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.
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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!!!