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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1945)
i German Refugee Speaks On Nazi School System _ By LA VERNE GUNDERSON American education versus that offered by the Nazi regime, was discussed by Lea Lorber, German refugee, in the library browsing room Tuesday afternoon. Nazi education begins with four years of elementary school, the dark-haired University student said, after which, if the cnua snows promise ana can pass a given test, he is sent to high school. Mathematics, physics, and chemistry are stressed subjects in German high schools. To show how far advanced these schools were, Miss Lorber said that upon entering the army, her bro ther who had completed a high school course, was given two years o^ college credit. College educa tions are available to a limited few, and there is virtually no way of working one’s way through, for expenses average about $10,000. Higher education for women is practically nonexistent, she ex plained. No extra-curricula activ ities are offered and there is no student government. From - the second grade, school children are indoctrinated with nazi policies and strict discipline which is one reason, she believes, that we cannot re-educate German j'outh to any other form of gov eyjiment. Although it was not com pulsory, any child not joining the Nazi Youth movement is ridiculed and considered a fool. Several times, during her talk, she pointed out that the young people are so convinced that Nazism is superior to all other government forms, that only strict discipline will work in postwar Germany, for it is the only thing they know and respect. Her family became “men without a country” when the Germans re voked all rights of the Jewish peo ple and declared them stateless in 1937. The private school Miss CoT’ber attended was burned the night her family fled Germany. She told how she wore an American flag on her"coat to escape attacks from Nazi youths. The family es caped from Germany in 1939. No German Revolution The refugee student does not be lieve that the German people will rebel. She pointed out that only a small minority, most of them older people, disagreed with the govern BABY S raent. Fear prevents them from expressing their views openly. The Lortaers' milkman was sent to a concentration camp because his own son told his troop leader of an anti-Nazi remark his father had made. Asked if she thought the war would end soon, she said she be lieved not, because of the fanatical resistance of the people and the underground factories she knew to exist, which can function in spite of repeated bombings. Her own brother has been on flying missions over Germany, even over his for mer home town of Cologne, which he declared to be almost leveled by Allied attacks. Clips and Comments (Continued from page two) sportsman’s life in the raw look like a dude rancher’s rest cure. He has hunted from Portland to San Diego armed with a bow and ar row, hunting knives, and a hatchet, always traveling by bicycle. The former Alabama lad is planning to enroll at the U. of W. next November and may put his basketball experience into play. It All Comes Out in the Wash Headline in the Gonzaga Bulle till. LAUNDRY KEEPS JACK COLLINS Explanation: It seems that Ft. Schuyler has earned the nickname of “laundry” because 200 men were washed out in the first two bilges . . . Jack Collins was one of the luckier ones. We thought at first that the laundry had kept him along with the hankies, towels, shirts, blouses, and socks that never came back. Fanless Fan Club America’s newest crusading or ganization, the MTXWAIBS, has just joined the ranks of North western university’s extracurricu lar groups. Bing Crosby has al ready been added to the register of the club, whose title is “Men of Theta Xi Who Are Irked by Sinatra.” If someone doesn’t tell me what “It” is, I’ll kill myself. Signed, Professor Igor Shmaltz FRESH DELICIOUS PASTRIES MrsJBrooks Home Bakery 86 E. Broadway Phone 4118 Rare Eastern Display Shown By DORIS SPEAROW The interesting- Chinese and Korean display in the circulation room of the library has been loaned by Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Norton of Eugene. Dr. and Mrs. Norton lived in Korea for 12 years while the doctor was in charge of Haiju hos pital, an American mission hos pital, there. a colorful Chinese fan, Korean wooden shoes to be worn in the rain, silver chopsticks, and ladle are among the exhibited objects. Especially rare is a silver and iron Chinese charcoal burner which is used by the Chinese for heating purposes. Included in the display of Orien tal articles is a very old and lovely Chinese vase, owned by Miss Doro thy Randall of the library order deoartment. Books Reviews (Continued from page tzoo) politics from 1911 to the present. From what he writes of China and her problems, Mr. Crow appears to be better informed than many peo ple who have written about China. Beginning with the fifth chap ter, Carl Crow drops the amusing anecdote style and writes in a straightforward and unfacetious manner about Sun Yat Sen, the second revolution, Japanese ag gression, the present government and its leaders, the cooperatives, the communists, and the China of the future. Author Crow shows complete understanding and sym pathy with the aspirations of a new China. Some might feel that the author is a bit too optimistic in his im pressions of Chinese progress, but close scrutiny and study will reveal a thorough knowledge of the situ ation. “Although," to quote Crow, “there may be troubled days ahead, nothing can gainsay the fact that China is a continent and a civilization — a self-respecting and industrious people who are moving forward." “Well, I might as well put the motion before the house," said the chorus girl as she danced out on the theater stage. Museum Adds Indian Pottery By JOAN HICKEY The natural history museum in Condon hall has received a new collection of Indian Pottery, and bone and stone artifacts. Dr. L. S. Cressman, director, revealed. Loyall K. Rugh cv Eugene, the donor, collected the materials as a boy near Farm mgton. New Mexico. “This collection makes a very I valuable addition to the museum," Dr. Cressman said, "both for exhi bition purposes and for classroom work in the study of the American Indian and American archaeol ogy.” One bowl is red with black de sign and belongs to to the "little Colorado stem” division of pottery Shipping Future Said Hopeful Ray Burley, freight traffic man ager of McCormick Steamship company of Pope and Talbot. Inc., Tuesday, January 30. discussed postwar coastwise shipping at a meeting of the Propeller club, business administration group. Victory ships and those in the C-l, C-2, and C-3 categories will be sold to shippers at 1939 prices after the war, Burley said. He ex pressed the hope that U. S. peace time shipping will increase rapidly. But added that he was against subsidies as a means of improving the volume of shipping. Burley said there was a need for the government to change freight rates so that ships could compete adequately with railroads. George McGill, district manager of the company, introduced the. speaker. Bob Schott, president of the club, announced plans for a cam paign to secure books for a Victory ship. A and others are of black on white type. Some are decorated with fingernail markings on an other wise undecorated surface. Beer Jugs “Two of the best black on white pieces are of the Mesa Verde type, ' Cressman explained, "the Mesa Verde being ruins of one of the greatest of cliff dwellings in south west Colorado. One of these is . bowl, the otehr a fine jug known as a Mesa Verde beer jug.” The black on red bowl represents an extremely popular type for trade purposes, according to Cressman. and have been found as far east, as Kansas. The collection is now being cata logued and will be on display soon. Visitors to the museum may now see the new display or. the Ainu a, a primitive island people who live north of Japan. Frosh Glee Names Committee Heads Committee chairmen for the Frosh Glee were announced Mon day by Jim Kroder and Estelle Shimshak, co-chairmen of the dance, as follows: decoration', Helen Hicks; publicity, Barbara. Borrevik and Dorothy Habel; pa trons and patronesses, Nila Dcs inger; entertainment, Ann Bur gess, and clean-up, Gloria Grenfell. The Frosh Glee, annual fresh man dance, is scheduled February 24 in Gerlinger hall. LEARN TO DANCE EVENING CLASSES IN TAP, BALLET AND BALLROOM PHONE 1971 OR 3435-W FOR APPOINTMENT WHITE DANCE STUDIO 861 Willamette THE UNIVERSITY THEATRE presents HENRY SEGALLS "Heaven Can Wait" starring ANNABELLE WILKERSON DAVIS JOHN MOORE PENTHOUSE PRESENTATION Third Floor Gerlinger February 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17 8 p.m. Tickets 60c inc. tax Make Reservations at Johnson Hall Phone 3300, Ext. 216 Hogan's Grocery and Cook's Market 544 E. 13th Phone 2066