•EMERALD
Webfoots, Grimness and Civil War
Tomorrow at Corvallis: the game that
can turn a disappointing season into a good
one.
For Oregon’s hard-luck Webfoots, limp
ing with a 3-5 record, this year s Civil War
battle with the Beavers will also be a bat
tle against themselves.
The Ducks will have to overcome the
frustrating knowledge that they’ve been a
better team—really—than most of the
teams they’ve met this year. They won’t be
able to do much brooding about those five
losses, or about the unspecified “something”
that has kept them from operating at full
tilt except against Oklahoma and USC.
They won't be able to think of much of
anything, except Tommy Prothro’s Beavers.
Traditional football games, like political
trends and women’s styles, have a way of
changing spectacularly. Compare this sea
son’s Civil War with last year's: then Ore
gon and Oregon State were both riding the
crest of an unparalleled season. Oregon was
“We Betcha ...”
The campus seems to be taking on the
appearance of a Calcutta Pool in its prepa
ration for the upcoming UO-OSC civil war
grid clash.
A myriad of side bets are pending on the
outcome of Saturday’s game:
Student body presidents Titus and Mc
Kennon have agreed that the loser will
don a hobo outfit and hitch-hike the 40
miles from the winning school to his own
campus. Also the loser with sing and re
cord the opposing school’s fight song in an
open assembly at the winning school. The
recording will be played at OSC’s “Friday
Variety” or “Friday at Four.” We under
stand that neither participant poses a ser
ious threat to the Met’s baritone Robert
Merril.
The OSC rally squad issued a challenge
to their Webfoot cohorts Tuesday: the yell
dukes of the winning school will give."hair
a shoo-in for the Rose Bowl, and the two
outfits were after the PCC championship.
* There’s no Rose Bowl in sight for either
club this year, nor is the I’CC’s last title
at stake. But for both teams, and particu
larly for Oregon, there is the matter of self
satisfaction, and great football games have
been played for that cause.
Oregon has made a tradition of being a
team of “positive” surprises—pulling upsets
and near-upsets with regularity. This year,
they’ve turned in some “negative" surpris
es—call them disappointments if you like—
and nobody is more conscious of this situa
tion than they are.
The Ducks will be out to do Saturday
what they think they were capable of do
ing throughout the season. So don't be sur
prised if they look grim all afternoon long.
Don’t be too surprised to holler if they
find themselves in time to upend OSC,
either.
cuts” to the losing dukes, and the rally girls
from both sides will compete in a pre-game
440-yard sprint around the OSC track. (See
Oregon’s answer on page one.)
Some fraternities bet “skins” with their
OSC counter-parts. Depending on the
game’s outcome the fraternity of the losing
school presents a sheet of leather (skin),
with the game score, date, and chapter
name to the fraternity of the winning school.
After the singing, haircutting, sprinting,
etc ... is over it should be a profitable day
for all concerned on our old campi.
As any gambler will tell you, OSC, “never
bet more than you can afford to lose.”
Footnotes
Headline from the Oregon State Baro
meter :
Jr. Prom Queen
Scores on TV
Those Aggies . . . can’t they show any
discretion ?
Bud ^JituA
Surplus Activities: Homecoming Contests,
Derby, Fete Need Changing or Eliminating
In each of the past three
years the ASUO Senate has set
up a committee to evaluate act
ivities, and their various
worths. Although their reports
have found some activities lack
ing, any actual elimination or
any substantial change in act
ivities has never been achieved
on this campus.
But Wednesday, November
19, the Student Union Board
unanimously . eliminated .the
Hello Dance from its list of
sponsored activities, because It
had failed to accomplish its pur
pose, i.e. to provide an oppor
tunity for freshmen to get ac
quainted, and because it was
“just another social function” in
an already over-burdened New
Student wek.
In view of this recent action
of the Board, I think it timely
and appropriate to discuss three
other activities that ought to
meet a similar death as did the
Hello Dance or ought to be
changed substantially. These
are the Bunion Derby, the
Homecoming sign contest, and
the Canoe Fete float contest.
These three events have two
common characteristics: 1 >
they involve “house competi
tion”; and 2) this in turn neces
s a r i 1 y involves compulsory
“house functions.” These events
are time-consuming; and this
time spent is not a voluntary
committment on the part of
the individual student.
The reason for the compul
sory aspect of these activities,
I think, stems from the fact
that they are campetitive, And
moreover this element of com
petition creates what I would
call a “negative philosophy” on
behalf of the living organiza
tions who participate. Why do
we go to the Bunion Derby ?
Why do we build Homecoming
signs and Canoe Fete floats?
The immediate and most
often-heard reply to these ques
tions is not “because we like to”
or “because there is such and
such a purpose.” Rather, be
cause we have to.
Granted the Bunion Derby
has a purpose, to raise scholar
ship money. But this goal could
be accomplished by merely ask
ing for donations from the stu
dents on campus. So the Bunion
Derby cannot be justified only
as a scholarship-raising activ
ity. It necessarily must be a vol
untary activity and a night of
fun.
One does not attend the Bun
ion Derby because he wants to;
one attends this “rat-race” be
cause he HAS to. A sizeable
majority would back me up in
my further stating that the
Derby in not “fun”; and there
fore it lacks substantial reason
to be considered as a worthy
event.
In view of the over-all con
sideration of the Derby, and
not merely the narrow mercen
ary one, it ought not to be con
tinued in light of the fact that
it can only be justified aa a
scholarship raising event.
The ASUO Cabinet has re
commended to the AVVS legis
lature to make the Derby a fun
ction with no required partici
pation. It could serve as both a
a scholarship project and as a
freshman “mixer".
The purpose of the Home
coming sign contest is to fur
ther alumni relations and to
convey the Homecoming theme.
Lately these signs have served
mainly as an attraction to
Eugene townspeople, not alum
ni. And although there have
been some excellent signs in re
cent years, the many poor ones
have been just as significant.
Studies are neglected, classes
are skipped, and Homecoming
itself is dreaded, because of the
time that MUST be spent in
building a sign that could win
the prized trophy.
Because it does not fulfil its
purpose and because of the am
ount of required time, sign con
test ought to be eliminated.
Perhaps a committee of “sign
enthusiasts" could be formed
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Letters to the Editor
Emerald Editor:
I have been reading' the "Let
ters to the Editor” column with
sincere interest for the past
week on the discussion of the
seating arrangement at the foot
ball games. Although the letters
are very good, then tend to be
somewhat one-sided • as all of
the letters thus far are from
the anti-fraternity league. The
fraternities methods of roping
off sections in the football
stadium by the underclassmen
in order to reserve a seat for
their big hi others when they
arrive, seems to be looked down
upon by the majority of the
other students who are not in a
fraternity.
Unfortunately, this anti-fra
ternity league, who are
writing all of the letters, will, I
presume, soon stop unless the
fraternities write letters in reply
explaining why they MUST re
serve certain sections. Maybe
they hope that the anti-frater
nity leaguers will shut up is the
reason for the fraternity silence.
But I’m sure they have a reason
and with a little prodding they
would be glad, if juHt given a
chance, to tell the Emerald read
ers why. Come on boys! Grab
those dull little pencils, use
your sharp little heads and start
those letters going.
I don’t particularly care how
this controversay(sic) turns out.
I just like arguments. Actually
I don’t really care whether the
fraternities tell me where I can
sit, because people have been
telling me what to do all of my
life.
Charles L Brown
Ereshman In
Liberal Arts
Emerald Editor:
In reflecting on the recent
election, I was struck by one
over-riding theme found in al
most every candidate's pronoun
cements i.e., “I am for economy
and tax cutting." Needless to
say this was not accompanied
with specific proposal*. Such
a statement, though, has obvi
ous voter appeal, unfortunately
stemming from voter, as well
as, candidate ignorance of the
relationships of ones tax bdl to
the services it (the tax dollar)
provides.
People complain loudly about
the taxes they pay, especially
at the state and local levels.
Yet what would happen if one
day our much “burdened" and
“long suffering" citizen awoke
to find himself without sew
age disposal, police or fire pro
tection without the health ser
vice or public schools, or gar
bage disposal who would
clean the streets, repair and
maintain the highways ?
If the "average" taxpayer
isn't aware of it, I will in very
simple language state that
these services COST MONEY.
THIS MONEY AND YOUR
TAXES ARE ONE - IN - THE
SAME.
I know this sounds redundant,
but after hearing so many of
our “leaders" calling on the one
hand for tax reduction and on
the other for Increased services,
the first grade approach seems
most appropriate.
As our society becomes more
complex, present and new ser
vices will have to be expanded
and created. These will cost
money. This means taxes must
increase or our society will
stagnate.
When one considers that the
average cost of our total gov
ernment (including the mili
tary) amounts to about 25%
and the state and local to less
than 5'/ of the “average" tax
payers Income, these are really
the most productive dollars we
spend. If anyone doubts this,
think what it would cost the
individual to provide, Just, the
mentioned services for himself,
if that was even possible.
Darrell Canton Wilson
(iraduate Assistant
Political Science
Oregon Daily Emerald
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