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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1942)
Oregon Emerald RAY SCHRICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Mgr. G. Duncan Wimpress, Managing Editor; Marjorie Young, News Editor; John J. Mathews, Associate Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Managers: John Jensen, Cecil Sharp, Shirley Davis, Russ Smelser. Dwayne lleathman Connie Fullmer, Circulation Manager. j_.ois Claus, ciassinea ^overusing man ager. Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertis ing Manager. Member Plssociaied Golleftiate Press ALL-AMERICAN 1942 UPPER NEWS STAFF Lee Flatberg, Sports Editor Marge Major, Women’s Editor Janet Wagstaff, Assistant 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. 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. 'Wcl'i M&ut&l . . . rJ''HE University man who hasn't “got the jitters’’ is the ex ception and not the rule as we wend our way into winter term. The reason is no mere fear of military service; it is rather the war of nerves that is besieging the college male. If enlistment hadn’t been closed, it might have turned to a question whether reserves would be called out first or whether men would rush en masse to sign up for service now. It is al most like an appointment with the dentist. You know you are going, but it's a disarming uncertainty when one appointment after another is moved ahead one, two three weeks, or a few months. * * * 'JNIE situation is further complicated by the scores of rumors which predict everything from immediate service to three months grace. Not the least source of worry are official gov ernment communiques which are inevitably so ambiguous that they only raise frustration to new heights as students strive to interpret what course might be taken. Many of these releases are later denied, and this has happened so often that when the real order comes it will probably sweep students temporarily off their feet. Dr. Carl F. Kossack, campus representative for the armed forces, in his thankless and unending task of tracing down ru mors, no sooner corners one series of false and unofficial “scare’’ stories, than along comes a new series of official releases from .Washington that start the teapot boiling all over again. * * ^JONTRARY to the latest Washington release (which hint ed that reserves would be called out the first of this year), enlisted students probably will remain in school through win ter term at least. Latest information released by Dr. Kossack states that the army enlisted reserve will likely be called out at the end of this term, with the exception of pre-meds, technical, and senior ROTC students. The army air corps will call men as they are needed, and marine and naval reservists will lie called at some “future date." As Colum:,: f Roy Nelson has suggested this is a new and welcome form of information because it states that reserves will NOT be calk .', out today. %/e Can 9t . . . WgORRY, tlie class is closed!" Many a California student turned away with heavy heart from trying' to get class okays yesterday as these schedule wrecking words drifted from almost every building on the Uni versity campus. The excuse for late registrations in almost all cases was the same—late trains. A large number of out-of-state students were delayed from five to 15 hours in arriving in Eugene. And yet, no person can be blamed. Military trains, trains loaded with war materials and a snow slide caused the trains to be behind schedule. >jc jj« i|e f | 'HE Univcrsitv, with its rule of a dollar a day fine for late registrants, came up with an extremely fair solution and agreed to allow students delayed unavoidably to petition for the return of their money. There is no way in which the closed class situation may be remedied, but after all it merely means we are giving up just one more of our non-essentials for the general war effort. The students affected by the circumstances understand how the University is helping them and also how unavoidable the situation is, and with a spirit becoming more typical of Ore gon men and women as each day passes, are grinning, a bit ruefully, perhaps, but still grinning, and just signing up for another course.—G. D. W. !!!llilllll!ll!lllllll!!IIIIIIII'lll!!lltliiIltiiHII ll!IIII!!lll!!!ll!!lll! I!lllllllllilllll!!lll! I ;i ^hawn By BILL, LINDLEY ... 1 !tlllllll!]ll!l]lllllimilllllllII!l!lllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllll!liHII!lllllll!!llll!lli!lll!llii!l You Were Never Lovelier With theater managers con stantly repeating that the public is staying away from war films, and with the government consid ering their restriction, Hollywood calmly announces that it has 240 before the cameras or scheduled for production. Before the deluge of the 240 begins to rain down, take one long last look at some really ex cellent light entertainment—Co lumbia’s “You Were Never Love-J lier," starring Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire, with Adolph Men jou conspicuous in the support ing cast. Light Plot There is little to the plot. As taire, a popular American dancer, is hired to court Rita, daughter of a wealthy South American night club owner. Her father (Menjou) figures that it is time she married'. He plans to have her fall in love with Astaire, then to disillusion her about men, and have the man he chooses as her husband catch her on the re bound. Complications begin to disrupt his plans when the dancer falls in love with Rita (plausible?) and Rita begins to feel the same about him, but of course there is always her father to break up the affair. . . . Clever Dialogue The light plot offers some clev er dialogue and provides a back ground for dances and songs, played by Xavier Cugat. As taire is in his usual polished form, and Miss Hayworth shows marked improvement over her first dancing film, “You'll Never Get Rich.” She has lost most of her initial roughness in style, and has acquired a great deal of the smoothness and agility of As taire. They are best in the “Shorty Joe” number. Xavier Cugat does well in his first screen appearance, playing four Kern tunes (including “Dear ly Beloved”) and background mu sic for the dance scenes and dis playing his ability as a cartoon ist. Rating: This is the kind of light entertainment we want in stead of war films. Sunday night’s audience (at the Heilig) chuckled, roared, and guffawed its approv al; so will you. l&twUft Q^eetin^l OREGON EMERALD University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Now that we have ended our regular football season and have been given the honor of representing the Pacific Coast Con ference in the Rose Bowl, I am sending you this short note to express my admiration and deep respect for the excellent sports manship and the wonderful school spirit that was displaced dur ing our stay at Eugene. I fully realize that the football squad played a magnificent game, but I still am convinced that the enthusiasm in the stands played no small part in your victory. ’ I particularly appreciated the reception that I was accord ed at the Friday evening Rally and was sincerely impressed by the student attitude at the gathering. I was glad to see that our relations are on such a friendly plane, and I want you to know that here in Westwood, the University of Oregon is regarded by many of us as our “second school” (and it closely follows the favoritism we do show to U.C.L.A.). For the sake of upholding Western football I want to assure you that we WILL do all in our power to give a good account of ourselves on January first. Sincerely, BILL FARRER President, Associated Students University of California, Los Angeles 4 y^niiiiniiiHiatHHimiimiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiHiiiHiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiitmiiiaimiiiiiimiiiiiimiiHiiiiimnmmiiiiiniiiHtiiimnimiiiiutiiiiBiHiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuimnntiniiiiKiiifHiniiniiiui | MilAted fli/iUo*t BfUel . . . . Lt. Gerald Johnson The speeded tempo of war is challenging the old “work 50 years for fame” formula—it certainly hasn’t taken Lt. Gerald Johnson, army fighter pilot, that long. Stocky, dark-haired, handsome “Ged,” as he is known 1 ,» most of his friends, was just a normal boy attending Eugene schools a short time ago. With his twin brother Harold, now !lll!!l!!il[!!!:il!!i!l!li!ll !2uataLle £2.44*GZ‘€&o a • “Personalities that are so tan gled they cannot get along with themselves or anyone else are very likely to wind up as politic ians and reformers. They don’t have to be neurotic to get in such positions, but it certainly helps.’’ Herman Goldhammer, professor of sociology at Stanford univer sity, bases his statement on a survey of thousands of individuals and 3,000 social clubs, fraternal orders, trade unions, political clubs, women’s clubs, business men’s associations and similar groups, and of the personality of their members and officers. — (ACP) A centralized organization of civilian defense: activities has been completedat Yeshiva col lege, New York. The first university in the west ern hemisphere was founded in Santo Domingo in 1538. Charging Russians Spell German Doom By NICK RIASANOVSKY According to Mein Kampf, Germany has two mortal ene mies—France and Russia. In 1940 France was crushed. In 1941 Hitler turned against Russia. He had always wanted to get Le bensraum for Germany in the East, and this desire was in com plete accord with the centuries old German policy of eastward expansion. Nazis struck with all their might and on the entire frontier. Their aim was to crush the Rus sian army just as they have crushed the French, and then to obtain for themselves whatever amount of Russian land and re sources they wanted. ‘Quick’ Victory The victory was to be won in 1941, before winter. The speeches of the Nazi leaders from Hitler down indicate that. So does the complete unpreparedness of Ger man army for cold weather. Three huge main fronts soon developed: the northern, the cen tral, and the southern. Every where Germans advanced. In the north they occupied Baltic states and besieged Leningrad. In the center they captured Smolensk and threatened Moscow. March Ahead In the south Germans seized most of the Ukraine, including the main cities of Kiev and Kharkov, until they were bogged down be tween the Dnieper and the Don. Yet, in spite of all German vic tories, Russian army remained strong. Far from being crushed in 1941, it concluded this year by driving Nazis out of Rostov on the southern and from the vicin ity of Moscow on the central front. Russian counter-attacks continued throughout winter. By 1942 Germany saw that (Please turn to page three) an air corps cadet, he helped lead yells at Eugene high school his senior year there. University proceeded in the usual manner of classes, dances, and hull ses sions. Today, less than two years af ter leaving University (for air corps training, First Lieutenant Johnson can claim many weeks of combat flying through Alas kan skies resulting in honor divi dends in the form of two' medals. Two Medals Only last Saturday he was awarded an air medal for excep tional heroism in the American raid against Japanese installa tions at Kiska—and yesterday’s papers carried the announcemer that he has also been awarded an Oak Leaf cluster by his Alas kan commander, Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner. Lieutenant Johnson’s citation— received through American Press from Anchorage — said, “He voluntarily attacked enemy areas and antiaircraft installa tions over heavily fortified Kiska in complete disregard of his own safety. Despite enemy fighters and heavy antiaircraft fire, he drove his attack home and en abled a flight of heavy bombers to complete their raids.” Followers at Home Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Johnson of Eugene, “Ged” has several special rooters on the home front. Ralph Johnson, Uni versity sophomore, and a young ^ er brother and sister in Eugene schools are ardent followers of his air career. While visiting the campus last November, Lieut. Johnson ad dressed a journalism class con cerning his experiences. Summing up his attitude on the matter of flying he commented sympatheti cally, “Combat duty is the big gest thrill in the world. We feel sorry for the fellows who have to stay at home and can’t get into this fight.” Talking to him, however, one did not have the stereotyped pic ture of an “intrepid birdman” but rather that of a good-natured •» healthy young American—inter V ested in his duty and bent on do ing a good job of it. How well he succeeded is borne out by the re cent awards. His victories are not confined (Please turn to Page Seven)