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Four Days in Which All Work Is Done
Who spends Thanksgiving at home? Sure, lots of folks do,
even some college students do; but some don t.
Home is too far away for some to make and return with only
four days. School is too close and too demanding for some to
leave. Portland and football are too attractive for some to by
pass.
Or maybe it’s the theater and the opening of “Othello” that
keeps a student in Eugene—for rehearsals and stage crew work.
Or term papers due the “Monday after Thanksgiving—
that’ll give you plenty of time” assigned by the professor six
weeks ago, and still not yet begun.
Or the prospect of a nice, quiet, four days in which the house
will be empty, and you can get all that studying done without
the usual distractions.
There might even be a soul who wants to start preparing for
finals.
But most students will leave the campus. Many will take
along a book to get some chapters read during the long week
end ; but the book won’t be opened.
Others are visiting friends in or near Portland, so they’ll be
on hand for Saturday’s game; and they’ll miss turkey dinner
with the folks.
So what have you got to be thankful for ?
Well, be thankful for the four days which you’ve counted on
since the first week to get caught up in.
And there must be some thankful student, who s just going
to say to hell with it all, and leave books and all thought of them
behind for the holidays.—D.S.
Spain Hides in Stacks
Some time ago vve wrote an editorial about opening library
stacks to students, pointing out that it will serve to acquaint
students with books.
Well, a lot has happened since then. Take the other night,
for instance.
We were looking for material on Spain. But on annex level
two we got carried away. There are just too many books there.
We toured Japan, courtesy of the Japanese National Rail
way (C. 1933). We struggled part way up mighty Mt. Ever
est as the cold wind chilled our bones—and we nearly got kill
ed when an avalanche prevented our reaching the summit.
We sat back and gloated as a writer told us about the wond
ers of the Great Pacific Northwest. We helped catch one of
the fightingest fish in the world—a salmon on the Columbia
River.
With parched throats we cried for water! as we trudged
onward .through the great deserts of central Australia.
“Caramba! El Toro!” wre yelled as we watched the bull
fights in Mexico City.
In all, three hours were spent in this trans-world tour. We
somehow^ never got around to Spain.
Now, we are not condemning the policy of opening the
stacks to the students. We learned a lot in that three hours,
perhaps more than we could learn in three hours of classes.
And we got acquainted with a lot of books.
But the point is, we may be slightly late with om term re
port on Spain. We hope our professor will understand. K.M.
The Second Cup...
While attending a collegiate leaders conference at Oregon
State last weekend, a she-\\ ebfoot asked a she-Beav er. how
is your new major for p.e. women coming?” 1 he answer, I
don’t know, but some of the girls are getting mighty big mus
cles/'___
THE DAILY
to Ray Hawk, associate director of student affairs, who
listens to the student voice and is a big enough man to
consider the future of five men ahead of criticism the
small people will surely give him.
THE OREGON LEMON . . .
in advance—to any Oregon or Oregon State students who
chance to forget that football is the reason they’ll be in
Multnomah Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Re: Hash
| Serve Me Breakfast;
| Then Let's Reminisce
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By Bob Funk:
We wonder “how long you have
to attend the University of Ore
gon before you become an old
timer. We have somehow divined
that we haven't been here that
long. But someday, and it
shouldn’t be too long from now,
we are going to be an old-timer
and start a series of reminis
cences.
A dubious ambition, perhaps.
There are even persons who have
intimated that nothing of con
sequence has happened since we
came to Oregon. We, of course,
disagree. It may well be that in
the halcyon days of our fresh
man year nothing happened;
since then, however, any num
ber of things have happened—
things which should appeal to an
extremely diverse audience.
There was the announcement
of the Plan; the Riot; the awe
some unveiling of TNE (with
cannon, snare drums, and “Col
umbia, the Gem yf the Ocean”
in the background); and just
lately there has been beer.
For us, and for most other
persons, this list of Events of
Importance does not recall any
very deep wounds. For us the
most important events were
times like the morning our Eng
lish comp teacher stopped us on
the street (at the end of three
weeks during which we had at
tended English comp fewer than
one time) and graciously invit
ed us to the final examination.
Sky’s The Limit
A Search of Society
Finds Lack of Truth
By Sam Fidman
Getting the wind knocked out
of your sails is not so bad as it is
portrayed. It simply involves a
deflation of the inner man, or,
better, the puncturing of a deep
ly desired ambition.
If all wants were to be satis
fied, if all goals were crossed, the
spice would be torn out of living.
A Frenchman once exclaimed
something in French, to the ef
fect that if you have not suffer
ed, you have nbt really lived.
He did not mean that if you did
not suffer you were dead. But,
life entails doing things, and hav
ing some emotion connected with
what you do.
Then, we have Thanksgiving.
This is a day which is set aside
to give thanks for all the good
things that have happened.
Naturally, since good things
are usually thought of as those
which are similar to accomplish
ed goals, we will take a left turn
here, and give thanks for the bad
things that happened, since that
just about covers everything.
Shall we give thanks for the
world we live in ? Shall we merely
ignore the pile-up of rot and give
thanks for the few little simplici
ties that have managed to sur
vive ?
We like to believe that people
are basically good, whether they
speak in the gingery slang of
Memphis’ Beale Street, or a gar
ble of Chinese dialects.
It is then puzzling to behold
the torturous events of our time.
There is something wrong with
the society of mankind, and more
and more, that “something” ap
pears to be lack of knowledge. By
The time that we got lost try
ing to get out of the PE build
ing by a short-cut, and were
not found until the WAA carni
val. The afternoons we thought
were Thursday instead of Wed
nesday, and missed numerous
classes. The nights we stayed up
all night because we didn’t have
any studying to do (this was
long ago) and were too elated
about it to go to bed.
We had better desist now, be
cause as of yet we haven’t been
here long enough to be carry
ing on in such a sentimental
manner. Soon we would be open
ly tearful, recalling the days
when dances were held in Mac
Court (this wasn’t awfully long
ago, but it seems like it).
What we are getting at (ac
tually, we are not getting at
anything). To start with we just
thought we would wander on,
and now it seems as if we should
be getting at something) is that
most of our lives will go on rea
sonably unblemished by such
problems as Will or Won’t Beer
be Sold Near the Campus. Let
the Persons-In-Charge of such
problems solve them, and let
there be fighting in the streets
and vast numbers of students
jumping from rooftops. Let the
underlying currents dampen
everything.
We are not going to let it
ruin our breakfast.
knowledge, we imply the truth.
If our social environment calls
upon us to give thanks at this
time, and since we live within it
and because of it, we cannot ig
nore its call, we give thanks for
the opportunity to learn.
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The
Campus
Answers
Phi Theta Speaks
Dear Oregon Students:
We, as. the little girls in blue,
would like to enlighten every
student on the campus concern
ing the significance of our or
ganization, Phi Theta Upsilon.
Sometimes we are affectionate
ly known as “Ptooies” or Phi
Thetas, hut actually there is a
third greek letter attached, Up
silon. Since we have received
many inquiries as to the purpose
of Phi Theta, we want to let you
know that we are a service hon
orary in more than name only.
Our twenty members are care
fully chosen in the spring, on
the basis of quality of service to
the University during our sopho
more year. When we return in
the fall, our first function is to
welcome the new freshman girls,
lugging their luggage up the
steep stairs of Suzy, and dowii ,
the halls of Hendricks and CafJh
son.
At home football games, Phi
Thetas earnestly sell programs,
to aid in building our scholarship
fund.
The rest of the year, you’ll
see us at concerts and basket
ball games, ushering and punch
ing tickets. The Phi Theta-spon
sored annual spring term goodie
sale—Twisties, Mysties, or what
have you—is another means of
furthering our worthy project.
The money received from this
work finances the four $100
scholarships awarded each spring
to deserving junior women.
Phi Theta’s purpose is service
to the University, our fellow stu
dents, and student government.
We take our part in elections by
conducting polling booths, plus
many hours spent at a Co-op
card table, and serving for Jun
ior Weekend and Homecoming.
One of our by-laws is the pro
motion of friendliness and united
spirit on the campus. Our ser
vice is not only to you, the stu
dents. To us the personal bene
fits derived from our associa
tion will always be a memorable
part of our college life.
Sincerely,
Members of Phi Theta Upsilon
It Could Be Oregon
“Coach said this play would open up a clear field!”
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