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PAGE SIX HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1936. Dean Allen Finds European Nations Not Trained to Handle Democracies (Editor's Note: This 13 one of several articles written for this newspaper by Eric W. Allen, dean of the University of Oregon school of journalism who trav eled in Europe on a fellowship granted by the Oberlaender Trust of the Karl Shurz memorial foundation.) By ERIC W. ALLEN, Dean of the University of Oregon School of Journalism. NYBORG, Denmark. The Danes with their hard heads and soft hearts are, according to all reports, proving to be very unappreciative of the charms of Nazi propaganda. To turn their affairs over to a dictator to manage for them is about the last idea that would occur to a Dane. They are altogether too good at man aging their own business themselves. And, like most people with long ex perience in democracy, they find ac tual enjoyment in the responsibilities of self-government. The Germans, during their short experience with a republic, apparently did not. The German republic both began and ended with the Harding-Cool-idge-Hoover dynasty in America. When the hard years came in 1932 and 1933, and the winds of unrest be gan to blow, the young and recently transplanted German republic was uprooted, while the old, gnarled oak of American democracy simply changed its shape a little, losing a few limbs here but sending out new branches there. It can be noticed that, the world over, the little new democracies were overturned, while the old, experienced, deeply rooted ones kept their old institutions with only minor changes. The Scandinavian countries, like the Anglo-Saxon nations, have a long history of self-government. Their kings are pleasant gentlemen of the leading citizen type while the real power resides in their parlia ments and their public opinion A dramatic picture of how very old Scandinavian political freedom is can be found in the fact that the Parliament of Iceland recently cele brated its thousandth anniversary the oldest national deliberative as- " sembly on earth. The Germans, on the other hand, had for centuries looked to their era perors, kings, grand dukes, and aris tocracies for guidance in matters of major policy. Except for the hand ful of free cities (which conducted foreign relations) German exper ience in self government was con fined to the municipal plane. Right in the midst of the post-war con fusion, under the most unfavorable conditions possible, they were sud denly confronted with uncongenial and unfamiliar job of governing themselves. I have talked with hun dreds of Germans of all sorts and of every possible kind of political be lief, and am forced to the conclusion that they did not enjoy the exper ience. It is possible that even the Americans did not acutely enjoy the last three years of the Hoover ad ministration (the time the German republic was tottering to its fall) but we have learned to take the bitter with the sweet, and are too exper ienced politically to hope for any thing much better from any miracle man. In Germany things were much worse than in America. Further more and here is the fact that shows how closely all the world is interwoven today America made its own contribution to the rise of Hit ler. The German papers carried much news of lynchings in America, of the exploits of the Capones and the Dillingers, of graft in municipal administration, of Teapot Dome and similar scandals, and what is pe culiarly shocking to the European peasant of our failure to conserve our rich resources in forest timber and agricultural soil, and also a similar shock to the European la borers our failure to remedy job lessness ;n a land of great natural wealth, or to insure any real social security for the small man. And this, of course, was only one ele ment in an enormously complicated situation, but it was critical. Many a German came to doubt whether the new and unfamiliar democratic institutions which had been imposed upon him after the war did not real ly constitute a gold brick whether the democratic system was any good even under the most favorable cir cumstances in rich and politically experienced America. In this sense, every failure of good and orderly government in any city or county in Oregon and in the thousands of other cities and coun ties in America, must bear its share of blame for Europe's tragedies of today. The world is small in these days and closely knit together. Another factor. If the allies real ly wanted Germany to remain dem ocratic and turn down Hitler and his leaders, they might have had the foresight to encourage the struggling young republic a little. They might have let the well-meaning Strese mann and Bruning bring home to Berlin a few little diplomatic tri umphs once in a while to fortify their own popularity and the con fidence of the Germans in them. Instead the victor nations, particu larly the French, made the young republic's life as difficult as possi ble at every step which possibly they might not have done had Amer ican public opinion in Medford and Baker and Klamath Falls and a thousand other such cities vigorous ly disapproved. Instead, it rather approved. As it was, Germany turned to the individual who shouted loudest that he had a remedy and freedom has disappeared from much of the earth and the world's leading industry is the preparation of war materials. The tragedy of all this for Germany can only be appreciated by one who has lingered there and realizes how many thouands of kindly, fine peo ple the country contains, how real ly rich is its ancient culture, and how much Germany could offer to civilization if it could as it may recover its sense of humor, forget all this nonsense about "race" and national glory and settle down to work like the Danes to make every citizen happy and contented and se cure and intelligent in the light of God's truth as it appears to the free and unregimented but education ally self-disciplined human mind. iuiUiUIUlllllAullllillUIUJUUIlUlijlUlllHillHlUUllllllllllllllUlllllllllll THE Hehisch Published by the Journalism Class of ueppner tugn scnooi STAFF Editor Maxine McCurdy Assistant Riley Munkers Humor, Marvin Casebeer and Ruth Green. Class News Necha Coblantz Club News Lola Coxen Band News Daniel Chinn Girls' Sports Arlene Morton Boys' Sports Paul McCarty Lunch Benefit, La Verne Van Marter Assembly Evelyn Kirk Luncheon Maurice Feeley H.H.S. Basketball Prospects Good The Heppner basketball squad has been training diligently for the open ing game of the season, December 4 with Echo on the local courts. Four returning lettermen make the Fighting Irish's prospects excep tionally bright. Van Marter, center; Gilman, guard; Turner, forward, and Munkers, forward, are the lettermen. Turner, however, is eligible for com petition only during the first semes ter. For the past week, fundamentals have been the main issue with the squad. With plenty ' of support, Heppner should have a team of championship caliber. H.H.S. Assembly D. Poling was a welcome visitor of the high school Wednesday. He gave an interesting talk entitled "All Beings are Immortal," and followed it by leading the assembly in a few of the old favorite songs. It is hoped that he will continue visiting our school annually to present his inter esting educational talks. H.H.S. Agricultural Class News The Agriculture class I is prepar ing to start the main projects of the year. Some of the projects are the raising of sheep, hogs, cattle, chick ens and turkeys. Each member of the class will keep a budget of his project to find the operating cost and the profit. At the end of the year the students are going to check with each other to see which was the most successful project. H.H.S. Eighth Grade News James Gemmell, member of the eighth grade, has moved to Salem with his parents, as they are tak ing up their residence there. James will enter the Parrish junior high school there. Six weeks' tests will be given this week. The eighth grade will elect new class officers Wednesday for the fol lowing six weeks. H.H.S. , Humor Did you ever: Wonder who Andy Davidson rides around with after programs? See Bill Browning testing milk? Wonder why there isn't any larger turnout for basketball? Wonder how some girls got their football letters? Wonder why times "ain't what they used to be"? Wonder how Munkers got to be assistant editor? Wonder why Mr. Tetz brags on the Republicans all the time? Wonder what Mr. Peavy thinks of his jokes? Wonder whom the waltz was re quested for at the last Parish house dance? We heard some of the alumni ask ing if Heppner high was going to have a good basketball team this year or follow the tradition of other years. Betty Bergevin: "That's a very queer pair of socks you have on, Vernon one red and one green." Vernon Knowles: "Yes, and I have another pair like it at home." Miss Peterson: "What does HO signify?" Harriet Hager: "Well, ah, e-er I've got it on the end of my ton gue." Miss Peterson: "Well, you had better spit it out. It's mercuric ox ide." H.H.S. "H" Club In the near future, probably the second week of December, the "H" club is sponsoring a show at the lo cal theater. The name of the show has not been announced as yet, but it is expected to be a football pic ture. Any member of the student body will be able to sell tickets, and the one selling the largest number is entitled to a free pass to the show. The money the "H" club receives from this will go to pay for sweaters and letters that will be earned this year. The "H" club is hoping for your loyal support. H.H.S. Hot Lunch Benefit Last Friday night at the Heppner school gymnasium a program was given for the purpose of raising funds to provide hot lunches this winter for the students who live in the country. ' The program consist ed of several selections by the school band, under the direction of Mr. Buhman, two one-act plays by the junior and senior English classes of the high school, two songs by the boys' trio of the high school glee club, and a piano duet by Marjorie Parker and Mr. Peavy. Although there was not a large audience, the program was enjoyed tremendously by those who attend ed, due to the' fine music provided by the band, the boys' trio, and the comedy from the two plays. H.H.S. Club News The clubs have held no meetings the past week, but intend to have meetings after the Thanksgiving va cation. Perhaps there will be more enthusiasm after the time of turkey, cranberry sauce, and the like. T. H. Nichols, pioneer of the Lex ington section, was a visitor here Tuesday. Mr. Nichols could not re call a drier fall than that just ex perienced, though he had seen some years in the past when snow fell on the dust. Julian and Henry Rauch were among farmers of the north Lexing ton district transacting business in the city Tuesday. At White House ' SALT LAKE CITY, Utah . . . "King Norbest I" (above) won great honor. But it was costly. He was adjudged the finest of 1,000,000 turkeys, raised by members of the Northwestern Turkey Growers Ass'n. 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