(Editor's note: To herald the
upcoming U S. bicentennial and
the University's centennial the
Emerald will periodically publish
historical stories about the
University and the surrounding
community.
By SUSAN RYAN
Of the Emerald
Traditions—things like painting
large O's on top of Skinner’s
Butte—seem to have hit their low
point in the history of the
University.
While the intellectual student of
today has better things to do with
his time, merry youths in 1904
began a tradition that lasted
almost 40 years. It seems that the
freshman class, desmng a little
prestige to distinguish itself from
the sophomores who wore felt
hats, the juniors who wore cords,
and privileged seniors who
gadded about in heretofore
forbidden mustaches and
sombreros, ordered quaint little
Official says Horton’s fees
okay by state law
SALEM (AP)—Dist. Attorney Pat Horton of Lane County does not
violate state law by receiving fees for speaking engagements, an
attorney general s opinion said today.
The opinion, requested by Horton after former congressman and
longtime attorney Charles Porter raised the issue, said the law only
prohibits a district attorney or deputy from receiving pay other than
official salary for performing his district attorney duties stated in the law.
It does not prohibit a distnct attorney or deputy from receiving
income unrelated to his or her statutory duties, the opinion said.
The law states: No salary, fees, percentage or compensation of
any kind shall be allowed, paid to, or received by a district attorney or
deputy distnct attorney except as provided in this chapter.
We know of no instance in the past 75 years when this statute has
been interpreted by the legislature, the bar, or the public to mean that
district attorneys and their deputies are prohibited from receiving any
income other than official salary,' the opinion said. Certain state and
federal agencies have compensated deputy district attorneys for years
for lecture and authorship services in regard to police training law
enforcement programs.
The 1975 legislature approved a new law saying only district
attorneys who receive less than $16,000 a year can engage in private
practice.
Part of the state s conflict of interest law says: "No public official
shall use his official position or office to obtain financial gain for himself,
other than official salary, honoraria or reimbursement of expenses
The opinion said economic interest statements for 1974 from five
Oregon district attorneys were examined.
The statements show each of the district attorneys received
income from sources other than their official salaries.
Examples were consulting fees from the National District Attorneys
Association, property investments, authorship fees, honorana for
speakmg engagements, teaching fees for classes taught at the State
Board of Police Standards and Training, and pay for military duty.
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Traditions reminisced
When freshman beanies were the rule...
green “beanies” to be worn
expressly by freshmen. The
sophomores immediately issued
a manifesto defining the
subordinate position of the
freshmen, and resolved that they
should have no class symbol.
Battles between the classes
ensued until 1910, when the
faculty and executive councils
passed a resolution forcing
freshmen to wear their lids at all
times. Naturally, the beanies lost
. their dignity and became a mark of
degradation and inferiority. Until
around 1935 the ruling remained
in force, with the heads of
freshmen never seeing the light of
day until spring came, when the
beanies were sacrificed in a huge
bonfire and the freedom of
freshmen was proclaimed.
Athletes may mourn the
passing of another campus
institution, the distinguished
“Order of the O." Formed in 1898
and consisting of athletes who
had earned their varsity letter, the
Order s purpose was officially to
keep athletics on a high
standard," but it soon became an
outlet for hairy, muscle-bound
beasts to take advantage of
erring, defenseless freshmen.
Among other things, 'O”
members delighted in ducking
young men in the senior fountain if
caught talking to females during
the annual picnic. They also
patrolled Hello Lane” (the walk
leading from Villard to the Law
School, where one must greet
anyone he meets) and the
infamous Senior Bench, the
whereabouts of which are still in
question.
Presented to the seniors by the
class of 1910, the bench formerly
could be found near Deady Hall.
During the night a bright light
shone on it, creating a general
atmosphere of sacredness. This
bench was the express territory of
seniors, and anyone else having
the audacity to be found reclining
on it met with swift and severe
punishment. Stealthy freshmen
were particularly fond of smearing
it with yellow and green paint.
One fateful day in 1931, seniors
awoke to find their shrine
inscribed with the words, “To Hell
With the Order of the O."
Naturally, the ire of the seniors
was somewhat aroused, so a
random 100 freshmen were
summoned and publicly paddled
to appease the wrath of the
upperclassmen. Freshmen were
then encouraged to scrub down
the bench with their beanies
dipped in cleaning fluid. The
whereabouts of the bench tucked
among the weeds between
Johnson Hall and the Faculty Club
may indeed be the original.
Another fun and usually bloody
event in the year of 04 was the
annual junior class flag-raising.
Junior women strived for weeks to
fashion a flag worthy of the junior
class. After handing it over to the
men, the dear things watched the
battle from a safe distance. The
flag was then flown from some
prominent place on campus,
unless equally ardent members of
another class could prevent it.
Needless to say, the amusing
event was attended by broken
bones and broken friendships.
One more dead custom that
some upperclassmen may regret
is the painting of an “O" on
Skinner's Butte. While it began as
the special privilege of juniors, it
somehow became the
objectionable duty of freshmen,
who were required to spread the
paint with the seats of their pants.
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