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Ike associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor.
Akita Hoi.mfs, Editor
Mastfl Scfocgih, Business Manager
A Service Group Does Service to Itself
Skull and Dagger has finally seen the forest despite the trees.
Traditionally, this men's sophomore service group—to
gether with its female counterparts—Kwama—have done
more honest-to-goodness work for the 1_ niversity than all the
other campus honoraries combined.
However, the bones-and-bodkin boys have been so occupied
with serving the campus that they failed to inspect the very
fundamental foundation of their organization—membership.
Or that is to say—they may have inspected it, but failed to
discern the huge cracks that were there.
As of Tuesday night their blindness to this primary flaw
was patched up.
Membership in S. & D. is now determined more by merit
and less by affiliation with a living group.
Candidates for membership must receive a three-fourths ap
proval—and no more than three will represent one house.
As stated—this is a patch job. It has some weak points.
Such as:
The political back-slapping so prevalent in making selec
tions in other campus honoraries will now become a necessary
evil of Skull and Dagger. Houses will be prone to trade mem
bership and votes—three for three.
Also in principle, the organization should not feel compelled
to accept a minimum (20) or maximum (25) number of mem
bers. It should accept as many—or as few—as it feels has met
its qualifications.
By a similar token—house membership should not be limited
to three. If a living group has an entire freshman class whose
record—individually and collectively—merit S. & D. member
ship, then all should be accepted.
With respect to this, we wonder whetlier an odvious cnarge
of impracticality constitutes any more of an argument than the
failure to grant membership unconditionally on a basis of
merit.
Furthermore, as an after-thought, the group would do well
to attach a minimum GPA as a basic requirement—as would
other service honoraries.
To allegations that service honoraries are designed to honor
those who serve and not who have scholastic ability merely
consider that the quality of the organization and the overall
esteem accorded its membership would certainly be lifted from
whatever position it occupies now to a slightly better one if a
scholastic requirement were inserted as a qualification.
An honorary based on service and a degree of scholarship
intrinsically stands in higher repute than an honorary based on.
pure, unadulterated activities and nothing else.
However—perhaps that is a story for another day. Skull and
Dagger today has earned itself plaudits for altering its con
stitution as far as it has.—T.K.
Washington: Patience, Perserverance
Today the nation celebrates the birthday of three men in one
—George Washington.
Mention Washington and the mind’s eye immediately pic
tures either the boy who chopped down the cherry tree and
told the truth about it, or the general who led his army to vic
tory and his country to independence.
But there was another Washington. Washington the states
man.
In conducting the nation s business as its hrst president,
Washington used this principle which could be adopted as uni
versal :
“I must recommend to you what I endeavor to practice my
self, patience and perserverance. There is but one straight
course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.”
The country these days could use the third Washington. We
need statesmen; we need men with patience and perserverance.
—K.M.
THE DAILY ...
goes to the University Singers who tonight will be heard
over a nationwide hookup of the Liberty Broadcasting
System in celebration of “Brotherhood Week.”
THE OREGON LEMON ...
to students who continually complain about lack of school
spirit and who yet, for no good reason, will pass up today’s
rally assembly honoring the basketball team.
First in a Series
ASUO Under the New Constitution
Preamble
We the students of the Univer
sity of Oregon in order to estab
lish a representative government;
to encourage the development of
leaders and participants for the
community and the sovereign
state of Oregon: to stimulate an
awareness of the rights and re
sponsibilities of students in rela
tion to the community; to im
prove student cultural, social,
and physical welfare, and to pro
mote the general welfare of this
institution, do hereby ordain and
establish this Constitution.
This we do with the recognition
that the President of the Univer
sity of Oregon has the ultimate
responsibility for the total Uni
versity program.
Article I...
This organization shall be
known as The Associated Stu
dents of the University of Ore
gon.
Article II...
Section 1. The membership of
this Association shall consist of
all students registered in the Uni
versity of Oregon, Eugene. Ore
gon, who have paid the Student
Union-Educational Activities fee.
Section II. Student member
ship of any of the particular
classes shall be determined by the
academic rules of the University
of Oregon.
Explain To Me, Please
Does that preamble give the
students freer reign than they
had under the old constitution ?
Student Government Rehauled
Extracurricular life at the University next year will he under n
new mauler. Thin chief Is 11 new ennuiItiltlon for the ASUO, iiml It
completely revamps the strneeutrc of student government.
The constitution wim panned lant spring. It wan planned, drawn
up, and promoted hy a long lint of nludent leadern working with
faculty and administrative advice.
If the conntitutlon’H flrnt year In a good one, much of the over
lapping and eonfunlon of which »e now eomplaln In nludent govern
ment will be removed. If the nludent of today undcrntnudn hln new
constitution the Oregon of tomorrow will he better.
.Spring term elections w ill bring Into office the students who will
govern under the new laws. So, before elections the voters should
know what these lawn are.
And the Etnerald today begins a series of explanations on the
new constitution. It will be taken apart section by section, ipies
tlons will l»e asked, and letters to the editor nbout It encouraged.
In the following, the first of the series, the preamble nnd first
two articles are presented.
Yes, the old one simply Haiti
that the object of the ASt'O wan
to assist the admlnistratlt>n in
the promotion of the educational,
cultural, Mortal, and physical ac
tivltleH of the students.
Does the new one mean that
the president can step in and stop
an activity upon which the stu
dents have voted ?
Yes, but that would l»e a rare
day when he did. However, he
must answer for the I'niverslty
throu|(hout the state . . . lt‘s his
job . . . and as someone has said,
it’s Impossible io have complete
democracy in a slate institution.
About that second article, does
that mean graduate students
could run for ASUO offices?
Absolutely, they now bciotiK to
the AMUO while before mnnbi’r
ship mum limited to rraidrnt un
dergraduate studriils.
Where did you find out which
particular clans you're in when it
comes to voting ? >>
The Office of Student Affairs
or the Registrar could help you
out with that.
Next in series: Officers and
their duties.
The Second Cup
There is no love sincercr thnn
the love of food. Shaw.
• • •
For a man seldom thinks with
more earnestness of anything
than he does of his dinner. Sam
uel Join soil.
The Word
A Sure-Fire Test for Rigor Moriis:
Ridiculous, Simple—Either or Both
=From Stan Turnbull -
Unhappy about dorm food ?
deferred living? anything? We
have uncovered the answer.
It’s ridiculously simple, or any
of those two adjectives alone.
Originally proposed for Emerald
workers by some unknown geni
us, adoption of the below-listed
form by the administration and
student government should take
care of a great unanswered prob
lem. People will either be happy
or slap happy. (Any relation to
dorm food, deferred living, or
grades is purely impossible).
Here it is:
Notice to all members:
It has been brought to our at
tention that many employees i.e.,
campus activity workers ar» dy
ing and refusing to fall over after
they are dead. THIS PRACTICE
MUST STOP! On or after 23 Feb
ruary 1951, any (insert position)
found sitting up after he is dead
will be dropped from the staff
within fifteen (15) days, without
further notice.
The following procedure will be
strictly adhered to:
• 1. Because of the highly sensi
tive nature of our workers and
the close resemblance between
death and their natural working
attitudes, investigation will be
made quietly so that an em
ployee will not be disturbed If
merely sleeping.
2. If doubt exists as to true
condition of employee, extend
five-dollar bill as a test. If em
ployee does not reach for it, it
may reasonably be assumed that
he/she is dead.
3. Where it Is shown that de
ceased is being supported by a
desk or other University or AS
UO property, an extension on the
payroll will be granted.
4. In all cases, a sworn state
ment by the deceased will be fill
ed out on the back of a spare
registration form, between the
two punched-out holes found to
be most closely spaced.
5. Twenty (20) copier, are to tie
made; ore sent to the person in
charge, three to the President’s
office, three to go with the de
cfavd for Identification wher
ever It may he needed.
Remaining copies to be filed al
phabetically, numerically, by
date, by size of card, by color,
right side up, with two copies left
for misfiling.
Is there a second to the motion
for adoption ?
It Could Be Oregon
“I used to have a lot of trouble keeping ’em in lab.”