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University tradition
There were tew furious
readers, scathing letters
or angry administrators
Thursday at the Emerald
as the April Fool’s Edition of
"Not the Emerald" hit the
newsstands
But in past years the Emerald
has seen ail that and more It
seems that sometimes what was
funny to the staff struck the ad
ministration and community as
too racy or disgusting So, let's
take a took at what controver
sies and topics past editions
have raised
Expulsion of the perpetrators
of the “Left over Yellow Jour
nal” in 1919 marked that issue
as the most controversial of the
mock papers That is, until the
1981 “Immorald” which was
denounced as dirty and in bad
taste.
Unfortunately, the “Left Over
Yellow Journal” hit Dean Straub
harder than the paper had ex
pected when it requested his
retirement. The writer said
Straub reminded him “of Doc
Boynton s bicycle. Both deserve
pensions and a more quiet old
age .”
Straub was so incensed by
the article (as well as the rest of
the paper) that he employed a
faculty task force to confiscate
all the copies they could find
Then they immediately burned
them. Guy Armantrout, a
student at the University when
the ill-fated paper was pub
lished, managed to save an is
sue by hiding it in his footlocker
and recently gave it to the
University archives
Keith Richard, University ar
chivist, noted that alumni he has
spoken to who remember the
era love to talk about how the
students dared to print the edi
tion and how shocked the ad
ministration was
The article in the "Immorald"
that offended administrators and
community members most
"reported" that Pat Horton was
appointed college president
and that his first action would be
to shoot football coach Rich
Brooks. Coming shortly after the
assassination attempt on Pres
Ronald Reagan, many people
found the article to be in bad
taste as numerous letters to the
editor proved University Pres
Paul Olum also publicly de
nounced the "Emerald” staff for
producing the paper. Some
"Emerald” advertisers stopped
doing business with the paper
as a result of the edition.
The ads in the "Left Over
Yellow Journal" included items
like "FOR SALE: Twin Beds —
one almost new Contact Joe
Turpin " The identity of Turpin
is unknown
Modern students may have
some empathy for another ad
that read, "Are you sleepy? En
roll in Goomplatz Youngs'
classes and catch up on your
sleep Perfect rest guaranteed "
Just change the name to fit a
current professor
However, Richard pointed out
that the “Left Over Yellow Jour
nal" was not as radical as the
1916 issue that proclaimed (in
three inch letters) "University
Professor Departs With Another
Professor's Wife ” The article
worried about the "effect (of
this scandal) on the University
r.
P LEFT-OVER YELLOW JOURNAL
Challange Virtue
of Pretty Of Eds
By Sandy Johnstone
Photos courtesy
of University Archives
men and coeds "
The article cited instances of
“amorous attitudes" assumed
by the guilty couple — the head
of the department of public
speaking and the wife of a liter
ature professor. They were ac
cused of going to Portland and
reported to be "confident of
(the trip's) successful out
come " The husband had no
comment on the matter
Another article in the "Scarlet
Sheet" of the 1910s announced
to sorority women "the men of
the college today are turning
back from the sorority fireplaces
and are turning townward for
the company of fair damnsels "
Why? "You are too cold," the
article told the women "Your
pale and sickly mouth are pit
iful beside the encarmined lips
of the jezebels of the hospitals "
The prohibition era brought to
the campus news of booze and
stories that accused deans of
hiding the illegal substance in
desk drawers Also, a 1921 edi
tion described the "beer bust"
given by the faculty. "At the end
of the evening all able joined in a
yell for the students of the
University and the entire trend
of the evening s conversation
was along lines of allowing the
students to use Villard Hall for a
pool and poker club "
A 1926 scandal edition rated
the sororities and fraternities in
the "Pigging" (dating) area
Sorority notes included the girls
of Alpha Omicron Pi who were
special in "their ability to keep
15 girls on the porch at all
hours" while at the Kappa Kap
pa Gamma house "icicles hang
without melting "
Choice bits about men in
cluded Phi Kappa Psis who
have "a man or two that stands
out — but both of them got all
wet and died long ago " The
men of Sigma Chi were "strong
in athletics but weak in
aesthetics "
But the 1920s brought even
worse "scandal sheets’" to the
University than mock new
spapers Unfortunate students
cursed the University for pub
lishing — free to the general
public — their grades It's nice to
know that's safely illegal now
The 1930s brought the
University "The Green Goose"'
("All the dirt that's fit to print")
to continue the tradition of
facetiously baring the guilty
secrets of coeds Sororities and
fraternities were shown more
graphically The standard por
trayal of them was at nude pic
nics (pictures included) and in
various other uncomfortable
and ridiculous positions in hay
rides and at parties
Alcohol hit the front pages
again in the 1930s with stories
of weak 3.2 percent beer and
headlines like "Rum Flows;
Studes Jugged Cabaret Party
at Omega Hall Busted by Raid
Liquid Refreshment, Guns filled
with Shots.” "Studes jugged”
refers to students being jailed
Get if?
A 1931-32 issue attacked
Emerald Editor Richard
Neuberger who is reported to
have embezzled $5.29 of the
newspaper's funds appropriat
ed for the annual hot-air mar
athon at a downtown cafe last
Monday Newbuerger is thought
to be heading for Africa It is
generally conceded that Africa
is a good place for him."
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