The Challenge...
(Reprinted from the periodical, “What
Colleges Are Doing” because the writer
pictures so clearly in this article the hard
sledding that is ahead for the American
college in the coming war years and what
the job of educators is going to be.)
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JE our generation can adapt itself to
the strenuous and varying demands
of the present day, we may be certain
that these demands will not defeat
those who have never known the se
curity which we once thought we had
captured. Our students have courage
and strength and adaptability. What
can we do to help them prepare for
the world in which they will live?
We shall help each one most, it
seems to me, by stimulating the de
velopment of his own powers, by
bringing out his innate capacity to
think his own thoughts, to formulate
his own judgments, and to act upon
them. The university, with its knowl
edge and ideas, it research and in
vestigation, may put all the intellec
tual wealth of the past at his dis
posal, but this wealth will be without
value to him except as he makes it
his own.
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gOMEWHERE the student must be
given time to think, to under
stand, to accomplish. Perhaps he must
be freed from certain routines. Per
haps lie must know less in order to
understand more, although the neces
sity of such a choice seems doubtful.
Perhaps he should have less guidance
in order to acquire more mastery. Per
haps less time should be spent in
mastering the ideas of others and
more in arranging his own. Perhaps
less time should be spent in imitation
and more in creative work.
Not knowledge alone, but knowl
edge and understanding should be our
goal. Like Solomon of old, our ad
monition should be: “Wisdom is the
principal thing; therefore get wis
dom : and with all thy getting, get
understanding.”
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are concerned not only with
the knowledge and understand
ing which a student acquires, but with
his motivation, his sense of direction
in life, that thing which Santayana
once called “the atmosphere of the
inner man.” We are engaged in in
tellectual training, but we are not
sending disembodied intellects into
the Avorld; we are sending men and
women whose sense of direction will
determine whether or not their knowl
edge and understanding will be put to
civilized uses. — Inaugural address,
President Virgil M. Handier, State
University of Iowa.
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May We Suggest to the Juniors?
''jpHK senior ball idea of no admission to its
spirited dnnee just defense stamps which
the daneers themselves kept—slionld offer a
bint to the junior elass.
Tin* third-year elass is apparently groping
around for an idea on what to do with ap
proximately $1.000 in the elass treasury, ae
enmnlated after a very sneeessful freshman
ulee with Benny (loodman and a sophomore
whiskerino featuring Buss Morgan.
Obviously, with l Tni versity officials for
various reasons frowning upon big-name
bands during a war year, the junior eannot
use the moue\ to finanee another big orches
tra's appearance. The junior weekend canoe
fete is out—no mil I race.
JT would seem appropriate that the juniors
benefit by the successful venture of the
seniors and give another such dance in the
spring. Let them take $200 of the $1,000 or so
and invest it in the happiness of the entire
student body. The juniors can take the other
$800 and buy defense savings bonds for the
student union . . . or use it for whatever other
commendable purpose they desire. But let's
not have the money lying idle.
The coeds on the campus who went to the
senior ball have a defense savings book with
at least $1 in stamps in it. But the seniors
don't want the idea to stop right there. They
want that book to be a University of Oregon
defense savings book alone . . . with other
stamps from other class and organizational
functions filling it.
It might be a suggestion worth considering,
if the junior class is in the market for sug
gestions.—B.B.
« • •
By MARY WOLF
Did you ever hear the story
about the Indian brave named
Shortcake? Well, it seemed that
Shortcake turned 21. and he was
drafted and sent to F'ort Devens.
tut at the Fort he ate some bad
food, and poor Shortcake died.
His wife back at the reservation
was informed of the sad news,
and she sent a letter to the fort's
commander asking him to ship
her the body of Shortcake. This
he did and when Shortcake's body
arrived at the reservation, his
wife took him and Squaw Bury
Shortcake!!!!
* * $
Professor: “\’ou should have
been here at 9 o’clock.”
Student: "Why, what hap
pened?'*
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The dean of women at the Uni
versity of Indiana, in discussing
the war, puts a taboo on senti
mentality. "Rational thought and
due consideration,” she stated,
"are far more profitable and ad
vantageous than is excessive sen
timentality.”
“How come you didn't turn
out," demanded the sergeant.
"Didn’t you hear the bugle blow
reveille?”
“Honest. Sergeant, I'm afraid
I'm going to be a flop as a sol
dier, I don’t know one dern tune
from another!”
Huskian.
At Second Qlance...
By TED HARMON
Weather Report
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
If you’re not 21,
There’s still home brew.
Like the conversation we overheard in a chicken incubator about
the last one being a rotten egg, we’re mildly disturbed about the mill
race being no more. It’s a well-known fact that once upon a time
this campus was so slow, that even the Willamette only ran twice
a week. But now, without any mill race, it brings several questions
to mind.
First of all, the Gamma Phis
will have just twice as much mud
to sling. Secondly, there’s the
possibility of looking for night
crawlers. Thirdly, there’s another
chance of the Kwamas holding a
mudpie sale. Fourth, the Alpha
Phis can start a recreational
area on the sand-bottom, and
lastly, the Betas, Chi Psis, Phi
Psis, and Kappa Sigs can take a
short cut to their classes.
NOTES FOR YOUR BLACK
BOOK: The Military ball, a wreek
from tomorrow, will be the only
dance this year to have decora
tions in a semi-pretentious man
ner. One reason is that it is in
keeping with the militaristic
mode; secondly, it’s patriotic. Al
lied arts of Portland are hanging
the draperies and curtains for the
event. Tickets to go on sale early
next week are $1.25.
And as long as our mind is
functioning along military mat
ters, we can almost see ROTC of
ficers Torgeson, Frost, Cherney,
Little, and all the others yelling
“Quiet hours!” when the troops
become too noisy next year. Or
the Interfraternity council mak
ing a decree that fraternities only
serve one meal a day to allow for
two extra hours of studying in
order to allow a complete college
education in two years.
GOSSIPATTER: The revela
tion of Earl Homer and how he
finds himself during the cold
mornings. “I just throw back the
covers and there I am” . . . An
other revelation from the Thetas
who say “we always laugh at all
of our professor’s jokes.” We as
sumed, then, that they must be
cleverer than usual, but the The
tas answered that, too. “Oh, no,
we are.” . . . The story is also
told about a Pi Phi underclass
man and a blind date. Said the
PiFi: “Am I the first girl you
ever kissed?” The date struck a
match and said, “Now that you
mention it, you do look a bit
familiar.”
Congratulations to Jim Banks,
being elected new Delt president.
. . . Because we know what will
happen if we don’t, we mention
Alfgam Norma Baker's red for
mal ... A sophomore explained
to us why his mother was getting
gray hairs. “She’s just getting
older, that’s all!” . . . The work
of some campus quippist in a
speech class saying, “Page four
of my script is missing so I’ll
read page two twice.” . . . House
(Please turn to page seven)
Even Sally
Offers All
To Congress
By BILL HAIGHT
War for the most part is grim
business and it is only fitting
and proper there should be mo
ments when we can relax and
shoot the works on an old fash
ioned belly laugh.
Our dignified congress has pro
vided us with an opportunity by
voting themselves a retirement
plan. The seriousness of their ac
tion is practically lost in the
wave of “Bundles for Congress,”
“Trucks for Ducks” campaigns
sweeping service clubs through
out the land.
The nude Queen Sally Rand
joined the rush of nonsensical
contributions by mailing a scanty
piece of lingerie with the com
ment: “It’s my last stitch. Send
it to congress.”
Don’t Worry
Postcards announcing the cam
paign carry the little message:
“Don’t Worry About the War”
and Taxes. Get that Pension—
Forget the Axis.”
The author of the bill, Repre
sentative Robert Ramspeck, (D.
Ga.), said: “I’ve no objection to
their having all the fun they want
to, but I don’t think it serves any
good purpose to make sport of
congress at a time when the peo
ple ought to have confidence in
their government.”
A curious statement. If mem
bers of the house and senate ob
ject to being made the target
humorous jibes they should con
duct themselves and their busi
ness in such a manner the people
would have nothing to laugh
about.
Folks Laughing
If I were a member of the
house or senate I would much
rather have the home folks
laughing at me instead of
searching beneath the facts and
thinking along the lines of Editor
Tugman of the Register-Guard.
I quote: “Would it not be wiser
to inquire WHY this has hap
pened, why congress, especially
(Please turn to'page seven)
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