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Pep Shots for Assemblies
♦j'lIE improvement in ASI'O assemblies, both in the quality
of the program and in student attendance, has been so
•marked tins year that it scarcely needs mention here. Old stu
dents who have attended assemblies in other years are almost
unanimous in voicing tin* opinion that tlie assemblies this year
have topped all others by so wide a margin that there is little
room for comparison.
Just where all the credit for new life in assemblies should
fall cannot he fairly determined. Certainly the various campus
living organizations, mostly the fraternities and sororities,
should be praised for getting their members out in large num
bers. These houses have contributed to the assembly and rally
programs to a very great degree. Their attendance and spirit
at the rallies is highly commendable.
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pOR the most part, however, the credit for the new interest
in assemblies and rallies should fall to the student ad
ministration. and more particularly to the people who planned
the affairs. The higher caliber of the assemblies, plus the
attraction of a cup for the house with the most spirit, un
doubtedly has served to stimulate the interest. The various new
ideas which have been worked out and put into force have
been good ohes. The idea of. calling on houses for skits, etc.,
has assured a good turnout, particularly from those houses.
On the surface this new assembly program may seem to have
been a benefit to school spirit only. Such is not entirely true,
While the program lias undoubtedly caused a corresponding
increase in school spirit, it also has contributed to something
more worthwhile—the cause of student government. WhyV
Because it has served to get more students acquainted and
interested in student government.
From two very important standpoints, then, the pep shot
that has been given ASSl'O assemblies has worked to the ad
vantage of the patient.
Another Umpire Needed
rJ''KMl.*Kl{s flared, blood surged and riled Saturday as Ore
gon and Oregon State played the second of its baseball
season’s opener cm Howe field. All the game lacked in the
Va\ of excitement was a couple of home runs and a no-hitter.
A mild fight caught the spectators’ attention in the tenth
inning of the scheduled nine-inning game. The situation: two
out in the last of the ninth, Oregon State led, 4 to d, Oregon
was at bat. Hick Whitman lined a drive to the OSC shortstop
who in turn scooped up the hit and threw it to the first base
mar. pulling him off the bag. He took the throw and lashed
out behind to catch the fleet Oregon runner.
The umpire called the runner out very emphatically from
Ids position behind the catcher, llis vision is. questionably,
obscured by the catcher and the first baseman. Intensely
interested onlookers and principals of the play participated in
a heated argument and fight.
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rTT'ilK Oregon runner may or may not have been out. Had he
been safe. Oregon might have won the game it’s hap
pened before in similar positions, although it is unlikely. The
entire play and fight does prove one thing conclusively, how
ever. TWO umpires should be hired for each regular confer
ence game. Oregon or otherwise. If another umpire is present,
it is very possible that scores might be reversed, affecting the
entire season’s outcome.
Not that we're easting aspersions upon the umpire’s ability
to umpire, but it just isn’t humanly possible for an umpire
to call close plays from a distance of 30 yards away. It just
isn’t done. It is also difficult to call pitches over the plate from
a position behind the pitcher with a runner on base, for one
umpire must combine the jobs of a base umpire and a regular
arbitrator- one is not enough.—K O.
This Collegiate World
By ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS
The pioneer plainsman who could take one last look at the
heavenly bodies before lie closed his eyes each night in his
open-air bedroom had nothing on residents of McTyeire hall
at Emory university. They too gaze at “heavenly bodies” as a
prelude to sleep.
Faced with an edict banning the tacking of the work of
such masters as Petty, Iiurrell, and Varga—not to mention
that portrait of the One and Only-—to the walls, they evolved
the even more satisfactory idea of fastening said art master
pieces to the ceilings.
Now the McTyerie lullaby is “Look Up, Look Up.”
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Typing or writing in longhand seemed slow to Leon A.
Danco, a Harvard freshman, so he submitted a 2,000-word
English composition on a home-made phonograph record.
Dr. Claude M. Simpson, Jr., his instructor, gave Danco a
passing grade, but forbade any repetition of the stunt.
“For one tiling,” Simpson said, “how can you correct sj»eli
ing and punctuation in a theme like this?”
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Some of the more observant students at Rick’s Normal col
lege, Rexburg, Idaho, think they smell a conspiracy.
The Beta Sigma Phi chapter’s new president is Maxine Ilall
strom, Maxine Scow is vice-president, Maxine Neville is trea
surer and Maxine Rice is retiring vice-president.
International Side Show
By RIDGELY CUMMINGS
Before the lion is cold the
wolves start growling in their
throats over choice chunks, while
on the outskirts the jackals
watch hungrily for left-overs. Not
Cummings
to stretcn tne
metaphor unduly,
I should simply
say that Adolf
Hitler, map mak
er No. 1, and
Italy’s Count Ci
ano are in con
ference near Vi
enna, re-carving1
the blitzkrieg
swept Balkans,
Witn representatives uum
garia, Hungary, and the new
Croat “free state” that used to
be northern Jugoslavia in atten
dance.
Greece has not yet fallen, but
Berlin announces gloatingly that
it is “another Dunkerque” and
London censors passed the pre
diction that an evacuation of the
British expeditionary force is im
minent.
Famous Ground
The new lines of the Greek and
British allies are about 100 miles
north of Athens, not very far
from Thermopylae and Marathon,
where Leonidas and his famous
three hundred made a historic
stand against the Persian hosts.
Until the nazis pass that point
one feels there is still a chance,
but thinks looked black for the
British empire Monday night.
Germans spokesmen in Berlin
officially claimed, the destruction
of five British transports fully
loaded with withdrawing troops
and said nazi bombers had dam
aged six other loaded ships.
Fought Way Through
Reading between the lines of a
dispatch from Athens, one learns
that Mt. Olympus must have
been abandoned by the British a
week ago, although last Saturday
news stories indicated the oppo
site. Groups of Australians “hiked
for days over snow-covered
mountain peaks and gorges in
their withdrawal from Mt. Olym
pus, .drinking melted snow . . .”
the story says, telling how the
Aussies joined up with some New
Zealanders and fought their way
through German-occupied Laris
sa, 50 miles to the south, before
joining their own forces.
The map-makers in Vienna ap
parently consider the job of con
quering Greece nearly done, for
the conference is re-drawing the
borders of that country and Jugo
slavia, together with Albania
and the satellite Axis nations
abutting.
Government Shaking
In one of these Axis nations
there was civil war abrewing.
The Rumanian government of Ion
Antonescu was said to be shaky
under pressure put on it by Hun
gary and Bulgaria for territorial
concessions.
Hungarians accused Russia of
inciting Rumanian elements
against Germany to create an
excuse for Soviet acquisition of
more Rumanian territory. Such
a move on Russia’s part might
mean an open break with Ger
many, although the nazis allowed
the communists to grab Bessa
rabia without a squawk last year.
A Loss to Britain
Diplomats in various European
capitals, those gentlemen in spats
who are always good for a news
story when things seem dull, last
night were ready to write Greece
off as a loss to Britain and
turned their eyes to Spain and
Turkey as possible targets for
the next German drive.
Dispatches from Istanbul (used
to be called Constantinople) in
the Bosphorus in European Tur
key told of steps being taken to
evacuate civilians into the Ana
tolian interior. The city, 70 or 80
miles (by the map and a ruler)
from the eastern end of Greece,
is apparently under the martial
law for a news item says that
the military commander of Istan
bul has ordered all restaurants,
bars, and night clubs to close at
midnight. Now if the comman
dant just followed the Univer
sity’s example he would order all
the girls indoors by 11:45 p.m.
and then there wouldn’t be any
thing for the men to do but be
good boys and go to bed.
Snecial Editions'
Emerald Editors
Named by Board
Emerald editors for the four
special Friday editions were
named last night by the editorial
board.
Appointed to temporary edito
rial positions are: Betty Jane
Biggs, sophomore edition, April
26; Pat Erickson, women’s edi
tion, May 3; Kent Stitzer, men’s
edition, May 10; and Bob Frazier,
frosh edition, May 17.
Editors will name their upper
news staff at a later date.
The
Passing
Parade
By CORINE LAMON
Our nomination for the biggest
TROUTS on campus: people who
plant their pins, then two-time on
campus—it’s bad for the social
security . . . then there's the boy
who is engaged to two people at
once and takes out THREE sor
ority sisters of one of the girls , . .
Higher educational activities:
Homer Barnett of the anthrop
ology department was recently
married . . . and Chi O’s Robyn
Nelson is in love with higher edu
cation — math particularly . . .
Sigma Nu Stan Short and Bronda
Conn, also “Buzz” Renich and
Eileen Chambers were married in
Reno last weekend . . . Judy
Sherman and Ralph Dunn, ATO,
have been pinned since last fall,
but it hasn’t been in print yet . . .
Sue Peil celebrated her twenty
first birthday the other day—and
had her first LEGAL "coke” for
breakfast . . . Virginia Garvin,
Kappa, and Walt Kressey, Phi
Delt, are going steady ... so are
Helen Moore and Dick Draper . . .
Shirley Lindley, Alpha Chi, took
Joe Montag’s Kappa Sig pin—we
predict a quick rebound . . .
Rebound department: Jeanne
Routt, Chi O, gave Wes Johnson’s
SAE pin back some time ago . . .
and Dave Atkinson has his Beta
pin back from Pifi Mary Ellen
Mills ... a WORM came between
DG Miriam Wood and Chi Psi
Bill Johns this weekend — she’s
wearing his sweetheart pin again
however . . .
Babs Read and Don Turner are
back together again . . . Chuck
Putnam, Theta Chi, and Barbara
Vail, Hendricks, are going steady
. . . ditto Beverly Tobin and Gabe
Bouret, SAE . . . “Chub” Church,
Phi Delt, and had DOUBLE trou
ble this weekend, ’tis rumored . . .
In spite of the fact that Neal
Regin was presented the “Ken
neth Miller Disgusted Suitor’s
Trophy" by his Chi Psi brothei’S,
he has been squiring Margaret
Stark, Chi O, LOTS lately . . .
“Mic” M a d d e r n and Valerie
Adair, Sigma Chi and DG pledges,
respectively, together most of the
time . . . Tim Tait, Delt, has a
hard time making up his mind be
tween DG Mona Roberts and
Gloria West, Sigma Kappa . . .
Bobbie McLaren gets more
flowers on less occasions than
any three people we’ve seen for
a LONG time . . . Sigma Chi
Blondie Back is playing lifeguard
these days —he “rescued" Phil
Burco from the treacherous wa
ters of the race a la Superman
. . . who is the girl “Cruiser” Ash
corn and Bob Carlon fight about ?
Emerald
Copy Desk Staff:
Bernie Engel, city editor
Herb Penny, assitant
Ruby Jackson
Susan Huffaker
Mary E. Earl
Marilee Margason
Marjorie Major
Howard Bankus
Ted Goodwin
Bob Frazier
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Fritz Timmen
Ruth Jordan
Frances Oliver
Charlotte Knox
Barbara Lamb
Yvonne Torgler
Beverly Padgham
Herb Penny.