Oregon W Emerald
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LOUISE MONTAG
Editor
ANNAMAE WINSfflP
Business Manager
MARGUERITE WITTWER
Managing Editor
BILL SETSER
Advertising Manager
JEANNE SIMMONDS
News Editor
MARILYN SAGE, WINIFRED ROMTVEDT
Associate Editors
Leonard Turnbull, Fred Beckwith
Co-Sports Editors
MARYAN HOWARD
Assistant Managing Editor
MARYANN THIELEN
Assistant News Editor
BERNARD ENGEL
Chief Copy Editor
TED BUSH
Chief Night Editor
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 ama
final exam periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. _
A book of old Spanish etiquette might give the best form
* of behavior for a young lady who is being honored with a
serenade, but a glance at Oregon custom is more enlightening
on etiquette when a campus living organization is being
serenaded.
A true serenade is one which has been scheduled by the
men’s group at the dean of women’s office. The unscheduled
variety is frowned upon by the-administration and is supposed
to be greeted with stony silence. This type usually is easily
distinguished by the more-than-mellow voices of the singers,
and the informal serenade falls into the category of "conduct
unbecoming to a University student.”
When a girls’ living organization is serenaded, the coeds are
expected to answer the singers with one song. Personal com
ment from the listening ladies is strictly unnecessary. The an
swering song is a signal that the serenade is being heard and
appreciated although the coeds remain out of sight. Applause
after each song or at the end of the serenade may be substituted
for the answering song if the living group is large.
The identity of the men’s group does not remain a secret
long. Besides singing songs which are linked with their or
ganizations, they announce the name of their group and also
any dedications.
The etiquette of serenades is not University law, but it
makes the occasions enjoyable and memorable both for the
coeds and the singers.
When the men’s groups spend the bleak morning hours
paying vocal compliments to the women’s organizations, they
appreciate and expect a fitting reception.
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Galdi in £>eadan
When colds and flu are in season at Oregon, it's the smart
Webfoot who isn't sporting either one.
The "No Visitors” signs at the infirmary indicate that both
common illnesses are too prevalent and that visitors are carriers
who endanger both the infirmary inmates and the rest of the
students.
There's no rule to keep students with colds out of the class
rooms,.hut there’s a rule of etiquette that calls for covering
the mouth when sneezing or coughing. The let-the-germs-fall
where-thev-may attitude is hostile regarded by all classmates
of offenders.
The infirmarv is not large enough to handle any widespread
epidemic, and it cannot take in all students who have colds.
Hut even students with minor colds should consult the Uni
versitv doctors or nurses for advice on checking them before
they become serious illnesses. A simple gargling tablet, cough
medicine, or nose drops may help to stop a cold in the first
stages. A delay in treatment and careless living habits may
mean davs in the infirmary and valuable time lost from classes
and studying.
Obviously, the student health staff is busy this term. But
the members would rather be rushed with cases of a minor
nature than be faced with a number of patients who waited to
seek medical advice.
“Veterans will not desire t-Oobc* treated like psychiatric cases
as so many pseudo-advisers suggest, but individual differences
must be considered now as never before. The trivialities of
college life—such as freshman hazing and fraternity life—will
he odious to these veterans. Careful guidance will be needed
as never before.
“These men will have to he reindoctrinated in methods of
study. Most of them will have a definite goal in mind.”
Your Government . . .
Top Student Organization
ASUO Executive Council
This is the first of a series of articles designed to meet the
demand of new students for an explanation of the various Uni
versity boards and committees. In order to make these articles
more authoritative, they will be in the form of statements by
the several committee heads. The first is from Ed Allen, student
body president, and explains the formation and functions of
the executive council.
The executive council of the
Associated Students of the Uni
versity of Oregon is composed of
10 elective student officers, two
non-elective officers and an ad
visor. The elective members are:
president, first vice - president,
second vice-president, secretary
treasurer, two representatives from
the senior class, two representa
tives from the junior class, two
representatives from the sopho
more class, and the yell king. The
non-elective officers are: the editor
of the Emerald and the president
of the A.W.S. The dean of men,
a non-voting member, is the
council advisor.
The council is responsible for the
management of all student affairs
and interests, except those dele
gated by the president of the Uni
versity to other sources, this in
cludes the appointment of all im
portant committee heads and chair
men, and final approval of the
educational activities board’s major
A uhuck
/Utfte Jbud
At last Mr. Hush on Truth or
Consequences was revealed last
Saturday night when a swabby
guessed him to be Jack Dempsey.
Dempsey, who broadcast each time
from a different spot, kept the
secret from even his closest friends
and family. The sailor’s good guess
ing brought him prizes that had
piled up from preceding programs
in which the contestants had failed
to answer correctly. They included
a 19-1G Mercury, $1,000 diamond
ring, $1,000 Bulova watch, com
bination radio-phonograph console,
Bend'ix washer, $1,000 silver fox
coat from I. J. Fox, a round trip
plane ticket to New York and a
reservation for a week-end at the
Waldorf, and a summer vacation in
the Rockies.
Your writer can’t remember any
more for by that time everything
had gone black. When asked if he
had a girl to give the ring to, he
replied tersely, “Maybe.” His father
is a professor at a university in
Arkansas.
“Playful” Cub
A stunt on the Erskine Johnson
show wasn't as successful. John
son, a male Hedda Hcpper, had. ap
parently run out of movie _ stars
so he had a four-month-old lion
cub as guest. In a short period of
fifteen minutes the cub playfully
tried to tug a carpet out from un
der the announcer, crashed into
and knocked over the microphone,
chewed a mike cord in half and
nonchalantly masticated the end of
it. The program went off the air
for a full minute.
In sheer desperation, the direc
tor shoved him into the control
booth, where the cub promptly
charged the engineer and producer
who took to the top of the control
board and finished the broadcast
at a safe distance. That'll l’arn
’em.
Lucy Ann has replaced Georgia
Carroll as songstress with the Ky
ser clan while Mrs. Kyiser awaits
an heir in May.
Latest blossoms on the corn
market: Gordon Jenkins’ latest
ditty entitled, “It Don’t Mean a
Thing If You Don't Pull That
String,” dedicated to the para
troopers.
This will be a big night with the
(Please turn to page seven)
spring appointments of publication
editors. Affairs involving the ex
penditure of University funds,
other than A.S.U.O. donations,
are not handled by the executive
council.
Meetings are held in the base
ment of Johnson hall on alternat
ing Thursdays. Problems of stu
dent administration that come
under the council’s jurisdiction,
are discussed, and the council is
responsible for all the classes and
service organizations on the cam
pus. The council also has the re
sponsibility of conducting and
supervising all elections.
Here, in brief, are outlined the
principal duties of the students’
chief governing body. There will
be a statement by Earl M. Pallett
on the composition and function
of the Educational Activities
Board.
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By Rex Gunn
Deep sand . . . lava rock . . .
bare, taut-fibered tents; tired light
. . . fitful air . . . wan omniscience
. . . Fort Kamehameha.
Wind blew sand that day ... it
rattled like gusts of waste on tent
tops. .-. The sun set pale and shot
no color into clouds.
Across the sand, dame Hickam
sprawled, runways streaming to
the hills . . . hangars loomed; huge,
metallic bins spewing wings on
asphalt.
Off the Runways
War—war—no more of it . . . out
of the sand ... off the runways
... up from the lava ... a million
men of it . . . ten million dreams
of it . . . ten million grains of it
tapping on tent tops.
Fort Kamhameha was an end ....
air force gate to the Golden Gate,
they said, platform for the eagle’s
leap . . . but it was an -end.
Men talked of hope and home
and a beginning, but when they
went silent they thought of an end.
And they were afraid. I remem
ber the fear in their faces and it
startled me against the bluster in
their words.
In the pits of their stomachs,
(Please turn to page seven)
Telling the Editor
About the Congress . . .
The proposed student congress
has provoked comment from both
Greek and Independent students,
some of the discusison being fa
vorable and some adverse. Much
of the discussion has centered
around the question of representa
tion. Under the plan as set up, the
representatives from the campus
will total 20 Independents, and 33
Greeks. The small number of In
dependent representatives will, ac
cording to the congress committee,
be enlarged by congressmen chos
en by unaffiliated students. Each
group of 26 unorganized students
can, under the plan, form an or
ganization “for the sole purpose of
obtaining a voice.’’
Obviously then, the burden is
placed upon Independent students
to get unaffiliated Independent
student body members organized
so there will be equal representa
tion between Greeks and Independ
ents in the congress. If the Inde
pendents do not meet this burden,
they will be outvoted on any issue
which may arise in the congress.
We are told that the congress plan
is to secure a more democratic
form of government, that it is not
a political issue, and therefore I
assume that the Independents are
not to be disturbed if they are in
the minority in the congress.
Keep Political Parties?
However, in order to have a true
democracy should not the congress
obviate both the Greek bloc and
the Independent party ? If this were
done, the matter of representation
would not be such an issue, and
such a stumbling block in the way
of proponents of the congress, but
thus far, .no student has suggested
the abolition of political parties on
the campus. As the situation stands
now, would not the congress be
the logical place for campus poli
ticians to ply their trade?
Those in favor of the congress
plan have bemoaned the lack of
interest displayed by students. If
this inertia exists now, what as
surance do we have that the stu
dent body will become so enthu
siastic over the new regime that
they will make sure the most ca
pable person from their organiza
tion is elected to the congress, and
become so interested in student
government that they will present
problems affecting the student
body to their representative? If
(Please turn to page seven)
About Representation ...
In reply to Miss Sage’s letter
concerning Voice in Congress, it
appears that she misinterpreted
the letter concerning representa
tion and has the idea that it was
Independent Representation. T am
sue that everyone is interestecMH'"
knowing that organization is the
basis of representation and not on
the basis of numbers, as stated in
her article “What’s Going on in
Student Government” in Old Ore
gon, January issue. Please note
also that by basing representation
on organization, a problem has been
shifted to the Independents with
no attempted solution. That prob
lem is the organization of the stu
dents living off the campus. A very
perplexing problem!
“The three-fold purpose of es
tablishing a greater degree of ac
tive student representation in stu
dent government providing for the
conveyance of student opinion to
the University faculty and student
body officers, and promoting a
greater interest in the familiarity
with the workings of a represent
ative government” (refer to Old
Oregon), cannot be accomplished
if those 1800 or more st.nflent'3_iW»*»
ing “off the campus” are not or
ganized. It appears that the old
slogan “No taxation without rep
resentation” has been changed
slightly and has become “No Rep
resentation without organization!”
As to the reference to the sta
tistics and the plan of the consti
tution which appeared in the
Thursday edition of the Emerald,
I feel sure those figures would not
be far wrong in practice, due to
lack of organization of the unaf
filiated. The interpretation of the
constitution used was my own,
which is based on the constitution
as printed in the Emerald and Miss
Sage's own article in this month's
Old Oregon.
True, a more democratic and ef
ficient form of student government
without consideration for factions
or party interest is a fine goal, but
this plan which you say “is a mat- __
ter of governmental progress, not
politics,” does concern politics
since it was a campaign platform.
A more democratic and efficient
form of student government can
and probably will be gained by the
revision and consequent submis
sion to the ASUO; I am sure that
all of us sincerely hope so.
Harry J. Waggoner.