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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1942)
Nothing Sacred By J. SPENCER MILLER Scene: Lunch time at the Kap pa house—House prexy Ruth Hall stands to make an announcement, “Girls, Fiji John Schaeffer is hack on the campus! You know what that means.” Same scene repeated at several other prominent sororities. Well, some guys just got it. . . . DUCK POURRI . . . Why does Chi O Nancy Valentine keep turning down Sig Ep Keith Hop pes when he asks her for dates ? Can it be because Val is always busy? . . . Fee Jeanette Torney (one of the few Fee naturals) and Beta Warren “Pancho” Finke may be back on the beam again. They’ve been seeing quite a bit of each other lately. . . . DeeGee Jeanne Younger has been dating as much as a freshman, but she still is loyal to her Sigma Chi in the army .... Alpha hall’s pride Amerieo "Call Me Benny” DiBen ledetti got the RKO by Sigma Kappa, Charlotte Allen, who is now going with Thetaki Jack Martin so he is going to the mov ies. ... The AOPis, with the help of their houseboys, are trying to break up the Don Jones-Betty Deist combination. We hope they don't get away with it. The Junior Parly failed to show. They had a swell band, lots of ice cream and cake, everyone knew about it, and there was nothing else doing at the time. So, out of 700 juniors, about 90 showed up. The fellows stood around in one corner, and the girls stood around in another. Then, the girls (especially the Theta crew) got tired of waiting for the bashful men to ask them to dance, so they went home. If a guy hasn’t got enough nerve to ask a girl to dance by the time he’s a junior in college, then there’s no hope left . . . Carolyn Loud stayed to the end though, along with Queen Ellie and the AOPi trio. . . . SigmaNoo Iiuss Nowling and Gamma Phi “Squirrel” Hunting ton have found each other. . . . Is Omega hall’s F.d Lawson hooked at last? Pearl Jean Wil son, who was an ADPi on the campus last year, brought her folks down to visit Ed, and his close friends insist he’s caught and doesn’t know it. . . . The poor sucker! .... Sigma Chi Art (8-H) Hannifin and Kappa Bob bie Neu didn’t last very long, and now he’s doing his pigging down Fee way ... By the way, there wasn't a single Kappa at the jun ior party — as a matter , of fact the Kappas make it a point to snub most school affairs. They ought to let their hair down some time and see what it's like. Buck Buchwach has been scon in various local spots with very cute Beverly Brunton, the “Ging ham Girl" of Eugene high. Plenty of campus "shots” have been in quiring around about her and just how fat the ubiquitous Buck was in . . . Jean Bilker and full Murphy are on fire again, while Happy Jack lamsing goes on his merry way after a short stand on Baker’s porch. . . . Tiger Payne vacates the UO for a long time next week when he leaves for Pensacola, Florida and the Naval Air Corps . . . One of our agents informs us that Kappaz “get around” girl, “Susie” Margason, is moving into the Keid Farrell league. Which ought to bum “Scrappy” Rhea, Tee Roblin, Chuck Boiee, and the two dozen other guys she's been going out with. . , . Oregon W Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sunday, Monday, holidays, and fina j periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates : $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entere class matter at the postoftice, Eugene, Oregon. HELEN ANGELL, Editor Ray Schrick, Managing Editor Jack Billings, News Editor FRED O. MAY, ±5tidiness manager Betty Jane Biggs, Advertising Manager UPPER BUSINESS STAFF neien rcayourn, payout Manager Lois Clause, Circulation Manager Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertising Manager Helen riynn, umce manager Jim Thayer, Promotion Manager Connie Fullmer, Classified Manager TTPPF.R NTF.WS STAFF Lee Flatberg, Sports Editor Erling Erlandson, Assistant Sports Editor Fred Treadgold. Assistant Sports Editor Corrine Nelson, Mildred Wilson, Co-Women’s Editors Herb Penny, Assistant Managing Editor Joanne Nichols, Executive Secretary Mary Wolf, Exchange Editor Lois Clause, Circulation Manager Duncan Wimpress, Chief Desk Editor Ted Bush, Chief Night Editor John Mathews, Promotion Editor Joanne Dolph, Assistant News Editor Editorial board: Buck Buchwach, Chuck Boice, Betty Jane Biggs, Ray Schrick; Professor George Turnbull, adviser.. _ Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. __ Editorial and Business Offices located on ground floor of Journalism building. Phones 3300 Extension: 382 Editor; 353 News Office, 359 Sports Office; and 354 Business Office. 1941 Member 1942 Associated Golle&iate Press <JIoaaj ia Scm 9t . . . rJMIERE have been hints from Washington during, the last few weeks that President Roosevelt may soon create a central Ministry of Information to coordinate the government publicity activities of the many federal de partments now engaged in propagandizing the government. The thought of a “ministry of'informa tion’’ has an oddly distasteful sound to de mocracy-loving Americans, a sound that does not exactly set right with their fears for a free press. A ministry of information has a Hitlerian ring in its centralization and au thoritarian ramifications. But to flut the centralization method aside because its proposed name has unpleas ant suggestiveness is to overlook a broader view of the problem. Somehow Americans, particularly young ones, have got to be niade to “believe.” They don’t now. The average college student marks two-thirds of what he reads as “propaganda” if it shows any opinion whatsoever. Govern ment publications, particularly, are scoffed at as mere publicity in almost every instance. * * # ^yNE of the chief factors contributing to this growing opinion is the great mass of conflicting, haphazard, duplicating publi cations now being printed by Washington. Newspaper offices are flooded with “official information” from OFF and its subsidiary branches of the government. And yet their role in keeping America a democracy today cannot be underestimated. rPhe nation is becoming annually more bu reaucratic in nature, more technical in con struction. It is like a highly-sensitive machine spreading its tentacles out and out further into the realms of private life. If there is to be any provision for the education of future leaders, any education of the mass of Americans to what these government depart ments are accomplishing, a good part of it must come from official government reports to the people. These publicity releases, confusing as they may be in number, serve to stave off apathy which easily might come to a public if it came to feel that the whole Washington scene was too involved for any understanding. * * * rJ"'HERE seems to be little real difference, as long as Washington is to go in for the publicity business, between “editors” in 10 buildings sending out material and one chief man coordinating the material. Archibald MacLeish, who wrote poetry for a living until the President named him OFF head, is the most talked-of man for the new job. He has a reputation for truth and facts. In his present OFF position he dictates the general trend of all news releases. If moved up to head infor mation man for the whole government, he would simply see that they definitely fol lowed the suggested trend. Government publicity, in any form, -is as dangerous as dynamite. Put as long as it seems to have come to stay as a part of the American brand of democracy, it is only de stroying its own purpose by presenting such a mixed-up, confused picture by coming from so many sources. Americans will ignore its worth entirely until they can see what this new Washington press is doing, until the news is made digestible and creates for itself a reputation of dignity and truth. Until there is some centralization, the money spent on government publicity is not fulfilling its purpose. feomlti+uji. . . . Today the Axis Meets To Plan the New Campaign 9t cMa i. to be. By BILL HAIGHT British ami American bombers have been roaring: over the English channel to occupied ports, and cities in the German nation for eight violent days. Approximately 4000 allied planes have rained indescribable horror down on the puppets of the Nazi overlords. Neutral sources assert that the submarine base at 'Proud neim was utterly destroyed. Ros tock, German Baltic port, has vir tually been wiped out, leaving hulks of loaded ships, fragments of filled freight cars, and more than 4000 people killed or maimed. No Joy There is no joy m hearing of such news but it indeed would be a strange person that could not help but feel the continuation of such devastation by our planes is necessary and in this curious world good news. These bombings are a complete repudiation of what Hitler and satellites have told the German people. Fi'om the beginning of the war the misguided Germans have been absolutely assured Al lied planes would not inflict heavy damage on the Third Reich. After the raids of the past eight days, Herr Goebbels sent trucks equipped with loud speakers to the bombed areas and boosted the morale of the people with messages from the Fuehrer. Today, Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese ambassador to Ger many meet at Munich for a con ference. Such conclaves normal ly represent the beginning of some major move. As usual since the war such g'et-togethers carry peace feelers to the world and this meeting is no exception. French sources have reported a nine-page memorandum has been submitted to the British. The pages include: 1. Britain and the United States to recognize German control in Europe. Ger many being prepared to consider Anglo-Saxon suggestions for ap plication of the “new order’’ on the continent. 2. Germany to annex such Russian territories as she consid ered necessary to her “living space.’’ (Joe ought to enjoy that one.) 3. Germany to control virtually all of the French. Dutch and Bel gian colonial possessions. What Next? If the allied powers accepted the above proposals Germany would undertake to: 1. recognize the British empire in its present form. 2. To recognize control of Latin America by the United States both in political and eco nomic spheres. 3. To collaborate in setting up a system of trade between the three “empires"; $G*n jpsu. &neakjj04i By TED HALLOCK Oh so sorry. Honorable Sonny Dunham not to play in Salem to night or tomorrow night. Oh yes. Oh so Hon. Dunham to play ou May 20. He play in Hon. Armory and for samey price. Sixty hun nerts for one. Called the Oregon Statesman offices in capital city as of Tues day eve last and no ads for Son ny had come in yet, so no soap. Samey with Harry Jamey. Too bad. Also, Jackson Tea will play only eight days in the rose city, stead of ten as was said'. But if you all read the cosmopolite sheets you know. If you read. Return Good news for the odd Thetas et all is with Richard Carlton of the Arizona commuting Carltons, who returns to our fair and hom ey campus this Friday even to spend a pleasant weekend with friends at the several odd thou sand house dances with emphasj^, on the odd. Mayhap two of you heard the jazz broadcast last night on KOAC at eight. Usual history of the stuff with a fine combo play ing, and like the real boys did. “Arty” Scott dug some extremely well cooked jazzy cornet, whilst Geney Leo of the physical educa tion plant played hots black and white. It was good. To give a subtle idea of the rather jerky school we go to, with its war scarish preventa tives, antidotes for radical be havior (no desserts, name bands), we shall present herewith, S£y« ples from various other similar institutions. Gray Gordon playing a tea dance at Michigan State. Charlie Barnet playing a swing concert at Ann Arbor for Michi gan U. Glenn Miller playing the Senior Prom, and a thirty minute Victory rally, at U.S.C. Harry James playing the Junior Prom at U.C.L.A., and with two other bands on the same stand. Horace Heidt at a fifteen minute defense stamp thing at Cal. Nice to have Art around, isn’t it? Tune News There are some good discs^Btit lately. Mainly because of the war. The waxorys have so little in pri orities that only the best stuff can be released. By coincidence, of course, Glenn was cut down to only 37,000 pressings per week. The mellowest stuff is mainly Goodman’s. “String of De Mau passaunt’s” is reet. Not like Mil ler’s uninteresting riff in mono tone, it boasts a background of the theme, with a fine foreground of Mel Powell tinklings. Then, in succession, a good Lou McGar itty tram solo, fine Vido Musso tenoring, and a good bunch of finale notes by the King. After this week's Spotlight shots, a good band to watch ?s Thornhill’s. Plenty of guts, but polish, and mainly, sensible, not novel, dynamics. That’s all. Germany’s, Britain's, and Amer ica’s. Of course the whole plan has been repudiated and if the past is any indication all hell should break loose on the eastern and possibly western fronts in Eur ope. Burma will most likely this week be listed with Hong' Kong', Singapore and the Dutch East Indies despite the gallant and thrilling dogfights of the Ameri can “Tiger Squadron.” This black news is somewhat lightened by the terrific toll of Axis plants, ports, and towns from Norway te^, France. A 15-week course in aircraft drafting is offered at Wayne uni versity.