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E Tradition
OW THAT women have become thoroughly and almost
universally emancipated it is high time that some one
start a movement to free university freshmen from the
bondage of tradition. Freshmen are not, of course, ill
treated to the point of actual physical suffering as they
were in the days when you had to go to Harvard, Yale, or
Princeton to be an all-American, but they are still observ
ing traditions founded in that day which have long since
outgrown their usefulness.
Only a few decades ago a town of 5,000 contributed
perhaps four or five men to institutions of higher learning
at a time. Today almost a third of the high school gradu
ates get there. In the days when a man who had a col
lege education, liked golf, or wore a wrist watch was con
sidered either a snob or a pansy, there was a reason for
green lids and some of the other traditions which marked
every freshman’s introduction to his alma mater. Upper
classmen clapped a green lid on his head and exposed him
to frequent public spankings in an effort to knock some
of the high school conceit out of him and to show him that
he was a pretty small duck, no matter how large the puddle
he happened to be swimming in was. Usually he needed it.
Otherwise lie was likely to go home from Christmas vaca
tion and treat the local lads to a superior frown when
they suggested a game of Kelly pool or something similarly
vulgar.
Today an education is not an infallible sign that papa’s
pants are full of gold bricks and a freshman’s conceit, if he
had any, is usually knocked out of him long before the
registrar receives his high school credits. The abolish
ment of the green lid seems to have met with popular ap
proval this year, A college is no longer the playground of
the millionaire's son. Many students are financing their
entire way through the university. Enforcing students to
adhere to purposeless custom and tradition only serves to
distract them from their primary purpose in college.
Class of ’33
JP3 A few weeks another class of the University of Oregon
will accept an engraved diploma and bid a farewell to
Alma Mater. But will it be just another class? When
these students entered the University they were told that a
good job would be waiting for them upon graduation.
During the course of their college education an economic
change has taken place. The freshman of four years ago
who was assured employment in return for his college
education is now faced with the possibility of joining the
army of unemployed.
Students are thinking differently than their school
mates of bygone years. A careful inquiry will reveal that
the members of today's senior class is no longer character
ized by the smug, complacent acceptance of things as they
are. He is cynically skeptical of the infallibility of our
economic system, lie is no longer awed by the majesty
of big business.
It is a hard uncompromising world that he is entering.
He has none of the illusions of the perfection of the eco
nomic system that hinded his predecessor. The study of
economies has been to him a vital ami practical analysis
of the mechanics of society, rather than an abstract sci
ence.
But while he sees the faults and weaknesses of our pres
ent system, the senior of today is not deceived by the false
voices of those criticising and condemning all that is ours,
lie is convinced that progress is not to be made by radical
changes, but rather by the gradual correction of the pres
ent fallacies.
It is stimulating to know that the class of ’dll is chang
ing its views, and that college education is beginning to
make of the student's brain a critical and analytical
mechanism rather than a methodical storehouse.
Port land, Ore.
~ EITHER the opinions nor policies expressed in the freshman
edition are necessarily those of ttie regular administration
of the Emerald. It is essentially an edition published by the
first-year members of the staff and represents them rather than
the Emerald editorial board. The executives of the freshman
issue have not been asked to plagiarize the ideas and opinions
of myself and my staff, nor have they been requested to adopt
new policies.
They have been given a free hand in the matter of both
editorial and news discrimination and decision. For that reason,
the regular staff does not consider itself responsible for what
appears in the freshman issue nor obligated to continue policies
expressed therein. We as limed a similar attitude regarding
the women's edition and will do the nine when the men staff
lumbers publish a special issue next week.
RICHARD L. NEUBERGEU,
Editor, Oregon Daily Emerald.
Elsewhere on this page will lie found a list of proposed
amendments to the A. N. l\ O. constitution. Needless to
say, it is for the welfare of Oregon students to treat them
with due coufddcr-dUou.
Spring term 1933 is fatal! You
talk of the moon, the mill-race, the
magnolia blossoms. Andlsay that
only the conventional are extreme.
A la Lady Lou, goodness has noth
ing to do . . . with our looks.
* * * *
The balloon-like sleeves have
been pricked, and the leg-o’ mut
tons have gone wherever all good
muttons go. We are forced to
shoulder everything . . . shoulders
have become huge, immense, gi
gantic. Schiaparelli has made
them to jut out like trays, has
padded them and made them to
look like the epaulettes of Napo
leon's marshals.
She has made the silhouette re
semble that of some slender and
hipless Egyptian king with his
enormous collar arrangement,
which is broad but out of all pro
portion.
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Lanvin has made his shoulders
Gargantuan by the use of folded
squares of fur, cut at the elbow,
or by quilted crepe or velvet on his
evening wraps.
* * *
The other silhouette of the sea
son is created by the bell-shaped
coat with the full back.
* * *
The hat has gone even higher.
The flat pancake on top of the
wide • shoulders would give you a
gnome-like appearance. To meet
the emergency, Scharaparelli intro
duced the circus hat with a
clown’s peak, which appears to
top you off with an exclamation
point!
* * *
So far as hats are concerned,
however, you can wear any kind
so long as it is amusing and so
long as you can get away with it.
■M 5l; -Ji
In becoming extreme, the main
thing to remember is to be ex
pensive about it. Our slogan,
"Take the cash and let the credit
go." An extreme fashion when
created in a cheap material is
completely ridiculous.
* * *
If you want to be most awfully
smart, wear lots of white pique,
whole sets of it: hat, scarf, col
larette or cravat, belt, bag, and
gloves. One of the most piquant
of white fabric hats is fashioned
like the doughboy’s of 1916.
* • *
These bizarre styles all origin
ated in Paris, for France is again
designing for the French woman.
The French franc is backed by
one-third of the world’s gold and
we have but recently abandoned
mono-metalism. The voice of
money is a loud and raucous one,
but it remains to be seen whether
or not the American woman will
accept in totality the intricate
French fashions.
* « *
If she doesn't accept them, she
will look to some one like Kath
erine Hepburn, most strikingly
American of the women in the
camera’s eye, for something dif
ferent. Miss Hepburn’s clothes in
"Christopher Strong” and "Bill of
Divorcement" expressed the Amer
ican woman’s spirit of adventure
and sense of charm as have no
other garments. They are severe,
simple, but naively and flattering
ly jcune fille.
lit it;
“But why talk of clothes, we
want rules of romance,” you say.
But hush, a woman, you know,
should never tell. Here, however,
are a few of the simpler ones:
1. A pin given in spring term
should he taken lightly.
2. It is no longer considered
correct to ask a girl canoeing un
til you have more than a casual
acquaintance.
3. Don't talk about the moon or
love unless you think she is rather
simple, and take her home as soon
as she suggests it.
"Old love, new love, any kind
of love but true love.”
* * *
We select for Promenade: Betty
Church, because of her daring
white hat; Mary Lee Carter be
cause of her striking tenuis frock
of blue pique worn with white ac
cessories; Jane Pales because of
her short and gallant cape with
the tray shoulders; George Chris
tenson because of his famous "hun
ger strikes"; the Millionaires be
cause of their theme song, "Bro
ther, Can You Spare a Dime"; Bill
White because he dressed formal
ly for the Mortar Board ball in a
white jacket; and Johnny Mans,
because of the graceful facility
with which he planted his pin so
early in the term.
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Fault and
Flattery....
By
BILL MARSH
The Fiji tong is all agog. Bob
Johnson walked right past a full
length mirror the other day and
didn't even pause for a short
glance. Maybe it was something
he ate.
How was breakfast this morn
ing? We didn't like our's either.
& * *
A gal I hate
Is Sadie Mace;
She always trumps
My singleton ace.
* * #
Our platform for today: Stilts
for Hack Miller if he insists on
walking with Eleanor Skelley.
* * *
And then there’s the one about
the student from dear old Heidel
berg who went down to the barber
shop to get a good five-cent scar.
(O-w-w).
* * *
Got a good one on Ed Meserve.
Seems he went to Portland over
last week-end, and while in that
metropolis had the pleasure of
meeting the mother of the one and
only Delta Gamma. When he left,
fairly oozing courtesy, he bowed
gallantly and said, “Good-by, Mrs.
Van Kirk. Be sure to remember
me to Mrs. Van Kirk, won't you?”
Take a deep breath, Ed. You’ll
feel better.
# * *
Mary had a little pony.
On paper white as snow.
To every quiz which Mary took
The pony was sure to go.
•
She forgot to hide it from the prof,
Which was against the rule,
And now our Mary studies hard,
in correspondence school.
* * *
Our idea of a dirty story is the
third floor in the Phi Sig house.
dim Travis got lost last week
end, and no one could find him
anywhere, so the police were in
formed. During the afternoon of
the second day of a feverish hunt
dim was found asleep in a loge
seat at the state theater, where
the "Sins of Love" picture was run
ning. We've been wondering about
that cutiglitcncd expression on his
face lately.
* * *
Good evening ladies and gen
tlemen. This Is the Mousetrap re
porter speaking from our studios
on the cowcatcher of the Cascade
Limited. Wonder what’s caused
Herb King to do so much thinking
recently? And speaking of mouse
traps: noticed Dorothy Austin the
other day. Still nosing around.
(Get it?) Wonder what Jerry
Murphy and Drew Copp were star
ing at from the middle of the
street outside the Theta house the
other night ? M-m-m-m-m That’s
an idea.
* * *
’Ja hear about the fellow that
wanted to borrow a hammer for
the week-end? He had some nails
and be wanted to go for a Sunday
drive. All right, all right. We
don’t like it any better than you
do!)
Donald M. Thompson, of San
Francisco, California, who was
pledged to Alpha Phi late last
term, has been released from his
pledge. His room is now open for
inspection. No reasonable offer
will be rejected.
* * * *
We really shouldn’t be, too harsh
on the poor girl who habitually
hides her face before going to bed.
She was probably a sorority sirl
in college.
*> * *
A skirt I hates
Is Minnie Mulgc.
She always prates,
■'I don’t indulge.”
Ires i i
contrives
Dr. L. S. Cressman, professor of
sociology, has “rigged up” from a
janitor's stool, carpenter’s mate
rials and waste, and a store box, a
most ingenious photographic and
dark room, in a closet in the base
ment at Condon where he has his
anthropological research labora
tory.
It is in this room that Dr. Cress
man is photographing pictured
skulls, and parts of them for use
in a publication which he is pre
paring. Miss Nell G. Best of the
art department is working with
him on the diagrams, which are
made by a combination of free
hand and pantograph drawing.
The negatives of these diagrams
are clipped carefully and set into
an opaque card which has a hole
cut in it similar in shape to the
clipped negative. This causes the
print of the photographed skull to
be on a white background and
makes it very clear for studying.
Dr. Cressman develops his own
films as well as preparing them
for his manuscript.
Junior pledges were voted on at
the meeting of Scabbard and
Blade, national military honorary
society, recently. Those selected
will be announced at the annual
spring pledging to be held in con
junction with a parade of the R.
O. T. C. unit within the next few
weeks.
The list of freshman students in
military to be considered in final
awarding of the three medals for
proficiency in military work was
narrowed down considerably. Final
eliminations and presentation of
the medals is expected to be made
at one of the last afternoon pa-!
rades.
Interesting Discussions Held
At Pacific Forum by Experts'
Four round table conferences
Thursday afternoon and a lecture
by Dr. Payson J. Treat, which
cohcluded the Pacific Problems
Forum which has been in session
on the campus for the past three
days.
In Thursday afternoon's one
o'clock meetings! Warren D. Smith
conducting the problem entitled
"Economic Geography in the Far
East," pointed out the influence
of the geographical element upon
trade, illustrating with figures
showing the per capita exports and
imports of the eastern countries.
By these same figures( he indicat
ed the possible market develop
ment for the importation of United
States goods.
At the same round table. A. L.
Lomax, professor in the school of
business administration, pointed
out the geographic characteristics
of Asia, Jappm. and Australia,
which have affected trade with the
United States. John Wade, senior
in business administration, dis
cussed the exportation of Oregon
dairy products to the Orient.
Simultaneously with Dr. Smith's
discussion, Rev. Clay E. Palmer of
the First Congregational tliurch.
conducted a round table on "Paci
fism and World Peace." He em
phasised the necesoity of a new
philosophy of life, one whfch would!
attack the problem from all sides.1
A distinction between pacifism 1
and passivism was made by Rev,
Cecil F. Ristow of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Rev. Ristow
maintained that passivism, being
merely a state of doing nothing
did not good, while active pacifism
was a means of securing world
cooperation and understanding.
War, he said, settles no problems,
but merely raises new ones.
Dr. Warren D. Smith, speaking
before Rev. Palmer’s round table,
put forth his belief in the neces
sity for a complete revision of the
economic and business system of!
the world in order to secure world |
peace. Present business methods,
he emphasized, are largely respou-1
siblc for wars.
Dr. Victor P. Morris led the 3.
o'clock discussion on the “Inter
national Efforts at Economic Co
operation and Stabilization.''
Lyle McCallum. senior in busi
ness administration, gave a report
at this session concerning the lum
ber industry of the Northwest as
it comes into competition with
Russian lumber in Japan, China,
and Australia. 11c went into fur
ther detail showing the effect of
the lumber tariff of 1930. and the
retaliation tariff made by Great >
i
i
Britain, which excluded American
lumber from Australia.
Dean Eric W. Allen, speaking at
the same conference, spoke on the
costs of an imperialistic program.
He produced figures which esti
mated the amount spent in the
Philippines by the United States
as 35 millions, and the amount
made from the same islands as 20
millions.
Dean Allen predicted that the
only way the United States would
manage to evade war with Japan
would occur through extensive
work with the countries at the
league conferences. Dean Allen
sees the United States joining this
organization very soon.
In the round table on “Interna
tional Implications of the Con
flict," Dr. Harold J. Noble showed
the phases of China, Japan, Amer
ica, Russia, and the League of
Nations.
Toyoichi Nakamura, Japanese
ambassador at Portland, presented
the Japanese viewpoit on practi
cally every issue offered for dis
cussion, stressing the fact that
only the nation concerned can de
termine whether or not it is act
ing in self defense or not.
At all the 12 conferences, there
were enough townspeople as well
as a fairly representative student
group to warrant a good discus
sion.
Proposed
Amendments
rpHE PROPOSED amendments
*- to the A. S. U. O. constitution
follow. They are run here in ac
cordance with the specifications of
the constitution:
Section 2. MEMBERSHIP
SHALL BE OPTIONAL. All
registered undergraduate students
in the University of Oregon may
elect to becqme members of the
Association, and such member
ship shall be regulated and con
trolled as hereinafter provided in
this Constitution. But all under
graduate students of the Univer
sity shall pay the building fund
fee as may be regularly allotted,
# # *
To amend Article I, by adding
the following section, which shall
be known as Section 3:
Section 3. Only registered un
dergraduate students who are
bona fide members of the Associ
ated Students of the University of
Oregon shall be eligible to ap
pointment or election to the ex
ecutive council or any of the com
mittees subordinate to that group.
Faculty members shall be except
ed from the above ruling.
All articles, or sections of arti
cles, in conflict with the above
section are hereby repealed.
* * *
To amend article II, section 1,
to read:
There shall be two regular meet
ings of the Associated Students of
the University of Oregon each
year. The first meeting will be
held the second Thursday in April
of each year, in which nomina
tions will be made as herein pro
vided. The second meeting shall
be held three weeks after the first
one. At this meeting the newly
elected officers shall assume their
respective offices, after appropri
ate installation. The secretary of
the Associated Students shall
cause a notice of each of the above
meetings to be printed in the Ore
gon Emerald for three consecutive
days immediately preceding each
meeting, stating the time and
place thereof.
To amend Article II, Section 2,
Clause 1, to read FINANCE COM
MITTEE. MEMBERSHIP. The
Finance Committee shall consist
of seven members, as follows: The
comptroller of the University, or
his representative, who shall act
as chairman; the Junior and Sen
ior Finance officers, the Execu
tive Woman, the dean of men, one
member of the faculty of the
school of business administration
who shall be appointed by the
dean of that school, and one inde
pendent, non - affiliated student,
who shall be appointed by the di
rector of dormitories. The grad
uate manager shall be secretary,
but non-voting.
* * *
To amend article II, section 3,
to read:
Three hundred members shall
constitute a quorum.
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To amend article III, section 3,
clause I, to read:
Nominations shall be made from
the floor at a general meeting of
the Associated Students the sec
ond Thursday in April. Elections
shall be held on the seventh day
following nominations.
* * *
To amend article III, section 2,
clause 1, to read:
Candidates for the offices of
president, vice-president, secre
tary, executive man. and executive
woman must have completed at
least six terms at the University
of Oregon, must have received a
junior certificate, and must need
at least 30 hours to attain gradu
ation subsequent to the term in
which nomination takes place.
* * *
To amend Article III of the
By-Laws, Section 2, Clause 1, to
read:
MEMBERSHIP. The president,
of the Associated Students, the
vice-president of the Associated
Students, the dean of the law
school or his representative, the
faculty athletic representative of
' the Pacific Coast Conference, who
shall act as chairman, one mem
ber of the coaching staff to be
appointed by the president of the
University, the Executive Woman,
and the dean of the school of phys
ical education or his representa
[ tive. In addition the graduate
( manager shall act as secretary
' and shall be non-voting.
* * *
To amend article III, section 2,
clause 2, to read:
Candidates for the office of jun
ior finance officer must be of
j sophomore standing and must have
completed at least four terms at
the University of Oregon and must
lack 30 hours of attaining senior
1 standing at the time of his nomi
nation. He shall become the senior
finance officer upon the comple
tion of his first year in office.
To amend Article III, Section 3,
Clause 1, to read: PUBLICA
TIONS COMMITTEE. MEMBER
SHIP. The Publications Commit
tee shall consist of seven members
as follows: The president of the
Associated Students, the editor of
the Oregon Daily Emerald, the
editor of the Oregana, the secre
tary of the Associated Students,
a member of the school of jour
nalism who shall be appointed by
the dean of that school and who
shall act as chairman, a member
of the school of law who shall be
appointed by the dean of that
school, and one member of the
school of social science who shall
be appointed by the dean of that
school. The graduate manager
shall be secretary but non-voting.
To amend Article III, Section 7,
to read RECALL. A special stu
dent body election, for the recall
of any officer of the association
shall be called by the president of
the student body at the petition
of 25 per cent of the members of
the Associated Students. At this
election it will require a majority
of the votes cast to recall the of
ficer in question.
* * ♦
To amend article VI, section 2,
clause 1, to read:
The dues of individual members
of the association shall be $15,
payable $5 at the beginning of
I each term. This money shall be
I paid into the general fund.
* * •
To amend article VI, section 3,
clause 1, to read:
The payment of Associated Stu
dent dues and fees shall entitle a
student to vote, to receive a sub
scription to the Oregon Daily Em
erald, and, provided that he is not
on scholastic probation, to partici
pate in Associated Student activi
ties subject to the provisions of
this constitution and by-laws.
::: * *
To amend article VII, section 3,
clause I, to read:
Nominating conventions shall be
held by the out-going freshman,
I sophomore, and junior classes on
the second Thursday in April, at
which time the president, vice
president, secretary and treasurer
shall be nominated.
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To amend article VII, section 3,
clause 2, to read:
Notice of the aforementioned
nomination convention shall be
given in two preceding issues of
the Oregon Emerald.
# # *
To amend article VII, section 4,
I clause I, to read:
Class elections shall be held on
the same date and in the same
manner as elections of the Associ
ated Students.
To amend article VII, section 10,
clause 3, to read :
A class tax of 50 cents shall be
collected at the beginning of each
term by the treasurer of the Asso
ciated Students. However, no pro
vision in this article shall be con
strued to impair the right of any
class to levy such special assess
ments as they see fit, providing
that such special assessment be
approved unanimously by the ad
visory committee.
* * *
To amend article VII, section 11,
clause I, to read:
The incoming freshman class
! shail hold a nominating conven
tion, called by the president of the
Associated Students on the second
Tuesday after the beginning of
fall term, at which time a presi
dent, a vice-president, a secretary,
and a treasurer shall be nomi
nated.
* * *
To amend section II, clause 3,
to read:'
The election of the freshman
class officers shall be held on the
Thursday following the Tuesday
on which the nominating conven
tion has met. They shall be con
ducted in the same manner and
subject to the same regulations as
are the elections of other classes,
except that the vice-president of
the Associated Students shall have
charge Qf said elections.
* * *
To amend article IX, section 1,
constitution to read:
Article VI, section 1, by-laws,
to read:
Amendments of this constitution
may be proposed in writing at any
regular or special meeting of the
Associated Students, when they
shall be read. The proposed
amendments shail be printed in the
Oregon Daily Emerald on the two
following days and be voted on by
ballot one week from the date of
proposal. A two-thirds majority
of the ballots cast shall be neces
sary for the adoption of any
amendment; provided, however,
that there be at least 300 ballots
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