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The Time Is Now
Just turned 21 this year? Feel pretty good about it? You
should—you're legally of age, you’re responsible for your
actions—and you can buy beer
But that’s not all. A lot of us may have forgotten the
really important responsibility being 21 brings us. Have
you registered to vote yet?
There's not much time left—Oct. 2 is the deadline.
Legal residents of Lane county may register here. Only
students who are self-supporting or whose parents live in
Lane county are classed as legal residents, however. The
rest of us must register in our home counties, and Saturday’s
the last day.
Eugene’s election department in the county court house
is anxious to help new voters register. Election officials have
urged all students to check with them before registering.
Just registering does little good however. It’s the vote
that counts. And for most of us the absentee ballot is the
only way we can vote.
It’s easy to forget about writing for that absentee ballot—
there are so many other- things to occupy your mind- So
why not do it now. A post card to the county clerk in your
county will bring you a ballot and you’ll have plenty of time
to mark it and return it before the OA. 27 deadline.
College students are among the best educated percentage
of the population. Put that education to work—register and
vote.—(J.W.)
Green and Yellow
We’re partial to green and yellow. Always-have been, or
at least since we started using a Eugene address. The sight
of our school colors never fails to thrill us.
That’s why we’re so proud to see the gallant men from
the physical plant following right along in the good old green
and yellow tradition. All last summer they kept the sprinklers
spinning that our lawns might be the greenest in the state.
And now they’re busy painting pretty yellow stripes down
most campus curbs, right at the border of those beautiful
green lawns. Green and yellow, how we love those colors
Of course, the fact that the bright yellow curbs mean no
parking doesn t bother us one bit. Who needs parking space,
when they can drive on by the campus, just reveling in those
gorgeous green and yellow hues?
The fact that old Friendly hall lot has been reduced to a
three-car parking place doesn’t bother us either. On a rainy
night or blistering afternoon when we have to work at the
Emerald office in Allen hall, we’d much rather'park up at
Mac court or over in Emerald hall lot. Aesthetics come first,
and think of all the pretty green lawns and lovely yellow
curbs we could see on our way to work.
-A DAY AT THE ZOO
Rushees Descend Upon House
By Bob Funk
Emerald Columnist
They could sec them coming up
the sidewalk. There was one
wearing gold epaulettes and a
chartreuse shantung afternoon
dress gathered sort of at one
side with seed pearls and a yellow
lawn border printed with san
skript characters. There was an
other one that was ten feet tall
ami was wear
ing her high
school letter
man's sweater.
And there was
another one
with heels so
high that she
slanted for
ward at about
a forty-e i g h t
degree angle.
From behind
tne curtains, the sisters gulped
nervously.
The rushing chairman tapped |
one fingernail imperiously against j
the ritual tambourine, and the j
door of the Quadruple Eta house;
opened upon the rushees. Or
rather the rushees opened upon
the door, because it gave in with
a small crash just before the
rushing chairman finished her
business with the tambourine.
The house president lurched for- !
ward giggling insanely. She
grabbed the first rushee.
“I’m so happy to meet you,
er, whatever the hell your
name is, I keep trying to re
member the names but all
week It’s just names, names,
names, you know.”
"You must be real clever, be
ing house president and every
thing,” said the rushee, scratch
ing herself.
"It was nothing,” said the
president. "I was Third Vice
president in charge of dead
nights, and I said, just casually,
probably you girls will want to
vote for me or nobody is going
out for the rest of the year, of
course." The house president
laughed charmingly.
"You have such a real good
personality,” said the rushee. I’ve
found that that's the thing I like
about this house, everybody has
such real good personalities.”
“We have no choice,” the
house president explained. “We
have this rule, either you’re
good-looking, or you have to
have personality. It’s the soror
ity motto—‘Enos Chi Suromo
inom Blurbum Glugger’—
dazzie them with your person
ality and maybe they won’t
look at your legs.”
"Such a really lovely motto,”
the rushee said. Suddenly the
song chairman threw a brick
through the window, and said
that was the signal for the sis
ters to spring (or in the house
president's case, hoist herself
slowly) to their feet.
"One!” the song leader shout-;
ed. At one, everyone spread her
mouth into a natural smile.
‘‘Two!” the song leader rasped.
At two, everyone inhaled deeply.;
“And a three!” And at that |
they began singing “Anchored j
in Quadruple Eta,” which was a!
very sad song about how one of;
7954-55 Social Calendar
OCTOBER
2 Football—Utah
4-7 YWCA Frosh Dorm Contact Week
7 AWS-YWCA-WRA Tea
*8 Bunion Derby
9 YWCA Rtreat
9 Football—California at Berkeley
16 Football—USC at Portland
18 Griller Strang Quartet
*19 Charter Day (Inauguration of
Dr. Wilson)
Convocation 10:00 a. m„
Banquet 6 :00 p. m.. Ballroom
23 Football—San Jose at Eugene
' *23 Whiskerino
29-30 Drama
29 A WS Auction and Rummage Sale
30 Football—Washington at Seattle
NOVEMBER
2- 6 Drama
4 Civic Music Concert
5 YWCA Kiddie Karnival
6 Football—UCLA at Los Angeles
*12-14 Homecoming
"*13 Football—;WSC at Eugene
13 Homecoming Dance
20 Football—OSC at Corvallis
25-28 Thanksgiving Holiday
DECEMBER
3- 4 Drama
3 Basketball—OSC-Cal., Ore.-Santa
Clara at Eugene
4 AWS Christmas Tea
4 Basketball—0£C-Santa Clara, Ore.
Cal. at Corvallis
6 Civic Music Concert
*6-9 Drama
7 Basketball—Seattle U. at Eugene
9 Basketball—Portland U. at Portland
10 Closed Period
13- IS Final Exams
19-Jan. 3 Christmas Holidays
20 Basketball—Louisville U. at Louis*
ville
21 Basketball—Dayton U. at Dayton
22 Basketball—Detroit U. at Detroit
JANUARY
3 Basketball—WSC at Pullman
3 Registration
4 Classes begin
4 Basketball WSC at Pullman
10- 11 Basketball—WSC at Eugene
14- 15 Basketball—Idaho at Moscow
17 Basketball—Gonzaga U. at Spokane
21 AWS Apple-Polishing Party
21 Basketball.OSC at Eugene
22 Basketball- OSC at Corvallis
22 YV^CA Waffle Breakfast
28-29 Drama
28-29 Basketball—Brigham Young U. at
Eugene
29 Frosh Snowball—Xo House Dances
*30-Feb. 4 Religious Evaluation Week
(one or 2 days only)
FEBRUARY
1- 4 Religious Evaluation Week
2- 5 Drama
*4-5 Dad Day Weekend
4-5 Basketball Washington at Eugene
5 International1 Fun Fest
11 Heart Hop
11 AWS Women’s Day
11- 12 Basketball—Jdaho at Eugene
18-19 Basketball—Washington at Seattle
*19 Senior Ball
25 Basketball -OSC at Corvallis
26 Basketball OSC at Eugene
MARCH
4-5 Drama
7-10 Drama
11 Closed Period
14-19 Final Exams
28 Registration
19- 27 Spring Vacation
28 Registration
29 Classes begin
APRIL
2 YWCA Retreat
*8 Good Friday
*10 Easter Sunday
*22-24 Duck Preview
22- 23 Drama
25*30 Drama
MAY
1 YWCA Junior-Senior Breakfast
2-7 Drama
*13-15 Junior Weekend and Mothers
Weekend
13 Junior Prom
14 All-Campus Sing
20- 21 Drama
21 Armed Forces Day
23- 28 Drama
30 Memorial Day Holiday
JUNE
3 Closed Period
6-11 Final Exams
12 Commencement.
the founders hud fallen Into an
old abandoned quarry one night
after a house dunce at Alpha
Chapter, and had been lifted out
the following morning by a der
rick. Everyone was crying by the
time the song ended.
“Beautiful,” the r u h h e e
sight'd. The house president
collapsed buck into a chair. A
young wouniii wus passing
among the multitude, anti she
stopped before the house presi
dent.
"Hold that stomach In," Hhe
snarled.
"The rushing posture chair
man." the house president ex
plained. “She’s really uh. lovely
but she gets this way during
rush week from having to holtl
everything in all the time.”
"What l think about this house
is." said the rushee, "that I real
ly feel at home here."
“Say,” said the house presi
dent, her eyes narrowing,
“aren’t you the one we dropped
yesterday? Are you sure you’re
supposed to Im> here? I thought
the standards chairman tlingcd
you because of the funny way
your ears hang down."
"I could have them lifted," said
the rushee hopefully.
"An imposter!" sputtered the
house president. "Girls, hustle
this wench out of here!” Several
brawny Hint**™ approached omin
ously.
“Don’t drop me!'' sobbed the
rushee. "I want to be one of you,
I want to be anchored in Quad
ruple Klu, I want to (dummy up
the ralnpipe to the sleeping
porch, I want to feel the rttual
IhIIc incense in my nostrils, I
want "
Liut she was out on the side
walk. On the outside, looking in.
■'It's those dirty Greeks," she
muttered, "all the time looking
at your ears. If it hadn’t been
for that springer spaniel on
mother’s side " and she sat
down on the curb and sobbed.
“They’ll deurly regret this,”
she hissed through her teeth,
“I’ll l»r huek, I’ll Join the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vaneeiuent of IVrsons In the
Improbable Predicament of
Having .Springer Spaniel Some
where up Their Fundly Tree,
I’ll come back a thousand
strong and break lids house.
They protmhly have a clause.
I’ll get their elnuse first and
then I’ll get them.”
Aral she ran, barking, down
the street, while from within the
Quadruple Eta House's latter-day
Parthenon could be heard the
house president rendering second
tenor on "Anchored in Quadruple
Kta."
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