Oregon W Emerald
ALL-AMERICAN 1946-47
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of cne University of Oregon, pnbbshed
daily 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_
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BOB CHAPMAN, Business Manager
BILL YATES
Managing Editor
TUNE GOETZE, BOBOLEE BROPHY
Co-News Editors
walt McKinney, jeanne simmonrs, maryann thielen
Associates to Editor____J
WALLY HUNTER
Sports Editor__ j
PHYLLIS KOHLMEIER
HELEN SHERMAN
Assistant Managing Editors
VIRG TUCKER
^jivertising Manager
National Advertising Manager...,..Riffi "jean Riethrailler
Circulation Manager .. ..—
Editorial Board: Harry Glickman, Johnny Kahananui, Bert Moore, Ted Goodwin, Bill
Stratton, Jack Billings. _ ______
OTfeT~Ml^Tr .-.Mar«e Huston F°STr
A Plea for Honor
Instead of System
To each Oregon student sooner or later conies tlve thought
of a code of collegiate honor, through which his true reasons
for coming to college will be honestly recognized and his honoi
trusted. Honor system thoughts have occured to members of
Mortar Board, senior women’s service organization, who have
undertaken a project this year of initiating the preparation for
that system at the University of Oregon. ,
Members of Mortar Board feel that Oregon students have
shown themselves sympathetic toward an honor system for
■ the following reasons: 1. the marked dissatisfaction voiced by
students who are annoyed by vigilance of proctors and instruc
tors during examinations; 2. the encouragement under the
present system of emphasizing the grade aspect of college
bather than the actual learning; 3. the success of the clever
cheater who can get better grades than his honest companion
by his highly professionalized system. (This is particularly no
ticeable and effective in large objectively tested classes.) 4. the
i personal annoyance a cheater causes, and 5. the long run ill ef
fects of a. proctor system where a challenge, in effect, is estab
lished between the student and the professor during examina
4 tions.
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The University of Oregon school of law operates under a
respected honor system, and since its origin only one infrac
tion has been recorded. Examinations under this system are
not proctored. The tests are issued at a central point, and from
there the students may take their papers to any part of the
i building to complete them. If they desire to leave the room—
or the building—they may do so, the only stipulation being
that they leave the examination in the building if they go out
, on the law school steps to smoke or to chat.
In one of Oregon’s southern academic neighbors, Stanford
:j university, a similar system was in operation for years at their
j school of law. In 1921, the students of the rest of the Univer
; sity petitioned individually for the installation of an honor
system for the entire institution, and the request was granted
by President Kay Lyman Wilbur, who accepted the step as a
mark of progress toward a truly liberal education. Stanford's
honor system is one of the school's most popular points with
the student body for it indicates a true respect of the student
on the instructor’s part, and a genuine acknowledgement of
learning and trust on the student’s
The operation is a duel one; on the one hand, students are
pledged “that they will not give or receive aid in examina
tions; that they will not give or receive-unpermitted aid in
class work, in the preparation of reports, or in any other work
that may be used by the instructor as the basis of grading,”
and on the other hand, “that they7 will do their share and take
an active part, in seeing to it that others as well as themselves
obey the spirit and the letter of the Honor Code.” The latter,
as Stanford’s publication for entering students, “The Stanford
Honor Code” indicates, is occasionally a bone of contention
for incoming students who are opposed to “tattling.” But as
this pamphlet reasonably points out, the honor system on that
campus was erected by the long-time building of generations
of scholars on the campus. Say7s this booklet, “We can look
on an undermining of the Holior Code just as we would look
upon the destruction of those buildings. None of us would sit
by watching plans being made—even by7 our friends—to dyna
mite the campus structures. No more do Stanford students
accept the undermining of the Honor Code.”
Under the system, the University has an obligation to ful
fill. It must manifest its confidence in the student’s honor and
the honor system by refraining from proctoring tests and exam
inations, and it is under further obligation not to anticipate
cheating bv further preventive systems of surveillance.
Thus does Stanford appreciate and uphold its. system, which
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. . for the ONE THOUSANDTH and THIRD timei
*0. I AM NOT KAY KYSEH’”
Larry Lau Puts Ear to Floor
For 'Flying Rumors' Report
By LARRY LAU
The Universities of Washington
and Oregon have been saluted as
the last remaining strongholds
west of the great divide retaining
the frolicsome spirit of the whirl
ing 20’s. Campus life at other
places is pretty grim from what
we gather.
As we get the story, the new
assistant Dean of Men, Vergil S.
Fogdall, was brought in with the
understanding that he make a
hefty effort to raise scholastic
standards. With the administra
tion watching him to see that he
goes far enough, and the students
ready to howl for his scalp, if he
goes too far, we think the man
deserves this week’s tightrope
walking award.
* * *
There were mutterings of dis
content last week over the tuition
raise. Some of the gals claimed
that they were “talked into”
taking a re-vote after they’d turn
ed the proposal down, and some of
the men said they weren't even
consulted. Talked to Dick Williams
about it and he assurred me that
the 68 per cent “in favor of” vote
was both accurate and unsolicited.
The Emerald received only three
letters on the subject, so I guess
the students didn’t really give a
hoot one way or the other.
* * *
The UP story last week concern
ing the possible four-way Rose
Bowl tie, should Southern Cal
take a licking, tickled the Oregon
rooters no end. “From bums to
contenders in three weeks” was
one comment. We know of one gen
tleman who might be slightly un
easy should the improbable happen.
Art Litchman, Oregon’s Athletic
News Bureau chief, has long prom
ised newsmen an elevator to Hay
ward Field’s press box when Ore
gon wins a Bowl tilt. Better re
route some of those pennies, Art!
* * *
Heard reports that committee
heads for the Sophomore Whisker
ino were phoned and asked to
serve. Some of the people who had
put in petitions were understand
ably confused. Not using the peti
tion system anymore?
Speaking of dances, the Bob
Summers who played for the Web
foots, flew to Dallas, Texas the
next night, hit a few more spots,
and was back in Corvallis Satur
day evening to play pretty for the
Beaver crowd They also paid
$1000 for the pleasure. WTe always
think of P. T. Barnums famous
remark at a time like this.
* * *
The advertisement of the week
goes to Bedell " of r_>o~tland. They
came out with a picture of a lus
cious damsel (who’s probably
caught cold by now) donning an
undergarment with the caption.
“The Nicest Girls in Town Wear
Our Naughty Panties’’ . . .The Fal
con’s ad, “Want to Pick Up Some
thing HOT and PHADY TO GO?”
ran a close second.
* * *
The Oregon State student body
has been allotted 1503 tickets to
the Oregon-OSC fame Nov. 22. The
clever little Be"vers are holding a
lottery to see who will get to come
over and watch the slaughter.
exudes a true appreciation of worth and honcTon the college
level.
There is evidence that many students would favor a similar
system on this campus, not only for the obvious academic
prestige it will bring the University, but fw the individual
honesty and acknowledgement of student ink ritv
Moitar Board feels that a group, an organization, or simply
a leader must accumulate individual stuck"! efforts to this
end and act as an impetus for the attainment "r the -r0ai There
fore, the group is planning to devote the year to the develop
ment of this project to educate students - encourage,
and initiate the preliminaries necessary f ■' an under
taking before the system can be approved bv ' versity author
ities.
Stanford effected the system as an ad n ,f its law
school system; Oregon’s law school is operating under‘an
equally efficient system, and with the ex- r>1t on our
own campus, the project’s worth is too c~ - to ignore.
; ‘ : ‘ ; : : J. B. B
H. S. Homecoming Slated
Alumni of Roseburg senior high
school are invited to attend the
annual Homecoming football game
and dance Nov. 7 at Roseburg high
school. Sponsored by the Tri-Hi-Y
club, the dance will have music
furnished by the recently organized
school dance band.
Side Patter
By SALLIE TIMMENS
Originality was the keynote as
the coeds made a mass exodus from
their living organizations Satur
day night to attend the various
house dances. All the AlfaChis who
went to the ATO Trapper’s Ball
were dressed as skunks. Among
the 'Little Flowers’ were Mary Lou
Hatfield with Lloyd Zimmerman,
Shirley Phelps and Larry Hull, and
Dorothy Wonderly with “Mo” of
the tapped ribs Thomas. DG Bar
bara Eagieson, with Tom Hazzard
also came as a skunk. Wilbur
Craig’s “woman” at the Ball was
Kappa Molly Morre.
Theta Janet Standring and ATO
Bob Shields solved their trans
portation problem by riding horse
back, like a bicycle built for one
with two aboard, to a Springfield
night spot. The horse didn’t think
so much of the idea and bucked
Janet into a mud puddle.
Sigma Chi Peter Rlyth came
down for the weekend to take Alfa
Xi Delta Yolande Stoll to his house
dance which was in honor of Sigma
Chi Sweetheart Barbara King. That
beautiful orchid Barbara was wear
ing came from escort Lynn Hamil
ton.' Theta Prudy McKreskv was
there too with Weezie Maynard. If
Prudy is running short of cigar
ettes, she can hop over to the Side
and collect her carton of Chester
fields that are waiting for her.
All this frivolity seemed to pro
mote a few pin plantings over the
weekend for lovely ChiO Dee Gib
son is now wearing Bill Bailus’ Sig
ma Chi cross, and Sigma Chi Tom
my Dryden will soon be in the
stocks now that AOPi Dorothy
Chapman has his pin. SAE Scott
Adams planted his jewelry on Tri
Delt Liz Nelson as did fraternity
brother Bob Forbes on Tri Del't
Marie Lombard. Good things must
come in pairs, for the Kappas have
two new Beta pins in the house.
Weezie Bartlett and Dick McElhose
and Gloria McClintock wearing
Glenn Holden’s pin. Up in the Pi
Phi House Janet Barringer is now
proudly showing off her DU pin
from Bob Johnston.
The ChiOs are a sadder, but
wisely group after their defeat in
“Broom Ball” on Halloween. Their
center Naomi Fulton, however,
teamed up with Sig Ep Rog New
ton after the game to learn more
about how to play the fascinat
ing game. Incidentally, the final
score wasn’t so bad, 5 to 3 for the
Sig Eps.
Pi Phi pledges Joan Simons,
Dana Lind, and Coral Kneeland
were guests at a Fiji pledge ban
quet over the weekend at Oregon
State. Kappa Sig Haz Haight has
been seeing mucho lately of his
X-Flame Kappa Julanne Chevrier
who wore his pin last year.
Remember if you get a dough
nut, too, the coffee costs only a.
nickel.. (Paid Adv.)