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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1949)
Beer Consumption Could Flood UO No wonder the winters in Ore gon are wet. Official figures for the weekly beer consumption at the Side are 120 to 150 cases a week ordinarily, with the amount running as high as 180 cases at times, such as the close of an examination week or the advent of a holiday. Beer consumption figures were unavailable at Taylor’s where ev erything is strictly hush-hush, but a conservative estimate would be 70 to 80 cases a week. Not taking into account the vast amounts consumed at the Pioneer club or Robinson’s, this adds up to a grand total of 5280 bottles of beer a week, if 150 cases a week at the Side are taken as an average. This is slightly less than one bottle per week per student. Did You Know? A bit of quick mental prestidigi tation gives a round figure of 500 gallons of beer for which students act as middle man each week, or enough to tub every sophorome in school. Proceeding along these lines, it may be easily determined that in the course of a school year there are approximately 18,000 gallons of suds blotted up. This amount is enough to stag ger the imagination. It is enough beer to fill a swimming pool 25 by 40 feet to a depth of three feet. Could a lovelier fate be dreamed of than to drown in a pool of such a description? The average automobile radia tor hods about four gallons of wa ter. According to this, the cam pus yearly beer consumption would fill about 4500 radiators, and since beer has a very low freezing point it would provide ample insurance against a cracked block during the cold winter months. The result would more likely be a crocked block. However, there is no real need for filling radiators with beer, as there are numerous commercial preparations on the market for just that purpose which contain alcohol unfit to drink. Yearly Consumption Since the beer sold in the Side and Taylor’s comes in 12-ounce bottles, it may readily be deduced that 190,080 bottles are required each year.-The bottles are approxi mately two and one-half inches in diameter. Placed side by side these would stretch out 42,240 feet or for exactly eight miles. This amount would be almost enough "A little Bit of Sweden" with our unique ATMOSPHERE And deliciously Prepared FOOD Member of Duncan Hines’ Family Smorgasbord 1258 Kincaid rn. ioao smartest numbers in town You always get a bright "hello” when you wear a Van lleusen striped shirt! Van Heusen stripes are * smarter than ever this Spring—in crisp college-bred colors on white and toned backgrounds! Boasting, naturally, Van Heusen tailoring, Van Heusen Com fort Contour collar styling, tug-proof pearl buttons, and laboratory tested fabrics. A new shirt free if yonr Van \Heusen shrinks out of size! 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On the contrary, what we need is more of the stuff. . . . DuShane Goes East to Meeting Donald M. DuShane, director of student affairs, leaves Sunday for Highland Park, Illinois, where he will attend the Thirty-First Anni versary Conference of the National Association of Deans and Advisers ofi&en, April 13-16. DuShane is chairman of the com mittee to restate aims of the asso ciation, and will report on the group’s actions at the Saturday morning session. “The committee is considering changing the name of the organi zation, which really includes deans of students and deans of men,” Du Shane said. “We are also studying the possi bility of admitting junior college deans, and special memberships for personal executives in business and industry.” The Oregon director has served on the executive committee of the association for three years. DuShane will return to his Em erald hall office Tuesday, April 19. 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