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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1948)
Extracurricular Civil Wars . Along with the annual news of the Oregon-Oregon State game comes the inevitable plea for fair play on the part of the two schools. Somehow little worry is expended on ■ sportsmanship on the playing field, but the actions of the rest of the student body are another matter. Already the “O” on the butte has turned a beautiful, rich orange, and any day now we expect to see beavers, with the ominous inscription “O.S.C.” appearing on the sidewalks. Looking back over the past few years, one can remember spies in Junction City alerting the campus on the approaching cars full of the enemy. But one can also remember the sorry looking creatures who showed up for their classes the next day. Some of them looked pretty battered—and sleepy. Yes, those days were exciting, if a little hard on the con stitution. As those who fought said later, fights are fine as long as you don’t get hurt. Then there were the mornings that the campus awoke to find those strange symbols, “O.S.C.” burned into the grass. Rumor has it that similar happenings occurred at the neigh boring school to the north. ! Evidently the men at the physical plant ran out of turpen tine removing paint from sidewalks and the Pioneer Mother; or maybe a dire shortage of Vigoro occurred trying to restore burned lawns. At any rate, the two schools decided that they’d had efiough of this stuff. The tight budgets of the Oregon schools just couldn’t take it if someone decided to blow up Johnson hall— all in fun, of course. So, before things got completely out of hand, they issued their proclamation on the dangers of active participation in any extracurricular civil wars. All is not lost, however. There’s still a fine battle coming tip Saturday—22 men on Bell field. J. G. Smith Inflation The Piggers’ Guide, under one name or another, has been coming out for 32 years. And this year another was publish ed, in the same week that advented The Baby Who May Someday Be King. As a matter of fact, this is a fine week for a birthday be cause many important things have happened on these dates in years past. For example, on November 17, 1933 the stud ent council authorized a payment to a firm in Salem for a pi ano cover lost at a Glee club concert the year before. But getting back to the Piggers Guide, as surely as it ap pears, the Emerald runs a story telling how many Smiths and Johnsons were listed. We don’t know how many Smiths were in the first Pig gers guide (1916) for it is at the bindery. (There’s no hurry about getting these things bound, you know.) In 1922, how ever, when the first Piggers Guide came out in printed, not mimeographed form, there were 19 Smiths, or .9 per cent of the total enrollment. This year Smiths comprise more than one per cent of the student body. SMITHS ARE ON THE INCREASE. If the Smiths continue gaining at the same rate, and the enroll ment goes up at the same rate, by 27,948 A. D. everyone ex cept professors at the University of Oregon will be named Smith. But even before that date, we have good cause for alarm. A minority can often overturn a majority. Witness Novem ber 3, 1917 when the Bolsheviks under Lenin (Ulianov) seized supreme power of Russia. All of us not named Smith should organize. We should put the Smiths to good use, let them channel their energies. John Stark Evans should have used them when he announced on November 18, 1922 that unless the Glee club received new impetus, it would disintegrate. And furthermore, what were the Smiths doing on Novem ber 19, 1924 when—oh well. Let the Smiths increase. B. H. The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Jfctonda's, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon Subscription rates: $2.00 per term mid $4.00 per year. Eutered as second-class matter m: the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon. BILL YATES. Editor Bob Reeil, Managing Editor VIRGIL TUCKER. Business Manager Tom McLaughlin, Adv. Manager Associate Editors: June Goetzr, Bobolee Brophy, Diana Dvr. Barbara Hey wood, UPPER BUSINESS STAFF firth Miller, Circulation Mgr. £ve Overbeck. Nat’l Adv. Mgr. iiaUy Waller, Assistant Adv. Mgr. Jfoau Mimnaugh, Assistant Adv. Mgr. Virginia Mahon. Assistant Adv. Mgr. Uontia Brennan, Asst. Adv. Mgr. lack Sehnaidt, Asst. Adv. Mgr. TT.,v m-SVs sf’W U t Alike Callahan, Stan Turnbull Co-News Editors <Ik*nn Gillesyie, Sports Editor Bob Funk, Church Editor Don Smith, Assistant Managing Editor Evelyn Kill and Ann Goodiuau Assistant News Editors Tee Arthur, Research Assistant --The Lowdown A Fable: 'Betty K' Falls Victim To the God of Textiles, Styles By Bud Hurst We have had the New Look for a little over two years now. What thoughts does such a reflection bring to mind ? It reminds us of a fable without an ending. Once upon a time there was a very happy little girl named Bet ty Koedd. She was style con scious but happy. She went around dressed in short skirts and tight fitting sweaters and all the boys were happy too. It was a good old world. Then one day disaster struck. The God of Textiles and Styles issued a statement to the press of the nation. “I am not making enough money so styles will have to be changed and every woman will have to buy new clothes. So shall it be!!” The die was cast. One could ar gue with parents and teachers and higti officials of the state but who could dispute the word of such an all-powCrful authority as he who dictated style. No one dared. So all over the country millions of girls like Betty, who had once been happy, thrifty and indepen dent, were bowed down to this edict and set about spending all their money on new clothes. The trim ankles and lithe legs disap peared and the curves became snarled in an orgy of cloth. The looks and smiles vanished from the faces of the boys and sensual desire hit rock bottom on the market. The visual affections of men all over the world were transferred from anatomies to automobiles. As the years went by only a few found themselves able to re call the glorious days of the up lift bra and the dimpled knee. The college professor looked with a feeling of nostalgia at our little Betty, seated in the front row. “The impossible has happened,” he thought to himself, “The Mother Hubbard has been con verted to everyday wear.” Old fires died down to smolder ing embers. The virile male stirred restlessly in his chair by the fire as he read the comics and appraised the features of Daisy Mae and the Wolf Gal. He took small consolation in the Bi kini bathing suit for he had nev er actually seen one on a woman. He lived in Oregon, not Florida. It is here that the fable ends. Our Betty is still covered dis creetly with clothes from head to toe and still trips over the edge of her skirt when she gets up from the table. She is middlin’ happy in her own little world but wht of the men in theirs.The story is unfin ished but the men need no happy ending to help them draw their inevitable conclusion. The Great American Sucker of universal re nown—is a woman!! DISCrjtic Finds Victor's New Collection - 'Theme Songs' - Good By Michael Callahan ' It’s a long time between hits in the discritic racket, when each record has to pass inspection for arrangement, surface quality, and performance. That’s why we find it easy to give the word on Vic tor’s ..new ..collection: ..“Theme Songs.” Take eight of th top name orks now playing the American airlanes, ..package ..their ..talents into their own theme tunes, and serve in a bright album loaded with history highlights. The re suit is a smash seller. And that’s “Theme Songs.” Into eight solid sides, Victor has paraded “Twilight Time” (The Three Suns), “Kaye’s Mel ody” (Swing-and-Swayer Sam my), “Racing With the Moon” (Vaughn Monroe), “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” (TD) “Piano Concerto No. 1” (a la Freddy Martin), “The Waltz You Saved for Me” (Wayne King), “Moonlight Serenade” (styling by Beneke, not original), and “My Promise to You” (Larry Green). The cover blurb calls it "mu sic that inspired a generation of dancers,” we call it the melodies that a million commercials cut to ribbons . . . for that porch light night, what more could you want ? New and noticeable: The King Cole Trio, with Nat handling the words, has another new one on an Atlas label. After a while these Cole discs begin to sound alike to us, they’re that good. This time they paired a jumper, “Got a Penny" with the standard sentimental. “Let’s Pretend.” For what it’s worth, we lay odds or “Penny” to catch. The least we can say about Charlie Ventura's new item, “Moon Nocturne,” is that it gave us a good ride over both sides of the disc. Ventura’s so-called new orchestra kicks the theme around a la Kenton, using the trick heavy drops and weaving horns for all they’re worth. The sax crew is as strong as ever, and keep well behind CV’s lead alto. It’s not danceable, but offers a pretty fair showcase of the new band. Dixieland jazz, when it’s good, is as “pure” a form of music as is likely to be found on the cur rent American scene. That’s why we keep a warm spot on our typewriter ribbon for collector’s items from Kid Ory, Satchmo Armstrong, Woody Herman, and the rest. And that’s why we can’t see Tommy Dorsey’s latest album— “TD’s Clambake Seven.” First recorded in 1935, Dorsey’s burlesque of the Storyville style went over big on the New York cafe circuit. As long as the sev en keep it light and corny, like “Rrancho Grande,” it’s good spot light stuff. But when Pee Wee Erwin cuts loose with a high trumpet, we can’t help thinking what really good jazz the boys could give with their coats off in the back room. Offered in the clambake album are “The Music Goes Round and Round.” “At the Codfish Ball,” “Josephine,” “Shiek of Araby,” “The Lady Is a Tramp,” and a few other “gems.” Some of the better music makers of that era worked for Dorsey, including Gene Traxler and his bass, drum mer Dave Tough, and the afore mentioned Erwin, who Berrigan called the second best white jazz trumpeter in the business. And that's planty good for such a col lection. The Druids' Corner It’s been pretty well hashed over, but there are a couple of angles to this deferred living business that haven’t had the at tention they deserve. First of all, what about the financial strain on fraternities and sororities dur ing the transition period? It’s been three years since the Oregon fraternities were reacti vated after the wartime shut down. Most of them are now on fairly stable ground, but they’re facing another manpower short age because of the draft. Perhaps college students won’t be called, but there’s no guarantee of that. If they are, it’s going to be tough sledding for the men’s houses, especially if they are cut off from their one available source of im mediate replacements. A glance at the registration figures will show that the veter an is a vanishing race on the Oregon campus. When the class of 1950 graduates, the last of the vet-loaded groups will be gone. It doesn’t take an overdose of logic to prove that the remain ing men will be first-class draft bait. With the present set-up, the pinch will come next fall. Under deferred living, freshmen won’t be moving into the houses next September. Under the present draft law, college students are ex empt only for the current school year. This could easily develop into a one-two punch that would close quite a few of the men’s houses, a situation that wouldn’t quite be in keeping with the pur pose of strengthening the fra ternity system at Oregon. It won’t be so bad for the girls. If the time comes when the co-eds are called into service, we proba bly won’t be worrying much about a new pledging system. But the ladies will'feel the fi nancial strain, too. Prices aren’t on the downgrade and it costs a lot to operate a sorority, ask any house treasurer. The transi tion period needed for deferred living would boost house bills out of sight and limit the number of girls who could pledge, also not in keeping with the purpose of strengthening the Greek system. But most telling of all is the fact that nobody who will be af fected by the change wants it. The Inter-Dorm council is op posed to the plan, the Interfrater nity council and Panhellenic are against it. The reasons for this opposition %re varied, but an important one lies in the manner of presenta tion of the deferred living scheme. It was suddenly foisted upon them, before they had a chance to help work out a plan accepta ble to all concerned. All of which brings us right back to the point we stressed two weeks ago, letting the student body in on administrative deci sions. It's too late now to work out anything without somebody backing down. But whatever de velops, why not let the people concerned speak their piece be fore the program is finished? ASST. ADV. MANAGER: Leslie Tooze I DAY MANAGER JOAN WAGENBLAST ! LAYOUT STAFF: Lee McGraw — -T Dave Ramstead Kay Kuckenberg i Jean Lovell r