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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.
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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
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Night editor—Mary Hall.
Staff — Nancy Lunsford, Pat
Knowles, Margaret Phelps, Allen
Reed, Abbott Paine, Sarah Turn
bull.
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