President's Message
It is a real pleasure to extend the University’s greetings and
well wishes to those students new to our campus this year. It is
■equally a pleasure to welcome back those who have been with
u$ before.
The general feeling concerning the coming school year
seems to be one of optimism. It is sincerely hoped that it will live
yp to expectations by being one of the most productive in Uni
versity history.
During the past year we have made important progress in
meeting the University’s needs for adequate facilities and staff.
Undoubtedly you will still find, however, that classroom space
is crowded, library and laboratory facilities overtaxed, and other
such inconveniences. On the other hand, I believe that you will
-find an even keener desire on the part of our staff to make avail
able to you the benefits of their knowledge and experience.
With your registration the rich and varied educational
background of this institution, based on 72 years of service to
the state and to the nation, will be open to you. We sincerely
hope that you will make the most of it.
Harry K. Newburn
1948-49 Policy Statement
Today’s issue marks the beginning of‘ the fiftieth year of
publication for the Oregon Daily Emerald.
For half a century Emerald editors have worked hard to build
and maintain a tradition of journalistic excellence. To this year’s
editor falls the fruits of their labors. He may profit from their
: error and set their achievements as goals at which to aim.
1 [Whether or not he can prove himself capable of filling the shoes
of his predecessors remains for future judgement. At present
he can only pledge himself to strive toward that end.
It is still too soon to develop the policies of this year's
Emerald in regard to specific situations. However, several gen
eralizations can be set forth.
The editor is fully cognizant of the great responsibility
which has been placed in his hands. He is aware also of his per
soual shortcomings and the limitations 01 ms position.
The Emerald is a cooperative venture. Realizing this, the
vlitor will not attempt a one-man show. Editorial policy will he
i ,-fcxible and will be determined by a board consisting of the edit
or. four associate editors and the assistant to the editor.
Editors in the various news departments will have freedom
to govern their departments, limited only by accepted standards.
All members of the staff will have an opportunity to participate
in molding the 1948-49 edition of the Emerald. In granting this
freedom the editor believes he is assuring Emerald readers a
product which will be bright and interesting and one which will
meet with their approval.
The editor demands from members of bis staff only that each
endeavors to maintain and practice the highest standards of
ethical journalism. There is no place in the Emerald for distor
tion, prevarication, or dishonesty.
No crusades have been planned by the editor nor does he
have any axes in need*of grinding. This will not, however, stop
the Emerald from criticizing should situations arise which it is
felt warrant airing.
Looking toward the months which lie ahead, the editor is
highly optimistic. Things are beginning to shape up . .. it looks
like a good year.
Hair is the glory of woman, according to the Bible—but
times have evidently changed since Biblical days. This year at
Oregon glory will be added to glory for women will cover their
shining tresses with flashy rooters lids.
The lemon and green lids—reversible, no less—will replace
pom-poms. When we carefully weigh the merits of each against
the other, the change is probably a magnificent one. The only
practical use for pom-poms is to brush off flies and mosquitoes.
But lids! They keep off the sun. keep out the rain, and make
Betty Coed look just like Joe College. We’re for ’em !
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V1R(«IL TITKKU. Business Manager
Tom McLaughlin, Atlv. Manager
Associate Editors : June lioeue, Holiolfo Btoplty, Diana Uve, Barbara llcywood,
Dick KevenausJl. Assistant to tile Ktlitnr
l Bl’KR M'.W S STAKE
Mike Callahan. Stan Turnbull
Co-News Kditor>
Glenn Gillespie. Hob Reed
Co-Sports Kditovs
Vinita Howard. Women’s Edit n*
1 Um Smith. Assistant Managing Editor
Evelyn Xi 11, Anita JHolmes
Assistant News Editors
Phyllis kohlmeier. Helen Sherman
Editorial Secretaries ^
ITl'l-.R 111'.SI N'KSS STAVl'
Rillijeau Riethmiller, Circulation Mgr.
lire Overbook. Xat'l Aviv. Mgr.
Ml.lv Waller. Assistant Aviv Mgr.
J.. :u Mimnaugh, Assistant Aviv. Mgr.
Vigrinia Mahon, Assistant Ad\r. Mgr.
Kay Mussig, Assistant Adv. Mgr.
I .'forge Melvin, Assistant Adv. Mgr.
"In My
Opinion
• • •
-From Our Readers
To the Editor:
The Emerald is or should be
one of the agents of the student.
A student newspaper is the only
formal outlet for the airing of
students’ gripes, comments, rea
soning and sentiments.
There is no other means of com
munication on the University
campus that will serve as a true
mirror for the reflections of the
students. How else can five thou
sand students know the problems
and thoughts of their fellow stu
dents if they cannot be voiced
through the student newspaper?
The newspaper should be a com
munication agent among the stu
dents.
What other mass agent do the
students have to display their re
actions t,o the efforts of the fac
ulty? Teachers must have a
means by which they can study
and appreciate the efforts and the
actions of their students, or part
of their job is neglected. Faculty
efforts are lost if they have not
been calculated to fit the needs
and desires of the students. The
professor is a servant of the stu
dent body. And one way a teach
er has of knowing the mass re
action to his efforts is through
the student newspaper.
The student newspaper is not
only an agent among the students,
the faculty and the students, but
also between the student and the
world. World events should be in
terpreted, commented on and for
umed in the Emerald. Every stu
dent should have the right to
voice his opinion to the world
through his newspaper. One of the
ways the Emerald can become a
better agent of the students is to
run a daily forum. A letter box.
Most of the students would wel
come and use a letter-box. It
would make them believe that the
newspaper is what it should be—
a display case for them.
Wishing the Emerald a success
ful year and hoping that it will be
come even a more potent force on
the car.ipus and in the community,
I remain,
Sincerely,
Charles F. Ampere
Editor’s note: You’re so right
Mr. Ampere. Part of the revised
format for the Emerald this year
will include a letters column. We
believe that the column should be
unfettered as possible. The only
restrictions will be on letters that
violate decency,, maliciously in
jure some one, or contributes
nothing.
A letters column should be a
working part of the newspaper.
We will welcome, tips, beefs, opin
ions, thoughts, reforms, anecdotes
or reports. We’ll try to maintain
objectivity in the editing of let
ters.
We do, however, reserve the
right to edit, delete, or dispose of
any letters submitted. Letters re
ceived will become the property
of the Emerald.
Later a box will be placed in
the Co-op for letters to the editor.
The Emerald offices are open all
day and copy can be left in the
editor’s offices or given to any of
the staff. Letters should be signed,
but signatures will be withheld on
request.
StudentMomsMeet
Student families may make ar
rangements for the morning care
of their children at the first meet
ing of the YWCA cooperative nur
sery school today. Plans for the
coming year will be discussed at
the meeting, scheduled for 4 p.m. at
the Fairmount Presbyterian school
at 15th and Villard streets.
Lau of the Press
A Good-Living Guide
For Faltering Freshman
By LARRY LAU
Beginning our fourth year of columnisting, we
are greatly tempted to relax into the lap of the
past, there to muse affectionate
ly on the events that have made
this campus hilarious over the
years, but . . . later. We’ve been
asked to prepare an unofficial
guide for the fledglings. Some
thing they can treasure, hold dear
to their hearts and, in case of rain,
stuff in their shoes.
UNIVERSITY ... an academic
gem to the State Board, an anath
ema to our rural brethren at OAC,
the “Oregon country club” to peo
ple in Florida, some place “out
West” to New Yorkers, a Rose
Bowl opponent for the Golden Go
phers in Minnesota, a place of mi
gration for California, and a ha
ven for those not adverse to mix
ing business with pleasure . . .
SKINNERS BUTTE ... out the
road to the Ferry street bridge,
turn to your left and up and up
the hill. Terrific view of the town
if you’re interested. Found to be
the shortest way home from Mc
Arthur court . . . DR. MOLL . . .
the guy with a pointed beard and
black mustasche. Brilliant intel
lectual, the poet laureate of Aus
tralia who on more than one oc
casion has held a class spellbound
with his recitations of poems by
Vachael Lindsey in 20th Century
Lit . . . LOU ’N EVS . . . largest,
and second best steaks in town
. . . RUSH INN . . . run by a cou
ple of real solid characters named
Earl and Russ with hearts as big
as their hamburgers . . . THE
SPUDNUT . . . run by Bev and
Glenn, two youngsters just out of
Univ. of Utah. Topnotch coffee,
plus pinball machines you can
beat once in awhile . . . FIJI
MEAUUws ... a meaaow area
out of town on the banks of the
river. Traditional spot for good
picnics. Once a year the owner
erects barricades and electric
fences which are promptly torn
down. If you take beer to cool in
the river, anchor it with rocks on
account the current is strong and
thirsty.
PIGGERS GUIDE . . . invalu
able little booklet containing
names, addresses and phone num
bers of everyone. Has all perti
nent data except skull thicknesses
and shoe sizes. Usually comes out
late in October. MILLRACE . . .
once beautiful stream behind the
houses on 11th. Dry since 1942 be
cause of flood and procrastination.
Sometime after the new highway
moisture will be restored. Much
romantic canoeing. Many a girl
has learned to swim in the mill
race . . . BOB ALLEN ... the
ASUO student body president.
Large, serious gentleman who ran
on a, wobbly, untested Greek-In
dependent coalition last spring
and won a smashing victory over
the entrenched ASA . . . MAXIES
. . . easily identified by a sign
“Robinsons” over the door. On
13th between Patterson and Fer
ry. Run by Max and Nita, and un
officially reserved for upperclass
men. Dime suds drafts, with nu
merous plug-ins for the radios
necessary for the games away
from home . . . FENNELS . .
an alleged drug store corner of
11th and Alder run by a genial
bandit named Kieth who made his
fortune selling furnaces to Arab
ians before coming to Eugene.
Walk in for a blotter and he’ll sell
you an overcoat. Has also been
greatly active in raising money to
restore the millrace . . . SNOW
BELLE . . . Oregon’s most fam
ous dog. Hit AP, UP, and INS
wire when she ran second in a
field of eight girls in the 1947 Jun
ior Queen contest. A 160-pound
St. Bernard mascot of Phi Kappa
Psi who has three notches on her
collar for thwarting burglars . . ,
DR. BECK ... a “must” for Web
foots interested in psych. Made
LIFE with his sex movies for the
kiddies and habitually enthralls
the class with unique experiments.
Nuff sed, by the time you read
this his j2 o’clock will be filled up
. . . CROSSTOWN ... on 99 com
ing in. Has best steaks in town.
Run by a nice gal named Frankie
who’ll toss you out on your ear if
you think being a student gives
you license to hang from her one
and only chandelier . . . ART
LITCHMAN . . . the University
Athletic News Bureau chief. The
kind of guy who can tell you who
played third base for Molly Poots
in Newark in ’02. By far the best
publicity chief on the West Coast.
His innovations have had much to
do with Oregon’s “good press.”
THE SIDE & TAYLORS ... So
close and so alike we can throw
them in together. The Side is
more for cokes and bridge, and
it’s a tradition (not unbroken)
that the gals don’t sip suds there.
Taylor’s is a bit more masculine.
THE EMERALD . . . run without
faculty control by students, who
receive 2.00 or worse for their
eight-hour stints at “the shack.”
Has for years and years been
o-muiig uxit: tup -to sutii papeis iu
the nation, and has had much to
do with Oregon’s nationwide rep
utation for journalism . . . UNI
VERSITY MEN’S SHOP ... run
by an ex-New Yorker named Bill
who thinks if you’re a Webfoot,
your credit is A-l. Let’s not any of
you fledglings disillusion the guy.
Carries expensive, but good,
clothes . . . THE “O.C.” . . . the
bar part of the Eugene Hotel. Got
its name during the war when it
was the Officers Club. No danc
ing, and regardless of rank, if
you’re under 21, or don’t look like
the description on the I.D. you
borrowed for the evening, Emma
will show you the door. Embar
rassing! . . . THE PARK ....
meaning Willamette Park. Large
barnlike structure with fair-to
middling floor. Big name appears
there at $4 per couple, and if you
have an overcoat, I.D. isn’t nec
essary. Huge crowds that leave
promptly around midnight on Sat
urdays leaving the band wonder
ing what they’ve done wrong . ..
JIM AIKEN . . . has raised Ore
gon football to the point where
national experts are predicting
the Webfoots first bowl invasion
since the 1919 season . . . LEO
HARRIS . . . director of the entire
athletic department . . . respon
sible for the Michigan game at
Ann Arbor. Frosh won’t recognize
it, but there’s been a world of
change since Leo moved in. . . .
WARREN C. PRICE ... a heavy
hand hanging over the heads of
would-be journalists. One of
toughest profs outside the law
school. Those courageous enough
to take a course from him wind
up exhausted, but happy to be
done with it.