Activity and Grade Points
Now the executive council is going to investigate some
thing we’re in favor of—academic credit for extra-curricular
activities.
Granted, there are a lot of sides to the problem; and we
aren’t going out on a limb and say every member of a clean-up
committee should get 5 hours credit. In fact, we won’t even say
the student body president should get 5 hours credit; not un
til the council has made its investigation and reports its find
ings.
There are some schools in the nation who already have such
a program in operation. There are some activities at the Uni
versity for which academic credit, one way or another, is given.
These of course are under departmental jurisdiction at present.
So the idea would not be completely new to Oregon. But
the scope might startle some persons.
Whether or not such a program would be of value is what
the council intends to discover. On the surface it sounds like
a grand idea.
For the suspect in the University Co-op robbery, it was a fast trip
from Co-op to coop. He didn’t even get a chance to open one package
of the 30 cartons of cigarettes he allegedly stole.
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How Many to Cal?
To the 5000 students who now plan to attend the Oregon
California game at Berkeley November 12, the news from the
athletic department that “only” 353 tickets will go on sale
Monday does not seem encouraging.
However, before mobbing the athletic department and
lynching Howard Lemons in a fit of pique, students might do
well to consider second paragraph facts.
Firstly, Lemons says he can take care of all students who
want tickets. The 353 tickets which go on sale Monday are in
the rooting section; other tickets available will be in section
H—next to the rooting section, same price, $1.25.
Secondly, the business manager has made a safe estimate of
the number of students planning to attend. By November 12,
he says, the 5000 now planning to attend will be cut down (by
studies, lack of time, lack of money, lack of interest, etc.) to
around 300. This is about the number from the University
which usually attends games in California.
All in all, it seems like the athletic business office has the
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situation well-in-hand.
It. is truly remarkable how the skies may remain gray and threat
ening all through the hour, but not drop forth their contents until the
ten-minute-to bell.
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Petitioners-Take Note
“I am petitioning for this position because I am very, very
interested in it and I think I can do a very, very good job.”
Which is about the extent of the suggestions that appear
on a good many petitions submitted to the executive council,
class officers, and activity chairmen during the years.
From that illuminating statement chuck full of brilliant
ideas, these officials are expected to select a competent person
for a job. The executive council this year has attempted inter
views—but this takes time and frequently no more information
can be obtained. Some students apparently petition for every
thing on the theory the law of averages will eventually catch
up with them.
In the interest of all the council has now set a deadline on
petitions a day or two ahead of their meetings. This will allow
the representatives to look over the petitions submitted. In
addition, the council requests that students now fill out peti
tions completely.
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Dr. Paul S. Dull has a novel solution to the “we can't hear in the
back row” problem. In his early morning Far Eastern Government
class of about 200 students he has reserved the two back rows for
students who have colds and want to cough, make comments to their
neighbors, have hangovers, rustle papers, or who just don’t want to
listen that day.
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Things in General...
Boys Have to Quit Playing Fireman
...by Steve Loy
Finally cod myself a code. By wastebasket is
full of Gleenex and my ashtray full ob Gool
stubs. Seebs the scholarship cobbittee should be
required to consider the common code as an ex
tenuating factor in reviewing their cases.
Heard of a pitiful state of affairs in one of the
millrace sororities. They haven’t a single gal old
enough to buy a liquor permit. Now ask me
what good is a house mother?
Looks like the snack delivery business is get
ting to be a good thing. When the original
Campus Snack started three years ago at what
was then the Midway drive-in (Rush Inn now)
they had the field more or less to themselves.
This years brings at least one new service along
the same lines plus the innovation of a sand
wich crew which simply peddles coffee and cold
sandwiches from house to house.
Glad to see Beneke is coming to town. Brings
fond memories of Sunday afternoons and Tues
day evenings down at Norman Oklahoma dur
ing the late unpleasantness. Tex had the station
orchestra which featured a fine trumpet man
who could sing Basin Street Blues better than
Walter Huston did the September Song. I think
Tex belonged to the station fraternity we called
AEIOAFGW. (Americans exiled in Oklahoma,
away from God and Water.)
If your age is 21 minus you are no doubt
aware of the campaign in the local bistros to
curb juvenile beerbibbing. (Is there such a
word, I’ve heard of winebibbers.) Seems the lo
cal WCTII got hot on the liquor commission.
Sort of makes me smile when I recall being
booted from the bar in the Palladium because
the bouncer discovered my ID card had been
altered. Sonny, did I ever tell you about the bat
tle of San Diego?
Sam Fidtnan is in mourning. Says he didn’t
have a cent on the Yankees Thursday, but they
are just like members of the family and he hates
to see them lose. I couldn’t get Taylor to bet me
that the series would go to six games.
Fire alarm horseplay is about to come to a
sudden whoa. Vigilante lookouts have been
delegated to watch alarms and apprehend the
guilty. House constitutions say officers can deal
with'offenders as they see fit and rumor has it
Short Stuff
The Piggers’ Guide has requested that all stu
dents who have changed their addresses since reg
istration inform the directory of the change. This
is to assure staff members they have the right ad
dress from which to make a mistake.
that the rope is ready and waiting. It is to be
hoped that the police arrive in time to remove
the remains.
Open letter to Piggers’ Guide Editor:
Please try to get the right extension numbers
for upstairs and downstairs in vets dorms. Half
of the calls coming into the dorms are on the
wrong line.
Ritin' at Random ...
The Iron Curtain
... by Jo Gilbert
For quite a while I’ve been wondering when
the present US-Russian situation would find it
self as a fictional background, and finally it's
come. Boris Ilyin with his “Green Boundary’’
(Houghton Mifflin Company, $3) has as his
background the tension of East-West in Ger
many. If he had stuck to the background the
book would have been much more believable.
The main plot is the old Boy-Girl kick. Boy is
an American Major of White Russian parent
age ; Girl is a Russian Lieutenant. The Russians
are sent on a mission in the US zone at which
Boy and Girl are both interpreters. They fall for
each other but are sent back to their respective
stations at end of mission. Girl flees Russian
zone when Russians get suspicions of her rela
tions with Boy during the mission, and eventu
ally Girl becomes married to Boy and all for the
“American Way of Life.”
Obviously, the main plot is terrible. But the
book is saved by the pictures of Russians and
Polish refugees fleeing the Motherland. Prob
ably the best character in the book is Orlowski,
the former Russian scientist, who understand
ably is filled with hatred toward the Reds. He,
though melodramatic, is believable along with
his friends.
The background is good and well drawn. I
think that someone could easily market this to
John Ford and bill it as a “super-clooper” movie
picture show. But one would have to talk Ford
out of Westerns first.
“Crime and Punishment” is out in a con
densed, two-bit, pocket book version and result
is easier, more enjoyable reading than the origi
nal. None of the flavor of Dostoyevsky is lost,
and the tiring deviations that scare most people
away from Russian classics are removed.
Our Readers Speak
Madam Flagstad
The article in Wednesday’s Emerald about
Kirsten Flagstad was evidently written by a
person who didn’t know much about the great
controversy over the Madam Flagstad cjuestion
that went on in San Francisco for two or three
weeks.
He said in his' article, “San Francisco's chief
opponent to Madam Flagstad's appearance
there was a gentleman who admitted that he
“never heard of this Flagstaff’ before, but con
tended that ‘where there’s that much smoke
there must be fire.’ ”
The truth of the matter is that the strongest
opponents to the appearance of Madam Flag
stad were the American Legion and the Vete
rans of Foreign Wars.
After much controversy the Board of Direct
ors of the Opera House voted that she should
not appear, due to the pressure of the American
Legion and the VFW. Then, due to the efforts
of many, the directors called for a re-vote and
now Madam Flagstad will sing.
Jon Hansen.
(Bob Funk, author of the column mentioned, was
in the bay area this summer and is well-versed on the
Flagstad controversy. The person he quoted was a
member of the board of the war memorial opera
house. He did not think it necessary to cite the vete
ran’s groups specifically since they were not them
selves united in the matter, and many other persons
were involved. Mr. Funk considers the man quoted
Flagstad’s chief opponent—“no one else talked louder
or longer.”—Editor.)
19th Street
Oct. 7, 1949
To the Editor:
It is worthy of favorable comment that the
Emerald directed the attention of its readers
to the notice in the classified section to the ef
fect that H. J. Belton Hamilton Jr. wishes to be
notified should his over-night bag (presumably
lost on 19th) be found.
In the interest of the “Emerald” I should like
to point out that part of your humor results
for a misinterpretation of printed material. The
classified in no place states that Mr. Hamilton
LOS 1 19th Street. It merely states that said
stieet is lost and (he who finds said street)
should contact Mr. Hamilton.
H. J. Belton Hamilton
Me are properly squelched. We’re sorry we can’t
gi\e each of our classified advertisers the attention
you’ve received.—Editor.