^EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday during the college year dtrosn Sept. 15 to June 3, except Nov. 16, 26 through 30, Dec. 7 through 9, 11 through Jan. 4, aiarch 8 through 10, 12 through 29, May 3, and 31 through June 2, with issues on Nov. 21, JJan. 23, and May 8, by the Student Publications Board of the University of Oregon. En rtercd as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per «chool year; $2 per term. • . . Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to ^represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Unsigned editorials are written by ethe editor; initialed editorials by the associate editors. Letters to the Editor 'Our Own Derby To the Powers charged with de ciding the pairings in the recent “Bunion Derby”: The conspicuous, if perhaps unintentional, omission of our or ganization from the pairings for this affair has been recently call ed to our attention. We wish to express our appreciation to the authors of the pairings for rec ognizing our status as being above the immature activities on this campus. Detesting the custom of be ing herded like cattle, and de spising attempts to cast us in with those who enjoy this ata vistic practice, we commend the authors of said pairings. However, let it not be inferred that we are against fraterniza tion between the sexes. We are unanimously in favor of such contact when it is on a dignified level and does not make a farce of our principles of sociability and courteous behavior. To dem onstrate our sincerity, we wish to reveal our own arrangements. On Thursday, Dec. 24, at ■even p.m., there will be open house In our lounge, to which all female students are invited. There will be seven hours of dancing, all, of course, at no expense to our guests. Do not overlook this notewor thy milestone on the year’s social calendar. Martin Meadows David Tang Barrister Inn So Soon, Too “Hows about getting somewhere’s outta sight—that the second professor that’s looked in here and fainted.” Is the Anderson Report to Blame? Registration figures siowiy mounted to 3919 by Saturday noon—a far cry from the 4102 that had passed through regis tration by this time last year. Administrative officials are still optimistically hoping that grad uate students will push the fig ure past the 4000 mark for the 1953-54 year. When we compare the drop in University enrollment with the clamor of Portland State and their need for 15 more instruc tors, we can't help but wonder. When we take a look at the vig orous 4725 figure released by Oregon State college, we begin to question. What is behind this new drop In registration? Why are the facilities here In Eugene being neglected, while students crowd into the Institutions of higher learning at Ashland and Portland? Can we attribute this year’s decrease in enroll ment to the Anderson report? (The Anderson report was made following a study of teach er training facilities in Oregon. Accepted by the Board of Higher Education, it was made into law by the 1953 legislature. New laws provide that teacher train ing may be given at the UO and training in liberal arts may be given at Portland State and the three colleges of education.) Chancellor Charles D. Byrne of the state board of higher educa tion expressed doubt that the Anderson report had any effect on enrollment, since the laws do not become effective until 1954. However, Portland State is an exception to this remark, since freshmen enrolling there this fall will be able to complete a four year course in liberal arts prior to their graduation in 1957. We’ve heard some persons ex press the opinion that a drop in college enrollment stems natur ally from the decrease in the na tional birth rate during the de pression years. It's the "depres sion babies" who are now enter ing and attending colleges and there just weren’t enough babies during those years, people say. When the “war babies,” now crowding our public schools on the elementary level, reach col lege age, there’ll be a boom in college enrollment, they predict. Such arguments hold little water this year when we con sider the University’s situation in comparison with those of other colleges. Freshman en rollment was up 5.2 per cent in Oregon as a whole while freshmen at the University dropped to 1046 from the 1070 frosh registered here last year. OSC’s enrollment was down 1 per cent from last year, but their freshman figures were up 4.4 per cent. We’d like to take a quick glance at one of the semier sides of colege life—that of economics and- finances. There might be someimng in me luea mm Al lege students either have to save money now or arc developing a practical streak. It saves on papa's pocket book to some ex tent when Junior can stay at home and commute to Portland State. The liberal arts program of fered at Oregon has been a draw ing card to many students in the past. Here, we don’t refer mere ly to the classroom work but to the excellent programs of lec tures, concerts, dramatics and McDonald" THE PICTURE EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT! ADULTS ONLY Mat. 80c, Eve. $1.00 lil t I’Miiuiin uiimmuy ui fora its students. Smaller Oregon colleges can provide some of the classroom atmosphere but we feel the whole thing harks back to the ques« tion, "Just what is a liberal arts education?” And we still wonder how much of that education our smaller schools can provide.— (E.S.) Tonight Through Saturday FIRST RUN HERBERT J. YATES • praaanta ' FRED VERA Mac MURRAY * RALSTON FAIR WIND TO JAVA TRUCOLOR / BY CONSOLIDATED A REPUBLIC PICTURE Mpafellc Mature* Cwp«r»lio