FOR 11TH HOUR STUDYING, SUGGESTIONS
Got any ideas about-going to
Portland State next term to
bring those grades up.? But you
don't want to miss spring term
on the campus ?
Well, you don’t have- to.
We asked some members of the
Senior Six about the best way to
study for finals.
“The best way, they replied, is
to study all during the term.”
But if you're aiming for a two
point, and not for Phi Bete, there
is a next best way, and they told
us about that, too.
(They hated to admit it, but
even they have to do a little last
minute studying once in a while.)
The most important thing, they
agreed, is to schedule what time
is left so that you can study all
subjects, and not just one or two.
Make a time chart, and stick to
it.
And when your schedule says
not to study, don't. Relax. Go to
Maxie's. (If you’re 21.) See a
show. Play bridge. Anything.
budget the time you've got left;
use a method for memorizing
But keep those books out of sight
When you do study, try to
think up questions the professor
will ask, and figure out the an
swers. That way you will be one
jump ahead of him.
Talk to other people who are
doing well in the course, or who
have taken it before. Find out
what kind of questions the prof
used last year. Don’t be bashful
about asking. Chances are you
will be able to help someone else
in the same way.
If you have any papers re
turned, check them over care
fully. No smart person makes the
same mistake twice.
If you have a lot of little things
to memorize, try a trick or two.
Lists of words can be learned to
a tune. It's more fun that way.
Alliterative lists are easy to re
member. (Look it up if you’re
taking lit.) Any psych book
will give you a few hints on how
to cram, and Studying Effective
ly, by Wrenn and Larsen is es
pecially good.
If your preparing for an es
say exam, the Registrar's office
has a tip for you.
It’s a pnemonic system for rote
memorizing. And it’s easier to do
than to understand (or to ex
plain l. Choose one word for each
key idea, and then make a word
form from the capital letters of
these words. Let’s say your key
words begin with the letters p,
u, b, 1, i and c. Then you have
the word-form, “public." If you
write it like this,
P.
U.
B. *
L.
I.
C.
the vertical word will remind
you of each of the horizontal
words. Each horizontal word
should b» worth at least a para
graph. If “public" is related to
your subject, so much the better.
When you’re writing the exam,
be sure and budget your time
so that you will have time to re
read it.
Never be general when you can
be specific.
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Be sure you're dressed com
fortably, and have an extra pcnJ
or pencil. V
Relaxation Is fine during study
breaks, but over-rated in theJ
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exam room. Learn to key your
self up for the exam, just as lf|
you were an utlilete going into
big game. An exam should be
challenge, not an endurance con-|
test.
There's one piece of standard
advice that you can take too s*j
riously. It's this busines of gc
ling a "good night's sleep." Blcr'j
is fine, but if you're really
need of cramming, you'd do bej
ter to stay awake until you'
reasonably sure of the materi:T
Then you won't have any trnubif
staying awake in the test, 'cause I
you’ll be too busy writing.
As Mary Kay Dorris said, "It's I
nice to be fresh for the test, but*
that won't do you any good i'|
you don't know anything to put j
on the paper." H.J. 1
notes to the editor
A GTS LAMENT
(Ed. note: The following is a
letter we received Wednesday
from a GI in Europe. He states
his case more plainly than we
ever could. How about it, gals?)
I've got a problem: no State
side mail! It gets lather lonely
over here sometimes, not getting
any mail from home, so I wonder
if you could spare some tiny cor
ner of your paper and make a
plea on behalf of a lonely GI
overseas.
I’ve never attend the Univer
sity of Oregon, but I am an Ore
gon product, born in Forest
Grove back in '32, which makes
me now an old man of 21. Among
the various places I've attended
grade and or high schools are:
Hood River, Cornelius. Portland,
Aloha, Gaston and McMinnville.
After _ graduating from high
school in 1930, I enlisted in the
Air Force, and am now a Staff
Sergeant (S Sgt).
I've taken a few furloughs here
in Europe, so maybe some of the
girls back there might be inter
ested in corresponding and get
ting a little first hand informa
tion about Europe.
Anything you can do to start
a few letters from girls coming
We've Always Suspected It
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this way will be greatly appre
ciated, and if I should get more
than I can answer, I'll pass them
on to some of my buddies. Thanks
a million!
Sincerely,
S/Sgt. Frank L. Pleshnik,
AF 19391976
Hq Sq, 73d Supply Group
APO 10. c o Postmaster
New York. New York.
‘EXPERTS' CHALLENGED
We have so chronically mis
judged the Soviet Union since its
very birth that, it seems to me,
we are pathologically unprepared
to deal with reality upon the
death of Stalin.
Persons with any kind of mem
ory will recall that for years, and
right up to the physical collapse
of Stalin, we were told by our
great experts—ranging from
slick journalists to learned pro
fessors- that Stalin was hated by
the Russians, that the Russians
would rejoice in his death, and
that upon his death the people
would revolt.
When we now assert that the
leaders of the Soviet Union are
suspicious of one another and
that a struggle for power will
break out, we are not again de
luding ourselves 7 On what
logical basis can we make such
assertions? If we enjoy pipe
dreaming, that is one thing; to
distort reality is something else.
We now learn that the people
of the USSR had great affection
for Stalin and were deeply moved
by his death. We now learn that
the USSR has greater solidarity
than we were ever told it had.
When will we be told what the
next year will demonstrate to all
who are not blinded: that the
collective society of the USSR
produces a collective leadership
which may be hurt but can never
be shattered or even split apart
by the death of one man. If Stalin
left anything, it was the philos
ophy and practice of cohesive
ness. The USSR, from top to
bottom, will continue intact, and
the cause of peace will only be
hurt by those who think that the
loss of Stalin will weaken the
USSR and make it more vulner
able to pressure.
Ralph Friedman.
KALE KANE EXPLAINS
It is with deep regret that we
learned of Hale Kane’s removal
from the basketball “A” cham
pionship finals in intramurals due
to the ineligibility of one of our
players. The, team and the mem
bers of the hall, as well as the
ineligible player, Jack McElravy,
wish to extend apologies to those
who were affected adversely in
this situation.
We wish to say, however, that
neither the hall, nor the team,
nor Jack himself realized there
had been an infraction of the el
igibility rule. It is only fair and
just that this be mentioned, es
pecially in Jack's behalf.
For the benefit of those who
may wonder what caused Jack's
ineligibility, we feel it proper to
tel! them. Jack had played dur
ing one season a few years ago
for the Oregon College of Educa
tion. He had never received a var
sity letter for basketball and nat
urally assumed that he had not
qualified for one. He made no se
cret of this when he joined Hale
Kar.e’s team, and everyone
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thought the matter was perfect;
legal.
However, someone did :;orn>
checking up at OCK and brought
back written proof that Jack had
been approved for a varsity '
award for the time that lie play-j
cd, although he may not hav/J
known about it nor actually i«r
ccived it.
We wish to emphasize that
Hale Kane, formerly Minturn, has
always attempted to establish
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high standard of sportsmansh.
in intramural athletics. For lb.
reason, we wish to apologia
again for our ignorance in re
gards to Jack's eligibility. *
Sincerely,
Hale Kane
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