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By CHAS. POLITZ
(Sweeping aside a suggestior
that the third installment of the
third article on an interesting po
litical system on the planet Mar
go, be subdivided into five chap
ters, the author dogmatically de
cided on a final course of action,
It may quite possibly become ap
parent to those who read this that
this is the final article.)
* * *
The promotion campaigns were
climaxed by twin “psycho” rallies
held at opposite ends of the wind
ing Campus trail so that the bands,
talent, and hot dog vendors could
shuttle from one to the other
thus making sure that neither side
would miss a trick. Both rallies
were deeply psychological in intent
and achievement.
The Boo-Baas gathered their fol
lowers in a hollow square lined on
tour sides with huge, tulip
mouthed loudspeakers. As the
crowd gathered the low, moving
power-music of the Tschaikovsky
I’athetique rolled up from the
speakers’ throats and on out o cr
assembling throng.
The soothing balm continued to
be administered for 15 minutes af
ter the masses had arrived—then
lower, lower, almost to a whisper
of the first violins and then a
voice rising steadily with the
mounting rhythm of the second
movement — slowly — sincerely —
persuasively —■ “Heeeennnndahhh
Brruuult — aaahhhh — Heeennn
dahh Brruuult,” it said. The exact
effectiveness of this approach is
still being calculated by the out
standing consultants in mass psy
chology in all the centers of the
world.
Crafty Baas
The Baa-Baas - crafty they —
deemed it wisest to present the
subject to their constituents by the
indirect method. They brought
Pundit Walter Lippmann from
Earth to speak on the History of
Earthy Foreign Policy. A master
stroke.
The campus was plunged into an
orgy of excitement the morning
of the day before elections when a
small news folder printed on
Shocking Pink onion skin in Ma
genta Bold and Italic fluttered
down on the library steps. The
folder, innocently titled “Tlie Mud
Puddle,” contained two pages de
\ oted to deftly-worded scurrilous
defamation of each candidate.
Striking serutchboard cuts bright
ened up the otherwise drab pages.
"Copies of the special election
extra were eagerly sought, and up
on being apprehended were well
received by both students and fac
ulty so well in fact that the mod
est editors chose to remain in
cognito and thus escape the tiring
the assembling throng.
By election morn the campus
was really at fever heat. The Baa
Baas distributed roller skates to
all their members so that they
could roll to vote between classes.
Lollypoppys
The Boo-Baas distributed lolly
pops from stands stationed at in
tervals completely surrounding the
polls being careful, however, to
place these booths outside the two
block electioneering zone. The in
genious lollypops were large,
round, comfortable to mouth, and
contained a sample ballot of Boo
Baa candidates.
The recipient absorbed bis re
ligion as he licked, became con
vinced of the advisability of sup
porting a party that so strongly
favored the good things in life, anil
upon entering the polls, was com
pletely legal and innocent of in
traction as all semblances of elec
tioneering had dissolved with tin
seventy-second lick. The calcula
tions of the Boo-Baas’ lolly pop ex
pert were perfect, as he had deter
mined on 41 licks to the block
Oregon W Emehmj
MARJORIE M. GOODWIN ELIZABETH EDMUNDS
EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER
MARJORIE YOUNG GLORIA MALLOY
Managing Editor Advertising Manager
ANNE CRAVEN
News Editor
Norris Yates, Joanne Nichols
Associate Editors
EDITORIAL BOARD .
Betty Ann Stevens Edith Newton Mary Jo Geiser
Betty Lou Vogelpohl, Executive Secretary Betty French Robertson, Chief Night Editor
Warren Miller, Army Editor Elizabeth Haugen, Assistant Managing Editor
Carol Greening, Betty Ann Stevens Marguerite Wittwer, Exchange Editor
Co-Women’s Editors Mary Jo Geiser, Staff Photographer
Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and holiday* and
dnal examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon.
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A long year of work came to an end last night when Helen
Johnson presented the 1944 Oregana to her staff. It all began
last spring for Helen Johnson, Edith Newton, and the rest
of the upper Oregana staff. While the rest of us were going on
picnics and looking forward‘to summer vacations, “the book”
was a-borning.
Ads had to be sold, spring section pictures had to be taken,
paper purchases had to be computed, the cover and the size
of the book had to be figured out.
So it went, and deadlines reared picture-eating heads. About
then, Helen Johnson got measles.
The book is here now, a trifle smaller—but no less exciting
than those of past years. And it reflects, better than anything
we have seen, the transition Oregon has gone through.
There has always been something definitive about the Ore
gana. When at last students have seen the picture record, they
have been able to sort out campus events and to get a perspec
tive on them. And in this strange and disturbed year the Ore
gana has not failed to bring Oregon into focus for its students.
Many of those who attended the banquet last night were
thinking of long hours spent pasting pictures, telephoning liv
ing organizations, scheduling pictures, or running down town
on an extra errand.
And out of these memories, and the sight of “the book
before them, they have every last reason to be proud of what
they have done. The Oregana, which will go into so many
students’ suitcases when they pack to go home, and which will
be sent this year to the army ducks who have left, is a splendid
achievement. The Oregana has come out on top with the shine
about it which we have grown to expect.
Last night, “Johnny” officially stepped down from her post
as Oregana editor. She takes with her the excellent Oregana
for 1944.—M.M.G.
“Most college students lead secluded lives, and a good many
years usually elapse before the graduate takes his place as an
active citizen in his community. This lag must be overcome.”
Dr. William 1\ Zimmerman, president of Thiel college, Green
ville, Pa., advocates apprenticeships in community service and
leadership for college men and women.
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“As the colleges responded to the war nehds by such things as
the Y-12 program, they will respond to the needs of postwar
reconstruction when the time comes.” Postwar education re
ceives a vote of confidence from Dr. Walter A. Dunden, former
president of Gustavos Adolphus college, St. Peter, Minn.
the average student’s tongue-gyra- ]
tion rate.
As the day progressed the ex
citement became almost unbear
able ballot boxes, gorged all day
with votes, began to swell beyond
recognition, candidates passed the
time running frenzied fingers
through frenzied hair and playing
"Tip-Toe Through the Tulips" on
the rims of coke glasses in the
Gaping Crag. Party leaders twirled
each other’s keychains with ner
vous abandon.
This Is It
Then the big moment - - 6 o'
clock-all voting ceased. The bal
lot boxes were carefully locked
and placed in the arms of the
ballot box carriers and torches
were lit and both sides formed
their members into a continuous
chain of linked arms and waists
and the ballot box carriers lifted
the boxes to their shoulders and
the parade to the traditional elec
tion night bonfire began—through
empty fraternity row, down sor
ority lane, past the physical sci
ence building, over the asparagus
covered hill behind the women’s
gymnasium to the clearing be
yond. Singing—chanting -excite
ment anxiety.
And the crowd squatted Indian
fashion in a perfect circle inscribed
by math professors, and the ballot
boxes were carried to the fore and
placed in a pyramiding pile in the
exact center. Silence—not an in
haled breath—silence. THEN—the
match was struck, the tiny flame
flickered brightly and was tossed
on the waiting pile. The union with
the boxes was complete and every
one toasted marshmallows for the
rest of the night.
Globally Speaking >
By BILL SINNOTT
The present Japanese offensive in Honan province draws our
attention to the current situation in free China after nearly
seven years of war.
The Chunking government is completely cut off from inter
course with the outside world with the exception of the mere
trickle of supplies that are flown over the most difficult flying
terrain imaginable — the Hima
layas.
The loss of Burma closed he
Burma road. General Stilwell has
been valiantly trying to open a
new route by which war materials
will reach the Chinese. This Ledo
road is not yet in operation. The
continuance of China in the war
probably depends upon its imme
diate opening.
China is war-weary. The country
is- experiencing an inflation un
paralleled since the German dis
aster of twenty years ago. Instead
of machine tools, planes carry
bundles of crisp new banknotes,
engraved in America, for the Na
tionalist government.
American observers in Chung
king are worried. It costs $7.00 to
buy a sparkplug smuggled through
the Japanese lines. A coolie em
ployed by the New York Times
correspondent struck for higher
wages because his monthly salary
of $2500 would not buy a suit of
clothes.
1931 Saw Beginning
Japan started the present war
in 1931 by taking over Manchuria.
In 1932 the Japs briefly occupied
Shanghai. Since the Marco Polo
bridge episode of 1937, China has
been actively fighting the Nip
ponese invaders.
Japan controls the seacoast of
China, besides all the important in
dustrial cities, such as Peking,
Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, and
Canton.
Free China has no industrial
plant to speak of. The Chinese
armies are composed of great
masses of poorly armed, poorly led j
peasants. It is amazing that the
Chinese have withstood the Jap- j
anese for so long.
Not Free Country
China is not a democracy. It is
a ..dictatorship ..of ..Chiang ..Kai
Shek and the fabulous Soong fam
ily. The Chinese empire was over
thrown in 1911 by the Cantonese
under Sun Yat-Sen. Sun was the
Washington and Lenin of the Chi
nese revolution. His sayings are as
sacrosanct to the Chinese, as are
those of Marx and Stalin to the
Russians. His Three Peoples’ Prin
ciples—“Nationalism, Nationality, j
Livelihood”—are the slogans of the :
country.
Dr. Sun died of chagrin after
Yuan Shik-ICai set up a military
dictatorship in 1912.-- The next 15
years in China formed the era of
“warlords.”
Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of
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Glimpses .. .
By MARGUERITE WITTWER
Waltzing flirtatiously
over the grass,
daisies are chorus girls
dancing on glass.
Ripples on the millrace
echoing back
glimpses of the river
across the track.
Slender young poplars,
dressed in green,
stretch to the sky
to survey the scene.
the Kuomintang party of Sun Yit
Sen, drove north from Canton in
1926 to unify the country. Chiang
was aided by the Reds with sup
plies and advice.
Chiang made a deal with the
Shanghai bankers and turned vio- *
lently anti-communistic. China
made great progress during the
next decade. Chiang married Mei
ling Soong, whose influence upon
Chiang and China has been re
markable. Ai-ling Soong married
Dr. Rung, the 7oth direct descen
dant of Confucius. Hung is China’s
perpetual minister of finance.
China Getting Impatient
Ching-ling Soong is the widow of
Sun Yat-Sen. T. V. Soong was
China’s foreign minister until this
year. Madame Kung, a staunch
conservative, is the real power “be
hind the throne.”
China is in a desperate fix. Her _
economy has broken down due to
lack of replacements.
She wishes action — not plati
tudes of a Better World uttered by
the many American visitors to
Chunking.
Mr. Roosevelt has tried to give
China a shot in the arm by abol
ishing extraterritoriality and mak
ing China one of the “Big Four.”
China is not a great power at pres
ent. She will be twenty years from
now. Our giving if immediate, ade
quate aid to China at once will
insure the peace in the Far East
by setting up a counterpoise to
Japan. A strong, free China will
show the other non-white peoples “*
that the western powers have shed
imperialism as a national policy.
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