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Oregon ^Emerald MARGUERITE WITTWER-WRIGHT Editor GEORGE PEGG Business Manager , _ --- --— ! TED GOODWIN, BOB FRAZIER Associates to Editor ■...... JEANNE SIMMONDS BILL YATES Managing Editor News Editor ---- BERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor DON FAIR, WALLY HUNTER Assistant Sports Editors _______ WALT McKINNEY Assistant Managing Editor BOBOLEE BROPHY and JiUNE GUETZE Assistant News Editors BARBARA TWIFORD Advertising Manager PHYLLIS KOHLMEIER Executive Secretary iJon Jones, Man rnotugrayner REPORTERS ., T _ „ Belli Itasler, Ilettye Joe Bledsoe. Diana Dye. Ruth Eades. A1 English. Luwavne Engwall, Virginia Fletcher, Joanne Frydenlund, Chuck de Ganahl, Laverne Gundersoil, Dale Dai Ian, .Donna Kletzing, Janice Kent, Pat King, Phyllis Kohlmeier. Betty Dagomarsino, June j McConnell, Barbara Murphy, Laura Olson, Carol Jo Parker, Kancy Peterson, Helen bnei* | man, Virginia Thompson, Jim Wallace, Sally Waller.___j MEMBER — ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE SERVICE__ | Signed editorial features and columns in the Emerald reflect the opinions of the writers. They do not necessarily represent the opinion of the editorial staff, the student body, or the | University. _ - _ Entered as second class matter at the postofhce, Eugene, Oregon. Puryosefull Queens Back in the 20’s when the Miss America craze began in earnest, and when all the local booster clubs began picking "Apple Queens,” "Prune Queens,” and the “Girl I’d Rather Sit by the Fire With If I Were Cold," there was a certain novelty to the idea of somebody being a queen of something. Later then, the thing was run into the ground to such an extent that the girl who had not been queen—or at least "princess" of some thing—was almost the exceptional case. To a certain extent this- trend has carried through on the campus. We have oodles of “welcome girls,” "hello girls," ‘valentine girls,” “cover girls,” “hostesses,” and beaucoup “queens” for all occasions. Several years ago in recognition of this trend University students picked a "Queen of Queens,” who was to be the “queen to end all queens.” Despite all this electing of glamor, the Junior Weekend Queen remains in a position of distinction. She is THE Queen of the year. Just as Portland's Rose Festival Queen is in the Number I spot among that city’s many elected glamor girls, our Junior Weekend Queen is the one we are proud of, and the one who is known off-campus. When University students vote today in the co-op, they will pick the girl who will rule over the traditional spring festival. But more than that they will pick a girl who will represent the school throughout the state, both through her picture and through personal appearances. From where we sit, all these gals look pretty sharp, and we are at a real loss to know whom to vote for. The problem would be so much simpler if ye could elect a beauty on her platform. Raise the Rebate I lie University Co-op store is making money hand over fist this year, il we read the annual statement of income, assets, and liabilities correctly. Sales during the past fiscal year totalled $212,803.50 with a gross profit of $56,545.48. The net operating profit was $21, £>60.35 and the net income for the year totalled $12,896.21. That 01 course, is no astronomical figure and Dunn & Bradstreet probably wouldn t be too impressed; but it is a nice comfortable •sum. This year, with the veterans here, the figures will no doubt look fatter. Now, with all this in view, we still wonder why we have to pay $1.50 for a carton of cigarettes at the Co-op, and 25c for a little celephone bag containing seven chocolate mints. We realize that the Co-op turns its annual $2,500 rent over to the Student Union furniture fund. That’s fine. They’ve been doing it for about nine years, and that’s fine, too. W'e also ap pitciate the tact that the Co-op pays state and federal taxes to the tune of many thousands a year. And they have to buy licenses of several varieties. Okay. Do we still have to buy our fageroonies at $1.50? Co-op Manager M. P. McClain explains that the store goes eus_\ on prices ot essentials like textbooks and other stu dent supplies. To balance this, the BAmen feel justified in ask ing the high tariff on luxuries like cigarettes. As regards the possibility that the Co-op may raise the rebate on receipts this year, we certainly want to plug that move. Chances are that students will be more willing to buy their luxuries at the Co-op than walking downtown where the prieetags make more sense—if the cash rebate warrants the purchase. The Satyagrahas followers must be outlawed in the United States!!! If we are to maintain our democ racy, our independence, our indus trial pre-eminence, our high stand ard of living, and our pin ball ma chines, this party with its menac ing theories must go. (Americans, unite.) Even this morning as we calmly skim our Oregon Daily Emeralds in the quiete sereneness of the Ameri can scene, subversive elements scheme to cause chaos and disorder. If you have had no phone calls dur ing the past week, you might right fully blame satyagrahastic meth ods. The party-line is directed from Calcutta. Fervent party-line follow ers in the United States take their orders from Mohandas K. Gandhi— Indian Hindu leader of note. His methods, as explained by Krishnal al Shridliarani, involve the use—by an organized group—of direct, non violent non-cooperation. These tac tics sound innocuous. They consti tute a mortal threat. Gandhi first tried them in 1922 as a protest against the British—who had promised India dominion status for help given in World War I. Brit ain reneged on the pledge. Gandhi, betrayed, spoke to his millions of lordly and humble followers thusly: N-U, N-C “We shall employ non-violent non-cooperation. When the Brit ish administrators ring for their four o’clock tea, we shall non-vio lently not cooperate in bringing it. When they ring to fire the non cooperators, we shall non-violent ly not answer that bell. We shall similarly non-violently not pack their bags, drive them to the sta tion, nor engineer the railway as they withdraw from India. We also shall non-violently turn our backs when they speak to us, and shall non-violently not transmit their telephone calls.” Are you be ginning to get the connection ? Gandhi's non-violent non-cooper ation failed in 1922 and in 1934, par tially because a few hotheads be came violent. The British Tommies mowed them down. But the thin, little old man in sack cloth, and his idea, lives on. In an integrated society like our own, any small minority, as we have seen, is able to stuff a fairly large mon key wrench into the works by using THAT IDEA. Gandhi is no fool. Telling the Editor ’*■•*"*'*"JL"*- * * •» » ■» * • ■ ■ ABOUT HAWAII Hawaii—the forty-ninth state ? You bet! The campaign for Hawaiian statehood will never cease until we [ get statehood. Here’s what is going on in Wash ington. Eleven bills to admit Ha waii into the Union have been in troduced in the 80th Congress. In troduction of these measures by congressmen, hailing from every major geographical division in the United States, indicates that Ha waiian statehood is gaining wide spread support. Congressional hear ing for statehood has been slated for March 7. We students of the University of Hawaii are doing what we can for the statehood campaign. A State hood Committee is organized for that purpose. Among other plans, this committee is trying to enlist the aid of universities and colleges throughout the United States to support our fight for statehood. If you favor the question of statehood how about giving us a hand ? How ? Merely publicizing statehood for Hawaii in your school paper or in your downtown papers will do a lot to promote our cause on the main land. How much Hawaii is a part of the United States is evidenced in our close relationship with main land colleges. For instance, in the field of sports, our football team played against Fresno State college and the College of the Pacific on the west coast. The team was also pitted against Stanford university, University of Nevada and Univer siyt of Utah in the Honolulu sta dium .Our basketball team will leave on February 16 to play against St. John’s universtiy, Utah State university and University of Ne vada. We will also send a swimming team on March 23 to participate in an intercollegiate meet in Seattle, Washington. - -i ' 111 " the CLUB Barber Shop 814 Willamette On the academic side, a Stanford university team will come 'to our campus on March 21 to debate the question of statehood against the University of Hawaii debaters. Also this university is going to send a team in the early part of April to the mainland to debate with state side colleges the proposition on statehood for Hawaii and other topics. It seems likely that the high schools on the mainland will debate the question of statehood during the next school term. With the outlook for statehood favorable we certainly need your help now more than ever. Henry W. C. Wong Chairman, Statehood Committee Associated Students of University of Hawaii Editor’s note: How abou tthis, you members of Hui-O-Kama aina ? (Please turn to page seven) I jjc By DALE HARLAN Glen Sweeney, vet adviser at the clean of men’s office, cautions all vets who have drawn books in courses from which they have since withdrawn that they are required to turn such books back to the Co-op. The attempt of economy-cr.azy Republicans on the house appropria tions committee to cut $350 million from the Veterans Administration budget for next year was a major GOP blunder. They attempted to do this even after they had promised General Bradley, VA administrator, that no cuts would be made on the proposed budget for the VA. Brad ley’s hard fight for the veteran was saved only by the Democratic mi nority’s hard fight against any such fund-slashing in the House. All told, Bradley and the alert Democrats made real April fools out of Rep. John Taber (R., N.Y.), chairman of the house appropriations commit tee, and his Republican cohorts. It seems tlxe Republican party is bent on making indiscriminate cuts in the budget just to have the dubious honor of fulfilling at least one of their many campaign pledges. Ceiling Raises The House committee on vets’ af fairs is currently considering a bill tc raise monthly wage-subsistence ceilings for students and job train ees. In support of this bill the AVC recently submitted a careful and documented study of the real needs of students. This survey revealed that the average single vet spenc/i $104 monthly for basic livi.ig ex penses while it costs the average married vet $152 for such expenses. Wage Reports T. L. Karnes, new training officer at the Veterans Guidance center warns all veterans that they should be very prompt in returning all re quests for a report on their outside earnings within five days after such a request is made. These wage re ports are made on form No. 1963 which is mailed out with the checks of those who are currently enrolled in school under Public Law 346. These reports must be filed every four months. The names of those en rolled under the GI bill are alpha betically divided into four groups so that a different list of men are asked to file this report each month. LOVE AND BLOSSOMS NEVER CAN BE SEPARATED Eddie's Flowers 1400 Willamette Phone 265