A Good Start
'S' From over the horizon last spring came a new (to Oregon)
honorary, Phi Eta Sigma. It made its debut without much
splash amongst the tens of other campus honoraries.
Unlike most of its fellow organizations, this group is based
not on activities and scholarship, but on scholarship alone. And
it is to honor the lowest of lowlies—the freshmen men.
Its goal, and a difficult one, is to impress the freshmen with
the idea that the accumulation of grade points is as much a
sign of success as the accumulation of activity points.
But the stated ideals and aims of an honorary frequently do
not jive with the actual practice of the group. As any Phi Eta
Sigma member will say, the organiaztion is “generally recog
nized as the freshman counterpart of Phi Beta Kappa.”
At Oregon it must prove that statement to be true. It seems
the group is setting out to do just that; it is actually working
to help men improve their first-year college scholarship. If
Phi Eta Sigma carries out its plans (the first of which is dis
tributing “Hints on How to Study” to every male freshman)
it may well deserve on this campus the distinction it has re
ceived from the national organization.
But it will take work.
Surprisingly enough, students seem to show good judg
ment in determining whether an honorary is worth its salt, or
is merely an excuse to weight down the front left of shirts and
sweaters.
Grass and Gaiety
People carry in their minds certain stereotyped pictures of
college life. For example, all visionary campuses are marked
by ancient, spreading elms and maples, all imaginary profes
sors wear baggy tweeds and smoke well-seasoned pipes, and
all dream students stroll hand in hand amid a flurry of autumn
leaves.
Another mental picture is the gay street dance. People who
enjoy seeing the world go round in the pattern set in their
minds—that’s just about everyone—should be gladdened, then,
that the University is reviving this gala social function.
The street dance will be staged Friday night on Alder street
between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. And in this area live a
number of Eugene citizens. Along with stereotypes of college
life they have mental pictures of their cozy homes surrounded
by green lawns and healthy rose bushes.
If the jubilant college students who congregate for the
dance tramp all over their lawns and bushes, these people will
be none too happy. With good reason, they will probably re
quest that street dances be discontinued. That s what happened
in the past—and the dances were stopped.
Everybody cooperate, then, in compromising the happy
picture of college life with the serene picture of a well-kept
home.
In other words:4Keep Off the Grass!—B.H.
At first glance the new student-body cards seem to bear a striking
resemblance to a Sav-a-Cent grocery chain receipt; but there is a
bright side to everything. Come next spring, students might try
passing them off to the Co-op as Co-op receipts. A $53.90 purchase
would make a handsome rebate.
Return of the Bunion
AWS President Marie Lombard has hit on a fine solution
to the tradition business.
There used to be (era: before 1940) a Bunion Derby. Each
women’s living organization would have an open house this
one night early in the year. It was a nice, inexpensive way for
men to get around the campus and get set up for the year.
It went the way of most traditions during the war.
All the while, AWS had a profitable way of making money
__the Nickel Hop. It was similar to the Derby, but it cost, and
was held later in the year.
Last year a revival of the Bunion Derby was planned. But
planned for a Saturday night. Oregon men would OK bunions
on Friday but not on a Saturday night, especially since the Hop
was scheduled for the next week.
The Derby was called off. A good tradition was not revived.
But this year, once again we have a Bunion Derby. Miss
Lombard has taken the traditional name, placed the affair un
J»r the sponsorship of AWS, planned it for a Saturday night
early in the term, and hopes to re-capture the spirit and get
acquainted purpose of the <Derby.
A delightful compromise that should please old dogs and
new pups alike.
In figuring out the inevitable changes in next term's registration
process, the registrar’s office might use the genius of the persons
responsible for setting up the coffee and hot dog stand in the Mc
Arthur court hallway. It's the best thing that’s happened to regis
tration in three years.
Free Lancin'...
Some Pats on the Back
by Bill Lance
This column wishes it to be known that pat
ting people on the back will never be done un
less there is conclusive proof that the person in
question deserves it.
In this case, and in one other, the outstand
ing work done is obvious. The first orchid sin
cerely and enthusiastically is presented to Art
Johnson, student body president. To cite the
record of the first independent to gain this hon
or in 17 years would fill this whole page. What
few people do know, however, are his many
accomplishments and the great credit he has
reflected upon the University since his election
last spring.
Johnson has tackled every problem and has
even had time to give intelligent counsel to any
one asking for it. Recipients of this advice have
ranged from the University Administration it
self as far down as the rally committee.
Even before school had started Johnson had
helped Dick Williams, Director of the Student
Union, make workable plans for the Student
Union Board. He not only fostered but has now
seen completed development of the Student
Traffic Court. When asked, he helped the rally
committee in making plans for the games and
selecting the squad. Other pre-school accom
plishments include appointments on student
and faculty committees and heading and mak
ing arrangements for the millrace opening rally.
Along the same line, but from a different
angle, we plant another orchid upon that most
energetic character—Jim Crismon, Yell King.
If you have witnessed a rather frantic individual
who constatnly screams, whistles, and jumps up
and down—you’ve met Crismon. Great things
will be displayed by him and his two new yell
dukes Dick Stageburg and A1 Barzman. It prob
ably wouldn’t surprise anybody if Crismon
should come plummeting out of the sky at the
game Saturday.
From McChesney Hall comes the yarn about
Dick Strait, ’53. Fie is an ardent golfer and he
really isn't too bad. The other afternoon, after
slicing a drive into the rough, he was in search
of the ball. After an hour of fruitless searching
for it, he noticed a dear old lady watching him
with a kind and sympathetic eye.
“I hope I’m not interrupting,” she said finally,
“but would it be cheating if I told you where the
ball is?”
Raising Kane...
Another Guy Loaded With Advice
by Henry Kane
Tradition suggests that campus columnists kid
freshman on how to wallow in or avoid the pit
falls of the four-year hothouse called college
life. The theory is that seniors have acquired
enough misinformation to be able to clothe non
sense with profundity.
Therefore, people come to college for a num
ber of reasons. Some because it beats working
for a living, they think.
Others because Dad will stop their allowance
if they don't.
Those on the skirt and hairpin side come to
major in animale husbandry and to live like
they do in motion pictures of campus life while
indulging in the wicked vices of the big city of
Eugene.
But the majority are willing to prolong their
childhood and be second-class citizens called
students because they want that indefinable es
sence called an education.
Every taste can be gratified, for this is a state
university designed to serve its people. The Uni
versity once had a regional reputation as one of
the best country clubs on the West Coast. 1 his
reputation is not stressed by the University.
The marriage rate is sufficiently high .to as
sure most coeds of being rescued from the dread
necessity of looking for a job after graduation.
Instead of working after graduation they
marry a veteran and earn a degree in Putting
Hubby Through College.
A student who wants the education offered in
classrooms can get one equal to or superior to
that innoculatecl by the hardest drinking ivy
league schools through a judicious selection of
courses, instructors, and sections.
The Oregana and Student Directory are re
quired equipment if one is to operate and be
operated upon. The Oregana’s living organiza
tion section has the rogue’s gallery shots of all
students willing to trust themselves to the mass
production photograhpy of the salon that the
student’s built.
Phone numbers and other information fills
the Pigger’s Guide, otherwise known as the Stu
dent Directory. Its only disadvantage is that
many a beautiful romance has ceased with the
receipt of the Guide and the funereal asterisk
indicating married students.
A proposed inclusion to the Guide is to print
a student’s name in boldface type if he or she
has a car.
Listening to an instructor mumble over yel
lowed notes may lead one to believe that the
hour and term will never end until the time of
reckoning called finals is upon everyone before
it seems possible.
Stolen Stuff...
The Passing of the Pins
The it’s-great-to-be-back grin
seen on faces round the quad
proves several things — that
spring term isn’t the only picnic
season and that registration
week dates offer Betty Co-ed
more than a chance to display
her skill at canasta.
Among those who fell under
the spell of the autumnal pin
planter's panacea early were
Alpha Phi Duley Renne and Phi
Delt Don Peterson. The Kappa
Hillman twins are now complete
ly Fidelt with Marilyn now
wearing Lyle Janz's hardware.
NOO TOO: Gammaphi Marion
Moore’s Phi Psi jools courtesy
of Tim Preston—inter-mill-race
relations, Tim ? . . . ADPi Mar
ilyn Horr and Delt Larry Danil
son joining the ranks of the pin
ned . . . Tau Dick Montgomery’s
interest in OSC’s Theta house . . .
DeeGee Sally Ford and PhiPsi
Dick Olson beaming with the
radiance of the freshly pinned.
More than costume jewelry
now adorns Alpha Xi Nancy
Reed’s sweaters since Teke Kay
Frank moved in. AlphaGam
hearts are aflutter over new
houseboy Kelly Ferris.
OLD STUFF: Sig Mike Moran
and SAE Chuck Grondona neck
and-neck in the race for the title
“Most Often Seen in the Sid_e” . .
Phi Psi Dick Yates Model A-ing
to the PiPhi house and Luanne
Chase . . . KappaSig Bob Ander
son still keeping the Phee house
buzzers busy calling Carol Fdy.
ChiO Joan Gorlinski’s engage
... by Vern Stolen
ment to Lt. jg Jack Caskey USN
. . . smooth sailing and no more
broken ankles, kids . . .
Wanted—1 fire extinguisher in
good condition . . . Call Gamma
Phi house and ask for Sealy
“Hearts-Afire” Wallace.
Oregon Students also made
quite a hit with the American
Association of Jewelers with
their run on engagement rings—
Now flashing solitaires are Chi
O Greta Skillern and Jim Ander
son . . . Alfagam Marion Sexton
and Bob Kimball . . . DG Lois
Anderson and SAE Ed Anderson
of ASUO vice-prexy fame . . .
DG Jerry Boylen and DeltaTau
Bill Marshall to name a few . . .
Well, off to the Anchoi’age’s
Oar House to rent a canoe.