Ozsaan Daily
EMERALD
Anita Holmes, Editor
Lorna Larson, Managing Editor
“fei as soc^d class ma«e( at"the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscnption rates: $5 per
school year ; $4 f°r two terms ; $3per term. writer and do not pretend to
rep0rKentntheeXoPpenions o? the' Aluot^?the University. Initialed editorials are written by
the associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor.
Don Thompson, Business Manager
'Senior Rides' at Oregon ?
Hazing of stately upper classmen by six lowly freshmen at
the University of Wisconsin this week and the consequent $10
fines levied against three of the freshmen ought to draw some
kind of condemnation.
The Associated Press reported the frosh took a car from an
upper classman, picked up two other upper classmen, drove
them out of town and left them beside the road minus their
billfolds.
For this a Madison judge fined three of the freshmen.
Charges against the others were dismissed.
Now the question is whether we should condemn the frosh
for molesting their scholastic superiors, the upper classmen
for being unable to cope with the situation, or the judge for
having no sense of humor.
Take the situation at Oregon. The traditional “senior ride,
should prove a good example.
We are personally acquainted with one “victim of a senior
ride last year who beat his hazers back home, lhe secret of
this accomplishment is forever locked in his memory (in other
words he ain’t talking). But it may have had something to do
with the fact that the hazers had a flat tire on the way back.
And there are seniors who may be found with a dollar or two
carefully hidden away in their shoe during the senior ride sea
son.
Yep, we’ll always maintain that upper classmen are too
smart to be outwitted by a group of frolicking freshmen. K.M.
Pinballs and Slots on Trial
Fans of “free play” pinball and slot machines will have the
levers lifted right out of their hands if the Multnomah county
district attorney wins a case now before district court in Port
land.
“Free play” machines give the winners games instead of
cash. Coin-paying pinballs and slots are illegal under the
state’s anti-lottery laws.
Illegality of the money-paying machines is based on three
conditions:
A consideration is paid to participate.
Chance predominates in selection of winners.
A thing of value is given as a prize to this chance winner.
“Free play” machines fill the first two considerations.
The third makes the test case which may well go to Oregon’s
supreme court for a final decision.
Is a free play a thing of value?
It’s of as much value as the money which would ordinarily
be paid for the game (we say, with admitted ignorance of the
legal quirks involved).
If the coin-paying machine is to be illegal, so should the “free
play” fall to the law.
At Last — A Chance for Success
We noticed with joy that they are going to put grass around
the student union.
Year in and year out the Emerald edit page has been warn
ing students to keep off the grass. These edits usually meet
with disgusting failure—students would continue to walk on
the grass, and finally a cement walk would be placed where the
grass used to be but was no more.
It was beginning to look like the Emerald would always meet
with failure on its keep off the grass crusades; it looked like
the cement walk would always be the final victor.
But not this time, because the cement walks are already in—
it’s the grass that’s coming later.
So, please, when they start planting grass around the stu
dent union, keep off, will you, huh? The front landscape to the
building is practically all cement anyway.—D.S.
THE DAILY
to Eve Overhack, whose patience as chairman helped
guide a joint dormitory-Panhellenic committee through a
long Tuesday evening of “what to do with freshmen
pledges.”
THE OREGON LEMON . . .
to campus planners for creating quagmires by leaving con
struction of the mall until the rains came.
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The Campus Answers
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Emerald Editor:
In the Tuesday, October 3,1950
issue of the Emerald was found
an article entitled “Duck Spirit
One Topic o£ Council.”
In this article suggestions for
the improvement of Oregon
spirit, which were offered at
Monday night’s Executive Coun
cil meeting were listed. In all
probability these suggestions
have merit. However, we believe
that the main obstacle to school
spirit at the Oregon-California
game lay in the lack of an inte
grated rooting section.
Students at the game were
obliged to sit in bleachers which
ran along the Oregon side and
into the end zones. We under
stood that the stadium in Port
land has to be rented for each
game.
If, in order to pay this rental
fee, space for an organized root
ing section has to be turned into
a general admission section, we
can see no remedy for the lack of
spirit.
But we feel that the team is out
on the field representing the stu
dents, and that the students
should at least be entitled to a
solid section in the stands behind
the Oregon bench. It is impos
sible to have an organized root
ing section with the student body
strung halfway round the field
in a ten-row-high section.
The rooters were at the game.
Let’s give them a break and put
them all together in their own
section. If they don’t root for ,
their team then, God help Ore
gon.
Yours for an organized section,
Two grads from California.
Vets, War III
Emerald Editor:
A Universityjenables a person
to accumulate knowledge and
form opinions based upon facts.
You would think then that stu
Sky’s The Limit
Columnist Puts Foot
In UO Co-ed's Mouth
By Sam Fidman
Turning to the local scene, we
find a situation that is, to say the
least, disheartening.
After flying several sorties in
to such nationally dynamic top
ics as the anti-communist bill,
the freedom scroll, and the ques
tion of mildly alcoholic pleasure
for American forces in Korea, we
are faced with the possibility that
our readers simply do not care
about the world that is going on
about them.
The Emerald’s Inquiring Re
porter presented a question for
Tuesday’s issue of the paper
which, though not as thought
fully worded as it might have
been, was still clear and definite
ly concerned with our nation’s
gravest problem at hand.
The question was:
“What do you think of the Ko
rean situation?”
Six interviewees were ap
proached; fairly enough three
were co-eds and three were male
students.
Maybe this woman suffrage
business was forced upon an un
suspecting male population—we
hope not, but of those half dozen
answers, two (both from men)
were sound and reasonable; two
others (both from co-eds) were
shameful.
The remaining co-ed reply was
without any apparent meaning,
while the other male answer,
though not steeped in deep
thought, was painfully forgive
able because of its timeliness.
We recall only too clearly a not
:oo-distant national election when
ve overheard one woman say to
mother: “Oh, I’m going to vote for
3ricker—he’s awfully cute.”
Our reaction to that was just
plain “blah.” During our then
tender youth, we were blinded by
the glamour of patriotism. De
mocracy seemed so completely
wonderful that the very idea of
its having faults was as remote
from our thinking as is Northern
Maine from Southern California.
But through study of govern
ments, and realization that de
mocracy isn't just a “thing” that
goes on by itself, but must be
energetically perpetuated by the
people, at least two of those In
quiring Reporter answers lend
cause for concern.
The natural reaction to the
aforementioned words—especial
ly from the young ladies whose
replies are under some degree of
fire—would he something like
“who does he think he is to criti
cize us.”
Well, maybe it is fair for a
young lady’s uppermost concern
in time of war to be the fact that
her supply of dating material
might be woefully depleted; but
to whom is it fair?
To the young men wnose lives
are being ruined by the call of
the military; to those who lie
dead in Korean dust; to their
loved ones who must learn to
plug the horrible gap in their
lives ?
Democracy is a responsibility
before it is a joy.
dents would do so when confront
ed by the present day political
situation.
But look at the Inquiring Re
porter’s column of October 3. Is
this type of answer representa
tive of the University as a whole ?
Is this the amount of attention
and interest shown in a situation
which can in a very short time
become a much darker picture
than World War II and which
can have more disastrous ef
fects ?
A sophomore in liberal arts
claims to be too busy with classes
to pay much attention, and wish
es there wasn’t a Korean situa
tion. May we remind the sopho
more that she may not have
classes in the future with which
to be too busy. We agree with
her in wishing that there was no
Korean situation. But then who
doesn’t wish that.
Another respondent says it is
quite a situation. This is really a
statement of importance. Would
you answer a history examina- - ^
tion question in that manner ?
From the same source, “I don’t
see how anyone could have any
constructive thoughts knowing
as little as they do.”
A junior in art education wants
to get it over with before the men
leave. Just who does she think is
going to get it over with ? Imagi
nary troops? But on second
thought, it is entirely possible
that she may be helping this time
and we can guarantee her that
she won’t enjoy it a bit.
Another classical statement
here, “It sure louses things up.”
Yes, it does louse things up. Is
this person’s idea of war just a
shortage of men?
We are looking forward to an
Inquiring Reporter’s Column with
the question, “Will T. V. Wiggles
be killed or captured?”
May we suggest that these
same people give their same an- •
swers to a doughfoe* up front in
Korea and listen to their retorts
and answers.
(Signed)
Hall Vets, W.W. II; Future
Vets, W.W. Ill, Leo V. Nuttman,
Donald D. Davis, Robert E. John
son, Jack H. Schade, Earle A.
Taylor, Hal Lindwall, Robert L.
Mocabee, Donovan E. Lee.
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