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MARYANN THIELEN
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TED BUSH
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Mary Margaret Ellsworth, Jack Craig, Ed Allen, Beverly Ayer
Published daily during the college year except Sundays. Mondays, and holidays imu
inal exam periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon.
Entered a* second -class matter at the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon._
PneUdenl'i Pound *7able.. . .
Some of the best ideas at the University are smothered in
the blue smoke of a bull session. Over black coffee and
cigarettes, students often outline plans to change conditions
at the University—conditions of housing, building, faculty,
student government, and extracurricular activities. A lot of
them are not accepted as ideal solutions to the problems, but
these ideas show that the students are interested in the Uni
versity and that they have opinions to he considered.
The University Congress plan has mapped out one way of
bringing these viewpoints to light, but President Newburn has
suggested a scheme that has the added attraction of an informal
atmosphere and personal contact with the administration.
As dean of the college of liberal arts at Iowa, he started
a similar discussion plan. Students suggested by faculty mem
bers and by other students gathered around him at the dean's
round table and talked over their ideas, gripes, proposals, and
solutions. Instead of including a select number of “activity"
students, the group was composed of different individuals each
time. In this way. Dr. Newburn could get acquainted with a
number of students and also get a liberal sample of their
opinions. In turn, he could provide background information,
explain the reasons for certain policies and situations, and give
his opinion.
Besides its value as an jipinion-tester, President Newburn’s
round table has, good possibilities as an opinion "stimulator.
Participation in one of the discussions would awaken the
interests of those students who do not seek roles in the activities
on the campus.
The president’s proposal offers a chance to promote closer,
contact between the student and University officialdom. If the
details of meeting place and time, selection of students can be
mapped out next term, the president’s round table can be sure
of a hearty reception.
'WbiiJzina . . .
Whisking through registration in record time is something
about which all students'dream.
However it's something.which new students cannot antici
pate. The matriculate, and there will he another influx of them
next term, usually finds himself at the end of a long line in
Johnson hall (this step is subject to change). After paying his
admission fee and getting his material, the new student usually
needs a long conference with his adviser. A veteran’s registra
tion is more complicated.
Some departments are urging that students consult with
their adviser this term in order to avoid the rush. This would
he to the advantage of both the old and the new. The former
would come closer to his dream of “whisking through." He
would obtain his material, fill out his cards, get the adviser’s
signature, turn in his class cards and pay his fees.
Advisers then would have more time to spend with new
comers. Students who have curricular change to make should
ask to see their advisers now.
WSliffllt...
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With Tommy Wright
With hardly time to get into
the swing of things, I find myself
at the typewriter again writing
finis to winter term columns. But
“wright or wrong” will be back
spring term with your permission
and the grace of gatnoM. This
sounds more like an ending than
a beginning, but I hope you won’t
go away for a line or two in this
pillar of perfidy.
^.11-round campusites enjoyed
quite, a weekend last, what with
plenty of sharp (make that soft
“r”) house dances, the Spring
Fling, Oregon’s overtime edge over
the Corn Valley cagers, and sunny
weather Sunday afternoon. What
more could one ask? Gotta keep
it clean!
Quite a group (motley, that is)
of Webfoot. fans decided that the
OC was top spot for taking in the
Duck-Beaver hoop climax Saturday
night and almost brought down
the wrath of the house when they
decided it only proper and fitting
to have Mickey Davies lead a yell
and follow up with Mighty Oregon.
With two jugsful of Oregon rooter
getting over-chummy with the
radio, all one could get was a very
incomplete account of the proceed
ings. Incidentally, Mickey was
celebrating a reunion with two of
his cousins (really cousins and
male) . . . they hadn’t seen each
other for a long, long time. . .
Helping out on the reunion were
Collette and Yolande, who shunted
mother Pouteau down from Port
land for the weekend, off to the
movie for the evening. . . And
while I’m reminded, Mary Kay
Crumbaker’s open house was good
for some interesting tidbits like—
Dick McClintock steadying with
Joann Swineheart. There it is Dick.
CHARACTERS—
Always fascinate me and dull peo
ple naturally bore me. . . So with
the spring will inaugurate a mite
of space to campus characters—
and there are quite a number
around. . . Take personalities like
Joe Grimm, Bud Salinardo_, Chuck
Politic, Tita McCullough, “The
Duke” Dennison and on and on,
they’re all interesting copy, in my
opinion—all people you should
know about and will if “wright or
.wrong’s” thumbnail sketches help.
. . .1 have awfully long thumb
nails.
Moods, and Movies. . .
Despite the number of other in
teresting diversions keeping Co
and Ed away from the books, a
few green lemons cased the movies
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday . . .
was afraid to enter scarlett street
after woman in the window but
finding out just why anyone would
like to leave Tierney (especially
in the slinky white job in the “will
you marry me” scene, to heaven,
was an interesting project and
found out . . . think anyone would
make a mad dash to be psycho
analyzed if Ingrid were on the
analyzing end. . . noticed quite a
number getting emotionally upset
over the doings of spellbound, what
with opening doors in the love
scene and all. . . sorry if this does- I
n’t make sense, I never do—but
gotta keep it clean.
ODDENDS. . . .
A1 Putnam of the Chysys plant
ed his pin on Gammafi’s Louise
Goodwin. . . Understand they gave
the boy a bad time over it, too. . .;
Paul Bocci caught in a weak mo
ment (this is not meant to belittle, !
slander or in any way appear ma
licious, honest) and parked his
ATO pin on Gamma Phi's Robbie
Bowman. . . Remind me to stay
clear of the sorority on the race
(with all the pinsheading that way
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Browsing...
With Joe Younq
Back in Indiana Dean Anakin
used to usher the feeling of spring
into his sociology class with, "Life
is one crazy thing after another;
and love is two crazy things after
each other”. . . and the girls tit
tered and fondly,felt a pin they
had picked up. . . But right now
the most momentous event is the
spring-premiere of finals. . . So
I lift my weary eyes from the fif
teenth page of a term paper and
take full-fledged responsibility for
the next 500 words.
— UO —
It is time that someone men
tions the tire troubles and ac
cessory trials of an organiza
tion that pays their dues in
gasoline tax — the AOUO,
which is just a short way of
saying, “Auto Owners of Uni
versity of Oregon” or “What’s
the ceiling price on your pre
war phaeton?”. . If the clutch
es hold out, the tires hold to
gether, and the color schemes
hold up—a little Simonize will
probably bring out the fading
glory of these contributions to
the parking problem.
And then spring will release the
drivers from their rolled-up-win
dow-hibernation, and they will
once more start giving a careless
toss of the hand to indacates some
kind of a directional change. . .
So when I compare transportation
problems like the old LincZeph
with SanJac claimed by a former
flat-top artist—well, they’re dif
ferent. . . But they all seem about
the same under that corroded me
tallic epidermis, for local garages
generally serve as an expensive
meeting place for our AOUO. . .
— UO —
The house-a-vet drive is a sure
sign that the spring term will soon
be here. . . Of course there are
those that are already compactly
set-up in a trailer-solution to the
housing problem. . . A few blades
of grass are making a brave ef
fort to brighten up the place, how
ever. . . It won’t be long until they
have to break out a community
lawnmower for a little exti-a-cur
ricular activity. . . But those for
tunate pre-fab-dwellers won’t be
tending lawn for awhile. . . And
just look at all the window wash
ing required in their spring house
cleaning. . .
— UO —
All this domestic browsing
calls to mind the new breed ot
ducks that continues to ma
triculate in the old campus
pond—and in the scholastic
approach they are inclined to
do a little more scratching and
a little less quacking. . . But
much work and little play
isn’t making them dull—there
is a glow of self-satisfaction
as they preen their education
al feathers for the Mrs., who
is usually helping balance the
budget with her 8-liour day
offering. . .
— UO —
It is refreshing to find a syllabus
listing suitable for recreational
reading ... a book that combines
philosophy of life with the story
of life ... a story beginning on the
soil of Wisconsin and continuing
to a world-wide influence—it could
be an autobiography for "all hands
. . . It should be especially intefr
esting if you’re in AAA, where I
discovered it while groping for the
requirements for the B of Arch.
. . . Anyhow, if you’re a dungaree
clad lad from the farm ... if you
are a farmer’s daughter—God
bless ’em, I married one ... You
will be going after the cows, or
pulling the garden weeds with
Frank. . . If you have an artistic
spirit, you will enjoy the wide
range of interests of a skeptical
man, yet one who was always very
explicit about what he wanted. . .
The author was a free-thinker in
architecture during the period in
America about which a French
man once said that our nation was
the only one to plunge from bar
barism to degeneracy with no civ
ilization in between. . . The story
of a man who tried to do sdfiie
thing about that “in between" is
Frank Lloyd Wright’s “An Auto
biography.”
— UO —
And now for the last quote of
the winter browsing term. . . As
you take the long slow drags on
a cigarette with finals-anticipation,
heed the words of my good friend
from Glendale—“Stay loose.”. . .
Telling the Editor
About ISA Opinion . . .
Dear Editor: -
The students- of the University
of Uregcm •'>*decided - Wednesday,
March ' 6, 1-946,. whether ; or not
they wished to' accept the new
ASUO constitution, which .em
bodies the student' congress. The
issue has been decided,. but for
the purpose of clarifying the
stand taken by the ISA senate in
its meeting of February 27, which
stand has been condemned by
representatives of the veterans
and other off-campus students,
who apparently do not think that
the senators were an adequate
body to represent independent stu
dent opinion, we wish to submit
the following statement.
The action of the senate present
ed the stand to be taken by the
Independent Students’ association,
the political party of the indepen
dent students. No political party
represents the opinion of every
member of that organization, and
not every independent student was
obliged by the decision to vote No
to the constitution. The representa
tives of the various living groups
expressed by their vote on the is
sue what they though was the opin
ion of the majority of the students
whom they represented. If this
repi esentation was not adequate,
it is the fault of those organiza
tions who neglected to see that
thCii repiesentative was present.
Until the issue of the Emerald in
which the action taken by the ISA
was attacked, the organization had
not been advised that there were
off-campus groups who wished
representation. However, at least
one member of the off-campus or
ganizations was aware of the ex
istence of the ISA and made no
attempt to contact the group s^nd>
obtain representation in it.
We regret that the ISA was re
miss in any way in not making in
dividual contact with interested
off-campus students, and that we
depended on the open senate meet
ings and announcements in the
Emerald to bring forth any in
terested students.
In conclusion, may we state that
the action taken by the ISA was
as nearly representative as possi
ble under the present set-up, and
if it is felt that the Independent
party is not truly representative
of the independent students, we
will welcome any suggestions as
to how the organization may be
made the voice of independent
opinion.
Executive Council, ISA.
About Caves for Vets . ..
To the editors:
In view of the present contro
versy as to how Governor Snell
shall dispose of all the veterans,
and since the editors of the Emer
ald discussed the question qurCrr
thoroughly but utterly failed in
proposing an alternate solution,
we, as two disinterested bystand
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