*ya can't say those profs don't take a special interest in ya—every
one of 'em thinks he's the only one yer taking a course from."
Illegitimate Instruments
Nearly every house has one or more.
They’re good for free afternoons and lazy spring evenings.
They add to picnics, dates, serenades, and can even be used
for flying speeches.
They’re the latest in extra-curricular activities.
They are not women, but ukeleles.
No one knows if the fad was started by Hui O Kamaaina,
the Hawaiian club, or by Arthur Godfrey, who plays one, or by
steamship and airplane company advertisements on Hawaii.
At any rate, Oregon’s got ’em. Music stores downtown re
port a “terrific interest” in ukeleles on the part of University
students. (High school students ignore them.)
One store used to sell less than three dozen a year. Its books
now show that almost 300 were bought since last June, when
the trend began, and that sales have picked up even more with
the start of spring term at the U.
We heard that elementary»schools in this area are now tak
ing up courses in “uke” playing we decided to investigate the
thoughts, if any, of our own music school on the subject.
“Oh, heavens, NO! Not up here; we wouldn t teach that.
“Why, anybody can play one—all you do is chord.” “Besides
they only teach students legitimate instruments here. All this
we were greeted with. (Legitimate instruments are those used
in a symphony orchestra.)
But regardless of this negative approach, all sorts of stu
dents—music majors and architect majors, Greeks and inde
pendents, men and women—have taken up the pastime. It
looks like it’s here to stay for a while.—A.G.
A startling thing happened yesterday. Someone expressed approval
of the registration system at Oregon, saying it was, in general, su
perior to that of other large Universities. Exactly what this informa
tion is worth, we don’t know, but we thought it was so novel it should
be passed on.
Sofiftamabe 'lOifaHotn
Reformation and the Big Red Flag
iuf, BaA tyufth
Back into the limelight—ASUO spring
elections, and with them the whole complex
question of student government at Oregon:
what it has done, what it is doing, and what
it should do in the future.
During the past two years there has been a
lot of empha
sis placed on
politics and
political par
ties, and the ^
reform of
s a m e. Wei
have left un- |
critic ized,
however, our
present sys
tem of stu
dent govern
m e n t. Per
sons of both
political par
t i e s have
been elected
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to the tune of reform, renewed interest, tne
strengthening of the role of student govern
ment at the University.”
And some months after election we have
found that in some way the greatest and whit
est of our political hopes have been held back
in the fulfillment of their promises. By what?
The present form of student government,
carefully set down in the existing ASUO con
stitution.
Does this constitution provide an adequate
government for coping with such new prob
lems as the Student Union and Publication
boards? Are these two new, important stu
dent agencies properly correlated with the
main body of the ASUO?
The answer, in both cases, is no.
Does this constitution make provision for
sufficient executives and legislators to carry
on the multiple activities of an expanding stu
dent body ?
No. The members of the ASUO executive
council are BOTH legislators and executives,
a brave undertaking for any group of people.
They are few in number, necessarily repre
senting only a segment of the campus. And
the fact that we have our administrative func
tions combined in a few officers causes ex
treme cases of partianship and maneuvering
by political parties to grasp the few plums.
This constitution limits our student
government in other ways. For example—
the muddled “1-2-3-4-who-in-the-heck-did-I
vote-for” ballot, and the primary election
system, which does not provide for non-par
tisan candidates.
Under these limitations, will even the best —■
officers, with the best of intentions, be able to
keep student government abreast of the
growth of the University? Will we be able to
keep the Student Union and student publica
tions in the hands of the student body? Are
we, under this present constitution, going to
be able to make enough progress to insure
the respect of the faculty and student body.
NO! And if you'll let us pull out a big red
flag and wave it, we'll say briefly—SOME
CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE—AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE!
*74e Ginemah
Movies and Chuckles and Hunger
by CjeoJuje. Speluitt
After looking over the movies billed at the
theaters this past week, it makes me wonder
what happens to the GOOD films that Holly
wood produces?
A couple of us figured out last night, when
we had nothing important to do—just study
ing-—that the theaters must book what few
good films there are during the vacations.
Since this last Spring vacation was quite
short, it must have been some task to get all
the good films in and out of Eugene in the
four days. It probably required showing one
picture in the afternoon and a different one
in the evening; but at any rate it must have
worked, because this week there is absolutely
nothing good on at the cinema, and not much
good coming up, with one exception.
“All the King’s Men,” which is the acad
emy award winner for last year—“best pic
ture,” “best actor,” and “best supporting ac
tress”—will start at the Heilig Sunday. It is
supposedly a top notch and entertaining film
that packs a wallop, and it will most likely
be worth the admission price.
But between now and Sunday you might
just as well study, or find some form of amuse
ment other than a show.
“Key to the City,” the Clark Gable-Loretta
Young comedy at the Heilig through Satur
day,has all the freshness of 'It Happened One
Night.” Since at least 500 comedies have imi
tated that film, which was good in 1934, any
• chuckles that ‘‘Key” gets are from hunger.
Gable acts like Gable (which is sometimes .
entertaining if you care'for Gable and I don't)
and Miss Young acts as if she wished she had
stayed away from the MGM studio. Much as
I like Miss Young, I don’t think she helps the
picture much—but then, no one could.
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HaUitUf Kane
Not too many years ago in
the far off Eastern United
States there was a law school
with a dean who occasionally
permitted his students to
graduate.
One of these fortunate few,
finding his talents not suffi
ciently appreciated in the
state he desired to practice,
entered the government ser
vice.
Eor the sake of anonymity
we shall call this attorney As
portatis Elackacre—asporta
tis is a Latin word used in a
legal phrase, and Elackacre is
the general term law profes
sors apply to land for pur
Asportatis and His Troubles
poses of illustration.
Asportatis drew up a con
tract form to end all contract
forms. The fine print, accord
ing to the latest court deci
sions at the time, didn't bind
the government, but made
the private person who sign
ed the “contract" liable for
non-performance.
And lo and behold, the gov
ernment signed a contract
with a little old sand and
gravel company, and then dis
honored it. The victim
brought suit, lost, and appeal
ed the judgment in the gov
ernment's favor.
The case was an important
one; if the government lost,
it would be necessary to dis
card the millions of printed
contract forms. And so, like
the Lone Ranger to the res
cue, Asportatis, the author,
was sent to argue for the gov
ernment before a certain
state supreme court.
And who did Asportatis
find sitting on the bench but
his old law school dean ! Once
more the young attorney felt
like a first year law student
when the dean gazed upon
him. Conviction that he was
hopelessly ignorant and an
overwhelming desire to sink
through the floor came over
him. With horror Asportatis
remembered how the dean,
before he became a judge,
practiced his hobby of lead
ing an over-confident law stu
dent out on a legal limb, and
then mercilessly cutting it off
at the base.
Nevertheless, the ex-stu
dent believes that^ his pride
and joy, the super-duper bear
trap contract, would be up
held. because the dean had
told him back in the old days
that there was no contract un
less a certain something was
present, and the certain some
thing was in the contract.
Asportatis presented his
hf, cMettfiy Katie
brief with smug assurance.
In fact, he sounded as dry
and authoritative as the Re
statement of Contracts.
The dean turned judge ad
mitted that the government
had the weight of the law in
its favor, then asked his for
mer student whether it was
right in equity and good con
science for the big govern
ment to treat the little plain
tiff so unfairly.
The young attorney said it
was not a matter of fairness
or its lack, for the law was on
the government’s side.
“Son,” said the judge, “did
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