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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1949)
Campus Cop Has Mighty Bark; Gives Few Tickets By Dave Cromwell How many times have you been walking through the campus near the Co-op and been startled out of your day dreaming by the shrill sound of a police whistle and a gruff voice shouting, “Slow down!” You look in the direction of the sound and who do you see? Just a little gray-haired fellow bundled in a black navy pea-coat, and standing in the center of Thir teenth street. He is waving down all those cars that had the misfor tune to drive down his street dur ing intermission between classes. Misfortune because those unhappy violators get a most unforgetable tongue lashing for their “mistake.” A harsh fellow, this campus cop ? That’s what we all thought as we could hear him reprimanding the guilty. Not So Grim That's what I thought too, until one day, not so long ago, when I was standing by the curb near Fen ton hall, waiting for classes to change. Suddenly, I heard a cheery voice greet me from behind, “Been sort o’ cold lately, hasn’t it?” I turned around, and to my sur prise found the "campus cop” standing next to me. He was all smiles and full of friendship. I thought', “can this really be that ‘all-business’ campus cop?” It was. And in the ensuing con versation, he told me some inter esting facts about himself and his duties. Was "Bull'’ Jens Jensen was his name. He was born in Denmark in 1890, and as a young man came to the United' States. He worked as a railroad po liceman in the “yards” for 23 years before taking over his duties as assistant to campus cop John P. Kalkhoven in 1946. It has been Jens’ duty to see that no cars go through the campus during recess ever since he took over Mr. Kalkhoven’s duties, when the latter died of a heart attack in May, 1947. “In 1946,” Jens commented, “traffic was Stopped by barricades at each end of the block, but a year ago September, electric warn ing signals were installed. These signals are manually controlled from the Co-op.” Only Three Tickets Jens has been deputized by the Eugene police department, but since his duty here, he has issued only three tickets—these for pur posely disregarding the stop signs. “However," he warned, “all those who violate the regulations have their car’s license number sent in to the Eugene police department, and are immediately called down to the station.” When I asked him about the speed restrictions here, he said, “We’ve had them come through here as fast as 75 miles an hour, disregarding entirely the warning signals. The speed limit is 20 miles an hour.” "Their usual excuses for violat ing the stop signs are, ‘I didn't see the lights,' or ‘I'm late for work,’ Welcome Home Ducks —Start the New Year and new term in 'PRIM shape CHARLIE ELLIOT'S BARBER SHOP or ‘I’m late for school’,” Jens told me. “We’ve had three students run down by automobiles since last winter term,” Jens said “Two within eight hours. “We check the number of cars every once in a while, and during busy hours, there are between 125 and 245 cars that go through the campus every FIVE minutes,” he said. “Before the highway traffic was detoured through here, the av erage was between 85-125 every ten minutes.” Stork Is Emergency Only vehicles which have special permission may go through the sig nals. Those are: fire, police, mail trucks, ambulances, and private in dividuals in case of emergency. “The most usual emergency,” Jens said with a smile, “is someone trying to beat the stork.” Dads' Day Planned For February 5 Dad’s Day at the University has been set for February 5th, accord ing to an announcement of the exe cutive committee of the Oregon Dads. The Dads will award the Erb Me morial Scholarships this year, each for the amount of $200. Word has also been received that the Oregon Dads will furnish a Dad's Room in the Erb Memorial Building, the cost of which will be $5000. It is to be financed by life membership sub scriptions to the Oregon Dads and incdental donations. Ellickson Talk Set “Phosphors Sensitive to Infra Red” will be the topic of a lecture to be given next Monday by Dr. R. T. Ellickson. Dr. Ellickson will speak before Sigma Xi, science honorary, at 8 p.m. in 103 Deady hall. The lecture will be open to the general public. Plymouth Meet Set Plymouth club of the Congrega tional church will be held this week in the church dining room, 490 13th avenue east. Guests are promised “all they can eat” for 25 cents. All University students are invited. Concert Program i. My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair.Franz Joseph Haydn La Violette.Alessandro Scarlatti Aria: Deh vieni non tardar.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from “The Marriage of Figaro” n. Botschaft.Johannes Brahms Allerseelen..Richard Strauss Caecilie.Richard Strauss III. Aria: Bel Raggio, from “Semiramide”.Biocchino Rossini Intermission IV. A des Oiseaux.Georges Hue C’est l’extase Langoureuse.Claude Debussy Visione Venezianna.Renato Brogi Canto di Primavera.Pietro Cimara V. Aria: II est doux, il est bbn, from “Herodiade”.Jules Massenet VI. The Imprisoned Soul.Arthur Bergh The Philanderer.Mortimer Browning I Shall Know Song..Mana-Zueca Miranda.Richard Hageman Here's One Degree (Please turn to page six) come to pay for needed buildings such as the new women’s dormi tory. There are a number of tests by which the genuine sidewalk en gineer may be recognized. First, he must have apparently unlimited amount of leisure to give the required critical atten tion to every phase of the project under consideration. A quick glance while passing by does not count. The second characteristic is that his shoes are thickly encrust ed with mud due to the nature of his avocation. But if the caked mud covers only the soles of his shoes it means the student prob ably lives in John Straub hall and acquired it going to and from class. The final characteristic is that the majority of sidewalk engi neers don’t know the first thing about construction. They just like to watch. I-M Play to Start The 1949 intramural program at Oregon will get underway next Monday, with both basketball and handball action scheduled to begin in the men’s physical edu cation building. Basketball I-M schedules will be in the mail this weekend, and the Emerald will carry the first week’s schedule in Saturday’s issue. tor expert ALTERATIONS REPAIRS >:*k inst&ht Pressing-/ j HAPPY NEW YEAR WE HAVE A NEW STOCK OF HAIRCUTS! - DROP IN - Kampus Barber Shop 851 K 15th Across from Sigma Chi Myrtle Spande Named PE Aide Miss Myrtle Spande has been ap pointed to the position of assistant professor of physical education, ac cording to a joint announcement of the University and the general ex tension division of the state board of higher education. Miss Spande will work in con nection with extension workshops for public school teachers. Life without purpose is life with out interest. Former Dean's Daughter Dies Georgie Lee Hall, three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, Gray’s Harbor, Washington, died suddenly yes terday in Vancouver, Washing ton. Cause of the death has not been determined. The child’s father is a former member of the University of Ore gon administrative staff. He served as assistant dean of men in 1946 and was acting dean of men at the time he left the Uni versity in September 1947 to be come dean of school at the Gray’s Harbor Junior college. The Hall family was returning home after visiting friends in Eugene at the time of the child’s death. Besides her parents, she is survived by a five-year-old brother. THETA SIGMA PHI meeting, 4 p.m., 104 Journalism. KWAMA meeting, 4 p.m., Delta Gamma house. SCABBARD AND BLADE, 6:30 p.m., ROTC building. MORTAR BOARD, 6:30 p.m., Kappa Alpha Theta house. YOUNG DEMOCRATS, 7:30 p.m., upstairs at the Side. 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