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Quo Vadis, Oregon?
We heard something the other day in a Far East class
taught by Paul S. Dull that made us stop for a minute in this
rat-race called a “well rounded college life’’ and wonder just
what we were doing.
Dull was discussing life in China and the enjoyment of the
simplicities of life that may be found in that country. And we
started thinking.
Here, where every minute seems to be full of studying and
activities and athletics and the thousands of things we find
to do during the week, we never seem to have time to stop,
look around, and enjoy these simplicities.
Not that we’re advocating a “back to nature’’ movement,
nothing like that. But we do agree with the philosophy that
life must be “savored in every mouthful of food, in every mo-..
ment’s good sleep, in a bowl of hot wine, in an hour'of sun
shine, in rain drifting across the mountains, in a flower, in a
bird, in a mountain stream, in the motion of an fan upon a hot
day, in the laughter of a child, in the companionship of a friend,
in the satisfaction of a lover.”
We’re always in a hurry, always looking forward to tomor
row, never satisfied with the present. This is all very well.
It’s progressive to look ahead, to anticipate what will happen
next.
But we seem to spend all of our time doing just that. Most
of us have lost the ability to enjoy each bit of pleasure as it
occurs.
The present, after all, is all we can know without doubt. Why
not enjoy it. “Every moment of peace is more precious than
jewels.” More of us should follow this philosophy, we'd prob
ably be a lot happier.—(J.W.)
Interested, Not Antagonistic
Deferred living is a definite policy of the University of Ore
gon. Alumni interest taken in deferred living at the Saturday
meeting of the association does not indicate that Oregon alums
•are rising up in arms to oppose deferred living.
As a group, alums are interested in campus activities and
campus life. Anything that changes the status quo as they
knew it is pause for question and a clear understanding of the
effects, advantages and disadvantages such a policy might in
dicate.
One man asked a majority of questions at the Saturday meet
ing. His attitude was, “We want to be shoWn before we accept
it.”
A qualified group of counselors talked with the alums and
j indicated progress and effects of deferred living. The alums
were interested but not antagonistic.
Deferred living was initiated to benefit the entire university.
The spirit behind the whole program is to allow freshmen to
feel themselves a part of the university before affiliating with
any living organization.
The Reasons Why—
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-A Day at the Zoo—
Eight O'clock Scene
For Thought, Breakfast
It was the usual eight o clock.
Someone was covertly drinking
coffee out of a paper cup. Some
one else was hunting, with his
tongue, for bits of egg which
were stuck artistically about the
circumference of his mouth. Still
someone else, untimely ripped
from bed, had lapsed back into
dreams of athletic poweress,
scholastic immunity, and fair
maidens.
Ember - Olive ■ Saddlcslobber
was sitting left of center in the
p-class roo m
(Contemp o r
ary n. a n a o m
T h o u g h t ) ,
humming
"Heart of My
Heart” softly
to herself. Em
ber - Olive was
taking the
course because
it concerned
4MW inougnt; and
Thought, as everyone knows,
Thought is Meditation; Medita
tion is Art; Art is Beauty. And
Beauty — well, Ember - Olive
was shyly sure that Beauty was
Ember - Olive Saddleslobber —
and that made the course at
least some sort of a distant
cousin. Ember-Olive always
thought this way. It was a mark
left upon her by education.
The course had not turned
out to be everything that she
had hoped for. Contemporary
Random Thought, she found,
began with a ten-minute de
scription of what Professor
Chalkchoker had eaten for
breakfast; what his two-year
old daughter had llthped about
the controverthial Hellth Can
yon Dam (it seemed she was
for one high dam); and who
or what the Chalkchoker dog
had cleverly dragged in from
the sidewalk (today, Professor
Chalkchoker, who was conse
quently just a little late to
class).
After this preliminary, the
class took a brisk dip into the
Chalkchoker opinion on Mr Mc
Carthy; a short canter through
Jokeland; a stroll though Guess
What I Saw in This Morning's
Paper. And then the class came
to a rather exhausted halt at the
issue of when the mid-term was
going to be.
“Monday, Monday!’’ someone
shrieked excitedly. Everyone else
groaned, which meant that it
would be better to scuttle the
Republic and sell your Great
Aunt Eunice into white slavery
than have the test 0^1 Monday.
The Monday Shrieker subsided,
ruined socially.
“Tuesday!” a chant began
from the back of the room. This
was really rather clever, since
the class did not meet on Tues
day. Unfortunately, Professor
Chalkchoker had u time schedule.
“Wednesday,” someone sug
gested, weakly. He was seized,
gagged, and something awful
was done to him. The issue
finally came to a vote, and It ]
was decided that the test was [
Indefinitely Postponed. Profes
sor ('halkchoker was immens
ely relieved, since the only nia- 1
terial he had covered this 'term
was what he liad had for break
fast, who and what the dog had
brought in etc. That would not 1
make a very good essay test
— may lie multiple choice,
though. He visualized it in his
mind:
"1. On Friday, Jan. —, the day
that Prof. C wore the red tie
with Universitas Oregonensis fin-1
ger painted on it, he had for
breakfast (a) Eggs; (b) leftover
apple pie; (c) something the dog
brought in; (d) Mrs. Chalkcho
ker did not get up to make break
fast.
"2. On Tuesday, Jan.—, Prof.
C gave the following opinion on
Senator McCarthy: (a) “He is
like a blight, taking wing to men
ace the land, flooding it with the
disease of suspicion.” (b) "He
stinks"; (c) Professor Chalkcho
ker did not show up, and there-'
fore was unable to express any
opinion on Senator McCarthy.”
Ember - Olive, now that the
mid-term vo'ting was over,
found the class boring. A thing
which is boring, she decided,
is Evil; Drink is the root of all
Evil; since Professor Chalk
choker is boring, he is also
drunk. She checked and re
checked her logic; it was clas
sically pure. The necessary con
clusion shocked her to the pith.
"Miss Saddleslobber,” Profes
sor Chalkchoker was saying,
“what is your opinion on Buz
Sawyer's predicament?”
Ember - Olive drew herself up
proudly. "Lips that touch liquor,”
she quipped savagely, "shall nev
er touch mine.” There was some
scattered applause. It was clear
that Chalkchoker, in his befud
dled state, had failed to grasp the
full import.
,. “To speak,” continued Em-,
ber - Olive, “is to use the lips;
to kiss is also to use the lips;
therefore, speaking and kissing
synonymous. I am," she said,
. "Defiled.” , „ _
At this point the bell rang.
Chalkchoker escaped; the class
melted into the rain. And Ember
Olive was left standing alone in
Commonwealth; Defiled, Disap
pointed, Logically Lucid. Let the
curtain fall.
ServiceProjects, UN Are Topics
For Saturday's Public Meet
Service projects for college
youth, and the United Nations are
the two subjects to be discussed
at a public meeting at the First
Congregational Church of Eugene
Saturday, Feb. 6, at 7:15 p. m.
Both subjects will be presented
by representatives of the Ameri
can Friends Service Committee.
Dr. Clarence E. Pickett, for
over 20 years executive secretary
of the committee, will talk on
the work of the international
Quaker team at United Nations
headquarters in New York. His
subject is entitled “Easing East
West Tension through the United
Nations.” Dr. Pickett calls the
American Friends Service Com
mittee “the great growing edge
where the conscience of American
Quakers is applied to the social
order in which we live.” His new
book about the work of the com
mittee is entitled, “For More than
Bread.”
The youth service program, in
which several University of Ore
gon students have participated,
will be presented by Francis E.
Dart, assistant professor of phys
ics. His talk, “Building Bridges
over Barriers — Through Service
Projects,” will be illustrated with
slides.
Campus Calendar
Noon
12:15
1:30
4:00
7:00
7:30
Psi Chi H2 SU
Deseret Cl 114 SU
Soc Staff 114 SU
URC-WUS 319 SU
Dist VIII Alum 110 SU
Phi Beta Pat Tea
Ger 2nd fl
WUS 112 SU
IVCF 334 su
Chris Sci Ger 1st Fl
APO 112 SU
CAMPUS BRIEFS
0 Petitions for membership on
the ticket committee of the Sen
ior ball nre being called for by
Bob Berry, ticket chairman. They
are due Thursday, at either the
ASUO petition box or at Delta Tati
Delta.
• Order or the O will meet
Wednesday noon at Theta Chi, ac
cording to Don Hedgepeth, presl
• The Student Union Friday at
4 committee will meet in SU 313
at 1 p, m. today, according to Dick
Baranovich, chairman.
• White Caps, the pre-nursing
club, will meet Wednesday noon
in the Student Union. Leota Boy
ington, superintendent of nurses
at the Health service, will speak
at the meeting for all pre-nursing
students, according to Judith Ped
erson, vice-president. »
0 Holy Communion for {Epis
copal students will be observed
as usual, Wednesday morning at
7 in Gerlinger hall.
• The University Alpine club
will meet Wednesday at 6:30 p. rn.
in the Student Union, according to
John Vazbys, vice-president. Mov
ies on mountaineering will be
shown.
• All rhalrmen for the Heart
Hop will meet at 4 p. m. today in
Gerlinger. according to Anne Hill,
general co-chairman.
• Three films on the United
Nations will be shown Wednesday,
at 7 and 9 p. m., in Commonwealth
138, according to Barbara Wilcox,
Student Union movie committee
chairman. Titles of the films are
"Crossroads of Life,” "First
Steps" and "Clearing the Way."
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