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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1949)
An Open Letter To The Students of the University of Oregon: There has been at recent home basketball games an increase in the amount of unsportsmanlike conduct and actions on the part of student spectators. The deplorable practice of “booing” and heckling referees and members of opposing teams reached a particularly low level at last week’s series with the University of San Francisco. Many Oregon fans, both on and off the campus, have shown considerable concern over the rapidly deteriorat ing sportsmanship being displayed by our student body. They quite frankly point out that such conduct has a harmful, three-fold effect: 1. By tending to cut down the respect and support which our athletic teams can normally expect from townspeople, alumni and other friends of the Univer sity. 2. By giving the University a “black eye" with other schools. 3. By often working a definite hardship on members of our own team by creating a general atmosphere of animosity during a game. Therefore, the undersigned believe that the interests of the University will be better served if all students co operate immediately in an all-out effort to stamp out all forms of poor sportsmanship at future atheletic con tests. (Signed) Roger Wiley, Basketball Captain Bob Allen, ASUO President Bev Pitman, AWS President Bill Yates, Emerald Editor Will It Work? To what extent can University students govern them selves? _ This pertinent question was raised again this week when I the executive council approved the idea of a student traffic ' court. For years there have been clamors for more student voice in the administration of student affairs. From time to time j there have been campaigns for more student representation on the educational activities board, the athletic board, the discipli I nary committee, and other governing bodies. Little has come of these pleas. Now the exec council plans to set up all-student court to handle campus traffic problems. The only influence from the !. administration will be that of a non-voting advisor. All deci j sions will be left to the students. What more could be asked? In this group the students will have gained more than the ; usual pleas for an equal voice. They will be THE voice. Not all the implications are apparent in the actual setting up of the court. At present its jurisdiction is limited, but city authorities have indicated that if it proves itself capable, more and more cases involving students may be turned over to it. And with this court as an example the administration hay show its willingness to hand over other problems to the stud , ents. The University we’re sure, would be very happy to know it '! could turn over mote of these “headaches" to the students if j they were sure a good job would be done. Some schools have shown that self-government by stud 1 ents can work. Some have proved that even the honor system can be successful when the students accept the responsibility. ! This court may well be the best way to decide whether this I school’s students have level heads on their shoulders. We’ve heard all the clamor for privileges. How does the ac i companying responsibility feel? J. G. Oregon If Emerald The Oregon Dui v Emerai d. published daily during the college year except Sundays. Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods h> the Associated Students, Intversttyot Oregon. Subscription rates: $.'.00 per term and $4.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter •t the post office, Eugene, Oregou. BILL YATES, Editor Bob Heed. Managing Editor VIRGIL TUCKER, Business Manager Tom McLaughlin, Asst* Bus. Mgr. Associate Editors: June Goetre, llohlee Bruphy. Diana Dye, Barbara tleywood Advertising Manager: Joan Mixxiaugh UPPER NSWS STAFF Stan Turnbull, Nevys Editor Tom King, Spurts Editor Dick Cramer, Sports Editor Turn mart)uis. Radio Editor Walter Dodd. Feature Editor Warren Collier, Chief Night Editor Don Smith. Ass’t Managing Editor Keu Metrler, Ass’t News Editor Ann Goodman, Ass’t News Editor Helen Sherman, Circulation Mgr. Eve Overbeck, Nut’l Adv. Mgr. Bill Lemon, Sales Mgr. Leslie Too/e, Ass’t Adv Mgr. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Cork Mobley, Ass’t Adv. Mgr. Virginia Mahon, Ass’t Adv. Mgr. Donna Brannan, Ass’t Adv. Mgr. Jack Schnaidt, Ass’t Adv. Mgr. A Problem for the Exec Council? OSC Gets Goodman; And Who Do We Get? By Michael Callahan We were already composing a scorching lead sentence for this column yesterday when we picked vi p the phone and called Dick Williams, educa tional activities director. On the desk in front of us was a copy of the Oregon State “Barome ter.” The State Barometer, me paper had announced in big black print that Benny Goodman and his orchestra had been asked to an early playing date on the State campus. Our Aggieville neigh bors have a $2000 ante with which to tempt the Goodman clarinet and show, despite having paid Tex Beneke a similar big fee just two weeks ago. Meanwhile, just a few miles southward, we Oregons have been fed a steady diet of Curt Sykes, Wally Heider, and other scrub outfits. Now, to top it off, we will have the privilege of listening to something called Jerry tan Hoo missen at our annual Military Ball. That’s why we called Dick Wil liams. We had a big question, and we were plenty hot under the collar. Within a few minutes Dick gave us the picture of what Ore gon is up against on campus danc es. It shapes up like this, and it answers some of the bitter ques tions being asked around the school. First off, we are up against Mac court. All events for the big barn have to be scheduled during the first few weeks of fall, so that all home basketball games can be worked in. This can put things in a tight squeeze, as Dick pointed out when he mentioned that during this winter term there are only two Saturday nights available for dance dates. On top of this is the fact that campus dances of late have lost money. Some of these red ink fig ures have reached as high as $700. As a result, the Frosh Glee and Beaux Arts Ball have been axed from the social calendar. Also because of this, Williams passed up a chance to book Ted Weems for the Senior Ball this year. Weems asked a $1500 fee for his band, which was more than the educational activities board and the senior class offi cers felt they could afford to drop. We think one good reason for this is the too-steady diet of high school prom outfits that play at the court. It will taxe a reaiiy mg outfit to start the ball rolling again. There’s one bright spot in all this—the Student Union building. When this is available and st lim ited audience is assured, we can take a cue from State’s Memorial Union building and start shop ing around for big-name bands in the Dorsey and Goodman class. However, until the Student Un ion dance floor is ready in 1950, something can be done to insure better quality bands for the big dances. We therefore put this matter squarely up to Bob Allen, presi dent of the ASUO, and to his ex ecutive council. The executive council should start flexing its muscles and look ing more closely to existing Uni versity regulation concerning changing dance dates. After a careful study of those regulations, the council, as our spokesman, should meet with the right people and work out some thing flexible in the way of a dance schedule. We should be able to take advantage of open dates when they are offered by big name bands. The least such a re view and conference would do would be to help clarify a few positions. Footnote: What do you say, Bob Allen . . .? ---— Wild Notes Woody Herman Makes Big Noise By Fred Young Woody Herman’s “Sequence in Jazz” is the biggest noise in-this week’s news on records. The Her man Herd of the ’45-’46 era fea- * tures Flip Phil lip's tenor, Bill j Harris trom- i| bone, and Shor-f t y Roger’s;; trumpet manip-1 ulating arrang- J er Ralph Burns' i exciting origin- ] als. Also, quite a on is 11 — arranger Burns’ piano, and Woody again proves he should play mote of his nice alto and less clarinet. “Summer Sequence” intends to depict in four distinct parts the mood of summers spent at Long Island, New York, Chicago, and California. According to Burn's interpreta tion, the first and the last men tioned must be very mellow plac es with pretty playing by Harris, Flip, and Woody. A mention should be made of Charlie Jagel ka's pleasant guitar which is first to state the L.I. theme. New York races with the big city Ellington sound, and Chicago is flippant with Phillips' and Woody's soloes much in the "With Someone New” mood. “Lady McGowan’s Dream" is named for an elderly English poetess who seems to have a keen interest in the sound produced by Burn's arranging. Woody plays more good alto. Phillips, who for several years has been one of the country’s best tenormen, adds to the “Dream” with his well constructed solo. Shorty Rogers bops along on his muted trumpet solo that, unfor tunately, can hardly be heard. In “Dream” you’ll hear Burns getting his Stravinsky kicks, and the fresh, clean sound which marked this, the original Herd. The new, or present, Herman Herd has released its first record /for Capitol. The switch to Capi tol seems perfectly timed for Her man to grab the popularity left behind by Kenton and the unques tioned position of number one band. “Lemon Drop” is the more in teresting side of this first Capitol release. Serge Chaloff’s baritone, Red Rodney’s trumpet, Earl Swope’s trombone, Terry Gibbs’ vibes, and Don Lamond’s explos ive drumming are featured in this niece intended for likeable listen ing. However, the solos are too short and Rodney’s seems the most complete. Shades of Dizzy and Kenny Hagood in the scat bop vocal featured in the intro and coda by "the Choir” composed of Gibbs, Shorty Rogers, and Chub by Jackson. A profound “I Ain’t Gettin’ Any Younger” is averred by Woody on the backside of “Drop.” The bridge is notably rendered by Bill Harris and tram with trum peter Ernie Royal doing some strato-bopping behind the Woody singing. Downbeat states that Charlie Barnet and Jerry Wald are form ing bands that will follow Ken ton's frantic style with screech ing brass and Cuban bongo. Bar net has a record contract with Capitol and the initial release is soon due. With the Legislators BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Talk arose in the house yesterday of a possible compromise which would scuttle most of President Truman’s civil rights program in re turn for repeal of about one-fourth of the Taft-Hartley labor law. While party leaders remained silent, both northern and southern Democrats gave that version of an agreement as tentatively accepted by Dixie lawmakers, who hold the balance of voting power in the house. Republicans told of offering — unsuccessfully — this counter-pro posal: The GOP house members would vote against the entire civil rights program if the southerners agreed to help them smash efforts to re peal the Taft-Hartley law. Under the Democratic agreement, only an anti-lynch bill would get through the house. There would be no action on President Truman’s request for anti-poll tax and anti-job discrimination measures. In exchange, the Southerners would vote for a Taft-Hartley re pealer which actually would keep “about three-fourths” of the law. Administration Democrats have made no secret of their concern over the fate of new labor legislation, even after forcing a change in house rules to prevent a Republican-Southern Democrat coalition from bottling up a labor bill in the rules committee.