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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1940)
Oregon Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered M Second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore. 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers' representative. BUD JERMAIN, Editor Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor GEORGE LUOMA, Manager Jim Frost, Advertising Manager Helen Angel], News Editor G«»orge Pasero, Co-sports Editor Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Betty Jane Thompson, Chief Night Editor Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor Hal Olney, Assistant Managing Editor Ralph Woodall, Cartoonist Marge Finnegan, Women’s Editor Ken Christianson, Assistant Sports Editor Jean Crites, Tuesday Mgr. Fred May, Wednesday Mgr. Majeanne Glover, Thursday Mgr. Betty Mae Lind, Jay Stott, Friday Mgrs. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Bob Rogers, Saturday Mgr. Mary Ellen Smith, Nat. Adv. Mgr. Lynn Johnson, Merchandising Mgr. Rhea Anderson, Special Acct’s. Mgr. Doug Parker, Classified Dept. Mgr. Kathleen Brady, Promotion Ted Kenyon, Photography Bill Ralston, Layouts Calm Is the Millrace-Now /''VNE tiling at least is certain about the Jun ior Weekend tug of war, and that is that there is quite a lineup of important opposition to the proposed no-millrace, pink tea affair promulgated by the committee in charge. So far heads of the Order of the O, the entire executive committee, the junior class president, and the Emerald have registered pronounced disapproval of the contemplated change. In fact, the only favor the plan seems to find would probably go no farther than the committee and its faculty advice. However, there are indications that the tug of war committee is a wide awake enough group to take advantage of popular opinion as an indicator. Yesterday the group con scientiously traveled to the traditional mill race battleground by the railroad bridge, looked over the terrain, and admitted the thing could be done, and in vastly improved form than anything yet seen in the past. This would appear to be a good sign for not only a millrace tug of war but a better one than ever. 'T'HERE was never any real dispute in volved, for the committee showed itself willing to listen from the first. And whatever discussion there lias been or will be only serves to focus some critical attention upon one of the most colorful features of the week end, one of the few really spontaneous affairs left, which has never achieved half the promi nence it merits. No individual is a true Junior Weekend initiate unless he has witnessed the muddy battle, enjoyed by participants as hugely as by spectators. It is likely that the battle will again be watery, which is a credit to the perception of the committee. However, it is to be hoped the committee realizes they are not being told what to do, for their whole effort has been directed toward making the weekend better, and their methods are their own business. But it should be in order for interested outsiders 1o point out perhaps unperceived disadvant ages to changes which would sacrifice more than would be gained. Hardware and House Grades JACK Bryant, the little man with the sharp eyes and ears and the resultant short hair cut, who is so perennially behind tlie 8-ball in the Emerald, did himself a really comprehen sive piece of research this week. lie set out to find out the relation of the percentage of fra ternity pins in sorority houses to sorority grade point averages. By what devious methods be got his infor mation Bryant knows better than anyone else, but il is obvious that he got it. The study was a good one and thorough, and the results which appeared Wednesday on this page left little to the imagination. There it was, take it or leave it, in typical Bryant style. « * * '"J'MIE significance of such a survey goes be yond the mere peculiar goings-on of eol legiana and moves into the field of human relations and behavior. The custom of plant ing pins has as time passed lost much of the finality it used to have, and consequently rates more of a habit than anything else. But when it comes to the point where it can be shown that a pin has a steadying effect on a coed, you have to hand it to Bryant for establish ing unsuspected facts. The mathematics employed were simple, if somewhat misstated. In establishing his ■■per centage” Bryant took the number of pins in each house, divided that into the total number of girls, and found his resultant “even 4 point " and so forth. Take the 4-point house in question: it had 8 pins for 32 girls, which actually means 25 per cent, one pin for every four girls. The principle carries through down the list. rJ''IIK tendency of houses with best pin aver ages to also show the best grades is a significant revelation of the steadying effect. An interesting sidelight is the inference de rived from the figures that certain houses in which tln> girls are known to be tremendously and universally popular do not go in for pins in nearly the proportion which might be ex pected from their popularity. It must be made clear at this point that this is no argument in favor of a rush for the general wearing of fraternity pins on sorority sweaters, dresses, pajamas, etcetera. Neither Bryant nor anyone else intended any such propaganda. But it is significant to note the effect of fraternity hardware in apparently calming and clearing the coed mind. There is not even a moral involved. But it is interesting to find that the responsibility incurred by a pin is sufficient to minimize the distractions which cause su much bother otherwise. Proof of the Pudding—the Coed Emerald rJX>NlGllT a crow of coeds will be hard at work putting out the annual all-coed Em erald. Inside and out, tomorrow's Emerald will be what the women have made it. pro duced by a staff which represents the top of the list among women of the journalism school and the Emerald. What the girls will be demonstrating is the same thing women of today are trying to demonstrate everywhere—that given a chance women can do a capable job. They have the ability and they have had the training, now they are to make it felt. .lournalism majors are a hard working lot tinder any conditions,.and women in journal ism schools are faced with an uphill struggle to break in against men in open competition. The only way women have a chance, it has been said time and again, is to excel the men at their own game. This is the ultimate behind what the women will be doing in today’s Em erald. .Maybe the odds are not quite so great as pictured, for women graduates of this school usually get jobs. Women are a game lot, and they keep trying. Therefore, tomorrow's Emerald—and the women always do a good job—will represent more than just a special edition. It will be a tangible evidence of the case for women in journalism. The BAND BOX By BILL, MOXLEY Education Gees Modern— Cause Is Jazz Jazz music is seeping into our educational systems. A regularly scheduled course in jazz requiring extensive preparation, research, reading, field trips, and even lab oratory work is being conducted Bill Moxley at Ellisville Jun ior college down south. The pro fessor in charge of the course holds three mu sic degrees, is an expert ar ranger, and can play jazz or classical on most any in strument. Besides the help of their teacher, the students are learn ing via several hundred hot rec ords, a recording machine, manu script arrangements, and every book ever published on the sub ject. If this keeps up we may wake up some morning to find a jam session in our eight o’clock. Mitchell for Prom Bob Mitchell for the Junior Prom. Definitely not big time but adequate for the occasion. Don Merkle, owner of the Hollywood Bowl in Portland reports that Mitchell is drawing very good crowds six nights a week. Bob did swell at the Military Ball and should be able to satisfy the Jun ior Weekend mob. It must be cp.tching, for every one who works with Mickey Rooney sooner or later joins him and takes a crack at song writ ing. Judy Garland is the newest enthusiast, though so far she's only writing lyrics, not tunes. Some of her verses are so good that they will shortly be published as poems under a pen name. Judy wants them to stand or fall on their own merits rather than get by merely because a screen star has authored them. A Tune to a Hat Who says modern love doesn’t inspire just as much as it ever did? Artie Shaw has written a new tune inspired by wife Lana Turner’s newest hat. He calls it appropriately “Black Halo” even though young Mrs. Shaw is so definitely an angel already that neither a halo or a song is needed to complete the effect. At last! Positive proof that a (Please turn to page seven) /& 6e/jbfa/ft wi///tws The familiar Telephone Directory is America’s No. 1 Reference Book—consulted millions of times a day by men, women and children in every walk of life. Besides being "America’s Calling List,” it is also one of the most helpful buying guides. 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