A Good 7952 Homecoming
The alums have all left and another Homecoming is over.
How successful was Homecoming? Let's take a look.
1. The noise parade was noisy. Scheduling was good.
2. The bonfire attracted a good crowd. Materials were gath
ered Friday in a successful attempt to frustrate OSC fresh
man. The program was short and snappy.
3. Over 1.500 persons turned out to see the Homecoming
vaudeville show. Quality was tops. It was well received by
alums.
4. Tradition enforcement showed a lack of coordination. The
University seal in front of the SU was scrubbed. The Skinner’s
Butte “O” didn't get painted. Some tradition violators were
hacked and dunked. Many more received no punishment. There
is no point in attempting to bring about a revival of traditions
if violators are not punished. There was a lot of buck passing
in respect to traditions.
5. Halftime entertainment at the WSC-Oregon game turned
into a three-ring circus. Between the band, the cross-country
runners and the Queen and her court, no one knew where to
look. To complicate things further, the Oregon team came on
the field before the band (which did an excellent job) had
completed their performance.
6. More than 825 tickets were sold for the Homecoming
Dance. The affair was a little crowded. Mac Court might have
been a better site. One thing the dance proved is that Oregon
is big enough to support name bands, if they are promoted
as well as Skinnay Ennis was.
7. We believe that the Homecoming queen should be a sen
ior. This year's court contained two juniors, two sophomores
and two freshmen.
To limit queen candidates to seniors would restrict the field
to those women who have been outstanding during three full
3rears of college. The women woftld be better known by stu
dents and alums. It would add honor to the position.
Oueen selection could be improved. Judges should be given
more detailed information on selection basis.
All in all, however, it was a pretty good Homecoming.
Vandalism Epidemic Strikes Campus
Evidence points to a recurrence of the yearly epidemic of
vandalism on campus.
Newly-planted lawns near John Straub dormitory *were ruin
ed by car tracks last weekend. Campus grounds men said the
ruts "appear to have been made intentionally.”
How could one drive in circles on a patch of grass acci
dentally?
The lawn is not ruined. But it will cost time and money for
repairs. Chances are that it cannot be re-seeded until Spring,
when rain will have increased the damage.
Branches torn from the library cherry trees might have added
cheer to some bonfire. But the trees will have to be pruned
extra short, to keep them uniform and symmetrical.
Student Union elevator riders find that the paint in the cage
lias been scratched by some playful jokester.
••• Dormitory furniture is already showing students’ lack of
concern for property. All of Carson hall’s steam irons are at
the repair shop. They were purchased in September.
Soon there may be a renewal of the attempts to put fists
through dormitory walls, to rip off telephones and telephone
receivers.
Perhaps to term such acts vandalism is too harsh an indict
ment. It might be argued that they arise from youthful exu
berance, from the sheer joy of living. That they are merely
pranks.
If that is so, how does one explain the timing of this epi
demic ?
These little “pranks” nearly always occur in the Fall, during
football season, and around Homecoming when float-building,
bonfires, games, and noise parade should take care of some of
this super-charged energy.
We call it vandalism.
And University students should be intelligent enough to real
ize that the}' are paying the damage charges, even if they lack
the discretion to keep them from such actions. (H.J.)
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Radio Review
Cigarette Sales Indicate Vote
-By Don Collin
Election postscript: Edit in
Sunday's The Oregonian explain
ed why CBS shelved Univac—the
mechanical brain. The broadcast
ing company spent the previous
week feeding the
1914-1948 results
into the machine
for it to digest
>and memorize.
Then on election
night it was to
cough up trends,
odds and forecast
the result.
On the basis of
three million
votes—Stevenson five slates and
43 electoral votes, Ike the rest—
this was obviously in error and
the machine was junked.
A New Yorker story in its No
vember first issue (press time
was noon October 27) suggested
the election results on Rum and
-Maple's sales of Eisenhower and
Stevenson cigarettes. On the bas
is of sales through October 23
Stevenson had eight states for
70 electoral votes, forty for Ike
with 461 electoral votes.
Northwest Artists Coming
Some Democrats were wishing
the census had been taken after
the election. They’re sure Mis
souri would have retained the
lost Congressional seat when
Harry and the troops return from
Washington.
“Northwest Artists,” prepared
by the University of Portland
school of music under the direc
tion of Dean Louis Artau (ex-U
of O Music School) is aired by
HASH, Sundays at 9 p.m.
New programs: KUGN adds
“Truth or Consequences” 7:30 p.
m. Thursday . . . Bob and Ray,
a couple of boys with some re
freshing humor on KUGN, 10:15
a.m. Monday through Friday.
More Music
Afternoon music (Treasury
Bandstand, KERG at 1:30 p.m.
daily) features Art Waner, Ber
nie Cummins and Eddy Howard
the rest of this week.
Heavier music on the N. Y.
Philharmonic, Sunday at 11:30
a.m. over KERG. Joseph Szigeti
will introduce Frank Martin’s
Violin Concerto . . . Orchestral
numbers will include Bach’s Fan
tasia and Fugue in G minor and
Beethoven’s Eighth.
Fights tonight (KERG 8:15)
carry a couple of top middle
weights Norm Hayes and Joey
De John — in a ten round bout
. . . KUGN carrying Oregon
Stanford at 1:45 . . . KORE has
OSC-Idaho game . . . KEX (Port
land) carries Notre Damc-Mich
igan State . . . HEX-EM 2 p.m.
Sunday schedules EA Rams and
Chicago Bears.
CBS (KERG) starts new series
on Middle East this Sunday at
9 a.m. which replaces the "Asia
Story.” Egyptian Ambassador is
first guest. Format is an infor
mal conversation with CBS cor
respondent.
Agronsky on HASH at 9 a.m.
NOT p.m. . . . Amos ’n’ Andy
• celebrate their 10,000th broadcast
this Sunday with host of stars
joining in the celebration.
Notes to the Editor
To the editor: © \V. D. P.
From the standpoint of the
Alumni Association, this year’s
Homecoming was truly one of
the best ever held on our campus.
The committee and all mem
bers of the student body who
worked on its many events can
certainly claim credit for being
excellent hosts. Every one of the
activities proceeded smoothly
and without delay.
To members of the Homecom
ing committee, I should like to
add my personal appreciation for
a job well done. It has been my
pleasure to work with a number
of student committees over re
cent years, but I know of none
other which put forth more ef
fort so tirelessly and so efficient
ly
On behalf of the several thous
and alumni who came back to the
campus, we say many thanks.
Sincerely,
Lester E. Anderson
They Liked Adlai
US Elections Seen
Of Top Importance
By German Writer
(Kcl. Note: .IiierKon Ilehneko,
German free lance writer, sfifd
led journalism on the rumpus
last year under u State Depart
ment program. He has now re
turned to Germany. 'I'he fol
lowing letter was written by
Iiehnrkc on Nov. 4, the day
Amerieans went to the polls to
elect a new president.)
Today is American election
clay and there is no other event,
in the world more important than
this one. Because of the time dif
ference I will be able to sleep
tonight and hear tomorrow -
morning, I hope, the first results
via the American Forces Net
work in Europe.
The opinion of the German
press is that Stevenson will win. <
Also it is stated that Eisenhow
er has still ahout a 1 per ce. t
better chance than Stevenson, ac
cording to the Public Opinion In
stitute. Put the last elections
have shown to the German peoplr
that one cannot trust these in
stitutions.
Arab Decision Important
The event next to the clerti< • •;
which is most important is l ,
decision of the Arab league to
give up trade relations with Ger
many in case Germany is will
ing to fulfill the Luxembourg
treaty with Israel for r< .;t it »
tions. We like to have good rela
tions with both and so the Ger
man government has sent dele
gations to each of the Area <
states to agree with the German*
Israel treaty and at the same
time go on with the Arab-Ger
man Trade.
Even the Saar question in, 1, -
cause of these two events, h ts
important than last week, when *
the German parliament de-lard
that the elections on Nov. 30
in the Saar would not be valid.
In this question the whole l.o
was of one opinion.
German Future- Seen Bright
The minister of economics s iid
that Germany would have a ^ >01 i
economic future and that the
government goes with good fi.'.h
into the next year.
Halloween was rainy. Be-Me
this it is a Church holiday of J
the Protestant church. All stu- t4
dents of Protestant faith had the
jnorning free to go to church... A
Reports from Paris state that -'j
the European Defense commun
ity talks will be blocked. The
hope at Paris is apparently new *
Entente Cordiale. This, in my ^
opinion, would be a tragic mis- M
take.
At Bonn we had last week vis- ^
itors from the so-called pallia- f
ment in the Soviet zone of Ger
many. They had a letter for the .«
speaker of the lower house, who
was absent for election cam- J
paign. Detective police brought |
them back to the zonal frontier, i
Oregon In News
Oregon was in all German pap
ers’ news. Senator Nixon hah
said that his wife had- no fur
coat, and1 an Oregon gentleman
had given her one.
In the spotlight currently is
the soccer season in Europe. For
Germany the most important
event was the international game
at Paris, which the French won.
That’s all for today. Also as I
am not in Oregon, I hope th£
football team has a good year.
Juergen P. W. Behncke
Wakendorerslrasse 51
Preetz in Holstein,
Germany.