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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1948)
Porchlight Parade By ED CAUMJKO With many ducks making the northward trek to Seattle the campus was left minus much of its usual hustle and activity . . . Those who did make the journey returned with contradictory stor ies about having had a terrific lime reminiscent of the Stanford game and others reporting that Washington hospitality could take a few tips from our neigh bors to the south . . . guess it’s a toss up. However, understand there was a much friendlier at mosphere and a lack of snobbery which was so evident at Cal. Pi Phi Bev Pitman aimed her arrow for a bull’s eye when she tackled herself a football player at Seattle, returning to the cam pus with his badge . . . the lucky grid-star is Marty Smith, a Washington U. Fiji. Also topping the weekend with m pinning was Fiji Dave Blunt who added his brass to the Gam ma Phi jewelry of Pat Bailey. It must have been the Puget Sound weather. . . . Surprised at his own Romeo ability Kay Muessig was too bash ful to let his brother Sig Eps in on the scoop that he had pinned Ann Dodds, a Portland lass a week ago Friday. The cat was finally let out of the big when his excuses for not wearing his pin wore thin. . . . I Another couple that can be filed under the letter "I”, for in eligibility, are Carol Hines of Ger linger and Bill Seal. Carol now sports Bill's DU pin on her cash mere. . . . Oregon's grid hero and Home coming Hostess have culminated a whirlwind romance with the in evitable pin . . . Jane Hull, Kap pa, all sewed up with Sig Nil Dick Wilkins. . . . Up on the hill Saturday night, the Tri Delts danced to the music of Widmer among decorations of -Rchmoos coinciding with their theme, “Shmoos-a-Poppin’ ”... the pre-dance dinner menu of fered Shmoos ala cackle, chicken to we peasants, and was high lighted with the announcement by Dorothy Thompson of her engage ment to Pi Kap Lynn Freeman. .. Seems to be the season of en gagements what with AChiO Darlene Marlton sending a box of candy from the ‘‘City of Roses” announcing her impending con solidation with Sig Nil Frank Irulli; and Pi Phi Nancy Carlisle showing a glittering rock, cour tesy of ATO Mo Thomas. . . . I Seen bye-byeing the proverbial Hall, dark lad at the Greyhound depot in Portland Sunday was DO ’rharmer Jackie Chalmers . . . could this be the reason for her many trips to the big city and her subsequent return on pink clouds. . . . The “vine” reports that a cer tain ZTA returned from the Washington game with a strange fraternity pin from an unknown source ... in fact this unfortu nate lass doesn't even remember when or how she came into pos session of said jewelry. . . . Belated news comes in that Jo Kawlins merged With Kubis Gil bert at a ceremony at which Ex Emerald Editor Bob Frazier gave away the bride . . . Jo’s only com ment was, “This is the first and last time I'll ever go through that again.” . . . A Financial Problem The University’s decision requiring that freshmen pledg es to campus fraternities and sororities live in dormitories or rooms in town beginning next fall raises many problems for both the University and the Greek houses involved. Not least among these will be certainly the problem of the transition period. The big question confronting most houses seems to be: Can we get over the hump? Most fraternity and Sorority houses with whom we’ve talked agree that the process of transition will work a great financial hardship on the houses. Some houses, it is felt, may not be able to weather the storm. With the country in a grave inflationary period, it has been necessary for the past several years for houses to ad here to a strict budget, particularly in regard to food. To avoid operating at a loss, houses have depended on full mem bership quotas and quantity food buying to keep out of the red. The question now arises: Will each of the Greek houses be able to increase its membership total to a point where it can operate successfully from a financial standpoint next fall? To do so will require pledging winter and spring terms enough “extras" to off-set the loss of freight-paying pledges next fall. But, are there now on the campus enough independent students interested in pledging Greek-letter organizations to make this possible? If not, surely some compromise between the houses and the-University must be worked out. One possible solution would be to allow pledges to eat a meal or two at their own houses. The financial problem here outlined seems to be the one of paramount importance at present. For the welfare of the fraternities and the University it must be studied and solved now. Much Thanks Right now the journalism faculty is heaving one large sigh of relief. Their annual high school press conference is put away for another year. The high school students, eager to improve their handiwork, have come, exchanged ideas on better papers, and returned to their schools. But the journalism faculty is also breathing words of thanks to the campus living organizations. Without their aid, the two-day conference would not have been possible, for they made available all their extra space to house the dele gates. Some houses, even normally crowded, just made the space for them to stay. Some people had to sleep in day beds, but somehow they were all taken care of. Even if only those delegates who sent notice that they were coming had arrived, it would have been a heavy load on the houses. But, expecting 203 students to arrive, the journalism school found that when registration was over, 247 had signed. All this surplus was adequately cared for by the houses. These weekend conferences of high school students for one thing or another have become more frequent of late, and it’s becoming quite a problem for the living organizations to provide the housing. Yet they’ve always come through. So, to all the living organizations that particpated, thanks, many thinks, for a job well done. J. G. The OaEOON Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates: $2.00 per term and $4.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. BILL YATES, Editor Bob Heed, Managing Editor VIRGIL TUCKER, Business Manager Tom McLaughlin, Adv, Manager UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Beth Miller, Circulation Mgr. Virginia Mahon, Assistant Adv. Mgr. Eve Overbeck. Nat’l Adv. Mgr. Donna Brennan, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Sally Waller, Assistant Adv. Mgr. Jack Schnaidt, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Joan Mimnaugh, Assistant Adv. Mgr. Associate Editors: June Goetze, Bobolee Brophy, Diana Dye, Barbara Hey wood. Mike Callahan, Stan Turnbull Co-News Editors Glenn GiUespie, Sports Editor Vinita Howard. Women’s Editor Bob Funk, Church Editor UPPER NEWS STAFF Don Smith, Assistant Managing Editor Evelyn NiH and Ann Goodman Assistant News Editors Jo Rawlins, Research Director Tec Arthur, Research Assistant •-Carnival The End of Tillie,- or The Evils Of Toujours Cologne - A Story » By BARBARA HlSinuuu Miss Tillie Stevens lay dead in the bushes. Her dress was disor dered and her hand-crocheted col lar had been snagged off by a branch. A smear of blood had dried at the corner of her mouth. Had you seen her there, you could not have believed that it was the same Miss Stevens who had walked into Gilam’s grocery store earlier in the evening. It was nearing dark when she left the library that day. She had secreted one of the new books— the most risque epic out that sea son—into her locker in the li brarians’ sitting room earlier, and this, wrapped in brown paper so no one could see the title, she was carrying under her arm. At home in her apartment she scanned the book for a few min utes, then freshened up in the frilly bedroom. She put Toujours cologne on her ear lobes, Two Hearts on her wrists, and changed into a fresh lace collar. Then she went to the grocery store, because she needed some milk to mix in the bread she made for her love birds Heloise and Abelard. Miss Stevens was afraid to be out after dark, but she carried a small pistol—her “only vice,” she called it. She didn’t know how to use it, but the landlord had load ed it for her, and she carried it iUl UIC 0“’ ^ “Pasteurized milk?’’ the clerk asked her. “Why, of course,” Miss Stevens answered. “Why the big grudge against germs?” a masculine voice asked. She turned and saw Chuck, the almost-young bachelor who had the apartment below her. "There’s no sense taking chanc es with undulant fever,” she an swered him rather shortly, for she disliked him. Mrs. Burns in the room across the hall told her that he’d had a woman In his room once. She picked up her milk and walked to the door. Chuck came up behind her and opened it with a flourish. “May I give you a lift, Tillie?” he asked. “Miss Stevens,” she corrected primly. “Would you like a ride, Miss Stevens, from a perfectly harm less neighbor of yours who had all his bad habits cured in a fif teen-year prison stretch?” Miss Stevens thought of her gun, and got in reluctantly. She sat as close to the door as possi ble, and didn’t say anything. Chuck turned to her. “About jail, I think you really believed me, Miss Stevens. Truthfully, I have spent the last fifteen years working at the Murdock con (Please turn to page 7) American • AIRLANES Many people these days are finding it fashionable to criticize the radio industries’ every action. It has become quite the thing to jump on the bandwagon and start hurling abuse. It is always more fun to knock something than to offer constructive com ment, but one of the things a lot of people don’t realize is that in criticizing radio they are criti cizing themselves and their own actions. * The radio industry is regulated by the federal government be cause the airlanes are regarded as belonging to the people. The FCC has directed that radio stations shall operate in the “public in terest, convenience, or necessity.’’ Radio could probably offer a strong defense that they are sub stantially living up to this direc tive. Because the airlanes belong to the people radio gives the public what it wants, And what does the public want? It seems that the great majority of the public favors insipid soap operas or the vicarious thrill that comes from listening to someone collect a mil lion dollars on any one of a doz en different quiz programs. “Stop the Music” has a Hooper not even Fred Allen can buck; and ABC’s “American Town Meeting” has been left at the starting gate. Most of the industries to offer programs of quality have met with firm resistance from the lis tening audience. Because of this attitude radio is forced to go on presenting an abortive amount of trash. Today the airlanes are cluttered with the domestic prob lems of dozens of Portia’s, the mass murders of hundreds of criminals, and the frantic seek ing of the nation at large for the answers to a barrage of asinine questions. Radio is not without blame. This thing works both ways and responsibility for radio’s present condition must be shared by the industry and by the public. Per haps radio’s attempts to provide better programs have not been vigorous enough. Perhaps radio has too easily given up trying to do something to improve the quality of its offerings. But improvements are being made at a steadily increasing rate. Minority groups are being considered more and more when program schedules are made up. Today anyone interested in good radio can find without much trouble a variety of programs from which to choose, both cul tural and otherwise. Rival networks are finding the competition is getting rougher every day. They are finding it to their advantage to provide pro grams that appeal to all levels of the people rather than the ma jority alone. The coming of age of television will force the indus try to strengthen its appeals in order to survive at all. The public will benefit from these things. More programs like the “NBC Symphony Orchestra,” “Theatre Guild on the Air,” “Liv ing 1948,” “NBC University Thea tre,” and “American Town Meet ing” will serve an awakening American public. Our schools can provide an in valuable service by training peo ple to work in the industry and teaching others how they can help the situation by better lis tening habits. The next few years can be the golden age of radio or the start of the decline and eventual death of a great medium of communica tion. Let’s hope radio reads the signs correctly and acts accord ingly. We will all benefit from a vigorous and enlightened radio industry.