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A Call to Advisers
riTH the winter term rapidly drawing to a close, it will
' ’ soon be time again for the students to consult their faculty
advisers during spring term registration procedure. Many stu
dents enter lightly into this procedure during their first two or
three years on the campus, only to find a great number of re
quired courses incompleted, with only a year or two remaining
in which to do the work.
Students are largely responsible for this condition, and they
should make an effort to thoroughly analyze their courses in
order to decide intelligently upon the courses they are to take
each term.
Several eases, in which a student is all but ready to graduate
and finds, to his dismay, that he has several unfilled require
ments, may be blamed directly upon the faculty adviser. Some
of these cases may have been caused by the failure of the pro
fessor to acquaint himself thoroughly with the requirements.
Transfers from other colleges seem to have the most trouble
with their courses. None of them are familiar with the Oregon
system of upper and lower divisions, and they often have trouble
in adapting themselves and their credits to the new system.
We are in need of a closer and more businesslike attitude on
the part of faculty members and students alike in the matter
of course advisement. More advisers would help solve the prob
lem and cpable each professor and dean to be in closer contact
with his advisees. Until more advisers are available, we will
have to make the best of a bad situation.
Rapid-Fire Publicity
\ CRITICISM frequently directed at the Emerald Is that its
columns contain too much publicity, and that much infor
mation of a publicizing nature is repeated over and over again.
Tile factor of repetition day after day is due to the demon
strated inability of the average student to read the paper con
sistently or to remember what ho has read more than 24 hours
at a stretch.
Take the example of the associated students’ concert series.
The concert which the Portland Symphony orchestra will give
here Sunday afternoon is the fourth on this year’s series. Like
the three preceding it, this concert has been given extensive
publicity, and the fact that students will be admitted upon pres
entation of their student body cards has received special stress.
Yet word comes from the music school that a group of music
majors was heard discussing ways and means to raise money
to hear the symphony!
The number of requests from students that have preceded
each concert on this year’s series for prices of tickets and place
of sale makes one suspect that scores of students have stayed
away from each concert in the belief that they could not afford
it. The only answer seems to be more and more publicity; to
pound, pound, pound the fact that the students pay for the con
cert series when they pay their fees and that no further charge
is made.
Perhaps the underlying cause of such ignorance is that tho
students as a whole take little interest in the concerts that are
brought here for their enjoyment. Criticism has been directed
at the music committee for the type of concert selected on this
year's program, but few students have gone out of their way
to express either disfavor or appreciation.
CHNATOii SCHULMERICH appeared before tire ways and
^ means committee at Salem, Wednesday, and proposed that
tire state cut expenses by lopping $1,000,000 off the appropria
tion for the state board of higher education.
“Such a reduction would not hamper the activities of the
higher educational institutions,” said Senator Schulmerich, on
the authority of the Oregonian, "as virtually all the amount
could be eliminated from salaries, wages, research, and traveling
expenses.”
Such simple measure. of economy are far too valuable to
be confined to only one department of state expense. Why not
cut off another million or so by lowering the appropriation for
the legislative session expenses? it would be easy, and of course
Senator Schulmerich would agree that it would not hamper tho
activities of the senate or legislature at all. No really neces
sary expenses would be curtailed; just make ttie cuts in the
salaries of the legislators and ttie wages of the assistants; elim
inate traveling expenses of committees to confer with Washing
ton legislators on co-ordinated regulation; and curtail research
into water-power possibilities, fish and game regulations, and so
forth. Nothing to it.
“A million here, a aiilUou there, will make things better
everywhere.” v
Isn't
WThe ♦ ♦
ETFOOT
“All the
News
That’s Foot
To Print”
SCOOPED YOU ON THIS, AUNT
EMMY
Many of the more prominent of
our popular student after-dinner
speakers: George Cherry, Vint
Hall, Art Potwin, Chet Knowlton,
and others like that, have been
sending in harried requests that
for pities sake will we furnish
them with a few new anecdotes
with which to keep their more or
less appreciative audiences awake.
They demand something easy to
remember, something snappy, bril
liant, and zestful. Also something
every one is familiar with, only
with a new quirk.
This is a man-size job but, with
our policy of helpfulness in mind,
we shall set to. If you have trou
ble remembering anecdotes, why
not try different variations on the
same one as per example: There
is the age old wheeze of "Who was
the lady I saw you on the street
with last night?” Well here are
a few different endings for it:
“That was no lady, that was my
mother-in-law."
“That was no street, that was
the well-worn alley back of the
Trl-delt house."
“That was no saw, that was a
chiseler (golddiggcr).”
“That was no lady, that was one
of the Phi Psis.”
“That wasn’t last night, that
was good night.”
“That was no lady, that was a
(Insert name of most dearly hated
sorority).
“That was no lady, we were at
Chicken Inn.”
“You didn’t see me, you O
shunned me.” (a deep one).
“That wasn’t Saw U. that was
Oregon U. (not so good).
Well, boys, we’ve got to get on
to other matters, but we’ve done
our best. That’s the only joke we
know, so we had to do our best
on it, but you get the idea.
EPITAPH
Not a moment did we give him
In which to repent;
He saya “Boys let’s sacrifice
Smoking for Lent.”
* * *
WELL, AS FAR AS WE'RE
CONCERNED, WELL LEAVE
ALL THE SACRIFICING UP TO
THE BASEBALL TEAM AND
THE MOVIE HEROES.
* » *
One of the rumors which has
been flying thick and fast about
the local campus is that George
Christensen, one of Oregon’s quar
ter-ton babes (not a Theta) has
given up milk chocolates and has
endorsed lucky strikes.
* * *
It seems that George went into
history class yesterday, sat down
in a chair, and the blooming thing
caved in with him. The chorus
will now break into that touching
line from “Mother Machree.” You
know the one, “Sure I love the
dear silver that shines in your
chair.”
# * #
Walt Baker just walked in all
in a huff and said that while we’re
at it we might as well expose
what Christensen did to him. It
seems that Walt had a fountain
pen. The pen was in Walt’s back
pocket. Walt was sitting in the
back seat of a ear which, by the
by, didn't belong to Walt. George
Christensen came in and sat down
in Walt’s lap. Yes it seems that
Walt HAD a fountain pen.
* *• *
And what's this we hear about
the city of Marshfield offering the
key to the city and all that goes
with it to Kitzmiller and his all
stars, if they'll only play an exhi
bition game in that city.
BY THE BY, MR. MAYOR,
YOU WOULDN’T BE INTER
ESTED IN SEEING A SNAPPY,
HIGH CLASS SNOOKER EXHI
BITION, WOULD YOU?
Advice* ♦
To The
Loveworn
BY
AUNT
EMM
<
Dear Aunt Emma:
What will I do? I am the daint
iest member of my set, and the
fraternity davenport is my only
gymnasium, but imagine my hor
ror when I went to the dispensary
the other day to find that I had
athlete's foot (nee gym itch). I
am a member of the student
body and hold a very high
office therein, I am a member
of friars and it would never do,
Aunt Emma to let this dastardly
rumor get around. What will the
campus say? Nothing probably,
because the students arc too gen
tlemanly and lady-like to say any
thing, being above such gossip,
but what will they think, I ask
you, what will they think? Ev
erywhere that I go accusing fin
gers will be pointed at me behind
my bock, and accusing eyes will
be following my every action. I
will be respected by no one.
Distractedly yours,
—GEORGE CARY.
Dear George:
I can think of only one possible
solution. You must turn out for
some athletic sport, which includes
a certain amount of physical ex
ercise. You must even, if neces
sary, enroll in the school of physi
cal education. Hang around the
gym a lot, and then everyone will
take it for granted that you must
have it. and it will become a mark
of honor instead of a brand of
shame. I realize, of course, that
your other activities may hinder
you in your pursuit of an athletic
career, but then look at Bill White
ly, one of the University handball
champs. Of course there is the
prerogative of getting rid of it,
but the only satisfactory way to
accomplish that, to the best of our
knowledge, is to cut off your foot.
And that you must never do,
George, because then in later life
how will you follow our profes
sor's advice ‘to stand firmly on
your own two feet,' and if one foot
is missing, it will be impossible to
stand on it with the other.
Helpfully yours,
AUNT EMMIE.
DUCKS AND BEAVERS
IN CONFLICT TONIGHT
(Continued from One)
long shots from the center of the
floor.
Coach "Slati Gill hai uot defi
nitely decided upon his starling
i
lineup, according to word from
Corvallis. With Ed Lewis, regular
center, out, Gill has been using
Ken . Fagans at center; Rod Bal
lard and Mose Lyman at forwards;
and Buck Grayson and Swan Mer
rill at guard.
OPENING MATINEE OF
COMEDY BILLED TODAY
(Continued from Page One)
da and Johnnie Case. Norma Ja
cobs, Jean Williams, and Donald
Confrey also had important parts.
"Twelfth Night” is t^ie first of
Shakespeare's plays to be present
ed on the campus since 1928. It is
being directed by Mrs. Ottilie Sey
bolt, head of the drama depart
ment, and the costumes and scen
ery are under the supervision of
Fred Grin Harris, technical direc
tor. The play is being staged in
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which will allow of intimate con
tact between audience and actors,
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waits for changes of scenery and
only one intermission of four or
five minutes. The total playing
time will be less than two hours.
All seats are reserved. The mat
inee will be 35 cents and the eve
ning performances 50 cents. Res
ervations may be made at Guild
theatre.
’EAR AND ’AIR
Which Is Better, Bobbed or
Long Hair?
“It all depends on whether you
have it bobbed or long. If it's long,
you want it short; and if it’s short,
the only thing to do is to let it
grow.”—Kate Alward, freshman in
English.
* * *
“I think girls should have bobbed
hair because if it’s too long it
tickles your nose.”—Art Potwin,
junior in journalism.
“A girl interested in society
should have long hair and one who
cares for sports should have short.
I think it depends entirely upon
the type of girl.”—Elizabeth Gul
lion, sophomore in geology.
“I like girls with long hair be
cause they look more dignified and
feminine.”—Bud Meyer, freshman
in business administration.
* * *
“Long hair is far better because
women are such a nuisance in the
barber shop. The poor man almost
has to resort to the old bowl meth
od of hair cutting.”—George Pratt,
junior in business administration.
A Decade Agp
Saturday, February 19, 1931
The first number of the Law Re
view will probably be off the press
next week.
* * *
A baseball coach for the season
of 1921 has yet to be selected.
Either Coach Bohler or Hunting
ton will take the post.
* * *
The sophomore lottery list is out
for their jamboree. This system
is a new one adopted this year.
$ * *
Dr. Shailer Mathews, dean of
the theological school of the Uni
versity of Chicago, will deliver the
commencement address in June.
The Safety Valve
An Outlet for Campus Steam
All communications are to be ad
dressed to The Editor, Oregon Daily
Emerald. They shall not exceed 200
words. Each letter must be signed;
however, should the author desire, only
initials will be published. The editor
maintains the right to withhold pub
lication should he see fit.
Editor’s Note: We regret that
this Oregon Dad was unable to
read an Interview with Hugh
Biggs, dean of men, which ap
peared yesterday. This pointed
out the steps which have been
taken by house representatives
and University officials to mod
ify fraternity initiations.
“Hell Week” Gets It Again
To the Editor:
All honor to the Oregon Mother
y ho wrote concerning “Hell Week.”
That letter cost her deeply and
she is seeking to help others
through her own suffering.
It is strange that one has even
to discuss “Hell Week.” No one
knows any particular argument in
its favor, while any one knows it
is one of the most telling argu
ments of those who seek to prove
that Greek letter societies are a
detriment to university life.
“Hell Week” is a rather crude
affair not yet out-grown on this
coast.
When one counts the cost in def
inite nervous break-downs, in im
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paired efficiency, in the slowing
down of university academic work,
the extra cost in medical care, the
loss in inner self esteem of stu
dents who do this stuff secretly
thinking it's silly but having to
make believe it's the thing because
everybody's doing it, the total cost
to the campus is frightful—to say
nothing of the emotional loss in
drive on the part of the initiate
who feels disillusioned and tries
not to show it. He asks, “Is fra
ternity all bunk?”
It only needs a few of the or
ganizations to enter into confer
ence to put a stop to this. The stu
dent body as a group is anxious
to do the right thing—the leaders
are courageous—there is no ques
tion where these hearts are.
Perhaps with a little help from
the faculty together with apprecia
tion from the Oregon Mothers and
Dads, Oregon, who leads in so
many estimable things, will have
the additional honor of taking the
lead in omitting this meaningless,
atrocious barbarity. It's just
dumb. We parents know that the
minute the students realize how
dumb it is, it will go.
—OREGON DAD.
SO THEY SAY
Catchy Quotes From The
Prominent Profs.
Seniors grow moustaches to
show they are seniors; perhaps
professors should grow whiskers
to show they are professors, and
the president of the United States
should let everything grow.—Prof.
Samuel H. Jameson.
The solution of our social prob
lems can never come until educa
tion trains our tastes and interests
as well as imparting information
and building judgments. Many
educators think they are doing
that. Few would be able to tell
how.—Prof. Harold S. Tuttle.
We always give ourselves up to
magic, when problems can't be
solved* by rationalizing.—Prof. Ru
dolf H. Ernst.
I can’t give you a definition here
of what an educated man is. Re
member, you only pay 20 cents.—
Dr. Meno Spann at the German
movie.
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