women smoke "be cause everyone else does,” a sur vey at Bowling Green (Ohio) State university reveals. How ever, an almost equally large number replied that they "really don't know" the reason for their smoking. Almost three out of five coeds use cigarets and packs last from one day to three weeks. Most of the women students who smoke have been doing so for two years, according to Carl Bartch, sophomore, who inter viewed 50 coeds as an assign ment in a reporting class. Martin Finkel, City College of New York student, earns his w^ through school by making and selling glass figurines. His artis tic skill has developed such a market that he now employs two assistant glass blowers.—Colleg iate Digest.