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AL KARR, Editor
BILL BRANDSNESS. Business Manager
TAT GILDEA, ELSIE SCHILLER, Associate Editors
KITTY FRASER. LAURA STURGES, Editorial Assistants
JACKIE WARDELL, Managing Editor
JOE GARDNER, News Editor
SAM YAHEY, Sports Editor
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Chief Night Editor: Anne Hill
Chief Copy Desk Editor: Gloria Lane
Asst. Sports Editor: Rob Robinson
Asst. Managing Editors: Lcn Calvert, Bob
Patterson
Asst. News Editors: Dorothy Her, Gordon
Rice, Sally Ryan
The Rains Came
Homecoming—1953—is over.
It was successful. Yes, judging by the 528 alums who regis
tered for the weekend and making allowance for the equal
number -who probably never got around to the registration line.
Homecoming was successful.
It was wet. From the layman’s point of view, more rain fell
during the past 46 hours than we’ve seen in Eugene all fall.
But try to tell that to an indignant visiting alum who is, not
too hapily, recalling his undergraduate days when it always
rained! and rained! and rained!
The noise parade was traditionally noisy. And probably a
lot more fun for participants because floats didn’t have to be
masterpieces of art in order to enter competition. The eardrums
still hurt but the noise parade was successful too.
The hours of work spent in signs for living organizations
has long since disappeared in soggy masses of paper and wet,
crumpled figures on the lawns along the Millrace and on the
; hill.
And then the game. The rains came. The winds blew. And
they blew right out the window Oregon’s high hopes to chalk
up a victory over the neighbors from up north. It wasa rough
game to lose, but we didn’t like the spirit with which some Ore
gon students lost. Mud slinging and blows under the goalposts
might momentarily release hot tempers. But in the long run,
that melee after the game did little to soothe Oregon’s hurt
pride and did a lot of damage to Oregon’s reputation as a host
school. (E.S.)
Webs for the Webfoots
For years now the problem of putting a little race back into
the old millrace has been of primary concern to Oregon and
more futile issues have gone unnoticed.
On in particular that has gotten into everybody’s hair, re
gardless of height, needs an immediate solution. Oregon suf
fers from Monday morning cobwebs and has for years—is this
a malady befitting a distinguished university?
“Operation Web” bust be put into effect soon before things
get too entangled.
Students, willin gto brave a 7 a. m. wake-up to attend 8
a. m. classes on Monday, should have all obstacles removed
from their paths. And the Oregon student is certainly at a
decided disadvantage in meeting the silken web in an early
morning battle.
Picture the smirking OSC spies watching the campus on
Monday. After a deserted week-end groggy students dot the
campus, slapping out at the unforeseen. And what could ruin a
young co-ed’s composure more than the sight of a hairy mass
flowing from her coiffure ? Perhaps the ugly rumor has already
been spread—Oregon has webs.
“Operation Web” offers several varied answers to this plight.
,We know the spiders are traveling on their webs while the
campus is abandoned. One solution is a seven-day class week.
But, we’ll drop this as ineffectual against the long range plan of
the toiling spiders, who would only wait for a vacation to
spread their silken network over the campus.
Oregon needs volunteers now, to lift the web. A complete
program can be worked out under “Operation Web.”
Beginning with a morning cutting noise parade—with
vigorous students filling the campus with the sound of clip
ping scissors—a series of events would be planned to stir up
enthusiasm. Houses could sponsor “Spider Woman” candi
dates—long wieldy arms being the only requirement to sweep
the cobwebs aside as they wave from honking convertibles.
The ROTC would play an integral part in this all-campus
show of strength—their weapons cutting the air free of webs
as they drilled through the streets.
Picture the rally squad-—whooping it up to clear the ground
webs with their shaking pom-poms.
The possibilities of Operation Web are naturally tremendous.
This could become one of Oregon’s dearest traditions—Let’s
all clear the mall for Monday. — (PG)
Letters...
... to the Editor
Emerald Editor:
In response to the letter of No
vember 12 concerning the cam
pus social life of graduates and
older students, we graduate stu
dents in the school of music wish
to express .our agreement that
we should have greater oppor
tunities to meet socially.
Perhaps an open meeting
could be held at the Union in
regard to the organization of
a graduate club. This group
could sponsor such events as
coffee hours, social and square
dances, and lectures.
We understand that a graduate
student is to be appointed to the
student board, and we hope that
he will take a real interest in
this project. In the meantime,
further expression of interest on
the part of other graduates will
assure the board of the need for
this type of program.
Glenn Matthews
George Hughes
Virginia Nye
Evelyn Hermann
Mary Helen Frazer
Delbert Chinburg
John Hendrickson
John S. Murray
George F. Boyer
Basil Warren Signor
Pat Richmond
Georgeanna Beaver
Debate Squad
Takes Second
The University forensic squad
tied for second place in senior
men’s division and won a tie for
third in women’s debate at the
annual Northwest Regional debate
tournament at Pullman, Wash,
this week-end.
Karl Harshbarger, senior in
speech, and William Cheek, jun
ior in political science, won five
out of six preliminary debates to
wind up in a tie for second place.
Patricia Peterson, freshman in
liberal arts, and Sue Shreeve,
sophomore in speech, took four
out of six debates for their third
place tie in the women’s division.
The third University team, Don
Michelwait, junior in economics,
and Phil Cass, sophomore in lib
eral arts, also won four out of
six debates to give Ore*gon a
total of 13 wins out or the 18 pre
liminary debates in their first
competitive tournament of the
season.
Freshman Views
(Continued from page one )
student body, a class officer each
year, a member of Torch honor
society and the Future Farmers of
America state championship par
liamentary debate team.
West would like to see the Sen
ate split into sub-committees in
order to obtain more efficient or
ganization. He feels that definite
results would have to be produced
under this plan.
An advocate of the honor code,
West feels that such a program
makes a good reputation for a
school. He thinks that it would
take an overwhelming majority
of favorable opinion to make such
a system work, however.
SAMMY AMATO and
ERNIE PILUSO present
FRI., DEC. 4
Advance ticket sales «tart Nov. 28,
at Thompson's Music store.
Eugene Armory
Dancing 9 p.m.-l a.m.
AWS Tea Petitions
Due Today At Five
Petitions for the annual AWS
Christmas tea are due at 5 p. m.
today, Janet Wick, secretary of
the group, has announced. They
may be turned in to Miss Wick at
Pi Beta Phi.
This year's tea will be held Dec.
5 from 2 to 4 p. m. Boxes contri
buted by women’s living organi
zations for needy Eugene fami
lies will be assembled at this time.
A general chairman, secretary,
and chairmen of decorations, pub
licity, collections and invitations
committees are needed, Miss Wick
said.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
0 A book review by Robert I
Nye, associate professor of musi
education, has been published i
the Full issue of the Journal <
Research In Music Education. Tli
book is “A Song Approach t
Note Reading” by Charles Leoi
hard.
0 Amphibians will meet at 7:3
tonight in Gerlinger hall, accorc
ing to Darlene Hammer, report*1
for the group. All pledges hav
been asked to uttcnd and bring 5
cents.
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