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Published daily during the college 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.
They scoffed. They talked about too few men and too many
■\Vomen. They talked about lack of interest. But “they” can
now cat a hat or crawl back in a hole. The sophomores proved
a dance can be successful on the campus despite all the dis
advantages and propaganda mentioned above.
At the Kvvama-Skull and Dagger sponsored dance Saturday
night 142 couples were counted—and one hundred of our 400
men weren’t on the campus last weekend. In keeping with the
UO wartime practice, the decorations were simple, but well
done and attractive. We hope the sophomores have set a prece
dent for this year’s social season.
With their success in mind, other organizations should be
able to go ahead on dance plans secure in the knowledge that
the campus IS interested.
We should even be able to have the regular so-called “big”
dances. Kven though the attendance is smaller than in former
years, a good dance can still be put on.
The sophomores have proved there is no sense in throwing
up our hands and saying, “oh, there aren’t enough men,” and
scrapping plans for dances or other all-campus programs.
The trend is swinging back. Let’s keep it that way.—M.A.C.
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A familiar scene m all living- organizations after hours most
any night is a softly-lighted room, with a half-dozen or so
house members gathered over^cokes and cookies or sand
wiches thrashing out all the problems of current interest. An
evening's discussion, or an all-night bull session, may begin
with politics, or the University theater’s latest play, and after
a few hours, the main current of thought has wandered off to
touch every topic, which happens to be on someone’s mind.
The conversation is as apt to wind up on an analysis of the
current ills of the social and political system as on the wide
and fascinating mysteries of the opposite sex, or the respective
merits of a whiskey and sour and a John Collins.
This tendency to digress is apparent in almost any discussion
group. Although the main lines of debate may be presented
at the beginning of the session, almost invariably one state
ment will lead to another, less relevant; from here further
digressions will be introduced, and suddenly the discussion
finds itself far removed from the starting point. In a recent
campus debate, on Planned Economy vs. Free Enterprise,
which should have considered only how far we wish govern
ment control to be exercised in this country at present, Russian
Communism was brought up, and, if it hadn’t been directed
back into the original channel, the subject might have got com
pletely out of hand.
Informal discussion should be entered into with these goals
in bind: 1. To express one’s own opinions objectively and to
learn other sides of the picture. 2. To attempt to formulate a
definite stand, from which action can proceed.
To attain these ends, participants in a debate, forum, or
bull session need to keep in minnd definite phases of the topics
under discussion, which will aid progress to a conclusion.—L.H.
"\ou it now attending college in a rather unique time. The
■college enrollment is small hut we must remember that a small
■college enrollment has some advantages as well as disadvant
ages. There can, of course, he no athletic program and there
are other activities which we can t have because of the small
numbers; but on the other hand, you have time for many
things that you wouldn’t have time for if college life was
more complex. You have the opportunity to know your in
structors and to know your fellow students which was im
possible under other conditions as in 1920 during the peak en
rollment following the first war when we had graduating
classes of 400.”—President D. S. Prainard of Coe college,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, discusses some of the benefits of the
small wartime college.
_ © ESQUIRE. INC.. 1944
Reprinted from the November issue of Esquire.
“We made it”
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NufSed
1 By CHAS. POLITZ
(Ed. note: This is the last in a series commenting on Gov.
Bricker’s visit to the campus.)
-It * ❖
Mac court was well over half filled. The main floor was
full-up and the bleachers a little less than half. On a long raised
platform to the south set several rows of solemn-looking people,
arranged on display much as is done in most of the better
wax works.
Leslie Scott was there looking as
ever like a politician readying for
reelection. Tommy Luke, quite a
little older than he used to be and
not so jaunty on his feet, was still
able to muster the required pep to
lead the crowd in Kate Smith’s
song. Representative Harris Ells
worth without a green raincoat
looking solemn and a bit unhappy
made a short speech and a mag
nificent faux paux. If Mr. Dewey
dies within a month, Mr. Ellsworth
will probably be held as corespon
dent.
Wayne Morse, donning his Wrath
of God uniform, made a speech
that started on high C and went
soaring, booming upward to scales
never before attained by human
man. He would have been very
valuable at the siege of Aachen.
He gave the audience no chance to
applaud between sentences, cr
more properly, between the ONE
sentence. They wanted to applaud,
too.
Enter Mr. Bricker
We glanced to the east doorway
at 8:29. Mr. Bricker was standing
there, speech in hand, waiting for
his cue. The rally squad came
surging out of the wings —- ap
plause—yelling—whistles — bound
ing whiteclad people turning the
gathering toward football again.
Governor Bricker entered, smiled,
his cheeks, like cherry-tinted bil
liard balls glistened in the light.
He waved to the crowd, mounted
the speakers' stand, laid down his
manuscript and began. We caught
the first couple of words, then
would have been lost, if we had not
had a mimeographed copy contain
ing what were considered, by Mr.
Bricker's press manager, to be the
most important words he would
say that night.
Mr. Bricker talked like a roaring
bull preacher, mounting steam on
a few middle-speed sentences and
then zooming into a power blast
with words losing all identification
in a swoop of sky-pitched emo
tion. Republican hierarchy on the
platform seemed anything but hap
py with the governor’s rocket der
livery. Toward the last of the
speech he was observed to calm
down a bit and seemed to take a
breath once in a while. This is
still awaiting confirmation.
His Speech
He talked mainly about bureau
cracy and declared that we have
altogether too much of it. He
punctuated his straight remarks
with extraneous little analogies
about the OPA.
The governor as a politician in
cur opinion made two serious
muffs. Both were based on lack
of knowledge of the audience and
community to which he was speak
ing.
First, in flying religion from the
politican banner, he made it more
or less obvious that he hadn’t been
informed that Eugene supported
31 churches and 24 denomiinations.
Religious freedom as we see it is
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By JANE ELLSWORTH and
BETTY BUSHMAN
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Hose Kidding?
The Silver and Gold, University
of Colorado paper, says that Tito
Guizar, popular South American
singer, achieved his radio popular
ity as a salesman of silk stockings.
Well, Sinatra did it with hobby
sox.
* * *
Shades of the Police Gazette
THE OREGON STATE BARO
METER WASN'T READ LAST
FRIDAY ... it was orange. For
no apparent reason, unless to
mind its readers of OSC colors or
Hallowe’en, the latest edition of
the rival rag is printed on lovely
henna.
Stepping- Up Scale
One of the oldest traditions at
Montana State University, accord
ing to their student daily, the Kai
min, is SOS, or Singing-On-Steps.
Students and faculty attend, and
join in the half hour’s singing fest
on the steps of Main hall.
Vas Yon Dere, Charlie?
Headline in the Indiana Daily
Student:
REFORMATORY CHAPLAIN
SPEAKS TO KIWANIS CLUB
* * *
Jeanial Atmosphere
In Wellesley, Mass., the citizens
are getting quite upset because
Wellesley coeds are spoiling the
appearance of the town by wearing
jeans.
Since they are worn for comfort,
not glamour, the people of Welles
ley, v/e should think, could get the
coeds out of jeans very rapidly by
importing some eligible men.
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Stubble Indemnity
In order to find an answer to
the question “Do you shave up or
down?” Pacific university is hav
ing a beard-growing contest. One
perplexed student started his beard
two days early with the 17-year
olds only to become 18 at the time
the 18-year-olds were to com
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