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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1942)
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. BAY SCHRICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Mgr. G. Duncan Wimpress, Managing Editor Jack L. Billings, News Editor John Mathews, Associate Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Managers: . John Jensen, Cecil Sharp, Shirley Davis, Russ Smelser. Dwavne Heathman Connie Fullmer, Circulation Manager. l^OlS flails, Liassiucu nuvtiuau.5 Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertis ing Manager. Member Associated GolIe6iate Press ALL-AMERICAN 1942 UI rliK iMsWb biArr Lee Flatberg, Sports Editor Marge Major, Women’s Editor Mildred Wilson, Feature Editor Janet Wagstaff, Assistant Editor Marjorie Young, Assistant News Editor 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. __ Rain Ghedz jpsi OENIOR class members have a collective date Thursday (7:30 p.m., 105 Commerce) to decide the destiny of fresh man class finance for years to come. Background: The stigma of class card with voting privi lege left the University of Oregon last year, long after it had left other schools up and down the Coast and across the na gion. The stigma of class card, either with or without voting privilege, may be wiped out entirely if seniors decide to leave a gift revolving fund for finance of freshman classes of the future. The Plan: Seniors would leave a gift of $600. Two hun dred dollars of this would go to the present freshman class of ’46. Two hundred dollars more would go to the class of ’47 next year. Two hundred dollars more would go to the fclass of '48 two years from now. Each class would use its $200 “loan” without interest for three years. It would build a surplus cash balance of its own through class dances and projects from the $200 capital. At end of three years, the $200 goes back to a new incoming freshman group. Once start ed, the plan is self-perpetuating throughout the years to come. * * rT'HE Advantages: Number one, Nuisance sale of class cards would be eliminated. Students once past the fresh man year ever felt they were giving something for nothing when they bought class cards. Number two, with our soldiers fighting for freedom of the individual around the globe, it would eliminate need for class card as poll tax in class elec tions to insure sales. Each class would have a nest egg of $200 to start college. The senior class, with its $900 treasury fund is in unusual position- of security, is in point of vantage to start the revolv ing fund of finance. The $600 gift still would leave $300 to finance a Senior Ball and another additional gift to the Uni versity departing members might want to leave. Value of the $600 gift would be felt immediately. Heavy use, bad weather, and time would not destroy its future utility. 7he 7allied 7un*i . . . 'Y’OU can count on the fingers of one hand the important political leaders who haven’t pleaded with the public to forget personal gain in order to contribute more fully to the war effort. Most of the Washington brass-hats have hit this cry more than once. Meantime, while sounding off on the rest of the nation, congress has been playing the smelliest, most obvious, and clearest-cut game of politics for pure personal gain that we have witnessed in a long time. While telling the public to give up all else for the sake of the war effort, the gentlemen of the senate and house have consistently refused to face the issue of the 18-year-old draft. It has been nothing but cater ing to the mammas and papas of the lads who would be af fected, and utterly no consideration has been given the army's cry that it needs these men. The army’s need was ignored because a decision might prove unpopular at the polls. News comes now from Washington that congress’ effort to tread on no political toes has been a resounding failure. De nied the right to induct 18-year-olds, the army plans to take an equal number of married men without children within the next two months. Let us hope, however doubtfully, that this will teach the politicos the lesson they have been preaching to the rest of us.—J. J. M. Thus, congress defeated its own purpose by not only keep ing the same opposition, but’adding persons (voters) who oth erwise would not be affected. Instead of sons, congress forced the army to take brothers—brothers who could join the vot ing opposition—something the sons could not have done. Down Front By BILL LINDLEY Out of the seemingly bound less supply of war pictures for which theater managers seem to find a place on every bill, there ocasionally comes a film which utilizes all the thrills which mod ern warfare provides. “Flying Tigers” provides thrills every minute, and yet manages to get across an important story of fighting Americans on for eign soil. It’s all there; all the old stuff rehashed in every air picture pro duced. The pilot who is grounded, the carefree ace who causes death to his buddies, the tough commander with the soft heart. They’ve all been in other pictures, but in “Flying Tigers” they seem alive for the first time. Story: Rugged John Wayne is skipper in command of a squad ron of Flying Tigers whose bat tles are here pictured on the screen. There is a weak plot in volving Anna Lee, John Carroll, and Wayne, but it is lost in the magnificent battle scenes. The P-40’s are shown in action which is at times breath taking. They zoom through the clouds like streamlined kites after the wily Japs, and they hit them again and again. How studios got planes to film this action is a baffling ques tion. Unlike most air pictures, the action is not done with minia tures, but with real planes. The Japs even look real. They are sol emn, stern, stubby men who car ry through their orders to the best of their ability. The Japs in “Flying Tigers” are not all killed off by one American with a six shooter. They are real enemies, and not dummies who fall at a director's command. The Japs are real: the Ameri cans are real, and their fight is extremely realistic. Rating: One' of the few war pictures worth seeing. Little Re public’s “Flying Tigers” far sur passes Big Paramount’s “Wake Island.” gviliiiniiiMiiiiiaiiiiniiiiiBiiiiHiiiiniiiiiHiiiiBiiin'S iNuf Sedl By CHAS. POLITZ The fire marshal has just made hif yearly rounds hunting for old copies of Harper's Bazaar in so rority attics, and in fraternity attics—just hunting (he doesn't like Varga girls). He came at the most unexpect ed times, like Gen. Eisenhower, and thus caused mayhem, map hap, and may - we - never - for get him. B. A. Stevens describes his re ception at the ADPis thusly: “I screamed.” ‘‘He screamed!” None of the houses were fire traps, he said, but he made the Pi Phis throw out their four pairs of "We Gripe for Good grappling hooks they have been saving. Bill Macy was a boy scout oncet, believe it or not. Toured the east coast in khaki shorts, as did brother Glen. The English department has at last gotten wise and charged out the English translation of Chau cer fr "an indefinite period of time” Mr. MeCloskey, assistant pro fessor of English, is still wonder Strange to say how a good din ner and feasting reconciles every body. -—Samuel Pepys. ing if that mouse that grabbed the spotlight from “Richard II” Wednesday was taking the course for credit or just auditing. We love the girl who whines an air raid siren, “Hiiyaahhh” at you while splattering bubble gun: ail over your fice at the sarnt time— especially \ spearmint. Sad stocy of [love, plus nimv beis, equalvmur|er. | OUR RENTAL LIBRARY OFFERS THE NEWEST AND BEST IN : i Fiction.. Sc per day Non-Fiction 5c per day Plays 5c per day You Will Enjoy a Quiet Evening with a Good Book \ t ’ University ?CO-GP? FIGHTING WORDS delivered by Western Electric Radio In tlie skies, Army planes fly and fight with radio command sets. 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