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UPPER NEWS STAFF
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End /ermain, news editor
J,yle Nelson, assistant managing editor
Charles Green, chief night editor
Ruthellen Merchant,
Elbert Hawkin'?, sports editor
Cilenn ITasselrooth, literary editor
Bernadine Bowman, women’s editor
Bill Scott, staff photographer
executive secretary
REPORTERS
llelen Angell
Nisma Banta
Glenn Hasselrooth
Iris Lind berg
Margaret Girvin
Alvira Klies
Doris Lirulgren
Koy Met/ler
Sadie Mitchell
Dorothy Wreis
Wayne Kelty
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Klea nor Teeters
Lois Nordling
Amey Wilson
SPORTS STAFF
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Khle Reber
Jim Leonard
Ken Christianson
Carl Robertson
JJuck JSackwnch
Arnie Milstein
Jerry Thompson
John TJipfgs
Milton Levy
i'anl McCarty
Wilbur J'.ishop
Thursday Desk Staff
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About Time for a Revision
J^JANY years ago during the war when students were com
ing and going from (ho University at all times, llm
1 three-term system was installed—to make il easier for doe
Colleges lo go off to the wars and fight. After several years
of such a system, it somehow became a habit.
This three term habit, has grown into a very expensive
one. It makes three registrations necessary. It calls for Ihrce
examination periods. It gives students 45 class days to a term.
It causes an extra ASUO drive.
Furthermore, it is out of kilter with the enrollment sys
tems of the high school systems of the state and of many col
leges on Ihe coast. It takes the time of professors, students
and administrators.
»
2^ANE Kemler, vice-president. of tin* ASTTO, lias taken the
initiative in what should be a very timely re-alignment
of the enrollment system at Oregon. He has made a thorough
study of the situation and lias the arguments pro and eon
well in mind. If his suggestions meet with support here and
at the other schools of the state system which he has con
tacted, the change should go through quickly.
The student body might well consider the advantages of
1 he proposed change. .An active and intelligent opinion sup
porting the measure is all that is necessary to put it over.
The old system has been kept too long already.
Hell Week Runs Its Course
^^NOTIIElt hell week is upon us. Politely referred to as
“pre-initiation” or “probation” week, the old fraternity
custom is about to occupy the minds (and southern expo
sures) of most of the (Ireek letter men on the campus. From
out best secret agents we have discovered that the C.'lii I ’sis
have “barricaded” their windows, the Dll and Theta Chi
pledges greet telephoners with a rushed spiel about their
most recent battle with “the Piwanies, the Ciwanies and
the Siwasli” or a complete physical and mental description,
noise has been emanating from the Kappa Sig and Sig Ep
houses at late hours, and other incriminating evidence has
been learned in regard to the Betas, Sigma Nus and Sigma
Chis. For the most part, the period of “punishment” is
great sport. It is a time of unparalelled horseplay, and as long
as it does not go too far, no lasting harm is done. The idea
of hell week, conceived in the days when “men were men”
has long since departed. The theory that physical and mental
punishment would test the true metal of pledges was per
haps all right in its day, but the value of that doubtful test
lias all but vanished along with racoon coats.
* # # #
on(> time liell week was the subject of violent attacks.
Now it lias slipped into the near insignificance which it
deserves. Officials officially frown upon or fail to recognize
it. Some fraternities make attempts to do away with it. but
for the most part only suceed in adulterating the strength
of the potions administered. The gradual process of eliminat
ing the hardest parts of the week is accomplished in spite
of protests by the die-hards who shout such phrases as "1
remember when 1 went through it . . . ” or “No use making
sissies out of them . . . .”
And despite attempts by officials, both the Ibiiversity and
Ihe national fraternities, to do away with the period of
hazing, the wishes of the undergraduates who* have most
recently passed through the experience prevails. This is true,
not because of any wishes to melt' out sadistic treatment to
the under-dog pledge, but for a reason very obvious to those
who have made the grade. It is the opinion of nearly every
person who has been initiated that this short period of seem
ingly (to the pledges) useless, unnecessary ordeal becomes
one of the fondest memories of the I’nivorsity the initiated
member carries away after graduation.
# # # #
ANY active attempt to force thi* abandonment of the “hell
week” would be inadvisable. In the first place it would
call too much attention to the practice, giving much more
notice than it deserves. In the second place the gradual dis
integration of the process which has been taking place for
many years will bring an eventual solution satisfactory to all
concerned. Hell week seems to be one of those minor social
ailments which will just have to run its course.
Sixteen buildings, valued at two and one-half million T
dollars, have been added to Oregon’s inventory at a cost of |
only about $100,000 to the state during the recent building |
program of the state-owned schools.
Fans at this year’s Army-Navy
grid battle consumed 70,000 hot
dogs, 4,000 gallons of coffee and
11,000 ham sandwiches.
To emphasize the place of Chris
tianity in the modern world, the
University of Pennsylvania is plan
ning a four-day “Christian Em
bassy."
One million turkeys are pro
fitably raised in Oregon each
year as a result of the encour
agement and protection of the
industry through the scientific
knowledge of experiment-sta
tion specialists of the Oregon
State system of higher educa
tion.
CURB
RUISING
By CAROL
As another "satchel of gust"
goes beneath the platen, we find
so many items of trivial and
depth of importance, it is a bit
difficult to decide "who’s first!"
The decision upon another
"queen" is about to hit the cam
pus, namely the “Little Colonel"
to lord it over the U for a few
weeks and then to be almost for
gotten, like the other forty doz
en. But then, even temporary
honors are something. "They
say,” according to Prexy Jack
Gavin of Scabbard and Blade,
there “will be no politics or pull"
in this future scramble between
the sororities. Well, there’s al
ways a first time, so why not
now ?
It seems as though the “plant
ing of pins” is always of “spot"
interest, though why, when they
mean so little— and stay such
a short time. But that seems to
be a way to distinguish the coed
by the number or kind of brass
she has collected. Then, also,
they are an accomplishment,
give one a feeling of success like
a college diploma does, I guess,
(a guarantee to prove where at
least four or five precious years
were spent).
To get on, it seems the New
Year and its Eve brought Alice
Swift, Gamma Phi, one from
Brad Smith. . . Alpha Phi haul
is typical: Lilyanne (pronounced
Lil-yan) Veatch is now the dar
ling of Bob Creighton, Beta
pitcher of woo and baseball. . . .
And incidentally, when is the
Betty Keller-Brock Miller drama
going into the second act—after
all the first one can’t go on for
ever. . . Another Christmas gift
was Hal Duden’s Beta pin to
. Helen Pierson which makes Vir
gUia Speer an ex.
=|: * *
HELL WEEKS, in minor form,
such as telephone ditties to all
callers which are especially
amusing such as “Worm” Ga
len Morey’s spiel from the Theta
Chi house—about his height,
weight, detailed grade point and
swearing to “Allah” that he’ll
make Phi Beta Kappa next term.
. . . Also a DU, Oliver Hogg
(pronounced Hoaag that’s a
hard one) “I rushed through
dragging my sled behind me
with a billy-goat under one arm
and a foundling under the other
which was very good with mus
tard later.” Other hellers are
acting at the Chi Psi lodge,
Betas, Sig Eps and Sigma Nus.
Seeing that I’m Bert Myers’
publicity agent, maybe I’d better
mention his "dream girl” (what
another one?i Gayle Buchan
an, Kappa, now attending Stan
ford. Seems as though he has an
other platonic friend down there.
Hi Hi
Attention Slim Wintermute:
Call Allison Brooke, Alpha Phi,
at the University of Idaho, when
you play there, basketball. Note
this down as it's the pure quill.
Round ’n About (With apol
ogies to the “World’s Best," my
self-named competitor): Don
Palmblad, Sigma Chi "songbird"
attached to Portlander, Lillian
Carlson: . . . Four Sigma Kappa
gals went skiing last Sunday:
two are in the infirmary, one
down at the sorority, but Prexy
Lorraine Hunt is still kicking. . .
According to Fred Allen, shag
gers' arteries are hardening in
4-1 time. ... A new romance
seems to be Caroline Parker, Al
pha Gam, and Carl Gravelle,
SAE . . . Why doesn't the Anne
Waha-Ken Shipley romance
sprout a little, after all, accord
ing to Zollie, they're the best
looking couple on the campus. . .
Is it that charming nonchalance
that makes Helen Brugman,
Theta, so definitely interesting?
* * *
Times' Review of the Broad
way play: "Don't Throw Glass
Houses": "A sure miss!” (Exam
ple of the editor's sense of hu
mor). If you don't get it, call
"\\ orld's Best" Brooks, he won’t
get it. either).
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College Youth Approves Rearmament
Policy of President by Large Majority,
National Student Opinion Poll Shows
Hy Student Opinion Surveys of America
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan, 13. Last Week President
Roosevelt in his message to congress asked for
armed forces strong enough to aid in the defense of
the entire western hemisphere. American college
youth, the coming generation that may have to fight
in another world war, approves of the policy by a
good majority.
Students of all classes and in all sections of tire
United States in a carefully selected cross-section
have been interviewed by representatives of the
Studnt Opinion surveys of America. This non-profit
agency of the college press was organized recently
for trio scientific measurement of public opinion of
the nation’s student bodies. The current study points
out that 62 per cent of the students are for strength
ening “the United States army and navy for the
protection of all nations in the Western hemis
phere.”
Many Dislike Larger Defense Machine
A good number of college students, however—
3S per cent of them fear that this is not the way
out. Opposition to the president’s program has come
from many groups, including the Youth Committee
Against War.
Events; in a hysterical Europe, the American soli
darity expressed at the Lima conference, and the
growing threats to democracies, nevertheless, have
brought the president to action. College youth ap
proves, the surveys reveal. These results parallel
other national polls that from time to time have
shown the citizenry as a whole favors stronger
armed forces.
Women Approve Measures
Students everywhere, men and women, feel about
the same. The strongest group for rearmament is
the southern, which voted 76.7 per cent in the af
firmative. In the Far West the vote was 66.2 per
cent; in the West Central states 59.6 per cent; in
the East Central states 46.3 per cent; in the Mid
dle Atlantic states 60.9 per cent; and in the New
England states 59.6 per cent.
Related to the rearmament problem and one-that
will have direct effect upon college men is the new
program to train civilian aviators in American col
leges and universities. The Student Opinion surveys
are now conducting a coast-to-coast. poll on this
question. The weekly reports of the surveys are ap
pearing as a special feature of the Oregon Emerald,
one of the member student publications that sup
port the organization.
Wie geht’s
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By V. GATES
A Hollywood observer claims
the glamor girl is on the way out.
Memory recalls something of the
same sort said about Hitler just
before he began conquering Eur
ope.
* * :!:
The break for freedom made
by inmates of a California insane
asylum was not alarming as the
decision of some of them to re
turn voluntarily.
The Vines-Budge tennis sched
ule does not include Washington,
D.C. The only objection we can
see is there may be too much
lobbying.
The change in personnel of the
secretary of commerce from Ro
per to Hopkins seems to point
out that business could not be
bulldogged nor hog-tied.
New York university has estab
lished a new fellowship house to
further better understanding
among students of different' na
tionalities and religions.
A volume of rural Michigan
songs and ballads has been com
pleted by Wayne’s Prof. Emelyn
E. Gardner and Alumna Geraldine
J. Chickering.
Looking
Back_
With WILBUR BISHOP
One year ago today—At a fac
ulty meeting Professor Warren
D. Smith moved to abolish mak
ing public any grades except
“honors"' for very superior stu
dents. Neither parents or stu
dents would be advised other
than that the student passes the
course or was granted an in
complete. No mention would be
made of any courses in which the
student failed.
Five years ago today— An
Oregana deficit of $731 was re
vealed at an executive council
meeting when its annual print
ing contract was submitted for
formal approval. The senior
class agreed to subsidize the
book to the extent of $350, the
remainder to be paid by the as
sociated students.
An enrollment of 2024 stu
dents for the winter term was
announced by Clifford L. Con
stance, assistant registrar.
* * *
Ten years ago today—The
ninth annual high school confer
ence sponsored by the University
for prep school journalists was
drawing to a close.
Art Professors Will
Do Federal Murals
Treasury department officials
have commissioned three Univer
sity art professors to design murals
for three new federal buildings, D.
J. McCosh, instructor in drawing
and painting, announced yesterday.
The buildings to be decorated are
the new department of interior
building in Washington, D. C., and
two new postoffices at Snohomish
and Toppenish in the state of Wash
ington. The interior building work
will be murals of national parks,
drawings for which are already be
ing prepared by Mr. McCosh.
Lance Hart, assistant professor
of painting, and A. M. Vincent, pro
fessor of painting and drawing, will
design murals for the two postof
fices.
Notification of the commissions
came from the section of painting
and sculpture of the procurement
division of the treasury department.
This new governmental agency is
organized to direct the decorating
of federal buildings with the per
centage of construction funds al
lotted for that purpose.
The 25th anniversary of the
founding of Wesley foundation
work for Methodist students in
state educational institutions was
celebrated in October. The move
ment was started at the Univer
sity of Illinois.
Oregon Press Conference
Will Discuss Wirephoto,
Newspaper Photography
A forecast for the future of newspaper photography will be viewed
by delegates to the Oregon Press conference to be held here January
19, 20, and 21, it was announced this week by Eric W. Allen, dean of
the school of journalism.
Palmer Hoyt, manager of the Oregonian, will head a panel group
for the discussion of news pictures. The survey tf photographic work
will occupy half of the Friday morning session. A special feature will
be actual transmission of wirepho
tos during the meeting. The Asso
ciated Press will bring a portable
transmission set here to send the
“shots" as soon as they are devel
oped.
Exhibit Scheduled
An exhibit of cameras and pho
tographic equipment will be dis
played by members of a class in
graphic journalism. The pictorial
portion of the press meeting will
be directed by George H. Godfrey,
head of the University news bur
eau.
Newsmen, and photographers
from Oregon newspapers will de
scribe technical phases of picture
coverage and engraving. Included
on the panel are W. Vei n McKinney
of the Hillsboro Argus; Jack Bla
dine, McMinnville Telephone-Regis
ter; Noble B. Stanton, advertising
manager of the Medford Mail-Tri
bune; H. B. Robinson, Robinson
Morris Engracing company; Harris
Ellsworth, Roseburg News-Review;
and Sidney King, Eugene Register
Guard. Pictures of the speakers,
who will discuss news photos for
dailies, installation of engraving
plants, use of local pictures in ad
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Senior Girl May Get
Fashion Fellowship
Seniors! Here's your chance, if
you are interested in a fashion
career.
The Tobe-Coburn school for
fashion careers in New York is
offering five fashion fellowships
for the school year September 1939
to June 1940 to be awarded to
women members of the graduating
clas of 1939 of accredited colleges
and universities. Only one fellow
ship will be awarded in any one
school, and it covers the full year’s
tuition of $700.
Application for the fellowship
must be made by January 31. Com
plete information can be found at
the Dean of Women’s office.
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TERRIFIC
GREAT RIDING,
CARL, BUT IT
MUST BE PLENTY^
TOUGH ON
THE NERVES
SURE IS, BUT
I BEAT NERVE
TENSION By
EASING OFF
WHEN I CAN—"
/ LET UP-LIGHT UP
A AM Si / 1 FINt> CAMELS ARE
rt wflfrJGt*; soothing to the nerves
ON THE “BRONC” is Arizona's Carl Dossey, winner of
two bareback championships in California and a high
point cowboy title at the big Utah show. Here is Carl
at Madison Square Garden in a stunt depending on
split-second timing, perfect nerve control. Is it a strain?
Carl says: “One hour around the ring puts more strain
on the nerves than a whole day of punchin’ cows. My
nerves would be plenty tense, jittery if 1 didn’t rest
’em every chance I get. My way is to let up — light up
a Camel. Camels are mighty comforting.’’
YOU CAN TELL by Carl Dossey’s big smile that while he’s rest
ing his nerves —letting up and lighting up a Camel —he’s also
enjoying the mildness and rich flavor of a supremely enjoyable
cigarette —finer, MORE EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS!
LOOK TO THE DOG
FOR A VALUABLE HINT
ON NERVE STRAIN
THE ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL (above)
has a nervous system remarkably similar to
our own...complex, sensitive. But this dog
doesn't ABl'SE his nerves. Nor does any
dog. When a dog feels tired, he rests IN
STINCTIVELY! We humans often let our
will-power whip us on, deaf to the warning
that nerves are getting frayed. Yet how much
more pleasant, profitable life can he when
nerves are rested now and then. Try it...
break the-tension ... LET L'P—LIGHT UP A
CAMEL! You'll welcome Camel's mildness
— rich, ripe flavor. Smokers find Camel's
costlier tobaccos soothing to the nerves.
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9:30 pm C.$.T.,8:30 pm M.S.T.,
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“MAJORING in psychology,
and with all my extra re
search work, I face a lot of
nerve strain,” says Norman
M. Walling, ’40 (above). "So
I give my nerves the rest
they need by letting up...
lighting up a Camel.”
Smoke 6 packs
of Camels and
find out why
they are the
LARGEST
SELLING
CIGARETTE
IN AMERICA
Copyright. 1939. R. J.Reynold* Tobacco Co., Wmstoe-Salecn. N. 0.
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