Oregon W Emerald
Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holiday* 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
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ALL-AMERICAN 1942
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^JcdkinXj, Vacation ...
jpALL term schedules doubled up to a semi-jackknife Wed
nesday afternoon, but not without reason. There will be
no Armistice holiday—but there will lie none on the fighting
lines, either. There will be one day for Thanksgiving, and
many thanks that the University generation of this year can
offer. Examinations strike December 9, end December 12.
Winter registration is December 28.
Real reason for the remodeled program is request from
railroad associations across the nation which will deal with
double and triple traffic to transport service men home for
Christmas. The renovised schedule is a compromise, which
will clear travel lanes by a requested December 15 deadline.
The return trip for winter registration will fall between the
soldier, sailor and marine rush—a good four days before New
,Year.
. Thanksgiving on the campus is an opportunity, not a set
back. The home fires will burn, but they will be campus fires.
Thanksgiving 1942 will be served in war-style, but this year
as we hear of new alums who meet death on fighting fronts,
it is even more a day of thanks. On the campus a new mode
Thanksgiving turkey will be served a la war-style. And of
that there will be more tomorrow.
'Ilitee 'Wiusie/ui . . .
'J'HRK'E national presidents of national journalistic organ
izations in one year is Oregon’s latest record. Harry S.
Schenk, assistant professor of journalism and manager of the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers’ association, returns from the
east as national head of the Newspaper Managers’ associa
tion. His name becomes a big third in the combination of
K. Palmer I lolt, '23, publisher of the Oregonian, national presi
dent of Sigma Delta Chi, and W.'F. G. Thacher, professor of
English, national president of Alpha Delta Sigma. It com
pletes Oregon's "corner-’ on the journalistic presidential
market.
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'yjyflTH the dispersion of University of Oregon students and
alumni to all corners of the earth, came a new problem
for University officials and well-wishers—that of keeping an
active interest in the campus, by remote control.
Realizing this problem, various agencies of the 1 niver
sity have tried to remedy it by seeing that the men in the serv
ice keep their contact alive through the University publica
tions.
The latest step in this direction was taken Tuesday when
Mortar Hoard announced the mailing of copies of Old Ore
gon, the alumni magazine, to all our men in overseas service.
Now our alums on the many battlefields of this war can re
ceive news of what is going on at the University—what is
happening to the other members of their classes.
* * *
A^E READY many copies of the Emerald go to men in the
service, many of whom have left the campus only re
cently and are therefore interested in day-to-day news and
stories of their friends who are still in school.
Next year, it present plans succeed, any man in the Army
can go to his Division library and find there a copy of the
1943 Oregana wherein he will find the story of the whole
year at Oregon. Men in the Navy and,'Marines stationed at
the larger training centers may also have this privilege.
Thus Mortar Board announces a link in the bond which
will bring the Webfoots hoyie after the war.—J.W .S.
A&Jtib
Mo' Campus Cats
By JOHN J. MATHEWS
Only the corpse of Art Hol
man’s mob was on hand at the
beginning of this term to fill the
crying need for campus bands.
Against a backdrop that had
once set off the orks of Ted Hal
lock, Hal Hardin, Ray Dickson,
and their rivals, remained only a
cadaver. (“As ever was,” T. H.
would say.)
Already, though, we’ve seen
Eddie Johnson and George Carey
come up with more than present
able outfits, anJl Available Dick
son is rumored to be dreaming up
a little quartet. This is a praise
worthy response to Dick Wil-~
liams’ plea for lads with talent
and energy to meet a real de
mand. Nice going.
A few words about this Carey
combo.
Biggest credits must go to Bob
Hays and Wally Heider, the ar
rangers. Wally has been writing
reet stuff for these many years,
missing acclaim only because the
outfits under his, and later Gale
Quinn’s, name lacked what it
takes to turn the little black
notes into music. As for Hays, he
only performs on tram and alto
besides penning arrangements,
after having had his own band
in Portland.
Standout performers for the
Carey-owned ork are Herb Wid
mer, ex-Wes Lang tenor man, and
Johnny Reitz from the trumpet
section.
Admittedly a lot of us were
dreaming of the terrific team
of Nelson - Fortmiller - Kasmeyer
during the sock choruses last
Saturday eve, but the only real
weakness in the band is rhythm.
I’ll lay my Slingerlands against
your old C-melody that, if Ed
Johnson had dropped his bass,
One o’clock Jump would have
hit a strictly solid minuet beat.
And, since Brother Johnson is
not signed to play steadily with
Carey’s men, it looks vedda,
vedda much like a hurry-up call
to fill the tubs and doghouse
spots.
I remind Carey—in case he
doesn’t know already—that Hal
Hardin, for whom many a
chomp! chomp! has been uttered,
is on liberty, and can do the bass
work to perfection, besides be
ing a first-rate arranger.
Altogether Carey’s heavily
booked property should be a com
plete success. A couple more
jobs together, and there is little
reason why the campus should
not hear some mighty fine music
from them. Here’s wishing them
the best.
MUdned Lilian SfufA . . .
Richard L. Neuberger •
Ten years ago Richard L. Neu
berger, ’35, was editor of the Em
erald. Last week’s Saturday
Evening Post’s lead article con
cerning “The Mail Carrier of
Hell’s Canyon,” was written by
this outstanding Oregon free
lance writer and neophyte legis
lator.
Neuberger’s career has been
marked by stormy controversy,
criticism, dissent and a driving
energy on his part. Results of
this energy combined with pure
hard work are evident in each
month’s crop of magazines. Arti
cles in the Post, Coliiers, Forum
and many other leading maga
zines attest to grasp on current
affairs and an unusual writing
ability.
Within seven years after leav
ing college he has published a
book, “Our Promised Land” and
collaborated on two others, “In
tegrity—The Story of George W.
Norris” with George Kahn, and
"An Army of the Aged” with
Kelley Loe.
After some controversy, during
his University days, regarding a
particularly pointed series of
edits, adversaries of Neuberger
circulated a petition urging his
ousting as Emerald editor. Ignor
ing the matter (seemingly) he
circulated a counter-petition sug
gesting that engineers be in
structed to toot the theme of
“Mighty Oregon” as trains passed
the campus.
In his opening editorial in 1932
Dick Neuberger, the first (and
last) sophomore to hold the post
of Emerald editor, wrote, “If the
Emerald is opposed to something
it will say so. The fear of criti
cism or opposition will not deter
it from crusading provided it be
lieves its crusade justified.”
These words opened an era of
"personal” journalism in the Em
erald and those who remember
fleshy, ruddy-faced Dick Neu
berger agree that he proceeded
without fear of criticism—to
both good ends and ill-advised
ones.
Politics have occupied a share
of Neuberger’s time—during one
period he served as vice-chairman
of the election committee for
Oregon.
At present Neuberger, a sec
ond lieutenant, is with the army
public relations department in
Alaska handling publicity con
cerning the new highway under
construction. This temporary re
moval from a fiefd allowing edi
torial opinion has prevented any
thing explosive appearing from
the Alaskan news front.
But with Neuberger you never
can tell.
Jesse Moon,, Scholar,
Will Teach Some Dayl
By TEX GOODWIN
Stocky and determined Jesse Moon, 30, has been a long
time going to school but this time he says it’s for keeps. A
sophomore in social science preparing for a career in teach
ing, Moon is carrying 12 hours and supporting his wife and
four children and enjoying it immensely.
His unconventional career began deep in the Belgian
Congo, where he was born dur
ing one of those thatch-busting
tropical storms, and includes a
trip back to the states when he
was three months old. Since chil
dren bom on the equator are not
expected to survive, his mission
ary parents brought him to Cas
tlerock, Washington, to stay with
his grandparents.
In his own words, “I was just a
tramp logger after I finished
high school, following the logging
woods from job to job.”
Moon worked as a lumberjack
off and on till last year, when he
enrolled in the University to
carry six hours. He worked a
full shift as one of the three jani
tors in Eugene high school, tend
ing the heating system and
sweeping some 40 rooms every
night.
Moon still works nearly 60
hours a week but can do much
of his studying while on duty.
He says that the work is inter
esting and as soon as he got used
to sleeping a split shift, his
schedule worked out very well.
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By CHARLES POLITZ
Whiskerino is over, and noth
ing but a success (to the barbers
anyway). Everyone was there but
Hirohito. And he only missed it
’cause he couldn’t find a date.
Really can’t account for the
tremendous crowd. Funny though
-that little man who went aim^P
asking “which one is Ziggy El
man” ?
The Igloo floor was waxed for
Sonia Henie’s next picture.
The love bug has been working
day, swing, and graveyard as of
late.
Last year’s Sigma Chi sweet
heart, Kappa Janie Williams, is
slated for the hitchin’ post come
November next week. One of
Uncle Sam’s ensigns draws the
lucky number. Oh, for our old boy
scout uniform.
Seven Kappas (count ’em) are
slated to coo “I do” next month.
They have just wired IBM for
a comptometer to calculate the
overflow.
The Thetas weren’t to be
caught snoozin’ at the startiML
gate either. Beth Parks took D^P
Jimmy Mayes’ pin, Sue Sawyer
did likewise with fraternity bro
ther Bill Cox’s brass, Phyllis van
Petten, of the V for Wow hairdo,
spliced jewelry with ATeeOh Paul
Moore. Jean Schuler announced
her engagement to ex-Phi Delt
Walker Treece and left school
before her breakage fee could be
computed. Swish.
‘ .Puppy Dog* Lyon has planted
Betah brass on A Chi Oh Mary
Arkley.
Chi Omega hits the engage
ment jackpot thrice: Helen Crites
to John Nelson, Helen Ann Hug
gins to Sid Boyce, and Virginia
Steele to Carl Howe. Virginia has
already left school to study “kit
chen aerodynamics.’’
The Gamma Phis have been
spending their spare time hypnu^
tizing pledges, sticking pins
them, and workmg geometry
problems on “wigie” boards. They
even had one believing she was a
Phi Beta Kappa. Holy yoga
The A Dee Pies seem to have
a monopoly on the football situa
tion what with the Dick Ashcom
and Deborrah Tumy Combo,
“Scrapper” Rhea and Barbara
Bentley, and the Bill Davis-Jean
Villair twosome. The four-ton
trio had dinner at the house once
last week. Pledges have been on
enforced starvation diet ever
since.
All those wanting to sign up
for the new course in “How to
Eat Hamburgers on the Dead
Run” please consult Ermenie Bat
ley and Bob Linde.
As to new courses, Roy Paul
Nelson is starting his Ph.D. sen^fe
inar in Key Chain Swinging—otli
.floor of the Student Union build
ing. Open to Phi Delts only.
University really showed a lot
in entertaining the Idaho grid
ders Saturday night what with
Whiskerino et al. They spent the
evening at the Holland.
Prize remark on the Woo and
Win Front: “She can’t dance. She
can't play bridge, and I wouldn’t
marry her if she wasn’t making
$150 a month.”
Mary Spiller’s redhaid dynamo,
Gloria Malloy, shows a mighty lot
on those Friday night KOAC
shots.
Order of the Buttered Arti^
choke: this week—Mick Rile^^
Felix Asia, Jane Partipilo.
Friendship is not dead—it is ru
mored.
Nuf sed.