Oregon W Emerald
The Orecron Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, P’-^shed
dai?v during the college year except Sundays, Mondays and final examination periods.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore.
Member of the Associated Collegiate Press__
EOB FRAZIER, Editor__
BOB CHAPMAN, Business Manager
BILL YATES
Managing Editor
TUNE GOETZE. BOBOLEE BROPHY
Co-News Editors
walt McKinney, jeanne simmonds, maryann thielen
Associates to Editor
WALLY HUNTER
Sports Editor ____
t>ttvt t ROHI MEIER BARBARA TWIFORD
HELEN SHERMAN Advertising Manager
Assistant Managing Editors ______
. .Marilyn Turner
National Advertising Manager. f?;;]i jean Riethmiller
Circulation Manager ...
Editorial Board: Harry Glickman, Johnny Kahananui, Bert Moore, Ted Goodwin, Bill
Stratton, Jack Billings._____
On Shopping Around
In one of Eugene’s prominent churches last Sunday, it was
pointed out by the clergyman that, if a freshman is inclined to
lose his religion, the time to start losing it is now. For, for the
first time in several years, the University has welcomed more
than two-thirds non-veteran students, or straight-from-high
school youngsters, while less than an estimated 33 per cent are
vets. This would indicate that the Class of ’51-ers, nearly 2000
strong, are away from home for a continued period of time,
for about the first time.
What the churchman would have a difficult time proving,
since his congregation expressed its interest by attendance
and didn’t need the introduction, was that this might be the
perfect time, instead of losing it, to get an interest in things
cultural, intellectual, and spiritual. A liberal arts college, and
Oregon is a liberal arts college, is a good starting place for
pursuits of that nature.
Tonight Church night will be observed throughout
the campus affiliates of downtown churches. Students
may find the church of their choice to be the most
.satisfactory campus organization, but a church preferance
should not act as a limiting factor forbidding visiting around.
The only way to settle an open cjuestion on any subject is to
inspect the opposition and to evaluate its good and bad points.
So it is true in its converse. The only way to prove a taken
stand on a problem is, once more, to inspect the opposition
and to combat its power. Therefore, for the established church
member or for the quite-frankly-I'm-puzzled student, interes
ted but wary, Church night is a natural.
The campus organizations have promised an evening of
fun, entertainment, and recreation, and with these promises
fulfilling church night tradition, will open their doors for
inspection, interest, questions, and pleasure.
—J.B.S.
to, the Turtle
It is a sad thing to tromp the campus paths this week and
hear the moans and groans from myriad veterans who had
confidently expected their G.I. checks on the first, only to
find now that they must wait another month.
It’s rough. The veterans administration has an excuse, of
course, in that checks are not really due until 30 days of
training-time have elapsed. Also, they are due on the first of
the month. That makes it November 1.
We can complain. It doesn’t seem reasonable, and it will
'take a lot of talk to convince this page that the delay is un
avoidable. But off-hand we suggest no remedy. Ergo we wax
philosophical.
Things were different a year ago. Then men had money.
They still had bank accounts, accumulated through their years
in the armed forces. The G.I. check was handy even in those
halcyon days, but it was not the matter of bread and meat
that it is today. The G.I. of that era was still able to write a
check.
All this has its social complications. One vet, a member of
the “old goat” set. laments that last year’s campus queens
grew to expect a certain degree of lavish treatment. This year,
he moans, the vet can’t keep up the pace, and "without the
cabbage it’s hard to stay in the race.”
May we calmly submit that even a turtle can win a race,
if the other participants are also turtles.
Dean Virgil Fogdall, assistant dean of men, reports a lot
of grief and misunderstanding from students who want to
move and can't. Some of them want to move out of the dorms,
while others want to move in. Dean Fogdall reports it is neces
sary that students stay where they are for the duration of
the term, because the allotting of a room in the dorms meant
denying it to another student. Students will be free to move
at the end of the"term, he advises.
The New Leaf
Webfoot Catalogue Funny Too;
Barometer Please Copy
(Editor’s Note: A week ago Emerald Columnist
Larry Lau wrote a funny column about the Oregon
State catalog. The Beavers were not amused, al
though the Barometer, the school daily, did reprint
the column with the notation that it was an exam
ple of “The green and yellow journalism practiced
up the river.” The Barometer also promised there
would be further developments in the Tuesday (Sep
tember 30) Barometer.
Eagerly did we await the mailman. Hungrily, did
we snatch the Barometer from his bag. We had
hoped for a bright (and funny) commentary on some
of the vulnerable spots in bur own catalog. But
sorely were we disappointed. The Barometer’s come
back was a very sour defense of the great American
farmer, an occupational group with which the Em
erald has no quarrel.
Today Columnist Lau again shows what can be
done with a school catalog, a little ingenuity, and
a sense of humor. Barometer please copy.)
By LARRY LAU
Browsing through the University of Oregon cat
alog and its long list of completely impractical
courses, we find that the country club set are sub
jected to at least four years of mental hazing before
winning the pink ribbon of achievement.
Underclassmen malinger through such courses
as The American Indian (for people from Klamath
Falls), Linguistic Analysis (so that the people from
California can understand the people from Coos
Bay), Oregon Flora (the original Red Hot Mama),
and Primitive Thought (shame!).
Advanced Course
Once past the first years, when they’re permit
ted to wear sleazy cords, knee-length bobby sox and
present false I.D. to night club managers, it’s hori
zons unlimited for the yellow- and-green-faced Web
foots. Courses like Attic Oratory (for people too
shy to speak well at ground levels), Greek Tragedy
(the woes of losing one’s restaurant), Greek Com
edy (the joy of watching the restaurant next door
burn down), History of Capitalism (how Keith Fen
nel made his money), and Play Writing (advanced
diary keeping) are all available for those not too
busy picnicking.
Unlike OSC, studying at Oregon is something to
be done only when the girl already has a date. A
few Webfoots do have a change fo heart about final
week, but the percentage is small. They have Mod
ern Theories of Social Reform (explaining briefly
the 10:30 closing hours), Reformation (required
next year), Camp Cookery (for men who washed out
of the Boy Scouts), Child Care and Training (how
to get along with the freshman girls), Trial and
Error Learning (what that glint in her eye really
means), and Elementary Logic (why three couples
can’t have a good time in a club coupe).
They Have Problems
Because of their odd behavior Oregon students
are beset by problems not found in great centers of
learning like OSC. As a remedial measure courses
in Construction I (how to make ponies for mid
terms) and Construction II (how to make ponies
for finals) are available to the many obtuse stu
dent Others, such as Field Practice (picnic be
havior with bi-weekly labs at Fiji meadows), Office
Practice (a more advanced course, teaching how to
do the same thing in an office), and Color Theory
(why eyes are redder on Sundays) enable the stu
dents to leave with a well rounded education.
Eugene, the University city, is a wicked, wide
open Nevada type town, featuring a bottle-filled
millrace, and restaurants operated by men no longer
agile enough to rob trains. Such bistros as Tiny’s,
The Pioneer, and Clingmans, serve as makeshift
classrooms during the afternoons and evenings. But
let us return to Oregon’s miserable little catalog.
They have Argumentation and Persuasion (tips
on beating the 3-1 man-woman ratio), Problems in
Distribution .(for women only), Oral English (of
fered to mumbling professors), Track and Field (for
bird dogs) Sanitation of the School Plant (or, don’t'
spit on the sidewalk, mother, daughter is wearing
your shoes).
Oregon boasts of a building known as Deady hall,
the only one west dt the Mississippi built before 1700,
and a new million-dollar science building (which may
be seen only on the foggiest of days). A parting
word, let the reader not think that this article was
written with tongue in cheek. For centuries civili
zation has been upheld and even strengthened by
dancing instructors, shyster lawyers, crooked ac
countants, etc. This piece was offered as an intra
state gesture of good will to the 5500 yellow and
green clad gnomes that roam the University of Ore
gon’s campus.
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
The planning of social events at
the University seems to be at a
new low this year, what with the
Hello Dance publicized in advance
as a short silk affair and a stag
occasion. What nonsense. For the
far-sighted it was a success as a
date affair.
Now the Bunion Derby seems to
be the subject of conversation.
With the four-day announcement
another group of planners expects
the whole • campus to follow
through on another folly.
The consensus seems to be in
favor of the Bunion Derby, but not
on a Saturday night after only four
days advance notice. Custom re
quires a fellow to ask for a date at
least a week in advance. That he
did, and now Betty Coed tells him
that it's all off because of the Der
by. All one can do is cross this
weekend off the calendar as things
stand now.
In the future let’s do a little
planning so as to avoid additional
difficulties.
Bob Chapman
(Editor’s note: See page 1.)
To the Editor:
Of course I want a student un
ion building, but with me it isn’t
as simple as asking Dad for an
extra five next term.
My husband and I are both go
ing to school and we have a baby
besides. There is no such thing as
an extra five at our house, and if
there were, it should go for a warm
ski suit for the baby.
I realize the exec council repre
sents the majority of Oregon stu
dents, but is the majority always
right ? Do they have a right to
force every student to make such
a large contribution?
Why not let those students who
can, voluntarily subscribe $5 per
term, and the rest of us give what
we can.
Barbara Gunn.
Yankee traders who went around
the Horn founded Portland in 1845.
The ideal legislator is “a man
who votes for all appropriations,
and against all taxes.”
. .
Election to Decide
Fate of Sales Tax
Polling place for the special
election Tuesday in University
high school, 16th and Alder
streets for those residing on the
Oregon campus. The election
will decide the fate of the pro
posed retail sales tax.
Ohio has produced more presi
dents from the point of view of
birthplace than any other state ex
cept Virginia—seven.
HAVE YOU DROPPED
A COURSE?
DID YOU BUY THE
WRONG BOOK?
October 4th is last day to return such
books for full refund if returned as
new.
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