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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1943)
Oregon WEmerald RAY SCHRICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Manager G. Duncan Wimpress, Managing Editor Marjorie Young, News Editor John J. Mathews, Associate Editor. Elizabeth Edmund3, John Jensen, Advertising Manager National Advertising Manager UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Daily Advertising Managers: Connie Fullmer, Circulation Manager. Don Dill, Dwayne Heathman, Lois Clause, Classified Manager Arliss Boone, Lois Clause Leslie Brockelbank, Office Manager. Yvonne Torgler, Layout Manager. UPPER NEWS STA.Fl; Fred Treadgold, Co-Sports Editor Fred Beckwith, Co-Sports EditOT Member Roy Nelson, Art Editor _ . , J r' II r~»_ Marjorie Major, Women’s Editor PlSSOCtatea CjOliGolClt© I “TOSS Janet Wagstaff, Assistant Editor Edith Newton, Assistant News Editor Joan Dolph, Assistant News Editor Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon._— PaWiyUif Hcuf&n&t “A lot of American boys have been killed in this war, and many others will die, simply because they did not know the first rudiments of boxing.”—Colonel Harvey Miller, United States Marine Corps. Quoted by Bob Considine, INS writer. npiIlS STATEMENT by a top military official brings home A the war-time importance of boxing, a sport which Univer sity officials are trying to add to the spring intramural pro gram. Students can already receive University training in this sport through Oregon's physical fitness program, and the intra mural addition would insure even greater interest in techniques which may some day save a life. Bob Considine quotes Colonel Miller in his February 15 column. “Americans have been bayonetted to death in this war because they had no knowledge of the simple footwork of boxing,” according to the Colonel. He points out that a fighter can avoid a bayonet thrust in the same simple way a boxer avoids a left hook. It's a matter of training in footwork. A boxer is used to parrying thrusts, then charging back for the kill. The agility that saves a knockout in the ring saves a life on the battlefield. * * * npHE STUDENT boxer of a PE class probably doesn’t think A a great deal of the day he may be dodging bayonets, but nevertheless he lays the framework through training. This split-second footwork is an elementary fundamental of boxing, and the students does not need the ambition nor skill of a Joe Louis to master the technique. There is considerable student interest in boxing as a sport, though maybe not as much as there should be. Because of the student interest that does exist, however, and also because it would fit in so well with the war physical fitness program, the athletic board is trying to add boxing to the spring intramural program. Intramural emphasis would give the classroom student a chance to better perfect his own skill in ring competition, and it would also open the way to more all-around student interest and possibly participation. If only one extra student was inter ested through the intramural program, and if only one life was saved through ring training, the program would far more than warrant its existence. Peace and Quiet. . . rjpODAY peace descends upon the University of Oregon. At two-thirty this afternoon a switchman for Southern Pacific will throw a lever at the Springfield junction and reg ular rail service will start over the new tracks giving the stud ents on the old campus a chance to hear a full lecture hour free from the punctuation of train whistles, rumbling freights, and the clanging of the crossing bell. Peace and quiet of the mill-race houses will no longer be disturbed by the “iron horses” and their multiple wagons. New rush talks extolling the advantages of the seeming solitude of the mill race mav now be developed by the Greeks who are quartered along its banks. * * * MI hJvSTONK, will surely be passed when the first lum bering freight clatters along the shining new rails. It will be the end of the first step toward the creation of the mill race park. in this park, if all goes as scheduled, will be ball fields and all the other things which go to make a college student’s life happy, 'l'lie lagoon on which canoe fetes of the future will be held w ill also be a part of the new addition. Next step, which will probably be delayed until after the war, is to be the relocation of the Pacific highway from Jud kins point to Eugene. This will remove all the heavy traffic from the doors of the University. W hen this is complete work will begin on the park. Truly, the millennium is coming. —T. J. B. «* 4 4 * •§« * * * * * * Free For All... *3* -3* <3 ■3 *3* * *3* * -3 *3* ■3 >3* «3 3. To the Editor, It seems that your favorite “dirt” columnist, the author of “Nothing Sacred,” has over stepped his bounds in his column of this date. It is perfectly all right for a person to have his likes and dislikes, and for him to tell others of his feelings even in print. Thus abiding by the great slogan, “freedom of the press.” But freedom of the press gives no one a license to make such derogatory remarks about another as to amount libel. It is obvious that the intent of the columnist was to bring to the front his feelings about cer tain individuals on this campus for whom he entertains personal dislikes; and in so doing to sub ject them to contumely, and rid icule in the eyes of their asso ciates. Looking at the matter from a pmrely moral standpoint, and forgetting the legal aspect of such an action, I cannot help thinking that calling people names is not a very commend able act. It does very little good, may do much harm, and reflects the character of the “name-call er.” If one has a personal dislike for another, it is a matter not for publication, unless the public has a legitimate interest in the mat ter. Carlton R. Reiter (The Emerald regrets the inci dent to which Mr. Reiter refers. The columnist in question has been suspended from the Emer ald for the rest of the term.—Ed.) Corsage Problem Solved Coeds at the University of Washington are working over time before all big campus danc es in order to keep up with the student demand for defense stamp corsages. AWS organized the plan last fall to replace foot ball corsages which proved so successful that it was continued. Profits from the sale of cor sages will be turned ever to a scholarship fund. U. of W. Daily * # * You Can’t Win An instructor in engineering at the University of Southern GWENDOLYN 0 VM*MKH&E1U \ WAS THE TENTH SISTER OF HER FAMILY TO ATTEND ' GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN/ The lone brother. IN THE MS MICHAEL FAMILY WENT TO GEORGIA TECH. Hunter college was FOUNDED ON ST. VALENTINES - DAY IN 1870 - s ‘.'iitmtimuniimimiiiimiimiitiiHHimmiMiiiiiimiimMmuimimiimiiiim v I v ‘w TThe average number of fouls in a BASKETBALL GAME IS 22 ! fc. . iMtimmiinmiiiiMinmiM mnniiiniiiinnilnwininiijniniiniiiniiiiiin John Mathews5 STRICTLY LOCAL: These Tuesday-Thursday air shots from Clingman’s tavern have, without benefit of ballyhoo, half the campus listening, and certainly haven’t done Mr. C’s es tablishment any harm. Gene Leo continues to be tremendous at the keyboard. * * * California grew tired of seeing an untidy stack of Daily Trojans, the student newspaper, in the engineering building. The professor decided to make a rack about 16 inches by 20 inches to hold the papers. The day after the rack was installed the Daily Trojan was changed to a tabloid, its size: 12 inches by 18 inches. —Daily Trojan Pre-Meteorology Training The 300 army air corps privates stationed at the University of California to receive pre-meteor ology training in March will re ceive up to 30 units of credit to apply to their college degree. ■—The Daily Californian Accelerating . . . According to final tabulations of the Student War Manpower questionnaire at the University of Washington, almost 50 per cent of the University students averaged a 60-hour week last quarter which included outside work and classes. U. of W. Daily. feathers from the fray by barbara younger Here’s something that you can take fpr what it's worth. This letter was written to a girl on the campus who had her picture in the Oregonian for some de fense work she had done. Pendleton Field Pendleton, Oregon Dear Miss -- So I read in the Oregonian where you were out to help Un cle -Sam as much as possible. I thought I would drop you a line or two, asking a favor of you. Would it be possible for you to send me an autographed photo of you. Though I'm just a lone some soldier and would like to have some one so lovely as you to look at and give a little conso lation. Will you do that favor for me if it isn’t too much of both er, in the way of your studies. I know it would be a pleasure to do it for someone who is fighting to uphold justice. Sincerely yours, Pvt. - Congrats to those Alpha Chis and ADPis who helped a local farmer through a crisis by pick ing his carrots. It's quite a change from coke dates to carrots, but the girls took it very well. The competition between the sororities in wrapping bandages should produce some interesting results. KORE furnishes a couple of notes this morn. It seems that since I revealed that the station had a pile of good music cached away in the back room, people have been calling up Bro. Mine hart and demanding that he start spinning it. Unfortunately a character by the name of Traum litz is managing KORE for the profit of Frank Hill and not the entertainment of Eugene jazz addicts, so there isn’t a hell of a lot that Wm. can do about it. Incidentally, the local signal squirter is picking up some reet network stuff from L.A., nan^/ Les Hite and Benny Carter. A couple of weeks ago the Eu gene hotel inaugurated a series of Saturday night dances which deserve a lot more mention than they have received at first. Man ager McLean should be awarded the fur-covered egg-beater for giving the undergrad crew a weekend dancing spot in a good place within the city limits at not too high a toll. Dance tem pos are served up by Holman & co. All the kids who have gone so far like it well enough to won der why the college trade doesn't take over. Eta Epsilon Rho, local jam fra ternity, is well under way. The Greek letters, in case you ha t ndticed, look like the English HEP. Stand by for your bid, jack. * * * Rumors that the big Carey band is going, were confirmed yesterday by the owner himself. He is looking for something smaller to meet spring term con ditions: fewer available musi cians and demand for cheaper combos. It must be said for Geo. that, despite the war, he has man aged to give the campus about as good dance music as it has ever had, and here are best wish es for the success of his new venture. * * * M\ Hocman interest: After check ing the colm about his old sextet the other day, Hal Hardin came over to the house to spend a quiet hour of talking over days of yore. Hm. The power of words.
