+ EMERALD EDITORIALS + Glorified Greeks Official rush weeks are over, for both men’s and women’s houses. There are lots of bright, shiny pledge pins now being worn by smiling freshmen faces. And there are a lot of freshmen without these pledge pins. Some of them wouldn't take one for anything, for they are com pletely against the Greek system. But some of them would like them, and went through rushing periods for the ex press purpose of acquiring one. They dropped out of rushing, for some reason or another, and now they are part of the cam pus majority—the Independents. All entering freshmen, regardless of whether they were registered for rushing, received some specific orientation on Greek living. And most have had some informal knowledge of it, too, through contacts with parents’ friends and with relatives who were Greeks. Some of this information was correct, and gave them the right idea—but some of it, undoubtedly, was misleading. Greek living, regardless of information given about it, is just that—living. It’s group living, and all of the sentiments and song-singing and bond-pledging are inci dental to its purpose. Any handbook of any Greek house will give the purposes of the fraternity. They always stress scholarship and good campus orientation above all else for their members. Independent students can live up to these ideals as well as Greeks—maybe even bet ter, according to the individuals. College is, after all, a period of individual adjustment to the environment—adult life as well as campus life. There are many an swers to the question of where to best find this adjustment. Maturity, or adjustment, is a very per sonal, private matter. For some it is found best in Greek houses, and for some it is not to be found there at all. Those students left off the pledge lists should keep in mind that they are, first of all, students of the Univer sity and even above that, individuals in their own right. Pledges of Greek houses are told this by upperclassmen in their particular house. Independents can and will find it out for themselves. It is to be hoped these Inde pendents won’t glorify the Greek system even more than Greeks themselves do. —(A.R.) Ur essed tor Silence W hy do the Oregon students wear such dressy outfits to football games? We’ve always had the understanding that the students who occupied the cheering sec tions were there primarily to cheer, and watch the game. It would seen}, to us that the natural attire for such activity would be casual campus clothes, cords and sweat ers for the men and skirts and sweaters for the women. Before the game, an announcement was printed in the Emerald stating that the women were to wear wool dresses or sweat ers and skirts; and the men were to wear It slacks. These clothes seem very sensible, considering tlie cool night air, and they wouldn’t seem to throw a damper on cheer ing spirits. But even after such an announcement, the average student shows up in either a suit or sport coat; very uncomfortable for yell ing and very susceptible to getting dirty, which further tones down the student. 'Phis is the reason the men showed such reluct ance to defend our goal posts against Wash ington. Perhaps there are parties afterwards;* perhaps the women are more readily ac cepted into the Portland night clubs if they are "dressed up.” But we’re sacrificing one awful lot of spirit and noise just to be dressed up for a party after the game is over. This is just another example of the Ore gon student’s pseudo-sophisticated attitude, which seems to remain aloof and independ ent from being a part of an organized activ ity. Students say, “To yell at football games is high schoolish. We go to Oregon now, which is called the Country club, and we’re too grown up to cheer for our team.” If such is true at a Country club, we don’t want to be called one anymore.—(S.V.) It's No Secret Mention college athletics today, and the man on the street immediately shudders and automatically thinks (if the big, black monster that seems to be a necessary evil in this business of higher education. And well it might remain a monster, for there is a cloak of secrecy that seems to >ur round its big business type operation. One policy of the Oregon Athletic department is aimed at tearing away part of this cloak, however. 1 his fall, for the seventh year since Leo Harris took over as athletic director, the department released a financial statement for the preceding school year. And even bet ter, Oregon's athletic big business shows a nice operating profit, as it has every time since the policy began, according to Ted Bouck, athletic business manager. In spite of the fact that Oregon loses money on all sports except football and bas ketball (this is expected, Bouck says, “We just hope that we ll lose less than usual,”), radio and television rights and the income from the two profit sports more than make up for other losses. The profit from the year’s operation may be helping to make more successful athletic teams, but the important item is that it is giving many men who would probably not otherwise be able to attend college, the opportunity to do so. And it’s proving that though this business of collegiate athletics may be big, it’s not losing money at Ore gon.—(C.H.M.) Footnotes If you think things are mixed up around here, how about Oregon State college’s Department of Confusion. We don’t know if it really exists, but a letter from India came to the college library with that ad dress on it. Letters to the Editor Emerald Editor: Please no more short pants. Those who attended the game Saturday at Portland were probably as much surprised as I was to see the boy cheer leaders wearing short pants. The yell leaders and their ac tions represent the University of Oregon. The student body for this game wore slacks and high heels. I think it strange that the rally squad appeared in short pants. Observers were surprised and mildly shocked to see the spec tacle. A lady on my right com mented: “They’ve got a lot of intestinal fortitude to get out there before God and everyone else in those short pants.” After a rather unsportsman like yell, “Dirty, Dirty Huskies,” the same woman, an Oregonian, again commented: “They sound as sissy as those pants look.” To show that not only adults but also students, object to the new attire, a freshman girl or the way home said: “If l.iey’re going to show off their knobbj knees, they should have a con test.” Here is one vote in favor ol dropping the short pants and otherwise representing our school to the best of our ability Sam Thompson Sophomore in Liberal Arts U M ' , i Second Week of Class j l 1 "This is the most important class yol/Il be taking— so iu expect a little extra work from you this term.* College Capers ... From Coast to Coast FKOSH ARE STILL IN THE news. One enterprising Texan did a land office business selling li brary cards to gullible fresh men. One girl even bought two. That was the downfall. Before she could give it to her boy friend they broke up. She phoned library authorities to ask for a refund. The business ranie to a sudden end. DK. LEON' A. GREKN'BERT of Yale university has a mes sage that is sure to Is* of in terest to many Oregon stu dents. He says that lieer isn't an intoxicant and should he reclassified as a non-intoxicat ing beverage. He contends that a human stomach doesn't have the ca pacity to hold enough hecr to raise the alcoholic content of the hlood to 0.15 per cent, the point where consistent air normal behavior appears. TO KEEP IN MIND next time your registering for classes: A coed from Indiana discov ered while registering that the man at the desk was also teach ing the class. Not being timid, J shp asked if he wan a good tea her. if his students liked him, and if he was married. Appar ently satisfied with the ana wars, she enrolled in the course. ATTKNTION PHVSK U. 1*1.A NT! Iteeent ly Installed on the Idaho state college rumpus "as an automatic sprinkler tj stein. It Is hydrostatically oper ated bj a relay control located on a clock In the school library. Some sprinkler heads are the bubbling type, others rotary and pop up types, all of which are recessed in the ground alien not in use. SOMETHING TO BE ADDED to our agenda of activities? Pledges of Washington State college sororities chewed their way into the finals of the sec ond annual Lambda Chi Alpha "Watermelon Bust" on that cam pus. A Sigma Kappa, took first Place honors In the meet and won the coveted (?) title of “Miss Watermelon Bust of 1955" in the wild contest In which three quarters of a ton of watermelon was consumed. oK'ec^ot'? SfeQCLD The Oregon Daily Emerald •» published five day. a week -luring the tchool year except during examination and vacation period., by the Student I’ublicati-.n, Hoard „f the I ni versity of Oregon Entered as seemid class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon Sole acriptton rates: $5 per school year; $2 per term. 1 Opinions expressed -m the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to represent the opinion* of the ASUO or the Iniversity. In.igned editorial. are Irittenby the editor; initialed editorials by nicmliers of the editorial board. y GORDON RICE, Editor SALLY RYAN, Editorial Page Editor DONNA RUN BERG. Business Manager JA( K RAD1CH, Advertising Manager JERRY C7.AUSSEN, ANNE HIU., BOB ROBINSON, A.wciate Editor. SAM VAHEY, Managing Editor ANNE RITCHEY, News Editor CHUCK MITCH ELMORE, Sports Editor J°AN KALNN ILLE, Asst. Advertising Mgr. NANCY SHAW, Office Manager EDI IORIAL BOARD: Gordon Rice. Jerry f lausscn Ann#* iiiii