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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1949)
After the Game Is Over There are few fine, old traditions around this University which are worthy of being observed. Most of them are exam ples of childish nonsense. But there is one ancient, honorable, moss-covered tradition, subscribed to by universities from Yale to Oregon, which is suffering; and it’s a shame. This particular custom is the one of singing the pledge song after Oregon’s football games. Pledge songs, alma mater tear jerkers, rally songs, are all sung after games at other universi ties, and everyone stands respectfully at attention. At Oregon too many people leave. At the final gun Oregon spectators, students and townspeo ple alike, burst out of the stands like unloosened champagne corks. The student Executive Council, under the guiding hand of Art Johnson, has undertaken to rectify the situation. Heads of all the living organizations have been contacted, and asked to have their members stay their mad flight from the stands a bit after the game, stand at semi-attention, and if they are still able, sing the pledge song. It won’t take long, it adds a bit to the color of the whole affair, and if Oregon has lost the game, a re-pledging to the old University will be about due, anyhow.—F T. * * ♦ » Skull and Dagger men now wear their sweaters on Mondays. That is, most of them do. Honorary members from three fraternities refuse to wear their sweaters this one day each week. Which makes us wonder—if they are ashamed of the sophomore honorary why did they accept mem bership in it ? * * # * Where's the Culture? Saturday noon was the deadline. No more classes can be added this term to any one’s program. We hope that everyone is satisfied. But we wonder if per sonal satisfaction with programs predominately loaded with professional courses or “pipes” are of highest benefit to the college student. The University of Oregon has the state college of liberal arts. Yet how many leave this institution after only barely fill ing the minimum requirements in this group? How many peo ple leave this school after only getting a faint whiff of cul ture? How many have not the slightest appreciation for the classics in language, science, and mathematics? We’re not recommending specifically that all University of Oregon students become Sanskrit or Pali scholars. But we look with admiration to a school like St. John’s College at Annap olis. / The standardized single curriculum on “100 Great Books” is being continued at St. John’s. The student is exposed forci bly to the great thinking of the ages. Their new president, Richard Daniel Weigle, has a great admiration for Chinese culture and one innovation he hopes for is the introduction of some of the Oriental culture at the school. (Oregon students have already been afforded an opportu nity in such study. A course in Chinese and Japanese classics was inaugurated on this campus last year). “St. John’s Great Books is far from static,” Dr. Weigle said recently in a special interview for the New York Times. The college bulletin states that the book list is “subject to continual revision and criticism.” Outsiders sometimes have questioned the practical worth of the course on the ground that it doesn’t train its graduates to make a living. Dr Weigle agrees that any student who wants to learn some specialized occupation, such as agriculture, would be better if he chose another course and another college. The practicality of the “Great Books” course, said Dr. Wei gle, is in its application. He said its graduates emerge with “wider general knowledge, broader culture and better ability to think, reason, and talk.” Perhaps not every student can master such a course. But we’d like to see Oregon student infuse more cultural matter into their programs. We’d like to have people marvel at their ability to think, reason, and talk.—H.S. Oregon It Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon, Subscription rates: $.t.00 a term, $4.00 for two terms and $5.00 a year. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice Eugene, Oregon. Don A. Smith, Editor Joan Mimnaugh, Business Manager Glenn Gillespie, Managing Editor Don Fair, Barbara Hkywood, Helen Sherman, Fred Taylor, Associate Editors Cork Mobley, A dverUsing Manager Larilyn Thompson, National Advertising Manager Jean Lovell, Circnlation ^lanager News Editors: Anne Goodman, Ken Metzler. Sports Editor: Dave Taylor. Assistant Manager Editors: Hal Coleman, Vic Fryer, Tom King, Diane Mecham, Stan Turnbull. Chief Night Editor: Lorna Larson. Women’s Editor: Connie Jackson. Desk Editors: Marjory Bush, Bob Funk, Gretehan Grondahl, Lorna Larson, Larry Meiser. Free Lancin'... A Pipe Course ...by Bill Lance A new course, lofty in scope and interdepart mental in nature, is being' considered for the University curricula. The text, by Raymond C. Martinelli, bears the impressive title, “The An alytical Prediction of Superposed Free and Forced Convection in a Horizontal Pipe.” Almost all faculty members who are con noisseurs of pipe smoking have united to out line the course. Under the leadership of Dr. Moore and Professor Parsons, sociology depart ment, the proposed course has been perfected to the standards of the high academic standing of this University. Cultural influences and eco nomics are only two of the phases inherent in the close study of pipe smoking. Such all-time classics as “The Light That Failed” and “To bacco Road” are listed for supplementary read ing. Students are cautioned that this course is not a “pipe,” said Dr. Moore. Interested students may observe the outlined curriculum of Inter departmental 111, 112, and 113 in the display of window of Claypool’s drugstore. (No smoking will be tolerated during class sessions.) Pleartfelt sympathy can indeed be expressed for Dale Smith at the Tri-Delt house. It seems that all University records have her listed in the masculine gender. Besides being registered in the office of men’s affairs, men’s PE, and sev eral fraternity rush lists, she is constantly plag ued with teachers reading her class cards as “Mr. Smith,” “The last straw,” quotes she, “was last Friday when I received an invitation in the mail to join the YMCA.” As previously stated in this column, the com mon cold is an abomination against the human race. I have been besieged with weird tales about colds. One of the stories seems to be a newsworthy experiecne. As married student was suffering with a ter rible nasal cold. Among other remedies, the dis pensary doled out a bottle of Vicks’ Vapo Rub, and the nurse emphasized the importance of its use. The patient seriously and strenuously ob jected to the application of the sticky ointment on his hairy chest. A further complication is the fact that his skin is allergic to the stuff. Like all good husbands he talked the situation over with his wife. They discussed it at great length. Fi nally a workable solution was agreed on where by she used the Vapo Rub and the fumes were enough to keep his head clear. * * * * Last year only static could be Heard over camp us radio station KDUK, and students griped. The radio department, always alert to the student’s wishes, have now not only eliminated the static, but the station as well. The Cinemah... The Old Formula ...by George Spelvin James Cagney is back at his best—or so most reviewers say when commenting on his latest movie, “White Heat.” Personally, I liked the Cagney in "The Time of Your Life” better. “White Heat” returns to the old formula gangster movie with added innovations. It mix es documentary, psychological, and action, never quite deciding which would have been best. It starts out like “The Great Train Rob bery” and ends like an atom blast. The film has big black Cadillacs driven by one of the mob, the hideout in the hills (added innovation—two hideouts), the gangster’s moll (added innova tion—she is also his wife), and a gun battle (added innovation—it’s held in a chemical plant). Cagney plays Cody Jarrett, mob leader, who wants to be on top of the world. But the most fascinating characterization in the film is that of Ma Jarrett (Margaret Wycherly), who is as sweet an old lady as any that ever got shot in the back by a daughter-in-law. The picture gets too involved with plot and spends too little time on character, which could easily have been the meat of the film. “White Heat” falls short of raising itself out of the run-of-the-mill class; but fills the bill for an action-packed movie. Cagney does an all right job, though he is far from spectacular. Virginia Mayo scurries around in front of the camera in various degress of undress (just like every gangster’s moll should.) She is usually either in bed, getting in bed, or getting out of bed. When watching “White Heat” I would oc casionally get the idea that Warner’s Bros, must have been in an awful hurry to finish the film. Instead of making a really compact film, they seem to have hopped around giving the audience a glimpse here and glimpse there and leaving a lot of loose ends. With a little more effort, a little more work, the picture might real ly have been something; it certainly is full of possibilities. One short scene rises to heights which no other scene reaches. This is between Virginia Maj' o and Steve Cochran. They’ve double crossed Cody (while he was in prison, a spot where all-good gangsters vacation between big jobs) and now that he’s escaped are waiting for him to find them. This scene captures the cold, lonely, afraid feeling the two have. The pho tography is fine, roaming about the empty rooms of the large, bare house. It is one of the few scenes which hits a true note. V The picture is in Eugene for about a week, playing* now at the Heilig and moving Thurs day to the Mayflower—12 blocks and 25 cents cheaper than downtown. On Things in General... Sports, Roses, and the Barometer Sports editor Taylor is getting to be known as “Easy Money Dave.” In an attempt to re coup some of his losses he made a cinch bet to the effect that the score of Sunday’s World Ser ies game would not total as much or more than the three first games. He only lost by one run. The guy who won the bet is lucky in more ways than this, he is Bob Tweedell new prexy of SDX, who is the boy who will represent the chapter at the national conevntion next month. In Dallas of all places. Dallas Texas that is. He’s married though. Saving money reminds that taxi fares seem to be lighter since they have installed meters. If I recall, I used to pay sixty-five cents from the bus depot to the Vets Dorms, and last week it was thirty-five. Sixty four shopping days till Christmas. Fin als come sooner. Looks like the Barometer is in the water ...by Steve Loy again. How hot it is isn’t yet apparent. Friday the Barometer hailed the approval by the stu dent senate of a $500 appropriation for the lease of United Press wire service. An editorial pro claimed that now the Barometer would have a "Five hour edge on The Oregonian and the Ga zette-Times in world and national news cover age.” Saturday, a letter to the editor decried the move with these words: “This action was taken directly in defiance of the expressed wishes of the student body as de termined from a poll of living organizations last year. I hope we're not paying our student fees which support the Barometer just to subsidize a paper to compete with the Oregonian or the Gazette-Times.” The Editorial Reply says, “The Barometer is now on a par with other college dailies.” (No comment). 5