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A Pattern for 1954
Another year is over. Coincidentally, a new year is beginn
ing. It stretches ahead of humanity—a clean white sheet of pa
per upon which, seemingly, man may write the next chapter of
his story. We like to think it could be a new and shining story.
PerhapFit could erase the marred and deeply scratched surfaces
jof other years which have never kept the shining luster of the
J'Tew Year.
But already, as the first days of 1954 slip by, we realize that
'the pattern of the story will not change. This year will be much
like other years. The mixed feeling of nostalgia for time past
and hopefulness for time future may linger for a few weeks but
always by February it has disappeared.
Even so, just for the record, let us take that backward look at
1953 It was a good year, of course. Every year is good if one
adopts the principle that life and living is good. History may
say it was better than some other years because 1953 meant the
end of the Korean War. It was an interesting year as America
settled back to watch a new administration adjust its policies to
a world which has changed so much during that 20 year interim
of the New Deal, World War II and the United Nations.
On the University of Oregon campus, 1953 was not an out
standing year. It will not mark the end or beginning of any
great new era in our campus life.
Although, in many ways, the very fact that 1953 was a quiet
year may be a reflection of a thread of change that has been
increasingly more evident in the years since the close of the
.war.
The Oregon campus certainly holds evidence of an increasing
growth of maturity in modern college students. Oregon, too,
is rejecting the doctrine of “flaming youth” for a little of a
silent or thoughful generation.
Some type of maturity is reflected in the growing conserva
tism of Oregon students, the lack of interest in many campus
activities (which pale visibly beside the real activities of life
tin increasing number of students are facing), the growing
.number of students who are. working while in college, arid the
casual, matter-of-fact attitude students exhibit towards those
perpetual problems of youth—drinking and sex.
The stereotype of the playboy college kid certainly never
did exist. But if we are witnessing some evolution of the tra
ditional “country club,” it is not a change that is confined to the
past year. It has deep roots and countless underlying causes
that can be traced down to the very basis of American society
and the interplay of national and international forces with
.which the students of 1953 have been forced to live since birth.
Then where will 1954 lead Oregon? Take out your pencils
-for much of that story is yours. (E.S.)
A Bird In The Hand .
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“Worthal and I broke up—I got a ‘C’ average this term and he said
he just couldn’t go with a girl smarter than he was.”
House, Halt Lists
Due for Oregana
All living organization member
ship lists must be turned into the
Oregana office, Student Union 308,
today, Janet Bell, living organi
zations editor, announced.
Membership listB should be in
alphabetical order with divisions
according to graduates, and spe
cial students, classes and Eugene
freshmen. All names must be cor
rectly spelled.
Lists must be in today, because
living organization layouts begin
Monday, and the lists will insure
accuracy for organizations, Miss
Bell said.
Fee Payment
Deadline Set
Saturday has been set as the
last day for payment of registra
tion fees, the registrar’s office an
nounced Thursday. A late-pay
ment fee of $1 per day will be as
sessed on all payments not made
by the deadline.
The fee assessment, registration
statistics and mailing cards must
be filed with the exact amount of
money assessed at the cashier's
window in the business office of
Emerald hall between 8 a. m. and
noon. The office closes at noon
Saturday.
The last day to change classes
without payment of a course
change fee of $1 is Monday, Jan.
18. There is no charge for adding
or dropping courses prior to that
time.
Hungate to Lecture
Oh Termites' Food
R. E. Hungate, professor of bac
teriology at Washington State col
lege, will lecture on wood utiliza
tion by termites, Monday, at 8 p.m.
in Science 16. The lecture is spon
sored by the local chapter of Sig
ma Xi, national honorary science
fraternity.
Termites, according to Hungate,
have attracted biologists purely
for- their scientific significance.
Their only source of food is wood,
and there has been considerable
question concerning the source of
nitrogen necessary for their
growth.
Hungate’s research has been di
rected to the function of the mi
cro-organisms which live in the
intestinal tract of the termites,
and which are known to digest the
cellulose of the wood which the in
sect ingests.
Campus Calendar
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9:00 Fishbowl Mixer SU
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Lehner to Emcee
'Friday at Four'
Scott Lehner, sophomore in
speech, will be master-of-ceremon
ies at todays Friday at Four in
the Student Union fishbowl.
The program will include Dick
Baranovich, sophomore in busi
ness, and Don Bonime, sophomore
in liberal arts, in a bass-piano
act; Darlene Empey, sophomore in
liberal arts, with a pantomime,
and Audrey Mistretta, junior in
music, a soloist. Miss Mistretta
will be accompanied by Larry
Swanson, senior in English.
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Mixer Set Friday
Featured at tonight’s Fishbowl
Mixer, “The Silver Thaw,” will be
the music of the "Whisperers,”
campus combo. The informal, no
date dance from 9 to midnight will
have decorations, according to
Phyllis Pearson, SU dance com
mittee chairman.
• • •
Deadline Friday
For Grad Position
Petitions may still be picked up
on the third floor of the Student
Union for the vacant graduate stu
dent position on the SU board, ac
cording to Andy Berwick, chair
man. Deadline is Friday, he said.
The position carries full voting
power and lasts for one year, Ber
wick stated.
• • •
Music Staff Needed
A few additional students are
needed to help staff the Peter
Benson Howard music listening
room, Student Union 202. Students
are expected to sign up for two
hours a week and have the priv
ilege of using the room at any
time. Some afternoon and evening
hours are open.
Students interested are to see
Donna Buse, program director in
SU 301.
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String Quartet
Next Concert
The Budapest String Quartet
will appear in the Student Union
ballroom Thursday, Jan. 21, at 8
p. m. under the Joint sponsorship
of the Failing Distinguished Lec
ture committee and the SU board,
according to Eldon Johnson, dean
of the school of liberal arts and
chairman of the Failing Distin
guished Lecture committee.
No admission will be charged,
but because of the limited seating
capacity of the SU ballroom, stu
dents wishing to attend the con
cert are being asked to pick up
tickets between Monday, Jan. 11,
and Sunday, Jan. 17. The tickets
will be available at the SU main
desk.
After Jan. 17 the remaining tic
kets will be made available to
Eugene townspeople.
The members of the quartet, Jo
seph Roisman and Jac Gorodetzky,
violins; Boris Droyt, viola, and
Mischa Schneider, violoncello, are
closely associated with the famous
chamber music series of the Li
brary of Congress.
The organization itself goes
back many years in the musical
life of Europe, but the present
quartet has appeared many times
in the United States and Canada
and the four are now citizens of
the United States. They have also
toured North Africa, Australia,
New Zealand, Indonesia, South
America and Japan.
Records by the Budapest quar
tet of string quartet music by Mo
zart, Beethoven, Brahms and other
chamber music composers have
been among the top selling classi
cal records.
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