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late afternoon sun flickered futilely through
the Venetian blinds of the president’s office,
while 10 student officers yesterday unanimously
agreed to “start again” on the freshman class
problem.
It was an unusual meeting for two reasons. One
of the few times since he came to Oregon that he
has asked the student council to meet in his office,
it was Dr. Donald M. Erb’s method of questioning
the uncooperative trend of recent student affairs.
Secondly, the fact that the exec committee took
definite action on a class problem was an indication
of its importance.
There were two possible paths open for the
executive committee. They could ignore the appar
ent unrest in the class of 1945 and rescue them
selves from a great deal of work and worry, as
well as “face-saving.” Or they could admit “in
sufficient notification” and similar charges, in
validate the whole procedure this far, and start
again.
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JT wasn’t a very rosy spot for an executive com
mittee to be in less than three weeks after
school’s beginning ... on the defensive. They
turned to the role of offense. They threw aside
the 50-cent class card bydaw and asked the judi
ciary to declare “null and void” the nominat
ing assembly. Sketchily, they started work on
a new freshman organization less haphazardly en
tered into.
The average student wants to know just what
such action will accomplish, except to widen the
rift between party factions which always accom
panies elections. Obviously, it won’t do anything
to break political barriers in the student body;
it won’t insure that the freshman election or any
others will be a vision of “sweetness and light”; it
won’t settle the class card issue.
OUT it does .serve three vital purposes: |
(1) It jolts the executive committee into a ■
realization that the simplest and easiest method for
them is to handle all their action in a business
like and thorough manner.
(2) It removes the irregularities which marked
the first meeting, and makes possible a legal begin
ning for further action. It will put the committee
on record as opposed to leaving half-formed aceusa- I
tions in the air. Instead it indicates an attempt T?}
remedy the lax rules which make questionable
procedures possible.
(3) It brought out one of the finer things about
representative government: that an executive
group, representing every phase of a contemporary
crisis, can air their grievances in an organized
meeting and on the basis of those opinions try to
come to some sort of cooperation even though they
cannot change their basic views.
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Preparedness, a la Oregon
“PREPAREDNESS” is, apparently, more than just a na
tional slogan to the average Oregon male. To Mr. Joe
College, of the University of Oregon, it is an individual matter,
if one may believe the registration figures of the military
department.
Our of more than 3400 Oregon underclassmen only 72
claimed exemption from the compulsory military training this
year and of that number not one was based on a plea of
conscientious objector. Thirty-eight were rejected as phys
ically unfit, 17 were exempt on the basis of having too much
other work, eight had had previous training, six could not
take military because of a conflict in their course, two were
upper class transfers from colleges that did not require military
training, and one was a non-citizen.
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"YES, Oregon men are facing world conditions. And they
intend to be ready, come what may. They may not like it.
None of them, probably, enjoy the prospect of fighting another
European Avar., Put as long as they are apt to have it to do
they intend to fye ready to do it well.
This attitude is shown not only by the number of regis
trants in the military science courses but also by the morale
and spirit of the enrollees at last Thursday’s drill period—•
the first of the school vear. Cone Avas the horseplay and tom
foolery of fofmer years. In its place Avas an alertness to in
struction and a determination to master the difficult military
drills to perfection. The result was an excellent shoAving for
the first drill period of the year.
It may he an unpleasant task but Oregon men are not shirk
ing it.—11.0.
And Don,t Use A Typewriter
gORORlTV houses, and women’s dormitories, and co-ops
seem to be receiving: an unusual amount of Uncle Sam’s
mail lately, and there is a reason. If perchance you should look
at some of the return addresses, you will notice a surprising:
number of letters from army camps . . . from Fort Dix, and
Fort Lewis, and Fort Ord, and Fort Henning: . . . from induction
camps north, east, south, and west.
Five years ago. two years ago, even last year such was not
the ease. The average college coed regarded the soldier, the
common ordinary doughboy, as something of a cross between
a well-fed hobo and an immoral ragamuffin. To go out with
a soldier, a private that is, was about as healthy socially as
wearing cords to a house dance. An army boy . . .well, they
were all right to dig old ditches and loaf around camp, but
as corresponding boyfriends they were about on a par with
To the Freshman Class:
There are times when for the best interests of the University
and the groups and individuals concerned that an action be
taken which is most contrary to normal procedure. Such an
action was taken Monday by the executive committee in refusing
to ratify the by-law proceedings of the Class of ’45 meeting in
Villard hall the evening of October 2. In rendering my report on
the meeting I stated that I could not sanction the proceedings
because of the unfairness of the notification arrangements. The
transfer of the meeting from the music hall to Villard was
strictly the action of myself personally and was necessitated by
a misunderstanding on my part of the availability of the music
hall.
Only after conferring with members of the council was I aware
of the resentment and misunderstanding of several members of
the freshman group which this transfer of meeting place had
caused. Such resentment was duly founded when the comparative
disadvantage of the Independent group in contacting its members
was considered. Therefore it is mine and the council’s belief that
adequate expression on the class fee question was not present
and that we as council members could not pass on the action
taken. I promise you that future developments for the class will
be free of disparaging confusions and misunderstandings, and
that equal opportunity will be provided for all factions.
LOU TORGES0N,
President, ASUO.
*7bade jdait
By MARY WOLF
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And then there's the case of
Ohio Wesleyan university, which
selected the wrong “typical” stu
dents when preparing a picture
booklet on its activities. The pho
tos were taken last spring. The
front cover of the booklet shows
a coed who since has “flunked
out” of school and a boy who
has transferred to another col
lege.
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October! The month of red and
yellow, of spicy air, of mist and
fog, of steak fries and open
houses. I’ll study. Of course I
will. I played all summer and
now I’m rested and refreshed, so
I can really work. After all, and
dad says, colleges were made for
people like me. Something about
wrinkles in my brain. So here’s
for more and deeper wrinkles!
January! Got a letter from dad
today. He’s sort of mad. Maybe
I really didn’t do so well, but I
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thought of it a lot. If he’d only
realize how much there is to do,
like varsities, and midweeks, and
smokers, and serenades, and
dates, and—wonder if he would
understand? At least, I can try.
Dear Dad: I’ll study. Of course I
will—. Daily Kansan.
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Marques E. Reitzel, head of the
art department of San Jose state
college and nationally known
landscape painter, was awarded
a doctor of philosophy degree af
ter completing advance work at
Ohio State university. He is one
of only three people in the Unit
ed States to earn the degree
through the merits of his painting
alone.
He He H*
Then there was the draftee who
worked so hard to get out of
wearing a uniform—and then
bought a tan gabardine suit.—
Varsity News.
San Quentin residents.
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npHAT situation has changed, and rightly so. The soldier is
an average American youth, but for the grace of God and
a government lottery another University of Oregon student.
Now more than ever lie needs the sublime sweetness and soft
sympathy that only a letter written on wondrously blue paper
with a feminine scrawl can bring.
lie needs kind words ... he needs rekindling of his ideals
. . . he needs warm hopes for the future.
So, Oregon's Betty Coed, keep writing to the kids in camp.
Don’t be stingy with your praise . . . don’t hesitate to add
another X or two.
As for the males on this campus, with rising prices, nuisance
taxes, and pesky priorities, we’ll be satisfied with one less
evening a week.
Give him our regards while you’re at it.
’Cause most of us will be seeing him shortly.—B.B.
WEEKENDDATA: Saturday
night’s house cleaning, which
rubbed most of the wax off of ev
ery sorority and hall on the cam
pus, turned into a fairly-well or
ganized version of what was once
called open house. Except for the
inevitable law students, who
wore green visors and red pe
tunias and examined nearly ev
ery case, Oregon did its best to
show each other a good time.
Of course, it is now evident
that Glenn Miller has been black
balled for releasing “Chattanoo
ga Choo-Choo’’ just before the
inter-campus massacre, that
MGM should be ostracized for
filming “Dr. Jekyll” and causing
students to HYde and seek, and
that all those pictures of home
town gal friends that fickle fresh
men placed on their desks are now
gone.
And even though most of the
campus males hiked an average
of nearly 17 miles during the eve
ning, the time for pigging will
soon be at hand, with the olci
standby, “I met you at open
house,” and the reply, uncertain
as it might be, “Oh, you did?”
once more in circulation. The
freshman returned home with a
gleeful smile on his face; the
sophomore returned home with
a knowing smile on his face; the
junior returned home with a
bored smile on his face; the senior
returned home.
OVERHEARD AT RANDOM:
“This town’s so slow that even
the Mill Race only runs twice a
week” . . . “Do you know what
a ‘twip’ is?” “A wide on a twain”
. . . “I’ll bet you’re from Cali
fornia . . . “Have you taken a^
class from Dr. Lesch yet?” “You
have the best-looking group of
pledges of all.” Net result: Invi
tation to house dance.
SHORT STORIETTE: Open
house doesn't go without its cas
ualties, either. There was the
Sigma Kappa who, sitting on the
davenport with one leg curled be
neath her, was asked if she’s
cared to dance. She smiled know
ingly and slowly pulled her con
cealed leg from without. “It’s
broken,” she said, tapping the
plaster cast wrapped around her
ankle ... Or the Hendricks hall
coed, who racing home with her
date in order to make the 12:15
curfew had a slight heart at-'
tack. Medical help was called but
there was no damage done. V
OREGORCHIDS to the Sigma
Nus and Fijis for sticking to
gether all evening, giving all the
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