Clipped, Bui Good
Students getting haircuts these days are really fretting
clipped. We are referring to the latest hike in the cost of living,
the $1.50 crewcut.
The raise has been in effect for only a few weeks .. just
long enough to nick returning students, bushy from the
summer.
Barbers say crewcuts are hard on equipment and also more
tiring on the arms. We fail to see why the few buzzes on the
top and sides put more of a strain on the barber than the
guy with the long hair who insists that his wave be cut
“just so.”
A more logical reason, it seems to us, is that with so many
of the male students on campus owning crewcuts, the raise
can’t help but mean a great increase in profit. To keep neat
the students with crewcuts have to keep their hair trimmed
more frequently than the long hair boys. More profit for the
barber.
Also the crewcut raise sets the stage for a general raise
in all haircut prices. So let’s fight!
We suggest a passive war based on either of the following
plans.
1. Get a Shag. This is a crewcut home trimmed with an
electric shaver. It gives that careless, mussed appearance so
popular with the contemporary campus woman.
2. Or try a Smoothie—cut it all off- After all shaves are
only $.75. Th£ shaved head, when waxed and shined, presents
a brilliant spectacle—(D.L.)
Remember the Mate
If you're a non-student married to an Oregon student you
can't sit with your husband (or wife) at football games. In
fact, you probably can’t even go to those football games.
You can’t go because, if you're like most married student
couples we know, your budget doesn't allow $1 or $2 for a
ticket several times during the term.
We don’t see much sense in this, especially not being able
to sit in the student section even if the non-student in the
family does buy a ticket.
We know lots of wives who are working while their hus
bands finish school, and these gals like football just as much
as any student. But they like to sit with their husbands w hen
they go to games. It’s not much fun for them to sit alone in
the general admission section.
Why not a special ticket for wives of students that would
admit them to the student section? If that would hurt the Ore
gon no-pigging tradition, then assign a special section for
married students if they so desire.
And we think this special ticket should be reduced in
price. Not that we’re advocating a “let everybody in free”
policy. We realize the athletic department has to make
money in order to continue the athletic program, but we
don’t think a reduced price for a married-to-a-student ticket
would cause much of a loss in revenue.
It might, in fact, make some money for the athletic depart
ment. People who now stay home because they can't afford
a ticket or can’t sit with their wives or husbands might go
to the games. A reduced price also might cut down on the
borrowing of athletic cards from student friends. The athletic
department doesn’t make a cent on these people. Perhaps
they’d make more by charging less.
We think it’s worth consideration.—(J.W.)
Southern Cal?
“They play the ‘unbalanced line’—I heard none ot
an IQ over 40.”
’em have
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-A DAY AT THE ZOO
Date-less Friday Night
Or, A Tale of a Token
Late on the evening of Oct.
15, 1878 .during the administra
tion of Rutherford B. Hayes, the
young ladies of Miss Mathilde
Embossograph's Seminary for
Young Women of Good Family
were spending a quiet evening
in the parlor of Patience House.
Now, even in 1878, there were
livelier wavs of whiling- awav
Friday evening
.than sitting in
the parlor
scratching back
at the horsehair
sofa. Indeed,
only an hour
before. Miss
Aerie Persilfl
age had hoisted
nerself and her
twenty - nine
crinolines into
a cut-down surry; and, with a
chaperone and a male escort oc
cupying whatever space was
left, had departed for an eve
ning of living it up on the quad.
But back in Patience House,
quietude settled. Miss Mchitable
Amaranths Glarkbustle had chal
lenged the other ladies to a
game of old maid. But the other
ladies had no sporting blood, so
they just sat there digesting
what was left of dinner.
"What we need,” said Mehi
table Amaranths Glarkbustle,
"are chaperones and male escorts
and surreys.”
“And twenty-nine crinolines,"
someone added.
“I was reading this book,”
said a third lady. “This book
says there’s this new concept
coming up called PERSONAL
ITY. Pretty soon you won’t
even have to be beautiful to
get male escorts, or have
twenty-nine crinolines. You
just get this Personality thing,
and you’ve got it. They heat
a trail to your door, they sit
outside on their haunches,
howling.”
“It sounds like something no
nice girl would care about,” said
Miss Mehitabel. “I been think
ing, I been getting this idea about
a substitute for male escorts.
We’ll band together and form
this secret association—” by this
time everyone was sitting on the
edge of the horsehair sofa “and
we’ll have meetings on Friday
nights and have ritual and in
cense and pretty speeches, and
everybody will cry.”
“We-ell.”
“The big advantage, see, is we
don't let nobody but nice girls
in. Nobody that goes lining it up
around on the quad Friday night
after Friday night. None of these
light-headed dissipaters.”
“Like you-know-who,” said
lady number four, winking rogu
ishly.
“Here, how about this,” said
Miss Mehitable, and she sat
down and wrote the following:
“We the undersigned maiden
ladies, being of good reputation
and damned few interesting
prospects, do in a decorous
desperation band together' for
the purpose of propagating
ritual and gentle tears. Let it
be known that we intend to
call ourselves ALPHA CHAR
TER, and that whomsoever
shall follow will have to be
Befta chapter and lump it. Wit
ness the following signatures:”
And there were five following
signatures. Everyone added sev
eial middle names, just to fill up
the bottom of the page.
When Miss Aerie Persiflage
came back to Patience Hall at u
devil-may-care hour (my stars!
nine!) she was greeted with u
cold, exclusive silence.
"Barb!" growled one lady.
“Us Greeks is the backbone
of the campus," said Mias Me
hitable.
Miss Aerie found that nl
somewhat mystifying. On the
following Monday, all the five
ladies of the herse-hair-sitting
set, who now wore pink and gold
ribbands proclaiming I AM A
FOUNDER traipsed down to the
local photography parlor and had
their picture taken as a group
And on Tuesday, the ladies began
wearing Omaha streetcar to
kens on their gently palpitat
ing bosoms.
“These is pins,” explained
Miss Mehltable to Miss Aelre.
“All us Quadruple Etas has In
i tinted ourselves, and now
these here badges let every
body damhed well know about
It." By this time Miss Aerie,
as you might well Imugine,
was saying to herself, what
are male escorts, anyway,
what 1 need Is a pin from
Quadruple Eta. At dinnertime,
she sat at one end of the table,
while the Founders sa't at the
other end singing:
“Lively girl, your pin from
Omaha,
(Weat it always, except when
you're in the rawi,
Proclaims to all the Seminary
Campus
You ain’t just any girl, rur
of the pampas,
But are instead an elite pupil
Anchored, fast in Eta, Quad
ruple.
During November Miss Aerie
Persiflage died of a heart broker
by envy. Her male escort and hi*
surrey were seen no more. But
Quadruple Eta continued on
somehow; and clear across the
nation, on another night, another
group of long-faced Lizzie*
formed BETA CHAPTER, and
set about memorizing the fifteen
middle names of Mehitabl*
Glarkbustle. And Beta Chapter
begat Gamma, and Gamma begat.
Delta, and after a while there
was no stopping them. All acros*
the nation, young ladies in sem
inaries were singings-“Anchored
in Quadruple Eta." The picture
of the founders multiplied, also;
and it graced the living rooms
of the chapter houses, to the de
light of house presidents and
the horror of a new generation
of male escorts.
And Omaha sold the design of
the streetcar token to a certain
L. G. Balfour, who started set
ting small pearls around the
rims and charging mightily for
them. Although there is still
some demand for male escorts on
Friday nights, that is only be
cause chapter meetings lare now
on Monday.
Today's Staff
Makeup editor—Paul Keefe.
Copy Desk, Sally Ryan, Marcia
Mauney and Marna Gehrmari.
Night Staff—Valerie Hersh,
Mollie Monroe, Mary McCroskey!
and Shirley Parmenter.
• Letters...
■ ...to the Editor jj
Home, Sweet Home
Emerald Editor:
Since I can find nothing: to
complain about at college, I
would like to extol the virtues
of dormitory living.
For nearly u month now, I
have called Carson Hall home.
The monstrous brick building
Is yet too new to have a mel
low covering of ivy. It Is a
very Imposing structure—tow
ering above Its green lawns,
multicolored shrubs and fts Il
lusion of a shark filled moat.
Hut enough of Its architectural
features; It Is the homey feel
ing that pervades the souls of
all the girls that really makes
Carson a home.
Every night we are tucked
Into our rooms by our congen
ial counselors. Of course, if we
are not In when tucking time
comes, we are given a demerit.
These demerits arc really just
harmless little bugaboos. It takes
the whole sum of nine to make
you eligible for expulsion.
Many of the girls make at
tractive little decorations for
their rooms. A cleverly con
structed spider hangs In the
doorway of one room. It blends
In so natilrully with the cob
webs.
Yes. "Home, Sweet Home” and
Carson Hall ure becoming sy
nonymous terms for all the girls
in Carson.
Sally Jo Cufnn
Auction Petitions
Due Next Tuesday
Petitions for chairmanships of
the AWS-sponsored Auction are
being called for by the AWS ad
visor of the event, Marcia Mau
ney.
Needed for the annual auction
of sorority pledge classes to be
held Friday. Oct. 29, are; gen
eral chairman, publicity chair
man, handling posters and fly
ing speeches, contact chairman,
arranging for use of Student
Union and contacting all pledge
classes about the event, and col
lection chairman, to organize the
rummage also to be auctioned.
Petitions may be obtained from
the A8UO box on the third floor
of the Student Union and re
turned there by the deadline,
Tuesday. Chairmanships are open
to any interested University
women.
T
Amphibs Pledge
Wpmen Swimmers
Thirty-five outstanding swim*
mers were chosen as pledges in
Amphibians, women’s swimming
honorary, at tryouts held last
Monday night. They are being
notified this week by invitations
from the organization to the
pledging ceremony to be held
Monday, Oct. 25.
President Olivia Tharaldson
announced the girls unable to try
out Monday /ind still wishing to
do so may meet Monday, Oct. 18
from 7 to 7:30 p.m. at Gerlinger
pool.
Organization of the different
groups to participate in the an
nual water show to be presented
winter term will begin immedi
ately following the pledging
ceremony.
WRA Volleyball Game
Planned With Beavers
Plans were formed by the
WRA cabinet Tuesday for a vol
leyball playday with women of
Oregon State college. Oct. 30 was
the date set for the event, with
games to be played from 10 to
12 a m.
President Nikki Powell invites
all interested women to contact
volleyball chairman Pam Rabens,
who will organize the games for
the playday.
Head Emerald Classifieds