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Hold, Enough!
Saturday night's game in Portland with
tlie Washington Huskies will give Oregon
students their first opportunity to see their
grid warriors in action this season. From
all indications it should be a tough game,
and possibly a very close one.
Thinking of a tight game with Washing
ton, reminds us of the last time the Ducks
and UW played in Portland two years ago.
At that time the two teams were considered
a toss-up and rivalry was high, as it usually
is when Oregon and Washington play.
The Huskies had a little bit the better of
it on the playing field and emerged from the
contest with a 14-6 victory. Rut it was not
the closeness of the game which makes us
remember that particular tussle. It is what
happened after the game which makes it
stick in our memory.
Several hundred Washington rooters were
on hand for the game and at its conclusion
they jubilantly tore onto the playing field
in an effort to tear down the Oregon goal
post. Naturally this brought an immediate
response from the Duck rooting section and
within minutes an aU-out free-for-all was
in progress. Fists were flying in all direc
tions before policemen could squelch the
‘‘riot'' and two or three men from each
school ended up on the ground, listening to
the birdies tweet. Even one of the Oregon
players got in on the fighting. The whole
scene was rather deplorable to observe.
This year the rivalry once again will be
at a high pitch. Because of the Husky rec
ord to date, scores of Washington rooters
will make the trip to Portland for the game.
And without a doubt, at the end of the con
test, win, lose or draw, they will swarm onto
the field and renew- efforts to down that
Oregon goalpost. If Oregon students run
to the scene in an effort to put up a rowdy
defense, another brawl is sure to ensue.
What would be much better for all con
cerned, and would give the school a much
better name we might add, Would be a
peaceful settlement of the matter without
fisticuffs. Don’t get us wrong! We are not
advocating letting the goalpost go. Heaven
forbid! that is the worst sin that any college
rooting section can commit, allowing sup
porters of a visiting team to tear down their
goalpost.
But what we would like to see is the mat
ter settled by kind words and persuasion
rather than fists and brute force. The whole
thing almost always starts out as a joke,
so just do your best to keep it that way in
stead of letting tempers get out of control.
Try your best to settle with the Huskies
peaceably ami then, it it is still no use, let
MacBeth’s final speech in the Shakespeare
play guide you on: “hay on, Mac Duff
(Huskies), and darn'd be him that first cries,
bold, enough!"—(B.K.)
Elephantine Field Day
The medical reports on President Kisen
hower’s health, and the statements of heart
specialists are encouraging. It now seems
possible that the President will recover fully
after a period of convalescence, or at least
will be able to take a firm hold on the reins
of government before his term expires.
But history shows that whenever a great
man loses some of bis powers, even tem
porarily, there are always many smaller
men waiting eagerly to seize bis mantle and
put it on. on the arrogant assumption that
it will fit.
'Phis has not happened yet in Kisenhow
er's case, but there are signs that it soon
may. After the first flood of “get-well” mes
sages to the President, a few of the politic
ians immediately reverted to type. They
began To push their ambitions.
The panic within the Republican party,
and it can only be described as panic, as a
result of the President’s illness, has con
tributed to this condition. In its search for a
presidential candidate to succeed Eisen
hower, assuming the latter does not run in
1956, the Republican party is forced to con
sider nearly everyone in the party. The re
sult is a field day for all ambitious Repub
licans.
The salvation tor the country, and for the
Republican party, seems to lie in the tre
mendous mass support that Eisenhower
commands. With this personal support be
hind him, he will probably be able to push
most of his program through, from his hos
pital bed if necessary.
This same support may enable him to
keep all the departments, bureaus and agen
cies of the government under firm control,
and to continue with the great leadership
he has given this country for nearly three
years.
Footnotes
Girls show quite an interest in baseball,
come World Series time. Two obvious
freshmen got into quite a stir in front of
the Emerald scoreboard, Thursday, over
who had the best team.
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Can’t complain about this year’s yell king
—he’s even initialed Oregon even though it’s
backwards: O.U.
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
Army Scandal Changes Outlook
For Indonesia's First Elections
By J. M. Roberts
Of the Associated Press
Less than a year ago Indo
nesia appeared to be heading in
to the Communist camp.
Her Nationalist government
was playing footsie with the
Communists in the same fashion
which proved fatal to so many
young governments after the
war. If the Communists did not
take over directly, it seemed
likely that they would win in
the republic’s first elections,
which begin Friday.
The situation has changed
considerably since the Nation
alists were ousted from the
government over an army
scandal last month.
Now a coalition of Moslem
parties is being given a chance
to win and start Indonesia on the
road to democracy.
The chief Moslem party, Mas
i t
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jumi, which now controls the
government made no intensive
campaign prior to its rise to
power only a few weeks ago,
but it is estimated that 90 per
cent of the people are Moslems,
which tends to compensate for
the late start.
The Communists, on the
other hand, have been hard at
work throughout the six-year
life of the republic. They have
infiltrated every hamlet, and
promised everything; increased
wages, better living conditions,
financial reform of the gov
ernment. Their campaign has
been almost identical with that
conducted by the party before
the recent elections in Andhra
province of India.
But the Reds lost in Andhra,
and now they may lose in Indo
nesia.
Unlike the United States,
where the results of nationwide
til
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elections are usuallly known
within a few hours after the
polls close, it could be six months
before the outcome can be de
termined.
This is because of poor com
munications with hundreds of
equatorial islands comprising
the republics, and because the
voting will be by stages in the
widely separated parts.
The East-West cleavage which
has agitated Indonesia as it has
the rest of the world is not a
clearcut issue in the elections.
The Communists are, of course,
violently anti-Western, while the
present government, while hard
ly pro-Western, is nevertheless
satisfactory to the West.
However, all 190 parties —
there are several major Moslem
groups as well as the National
ists and Communists and scores
of splinters—follow the Nehru
neutralist line.
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The Huskies .
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"1 hear they play an unhalanee<l line—non*- of them have an IQ
above a 40.”
THE LOOKING GLASS
Who-Done-lt Termed
Casually Sophisticated'
By Bob Davis
Alfred Hitchcock has again
served up a fine menu of comedy
and mystery in his latest produc
tion, “To Catch a Thief," show
ing this week at the MacDonald
theater. Heading a most compe
tent cast are Grace Kelly as a
rich American adventuress, and
Cary Grant as a suave ex-jewel
thief known as John Robie, the
Cat.
Filmed on the French Rivi
era, this Hitchcock adventure
seems to be infected with the
casual sophisticated resort at
mosphere. The pace is slower
and there is little of the ten
sion that was evident in previ
ous Hitchcock thrillers such as
‘Dial M for Murder” and "Rear
Window.”
The plot chiefly concerns it
self with a series of jewel rob
beries which the police consider
to be perpetrated by Robie, the
Cat. Robie, however, has long '
since gone into retirement from :
the hazardous profession and has i
entered into an aristocratic life <
within the walls of his Riviera
villa. Ex-thief Robie takes on i
the task of finding the real cul- ]
prit in order to clear his name, <
and therein lies the mystery. l
Actinic Is excellent sunl the
characterization beautifully
detailed. Cary Grant, after an
unfortunate film absence, eas
ily proves that there are few
Hollywood actors today Ills
ei|ual. tiraee Kelly again dem
onstrates that sex appeal can
he conveyed in subtleties to
tally unknown to a Marilyn
Monroe. The supporting cast
adds much to make the film
run In a smooth and unfalter
ing manner. Particularly note
worthy Is the uetress who
cleverly portrays the stereo
type of a rich, uncultured
Texas matron touring Kurope
who still has not lost such
ipiafnt affectations as putting
cigarettes out In the middle of
Hunny-side-up eggs.
Kor those who are looking for
he customary Hitchcock ap
icarance in his film, he can lie
loticed sitting next to Cary
Irani riding on a village bus. In
mrnmary. "To Catch a Thief" is
i relaxing, humorous bout with
•rime which has all the traits of
ditchcock genius plus a more
asual, light-hearted approach
irevioualy unequaled by the who
lone-it master. A most highly
ecommended film.
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WEGCCD
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