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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1944)
Oregon W Emerald MARJORIE M. GOODWIN EDITOR ELIZABETH EDMUNDS BUSINESS MANAGER MARJORIE YOUNG Managing Editor ROSEANN LECKIE Advertising Manager ANNE CRAVEN News Editor Norris Yates, Joanne Nichols Associate Editors EDITORIAL BOARD Edith Newton Shirley Stearns, Executive Secretary Shaun McDermott Warren Miller Army Co-editors Norris Yates, Sports Editor Carol Greening, Betty Ann Stevens, Co-Women’s Editors Bill Lindley, Staff Photographer Carol Cook, Chief Night Editor Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon. HauHf&b (Vi After a brief weekend vacation at his Eugene ranch, Wayne E. Morse, dean of the University of Oregon school of law. public member of the national war labor board, and rum ored candidate for the Republican nomination for United State’s Senator, went back to work this week. Morse left Eugene for Portland to review lumber problems before the west coast lumber commission. Today lie goes to Seattle to hear cases be fore the regional war labor board, and later in the week he will return to Washington. This busy, hurried trip is called a “vacation” in a story in this week's Time magazine. Just how much of a vacation it was is problematical, hut it is true that Dean Morse was back on the campus and in his Kenton hall office after a long absence. Wayne Lyman Morse made a fine record as dean of the law school, and an equally line one as west coast labor arbiter, j Lis firmness and unimpeachable honestly won the respect of both labor atyl management. 11 is work as labor arbiter brought him a place on the national war labor board, where he has con tinued to win acclaim of the public and the press for his forth right and courageous adherence to the convictions of his down to-earth idealism. Dean Morse’s arrival on the campus was preceded by a bevy of ‘‘they-say” whispers about his possible candidacy in the coming election. Some Washington gossipers declared that .Morse would run against Rufus Holman in the Republican primaries ; others were equally sure that lie would remain with the war labor board. The logical person to consult for authentic information as to Dean Morse’s plans is Morse himself. But Morse, with the political acumen of a veteran legislator, has declined to commit himself as yet. Oregon students, who, like the rest of the nation, have been wondering about Wayne Morse’s political plans, were still wondering as the law dean left the campus this week. But we know that whether he remains with the war labor hoard or is nominated for Senator on the Republican ticket and later, peihaps, elected Senator from Oregon, Wayne Lyman Morse will continue to serve the state of Oregon and to repre sent public interest with the same zeal, ability, and fighting honesty which have always characterized him. J.X. ( Editors note: This editorial was contributed by a member of the Emeralds news staff.) Towards the end of last term there were about 30 men in one of the two campus dorms \\ ho petitioned the dean s office to move from the house. It was only then that those in charge of dormitories on the campus began to realize that the rumors which had filtered in during the term must have had some basis of truth—rumors about fights in the halls until early in the morning, rumors about beer busts held at the house instead of far from the campus as is the usual custom, rumors about house officers who could not or would not exert the necessary control on ro lxlisterous freshmen. Jl was a natural situation. I he ireshmen were m the ma jority on the campus for the first time this year since the last AVorhl War. They took over the reins before they realized how powerful the house was. The small amount of objection which the five upperclassmen made went unheeded. Several times during the term there were threats that a majoritv of members of the house would stage a walkout, but the threats did not materialize into action. The chief topic of conversation became "Next year I'm going to live out . . Near the end of the term questionnaires were sent out by housing officials. That the results of the questionnaire were a shock was obvious w hen members were summoned before the dean of men. More questions were asked. The answers were vague. Nobody wanted to incriminate anyone else. They just wanted to move out. But the University didn’t want them to mo\ out, and so .oier more questions and more complaints tiny announced Clips and Comments From the Bengal, University of Idaho’s paper we extract the fol lowing interesting items: “Michigan State ASTP’s are getting out their own paper now." -—You don’t say! And: I like exams, I think they're fun, I never cram, And I won't flunk one. I’m the teacher. Which choice bit of verse reminds us of Dr. Krcmer's attitude when the students drag into his elevei? o’clock German I class for a quiz and he says cheerfully, “Smile!” Still in the poetic mood we pre sent this from the Mills College weekly: My lady, he wary of Cupid And list to the lines of this verse— To let a fool kiss you is stupid; To let a kiss fool you is worse. And from Ka Leo O, University of Hawaii publication, comes a fragment of island humor about the three Chinese sisters who were not married: To-Young-Tu. To-Dumb-Til. No-yen-Tu. Oh well, things are bad all over . . . which just about sums up the general post-holiday feeling around here, eh ? An 11-year-old war refugee adopted last year by students of Mills college who, through the war service fund, sent $150 to pay her expenses in a summer camp in England, wrote tiie coeds an answering letter of which ex cerpts were: “ . . . We had a Thanksgiving service thanking God for keeping us safe for three years. After wards we had a tea party which was very nice, and then wre danced to the visitors .. . The crops on my plot are coming up well now. Last night we thinned our carrots until they were two inches apart. We also have lettuce, onions, and beets and they are all growing nicely . . .” —Which leaves us weeping into our beer. The Little Cave Theater at the University of Washington is the unique protege of the campus po liceman. It is beginning its 14th annual Christmas season “run” with a repeat performance of last year’s play “The Herd Girl’s Dream.” In past years thousands of peo ple have witnessed the unusual production in the setting of the basement of the officer's home. This year a commodious new lo cation has been built to accom modate the large audience and the performance is expected to be continued for .another month. In 1942 1,300 persons from 31 states and 14 foreign countries attended the policeman’s Little Cave Theater production. There is no admission charge, only a wishing well where visitors may toss coins . . . Here’s to one cop with a lot of imagination! Paper hats, noise-makers, and confetti helped make traditional the New Year's Eve dance for all students and ASTU members giv en by the Union at Indiana Uni versity. Music was provided by t lie ASTU dance band. The stu dent affairs committee extended the usual hours of 12:30 a. m. to 1:80 a. m. realizing the importance Up From UO By PEGGY OVERLAND Once again the University of Oregon Medical School bolsters its record of brilliant alums with another equally able graduate Ralph ( . Matson, ’02, physician, surgeon, and teacher. At present living in Port land where his practice is located, Dr. Matson also teaches at the Medical School. Perhaps one or the strongest reasons for Dr. Matson’s success anil renown in the medical field has been the broadness and thoroughness of his study. The latter part of his medical training was acquired in many of the out standing universities of the world. In addition to the University of Oregon he attended Cambridge university; University of Vienna; Dusseldorf Academy of Medicine; University of Paris; and the Uni versity of Berlin. Despite this brilliant record, Dr. Matson has never eeased to study and even today is constantly seeking to add to his knowledge of medicine and surgery. National recognition has been accorded him for his work in the field of tuberculosis in which he has studied and specialized. His researches have resulted in na tional acceptance of him as an au thority in the field of tuberculosis, with much attention being' paid to the numerous articles on the sub ject which he has written. He is a former vice-president of the National Tuberculosis associ ation and in 1939 was elected pres ident of the American College of Chest Physicians. In addition to these honors, Dr. Matson has also served as vice-president of the Pan-Pacific Surgical association. One would imagine, after scan ning this impressive list of study, that Dr. Matson’s gratitude would be diverted to the European etimiimmmmiimimmniHiuiiiumuimmimmmmimmiminmimimiiimiimmHmimni schools where most of his edu cation was obtained. However, shortly after his extensive travels abroad as well as at home, he re ported a few years ago that “the University of Oregon’s medical school while not the largest, is as fine as exists anywhere.” Doctor Matson is considered by all who have ever known him to be as fine a teacher as he was a gflrrT student. His encouragement and help have been justly appreciated by the many young Oregon doc tors who have graduated from the medical school. Something of this direct, square jawed doctors “philosophy of youth” is apparent in a statement he wrote for the University med ical students some years ago: “Any semblance of advice, cheer, or warning that I could off er .. . would be that success for you is in some still indeterminate range ... It is not hard to re member . . . how easily one’s vi sions of the future may exceed the actuality. The vision may be^fo much larger than the capacity for fulfillment. But . . . part of them will surely come true. And from the other part emerges the variegated fabrics of your lives.” With such counsel and judg ment before them everyday, it is no wonder that the students of “the school on the hill” consider Dr. Matson a man exceptionally fit to prepare them for a future career in medicine. iiiiiiiiiiiitniii!iiiiniiiniiniii!iiiiiiiiiii!t!iii)iiiiiiiiiii!iiii!iiii!!riiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!i^ Christmas brought a lot of the Oregon boys back to their various homes on leave. Almost anywhere you went in Portland you would see a group of Oregon boys comparing uniforms, camps, schools, and pro motions. Of course, it was plain to see that they didn't spend all their time with their boy friends. Beta Kim Kaufman, Navy \ - 12er from Willamette, escorted Alpha Phi Gene Loomis around town quite a hit during the holi days. Could it he love! From Parkville, Missouri, came Art Hosfelt, Chick Clialoupka, Don Blair, Art Damchen, Frank Sardam, Don Lonie—all home for the holidays. Say, if you could but hear the average G. P. A.s of those boys.. They’re really doing all right! After graduating from a small college in Missouri for navy train ing, Sigma Nu John Bubalo was in on leave. He is now going into pre-med training. Starting the new year out right Wayne Atwood, V-12 from U. C. L. A., placed a ring on third finger of the occasion to morale . . . Oh, tor more committees like that! Housed in a store building which was formerly a spaghetti restaurant is the recreational cen ter in one of Chicago's three worst juvenile delinquency areas. Twen ty students from Northwestern University serve as volunteer as sistants in the center and help provide recreation for more than 30 children of mixed races, many with prison records, every after noon and evening. that the situation would be corrected. On this basis they reject ed many of the petitions to move out. Xow the dorm is lull again, after consolidation with the other hall, students whose applications were rejected are begin ning to wonder whether or not the big promises will be fulfilled. Unless some method is found to control the freshmen, they may leave the University without ever having gained the sense of good behavior and responsibility which is a heritage at Old Oregon. B. L. left hand of Pi Phi Phoebe Smith. , Also Dan Wessler—remember the villain in “The Watch on the Rhine”—did same for Alpha Chi Jenelyn Gaston. Marine Roy Paul Nelson finds traveling- condition a little rojfcgh. He hitchhiked to Sacramento where thumbing came to no avail. Prom there he took a bus to Portland. He went through all this to see Louise Brundage, Alpha Chi pledge. Delt Chuck Larson, now sta tioned at Oakland supply depot in the navy, will 'attend Harvard starting January 14. He was home on leave—could that have been the reason for Liz Edmund's quick voyage to Portland! Sigma Chi Bob Tramp is now attending aerial gunner’s school at ShcjDherd field, Texas. Did you all see Tau Bob Sell down at the Side last weekjgjiiii fiancee Alice Blodworth? They both loked mighty happy as they looked over the skeleton crew of the old Oregon standbys. Bob thought the school was “sure dif ferent but its still the best one of all.” After his leave Bob will go on to midshipman’s school. I 1 Closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Opens ~ Thursdan
