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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1949)
A Decisive Stand A decisive student stand has finally been taken on the se mester-term system controversy. The ASUO executive council voted unanimously Monady to reject the proposed change and to send the rejection to the University president for his consideration. The executive council wanted to take no stand on the issue until it had carefully considered the change relative to the student. It decided that students would have little gain and much loss from the proposed change. Until Monday, no decisive opinion had been expressed ex cept by small groups of faculty or student body members. Then the student council opposed en masse—the first group to counteract the “it doesn’t make too much difference attitude.” After considering the expense which would be involved in making the change, the time and work involved in changing the University curriculum, and the prospect of finals after va cations, the student voice decided that it would be better to preserve the status quo and concentrate on furthering needed improvements. D. D. Business firms say that the sale of electric blankets to In dians in Oregon has gone up 75 per cent this month. Salesmen are unable to account for this—but we can. * * * The University is distressed because only two out of five speakers scheduled for the assembly series have come. Offici als should compare notes with a town in Alaska that has had a concert series for the first time this year. The performers came —but they didn't stay. One was snowbound, the piano came apart in the middle of another's performance, and one singer walked off the stage in the middle of her song. Things are rough all over. The Emerald’s Women’s page contributed its bit of cheer and encouragement to a decadent and tired world Saturday when it announced that “strapless formals are still holding their own.” George Sand’s mother sold trained birds on the streets of Paris. How strange. * S: * William S. U’Ren, father of the initiative and referendum in Oregon celebrated his 90th birthday this week in Portland. • • • " In mY Opinion" To the Editor: Is the Emerald filler-poor? For the past four issues you have run “Poverty is the common fate of scholars” as a two-line fill. This can mean several things, good and bad. 1. You are trying to raise the salaries of the University faculty l»y a process of slow pounding'. Perhaps marked copies are being sent to the State Legislature. Tills is known as editorializing in your news columns, 2. You are intimating that the poorer the professor, the more scholarly he is. This will interest the majority of the faculty of the lower-income brackets, who need encouragement. 3. You are trying to get more students to try out for intercol legiate sports by pointing out that scholarship doesn’t pay. This is probably against the PNICO Code. 4. You are issuing a “sour grapes" statement on receipt of grades from last term. This is highly probable. 5. You have not received your weekly filler sheet—it was held up in the mail by heavy snow. This is for shame! Sincerely, M. S. Oregon If Emerald The Okscon Daily Emiiaid, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mania) s, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University oi Oregon Subscription rates: $.’.0d per term and $4.0U per year. Entered as secoud-dass matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. HIM. YATES. Editor Bab Heed, Managing Editor VIRGIL TUCKER, Business Manager Tom McLaughlin, Ass’t. Bus. Jrtgr Associate Editors: June God re. Boblee Brophy, Diana Dye, Barbara Ileywood Advertising Manager: Joan Miunaugh Stall Turnbull. News Editor (I'mti Gillespie. Sports Editor Torn Marquis, Radio Editor u PEER NEWS STAFF Don Smith, Ass't Managing Editor Ann Goodman, Ass't. News Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF K-h Miller. Circulation Mgr. Virginia Mahon, Assistant Adv. Mgr. live Overbeck. Nat'l Adv. Mgr. P°“«* Brennau' Asst. Adv..Mgr. Waller, Assistant Adv. Mgr. Joan M; uma ugh, Assistant Adv. Mgr. Jack Schuaidt, A sat. Adv. Mgr. -Lau of the Press Pretty Little Southern Belle Captured Hearts of Webfoots (Editor’s note: The following is a reproduction of an article widely printed throughout the state of Oregon. Between Decem ber 2 and January 7, our Mr. Lau made the Texas trip and sold 41 such feature articles on the Cot ton Bowl activities to eight dif ferent Oregon papers and one in Texas. By Larry Lau There’s a little girl named Di ane Sutherland in Dallas that is getting enough attention right now to last her a lifetime. uiaue is an 18 - year - old brunette, pretty as a picture, with a bathing beauty figure and the cutest southern drawl you’ve ever heard. She works at the magazine coun ter in the Mel YYJlClt UiV ball team is making its headquar ters. Just between you and me, I think she has a crush on the whole Webfoot team . . . and the feeling is mutual. When I first met her, she looked my rather sparse frame up and down and asked anxiously, “Are y’all a ballplayer too?” Somewhat on the defensive, I explained that I was covering the Cotton Bowl activities for a chain of daily newspapers' back home. She looked immensely relieved and said, “Oh” understandingly. She looked away and smiled, then sighed daintily when one of the football players waved hello as he crossed the lobby. “Diane,” I asked, plucking her sleeve to get her attention, “what do you think of these Oregon boys?” She kinda' dimpled at the ques tion, “Ah like ’em a lot,” she said, “they’re all so nice and friendly and polite.” While I was jotting down this statement, she added fiercely, “and I don’t care if'n they DO beat SMU!" After this burst of heresy she retired in blushing confusion to the other side of the counter and pretended to be busy with the cash register. We talked some more after a bit and I found that Diane knew the first names of almost all the Webfoots, what position they played, and whether or not they were married or had a steady girl friend. “The bellboys don’t like ’em so well,” she confided, “they d’ruther have a lot of old people who can’t carry their own luggage. They get more tips that way,” she ex plained. “When the Oregon team ar rived one of the bellboys asked one of them if he should carry his bags upstairs . . . and d’you know what happened?” She paused dramatically. I assured her that I did not and she continued. “Why, that big ole Oregon boy just laughed, put the bellboy under one arm, and car ried HIM upstairs!” Just then about a dozen team members stopped to say hello to Diane, and I stepped back re signedly ip the face of this supe rior competition. The whole group was laughing and talking and telling Diane how pretty she was. She blushed furiously at all the banter and stamped her foot in exasperation. “My goodness, y’all are so silly!” she scolded . . . but pretty soon she began to smile and giggle delightedly as the Webfoots continued to shower her ears with compliments. I turned to leave. At the desk across the way, the desk clerk held his head in his hands and smiled patiently. As I passed by he commented dryly, “Wal, looks like them Oregon boys will have at least *one con quest in Texas even if they don’t beat SMU. We all think they’re a fine bunch of boys . . . they just don’t pay as much attention to us as they do Diane.” Political Front ColumnisfTells State Legislators To Cut Down on 'Partying' By Vinita Howard Oregon's 45th legislature got underway in Salem this week and operating on the old theory that people would rather read about local news we’re going to leave the national scene alone and pre sent a brief resume of what has happened thus far at the state session. Oregon's new governor, Doug las McKay, in his inaugural ad dress, made 20 recommendations to the joint meeting of tire house and senate. Some of the more im portant suggestions are: 1. Placing future receipts of corporate excise tax in gen eral fund to balance budget. 2. Consideration of state school and institution building pro gram to be financed outside of 6 per cent limitation. 8. A highway modernization program witli higher gaso line taxes and registration fees if necessary. 4. Increased facilities at state institutions. 5. A comprehensive building program for higher educa tion. G. Financing of old age assist ance from the general fund and the placing of liquor revenue in the general fund. With all the preliminary work done the legislature is now ready to settle down and act upon Mc Kay's recommendations as well as some of its own. Most members are hoping that the work this year can be completed within the 50-day limit. Last time they met the session lasted 84 days and the members don’t get paid their us ual $8 per day after 50 days. Admittedly, we are rather naive on affairs of the state. However, having attended many of the last legislature’s sessions we have a suggestion to make which might help them adjourn within the 50 day limit. The recommendation is quite simple—merely cut down on the number of dinners, “cocktail parties,” receptions, etc., which always go along with the session. This might help the gallery ob servers also. Many people waste their mornings when the legisla ture is meetit ng because they want to hear how debates are carried on in the senate and house. When they arrive in the (Please turn to page seven) With the Legislators By Associated Press Salem University of Oregon junior „ college would be created in Port land by a bill introduced yester day by Senator Richard L. Neu- - berger, Portland Democrat. The measure appropriates $2,- ^ 000,000 for the new institution. It also provides that no more than $100,000 could be spent for build- • ing at any state higher education institution until the Portland junior college is completed. Neuberger said this would mean no higher education build- - ing program could be accom plished until the junior college is built. The junior college would be ' completed by September, 1950. Courses would be for freshmen and sophomores, and would be the same as those offered at the University of Oregon and Oregon . State College. The bill also provides that Van port college in Portland must re main open until the proposed jun ior college is opened. The legislature, making much - more rapid progress than usual, had enough hot issues before it yesterday to keep it busy quite J a while. The session was only in its third day, but it already had bills to prevent employers and unions from discriminating because of ■ race or religion; repeal milk con trol, provide for election of a lieu tenant governor, add a cent to the gasoline tax, tax persons who take bets on horse races, and use , income tax funds for state ex penses. The two key committees of the legislature—joint ways and means and the house tax com- . mittee—held their first meetings late Monday. These two commit tees hold the answer to how long ■ the session will last. When their work is done, the legislature can fold up. Washington American Federation of Labor - officials yesterday insisted anew that congress repeal the Taft Hartley law and restore the Wag ner act before considering new labor legislation. Three members of the AFL. leg islative staff told senate and house ..Democratic ..labor ..chiefs ■ the federation is vigorously op posed to so-called “one package” handling. Under that plan, Taft Hartley repeal and Wagner act re-enactment would be wrapped up in one bill with the changes President Truman wants in the Wagner measure. The approach the AFL and CIO are urging calls for two bills. The first would wipe the Taft-Hartley law off the books and restore the old Wagner act. The second bill would deal with the Wagner act “improvements’’ Mr. Truman is seeking. Neither the AFL nor the CIO has endorsed the changes pro posed by the president. * * * A strong combination of Re publicans and Democrats was taking shape yesterday for a drive against the §4,000,000,000 tax boost requested by President ■ Truman. Senator Byrd ..(D-W -Va), ..a long-time economy advocate, pre dicted the president will get less than half of what he asked for— if he gets any increase at all.