Oregon daily emerald., January 22, 1944, Page 2, Image 2

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Wednesday: $13,525.
Thursday: $43,000.
Friday: $122,550.
Saturday: ? ? ?
Bring forth the heralds to proclaim the glad news. Sound
the victory bell that its clangor may announce the good tidings.
Let students shout and dance and sing and celebrate, for this is
a great day for Oregon.
When it was announced that the University of Oregon
would conduct a bond drive in cooperation with the national
fourth war loan drive, most students probably thought—if they
thought about it all—“just another drive.” But this was not
just another drive. This drive has been the biggest and best
thing the University has done toward helping the war effort
since the fateful December 7. And it is not yet over. Probably
all the houses have reserves of money or receipts with which
they will swamp the educational activities office this morning
to win the “Bonds Away” title for their candidate.
When the “Bonds Away Girl” contest was first announced,
the idea seemed to many a rather trivial and frivolous scheme
to use for something so important. But as the bond totals have
piled up, it has become evident that the plan was ideal for the
purpose. Credit should be given to the war board for harness
ing the competitive house spirit for this valuable and useful
work. The race for the “Bonds Away Girl” title has utilized the
traditional inter-house rivalry with such success that that
rivalry can no longer be dismissed as something silly and col
legiate—It has done honorable work during this bond drive.
The “Bonds Away Girl,” whoever she may be, should be
proud of her title. The war board should be proud of the work
it has done. Oregon students should be proud of the success
of their fourth war bond campaign. We should all be proud,
with honest pride of a workman in a job well done.
This is a great day for Oregon. J. N.
Oregon
MARJORIE M. GOODWIN ELIZABETH EDMUNDS
EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER
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Tomorrow Oregon’s dads take over the campus. \\ e cede
it to them willingly. We’ll watch for the surprise on their faces
as they settle down to enjoy a program, that in spite of the
exigencies of wartime, not only compares favorably with those
of other years, but is expected to surpass most of them.
But whether it does or not is actually of small import. The
big thing to remember is the spirit which motivates Dad’s day
—the feeling that the University, after all, owes much to the
fathers and mothers who decided that their children should
get a thorough education, that the school likewise wants to
know these parents better, and that they can well afford to
literally give them the University freely and whole-heartedly
for a day, at least.
In fact, higher education would not long survive except for
the older generation, the dads and mothers. ‘'We who are
young” get the benefits of it, it revolves around us; consequent
ly we have come to regard ourselves as the salt of the earth,
‘‘God’s gift to the country,” the remakers and saviours of the
earth. We speak with the voice of youth—bold, proud, and con
fident to the point of arrogance.
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But actually we are nothing. Until we get out of college
and really begin our work we are mere nonentities, parasites,
living off society ‘‘on trust". Our collateral? Only the wisdom
and enlightenment and spirit of progress, born of our education,
that we have yet to show. The world is still run by our dads.
They are, as part of that running, putting us into college in
order that we, in our turn, may take the wheel of civic and
social responsibility. Our parents may crack jokes while they
are down here, they may eat our food and witness the cere
monies with relaxed faces and merry eyes, but behind their
cheerful “good time” attitude will lurk a troubled questioning,
a keen sense of observation, as they survey us in our routine
at the college to which they have sent us. Are we really ac
quiring our education? Are we really fulfilling the purpose for
which they sent us here with such high hopes? They will ask
these things in wonderment and anxiety, for they will not know.
Nor will they find out immediately.
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George If. Lorimer, editor of the Saturday Evening Post
for 39 vears, once remarked sententiouslv, “College doesn't
make fools, it develops them.” There are plenty of us at Oregon
right now who will eventually go home bigger fools than we
left. There will one day be plenty of disappointed dads and sor
rowing mothers who were among the Dads day crowd that
converges on the campus today. It rests with us, however, to
determine the greatness of their number. X. Y.
Globally Speaking
By BILL SINNOTT
The recent heavy bombings of Sofia are, in the
opinion of this writer, a prelude to Bulgaria’s
withdrawal from the war.
The Bulgarians have not been active partici
pants in the war, but their troops have been used
to police portions of Greece and Yugoslavia.
Last month the government put out peace
feelers—the peace to be made on the basis of the
Atlantic charter. The Bulgarians, however, wish
ed to keep the major portion of the Greek and
Yugoslav territory that they now occupy.
Bulgaria owes her independence to Russia. The
Turkish yoke was thrown off by reason of the
Russo-Turkish war of 1877. The visions of a
‘^Greater Bulgaria” that the infant country cher
ished were shattered, however, by the Congress of
Berlin. Austria and England vetoed the idea of a
large Bulgaria, believing that it would only become
a Russian puppet state.
Bulgaria’s first ruler, Prince Alexander, of Bat
tenberg reigned from 1879 to 1885. After his kid
napping by the Russians, he abdicated. His only
crime lay in the fact that he wished to be a
Bulgarian ruler rather than a Russian “stooge”.
The Bulgarian crown was hawked around
Europe until Prince Ferdinand, of Coburg, finally
accepted it. Ferdinand was probably the cleverest,
most eccentric, and unscrupulous ruler of recent
times. He remained in the background during the
first years of liis reign, letting Stambuloff, who
had given him his throne, run the country. When
he felt sure of his crown he had Stambuloff
assassinated.
Ferdinand played a crafty game of internation
al politics, pitting Russia and Austria against each
other. Bulgaria became completely independent
at the time of the Young Turk revolution of 1908.
In the first Balkan war of 1912, the Bulgarian
army advanced to the gates of Constantinople.
Bulgaria picked the loser in the first World
War, chiefly on account of the bitterness which
she felt toward the Serbs and the Greeks. These
countries had defeated her in the Second Balkan
war, which ended in 1913.
After the armistice of 1918, Ferdinand abdicat
ed and retired to Coburg, the richest man in
central Europe. His son, Boris, succeeded him.
Boris was democratic, but the advent of the Xazis
forced him to resort to dictatorial methods. Bul
garian economy became geared to that of the
Third Reich. The country was inundated by Ger
man canaries, aspirin, and mouth organs in ex
change for its tobacco and cereals.
In 1939 Boris said, “my people are pro-Russian,
my cabinet pro-German, my wife pro-Italian. I am
the only neutral in Bulgaria.”
Bronze Marker Recalls
Life of Fearless Chaplain
By ELIZABETH HAUGEN
“A gift of the estate of Chaplain William S. Gilbert as a
memorial to the men of the University who served their coun
try in time of war.” These words are inscribed on two small
bronze plaques on Thirteenth street, at the north end of the
walks in th library quadrangle. The plaques themselves are so
small as to be hardly noticeable, but the history behind them is
involved in a life that goes hack.
80 years.
Chaplain Gilbert, whose name
is just a name to most people who
have read this inscription—and
most people haven't—was an in
fluence in Oregon from the be
ginning of the century. His was
not a stormy career, but a steady,
vigorous one. He was born, De
cember 7, 1863, and although his
death came years before this date
made world history, his life, too,
was concerned with wars such as
the one instigated by Pearl Har
bor.
He went to school in Ohio, and
was graduated from a theological
seminary in New York. He came
to Oregon in 1889 as president of
Philomath, United Presbyterian
college and became pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church in
Eugene in 1892.
With the outbreak of the Span
ish-American war, he accom
panied the 2d Oregon Regiment
to the Philippines as chaplain. Un
armed he went onto the battle
fields and gave service wherever
he could, often risking his life.
Returning home, Gilbert went
to Portland as minister of Calvary
Presbyterian church, and six years
later he moved to Astoria where
he served as minister for 18 years.
In World War I he again went ov
erseas, and a second time was ac
claimed a hero. In 1924 he resigned
his Astoria pastorate to become
executive secretary of national
missions for the Presbytery of
Portland.
Governor Olcott appointed the
civic-minded minister to the Board
of Regents for University of Ore
gon, and through this association
he became well-known on the
campus. He took a personal inter
est in the University life, serving
for several years on the building
committee.
Chaplain Gilbert was quiet and
unassuming in appearance but he
was vigorous and enthusiastic in
nature. He strongly favored civic
minded projects and would work
tirelessly in support of a program
which he believed was for the
people. He could count numerous
friends throughout the state, for
all who knew him loved him.
Among his army friends, he was
known to officers and men as
“Chappie”.
When the terms of his will were
read in 1936, it included a $1,000
grant to the University of Oregon
“To be applied as the Regents may
direct to some form of Soldier
Memorial on the campus.” It was
explained by Mrs. Gilbert that her
husband had meant the memorial
to be something of real value,
rather than a useless memorial
arch or marker. Several sug
gestions were made that the mon
ey might be used to furnish a
room in the stfident infirmary to
pay for part Of the salary of a
professional chair, to furnish the
browsing room, which had just
been built, or for other projects
under construction.
The final decision was made in
favor of walks in the quadrangle
composed of the library, museum,
Condon, and Chapman. These
were constructed in 1937.
Chaplain Gilbert was an ardent
nature-lover and once when some
trees on the edge of the cemetery
were threatened by cutting he
raised a cry to; leave them stand
ing. They stood.
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