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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1942)
■UIIIIIII!!lll!illl[llll!llll!ll!IHI1lt1inmilHIK>ltlllUllH1fllUII!iUIIUUIUIIiniHtUillUUHtllHillllllllllllinilllllllllilllllllllllllllllIUIIIIIIIIIlMlllllllllllllllllillll!!)!KimtlI!llininilliimill!llllillll Oregon ^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. G. Duncan Wimpress, Managing Editor Jack L. Billings, News Editor John Mathews, Associate Editor Member Pissocioted Golle6iate 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 UPPER BUSINESS STAFF mivri UMiif- Wdlldgcrs . John Jensen, Cecil Sharp, Shirley Davis, Russ Smelser. Dwayne Heathman Connie Fullmer, Circulation Manager. l^ois i^iaus, v^iassinea /\averusing ivian ager. Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertis ing Manager. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston —Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland—Seattle. rf-ollcUA* . . . BRAZILIAN students of the University of Sao Paulo send this message of good will to our fellow stu dents in the universities of the United States. “We believe in the united front of the American republics. “We believe that such a front must rest on the cooperation and friendship between our two countries. “And we know of no stronger foundation for this friendship than the understanding and comradeship between the young men and women of our universities. It would grow with us, and keep our two nations together in the years to come. “To such an understanding and comradeship we pledge ourselves.” That was the message delivered on a parchment scroll to the University of Oregon student body October 13 by Dr. Her nane Tavares de Sa, professor of biology at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. * sk * J^EFORE Dr. Tavares de Sa left the Oregon campus Les Anderson, ASUO president, replied for the student body with the following, which was printed on parchment and sent to Sao Paulo university: “To the students of the University of Sao Paulo, we wel come your message to us, and desire to express our common belief in the united front of American republics. “Now that both our great nations are at war with a force that threatens our freedom and civilization, we feel that an even greater friendship and unity should exist. “We are fully in accord with your belief that any founda tion must rest on the understanding and comradeship of the young men and women of our universities. “We join with you in such a pledge of understanding and comradeship. "Signed, “ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, “UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.” * * * ^^NE of the main points made by Dr. Tavares de Sa during his v isit here was that inter-American relations should be on a more personal basis to make the good will policy be tween the Americas a success. That the truth of this was rec ognized by University students, is'evident in their reply to the message from Sao Paulo's students. Once again an opening has been made by students of Bra zil toward a more fundamental mutual understanding. Last week the University of Oregon received a letter from a Sao Paulo newspaper inviting Oregon students to write to teach ers and students there. Oregon followed the Brazilian lead in sending written dec laration of good will, and pledging comradeship and under standing. Will it follow through now, and make a construc tive effort to promote such understanding?—J.A.W. * * * (Editor's note: Anyone interested in writing may contact Dr. Y. P. Morris, dean of the school of business administra tion, or write directly to Coluna Universitaris, Diario da Noite, Caixa Postal 2936, Sao Paulo, Brazil.) tynam QueAywiteSie . * . War News Trickles Home By LYNN JOHNSON In a way the tension is being eased this week. We are begin ning to learn something of the big events now being staged in various theaters of war. Last weekend a full-scale of fensive was opened by the Brit ish against the Axis fortified po sitions along the El Alamein front in Egypt. This new drive into the desert doesn’t appeal- to be just another attempt to re move an immediate threat to Al exandria and the Suez. The care ful, intensive preparation evi denced by the ferocity of the Al lied offensive indicates that the battle for Africa has been launched. The avowed purpose of the British army is to destroy Rommel's forces completely, not to be content with his retreat into Libya where he might repair his Africa corps. Teamwork Although British soldiers are (Please turn to (-age seven) Home Fires Burn Low By CHARLES POLIXZ The editor has asked us what the purpose of this column is. After fracturing our left eye brow trying to look intelligent like Spencer Tracy we replied: This will not be a pleasant, pretty column. It will not be an awful, ugly column. It will be a column—at times pointed and satirical hoping to make us look behind the chrom ium plated rooters’ lids that sit so complacently on many heads; at times slapstick and exagger ated because we think Americans still treasure the belly-laugh and will ever love to play the fool. Read at Risk Read it at the risk of your lives and the honor of your living groups. We are not here to of fend, but we will poke fun. College is not all cuddly cash mere sweaters, coke dates, and Sen Sen scented heroes. Neither is it never-ending studies, prison warden profs, and thick, horn rimmed book worms. Let’s laugh at foibles, but not deny them. On the Library . . . Today let’s talk about the li brary, or the "libe” as it is af fectionately known to those sen iors who have been there twice. First, there is the John Henry Nash collection of rare books—• NOT first editions of Petty or iginals as the senior told the prospective pledge. All of three people know about it by now: John Henry himself, the man who carried the books over there (and has net emerged since), and the man employed to semi-annually blow the dust off the books. He was cought ip the first semi-an (Please turn to page seven) (As Oregon prepares for war Homecoming, we know there can be no real Homecoming until the final shot is fired, and “the boys” come marching home. The story that follows is more a letter that any of thousands of alumni at war might write.—Ed.) rJ''HERE is no Flanders field of World War II. The "crosses row on row that mark our place’’ are sometimes crudely constructed crossed sticks. Sometimes there are no crosses, no field, because the burial ground is the seven seas. “Flanders" is now the Solomons, now the Alamein in Africa, now "some where in Britain.” But somewhere men fall, whether in burn ing oil of sinking ships, before fire of trampling tanks, or in shattered pieces of a falling plane. I remember Len Ballif, ’43. He ran for sophomore class president, spring term 1940. He died at Bakersfield in a plane crash. ^ I remember, too, Verdi Sederstrom, ’40, first vice-president of the ASUO during the 1939-40 year. He and Buddy Eldon Wyman, ’41, went down with the U. S. S. Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. JT ENT STITZER, ’41, was always a hard worker. He stuck to his 40-hour week as Emerald news editor two years ago, made the air corps just before graduation when the ex amining board passed through Eugene. Kent crashed "some where in South America" last spring term. It doesn’t seem so long ago that Dale Lasselle, Jr., ’38, fought Oregon State on th egridiron. He joined the air corps, fought Oregon State on the gridiron. He joined the air corps, "somewhere in Britain.” . There are others, too, whom I remember well: Byron Vandenburg, ’43, who went down with his plane over the Mojave desert; Football Star Ernie Robertson, ’39, who crashed in Orlando, Fla.; Len Card, ’42, who cracked up at Bakersfield; Donald Rockwell, ’41, who crashed October 29, almost one year ago; Earl Charles Williams, ’39, who wM killed in the Philippines while serving with General MacAr thur’s army; Lt. Edwin Morene, Jr., ’43, pursuit plane pilot, who died in Hawaii. x x x rJpHERE Avere other friends I met at Oregon. They wore the army khaki. They are gone now, too. Charles Frederick Goettling, ’33; Harold Carl Jepsen, '41 ; Col. James Alton Meek, '24; Lt. James Otis Reed, ’39; Capt. EdAvin Earl SAvanson. ’31. On the campus it’s almost Homecoming time. A lot of them Avon't be back this year. I Avonder how many more Avill be missing in 1943? We Love a Parade, Reports Panamanian By BOB EDWARDS The influence of the United States in Panama is tremen dous and the good neighbor policy is extended even to a double celebration of independence days, according to Rey nell Parkins, freshman in pre-medics, from that country. Pan ama celebrates American Independence day, July 4, and the Canal Zone, which is under American jurisdiction, celebrates Panamanian Independence day, November 3. “The Panamanians love parades and fireworks,’’ Parkins commented. “Persons in Panama are much more conscious of the war than persons here in the states,’’ he said .regarding the war. “I have hardly thought of the war since I have been in the states. In Panama we have blackout from six to six. Automobile headlights are painted black with a narrow slit in the center.” Duo-Language Parkins, who speaks with a slight Spanish accent, told of the interchange of English and Spanish in the school systems. In the Canal Zone, English is taught and Spanish is taught as a foreign language. In the Repub lic of Panama the reverse is true. Therefore, a student becomes flu ent in both languages, in fact, he said that conversations jump back and forth from English to Spanish. The school systems in Panama are identical with American school systems, both in the Canal Zone and the Republic. There is an emphasis on vocational edu cation. Boys are taught agricul ture, carpentry, cabinet making, and tailoring. Parkins learned tailoring. At the time of the in terview he was wearing- a pair of slacks he had made. “There is a predominance of female teachers in the Panama schools,” he add ed. Two J.C.’s In the Canal Zone there are two junior colleges operated by the United States government. One is located at Cristobal and the other at Balboa. At the University of Panama in Panama City, Parkins studied five terms of pre-law. He could have taken a four-year course in (Please turn to page seven) Between The Lines <l> By ROY NELSON ON THE MINDS of a lot of men rig-ht now is the following question, or reasonably-exact fac simile : “What reserve shall I join?” That is a good question and one which might even stump the quiz kids. The looming 18-year selective service set-up makes the problem almost unanimous for almost .every University stu dent now, as it will almost take in youngsters like Eldon Wolfe. A board of advisers yesterday in an assembly at the Igloo gave its sales talks, and will offer per sonal consultation in respective offices up until Thursday nooitf Inasmuch as there is a chance fo™ slight prejudices in the advice of (Please turn to page seven) .....M.i.mi.mimiHumimiiiHiNUimillUIIIIHIMimilliMllllimiUlllimilllllUllllMUmilllMlIIIIMIIlim’-s It s Our War • • We start out with the inter esting story of A.T.O. Bob Adrian who was on a transport bombed and sunk in the battle of the Solomons off Guadalcanal. Bob was standing on the bridge of the transport when it was blown right out from under him. Suffering from shrapnel wounds in the eyes and legs, he was picked up by a destroyer, shifted by means of a boatswain’s chair, and then sent to the San Fran cisco hospital for treatment. It was reported that his vision will not be impaired. Perhaps some of you heard Mr. Adrian’s stoi’y over the NBC national hook-up from Los Angeles last Wednes day. Additional Bits Patty Wright, former president of the Alpha Chis, is a private secretary at the Kaiser sliip yards. |l| We all should send good luclc ^ to Bill Bergtholdt, Theta Chi and former rally squadder. He grad uates from officers’ training (Please turn to page seven)
