Dane Student Says Countrymen
More Serious About Education
’-•“Danish students have to take
a more serious attitude toward
education than American students
do. The Germans completely rob
bed, us; we had nothing left after
World War II. We students have
to rebuild Denmark,” said Finn
Sagild, guest speaker at the In
ternational Student Luncheon, re
cently.
Sagild, a foreign student from
Copenhagen, said he was surpris
ed at the attitude of American
college students toward their
studies. From his observations he
has concluded that they are, on
the whole, not too concerned un
less. their grade is at stake.
School System Different
The Danish school system is
<juite different from the American
system, explained Sagild. Schools,
except for a few private or reli
gious institutions, are controlled
by the government. Students be
gin learning foreign languages in
the first grade of their four year
grade school.' There are five years
of grammar school, and four years
of grade school which corresponds
to the U. S. junior high school.
High school is not compulsory,
and it is considered a great privil
ege and accomplishment to gradu
ate from high school, said Sagild.
The high school courses are much
more difficult than ours, with an
average of 36 hours of classes a
week and perhaps twice that in
homework.
No Required Courses «•..
Ninety percent of the students
continue on to a university after
high school graduation. Except for
very specialized schools, such as
medicine, there are no required
courses in universities. A student
can attend classes for as many
years as he desires before taking
his final examination.
Sports are an integral part of
Danish school life, Sagild said.
Participation in certain sports is
compulsory from the first grade
until graduation from high school.
Basketball is played by very few
Danes, football is completely un
known. The main team sport is
soccer. Skiing, ice skating, and
handball are very popular.
Dikes Fraternity Life
Sagild remarked that he was
pleasantly surprised by the Amer
ican fraternity system. “I like
fraternity life very much, though
it does not give much time to
study,” Sagild said. There are no
social fraternities in Denmark.
Guest speaker at the Tuesday
meeting of the International Stu
dent Luncheon group will be
pietre Striefkirk of Holland. The
luncheons, which are open to all
University students, are held at
noon each Tuesday in the Student
Union. Reservations may be made
by calling Wah Chun at the YMCA
before 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Cultural Movie
Group Chosen
Five students, forming a cul
tural movies sub-committee to the
Student Union ballroom commit
tee, were chosen Wednesday, ac
cording to Bill Carey, chairman of
Interviews and referral.
Out of the 22 students who
petitioned, Meredith Burch was
chosen as chairman. The other
members are Snlly Thurston, Elis
abeth Waddell, Les Davis, and
Jon Eremuf.
Thursday's Emerald incorrectly
listed the members of the Student I
Union art gallery sub-committee.
Joan Manning was selected to i
head the group of five. The other
four members are Nancy Pollard,
Betty Moshofsky, Shirley Went
worth, and Pat Smith. ,
Student Union
Foods Director
Has Complex Job
The job of foods director invol
ves more than planning menus and
purchasing food, as Miss Ruth
Coffey, supervisor of the entire
foods service department in the
Student Union, will relate.
Since she first came to the Uni
versity last January, Miss Coffey
has ordered equipment, helped in
planning the physical set-up of the
SU kitchen, and had general sup
ervision of work schedules’ for
employees in her department.
“In fact,” she said, “I’m every
thing from a general mechanic to
a purchaser and will also be in
charge of all catering service.”
Enthusiastic Over Kitchen
Miss Coffey is enthusiastic over
the modern kitchen, the center of
the foods department.
“We have all the labor-saving
devices,” she said, “which make
the numerous luncheons and din
ners we serve much easier.”
The largest banquet yet held in
the SU, was for 375 high school
journalists during the press con
ference last week.
Caine From OSC
Before assuming her present po
sition, Miss Coffee was a nutrition
ist with a dental survey team at
Oregon State College for two years.
Miss Coffey received her dietetic
training at St. Teresa College,
Winona, Minn. After graduation,
she interned at St. Mary's Hospi
tal, Rochester, Minn, for one year.
From April, 1945 to September,
1947, she served in the Women’s
Army Corps, and it was during her
army traveling that she saw Ore
gon and decided to return after
her discharge.
YW Frosh Group
Selects Officers
Now officers elected by the
YWCA freshman service commis
sion recently are Carol Newton,
president; Sharon George, vice
president; Sally Thurston, secre
tary; and Louise Hoblitt, treasurer.
Ashle Dixon was chosen as
chaplain; Donna Hart, publicity
chairman; and Joyce Langdon, pro
motion chairman.
A waffle breakfast for all Uni
versity women is now being plan
ned by the group. Co-chairmen
for the breakfast, to be held Nov.
18, are Rose Swartz and Doris
Smith.
UO Student Helps
In Flood Evacuation
Assistance in the evacuation of
Springfield flood victims was giv
en the night of Oct. 29-30 by Ser
geant Emil Gerard, University
student, assigned to Sunday ROTC
duty.
The ROTC headquarters was con
tacted at 5 p.m. Sunday by the
Springfield chief of police for help
in the evacuation. Sgt. Gerard
was dispatched, driving the ROTC
service truck.
Sgt. Gerard helped the flood vic
tims until early Monday morning.
During much of the time, he was
forced to drive through the badly
flooded Glenwood section, bring
ing people from Springfield into
both Glenwood and Eugene.
California has the Rose Bowl;
Texas has the Cotton Bowl; Flori
da has the Orange Bowl.—How
about the Mud Bowl for Oregon?
Actors to Present
Great Play Scenes
Scenes from four of the world’s
great plays will be presented by
the technique of acting classes at
4 and 7:30 p.m. today in 102 Vil
lard.
Under the supervision of Gor
don Ericksen, graduate in speech
and manager of the laboratory
theater, the classes will show one
scene each from “Life With
Father,” by Lindsey and Crouse;
I “Clutter Buck,” by Ben Levy;
“Night Music” by Clifford Odets;
and “All For Love,” by John
Dryden.
I The showings are open to every
one, Ericksen stated. There is no
admission charge.
Chemistry Seminar Set
“Sulfanation of Keytones” will
be the topic of a chemistry semin
ar conducted by Wayne St. John,
teaching assistant in chemistry,
at 4 p.m. Tuesday in 105 McClure.
St. John did his undergraduate
work at Illinois University and
was awarded the master’s degree
at Northwestern.
The seminar is open to the pub
lic.
SU Night Manager Davidson "
Stays Late, Answers Questions
The fellow who keeps the gears
of the Student Union building turn
ing after everyone else calls it a
day is personable Larry Davidson,
25-year-old night manager of the
Student Union.
He does not stay around just to
see that the doors are locked and
the lights turned out, however. Any
problem or question that may come
up in the afternoon or evening
when Davidson is on duty is likely
to be brought to him.
Davidson has no regular “go-to
work-and-go-home” hours, but in
stead can be found around the SU
anytime from 1 p.m. until the last
person leaves the building. From
his office on the mezzanine, the
blonde ex-signal corpsman oyer
sees many of the activities that go
on in the Union.
Has Many Duties
He is in charge of the main desk
in the lobby, the check room, also
located there, and is night cash
ier. Room assignments for the
many committee and student meet
ings held daily in the SU are part
of his work.
Administration of the three stu
dent publications—Oregana, Em
erald, and Student Directory—is
also his responsibility, and he
makes up the financial report and
okays requisitions for the Publica*
tions Board.
Davidson was graduated from
the University in June of this year
with a BA degree in journalism.
The former Webfoot was up to his
neck in activities during his col
lege career, especially in the publi
cations field.
Active in Journalism
He was associate editor, manag
ing editor, and editor of the Ore
gana during his sophomore, jun
ior, and senior years respectively.
Even yet he hasn’t broken away
from the yearbook, acting now in
an advisory capacity.
Davidson’s activities were enough
to win him membership in Skull
and Dagger, sophomore men’s ser
vice honorary, Druids, junior men’s
honorary; and Friars, senior men’s
honorary. He also was in Sigma
Delta Chi, national men’s jour
nalism fraternity, and was associa
Denmark is one country where ^
poker is outlawed. What a nice
way to promote it.
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