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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1942)
Oregon Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays. Mondays, 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. HELEN ANGELL. Editor FRED O. MAY, Business Manager Rav Schrick, Managing Editor Betty Jane Biggs, Advertising Manager Jack Billings, News Editor Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertising Manager Editorial board: Buck Buchwach, Chuck Boice, Betty Jane Biggs, Ray Schrick; Pro fessor George Turnbull, adviser. Lee Flatberg, Sports Editor Erling Erlandson, Assistant Sports Editor Fred Trcadgold, Assistant Sports Editor Corrine Nelson, Mildred Wilson Co-Women’s Editors Herb Penny, Assistant Managing Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Joanne Nichols, Executive Secretary Mary Wolf, Exchange Editor Duncan Wimpress, Chief Desk Editor Ted Bush, Chief Night Editor John Mathews, Promotion Editor Joanne Dolph, Assistant News Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAr r Helen Rayburn, Layout Manager Lois Clause, Circulation Manager Helen Flynn, Office Manager Connie Fullmer, Classified Manager 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 Offices. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago-r-Boston— Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. 1941 Member 1942 Associated Gotle&iate Press <Jle ii Still dle/ie . . . A LETTER came to the Emerald editor’s office not long ago from a 1926 graduate of the University of Oregon. 7’he writer, recalling his college days, said, “I remember so little about the campus now. Bijt there is one person I shall never forget. Is Proessor Howe still there?” The records say that Herbert Crombie Howe passed away after 40 years of service in 1940. But the friendly, vital Eng lish professor who was admired by generations of students, came to life last week. “What Other Beauty,” a volume of 100 selected poems by the scholar-poet, was printed last week by John Henry Nash. Students who thronged to his popular classes enjoyed most “conferences” in his musty office in Villard hall. He liked to talk most of sports, and for years was Oregon’s ath letic representative in the Pacific Coast conference. Seldom, until the last year of his life, did he miss a practice session of the Webfoot squad. # # JT IS his human qualities, his friendliness and his lack of pretense, that make these poems more than a professor’s verse. In the words of University Professor Ernest G. Moll, “Spenser is here; the tranquil Wordsworth; the austere Ar nold Shelley; . . . for Herbert Crombie Howe knew and loved them all. . . . But there are other things: the friendly rock; the flowers he gathered, ‘Dusty, or wet with dew,’ and filled his house with them, setting them down in their disarray be cause ‘1 wanted them just as they were.’ . . . This poet took the world to his heart and warmed it there . . . all but the crude things, the noisy things, the honking car. the harsh city. 1he stuffy ballroom. From these he turned away, but not bitterly.” Here in these poems is Professor Howe himself. In life or death, he is a living part of the world lie loved so much. political QumA A(j,ai*i . . . '’J'llk campus is again bustling with tlie fervor of a political contest. Hut. this time there are no bloc lines. Greeks ami Inde pendents side by side on soap boxes chant "We want Winter green.” Non-al'filiated students have discarded their lemon and green Y pin and wear, along with fraternity members, the badge, “ Wintergreen for President.” A small minority muttered at tin* lack of opposition. There are threats of starting a rival party but the junior class, party leaders of this plebiscite election, are confident of their success. * # * ^JAMPAIGN Manager Hob Whitely is not worried, either. a campus-wide motorized parade and rally is planned for this evening. Not once will the candidate speak to his voters— but four times from four advantageous spots near living or ganizations. Once they hear Wintergreen's platform, all minority groups will throw in the sponge and will be wearing the candidate's badge on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Manager Whitely declared. With a platform of "hove” and with the beautiful bevy of bathing beauties who help him electioneer, what platform would be more fitting for "spring term at the U!”—B.J.H. This Sunday remember that with the soldiers who know gals the best, it's Mother, two to one. Nothing Sacred By J. SPENCER MILLER Dick Guske, the genial proprie tor of the Falcon, is considering making one of his more difficult pin-ball machines an air-raid shelter. If he does, the sign he puts on it will read, “Climb under here in case of air-raid — We’ve never been HIT!” The above item is in solemn memory of the 4,649 nickels that the Delts, ATOs, Alpha hall, and Ken Christianson have lost in the Bird’s infernal machines. DUCK DIRT . . . DeeGee Mick ey Mitchell and Beta “Harpo” Hamilton ran their ship into the rocks, and the both of them have been dating everyone in sight. She went out Saturday night with Beta Bob Bird of the Washing ton baseball club . . . One of the nicest sights we’ve seen for a long time is the way Chi O Helen Crites helps blind Harry Lipsit around the campus . . . SAE Hal Hartzel seems to have replaced the Three Musketeers in the fight for the affections of ADPi Jean Villair . . . We saw the dress re hearsal of “Of Thee I Sing” last night and it shows, but plenty! Helen Holden, of the Henhall Hol dens, has whipped the dance rou tines into shape, and most of the numbers would be right at home on a Broadway stage . . . “Spi der” Dickson is rated by those that have seen him as the dance sensation of any show that he might grace. And for glamor, take a good look at Archie Mar shik’s gal, Marion Rique . . . Near tragedy was averted last week by Weekend heads. The Holland had booked Louis “Satch mo” Armstrong on the same night as the Junior Prom. So they en tered into a conference with the Holland’s proprietors, and they decided to cancel the colored trumpeter’s engagement . . . Two of the Gammafi’s most popular gals have left school. So long, Betty Kincaid and Jane Furrow . . . What local “smoothstone” was stood up for a house dance and turned around and took a rushee that was even more at tractive to the same house dance ? . . . Betty Hobblick's mother came up and took her home, leaving Sig Ep A1 Conyne without a girl or a pin . . . Ome ga hall's bigun, Fats Reinke is going steady now, with Sigma Kappa June Wakefield . . . Merlin Nelson of the Beta crew, seems (Please turn to page seven) I I 9*1 ^lie Mail Bcujj, To the Editor: The quaint quatrain of your J.W.S., wondering why so many "scholastically excellent shots" were elected to Phi Beta Kappa this year, deserves an explana tory note. It is customary with many chapters of this fraternity to elect each year approximately ten per cent of the seniors who are expected to receive bachelor's degrees. The twenty-nine seniors elected by Alpha of Oregon this spring, with the six elected last fall, make almost exactly seven per cent of the graduating class. The fact that such a conservative number looks like a "horde” to J.W.S. is chiefly significant with respect to the fewness of those elected during his previous two years at Oregon, and in recent years before that. Yours very truly, Jesse H. Bond. RfuUdt ottcute JlandeA Madagascar Only Gleam' On Gloomy War Front . . . Adolph Ueedi a Vict&iy By BILL HAIGHT Meager reports from Madagascar, 1000 mile long island oft* the coast of Portuguese Mozambique in Africa, indicate Brit ish Commando troops have landed and have the situation under control with only sporadic resistance from the troops of the Nazi puppet government of France. “Reckless, uncalculated assaults generally lead to disas ter” and Norway was a bitter example of an uncalculated as sault but since then the British government has been training troops as efficiently as the Nazi machine oiled its cogs and the “calculated risks” have been jus tified by the careful planning and preparation that has gone into the Madagascar operation. How Vital? The strategic importance of the island is protection for Allied ships to the Middle East and Aus tralia. Madagascar in the hands of the Japanese would practically shut off the shipping of troops and material by the South Afri can route. However, equally im portant is the knowledge that the Commando troops can hit with a knockout blow. Otherwise the Allies are only suffering setbacks. Burma is a Japanese successful campaign and the islands surrounding Aus tralia are undergoing heavy as saults from the Japanese navy and air force. Will Back Diplomatic activity centers around the United States govern ment warning the cancerous Vichy that the full force of the United States will be used to back up the British occupation of Mad agascar if Vichy should try to resist. This could mean the final break and war with the abortive Laval organization but most observers have the impression Laval will back up. If he follows the typical Axis pattern there will be a pub lic acceptance of the loss of Mad agascar and then swift and sur prising reprisals. Hitler may consider this is his perfect opportunity to obtain the French fleet and the pressure from Germany seems to be in this direction, according to a neu tral report on this explosive ques tion. Der Fuehrer is badly in need of a good victory on the battle front or diplomatic front to bol ster confidence at home. Bold ac tion may be expected. Mental tic that haunts: What was the name of Paul Revere’s horse ? Parade Opinion If the Allies are victorious, James K. Pollock, University of Michi gan political science professor, has a realistic plan for a government to replace Hitler’s that answers the question “what shall we do with Germany?” The country should be supervised by an international governing commission until it is able to erect a new constitutional structure that promises to be an improvement on the Weimar system, Professor Pollock says. It is a serious mistake to blame the political maladjustments of the years between the First and Second World wars on neglect of the economic problem in the peace settlement of 1919, he contends. It is equally wrong now, he warns, to think that if the economic prob lem is solved the political prob lem will look after itself. Pointing out that when thenar is over Germany will not be Mile to continue at peace unless she is organized on a. democratic basis, Professor Pollock blueprints his proposed plan along democratic lines. The next German government, (Please turn to page seven) Dk. ALEXANDER MEANS, FORMER PRESIDENT OF EMORY UNIVERSITY. PRODUCED THE FIRST ELECTRIC LIGHT IN AMERICA. IN 1857, 21 YEARS BEFORE EDISON,' DR. MEANS ATTACHED WIRES FROM AN ELECTRIC MACHINE TO A PIECE OF CHARCOAL. WHEN THE CURRENT WAS TURNED ON THE CHARCOAL REACHED A WHITE HEAT EMITTING A DAZZLING LIGHT/, . 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