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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1943)
lUiuuiiiuuiuiuimiiiuimuHiuMumumii ■UilUlliiiMiiUiiiliinniiimiimiiiiiiimmiuiiiiwimiimiiuuiuuiuuuuiiuuuiiiuiHiiumiiiiM Oregon W Emerald KAY SCHHICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Manager G. Duncan Wimpress, Managing Editor Marjorie Young, News Editor John J. Mathews, Associate 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. /I (food Step. . . . A TRADITION was started Monday night. Its name was Odeon (o-day-on) and its purpose was to show the too often hidden reason for the existence of a liberal arts college. In the minds of the public at large any college, and to an even greater degree a liberal arts college, is a place where stud ents may have a good time, play football or basketball, and ac quire a smattering of culture. These are the times when such conceptions in the minds of the general public are coming home to roost, expressing them selves in the dissatisfaction of the public with the reserve pro gram, in the pressure that has been applied to have those re serves called up. Largely in the past the Universities have been to blame. Their publicity releases have stressed formalized athletics and the social activities of the students. Those students who have been fulfilling the purpose for which this University was found ed have had to fight for recognition and publicity. Altogether too often their efforts have gone unheralded and unrewarded. It is a certainty that if such work had been rewarded in the past, interest would have been greatly stimulated in the crea tive fields of endeavor. pROOF of tlie fact that such a talent show can be interest ing to an audience as well as to provide an outlet for crea tive efforts is voiced in the fact that a packed music auditorium sat attentively for for two and a half hours, then packed Ger linger hall for another hour’s entertainment. The inspiration for Odeon came from a University student who was tired enough of seeing false emphasis placed on Uni versity activities that he expressed himself. Credit for the or ganization of the show and its excellent presentation goes to Mr. W. A. Dahlberg, head of the speech department. Odeon, as it was presented Monday night, is a living rea son for the existence of liberal education, and it comes at a time when reasons are needed badly. So we bid welcome to a new tradition. May it enjoy a long and successful run. —J. AY. S. jbecUian . . . A NOTHEH grim reminder of the war flapped darkly across the campus yesterday with the announcement of the with drawal of Phi Sigma Kappa from the University. As each student heard the news, a questioning look rippled over his face. Is this just the first of many such announcements? There is not a fraternity on the campus which has not been hit by having the army call up men. Some have been hit hard er than others; the Phi Sig house was one of those. Some have hardly been touched at all as yet . . . they are extremely for tunate. Hut despite how lucky some houses have been thus far, there can be no doubt that the shortage of men is going to be even more acute, the problem more pressing. This will undoubtedly increase rushing activities; it will raise the importance of the glad hand to heights never before attained, and, to many houses, it will bring a great problem. . . . ‘‘Should wfc remain on the campus and run on a shoestring or should we pull out and take our chances on reestablishing a chapter here after the war?” * * * DECISION will have to be made on this question within the next term by almost every fraternity at the University. I fere’s hoping they put the amount of thought into the decision that its importance warrants. Naturally, no house wants to leave the campus. But the willingness to do what we dislike in order to help the common cause is one of the basic foundations of our wav of living. If, in the term to come, any houses pull off the campus, the average student should not laugh in scorn, nor should he ex claim in sympathy, rather should he know that a house has realized its would*help more to disband for the duration; that it knows dropping from the campus will mean other people may have things, essentials, they mightn’t otherwise; that a house is doing its share for democracy by not staying to strug gle along on only a few men. * * * , rJ'HK PHI SICS were the first; we hope there won't be many to follow; but if there are, we are confident we voice the opinion and hope of the entire student body when we say we're sorry and we sincerely hope they'll be one of the first to re turn after the axis has been beaten and University students can once again think about such things as fraternities and liberal arts. Goodbye Joe College University of California men en listed in the collegiate training - program will soon find vacation periods and sports clothes are a thing of the past. During the army training they will not he allowed vacations and will be dressed in government is sued garb. Tuition will also be paid by the government and they will receive a monthly check of $50. A six day school week is planned for the students with 24 hours spent in class, 24 hours on study table, five hours of drill and six hours of physical condition ing. -—The Daily Californian * * * Women Inspectors Twenty-three women selected by the civil service commission are studying blueprint reading, elementary mathematics, mate rial inspection, materials of con struction, drawing and shop work. When they complete the course they will be employed by various airplane factories as in spectors of aircraft materials. Until graduation the prospec tive inspectors are paid by the army air corps. U. of W. Daily e * * Present Day Draftees Among the present draftees there is a higher percentage of college trained men than there (Please turn to page three) SPEAKING °F ENDOWMENTS W.R MURPHY’S GIFT OF *20,000,000 v NORTHWESTERN UNIV. RANKS AMONG ,, 41 0T0'» iMONG the largest ever given to an EDUCATIONAL INSTnUTICN. I1 & (T RAISED NW'S ASSETS TO' i m #82,662^000, pitting the v ] . SCHOOL IN 6TH PLACE AMONG , 3| HEAVILY ENDOWED UNIVER ;1ak, SIDES .(FIRST FIVE ARE THH HARVARD, YALE, CHICAGO, COLUMBIA AMD ROCHESTER. HARVARDS #150,000.000 ENDOWMENT MAKES IT AMERICA'S RICHEST SCHOOL — BUT ONCE THE C0LLE6E WAS SO POOR THE LEGISLATURE ORDERED MEN TO SOL ICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR ITS SUPPORT/ IN 1924 JAMES B. DUKE i WILLED *40,000.000 TO , TRINITY COLLEGE, SINCE RE NAMED DUKE UNIVERSITY/ (Endow your country with TREEDOai / BUY WAR STAMPS NOW/; Small ^alk By LEONE LaDUKE Of course, the Fijis just don’t do things in a small way— witness the MASS pin-planting over the weekend: Chuck Van Atta gives his brass to Alpha Phi C. J. Cox. Johnny Emerson plants his on Jean Burrell, another Phi, and Dick Ward, Fiji frosh, hung his newly-acquired pin on Bar bara Officer, cutie from Portland. B’tween the Lines By ROY PAUL NELSON A SWELL BUNCH of fellows take down their Petty draw ings from the walls of the Phi Sig house and prepare to move out for the duration. About 15 of them are going into active service, leaving that many still in school, and the house, feeling that it would be futile to operate on that basis, has decided to shut down—keeping their char ter, however, and ownership of the house. And this is only the starting point. The Phi Sigs have broken the ice. There are four pr five other houses that are about ready to say, “Move over.” Presto! Spring term will undoubtedly see great changes at the Univer sity. Things, though, are about as indefinite as Beckwith’s gos sip column. Will the army actu ally take over ? Will the army re servists be left here on an active basis? The marines, according to Emerald dispatch, will be here at least until the end of spring term. And what about the navy? As the term draws to a close, we find part of the campus still dabbling in collegiate matters as Keith Claycomb is called before the dean of men to help clear up the millracing episode of the re cent coronation of the king of hearts. Millracing, you will re member, had been declared un lawful. Faculty Fad And what’s this we hear about the sponsor over at Omega hall getting lost in the country Mon day night? Meanwhile, Dick Schultz, the boy with the Califor nia haircut, feels the full effect of the war as he picks up a de merit at yesterday's drill—for not having a haircut. Alpha Chi Arliss Boone an nounced yesterday that she would be one of those who would not be back for spring term, but will re main at her home in Frisco. She plans to return next fall, how ever. Next fall—that's a laugh. I wonder what this place will look like next fall ? Here are some of the changes you might well expect: Girls will actually be working on the Emerald to put a paper out. Girls will actu ally be going into the Side to buy cokes. The graveyard will be a place for dead bodies. But that’s a long way off. While both kinds of us are still here—some of the characteristics of our campus will be yet alive. For instance, they're still picking queens, if they can find some girl who hasn't been a queen of some thing or who isn't tired of being a smiles girl, or a little colonel, or a paltry private, or a cover girl, or an uncover girl, or some thing. Latest of these cutie-choos ing affairs is the Emerald-spon sored Bond Babe contest. First Come . . . This time it’s the fellows who do the nominating. Each house will stand back of some would-be queen, but each will be backing a different personality. Houses are asked to register with the Emerald business office at once, before some other organization chooses the same girl. For full details, have some housebrother read you the news account of the contest featured elsewhere in the paper. Incidentally, there will be only a couple more issues of the Em erald this term. It is getting close to phinal time. Some of the best people take phinals, and, on the other hand, Emerald workers take phinals, too. That's phinale. These house dances really do create a romantic mood—oh, yes —and just what did Jim Higgins, Kappa Sig senior, find to do all Saturday morning ? He finally ar rived home Saturday afternoon— still in his tuxedo!!! Barbara Bagley, Pi Phi, and Verne Sellin, Phi Sig pledge, are now steady. Chi Psi Bud Smith came whip ping up for the weekend—could be to see his fiance, AXO Pat Ward. Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Terry!! You almost shocly^. the Kampus Kids who were leav ing their house dances Friday night. . . . What a group of alums were here for the weekend; Kappas Barbara Johnson and Irene Fran cis; Gamma Phi Carolyn Vaughn; Alpha Phi Muriel Meier— a choir of queens ! ! ! More nominations for Frosh King—the gals really flock in with suggestions—Sigma Nu Ed die Dick, who dees look just like Bambi; and Craig Norton of the Beta house, who can do amusing little tricks. Bobbie Morrison has returned Fiji Lon John Schaeffer’s pin . . . the line forms to the right, boys! That Sigma Chi, Ralph Brown, brings nostalgic memories of an other Sigma Chi—Chan KllfcO^ •—same smooth black-boy typ^l! Delta Gamma Virginia Howard has the most amazing eyes on the campus. Our newest campaign is one to persuade Johnny Bubalo, Sigma Nu, that he should have at least one date this year .... Phyl Root, Theta, “shows”— one of the best gals in school, for our money. Dances Restricted for Duration The student executive council at UCLA has banned all formal and semi-formal dances. It was also recommended that all darM be held on the campus, there sliall be; no corsages, no dance bands shall be hired without the consent of the student council and frater nity paddling and “hell-week” be eliminated. —The Daily Bruin