Arlington Cemetery
A story in one of the papers in our metropolis to the North
seems to have offended some of the more sensitive students.
The story in question told of the quiet campus reception of
the Cotton Bowl bid news.
Another look at the report fails to reveal jftst what all the
fuss was about. The reporter, who was probably a student
himself since the release came from the University’s news bu
reau, only said that “the campus resembled Arlington ceme
tery at high noon of a Thursday.” Now if such statements
had been made about a time when the campus was duly popu
lated, there might be cause for alarm.
However, about the time that the official news came Sat
urday, the only signs of life on the campus were in the vicinity
of the library and the law school stacks. The only students
in evidence were those concerned with term papers and on
coming tests.
There is more truth than tale in the reporter’s statement,
“The new history majors wandering over the greensward
appeared more concerned with the fall of Rome than whether
or not Coach Jim Aiken’s Webfoots could put up a defense
against Doak Walker and his Mustangs come January 1."
No matter how personally delighted those walkers-across
the-campus might be they were obviously intent upon their
studies or they wouldn’t have been there. Had they been less
conscious of the approach of finals, they would have been en
grossed in due celebration.
It isn’t so much that the University’s students were “little
concerned with continuing to whoop it up” as that others than
those on the California football team feel the occasional need
of earnest study. J. G.
Way back When —
Only Two-Fifty a Week for Room
And Board -- Buf Bring Own Towel
By Jerrold Easterling
Fifty-four years ago a student
could attend the University of
Oregon one school year for $150,
according to a University adver
tisement issued in the fall of
1894. The University was only
eighteen years old.
The only fee imposed upon en
tering students was a $10 inci
dental charge. And students who
furnished their towels and bed
ding could get room and board
for $2.50 per week. There was no
tuition.
The reduction ill entering fees
was an incentive to students who
luul been wandering off to Stan
ford or other larger institutions
for their education.
It was estimated that students
could comfortably attend the
University for one school year at
a cost of $150, and by further
economizing could reduce tlrfcs
.sum to $125 per year.
At the turn of the century th#
University was comprised of five
buildings two of which Deady
and Villard halls are still in use.
Jn addition there was a dormi
tory, an observatory, and a gym
nasium, all of which were Jfe
moved during expansion.
Admission requirements were
comparatively low. Anyone hav
ing a diploma from the eighth
grade or having a teacher's cer
tificate were enrolled without
question. All others were required
to take an entrance examination
which, if passed, gave them the
same privileges as the others.
The majority of those entering
with eighth grade diplomas were
required to attend for six years
before they received a b achelor
of science degree. One could,
however, enroll in the recently
opened business college and re
ceive a disploma at the end of one
year.
The ('lassies were held in high
esteem and Greek and hat in was
a requisite for graduation. Stress
was also placed upon mathemat
ics and sciences.
In 1895 there had been a GO per
cent increase in enrollment bring
ing the total number of students
to 400.
University authorities were
asking that a systematized cur
riculum be installed in the ele
mentary grades to eliminate the
entrance examinations.
The period preceding 1894 had
been a hard one for the Univer
sity. It had often been openly
fought and it was only after a
struggle that it was granted
state aid.
Those interested in the erec
tion of a permanent university
were in favor of reducing the en
trance standards, and the cost,
to enroll more students and make
the University more impressive
in the face of the objecting au
thorities.
The Oregon Daily Fmerm.d. published daily during the college year except Sundays,
Monda> s. holidays, aud final examination periods by the Associated Students, University or
Oregon Subscription rates - $.'.00 per term and $4.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter
• t the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon.
DILL YATES, Editor VIRGIL TUCKER, Business Manager
Bob Reed, Managing Editor Tom McLaughlin. Adv. Manager
Associate Editors: June Coct/e, Bobolee Brophy, Diana Dye, Barbara Hey wood,
ITP1*ER BUSINESS STAFF
Beth Miller. Circulation Mgr. Virginia Mahon. Assistant Adv. Mgr.
Eve OYorbeck. Nat’l Adv. Mgr. Donna Brennan, Asst. Adv. Mgr.
Sally Waller, Assistant Adv. Mgr. lack Schnaidt, Asst. Adv. Mgr.
Joan Mimnaugh. Assistant Adv. Mgr.
UPPER NEWS STAFF
Mike Callahan. Stan Turnbull Don Smith, Assistant Managing Editor
Co-News Editors ^ Evel>n NiU and Ann Goodman
^GJcuu Gillespie. Snorts Editor Assistant News Editors
Bob Funk, Church Editor Tec Arthur, Research Assistant
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Providence, 2.1. on 25 March 1903.
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and the Horace Heidt lands and
then went on to win the Sond
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1942 and the Outstanding
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To the Editor:
The PCC choice of California
over Oregon for the Rose Bowl
has been, and will be for years
to come, the subject of hot con
troversy. Their decision to with
hold the result of the voting was
unwise and unjust, not only to
Oregon, but to the schools who
voted for Oregon. I agree with
your editorial comment in the
Emerald of November 24 in that
Oregon was “out-politicked”
rather than outfought.'
I would, however, like to give
you some of my observations
from the center of your “solid
south,” which isn’t so solid at all.
Living in Fresno, I have a good
opportunity to observe the reac
tions of both the Bay and the
Los Angeles areas.
Until Oregon played UCLA in
Los Angeles (the first real op
portunity Californians had to
watch the Oregon powerhouse
perform) sportswriters were al
most unanimously in favor of
California for the Rose Bowl.
After watching the magnifi
cent performance of Oregon in
that game, however, the Los An
geles Examiner, the Times, the
Daily News, and the Mirror (the
only ones I read) came out with
rave notices for Oregon, the like
of which I have never read.
What is more they completely
reversed themselves, made Ore
gon their choice for the Rose
Bowl. (A poll made Oregon the
favorite by better than 3 to 1.)
LTCLA and USC both went on
record as favoring Oregon over
California for the Bowl.
San Francisco sportswriters,
who couldn't see past Jensen,
continued to editorialize in favor
of California, went so far as to
assume that Stanford, too, was
convinced of the superiority of
the Berkeley crowd, even after
what Stanford did to them.
The San Francisco Chronicle
got a vei'bal hand slapping, as
quoted in their columns Sunday,
November 28, from the editorial
pages of the Stanford daily. Stan
ford's editors wanted to know
bow come the Chronicle was so
:onvinced that Stanford wanted
California in the Rose Bowl.
It seems the boys in Palo Alto
lave thought Oregon was the
setter team all along. They al
most proved it to California in the
Big Game two weeks ago.
Oregon was “out-politicked,”
but look a little farther into the
northern division before you
blame it all on the “solid south.”
A lot of Californians were just
as unhappy with the choice as
most Oregonians.
Very truly youra,
Don W. Jones ’47.
Additional Jobs
Listed for Grads
“Employment, generally speak
ing, is getting tighter. Employers
are interviewing more candidates
and selecting more carefully.”
Such is the opinion of Karl On
thank, director of the graduate
placement service, on his return
from a trip to California. He at
tended the annual meeting of the
Western Personnel Institute at
Pasadena as the University’s rep
resentative and met with personnel
managers of various concerns and
Oregon alumni in the Los Angeles
and San Francisco areas.
As a part of the placement ser
vice’s effort to broaden the range
of its connections, Onthank attend
ed several meetings of personnel
management groups in California.
KOAC to Carry
Home Games
Radio station KOAC will carry
an expanded broadcast schedule
for the 1948-49 basketball season
according- to James M. Morris,
program manager.
Added to the regularly sched
uled conference games for both
the University and Oregon State
college are 11 pre-season games
scheduled by respective coaches
John Warren and Slats Gill.
All home games, non-confer
ence as well as conference, will
be broadcast where possible, Mor
ris said. Tiie schedule begins De
cember 10 and includes 27 games
ending March 5 with the final
Oregon-Oregon State game.
Footnotes
By Michael Callahan
Traditions die a hard death at
Oregon, especially those that date
back as far as Homer. And I
dorv’t mean Homer the poet.
Homer, as the properly initiated
will know, was
the legendary
young freshman
who used to live
in Villard hall
and who was
blessed (or
cursed) with
ga steady townie.
Si All went, well
with this young lad until one Sat
urday night when his buddies got
wise. On that fateful day they
lent to history the ringing cryr
“Hey, Homer, going pigging to
night?”
Then came football and basket
ball and the Order of the “O” and
a tradition was born. Since that
day, countless Homers who pre
ferred something warmer than
the trusty jug for a nippy after
noon or evening have suffered the
screams of “pigger” at games.
If a plan (we spell this without
a capital P because it doesn’t nec
essarily involve Mr. DuShane)
that is now brewing on the cam
pus goes into effect, all that wilt
be changed.
The new idea, now being
pushed by Druids, the junior
men’s honorary, calls for organ
ized radio pigging at out-of-town
ball games. This supervised sosh
ing will be done from house to
house by those who stay home.
As the deal now stands, houses
that wish to come in on the pro
gram will be recognized and
scheduled on the official campus
social calendar, on an exchange
basis.
Here’s how it will work:
Shortly before a Saturday grid
game or evening baseball meet,
all houses on a side of the cam
pus (like those on Millrace row)
will march in mass to pre-sched
uled houses on the other side,
men going to women’s houses,,
and women to men’s houses. It is
still a question whether tea and
cakes will be served during
broadcasts, but there is now
doubt that many a social beach
head can be secured over an Ore
gon score.
The plan offers all sorts of fas
cinating thoughts:
What happens during the late"
night basketball games ? And
what about those radios on the
second deck? . . .
Footnote: Relax, housemoth
ers, a guy, a gal, and a noisy por
table on the dark end of the porch
doesn’t mean a thing!
And here’s a footnote to the.
University administration: I won
der if it’s true that the estimated
cost of the new student union
building was so far below the con
tract agreed on that all sorts of
difficulties have cropped up?
Such difficulties, for example, as
postponing the big plan of put
ting enough seats on Hayward
field to attract the California
money teams up Eugene way ?
I can't seem to find out who i3
footing the bill for the two-story
eight-room tool shed that work
ers on the union building threw
up so fast. Was it part of the
student union contract ?
A few weeks ago it came to
the attention of this column that
shedlike roofs are beeing rigged
up over the trailer “houses” down
behind the tennis courts. This,
presumably, is to keep the veter
ans and their families “living” in
those trailers from drowning dur
ing the hig winter rains.
It’s nice to know the student
union blueprints so comfortably
stored in that house weren’t
rained on.