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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1950)
No Fortunes at 60 Cents One look at the 60 cents an hour wage being offered Student Union workers next year is likely to bring screams of Yipes! that’s under the national minimum wage scale of 75 cents an hour.” And true enough, it is. But educational institutions are ex empt by provisions of that law from the 75 cents minimum. And the University, despite rumors to the contrary, is an edu cational institution. Salaries for students range from about 50 cents to 87 cents an hour for most jobs. There are special jobs that require spe cial skills that pay more—upwards of $1 an hour, and there are some jobs in the library (where a student may study as he works) that may pay below 50 cents. But the vast majority fall between 50 and 87 cents. The wage scale for student employment next year will be approximately the same as this year s, which is the same as last year’s. Some adjustment next year may be made in the dormi tory wages: perhaps a slight increase. This information, in case there was any doubt, should make it quite clear to anyone interested that no fortunes will be made in a legal manner at the University by students. SDXTakesOverTomorrow Tomorrow’s edition of the Emerald will be published by members of Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity. That simple sentence would be warning enough to any stu dent. However, in case it doesn’t mean much—in plain, straightforward words: Don’t believe anything you read in to morrow’s Emerald. The SDX men like to have fun as well as work. So once every year they put out an Emerald. It is kind of an April Fool’s edition in May. Many members of SDX work on the Em erald regularly, and this once they like to write stories the way they wish they would happen, and they like to parody campus events. Now the SDX edition was first scheduled for election day. However, after the political situation developed as it did, we decided it might be best to wait until after the election. There will still be some “danger” in printing the SDX edi tion tomorrow. But please, take the SDX edition in the vein in which it was written—it is supposed to be FUNNY. And don’t blame us ( the regular staff) for what happens. We get enough thrown at us for the regular editions. The Cold Water Treatment Is our political pot still boiling? Obviously University officials are trying to cool it off, but we think physical plant operators have a better idea—throw a lot o£ cold water on the situation. The sprinklers placed hither and thither on the quad are do ing just that. But innocent students, unaccustomed to public showering as they are, have been resenting the penetrating sprays. We called the physical plant hoping to get a different-than usual answer about the sprinklers—such as, they were inten tionally placed to douse TNE members. But we got only “Oh, the hot weather just caught us off guard.” We decided to face it, be realistic, and start to classes a few minutes earlier from now on, charting our course in the best possible manner.—A.G. vs,. OREGON DAILY EMERALD, publish*) <UUy during the college year encept oil Qatnrdava hut Humor WcckctuL Sundiy. hoHdtySi 6nftl exftiniofttioa periods, Monday pro* ^T-lT in htair WThursday in May by the Associated Students. University of Oregon. Entered os second doss matter it the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. fWinirtng ninrMfri in editorials irt thoM of the writer, and do opt etaini to represent the jntatans of the A^DOor of Use University. Inittaled editortata sic written by associate editor*. Uui|Md editorials are written by the. editor. doaot are thoee of the columnist, and Dos A. Surra. Editor Joan MiKKauoa, Bsiiswi Maoagar Guss Guxaaria, Uuraging Editor Shirley Hillard. Advertising Manager Ofct Manager: Karla Van t>oan. National Advertising Manager: Boom* Birk* Assistant Business Manager: Don Thompson Zone managers: Sue BacheWer. Virgmia aei* logg, Jeanne Hoffman, Fran Keel. Barbara Wuliams, Margie Wells. Layout manager: Martel Scroggin. Circulation Manager: Jean Lovell New* Editor*: L-orna Larson. Ken MeUto. Assistant New* EdHor: Grctchen Grondahi. AuilUot Managing Editors: Norcuan A^der* son, Hal Coleman. Mac Eplttr, Mult Gor*. Walt McKinney. BUI SUnBeML Sports tumors: John Barton, Sam r toman. Chief Night Editor: Mary Hall. Copy Editor: Marjory Bush. _ _ Desk Editors: Marjonr Bush, Bill Frye. Cretchen Grondahl, Larry Jdriser. Jackie Prltxen. JlettenA, 9k the liaxj, What's in a Name?-Plenty To the Editor: Now that the accusations have been made and the toes stepped on, what is going to be done with the alleged members of TNE? It appears that University officials might be try ing to pass the whole thing off as a misunder standing all the way around. The list of mem bers that Art Johnson has, or is supposed to have, should be made public. I personally think it is the right of every student on this campus to know the name of those people on that list. I also think that the University and its disciplinary committee should carry out the regulations of the University as pertain ing to secret societies and such. Those per sons on the list knew what they were getting into when they joined TNE. Why let them off with a mere slap on the hands and tell them that they had better be good boys or Santa will not visit them next Christmas. Are the officials that run our school afraid to carry out their duties fearing repercus sions ? Are they going to fluff off the idea that' < this group was trying to control student gov ernment and still not do anything in the way of punishment toward the offenders? The only way that the University will ever stamp out this sort of “control tactics is to be stiff in their punishment now so that in the future if there are any more ambitious would be bosses they will think twice before cros sing the river and burning their bridges be hind them. They expell the cheater when he is caught — he broke University regulations. What about the members of TNE—haven’t they broken University regulations knowingly also? Publish the list so that we can see who the wheels are. It was our student government that they tried to run to suit their own de sires. Then see that they are punished justly '' and fairly. Giles Godfrey and Bob Kingsbury On Naivete To the Editor, (in reference to Mountain’s comment on stu dent body president elec tion) : Big Hill (Beeg Wheel) says: “I’m surprised.” How naive! In Vets Dorms alone, he had 97 full time hatchet-men working full time distributing 38,600 pieces of propaganda. Open a window, Mac! Wm. E. Pearson (Are you sure it was 97 “hat chet men” and 38,600 pieces of propaganda ?)—Editor. Ore-nter We have been asked, like all organizations on campus, to contribute to the Ore-nter. While we agree that such a booklet is desirable for new students, we disagree with the multiple load it places on stu dents. We have voted against the contribution for this reason. Each living organization,and ul timately each student is asked to contribute several times through a series of organiza tions, such as his house, clubs and service honoraries, Heads of Houses, Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic, and Inter dorm Council. - The booklet serves as promo tion for the University. Why is it not possible for the Univer sity, through the office of stu dent affairsfor example, to con tribute to the Ore-nter ? It is im possible to finance the booklet with ASUO funds? We realize that finance is a problem, but we feel that this method taxes the students ex cessively and unjustly. YWCA Heads of Houses Phi Theta Upsilon Kwama PhiBefa -enroll Sofeliam&ie Wtidxutt On Peanut Butter, Etc. by Bob rf-unh Well, we return, battle-worn and disillusioned, from the po litical arena. It was, we suppose, good stuff while at lasted, but we have been neglecting a lot of things. To celebrate the elections (none of our people won, particu larly—in fact, some of our people seem to have died quietly in the night) we went to the Pit and ate a great deal. This elimi nates mornings after. At the Pit, and we feel that this should be known to the public, there is a juke box that will play with out putting nickels in it. You punch the button, it buzzes, and the result is music. We left after the fifteenth record. The management may catch on to tins, but are h a v i-n g fine time play Man Theme” Su.” revolt at the the other seems that years most of the place we come addict butter. Pea gan at lunch, lunch and recently a p ner. people w h o ki t c h e n do \ I i i / • f 7 * A C t until tnen we one heck of a ing “T hire! and “V i eni We had a place we live night. It through the the people at live have he ed to peanut nut butter be expanded t o breakfast,and peared at din N o w, the work in our not like pea nut butter for dinner. It is hard to get off of plates. So they held a caucus and practically cut us off. Never to be triumphed over, we took peanut butter onto the floor of executive council, onto the floor of house meeting, and came out victorious. We have peanut butter that won't quit now. All of our freshmen, loyal to the last, were greatly disillus ined when we were not exposed as a TNE, or exposed as any thing at all, for that matter. They had been waiting breath lessly for days, and when it was obvious that the last TNE had gone his dismal way and we were still in the ranks of the lily white, there was considerable sobbing and jumping out of second-story windows. We still hear angry mutterings like “I was sure he was sub versive,” or “They’ll get him yet, the old meanie!” * * * * Not many coeds have had the ’’distinction” of being dunked in the basement at the ATO house. But Eve Overback is probably the first *SUO 2nd vice president to have been congratulated thusly. The big, strong (ugh) hairy-chested men threw her in this last election eve, after they had done likewise with number one winner, Barry Mountain.