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Daily MERALD tv OtuoK Daily Eiiiiua published Monday through Friday during the coltogo year CteTjO; D^ 5 Jh^oueh Jan. 3: Mar 6 through 28; May 7; Nov.15 through 27; and after May 24, with isues on Nov. 4 and May 12, by the Associated Studentsof the University •f niignn Entered as second class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per school year; $2 per term _ Anita Holmes, Editor Mantel Schoccin, Business Manager Sweet Young Voice in the Spring "Of course I wear pedal pushers, silly, ’ said the Sweet Young Voice on the other end of the line. " J hey re comfy. .Why, what is this, a gag?” Women are so suspicious, l'o tlie owner of the Sweet \ oitng Voice, whom we anonymously telephoned for an opinion of the wearing of pedal pushers, we can only say, “No, this is not a gag. It is a serious sociological approach to a problem that has been bothering a lot of males on campus lately." It all started as a seemingly harmless note to the editor. It said, “How about an editorial on this—pedal pusher routine on campus? It looks like hell. In spring a young man s fancy turns to thoughts of love . . .” Except for persons who have a vivid imagination, the con nection between pedal pushers and love was a little hard to discover. When the note was handed to us, we—like all good journal ists—did some research. Our findings: “Not only are they comfy,” said the Sweet \ oung \ oice, “but they are nice looking, practical, easy to take care of and furthermore they wear them in California. Well, men, it looks like that’s that. There can be no argu ment with feminine logic and as one man we talked to put it, “It’s just something we’ll have to put up with. But whether we like pedal pushers or not depends on who is wearing them. P.S.—(Upon further investigation, we have just discovered thev also wear pedal pushers in a remote area in V ashington.) —k.m. Freshmen Here Need Fortitude We’ve been crying for class unity around here for years. But comes a class with natural unity and we do nothing about it. In fact, we have discouraged the freshmen and their class of ’54. They elected officers fall term, and began organization of a talent show. Well, the all-powerful Student Affairs committee decided that freshmen shouldn’t be setting out on money-mak ing ventures and interrupting their studies, so the talent show was out. About the same time, freshmen women were bombarded with a list of rules. “You can go to the library tonight . . . you can’t go to the house tomorrow night . . . you study now, and not then,... and if you’re good, you can have one date a month, provided the man is approved.” Letters to the editor complained of the plight of the plebe, but then things quieted down. Now comes Duck Preview Weekend, and this class closest to the high school senior de cided to sponsor a mixer in the Student Union after the Vodvil. The SU committee said a short, sharp “no”, so the freshmen tried again. Now they are planning an assembly for Friday night. And may the freshman show be good ... it has been a long time in coming. Officers of the class appear unusually sharp and enthusias tic. Unfortunately, their first contacts with student govern ment at Oregon have been anything but good. No records were given the officers when they started the year. They had nothing to go on, but they wrote up a consti tption, established a freshman council, and have kept a perma nent set of records to be handed down to next year’s officers. The only documents given President Wayne Larotners and his officers this year were bills for the damaged athletic field around Homecoming time. And one more point... this first year class is tied to no other governing body. They are left to flounder for themselves, while other classes half as active are represented in the Executive Council. (Incidentally, the freshman council has held seven meetings this year.) Now that we’re about to toy with ballots again, the possi bility of a constitutional amendment giving freshmen repre sentation on the new Senate should be considered. Our largest and most eager class deserves more than it now receives from extracurricular Oregon._ THE DAILY 'E'... To Karl W. Onthank, director of graduate placement, who is the new president of the Northwest College Per sonnel Association, which represents all the Northwest states. THE OREGON LEMON ... to the clever feminine voice that brought fire engines roar ing to the Phi Delt House on a false alarm. Ro: Hash Black Cauldrons Evolve New Race—Roommates n - —By Bob Funk Room mates arc a race of peo ple unto themselves, bred, I sus pect. in black cauldrons in re mote parts of Oregon for the ex press purpose of driving me and others like me mad. 1 have seven room mates. I doubt whether many persons on this campus are likewise blessed. My seven roommates arc crea tures of habit, staggering thetr hours so that the last matey stag gers in about 4 a m. and the first to get up bursts into song and "Where's my hair tonic" at about 4:30. It is no w'onder that I have become marvelously adept ut sleeping through class. My room mates are all persons of great individuality. There is the Saturday-morning room mate, who leans out of the win dow next to his bunk beginning at about 7 a m. and carries on conversations with people in the front yard. This is disturbing to lie who went to bed late Friday— but at least we always know who is out in the front yard. There is the Sunday-morning room mate, who gets up at some awful hour screaming "goody, let’s clean the room!" and pro ceeds to run a vacuum cleaner back and forth over your bed (with you still in it). The room mate I like best is the "hah, let us put lots of stuff In Funk's bed, short short it, ami haul it (town into tho front yard" one. Only last night my bod con tained a tennis racket, two Coke bottles, and ft rubber frog that croaked horribly when I inno cently sat on him during the dark. Tonight I am expecting maybe a garter snake. Ha, ha, ha aaggrgh. One of my room mates is fond of having parties late at night - - preferably when everyone else is asleep and he gets to wake us up. At some of these parties he ser ves refreshments, such as cook ies with icing that looks like su gar but turns out to be shaving cream. A "party” consists of waking everyone up. nsking them if they were asleep and or if they were in bed, and then telling everyone goodnight again. The names of my room mates are as various as their activities — being seven in number Freud, the Brown Creeper, Allard, Too Doo, Sufferin' Surf. Stromboli and Davesy. With spring coming on, I may desert this crew and take a sleep ing bag out into the back yard. However, out there, I would be prey of the frogs, the night craw lers, and the milk man. Sometime I must take time out and think of which is the lesser of the two evils. , Fifth in a Series New ASUO Constitution (This is th« fifth in a series of articles explaining the new ASUO constitution which will govern the student body next year. Of . fleers will be elected under this constitution this spring.) Article four covers the Senate which will replace the Executive Council now in existence. Section I Senate membership shall con sist of the president and vice president of the ASUOf presi dent, vice-president, and two rep resentatives from each class; nine members elected at large; two faculty members appointed by the president of the Univer sity for two year terms except for the first year when one of the members shall be appointed for a one-year term. Section II The Senate shall eleet Its own officers; with the exception of the president and vice-president, who shall be the president and vice-president ttf the ASUO. Section III The legislative powers of the ASUO shall reside in the Senate. The Senate shall approve by a two-thirds vote all appointments to the Cabinet and chairmanships of standing committees made by the ASUO president. The Senate shall have the power to investigate and report In any area of student life, and the power to create special com mittees and shall elect their chairman. It shall have the power to re move student administrative and judicial officers by proceedings initiated by a two-thirds vote at a regular meeting and passed by a three-fourths vote at the follow ing regular meeting. It shall fill vacancies in the of fices of president or vice-presi dent. It will meet semi-monthly ana also at the call of the president. It shall make all rules and reg ulations necessary for properly carrying but elections, and the power to withhold approval of class activities and functions. It shall elect a yell king. It shall be the duty of the Sen ate to maintain its membership and therefore it shall elect stu dents to fill class omce and AS UO representative vacancies. Coast to Coast Students Steal Church Money Oregon students with empty pockets should appreciate the .story about the two University of Miami students who got 30-day sentences for robbing tiic poor box at a suburban church. One of the Isiys explained I hut he needed the money to buy food, ' the other said he wanted to buy gasoline for his car. • * * At the Fill Ilelta Theta frater nity house, University of H Is eonsln, the long dlstanee phone hill was stuggerlng. It seemed that whenever the boys Irnhllied n little too much, they would cull up some girlfriends lA distant cities. So the fraternity asked the H* II Telephone company to fix the phone dial so no long distance culls could be made. The company said this was preposterous. Mean while the house manager is tly ing to run down long distar, c calls. The house was stuck last year with $275 In uncollected* tolls. Members of the fraternity eould not lie reached ut their house for comment. Their phone war, busy. A recent student council elec tion at Hofstra College in New York was called Illegal and thrown out by the campus elec tion commission. Many voters, said the commission, were b< Ing illegally influenced by candidates. The Hofstra Chronicle, student weekly, was first to point out these illegal practices. The paper declared that representatives of ail four candidates had exerted coercion on the voters to cast Hal - lots-for their respective candi dates. “At first,” said the Chronicle, “there was marked opposition from all sides. Many students, In cluding some In high government positions, suggested that the Chronicle ndnd its own busi ness . . The Chronicle's view of the whole incident was summed up in its editorial: "This is no laugh ing matter . . The Second Cup Speaking of campus politics ... Who is the dark horse he iia.s in his stable? (Thackery). It Could Be Oregon ^x “Yttur blind date is an Alpha Phi Omega—and all I can find out about him Is that he’s trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, obedi ent, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.”