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. Oregon Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Suudays. Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates: $2.00 per term and $4.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. BILL VAXES, Editor Bob Heed, Managing Editor VIRGIL TUCKER, Business Manager Tom McLaughlin, Asst’ Bus. Mgr. Associate Editors: June Goetse, Boblce Brophy, Diana Dye, Barbara Heywood Advertising Manager: Joan Miimaugh I’PPFR NgWS STAFF Man lurnlnul, .News r.ust*»r Toni King, Sports Editor Dick (.'ranter, Sports Editor Torn Marquis. Radio Editor Walter Dodd. Feature Editor warren vomer, v niei r.uuur Don Smith, Ass't Managing Editor Ken Metzler, Ass’t News Editor Ann Goodman, Ass’t News Editor UPPK& BUSINESS STAFF neien oncrman, v. uciuauon mgr. Kve Overbock, Nat*l Adv. Mgr. Hill Lemon, Sales Mgr. Leslie Tooae, Ass t Adv. Mur. v rv .uuim:; , i am. . Virginia Mahon, Ass't Adv. Mgr. Donna Brannan, Ass’t Adv. Mgr. Jack Schnaidt, Amt Adv. Mgr. 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)