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The Job’s Ahead
rjpiIE job facing the officers of the “majority class of 1944’’
elected by the freshmen yesterday, is a big one. It is
probably a bigger job than has faced any group of class
officers in the history of the ASUO. It is a job which will
test the leadership of the six elected to the freshman council
of the “majority class.’’ .
The election did not end the battle between those who
womd give representation to all students and those who would
restrict the right to vote to the possession of a class card.
Only by setting an example of efficient and fair student gov
ernment can the present majority class hope to see their
ideas spread throughout the student body.
The new officers will lie faced with the problem of keeping
up interest in their organization. They will have to spend
a great deal of effort in keeping students interested in class
government—students too engrossed in themselves to care
about others’ affairs. That will be the biggest problem facing
the leaders of the “majority class.’’
* * #
rJpHI5 spirit which promoted and made possible the forma
tion of a “majority class’’ should not be left to die now.
If the officers are true leaders they will devise ways and
means of keeping that spirit up, of keeping it directed to
wards worthwhile things which will benefit the University.
Of course one of the best ways to keep the interest in the
new class is through participation in campus affairs. By
constantly being on their toes the new officers can help in
ASUO and University affairs and can gain a great deal of
publicity for themselves. In that way they can make their
organization so well known that it will readily become ac
cepted as the official class.
One of the big things before the ASUO at present and one
which the new class might well promote is the student union
issue. A few hours in conference with some of the student
leaders or with Dean of Men, Virgil Earl, should produce
many ideas of tilings which can be done in that field.
There are other fields, too, in which the new class can
apply its efforts and by so doing keep up the interest of its
members and strengthen its position as the “majority class of
1944.’’
In an Old Dutch Garden
CJLOWLY the applause dies out. A little titter of whispered
conversation breaks out as members of the audience,
which packs McArthur court, exchange reactions to the gold
en-voiced singer’s first rendition. The audience stirs rest
lessly.
Clompity-clomp, clomp, clomp! Heavens! Who could
be driving a team of mules into McArthur court during the
concert? Members of the audience crane their necks to sec
what is causing the disturbance. Oh! It is only some coeds,
with a mania for wooden shoes, arriving at the concert a little
late.
And thus it goes—a typical experience on the Oregon cam
pus. Everywhere you go there are coeds in wooden shoes.
They clomp their way merrily through the balls of the library.
They stomp up and down the stairways of University build
ings during class hours and the students in the back of the
classrooms feel tempted to offer the professor a megaphone
so he can make himself heard over the din.
• « «
QNIf thing is certain. The wooden shoes cannot be con
demned by the campus males on the usual grounds for
criticism of coed styles impraeticality. The wooden shoes
are probably practical considering Oregon's dampish climate.
Furthermore, the girls sav they are comfortable, which may
be true, hard as it is to believe, lint there are a couple of
things we can say about them. They're darned noisy and
darned unattractive.
It does seem, when the coeds go to concerts,, that they could,
for the sake of the rest of the audience, park their wooden
shoes under their bed for that one evening. —-II. O,
This Collegiate World
By THE ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
All girl, connected with dramatics at the University of
Rochester, N. \ ., are getting stocked up on aspirins. They ’re
sure their headaches in the next few weeks will be noted for
their frequency and severit,
They vo decided to produce, March i and t\ "The Hand
That Rocks the < radle, a musical comedy written by three
seniors, \ irginia liettys. Rita \\ eiiuiartner ami Marilyn He
Liguori, and. a junior, Virginia Forquer.
Betty June.-., 11, has plunged into the task of directing the
extravaganza, which consist of a mere sis. acts with six
separate easts.
And here s the kicker I he goal of the modest production
is to portray the roles of all great women of the past m
moulding history.
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COAST to COAST
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COLLEGES BRAVES RECENTLY CALLED FOR
THEM TO PLAY BASKETBALL GAMES IN NEW YORK
AMD LOS ANGELES WITHIN ELEVEN DAYS!
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so be it...
By BILL FEND ALL
going back further than stu
dents in a lecture room, SO BE
IT repeats headlines from past
EMERALDS:
1938: UO BUILDING BUD
GET NEED TO BE STUDIED.
1939: STUDENT UNION ON
HORIZON . . .
1940: STUDENT UNION
NEED CITED BY PROFES
SOR . . .
1940: STUDENT UNION
BODIES TO MEET . . .
from 1938 to 1940 it’s the
same old song and dance with
new arrangements . . .
* * *
JOHN CAVANAGII’S student
union committee is looking for
“consistent interest” within the
student body with all the. ex
pectancy of an old maid looking
under the lied . . . (“consistent
interest” comes from UNION
NOW', the eolm that broke a
bottle of champagne over its
own how in Saturday’s edition
and then Tuesday leaned over
to lap it up) . . .
to get synchronized action on
the student union the commit
tee needs something to draw
attention—like the wink of a
TRI-DELT . . .
* * *
The committee needs to take
a two-way initiative like belt
and suspenders on 50 per cent
of a two-pants suit . . . first a
THINKING program . . . then
an ACTION program . . .
let’s see, er, um—perhaps a
burlesque during JUNIOR
WEEKEND . . . that would
bring them around quicker than
rumba time . . . (what w’as that
you said, DEAN ? ) ...
to continue interest surround
ASUO meetings with student
union committee members who
have more suggestions than a
conga . . .
UNION
NOW!
By Ann Reynolds
There are very few colleges
in America the size of the Uni
versity of Oregon which lack
student union building facili
ties. With the enrollment the
size of ours and the amount of
student activity, it is undenia
ble that if Oregon doesn't soon
build a recreation center, the
University may rightly bo
branded as decidedly backward.
From the successes of student
union plans on other campuses
the students can derive rtiany
valuable suggestions that will
help them in planning their own
building.
Last week the University of
Illinois at Urbana dedicated a
51.505.000 student union build
ing with a shout of "open at
last " The University of Illinois,
alma mater of President Krb,
who is a staunch student union
building promoter here, had long
worked fft' the building. Now,
m spite of many postponements,
the students have a dignified
brick building that will open a
new era in the service which the
university provides for students,
faculty, and alumni.
tluildiug Occupied
• First to move into officer n
Lrs new building v. ere tie atu
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could even cast a calendar of
student events directed towards
a student union tiiat includes
a!l the advantages a lamp
post offers a drunk—support
and illumination . . .
present a model plan for a
student union . . . break ground
on the chosen site (if this can
he located) for a drive not
among students alone — but a
drive that will extend to the ink
wells of the legislature itself . . .
by the way, if anybody does
decide where to put the build
ing, at least the front doors
could be erected with the $30,
000 already in the fund and then
construct the building around
the doors in years to come . . .
this principle worked for the big
iron gates on the lower campus.
* * *
the committee says it has had
slories in the EMERALD . . .
fine, but they have become so
stereotyped that one look at
the headline is enough to drive
the reader 'into reading the.
sports page! . . . any time flow
this colm expects to catch some
body up by seeing one story in
twice during the week instead of
by the month . . .
* * *
sure we need a union . . . you
don't have to keep telling us
that! . . . tell us HOW we can
get one . . . WHERE we're go
ing to put it . . . WHEN we're
going to get it , . . WHO is go
ing to decide that we shall have
it . . . (you say we are the ones
to decide . . . phooey, we have
decided, but we don't hold the
purse strings i . . .
* * *
WHAT about it? ... so be
it . . .
dent body officers, the men
students’ league, the women
students’ league, and the ath
letic association ticket commit
tee, Each office is completely
equipped to accommodate any
student activity.
For weeks, while paper-hang
ers, floor-polishers, wood-carv
ers, painters, electricians, and
other craftsmen finished their
work in the building, a food ser
vice committee polished equip
ment and arranged furniture in
preparation for opening a mod
ern cafeteria. In the cafeteria
itself more than 1,500 people
can be served, and adjoining
rooms have "a seating capacity
of 450. It is expected that twice
this number will be. served dur
ing lunch hour.
ISiiildmg Described
Among the impressive things
about the building are the hand
carved wood work in the gen
eral lounge; the masculine
knotty-pinc, leathery men's
lounge; the women's lounge in
white and gray-blue; the digni
fied, restful browsing room;
and the crimson-draped ball
room The outside of the build
ing, with its cupola, portico,
and other American colonial
features, closely resembles the.
Independence hall in Philadel
phia. and the unusual interior
furnishings make it perhaps
the outstanding architectural
achievement of its kind m
America
Thus another college opens
the door to another student ac
tivity center. When will the
doors of the University of Ore
gon student u:::cn Uml-m.g U
opened'
wright
or
wrong
With TOMMY WRIGHT
Pick any letter from A to Z
and maybe we can start a col
yum. Anyway, here is a little
bit of news that isn't fit to
print but as long as there are
freshmen, sophomores, juniors,
seniors, and grads at Universi
tas Oregonenesis, something
has to be written to satisfy mor
bid curiosity. It may not be
spelled that way but the name
is still “MUD.”
Something has to rouse the
boys and gals besides an alarm
clock.
3-MINUTE POME . . .
A blonde; the moon.
The dawn, too soon.
The libe, at noon.
And she still flunked that
test.
PAN LIST IV . . .
Rebuked, by ROBERTA LE
MEN. This pillar of playfulness
couldn’t tell whether she was
fishing for a return engagement,
or whether she was just talk
ing. Probably both, was Wat
son’s deduction. ROBERTA is
burning the candle at only one
end, and she knows it is Ro
man—ferinstance — what’s this
about a broken window, and
why the interest ARCHIE
MARSHIK has in the whole af
fair . . . Second, last and enough
for the pan list today is another
Alpha Chi LEMON, BETTY
ANN, who had to do some fast
speaking to get rid of one Ore
gon date to keep a date with the
supposedly steady, JACK HAN
NEMAN of Beaverburg.
CAMPUS WHISPERS . . .
Alpha Chi ex, SUSAN FAU
KEL, takes the very steady
path to romance and sends out
wedding date announcements
. . . Will somebody—Will any
body straighten us out on the
Pi Kap DAVE CASEY- NOR
MA ROGERS deal-maybe he
just thought about planting his
pin . . . and the Theta Chis don't
call MERLE HANSCOM baldy
for nothing . . . Reports of
feminine reform movements up
Astoria way confirm the fact
that WILLIE PORTER is cir
culating, like bad air, again . . .
Valentines will all be delivered
before we darken your break
fast cawfee again, so here's a
plug for JIM HARRIS, who has
been dating at more than one
sorority—a best bet for any
one's king of hearts . . . WEN
DELL ANDERSON and ANN
REYNOLDS are collecting box
tops to join the Kellogg flying
club.
CONCLUSION . . .
What is to be, was to be, it
did happen here; we happened
to hear, so it happens to be
here.
So long for a while.
International Side Show
By RIDGELY CUMMINGS
Like Will Rogers, most of the
things I know I read in the pa
pers.
In the "good old days" a man
Cummings
got to know
things from liv
ing and obser
vation, from
watching the
sun rise and the
sun set and the
cows have
calves and the
land bring forth
crops. A wise
man then was
Cummings
For Information as to fares
and other details Inquire
frftrc of your local agen
not necessarily smart.
Today the opposite is true. A
smart man is not necessarily
wise.
Writing these columns day
after day, trying to give a di
gest of what is happening on
the war front abroad and the
political front at home, I have
become more and more struck
with the fact that our whole
culture is built upon words.
Words Hurled
Thousands upon thousands of
words are hurled at us through
newspapers, books, and maga
zines, and over the air. Life is
so complex that most of the
things we know today are what
someone else has told us. We
feed upon words, and eating we
.become gluttonous. Satiation
comes only with blood-shot eyes.
Even the so-called writers are
victims of their own tools. Sam
uel Johnson once spoke of a
contemporary with scorn, say
ing he had written more than
he had' read. But there is some
logic in turning the phrase the
other way and saying of a man
—he has read more than he has
written.
Vultures ?
Many writers are a species of
vulture, who pounce upon the
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outpourings of others, swallow
them, and regurgitate. This is
particularly true of commenta
tors, which is what I have been
posing as for some time. Whe
ther the result is digestible or
not depends somewhat upon the
writer, somewhat upon that on
which he feeds.
I thought of this last night when
I sat down to write this piece
and noticed that my first reac
tion was to pounce upon the pa
pers and the wire to see what
had happened, according to oth
er men's versions.
There was plenty there, but
today I am a rebel. Not a single
quote goes in this one. Today I
refer you to the newspapers.
Tomorrow? Well, tomorrow is
another day.
Oregon ■§ Emerald
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Bill Hilton, Night Editor
Ardie Alexander, Assistant
Madelle Christopherson
Yvonne Torgler
Barbara Lamb
Jim Wilson
Dick Shelton
Laurel Gilbertson
Doris Jones
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Mary Wolf, assistant
Lee Samuelson
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Bob Frazier
Marge Major
Betty Jane Biggs
Wes Sullivan
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