Oregon
Emerald
ANNE CRAVEN
Editor
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MARGUERITE WITTWER
Managing Editor
PATSY MALONEY
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News Editor
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Norris Yates, Edith Newton
Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays and
fixul examination periods by the Associated Students. University of Oregon.
Entered as second-class matter at the poitoffice, Eugene, Oregon. _
One ^batan, One ta Qa...
'I'llis morning we are to hear the official news that Or
man v lias collapsed—one war down, one to go. The feeling to
all peoples in the world who have endured 2.074 days of war is
relief and an overwhelming joy—as expressed in the spon
taneous 50-car rally yesterday morning'.
One might think that the official collapse would he an anti
climax because the end has been so obvious for weeks now.
Hut we have been in this war for over three years and we
Pave watched its effects on our friends and Allies for even
a longer time. The knowledge that the fighting in Europe is
over_that the German army has at last admitted defeat
does not leave us lackadaisical. On the contrary, we find the
•whole world in brighter hues.
Hut there is still one more war to he fought. 'We have not
set ful 1 v revenged ourselves for Pearl Harbor. Iso this morn
ing the ASl'O is sponsoring an assembly—a combination of
celebration for the victory in Europe and a re-dedication to
victory in the Pacilic.
'l'he seventh war loan drive will begin in a few days. The
Hniversitv of Oregon has an $10K.000 quota and the quicker
we meet that quota, the sooner we will be able to celebrate
the last great victory. At the assembly today 140 minute maids
will sell bonds and stamps. During the program roll call of
all living organizations will be held and a representative will
stand up to declare the total bought by her or his house during
the assembly period.
Let's make this a rousing total—one to be proud of—one
that will ring all the way to the Pacific to tell our fellows
over there that we have not forgotten—we know there are
still mam hard battles to be fought, still many men who will
not come back from those battles. The assembly today is our
promise for an all-out effort to bring the final victory as swiftly
as possible.
Book of the fljea>i...
“Korever Amber" took second place in the list ot most
popular hooks at Oregon last Saturday when the B144-45 Orc
gana made its dehut.
h'i'oin its cover picture of Commerce to its orange hack, the
yearbook earns a place in the line of outstanding- annuals pub
lished by University students. An interesting feature is its
presentation as a film production. The titles of the various
sections and such details as the nameplate on the first page
carry out the theme.
hot- us tlu‘ Oregana is a colorful record of a year at Oregon.
W e can he proud to offer it to other college students, pros
pective students, and friends as the picture of the University
during 044-45.
<1'iaditio+tal AtUfle....
“Assuming the angle" dropped out of the 11^45 Junior Week
end program last Thursday. W hether or not it is to become
a lost art seems to depend on w hether or not the Order of O
wishes to return to a straight observance of tradition.
'Chat tradition, as Dean Virgil 1). Karl explained it. meant
that only those who actually broke the rules had to take the
hacking. The tinier of O kept a list of offenses as well as the
names of the offenders.
Many of those called this year, he said, had not violated
anv rules, and any who objected were punished doubly. Be
cause of this. I lean Karl. Junior Weekend Chairman Kd Allen,
and tinier of t> 1’resident Barney Koch decided to discon
tinue hacking.
Under the circumstances the decision does not mean that a
tradition is dead. Hacking lost most of its traditional meaning
when the lettermen violated it. They can revive it if thee want
to stick to the rides as well as enforce them.
jHe.tte.'iA. - -
7a the &&U&1
Dear Editor:
Why the celebration ? Yes, it is
wonderful news that the allies are
progressing as well as they are in
Europe, but that doesn’t mean
there should be no classes or that
the stores should close. Although
the reports have as yet not been
confirmed, this rumored victory
should be a great incentive to work
that much harder towards the end
of the war with Japan.
Surrender of Germany is a hard
fought step towards ultimate world
peace but an even greater step
needs to be taken by defeating
Japan. There was no need for the
big parades that have been held;
no need for the noise and dis
regarding of classes; no need for
the wasting of gasoline and tires
in the half-mad and reckless cele
bration of students.
We have, we hear, won a great
victory and that the curtain on the
European theater of war has been
drawn, but must we lose our senses,
when there is such a gigantic war
being waged in the South Pacific—
and when the boys over there hdve
no opportunity to stop—and cele
brate as we are foolishly doing!.
Signed,
Patriotic and
Towards the Future
Students Disregard
(Continued from page one)
the campus and 25 carloads of stu
dents drove down Willamette street
to the Southern Pacific depot.
Flags along the curbs of downtown
streets were unceremoniously
picked up and fluttered from every
car top.
. . off we go, with one helluva
roar . .
Proceeding from the depot on
foot, the crowd of cheering, sing
ing men and women, in banner
colored spring dresses, was met by
Register-Guard newsboys waving
the V-E day early morning extra
edition. Hailed by townspeople who
lined the streets and hung out of
office windows, led by the drums
and cymbals, the parade wended^
snake-fashion back to the depot,
piled into cars and circled through
town, calling University high
school and Eugene high school stu
dents from their classes to join the
rally.
“Hey you guys, haven’t you got
any brakes; get off my bumper.’’
. . send the word, send the
word, over there . .
Cries of “let’s head for Spring
field” spread with epidemic rapid
ity through the crowd. The line of
cars, loaded to the blow-out point,
sped down the highway, through
Springfield where they were greet
ed by an old man strumming madly
on a banjo and by loggers waving
their red hats. Springfield high
school students, threatened with
punishment of demerits if they left
their classes, burst through doors,
jammed their cars itno gear and
joined the rally.
. . . iiircweu iu cuncgc
sail at break of dayayayay . .
. . Johnny comes marching
home again, hoorah, hoorah ...”
The parade, now totaling be
tween 50 and 75 cars, hundreds of
people, dozens of flags, made a
memorable picture crossing the
Judkins point overpass. The Wil
lamette river rapids, foaming white
in the brigh tnoon sun, the sky a
clear blue from the moun
tains, to the prairie, to the ocean,
white with foam . .
“God bless America . .
Eight cars carried the rally as
far as the Oregon State campus in
Corvallis, still waving flags and
singing when they returned to Eu
gene at 5 p.m. A tennis court dance
in the afternoon netted over $15
in war stamps. The bond drive
which begins today has been
launched with the biggest, unpre
meditated rally that University
students have spontaneously or
ganized since the war started.
. . send the word, send the
word, over there.”
Town Hall
By AUDREY HOLLIDAY
As you all know, nominations will be coming up May 17, and
electimis will follow on May 22. Both blocs have selected a
slate as far as nominees go, but so far no definite party plat
forms have appeared. I assume that either we'll all be voting
for personalities, or. more to the point, we'll be voting the
Greek slate because we live in a sorority or are fraternity
members, or we'll be voting the independent slate because we
live in a co-op or a dorm. In a large sense that's rather an
anemic reason, isn't it?
Now, a number of underclassmen have been in to find out
if anyone knows how each individual votes. The answer is an
emphatic NO. I don’t care who tells you that he knows how
you vote and that steps will be taken if you didn’t vote “your"
ticket, whether a council member or non-council member, vote
counter or non-vote counter, big stick or little stick; the
only way anyone can tell how you vote is by looking over
your shoulder. ^
Be sensible; select the best candidate on his merits, his past
record, and his avowed platform, if any. Then vote for him.
If either bloc has to keep its members in line by coercion and
threats of “We'll know how you vote, and you’ll be banned if
you don't: vote for ‘your' candidate,” then it bears investigating.
After all, it's a fine thing to belong to a bloc, but really I
should be suspicious of a candidate whose managers said vote
for him or else.
I should be equally derisive of the “statistician” who says,
“There are 250 members in X bloc and 250 in Y bloc. We (X)
lost the election by 100 votes. That means 50 X voted the other
ticket.
There are 50 members in this co-op or 50 members in this
sorority. So, depending on which it was, the house will be
ostracized. Nuts. Even using figures that simple, it's impos
sible. Thank God, there are a few people in every house who
vote for whomever they believe to be the best man. Again,
nobody knows how you vote.
Seventh War Loan
(Continued from page one)
amounted lo $108,650 in bonds.
With tlie present drive concentrat
ed into four days, the effort and
cooperation of every webfoot is
necessa rv to meet the quota set by
the war loan drive committee.
Write to Parents
The goal is $108,000—the cost
of an Ft IJ Corsair navy fighter
plane, which, if the campaign is
successful, will carry the name of
the University of Oregon into the
final battles of the Pacific. This
means that within the next four
days, every member of the student
body must buy for himself $60
worth of war bonds. Those who
have, not already written to their
parents for bond money are urged
to do so immediately. Since out
side soliciting has been ruled out,
the. success of the campaign de
pends alone upon bonds purchased
at the Co-op by the students.
The plans of the seventh war
loan committee will be carried out
under the direction of Bernice
* Lost
LOST—Pearl and diamond Delta
Gamma pin on Monday. Some
where on University street. Re
turn to Marilyn Stratton. Phone
2305. Reward.
LOST — Green Brownie camera.
Monday. Return to Betsy West.
Kxt. 283.
LOST — Black Shaefer pen. Re
ward. facet Roberts. Phone 204.
LOST—Alpha Delta Pi pin Monday
morning near Gerlinger. Anna
V'alt on back. Phone 1309.
MCDONALD
"THUMDERHEAD"
Granquist, chairman. On Wednes
day the College Side will be the
scene of an auction and “coke
day,’’ an innovation of the sixth
war loan drive. Thursday evening
an all-county rally assembly will
be held at McArthur court, and
the finale of the campaign will c^fi
sist of a tennis court dance on
May 11.
Oregon’s past record in the sale
of bonds has received national
recognition. But Oregon will not
“rest on its laurels.” The commit
tee will provide the opportunity,
but the students must provide the
money to carry the seventh war
loan drive to its objective —■
$108,000.
"THE SUSPECT"
CHARLES LAUGHTON
ELLA RAINES
"DESTINY"
Gloria Jean - Alan Curtis
"UTAH"
Ray Rogers - Dale Evans