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Oregon H Emerald ALL-AMERICAN 1946-47 The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published 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_ BOB FRAZIER, Editor BOB CHAPMAN, Business Manager BILL YATES Managing Editor JUNE GOETZE, BOBOLEE BROPHY Co-News Editors DON FAIR FRED TAYLOR Co-Sports Editor _ JEANNE SIMMONDS, MARYANN THIELEN, BARBARA HEYWOOD Associates to Editor _ VIRGIL TUCKER Advrtising Manager DIANA DYE Assistant News Editors Editorial Board: Larry Lau, Johnny Kahananui, Bert Moore, led Goodwin, um strawon, Jack Billings. PHYLLIS KOHLMEIER HELEN SHERMAN Asst. Managing Editors _ National Advertising Manager ....ATu^iler Circulation Manager .-..Billijean Riethmiller Tau Kappa Epsilon Shows the Way The boys at Tau Kappa Epsilon, a new fraternity on the campus, appear to have broken a record. They appear to have shattered a fine old tradition. When the office of the registrar released “house grades” this week, there was TKE, .15 above the nearest women’s house. Now any freshman knows that women are supposed to get the better of it in a match of grades—we hesitate to say brains. Women’s houses always lead the list—or always did until the l'KEs came along with their novel, even revolutionary, idea of pledging brains. Men have finally entered the race, giving the Pi Phis, DGs, and co-ed co-ops a run for their money. Traditionally it has been conceded that either the Pi Phis, the DGs, or one of the co-ed co-ops would walk off with first place. The Pi Phis did it this year, (among the women), leaving both the DGs and University house quite far behind. The Alpha Phis climbed from 12th place to third this time. Last spring term the Phis ranked 23d, which goes to prove something, maybe something about hard work. Except for this phenomenon of a men’s house taking first place, the grade picture seems to have fallen into the tradi tional pattern. As usual “non-organization women,” “women’s clubs,” “all women” and “sororities” ranked above the Uni versity average, with sororities falling just a hair below the “all women mark.” Only “women’s dormitories” were below the all-university average. The pattern on the male side of the ledger is not greatly changed this time, save for the position of the 'l’KEs, and for the “men’s clubs” who came up to a spot above “all university” after their temporary slump fall term. Non-organization men,” “Men’s dormitories,” “All men,” and “Fraternities,” are all below the “All men” average. An interesting side-light is that Delta Tau Delta, the second highest fraternity in winter term grades, ranks only seventh among the men’s groups, and only 23d among all groups. Not too good a recommendation for the fraternity system, if we may be permitted the observation. Seven of the bottom 10 men’s houses are fraternities, so are five of the bottom six. When an organized group of men, with the “discipline” of a good fraternity, eakes out an average GPA just above 2-point it seems to indicate the need for a serious re-examination of the system, a re-examination of the house in question, or the scrapping of the scholarship palaver in the charter. The Wake of the Locust The twin problems of increasing population and decreasing food supply continue to plague Twentieth Century man. Our planet must furnish food for 200,000,000 more people today than it was asked to feed when Hitler went into Poland less than nine years ago. This increase has come about despite mass-murder, war, and starvation, all prominent features of the decade we have somehow just lived through. At the same time more and more soil is being rendered unfit for cultivation, fertilizer supplies so essential to the tired soil of Europe are almost non-existant, some of Europe's best farmland has been laid waste by the armies of the world, and farm machinery that should have been replaced has had to “make-do” while the world made cannon. Life magazine this week in an editorial looks forward a “hungry 25 years,” when the world will be hard pressed to feed itself. The most logical answer is the answer Life offers—greater farm production. That is essential, of course. But there would seem to be a complementary factor on the opposite side of the coin—;i slower-growing population. Such a trend can come about only when education and “enlightenment” are spread generously among the families of the world. Plainly the present situation cannot endure, if the men of our century are to prove Malthus wrong. . The Lot of the Women In the late 19th century a determined woman by the name of Susan B. Anthany sounded a call to arms that brought American women surging to her support. While Susan's banner waved and demanding wives threatened, haggard con gressmen passed the nineteenth amendment. Th dye had been cast; the barriers broken; women rushed forth on their long awaited sprint for equality. And so it is today that women can stand shoulder to shoulder with men in nearly every field—their dream has been fulfilled. But the dream shows signs of resolving into a nightmare. Women are getting a little more equality than they bargained for. Take, for example, the matter of social graces. Back when the gals were considered helpless, delicate females, the men gallantly helped them through the exhausting rigors of each day by opening doors, helping with wraps, and offering an arm when crossing streets. Then the women proved that they weren’t helpless at all in the business world; in fact, that they could hold their own with the average man. Such being the case the average man came to the conclusion that if women wanted equality in one field, they should certainly have it in all others. The seeds of revolt had been planted; they were now ripening on the vines. And now complete confusion exists. If a woman sits in the car waiting for her escort to open the door, she may discover him half-way down the block expecting her to follow. How ever, if she liberally opens her own door, it may only be to look up into the glowering face of a man from the old school who has run around the car to perform the chore for her. The same goes for cigarettes. Many men now feel that if women are going to smoke, they should carry and light their own cig arettes. Others cling to the traditional idea of supplying the smokes and the lights. But a woman never knows who will believe in what. Then there are the in-betweens. These are the men who haven't quite decided whether to go by the old rules or to follow the all-out-equality line. They may help a woman on with her coat one minute and blow a match out in her face the next. These are the dangerous ones for, like frogs, you never know which way they will jump. These are the ones who have shaken the victory out of women's equality. As a matter of fact, what does happen next? There seems only one possible terrible end. Like Marx’s theory of historical change, the antithesis will become the synthesis and women will not only perform the social graces for themselves but for the men too. Oh, Susan, what have you done?—M.E.T. For Better Advising There comes a time when every student looks back and says, “If someone had told me . . If someone had only told him, he would not have taken this course, or would have taken that one, or would have avoided such and such a blunder. Then, frequently, the student proceeds to lay blames and curses on the head of his faculty advisor. A number of stu dents have been polled recently in connection with an inves tigation headed by L. S. Cressman, head of the anthropology department, seeking recommendations for improvement of the advisory and registration systems. Student complaints were, most often, that advisors do not take enough time with their advisees, are indifferent to their problems, try to steer students into their own classes, or do not know enough about the campus and curriculum to advise. The faults in the advisory system lie mainly in the present procedure and not in the individual advisors. A professor cannot neglect the large number of persons taking classes from him to unravel the troubles of one student. Nor can a teacher new to the campus be expected to brief the student on a matter with which he himself is not yet familiar. It remains that students need advising, and that professors, like everyone else are allotted only 24 hours to each day. Perhaps the difficulties could be resolved, then, by better organization. Both the dean of men and women’s offices have small staffs of conneelors to whom students can take problems not strictly of a scholastic nature. The advice they give is not manda tory—it remains on the level of counseling. New professors, and old ones too, should be given lists of requirements for graduation. (This is already done in some departments.) They should show and explain these to the students. The position of house scholarship chairman should be more than an honorary office. If every house appointed a senior with a good scholastic record—not an inelligible student as is found occasionally—to advise lower classmen, a load would be taken from the faculty advisor. This student should not only have good grades and be familiar with the campus, but be the type of person to whom other house members would come confidently. It has also been suggested that each house be allotted one graduate student with advising as his main function. The ills of the advisory system are curable ones. Let’s hope the issue is not shelved.—B.H. Girls' Groups Install Officers Officers of AWS, YWCA, and WAA were installed last night at a banquet held at the Osborn hotel, with Mrs. Golda P. Wickham pre siding. Hendricks hall was awarded the trophy given annually to a house for the best overall participation in sports. Certificates were presented to Susan Campbell hall, Hendricks hall, Gamma Phi Beta, Rebec house, and Alpha Phi for outstand ing participation in individual sports during the past year. Value Emphasized Mrs. Wickham emphasized the value of the three women’s organi zations to the University. She com mended AWS for inspiring women to find their true place on the cam pus. Not only the students but the faculty have felt its importance, . she said. Barbara Johns, outgoing AWS president, installed the new offi cers. They are: president, Beverly Pitman; vice-president, Prudy Mc Crosky; secretary, Marie Lombard; treasurer, Mildred Chetty; report er, Martha Piper; sergeant-at-^' arms, Ann Case. Miss Ilansen Installs Bjorg Hansen, outgoing YWCA . president, installed the new offi-1 eers for that group Which are: pres- ' ident, Laura Olson; vice-president, Nancy Peterson; second vice-presi dent, Janet Beigal; secretary, Ann Woodworth; treasurer, Jordis Ben ke; junior commission, Joan O'Neill, Chairman, and Dorothy Orr, vice-chairman; sophomore commission, Barbara Stevenson, chairman, and Jackie-Barbee, vice chairman. Other members of the cabinet and the junior advisers were also installed. Barbara Borrevik, outgoing WAA president, installed the new ly elected officers for that organi zation. They are: president, Bep _ Courry; vice-president, Pat Mounts; secretary, Shirley Baker; treasurer, Mary Stadelman; ser- 1 geant-at-arms, Connie Gienger; custodian, Billijean Riethmiller. ; Gold Trophy Miss Borrevik awarded the three foot gold trophy to Hendricks hall. Certificates were given to Susan Campbell hall for volleyball, Hen dricks hall for first place in swim- - ming, basketball, and tennis. Rebec house for softball, and sports awards to Jocelyn Fancher of Gamma Phi Beta and Maryann Hansen of Alpha Phi for badmin ton. Certificates were given to Randi Raanes, Wilma Ernest, and Hazel Peterson for earning nine points and to Hazel Peterson, Jean Neely, - Janice Neely, and Genevieve Siskey for earning fifteen points. Points are earned by participa- * tion in sports organizations such as Orchesis and Amphibians. Night Staff: Editor, Connie Jackson * Asst. Ed.—Roberta Tussing Glenna Hurst Jim Cox « Dick Cramer Don Fair Glenn Gillespie Eisenhower said he thought mili- v tary men shouldn’t run for office, but that was just one general’s " opinion. ^^==^5^===S=== for spring Haircuts Charlie Elliot's UNIVERSITY BARBERSHOP 1239 Alder St Close to the- Campus p 41