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BILL SETSER
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Leonard Turnbull, Fred Beckwith
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MARYAN HOWARD
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MARYANN THIELEN
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JANET WHELAN
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TED BUSH
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ANITA YOUNG
Women’s Page Editor
JACK CRAIG
World News Editor
BETTY BENNETT CRAMER
Music Editor
Editorial Board
Mary Margaret Ellsworth, Jack Craig, Ed Allen, Beverly Ayer
Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays snd
final exam periods by the Associated Students, University oi Oregon.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon.
/1 fyiAe.-£ale Gamfuti,. . .
Fire drills and inspections are part of the routine of living
in a student organization, but they should not be passed off as
unnecessary formalities.
A few years ago a destructive blaze in the Sigma Alpha Mu
fraternity house made the campus fire-conscious. The frater
nity’s cook died as a result of the fire, and the men lost not
only their housing but also their possessions. In the check-up
that followed, fire escapes of rope or wood were added to many
houses to make them safer in case ’of fire.
Only two years ago, flames damaged the basement of Susan
Campbell hall and part of the upper floors.
More destructive fires hav^ occurred on other campuses.
Since students have not seen a bad blaze close at hand for
several years, they tend to be lulled into security. The purpose
of the fire inspections by the Eugene fire department and the
reason for having regular drills are to keep the houses on their
toes in fire prevention.
Trash-bin blazes occur rather frequently in some houses
and are not regarded as the serious indications of carelessness
that they are. Students abuse the wiring systems in some of
the older buildings by over-taxing them with modern ap
pliances.
A spectacular fire would bring home the danger of being
careless, hut emphasis of prevention rules is a much smarter
way to keep the campus fire-safe.
Pa4A,a<feuMitf, Out, PleaAe . . .
"Psychology lab films show the trials of a rat going through
a maze, but even more interesting is the sight of an Oregoft
student trying to get to the top row of the bleachers after
half-time at the basketball games.
The spectators in the first five rows, it seems, always re
main stationary while the gang from the last few rows makes
a mass movement out to the corridors for cigarettes.
\\ ith the bleachers packed to the limit, it is not strange that
regular aisles can't be kept clear as stairways. Put students who
stay in their places during half-time can give wav enough to
relieve the hazardous passage of the others.
Entertainment of some sort will he provided at most of
the future games, und° it will keep many students from taking
the usualohall'-timc "breather." Those who do leave the stands
should be allowed to make the descent and ascent with as little
interference as possible. A fall in the bleachers can be just as
dangerous as it is etnbarassing.
Acadl&mic Ap^xeaiement
‘‘Students no longer have the respect for ‘hook lamin’ ’ thev
luul 50 years ago, says Dr. Daniel \V. Pearce, head of the de
partment of psychology at Kent State university.
The trend in education now is to appease the student instead
of seeing that he does learn what he should, as our parents had
to do a generation ago," lie explained.
In contrast with men like Abe Lincoln who walked .miles
through the snow to borrow and return books, university stu
dents of today hesitate to walk a block to get a hook from the
campus library, the professor added.—ACP.
Hemisphere
Hopping
By Marcella Johnson
Rumors have a way of catching
hold of the minds of people, and
they believe them whether they
want to or not. Such a rumor is
circulating in Alaska, where it is
said that Gregory Rasputin is liv
ing, on the island of Spruce off
Kodiak, Alaska. Gregory Rasputin
is one of the most extraordinary
men in all Russian history. He
was born into a Siberian peasant
family in 1873. He was given the
Christian name of Gregory and
later added the Rasputin, which
means “dissolent person.” At an
early age he joined an illegal sect,
which had for its creed that the
Deity was only happy when he
could forgive sins, so to make the
Deity happy, one should go out and
commit all the sins possible. Ras
putin was' committed to this faith
and maintained it the rest of his
life.
Due to difficulties with the po
lice, he left home and from then
on, made many pilgrimages
throughout Russia and began to
pass himself off as a holy man.
Ultimately he began to get notice
among religious people, and also
among the aristocracy. The “Mad
Monk” became quite the fad, be
cause it was believed he held a
great healing power. Through this
he was invited to the palace of
the Tsar Nicholas II, to see what
he could do to cure the heir to
the throne, the Tsarvich Alexis,
who was suffering from a strange
malady which some day was feared
would take his life.
Guiding Force
The Tsaress Alex was an ex
tremely religious woman who was
thought tinged with a great deal
of superstition. On three different
occasions Rasputin saved the life
of Alexis due to some hypnotic
power, or else fate played into his
hands. It was due to this that the
Tsaress placed her complete trust
in him, and as many women in
history, the Tsaress controlled
nearly all of Nicholas’ actions, so
by 1911 Rasputin was the guiding
force behind the Russian throne.
He was not a German agent as so
many people said, but a peasant
who had peasant views and who
was opposed to war, he did all in
his power to keep the Tsar from
declaring war on Germany in 1914,
but he failed.
Rasputin, who had such control
in the imperial court, made nearly
all of the official appointments and
gave such offices to his friends.
It was not long before the gov
ernment and the Greek Orthodox
Church where he also made all
appointments, were under corrupt
and ignorant hands. It was because
of this and the control he had on
the Tsar and Tsaress, plus the
immoral actions, that there were
many plots made for his murder,
among many members of the aris
tocracy and high government of
ficials. The imperial prince Yusup
off was finally the one who carried'
out the plans.
Yusupoff pretended to be a friend
of Rasputin and baited him by
claiming that his very beautiful'
wife wished to meet Rasputin. I
Rasputin was at first leery, but
was finally drawn to Yusupoff’s
house, where other conspirators in
the plan had prepared the stage.
Death Story
Rasputin was taken to the base
ment to admire the icons, and in
the process, ate cakes and drank
wine in which there was enough
poison to kill 100 men. But due to
the life of drink and late hours, the
poison did not affect Rasputin.
Yusupoff having gone this far,
went upstairs and got a gun, and
proceded to shoot "The Monk.'’ He
then went upstairs and told his
collaborators that Rasputin was
dead, and at this time Rasputin
crawled into the room. They pro
j ceeded to chase him outside where
; they riddled his body with bullets
] and tied his body in a curtain and
| dumped what remained of Rasput
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Clips and Comments
By Carley L. Hayden
.Louisiana State university is the
only university in the United States
boasting a sugar school with a
sugar factory attached. The school,
part of the college of engineering,
like the factory, is visited and
studied by technicians, chemists,
and researchers. Reason for the
school: on the southern part of the
campus and in the LSU locale there
is sugar everywhere.
¥ * *
Mortar Board of Indiana uni
versity crowned a king of their
annual “turn the tables” affair,
the dame’s ball. Interesting feature
of the coronation was the king’s
crown, fashioned of green onions,
cranberries, and a rose. The king
blushed and donned this arrange
ment, then began to feel more at
home, for all the girls’ dates wore
feathers, flowers, vegetables, pine
cones, and candles as hats and
corsages.
* * *
On cheating and the honor sys
tem: Syracuse university advocat
ed starting the honor system in
the classrooms on a voluntary ba
sis. Cal surveyed student opinion
about cheating in examinations in
preparation for the forthcoming
campus conference on that subject.
Some students expressed faith
the honor system while others saw
strict proctoring as the only solu
tion. One of the professors pointed
cut that with effective application
of the honor system the teacher
could become an educator, not a
policeman.
* * *
Another poll of student opinion
was held at Louisiana State uni
versity when the student council
proposed that students rate pro
fessors according to their merit.
Reaction was generally favorable
on the campus.
# * *
At Indiana, a young freshman
was late to class when her alarm
clock died! She’d been awakened
regularly by a pair of pigeons who
stayed on a ledge outside her win
dow and the “alarm clock’’ failed
her when one pigeon died and the
other went south for the winter.
* * *
California snow (dreaming, are
n’t they?) will set the atmosphere
for the annual Junior prom at
UCLA tonight.
...
Jam for Breakfast
By TED HALLOCK
I’ve seen a lot of bands in the past ten years, in a lot of
places, and of those bands the finest was always the Duke.
That is, until last Tuesday night. For the first time in anyone’s
life, everyone must admit that Ellington was cut. Strictly.
Woody Herman may last only till next week, but that week,
Jack, will be a lively one. His claim to fame is in. And good.
The hour was, as a whole, good. Parts of it were bad. Began
with the srayhorn-Uuke “A Tram,
why I shall never know. It’s old
enough now without seven more
minutes of it. Taft Jordan did his
leVel best to imitate poorly the in
spired Ray Nance trumpet solo,
which everyone can whistle. Oscar
Pettiford’s bass cut through like
dynamite. His forte is evidently not
just the yacht club.
‘Caledonia’
Next tune: Herman's “Cale
donia." Woody’s surety of singing
HITS and
MISSES
In Current Movies
By Mimi Moores
It makes me feel guilty to write
anything about “Mildred Pierce"
because the billboards and maga
zines are full of warnings not to
tell what Mildred did. But she did
so many things that it’s hard to
say which one of them is a secret.
Essentially, this movie is a mys
tery story, but lots of other ideas
are thrown in free-for-nothing. The
combination of two husbands, an
ungrateful child, a' thriving res
taurant business, and a wolf in
fast pursuit added to a murder
jnystery might be pretty confusing.
The plot is quite clear in spite of
so many diversions, but it would
be better if it were simpler.
There is only one fault in the
way Joan Crawford plays the part
of Mildred—she’s a bit long-suf
fering. Although Mildred, has a
right to be bitter, soap-opera mar
tyrs are hard to take. The real
honors go to Jack Carson. You
guessed it—he’s the wolf, and a
good one, too. His very fine sense
of comedy makes him, in spite
of a few moral shortcomings, the
most likeable character in the
movie. He’s the only one who
doesn’t give a darn.
Special note to B. A. majors:
throw away your books and invest
50 cents in discovering how Mil
dred made a million dollars — it
looks so easy!
voice is a wondrous thing indeed
to hear. Like his own Francis^,
Wayne, he comes closer to Louis’
disregard for tempo than people
should. From my own program
notes: Pete Candoli’s horn and
Chubby’s bass, good; Filip Phil
lips’ tenor, bad; Harris, tram, good
(but still disillusioning to slide
trombonists); drums, very sad.
Miss Davie.
Next: Jimmy Hamilton, Duke’s
clarinet, with rhythm on “Honey
suckle R.” If he is the garbage can
winner I’ll eat every 2-A Rico he
should have used.
Fourth: King Cole’s “After
You’ve Gone,” to showcase Oscar
Moore’s guitar. Oscar is good, but
dismal compared with men like A1
Casey, and deserving of no im
mediate award save hard work.
Francis W. sang “Happiness I.
J.A.T.C.J.,” which is all that need
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Over ■**
Your
Shoulder
By Evans Cantrell
The bridge tournament, which
was mentioned last time, will be
held at the College Side Inn, Sat
urday, January 26. Admission will
be 50 cents a person. Cash prizes
will be awarded to the winner and
! the runner-up teams.
The winner will be picked by
elimination. Elimination from the
tournament will be determined by
the loss of two matches by any
one pair. A match consists of three
rubbers. A team must win two of
the three rubbers to win the match.
Entrance fees can be paid to the
cashier at the College Side Inn on
Monday or Tuesday. Late entrants
| will be penalized a dime a day.
A list of entrants and tournament
I rules will be posted in Over Your
' Shoulder Wednesday or Thursday?-**'
Starting the week of January
28, Over Your Shoulder will run
instructions in installments coin
j ciding to Sam Gordon’s “Horse
t Sense Bridge’’ for beginners.