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*Nels' Takes Over
Lyle M. Nelson is back on the campus in what looks like
a top-drawer job. He is director of information for the Uni
versity and for the state system of higher education. That’s
a big order for a nlan who graduated in 1941—when many
students on "the campus today were freshmen and sophomores.
But “Nels” can handle it.
From the talk around town it would appear that he is in
■for the Number 1 headache job on the campus. Nels, it seems,
is to be a combination wailing-wall and father confessor for
all the malcontents, for all the persons bearing crosses. In
between times he is supposed to “give the school a good name.”
That’s a lot of job and heretofore, with nobody to do the dirty
work, the school has been the worse for it. This was pointed
out in the Emerald fall term, and has been repeated several
times since.
Lyle Nelson is an easy-going sort of guy, who doesn’t
‘‘pull rank” or throw his weight around. He is also a guy who
gets things done. Persons who remember his regime as editor
of the Emerald will recall that he accomplished a great deal,
made a lot of friends, maintained a few well-chosen enemies,
and generally besported himself in a most creditable manner.
Later, as editor of Old Oregon and acting director of the Uni
versity news bureau, he learned more about the University
and the state system, and again spread good will.
He'll do his job well without The Emerald's blessing, of
course, but The Emerald wishes him luck nonetheless. He
will serve a long-standing need.
Investment in the Future P*
The series of public lectures conducted this week under
the joint sponsorship of the E. C. Brown trust fund and the
general extension division constitute a recognition of the wide
spread contemporary need for education for marriage. It is
a recognition of the inadequacy of most young people for
marriage and parenthood, and indirectly, it is perhaps a recog
nition of the tidal wave of neurotic modern unhappiness which
psychiatrists trace to the inadequacy of the last generation
of parents to Jit their children for adaptability to the chang
ing environment.
The old romantic ideas that everything is getting better
and better, that progress is inevitable and consequently that
humanity will become happier, healthier, and saner have been
junked completely. We all realize the material progress: auto
matic dishwashers, robot-like record changes, and more ef
ficient bombs. But we also know that humanity is undergoing
an epidemic of insecurity and unhappiness. Organized move
ments based on hatred, hostility and violence such as com
munism, anarchism, nihilism, anti-Semitism, pseudo-biologic
.racism, ad nauseam, are the most common expressions of hu
man unhappiness.
And most of these, psychiatrists are discovering, were start
ed and are carried on by unhappy people with psychotic or
neurotic complexes developed in unhappy homes. That, of
course, is only one tentative answer.
But the point is that any serious endeavor to educate men
and women to recognize their responsibilities to the future
generations before they marry and beget children is a step in
"hat we presume is the right direction. Education for mar
riage should not be limited only to occasional public lectures,
but must eventually be made part of the complsory public
educational program. The ability to rear well-adjusted citizens
is not instinctual; any oaf can have children. Intelligent
parents must be trained if future generations are to be at all
able to cope with the problems we are cooking up for them.
The Red Menace
We are terribly disappointed in Representative William B.
Morse of Prineville, who told the legislative ways and means
committee in Salem last week that “something should be done
about Communistic activity at the University of Oregon.”
Ever since we read his statement as reported so faithfully
by the Associated Press we’ve been keeping an eye open for
some of these Reds. Thus far we haven't unearthed a single
bomb. There is one professor who cuts his grass with a sickle.
When we observed this act, we stopped and discussed the
matter with him, but he denied any affiliation with the Party.
We heard about a suspect over in the economics depart
ment, but it turned out that he voted for William McKinley
in the last four presidential elections. So that lets him out.
Maybe Representative Morse is confused by the “liberal
ism” of some of the Oregon professors. For example the pro
fessor who admitted to a class of 60 just the other day that
he was all for the public school system—government owner
ship or no. There was another one—a lit professor this time—
who ventured the opinion that some Russians are people. An
other did his undergraduate work at the University of Idaho
—at Moscow.
Repersentative Morse charges very interesting things. We
suggest he come to the University for a couple of days. We
suggest he drop in on a few classes and listen to the theories
of Adam Smith expounded by some of those dangerous forces.
Side Patter
By BOB WHITELY
Spring term at the “U” . . . the
gals all are looking forward to
it . . . the freshman gals that is . .
the older girls like S. Timmens
and G. Grenfell have purchased
their new track shoes. The glam
mer lasses from that hunk of land
south of Cal-Ore have laid in
their Spring term supply of Sun
Tan Make-up and coyly whisper
“I got it at Balboa” . . . and the
Oregonians wisely brought back
their rubbers. Look at this stink
ing weather! The boom was low
ered none too gently as to grades,
and such courses as Love and
Marriage, Choral Union, Music
Appreciation and Camp Cookery
will no doubt have an overflowing
attendance this spring. The Blue
Ox wasn’t the only one who got
his nose wet at Timberline . . .
the jolly SAE's gamboled in the
snow ... (it says here in fine
print) at Sun Valley. Bob Wallace
skiied down the wrong hill and
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finished first in local grammar
school race, barely nosing out a
7 year-old on barrel staves. The
girls went thru the “Oh you’re
back . . . tell me ALL about it”
etc. etc. . . . who did you go out
with . . . what did you do . . .
and then hide in the third floor
closet to discuss the adventures
further. The fraternity houses
went thru the age-old routine. . . .
What did YOU make? . . . with
various snide answers. The law
school took a low blow on the
hiei'oglyphics they hand out on
little cards . . . and Rights and
Lands is a thing of the hideous
past. Pins were hung and de
hung . . . there was a lot of hug
gin’ going on over the vacation,
and some did a little chaulkin’
to boot. The blackboard is improv
ing.With this beautiful spring
weather, the Sandv River Smelt
have obviously been confused and
misguided, because there’s some
thing swimming around those
Amazon mad-made lakes. The Law
School’s Jack Hoffman at least
j came back with a giant carp for
his fishing efforts. The fool thing
probably got stuck in the grass
and he picked it up. From the
looks of Ted Hallock’s picture, it.
appears that the cameraman
snapped it just as someone fanned
his pants with a blow torch.
Headline in yesterday’s Emerald.
Bronson has “Pasture” Lead . . .
that could be kicked around with
dire results. Miss J. Williams
should be commended on her state
ment ment that mixer dances give
the off-campus students “some
thing to do on Saturday nights”
. . . Those lonely Saturday nights
in front of a roaring fire-place
with your love and a glass of
Seven-Up are boring ... we need-^
a dance or two. All anyone can
say . , . next to what did you
make (grades) is . . . wot hellish
weather to start my spring cam
paign. It’s back to the sun-porch
for the' pre-Mortar Board soften
ing up process. Also . . . back to
the Side for John and Jim’s de
licious coffee ....
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