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.Akita Holmes, Editor
Don Thompson, Business Manager
.Lorna Larson, Managing Editor
Barbara Williams, Advertising Manager
Tom King, Ken Metzusb, Don Smith, Associate Editors^
Assistant Editor: Sam Fidman
News Editor: Norman Anderson
Wire Editor: John Barton
Sports Editor: Pete Cornacchia
Chief Night Editor: Mary t. Hall , „
Assistant Managing Editors: Bob Funk, Gret
^ chen Grondah?, Ralph Thompson, Fred Vos
■Circulation Manager: Jean Lovell
Assistant dumuwo —
National Advertising Manager:
Bonnie Birkemeier
Layout Manager: Martel Scroggm
Portland Advertising: Karla Van J-0?? #
Zone Managers: Fran Neel J<*" H°&
Virginia Kellogg, Don Miller, Val Schultz,
Harriet Vahey.
One Vofe, Multiplied by Many
Some unthinking bystander put a thought-provoking ques
tion to a potential Oregon voter the other day. Let s stop an
consider—but, no, first let’s set a few things straight once and
for all.
The Democrats and Republicans spend a small mint on pre
Nov. 7 electioneering.
In St. Louis, Truman says to the people that a vote for iso
lationism is a vote for national suicide.
In New Haven, Conn., Stassen says to the people that ap
peasement of Chinese Communists now is costing U. S. forces
their heaviest losses.
Down South candidates are kissing babies, standing on the
cabooses of streamliners to tell farmers about the Brannan
Plan, and pumping the hands of the country folk who get to
town only twice this year—once for the fair and once to vote.
Who are Truman and Stassen and other candidates talking
to?
They’re talking to you, my friend—to you—and me.
Now for that question. It was:
“Are you one of those people who thinks your vote counts?
Come now—don’t you ? T.K.
Because a Ballplayer Leaves
“Tail wagging the dog’’ would truly be the case if the men’s
fall term rush and pledge program was to be changed because
of freshman football players’ unhappiness over the living-in
plan.
But a little investigation has shown that the basic argu
ment about the football players given to Interfraternity and
Interdormitory Councils was not true.
The councils were told that “two freshman football players
have already left school and many more are unhappy.”
The only way this can be corrected, the councils understood,
is to rush and pledge the first-termers right away instead of
waiting until winter term as the dormitory-fraternity men
compromised last spring.
To the root of the question—did those two boys leave be
cause they disliked living in the dormitories without pledg
ing?
“Absolutely not” was the freshman football coach’s an
swer Monday morning. He said a couple of men leave every
fall, and it’s absolutely false to say that this year’s pair left
because of the living-in plan or deferred pledging.
Exactly this same information was given the alumni meet
ing Saturday morning by the director of student affairs . . .
“deferred living and pledging shouldn’t shoulder the blame for
the departure of these two freshman football players.”
As for unhappiness of other freshman football men, we need
more concrete statements than this. And we just wonder if there
aren’t one or two unhappy persons on any college campus.
We’re not favoring the hands-off policy which kept fra
ternity men from talking to freshmen. Nor do we believe the
entire campus is crazy about deferred living and pledging in
this trial term.
But if somebody wants to alter the plan, we’d like to hear
his honest reasons for changing.
THE DAILY
to the professor who said this morning that the student is
often forgotten in higher education—and it is the student
we should remember.
THE OREGON LEMON...
to lagging contributors to the campus Community Chest
drive. Only two days of the drive remain.
Three Ayes, One Nay-Emerald
. whpre to put his “X” on the Oregon
*he “ur me“ures not previo06'5’ “■
plained in the Emeraid.
WAR VETERANS; fund provide loans for World War
Aconstitut.onal a»endm.nUt)y the llmits from three
II veterans, enlarging assessed valuation of taxable property,
percent to fonrpereen tQ benefits inductees from other
Jes'^’wei'SidehJoh date .f en.istmeht or at leas, two years
prior to December 31, 1950.
Emerald vote is 304—Yes.
INxctK? XISiM S
Berthe .gee 4 a„d 20
years, according to the latest school census.
Emerald vote is 306—Yes.
AGED PERSCDNS ASSISTANCE istance t0 needy persons
Purpose of this act is ***£“ “"^ five or more years within
TheTstnine! ani7oT* least one year immediately preceeding the
^eed Ud“dnas not having enough income and resources to af
ford a Me of health and decency. Minimum income and resources, in
cluding the assistance grant is fixed at $50 per month.
^Assistance given will constitute a prior claim against the property
of ^ny deceased recipient of Old Age Assistance, except a home occu
pied by the spouse, minor dependent children or parents of such de
ceased recipient.
Emerald vote is 308—Yes.
VTMs*iniiiaHve> proposes'tocreate^afuhd from which to p.y Oregon
residents who served in World War n compensation at the rate of
$10 per month for domestic and $15 for foreign service with a maxi
mum of $600 and authorizes a director of veterans’ affairs and sets
forth regulations and provisions. . ,
It’s estimated that the measure will require about 75 million dol
lars in bonds with interest bringing the total cost up to 90 million.
Emerald vote is 313—No.
Emerald vote on the other five measures was:
Legislators’ compensation, 300—Yes; lending state tax credit for
higher education buildings, 302—Yes; veterans’ fund for loans, 304
Yes; reapportionment, 315—No; sale of advertised alcohol, 317 No,
uniform standard time, 311—No.
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■—Re: Hash=
Lepers Do Slow Burn
As UO Tightens Up
By Bob Funk
Richard Laing says that Merv
Hampton’s letter to the Emerald
protesting deferred living is . .
effusive verbosity with no ele
ment of empirical investigation”
and .. juvenile squawking.” At
the risk of further annoying Mr.
Laing, and landing ourselves in
the juvenile category again (we
always seem to be loitering there)
we will try some effusive verbosi
ty ourselves.
Organized groups supporting
the University seem to be in fa
vor of deferred living, all right.
We don’t know many organized
groups. Individuals, however (we
know one or two individuals) are
doing a slow burn. Not only are
we told where and when we may
live while at Oregon (thanks to
“The Plan”) but we are also told
how.
It is interesting to note that fra
ternities and sororities are still
allowed to conduct their own
chapter meetings and prepare
their own menus. This is too good
to last, of course.
Possibly it is the thought of the
persons who think up these poli
cies that University students are
of course essentially irresponsi
ble and morally corrupt. This
may or may not be. We haven’t
made even an element of empiri
cal investigation into the subject
—it’s just that we rather like peo
ple and resent the implications of
all these rules.
Putting aside the battle of t
University vs. The Moral Lepe
it would seem that the public
resulting from this intensive r<
imentation of student life will i
do the University too much go,
Not only will athletes s
away—but there will be a
number Of persons who woi
rather go to schools where t
student is permitted to make a
couple of decisions a week for
himself.
Actually things are probably
not this bad.
It is just that, possibly due to
an oversight, none of the regula
tions have been justified in the
eyes of the student body. There
will no doubt, with time, be com
plete and entirely acceptable ex
planations.
Card Stunt Review
Editor Emerald:
The purpose of +v
twofold; Praise and rebuj
I want to thank evetvn.
helped to make the CS
at the Homecoming^.
success. Bgan’e«
.. 1 ,W<™ld specially iik,
thank: Don Zavin, Bill min
Nudd, Sally Erickson,^
ler, Pete Charltonandifc
for all the long hours thev*
on the stunts. I certainly!'
have the same cooperation.
OSC game in Portland Z
OSC will not be able ^
stunts because of the seat™
rangements. Consequently^
tend to show up the Aggie,
some good stunts.
The second purpose of tH
ter is to rebuke those««
who thought it necessu]
throw their cards after th«<
were over. I realize the ten
tion was there, but there a
many reasons why such acfj
foolish.
In the first place, those
cards cost the University
dollars and their loss after
game would be a needles i
of money. Secondly, it j,
dangerous to hurl a heavy,;)
edged object in that manner,
eral people have complain)
me of cuts, and several
can be sympathetic w
people since I was one c
tims of the onslaught. 1
when we ask you not
your cards, don’t throw
Again, thanks for all
eration because the ca
were very well executed
were numerous con
which were made tomei
to you students, praisin
for our fine stunts and
spirit.
Chairman of Cai
Bob Brittain
The Second Cu|
I would rather sit on a pi
kin, and have it all to oy
than to be crowded on a f
cushion—Thoreau.
It ain’t the things you
know what gets you into to
it’s the things you kno?'
what ain’t so-Negro Saji
• It Could Be Oregon 1
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