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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1944)
Oregon W Emerald ANNE CRAVEN Editor KOSEANN LECKIE Business Manager ELIZABETH HAUGEN Managing Editor FRANNIE MAIER Advertising Manager MARGUERITE WITTWER News Editor LOUISE MONTAG, PEGGY OVERLAND Associate Editors Betty Lou Vogelpohl, Executive Secretary Betty French Robertson, Women’s Editor Winifred Romtvedt, Assistant News Editor Darrell Boone, Photographer Jean Lawrence, Assistant Managing Editor Assistant Managing Editors Gloria Campbell, Pat McCormack, Librarians EDITORIAL BOARD Edith Newton, Carol Cook 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. Qood JlucJz, Min Wicke . . . Many of the big time campus activities have become war casualties for one reason or another but in a way that it is not to be regretted. For in keeping with the times, Oregon students can turn their thoughts to more serious extra-cur ricular activities, the most important of which is the campus war board. Surely there is no student attending the University who has not felt the effects of war. Almost every day a former Oregon student who has changed from traditional cords to a U. S. uniform returns for a visit to the campus. The list of Oregon men in the service continues to swell and the list of dead, wounded, find imprisoned does not become smaller. The war board is a “duration” activity which offers every student on the campus a chance to “do his bit” towards bring ing V-day closer. The large number of petitions turned in spring term for various war board jobs indicated that students realized the importance of the work and were interested. Such a turnout promised a good year ahead, a year full, of enthusiasm and work which would add up to a job well done when spring term again rolled around. We hope to see that prediction car ried out. Under Miss Wicke’s capable leadership we expect the war board to be even more successful than under Jean Frideger who engineered the now famous “Bonds Away Contest” last year. War board jobs offer no compensation except in your hearts. Those who are merely seeking activity points should look else where becausp the type of person who does the best job on any war council or board is one working towards a much different end—the good of the whole. For you who sometimes worry because you wish to be a part of the war effort, here is the chance to do something about it. Good luck, Miss Wickc. And here’s wishing you a successful tuid heart-warming year.—M.A.C. (leuivxil MiaeM? . . . “What's your major?’’ “You’re from California?" Oregon students apparently want to revive the social custom that popularized the above form of conversation—mixers. In the pre-war days the Bunion Derby and desserts served as get acquainted sprees to foster the boy-meets-girl routine. Last year the food was absent so the campus tabbed them mixers. '1 his year, under any name, the students want some sort of open house affair to carry on the tradition. The veterans have already voiced their request for mixers. Other students have been less articulate but just as eager to sponsor some form of campus social life. Audrey Holliday, ASUO president, promised that the asso ciated students will put desserts on the campus social calendar, but that takes care of only the official side of the problem. J he shortage of men obviously affects the situation, but it doesn't need to rule mixers out so long as students want them badly enough to put them over. Making a success of the affairs means that the fellows will have to turn out in full force. Jt also means that President Hollis’ allusions to rationing will become rather real. There cannot be the all-campus Wednesday social night. It will have to be worked out with rotation of the girls' organizations acting as hostesses. That was successful last year so it isn't altogether new. Most important ot all in assuring a continuation of campus social lile will be the attitude ot both men and women. It the appointed time sees the girls waiting hopefullv for the men who never show up (as they did in some cases last year), the idea of desserts might just as well be abandoned for the dura tion or until conditions become normal.—L.M. Qlab-ally Speaking By BILL SINNOTT (Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this column are the author’s and are not necessarily those of the Emerald.) We hope the New Deal rally in Chapman hall last night was a big success. Messrs. Buell, Yates, Sahlstrom, Politz, and Conklin are to be congratulated on securing a speaker of the eminence of Mr. Nance, the nephew (isn’t it cousin?) of that sterling Texas pecan grower, Jack Garner, who is opposed to the fourth term. The selection of Mr. Nance is even more apropos inasmuch as he is the bureaucratic head of a typical New Deal agency and cam paign manager for Willis Mahoney in his umpteenth attempt to repre sent Oregon in the senate. Perhaps Mr. Nance had some in side dope on the world situation to tell his audience. After all, the ex mayor of Klamath Falls has lived in Washington for years; lobbying before the alphabetical agencies. We hope the amount of the col lection was sufficient to buy the Honorable Willis a nice, new car petbag which he can very well use on his return trip to Washington after his defeat by Senator Cordon next month. We hear the meeting ran. off very well; except advice on parlia mentary procedure having been secured from “Mistuh” Ed Crump and the Major of Jersey City.—that advocate of free speech and pro gressive government. A Fourth Term? We feel that the greatest issue in this election is whether or not a fourth term could be a menace to our democratic institutions. So we present some quotes from states men of both parties, living and dead. 1. “An early example of rotation in an office of so high and delicate a nature, may equally accord with the republican spirit of our Con stitution, and the ideas of liberty and safety entertained by the peo ple. There cannot be the least danger that the president will by any practicable intrigue ever be able to continue himself for one moment in office (beyond 8 years), much less perpetuate himself in it, but in the last stage of cor rupted morals and political de pravity.’’—George Washington. Thomas Jefferson 2. “Reason and experience tell us, that the first magistrate wdl always be re-elected if he may be re-elected. He is then an officer for life. That I should lay down my charge at a proper period, is as much a duty as to have born it faithfully. I should unwillingly be the first person who, disregarding the sound precedent set by an il lustrious predecessor, should furn ish the first example of prolonga tion beyond the second term of office. No pretext should ever be permitted to dispense with it (the principle of rotation in office), be cause there never will be a time when real difficulties will not exist, and furnish a plausible pretext for dispensation.”—Thomas Jefferson. 3. “If the terms of those offices (president and vice president) be limited to a single period of either 4 or 6 years, I think our liberties would possess an additional safe guard.”—Andrew Jackson. James Buchanan 4. “The example of Washington, which has been followed by Jeffer son, Madison, and Monroe has for ever determined that no president shall be more than once re-elected. This principle is now become as sacred as if it were written in the Constitution.’’ — James Buchanan (Democratic president). 5. “Wise custom limits the presi dent to two terms. I believe in a strong executive; I believe in pow er; but I believe that responsibility should go with power, and that it is not well that the strong execu tive should be a perpetual execu tive.”—Theodore Roosevelt. 6. “It is intolerable that any president should be permitted to determine who should succeed him —himself or another—by patron age or coercion, or by any sort of control of machinery by which delegates to the nominating con vention are chosen.” — Woodrow Wilson. FDR 7. “A great man left a watch word we can well repeat: “There is no indispensable man’ I still know that the fate of America can not depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not in any single personality.”—Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. In conclusion, we hope the com mittee cleared their meeting last night with Sidney. DANCING EVERY SAT. NIGHT with Art Holman and his Orchestra EUGENE HOTEL Have them checked Today at Tire stone Corner 11th and Pearl Letters To The Editor Emerald Editor: It made me ashamed te^think that Audrey Holliday used the' wrong approach to the Oregon student body (as stated in the Friday Emerald)—that she did not) use the “correct bedside manner” etc. I was ashamed not of Miss Holliday but of any student who would require a gentle awakening/ to the sad state of affairs into which the Oregon campus has de teriorated. What are we—a group too sluggish to know, care, find out, or do anything about the pres ent situation? Must we be molly coddled and carried on a feather pillow so that we will not have a rude awakening ? If we are old enough and capable enough toj come to college, surely we should be adult enough to take Miss Holli day’s blunt speech in our stride! No doubt this year’s reign wilt be hectic for our student body president. As responsible, mature people it seems to me that we should give her the united sup port that any leader of a schoo, decently deserves to receive, rei gardless of petty prejudices ant jealousies any of us may at presen have. For will it not be to the cred it of our University if we get be1 hind our ASUO president and ga to town on a few worthwhik^Singf instead of aimlessly suggesting and postponing plans, squabbling among ourselves, and doing noth ing of real value in regard to oui school and the war? JUNE FINE. DANCING Every Saturday Nigjjht 9 ’til 12 at the EUGENE HOTEL with ART HOLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA in the Persian Room STARTING ' 'CISCO KID' with James Cagney — also — 'Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout' a»siat SHOWING 'Going Mg Way1 with BING CROSBY^
