Oregon It Emerald
MARGUERITE WITTWER-WRIGHT GEORGE PEGG
Editor Business Manager
JACK L. BILLINGS HERB PENNY
Managing Editor News Editor
’ BOB FRAZIER, MARILYN SAGE
Associate Editors
MARYANN THIELEN and BOBOLEE BROPHY and
» walt mckinney bruce bishop
Assistant Managing Editors Assistant News Editors
* JEANNE SIMMONDS JUNE GOETZE
Women’s Editor Assistant Women’s Editor
PAT THOMPSON BOBBIE FULMER
Executive Secretary Advertising Manager
BERNIE HAMMERBECK
Sports Editor
j BILL STRATTON, WALLY HUNTER
Assistant Sports Editors
ROGER TETLOW DON JONES
Chief Night Editor Staff Photographer
' EDITORIAL BOARD
Tom Kay, Byron Mayo, Bea King, Billie Johns
Faculty Adviser—Dean George Turnbull
Signed editorial features and columns in the Emerald reflect the opin
ions of the writers. They do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
■editorial staff, the student body, or the University.
Entered as second class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon.
Last Word on TNE-Maybe
The page one story and the letters to the editor published
today will be the Emerald’s last word on Theta Nil Epsilon for
the time being. Frankly, right now we are stymied. Without
appropriate search warrants and the other paraphernalia of the
law the Emerald cannot produce the names of suspected mem
bers on the campus. Neither can the University administra
tion, whose attitude toward the Emerald’s investigation has
been as gratifying as most student reaction, DO anything to
break TNE.
Further action is now in the hands of the students them
selves.
The Emerald has done all in its power to investigate the
clandestine activities of this subversive organization. We have
written letters to many alumni and interviewed many students
and faculty members. We have presented the facts as we found
them. If further information is found, we will give that to the
students, too.
Editorially the Emerald has been vigorous in its condemna
tion of the undemocratic principles which motivate individuals
to associate themselves with any group like TNE. We shall
continue to fight against those same principles wherever they
appear, whether it is among Greeks, Independents, or the facul
ty. Fascism is a decay of political ethics from which no one
is immune, and the vigilance against it must be maintained by
the people of this nation on any campus, in any community.
The University administration's attiuule toward TNE has
been made quite clear: clandestine organizations are definitely
not sanctioned on the campus. A public statement to this ef
fect from Dr. Newburn and Dean Earl may be forthcoming
but both men have informed the Emerald that “definite action”
would be taken to oust TNE members when such membership
could be proved legally.
Dr. Newburn’s attitude toward campus politics is that they
serve to train students for effective citizenship in their civic
life, and that democracy, though an ideal, must be upheld as a
goal to achieve and a way of life to practice.
Now, the question comes: has the Emerald’s investigation
of TNE served any useful purpose?
The answer: The Emerald’s poll of student opinion pub
lished Wednesday indicates without a doubt that students are
very interested in the status and existence of TNE. The in
vestigation has led to much talk and considerable thought
about TNE. Undoubtedly the men on this campus who have
been or are members of the notorious group will decide to lay
low for a time. Although, unfortunately, no amount of edi
torializing can change their ideas or ethics, it must have made
them realize that many students will form opinions concerning
their activities.
The Emerald believes that if Oregon students, Greeks and
Independents alike, will decide for themselves the signficance
of any organization like TNE and resolve that they will resist
further political coercion and undemocratic handling of their
student government, the Emerald is fulfilling its mission to
serve the University.
God enters by a private door into every individual.—Emer
son.
For parlor use, the vague generality is a lifesaver.—George
j\de.
Telling the Editor**. %
About TNE, Washing Machines,
A VC, Tex, Various and Sundry
In all my years here at the Uni
versity of Oregon I have noticed
the constant tension, friction and
bickering between the Greeks and
the Independents. It has built up
to a feeling of almost hatred, as
though we were two countries fight
ing over a political question, instead
of students in an American univer
sity. 'In my opinion a great deal of
this is due to too many behind the
scenes factions, too many smoke
filled secret meeting rooms, which
are held by fascist minded organiza
tions like TNE. If such a fascist or
ganization like TNE does exist, then
it is up to us, the students of the
University of Oregon to band to
gether and wrest the power from
this outlaw fraternity for more dem
ocratic ideals and’ the common good
of the University. Vote in your next
election as you see fit and not as
you are told. Be an Oregon student
but above all be American.
Bud Salinardo.
There have been claims and coun
ter-claims as to the validity of the
Emerald’s expose of the Greek
TNE society. It has existed in the
past on this campus and if given
half a chance it will rear its vile
head again.
Such a society should not be al
lowed to exist on any university
campus. If part of University of
Oregon’s duty is to train, studnets
to be good citizens of a democracy
we can have no part of any organi
zation remotely resembling the
TNE.
The Greek organizations have
made no attempt to divorce them
A Toast!
This year's Pigger’s Guide is fine! The entire studentbodv
owes a vote of thanks to Editor Olga Yevtich and her capable
staff for the best student directory we have seen in many a year.
Like so many other of the most necessary equipment we
have for making everyday living more pleasant and efficient,
the handy little Pigger’s Guide is taken for granted. Oregana
editors are listed with the BMOC's and their books are haloed
with All-American certificates, but after the reader has looked
through the annual once or twice it is put away with the family
album and old dance programs. Emerald editors are regarded
as Nuisance No. 1 on the campus, receive considerable pro and
con publicity, and their newspapers go the way of all yester
day’s sheets.
Piggers’ Guide editors do a whale of a job, list their names
in small type on the bottom of page three, and go unnoticed
on the campus. Their product, however, the indispensible di
rectory, is used day after day throughout the year until its
corners are tattered and its margins patterned with scribbled
doodlings.
The Guide shows the kind of careful planning for conveni
ence that its usefulness and popularity deserve.
Not only does this year’s Guide contain the usual story on
traditions, the Oregon songs, the lists of organizations, and
the faculty directory. This booklet has a list of phone numbers
you need to know—that should save the University switch
board operators many annoying calls. Then there is a space for
your personal list of important numbers. This means Joe
College no longer has to decorate the walls of his house phone
booth with the names and numbers of his favorite femmes.
Now we're saving paint jobs, yet.
Oh, there are lots of nice things to say about Olga's Guide.
Let’s just say “Here’s to Olga!”
of center
By O. Larson
A new word has popped up in the
vocabulary of the Henry Wallace
liberals. It is “progressive.” It re
places the cloudy overworked word
"liberal” which was once a perfect
ly respectable classification but has
since fallen into ill repute. After
PAC propagandists, The Nation,
The New Republic, New York’s PM,
New Masses and all the other rep
resentatives of the leftish fringe
have squeezed the last drop of dig
nity out of the word “progressive”
as they have “liberal,” will the Eng
lish language be able to offer any
identity at all to the handfull of
folks who are actually not masquer
ading when they call themselves
liberal or progressive ? We refer to
the real grass-root progressives
now in danger of being lumped to
gether with the three-dollar bills of
the Russia-can-do-no-wrong school
of thought. Believe it or not, there
are a few genuine progressives left.
And most Americans will continue
to know them as such, and to be
proud of the mas such, in spite of the
fact that their good name is about
to suffer from some questionable
associations.
LaFollette
When we think of the word “pro
gressive,” we are reminded instant
ly of the dynamic cooperative
movement between agriculture and
labor which began in Wisconsin
several years ago and spread
throughout the mid-west in a fash
ion that was as American as ice
cold pop at a ball game. Or we re
call a great Senator like Bob La
Follette working on a congression
al reorganization bill at the expense
of his personal political interests.
Or we reflect over the progress
made by an outstanding labor lead
er, Walter Reuther, in making both
his union and the nation at large,
price conscious.
It Is unreasonable to construct a
relation between this wholesome
American radicalism and the new
star-gazing liberalism, which
preaches a philosophy of big gov
ernment at home and world gov
ernment abroad. W’hat the modern
liberal seems to want is more gov
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selves from this pressure group i;
the past and the letter Marilyi
Sage wrote to the Emerald editor
last week was certainly no mors
than a waste of paper. Miss Sage's
letter shouldn’t fool even the most
naive freshman.
Let us not fool ourselves: TNE
does exist; TNE is as un-American'
as the Nazi party or K u Klux Klan>
TNE makes it more imperative
than ever that the Greek organiza
tions make a self-analysis of them
selves if they are not to make their
supposed ideals sound more like a
farce than ever.
Dale Harlan
. . . For the first time in many!
years the Emerald has become im-1
portant enough to make enemies,;
and the rank and file of Oregon stu
dents who don’t make a noise on the
campus, but who still hold mature
opinions, are proud of it.
TNE is more dangerous to the
Greek cause than to the Indepen
dent cause. Students will hesitate,
to associate themselves with an or
ganization that refuses to purge the
forces of clandestine coercion from
their midst.
Independent ;
Editor’s note: The Emerald ap
preciates these letters and the
others along this line from stu- ’
dents who thus indicate their in
terest in the welfare of this Uni
versity. If the only result of the
Emerald’s investigation of TXE
has been to stimulate student
thought on campus political ac
tion, then the Emerald feels^hat
the result is gratifying.
With all due respect to the edi-(
tor’s reluctance to make the Em-1
erald a publicity sheet for a well-!
known veterans’ organization, it j
seems to me that credit should be |
given where credit is due!
The Tuesday Emerald carried a
story about obtaining new washing
machines for the Agate and Colum
bia street housing projects,but no
mention was made of WHO ob-j
tained the machines. It was through
the personal effort of the American
Veterans Committee’s executive
council, working with the Lane
county chapter of the American
Red Cross that the machines were
scured. AVC mmbers also did the I
necessary carpenter work to install
the machines and compiled a sched-'1
ule allocating specific hours for
each family to wash.
A “washing-persecuted” family,
Bill, Dorothy, and Mary Ellen
Rooper. I
Editor’s note: Apologies to the \
AVCfor the omission; credit cer
tainly is due them for their ef
forts on behalf of the veteraflB*1'
f ami lies.
In today’s Emerald, I noticed a
fill-in stating that the oldest build
ing on the campus is Villard hall.
In all former catalog issues of the
University of Oregon, one of the
first facts mentioned about the cam
pus is that the oldest building is
Deady hall. I think if you read the
history of the organization of the
University of Oregon, you will find
that Deady was completed in 1876
and that Villard, the second build
ing was built in 1885.
I, as well as the other men of Vil
lard, would like to know which is
incorrect—the catalog onthe Em
erald.
Kenneth R. McKenzie
Editor’s note: Ooops! Emerald
error. Sorry.
Congratulations on the refresh
ingly satirical ‘‘Nyah, Nyah
Nyah” in last Wednesday’s ‘Em
erald.” It should go a long way to
ward clearing the air of some of
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