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Of' Tex Lav Learns You All a Little History By “Tex” Lau Happy San Jacinto day! Now ah don't reckon heerin’ that’ll make yore gizzard dew any speshul jumpin’ aroun, but down Texus way hits enuf to make a man plumb weepy wif pryde. Y’all up heer in Oregun •nought be intrested, cause if'n (her hadn’t bin no San Jacinto, y'all ud be speekin Spanish sted uv Yankee. Yessir, a hunnerd and three yars ago to this vary day the dangdest bunch uf fytin men u • ever seed, out numbered for to wun, kiked the d a y 1 i t e s outa Santa An-# n a ’ s Mexicun army, Wen the dust had cleared, the in dependence nv the Republic uv Texus wuz a shine enouf thing'. Mebber ah'd best recolleck a mite fer ye. In 1821 ther wuz only three tradin posts in the hul blamed wilderness, San An tonio, Goliad and Nacodoches. Ther wuz 7000 pepul besydes a hul passel uv assortid varmints. Wellsir, pepul frum the Unyted States kep cumin down frum places like Noo Yark, wher they couldn’t raize nuthin, until by 1836 ther wuz 30,000 uv ’em. Wal, them Mex got awl wur ried an skeerd,, so they ups an passes a bunch uv damfool laws, atryin to skizzle good onest folk outa land they bin squattin on fer ten, fifteen yars. Like as if thet warn’t enuf, they tryed to keep more Americuns frum cumin to Texus. Now most uv em waz nice enuf pepul, tard uv starvin and freezin in Noo Yark, an whin a feller wants to cum to Texus, ain’t no 12 star Mexicun general gonna tell him he caint. Out Nacadoches way, bout ’26 believe it wuz, a feller naymed Heyden Edwards got up on the rong syde uv bed wun mornin an began thinkin bout wat scoun drils thoze Mexicuns wer. By damm if’n he didn’t go owt be for breakfust an organyze the Honorable Honoraries As inevitable as the flowers that bloom in the spring are the tappings for the honoraries, each accompanied by its pomp and circumstance. During the past few years visitors on Junior Weekend have had occasion to note that each girl tapped for membership in Mortar Board, the senior women’s honorary, has been clad in the navy blue of Phi Theta Upsilon, the junior women’s hon orary. Naturally the question comes to their mind of whether it is necessary to wear such a blue uniform in order to be con sidered for Mortar Board. The answer is, no. Naturally here is some carryover from one honorary to the next. It stands to reason that those girls who have been active on the campus and who have kept their grades up will be the ones who will keep in activities all through school. Each year new members join the ranks of activity girls, but those who have had the most experience have the advantage when the important posts are doled out. Those who started out as members of committees work up to the chairmanships. However, there is a substantial turnover in the honoraries during the three years. For instance, of the 31 girls who were Kwamas two years ago, only seven have become Mortar Boards. So. while there is some repetition in honorary mem bers, they are by no means tightly-knit self-perpetuating groups of professional activity girls. Another question that occurs to the onlookers is whether or not houses are taken into consideration when new members of the honoraries are picked. When there are several from one house and few or none from another, the critics are quick to ask whether some houses are being kept out. This criticism may arise pertaining to particular houses or to Greek vs. In dependent. Anyone who has sat in on a meeting at which the members are chosen can testify that affiliation means virtually nothing. In some instances, the names are not even mentioned until a vote has been taken: only the list of activities and the grade point are read. Even when the names are mentioned, there is a conscious and conscientious effort to put the choice on an im partial basis. The occasional errors must be laid to human frail ty. Therefore, let the minds of the onlookers be at ease. Those Mortar Boards tapped at Junior Weekend, those Phi Thetas tapped at their dinner tables, and those Kwamas tapped at the Mortar Board Ball have been duly considered. The outgoing groups will have made the selections to the best of their abilities. They, too, want to see a strong group, selected fairly, carrying on in the service of the University. J.G. Oregon H Emerald Tmf Oregon Duly Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays. Mondays, holidays, ami 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 lit the post office, Eugene, Oregon. BILL YATES. Editor VIRGIL TUCKER, Business Manager Associate Editors: June Goetie, Boblee Brophy, Diana Dye, Barbara Hey wood Advertising Manager: Cork Mobley BOB REED, Managing Editor Assistant Managing Editors: Stan Turnbull, Dou Smith BOB rWEKDELL, City Editor Assistant City Editors: Ken Meatier, Ann Goodman Republick uv Fredonia. Didn’t dew much good cuz ol Santa An na sent an army up an them 16 Texans had to hi-tail it cuta Na codoches pronto, but it gave pe pul the idee enyhow. ■ Wellsir, tilings went frum bad to badder until them Texuns wuz maddern hornets. The lid bloo cleen off at Gonzales, Texus on Ocktobur 2, 1835. Seams thet a bunch uv the boys wuz sittin aroun Derty Gert’s saloon playin a hand uv Red Dog wen sum lee tle varmit cum screechin in a tejlin bout a rejament uv Mexi cun soldiers thet wuz movin into town. Now them boys wuz all peace able fellers, but they wuz shore powerful riled up bout havin ther game bustid up like thet. So, by hell if’n they didn't sashay owt an take awl the guns away frum em, sent sum uv em home, an beried the rest. Aftur thet, ever boddy got into the spirut uv the thing. They got a few mor ga loots colleckted an capshured San Antonio on Desember 8, 1835. Ol Santa Anna wuz fit tew be tied. He got ever Mexicun soljer in the cuntry together and headed fer San Antonio. Wal, bout two munth3 latur they bloo into town, a carryin cannon an everthin. Most uv the boys hadn't payd eny mind to stories bout Santa Anna’s army, an ther wuz only 187 uv em on hand to say howdy. Then 187 Texuns holed up in the Alamo an danged if’n they didn’t hold off the hul Mexicun army fer fyve daze. Fack uv the mattur is, they wuz gettin reddy tew charge whin ther amyounishun gave owt. On March 6, 1836 Santa Anna stormed the Alamo wif might nigh to 3000 men an killed them Texuns ever last wun. Hul bunch of nice, soshabul hombres like Big Jim Bonham, Bill Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett, kilt plumb dead. Santa Anna figgered he had things beet, an he spred that army owt, fan-like, tew look for eny stray Texuns that mought have excaped. He cleen forgot bout old Sam Houston, who’d bin off givin the Injuns hell. Sam col lected bout 700 men, armed em wif Bowie nives, an they lit owt aftur them Mexicuns. They found . em, takin a siesta, at San Jacinto. A hootin an hollerin, them Texun3 swarmed ovur thet Mex army like a bar at a hunny tree. They tryed ever which way to excape. Bout 1000 did. Bout 2000 didn’t. Santa Anna hisself wuz cap shured. He got a fare an propur trial. Most folks in Texus, bein Americuns lyke they wur, fig- - gerd to dew the relayshuns bak home a favor an jine the Union. So, they did, an Texus becum the - 28th state in Febrooary of 1846. Lyke I sed in the beginnin, San Jacinto wuz importunt to yew folks in Oregun too. Wif the swift charge akross the batul- - feeld, the boundrie lyne of Anglo America wuz shoved west and south to the Rio Grande. With- ‘ out San Jacinto, Texus, the Roky mowntun rejun, an the Pasific coast mite have stayed a purm nent part uv Latin America. As fur as the boundries uv the Unit- - ed States goes, San Jacinto wuz as decisiv as the wintur at Val ley Forge. Same^Old Stand By Tom Marquis In the April 9th issue of the Emerald I made the statement that I would appreciate reader response to any subject matter of this column with which readers might wish to take exception. I n the April 19th issue of the Emerald joural ism major, Mer rill E. Samuel son, a member of the Interna t i o n a 1 Typo graphical Union, chose to do just that. Honest now, Mr. Samuelson—I had read the text of the Taft Hartley bill almost entirely be fore I undertook to write the col umn which brought forth your reply. It has also been included as subject matter in a couple of the courses I have taken during the past two terms. I still don't feel I am fully aware of all the implications of the act and because of that, and because I feel as you do that it is a subject to “engross lawyers, but only confuse the layman,” I tried to speak of the act in broad general terms involving the prin ciples rather than particulars. That is an especially difficult thing to do with such a confusing issue and still remain faithful to the letter of the thing. Besides there are very often among the readers of such items persons whose knowledge of the subject makes it possible for them to in terpret not only the spirit, but the letter as well. And trying to do justice to both segments of the readership is a neat trick if it can be done. At the same time I felt the sub ject was of great enough impor tance that it should be spoken of regardless of its difficulty. It is a matter which concerns us all, and one which we would do well not to shy away from despite the difficulties of interpretation in volved. I do not know how much mon ey the “little Eugene local” has to spend for advertising, but their ad was representative of the attitude and manner of pre sentation taken by any number of labor unions, typographical or not. I have seen advertisements almost exactly the same as the one in the Register-Guard in sev eral Los Angeles papers, so per haps the precedent is a well es tablished one. Nor am I familiar with the struggle between the Chicago printers and the publishers of the Chicago papers. Perhaps there are pending cases in which em ployers are being wronged by un ions. I don't know. The thing of the greatest im portance to me is the establish ment of a harmonious working agreement between labor and management at the earliest pos sible moment. I still feel that la bor all too often does not act in a responsible manner. I still feel the closed shop is a vicious and undemocratic form of exclusion, and have felt so for a long time. Even before the inception of the Taft-Hartley act. As I stated in an earlier cot” umn I feel my responsibility as a columnist demands that I at tempt to present my opinion on matters as I see them in the man ner I feel is most beneficial for the readers. My presentation of such matter is based on what could probably best be called my fundamental philosophy of life. At the same time I try to re main as “objective” and as flexi ble toward new ideas as possible. I therefore, accept with a great deal of interest your offer, Mr. Samuelson, to show me the facts and feelings with which you back your stand. I won't promise to change any of my fundamental principles, but I will still try to see any of my mistakes you may point out to me.. Ones that I haven’t already been made quite well aware of. We may never fully agree, but perhaps we will both benefit from our disagreement. McKenzie Elected Fraternity Justice Dale McKenzie, senior in law from Prineville, was elected jus tice of Phi Alpha Delta, profes sional law fraternity in an election last week. Columnist Asks a few Questions Bud Hurst It has been said by a great many people that for every ques tion there is an answer. That might be very true, so what are the answers to these? Why, in the midst of the tre mendous building program going on all over the campus, has a new science building seemingly r died in the blueprint stage? Why is the governor of the state of Oregon so dead set against daylight saving time? A lot of people say that aid to ^ China is a futile undertaking be cause of the graft and corrup tion that refuses to permit funds to reach the people. Why doesn’t the United States send arms and A raw materials instead of money? Have they done it already and found that this didn’t work either ? Why is a student veteran un able to obtain such necessities as typewriter ribbon on his GI bill? What are the hindrances that keep Hawaii and Alaska from achieving statehood ? Why is a man, Communist or otherwise, held in contempt of congress when he refuses to an swer a question put to him by a congressional committee ? Why didn't the University ad ministration allow a short vaca tion for Easter? They let classes * out for a Portland football game last fall. The Millrace association needs $7,500 from the University to ' help fill out its matching fund for the city. Then the work can start. * Why can’t each student and each member of the faculty give one U. S. dollar and one U. S. quarter? That would do it. So there are a few questions. There are bound to be answers to some of them. What are they? It is hard for a newspaperman to have to say that they can’t be found in the paper by just read ing it every day. Which paper? Take your choice!!!