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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1951)
Choral Union Trials Planned This Week Tryouts for membership in Choral Union and the University Singers, campus choral organiza tion, began Monday and will con tinue through registration week. Donald W. Allton, director of both groups, urges interested students to have their auditions early, as enrollment is limited. Choral Union (Music 197 for freshmen and sophomores. Music 39 for juniors and seniors, listed as Sec. 7.1 in the time schedule) is open to any student who desires this type of work. However, Allton said, it is usually better if the student has had at least high school choral experience or church choir experience. Enrollment in Chornl Union is limited to 250 persons. The group presents a concert with the Uni versity Symphony at the end of winter term. The University Singers (same course numbers as Choral Union, Sec. 7.2) is composed of 40 mem bers, comprising a smaller, select group. The University Singers Is 11 touring group, anil also will par ticipate in an opera production during the school year. Tryouts for Choral Union are being held in Music 202 for wom en and Music 20ft for men. Tryouts for University Singers are in Music 112. No appointments are neces sary. Allton stated that since men's voices are more In demand for Ohorul Union, women Hhoultl have their tryoutH early, oven though they may not be ready to eomplntij roglMt ration. IM Officials Needed Any ntudont IntercHted In offici al liiK Intramural tniioh football or volleyball ahotild contact Kverett I). IVory In the Intramural Office, Uoom Mill of the 1'hynlcal Kduca tlon Itiilldlng, um Moon an poMMlble. Everyone profits front profits 4A 31954 CALIFORNIA 1. Everybody knows that American business makes profits. But very few people realize that American customers make far greater profits from the operation of American business than business ever makes. 1925 1951 i Price per gallon* 16.54 18.54 Price in terms of 1925 dollar** 16.54 12.84 (-22%) * State and Federal tax* 24 64 Total retail price 18.54 24.54 Total price in terms of 1925 dollar** 18.54 16.94 •At Los Angeles, California. ••Based on Bureau of Labor Cost of Living Index. 1925=100; 1951=1443. 3. here's a simple example: In 1925 Union O'; Company’s “regular” gasoline sold for 16.54 uding tax). During those years, our average profit «*s 9/10ths of a cent per gallon on all the pi C/iutts we manufactured. Today our “regular” ga-»./!ine sells for 18.54 per gallon—12.84 in terms or the 1926 dollar. And during the last 5 years ou.- pxofits have averaged 14 per gallon on all cdurts. 3. So in terms of real dollars, our customers are paying 22% less for gasoline today than they did 26 years ago. But that represents only part of their gasoline profit. In addition, 1 gallon of today’s “regular” gasoline will do as much work as 1 Yi gallons of 1925 gasoline. So our customers get another 50% profit in each gallon from this source. UNION Oil COMPAII OF CAUf ORilil INCORPOR ATI D IN CAIIIOINIA, OCTOBIR 17. 1B90 This series, sponsored by the people of Union Oil Company, is dedicated to a discussion of haw and why American business functions. We hope you’ll feel free to send in any suggestions or criticisms you have to offer. Write: The President, Union Oil Company, Union Oil Building, Los Angeles 17, California. 4. In othor words, Union Oil Compa/iy bw continued to make a reasonable profit m all but a few Depression years — Bince 19‘Zf). Hu; at the same time, our customers' profits have increased steadily until they are many, many times larger than the company’s. A similar increase i:. ••ct tomer profits has taken place in automobile tires, light bulbs, radios, refrigerators ar.d jj.TcticaJly everything else the American customer buys. 5* The reason for this seeming parodon Is thfcr The American profit system provides the tncep tives, the competition and the free economic HU mate which make for continuous preyivr.. aid constantly greater efficiency. And only f>r.jno*, progress and greater efficiency can cur,fnew» continue to increase their profits. Thsicfcra, serious attack on American business profit* «• only result in eliminating American cuaiomen^ profits as well.