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By JULES MAITLAND
Adolph Hitler, the man who
someone once said was a per
sonality mixture of Aimee Sem
ple McPherson, Ivan Rasputin
and Franklin D. Roosevelt, cele
brated his 54th birthday Tues
day, April 20—minus the usual
Hitler gloating and confidence of
pre-Stalingrad days.
The annual “big show” in rec
ognizance of “Der ' Fuehrer’s”
birthday was presented, as usual
custom, to the German people by
Herr Goebbel’s propaganda min
^i'y and with the invaluable aid
of Hitler’s secret weapon for cre
ating mass Nazi psychology—
blaring military music and high
pitched bombastic speeches.
Conflicting Diagnoses
Hitler has been diagnosed by
foreign correspondents, psychia
trists, professors and numberless
other professional and non-pro
fessional men and’ women, but all
seem to conflict on why Adolf
Hitler remains in power and how
he manages to hold the German
people in the seemingly magnetic
spell of the Hitler myth.
Like Aimee Semple McPher
son Hitler is an ace showman and
knows how to use music and
speech in perfect unison with gi
gantic throngs as the final touch
to swaying mass psychology. Cor
respondents who were in Ger
®!tny, prior to the declaration of
war against the United States,
say that the pre-war state gath
erings staged by the Nazi party
were “gigantic in their power of
moving masses to near hysteri
cal frenzy.’’ Hitler has used to
great effect the inner love of
most Germans for band music—
especially the loud blare of co-or
dinated brass and the rhythmic
crash of cymbals in their two fa
vorite martial hymns, “Deutsch
land, Deutschland Uber Alles’’
and the Nazi party song, “Horst
Wessel.”
More Weapons
Bombastic speeches are anoth
er favorite Nazi weapon for sway
ing the masses. Surprising state
ments, sensational announcements
and optimistic promises (usually
J^s) form the theme for most
^mrty speeches by Hitler or his
high party chieftains.
Hitler .himself, is a poor speak
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er, but has enough sense to use
the surroundings for the final ef
fect. This explains the bands and
his private yell teams which are
always heard with their choruses
of “Seig Heil.”
Books and more books have
been written on Hitler—the rhap
sody of human contradition. Some
say he is impressive upon meet
ing and others say he is a com
ical little man forced by circum
stance to the highest office in
Germany. Whatever Adolf Hitler
may be, he is far from comical.
Hitler is known to be a lover
of solitude and then again a lover
of excitement and showmanship.
He is known to believe in the
stars, and as many military ex
perts say, “if Hitler is allowed
to guide Germany by his intui
tion and the stars we are sure
to win.” He is congenial, corre
spondents say, as long as he is
doing the talking. He has never
been known to look a person in
the eye when speaking to them
and has a very conspicuous habit
of always tapping his right foot
upon the floor or rug. Thus the
Germans have called him “tep
pichfresser,” a phrase which
means stamping or boot-pawing
the carpet. Thus we get the
phrase, “rug chewing,” which
has swept the world. Hitler loves
Wagnerian music and, in con
trast, is known to a very expert
pistol marksman.
Does Hitler beiieve in his
cause? Yes! But he is getting the
uncertain feeling of impending
disaster which is coming across
the oceansto meet him.
More Important tilings
Pages could be written about
Hitler, but there are more im
portant things to write about
than Hitler, the man. Whatever
happens in this gigantic war of
all wars and the following armis
tice, Hitler will most certainly
earn a place in history as one of
the “most unusual’’ leaders of
human destiny in all time.
Time alone will tell whether
Hitler will be allowed to survive
the oncoming destruction of Nazi
Germany. Many say he will die
at the front with his troops in a
Hitler blaze of glory, rather than
suffer humiliation at the hands
of his conquerors. But whatever
will be the fate of this mad man
or political genius—the world
cannot neglect his birthday or
ridicule the occasion, because too
many lives have and are being
sacrificed because one certain
man was born 54 years ago in a
remote Austrian village.
Picture Affords
(Continued from pane one)
fered her his big handkerchief
and a box of Smith Brothers.
She continued: “I was first
windows, then suddenly those two
men you see in the picture scram
bled into my room. I squeaked
because the camera flash-bulb
startled me—gosh, I was afraid
it might even frighten them
away. You see,” she added shyly,
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FINALISTS ....
. . . in the national intercollegiate radio prize debates, in which Jack
McCliment of the University placed first. The debates, on the issue
“Should American Youth Support the Re-establishment After the War
of Competitive Enterprise as Our Dominant Economic System?” were
held under the auspices of the American Economic Foundation. Finals
were broadcast on the “Wake Up, America!” radio forum last Sun
day. From left to right, contestants are William A. Rusher, Princeton
university, Princeton, New Jersey; Jack F. McCliment, University of
Oregon; Dr. W. P. Peirce, moderator; Allan Conwill, Northwestern uni
\ersity, E\anston, Illinois; and Hugo Pearson, Augustana college,
Rock Island, Illinois.
“I’m not allowed visitors with
this cold.”
“They seemed all out of breath
and very nervous, but still
stopped long enough to spray my
throat. One even suggested I stay
here and in four years he’d come
back and take out my tonsils.
“They both seemed awfully
nice, and because of my tonsils, I
didn’t want to tell on them.”
Munching on a Smith Brothers,
Miss Vrang continued: “With
those masks I couldn't recognize
them, but one muttered’ some
thing about ‘the honor of the As
klepiads at stake’ when both
slipped out into the hall.”
What is the sinister connection
between the two masked figures
and the simultaneous disappear
ance of Norman Batcher from an
adjacent ward? The Emerald be
lieves it is significant. That so
ciety called Asklepiads (UO pre
medic honorary) is notorious for
appearing on the campus in such
attire, and the evidence in Miss
Vrang’s story confirms the so
ciety’s connection with these sus
picious characters.
Asklepiads must immediately
clear themselves of suspicion or
they will meet with drastic re
action. Justice will not allow the
kidnapping of such a valuable
student as Norman Batcher with
out punishment of those vile
things responsible.
Double Trouble
(Continued from page two)
sunburn, sore muscles, broken
fingernails, cut knees, sore mus
cles, ?3.90, and sore muscles. As
one gal remarked, “It certainly
takes pains to be beautiful!”
Correction
A bit of confusion was caused
when it was stated in last week’s
Emerald that Don “Aggie” Ben
nett had planted his Theta Chi
pin on ADPi's Amy Pruden, for
it was Don Martin who hung his
brass, while his frateernity bro
ther has had his badge on a Tri
Delt at Oregon State for quite
some time. Martin leaves a tear
ful Amy Thursday when he re
ports to the marines in San Die
go.
In the Romance department is
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filed the pin hanging of Phi Dolt
“Buzz" Beaudoin, who planted it
on his gal back home in The
Dalles last weekend. Tri-Dolt
Marilynn Beard and Kappa Sig
Web Peterson seems to have re
covered from their recent dis
agreements, and all again is
peaches and cream.
Rumors have been drifting our
way concerning the recent Pi
Phi serenade. It seems the gals
Jiad their spirits dampened when
they sang to an unsympathetic
Kappa Sig house . . . and we
thought only the dorms water
bagged women.
Which reminds us of the little
moron who flooded the basket
ball court because the coach told
him to go in as a sub.
Ho hum.
Fatalities Up
For Walkers
Pedestrian fatalities have con
stituted a little more than half
if the traffic fatalities in Oregon
recording to figures compiled by
the state traffic safety division
jffice. This office warns that pe
lestrians are to cross only when
:he light has turned green.
Typical pedestrian actions
which resulted in traffic acci
dents this year are walking
against the red light, crossing
highways when approaching cars
are near enough to constitute a
hazard, not walking on the left
side of the highway facing ap
proaching cars, and not wearing
white when walking at night.
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