The Army Says Goodbye
By D. M. MacDONALD
“The front of heaven is full of fiery shapes, the goats run
from the mountains, and the herds are strangely clamorous to
the frightened fields.” Why? Because the pre-meds are pre
paring to exchange beakers for bedpans.
Actually, though, nothing as exciting as this has happened
vet. The weeks continue to roll by, as they have a way of doing.
while we drain the last dregs of
knowledge from our oracles. The
sound of gnawing, heard through
out the crisp fall air, betrays the
eager beaver preparing for finals,
and if one listens closely, he can
hear a noise something like “click
ety-clack, clickity-clack” — Jim
Clarke running off his stencils.
So in spite of our efforts in the
physical chemistry lab to reverse
time, the last day of classes, De
cember 2, does approach. In some
ways it may be a good thing, for
at the present marriage rate there
would shortly be an end to carefree
bachelor days for the whole unit.
Within the last month 4 per cent
have announced honorable inten
tions (congratulations to Bob Gel
lert and Dorothy Lenhart), and 8
per cent have honorably followed
up their intentions (best wishes to
Charles Roth and the former Char
lotte Fehley, and to David McGuire
and the former Ruth Van Bus
kirk).
And In This Corner
Another big event of the month
was the temporary rift in the us
ually united ranks occasioned by
the election. It was a three-way
split with four Republicans, one
Texan, and the rest Democrats.
The Republicans held out to the
last, led by their dauntless cham
pion, Freddie (“you’re a thief and
a dirty Democrat!''! McGeoch, who
did some fierce gnawing on the
radio election night. The Texan is
still holding out.
The thought of leaving is a
somewhat sobering one. Despit!
Die ever-present complaints (tlua
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absence of which is considered
pathological in the army) our
memories on the whole will be
pleasant ones.
They will be, for instance, of:
the fake firedrills at 3 in the morn
ing; beer at the Edge; the 6 aycin
class of one-minute duration—no
cuts allowed; Sgt. Millikan’s
“that’s there”; Sgt. Mitchell’0,
“You’re fr-r-r-ee as the bir-r-r-ds
in the tr-r-r-ces”; the post-date
bull sessions concerned chiefly with
cursing the 12:15 bring-’em-home
-and-lock-'em-up rule; Oregon
snow and that mildewed feeling af
ter three weeks of it; girls: ones
with the wind and the rain in their
hair from Oregon, suntanned ones
from Hawaii, sunburned ones from
the desert to the south; saying
goodbye to the engineers in March,
to the pre-dents in August; "mili
tary” and the inevitable report,
“Sir, Private Spero is still in the
chemistry lab”; the way the girls
screamed when you good-eveninged
them in a low, hoarse voice after
dark.
Camera Highlights
But we will not have to depend
entirely on memory. As a result
of Charlie Roth’s assiduous efforts
with the camera, we have a de
tailed pictorial record of our stay,
ranging from 15 various poses Of
Jim Ryel asleep in class to one of
David Spero in the chemistry lab
crushing test tubes with his bare
hands.
In closing, we should like to ex
tend a vote of appreciation to those
members of the faculty with whom
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by JOHN J. CRAIG
WHY JAPAN WAS STRONG: John Patric—
Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1943. As our super
forts bomb Tokyo and our army and navy creep
closer to the Japanese islands, many of us at home
wonder how the “little” people of Japan will re
act to an actual invasion and devastation of their
own home soil—probably some of the best indica
tions of their reactions may be found in John
Patric’s book of last year,
j In his first full length book, John Patric gives
many interesting observations on the Japanese way
of life, their sources of strength and weakness.
Patric’s book plumbs the depth of Japanese char
acter' to a finer degree than any other book that
has been written to date. Contrary to the usual
run of books about Japan, which are stories of
admirals, generals, and -national leaders, his book
poi'tarys the “John Doe” of Japan, and tells us
why he has been able to be so strong and stand
up under a continual state of war since 1931.
John Patric, a former University of Oregon stu
dent, was special correspondent for the National
Geographic Society for several years, and has had
articles published' in New Yorker, Readers Digest,
and other national magazines.
Lives Japanese Life
As a background for his trip to Japan, Patric
devoted much of his time to research about Jap
anese history, customs, and language. In order to
finance his trip, Patric spent three months living
in the United States as a Japanese lives in Japan.
According to Patric, Japan’s strength is derived
from the industry, frugality, and the uncomplain
ing characteristics of her peasants and laborers.
The faith that these little people have, their
blind patriotism, the stoic confidence they have
in their leaders, and the manner in which they h*>-e
been content with their one-sided education—all
of these qualities are what Patric assesses as the
components of the formidable power the Japs have
been able to weild.
Describes Jap Thought
In his book, we are able to follow Patric to all
parts of the Japanese islands, to Korea, Manchu
kuo, and all that part of China which has since
been invaded by the Japanese. As the author
travels he takes us into the homes of the Japanese
and gives the reader an opportunity to find out
what these people are like and how they feel
about their government’s policies.
Patric in telling about the results of American
bombing raids on Japan, says, “When Japan’s high
ly concentrated industrial plants are destroyed by
American bombers, they cannot be rebuilt as,^n
anese houses can. Fifty bombs dropped on certain
crowded warplant areas of Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya,
■Yokahoma or Tokyo will cut Japan’s war pro
| duction by a percentage ten times higher than the
same number of bombs dropped as accurately on
Essen or Liverpool.”
One of the reasons why Japan was confident of
victory, said Patric, it that they thought America
was fat, rich and lazy, and could not wage a war.
The Japanese still have a high morale because
they think they are fighting the America of yester
day- they cannot imagine the America of today, a
country of production miracles, angry people, and
a nation that is building a Juggernaut of sea and
air power that will bring the worst disaster to
Japan that she has encountered in all her twerty
six centuries of existence.
we have come in contact. To name
a few: Dr. (“another interesting
reaction is . . Secoy, who has
had the patience to guide us
through three terms of chemistry:
Dr. (“It’s a gift”) Huestis, the only
man in the world who can look at
a 96-hour chick and laugh; Dr.
(“I think it is obvious”) Trow
bridge, a witness for three terms to
the murder of the English lan
guage; Dr. (“Are there any ques
tions?") Van Rysselberghe, who
has struggled valiantly to teach us
physical chemistry despite our cal
culus deficiency; and Dr. Leeper
& Sons, excellent psychologists all.
There are many others from
former terms, almost invariably
men who took a genuine interest
in our progress. Because of them
and because of the friendliness and
hospitality of the whole campus,
our stay has been one we shall
long and pleasantly remember.
Schendel Killed in Action
PFC Arthur G. Schendel, a stu
dent cf the University in 1941,
was killed in action October 26
in Belgium, announces a war de
partment release. Schendel had
been awarded the expert infan
tryman’s badge and the expert’s
medal for machine gun and car
bine.
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the alumni of Ohio State univer
sity.
It takes a subordinate to realize
the inefficiency of a superior.
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