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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1944)
Oregon ® Emerald MARJORIE M. GOODWIN EDITOR ELIZABETH EDMUNDS BUSINESS MANAGER MARJORIE YOUNG Managing Editor GLORIA MALLOY Advertising Manager ANNE CRAVEN News Editor Norris Yates, Joanne Nichols Associate Editors Betty Ann Stevens EDITORIAL BOARD Edith Newton Mary Jo Geiser Published daily during the oollege year except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon._ On Jdecute a£ /Ibience . . . Dr. C. Valentine Boyer, head of the department of English, lias been granted a spring term leave of absence because of poor health. The large, neat desk in the southeast corner of Vi Hard will seem vacant without his crisp, warm efficiency. Dr. Boyer hasn't confined himself to the southeast corner of Vi Hard during his eighteen years at the l_ niversity. His has been a long and large service. To have it terminated, even for a short space of time is to cause both students and the faculty to pause and realize the extent of Dr. Boyer s contribu tion, and to appreciate what he has done. For four years, from 1934 to 1938, Dr. Boyer was president of the University, succeeding Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall. Poor health, then too, prevented Dr. Boyer from continuing in his office. In 1939 lie was named the first citizen of Eugene for his drive and efforts toward building up our University. He has a record of ten years as dean of the college of arts. He felt a challenge and met it, through depression years and difficult times. Ernest G. Moll, newly-appointed acting head of the depart ment of English, is known to undergraduates chiefly through his appreciation of literature course and his reputation in the field of poetry. They know him for his sensitive tribute to Dr. Erb and his book on the appreciation of poetry. In tem porarily taking the place of Dean Boyer, he will be further known for his keen understanding and breadth of knowledge. —B.A.S. # /J suite'd Jladt 3)euf . This is a drive-conscious campus. When there is some task to he done—whether that task is worthy, trivial, necessary, or merely time-consuming—when there is a task of any kind to be done, students at the University of Oregon do not simply go out and do it. They hold a drive. If there are tickets to be sold, they have a drive to sell ’em. If there are rolling green lawns to he preserved in all their springtime splendor, they have a drive to tell everybody to keep off the grass. If wounded soldiers and sailors need blood plasma, a drive is held to obtain blood donors. So the word “drive" has lost much of its forceful meaning as a crusading effort, and has become merely a nuisance. When students hear that a drive is going on, their usual reaction is a muttered, ‘‘What, again?" which is a combination of groan and patient sigh. They no longer even bother to inquire the nature of the drive—it's enough for them that it is a “drive.” Nor does the companion, synonymous, substitute ‘'campaign" have any better reception. >i* * * * Today is the last day of another of those tiresome things, a drive. But this drive is not quite like the others. We can't shrug it away because "it's such a bother." We can’t ignore it. We can’t avoid it. We cannot refuse to listen to its message. Because this drive is being carried on be the American Red Cross. It’s not just another drive—this is a drive with a pur pose. The subscribers to this drive will become members of the Red Cross, and thus will send their money into the service. The service done by Red Cross funds is immeasurable. Our friends and relatives overseas could tell us what the Red Cross does for them. They could tell us about the doughnut girls who follow the battle lines with their sinkers and coffee. They could tell us about the life-giving, strength-building plasma. Tliev could tell us about the cigarettes and food. They could tell us about the entertainers — the singers, dancers, come dians—who put the show on, and over, on battlefields and in hospitals and at front line camps, under unbelievably difficult conditions. More than 4,000 former University of Oregon stu dents and at least (>0 staff members are now in the service. They will tell us of the work of the Red Cross. What will we tell them? The Red Cross doesn't need a sales talk. It speaks for itself. Today is our last opportunity to answer its plea for our contri bution to further its work of service.—J.N, Clips and Comments Published by the University of California is a ballot for service men overseas originated by the Athletic Round Table, Spokane, which also sponsored the “Bundles for Congress” movement. This bal lot, designed to discover the sol diers’ attitude toward questions of the utmost importance, is unap proved by Congress or the Presi dent or Willkie, and uncensored by the army or navy or Hays office. Examples of some of the ques tions are: (Vote for one) Bonus of $10,000 and time and a half over time, or, a gorgeous blonde, brun ette, or redhead and no bonus; More sweater girls with less re sistance, or, shorter skirts and no income tax; Would you like a drink, or, do you favor prohibition with all its evils; (Presidential) The elephant always remembers, or, the donkey never forget; (Con gressional) Slapsey Maxie Rosen bloom who called de bum a bum, or, Johnson—not “Eric” but of Ol sen and Johnson; (Legislative) Sally Rand, who isn’t flat busted but needs the job, or, Red Skelton who wanted to run against S. R.; (County) Bing Crosby for sheriff, or, Bob “No” Hope, a star for a star; (Judiciary) Jerry Colonna— injustice of the piece, or, Dixie Dugan—shoot the piece. Answer Yes or No: Do you want a cheaper and simpler income tax? Do you believe that a leader of men is rarely a follower of wom en? Do you think strikers should have unemployment compensation ? Are you in favor of the present plan of having two sexes ? Are you in favor of trying these men after the war: Hitler, Tojo, John L. Lewis, Frank Sinatra, and Your Sergeant ? . . . . Well .... Now THAT’s settled, anyway. The University of Connecticut is the first institution in the nation to extend their educational facil ities for returning veterans of World War II in the form of an Institute of General Applied Arts and Sciences. The program is pri marily one of rehabilitation and will be the state’s answer to the problem of making education in the technical, semi-professional, and cultural fields available to those persons whose education was interrupted by the war. At the University of Washington one little chick presented her sor ority sisters a big box of candy to announce her engagement. The fiance, not to be outdo n e, established a new tradition; he gave her sisters a box of cigars. The gals weren’t dismayed in the least—they smoked all the cigars, and returned to class the next day. . . . Probably with slightly green faces covered with that now trop ical-dark pancake. Sour gripes (a play on words). I SPRING IS HERE ... Now is the time to repair those worn shoes. SATISFACTORY SERVICE PENNEY'S Shoe Repair Basement J. C. Penney Company Knock, and They Will Open Unto You By MARGUERITE WITTWER "Times like these teach me the value of friendships, and houses with open doors and hearthfiies, in such suirounding's dreams and thoughts are born that the grim ness and cruelties of war cannot touch,” wrote a former UO student now a soldier in Iceland in a letter to i\Ir. and Mis. J. U. Biyant, diiectors of Westminster house, “Your home away from home” at 1414 Kincaid. “Aunt Alchie” and “Uncle Jim” are the smiling;, white-haired cou ple who have spent the last twelve years making Westminster the kind of place where students come again and again to have the kind of fun you make for yourself and enjoy with other people, to find moments of peace, books, music, to dance, eat food they can make themselves in one of the two kit chens, to give out with their own ideas at the bull sessions, to learn at the discussions, to meet people in an informal way, and to find there something deeper and finer than is in the atmosphere of their dorms or their houses. And when they have left the campus, the stu dents who have taken advantage of Westminster always remember it. Three former ASTP engineers from Co. A, recently transferred to Camp Cooke, wrote: “Keep up the good work. “Here’s hoping Westminster will continue going strong and be a good substitute for the Student Union on the campus for the dura tion. “As a parting shot, let me im press upon you the seriousness of your responsibility to the students, now more than ever. Your every thought, every plan, every action must be toward finding your place in the peace effort! Remember that most of your education comes not from what you study but from the way you apply this knowledge in seeking your goals.” Soldiers Like House According to Mrs. Bryant the AST's have added interest to the house and seemed to enjoy being there whenever they had the op portunity. Discovered listening to music before the huge fireplace after having had hot chocolate cooked by two coeds there, Pvts. Joe Kross and Jack Causey, new AST pre-meds on the campus, had already discovered the hospitality of Westminster. “This is a home like, relaxed place where you can come and do as you please,” they grinned contentedly. After twelve years of life on the campus and watching three gen erations of students come and go through Westminster’s doors, the Bryants have been able to observe quite accurately the attitudes of these people. They believe that there has been a general improve ment in the students as the years kbt 1 have gone by; there have been less social misfits recently, and this year more campus leaders than ever be fore have become regular partici pants in Westminster House activ ities. The students who frequent the house present a good eross_sgc tion of the campus. “This is a melting pot; we have all kinds of boys and girls here, but they arc all ‘just folks’ and their differences are forgotten. “Since the war,” commented Aunt Alchie, “there has been a general let-down of enthusiasm in anything. It is very necessary that the ones who have the opportunity to go to school now, instead of having to go to war, should make the best of themselves. Many of our finest people are going to get killed, and it will be up to those who are now in college to take the responsibilities. It is tragic that the girls here do not wake up to tteir opportunities.” Asked whether the proposed building of a Student Union would affect the activities of Westmin ster, Mrs. Bryant said that the Student Union was a good idea and will be able to take care of more students than her house, but that she was not concerned over any possibilities of students ne glecting Westminster because of it. It is only logical that no large scale organization like the student union would be able to maintain the genuine homelike atmosphere for which Westminster is out standing. She stated that despite the fact that almost full advan tage was being taken of the house, there was always spacious room for additional students. Concerning the campus, Aunt Alchie was of the opinion that the professors and advisers were too busy to give adequate counciling, especially to freshmen students who often went through four years of college without ever being con scious of the many sides of school life and activities they were miss ing. “Often when folks get to be seniors they are disillusioned and disappointed, and realize that they have not gotten everything ou1*T)l college that they expected.” Most of the students, she com mented, were displaying no inter est, no group loyalty, no house loyalty. There is a real necessity for better advising to orientate (Please turn to page three) Student Union You Can Wear It Up . . . And Keep It Short! Xow that spring is almost here it is a *— good time to have a new permanent to keep your hair neat and in place. uon l ueiciy, matte an appointment now 101 a convenient time. CAMPUS BEAUTY SALON On 13th on the Campus