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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1949)
' Advisers—Three Types Jo Gilbert Thinks'Unhelpful' (Continued from page tivo) the students and to assist him in working out his college pro gram for the year. And though there are a number of profes sors who take this job seriously, realize the responsibility it en tails, there are also too many who just don’t care. There are three types of un helpful professors: (1) those who haven’t got the time, or don’t take it, and cheer fully sign the student’s program regardless of whether he has scheduled his requirements or camp cookery. This for the lower division student results in chaos. He either finds out his senior year that he has hours of requirements to fulfill or he finds himself in a course for which he is totally unadapted. (2) Those who are so utterly biased that unless the student takes the course the adviser thinks is right, the professor will not sign the program. May be for the professor’s capabili ties, the course would be fine, but for some student who has no interest or capabilities in that field, it is from nowhere. So the student may find himself in an upper division history course when he is interested in biology. . (3) Then, last but not least, there is the well-meaning pro fcssor who isn’t too sure about the requirements. For him, I'd present a bulletin listing all re quirements and require him to write them 100 times on the blackboard. There will always be some students who will not make a 2.00. They may be working, goofing around, or get married during mid-term week. But if some professors would take more time and thought in help ing\ realize their responsibility, and recognize that each student is an individual, I believe there would be less worry about peg ged grades and more students finding their niche in the aca demic world. TODAY’S STAFF Assistant Managing Editor: Vio Fryer. Desk Editor: Marjory Bush. Copy Desk: Helen Jackson, Liz Trullinger, Marcille Wallace, Bill Bender. Who gets most of our customer’s dollar? 1. The owners? No. Last year, Union Oil’s stockholders got 10 million dollars in dividends from the company’s operations. Divided among 36,120 preferred and common stockholders, this amounted to an average of $278 per owner. 2. The employees? Guess again. Union Oil’s employees got 34'A million dollars in salaries, wages and benefits out of the money the company took in. Divided among our employees, this amounted to an average of $4,600 apiece. 3. The tax collector? Right. Federal, State and other governmental agencies collected almost 47 million dollars from the money Union Oil Com pany took in during 1948- 4 times as much as the owners got. 1 /3 more than the employees got.. 4* In the last analysis...that money was yours, not oura. For gasoline taxes alone added 25% to 40% to the price of Union Oil’s 76 gasoline —depending on the tax rate in the community where you bought it. Wiping out all the profits paid to Union Oil owners in dividends, on the other hand, would have lowered the price of our petroleum products only per gallon. VNIOW OH COMPAIY OF CAIIIORMIA INCORPORATED IN CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 17, 1B90 This series, sponsored by the people of Union Oil Company, is dedicated to a discussion of how and why American business functions. We hope you ll feel free to send in any suggestions or criticisms you have to offer. Write: The President, Union Oil Company, Union Oil Building, Los Angeles U, California.
