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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1943)
■MUllliUMIliiHlIlllUnilllllilllllllllUlllllllllllllililllllilllllUilllltUIIUUIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIinilllllllllliniilMIIIUIIIliillllllJIIIIIIIMlillllUMIIIIIIIIIilllliUllUl RAY SCHRICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Mgr Published daily during the college year except Sunday*, Monday*, holiday* and final examination periods by the Associated Students,. University of Oregon. Entered as secona-class matter at the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon. • • # Sa 9ti 'fywl&Mc/uitic' T>RESIDENT Donald M. Erb directed a strong attack on all "*■ who misuse the words “democracy” and “democratic” at a meeting of the Eugene Round Table Tuesday night. There is food for thought in his charge that we tend to besmirch as “undemocratic” anything that does not appeal to ourselves or our patriotic cause. Fingerprinting, rationing, a state police force, enlisted reserves, compulsory savings—all have been at tacked as “undemocratic.” The examples fall in one of two broad classes according to Dr. Erb: First, that “the restraint, discipline, or forcible control of the individual is undemo cratic.” It makes no difference how honestly or conscientious ly the ideas may be conceived in the public interest. “People don’t like restraint, control and discipline for themselves,” the president said, “and if they can dignify their rebellion by the use of such words as are here under discussion, a glow of virtue comes over them.” The second broad distortion is found in the refusal of many people to admit of differences in ability as ground for differ ences in privilege. Dr. Erb points out that actually individual differences and different scales of individual enjoyments are of utmost importance to a democracy, and that we have not yet outgrown the need for differences in income, privileges, pow ers, and standards of living as a spur to individual initiative. “Equality of opportunity?” Dr. Erb says yes. Equality of re ward is another thing, “a conditional privilege” based on de livering the goods. HE PRESIDENT concludes, “Let us restrict the use of the words democratic and undemocratic as nearly as may be to the fields of political process and organization, where they belong.” A policy is undemocratic only if it infringes the free dom of the individual without contributing, at the same time, to the welfare of the group or nation. Old age insurance, industrial accident insurance, two cars in every garage, “Ham and Eggs,” and the farm security ad ministration should be discussed in proportion to their benefit to the body politic, according to Dr. Erb. To mix them up with democracy is to get as much sense as “you got from William Jennings Bryan discussing biology.” Truth of the president’s words strike home when we read almost any newspaper or magazine, Hear almost any contro versial speech. The words “democracy” and “democratic” have great value, but only when used in the right places, with the right meaning, at the right time. * * * Jliue&Ut in 19U3 . . . PROGRESS of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.” These words, ringing like 1943 news releases were spoken by Lincoln at his second inauguration in 1S65. “On the occasion corresponding to this, four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it; all sought to avert it.” And four years ago, in 1939 America was thinking of war, dreading it, trying to avert it with appeasement and “America First.” “And the war came.” * * * ii'T'HF, ALMIGHTY has his own purposes. Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs, be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense com eth.’ ” Woe to the men by whom the offenses cometh! How echoes the treaty made at Versailles in 1918. How wails rise from the injustices! How moan the mistakes! In the U.S.A. in 1865 it was American slavery. Today throughout the world it is international slavery—the slavery of the capitalist, of the imperialist. “Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may soon pass away. “Vet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled . . . shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn by the last shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, ’The judgments of the Lord are fruc and righteous altogether.’ “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firm ness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphan; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.” That is the wisdom of all ages-—for all ages! —T. W. Parade of Opinion By Associated Collegiate Press Take it on the authority of University of Cincinnati expert on social psychology, the current world drama in which Adolf Hit ler has assigned to himself the leading role is likely to see the final curtain rung down with the fuehrer committing suicide. This is the opinion of Dr. Er nest L. Talbert, associate profes sor of sociology in the univer sity’s college of liberal arts. Without waiting for permis sion of Herr Goebbels, Dr. Tal bert has sketched Hitler and the “spottiness and contrariness of his personality which make him a nuisance to the world and poor company to himself.’’ “Students of mental derange ments have diagnosed his case,” Dr. Talbert states. “They find the drama of Hitler’s life in a series of ‘projections’ or inter pretations of the outside world induced by his mental conflicts. He felt hatred and jealousy of his father because his possessive parent took away the love which belonged to him. Non-Aryans and Jews symbolize his father. “Germany he wishes to free from conspiring powers. Germany symbolizes his mother. “To be brutal and aggressive stems from his anti-father ‘complex.’ The sentimental side of his nature de rives from his mother (shown in his liking for music and archi tecture), yet—and here the plot thickens—the perverse Adolf can’t bear to be tied even to his own mother. “Hence his contempt for wo men and the German “masses,” and his willingness, even eager ness, to send them to certain slaughter. “He is at times anxious, pessi mistic. His sleepless nights and frequent nightmtres reveal an unconscious feeling of guilt and disbelief in his invincibility. But his largely unconscious fear is countered by a belief in fate and the magical powers of the folk soul of the German people. “The end of the drama? The answer of the doctors is that con fidence in his destiny (he sees visions and hears voices which (Please turn to page seven) IdllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllU ... ** | NatUmtj, Sacted By J. SPENCER MILLER FROM THIS CORNER it seems that Oregon has a worse musical setup than any other so-called “bigtime” university on the Pacific Slope. Our music—no fault to John Stehn who wants to modernize it—couldn’t pass in an 1890 political cam paign. For years we’ve listened to the same old “bom-bom bom” . . .ad naseum. The answer to something new is a “pep -—-- band” that can offer something Science Lurks Among Artists Who would suspect that behind the stuccoed walls and pillard courtyard of the University art building lurked the “demon” sci ence ? Suspected or not, science has formed a combine with art at the hands of Oliver L. Barrett, head of the sculpture department of the University of Oregon art school. Science has now given the sculptor a new medium which will fulfill all his requirements. In his work with this plastic, Mr. Barrett was inspired by a book of formulas loaned him by Dr. Frederick L. Shinn, professor emeritus of the University’s chemistry department. He start ed research on development of some material which could be used to make light weight bod ies that would resist extremes of heat, cold, and water. His plas tic, made from a secret formula, provides the sculptor with a me dium that has a variety of ad vantages. Much is written about the new plastics, but this medium is un like the plastics used by indus try. As every sculptor student or professional artist knows, plaster, which is usually used for casting the design that has been worked out in clay, is ugly in its dead whiteness and cannot take a shine. Plastic can be made in any color the sculptor wishes, simply by adding color pigment, and will take a very high polish. It also can be used to make the original design, instead of clay, and can be used for casting as well. It is light, easy to handle, and very durable. It can look like black marble or stone or terra cotta, simply by a change of pig ment. Students commuting to Massa chusetts State college pile up 2,479 miles each day. factj- amo figures w footsail - /• ‘ - • s\ ‘v ' - . College teams play BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF 18.000,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY/ An army of 21,000 players MAKE UP 700 OOLLEOE TEAMS / Uncle saw collects around 42,000,000 IN FOOTBALL TAXES/ more suited to the tempo of 1943. I don’t knew if you have ever heard a good pep band in action, but if you ever have, -»*ou know IT MAKES SPIRIT! J We have no idea what is block ing the formation of a pep band at Oregon. We have the musi cians; John Stehn is all for it; and there isn’t much doubt about the student body’s approval. Af ter all, basketball games, etc., advertise the U, and, frankly, at the present it isn’t such a hot advertisement! With the season nearly over there isn’t much hope of getting any action on the ques tion, but it is a definite thought for future years. . . . AROUND WEBFOOTVILLE . . . Recent combination of Kap pa Martha Jane Sweitzer and Floyd Rhea brings together in tellect and the more brawny side —and it looked good! . . . Phi Psi Ted Klehmet, their Heart King candidate who claims to be 'me of the biggest piggers on he campus, tried to prove it Wed nesday by having eight dates in different houses . . . We still like Hank, the Mountain, Voderberg, the Fiji candidate—having heard several pinned-up gals mention that he would be a “wonderful date!” As usual we’re probably wrong—from the column of the same name. Aio unucK .powers, tne guy that used to write a good per cent of FB's column, won’t mind this one told on himself. His gal, Dottie Engle, Salem Fee, had been trekking about the Capital City quite steadily with a Camp Adair Lieut. Charles, liking it not at all, forbade her to ever see the soldier again. The next time he went to Salem Miss En gle and the Lieut, were sit^g dreamily before the fire! Latest reports have Powers and Miss Engle reconciled and the Lieut, bound for Guadalcanal. Fiji John Bergman is fast be coming a Tri-Delt tradition. He is slated to become “DDD Sweet heart” . . . Theta Terry of the DU Watsons should chuckle over this one. We know a gal on the campus with a Sigma Nu pin from Wash. State. What’s more, she’s been making the rounds with a fellow here who she is crazee about. In fact she wants his pin, but doesn’t know what to do about it! For advice we recommend either Miss Watson or Kappa Alyson Hales. They are old hands at straightening such situations! A BIT OF THE AULD S4M) . . . Jean Baker and By Van j*l tre still a steady duet in spite of the outside interests not-at-home. . . . The Pi Phis are lucky gals. The reason is a nugget transfer, Pat Halloran, from the—bow down before it!—Florida State College for Women, who looks as good from here as any gal on the campus . . . GammaFie Phid dy Heber and Kappa Sig Ed “Frizz” Walters found out they were really mad after an idyllic Sunday afternoon a couple of weeks ago ... Pi Phi pledge Marianne Lynch now wears the Maltese Cross (Thank you, Mr. B) of Senior BMOC Dick Li ston, and ’tis a fine looking < Jp ple they make . . . Phi Gam up per class broke down last night and threw quite a party for their under class! SAE Kurt Olson has his bras3 (Please turn to Pane Seven)