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^represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Unsigned editorials are written by
rihe editor; initialed editorials by the associate editors.
.AL KARR, Editor
BILL BRAXDSXESS, Business Manager
TAT GILDEA, ELSIE SCHILLER, Associate Editors
A Look at the Coming Year
The sun is bright. The time seems right during registration
■week for greeting friends, remembering past good times, and
dooking forward to the 1953-54 year on campus. A peek in the
future for old and new students reveals an array of planned lec
tures, sports, campus dances, classes and house functions.
We foresee changes for this year at Oregon but the biggest
change—a new University president—will probably have the
least effect on student life. Changes also are evident in the" ab
sence of W. C. Jones, dean of administration, and L. M. Nel
son, director of public services, on the administration side.
Reviewing spring term campus elections, we could predict
:a smooth year of accomplishment, for both AGS and UIS sup
ported such important issues as the open primary, fall term
^rushing for men, some type of regional conference for North
west colleges and the gradual honor code.
But we hesitate to make predictions about the senate. Un
der our preferential system, our ASUO president. Tom
Wrightson holds his office by a 15 vote margin, and Don Col
lin, UIS candidate, is on his right hand side as vice president.
Campus lectures are still in the formative stage with the
first meeting of the assembly comn>jttee slated Friday. Remem
bering Lester Pearson, UN president, Wayne Morse, Independ
ent senator from Oregon, Edward Weeks, president of Atlantic
Nlonthy, we look forward to a lecture program which equals any
on the West Coast. The Festival of Contemporary Art holds a
Hot of promise with the strength gained by its successful first
presentation last spring.
Campus activities will probably tend to push to the same ov
erwhelming climax in spring term, with Junior week-end and
■the all-campus sing, Duck Preview and house dances piling one
on top the other. The schedule of spring term dances has been
lightened by Mortar Board’s decision at their final ’53 meeting
■to eliminate their traditional ball.
Decision to shelve plans for a new football stadium for the
University reawakens the problem of seating at football and
basketball games. Student complaints should be pacified with
the proposed, and approved, addition of seats for Hayward
field and McArthur court.
The Student Union board has constructed an efficient pro
gram to utilize the facilities available in the building. Compre
hensive program of concerts, lectures, dances and a featured
liberal educational program will continue but the board will
<emphasize publicity and public relations to assure full utiliza
ifcion of this program, according to Andy Berwick, chairman.—
B.S.
Fall Term Date Life
“What if he does recognize you?—BuIImoose and I broke up when
football practice started.” ,
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-A MPay at the Zoo
Grand Oregon Traditions Listed
For Ruddy-Cheeked Freshmen
(Ed Note: Bob Funk, like
nick Biblcr, is beginning ills
fifth year on the Emerald edit
orial page. Columnist Funk has
written variously on serenades.
Student Union soda bar serv
ice, dates, tappings, rushing,
and other sundry topics, in a
stylo that can only bo de
scribed os Fiinkian.
Funk, with four years of
column-writing experience al
ready behind him, still did ex
tra-curricular preparation for
this year’s column on the Ore
gon ‘‘zoo.’’ Ho worked this
summer in the L'kiah, Calif.,
insane asylum.
We asked Funk to describe
his outlook on his columnistic
endeavors. With brow fur
rowed, he wrote:
"The writer of this column lias
been asked to compose a short
summary of his philosophy of
column-writing, his goal, ambi
tions, ana
ideals. Anyone
who has ever
read any of
these columns,
of course,]
knows that this
is perfectly ri
diculous. Ambi
tions are good
in their place, j
ideals admir
able, and phil-1
osophy has real
class. This column seldom ar
rives within shouting distance of
any of the attributes.
“This column writer accepts
criticisms with humility, al
though there are days when the
humility gets a little strained. He
will not, however, tolerate crit
icism of the column title, “A Day
at the Zoo,” which commemor
ates his visit to Fleishhacker Zoo
in early September of 1951. Some
things are sacred.”
So, “A Day at the Zoo”:
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The Freshmen are here again,
looking new and unblemished.
There are no seams, webs, lines, !
and dark bulging areas under
their eyes. Their cheeks have a
ruddiness that belies a long his
tory of drinking milk. Their
clothes are wondrously new, and
their hearts are full of conjecture '
as to the probable way to Emer
ald hall and the identity of the
blonde in the Student Union.
All this will pass. Within a
term they will be absorbed into j
this drab, intellectual whirl, or
whatever this business is we have
going around here.
We are, In our best public
spirited manner, writing a col
umn mentally entitled “A List
of Grand Oregon Traditions
About Which Freshmen Should
Know.” We considered talking
about Hello Walk, and maybe
we will. Hello Walk was orig
inally the sidewalk going from
Fenton hall north past Villard
and into infinity. When you
meet someone on it you are
supposed to say hello, even if
it’s your Survey of English Lit
professor.
This tradition is a dormant
one, to say the least. If strange
persons should speak to you on
Hello Walk, know now that it
would be highly irregular, and
our advice is to cut ’em dead.
Another Oregon tradition is
Waldo. Waldo is a large black
and-white dog who lives at the
Theta Chi house. Like most ce
lebrities, however, Waldo spends
a large part of his time away
from home. There is something
about Waldo which makes Ore
gon students say "there’s Waldo”
when they see him. When you
have four thousand people saying
"there you are” every day, you
get to be sort of famous. Waldo
is better known than anyone on
any athletic team. ~
Waldo also gets a great deal
of publicity. This is partly be
cause he climbs trees after
squirrels (he does, he really
does. Don’t be misled by sci
ence, nature, and gravity—
Waldo gets right up there).
When Waldo feels blue or lone
.. ly, there is a feature in the ,
Emerald about it. When Waldo
feels angry, there is an editor
ial. If Waldo should fail to
come down on campus some
day, the Kmc raid would slop
printing for lack of copy.
Perhaps the most constant tra
dition around here is the rain.
The rain will start falling some
day when you are wearing some
thing that fades, and are several
miles from home with no avail
able transportation. From thence
it shall continue to fall with
greater frequency, slowly crump
ling and rumpling your wardrobe.
You will finally resort to attend
ing all classes, etc., in a vul
canized rubber toga.
When the rain stops in the
spring, the sprinklers take over.
The sprinklers are a problem in
patience, mathematics, intuition,
and cussedness, set so that they
block all paths to anywhere. You
are not supposed to walk on the
grass, but you will.
All this information is not par
ticularly helpful, and maybe even
depressing. The sun is still shin
ing, though, and midterms are at
least a lifetime away. Live for
today.
Fulbright Scholar
Wins UN Position
M. S. Venkataramani, University
of Oregon teaching fellow from
India, was selected this summer
for an interneship in the New
York headquarters of the United
Nations. Selection for interne
ships in the U.N. is on a basis
of international recruitment, with
final selection being made by the
U. N. Interne Selection board.
Venkataramani was sponsored by
the government of India.
A native of India, Venkatara
mani has been at Oregon since
1951. He came to this country on
a Fulbright grant and was award
ed the degree of master of science
from the school of journalism.
Since then he has served as a
Carnegie fellow in the history de
partment.
Object of the interneship pro
gram is the provision of qualified
persons interested in the field of
international affairs with a work
ing knowledge of the U.N., its
specialized agencies and its secre
tariat. The internes have the
status of staff members and as
sist the permanent staff in re
search, examination and analysis
of documents and written reports.
Straub Jobs Open
Leo Nuttman, student employ
ment supervisor at John Straub
dining room, has announced that
some jobs are available for stu
dents at the dining room. The jobs
are part time only, and applica
tion may be made directly to Nutt
man.
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Nelson Receives
National Award
For Oregon Work
Lyle M. Nelson, former director"
of public services at the Univer
sity of Oregon, has received the
nation’s top award in college pub
lic relations, the American College
Public Relations Association's.
1053 Award for Outstanding
Achievement. .
Nelson, who is now assistant to
H. K. Newburn, head of the Edu
cational Television and Radio cen
ter in Ann Arbor, Mich., received
the award mainly in recognition
LYLE M. NELSON ,
. . . Outstanding Achievement H
of his work in 1951-52 in the Uni
versity’s 75th anniversary celebra
tion. He is now in Ann Arbor mak
ing preparations for Newburn’s
new position as head of the Ford
Foundation project.
The achievement award carried
the following personal citation*
"A professional practitioner of the
highest integrity and boundless
resource in educational public re
lations, whose effective leadership,
and personal contribution to the
interpretation of higher education,
its underlying principles and pre
cepts, have brought new under
standing and appreciation tqj^
art of higher teaching, honor and?
recognition to his university, and
to him the respect and admiratiorr
of his colleagues." i
Nelson graduated from Oregon
where he was editor of both th4
Oregon Daily Emerald and thl
alumni magazine, Old Oregon. H#
: had been at the University in h:f
capacity of director of public serj
vices since 19-17.
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