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ELSIE SCHILLER, Editor DICK CARTER, Business Manager
JACKIE WARDEI.L. RON MILLER. Associate Editors
KITTY FRASER, Managing Editor VALERA V1ERRA, Adv. Mgr.
JOE GARDNER, News Editor BOB ROBINSON, Sports Editor
JEAN SANDTNE, Bus. Off. Mgr. DONNA RUN BERG. Nat l Ad. Mgr.
LEN CALVERT, LAURA STURCES, Editorial Assistants
Chief Makeup Editor: Paul Keefe Asst. Managing Editor :Sam Valley
Feature Editor: Dick Lewi s Asst. News Editors: Dorothy ller.
Chief Copy Desk Editor: Gloria Lane Gordon Rice. Sally Ryan, Jerry Harrell
Circulation Manager: Rick Hayden Chief Night Editor: Mary Alice Allen
A Place for Rushing
We’d like to congratulate Inter-Fraternity Council on what
appears to be a sound decision on fall term rush week.
IFC Thursday night adopted a plan which sets men’s rush
week for the first week of classes next fall, eliminating at least
one week of the so-called “closed" period, which caused a lot
of comment in Greek circles last fall.
This year, the schedule was arranged so that men’s rush
week began the second week of classes, with the first two
weeks “closed.” But there was a lot of what is frankly
termed “dirty rushing,” or more tactfully referred to as
“making friends” going on during that closed period. And
some of the houses really invested a lot of funds — funds
which Greek houses, still struggling with a financial adjust
ment to deferred living, can't afford to throw around —in
big house parties and liquor.
This is by no means a perfect solution to the problems of
rushing. We seriously doubt if there is a perfect solution.
But it at least cuts the temptation to “make friends” in half
by cutting the closed period in two. Still, a lot of upperclass
men are in the habit of returning to campus during Orienta
tion week. They don’t need orientating. There are no classes.
Time hangs heavy. It takes a lot of resistance to cooperate and
KEEP HANDS OFF those potentially “good” pledges.
Moving rush week up to the first week of classes also is
being considered by Panhellenic. They have formerly rushed
during Orientation week. Such a move would eliminate some
of that overwhelming whirl which the entering co-ed now
faces. There would still be as much to do, but there would
be two weeks to wade through orientation and rush week.
. On the other hand, we predict a hectic week if men’s and
women’s rushing is held during the same period. The Uni
versity could well write off that week of classes “lost” for a
good precentage of the student body.
Another plan that both groups have given some consider
ation to would be holding rush week one week before orien
tation week starts, so it would interfere with neither classes
nor orientation. And, again, that involves a lot of money in
- opening houses early and students quitting jobs early to ar
rive on campus at the end of August to get programs lined
.up and houses in shape.
No, there doesn’t seem tp be any perfect solution to rush
week. We do see the advantage in this latest move by IFC and
we have our fingers crossed, hoping with cooperation and a
sensible approach to rushing, IFC will make thisprogram a
success. It could be.
And Who's Afraid?
It’s getting downright dangerous. We’re afraid to walk be
tween Friendly and Deady across old campus anymore. If they
ever get organized we might as well all give up and £tart a mass
migration to Portland State.
The other night we stood and tried to out-stare one for
almost five minutes — we lost. Why they might even take
over Johnson hall if this keeps up. We hope President Wil
son locks the door tightly every night.
Oh, we don’t mean some subversive group — it’s worse than
that. It’s those squirrels that live in the trees on old campus.
While Waldo was here everything was fine. But this spring
they seem to have multiplied twice as fast as other years. And
they’ve gotten brave besides.
There’s one who is especially big. We strongly suspect
that he’s planning to run for at least the United States Sen
ate. He’s a bully too — fights with all the little squirrels and
chases them away. He’d be great as a fullback.
We do wish the Theta Chi’s hadn’t sent Waldo away. And
we wish some other dog — the larger the better — would de
cide squirrel chasing is good sport. It’s getting so you just
can’t walk on the sidewalks — the squirrels push you off,—
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Civic-minded Movement
Threatens to Kill Primary
by Bob Funk
Emerald Columnist
There is a civic-minded move
ment afoot to carry the ASUO
Party Primary out on a plank—
quite dead. The plank in the plot
is a platform plank which has
been idealistically hewn by some
of the Abe Lincolns in AGS.
The rumor is that AGS has let
me asuu play
around with
this primary
business for a
while, but the
playing around
has not been
satiafa c t o r y ;
the gods are
angry. Not
enough people
voted in the
primary ( a 1 -
mougn most or me voters were
evidently Greeks); not enough
people petitioned. With the pri
mary, AGS has no Function; it
has no Purpose; there is no Ro
mance in its life.
Without the primary, AGS
ran be its Powerful, Virile (and
this writer might add. Smelly)
old self. And so the plank; get
rid of the primary.
Following is supposed to be
dialogue;
Child (lisping sweetly); Fath
er, is it because not enough AGS
people voted, that they want to
get rid of the primary?
Father (faltering in speech):
well, er, not exactly. Quite a few
AGS people voted. But you see,
not very many Independent peo
ple voted; I guess that’s what
AGS is worried about.
Child: Is,it because not very
many people petitioned?
Father: Exactly! It’s because
not very many people petitioned.
Child: Then why didn’t AGS
go around and try 'to get peo
ple to petition? They had meet
ings, didn’t they?
Father: Why, er, uh, yes, they
had meetings, but the Primary
made it so people didn’t want to
petition.
Child: I still don’t understand.
Maybe it’s because AGS wants
to get things back where they
can tussle privately and trade
votes.
Father: (Is speechless with an
ger. Takes child out and drowns
it.)
The writer of this column is
not too much brighter than the
above child, and is not quite
sure of the AGS motives in
wanting to wrest the primary
from the, ASUO and take it
back under its own wing.
But, unlike the child, we are
not suspicious. We are sure that
the AGS motives are Idealistic
and Worthy. The light of Public
Spirit is undoubtedly shining
out of their little eyes, and Good
Deeds are stewing around in their
little minds.
Maybe they will get back
their own private primary, and
with It the interest of the peo
ple. Maybe AOS political flow
ers do not thrive in the non
partisan soft of the ASK) pri
mary.
Bring back the good old days,
the privacy and friendly trades
Bring back TNE — it can be
restored, even if the Millracc
cant
But here is one thumb down.
Exhibit includes
Students' Work
The work of several University
students and faculty members has
been selected for inclusion in the
Portland Art Museum's annual ex
I hibition, Artists of Oregon. The
; exhibition will be open from April
, 25 through May 23.
A total of 205 artists submitted
554 entries for the exhibition. The
three-man jury chose 89 works
by 66 artists for showing.
Included in the exhibit are "Pic
i ture and Flowers” and “Street
| and Houses,” by John C. Braun,
! graduate assistant in art; "From
i the Side” and “Arrangement in
i Bed,” by Leonard Kimbrell, grad
| uate assistant in art education,
| and "Canyon Detail” by David Mc
! Cosh, associate professor of art.
Other works include Monte Mor- j
! rison's “Woman and Flowers,”
I Jack Wilkinson’s "Iliad,” and
I Mark Sponeburgh's “Woman of
j Islam.”
Bittern...
...to the Editor
Just Red Tape
Emerald Editor:
I received n bill yesterday that
kicked my pressure up to 212
degrees. It was only a card Buy
ing "Breakage, nine dollars.'1
“I haven’t broke nothing,”
I muttered angrily to myself.
Charging toward Emerald hall
I Imaged Into an innocent ped
estrian and asked him If he
knew the meaning of this hill.
“Have you broke something?”
"Not yet.'" I snapped.
With vigor ami aplomb I
shoved my way up to the cashier.
"Nino dollars.” Hho repeated
mechnnlcally.
"But I would like to know the
meaning of this."
"Then go through those three
doors and ask the lady at the
desk.”
"Which three doors and which
lady?”
I managed to get through
three and one-half doors and
was received by some very
friendly people who evpluined
the whole thing was a mistake.
I had already paid my doctor
hill.
I was relieved und disappoint
ed. My only chance for a legiti
mate scrap had vanished in the
sunny summer air.
Reluctantly I retraced my
steps back to a dull and mean
ingless paper called. "Semasio
logy. Scion of Philology." So, as
advice to the young at heart,
don't get lit up over idle words.
They don't mean a thing.
Cecil B. tireen
“B" as In Broke
Oklahoma Dean Visits
Campus Next Week
The dean of the University of
Oklahoma’s graduate school, Law
rence H. Snyder, will be on cam
pus April 26 and 27. His appear
ance is sponsored by the Failing
Distinguished Lecture series and
Sigma Xi. science honorary.
“Human Genetics and its Mod
ern Applications” will be the topic
of Snyder’s address April 26 at
8 p.m. in Science 16. At 4 p.in.
that day in Science 30 he will give
a biology department seminar.
“SUSPENSE” STAR
Itirhard Widmark, tno-llmn
" Inner of the Golden Mike Award
for the beat performance of the
year on radio “Suspense,” re
turns to the “theatre of thrills”
Monday night (ApHI 18th) on
CBS to star in a thriller culled
“The Card Game” on UEKG at
8 p.m. Dial 1280.
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A FREE LECTURE ENTITLED
"How Christian Science Blesses the
Individual and the? Family"
by Arnold H. Exo, C.S.B. of Chicago, Illinois
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The
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Monday, April 19 at 8 p.m.
in the
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