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periods, by the Student Publications Board of the University
ot Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post otfice,
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BILL MAI N\V A RING. Editor LORE TTA 'ME V E R, Business Manager
MARCIA MAUNEY, Editorial Page Editor CHUCK MITCH ELMORE. Managing Editor KEN NI KHANS, Adv. Mgr.
SALLY JO GREIG, SAM YAHEY, Associate Editors CORNELIA FOGLE, News Editor
JACK WILSON. Sports Editor DOROTHY BARKER. Asu’t Adv. Mgr. ( HARM ION FORD, Office Manager
EDITORIAL BOARD: Bill Mainwaring, Marcia Maiiney, Sally Jo Greig, Sam \ ahr>, Chuck Mitchclmore, Cornelia Fogle,
Jack Wilson, A1 Johnson.
Chief Makeup Editor: A1 Johnson
Ass’t News Editors: ('ay Mundorff,"Joan
Dennis. Nancy Castle. Pepper Allen.
Feature Editor: Phil Hager
Photo Editor: Brant Dncey
Nat’l Adv. Mgr.: Jo Anne Milligan
Classified Adv. Mgr. : Arlene Krauss
Women’s Editor; Dorothy West
Circulation Mgr.: Sam Vahcy
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An Interesting Combination
Oregon has a tradition in her football
teams: every Webfoot eleven has had the
spirit of a champion, even when it lacked
the material. This year there is no shortage
of material, and the spirit is still there. It
ought to make an interesting combination.
We've already heard cries of “On to the
Rose Bowl’’ from some of our more excit
able acquaintances, and that possibility is
far from remote. Certainly it is much closer
than it has been in the past, when the south
ern schools were going about their mass
recruiting unchecked, and it was like leading
lambs to slaughter to send a team to Los
Angeles.
The slaughters could happen again, but
this year the Ducks are in shape to give
’em a run for their money—and deal with
the rest of the conference as well. The old
slaughterers, and Washington as well, are
ineligible for Rose honors, which leaves the
field wide open.
We ll know more definitely whether or
not to start ordering hotel reservations in
Pasadena after tomorrow afternoon, when
the Ducks take on Colorado in their season’s
opener. On the Boulder field, Coach Len
Casanova will learn the answers to several
highly important problems.
He’ll find out if his line can provide the
openings tor his fast and talented hackfield.
He'll find out how well the unrelated Crab
trees, Jack and Tom, have developed their
passing, and he'll learn how his team’s de
fense is operating.
If the answers to these problems are fa
vorable (and a good way to find out is to
listen to the game), then a little luck could
see the Web foots a long way this year. It
looks like a good team to support.—(J.W.)
The ''Commit” in Committee
They call it orientation—you’ve had reg
istration lines, a football rally, rain and to
night, activities. So then you'll be oriented.
Of course there was something earlier in the
week about the purposes and ideas of this
business called college education. But why
bother with “original intents and funda
mental principles” when you’ve been offered
a job selecting the rulers to be used in the
measurement of the W'hiskerino beard grow
ing contest?
Committees are fine—for awhile. Then
there tends to be too much “commit” in the
committee. And the whole trouble with it is
that it doesn't seem that way—until it’s too
late. Then there are remedies, of course. For
after all, activities, are “necessary to proper
college balance" and they contribute to a
“well-rounded personality and character.”
But there are some circles that become so
well-rounded they're hollow.
In short then, look over the exhibit booths
of these organizations tonight. Ask ques
tions and smile when they tell you what a
wonderful job you would do with their
group. Certainly these things called activi
ties are necessary, but only in proper rela
tionship to the other side of this college life
—that side that will begin rather casually
Monday morning. In the words of the old
pitchman, “You pays yer money and you
takes yer cTioice.” But make sure to remem
ber that you’re paying your money.
—(C.H.M.)
He Spoke for Whole Team
Peace, prosperity and progress are fine,
Nixon’s campus audience indicated Wednes
day night. But it’s “that man Eisenhower”
and his character that received by far the
most enthusiastic and spontaneous applause.
His audience gave Nixon a friendly recep
tion. They stood up when Republican digni
taries on the stage arose. They applauded
when Nixon reviewed his three main points,
the reasons he said Eisenhower should be
returned to the White House.
But the audience never really got excited
until Nixon praised the President as a man
parents can hold up as an example to their
children, and the man who has “restored
dignity and respect to the highest office in
the land.” Most Republicans consider Nixon
an adequate member of “the team,” but it’s
the captain himself they want to follow
through the troubled days ahead.
Even Democrats applauded his praise of
Eisenhower’s personal character. They were
less enthusiastic when Nixon referred to
Truman’s “racketeer” label of Eisenhower
and offered to make a comparison of the two
administrations’ moral standards as the is
sue of this campaign.
Nixon knew his audience wanted the “cap
tain” back in office. But he wanted to con
vince his listeners they should accept the
whole team.
“Give him what he needs and has asked
for,” he pleaded, "a Republican Congress.”
Strong endorsement for Douglas McKay,
the team’s former Secretary of the Interior,
was given as expected. He said probably no
Senate contest better illustrates the differ
ences between the parties in 1956.
Both parties want to do what’s best for
our people, he noted, but there’s a great
difference in approach to the problem.
This was rather typical of the high level'
of his speech. “What’s wrong with Nixon?”,
which many have been asking, certainly was
not answered affirmatively here. Only twice
did he say anything which the strongest
Democrat could attack on ethical grounds.
One observer said the vigorous and dynamic
Vice-President seemed to be headed toward
an all-out attack several times; “you could
see it in his eyes and hear it in his voice,
but then nothing happened.”
Nixon made a good appearance and helped
dispel the conception held by many that
he is some sort of monster with horns and
tail. But he never let anyone forget that he
was merely Eisenhower’s representative.
“Walking beside us in these days,” said
Eisenhower on the televised speech shown
on a giant screen after Nixon concluded,
“is great danger and great opportunity.”
Nixon hopes the American people will
let their captain, and his team, steer them
through these troubled days.
What a Week!
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mOMUiCK'— H^lNCriAfise Of F^H,WVN O^FNTAnoN.
College Capers...
From Coast to
By N'ANC'V FKRGt'SON
Kincruld Columnist
As we glance through the
first fall editions from colleges
over the United States we no
tice the similarity of content
welcomes from the faculty to
the students, welcomes from
business firms to the students,
and welcomes from the students
to the students.
Side by side with these happy,
hallotoed words are dreary de
scriptions of the frustrating
mechanics of registration. A
statement from the Daily Kev
eille, l/ouiriiana State University
sums it up: "Ten holes In an
IBM Card. That's really all any
of us are in the final analysis."
Kven people in Kansas look
forward to starting classes as
much as we do. In their Uni
versity Daily Kansan we read:
"Gone are the glorious, wonder
ful, carefree days of work week,
rush week, orientation week,
enrollment week, etc. All we
need now is a rest week before
school starts."
In the UCLA Dally Bruin the
football season Is the subject of
Mime bitter articles, a* it well
might be In their ease. A satire
of a small brown liear, "Guilty*
lox,” and her animal friends
who play games In the woods
and win roses for prizes is bit
ingly clever When "Guiltylox"
is found by his mother to have
kept bidden beans under the
table he Is not allowed to play
games for three years. His
friends, "Doddering Duck,"
"Candid Cougar," "Beaten B< i
ver," and "Innocent Indian", re
fuse to help him.
So, he, "a limping husky dog"
and a "watery-eyed bear," who
have run into similar trouble,
trudge off to "greener pastures"
where they find solace in the
companionship of "cultivated
cotton, sugar, and ’gators."
"Today’s Staff" of the same
issue reads: "Desk Editor:
George Stanley; Sports Night
Editor: George Stanley; and
Proofreader: George Stanley.
Poor George!
New Holiday
Pogo Plank Protested
Prairie Dog, Wyo., Augtem
ber 97 (Special Dispatch)- La
bor leaders here expressed
themselves today as being in
favo r of the plank to make
“Ground-Hog Day” a national
holiday, a move endorsed by
Pogo supporters. “If the pos
sum becalms the President of
the United States, it will be our
bounden duty to see to it that
animals everywhere come into
their own,” said one operator of
seventy five prairie-dog hills
employing an estimated 346
workers.
Asked if he had not meant
“becomes” instead of "becalms”,
the Prairie Dog Operator said,
“No comment.”
An undercurrent of revolt,
however, was seen by some ob
servers in the fact that the
working prairie dog had not
been consulted on the matter.
“We work all year long,” said
one who was incapable of iden
tifying himself, "and the
Ground-Hog sleeps. They get
up and do one day’s work, which
most of the time scares them
half to death, and they get a
day named after them. In fact
they are now being told that
they can have THAT day off.
When we ask for a day off all
we get i« the Mary Haha. We
are told we can go whistle.''
Ground-Hogs, the wakeful
ones, have indicated that the la
bor problem, which the new
move for a National Holiday
brings up, is a formidable one.
"We don't get paid for holi
days,’’ explained one. “We sleep
through Christmas and Jan
uary First, both usually consid
ered holidays. We don't get
them off. V/e work right on
through. Then at the end of our
hitch, we get up to round up the
winter's work. If it’s a nice
bright day and we see a shadow,
boom, we get another six weeks
work. If it’s raining, we get
laid off with two weeks notice.
Do you call that fair?”
Essentially this protest has
been drafted and is being sent
to Pogo * headquarters. The
Presidential hopeful said that
the whole thing certainly made
a man think. Pressed on what
he was thinking about, the Pos
sum candidate referred the mat
ter to an aide.