Ofmon Daily
EMERALD
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except examination and vacation periods, by the Student Publications Board of the Univer
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by the editor; initiated editorials by the associate editors.
JOE GARDNER, Editor
PICK LEWIS. JACKIE WAKDEI.I., Afwcmlf Editor.
JEAN SAND! XKBusiness Manager
PAUL KEEFE. Managing Editor
DONNA RUN BERG, Advertising Manager
JERRY HARRELL. News Editor
GORDON RICE, Shirts Editor
Chief Desk Editor: Sally Ryan
Chief Makeup Editor: Sam Vahcy
Feature Editor: Dorothy Her
Ass’t. Managing Editor: Anne Ritchey
Ass’t. News Editors: Mary Alice Allen,
Anne Hill, Bob Robinson
Ass’t. Sports Editor: Buzz Nelson
Office Manager: Hill Mainwanng
Nat’l. Adv. Mgr.: Mary Salazar
Circulation Mgr.: Rick Hayden
Ass’t. Office Mgr.: Marge Harmon
Layout Manager: Dick Koe
Classified Adv.: Helen R. Johnson
Morgue Editor: Kathleen Morrison
Colds and Their Causes
‘ There are 4000 students on this campus and 2000 of them
have colds.” This statement by a University nurse last week
might be a little exaggerated but it makes the point—if there's
one thing our University population has in common, it's a
cold in the head.
What causes colds? How do you cure them ? Where do they
come from ? How do you keep from getting them ? These cjues
tions asked of Dr. Fred Miller, director of the University
health service, were answered with a shrug of the shoulders
and “If I knew, I’d be famous.”
“We do know that you are more susceptible to colds when
you are undernourished or in a run down condition ... And
we know that the cold is caused by a vihus and usually lasts
about five days . •. But we know neither how to prevent a
cold nor how to cure one.”
The pills issued by the health service serve to lessen the
cold symptoms, not cure the colds, explains the doctor. The
common red pills are an anti-histamine and the white pills
contain aspirin and other drugs.
Penicillin will not cure a cold, according to Dr. Miller.
“However, we do use penicillin and other anti-biotics when
a student has a cold-plus.” The “cold plus” is defined as a
cold complicated by an infection in the ear, chest, throat, etc.
The doctor stresses the importance of treating such ailments
early and urges students with colds to report to the health
service for examinations.
Health service records show a clear jump in the number
of ailing students following a week of intense activity such
as rush week and Homecoming. For the most part it can
be traced directly to the abandonment of proper eating and
sleeping habits.
Studehts who spend their nights on cold, damp sleeping
porches are more likely to catch colds, says the doctor. Keep
the porches as dry as possible and wear warm dry sleeping
garments, Dr. Miller suggests
This all adds up to the conclusion that colds at the Uni
versity of Oregon are here to stay—at least for a while. About
the best we can do is try to eat and sleep fairly regularly—
and keep a box of kleenex handy.—(D.L.)
The Silent Ones
Critics of American college students have called us the
silent generation. We are inclined to agree with them.
In three weeks of publication this fall, the Emerald has
received not a single letter to the editor. Not a single dis
senting opinion, not even a concurring one.
Is what we say on the editorial page so piercingly analy
tical that there can be no question of its undoubted truth?
Even the most confident editorial writer wouldn’t buy this
. statement. Is our news coverage so complete and accurate
that there can be no complaint? We are flattered if it is.
Emerald editorial writers frequently stick their necks out
With the controversial opinions that appear on this page.
These opinions reflect the views of the writer and to some
extent those of the Emerald staff. They do not pretend to
reflect the opinion of the entire student body- „
Do you disagree with what we say in the editorial columns?
Write a letter to the editor and we will publish it, providing
it isn’t libelous or obscene. Scold us if you don’t like what
we’re doing with this paper, pat us on the back if you do.
Introduce some new topic we may have overlooked. But don’t
let Oregon students become part of that silent generation.
Letters to the editors may be submitted to the editor’s
office in Allen 301. Because of space limitations, letters
should be kept to a one page maximum, either typewrit
ten or legibly handwritten in ink.
We do require that all letters be signed—an unsigned letter
carries no weight, in our way of thinking, and won’t be used
to clutter up the editorial page. We stand by our opinions,
and we expect you to do the same. Names of letter writers
will be withheld upon request only rarely and only after the
request has been made in person to the editor.
Campus Briefs
0 Flv<> women mid one nmn,
Norma Larsgaard, Ernestine
Fisk, Marjorie J. Travillion,
Gwendolyn J. Ellis, Barbara
Bryan and Elliot Carlson were
confined to the infirmary Mon
day, according to hospital rec
ords.
0 Movies of the Orcgon-Cali
fornia football game will be
shown tonight in the Student
Union ballrom. Admission is free.
Narration will be given by a
member of the coaching staff,
according to Sandra Price Ren
nie, program director.
0 Inter-Varsity Christian fel
lowship meeting will feature
Rev. John Henderson, new asso
ciate pastor of First Baptist
church, tonight at 7 p.m. on the
second floor of Gerlinger hall.
The informal program will in
clude music, testimonies and de
votional thought.
0 Social chairmen of all fresh
men living organizations 'will
meet Thursday in Omega hall
at 4 p.m.
0 A meeting of all students
who are on pegged grades or
who have below a 2.00 grade
point average will be held today
at 4 p.m. at the Student Union.
0 All Phi Thetas are to meet
at Gerlinger hall at 5:30 tonight.
Members are to be in uniform.
0 The Young Democrats will
have their first meeting tonight
at 6:30 in the Student Union.
Everyone interested in helping
with the plans for the group’s
pre-election activities is urged
to attend.
0 Petitions for World Univer
sity service chairmanship are
due Monday, at 4 p.m. at the
YMCA headquarters.
0 Order of the O will meet
Wednesday noon at Sigma Chi.
All spring term lettermen are
asked to attend for initiation.
Homecoming plans will be dis
cussed.
0 A dinner meeting of all
freshmen dorm officers will be
held Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in
Carson hall. W. C. Jones, dean
of administration, will be the
speaker.
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P#id Advertisement
On Campus
with
MaxQhufaan
(Author of "Barrfoot Boy H’t'lA Chttk," otr.)
MY COUSIN HASKELL
I hnve a cousin named Haskell Krovney, a sweet, unspoiled country
boy, who has juat started college. A letter arrived from him this
morning which I will reprint here because 1 know that Haskell's
problems are so much like your own. liuskell writes:
Dear Haskell (he thinks my name is Haskell too),
I see that you are writing a column for Philip Morris cigarettes.
I think they are keen cigarettes which taste real good and which
make a pleasant noise when you open the pack, and 1 want to tell
you why 1 don’t smoke them.
It all started the very first day I arrived at college. I had just
gotten off the train and was walking across the campus, swinging
my cardboard valise whistling snatches of Valencia, Harney Google,
and other latest tunes, admiring statues, petting dogs and girls, when
all of a sudden I ran into this fellow with a blue jacket, gray pants,
and white teeth. He usked me was I a freshman. 1 said yes. He asked
me did I want to go places on campus, muke a big name for myself,
and get pointed at in fashionable ballrooms and spas. I said ye*. He
said the only way to make all these keen things happen was to
join a fraternity. Fortunately he happened to have a pledge card
on him, so he pricked my thumb and I signed. He didn’t tell me the
name of the fraternity or where it is located, but 1 suppose I'll find
out when I go active.
Meanwhile this fellow comes around every week and collect* hi*
dues which are $100. Lately he has been collecting $10 extra each
week. He says this is a fine because I missed the meeting. When I
remind him that I can’t go to meetings because I don't know where
the house is, he twists my arm.
I have never regretted joining the fraternity because it is my
dearest wish to be somebody on campus and get pointed at in spas,
but you can see that it isn’t cheap. It wouldn’t be so bad if 1 »lept
at the house, but you must agree that I can’t very well sleep at
the house if I don’t know where the house is.
I have had to rent a room. This room is not only hellishly expensive,
but it isn t the kind of room 1 wanted at ail. \V hat 1 was looking for
was someplace reasonably priced, clean, comfortable, and within easy
walking distance of classes, the downtown shopping district, the
movies, and my home town. What f found was a bedroom in the
home of a local costermonger, which is dingy, expensive, uncom
fortable, inconvenient, and I don’t even get to use the bod till six
0 clock in the morning when my Landlord goes off to mong his coster*.
Well, anyhow, I got 8ettl«»d and started going to clannoti. But fir*t
1 had to pay my tuition. This came to a good deal more than the
advertised rates. When I asked the bursar what the extra money
was for, he told me lab fees. M hen I said I wasn't taking any labs,
he said I was taking psychology which counted as a lab because
they used white mice. When I offered to bring my own mice, of
which there are plenty in my room, he twisted my arm.
So I paid the man and went to my classes wh-re 1 found that
all my professors had spent busy nuinmcrs writing brand nc*w t<?xt«
books. Over to the bookstore I went, saw the prices on the text
books, and collapsed in a gibbering heap. At length I recovered and
made indignant demands to speak to the proprietor, but they told
me the Brinks truck had already taken him home for the day. There
was.nothing for it but to buy the books. y
Next I turned to romance—and found it. Harriet, her name was—a
ibtPnnnHtrP,in^ glrV- Ik?i”tT*?,fid 1?<“r !eaninK aguinst the statue of
the Founder, dozing lightly. I talked to her for several hours without
effect. Only when I mentioned dinner did she stir. Her milky little
eyes opened, she raised a heavy arm, seized my nape, and dragged
™fn°5a£aqt y,,ht S'*"* ?al ed T>‘ TraP where everything was
WfnnfZ’ Shf,?rdt7?d Crw‘‘d Crab sirloin Chateaubriand
a BC“ttle °f french fr,e8 the french fry), an artichoke
(30* the.leaf), and compote (80* the prune). *
her norm*ntt^r t°rp,0r fr°m which 1 Could not rouse
her, no matter how 1 tried. I banged my glass with mv fork 1 did
i,owlCf rub°bedthehiand ?°Uth ATrica• 1 Pinched her huge pendulous
wSJd abnbddfinh«iiw h T*? c°T.dur?y Pant» together ... But nothing
worked, and finally I had to sling her over my shoulder and carry
°rm't0r!’' *° ™'1 *»“«»/ SvcrS
But it was not the jeers of bystanders that bothered me It was
the hernia. Fortunately, medical care for students is provided free
liketHX rav^aniesthe0!^1 aU Vhad to pay for were a fcw extras,
pe)® Sponges catgut 1 nlnfefrat,I{,? r°°m’ forcep8> hemostats, scal
pels, sponges, catgut, linens, towels, amortization, and nurses They
would not, however, let me keep the nurses. nurses, l nty
bo, dear, cousin, if you see me these days without a Philip Morris
cigarette, it is not because I don’t like Philip Morris cigarettes ?
do. I flip when I taste their mild rare vintage tobaccos WutTcan’t
afford cigarettes. I can’t even afford matches? what with frntern tJ
Well, m write you again soon. Keep ’em flying.
Yr. Cousin,
Haskell
(DMtS Hhulmnn. 1054
Thl8 column ^brought to you hy the makers of PHIIJP MORRIS
who think you would enjoy their cigarette.