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by the editor; initialcd editorials by the associate editors.
JOE GARDNER, EditorJEAN SAN DINE, Business M^iT7i^7r
^DICK LEWIS, JACKIE \VARDEI l.. Associate Editors
PAUL KEEFE. Managing Editor_DONNA RUN HERO, Advertising Manager
JERRY HARRELL, News Editor_CORDON RICE, Sports Editor
Chief Desk Editor: Sally Ryan Office Manager: Hill Mam waring
Chief Makeup Editor: Sam Vahey Nat’l. Adv. Mgr.: Mary Salazar
Feature Editor: Dorothy Iler Circulation Mgr.: Rick Havden
Ass't. Managing Editor: Anne Ritchey Ass’t. Office Mgr.: Marge Harmon
Ass’t. News Editors: Mary Alice Allen, Layout Manager: Dick Roe
Anne Hill, Boh Robinson Classified Adv.: Helen R. Johnson
Ass’t. Sports Editor: Buzz NelsonMorgue Editor: Kathleen Morrison
A Time to Study
This week could very well be called the “week of disillu
sionment’’ for Oregon’s new students. The red carpet of
orientation has been rolled up and stored away until next
year; the exalted rushees are now just plain pledges; in
structors are already talking of term papers and midterms.
With some of the less serious aspects of college life behind
him, the Oregon student can now turn his mind to thoughts
of the “scholarly pursuits”—so often neglected in the first
few whirlwind weeks of campus activity. We are here to
acquire an education, and now is the time to begin that work.
How many of the University’s new students have located
the Library. Not very many, we’d venture to guess. But
they will be seeing a lot of that building in the months to
come.
We remember many dreary afternoons and long evenings
spent in the Library our first year at Oregon. At the time, we
hated almost every minute of it. Since then we have found
out that time spent in the library pays off, if not in elusive
A’s on the term report, then at least in that indefinable some
thing called the broadening of one’s mind.
How many of the freshmen, we wonder, have given any
thought to that term paper, which isn't due for “ages”—may
be even Nov. 15. Term papers, we’ve found, can be done in
the last two days before the deadline. They may even get a
good grade, but it’s not worth it.
How many of the new students (and old) have read those
chapters in the text assigned last week. Very few, we would
imagine. There’s plenty of time to do that—after the listen
ing party, after the trip to Berkeley, after the committee
meeting, after the coke date.
Studies aren’t the complete picture of college life. Attend
the games, dances and rallies. Go to the lecture assemblies.
Take in concert attractions. Not everything can be learned
from books.
But is there time to do all these things at once? Of course
not. An hour lost during these important weeks of classes
means two or even three extra hours of study during mid
terms, which aren’t more than three or four weeks away.
The solution is a careful ration of your time.
We can’t help but put it in the terms of the old cliche:
“You’re only cheating yourself ” Don't study now, party
every night, take in everything that’s offered on campus—
and have a good time winter term at the extension center
or in the army.
The Chimes Again
With the rapid changeover of editors on a campus daily,
it is extremely difficult for a college newspaper to follow a
consistent editorial policy. The Emerald, however, has been
fairly consistent in the past few years*in regards to its politi
cal views and its judgment of news value.
We do draw the line at one Emerald policy championed
by the previous two editors. We like the campus chimes
in the Student Union tower, and hereby reverse the Emerald’s
opposition to them.
The Emerald’s past editorial stand on the chimes was
based mainly on their placement in the SU. Editorial writers
last year claimed that the chimes were out of place in the
streamlined union building. We disagree. Whether in the
SU tower or basement of the faculty club, the chimes still
add something to the campus.
After the first few unharmonious blasts from the chimes
last spring, there were many criticisms of the tone and melody
of the bell sounds being sent out from the SU. Since then,
the chimes have mellowed (or have been adjusted), and
students are getting used to them.
The biggest advantage in the chimes is in their hourly
tolling. Theoretically, a student shouldn’t be counted late for
class until the last bong. And, take it from us, those extra
ten seconds or so can make all the difference in the world
in getting to class on time
Harold L. Enarson
To Head Commission
The appointment of Harold N.
Enarson as executive director of
the Western Interstate Commis
sion for Higher Education was
announced during the summer
by President Tom L. Popejoy,
of the University of New Mexico,
chairman of the commission.
Enarson replaces William C.
Jones, who resigned to become
University dean of administra
tion. The appointment went into
effect Aug. 15.
The new executive director is
a graduate of the University of
New Mexico, took his master's
degree at Stanford university
and his doctorate at American
university. He has taught at
100 Key Districts
To Decide Balance
In Coming Election
WASHINGTON- (AP) - Fewer
than 100 key districts are the
; political battleground on which
j Republicans and Democrats will
fight it out Nov. 2 for control
of the next House of Represen
tatives.
All of them are potentially
“upset” districts, unlike the re
maining areas which generally
elect about 180 Democrats and
165 Republicans year in and year
out.
Although all 435 House Beats
; are at stake in this year's vot
ing, political strategists are con
centrating on about 90 districts
with a political see-sew history.
In the 1952 election, most of
these key districts gave con
gressional winners victory mar
! gins of 5 per cent or less of the
total vote.
In these areas. Democrats ex
pect to make most of the 30 to
70 gains they are counting on
to recapture control of the
House. Republicans on the other
hand hope for 10 to 40 gains in
the same field.
Democrats need a minimum
net gain of 3 seats to reach the
218 required for a House major
ity. They have 215 in the pres
ent House, including 3 seats they
held which are now vacant.
Republicans hold 219 seats, in
cluding 1 vacancy.
And, because of a tradition
broken only once in 100 years,
some Republican leaders private
ly woulS settle right now to re
tain bare control.
Juvenile Officer Talks
On Service in Eugene
Louis Sherman, Lane county
juvenile officer will speak at 4
p.m. in the YMCA in the Stu
dent Union on “Probation and
Community Service for Students
in the Eugene Area.” There are
a number of openings in this
field in the area.
Also included in the discussion
will be a commentary on the
Skipworth detention home in
I Lane county. The meeting is open
! to all interested students.
Campus Briefs
• Seven girls and one boy
compose the list of infirmary
patients who were under the at
tention of medics Tuesday, ac
cording to hospital registration
forms. These students are; Pa
tricia Alexander, Marjene A.
Perry, Jean L. Sandine, Norma
J. Larsguard, Sharon Lee Mc
Cabe, Helen J. Talbot, Janet F.
O’Keil and James H. Silverthorn.
• An educational movie en
titled “Open City” will be shown
tonight in 138, Commonwealth,
at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. It is an
Italian film, starring Anna Mag
nani.
• A meeting of the Religious
Emphasis week council will be
held in room 319 of the Student
Union, Thursday noon.
0 The YWCA cabinet will
meet at noon in Gerlinger hall
Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Stanford and Whittier college,
Calif. From 19.M) to 19.12, Knur
son was a special assistant in
the executive offices of the White
House.
Also announced this summer
was the nppointmrnt of Frank
J. Van Dyke, to the commission
of Governor Paul Patterson. Van
Dyke, a Medford attorney ami
former speaker of the Oregon
House of Representatives, fills m
vacancy created by the death ol
State Senator Dean H. Walker
The new commissioner served
three years on the State Board
of Higher Kducation and was u
four-term member of the House
At the present time, he is alsc
a commissioner of Crater Lake
National Park.
SU Petitions Due
For Board Spots
Petitions for student Union
board vacancies are due Satur
day at noon, according to Andy
Berwick, assistant chairman of
the board.
Vacancies on the board are in
the college of liberal arts, law
school, business school, and grad
uate school.
Two-year-terms are vacant in
the liberal arts and business po
sitions. One-year terms must be
| filled In the law and graduate
schools.
Petitioners will be interviewed
by a Joint committee from the
| Student Union board and the
ASUO senate.
Head Emerald < 'lasslfledw
On CaniBUfi
with
MaxQhufean
(Author of *'Barofoot Ifoy With Chtok” otc.)
FOOTBALL THROUGH THE AGES
The football frenzy is upon us. But let us, in the mi<lst of this
pandemonium, call time. Let us pause for u moment of tranquil
reflection. What is this game called football? What is its history?
Its origins? Its traditions? These are not idle questions, for when
we have the answers we will appreciate even more fully, enjoy cve.i
more deeply, this great American game of football.
First of all, to call football an American game is somewhat mis
leading. True, the game is now played almost exclusively in America,
but it comes to us from a land fur away and a civilization long dead.
Football was first played in ancient Home. Introduced by Julius
Caesar, it became one of the most popular Homan sports by the time
of Nero’s reign. The eminent historiun Sigafoos reports a crowd of
MMCLDDXVI1I people at the Colosseum one Saturday afternoon
i to see the Christians play the Lions.
W'ith the decline of the Homan empire football fell into disuse.
The barbaric Huns and Coths preferred canasta. However, by the
I Twelfth Century A.IJ. football hud emerged from its twilight and
risen to its rightful place in the firmament of European pastimes.
The eminent historian Sigafoos reports that the whole continent
was in the grip of wild excitement in the year 1192 when the
Crusaders, under Freddie Barbarossn, journeyed all the way to
Damascus to play the Saracens in the Fig Bowl game. The Crusaders
squeaked through, 23 to 21, on a field goal by Dick Cocur de Lion
in the closing seconds of the game.
October 21, 1512, will ever remain a red letter day in the history
of football. On that day Ioonardo da Vinci, who has often b«*on called
"The Renaissance Man” la-cause of his proficiency in u hundred art*
and sciences, was painting a picture of a Florentine lady named
Mona Lisa Schultz. “Listen, Mona baby,” he suid as she struck a
pose for her portrait, “I keep telling you-don’t smile. Just relax and
look natural.
“But I’m wot smiling,” she replied.
“Well, what do you call it?” he said.
“Gee, I don’t know,” said Mrs. Schultz. “It’s just an expression,
kind of.”
"Well, cut it out,” said The Renaissance Man.
"I’ll try,” she promised.
And try she did, but without success, for a moment later the artist
was saying to her, “I.ook, Mona kid, I'm not gonna ask you again.
Wipe that silly grin off your face.”
“Honest to goodness. The Renaissance Man,” said she to him, "it’s
no grin. It’s just the way I look.”
“Well, just stop it,” said Leonard testily and turned away to mix
his pigments.
When he turned back to Mona Lisa and saw the smile still on
her face, he became so enraged that he seized the nearest object —
a casava melon, as it happened — and hurled it at her with all his
strength. Showing great presence of mind, she caught the melon arid
ran with it from the studio until The Renaissance Man’s temper
.should cool.
This was, of course, the first completed forward pass.
Another date dear to the heart* of all football fans in September 29,
1442. It was on this date, according to the eminent historian Sigufoos,
that a sixteen year old lad named Christopher Columbus tried out
for the football team at Genoa Tech. He failed to make the team
because he was too light. (He Weighed at that time only 12 pounds.)
And why, you ask, is this date - September 29, 1442 - so dear to
the hearts of all football fans? Because young Columbus was so
heartbroken at not making the^team that he ran away to sea. And
if that hadn’t happened, he never would have discovered America.
And if Columbus hadn’t discovered America, the world never would
have discovered tobacco. And if the world hadn’t discovered tobacco,
football fans never would have discovered Philip Morris - which, as
every fan knows, is the perfect companion to football. As Sigufoos,
the eminent historian, says, “Land’s sakes, I can’t even imagine
football without I hilip Morris. I’d sooner go to a game without my
raccoon coat than without my neat, rich tobacco-brown snap-open
pack of mild vintage Philip Morris Cigarettes which come in regular
or king-size at prices young and old cun afford. Lund’s sakes 1”
The end of football in Europe came with the notorious "Black Sox
nafd off tV,°fTT15-87’ '•I of the Pisa mob,
«h o ^ * Heidelberg Sabres to throw the champion
?o foofh^P tn Cha,;tr08 and M- ^'’Phyrs. It was a mortal blow
to football on the continent.
But the game took hold in the American colonies and thrived as it
had never thrived before. Which brings us to another date that
remains evergreen in the hearts of football lovers: December 16? 1771.
ha?horthTLdc^fnn-B I11 n pac£et loa<,(‘d wilh t,>a into Boston
harbor. I he cmonies had long been smarting under the English kimr’s
feelings ran hTjhXatl°n WHh°Ut "*""“**»they cailed it, and
When on December 16, 1771, the British ship docked at Boston a
semi-pro footbaU team called the Nonpareil Tigers, coached by
Samud (Swifty) Adams, was scrimmaging near the harbor "Como
Iaw’ red Sw,fty’ leein?the »hip.“uA dump the tea in the ocea^
With many a laugh and cheer the Nonpareil Tigers followed Swifty
aboard and proceeded to dump the cargo overboard in a wild lis
Epir«ThaC,a„b„a:d“:d ,mann"- “.1W swifty
kind of formation!” 1 dl"”P *“ ov«tb“"d- >-«*•. ««t into »omo
And that, fans, is how the “T” formation was born.
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