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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1942)
p p Capitol to Campus Interesting because of his re cent official connection with the government is C. A. Dykstra’s recent analysis of the official government viewpoint toward colleges released by the Asso ciated Collegiate Press. Dykstra, president of the University of Wisconsin, headed the national draft machinery until appoint ment of General Hershey. “The government,” he said in an ad dress before the American Li brary association, “considers America's institutions of higher learning as key centers in the war effort.” “At no time in human history have universities seemed so im portant in a national effort as they are right now in the United States,” Dykstra maintained, “Universities and colleges are reservoirs for the recruiting of fighting men. of specialists for national services, and teachers of mm in training,” he declared. ’ “Their laboratories are being used 2t hours a day and their plants in general are being made available for national service. Their facilities are being used in stead of providing new facilities in —any areas. “The government without ques tion considers them a wartime necessity and it is using them as they never have been used before. Moreover, it is indicating in no uncertain terms that it wants these institutions to carry on ther regular training and educa tional programs so that we may have a supply of men who can mee the challenges of next year, ami f he year following and so on Into the days when we may have pe > v again. It does not want to wi mimjw Rhapsody in Romance! BING CROSBY FRED ASTAIRE in HOLIDAY INN' also PRESTON FOSTER BRENDA JOYCE in LITTLE TOKYO' ■ict TWO THRILLERS! SOUTH OF THE SANTA FE' with ROY ROGERS Also The Man Who Returned to Live' with JOHN HOWARD KAY KYSER MY FAVORITE SPY' CARY GRANT JEAN ARTHUR RONALD COLEMAN 'TALK OF THE TOWN' face the fact of a lost genera tion of educated leadership.” America’s national puflicy at this time contemplates the main tenance of vigorous and compre hensive educational programs, not in spite of the fact that we are at war, but because the vrar effort and the peace effort to follow require such services as universities have to offer, Dyk stra explained. ‘‘Such a policy requires from universities adaptability, re sourcefulness, an awareness of national needs, selflessness and devotion to the national effort, and willingness to put first things first during a period of world conflict,” he asserted. “To do this does not require the sacrifice of standards or the relinquishment of long time ob jectives. It means only a tempor ary redirection of certain activi ties and changing emphasis where it becomes necessary. Our task in general remains the same, the education of the new generation, the making of citizens, the push ing outward of the boundaries of knowledge, and the serving of our country and our generation in practical ways, which will make our national life more de cent and wholesome." 'The constitution of the United States is able to meet the prob lems of modern life because the Supreme Court is using modern methods in making its decisions. This is “judicial statesmanship of the highest order,’’ declares Rob ert E. Cushman, professor of government at Cornell university, in a new pamphlet titled “What’s Happening to Our Constitution?" and published by the Public Af fairs committee. The changed outlook of the court is not the result of the whims of new and younger judges, writes Professor Cushman. We must re member that the National Labor Relations act and the Social Se curity act were upheld before any JRoosevelt appointee sat on the Court. “This revolution in the Court's method of work has come as a result of the application of a philosophy which runs back over 40 years and is most closely asso ciated with the names of Holmes and Brandeis.” With sound legal knowledge to support his views, Cushman traces the development of the important theories practiced by these jurists. At one time the judicial process was governed by a mechanical “slot-machine” theory. It was gen erally held that the courts' task was to apply never-changing rules to each case, as though all they had to do was to put the facts of a case in a slot on top and draw [out the correct decision below. This view has gradually given way to the new idea that social condi tions may be an important factor in determining a law's constitu tionality. This new idea was first presented in the famous "Brandeis brief" of 190S, in support of Ore gon's ten-hour law for women, which contained only two pages of legal argument and 100 pages of of expert opinion on the bad ef fects of overwork on women. This type of argument made the methods of the Supreme Court more flexible. The Court still finds it "desirable to follow precedent when the situation in which a rule is to be applied is like the old one in which the rule developed,” but there is no longer a slavish bow ing to earlier decisions. It was Justice Holmes who first applied, especially to social legis lation. the theory that "the legisla ture should enjoy a large freedom to make mistakes of policy and judgment" and that "the courts should step in only when imconsti Westminster Speaker Bayard Rustin, Negro member of the Society of Friends and New York state secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, will speak at Westminster house to night at 7:30. His topic will be, “Racial Aspects of the War.” Mr. Rustin’s efforts to combat racial discrimination by means of non-violent direct action have attracted considerable attention, and at times have led to threats against his life. tutionality is abundantly clear.” The Supreme Court has been won over to this view by degrees. Professor Cushman reviews in detail how states’ rights gave way to a strong central government—■ how the federal power over inter state commerce has been extended to include practically all of the na tion's' business—how there has been a growth of federal police power to protect the nation’s so cial welfare. In summarizing, the author de clares that “we need not feel that these constitutional changes, startling as some of them may seem, reflect disloyalty to the founding fathers . . . They would be the first to scorn the constitu tional ancestor worship which would deny to the dynamic consti tutional system created in 1789 the vitality and flexibility necessary to make it an adequate basis for ef ficient 20th century government.” Army Reserve Call Posted Lt. R. G. Davis, recruiting of ficer for the army enlisted re serves, requested Tuesday that those students who have partially enlisted or stated their intention of joining the enlisted reserves to contact him and complete their enlistment at their earliest convenience. This is to avoid the rush and congestion which will occur if these students wait un til a later date. Because of a misunderstanding on the specific requirements of the enlisted reserves, many men, who otherwise would have en rolled, have failed to enlist. Lt. Davis stated that there are no specific requirements, such as math, physics, or chemistry for this branch of the reserves. He also stated that the possi bilities for advancement in the regular army, after going into active service are innumerable. This is because the infantry is the largest branch of the service, and envelopes many fields. This is where a college education is an advantage. Men with college experience are in great demand in the army because of the spe cific training they receive. Any man enrolled in the Uni Professor Criticizes High School Math Laxi^ Professor E. E. DeCou, for 40 years a member of the mathemat ics department of the Univer sity, charged last week that “most high schools have become very lax in their mathematical requirements,” in a plea to high school teachers. “If a student waits until he enters college it is difficult for him to cover the entire field of advanced mathematics before graduation. If he gets the funda mental courses in high school, he can be farther advanced in col lege work before being called into military service,” said Dr. De C°U. yi The Oregon professor reco.x mends that every high school boy and girl of sufficient mathe matical aptitude take as much mathematics as possible. versity who is interested in the enlisted reserve can enlist or ob tain additional information from Lt. Davis, at the reserve recruit ing office in room 2, school of commerce building. A 12,000 volume library includ ing many classics in German, his tory, philosophy and literature has been bequeathed to the Uni versity of Wisconsin by the late George Wild. il Are You a Member of this Group ? 1. Do you re-string- tennis rackets, wax skis, repair bicycles, or any of a hundred small trades? 2. Are you a private home owner and desire more students to fill your vacant rooms? 3. Do you operate a home laundry and need more business ? 4. 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