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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1943)
lllllilllllllillllltlillillliilllliHllllllllllllilt Try This One on Your Prof niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinri.iiiiii Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiittiiiniiniiiiiiiiiiiiji; Students who think that big words will fool a professor often find that this idea does not work when put into actual practice. According to the Assocate Col legiate Press one such scholar re ceived a surprise when he sent the following letter to a newspa per columnist, who happened to be a music critic on the side: «‘Being engaged on a senior sis on necracism, in which the elationship of Hitler to Wagner’s music plays a part, and having heard that some years ago you did some special research on Richard Wagner, I am interested (for I always prefer animate sources of information to inani mate) in your personal interpre tation of this rather ambivalent character. I would especially like to have you explain Wagner to me in terms of metapolitics, national istic retroversion, racialist mys ticism, and psychopathic diabol ism. I am of the belief that the 'meta’ theory is the key to the attraction which Wagner’s music holds for Hitler. Anything fur ther that you might have to say contenting Wagner’s place in the #eme of irrationalism general ‘Vwuld be appreciated. Please let me heard from you, if at all pos sible, by next mail.” The letter was answered by the columnist: ‘•Dear Sir: “While the ‘meta’ theory is un doubtedly a key, in part, to Wag ner’s racialist mysticism, I think you have erred in not allowing sufficiently for the psychochor eographic tendencies exhibited, for example, in the ‘Bacchanale,’ which proves to me that at this period of his life the bent of his mind was biopolitical. Evidences of geometabolism, too, abound in his third phase, particularly in ‘Gotterdammerung’ and' confute the easy hypothesis that his ear lier pyromanism was either con sistently retrorsive, regressive or r^ieewristic "Ethnographic predispositions Mediterranean in character rath er than Nordic are noticeable in the ‘Volsung’ theme and may an ticipate, to some degree, the af finity between Mussolini and Hit ler, although the archivist Toy buckmaster has noted that Wag ner used long slurs over this theme and conceives that this might have been intended as an anticipatory slur upon Hitler’s fu ture ally, Italy. Here scholars disagree. However, the point is incontrovertible that the eupep tic is absent in Wagner’s meta political and psychoagronomist horizon which sufficiently ex plains the polarity of the Hitler Rosenberg politico-ceramics and the occasional Wagner fugal ob sfusions, not to say aberrations. I typist this completely clears every thing up. “Fraternally yours, “W. J. McN.’’ “PS.: In case anything else bothers you, just give me a ring.” Surprises Due (Continued from page one) lows: chairman, Mart Pond; dec orations, Dolores Hewitt and John Miller; patrons and refresh ments. Signe Eklund; tickets and programs, Kurt Olson and June Johnson; entertainment, Buzz Beaudoin; and publicity, Ro'lie Gabel and Doris Chapler. i$nda Portrays Soldier (Continued from page si.r) inferno of battle on the Libyan sands and emerges as an inspired leader when the death of the ser geant forces him to assume lead ership of the patrol. i Hollywood Reporter (Continued from page six) til Sunday, with Hank Fonda and Maureen O’Hara coming- at the date in “The Immortal Ser geant.” Inside Hollywood . . . Marjorie Gateson awarded important role with Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan in “Animal Kingdom” . . . Victor McLaglen announced for “Guadalcanal Diary” to fol low “Roger Touhy” . . . Murray Alper draws choice comedy as signment in film version of Irv ing Berlin’s “This Is the Army” . . . Newcomer Ann Richards gets plum role opposite Brian Don levy in “America” . . . John War burton assigned to part of Bart Van Steed in “Saratoga Trunk” . . . Robert Young loaned out for leading male role in “Claudia” . . . Connie Stone. 19-year-old re cruit from the Cleveland Play house makes screen bow in “Tor nado” . . . Errol Flynn and Hel mut Dantine start work in new est Warner Bros, picture, “To the Last Man” . . . James Ellison slated for top male role in “The Girls He Left Behind” . . . Bren da Marshall, who recently com pleted "Background to Danger” for Warner Bros., goes to 20th Century-Fox for “Happy Land” . . . Don Ameche handed one of the leading roles in “One Des tiny.” Manpower Ratio Hits New Low “Military” is the terse word that has been added to the record of 100 University men this term to explain their withdrawal from school. A total of 116 students have withdrawn, leaving the number of students now attend ing the University at 2009. Women now outnumber the men by 235, and the total regis tration figures show 24 per cent loss students than were enrolled last year. There are now 887 men and 1122 women attending the University. 'Hitler's Children' (Continued from page six) fellows against the evils of Nazi ism. Simple as the story is, this very simplicity helps to make the pic ture an authentic and an intense ly moving screen document. It reveals, far more clearly than any written account could do, the barbaric, ruthless ideology that proclaims the enslavement of the rest of the world under Nazi mas ters. It is a film that every American should see, for its very real entertainment value and its brave, stormy romance. Young Holt and Miss Granville turn in splendid performances and Smith, highly promising newcomer, has the role that Dr Ziemer had in real life as tin schoolmaster. Otto Kruger, H. B Warner and Lloyd Corrigan do liver outstanding supporting por travals, and Edward Dmytryk'i direction of production by Ed ward A. Golden puts the finish ing touch to this genuinely nota ble achievement. Between the Lines (Continued from faac two) Joyce Durham, Gloria Marchi, and Milo Woodward. His Ideal Steve Bristol, the boy with tlio John Bubalo complexion, was out lining- the requirements of hia ideal girl. “I want a girl with a little character.” says the kid, "and I don't mean at home in a crib.” BONDS LIKE YOU NEVER DID BEFORE SLASHED! EMERALD ONLY $1.00 Rest of the Year Tell Them About Spring Term at the U! Send the Emerald to • Your family • Your boy friend in the service • To the interested alumni Phone 3300 Ext. 354