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Oregon ® Emerald MARGUERITE WITTWER-WRIGHT Editor GEORGE PEGG Business Manager TED GOODWIN, BOB FRAZIER Associates to Editor BILL STRATTON Managing Editor BILL YATES News Editor li J1.K IN JH. Sports Editor DON FAIR, WALLY HUNTER Assistant Sports Editors vvalt McKinney Assistant Managing Editors BOBOLEE BROPHY and JUNE GOETZE A. ccictnnt KrlifnrQ JEANNE S1MMONDS Feature Editor DOUG EDEN Advertising Manager Don Jones, Staff Photographer REPORTERS Beth Basler, Leonard Bergstrom, Bettye Jo Bledsoe, Hugh Davies, Diana Dye, Ruth Eades, Virginia Fletcher, Lejeune Griffith, John Jensen, Donna Kletzing, Dick Laird, June Mc Connell, Kathleen Muflarky, Barbara Murphy, Laura Olson, Joan O’Neill, Nancy Peterson, Marjorie Rambo, Katherine Richardson, Adelaide Schooler, Helen Sherman, Jackie letz, Gloria Talarico, Sally Waller, Hans Wold, Phyllis Kohlmeier. MEMBER—ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE SERVICE Signed editorial features and columns in the Emerald reflect the opinions of the wt iters. They do not necessarily represent the opinion of the editorial staff, the student body, or the University. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Plucking the Plums The announcement yesterday that the officers of the Class of '48 will themselves handle the top executive positions in charge Of their own junior Weekend next May met with ap proval from this observer. This action seems sensible and realistic. It sets a precedent for future Junior Weekends and may influence future political maneuvering considerably. In the past few years the position of Junior Weekend chairman has been considered as a jumping-off place to the ASUO presidency. Consequently, junior class officers (who choose the Weekend chairman) were elected with an eye to ward their gravy ladles. And the weekend chairmen were chosen with an eye toward their presidential caliber. This sort of beating-around-the-bush strategics tends to shift the emphasis of public attention from a primary con sideration, i. e. the immediate job at baud' for which a candi date is nominally elected, to the'secondary considerations, i. e. who will that candidate name for important future positions. Now it seems that it would obviously be wiser to elect individuals particularly well suited for a particular student body office, on the basis of their own personal merit—not on the basis of their pork-barreling potentialities. Kacli class has charge of one major all-campus function each year—the Frosh C.lee, Sophomore Whiskerino, Junior Weekend, and Senior Ball'—and the class officers have no responsibility other than to see that these affairs are adminis tered efficiently. Usually the officers have given the chair manships of these functions away as political plums of some kind. If, traditionally, the class officers handled these affairs themselves, then the classes would be enabled to directly elect their chairmen. In other words, the Class of ’49 next May would elect someone to head their Junior W eekend in 1948 instead of electing a class president. The man could retain the presidential title but it would be understood that actually lie was Junior W eekend chairman, and the lesser officers would be elected to hold appropriate positions. 'Phis plan is really so simple and above-board that it will probably be met with suspicion. Nevertheless, the Class of ’48 is fortunate in that it has elected as its officers—and as its Weekend executives—four very capable and realistic men and women. Bucking the Current The new presidents of the three outstanding women's or ganizations on the campus, AWS, WAA, and YWCA, are alike in several respects: 1. Kacli woman is well-qualified for her position by a long string of activities, devotion to work on behalf of her organi zation, and an already well-established reputation as a BWOC. 2. Kacli woman will have a rough job next year to keep her organization's nose above the water of mediocrity. During the war the women's organizations boomed. With dates as scarce as n\ Ions, coeds were glad fo go to a "Y" tea, or a WAA fun night and play ping-pong with each other, or work their heads off for the A WS-sponsored Coed Capers. Now Coed Capers has been outlawed, and afternoons and evenings with the fellows are much more interesting than hen parties ot any kind. \\ omen never did—and probably never will—get along well enough with each other to devote very much interest to their own loosely-knit organizations. Few women are very concerned about promoting the interests and welfare of other women -or even of themselves unless there is a man involved somewhere. Kven when Coed Capers was a big event, it wasn’t nearly as exciting when men didn't crash it. 8o, from where we sit, it looks as though the Misses Bor .liiiiiiiiniiiiiHiiiyiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiitiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiitiiinniiHiiiiiiiiiuniniiiiniiiiiniiii' OF ALL THINGS! Perennial Bridegrooms — Earl Greeno has just been proclaimed the nation’s No. 1 perennial bride groom as he recently married his ninth bride. His claim to the throne results in ousting Tommy Manville, who is only married to his eighth wife. Greeno had better enjoy his position while he may. Marrying Manville disclosed this week that he has selected his ninth bride-to be and has moved her into his West chester estate to handle his business affairs until he can get a divorce from No. 8. Supermen — The Big Three of the afternoon blood-and-thunder radio shows on Mutual are Super man, Captain Midnight, and Tom Mix. The latter two men have a little of a non-flying Superman in them, but there is one great differ ence in the conduct of their pro grams. Superman punctuates his trips to the moon and planets occupied by curious creatures with some out and-out crusading. These crusades cover racial intolerance, racketbust ing, as the songwriting racket and real estate frauds, and a fight against bigotry and un-American activities as evidenced in such DISCOGRAPHY By JACKSON If you’ve attended a local cine ma palace within the past week and viewed a couple of hours of musical technicolor, you are probably whis tling, humming or singing a Je rome Kern melody. But if you don’t whistle, hum, or sing professionally, you’ll be better off if you grab one of the Kern albums offered by al most every recording com pany. Decca was the first to release Kern’s music in an album of Crosby classics. Der Bingle sings “Ole Man River,” “Long Ago and Far Away” and “Dearly Beloved” on his own, and joins his wife, Dixie Lee, to sing “A Fine Romance” and “The Way You Look Tonight.” Capitoi records have done Kern’s music justice by producing an al bum featuring nine of their record ing artists. The list of artists is as impressive as screen credits for an MGM muieal including Johnny Mer cer, Martha Tilton, the King Cole Trio, Margaret Whiting, Peggy Lee, Paul Weston and the Pied Pi pers. Especially outstanding in this album is the King Cole Trio version of “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” The latest record label to hit the market is MGM, and their first of fering is an album called “Till the CIbuds Roil By” featuring records made from the sound track of the film. June Allyson, the June-girl of a million veterans, does the “Cieo patterer” stunt from the film, and Tony Martin and Kathryn Grayson sing “Make Believe.” This MGM album has not arrived in Eugene groups as the Klan and the Colum bians. This is an encouraging note when programs for youths pass up pow er-crazed doctors bent on destroy ing the world, preferring instead the presentation of a. fight against real problems and real enemies. Captain Midnight depends on sensationalism in the form of ri diculous situations involving as sorted creepy characters such as the fiendish Ivan Shark and the cur rent knife-killer Jorgenson. The Tom Mix program seems bent on preserving and enhancing the Tom Mix name. Stories show Mix dissolving unbelievable mys teries with his special western brand of hocus-pocus. Each episode shows only how wonderful and wise Tom Mix is. When the Mounties can’t get their man, they call on Mix. When the F.B.I. is stuck, Mix is called in. When Scotland Yard finds itself up a tree, Mix is the man of the hour. In spite of the incredulity of Su perman’s planetary visits and feats of strength, much credit is due the writers of the program for attempt ing to do something worthwhile with the time alloted to programs lor America’s youths. yet, but will be here within the week. Another Him tune which is head ing for the top is “Anniversary Song” from the Jolson Story. Dec ca offers versions of this song as disced by Guy Lombardo and A1 Jolson while Andy Russell does the tune on the Capitol label. Dinah Shore waxed the item for Columbia and MGM will soon release a Kate Smith recording of the song. All of these artists wrop up fine record ings of the popularized theme by Ivanociei. The new recording of “Wood chopper’s Ball” as done by the now now disbanded Herman Herd is re ceiving raves from the music mags and local disc jockeys. In compari son to the original blue label Dec ca “Ball” the new Columbia disc gives the impression that the Woodyworkers have learned to read music during the time elapsed since their first recording date. If you are a collector of V-discs, you probably have the Tony Pastor version of “Makin’ Whoopee” which was one of the most popular re cordings used by the Armed Forc es Service overseas. But if you did n’t grab on to the V-disc, you can procure the same version on a Cos mo label. As a matter of fact, you can pro cure most any record you want at the Graves Music Company—the record shop with the most complete selection of records this side of Portland. GRAVES Music — _ Art Pd. Adv. Phone 4407 1198 W’illamette revick. Hanson, and Johns will have to give most of their at tention to building up interest in their organizations, to show ing the sisterhood that there is a place for these groups, and that these groups can perform valuable services for the Uni versity. The very fact that only about 550 women voted in the elections yesterday would indicate that something is defi nitely lacking. We wish them luck. " " ■■ —.. ... "THE JOY of the CALVARY WAY" 11 a. m. 9:45 Bible School—6:50-7 Training- Unions 7 :30 p. m. "What Must I Do To Be Saved" FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH l’dwy. at High Dr. Vance H. Webster, pastor Hon.—7:30 Gipsy Smith, Jr. & Arthur McKee Telling the Editor In your Paul Robe-son story in Thursday’s En.erald there is an error of statement which, in my mind, should not go uncorrected. You wrote, “The tall massive Ne gro said he was working with the National Negro congress r.nd Pro gressive Citizens of America, of which Henry Wallace is a member.’’ Mr. Wallace is not a member or an officer of the PCA, and Mr.* Robeson did not say that he was, but that he was a “guiding spirit.” —Bill Force 25* SHAVES YOU forSmonthst , . GUARANTEED BY . 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