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The Racer’s Paradise
'TVRAFFIC conditions on Thirteenth street have come in for
more editorial comment the last few years than perhaps
any other subject around the University. Demands for
better regulation of traffic on the campus “highway” have
been numerous, particularly after an accident almost ap
proaching a fatality has occurred.
The nearest to action that has been accomplished are the
stop signs at either end which were put up by the city a few
years ago. These signs were supposedly to force the traffic
to come to a stop before entering tin; campus and it was as
sumed that traffic going through would be slowed down.
The signs have served their purpose to some degree, but be
cause of lack of enforcement have lately become almost
negligible in effect. Many of the Thirteenth street racers—
autos, trucks, tractors, and wheelbarrows—don’t even stop
at the two signs, or stopping, hit the gas so hard again that
they obtain a speed that would put Sir Malcolm Campbell to
shame.
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TyjANY officials have a passive attitude towards doing any
thing about Thirteenth street. They agree that some
thing should be done, but are content to wait until the day
when the street will be entirely cut off as the result of the
new highway project. When that happens something can
be done about the Thirteenth street traffic, but until then
we can only hope that no serious accident occurs.
Traffic doesn’t wait, however, and the need of some im
mediate action is apparent. The signs were a good idea,
but without enforcement they are not serving their purpose.
If a really serious accident is to be prevented someone must
take action to enforce these regulations. Otherwise Thir
teenth street will continue to be a racer's paradise.
Money Markets and the Union
|-)K. C. D. BRYNF was encouraging in his statement Mon
day that “the student union bill is progressing in the
state legislature much faster than any of us had expected.”
Much as any live-wire University undergraduate looks for
its speedy passage, one should hope the bill will be legally
well constructed so the attorney general will not have to
check its movement, thereby forcing it through a first read
ing once again.
Obviously, the speed with which the bill came into being
and flew from the joint ways and means committee to the
senate hopper has minimized possibility of authoritative
judgments on its merits, and allowed for nothing more than
popular speculations. Known factors are these: the present
bill will allow a $250,000 bond issue based on a 25-year re
tirement program, and a maximum interest rate of four per
cent. Known also is Oregon's sound ammortization scheme,
which has been explained before. •
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J^OW speculation enters. Today the public money markets
are not overrun with sound investment possibilities, yet
money is amply available for such sound proposals. Perhaps
the bill took its present shape with this money market factor
generally recognized. It is possible, therefore, that the bonds
may be disposed with an interest rate as low as I1 '■< per cent.
It is possible another source of supply will be tapped with
the state having accumulated funds awaiting investment in
sound Oregon institutions. The student union project is
ripe for such plucking. The Salem government may lend such
funds at approximately d per cent. Again, it is not gross
speculation to assume the state will provide $'2’>0,000, taking
such it loan as a mortgage.
At present all plans that may be made on financial pro
grams might as well be forgotten. First, the bill must be
passed. Then the state hoard of higher education may pre
sent its scheme. .Meanwhile, the 20-year-old ease rests. The
jury-like legislature must reader its verdict. —R.N.V.
Night Out
TLJEADS of houses tightened their belts last week, put on
a stern frown, and proceeded to tell Oregon coeds that,
they have been abusing the privilege of "one night out a
term” . . . and tinished up by giving explicit directions cm
the very conventional qualities of such a privilege.
A thousand or so panicky coeds got the announcement
twisted up, deciding it meant that there would he absolutely
no “nights out from now on. And they let out a simultan
eous cry of protest as harassed house presidents tried to
figure the rule out for themselves.
To the defense of the announcement yesterday came Dean
of Women Ilazel 1'. Sehweting and Heads of Houses Presi
dent Barbara Pierce. They declare that it isn't any change
of University policy, but only stricter enforcement of existing
regulations. The privilege of spending not more than one
night a term outside one s living organization is extended
to girls with the idea of letting them occasionally get away
from the hectic life of group living . . . not so that they may
stay out ofter hours in Eugene public places, they declared.
Bays D.eau Bcliwermg: “The request for better enforce
C- s, -V
-det-ti tl
Approximately 97 %
OF THE COLLEGE PRES
IDENTS HAVE COME FROM
TWO PROFESSION S'
TEACHING AND MINISTRY/
A
Hhe youngest
COLLEGE STUDENT
WAS'll YEARS OLD/
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A GUM
CHEWING
CONTEST HELD
AT DEPAUW
UNIVERSITY
WAS WON BY
A STUDENT
WHO CHEWED
100 STICKS
OF GUM AT
ONCE/
For two full YEARS,
1917-1918, NOT A VIRGINIA
POLY PLAYER WAS EJECTED
FROM AMY SAME FOR
PERSONAL FOUL /
who did not approve of girls spending nights outside of their
houses without ‘coining in’ regulation.
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fed that better enforcement is necessary because
girls have been abusing the privilege, and have stayed
out after regular University closing hours. Tin; whole idea
behind permitting ‘nights out' is to provide a chance for rest
and regular (dosing hours of the campus are to be, followed
when coeds stay with friends.”
Says Heads of Houses President Pierce: ‘‘We are not tak
ing away the right of a girl in a living organization to spend
a night with a town girl once a term. Hut we do intend to
strictly forbid future abuse of the privilege. Girls must bo
in by 12:15 when they visit these friends.”
Permission to stay out, according to the 1940 edition of
University Regulations Affecting Student Life, is ‘‘permitted
only for exceptional eases and must be secured in advance
from the head resident or housemother. This permission may
be granted only once a term.
Heads of houses took no legislative action. Each house
president, backed by her living organization, merely pledged
herself to fuller cooperation with University regulations in
keeping down abuse of the ‘‘night out” privilege. —II.A.
In the Editor's Mail
To the Editor:
Besides being' amused by the
gold-fish-swallowing craze that
was popular in American col
leges and universities upwards
of two years ago, I am also in
terested in it because of the
tearing it had on my somewhat
peculiar hobby, collecting snap
shots of people who have done
something which, while not en
t ■ tling them to inclusion in the
Hall of Fame, is rather out of
the ordinary. Goldfish swallow
ing. it seems to me, belongs in
that class.
At the time of the craze in
question, though considerable
space was given to the succes
n ve record's set by the men, the
performances of the ladies were
almost ignored. In all the pe
i iodieals I saw, it was merely
stated that Miss Marie Hansen
of the University of Missouri
held the ladies’ national gold
fish-swallowing title with one
lone goldfish to her credit, and
that Miss Marion Salisbury of
the University of Oregon held
the ladies' national miscellan
eous-swallowing title. What is
Miss Salisbury’s present ad
dress? Was her record ever
broken, and, if so, what is ihe
name, address, and record of the
present title holder, together
with the names, and addresses
and records of the two or three
nearest runners-up? Also, if you
have the information, will you
give me the same data concern
ing the ladies’ national goldfish
swallowing championship?
If you are too busy to answer
these questions yourself, you
might delegate the task to one
of your sub-editors — perhaps
the sports editor, provided gold
fish swallowing or miscellan
eous swallowing can properly
be said to come under the head
ing of sports. At any rate, I
should very much appreciate an
answer, and I am enclosing sta
tionery and a stamped, self-ad
dressed envelope for that pur
pose. I am twenty years old, in
valid the result of an accident,
and quite interested in my
rather unusual but not-too
strenuous hobby,
Yours, very truly,
Eugene Murray. •
(Editor's note: A very inter
esting letter. Can anyone sup
ply Mr. Murray with the infor
mation which he desires? Any
replies can be addressed to: Mr.
Eugene M urray, Hartsville,
Hartsville, Prince Edward Is
land, Canada or to the Emer
ald.)
From All Sides
Exchange l>y Mildred Wilson
The Los Angeles Collegian
thinks progress has gone a bit
too far. Driving into one of
these super super service, sta
tions, a motorist was waited on
by two attendants who polished
his windshield, checked his tires,
filled lus radiator, etc., etc. He
was very pleased with all the
attention. Three minutes later,
lie had to come back to got some
gas.
.... —Oregon State Barometer.
V freshman coed at the Uni
versity of New Mexico recent
ly went to chemistry laboratory
in a deep blue dress During the
performance of an experiment
that called for the generation
of hydrogen chloride, the gas
that changes the color of litmus
paper from blue to red, the
coed's dress turned a deep Ver
million. The frantic student
poured out her woes to her in
structor who advised her to ap
ply ammonia to the dress, t he
did. and it returned to its orig
inal shade.
"Have your ha by rocked by a
Harvard man," seems to be the
slogan of a new service inaug
urated by the Harvard student
eemployment office. Now Cam
bridge mothers can leave little
Junior to the tender care of
Cantab nursemaids. Workers in
the baby-tending service, past
masters at the art of diaper
changing, have already watched
cvr a hundred little cherubs.
Vale Daily News.
Two unusual items were
found in the column "Keep the
Change" m the paper from the
University of Utah.
Imagine the plight of the Uni
versity of Michigan where the
only key to the lost and found
office was lost.
A university professor from
Australia traveled 12,000 mile.-.
to attend the Umpire Universi
ties congress at London only to
find that he was a year ahead
ct time! The misunderstanding
was caused by a typist's error.
The
Passing
Parade
By HUMBERT SEESALL
The five operatives who get
most of the stuff for this eolm
are getting rather puckered un
der the eyebrows ’cause a njere
figurehead, LB by name, is get
ting the “credit” (??) for this
bit of semi-weekly babbling. It
seems that LB is merely the
Yard Bird in this case, editing
and compiling the donated ma
terial, and doesn’t really give a
hoot who knows it. If you want
to spend an interesting after
noon sometime, find out who the
operatives are.
As usual, right up to date
with the news that blossomed
last week—JAN REIG, KKG,
now has Senior Class Prexy
BOB KEEN'S SAE pin. (well,
anyhow, we beat TOMMY
WRIGHT to this “scoop"),
following: Incidentally TOMMY,
NORMA BAKER is an Alpha
Gam, not an ADPi.
Hear that No. 1 woman hater
on the campus, ATO DUDLEY
WALTON, is trying to throw
off the measles to keep a date
with Pifi ALICE GREGORY
Friday night, after missing de
hart hoppe . .. Hearalso that the
SAE serenade Saturday night
was really good—leaving many
a feminine heart a twitter, etc.
And then there were the Phi
Delts, who thought the Pi Phis
might get cold so they built a
bonfire in the backyard—and
were they poitoibed when they
got waterbaggcd!
RUTH HARTLEY, ADPi,
blooms out with FRED CARL
SON'S Fiji parallellogram,
which should keep her out of
mischief for a while . . . Seen
together lots are Gammafi
JEAN WEBER and one of the
“Hanging” Taus, BILL FU
GIT . . . SHIRLEY STEELE,
Alpha Chi, casting a long
ing glance toward Portland
... A coupla new house prexies
are Fidelt AL HUNT, and Pi Phi
MARGE DE BOLT—more to
come soon . . . The Pi Kaps have
an en masse movement to
church Sunday—a good idea for
a, few more fraternities to adopt.
Red-haired PATTY LYNCH,
Gammafi, eggsepts Phi Psi
JIM BENNETT'S pin — sur
prised, MERLE ?
I'll leave the triangles to
TOMMY WRIGHT and concen
trate on the quadrangles—
they're more interesting—and
here's a honey . . . Two gamma
fis sent Beta BILL LYONS a
singing valentine signed
“FRUITS," and then they start
debating about whose property
Bill is—in the meantime, a third
Gammafi phones up Bill and
asks him to the house dance
. . . we’re not mentioning the
girls’ names, of course, but if
you insist, the first two arc
BETTY KINCAID and BILLIE
SHAW and the gal that pulled
the Revere is BETTY PATTER
SON.
Attention Girls: We have just,
learned that the best way to
get a date with Roy “Piggcr"
Vernstrom is to invite him out
to dinner.
KEN CHRISTIANSON, Em
erald sports editor, comes back
from the Heart Hop with his
face a very bright crimson
and he wasn't blushing! What
bright colors these Tri-Delts
wear, and I don't mean dresses
. . . DAVE ENGLAND, Packard
driving Sigma Nu, is seen squir
ing the new Pifi proxy, MARGE
DE BOLT about Dave has his
pin planted in Cal, and MARGE,
is wearing SN DON KIRK
PATRICK'S white star, so it's
all a platonic deal uv course
. . . HUMBERT is very happy
the second prediction that he
ever ventured to print came true
exactly two days after its pub
lication, when MILO GOSS
broke down and took BILL
CARROLL'S OAC ATO pin as
Tommy told ya about yesterday.
Some more OAC piggers are
Theta Chi RAY GAULKE and
Canarder DON VERNIER . . .
(Plug) The flying students
mostly have their license now,
and invite the public to airplane
rides en masse—for a nominal
consideration . . All licensees
have a full 35 hours to their
credit and can fly a cub inside
out, if you want them to. (un
plug).
BILL KENDALL'S wander
ing ATO pin from Kilo Tech
comes to rest. Another romance,
blossoming around the Emer
ald shack (for the last six
months) is EMERSON PAGE
and LOIS (.they wont let us
print the expression ' Hot Lips"i
HULSER.
Ea-f for r.o
International Side Show
By RIDGELY CUMMINGS
The other day Turkey and
Bulgaria signed a non-aggreg
sion pact and since then the
diplomats, commentators, and
Cummings
prophets have
been working
overtime. The
poor corre
spondents are
very busy quot
ing “authorita
t i v e sources,”
“res ponsible
sources,” “us
ual 1 y reliable
sources,” etc.
uist oi me developments,
which are mostly diplomatic,
seems to be that the Turkcy
Bulgaria pact means that the
Turks will not march through
Bulgaria to attack the Germans
in case they invade Bulgaria.
The Nazis are reported infil
trating into the little Balkan
country which borders on
Greece, and many more Nazis
are said to be concentrated on
the Rumanian border, ready to
march in.
Nazis at the Helm
It looks like the Nazis, play
ing power politics with Russia's
silent consent, are in the driv
ing seat at the moment and may
try to save Italy's face by forc
ing the Greeks to make peace
with Mussolini.
II Duce’s attempted drive
through Albania into Hellas has
backfired badly, but it is doubt
ful if the brave Greeks could
withstand a German drive
launched from the Bulgarian
border toward Salonika, and the
Nazi threat of this drive may
force the Greeks into peace
with Italy, particularly if the
terms are at all “honorable.”
The far east was a scene for
alarums and excursions, with
the Japanese beating their
breasts and passionately declar
ing their desire for peace while
Great Britain unloaded trans
ports full of Australian troops
at Singapore.
Heavy Drive Noted
Just how many “Aussies”
landed to defend the rifch Ma
layan empire was not announced
but a United Press correspond
ent said he saw "many thous
ands,” including “many mech
anized units.”
The diplomats, including our
own silent state department,
aren't saying why they are so
worried about the Orient, but
my own personal guess is that
it is closely connected with the
Russian-Japanese conversations
that are now going on. If Stalin
Camera Fans!
Get Ready for
Spring Shooting
The snapshots you take
of your college highlights
today will provide you
with an aeeurate visual
reeord to remember them
by, tomorrow.
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buries the hatchet with, instead
of in, Japan then all the Nip
ponese will have to worry about
is China.
If the undeclared war with
China can be ‘'liquidated" then
the Japanese might get tough,
but otherwise it is unlikely they
will participate in the spring
push that the Axis is expected
to launch soon.
U.S. Battling, Too
At home, the battle over the
lcnd-lease bill continued to be
fought in congress, with Sena
tors Nye, Wheeler, Vandenburg,
and Clark all striking valiant
blows against it; but was Mr.
Roosevelt worried ? Not him.
The president is already op
erating on the basis of a fait
accompli. Yesterday he appoint
ed Averill Harriman, a New
York financier, as HIS repre
sentative in London, to expedite
the lend-lease program. Harri
man's duty, Roosevelt said, will
be to keep the British apprised
of the production situation in
the U.S. and keep this country
advised of Britain’s needs.
He Decided
It’s all very jolly for Mr.
Roosevelt. He also has started
agriculture department officials
making a survey to determine
what food supplies could be sent
abroad in the event HE decided
to make the United States the
“larder" as well as the “arsenal"
of democracies.
Nye said yesterday that Bri
tain's financial resources are
not nearing exhaustion and
Held Over!
“THIS THING
CALLED LOVE”
with Rosalind Russell
and Melvyn Douglas
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about how the brave British are
fighting to keep Hitler off the
Oregon campus.
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