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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1951)
Daily EMERALD The Osrgon Daily Emerald P^l-hed Monday through^rid^durin* year except Oct. 30; Dee. 5 through Jan-3/ Mar f Associated Students of the University It'the postoffioe^Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per school year; $2 per term. • *S2£M3S5! Sf the br A*e associate editors. Unsigned editorials arc written by the editor._ 1^7Holmes, Editor Martel Scrocoin, Business Manager Loan A Larson, Managing Editor Ken Metzler, Don Smith, Tom King, Associate Editors Shirley Hillard, Asst. Business Manager 'Sews Editor: Gretcben Grondahl -Sports Editor: John Barton -Wire Editor: Dave Cromwell .Feature Editor: Norman Anderson Asst. News Editors: Marjorie Bush, Bill Frye, <Larry Hobart. „ . , Asst. Managing Editors: Norman Anderson, Phil Bettens, Gene Rose. Asat. Wire Editor: A1 Karr. Asst. Sports Editor: Phil Johnson. Night Editor: Sarah Turnbull. Circulation Manager: Jean Lovell. - j«asrKivBrHSSA;!s. Jody Greer, Demse Thura, Jeanne Hoft Layout Manager: Keith Reynolds. Nope—lt's Not Money I Want Dear Pop: Today the Kmerald printed a letter to dads which I m en closing. But I wanted to add a line or two of my own, because the letter doesn’t say everything I want to say. (Two whole sentences without mentioning the high cost of college living. Dad’ll be surprised!) A lot has happened on the campus since you sent the last check (oops!). We’re preparing a big celebration and you re invited. In fact it’s in your honor. It’s called Dad’s Day. It’s a day when you can throw away your office cares, Dad, and enjoy yourself. You 11 be King, and the whole campus will be at your disposal. Remember the date, Feb. 23 to 25. (Bet he’s still suspicious about the money angle. This 11 clinch it.) Put away the checkbook, Dad, this isn’t written for money. I want you to be my own personal King-for-a-weekend. So come on down, Dad, we’ve prepared something real special just for you. Your ever-loving Joe College. > R. A. Taft: Every Day a Hat in the Ring Presidential Hopeful Bob Taft let loose with more political <fire and briiystone Saturday. “Reckless and thoughtless” he calls Truman’s actions. “No faith” he calls the American people’s evaluation of Truman’s judgment. And he agrees “in practically every respect” with Hoover’s plea for emphasizing the buildup of air and naval forces. The hue and cry of the candidates who constitute the “presidential prospectus” for 20 months hence have been heard with unrelenting frequency in past weeks. And not the least of the stumping has been the handicraft of the clever Mr. I alt. Saturday’s policy statement was not the first by the present "Mr. Republican” and needless to add it will be anything but the last. Whereof he next will speak is a matter of conjecture that historically should remain a puzzle only until such time as he finds an opening in his daily schedule again. This all adds up to unadulterated— Politicking for ’52, The lines are being drawn . . . and as Taft projects himself into the picture more and more, Eisenhower s possibilities seem to steadily dwindle. True to the service he is performing for his country, Ike is more concerned with carrying out his present responsibilities as Western Europe defense chief than with creating a “Run Eisenhower Band-wagon. Eisenhower, in fact, is putting national welfare before personal interests. Taft is for national welfare, too—more specifically as it relates to November of '52. There is a question of how much of this sort of thing the country will swallow in one lump. Especially since Truman is flashing his colors, too . . . calling railroad unions “Russians" and the RFC report “asinine.” The political picture is gradually being filled in. It doesn’t make too prettv a scene at a time when national unitv is needed so very much.—T. K. THE DAILY 'JT'... to Pierre Pasquio for winning the heart’s king title, and to Ann Graham, Nancy Hall, Jody Greer. Gretchen Grefe, Carolvn Silva. Connie Ohlsen, and Anne Vincent for engineer ing the annual Heart Hop. THE OREGON LEMON . .. to the Student Union loud-speaking system which cut off Speaker Clarence Derwent’s microphone to make an an nouncement throughout the building several times Friday. The Word A Snob Among Snobs Portrays Life As Snobbery and Counter-snobbery From Stan Turnbull It sounds inhumane but possi bly if someone gets killed or maimed in the big mail-home-a letter-to-dad contest today it would point up the idiocy of this contest. In former years people have— and it may happen this year too— tried to get into the University press in the wee small hours to get their papers early so they can win this big contest. H it’s so im portant, who won last year? BU you know ... That a wombat can eat 40 pounds of Kala grass in a year ? That the British Medical As sociation Journal says that four pints of beer daily will satisfy the human requirement of riboflavin ? Obviously the University and the liquor commission are in cahoots to keep us from getting enough riboflavin. That there are snobs on this very campus ? That brings us to the first of what will undoubtedly be a drawn out series on Campus Snobs, a la Russell Lyses . . . One of the most galling types, because they’re so righteous about it all, is the snob who down deep is a To-H e 11-With-the Peasants Snob. He/she is'a “cam pus leader,” whatever that means, and is an officer in some branch of government or a member of some board—and'quite serene in his/her belief that he/she is doing the best that can be done for the ignorant students. Sometimes, if pressed, this type of snob will even invite student comment—but only in the hope of getting backing for an already decided pet plan. The counterpart of this snob (for every snob there’s a counter snob, with words and music) is the Student-Leaders-are-all-Slobs Snob. He doesn’t bother to find out why decisions are made; he just gripes no matter what the decision. Then there are the Greeks-are Snobs Snobs and the Independ ents-are-Snobs Snobs, the Studi ous Snobs and the Grades-are Unimportant Snobs . . . Watch for the remainder of this griping series. . -Letters-*— The Campus Answers n Challenge from OAC Emerald Editor: We bowling enthusiasts from dear old OAC wish to extend an open challenge to any five stu dents frt>m the Southern branch who would like to bowl a friendly home and home series on any two consecutive Saturday afternoons or any other convenient times. Possibly we could agree on some type Of a rotating trophy. WTe hope our offer will not go unchallenged. You may contact us by writing to Don Ten Eyck 2500 Monroe Corvallis, Oregon Disapprove Dance Plans Emerald Editor: In reply to the article concern ing plans for Senior Ball in the Emerald of Feb. 7 we should like to say that we do not approve of the plans Mr. Church and his com mittees have made. We took in formal p o 11 a in our classes and found that the following are some reasons for disapproval: 1. Too many campus traditions are being abolished. The Senior Ball, as one of Ehe nicer traditions, has been considered an important formal occasion of the year. 2. Your proposed costume dance will not be well attended because many of the campus “Joe Colleges’’ do not like to wear cos tumes; many girls do not like to wear them either. 3. How many formal dances are going to remain at Oregon ? The Military Ball was nice, but we didn’t have it this year, and now they want to turn our other for mal dance of winter term into a costume dance. We hope that the Senior Ball The Second Cup After all there is but one race —humanity—Moore. All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it conies from God—Voltaire. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Two heads are better than one. He travels fastest who travels alone. The crest and crowning of all good, Life’s final star, is Broth erhood.— Markham. committees will read this letter with some consideration, for it is our individual opinions combined with the opinions of other stu dents. We recommend for finan cial reasons, if for nothing more, at least limit your dance tp short silk if you can’t keep the tradi tional formal dress. Gertrud Plambeck Patricia Choat Donna C. Anderson Beth Olson Rita Grahm Jane Wiggen Curses on Jurgens p Emerald Editor: I am writing not so much in protest to the King Perry outfit as to the nature of the bands at Oregon. Will I be telling my grand children the reason they don’t get to have nice music for their dan ces in the Erb around 1982 is that the Senior Ball committee in 1948 lost $600 on Dick Jurgens? That is a little far fetched you may say but every time in the last three years a top band hasn’t been hired that is the reason put forth by officials through the Emerald to the student body. Let’s be practical about this! Did anyone lose money on Les Brown, Skitch Henderson, or Ike Carpenter? Did OSC (I hate to have to pour salt in the wound) lose a nickel last spring when they had to guarantee a couple of thousand dollars to Vaughn Mon roe ? On Feb. 23 at State a little band some of you may have heard of is playing. Some fellow by the name of Ralph Flannagan. So the price is more. How many students would rather pay $3.50 to hear Flannagan ? If a survey was taken I am willing to lay odds that you would find no financial loss re sulting from the appearance of Flannagan. At Vanport there was the prob lem of not being able to secure top bands and attendance was poor at the dances. So the school paid for the .local band and a free dance was held occasionally with good participation. As a parting note remember the Military Ball last year? It seems they lost money and did a good job of it without the help of a name band. Bob Fries It Could Be Oregon • uuuxjs*., “Did you ask for the salt, Louise?”