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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1951)
Oregm Daily . _ _ iEMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday during the college year, except examination and holiday periods, with issues on Homecoming Saturday and Junior Weekend Saturday by the Associated Students uf the University of Oregon. Entered as sec ond class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per school year, $2 per term. , . Opinions expres»ed on rfitOjW page M* those* ft* “ddj. ~t to recent the’rf te ASIJO or Si“the'University. Initialed editorial, are wr.ttew t» the associate editors. Unsigned editorials written by the editor. __ Loin a I.arson, Editor Abbott Paine, BuaiccM Manager Phil Betti ns. Managing Lclitor Guxckkn Guo* da ill. Bill Clothim, Don Diwey, Associate Editor, Grktchin G»kfe, Advertising Manager News Editor: Larry Hobart Assistant Managing Editor: Bill Frye Night Editor: Sarah Turnbull Sports Editor: Bill Gurney Ass t Sports Editor: Larry LaveUe Ass’t News Editors: Kathleen Fraser, Phil Johnson. A1 Karr ^iakeup Editors: Kathleen Fraser, Judy McLoughhn, Harriet Walrath Feature Editor: Ward Lindbeck layout Manager: Jack Cady Classified Ad Manager: Tom Matthews Women’s Page Editor: Gladys Sergent Wire Editor: Tom Jaques ... Asst’t Wire Editors: Theda Jack, Mary Ann Mowery, Herb Vorexnberg Photographer: Pete Moe Ass’t Photographer: Chuck Plummer Day Managers: Carolyn Silva, Carolec Tate, Mary Waddell, Sally Thurston, Irene Bullard Advertising Salesmen: Merle Davis, Jan<?* Petersen, Marcia Dutcher, Sue Mikkel sen. Denise Thum, \\ ard Cook, Sally llaseltine. Barbara Keller Why Curtail Libe Hours? We like the new lawns and trees scattered around the cam pus. We like Carson Hall. We might even learn to like the science building. Everything which is indicative of progress, we like. Some day we’ll like the football team- because it can hardly do anything but progress from here on. We’re aware it took money to start this ambitious improve ment program. And it’s still taking money. Anyway, with all the hustle and bustle hereabouts (to which we re not objecting) we still have what might be called a rel ative question. Was it necessary to curtail the library hours? Sure—we’ve heard the explanation. 1 he state board of edu cation has something called a “full-time equivalent employ ment scale. This scale places a limit on the number of uni versity employees. Going still further down the line, we find that in general distribution of "employee cuts" the library was parceled out a reduction in the amount of 3*/> full-time positions. The loss of 3librarians made it necessary to lop 5 hours from the open hours at the library each week. Four of the five happen to be from 5 to 9 on Friday evening. This is all very simple and not an issue to .distrub anyone except those few who may have wanted to do their research ing on Friday evening. But it would seem that the last place for any sort of economy drive would be the library. It might be better to not plant a few trees and forget about the lawn on the south forty rather than make any significant cut in open-library hours. Back in 1931 this same sort of a situation arose. Budget cuts made it necessary to close the library at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. This decision was made Oct. 29, 1931. Seven days later the library was staying open until 9 on Friday evening because of student opposition to 6 p.m. closing hours. Economy is fine. So it progress and improvement. But may be a little less economy in some spots might result in gains of another fashion somewhere else.—B. C. Ex-Editor on Halloween Here’s a new angle on the why and wherefore behind the frater nity-sorority sponsored Eugene children's Halloween party. It came as part of a letter from former Emerald editor (and staunch independent) Don Smith, ’51. “It seems these Creek organi zations are to give Halloween parties for children of Eugene. Now there is an issue for you. As any fire-Spouting independ ent with guts can see, this is not what it appears on the surface— a friendly, worthwhile activity by the decadent Greek organiza tions; no indeed, in reality it is nothing more than illega rushing. Not only illegal but immoraLF grasping innocent, wide-eyed babes from grade school. “This desperate attempt on the part of the sororities and frater nities to make secure their future is bound to fail. What is doomed, is doomed. But I admit it was a well-designed scheme sure to fool all but the most perceptive ob servers.’’ Wonder if IFC and Panhellenic have thought of this? ty>uun the Mosujue. . . 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1921—An Oregon delegation arrives at Seattle to attend the second annual conference of the Pacific Intercollegiate Press asso ciation. The organization was founded last year on the University of Oregon campus. 25 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1926—The flag of the Battleship Oregon is used for a stage bat Udrop for campus Pledge Day assemblies. 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1931—Oregon Ducks defeat New York university 14 to 6 in New York. Previous to this game NYU had hopes of represnting the East in the Rose Bowl. 5 YEARS AGO Nov. 1, 1946—Ten Oregon men killed in action during World War II are honored by the names of the halls in the Veterans dormitory. Those to he commemorated by scrolls on the doors will be Louis Kent Stitzer, Stanley Eugene Ray, John Arthur McChesney, Francis Albert Minturn, Paul Ilarbaugh Merrick, Robert' II. Cherney, Wyman John French Maurice Harold Hunter, Francis Edmund Nestor and Verdi D. Seder strom. ASSEMBLIES POOR, FRESHMEN AGREE Orientation a Success (Ed. Note—The opinions ex pressed here on freshman orienta tion are those of three freshman students. 1’aui Keefe Is an off campus student, Dorothy Kopp and Bob Southwell both live In the dormitories.) By Dorothy Kopp Now that sufficient time has passed to make us new-comers fell like old-timers at this busi ness of being- Oregon students, we can look back and evaluate the factors which gave us the push in the right direction Orienta tion Week activities. I would rate them from excellent to poor, in dividually. The dormitory meetings, which followed every assembly, were In formative and gave the most practical information. They mini mized the confusion of settling Into new living quarters. The open houses held by many 6f the campus organizations were very effective and much appre ciated. They served the twofold purpose of acquainting the new comers with campus activities, and gave us a chance to partici pate in them. The Hello dance and Duckling picnic were fun and gave us the first opportunity to meet our classmates. The assemblies were the only thing found lacking. I didn't feel they realised their full possibili ties toward helping new students. As a whole, the program may be termed only as a success. Useless for Townies By I’aul Keefe A lot of work was probably put into organizing orientation week. With all the hard work, good in tentions and wonderful ideas ori entation week, for off-capus stu dents, was hardly worth the ef fort. Assemblies were held each of the first four evenings. Most of the important, informative and interesting parts could have be?n condensed into one good assem bly. With a bit of planning and cooperation from University lead ers, the freshman's time con sumed in listening to speachea could easily have been reduced. After the assemblies dormitory meetings were held. These meet ings were planned for the dormi tory students and could hardly have been planned any other way. The only advantage of dormi tory assignments for off-campus students is that anyone who cares to play on an intramural team has the oportunity. There’s no way to make off-campus students feel they are part of the dorm. If one or two meetings with a faculty member could have been planned, many benefits would have resulted. In such meetings, questions and problems common to off-campus students could be answered and solved. A plan utilizing a counselor for students living off the campus would certainly bo a great Im provement over the Idea of hav ing these students assigned to dorms. A lot of off-campus students are Eugene residents. Most of these students were probably as well acquainted with the Univer sity before orlentution week as the others were when the week was over. With one Important, informa tive and well-planned assembly, in addition to small meetings where questions could be an swered, orientation week would have been much better. Barriers Eliminated By Bob Southwell No doubt muny prospective University freshmen went to smaller schools because of the "impersonal atmosphere” always connected with large universities. They are in for a surprise. £"or this year's student orientation committee eliminated any bar riers of unfriendliness or perplex ity among the frosh men. This was principally accomp lished through the small dormi tory meetings wlfteh concluded each of the first three days or ganized activities. Supervised by a likeable resident counselor, we --Letters to the Editor I Apologize, but.. . Emerald Editor: An apology is a poor way to start one's first "letter to the editor,” but In this case one is due to the I.E.C. and Panhellenic committees. The work they've done on the Halloween party is certainly commendable and for it they deserve the “Dally E.” The unfortunate clash of sched ule* between the Halloween par ty and the preliminary elimina tion of the Homecoming Queen was forseeable but hardly pre ventable. A last minute change of plans for my committee would have meant a complete disarrangement of schedules and a breakdown of machinery that had been set in motion. New Judges would have to have been secured, the reserva tion of new rooms for candidates and judges would have been im possible, every candidate and committee member would have to have been notified of the change, newspaper and photographer dates would have been disrupted. Consequently the original plans had to go through. More Campus Improvements JAU CAM68AS SAL€ . flNOCUl-ftRS VO% OFF cfc:L RADIOS “You know that new fraternity house they built next door?—It’s a SORORITY.” were allowed Jo ask qiii'HtiniiH about th«> day's aetlvItles, hr come lieltor acquainted with the other bull residents and gener ally acquire a complete impres sion of IK) life. These meetings were w> II tlmed, for they also served to relieve the dlssllluaionment stim ulnletl by the frosh assemblies preceding them. Sunday night we attended the opening assembly, a boring series of repltlous speeches. Monday niglit we attended the student affairs assembly, which took . n unbelievably long period of time to say so few things. Thursday night those students retaining a slight faith in frosh assemble» went to the AHUO meeting, which demonstrated that college is no different, than high school when it comes to disgusting and lengthy advertising skits. But then Thursday’s exchange dinners, frosh rally und Hello dunce served to re-establish satis faction \\ Ith college life. Kacli event demonstrated another side of eumpus life fuvoruble und was so timed that boredom eould ru\t slip in anywhere. Most of the freshmen might have one major suggestion for next year's orientation committee, however: the entire freshman class is too large a group to have a picnic. This was shown by the Duckling picnic on Haywurd field Tuesday evening. To alleviate the friction lie tween the two committees, the camlWlateH whose presence was vital to the Halloween festivities was shown special consideration In that they were judged first and then released to play their respective roles In the Halloween celebration. Again I say I'm sorry for the conflicting schedules but I feel It was necessary so that this years Queen wil have a longer reign than ever before, for an early election will mean her com plete participation in ail Home coming activities. Neil Chase Chairman, Queen Committee Our Own Kinsey? Kmerald Kditor: A halcyon curiosity permits us to inquire into the night esca pades of Jim Haycox. Question, lias lie acquired this \ast fund of information practical experience, or does lie merely spend Ills evenings per \ erledly peeping from the shad ows? Could it lie that we ha\e our own Kinsey here on tile Ore gon rumpus? Or could It he that he is leading into a column rn titled “Advice to the lovelorn”? These questions could only 1 • answered by the self-styled bard himself. However, this caustic drooling is neither here nor there. Jim, old hoy, our real question is this: do you really think you can talk the girls Into co-opera tion, do yuh, huh, do yuh, huh? One of the hoys (Name withheld hy request) Dueling Overplayed To the Editor: The news, headlined “Germany Renews Student Dueling" sounds more ularming than the facts are. Right is, that fraternities exist which practice student dueling agyin. But it is only a very small percentage within the mass of Geiman students and it would he \i long to see in this renewed duel ing the attitude of the present student generation in Germany. The objective picture with re gard to the reported news you will get when you consider that most of the students arc strictly against dueling and that \: a*, light the mentioned groups .. .not with a sword but with brain. Dr. YV. Sclmur/doso