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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1941)
Hour Is Here For Patriots, Student Says By WILLIAM E. HAIGHT “Damn the torpedoes; full speed ahead.’’ “We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.” Declaration of Independence. Our historic hour is here. We must again unsheathe the sword, furrow deeper and wider with the plow, and lift high for all mankind to see the Stars and Stripes, that common symbol of cherished freedom. We have abided too long the shameless spectacle of men de voted to a cause that permits in tolerable persecutions of minor ities, intolerable perversions of justice, and intolerable shackles of freedom. Too Long a Wait We have abided too long the evil obsessing and destroying a people that under different cir cumstances would have much to offer to the general welfare of mankind. We have abided with evil too long, not from fear, only from a strong belief that decency, jus tice, humanity, and sanity would return to a great people, yet the blackout of their souls grows deeper. And so, our many men must share their blood, their tears, their toil, their sweat in the frightful, heavy burden of de fense of freedom. Freedom is a solemn vow, cov eted by many, defended by few, but surely, as dawn fades the (Please turn to page seven) • 0 • By MARY WOLF Texas University — Football team’s official mascot is a slight ly overweight owl, named Sam my. Like most wise old birds Sir Samuel is stuffed. Royalty re ceives no more homage than docs he--at half of each game, four freshman vassals carry him around the stadium so he can see and be seen. Sammy doesn’t wear feathers like an ordinary owl. Garbed in a more dignified blue uniform, he’s one of the few uni formed birds who was not caught in the draft. University of Chicago—Pro fessor Anton J. Carlson disputes the wide-spread idea that this is an age of science. "The great thing in science is the scientific method, controlled and rechecked observations and experiments, objectively recorded with absolute honesty and with out fear or favor. Science in this sense has as yet scarcely touched the common man, or his leaders. We cannot afford to declare a moratorium on honesty, pr integ rity, on objectivity, or experi mentation, for that would take us straight back to the jungle. The scientific method and dis honesty are incompatible. But scientists are but human beings and they frequently make mis takes both in facts and interpre tations. Now, is our age conspicu ous for honesty and integrity ? Is there less lying and deceit local ly, nationally, internationally, to day than yesterday? The answer is all about us. As I see it, ours is not an age of science."—Mich igan State News. Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sunday, Monday, holidays, and fiinal examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates : $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second class matter at the postoftice, Eugene, Oregon. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers' representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. __ HELEN ANGELL, Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Hal Olney, Betty Jane Biggs FRED MAY. Business Manager Ray Schrick, Managing Editor Bob Frazier, News Editor James Thayer, Advertising Manager UPPER NEWS STAFF jonaman naannanui, i„ee r latcenr, t^o-sports honors Corrino Nelson, Mildred Wilson, Co-Wome’s, Editors Herb Penny, Bill Hilton, Assistant Mana^in^ Editors (joainit* jlmciiuis, ./Asei&uoiii, nfwo ijuiiui Mary Wolf, Exchange Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Helen Kayhurn, Layout .Manage! Dave Holmes, Circulation Manager Maryellen Smith, Special Issue Manager Aiveru .viaetier, jutruia vy iiuciuuv, v/mcaiucu Helen Flynn. (Office Manager Peggy Magill, Proomtional Director 1941 Member 1942 Pissociated Golie6iate Press It Is for Knowledge... of the most confusing phases of the University activity program is the dis tinction between scholarship regulations for men and women. Although University regulations permit freshmen and sophomores to take part in extracurricular work on a 1.5 grade point average, women students actually are not given eligibility slips if their grades are below a 2.00. The present system of letting men “slip by” on easier scholastic requirements, and requir ing that girls maintain up to .5 of a point higher grades is not an entirely fair pro cedure. But it has proven one thing. It has shown that it is entirely within reason to expect a 2.00 grade point average of the activity-minded student, because it has stimu lated extensive coed participation in activities as well as higher grade points in women’s living groups. * * * 'J^HE executive committee of the Associated Students as the direct governing group over students, has the power to recommend to the scholarship committee that the grade minimum be made uniform for all groups. It woidd be a definite step toward the raising of University standards in general. The present University regulation reads that “a lower division student is automatic ally placed on,probation if bis grade point average for any term is below 1.50. He is not released from probation until bis grade point for a subsequent term is at least 1.75. An upper division student is placed on probation if bis grades fall below 1.75 or his cumulative below 2.00.” He must make a grade point of 2.00 and an average of 2.00 before he is re moved from probation. That is the all-University regulation. But the constitution of the Associated Women Students requires a 2.00 for any girl partici pating in AWS activities. The dean of wom en’s office interprets this ruling as applied to all girls. Hence the incongruity in require ments for men and women. A “C” average is not too high for a stu dent interested in activities. He should not be branching out if he cannot at least main tain average grades. The executive committee should study care fully the scholarship situation, and could with real conviction recommend a uniform grade point average for all activity-minded students at the 2.00 level. Well-Rounded’ Doctors week ago yesterday, the state board of higher educaion tore off a cloak that since 1932 had shrouded the University sci ence department in an atmosphere of medi evalism, when it recommended that commenc ing' with the 1942-43 academic year, “the University of Oregon be authorized to offer major instruction leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees in departments of mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, botany, and zoology.” Thus materialized hopes that had spurred Oregon authorities into expending tremen dous amounts of time and energy. Thus the University of Oregon had been shorn of shackles that bound it to the ignominious dis tinction of being the only known university in the world granting no degrees in pure sci ence. Thus, by all criteria, the University of Oregon had become a University, de facto. This board sanctioning of Oregon’s offering advanced work in sciences with no restrictions whatever in both upper division and graduate work empowers the University to grant mas ter's degrees, and should the situation arise— as it will eventually—the Ph.D. degrees in the pure sciences. JP ACILITIES contained in the University at present are adequate for the execution of the advanced program, nullifying one of the arguments that obstructed restoration of pure sciences at Oregon, i.e., that increased costs incurred by the addition of new facilities would not be tolerated by taxpayers of the state. Citing one particular instance for ex ample, Dr. Pierre Van Rysselberghe, formerly at Stanford and a newcomer to the University of Oregon science department, was very en thusiastic over the means available here for advanced research in chemistry. Procedure in premedics will be affected only in this respect. Students contemplating entering medical school following successful completion of the four-year premedic pro gram, will be able to obtain a bachelors de gree in some pure science at graduation if they so qualify and so desire. This renders no longer mandatory their recuring of bache lor's degrees in social science or arts, which, previously, were the only types of degrees they coidd obtain upon completion of this undergraduate work.—J.K. Plums in the Puddinq... rJ"'lIE '‘Orphan Annie” of University-spon sored events is undoubtedly tlie so-called faculty lecture series. Every year the profes sors on this campus invite some of the most brilliant minds in the United States to speak to Oregon students. Many hundreds of dollars each year are budgeted to embroider the. ordinary campus lectures with facts and philosophies of the “savants" of the day. # * * gJTUDENTS. perhaps a wee bit leery of the title—faculty lecture series—have taken it. perhaps, to mean for professors only. For this reason the name has been changed to Uni versity lecture series, a psychological invita tion to students as well as to faculty members. Dr. R. H. Ernst, head of the committee for selection of the speakers, has explained that scholars are brought from all over the United States to add raisins and spice to the regular day-by-day “bread” of class lectures. Tomorrow evening Dr. Louis Marlio, French economist and industrialist, will explain the system of education under which Nazi schools operate. Also author of “A Short War Through American Industrial Superiority” it shows again the policy of the faculty to bring names on the flyleaves of books to reality. —B.J.B. I White Lies - By YVHITELY Oregon has had its shase of tragedy this weekend . . . the Sammy house fire, the death of Doug Donsted, coupled with a general gloom of the campus in general. The thing that is so tragic about Doug's death was the fact that he had been down to every game this year, and was planning to come back to school winter term. According to his many friends, there wasn’t a finer, more likeable man on thtr^. campus, and his death was a blow to all who knew him. His funeral is today at Coquille, and all fraternity brothers and friends are going down. * * * The blackout will long be re membered around this campus. . . . The crest of the hill at Hen dricks park was really packed and jammed with gals and boys trying to get a good view. . . . Gamma Phi Connie Averill was running around putting on a three ring circus, as only she can do it, and seeing one lone light in the whole city of Eugene, re-^ marked, “darn my room mate!" Prize crack: F. Pat Sutton re marking, “Oh, so THIS is Hen dricks park . . . I’ve heard so MUCH about it. Congrats to Kappa’s little Jane Williams for garnering the Sig ma Chi sweetie contest. Andy and Sup were plenty good sweet hearts themselves, and you have a high mark to hit. A never to be forgotten sight last night happened over at the AOPi house. Jean Kabisius had to eat her pie under the table coz she took Jack Josse’s Phi Sig hardware. It isn’t bad just to have to eat pie under the table, ^ but when Kabisius eats pie she really goes to it. It’s a wonder she didn’t cut her molars on the tin. . . . Seen all the time together . . . at the Side ... at dances . . . and at the door at 10:30! “Big Spoonears” Lamb and Pi Phi Carol Ann Evans, Hal Freder icks, Beta pledge, and Jackie Kline, black haired Theta. Clinton Paine, Chi Psi lover and Kappa’s Bev (de shrimp) Jacobs have really been doin’ the campae in great style. Typical remarks . . . • “They look so cute together, don’t they? Whaddayah think .they ar^K ... a couple of mice ? Jean Baker and Kappa Sig’s Jack Lansing look like they have really been hit by a ton of bricks. ... all they do do is just sit and gaze into each other’s optics . . . Tain’t national defense, either . . . Mr. Harmon must have eaten a lot of cheese and sour milk for dinner last Monday night. What an imagination! For readers who don’t know Nelda and Chuck are, they’re Alpha Chi’s Nelda Rohr back (the blonde terror) and Sir Charles Putnam, Theta Chi smooth knob. I can just see “Mother" Frost going down to the fifth column at Johnson hall with his boy scout hatchet chip- A ping in the marble . . . “Chuck Loves Nelda.” Also, Mr. Harmon, . . . Miss Sawyer get$ her name in this paper enough as,it is . . . House dances should be plenty smooth this year . . . Bob Mc Fadden’s orch is plenty groovy stuff . . . ala Hallock, and Gale Quinn’s outfit aren’t a bunch of nincompoops either , . . No more of this swing ding three stuff. Headline in yesterday’s Emer ald ... (a sterling sheet) . . . Oregon Pi Phi’s Cited . . . . Tiny’s, Walt's, and Hoke’s. The Delts are really getting amorous . . . Dave Zilka planted his pin on Tridelt Betsy Steffen. Just who is single at the Delt house ? Washington and Lee univer sity’s student body fund handled more than $40,000 in the 1939-40 term.