Oregon W Emerald
JACK L. BILLINGS,
Editor
BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK,
Business Manager
Marjorie Young, Managing Editor
June Taylor, News Editor
Dwayne Heathman
Advertising Manager
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National Advertising Manager
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Quotable Quote.
t'T'HE liberal arts, we are told, are luxuries. At
best you should fit them into your leisure time.
They are mere decorations upon the sterner pattern
of life. . . . Men and women who are devoting their
lives to such studies should not be made to feel
inferior or apologetic in the face of a PT boat com
mander or the driver of a tank. They and all their
fellow citizens should know that the preservation of
our cultural heritage is not superfluous. ... It is
what we are fighting for.’—Wendell Willkie. (ACP)
A '^bon't da it' Hook. . .
CTUBENTS in a class room began a discussion last week.
Out of that discussion may come progress toward a guide
for student conduct. Much of the sweat and tears which are
taken as a matter of course when students meet the disciplin
ary committee is the result of student ignorance of University
regulations. Not the obvious rulings, but the little stipulations
which trip the unwary, and pile up to make major offenses.
The idea behind the class discussion is constructive—why
not have a booklet, written clearly without stilted phraseology
which would he slipped into the registration material of each
incoming freshman ?
At present the class is writing down what it thinks collec
tively. If the result is anywhere near good there will be a
foundation for the publication of such a booklet. It will be
coming from a group of students, and before the thing is fin
ished more students will have their say.
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'T'llK question of University discipline is a rather grim mat
to some people, particularly the students disciplined. Back
in 1882, it was a grim matter too. For example, a student was
required to apologize before the faculty for violating.the rule
in regard to drinking. By the end of the year, students in the
same predicament had to apologize publicly before the stud
ent body. Publicity on the apology was printed in the Emer
ald for all to see. Grim then, but pretty funny now.
That was in the days when “young ladies and gentlemen"
were “assigned to different classrooms and required to use
different stairways.”
A look at the records is entertaining—and it shows how
times have changed. We find that one student was allowed
to recite for the Women’s Relief Corps, and that another was
granted permission to attend a business meeting of the F,p
worth League. Girls could not go down to meet night trains
without permission from the president, and all students had
to be in their rooms after 9 p.m.
A student was forbidden to appear in a vaudeville show
during Christmas vacation, and in 1891 the president was re
quested to notify a certain man and woman that they would
be sent home if “they were seen going together again."
At any time during the session of the University, students
were forbidden to attend skating rinks, public dances, and
dancing clubs. Young ladies were warned that "in frequent
ing the ten-pin alley they must not carry the matter too far.”
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YES, times have changed. But how have they changed? The
average new freshman could not tell you very much—and
he is the one who ought to know. Xo one is supposing that,
when contemplating a sneak date or any of the exciting et
ceteras, he will turn to page seven and decide not to. But, if
he knows the exact rules, and the probable penalty he may
think twice or even three times.
XTo better recommendation could be made for a "don’t do it"
book. — M. M.
if a Bumnr
MEET A UUDvx-\
By BETTY LU SIEGMAN
With the campus invasion of about 200 pre-meteorology
students and their officers this month, for a one year training
program, who knows—there may be at least one former Ore
gon student among them, who will be welcomed by his alma
mater for further training.
Several Oregon alumni, now in different branches of the
service, who have returned to the campus (but only for short
visits) include the following:
Ex-Columnist
Bob Whitely, ex-’42, who is a
corporal in the army air force,
recently left for Portland after
a week’s visit on the campus. He
is stationed somewhere in Cana
da, and is engaged in ferrying
planes to unidentified places
overseas.
When on the campus Corporal
Whitely was an Emerald column
ist and a member of Alpha Tau
Omega.
Associate Ed
Corp. Hal Olney, ex-’42, who
has been assigned to duty in the
public relations office of the army
air force at Petersen field, Colo
rado Springs, Colorado, is back
on the campus for about two
weeks.
After completing basic train
ing at Shepperd field, Texas, one
year ago last April, Corporal Ol
ney went to photography school
in Denver, from which he grad
uated last September. While at
Oregon he was associate editor of
the Emerald during 1941-42.
“Character”
Don Butzin, ’42, now a second
class petty officer in the navy,
was on the campus Monday and
left that night for San Francis
co. He received his training at
the U. S. training station in San
Diego.
A former “House of Charac
ters” member (Canard clubber),
Butzin is the possessor of a navy
ribbon for Asiatic and for Amer
ican service.
WAAG
Pat Holder, ’42, a second lieu
tenant in the WAACs, spent four
days on the campus visiting DG
sorority sisters as well as lectur
ing to UO women about the ac
tivities of a WAAC.
Miss Holder, who received her
WAAC training in Des Moines,
Iowa, left Tuesday for Eureka,
California, where she is doing re
cruiting work. Although sta
tioned in San Francisco, her work
includes adjacent areas. She and
one or two other WAACs live
together in a trailer house.
“Not a Fight”
John Yerby, ex-UO student,
who is a flying officer in the U.S.
air corps, stationed somewhere
in Australia, was among flyers
engaged in a battle against Jap
bombers who attacked the Dar
win area within the last few days
Yerby was disappointed that
he was unable to send down even
one plane and said, “The zeros
just stuck close by the bombers
and wouldn’t even give a fight.”
Before his Pacific service,
Yerby served one year in England
with the RAF.
Recruiter
Johanna R. Vreeland, ’33, a
first lieutenant, has been named
by the war department among
26 army nurses assigned to assist
the American Red Cross with
nurse recruiting in the Portland
area.
Lt. Vreeland is former educa
tional director of the University
of Portland College of Nursing
and ex-president of the Oregon
State Nurses’ association.
I MUdbied IdJiUo+t SfUeA. ... |
n Irvin S. Adams, 2U
A few simple words of advice
settled the career of Irwin S.
Adams, now one o-f the top-rank
ing executives in Jantzen Knit
ting Mills. While a University
junior he heard W. C. Schuppel,
now executive vice president of
Oregon Mutual Life Insurance
company advise, “Look around,
decide whom you want to work
for, then work for them.”
In the mind of business admin
istration student Adams, that
added up to good sense, so he im
mediately started correspondence
with Mr. J. A. Zehntbauer, Jant
zen president, thus opening up a
connection which turned into a
waiting job after graduation.
Evidently he really believed the
last phrase, “then work for them”
•—because glancing at the sum
mary of his activities in the in
terest of the mills, that is exact
ly what he did. Fourteen years
ago he visited Australia, with
other Jantzen executives to or
ganize Jantzen (Australia) Lim
ited, an Australian subsidiary.
However, expansion was not
to be limited to the Pacific basin.
The next year he traveled to Eur
ope to buy a site, organize the
corporation and draw up the fi
nancial plan for the English sub
sidiary of Jantzen Knitting Mills
Limited.
As recently as 1941, Mr. Adams
and his wife flew to South and
Central America and Mexico,
"primarily in connection with the
affairs of Jantzen S. A. Textile,
Argentine Subsidiary.”
Mr. Adams, a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, proved that stick
ing with one company pays ad
vancement dividends. In 1929 ho
became an officer in the com
pany, in 1930, a director, and in
1938 he succeeded the late Carl
C. Jantzen as secretary.
Passing on his experience, he
has written for a number of busi
ness periodicals including Factory
Magazine and Printers Ink
Monthly. He won a prize in a na
tional contest on simplification
with a paper entitled “Is Diversi
fication an Industrial Fad?”
Senior Gift
The senior gift committee at
the University of Nebraska has
started collecting funds for the
clock which the senior class is
presenting to the Don L. Love
library. The clock will be bought
after the war.
A suggested two dollar gift is
asked of every senior. The money
will go into war bonds, to be
redeemed after the war.
This senior campus drive will
serve two purposes: the erection
of a permanent class memorial,
and in the meantime, help the
country through the purchase of
war bonds.
—Daily Nebraskan
Between
The Lines
By ROY PAUL NELSON
I DON’T KNOW WHETHER
it bothers you, but I’m here to
say that it bothers me.
It bothers me. There, I said it.
I guess I can go now.
You sure it doesn’t bother you?
I am referring to that clock
in the sign above the Campus
Cleaners.
The building is a middle one
in that group on the block vOth
the Side. J
Dirty Cleaners
They call it the Campus Clean
ers—partly because it is on the
campus, and partly because it is
a cleaning establishment. The
owner must be trying to drop a
course, because the place hasn’t
been open for a long time.
It is a nice looking clock, all
right, but I can’t truthfully say
that it is a versatile clock. I'll
tell you why that is.
Yesterday I went by at 9 and
the .clock portrayed the time as
being close to 11. I walked by
later that afternoon, and found
that it was still close to 11. I’ve
noticed that it has been pretty
close to 11 ever since last fall.
Barbara Miller is pretty close to
19, but that doesn’t help.
Two Faced
Someone has suggested ty ;
maybe the clock is stopped. The
clock, incidentally, has two sides,
and both of them happen to be
faces. Going east you read the
time as being exactly 4 minutes
and 10 seconds to 11, while going
west it reads 5 minutes and 11
seconds to 11. That’s what kinda
throws you off.
I don’t know what should be
done about it. I only wish that
Dean Schwering would go by its
time on the next late permission
might.
Frustrate ~
Let’s talk a little about the va
cating of one of the girls’ halls.
I can see it now. “It is time
you called for a coke date,” I tell
myself. “Don’t you do it,” some
thing inside me says, “you have
studies to do.” _
Down in the phone booth I Eg
cite the usual number. But in
stead of hearing some sweet voice
sing the name of a hall I hear
some gruff character bark out,
“Regimental Headquarters!” or
something. _
It’s little things like_that that
make a fella want to buy more
war bonds.
For Service -
The new Skull and Dagger men
were over at the vacated dorm
helping the girls move. It was
probably the first time many of
them had been up on the second
level of that particular building
and, according to their reports,
they spent an interesting after
noon like I said—helping the girls
move.
One of the Dagger men had an
interesting story, to tell. He ^
cited on how he .offered to take
the names off the door of the
room of two of the girls (it be
ing the practice to have names
on the doors of that girls’ hall)
but the two girls told him he
needn’t bother, and then gave
each other a sly wink. The Dag
ger man thought it might have
something to do' with the sol
diers.
Close Race
According to advanced reports,
there should be about 200 soldiers
moving in, which will just about
level the former advantage the
gents had in being outnumbered
by the females, and inasmu«J
competition for dates should be
a little keener for the rest cf
spring term. But the University
lads have the last laugh. Closed
weekends, you kpow.
(Please turn ta page seven)