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Hi Dad!
Welcome to the Oregon campus, Dad!
We hope you enjoy your brief stay on the
campus. Students have been busy planning
and working for this weekend for quite
some time.
On the schedule for the weekend are two
basketball games, the Dads’ Day luncheon,
a business meeting of the Dads’ club, and
a barbershop quartet contest.
Members of living organizations have
been busy building signs to help roll out
the welcome mat.
We hope you’ll have a chance to look
around the campus, meet some of our in
structors and get a glimpse of 1955 campus
life.
If it’s your first visit as an Oregon Dad,
you 11 have a lot to see. If you’re an old
timer, you'll probably want to spend some
time revisiting old favorite spots.
Those of you who spent your own col
lege days here will be amazed to see how
the campus has grown.
However you spend the day. Dad, we’re
glad to have you here and we hope you'll
enjoy your stay.
Groundwork Laid
The groundwork has been laid. Chair
men have been chosen and the initial fi
nancing has been arranged. Definite prepar
ation for the Canoe Fete should begin.
Much time and effort have gone into the
planning of the Fete and there is now a
sound basis on which to make commitments.
Much of the credit for the work accomp
lished should go to Hob Schooling and Jim
Light, co-chairmen of the steering commit
tee for the event. Schooling and Light have
spent many hours contacting students and
faculty members for ideas and suggestions,
and the results they have produced are well
worth commendation. Many others have
worked on plans for the Fete hut these two
deserve special mention.
A large job is still ahead for the steering
committee and committee chairmen. They
must develop a large organization which
can handle all of the details of such an
event, plan an outstanding program and
sell the idea to townspeople and the people
of the state. A selling job hardly seems
necessary on the part of the University
student.
'l'he Campus is waiting to see Oregon’s
1955 Canoe Pete. Many students are willing
and waiting to work for it.
The groundwork has been laid—the rc->t
is up to us. Let’s make it a good one.
—(P .K.)
Footnotes
Add to the list of projects-designed-to
annoy people the opening of fire hydrants
and the cackling drivers who speed through
the ensuing sheets of water to splash stu
dents.
!■■■■■—lMiimnniiimniiii
Letters to the Editor
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Oregon Spirit
Emerald Editor:
Let's face it, the state of Ore
gon’s spirit is poor; it is espec
ially poor at the athletic con
tests. This condition, in my be
lief, is not due to the inability of
the present rally members, but
rather to the system which tra
dition has forced them to use.
Changes can be made in the sys
tem which will help improve
spirit — in particular, student
spirit at athletic contests. For
this reason, I address these pro
posals to the students in general
and the rally board in particular.
First: abolish the selection of
feminine members to the rally
squad The purpose they serve is
twofold: to arouse whistles and
cheers of admiration for the as
sets of womanhood from the men
and to arouse envious stares and
remarks from the women. An
athletic contest is just that -not
a floor show. The women belong
in the stands if they are not
competing.
Second: select only one male
as the yejl leader. Student
seating is such in both the
football and basketball games
that it is not necessary to
have more than one leader to
direct the cheering. The prob
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
Ike Outlines China Aim
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Aanalyst
Stalemate has been the over
whelming pattern in the East
West conflict, and President Eis
enhower referred to the word
Wednesday as though it might fit
his expectations with regard to
Formosa.
Stalemate would mean a return
to the situation of several months
ago, with a lot of words but few
bullets passing back and forth.
It would mean a ceasefire with
out any agreement on a cease
fire.
It would mean a recognition by
Red China of the fact that pur
suit of her intent to invade For
mosa would involve payment of
too high a price, the price of war
with the United States.
It would mean recognition by
Nationalist China that the United
States will not support the Chi
ang Kai-Shek dream of an in
vasion of the mainland.
Both sides would lose by it.
The Reds would lose face, in that
they would be backing down
from their promise to take For
mosa. The West would lose much
of the deterrent effect of Chiang
Kai-Shek’3 poised forces, repre
senting a threat to the Reds if
they deploy their troops for new
military adventures, such as in
Burma or Thailand.
Thus, in effect, stalemate would
mean the avoidance of an imme
diate war threat while increas
ing the danger of later war
threats.
This is a procedure which has
become recurrent ever since the
Berlin blockade and the fall of
Czechoslovakia. There is little
doubt that it is a consistent part
of Communist policy. It began
with the idea that it would en
courage economic upheavals upon
which the Communists could cap
italize in their hope of world con
quest, and continues as a part of
both political and military strate
gy
For instance, at this moment,
although President Eisenhower
reiterates his adherence to his
plan to reduce the size of the
Army, the Formosan situation is
having an effect in Congress,
where there is a strong tendency
to keep up peak defense prepara
tions despite the expense.
As the President contends,
there is certainly no implication
of appeasement in the search for
a certain type of coexistence, or
“two Chinas,” as some refer to it.
J**m of timing and co-ordina
tion between leader* in direct
ing. the yell* would then not
be present. Also, the male sec
tion would tend to have more
respect for one person who
ctiold do an effective job of yell
leading. This last point is im
portant in solving the spirit
problem.
Third: use discretion in choos
ing the yells and instruct the
students in how to yell so as to
get the loudest and most spirit
producing results. Yells should
be selected which will allow the
cheerers to produce loud, abrupt,
staccato-type noises. This type
of yell makes the most noise and
is easiest to direct and bring out.
For instance, when cheering for
the ball-players at the beginning
of the contest, don't stumble and
mumble over a name, like Loscu
toff—rather come out with a
loud RAH! The spirit producing
noise is what we are after.
Fourth: (this pertains to
basketball season) have the
single yell leader seated some
where in the first row of the
MEN'S SIDE. After all the
men are supposed to be the
real “lusties” in the cheering,
not the women. Again, the men
would much rather see him sit
ting with them than with the
women.
There are more suggestions,
but I personally believe they
would go a long way in inflating
the deflated Oregon Spirit. If
this plan was adopted and the
yell leader selected on his ability
to recongnize the timing of yells
so that the natural spontaneity
of the students could be caught,
then I think that the position of
Yell King on this campus would
once again gain the prestige it
once carried. He would be looked
on as having guts and ability and
the men of Oregon would quit
feeling like they were different
if they yelled — Oregon spirit
would be something to be proud
of at any contest, well attended
or not. And when the "Aggies”
come over we would cram it
right down their throats!”
Alex Byer
CAMPUS COMMSNT
Rigid Requirements
For Dates Outlined
By S«m Frvar
Emerald Calumnitl
Every now and then a girl has
to swallow her pride and break
Miss Emily Post'a rigid rules of
ettakett and aggressively seek
male companionship. This is fre
quently done around here when
she has a go-between to be ag
gressive for her.
And consequently, for oh-so
many reasons, a men's organiza
tion will get a call and a timid
voice will ask for the social
chairman. Pity this poor individ
ual. The caller is asking him "if
some fellow over there would
like a date for the dunce this
Saturday."
naturally, me
-naleless girl is
‘‘awfully cute"
and all the oth
er “girl* Juat
love her,’’!
The nodal
^chairman In
cautious b u t
being a uoci
ible# social
chairman h e
«ays he will
check.
He shouldn't bother. The first
guy he asks will answer. "Uh-uh.
Joe. I ain't gonna get stuck with
no pig. I gotta know what she
looks like first."
Or If they don’t want to
know what she looks like they
want to know If she's short or
tall. If she drinks, or whether
she likes to neck. If she's built,
or whether she has a car.
Or else the guy will get out his
handy-trusty Oregana and find
her picture. Upon finding out she
in no Mis* Solar System candi
date, ho proudly bellows, "Holy
cow, Joe. Mo go out with that
pig? What are you trying to do
to me?"
Well, thin guy probably haun t
had u date nince the last Duck
Preview weekend when mime
high school senior (glrli frit
sorry for him. To listen to most
of these guys suns girl-friends,
you’d think they were a Clark
Gable or (ugh) a Tony Curtis.
Some sort of a greek god with
a Charles Atlas build and a crew
cut.
They usually picture them
selves as woman killers of the
first degree. To hear them talk,
only a Klizabeth Taylor or (ughi
a Marilyn Monroe Is good enough
for them.
Well, Just about (HI per cent
of these guys have got some
awful sad news corning. If they
are good looking und Woman
killers, they sure ha\e it writ
disguised. Iteally well hidden.
Most of these guys should Jump
literally leap when the old
social chairman comes around
and asks. "Hey, you want a
date ?'•
No, they ain’t gonna get stuck
with no beast and so the social
chairman trots back to the phone
and sadly informs the aggressive
go-between that "all the fellows
over here already have dates for
the dance.”
Yeah, they’ve got dates. With
their roommates.
And some Friday and Satur
day nights, the two of them have
a red hot game of gin rummy
over a bottle of warm coca-cola.
Ducks vs. Huskies?
...
“Boy you fouled him THAT time.”
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