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Queues Are Old Fashioned
After innumerable terms of deploring
lengthy registration lines and confusing reg
istration procedures, we were rather shocked
by Wednesday’s smoothly operating regis
tration.
The student affairs checking lines, even
including stops for insurance, parking stiek
ers and the Oregana, moved more rapidly
than any lines we remember. Knough tables
were set up and enough trained personnel
on hand to keep the lines moving with dis
patch.
At Emerald hall, the customary jam of
people trying to pay their fees as soon as
possible was not present, yet 1200 students
managed to complete their registration (in
cluding payments) bv Wednesday evening.
All of this with an increased enrollment of
nearly* eight per cent.
There still were a few bugs in the system.
First, the long lines of students waiting to
pick up their registration material. At 7:45
Wednesday* morning, the line stretched past
the Student Union ballroom, down the stairs,
through the fishbowl, outside to a point across
from Hendricks hall.
Would it not be possible for old -tudent'- to
pick up their material earlier? Perhaps a svs
tem such as is used at the University of Wis
consin could be used. There students are
assigned days to pick up their registration
material according to the first letter of their
surname.
A second point was the scheduling of ap
pointments with advisers, since the signa
ture of the adviser is needed on one of the
registration cards. We know of a number of
students who tried to make an appointment
with their advisers the week before regis
tration and were told that the advisers were
out of town.
The advisers were so busy by Wednesday
that it was impossible for some to schedule
appointments until later in the week, thus
delaying their registration. And we don’t
need to tell anyone who has ever registered
a few day*s late of the disadvantages in closed
classes and the lack of choice of instructors.
Traditionally the women's physical edu
cation lines have been a notorious bottleneck,
and if reports are true, they weren't much
better this year.. The English lines, however,
seemed much improved by separation. Most
departmental lines were greatly improved
over the frustratingly slow lines of spring
term. Most were open on time, most were
adequately staffed.
On the whole, the entire registration pro
cedure went much smoother, and we don't
think it was jnst because we’re old hands at
it now. We still have to walk up to Mac
Court when we re all finished to pick up an
athletic card. It sort of completes the campus
tour—a highlight of orientation week, where
by the student hikes from the SU to his
adviser, all around the quad, back to Emer
ald hall, and finally up to Mac Court. This
is after all, the age of decentralization. Hut
queues are old fashioned.—(S.R.)
\ Better Mousetrap
Some improvements in the usual rush of
registration were seen at the beginning of
the term, but perhaps the most noticeable one
was the all-new system of buying books in
the University Co-op store.
Compared to the old way of telling clerks
what books were wanted and then waiting
until they were gathered, the new “help
yourself” arrangement is much more desir
able.
The upper balcony of the store is >et up
so that students can circulate around the
shelves. Large -igns designate the sections.
I he books are then listed under course num
bers.
After the student has picked up his books,
he adds up the prices and then pays one of
the several cashiers.
This system allows students to look for
themselves at the books which the\ will be
buying. They can pick out new books or used
ones or they can just browse around.
During the first trial, much time was saved
by students just at the end of registration
when they were perhaps most tired of stand
ing in lines.
A step in the right direction, the new book
buying system might lead to other more con
venient arrangements making the whole
process of registration easier for everyone
concerned.—(A.H.)
Footnotes
With all of the orientation to ever\thing
else this week, it seems strange that no one
took time to teach Oregon’s new students
“Mighty Oregon." It took three tries at Wed
nesday night’s rally before the song was even
recognizable.
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
Sympathy of All Returned to U. S.
Upon Eisenhower's Heart Attack
By J. M. Roberts
Associated Press News Analyst
If there is ever any doubt as
to which world figure touches the
lives of most people, it is always
resolved when something happens
to the President of the United
States.
Business gasps, as reflected by
the American and British finan
cial markets Monday.
There is never any hesitation
in the outpouring of sympathy,
for the American President al
ways represents a nation w hich
has demonstrated its sympathy
for all mankind.
The impact of other rulers and
other governors of other states
varies from time to time. Some
rulers have become ill, and even
died, to the cheers of large sec
tions of the world. But not Amer
ica’s.
Two questions became upper
most when President Eisenhower
became ill on Saturday. Who
would run the government, and
what would happen^to his pro
gram if he is invalided for any
great length of time?
The answers are still specu
lative, much depending on just
how well the President gets
along.
There is no fixed precedent for
continuing the business of his of
fice when he is unable to do so,
nor any law about who can sign
for him. Heretofore, in the cases
of Garfield and Wilson, both of
whom were worse off while still
alive than Eisenhower appears to
be, the vice-president and the
White House staff muddled along
with the help of the cabinet,
which carried much of the re
sponsibility.
The present situation is fur
ther complicated, or at least it
could be complicated, by the
fact that there is a Republican
administration and a Demo
cratic congress. The record of
the Democratic congressional
leaders so far, however, sug
gests strongly that, the world
position of the nation being
what it is, they will not run the
risks attendant on muddying
the waters now.
The prospects are that govern
ment functions can rock along for
quite a while, with the President’s
policies being carried forward.
The absence of the President
from the world political scene at
this moment, however, cannot be
minimized. Since his trip to Gen
eva, he has replaced the free
world’s normal diplomatic func
tionaries as the figure to whom
people looked for the conduct of
negotiations with Soviet Russia.
There is, for instance, the matter
of America’s reply to Premier
Bulganin’s recent note about dis
armament. If made without the
President, it will lose much of its
weight.
The whole tenor of American
politics is of course changed by
the President’s illness. Regard
less of how well he recovers
now, It seems highly unlikely
that he will seek the second
term which many political ob
servers have been willing to
concede to him.
For a year now, the political
future will be even more uncer
tain than usual before an elec
tion, affecting confidence in the
continuity of American policy
both here and abroad.
Fundamentals 1
“WheiT do you buy your leoturds. Miss (ilommu "
College Capers ...
From Coast to Coast
By Bobbye Harris
Emerald Columnist
NKWS ON COLLEGIA CAM
PUSES all over the United
States is much the same this
week. Headlines welcome fresh
men. tell of new additions to the
campus, and remind students of
the same old rules that have to
be follower). However, we find a
few interesting sidelines tucked
in here and there.
• * •
AT OREGON STATE the "new
look” has even found its way into
the publications department.
"Our Year in Sound," an eight -
inch record of the corning year’s
activities will be a part of the
1956 Beaver, the school year
book. The long-play di>r , which
will be made up from tape re
cordings of campus events, will
be attached to the back cover of
the book.
DOESN’T THIS RHYME from
Louisiana State University pa
per. the Daily Reveille, have a fa
miliar ring?
Keeps me busy every minute
Oh, jolly registration!
For every line I stand in,
Has a hundred others in it.
* * *
A FRUSTRATED MOTORIST
from West Texas State College
had been trying to pa;;s n huge
truck for many miles. Every
time he tried to go around, the
truck driver increased his speed
or swerved slightly toward the
middle of the road. Finally, at a
stop sign, the motorist pulled
alongside the truck driver'll win
dow.
Well?" growled the truck dri
ver, glaring at th<* motorist.
"Nothing important." was the
reply. "I know' what you are. I
just wanted to see what one
looks like."
NOT RECOMMENDED a a
sure thing: Making an "A in
education was easy for a student
at East Texas State Teachers
college. The student was Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Krech. After
Mrs. Krech was absent on final
exam d.ay, her instructor told
her. "You had an 'A* average
anyway, because you have pro
duced mom in my class than any
other student." Mrs. Krech ; tve
birth to a child on examination
day.
• • •
vr rut: iNivuitsm of Tex
as, a three-month movement to
ward a new campus political
party has resulted in the found
ing of a University party.
According to the organizers,
the party will appeal to students
mature in thought, “not people
immaturely seeking personal
glorification.”
* * •
THE APPEARANCE of 50
high school bands was scheduled
for the first University of Kan
sas football game this fall. The
bands, guests of the university,
paraded downtown before the
game and presented half-time en
tertainment.
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