Porchlight
Parade
By Ed Cauduro
Congratulations to Lois Hea
gle, current pride of the ADPi
house who was just drafted as
Little Colonel ... to reign over
the Troop’s Ball which turned out
to be three degrees flatter than
the Senior Lead Balloon. . .
Since it was a military ball you
may have been able to march to
the music but dance, NEVER!
. . . and speaking of music, we
understand that Bob Davis, has
swung a deal whereby he will get
.some kind of cut rate on his ac
cordion players for the ISA
stomp.
George Dorris is in a dither at
present ... he says too many
women are chasing him . . . Re
ports from the WAA Carnival
showed that the Pi Phi-Kappa
Sig booth took in 35 cents and the
Tri Delt-Minturn stall grossed
558.55 . . . must be taking courses
from Cornish. . . .
DU Dick Neely, after a long
period of cultivation, transplant
ed his badge on Chi O's efferves
cent Mary Hall . . . Sig Ed Eve
land and Pi Phi Peggy I t/, are
closer thanthis. . . .
DGMary \ ranizan is necucauy
trying' to burn a candle at both
ends . . . the ends being SAE Don
Edwards and Duke Elder . . . The
DCs are trying to monopolize the
between games time of about
four members of the first string
basketball team . . . Cookie Her
on and Jim BarteR, Phyllis Mor
gan and Will Urban, Bobby Jones
and John Neeley, and liarb Bor
revik with Roger Wiley. . . .
The Tri Dolts celebrated an en
gagement when Joan Kanibo told
of her wedding plans with Theta
Chi Don Colberg . . . and one coll
ide who are marking off 18 days
until their marriage is the Gam
ma. Phi Nancy Sweiu and Kappa
Sig George Bell combo . . . the
date is set for March 19th ....
A recent survey taken on the
coed with the most beautiful hair
found Shirley Thomas leading the
redheads, and Betty Lngomarsino
topping the list of blondes . . .
with Marilyn Turner placing sec
ond. . . .
Spring in February . . . Picnic
time in February . . . The Fijis
and dates forgot the Ball in fa
vor of lolling on the banks of the
river . . .and Friday night after
the game the Tri Belts enter
tained some OSC ATOs on a pic
nic party. . . .
The “For Kent" sign on the
Kappa front porch lias been re
moved since Kathy Fletcher and
ATO Lynn Hamilton have taken
lip the lease . . . another steady
combo that lias an option on the
DG front porch is the Janice Reid
and Dune Liston twosome . . . too
had pledge pins can't be planted,
right Dime ? . . . .
Fred Taylor beams every time
anyone asks him about his latest
. . . understand her name is
Adelle Sutton, that she's redhead,
and she lives in Eugene ... no
further particulars at this time.
One lad who ought to look up
his dates in the Oreguna before
calling on them is SAM Tom
King . . . when he arrived at Hen
hall to pick up pert Anita Holmes
he was greeted by this same lass
but unknowingly went on to ask
her to buzz for his date . . . hope
that red face lie’s sporting isn't
permanent, . . .
Fair Enough?
A week ago last Saturday we said on this page that we
thought President A. L. Strand of Oregon State was morally
obligated to make public his reasons for not rehiring two OSC
professors, L. R. LaVallee and Dr. Ralph Spitzer.
At that time the general impression throughout the state
and nation was that the professors had been fired because of
their affiliations with the Progressive party.
Since our editorial. Dr. Strand has made public part of the
evidence supporting his dismissal of one of the professors—Dr.
Spitzer. According to the OSC president “the action taken
had no relation to whether the men in question are members
of the Progressive party.’’
Instead, Dr. Strand brands Dr. Spitzer as a follower of the
Russian “party line” and an “active protagonist of it.”
We assume that Dr. Strand has by implication linked La
Vallee with Dr. Spitzer as a Communist sympathizer.
OK, now that Dr. Strand has met his “moral obligations”
we’ve got one to ask of Professors LaVallee and Spitzer.
They are not legally obligated to answer, but we think that
since they helped spread the impression they were fired be
cause they were Progressives, they owe the people of this
state an answer to our question:
DR. STRAND SAYS YOU FOLLOW THE COMMUN
IST LINE. WELL—DO YOU OR DON’T YOU?
Time Is Short
Judgement day on the Mill Race question is March 14. If
the easements are not obtained by that date, the city council
has decided that property owners will no longer need to delay
if they desire to fill in their property.
The Mill Race question has more meaning in the long run
than just tlje restoration of water. The restoration will help
pave the way for other park improvements in the Eugene area.
If the Mill Race Park association cannot get easements and
the restoration plans fall through, the future for park improve
ments in the area looks none too bright.
The Mill Race Park association, in the interest of civic bet
terment, plans to help with other park improvements which
will make Eugene one of the prettier cities in Oregon. The as
sociation, however, wants first to restore the Mill Race.
The Mill Race is remembered by visitors to Eugene. It has
distinguished Eugene from other Oregon cities. It enhanced
the beauty of Eugene and provided enjoyment for those living
here.
When taking visitors on a tour of the area, business men
had something to show—something different.
The Mill Race can STILL be enjoyed by residents and visi
tors to Eugene. If water is restored, the Mill Race will be as it
was previously, with the exception that it will be more like a
lagoon than a Race.
A majority of property owners on the Mill Race are anxious
to have it restored. A minority feel that business is more im
portant and would like to fill up the Race and build business es
tablishments. Business establishments make profits for a few
people while a beautiful Mill Race can be profitable for the
community.
Looking at the questions unselfishly from all sides, would
n’t it be better to forego business for pleasure when the pleas
ure will benefit the community?
Time for action is short. As students we cannot get the
easements on the property, but we can help by plugging the
Mill Race Whenever possible. If the necessary easements are
obtained and if the present situation is settled satisfactorily, we
may have an opportunity to contribute materially to the cause
which we are wholeheartedly supporting. D.D.
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Honeymooners Find
Beachcomber's Life
Not All Peaches, Cream
By HAL BOYLE
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—
(AP)—A beachcomber’s life on a
palm-fringed isle is anything but
a restful advenuture.
if you don’t
mind hard work
and doing with
out modern kit
chen and bath
| room conveni
> ences.
At least that
1 has been the ex
: perience of two
young honey
mooning c o u -
pies nere. iney cuan i nave 10 go
to the South sea a. They carved
wilderness homes on Cabbage
Key, a lonely 2,000-acre island
jungle twelve miles southwest of
this Florida west coast tourist
metropolis.
A year ago Claude and Eva
McCall came and built themselves
a two-room palm-thatched cot
tage in a clearing near the bay.
Last October another young cou
ple, Malcolm and Barbara Sim
mons, moved to Cabbage Key and
cleared a homesite, too.
Since then the two couples have
lived happily a-la-Tarzan, work
ing companionably together to
turn the island into an Eden of
comfort and plenty. They say
they have found both romance
and happiness.
“One reason it has worked out
so well is that it was our wives
Who wanted to try this Robinson
Crusoe life,” smiled McCall, a
slim tanned former radio repair
man.
He has a small, leaky motor
boat. He and Simmons use it to
go clammming or shrimp fishing
to earn what cash money they
need.
“I guess it is really harder
work than fixing radios,” Mr
Call said, “but somehow it does-*
n’t seem like work.”
Actually neither couple re- ^
quires much money. They have no
rent, their clothing upkeep is a a -
minimum, and there are no bars, .
night clubs, or movies on the is
land. The only neighbor is old Un
cle Silas Dent, a bewhiskered so- -
ciable hermit.
“We can live real well here _
and have a darn good diet for
$10 a week,” said Barbara. Most
of that goes for motorboat fuel,
and for groceries, bought at a
village across the bay. They could
probably cut costs to $5 a week*
by eating more sea food, which .
they catch themselves.
The island abounds in raccoons,
land turtles and rattlesnakes—
and all but the rattlesnakes are.
considered highly edible. ,
“Roast coon is wonderful,” said
Barbara, a pretty, chestnut-'
haired former office credit exec- «
utive from Washington, D. C..
“It has a taste between chicken
and beef.”
A self-taught artist, Mrs. Sim-*
mons spends her evenings paint
ting by candlelight. She has com
pleted 67 pictures and sold one*
for $175.
“I love it here,” she said. “There^
are orchids growing wild in the
trees. For lunch we can fix up a '
palm heart salad free that would*
cost $1.75 in New York.”
There is a time limit on all^
things. And their romantic idyll
won’t go on forever. A syndicate
recently purchased Cabbage Key.
for $200,000 and has plans to de
velop the little island paradise
into a playground for the weal-'
thy.
“By then we’ll be ready to»
leave,” said Mrs. Simmons. “But
if I had a million dollars tomor.
row, I wouldn’t Want anything*
different from this life.”
From Our Mailbag
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SEAT-SEGREGATION
To the Editor:
Since the Emerald suggested
that segregation of athletic
events was contrary to man’s bi
ological inclinations, many peo
ple have expressed their views on
the subject. The majority of the
reasons given, either pro or con,
have fallen wide of the mark.
Anti-segregation has been sug
gested as a solution to booing and
profanity at ball games. How
ever, as Rog Wiley pointed out,
this problem is a product of the
incorrect attitude on the part of
the students.
It has been ventured that Ore
gon should adopt the non-segre
gation plan because other schools
have it in effect. Along this line
one runs into the difference of
students on this campus as com
pared to those on a campus, say
at Cornell or Purdue. That brings
up the question, “would it work
at Oregon?”
One thing in favor of segrega
tion is the original reason it was
introduced at Oregon. This tradi
tion was started at the request of
the women students on the cam
pus. The reason for this request
was the fact that both sides of
the floor at Mac court were dom
inated by the male members of
the student body. It was hard for
a girl to get a good seat. A sec
tion of good seats was designat
ed for women students only and
the Order of the “O” has been
forcefully ejecting males from*
that section ever since.
If non-segregation went into
effect, the original situation- '
would return. The fellows that*
now have to sit in the poorer cor«,
ner seats will move into the bet
ter center section.
There is, in addition, the ques
tion of who will be the better ■
“seat savers.” Are two coeds go-v
ing to be able to save a number
of seats when. several male stu
dents select that particular spot*
to sit? Are those same two coeds
going to be able to get seats in a
space saved by a few male stu«
dents ?
These problems were met and
solved by segregation. Will the_
students of today .be satisfied
where the students a few years
ago weren’t? That’s one for seg-*
regation. How about the case for
non-segregation ?
If handled correctly and with
the proper attitude and co-opera
tion of the students, non-segrega
tion could be a good thing.
It could provide an excellent op
portunity for the male and fe
male students to get together un
der circumstances that didn’t
stress the necessity of having a
date for the function.
(Please turn to page seven)