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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1945)
Oregon It Emerald ANNE CRAVEN Editor ANNAMAE WINSHIP Business Manager MARGUERITE WITTVVER Managing Editor PATSY MALONEY Advertising Manager WINIFRED ROMTVEDT News Editor LOUISE MONTAG, PEGGY OVERLAND Associate Editors Jane Richardson, Phyllis Perkins, Viriginia Scholl, Mary Margaret Ellsworth. Norris Yates, City Desk Editors Bjorg Hansen. Executive Secretary Mary Margaret Ellsworth, Anita Young, Co-Women’s Page Editors Jeanne Siramonds, Assistant Managing Editor Darrell Boone. Photographer Shirley Peters, Chief Night Editor Betty Bennett, Music Editor Gloria Campbell, Mary K. Minor Maryan Howard. Assistant News Editor Librarians Jack Craig. World News Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Norris Yates, Edith Newton Published daily during the college year except Sundays. Mondays, and holidays and «ca! examination periods by the Associated Students. University ot Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the poitotfice, Eugene. Oregon. jh%. Pofieuae... ]; v the time college age comes around for young people most of them are beginning to pretty well shake the peculiarities •of adolescence, or at least they are beginning to come out of that period. Maturity lies not far beyond the college youth. One of the sets of ideas which has perhaps been twisted or .incomplete through the inbetween period when the youth is •nether adult nor child is the one concerning relations with the opposite sex, with marriage an ultimate possibility. College, -with it.- emphasis on initative and self-dependence, develops a .•force toward the solving of psychological problems of this nature. In many cases adjustment is inevitably ne\ci leached, hut in far more the results are good. Perhaps the best influence toward developing a healthy atti tude in this field, outside of the regular hygiene courses which arc compulsory for both men and women in the l_ni\eisity, is rui all-campus assembly like the one 1 hursday at which Di. fhod Popenoe spoke on engagement and marriage in wartime. It P only in recent years that the tendency in matters of tins nature has been away from repression and taboo. And it -we.' about time for light to begin to dawn when it did. after 0 long' period of haphazard or misinformation. \\ hates er kind of ideas are held on either side of the potential family there is rarely a case where what can be learned at an a .semblv like Thursday's will not do some good. Not sen sational, completely matter of fact, Dr. Popenoe's talk was w ■ rthwhile to anyone, and informative. Members of the student audience may have disagreed with some of the statements the speaker made. However, any Kitional individual must ralize that his attitude of common sense, unemotionalilv. and candor is an attitude to be cultivated and practiced. Dr. Popenoe’s statement of the problem of hasty in images and quick postwar divorces was to the point. His advice to young couples, planning early marriages, to wait and become better acquainted with each other is only sensible. 1 Isuggestion to women whose husbands are in the service lo-keep busy by working or going to school, to maintain a well founded social life, and to prepare themselves now, by taking course.' in psychology, mental hygiene, and homemaking, for tb ir future positions as wives, is also simple common sense. 'I'he problem of marriage, especially in view of the emotional in'lability caused by war conditions, is an important one. The family is the basic unit of a democratic system of government; without sound, stable family and home lile for the citizens of a nation, the entire structure may collapse. It is each individ ual’s responsibility, not only to himself and his future mate, but to the nation and the community, to face the situation squarely and sensible, as Dr. l’openoe has urged. SjxeahivHf aj Spositl... 1v it fair weather or foul, Oregon coeds are not as enthus iastic about sports as they might he. Oh, they like them, and each une has her favorite, but practicing is another thing. The average cued dues not take more than the five required service .courses She participates in intramural sports because her house wants a team. Occasionally she goes hiking, canoeing and play s tennis. This seems to be the situation on the V. of O. campus—and th women's athletic association wants to remedy it. The plans they made at their retreat at McCredie springs last weekend t»i >\e that. It's not a tribe of superbly trained athletes thev want; nor do they expect a woman to spend all her leisure time participating in sports. Looking to the resumption of •normal travel, they want to take advantage of the w inter plav giouuds not far from Lugene. They w ant more overnight camp ing trips They would like Amphibians to include a larger gi oup of expert swimmers;. In other words, they won't be satisfied with merelv sponsor ing intramurals. A stronger membership in the affiliated clubs— •Ruling, hockey, Amphibians, Orchesis (modern dance), thev QloJxdlif Bp.eakintj, By BILL SINNOTT Jan Christian Smuts is the outstanding man at the San Francisco conference. He is the only delegate here whose stature as a world figure dates back to the last century. The field marshal is the best example extant of the blessings of British imperialism. The one-time Boer rebel is now the elder statesman of the empire. Smuts is both the founder of the League of Nations and of the Brit ish commonwealth of nations. He has had a most versatile life as a lawyer, philosopher, author, botan ist, statesman, and warrior. Jan Smuts was born in Malmes bury, Cape Colony in 1870. His par ents were typical backveld Boers. He had a strict Calvinist schooling at Stellenbosch. His brilliance won him a scholarship at Cambridge. The young South African studied law and took all the honors in sight. Protege of Rhodes He hung out his shingle in Cape town after his graduation. Cecil Rhodes, ever on the lookout for bright young men, made Smuts his protege. The Jameson raid disgust ed Smuts. He gave up his British citizenship and moved to the Transvaal. j Oom Paul Kruger needed an ad j viser to cope with the Uitlanders so Smuts became attorney-general j of the South African republic at the age of 27. Smuts tried to main ; tain his country’s independence against the wiles of Lord Milner who was backed by that great im perialist, Joe Chamberlain. The Boer war found Britain un prepared to fight. Smuts took the field and became the leading com mando leader of the war. Kitchener finally forced the Boers to sur render after two and a half years of fighting. Smuts and Botha became the two leaders of their people. Smuts won self-government for the two defeated republics from Campbell Bannerman in 1907. In 1910, the Union of South Africa was formed with Botha as premier and Smuts as his second. Stopped Rebellion In 1914, Smuts put down the pro-German rebellion of his old comrades-in-arms, de la Rey, de Wet, and Beyers. In 1916 Smuts was made a lieu tenant-general in the British army and conquered German East Africa for the crown. Lloyd George called him to Lon don in 1917 and made the ex-rebel a member of the war cabinet. Among his colleagues were Lord Milner, his old enemy, and Curzon, that most superior person. By his eloquence, Smuts ended the Welsh coal strike that had al most taken England out of the war. The general’s formula for a League of Nations was used as the basis for the Geneva experiment. Smuts was disillusioned with Ver sailles. He realized it laid the ground work for a future war. Hated by Labor In disgust he returned to South Africa where he succeeded Botha as prime minister in 1919. Smuts secured the eternal hatred of la bor by his ruthless suppression of the Rand revolt of 1922. The strike leaders were deported to Europe without trial. A drouth and Boer jealousy of Smuts’ world position caused his defeat in 1924 by Hertzog, the na tionalist leader. Smuts returned to his farm near Pretoria and wrote “Holism and (Please turn lu page three) j flSlFA BUDDY [MEET A BUDDY By JEANNE WILTSHIRE More and more medals and awards are being won by Oregon boys in the service. For example. Second Lt. Robert Duncan, former student, has been awarded the distinguished flying cross at a formal award ceremony recently conducted at an air transport command base in India. He received the award for having participated in 300 hours of flying- cargo over the Himalaya mountains in giant transport planes. This route is considered the most treacherous in the world be cause of the dangerous flying weather and the craggy terrain. Lt. Duncan is also holder of the air medal. First Lt. John William, class of '43, received the purple heart for wounds received in action in the Alsace-Lorraine district on Jan uary 16, 1945. Tieileinann in Tunisia Pfc. Walter Tiedemann, former student, is stationed at El Aouina air base, Tunis, Tunisia, in the North African division of the air transport command. Assigned to the communications section, Pfc. Tiedemann’s duties consist in in stalling and repairing telephone lines. An important link on every air base, communications helps speed arrivals and departures of tactical and transport aircraft by keeping all departments in close relation ship with one and the other. Over seas six months, Pfc. Tiedemann has found time to visit the pic turesque towns of Casablanca, Oran, and Tunis. Pvt. Stanley Prouty, former U. of O. student, is now at the U. S. army general hospital at Camp Carson, Colorado. He fought with (Please turn to page three) feel, will not only gain for each woman skill and well-being, but it will also bring more coeds together. Playing together can promote friendships among women who might not know each other. One thing which the W'AA did to unify its organization was to change the membership fee from one dollar a year to two dollars for life membership. In this way those who are trulv interested will join. Another step in the right direction was calendaring for next year a “co-educational" fun night, at which both men and women may participate in sports. W ith a more intensive membership drive and program plan ning. the W'AA is destined to increase in importance on the campus, and it is right that Oregon women become sports conscious in a region where springtime offers more than a suntan, winter means more than rain, and fall holds more than turning leaves. Air Alert By SHUBERT FENDRICK Day by day progress of the his torical United Nations secufTTj*’ conference will be broadcast over KORE at 6:15 Mondays, Wednes days, Thursday, and Fridays on a special quarter hour program. Royal Arch Gunnison, Frank Sin giser, Leo Cherne, and William Hissman will all report on this special program. Other coverage of the conference is as follows: Rex Miller — Daily, 4:15, Tues day, Thursday, and Sunday, 9:15. Upton Close—Sunday, 3:30. Harrison Wood—Monday through Friday, 2:00. Gabriel Heatter — Monday through Friday, 6:15; Sunday, 5:45. Alexander Griffin —-Mon d through Friday, 3:00. Arthur Gaeth—Monday through Friday, 8:00. Elsa Maxwell—Monday through Friday, 1:15. Gordon Burke—Monday through Friday, 5:45. Loretta Young and Joseph Cot ton will star in “Ramona” on CBS’ Screen Guild Players Monday from 7 to 7:30. “Ramona” is the love story of a young Indian girl and her mate who undergo a series of hardships throughout their life time and never seem to find t^lB happiness they seek. Stars over Hollywood will bring Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, and Mona Freeman to the microphone, to star in “Together Again” over CBS at 9:30 this morning. Billie Burke portrays Dora Featherstone on her new NBC pro gram, The Gay Mrs. Featherstone, Wednesdays at 8:30. This program has the distinction of dealing with the trials and tribulations of an American family which isn’t the slightest bit average. And here’s a few CBS flashes fj&P Sunday: Kate Smith celebrates her 14th radio anniversary with an all star show including Tallulah Bank head. The New York Philharmonic Symphony highlights a perform ance by Robert Casadesus of Beethoven’s Fifth Piano concert. Phil Baker boosts the 7th war loan with a special San Francisco broadcast. Ted Paxson is Nelson Eddy’s special guest on the Elec tric Hour. Lyman Bryson explores the question, “Will Dumbarton Oaks get us into war?” over Prob lems of the Peace. On Coming Warmer Days wi'Tsr- ~**m" * Try Our Cool Fountain Refreshments Lemon-0 Cor. 13th and Alder “DOC’ IRELAND, Prop. Phone 2717 J