Oregon W Emerald
Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final
examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene. Oregon.
RAY SCHRICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Mgr.
Dune Wimpress,Managing Editor Jack Billings, News Editor
Ted Bush, Associate Editor John Mathews, Associate Editor
Member ^
Pissocided Golle&iate Press
ALL-AMERICAN 1942
UPPER NEWS STAFF
Lee Flatberg, Sports Editor
Marge Major, Women’s Editor
Mildred Wilson, Feature Editor
Janet Wagstaff, Assistant Editor
Joan Dolph, Marjorie Young,
Assistant News Editors
U 1 l bK oJ Al't
Advertising Managers :
John Jensen, Cecil Sharp, Shirley Davis,
Russ Smelscr.
Connie Fullmer, Circulation Manager.
l_«ois L-iaus, Liassinea .^overusing man
ager.
Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertis
ing Manager.
“The war will advance by several decades the trends
away from laissez faire and toward economic planning
under government supervision.”—Stuart Chase in “The
Road We Are Traveling.”
Qcdlif - - Wa/i Stifle . . .
^^REGON’S rally squad will sell more than football spirit
Saturday. The men and women in white will cheer their
real “Rally, Rally,” not from Broadway on parade, but from
the stage of Victory Center on Sixth avenue.
They will sell the same old spirit but for a larger 1942
public that includes Uncle Sam plus the University genera
tion. The game is a business-pleasure trip, with spirit des
tined to come out on the winning end both ways.
One-half hour of student talent is Oregon’s part in the
noon program. Bring a pom-pom, cheer for the Webfoots,
and at the same time cheer for Uncle Sam with Victory
bonds and stamps.
Btecdt *1'hat Cold . . .
'J'AKH a tip.
The weather so far has been sunny and clear. There
haven’t been any windstorms, and the inevitable rain has held
off remarkably well. But just because we haven’t been bottled
indoors by a “silver thaw” like that of last spring, we should
not forget that the campus mercury is slipping lower week
by week.
Clearest sign that many of us have neglected to compen
sate for the cooler weather can be found in the overtones of
thick, heavy coughing that drowns out the tired voices of
our professors.
* * *
rJ'MlIS is a little thing.
But it can become vastly important overnight if an
epidemic of influenza sweeps the campus once more as it has
in the past. 1 lours lost now are precious, irreplaceable. A whole
school caught in the grip of the ever-present flu menace would
be a tragedy.
Guard your health, guard your friends, be patriotic; dres
warmly, get plenty of sleep, stop colds before they start. This,
again, is war.—J.J.M.
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And Sal&i Baa/i
<^|OClAL schedules may he curtailed; enrollment may be
slightly clown; Homecoming, Dads’ Weekend, and Junior
Weekend may face changes, but Oregon has one "biggest
yet" to add to its 1942 record.
While there has been about a 16 per cent drop in enroll
ment. the Oregana has sold to three out of every four mem
bers of the student body, the highest percentage in history.
Athletic card sales also soared to reach 81 per cent of the
student body, a new high.
* * *
X1 \ reason for this war year rise may be that returning
students have more money than in previous years. A sec
ond large share of the credit goes to the two drive chairmen,
Jeff Kitchen, Oregana business manager, and Oge Young,
chairman of athletic card sales. It was their organization that
put the drives across.
Organization of athletic card sales in such a wav that in
dependent groups were not competing with Greek letter
groups, seems a major key to its success. Six prizes were
offered for fraternities and sororities hitting one hundred per
cent first, and three for the independent groups coming clos
est to the one hundred per cent mark.
The spirit and the letter, that is, the wav these two cam
paigns were conducted and the way they were consummated,
arc indicative of another forward step in student management.
All-campus dance committees will be limited to commit
tees of student workers in the curtailed war program this
year. Xow it does look like a tough year for the gravy train.
'UoteSiA. . . .
Look Before
You Leap
In November
. . . Bailat
By DON TREADGOLD
How many of us are aware
that there will be an election on
November 3? How many of us
know the candidates’ names, let
alone their policies ? How many
of us will take the trouble to vote
on the first Tuesday in Novem
ber ?
The lack of interest in politics
is not surprising, when there are
so many more exciting matters
to claim attention. But interest
or not, the failure of more voters
to take an intelligent part in
choosing their candidates, in a
year as crucial as this, is amaz
ing. Congress has begn the brunt
of bitter attacks for months be
cause of alleged incompetence,
but now that the voters have a
chance to change congressmen,
they are apathetic.
Isolationist Talk
Shortly after Pearl Harbor,
many vowed they would never re
elect the professional blind men
known as “isolationists” who
hamstrung every effort of the
nation to prepare for such an at
tack as came December 7. Most
of them may be sent back to
Washington, because few remem
ber and fewer care who they
were. Two weeks ago a greedy
farm bloc almost succeeding in
upsetting the whole anti-infla
tion program. But the voters’
memories are short.
How are selfish, ignorant mi
norities able to carry such weight
in congress? Why is it necessary
for a great popular uprising to
take place to fight back the lob
byists and the blocs ? Because
too many congressmen know that
although those constituents who
yell loudest may be few, they will
go to the polls on election day,
while the silent majority may
not bother to do so.
Not All Asleep
The public is not all asleep. In
the East, Raymond Leslie Buell,
of the Foreign Policy associa
tion, and Clare Boothe, famous
playwright, have entered the po
litical arena for the first time to
oppose old guard congressmen.
In Oregon, we will elect a gov
ernor, a senator, and four repre
sentatives on November 3. In the
gubernatorial race Democrat
Lew Wallace faces Republican
Earl Snell in a close contest.
Senator McNary, Representatives
Mott, Angell, and Pierce, face
the voters for reelection against
more or less worthy opponents.
It is not hard to find among
these men consistent obstruction
ists in congress, men who give
little evidence of understanding
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I /U Second Qlance
By TED HARMON ^
Writing a column, such as this, is no easy task, and while
we pride ourselves that no reader really knows any more
after he’s read our words than he did before he staited, we
found out a long time ago that a columnist is a privileged
person in the eyes of others for several reasons.
After all, a columnist’s personal views usually make copy,
thus coloring what little news
value there might be within
three pages of manuscript. But
we know, too, that a columnist
is a privileged person only as
long as he keeps the confidence
and respect of those about whom
he writes.
Furthermore, the said column
ist can take his choice of items
to jot down under a by-line,
which is an obvious advantage
over straight news reporting. But
the choice, while up to the writ
er, must be a wise one, or the
purpose of writing a column has
been lost while the author has
betrayed the confidence and re
spect so desired in any under
taking of that nature.
Not Leaving
Contrary to current rumor that
we’re leaving ’(Shortly, we still
anticipate a full term’s work be
fore leaving for Quantico, Vir
ginia. But at the same time, and
before the rush of fall term des
cends upon everyone, there are
one or two items we would like
to scratch off our journalistic
lists for all concerned.
From time to time during the
last year we have taken playful
(but we trust not malicious) jibes
at certain living organizations,
usually in the manner of short,
bad-rhymed verse with the re
frain that “roses are red, violets
are blue.” But we like to think
that the feeling has run no deep
er than that; at least we know
it hasn’t from this side of the
keyboard of our Royal. And we
believe that it has been taken
with a friendly and warm spirit
of jesting. We like to think so.
Overdoing It
But certain things can be used
to an over-advantage and for that
reason we called a halt to our
poetical efforts so-directed last
term. And while it brought about
a cessation of pseudo-hostilities
that have been forgotten, still
we feel that others yet have a
few things to learn, or at least
recognize.
Therefore, this comment is
NOT directed at any living or
ganization, but to those whom
we, personally, feel have violated
the granted privileges of editor
ializing their own opinions under
separate by-lines. If they read
this, then we feel that our efforts
have been repaid. A newspaper
is for news and editorials backed
by logical opinion-forming, not
for malicious and un-called for
verbal attacks that only increase
the -size of an unnecessary at
tempt to stretch a column beyond
the limits of good taste and re
spect.
All in all, the synonym of the
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Loan Business Slips
By EDITH NEWTON
Oregon students borrowed
$2,603. SO in September, 1942,
from the school emergency loan
fund. This is a low figure as loans
go, for it equals less than one
fourth of the amount borrowed
during the same period last year
when 284 people drew $8,198.40
to pay registration fees.
Emergency loans are made for
30 to 60 days in amounts large
enough to cover registration fees,
exclusive of non-resident fees.
They must be paid before stu
dents can enroll for another
term.
Loans are harder to get this
year, according to C. K. Stals
berg, University cashier. The loan
committee has ruled that at least
one term’s attendance at the Uni
versity and a cumulative GPA of
2 point are requisites for securing
this financial aid.
These measures were taken
after a survey made during the
summer showed that 81 per cent
of the overdue notes belong to
students having a cumulative
grade average of less than 2
point. Of the loans made in the
past, 72 per cent have been made
to students meeting the new
grade requirement.
Students with better grades
seem better equipped to pay
their loans, or are more willing
to assume their obligations, ac
cording to Mr. J. O. Lindstrom,
business manager.
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S Sacred P
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By J. SPENCER MILLER^
As long as I have been at Ore
gon I have always had the idea
that it would be very impressive
to sing the Oregon Pledge song
after football games. It seems as
if cne of the most beautiful col
lege hymns in the country was
being left in the confines of fra
ternity house singfestS and not
'shown off to the general public
at-large. Most major colleges
make it a practice to stand in
the stands after a game and sing
their alma mater song. Any of
you who have heard California’s
“All Hail Blue and Gold” after
a Berkeley contest know how
very impressive it is.
Webfoot Yell King Earle Rus
sell—who is about as hardwork
ing and consistent as they come
-—has solved the problem beau
tifully. He and John Stehn adaj^k
ed the lyrics and music to coo^
dinate the band and mass group.
Saturday it will be unveiled after
the Washington game, and we are
crossing all eight fingers in the
hopes that it will be a success.
It will be broadcast over a coast
wide hookup, and if it works, it
will be a far step in making this
after-game singing a traditional
event.
Riding Problems
Transportation to Portland for
this weekend is at a premium,
and if anybody by any more
chance has ANY room in his car,
call around to some of the hous
es because there are plenty of
people that want rides—the Al
pha Chis are considering a mass
hitch-hiking expedition. . . .
BEATING THE DUCK’ BEAT!
. . . People are always sendii^k
me all sorts of little presenter
Latest one was from my old
friends, the Gamma Fie Bahta
pledges—one PEROXIDE bottle
with attendant note, “Dear Joe,
Something for your shower—join
the ranks!—Love and mush.
GPB pledges.” I passed it on by
Western Union messenger to the
Alpha Phis—by way of subtle
hint. The whole campus misses
that little breath of California
down on the millrace—it’ll be
worse when the rains come—we
gotta have some kind of sunshine
then. . . .
Battlin’ Bertha
An idea has finally presented
itself for the utilization of Battlin’
Bertha, the sodden mass of metal
now reposed in front of the home
of the beauties of Chi Omeg^^
Give it to the scrap metal driv^^
Jean Baker and Norm Foster are
“just friends,” so they say, but
outsiders wonder — maybe. Lt.
Cullen Murphy does, too . . . The
Emerald is liable to lose a sports
editor awfully fast if Lee Flat
berg can’t prove to ERC medicos
that he can see well enough to
spot the yellow of a Jap’s eyes as
an officer. ...
Vivacious Polly Gordon is our
nomination for Rally Girl of the
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Webster's Wise
Webster’s dictionary defines
the word “dear” as “expensiveJ^
“costly,” or scarce.” Now we bel®
ter comprehend why lads shower
aforementioned term so freely
upon their favorite coed—Uni
versity of Kansas, Daily Kansan.