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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1950)
_ _ I University Taboos in 1800's I Include Saloons, Whistling By Ronald Johnson So you students think you have I complaints concerning social re strictions and housing problems. Why not look back about 75 years in University history and find the problems the students had to contend with in those days. The “ten commandments” of University legislation in 1875 for bade, among other things, the visi ting of saloons by students, leav ing town without permission, and whistling and talking in school buildings. SUPERVISION CLOSE Extremely close supervision was exercised over the study habits of the students. In order to attend church functions, or even lectures in the evening, the students had to get faculty permission. The theater was regarded by ;■ school officials as a “dangerous temptation,” and authorized danc ing was strictly tabooed. Dramat ics and tennis could be indulged in, but not under the shield of the -4 institution. But in the fall of 1876 a major revolution took place. The Laur ean Society for men, and the Eu taxian for women came into ex istence, and they were officially recognized to the extent of legal incorporation entitling them to hold property on the campus. MEETING HIGHLIGHTS The Eutaxians met every Fri day afternoon and the Laureans met that same evening. The high spot of the entire social program at the University took place when ever these groups held a joint meeting. Members of Eutaxian were in complete harmony with the Vic torian ideal of womanhood. They were sedate and literary and love ly. The women avoided all yerbal controversies and violent issues during the club meetings. The men, on the other hand, must have truly been the campus “rowdies.” Among the unpardon able sins they committed were the throwing of peanut shells on the school floors, and failing to return directly to their rooms after the meetings. SIMPLICITY STRESSED There is no necessity to stress the fact that the keynote of Uni versity social life in the 1870's was simplicity, although one big affair each year was the welcoming of new students at an informal occa sion known as the “walk-around.” So far as housing was concerned the University supplied no domi tories, and fraternity and sorority houses were yet to come. Try to picture yourself walking from 10th and Willamette or from near the Southern Pacific railway station to class every day. That’s what many of those stu dents did. These were the locations of three of the most famous board ing houses, the Underwood Castle, The Croner’s, and Grandma Fitch’s. These boarding homes formed the centers for informal student contacts. In 1877, a number of small groups made up of students with little money combined their forces and constituted themselves a liv ing organization which they called “The Bee Hive.” ASUO Petitions Due at 5 Today Deadline for petitions for ASUO Executive Council positions is 5 p.m. today. Applications should be turned in to the ASUO office, Em erald Hall. Four positions are open on the Council. Two were vacated by AGS representatives Phil Patterson, senior, and Bill Lance, junior, and two by United Students Associa tion members, Anita Holmes, jun ior, and Ron Brown, sophomore. Official candidates were chosen Wednesday afternoon by the Asso ciated Greek Students. USA mem bers are expected by the party to submit individual petitions. The Executive Council will choose its new members at its first meeting of the term, Mon day, Jan. 16. Social Calender DINNERS: Thursday—Kappa Kappa Gam ma—Theta Chi—Gamma Phi Beta—Delta Upsilon—Pi Beta Phi—Pi Kappa Phi. FIRESIDE: k Friday—Delta Upsilon. HOUSE DANCES: Saturday—Lambda Chi Alpha, Sherry Ross Hall (YMCA Bldg.) Campbell Club. Look girls! A store in a Geor gia town advertised "Pure Men’s Handkerchiefs.” Ad Week Slates Portland Speaker Special interviews and addresses by Richard G. Montgomery, Port land-advertiser, will mark Adver tising Recognition Week activities on the campus Friday and Satur day. Montgomery will speak at a joint banquet of Alpha Delta Sig ma and Gamma Alpha Chi, nation al advertising fraternities, Friday night. New members of both or ganizations will be honored at the banquet. A roundtable discussion of ad vertising problems will be conduc ted by Montgomery' Friday at 4 p.m. in Journalism 103. Any inter e s t e d students may attend the meeting, R. D. Millican, assistant professor of advertising, said. Montgomery, who is manager of ; Richard Montgomery and Associ ates, Portland advertising agency, was regional director of the OPA during World War II. CAMPUS CALENDAR 12 noon—YWCA Sophomore Com mission Cabinet headquarters. Plymouth Club luncheon, Con gregational Church. 2-5 p.m.—Open house, Plymouth Club. 4 p.m.—YWCA House Committee, committee room. j 7:30—Future Teachers of Oregon, 2 Education. Announcing a new and added service and convenience for our customers ... SHIRT LAUNDRY AGENCY INSTANT PRESSING-/ Graduates Offered California Work Openings for 1950 college grad uates have been announced by the California State Personnel Board, according to the University Gradu ate Placement Office. 'Open fields of work include science, health, accounting, librari an, real estate management, arid personnel. Detailed information may be ob tained from the Graduate Place ment Office, room 216, Emerald Hall. Applications for examina tions are due soon. Married Life Talk Due by Author (Cantinued front page onej Army University in Florence, Italy. Experience as a coach and tea cher in high school and as an in structor in college have united to round out the lecturer’s back ground. Lectures will be given each Tues day evening beginning Jan. 17 and continuing for four weeks. Each program of the series will consist of a speech approximately one hour long and a discussion period' fol lowing. Tickets for the series arc on sale at the Co-op. TODAY'S STAFF Assistant managing editor: Bill Stanfield. Desk editor. Marjory Bush. Copy editors: Sue Teter, Helen Jackson, Milissa Millam, Liz Trull inger, Carolyn Varney, Joan Hedgepeth. Drama Meet Postponed Today's scheduled meeting of the YWCA Drama Commission has been postponed until next Thurs day at 4 p.m. At that time the group will tour the University Theater. Rally Tryouts Delayed Men's rally squad tryouts have been indefinitely postponed due to the fact that Yell King Jim Cris mon is in the infirmary. Notice of the tryouts will be given later. French Group to Meet Members of Pi Delta Phi, French honor fraternity, will meet at 5 p.m. Friday in room 114, Friendly Hall, to elect new officers. 'Pliny the Middle' Says Local Weather'Esthetic' By HELEN JONES _ " * olt remember Pliny the Younger and Pliny the Elder? Well, 1 m the middle one, said Dr. Nolan P. (Pliny) Jacobson, new .Religion Depaitmciit head, when interviewed yesterday. Dr. Jacobson arrived in Eugene New Year’s Eve to serve as visiting professor of religion and acting department head during the absence of Dr. Paul 13. Means, now studying in Singapore IN MONTHS TENURE Dr. Jacobson conies to the Uni versity from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., where he taught philosophy. He expects to be here about 18 months. After two years of pre-medical work at the University of Wiscon- f sin, Dr. Jacobson started school at Emory College in Georgia. He re ceived his bachelor of divinity there, earning his doctor of philos ophy degree at the University of Chicago. A veteran of the South Pacific war, Dr. Jacobson served as a naval chaplain for 21 months. WEATHER LIKED “I like this Oregon weather,” de clared Dr. Jacobson,‘'because it has an esthetic appeal, especially when you’re on the inside looking out!” Dr. Jacobson said he thought the main difference between the Uni versity and Huntingdon College to be the greater number of men. Huntingdon is a women’s college. He claims that his Oregon students are very attractive and that he much prefers the co-educational system. “Eugene people are very much like those with whom I grew up in Wisconsin,” Dr. Jacobson stated. “They’re the hale and hearty type.” Because of this similarity he be lieves that he will feel very much at home here and says he is looking forward to his assignment. A group of Europeans touring the United States reports that “Americans are too money mind ed.” Isn’t that usually the con clusion of "the poor relations ' ' Forensics Group Plans Contests The University of Oregon Foren sics Club plans two speech contests during the remainder of this year, according to E. R. Nichols, faculty adviser. The first will be held Feb. 25 at the College of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., where students will try for honors in oratory and extemporaneous speaking. The topic of the debate to be held there is “Resolved: The United States should nationalize basic (non-agri culture) industries.” A spring term contest will bo held at the College of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. Students interested in the For ensics club may contact Nichols in his Villard Hall office. A sample debate will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 in Villard Hall at a meeting of the club on the nationalization of basic indus tries. ! Ormon Daily mm ME RAID NIGHT STAFF Night editor—Mary Hall. 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