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Loriia Larson. Editor
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Phil Bettenb. Managing Editor
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Gmtchex Geefe. Advertising Manager
News Editor: Larry Hobart
Assistant Managing Editor: Rill Frve
Chief Night Editor: Sarah Turnbull
Sports Editor: Bill Gurney
Asst. Shorts Editor: Larry Lavelle
Asst. News Editors: Kathleen Fraser,
Johnson, A1 Karr
Makeup Editors: Kathleen Fraser, Judy
McLoughlin, Harriet Walrath
Feature Editor: Ward Lindbeck
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Wire Editor: Tom Jaauca
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Haseltine. Barbara Keller
Pay Phones-Another Question
^ There's a major question facing Oregon student representa
tives who’ll go to the PL'C-phone company meeting in Salem
next Tuesday! What is the dormitory status?
OSC is opposing the phones on the grounds that fraternities
and sororities cannot he classified as “semi-public.” (The
tariff says pay phones must be installed in "semi-public”
Organizations.) The OSC administration requested pay phones
in the dorms.
Oregon and Oregon State did not file a joint complaint
tnainly because OSC could see no plausible argument in their
favor if dormitories were included in the complaint terms. In
a recent letter, they said their attorney agreed.
Fraternal groups cannot be called “semi-public" because of
their limited and selective membership, say the OSC students.
But will that case stand for dorms? They are selective only on
the grounds that not everyone can be a University student.
If our case—when it includes dorms—doesn't stand up,
should we go ahead and fight to have phones removed from
the houses? This would be unfair to that large segment of
the student body that doesn’t live in Greek houses.
Yet should we just leave the phones in all campus groups
and raise no further opposition?
As yet student officials have contacted no informed persons
—a lawyer perhaps—to get an opinion on where the dorms
would stand. We think they’d better do something soon.
A decision will have to be reached. And- next Tuesday is
drawing close
Even the Movies Cash In
The nights are colder, the pumpkins frostier and "Basketball
Fix” has replaced “Saturday’s Hero” on theater marquees.
As well as showing the nearness of winter, this latest “scan
dal picture” displays Hollywood’s intention of cashing in on
this sordid business.
. The studio’s self-avowed reason for putting out the picture
is no doubt to provide public service. It may show some basket
ball player the error of his ways or keep some other star on
the square by illustrating the ease with which one can become
involved in criminality in sports.
If this was their noble purpose, the moviemaker might better
have used a little more talent, money and time in the film’s
production. It still looks like a money-making proposition to us.
“Basketball Fix” might help make basketball more honest.
We hope so.
We’ll also hope that Hollywood teaches its “basketball stars”
to play believable basketball before starting production of an
other film on the court sport.—U. D.
Boys Will be Boys
That was a good football game last Saturday. It was a good
Oregon team—a fighting .team—one to be proud of. And we
are proud of it.
We can’t say the same of the card section. But possibly it
wasn’t a University of Oregon card section. From their childish
actions when the card tricks were finished (hurling the cards
out over the spectators) it would seem no one in the group had
yet completed grade school.
We noticed a lot of little fellows out on the field after the
game ended. They were sailing the cards through the air.
Which was only natural because after all, little boys will be
boys.
But why should university students be little boys?
There’s been some talk about starting an honor system
around here. Observe our first shudder of apprehension. How
could an honor system be entrusted to a bunch of juveniles who
apparently can’t honor a simple request to act like gentlemen?
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OuA. Vi'iitoAL Sneak...
Too Much 'Typical Nazi/ Not Enough 'Desert Fox'
(Ed. Note: Wo thought It would
bo Interesting to hoar tho re
aotlon of a German to tho movie
“The I>esert Fox” whloh played
recently In Eugene. Below a
German exchange student in
journalism tells his views.)
By Franz Cesarz
It may have been wrong to
ask a German for a review of the
Rommel movie. Certainly it is
not produced mainly for German
eyes. It was an English book
written by Brigadier Young
which became a best-seller in
English speaking countries.
People met with great interest
the story of a general whom they
fought in the African desert and
who had been outstanding. A
good subject for a movie picture,
obviously. You can make money
out of it—and Hollywood did.
Really, Koinmet was an out
standing figure. Decorated with
the highest German bravery or
der In World War I, he was a
soldier all his life, a good soldier
as even his former opponents ad
mit. He didn't care for polities.
What would happen, he thought,
if the military power isn't sub
ordinated strictly under the polit
ical power? That was the rule he
followed. He was a soldier.
Then Hitler came. Many follow
ed him. Rommel, the soldier, also
obeyed the orders of the '’Fue
hrer" who legally came to his
political power and later became
his military superior as supreme
chief of all armed forces. The
longer the war lasted tho more
General Rommel disagreed with
the former lance-corporal, Hitler
—in the military field. And only
his military disagreement later
brought him in contact with
Ideological bound men of the
anti-Hitler circles thin finally
determined his decision to join
that front of Irreproachable men.
Rommel's warfare proved hlm
self u*. a man embodying the old
transmitted conception of an
honorable soldier. He was un out
standing figure. But historically
his significance lies In the mili
tary sector. The military develop
ment became his political atti
tudes criterion, which for many
other Germans the immoral
character of the whole N'azl
system Itself had lieen.
Thus Rommel doesn’t typically
embody the tragedy of many
Germans who since the beginning
of the Hitler era considered him
as their ideological enemy and
conspired against their legal
political leader.
Very late the honorable man
and soldier Rommel considered
after heavy struggle with his
sense of duty the responsibility of
a general being broader than only
to obey orders. There is very
much personal tragedy in Rom
mel's life and death, but the
tragedy in many German souls
began earlier than Rommel's per
sonal story.
Insofar the fascinating movie
eamuit satisfy. It shows toil little
of Rommel as the “Desert Fox"
and too much of Rommel "the
typical Nazi general” who later
became Nazl-enemy. That Is an
other point Germans have a di
ferent outlook upon. They liked
Rommel as much us they hated
such typical characterless Nazi
generals as Keitel and Schoerner.
The “only-soldier” Rommel never
was a Nazi general In their eyes,
particularly not in the sense of
--Letters to the Editor
Peculiar Economy
Emerald Editor:
Who made up this year’s winter
term class schedule ?
It seems like they try to save
a little money nowadays in the
most peculiar places. Keally, the
amount of ink required to print
the name of the course on the
winter term schedule wouldn’t
break the University up in busi
nes—or would it?
Guess we'll be picking our win
ter term courses by the "number”
that sounds best, unless, of
course, we saved the material
necessary for the cross-refer
ring.
It must truly be rather dark
where tim economists of this
school's administration keep their
heads.
John Kerns
A "Something"
Emerald Editor:
For the third time there ap
peared a “something" by Pat
Dignan in the Emerald. X say a
"something" because it consists
of a lot of obvious statements,
and a lot of nothing in a lot of
words.
This time there was added a
queer inconsistency. He says:
“Ike will definitely run if the,
foreign policy he worked for in
Europe is threatened by someone
like Taft.” Furthermore: “Tru
man will allow himself tw run if
a strong Itepuhlician candidate
is nominated who threatens the
existing government policy.”
From this you would conclude
that both Ike and Truman are
going to run to save the present
policy. But no .. . Pat tells us
that he believes that, if Ike be
comes the candidate, Truman
fynutt the M&ujue...
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 28, 1921—Faculty mem
bers of the University of Ore
gon have prepared a telegram to
send to the American delegation
at the conference on limitation
Of armaments approving naval
reduction idea urged by Secre
tary Hughes.
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 28, 1941—The student ex
ecutive committee recommended
that a 2. GPA be required of
students for participation in ac
tivities. Present requirements are
a 1.5 for underclassmen and a
1.75 for upperclassmen.
will run; if Taft becomes the
candidate Truman will step down.
So Taft Is running for the nomi
nation to stop Truman, Ike will
run to stop Taft, Truman will
run to stop Ike; one wuuld al
most believe in a three party
system.
I think that this inconsistency
can be cleared up if we say that
Pat's belief is just a slip of the
brain, and that it really should
be: “Truman will step aside if
Ike becomes the Republician can
didate, (because Ike's policy will
not be a threat to the existing
policy which is partly Ike's al
ready) but that Truman will run
if Taft becomes the Republician
candidate (since Taft is likely to
threaten the Truman policy).
Thus changed the “something”
will be again pleasant reading
for the sleepy "justgotupforrny
eightOclocJk’’ Oregon student.
Dirk Sehepers
former Hollywood propaganda
movies.
Thus, James Mason, the giant,
Isn't the modest Rommel a s wo
saw him. However, Mason is ex
cellent In his role. Leo <». Cai
roll, a typical General Rundstedt,
and Luther Alder us Hitler are
very Impressive. The movie has
its most impressive parts in d01 -
umentary pictures of the desert
war and the Invasion.
The movie tries too many com
promises to make the Rommel
picture acceptable for his former
enemies and In spite of documen
tory authenticity, the movie fal
sifies the Rommel Image.
On the Screen...
'Streetcar' Movie
Has Theater Polish
By Wen Robinson
A Streetcar Numrd Desire
(MacDonald): They've dragged
Broadway right Into Hollywood,
Calif., for the filming of this
Pulitzer Prize-winning piny. As
a result, it has all the polish and*
character value of a theatrical
production.
This picture should be quite as
much In the running for Oscars
next March as the recent "A
Place in the Sun." The legitimate
stage, contributing three major
factors in Director Klia Kazan,
stars Vivian Leigh and Mario
Brando, and a script needing
hardly any revision In order to lie
filmed, practically guarantees
this.
H o 1 1 y w o o d has contributed
something, too fluidity through
the eye of the camera, which
makes Tennessee William’s ab
aci bing drama even more ab
sorbing. These things wrapped
up together make this movie one
of the most gripping and sensa
tional pictures you'll see for a
long time.
The story concerns a southern
schoolteacher (l.elgh) who Is a
nymphomunlae (a idee way of
saving a naughty word). Out of
a job beeause of her moral trans
gressions, she comes to live with
her sister. The sister’s husband
(Brando) lakes offense at the
intrusion anil derides to force
her from the house. In attempt
ing to do so, he learns of her
past, destroys her one thin chance
nt happiness, and Is a main factor
In her llnal and complete tragedy.
The film in much more than a
.sex movie. It's a story of frus
tration and stark tragedy, told
with intense feeling and brutal
realism. Despite its great length
(2 hours, 5 minutes), it will hold
your attention for every second,
which is truely the mark of a
great picture. *
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