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
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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.