Beauty on the Spat
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Beauty on the Spot, a weekly Em
erald feature, nominates one of the
campus beauties each Monday and
gives her a week to write 300 words
on any topic of her own choosing,
proving that beauty, when on the
spot, can disprove the old "beauti
ful but dumb” adage. Miss Carolyn
Hinson, sophomore in art, was
named as the January 15 beauty,
and herewith is published her arti
cle.
By CAROLYN HINSON
Judging from the amount of fu
ror and wise cracking being made,
the biggest joke of the current sea
son is the so-called portal-to-portal
pay system. But it is far from a
laughing matter. Think of the con
sequences if all of these suits,
which now total over $4,000,000,
should be won by the wage-earners.
Think of the heights and depths to
which such pay demands might go,
and the extent to which the words
“portal-to-portal” might be made
to cover.
With wages being paid on every
moment spent in one’s place of bus
iness, regardless of type, you can
imagine how easy it would be to be
come enamored of one's job, and
how quickly clock-watching and
tardiness would be eliminated!
Picture a modern business office
under the portal-to-portal system,
if it should extend so far: the office,
for the past 45 years, has begun its
business day at 9 a.m. and ended it
promptly at 5:30 p.m., but now it
is 8 a.m. and the workers are has
tily entering the room—suspicious
ly glancing at each other to note
who will walk away with the high
est pay check come Saturday eve
ning. The winner in the early risers
marathon can easily be recognized
by his look of smug self satisfaction
coupled with the superior air of one
whose alarm clock is infallible. The
day passes with each doing his vi
tal task in slow motion, happy at
the thought of being forced to work
overtime. The office makes its- of
ficial close at its former time, but
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CAROLYN HINSON
the workers stay on. At last, around
8 p.m. the last man straggles out—
the same who was first in, for he is
adept at wasting time. Every morn
ing it is earlier, and every evening
later until at last it is a dawn to
midnight proposition.
And if the system were extended
to cover traveling time as it does
with the coal miners’ descent via
elevators, the picture could be car
ried to more ridiculous lengths—to
neighborhood feuds springing up
because one neighbor lives farther
from his work than another. Soon
the residential districts would dis
appear, and every man would com
mute, as far as possible. Eventually
it could get to the point where New
York businessmen would live in Los
Angeles and vice versa.
Such absurdities are not impossi
ble under complete portal-to-portal
pay, and the outcome of the suits
may determine the future of nation
al business practice. Sit back and
wait—perhaps you, too, can be a
$30,000 a year typist!
Next week’s Beauty on the Spot
will be Aileen Slattery, of Hilyard
house. Her 300-word article will be
due in the journalism building by
noon Monday.
Outing Club Sponsors
Overnight Bicycle Hike
An overnight bicycle hike, spon
sored by the Outing club, will be
held Saturday and Sunday, January
18 and 19, Lou Ann Morrison, presi
dent of the club, announced.
The group, accompanied by Miss
Jeannette Masilionis, adviser of the
Outing club, plans to leave at 1 p.m.
Saturday from Gerlinger hall.
According to Miss Morrison, the
party will return to the campus
early Sunday morning. Any girls in
terested in the trip can find out fur
ther details at Gerlinger, or from
Jean or Janice Neeley, Rebec house
who are co-chairmen in charge of
the hike.
Wharton Stables
Saddle horses for hire. English or western instruc
tions. Classes Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Private lessons in the afternoon.
Horses boarded and trained.
Stop in any time at
the barn at the south side of the
indoor riding ring at Eugene fairgrounds.
LEE AND IVY WHARTON
Proprietors .
The Fairgrounds. Phone 5987-J.
Goal Set at 1000
YWCA Members
The YWCA membership drive,
which began Monday, has as its goal
a total membership of 1000 girls
this term, according to Bobbie Ful
mer, director of the drive.
The program is being conducted
through living organizations, with
a delegate in each house to contact
the girls who are not yet members.
“Y” activities in which members
may participate are the annual
Heart Hop and the International
Festival, both of which will be held
in February, and other varied activ
ities throughout the year.
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Day Manager—Barbara Twiford
Assistant—Vivian Oyala
Salesmen:
Clare Wiley
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Billijean Riethmiller
Mary Ann Miller
Deanne Hall
Layout—
Mary Lou Timmons
Charlotte Richardson
Mary Margaret Jones
Nan Humphrey
Kit Wilhelm
Anne Fernandez
Circulation—Ann Hite.
SLIDE RULE for sale, log log du
plex trig, Keuffel and Esser, $15
—Stanley Marshall, 942 E. 18th.
MANUSCRIPT typist, reasonable
rates. Maude Reynolds, 302 Tif
fany Bldg. Phone 2763.
LOST: Black Eversh,arp pen on
campus Monday morning. Call
Jean Girts, Ext. 283.
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