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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1943)
Oregon W Emerald RAY SCHRICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Mgr. G. Duncan Wimpress, Managing Editor; Marjorie Young, News Editor; John J. Mathews and Ted Bush, Associate Editors UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Managers: John Jensen, Cecil Sharp, Shirley Davia, Russ Smelser. Dwayne Heathman Connie Fullmer, Circulation Manager. .Lois Claus, Classified Advertising Man ager. Elizabeth Edmunds, National Advertis ing Manager. Represented 'or 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, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon. Q^eJUti qsi A/at ? . . . ■^JNLESS some unforeseen event or change of policy occurs, a tremendous number of college students will soon be un der arms. The breathtaking expansion of the army and navy has given birth to the greatest demand for young officers since we have been a nation, and we at Oregon have our quota of that demand to fill. Physics, math, and specialized courses—mili tary, foreign language, camouflage, camp cookery—have been parts of our college preparation for martial life. Perhaps as im portant as any other single course has been the general physical conditioning program. Before long college will have done as much for most of us in the way of pre-war training as it ever will. Soon the armed forces will find our college background suf ficient for their needs. * * * rp'HE second phase of training will depend entirely on the in dividual’s destination in the service, but a great many al ready know that the chances are that, after a brief period of basic military work, they will be returned to college for further specialized training. The question then arises, are student soldiers to receive academic credit for work they do upon re entering school? This point will no doubt appear a little trivial to some, but it is to be remembered that college hours cost hard cash and the labor of brawn and brain. And most students here now have never been told that army-administrated school will mean 2d hours per week of actual class plus an equal amount of time in supervised study. The navy has promised 60 hours. Under loads like these the student will certainly not consider the question of credit “trivial.” Several mid-western schools have already pointed the way. Minnesota and six other colleges have made clear their stand that specialized work will be recognized for credit wherever it can be considered to be of academic nature. It is now up to the rest of the colleges favored with “gift” student bodies, to give in return proper credit to their enrollees. -J- J. M. /J oj rf-OOtH . . . «T ADY, can you give me a nickel for a cup of coffee?” a lean, out-at-the-knee bum asked. “I’m sorry, I haven’t a nickel,” I replied. “I can buy a loaf of bread with three cents,” he was cre dulous but tried a new sales angle. “I’m sorry, no,” I replied, with resistance rising, deter mined not to gave in. Then added, “I haven't three cents,” to make it good. "Not three cents for a loaf of bread—” the dumb persist ence was neither question or statement, more an echo. The down at the heel shoes moved away with the frayed den ims, ragged jacket, and shapeless hat. No! Not three cents for a loaf of bread. Three cents— a loaf of bread—just three cents for a loaf of bread! * * * rJf'HE United States has shipped more than a billion dol lars’ worth of food to its fighting" allies under the Lend-Lease formula. This has played an important part in their fight, in their struggle for existence. A billion dollars’ worth of food, and what does it mean? Tt represents a few forkfuls from American dinner tables, the Office of War information disclosed this week. Approx imately a teaspoonful of milk, a pinch of sugar, half-a-doz en canned peas, a shred of beef, a sliver of butter and an eve-dropper full of coffee constitute the amount of food subtracted from the average American meal by the govern ment's policy of sending food to Russia and Britain. It is a small contribution, from a wealthy nation. A few forkfuls from each American to help the fighting allies. And they are not bums—they are men fighting for their lands and ours. Three cents for a loaf of bread! A few forkfuls front Am erican tables. Echoes linger. Perhaps it might be well to give a few forkfuls more. -JAY. [ Natltin<f Sacked By J. SPENCER MILLER Fee, Phi, Foe I smell Joe. AN EX-COLUMNIST VIEWS THE PASSING PAR ADE: We swore that they’d never catch us behind anything like a gossip column, but since we already look like a fool in our SDX outfit, we might as well write like one ... Mustn’t we? Women Help Hubby Teach By MARGIE ROBINSON Five University of Oregon fac ulty members are beginning to wonder whether teaching is con tagious. Their wives are now en gaged in part-time or full-time instruction of various types. These women, however, are not listed under “Faculty” in the Uni versity catalog. Positions filled by these fac ulty wives are especially impor tant in a nation at war. Mrs. An drew F. Moursund, wife of Dr. A. E. Moursund, head of the mathematics department, teach mathematics courses valuable to men in military service through correspondence. Mrs. Leavitt O. Wright, wife of Dr. L. O. Wright, professor of Romance languages, supervises an extension class in Spanish. Mrs. John C. McCloskey, wife of Dr. J. C. McCloskey, assistant professor of English, instructs children in a nursery school while their mothers fill vital war jobs. Mrs. Pierre Van Rysselberghe, wife of Dr. Pierre Van Ryssel berghe, associate professor of chemistry, trains nurses through her classes in chemistry. Mrs. Al fred L. Lomax, wife of A. L. Lo max, professor of business admin istration, is replacing a grade school teacher married to a sol dier now stationed away from Eugene. A decided upward trend in cor respondence study of mathemat ics, with trigonometry especially popular, is reported by Mrs. Moursund. She said the increase, noticeable even before the war, was evidenced by the flood of pa pers she received to grade— sometimes 300 a month. She finds students enrolled in her courses, which range from elementary al gebra to integral calculus, more able than average university stu dents. A class in beginning Spanish (Please turn to payc three) Good Skate Alpha Goo GnucK Pelly is getting deep in the heart of Sigma Chi. i.e. She alternates between Jim Shephard and Jim Bronson—and is going to the Mil itary Ball with Guy Haines! . . . We’ve noticed the friendly Fi Gees are fast retreating from Kappa-ville — Johnny Emerson being the latest. Em’s been do ing the haunts with Alpha-Fee Jean Burrell .... The friendship between Jean Taylor and Peter Rabbit Stinebav.gh seems to be a combination of love and politics —mostly love! KICK ABOUT THIS CAMPUS . . . The large percentage of Fri day and Saturday nights where the only thing to do is to sit all night in Max’s, Taylor’s, or Woody’s. The so-called Aggie schools, Oregon State and W.S.C., have at least one BIG dance ev ery weekend . . . And they call US a “country-club.” Leone “She’ll hate me for this!” LaDuke has been wander ing about the campus in a big, fat daze—gazing with adoring eyes at a “dreamy” picture of Private Norm Foster. We also hear that Bill McArthur will be Eugene-bound soon. Wow! FieDelt Frank Watkins has been out THREE times with a friendly redhead, and hasn’t even planted his pin! I guess time and tide slows everyone . . . On the surface the Paul Beard-Bobby Morrison combine seems to be well-set, but Fiji “Long John” Schaeffers has been making steady progress and some say has already aced out the Beta boy . . . “Sweater-boy” Pete Hill has been making the rounds late ly; Gamma Phi, the KAT-house, etc. . . . The JSM-engineered Betty Clark-Activity-man Bryce Sidesinger deal left DU Warren Stone out in the cold, but he sez he's gonna wait . . . It’ll be a long, cold winter, Stoney! Fee Jean Baker, a “get-around” gal and By Van Metre, both with true heart interests other places, have been quite steady these days. When “Aviator” Bill Mc Grath was up on the campus a few days ago, he nearly disrupt ed things, but everything is OK by now . . . Theta Polly Gordon (Please turn to page six) UUlUniLQinunniIll]l!l!lU!!!lt!il]!llllll fynee jfiA, All. . . Hello Ray— Right now and for the next few weeks I'm stationed at the Marine barracks on Parris Is land, South Carolina. Naval censorship prohibits say ing very much about this camp, but it can be said that it's nearly the size of Eugene, severed by palm-lined streets and palms. The Atlantic rolls on one side of Par ris Island, while bayeous flank the shoreline towards Savannah or Charleston. The camp, of course, is very modern with new dormitories, theaters, and class rooms. Stars There are several thousand men here, but perhaps the best known are blond Sterling Hayden, Brian Donlevy and McDonald Carey, who starred in “Wake Island.” As a matter of fact, Carey lives next door to me while Hayden has just finished boot camp and is now a drill instructor. Don levy’s whereabouts are still, for the most part, unknown. The climate here is typical of the South; on Christmas there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and we actually got sunburned. By the time we leave here we should have good coats of tan. Food The food, too, is I'eally surpris ingly good and we’re certainly not restricted as to portions. Ci vilians by the way, can rest as sured that their rationed food stuffs are being well taken care of. Sigma Chi’s “Dusty" Jameson is also here, he’s in the same hut as I do. Like the rest of us, Dus ty likes the work very much but complains a bit about the slow ness of the mail from the west coast. No Expectation All the fellows at Oregon in the marine corps reserve will be (Please turn to page six) Ai Jdalieti AiJ&l. ^ What Are We Fighting For? By AL LARSEN As a result of proddings from churcblqs, active intellectuals, professed liberals, scared busi ness men, and war-pinched con sumers the American thinking machine is gathering momentum for a critical discussion—"What Are We Fighting For?” Oldsters, who suffer the^R morse of an unfulfilled responsi bility for a better world after the last war, tell us with a glint in their eyes that much more talk ing and more thinking is taking place today. They know that it takes an active interest by most of the people to make democracy work. We can elect someone to run our government, but not our democracy. University students who point out realistically that they are not fighting for ideals or democracy in general are right, but as stu dents who have an opportunity to get a picture of the forces that make up our society they are wrong. As possible leaders in a future where intelligent leader ship will require this understand ing, it would be wise for stud^fc to increase their perspectiv^R what we are fighting for. A prime objective of a college education should be that of “mak ing sense” out of the world. At present we are involved with a second bloody sacrifice to pre serve something. Some call it de mocracy, others settle on minute aspects of it and call it the right to “a car, a home, and a family.” At the same time we abandon methods and attittudes of democ racy in order to wage total war, war that touches the lives of ev ery individual, war that changes our values, changes our ways of doing things. To believe that every person who wants to work should have a job, that every child should have all the education he wants, that fear of poverty, depressk^ and wars shall be eliminatecMI certainly desirable and worth fighting for, because our "czars” and our happiness might then be possible. Whether we recognize it or not, democracy enters into the picture when We consider the things we want and how to get them. Democracy recognizes basic personal rights, coupled with re sponsibilities. It involves a gov ernment for the people, not a peo ple for the government. Democ craey emphasizes liberties, liber ties which are stated and pro tected by law. “In times of crises men do not experiment, they go back to fun damental principles,” says Chiang Kai-Shek. When the American casualty list begins to mount and the shortages of this war re;^^ begins to be felt, everyone will ao more thinking and ask more ques tions. Americans will not only say, “We are fighting to preserve democracy.” They will say, “We want real, all-around democracy, socially and economically, as well as at the polls.” The terms may be general, but Americans are now busy defining, and working out the details. Underlying a belief in democ racy is a concept of values based on a faith in the inherent worth and possibilities of the individual. Western civilization has for cen turies been developing the “Rights of Man.” We have ample cause^k fight an ileology which comple^ ly ignores the rights of men. With a greater faith in democ racy, we have a greater chance of getting what we want as in dividuals.
