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except examination and vacation periods, by the Student Publications Board of the Univer
sity of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Sub
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Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to
represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Unsigned editorials arc written
T>y the editor; initialed editorials by the associate editors.
JOE GARDNER, Editor JEAN SANDIN’E. Business Manager
_DICK LEWIS, JACKIE WARDELL, Associate Editors
PAUL KEEFE, Managing Editor_DONNA RUN BERG. Advertising Manager
JERRY HARRELL, News Editor GORDON RICE. Sports Editor
Chief Desk Editor: Sally Ryan
Chief Makeup Editor: Sam Vahey
Feature Editor: Dorothy Her
Ass’t. Managing Editor: Anne Ritchey
Ass’t. News Editors: Mary Alice Allen,
Anne Hill, Boh Robinson
Ass*t. Sports Editor: Buzz Nelson
Office Manager: Bill Mainwaring
Nat’l. Adv. Mgr.: Mary Salazar
Circulation Mgr.: Rick Hayden ~
Ass’t. Office Mgr.: Marge Harmon
I-ayout Manager: Dick Koe
Classified Adv.: Helen R. Johnson
Morgue Editor: Kathleen Morni>on
Two-Time Loser
Oregon lost twice on the turf at Multnomah stadium at
Portland Saturday night. The first loss, in which our football
team was beaten bv the hard-driving Stanford team, occurred
in 60 minutes of regular play. It was a fair loss. The second
was not.
The disgusting display of temper and poor sportsmanship
which followed the game could only serve to lower the pres
tige of the University in the eyes of the tens of thousands of
departing spectators, in the eyes of our California opponents
and ultimately in the eyes of the entire Pacific Coast con
ference.
It’s almost impossible to say who rs to be blamed for
the melee near the south goalpost which one Portland
paper described as an unofficial “fifth quarter.” There are
almost as many accounts of the incident as there were
participants. A Portland State college student was ar
rested and jailed for his part in the near-riot. Hundreds of
spectators had to be forcibly removed from the playing
field, in spite of repeated warnings over the loud-speaking
system that no spectators were to be allowed on the field.
Coach Len Casanova and his assistants can be commended
for their good judgment in getting Oregon players off the
field as soon as possible after the argument started. The team
can be praised for its admirable restraint in the face of what
must have been a crushing personal disappointment and a
definite challenge to fight
The real blame perhaps can be placed on the Oregon stu
dents themselves. To anyone sitting in the rooting section, the
poor spirit was perfectly obvious from the outset. Expecting
a victory, the Oregon rooters refused to accept defeat with a
sense of good sportsmanship. Many were all too eager to join
the brawl no matter who started it.
The damage to the University may be permanent; we
hope it is not. Oregon will indeed be fortunate, if Stanford
will display the good sportsmanship Oregon lacked Sat
urday night and accept the apologies of the University
for the unthinking actions of some of its students.
Nothing—not even a mediocre team—can more injure the
name of a school than the reputation of being a poor loser.
At the moment, Oregon must have that reputation in the mind
of Stanford university and in the minds of the thousands of
spectators who were at Multnomah stadium Saturday night.
Nothing Personal
“Class—the odds are 40 to 1 that someone in here will flunk,
unless of course, he should decide to drop the course.”
Presidency to Be Filled Via Petition
The senior class presidency, va
cated by Bob Glass, will not be
filled by Vice-President Len Cal
vert, but will be filled through
petition, ASUO President Bob
Summers said Thursday.
Summers explained that the
ASUO constitution seems to be
•clear on the matter of all vacan
cies. Should Calvert, UIS candi
date for senior class president
last spring, desire the office he
can petition. If he were appoint
ed by the Senate, his position of
vice-president would be filled by
petition, Summers said.
Petitions are due before the
first Senate meeting, Tuesday,
Oct. 5.
YMCA Forms
Pool for Rides
A "riders' pool" is being formed
by the University YMCA for the
convenience of students wishing
rides or riders, according to Dave
Roberts, YMCA president.
It is hoped that the pool will
be in operation sometime this
week, Roberts said. Students
with cars wishing riders may
register in the YMCA offices in
the Student Union. Students who
wish rides may also register in
that office, Roberts said.
The YMCA has also participat
ed in several New Student Week
activities. Monday night, about
500 freshman men attended a
session on "Fraternities and
You," sponsored by the "Y." E.
G. Ebbighausen, associate profes
sor of physics; Ray Hawk, direc
tor of men’s affairs, and Pete
Williams, presidentof Inter-Fra
ternity Council, spoke.
Guard Exams
To be Given
The annual examination for ap
pointment to the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy will be conduct
ed Feb. 28 and March 1, 1955,
in more than 100 cities, the Coast
Guard announced today.
Appointments to the academy
are made strictly on a basis of
competitive examinations. There
are no congressional appoint
ments or geographical quotas.
Applicants must be high school
seniors or graduates, 17 to 22
years old and in excellent physi
cal condition.
Further information may be
obtained by writing the Com
mandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
Washington 28, D.C.
KOAC to Present
Many Broadcasts
Broadcasts such as the Chicago
roundtable, London forum, B.B.C.
theater and the Cooper Union
Forum will be featured this year
on KOAC, Oregon’s public-owned
radio station, according to word
received from the station.
The station, managed by the
state board of higher education,
is located at Corvallis. Oregon
State college is the licensee and
operator of the physical plant.
KOAC also broadcasts collegi
ate sports, lectures, convocations
and other events of campus and
state-wide interest.
The station is on the air at
550 kilocycles from 10 a.m. to
10 p.m. daily except Sunday.
Brittsan Requests
Dance Petitions
. Sophomore students, interest
ed in work on the annual Sopho
more Whiskerino scheduled for
Oct. 23, are urged to pick up pe
titions in the program director’s
office in the Student Union.
Chairmen are needed for the
beard growing contest, Joe Col
lege and Betty Co-ed selections,
entertainment, ticket and invita
tion committees. The decoration
and publicity committees also
need assistants, according to
Darrel Brittsan, sophomore class
president.
Petitions must be turned in by
5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 1.
Traditionally, sophomore men
must grow beards for the event.
Joe College and Betty Co-ed will
be chosen from the sophomore
class. Last year’s titlists were
Phil Lynch, Alpha Tau Omega,
and Phyllis Pearson, Alpha Chi
Omega.
Campus Calendar
Noon
URC 110 SU
IFC Rush Sign-up Ballrm SU
7:00
Yeomen 110 SU
IFC Rush Sign-up Ballrm SU
Orides Gerl 3rd FI.
Orides & Moms Gerl 2nd FI.
8:00
YM Cabinet
319 SU
0 Sign'll Delta ( hi, profea
siotml journalism fraternity, will
meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in
302 Allen, according to President
Jerry Harrell,
Makeup Kdllor 8am Vahey,
Copy Dcak Sally Kyan ami
Anne Kltrhoy.
NiKht Editor Dorothy Il«*r,
Morning Editor Mary Alice
Allen.
Ck CanfiB
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek,” ete.)
I WAS AWARDED A RIBBON
AND PROMPTLY PUT IT IN MY TYPEWRITER
First of nil-how come?
How do 1 come to be writing .> column for Philip Mortis in your
campus newspaper?
I’ll tell you how come:
It all began on a summer night. The air was warm, the sky was
full of sturs, and I sat in a cane-bottomed chuir on my verandah,
peaceful and serene, smoking a cigarette, humming the largo from
Death and Trant figuration, and worming my dog.
Into this idyllic scene came a stranger—a tall, clean limbed
stranger, crinkly-eyed and crooked-grin nod, loose and lank. "How
do you do," he said. “My name is Loose Lank and 1 am with the
Philip Morris people."
“Enchanted," I said. “Take off your homburg and sit down.” I
clapped my hands. "Charles!" I called. "Another chair for Mr. Lank."
Obediently my dog trotted nway and returned directly with a
fun-back chair of Malayan rattan. He is the smartest dog in our block.
“I’m sorry I don’t have a Morris chair,” I said to Mr. Lank. "That
would be rather more appropriate — you being with Philip Morrii
and all.”
Well, sir, we had many a lnugh and cheer over my little witticism.
_ When we had finished laughing and cheering, we wiped our eyes and
Mr. Lank pulled out a fresh packugc of Philip Morris. He yanked
the tape and the pack sprang open with a fetching little snap.
“Did you hear that fetching little snap?" asked Mr. laink.
“Yes,” I said, for I did.
“Cigarette?” he said.
“Thank you,” I said.
W* puffed contentedly for three or four hours. Then Mr. Lank
said, “I suppose you’re wondering why I’m here.”
“Well,” I replied, my old eyes twinkling, “I’ll wager \ didn’t
come to read my meter.”
You can imagine how we howled at that one!
“That’s a doozy!” cried Mr. Iaink, giggling wildly, "i must re
member to tell it to Alice when I get home."
“Your wife?” I said.
“My father,” he said.
“Oh,” I said.
“Well," he said, “let’s get down to business ... How would you like
to write a campus column for P!r! g Morris?”
“For money?” 1 said.
“Yes,” he said. -
“My hand, sir,” I said and clasped his. Warmly he returned tht
pressure, and soft smiles played on our lips, and our eyes were bright
with the hint of tears, and we were silent, not trusting ourselves
> to speak.
“Cigarette?” he said at length.
I nodded.
; nem up ana purreo contentedly Tor eight or ten hour*. "I under
stand you’ve made quite a study of college atudent*.” said Mr. I-ank.
“Yes,” I said, blushing modestly. “I have been collecting them for
years. I have over four thousand student* in my basement right now.”
"In mint condition?” he said incredulously.
“Students don’t come in mint condition,” I explained. “They go to
great expense to acquire the ‘beat-up look.’ ”
“How interesting,” he said. "Tell me something more about them —
their feeding habits, for example.”
“They are omnivores of prodigious appetite,” I said. “It is wise
not to leave food about when they are present. Their favorite fluid
is a dish called the Varsity Gasser —one scoop raspberry ice, one
; scoop raw hamburger, leechee nuts and maple syrup.”
| “Fascinating,” said Mr. Lank. “And what are students interested
; in chiefly?”
“Each other,” I replied. “Boy students are interested in girl
students, and girl students are interested in boy students.”
This seems to me an admirable arrangement,” said Mr. I,ank.
“But is it true even in these parlous days of worldwide tension and
dreadful armaments?”
“It is always true,” I said. “It isn’t that college students don’t
know what’s going on in the world. They know nil too well. They’re
perfectly aware of the number of lumps waiting for them ... But
meanwhile the limbs are springy and the juices run strong and
time is fleeting.”
“What will you write about in your column?” asked Mr Lank
“About boys and girls,” I said. “About fraternities and sororities
and dormitories and boarding houses and dances and sleighrides
and hayrides and cutting classes and going to classes and cramming
for exams and campus politics and the profits trf bookstores and con
vertibles and BMOCs and BWOCs and professors who write new
texts every year and the world’s slowest humans - the page bovs
at the library.”
“And will you say a pleasant word about Philip Morris from time
to time? asked Mr. Lank.
1 replied, “I can think of no other kind of word to say about
Philip Morris.
We shook hands again then, and smiled bravely. Then he was gone
— a tall silhouette moving erectly into the setting sun "Farewell
good tobacconist!” I cried after him. “Aloha, aloha'” '
And turned with a will to my typewriter. cm., bx.Im.. m*
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