Page 2 DAILY EMERALD Tuesday, October 28, 1947
. Oregon ^Emerald
ALL-AMERICAN 1946-47
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published
daily during {he 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__
BOB FRAZIER, Editor_BOB CHAPMAN, Business Manager
dtt t VATES JUNE GOETZE, BOBOLEE BROPHY
Managing ^Editor_J Co-News Editors_
WALT McKINNEY, JEANNE SIMMONDS, MARYANN THIELEN
Associates to Editor
WALLY HUNTER
Sports Editor__
PHYLLIS KOHLMEIER
HELEN SHERMAN
Assistant Managing Editors
VIRG TUCKER
Advertising Manager
National Advertising Manager.Biiii' JraT'Kiethroifier
Editorial Board: Harry Glickman, Johnny Kahananui, Bert Moore, Ted Goodwin, Bill
Stratton, Jack Billings. ______
Off ice Manag e r .Mal'ge Huston F°St£f
Number, Please?
The old squeeze play is operating again, and this time the
dormitory students are caught in the middle while the Unhei
sity and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company decide
whether or not to hang them with a pay phone system.
Upon investigation we discovered that the points used by
both sides in favor of the system don't hold water. It looks
like another case where a public utility is greedily looking for
a soft touch and has landed on the unsuspecting students,
while University officials are going along for the ride.
Last spring term the University decided the campus switch
boards was overcrowded, and they asked the telephone com
pany to recommend a plan that would bring relief. The sub
mitted plan would install pay phones in all of the dormitories
and 11 offices. Three reasons were given by the company offi
cials for this move, 1) present tariff regulations, 2) relief of
the campus switchboard, and 3) protection for the company
and the University against long-distance call charges.
A conversation with Louis Eade, business office manager, of
Pacific Tel. & Tel., resulted in the statement that the company
is "not interested in increasing or selling the University addi
tional service because they do not have the facilities at present.”
The company, it seems, is only trying to help the University
solve its problems. Next on the list wras J. O. Lindstrom, Uni
A'ersity business manager, whose big rvorry is over long dis
tance calls being charged to the Univesrity. This item can
easily be eliminated as the campus operator refuses to accept
long-distance calls, and according to Mrs. Genevieve Turnip
seed, director of dormitories, "There has been no trouble over
this point since the present PBX was installed about 1930.”
The over-loaded switchboard arguement is also Aveak. The
hours when dormitory phones are at the busy peak are at lunch
time, dinnertime, and in the evening. During these times cam
pus business offices are not using their phones, therefore, a
nice balance has been maintained and no overload has resulted.
It seems strange that the telephone company should suddenly
decide that “present tariff regulations . . .call for the semi
public installations where larger numbers of phone users are
served.” Times can't really be that rough for Pacific Tel. &
Tel. as we noticed in Friday’s Oregonian that the public utilities
commissions’ chief accountant termed their revenue high foi
the 1940-46 period.
Our task wasn’t made easy by the lack of cooperation from
both University and telephone company officials. We tried
three times to see President Newburn but were thwarted by
his very efficient front office. Those officials we did talk with
were very anxious that no publicity be given the plan until the
final decision is made. We appreciate the fact that the Univer
sity did not accept the proposal flat-footed, but we don t feel
they are giving enough, if any, attention to the students’
position. Also the word "final decision” usually means it s too
late for students to protest.
As it stands now, with one or two exceptions, fraternity and
sorority house bills run between $60 and $61 a month, including
their local and national dues. On the other hand, dormitory stu
dents are paying $57 a month for board and room, which does
not include their house dues nor the better living accomoda
tions. The point is not to raise the old Greek vs. Independent
feeling, but to illustrate the unfair saddling of extra expenses on
one living group merely because it comes under the Univer
sity.
At this point it is pertinent to mention that the new campus
switchboard will be completed by December 1. The purpose of
this board is to relieve the so-called overcrowded switchboard.
What happens to the problem?
From all of this we can draw only one conclusion: It looks as
though the telephone company is attempting to railroad
through a plan that would only serve to give them increased
revenue and do little or nothing toward bettering University
service.
M.E.T
Two at Once
Thursday night saw a conflict in two top-flight extra curricu
lar atractions. That night, and that night only, it was probably
a good thing.
Dr. Gordon Wright' told a packed Chapman hall audience
about "The Anatomy of the Fourth French Republic,” while
George Hopkins, professor of piano, played French-American
music before an audience that packed the music auditorium.
It is obvious that many who attended the concert or lecture
would have liked to have gone to both. Both represented the
finest talent the faculty has to offer. Both were certain hits.
Had they appeared on different nights, the crowds would
have been too large to handle. They were just able to squeeze
into the two halls as it was.
Nonetheless a lot of people had to forego one of the two.
A little coordination in the future might work to prevent a rep
etition of this unfortunate circumstance.
Our Best Wishes
Monday’s mail brought a 24-page issue of the Daily Califor
nian, the Emerald’s counterpart on the Berkeley campus. The
staff put out the big issue in celebration of their 50th year of
bringing the news to the students.
We offer hearty congratulations to the Californian for its
performance this half century, and the fond wish that the
staffs the next 50 years may continue in the same tradition of
excellent college journalism.
Vive la All-Campus Dance
By LARKY LAU
Because of numerous inquiries
concerning Oregon’s social activi
ties, we are devoting this article
to a brief description of a time
honored institution, the all-cam
pus dance.
All the big dances are at McAr
thur court, which pleases Coach
John Warren no end. According to
John, there is nothing like having
two or three thousand people
stamping around on a newly sur
faced basketball court to give it
that well-used look. Dancing at
Mac court is not to be taken light
ly. It requires unlimited endurance,
a disregard for minor abrasions,
and a willingness to believe that
what you hear is music.
The rules of dress are generous,
although formal dances require
"cleavily” cut gowns for the wom
en. With material in ladies’ wear
being taken from the top and add
ed to the bottom, it is a rare mo
ment when someone notices what
the man is wearing. One fellow we
know danced away a completely
uneventful evening in jungle shorts
and a skull cap. Dances are all duly
chaperoned—it says so in the pro
grams.
We accidentally dropped around
at 9 sharp one evening. We found
the janitor and his wife doing a
listless mazurka, and half the band
playing gin rummy. Other than
that, there wasn't a single activ
ity. People usually begin to wander
in about 9:30 and an hour later,
the joint is jammed. Eleven o’clock
is the peak hour, after which peo
ple begin to toddle off, headed
vaguely for home.
Due to the efficiency and alert
ness of the educational activities
board, big name bands are ar
ranged for months in advance. So
adept are they, and the dance chair
men, at this sort of thing that ad
mission prices are kept within easy
range of every man whose father
owns a large factory.
Decorating Mac court is a prob
lem that has long defied even the
cleverest of art students. Usually
a small, gallant band will labor 20
or 30 hours each in an effort to I
achieve some sort of effect other'
than that of dancing in a bathe
sphere. All this work isn’t without
its rewards, however. A few of
these diligent producers are always
awarded complimentary tickets,
which again proves our contention
that way down deep, the Univer
sity has a big heart.
Of course the real purpose of an
all-campus dance is to provide an
excuse for a pre-dance party.
Men's living organizations mort
gage everything but the plumbing
to provide her ladyship with a gen
teel place to sip her toddy. It often
happens that the party is better
than the dance, which leads to in
tricate question and answer games
the next day like, “How was the
dance? . . . What dance?”
The homeward trip from Mac
court is a lengthy, and frequently
involved, process. Generations of
male students have proved that the
quickest way is over the top of that
romantic knoll called Skinner's
butte. At the top the car must be
stopped and allowed to rest.
Once parked in front of her lady
ship's abode, a tension-producing
I game called, “Watch the lights,
Joe, I can’t hack the fine!’’ begins.
On Saturday nights, with closing
hours pegged at 1 a.m., the gal on
the lockup must have all the wom
en on the inside and the men out
side by at least 1:30—a job com
parable to the one the Marines had
in pushing the Japs off Iwo Jima.
Once home the ladies, bless ’em,
busy themselves in explaining
what happened to their lipstick,
how they’ll never take another
blind date, what a smooth date Joe
was, and what a perfectly ghastly
dress some othe^ girl wore.
The men, sterling souls of in
trepid honesty, gather clannishly
about and go over the evening
point by point, ruefully fingering
their wallets. The merits and de
merits of the girls are hashed over
and the air resounds with “Ahs” of
appreciation, and sympathetic cat
calls for the man who was stuck.
As a result, some coeds will re
ceive their next invitation some
time in the 1950's, while others will
be plagued with the ringing tele
phone.
Twelve Reported III
In the infirmary this week are:
Gloria Grenfell, Maryann Miller,
Harold Hytinen, S. G. Hefflin, Jack
Keller, Roy Williams, Donald Fer
guson, James Bedingfield, Richard
Marlin, Richard Damis, Milton
Brown, and Fred Fewins.
Side Patter
.
Among the bouquets to be
thrown, top honors go to Alfafie
Carol Handelin and Delt Harry Ny
land who were elected Betty Coed
and Joe College. Also a few thou
sand words of praise to the foot
ball team which showed plenty of
hustle Saturday.
The Sigma Chis announced their
five Sweetheart finalists Saturday
night by serenading in excellent
voice. The five candidates are:
Gammafies Janet Paulson and Bar
bara King, Alfafie Mary Knox, DG
Betty Perry, and Theta Nancy
Chamberlain. The winner will be
announced over KORE at 8:30 this
evening.
Mucho congrats to the newly
pinned Helen “Cis” Steele who is
now wearing the fabulous Peter B.
Hill’s Delt jewelry. Also among the
newly pinned are Pi Phi Ginny
Nash and Phi Delt Bob Stanbury,
ADPi Peggy McKillop and TKE
Don Sweeny, Hendricks haU’s Rosa
Lie lillum and OSC ATO “Scratch”
Hays, and Theta Nancy Lausman
who is pinned to Sigma Chi Connie
Schmick.
Cute couple on the dance floor
Friday night were Pi Phi pledge
Roberta Tussing and Fiji Max An
gus. Also looking very smooth at
Robin Arkley’s Fiji dinner-dance
was Kappa Leslie Paltry with
“Gabby” Martinson.
A constant duo nowadays is ChiO
frosh Barbara Link and DU Ran
dy Paulson, and SAE Jim Popp has
been dating Alfafie Janis Jorden.
Kappa Mary Ellen Struve has been
directing her charming smile lately
in the direction of Beta boy Ray
Farmer.
The Thetas had a shower for
their lovely bride-to-be, Mary
Kingston, when she came up over
the weekend to see her fiance, Fiji
Frank “Dad” Robbins. Word has
it the Betas and Chi Psis are afeud
in’ again over the newly erected
fence between the two Millrace
fraternities.
The Theta Chis were greeted
with a serenade at 7:30 Saturday
morning by the ADPis. The pledg
es, for some strange, but very kind
reason decided to wash all the cars
in the house, and no one seems to
know just what prompted such
generosity of elbow grease. Also on
the ambitious side this weekend
were the Kappa Sig and ChiO soph
omores who were the point cleanup
committee of the Whiskerino.
Nomination for “Miss Popularity
of the Week’’ goes without ques
tion to Kappa queen Mary Lou Hill.
For some obscure reason Alfafie
Phyllis Potter has lately been hum
ming “I’ve Been Working on the
Railroad.”
The 1947 academy award should
go to Paul Smithrud for his Satur
day night performance. There was
only one flaw in the act: Football
player Jim Ryan was on his way
back to California.
It’s quittin’ time again, and when
it’s quittin' time, it’s time for a
cup o’-coffee in the Side.—Pd. Adv.