Oregon Emerald BOB FRAZIER, Editor BOB CHAPMAN, Business wanaBci BILL YATES Managing Editor JUNE GOETZE, BOBOLEE BROPHY Co-News Editors walt McKinney, jeanne simmonds, maryann thielln Associates to traitor WALLY HUNTER Sports Editor _ PHYLLIS KOHLMEIER HELEN SHERMAN Assistant Managing Editors BARBARA TWJLr uku Advertising Manager ■... .Marilyn Turner National Advertising Manager. Rini jcan Riethmiller Circulation Manager . ...— Editorial Board: Harry Glickman,'Johnny Kahananui, Bert Moore, Ted Coodw.n, B.ll Stratton, Jack Billings. It's The System Lieutenant General John C. H. Lee is in the United States awaiting retirement. It is mere coincidence that he is here jus after a big investigation into his command of the Mediterra nean theater. General Lee, known affectionately as “Jesus H. Lee, has been cleared of a lot of vile charges trumped up by a mere scribbler named Robert C. Ruark, who peddles his stuff through an organization known as Scripps-Howard. A lot of ex-G.I.s read Ruark’s stuff with more than casual interest last month. They were the guys who wore helmet liners around Paris, and who avoided the Champs for reasons o excessive military courtesy. General Lee, incidently, was boss of the old Comm Zee there. Ruark charged that Lee had been acting like a stinker down in Italy. He interviewed some M.P.s and some enlisted men in other arms of the service. He also got some interesting stories out of the company grade officers. General Lee, these people agreed, was being tyrannical in his empire building. After Ruark started flinging these charges, the army sent the inspector general, a heck of a fine combat officei named Major General Ira T. Wynche, down to Italy to learn the diit. Of course everybody knows what a fine bunch of fellas the LG. boys are. We remember a lot of Pfcs who just adored going up to a major general to beef about the chow. The pro motion system being what it is, is also quite conducive to lieu tenants and captains (who are career men) telling tales out of school to a major general. Well, naturally the I.G. learned all the facts. But, no sir. Nobody told him aii these nasty things about life in the MTO. Everything was just fine. Obviously Ruark was just being sensational. When the I.G.’s report got back to Washington the big brass •couldn’t find anything serious. Of course there were a few minor points like the mistreatment of enlisted men, but nothing serious you understand. Lee was cleared of any “wrong intent.” It just goes to show what happens when the defendant, the D.A. and the jury are all fraternity brothers. It's Your Franchise Comes a time for special elections, when an issue comes before the people of a state for their approbation or rejection. And come that time, all the voters should express themselves through the medium of the ballot, registering their pros and icons. Today's election is not on an issue which will by-pass the citizenry; it is vital and will affect each voter. It is the privi lege of each enlightened Oregon resident to judge the facts and act accordingly. But it is more than the privilege of each voting University student—it is his duty. Because the means of self-expression in a democracy is the vote, it becomes im perative that each voter be well-informed and. more than that, articulate on controversial subjects. He should be im pelled, bv his conscience, to vote. To each voting student, registered in Lane county, and living on campus, the Emerald directs its exhortion to exercise the franchise—to go to University high school sometime today between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and vote. J.B.S More On Size This page has already taken note of the LTiiversitv of Cali fornia, the colussus of the South. In the September 20th issue of the Emerald the neighboring University was examined as the prize example of “How Big We Can Get." The current issue of Time magazine' looks at it, too. with emphasis on its president, Robert Gordon Sproul. Time's pic ture is that of a huge campus, an excellent faculty, 10.000 students too many, and a master executive (Dr. Sproul) riding herd. Persons interested in the relationship of size to education, should not miss Time’s article. After A Fashion By JANE ELLSWORTH By way of introduction, I’d like you to meet again a column once written when skirts left off where the knee began. Since this last ap peared in print, a new fashion vo cabulary has been put into the pub lic's conversion and along with it, a few more words have been added to the vocabulary of the man who pays the bills. Right here I'd like to try to cheer up the objecting male. Believe it or not, there are some advantages to the new, longer length. 1. Many femalia undomesticia have learned how to do a good turn . . . lengthen the hems in skirts, that is . . . and that’s no “let down” for the man who wants a good wife. 2. Just think, fellows, you won’t see any more knobby or knocked knees for a while. 3. It must be a relief for the man who is going steady to see his little gem in a new setting now and then ... at least it’s something for her to talk about and him to agree with! 4. Besides, you wouldn’t want the Oregon co-eds to be out of date . . . left standing in a pile of dust while the broom of fashion swept around her feet. And, no I'm not in the pay of one of those scheming manufacturers. By this time, I don’t suppose I’ve soothed anyone’s feelings about the new styles so I’d better get on with pointing out a few smart looking combinations seen at Saturday’s game. Girls Wear Cords Sue Schoenfeldt followed the new trend toward corduroy with a bright green tailored jacket and a straight gray skirt. Serving double duty was the print silk scarf she used as a sash until it Started raining, when it turned into a ban dana. Also in corduroy was Audrie Roselund, who reversed Sue’s com bination with a boxy gray jacket, a green scarf, and a green wool skirt. Her jacket was accented with bands of corduroy outlining it and connecting the four large pockets. Betty Ann Stevens wore a good *• - -—--■-.... looking full-backed coat of bright green and with it, a green print scarf tied under the broad collar. Another smart coat had Laura Ol son in it . . . "twas a brown and yellow check of heavy wool. Red headed Barbara Nesa looked nice in her short coat with fine choco late brown lines crossing a white background, worn over a brown skirt. My compliments to the girls on the rally squad, they represent Oregon very well in their new di vided skirts of white wool. They also deserve credit for not letting the rain dampen their spirits even though it gets them plenty wet. Checks Pass Well suited to the occasion was j Jean Swift in a boxy jacket and straight skirt of large black and white checks. Pat Lakin also caught my eye as she passed in a suit with a bright blue skirt and a jacket of bold blue and white checks. Ann Harbeson wore an unusual skirt of gray flannel with a four inch cuff at the hem that sported gray buttons. Topping the skirit was a swinging pink corduroy jack et. This year’s Pendleton Round-Up queen, Patti Folsom, deserves men tion for her sportish light brown wool dress, as does Gloria Grenfell and her mannish rust corduroy jacket. Night Staff: Dean Blankenburg, night editor Virginia Lee Fletcher Evelyn Nill Anita Holmes Martha Bramlett Eugenia Billeter Carol Rohlffs Don A. Smith Glenn Dudley Barbara Fagg Nan Gaveney Anne Goodman Roger Moore Roberta Smallen Dick Yates NOW OPEN „lh.ooP Your Student Mailing Service Mon. - Fri. 12:40-1:10 3:00-5 :00 Saturday 11 :00-Noon Small Service Fees Let us carry your packages to the post office for you. *-■ ' r ■ -y„i = t-i ■ MAKE THAT PICNIC A SUCCESS with j food from UNIVERSITY GROCERY j 790 E. 11th Phone 1597 % Tests Due Wednesday Deadline for graduate record ex aminations has been set for Octo ber 9, J. Spencer Carson of the Uni- , versity testing bureau, announced yesterday. All graduate students who have been notified of the examinations and all those studying in depart ments whcih require the tests, must meet this deadline, Carson said. Side Patter 'i By SALLIE TIMMENS To plunge ourselves into a bit of remorseful philosophy for a moment, absorb the words of Wen dell Phillips who said: “What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to some thing better.’’ And he was so right. The something better in this casJI will be the game with UCLA thiw coming weekend. Despite the fact that the foot ball men are forcfcd into retire ment at an early hour, Pi Phis Ginny Walker, dating Nu Darrell Robinson, and Jane Daggett with Bob Sanders of the Sigma Chi clan, have been seen enjoying their few hours of leisure. And Kappa Mary Ellen Struve also spent a quiet Sat urday evening with Wayne Bar tholomey whose ribs came in con tact with several Nevada feet. The Taus were out in full force Saturday, possibly celebrating the pinning of Gordon Janney to Al pha Chi Mary Lou Diamond. Also in the group were Sue Schoenfeldt with smiling W’ilbur Craig, and Don Smith squiring Kappa Leslie Palfrey. Congratulations to AOPi Hazel Trolinger and Darrell Lindsey of Brigham Young college in Utah who are now engaged, and also to Chi O Adelle Carringan who is pinned to DU Bob Grey. Kappa Betty Greene was up for the weekend for a visit, and SAE Bob Ballard came down from Port land to be with her so maybe that old romance is still on. At the Chi Psi lodge there was a gay party this weekend and besides the usual couples such aS- Bobbie Fulmer of the AOPis and Jim Kroder, Theta Donna Poundstone and Sigma Chi Duke Elder were there looking very happy. Kappa Sig Reed Grasle seemed to be most pleasantly occupied on the dance floor with a blonde arm ful, and a new combo or two seemed to be present too. Chi O June Bosworth with Sigma Nu basketball star, Jim Bartelt, and Kappa Cynthia Griffin with hand some Don Crouch of the Phi Delt house. Members of the law school such as Roger Dick and Fiji Bob Hoen come out of hibernation just long enough between classes to watch the pretty girls go by. Incidental ly three fern fatales got a rough deal with the Nevada foottilft' team. It seems the fellows thought they won the game single handed and became so overt in their lan guage and gyrations in general that the gals got up and left. That's the way it goes some times, but the Side offers the best cure-all for the morning blues, a shot of coffee and a donut. It’s quittin’ time. (Pd. Adv.r