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.
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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.