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Entered as second class matter at the postomce, Eugene, Oregon.
It Can Work-'lf
Oregon students have long considered registration, when
they considered it at all, with a sort of resigned complacency
as a distasteful undertaking to be worried about on registra
tion day.
There would be the long-suffering faculty advisers who
would attempt in a few minutes to do the thinking for the
student that he should have been doing occasionally during
the previous term.
There would'be the bottlenecks, lines, and by 10 a. m., an
empty coke machine to worry about.
This week there is a proposed plan in the hands of the
deans and heads of departments that, with a little thought
and cooperation on the part of the faculty and students, can
solve the difficulties encountered in Winter term pre-registra
tion and the bottlenecks that had become honored traditions
in years past.
The plan has one feature that might be called a drawback.
It would require the individual student to take the responsi
bility for his own registration.
Last term there were two sets of gripes. The faculty,
already busy with oversized classes in the final stretch of the
term, had to find time to sign adviser’s signatures on every
study program. The students, looking at life through their
GPA, didn’t like registering in the dark.
The proposed plan contemplates:
1. Leaving advisors free to serve those who really need
or want advice by recinding the now required formality of
the faculty signature on all study programs.
2. Requiring the student to consider his courses with
judgment and to assume the responsibility for his choice.
3. Setting up two trips to register, one. for pre-registration,
the second for final registration.
The two trip schedule would take care of payment of
fees and housing checks during the pre-registration period.
The second trip on the scheduled day (March 31), would
include'picking up grades, making a final inspection of study
program with previous grades in hand, dropping class cards
and registration material to seal the bargain.
The Emerald will discuss various phases of this plan at
greater length in an early issue.
Transformation
Marian Anderson sang in McArthur court last night and
the profound beauty of her singing and the simple aloof dig
nits of her person transformed the hostile building and the
commonplace audience.
The Igloo with its bine and ocher beams is an uninspiring
concert hall even in the darkness. And the unsympathetic
acoustics are enough to discourage any listeners.
Itul who noticed the physical aspects of the court while
the low mellow voice of the tall brown woman filled their
hearts? McArthur court became Carnegie hall or the Holly
wood bowl ....
And the audience was made up of student# and towns
people, ordinarv human beings insecure in a dynamic world,
worried about personal affairs, unhappy with themselves,
malicious to their neighbors, jealous of each other, intolerant,
domineering, petty.
Hut who could think about his little ego while listening
to the music of the spheres? W ho could think of today and
vesterdav while burning candles before the altar of beauty?
So it must he. The drabness of our surroundings, the drab
ness within, ourselves can only be forgotten by the realiza
tion of things eternal. . . .
the book
of lau
By LARRY LAU
Against the glare of the head
lights the rain looked like white
pencil dashes on black paper . . .
the streets were deserted, a light
hanging from an overhead pole
swung crazily . . . the girl stirred
restlessly, 'Tve got to be in by one,”
she murmured ... (I wonder if he
really loves me . . . hope this isn’t
just another line . . .)
The boy looked straight ahead, a
slight frown on his forehead . . .
he felt strangely old ... a vague
sense of guilt seemed to smother
him ... his hand fumbled with the
dashboard . . . the rain that had
been so vividly before them disap
peared and became part of the
night ... "I wish neither of us ever
had to get back,” he said earnestly.
. . . (Why’n hell did I ever get into
this mess . . . she’ll expect me to
take her to the dance now ... nuts!)
She turned to look out the win
dow . . . the wind was coming in
spurts . . . around corners, over the
top of the building . . . tunneling
down from an inky sky with vehe
ment swiftness . . . bushes bowed
and weaved to escape . . . for a few
scattered moments, they stood
straight, trembling defiance . . .
“Do you t,hink we’ve done the right
thing?” she asked . . . her hands
played nervously with the large
wooden buttons on her sweater . . .
he seems different now, so quiet
. . . I wish he’d kiss me . . . wait
until I see my roommate!)
The boy lit a cigarette, inhaled
deeply and admired the stream of
smoke ... he put his arm around
the girl ... he felt a brief wave of
compassion . . . “Will you go to the
dance with me ?” he inquired huski
ly ... he felt her hand pinch his
shoulder tightly ... he knew, before
he heard her answer ... I love you,”
he whispered . . . (wish I’d have
gone with the boys to slop up some
brew . . . whatta’ dryball!)
She shrugged into her coat . . .
her hand caught the door handle re
luctantly ... the lights on the porch
flicked on and off . . . out of the
shadows embracing couples broke
apart . . . boys tugged at their ties
and resumed as much dignity as was
possible . . . girls re-applied lip
stick and managed to look exasper
atingly fresh, and unnaturally in
nocent . . . they kissed . . . hard . . .
and long . . . “We're the kind of peo
ple that ought to get married,” he
said . . his hand fondled the back
of her neck . . . (hope- she doesn’t
get any lipstick on my coat.)
“Careful of what you say,” she
laughed, “I might take you up on
that . . . (the guy must be joking
. . . get married with two years of
college left . . . whatta’ dope!)
“I just dare you,” he said serious
ly .. . suddenly she was gone ... he
heaved a great sight of relief . . .
thank God it was over ... he won
dered at himself . . . and her . . .
I
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I
SHAVES
YOU for
3 months!
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ABOUT VET GRADES (
The editorial in the Emerald’s
January 29 issue entitled “Solve tor
Value of ‘C’ ” created considerable
discussion among some veterans. I
hope that whoever wrote the article
will not be offended by this reply, as
it is not meant to be of a corrective
nature. It is rather, of an explana
tory nature. Those of us who dis
cussed the article agree with the
author that a GPA may prove a
variety of things ... but seldom a
measure of a person’s education.
We do not feel that the author in
tended to slander the vet when he
or she stated that apparently the
“fresh-out-of-high-school women
were better educated than the world
traveled vet,” but I would like to
attempt an answer of the question,
“What Happened” to the lid that
failed to blow off the grade system ?
Because the vet has seen Italy and
the rest of Europe, the South Pacif
ic, Orient and some of the so-called
“hell-holes” of this country, does
not necessarily mean that he should
return to school and show “excep
tional accomplishment” (an A
grade) in English literature, eco
nomics, or philosophy. The truth is,
that the young student just out of
high school, who hasn’t had the
opportunity to forget his mathe
matics, history, and English gram
mar rules, should be able to do as
well if not better than the mature
vet.
The additional knowledge which
everyone seems to believe every vet
possesses is not in a form or nature
that can be measured by a GPA. If
the not too idealistic dream of world
peace is ever realized, I think it
will be due largely to the efforts of
conscientious young vets, who saw
first-hand the racial, religious, and
political persecutions and hardships
faced by people not only in other
parts of the world, but in this coun
try as well. These men have earned
the right to world peace and have
seen what lacks in fulfilling this
great promise. It is knowledge of
this type that is alive in the minds
of all conscientious vets. This is the,^
additional knowledge of the vet that
can’t be measured by a GPA or
compared to that of “fresh-out-of
high-school women.”
Once again I wish to ask the au
thor not to take this letter as an
offense. Perhaps I misunderstood
the author’s article and if that is
the case, he has my apologies. It is
just that some vets do not care to
have their knowledge evaluated by
an inaccurate GPA comparison. . . .
Walter Freauff
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