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Dorna Larson, Managing Editor
Ken Metzler, Tom King, Don Smith, Associate Editors
Barbara Williams, Advertising Manager
A Library Designed for Use
We are told that there are some students who can make the
questionable boast that “I’ve been at this school for four years
now and have never set foot inside the library.
If there are any such people, it’s their own fault.
Because opening yesterday was the new $750,000 library ad
dition and a new system of getting your books. Now the stu
dent finds the location of the book by the location index, goes
to the room indicated and picks out his own book by means of
the numbering system.
For some time it will be inconvenient at first. But once stu
dents become accustomed to the new system, we feel the edu
cational advantages alone will far outweigh any initial incon
venience.
For, as Head Librarian C. W. Hintz explains, the new sys
tem will serve to better acquaint students with books. 1 hose
who formerly took a “shot in the dark’’ with the card catalog
system may now personally examine the books to find exactly
what they want.
To facilitate research in certain fields, library books and
magazines are separated into three basic divisions-humam
ties, science and social science. It is believed this is the best
system for the majority of students. For some, such as histor
ians whose field covers a wide diversity of subjects, it may be
a little inconvenient. But it is an old maxim that you can t
please all the people all the time.
In general, opening the stacks to all the students is a policy
that should pay off imgreater use of the library facdities.
There’s a lot of interesting material in the stacks. Take a look
around sometime. K.M.
McCarthy Wouldn't Like This
If the decision had been Joseph McCarthy s, he probably
would have thrown out the film, and branded our student body
“poor security risks.”
Fortunately, he was not consulted.
Miss Olga Yevtich in the Student Union program office and
Dr. Paul Dull wisely decided that the film on North Korea
should be shown Wednesday night—despite its straight line
of Russian propaganda.
They requested that a slide precede the film to warn watch
ers of the Russian slant. Another wise move in these days of
searchers for Red tints in higher education.
The audio-visual department selected the film from a cata
logue. Dr. Theodore Stern reviewed it Wednesday and report
ed its color to Dr. Dull. .
He in turn called Miss Yevtich, recommending that it be
shown with proper explanation.
As long as we can look at the page on both sides, as long as
we can leave the American mind open, ours will not be the way
of the Communist cause . . . nor the line of Joe McCarthy.
The Second Cup...
To the heavily-populated infirmary, on sickness:
Be not slow to visit the sick. Ecclesiasticus.
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Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired
by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold. Hawthorne.
To those sturdy students on the outside, on health:
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has every
thing. Arabian Proverb. __
Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to if but
through toil. Phillips. __
THE DAILY . . .
goes today to the Student Affairs committee for looking
at the clock through student eyes, and moving Friday
hours to 1 a.m.
THE OREGON LEMON . . .
to the pessimists who were sure closing hours would
never change at this conservative college in Oregon.
_.Letter#
The
Campus
Answers
Legal Advice Offered
Emerald Editor:
The melancholy message from
behind the silken curtain of Teha
chapi (one “T”, you great big
mature Americans you) did not_
fall upon deaf ears.
The legal eagles heard with
heavy hearts of the languishing
lovelies in campus dormitories,
and immediately took up posi
tions on the law school steps in
order to scout the crop. Those se
lected will no doubt be sprung
on writs of habeas corpus when
the student traffic court is acti
vated.
Others of the embryo lawyers
would like to offer their services
to help spring the maidens in
distress, but their wives have ve
toed the notion.
For those who can’t get out
on parole for midweek dates, it
may be of some comfort to re
call that tradition is on the side
of incarceration in Carson. Many
years ago at Oregon, when fresh
men women lived in sororities, it
was really tough.
With Sympathy,
A Law Student
(Name withheld by request)
Fresh Advice For Frosh
Dear Freshmen Girls:
As members of the senior
class, and in addition to that
qualification, women, we have
reviewed in detail your case
as presented in Monday’s Eme
rald. It is hoped that the con
clusions which we have reach
ed may be of benefit to you.
1. We agree that proctors,
like death and taxes, CAN be
unbearable, but chin up—enjoy
your youth. You have only one
year to become an outstanding
freshmen under their firm guid
ance.
2. Concerning your plea for
week-night dates, may we ask—
what do you expect? In our
day, a girl was content to have
five or six dates crammed con
veniently into one weelcend.
Those who dated on week
nights soon acquired the con
demning epithet “man-crazy.”
3. As to the rule which keeps
you in your rooms during the
day’s free hours, consider our
sad plight when we were fresh
man. We slept on hard library
desks from 9-5 daily and de
veloped stiff necks from cran
ing to see who was coming into
the room. And you, dear fresh
men, have the modernistic lux
ury of the Hotel Carson in which
to study.
A Group of Senior Women
Cemetery Spokesman
Emerald Editor:
Every phase of Oregon camp
us life has a spokesman. That is,
except one section of University
routine, which seldom has an of
ficial reporter. It’s the nearby
cemetery.
So Cemeteria has enlisted the
aid of a Vet’s Dorm neighbor to
write about the abhorrent condi
tions in this locality.
Oregon may be looking to the
future, but does that mean it
should forget the past? Can't
present, living organizations on
the campus inject a little of their
forward-looking energy into a
cleanup campaign and give Ceme
teria the face-lifting she's need
ed and deserved for decades ?
Very truly yours,
Tom Shepherd
Colleges From Coast to Coast
Syracruse Enrollment Drops
Collegiate campuses around
the country are crackling with
crisp news nowadays, so let’s
gather ’round for our weekly
transcontinental tour:
At Syracuse University, stu
dents are girding themselves for
a curtailed program of activities
this year in view of the $350,000
deficit caused by a whopping 26
per cent drop in enrollment. But
some of the sororities were more
concerned about an outbreak of
midnight prowling in their neigh
borhood.
Meanwhile, at UCLA there was
plenty of excitement over the
signing of Comedian Jack Benny
for the homecoming program.
Another comedy favorite—this
time a drama—holds the spot
light at Montana State Univer
sity where the theater season op
ens soon. The show is “She Stoops
to Conquer,” presented by the
University of Minnesota gradu
ate actors.
Pi Epsilon Pi, national social
fraternity, still is having its trou
bles because of its ban on pledg
ing Negroes. Three of its chap
ters, including its oldest chapter,
have pulled out.
Student spirit continues to be a
problem around the country. Lat
est distress is at the University
of Mississippi where the school
weekly diagnosed the situation
and came up with the analysis
that “Rebel spirit has taken a
nosedive.” They wanna know the
reason, too. We’ll tell ’em: it’s
simply that they have a losing
football team this year; get a win
ner and then things would perk
up plenty.
Campus Critic =====
'Woman in Hiding'
Suspense-packed Drama
By Don Smiths
A top suspense drama filled
with thrills is “Woman in Hid
ing” with Ida Lupino, Howard
Duff, and Stephen McNally,
playing at the Heilig. From the
moment this film begins with a
background voice describing
activities of a crew dragging a
river for a body, it is filled with
“edge-of-your-seat” drama.
The plot is a novel one about
murder and mystery in a small
southern town and the ambi
tions of a power-happy (on a
small basis) heel. The camera
takes the audience along with
Miss Lupino most of the time—
making spine-tingling scenes
out of commonplacities like
hotel rooms, railroad stations,
drawing rooms, and magazine
stands.
Miss Lupino is at her best as
the chased woman, Stephen Mc
Nally is good as the unfaithful
husband, and Howard Duff is
tops as the sleuth willing to help
a beautiful lady in trouble.
On the same bill with “Woman
in Hiding” is “The Foreign
Legion,” an Abbott and Costello
farce that is a sharp contrast
to the mystery film.
Another thriller in town is
“Stage Fright” at the Lane.
Jane Wyman, Richard Todd,
and Marlene Dieterich are the
stars in this one about murder
in London. Alfred Hitchcock
did the directing. It is a pretty
good suspense film, and there
is the glamorous Marlene who,
even if she is a grandmother,
can satisfyingly sing her songs.
Main interest in this is the
successful combination of com
edy and mystery. It lacks the
touch of mystery-genius that
marks other Hitchcock films—
but it has the added glamour of
Dieterich and show business.
And for spooks, would-be
spooks, or interested bystanders
there is the Midnight Spook
Show at the Heilig; starting to
night at 11:30.
It Could Be Oregon
“Watch for a pass, men!’’