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If You Have The Money—
A real entertainment treat is in store for
the large crowd expected to attend the Ore
gon club’s variety show in McArthur court
Saturday night. Seldom anywhere, especial
ly in the Northwest, does such an array of
performers appear in one show.
An added feature for fans who are some
what reluctant to pay prices up to $3.50 is
that profits will go for a good cause: money
made on the show will go towards a fund to
help lure prospective athletes to Oregon.
In trying to bring future athletes to the
campus, the athletic department runs into
Pacific Coast conference rules that call such
activities “illegal recruiting.” But the PCC
does approve of organizations like the Ore
gon club which raise money to equip their
alma maters with more athletic talent. Thus
all profits will be used to finance the trans
portation and entertainment on campus of
future athletic stars.
The show is advertised as having $100,000
worth of talent. Apparently this is the
amount this group would make per week
since the Ritz Brothers were receiving $25.
000 a week recently for their comedy antics
at the fabulous Flamingo hotel in Las Vegas.
Connie Haines is one of the top female vocal
ists in thecoifntrv, and the Hoozier Hotshots,
those masters of homemade music and inter
nationally famous, are a show in the’mselves.
With this much talent on tap. it must have
cost the Oregon club plenty. The^ rates are
therefore high. $eats as low as $K50are avail
able, but it is hard to appreciate stage acts
when one is sitting high in the stratosphere
of the Mac Court balconies.
The high prices may keep away many
students, who have already gone through
a hectic week of paying out fees for countless
causes like rushing, tuition and books. And
we also believe the scheduling could have
been better. This show is supposed to bene
fit the University in the long run, but why
hold it on a date when a free all-school dance
has been planned as a climax to Orientation
week ?
We sincerely Lope that enough people
come and enough profit is made so the show
can be pointed to as having been a real bene
fit to its purpose. Certainly the show is worth
the price of admission—if you have it. (J.C.)
Iwo-ror-Une
Well, freshmen, you’ve been at Oregon for
almost a full week and by now should be
getting at least a little better acquainted with
college life. Naturally, a little confusion about
certain things will remain an obstacle for a
while longer, but on the whole you are pretty
well oriented.
Saturday night's “Hello Dance" will mark
the end of your colossal orientation week
activities and will also set the stage for the
start of a much more important part of the
college program, Monday’s classes.
No doubt in your first week as a Duck you
have begun to get the idea that, besides the
confusion of registration, college life is one
big bundle of fun. No Mom or Dad to put any
limitations on what you do, nothing in par
ticular to do during your spare time but loaf,
um boy, what could be better?
But after Monday you will find everything
a little bit different. Of course it will still
seem pretty nice. College classes are not like
those you had in high school when it was
the same routine each day. In college you
will find that, at least on a couple days a week,
you will have a relatively light schedule and
plenty of free time. Although many of you
may not realize it yet, what you do with those
free minutes, hours or days is going to make
a big difference in just how well you fare
in college.
The first big mistake that many freshmen
make is in taking their classes too lightly.
In high school you did little, if any, outside
studying for your courses. In college it’s dif
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ferent. You are going to have to put
in at least some outside studying to get the
true value out of the course and to he able to
pass the subject and final exams which will
be given in the individual courses.
Somewhere in one of the many manuals
that float around on the campus it specifically
states that every student should put in two
hours of outside study for every hour spent
in the classroom. We might as well be frank
about it. It is a rare student indeed who truly
follows this rule. On the other hand, it is
also a rare student, doing very well in col
lege. who doesn't put in some outside work
on his or her courses.
The first question that comes to mind is.
“If hardly anyone follows this two-for-one
suggestion, why i> it even mentioned?” Well,
freshmen, believe it or not. it is mostly for
you. 'Phe suggestion is made in hopes that it
will be an ;ud in getting you started on the
right foot academically.
If you stop and think about it for a minute,
we think you will agree with us that the rule
is rather meaningless. It doesn’t take long
to figure out that, because of the differences
in individual intelligences, what one person
can accomplish in 15 minutes it w ill take an
other two hours to do and still another slower
person three or four hours. $q, where does
that leave you a- a freshman starting out?
We will be the fir-t to admit that it rather
leaves you in the dark. The only way for von
to find out just how long it takes you to finish
the manual-stated two hours of work is to
try it. It shouldn't take you more than half of
your first term in school to figure it out. You
will soon see whether you are fast, just aver
age or slow in getting your work done. Then
you will know how much time you will have
to devote to studying.
Upperclassmen will probably laugh at us
for suggesting this, but w e are going to any
way. Why not try the two-for-one formula
for a couple.of weeks, see how it works out,
then set your own study schedule. One thing
we can guarantee you : if you start out using
the "two-for-one" you are just about certain
to get off to a good -tart as tar as your classes
are concerned.—(II. R.j
Two Weeks
While tin’s was Orientation week on the
Oregon campbs, another week. Constitution
week, received more attention throughout
the nation.
Somehow, the two weeks belong together,
however coincidental it may be, for each
marks a beginning long planned, with an eye
to the future.
Plans for Orientation week go on all year,
with a final flurry at the end of spring term
and again late in the summer. Plans for the
constitution of our country were made for
years before the convention of delegates
adopted it according to the February 1787
resolution of the congress of the confed
eration on September 17, 1787. It did not take
effect, however, until March 4, 1789, when it
had been ratified by the conventions of sev
eral states.
In 1959, the graduation year for most of
those going through this year’s Orientation
week, the constitution will be 170 years old—
nearly a century older than the University
itself.
F'or 166 years now’, students have been
learning “We, the people of the United States
in order to form a more perfect union . .
For over a century and a half they have en
joyed the free climate of a democratic gov
ernment, with a guarantee of freedom of
speech for the erudite and the unlearned
alike.
The preservation of these rights is the in
dividual responsibility of each citizen, more
particularly, of each student. We must main
tain and preserve for the generations yet to
come the great American heritage of indi
vidual liberty, national security and inde
pendence.—(S.R.)
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Rush Week?
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I don’t know what kind of a line the siKn>i Phi Nothlncn kI\«
tholi rnfthoen, hut year alter M ar tin y nr**in to snutch away th’ Ixott
boys.
GUEST COLUMN
To Join or Not to Join
Bv Kent Dorwin
IFC President
Ktutor’s Not**: Dorwin will
explain more al>nut rushing pro
ceduros for fraternity tuthrr*
at the IK rush assembly Sun
day, at 7 :.30 p.m., In the Stu
dent I nion hailroom.
Rush week, that maze of hand
shakes and fraternity talk, is rap
idly approaching. To the fresh
man man, this could be one of
the most significant weeks of his
life. He’ll find that the choice of
a fraternity initiates a lifelong
obligation. To join ? Not to join ?
What to join ? This is probably
the first big decision many col
lege freshmen make in their life.
Well, what about the many
questions the freshman will
have concerning Kush week.
For instance, why choose a fra
ternity? Fraternities offer the
best in college group living.
College men have the opportun
ity to live, play and study to
gether. They learn the art of
getting along... of giving and
taking. Out of these fraternity
associations develop rich, life
long friendships.
What is Rush week ? This is
the week that, rushees (freshman
men) get acquainted with the
Oregon fraternities. Rushees will
sign up to visit different fraterni
ties of their choice. While going
through Rush week, rushees must
visit at least three different hous
es, but it is to their advantage to
visit as many houses as possible.
Rush week officially starts with
the Inter-fraternity council rush
assembly Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Student Union ballroom. The
entire Rush week sign-up and
date precedure will be discussed
and any and all questions will be
answered. Monday will be sign-up
<Jay in the 8U. On Tuesday, rush
ing swings into high gear with
dates at all houses on campus.
What is pledgingThis I* the
period during which pledges pre
pare for incinlicrshtp. The
pledges will l»e npertsd to learn
thnruughi) the history mid prin
eiples of tiie fraternity. During
the period of pledgit g, the bond
In tween the pledge anil the ae
tive member grows and the
pledge Is oriented to house pro
cedure and existing rules. \l the
end of the ph-dgrship period
(one term proiiding at least a
‘f average is attained) the
pledge is evaluated by the mem
bers and Is considered for mem
bership.
What is a national fraternity?
A national fraternity is connect
ed through national headquarters
to other Chapters on college cam
puses all over the United State*.
For the individual fraternity man.
this means that he is associated
through the fraternity with tens of
thousands of his fraternity bi oth
ers all over the world.
Should I choose a large or
small house? This, of course
is a major problem and can lies!
he answered by the Individual
rushee. He should make sure
that the house Is not so big that
tl»e spirit of group ll\ing is lost,
lint that it is big enough to sup
ply tiie manpower for various
earn pus activities.
It is our sincere hope that you'll
itart thinking very seriously about
Rush week and the choice of a
fraternity. We feel fraternity life
offers many benefits the rushee
can take advantage of. We want
you to explore the Oregon fratern
ity system and visit as many
houses as possible. We want to
meet each and every one of you!
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