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page 2 DAILY EMERALD Saturday, Oct. 27, 1945 Emerald LOUISE MONTAG Editor ANNAMAE WINSHIP Business Manager MARGUERITE WITTWER Managing Editor GLORIA GRENFELL Advertising Manager JEANNE SIMMONDS News Editor MARILYN SAGE, WINIFRED ROMTVEDT Associate Editors Bill Walkenshaw, Leonard Turnbull Co-Sports Editors MARYAN HOWARD Assistant Managing Editor MARYANN THIELEN Assistant News Editor JANET WHELAN Executive Secretary ROBBIEBURR WARRENS Chief Night Editor ANITA YOUNG Women’s Page Editor JACK CRAIG World News Editor BETTY BENNETT Music Editor Editorial Board Mary Margaret Ellsworth, Jack Craig, Ed Allen, Beverly Ayer Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays smd final exam periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. _ Mil] lodge, Sherry ball and Campbell co-op deserve a lot of credit for their participation in the World Student Service fund drive. In the past few years men's groups have been none loo dependable when it came to a money-raising project. 1 hey had no compelling organization and they didn t particularly care. Thus when a men’s group feels responsible for their part in a drive, just as most women’s living organizations do, there is rea son to hope that future drives will be “bigger and better. ’ “Drive” is a term to which many persons are allergic. It means giving up a dollar, which is easy to do if that dollar has no pre viously catalogued use, but hard to do if it means giving up cokes and hamburgers. Students either beg from parents or earn those "over and above” dollars. No wonder they re stingy and hate continual demands on their purses. An individual may have difficulty seeing his responsibility in supporting a drive, h’or that reason representatives in each house are appointed to inform members as to the purpose of the drive and to take their contributions. If it were not worthy, the Uni versity wouldn’t have sanctioned it. It s up to the representative then, to solicit maximum cooperation. With onl\’ half of the \\ SSh $2000'goal reached, it seems that someone has failed to cooperate. Solicitors may or may not have done their best More probably the drive has bogged down be cause uiiaffiliated students were not reached. Only $21 was con tributed fit the special booth in the Co-op. The WSSb goal of $2000 still may he reached by Monday. Kven if it is not reached, the prospect for future drives is bright er. The men are begining to cooperate’. Time was when Homecoming was a combination of senti mentality and emotional reminiscence. The “old boys" would return to the hallowed halls and walks with a cheer for the alma mater and a tear for the days that used to he. The alums of 1925 would remember when a thousand rooters turned out in lemon and green pajamas for the traditional paja marino. The class of''29 would relate the story of the dynamit ing of the “( i" o i Skinner s Unite, and the riot of 1937 would not go unmentioned. Homecoming, in pre-war days, belonged to the alums. The students planned it, but the objective was always the same— to rev i\ il’v the memories and the acquaintances of the past. Dads’ and Mothers' Weekends —like the school "open houses" of grade school dav > are more or less an exhibition of the students and the. University. Parents are the spectators, the students, the per formers. Put Homecomings of the distant past were not for the Wcbfoots living on the campus. As to c\ er\ thing, the war brought changes to this event. Visi tors to ()regon I 11mieeomings in the hist several years have been comparatively few. The w eekend became a present-day event— w ith the alums shoved into the audience. With the end of the war, many alums will he able to return to the haunts of their undergraduate days. The opportunity is present to give Homecoming back to its rightful owners—the alumni of Oregi>n. • • • ^Jeli 9t to- Cana^edi . . . Since only 30 ballots were cast for the Kmerald's poll on the question of universal military training, no conclusions can be drawn as to what Oregon students think of such aprogram. Of the 17 veterans who answered the question, 13 were in favor of military training for the young men of \nicrica. and four opposed it. Of the non-veterans who voted, four men and two women fa Clips and Comments By CARLEY HAYDEN Loud pajamas were the required costume for the Buchanan Pajar ino house dance last Saturday on the Stanford university campus. In keeping with the pajama theme, no one was admitted unless he was wearing a pajama top. Sheets, pajamas, and other night clothes constituted the decorations of the affair. All sleep walkers were cor dialy invited. Multi-colored pamphlets entit led, “Bewildered” were given to freshmen interested in activities by the Orientation Committee of Associated Women Students at Washington State college. "Date a Stater with Stater Data” topped all Fussers Guide slogans for this year at Oregon State college. The slogan will appear on the cover illustration of the 1945 Fussers Guide. Exchange Students Four Chinese students just arrived from China to take grad uate work at Oregon State this term. These students took a com petitive examination in China and were sent there by the Chinese government. A beautiful queen reigned over the Harvest Ball when it was held this year for the seventh time at the University of Washington. Wagon wheels and pumpkins were scattered through the gym by Washington Huskies to provide that barn dance atmosphere. Plaid Telling"the Editor About Corning Sack 14 October 1945 Hof, Germany Dear Editor, The Oregon boys of the 102nd division have finished' their combat job and are beginning to think about returning to school. Our group combat record is excellent. It contains two Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, and nine Purple Heart awards for eleven men. Seven of us, Hanscum, Fulop, Hewuitt, Freeman, Everton, Bo quist, and myself are still with the division. Callihan, Guerin, and Derickson are attending classes at Oregon as civilians, and our buddy Clell Crane was killed in action. Wc are very proud of Clell. The night before his death he crawled 500 yards over a fire-swept field to evacuate a wounded buddy. The following day we attacked forti fied positions in the Siegfried Line. He, as a squad leader, was setting up his squad's defense when he was killed. He was always a great morale builder and i a great soldier. The Silver Star ! was awarded him posthumously. Two nights ago we held a re union, five Oregon boys and one Oregon State fellow, Bob Harvey, ! attended. Wo sang the old songs, discussed the merits of the two schools, and drank a few toasts. Four questions were predominant during the discussion: Are the co-eds still as beautiful as ever ? What is the present enrollment at Oregon ? How many service men have returned? And when will the i fraternities, especially Pi Kappa Alpha, Theta Chi, Sigma Alpha ! Mu, Alpha Tau Omgea, and Phi Delta Theta expect to open ? We wish the best of luck to the three ex-Ozark men now drinking | beer at the Side; don't drink it all as we will soon be with you. Yours truly, JOHN GILBERTSON shirts and jeans set the fashion for the evening. Senior weekend at the Univer sity of California was climaxed by the reminiscent Senior Pilgrimage when departing seniors, donned caps and gowns for their last cross-campus journey as the Class of ’46. Imported Band Nick Stuart, Hollywood motion picture star, and his orchestra traveled 2500 miles from Holly wood to Moscow, Idaho, to play for the homecoming dance through arrangements with the Music Cor poration of America. Delta Gamma pledge ceremonies were held Oct. 13 for the Oregon State College chapter, which was founded this fall On the Oregon State Campus. “The Psychology of Getting Grades” continues here with the details and advantages of what might well become a college “best seller.” “Choose a professor who has written his own textbook . . . this will save you the trouble of keeping straight the points on which he agrees with the text and those on which he disagrees . . . rare is the professor who’ believes that there exists a suitable text book for a course he is teaching until he has written a text him self. If he hasn't written it yet, he intends to.” Professor’s Consistency “It may be that some profs re quire you to buy textbooks at the beginning- of their courses and after that the text is seldom men tioned except as among those writ ings which are wrong on certain points . . . this impairs the organi zation of the course as a whole and makes it confusing, for you . . . when the professor is following his own text, he ... . has developed to a high degree the human desire to be consistent with himself . . . he revises his text frequently and always tells his students to> buy the latest edition . . . “Choose a professor who has the reputation of being dogmatic . . . A more open-minded prof would state the proposition as “probably true to some extent but not to a certain degree” and after burden ing you with numerous arguments pro and con, leaves you still wondering what he actually thought . . .” “Impressing- the Profs” contains some caution as to how much apple-polishing may be done, but the best chapter is on “Selective Reciting”—how to avoid being called on for what you don’t know by getting- yourself called on for what you do know, having learned something- in “five minutes while the class is ' assembling.” Tech niques are given for the prof who likes to call on the alert intent student, and also for the “nega tivistic sort that tries to catch students napping.” The next column will give some of these techniques and also a few notes on "Flitting- Exams." The Stanford Flying club has opened bids on reduced flying rates that can be offered to stu dents. The club is planning a sche dule of flying lessons. The shortage of bandsmen has made the resumption of the Marching Hundred hand and its football game exhibitions impos sible at Indiana university. Tip That Lid At Oregon State, the Ducks started something when they re cored training. and four men and three women were against it. In all. VJ students advocated universal militarv training, and ; 11 opposed it. Despite the small response to the poll, here is one national issue in which students are interested and in which thev can take i a part. \\ c are all members of the war generation, and some of | as are veterans. Our opinions may he valuable to those who will decide whether such a program is to be adopted or not. Thlis ; issue is one with which we can launch our active participation ' in democracy. miniimiiiiBininiiiiiDiiiiiiiiHnmiiiinimimiiniiBniiiBinniBiiiiniminiiiiniiiinBiinuBi Powder Burns ..ran...limn.. By REX GUNN “Come, my dear,” he fingered his ’41 Buick, “I shall not harm you.” She blushed and coyly kicked his pre-war tires. “I'll go,” she said, “but virtue travels with me.” “Fit company,” he said, “for my desires.” And so they went. Oh, money flowed through an open door, and leather writhed on a hardwood floor, and rhythm blared in an endless score, but virtue carried on. A road stretched forth to a sud den end, a moon-borne flood on a river bend filled the night with a sudden trend, still virtue carried on. The Buick learned of Plato, of Aristotle, Demosthenes; of Dar win, Lcs Angeles, Portland, Las Vegas, New York, Esquire maga zine, morals, ethics and finally, virtue. The night deepened. There was a hamburger shop. The hour was sleepy, the meat greasy, and the waitress tired. “Coffee,” he said. “Coffee,” she said. The Buick fingered its way through empty streets, a dial de livered the Star Spangled Banner —out across the campus ran two wet, miserable, cold, shivering dogs. Sort irom a siuesireeu ruse uie rhythmic swishing of brushes. Timed through the swishing came sporadic' spurting of water brother of dawn, the streetcleaner. A house greeted the Buick in ominous silence. “Goodnight, my dear,” he fing ered his ’ll Buick, “I did not harm you.” She laughed and boldly kicked his pre-war tires. “I’m home,” she said, “and virtue travels -with me.” “The company,” he said, “your sex requires.” “You fool,” she said and went to bed. quested that campus clothes be worn at the Oregon-OSC game. AWS and Mortar Board are back ing this plan for the future, the Barometer says. Frosh are seated in special sec tions at Syraeuse-Cornell games. The Syracuse Daily Orange in forms the freshmen also that they are to circle the field' at intermis sion, tipping their lids as they pass the coed stands. Also at Syracuse, lovers of jazz have a club of their own. Meet ings are devoted to playing records of modern jazz. The only member ship requirement is “enthusiasrrfv about jazz.” We Are Not Alone The University of California at Berkeley is having difficulties with housing, too. Although several buildings are being constructed to house coeds, property owners have refused to give their permission to the rezoning of part of the tract. Now the university officials are considering more construction to take care of the need for hous ing. , The discoverer of the nine major planet, Dr. Clyde W. Tombaugh, astronomer, has been appointed visiting assistant professor of astronomy at UCLA The Daily Bruin says Dr Tom baugh has photographed' and ex amined approximately GO,000,000 1 stars, recording some 100 new planetoids and charting the para meters of their orbits—besides dis covering Pluto. When in a state of hibernation, a ground squirrel can be pincheii^. dropped from several feet in the air, and even have pins stuck in it without stirring from its sleep.