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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1951)
The Oregon Daily F.mkrald is iniblislicd Monday through Friday during the college year, except examination and holiday periods, with issues on IlnmeeoniiuK Saturday anti Junior Weekend Saturday by the Associated Students of the I’mversity of U'ccon. Entered a* see ond class matter at the post o'ace, Kugene, Oregon. Sub-^ription rates: So per school year, O' inions expressed on the editoris! ; '.Re are those of the writer and do not pre.ee.1 to represent the opinions of the A-St'O or ol the University. Initialed editorials are written |y the associate editors. Unsigned editorials xr- writtcr hv the editor._ Lean a Larson. Editor _Assort I'aine, Bnslnets Manager Phil Brttens. Managing Editor Gretchen Grondahl, Bill Clothier, Don Dewey, Associate Editors_ Rivalry or Vandalism? There’s a difference between friendly rivalry and vandalism. Okay... so we burned OSC’s bonfire this year. They’ve burned ours in the past. By stretching the point a bit, this probably comes under “friendly rivalry.” It’s hard to classify as property damage. It’s equally as hard to classify 15-foot-wide O’s burned in lawns and 3-foot-high letters painted on sidewalks as "friendly rivalry.” This is vandalism and property damage. And it’s treated as such. If the offenders are caught they're subject to suspension from school. We quote from the dis cipline code: - “In order to prevent vandalism, officials of the I niversity of Oregon and Oregon State have mutually agreed to suspend any student who engages in malicious acts on a foreign campus.” This agreement was made years back between the deans of men of both schools. It’s still in effect. If the students who burned and painted the OSC campus were apprehended and turned over to the OSC dean of men, Dan Poling, he would have every right to ask their suspension. And Ray Hawk, UO director of men’s affairs, said Thursday, “I would honor any request that Dan Poling asks of me.” Rules like this should be unnecessary, but a few irresponsible students make them essential. Collegiate spirit is one thing. A little inter-school rivalry may be a healthy thing and injures nothing but the old-school pride of the respective student bodies. But when this rivalry degenerates into senseless destruction just for the sake of de struction, it’s high time to call a halt. The damage done to the OSC campus is not a laughing matter. It’s a sad reflection on the maturity and responsibility of our students. This Cure is Worse And'the ruination of basketball goes on and on and on. The final blow for many long-suffering fans came last week end when two former Kentucky All-Americans admitted taking gamblers’ money for shaving points in a national tournament. By the 1951-52 basketball season there’ll be no such thing as an upset game. In the minds of now-cynical fans, the game •Which doesn’t go strictly according to schedule will be nothing but a “fix.w The two latest “fixers,” Ralph Beard and Alex Groza, swear now that they played it square in all their professional en counters. Does this mean that open professionalism is the answer to the basketball problems on the collegiate scene? The boys play fair when they’re getting a salary above the board. When their only receipts are a pat on the back, a letter and a few bucks on the sly, the gamblers are able to clean up. If professionalism is the only solution, the cure may be worse than the malady.—D. D. Let Independents be Independent We’re happy to see that some Independents take themselves seriously—but we can’t help wondering why they do. Since the untimely demise of the Oregon chapter of the Independent Students association some years ago, the Em erald has received mail sent to that organization. (All sorts of curios end up at the Emerald Shack.) The latest epistles show that the National Independent Stu dents association has set its heart on making a name for itself this year. By the time of the next national convention they hope to have compiled a volume of Independent songs from every campus and brief histories of the “Independent movement” on each campus. These items deserve individual consideration: Independent Song Book—What’s the use of being an inde pendent if you’re going to have to sing group songs, anyway? History of the Oregon “Independent Movement”—The move ment has been in a backward direction the past few years. The “history” of Oregon’s ISA is just that—history. We’re not trying to ridicule Independents or Greeks. But why must the organizers persist in making their Independent folks over into psuedo-Greeks? Don’t let us discourage you though. If you know any Inde pendent songs—printable ones that is—bring them around and we’ll all have a laugh before relaying them to the N1SA.—D. D. Ou the Ai/i On Ute Screen... 'Movietime USA' Is Chance to See Stars IJy Wes Kohlnson The .slogan "Movies Are Belter Than Ever" war just a starter. This year, under the banner of “Movietime, U.S.A.," most of the stars will be meeting their public, which means you and me. So next time you're downtown in Eugene and someone bumps into you and knocks you into a puddle, don't clobber them. It might be Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Jane Wyman, or perhaps somebody bigger than you. * * * People Will Talk (McDonald): A not-too-piomising plot line has been made into a Cary Grant Jtanne Crain opus that people will come back talking about. The picture is an adult treatment of a "touchy" subject pregnancy of an unmarried woman. Actually, of course, the pregnancy itself is a stock device which has been re done so many times in so many different ways on stage, screen, and in literature it should be getting an old age pension for services rendered. • Yet for ail Its triteness, the picture gives this subject a fresh ness that makes the unmarried pregnancy trouble seem a real, timely, delicate problem and treats it with adult frankness. The credit for making a good picture out of this hackneyed material can be distributed to three people: Darryl Zanuck, who spared no horses making the film technically perfect, Curt Goetz, who originally wrote the idea and gave it enough sparkle to make it acceptable to Broadway as a play, and Joseph Manciewicz, who polished the details and slicked up the whole thing until it liter ally gleamed. Manciewicz, a four-time Acad emy Award winner, wrote the screenplay and directed the pic ture with his usual superior fi nesse, and thus its humor and tragedy are at the peak of dra matic construction. The story itself concerns a medical school doctor (Cary Grant) who, already on shaky ground for conduct unbecoming to his profession, gets involved with one of his female medical students (Jeanne Crain) when she faints in class. He discovers she is pregnant. When Miss Crain then tries to commit sui cide, the gallant doctor declares there has been a "mistake" in diagnosis, proposes to her and marries her. The climax is hung on Grant’s trial with the college board. Throughout the film, lightness rather than pathos predominates, with Manklewlcz’s wit running rampant in some places. In all, most college students will come back declaring they’ve seen a fine film. And after all, they have. * * * Texas Carnival (Heiligi: For those who haven’t seen this easy to-look-at, easy-to-laugh-at com edy musical, it’s a light 76 min utes of entertainment. There’s an average amount of sex. some fair songs and pretty good com edy. Unless your sense of humor has strayed to the sophisticated, you should enjoy Skelton’s clumsy attempts to handroll a cigaret, his' poker party and drunk rou tines. The story revolves around mistaken identity and the com plications thereof. the Mo'Kfue... 15 YEARS AGO Oct. 26, 1926—Late permission —extending to 9:30 p.m.—has been granted in order that soror ity wtomen may attend the Guild theater play, “Bury the Dead,” Tuesday, Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women, lias announced. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 26, 1941—Only four eligi ble petitions for senior class vice president and treasurer were re ceived Saturday, so the petition deadline will bo extended. Vacan cies were created when the for mer officers were placed on pro bation because of spring term grades. I Networks Shuffled on KERG By Kfii Warren This full, Oct. K, to be exact, marked the beginning of the first full year of operation for KWAX, University-owned and operated KM radio station. In contacting various people to appenr on programs, supply in formation, and generally be of assistance, we discovered an alarming number of uninformed persons, regarding the location of tlie studios and transmitter, and we even found some who didn’t know the thing existed. We could tell a few tales about prominent people on campus who were ig norant of the foregoing informa tion. but, thanks to a competent staff of publicists, the problem has been solved for all concerned. Just for the record, and not to be redundant, radio station KWAX Is owned by the state of Oregon, through the state board of education. Studios and trans mitter are located on the third floor of Villnrd Ha’J, high above the University of Oregon campus. It's all in the sign-off. Listen sometime and learn. One of the ‘'best" examples of timing, network eomplleutlons, and contractual commitments can be heard over the CBS-LBS af filiate, KEItti. Every Sunday, for the remainder of the football season, at least, the boy at the eontrol board is busy flipping line switches to piek up: (1) CBS programs until 2 p.m.; (2) the LBS pro football game of the day, locally sponsored; (3) Jack Benny Emerald Editor: Letters to the Editor May I offer my sincerest con gratulations to all you boys who burned the OSC Homecoming bonfire. You certainly exhibited great courage and initiative. Your plan of attack was so clever that despite the fact you were outnumbered, you still managed to burn it. Just think what a wonderful accomplishment that was. We had a fire anyway, despite your efforts. I would like to repeat, congrat ulations, you did so much for OSC-UO relations. Nice going! What are you going to burn next? With all due respect, I>on Van Etten Protection Committee Chairman Oregon State College nhoiv, whleli resides nt the slurs’ mlilrnti from 1 to 1:50; (1) What ever I* left of the foot hull g-mo until A; (ft) and thru "iiucli home” for Edgar Bergen, and the re mainder of the ('I1H-local shows until H:80, when It‘a NIK1 for the Stundord Hour. The crux of the situation lien In the delay In curred In galnli If 1111 affiliation with CBM, during which time, l.lhcrty came along, n flock of shows were sold to local sponsors, nn which the contracts haven't run out yet. Most Interesting. CBS shows arc carried when ever possible, mid the ears of local listeners are better for it. Not only arc the two Sunday mainstays, Benny and Bergen, available, bid so are Red Skelton, pood music programs, and a host of Interesting personalities, such ns Mel Baldwin. Caught his 11 o'clock show Friday night, of nil times, and was duly Impressed. Not to knock any of the local DJ's but this hoy Baldwin Is good listening, not only for the fresh style, hut because of his inter esting guests. On tins particular show, he l.Hd Del Weber, late of KOIN In Portland, and better known In that area ns Mr. But tons, the man of a thousand voices. Actually, Del admits to having a repertoire of only about 250 voices, but after the first five or six, It doesn't matter. And then there was the an nouncer of a local station who Identified his place of employ ment as, "Your AIK', AM and I'M stations for Eugene, Kt'Vti." Oh, well. The fall broadcasting season Is here, and with It. severaf more parodies on ABC's fabulous lis tener-getter, "Stop the Music!” At least two of the big-time Sun day shows whom- times are co incidental with the fabulous one came up with mock give-aways. Business thrives on competition. A couple of Irrelevant Items: The military department sched uled a showing of a film to il lustrate the value of discipline and confidence, titled "SNAFU” military lingo for “Situation nur mal, all fouled up.” The ma chine started, the film flickered, the sound scrambled, und the situation was truly fouled up. (<ood for a million laughs, If you weren’t a military student In the class . . i Driving down tilth on one of my few trips Into the hrart of the metropolis, and pulled up for a stop at a “Thru Street” stop sign . . . The text links suy that radio Is only as good as the people be hind it, hut It helps to have a critical, attentive listening audi ence. Write somebody a letter. Up in Hendricks Park "I'm sure I’ve some cigarettes here someplace.”