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.
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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.
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William S. U’Ren, father of the initiative and referendum
in Oregon celebrated his 90th birthday this week in Portland.
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" 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.
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-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.
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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.