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the editor; initialed editorials by the associate editors.
Clean House, Oregon
An overcrowded campus schedule is plaging Oregon this year
Sts it has in past years. At times, campus life seems to be one
gigantic tug-of-war featuring professors and the library versus
campus activities with their galaxy of meetings, dances, lec
tures, waffle breakfasts, mixers and other assorted entertain
ments.
From one viewpoint, it's an excellent idea to have a wealth
of activities and interests vying for student attention. After all,
life is like that. We’ll always have a number of things compet
ing for our time, interest and attention.
But “activities” include promotion. And promotion on the
Oregon campus skates a very thin line between just promo
tion and forcing students to participate in these events.
We have to draw the line somewhere.
Eventually, you find yourself sacrificing quality for mere
•quantity. Campus events are not as well attended as they
should be; the few students really interested are forced to push
harder and harder to make their “interest” a going concrn; the
fcig things get lost in the countless number of small things that
have to be done.
Unfortunately, activities at Oregon are like the weather—
everyone talks about them but nobody ever does anything
about them. Each year several more interest groups spring
up, are recognized by the Student Affiars committee, elect
officers and start holding meetings.
Campus activities seldom die. That’s understandable since
no one group wants to legislate itself out of existence and there
is no central coordination of these various groups.
Last year an effort was made to cut down on activities by
eliminating the Mortar Board ball and the Military ball—two
of our few all-campus dances. But is this the right direction in
"which to aim? The dances are gone and gone with them are a
couple of weeks of hard work. Does anybody really miss them?
Oregon has a stu4ent population of 4000. Out of that group,
only a small percentage of students are actively interested in
“activities.” That group has to man the Emerald, the Ore
gana, the ASUO senate, the SU program, the YWCA, AWS,
WRA and the class honoraries, to mention only a few of the
more well known campus “activities.”
More clubs meet only to discuss financial and membership
problems. And continually to look for something to do.
Where do we start to coordinate this mammoth operation of
“busy work” rolling full speed on the Oregon campus?
The Student Affairs committee could help by making it more
•difficult for a new group to become recognized and by being
harder on the organized groups when functions no longer seem
to be filling a definite need.
Revival of the senate evaluation committee could help—
by polling students on campus activities and directing a stu
dent movement to clean house with Oregon activities.
But, most important, the groups themselves will have to
make the final evaluation, weigh their organization and the
success of various functions, and then make the decision.
Room For Doubt
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“Somtimes I think we shouldn’t have
required courses.”
Letters..*
...to the Editor
Comment on Chimes
Emerald Editor:
I'd like to comment on the let
ter to the editor that appeared
in yesterday's paper, and the
three so-called “valid” reasons
against chimes in the Student
Union.
1. "It is an appalling waste of
money.” This is perhaps the only
valid reason among the three.
It depends upon what you regard
as a waste of money. We have
the Oregon seal cemented in the
SU sidewalk which serves no use
ful purpose — a waste of money.
We have endless sidewalks, criss
crossing the campus and new
ones are springing up each day.
Endless bushes are planted and
dug up, and I cite the area
around the Oriental Museum as
an example. Do you also call
these a waste of money? You
have just as much right to ob
ject to it as you do to chimes,
but, as a student, I think it's a
little out of your jurisdiction.
2. “Chimes are neither nec
essary nor greatly to be de
sired.” That is one man’s opin
ion. You say further tha't the
Student Union would he step
ping out of character with the
advent of chimes, quote, that
“chimes carry a spiritual note
(especially since they are a
memorial) not in keeping with
the atmosphere of the SU.”
You are forgetting I think that
the union itself Is a memorial.
Are you really convinced that
the dancing and coffee drink
ing atmosphere of the SU will
be marred in some way by the
ringing of chimes. I think not.
3. “The SU is no place for
chimes.” You would like them
placed in a more suitable posi
tion, fully realizing no doubt that
the SU tower is the most logical
place on the campus for their
quick and inexpensive installa
tion. You even go so far as to
suggest a campus chapel.
V\ eren't you the one concerned
in the beginning with what was
called “an appalling waste of
money?”
If I am confused at any point
and you have anything to clear
up for me, I'd appreciate hearing
from you.
Name Withheld by request
Oregano Requests
Membership Lists
Presidents of the following or
ganizations have been asked to j
turn in a list of their members to I
the Oregana office in the Student |
Union by Thursday:
Mu Phi Epsilon, AGS council,
Alpha Phi Omega, Co-op board,
Inter-varsity Christian fellowship,
Hui-O-Kamaaina, Nursing club.
Men’s PE club, Phi Beta, Phi
Delta Phi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,
Pi Sigma Alpha, Rally Board,
Scabbard and Blade, Command
Squadron, Sigma Delta Chi, WRA
cabinet, and YMCA cabinet.'
Any organization president un
able to turn in a member list by
Thursday are requested to contact
Sally Ryan at Alpha Chi Omega.
Commissions Open
In WAC Reserves
The Army ROTC department
has announced that any women in
terested in receiving reserve com
missions in the Women’s Army
Corps may apply at the ROTC
headquarters.
Qualifications for the rank of
second lieutenant include all wo
men graduates between the ages
of 21 and 27 who are able to pass
the physical requirements.
One feature of the women’s re
serve program specifies that an
option may be taken on whether
to serve immediately after grad
uation or at a later date. The reg
ular tour of duty is set at two
years.
Any woman interested in the
details of the program may inquire
at the Army information desk in
the ROTC building.
BA Students
Schedule Trip
Over 60 students from the school
of business administration will
participate in nctunl store opera
tion at Lipmnn Wolfe and com
pany in Portland, Feb. 13, from
8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
The annual trip is sponsored by
Kta Mu Pi, national retailing hon
orary. Navarre Davis is president
of the group and R. K. Dodge,
associate professor of business ad
ministration, is the adviser.
While at the store, each student
will be assigned to a special de
partment to observe actual store
operations. The students will also
be briefed on store policies and
history, and will tour the building.
These tours will follow the flow
of merchandise from the point
where it first reaches the store,
to final sale to the customer. Stu
dents will have a chance to sell
whenever possible, and will be
given problems to solve within
their particular departments.
At the end of the day, students
will have an opportunity to voice
suggestions and criticisms of the
store. They will also be guests of
Lipman Wolfe for lunch, and will
be given a 15 per cent discount
on any goods they wish to pur
chase at the store that day.
YW to Sell Cake
For Refugee Aid
Cake \yill be sold Friday evening 1
in both Carson and Hendricks
halls, with the sale sponsored by
the International Affairs freshmen
commission of the YWCA.
Dessert will not lx* served in
the dorms on this night and pieces
of cake can be bought for 10 cents
at the end of the cafeteria line.
Proceeds of the sale will go to
T. Z. Koo for aid to refugees in
Hong Kong.
Best 1952 Pictures
In Library Display
The best news pictures of 1952
will be on display in the current
newspaper room of the library un
til Feb. 12. The pictures were sel
ected by the University of Mis
souri school of Journalism in its
tenth photo competition.
The selection Is made from
American newspapers and news
magazines and represents almost
every type of photograph, includ
ing sports, animals, political sub
jects and human interest.
Campus Calendar
Noon Phi Alpha Delta 111 SU
Fr Tbl 112 SU
3:00 Women’s Fac Tea
Ger 2nd fl
4:00 Frosh Snohall 111 SU
SU Bd 337 SU
7:30 Price Lect Brs rm SU
Sq Dance Ger Anx
Condon Cl Ger 3rd Fl
Shearing concert Mac ct
Tickets Available
For Senior Ball
Senior ball tickets arc still on
sale at the Student Union main
desk and through house represen
tatives, Jack McClenahan and
Hob Berry, ticket co-chairmen,
have announced.
They will continue pn sale un
til Feb. 19, the day before the
dance. The Senior ball this year
Is formal, with dark suits for men
and formats for women in order.
Bill Becker's orchestra will play
for the dance, which everyone on
campus may attend. Becker has
been house hand at Jantzen Beach
and has played at many college
campuses, as well as at the I’alais
Koyale and McKlroy's.
An innovation in ticket sales
has been introduced this year by
McClenahan and Berry. To each
house salesman selling over 20
tickets they will give what
amounts to a free ticket his
name on the pass list at the door
of the dance.
Tickets are %'i per couple, and
the dance will last from 9 p. m. to
12:30 p. m , Feb. 20. It Is direct
ly under the sponsorship of the
senior class und Its president. Paul
Lasker, who Is serving as general
chairman for the affair, "Winter
Wonderland.”
Nancy Heine is chairman of
programs and chaperones, and has
announced that Howard L. Kamey
and his wife will serve ns official
chaperones. Kamey is an instruc
tor in speech.
Omer committee chairmen are
Jane Flippo and Dick Briggs, dec
orations; Anne Ritchey and Jack
Dally, publicity and promotion,
and Ben Schmidt and A1 Oppliger,
class officers serving as general
assistant chairmen.
UO Art Museum
Gives Free Booklet
Copies of a recently-published
broohur** concerning the Univer
sity of Oregon's Museum of Art
are available for free distribution
in the Museum lobby. The Mu
seum's history and descriptions of
the building, the collections and
the Museum library are included in
the publication.
All galleries on the first floor
and on one mezzanine floor have
just been reorganized to feature
in new groupings many rarely Been
works from the Japanese section
of the Murray Warner collection.
Both the Museum and the Mu
seum library are now open daily,
seven days a week, from 1 to 5
p. m., and in the evenings, Mon
day through Thursday, from 7 to
10.
Today's Staff
Makeup editor: Jackie Warded
Desk editor: Gloria Lane
Night editor: Valerie Hersh
Staff: Laura Sturges, Harriet
Hornbeck.
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