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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1947)
PNCC Resolutions Defined Several students have requested a brief explanation of the resolutions on the United Nations ballot sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Col lege Congress which University students are now considering for rati fication. The following item-by-item explanation comes from the Oregon State Barometer. 1. Procedural matters are those dealing with routine matters that come before the UN Security Council; as the word implies— procedure. Substantive matters are those dealing with the important, the vital matters. The purpose of this resolution is to definitely establish which questions are substantive and which are procedural in order to deter mine when the veto power may or may not be used. According to the UN Charter, the veto power is applicable only in substantive matters (See next question.) 2. In effect this resolution would disallow the use of the veto power by any of the Big Five nations (U.S., U.S.S.R., Great Britain, France, China) when they are a party to a dispute brought before the Security Council. As it now stands any one of the Big Five may invoke the veto and thus prevent any action being taken against themselves when they are adjudged the aggressor in a dispute. The Charter provides that the Security Council shall consist of eleven members—5 permanent (the Big Five) and 6 non-permanent membeis elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms. In voting on pro cedural matters a vote of 7 of the 11 members is necessary, but on voting upon substantive matters a vote of 7 including all of the permanent members is required for pfessage—if one of the Big Five nations votes against any substantive measure the veto has been invoked. 3. Self-explanatory—the term “Franco Spain” was omitted for the reason that another Spanish Government might take its place which is still not acceptable to the UN. 4. Now an accomplished fact. 5. At the present time International Law is merely custom, treaty, and national court decisions. Definite codification as nations have is desired. 6. Jurisdiction in cases is now optional with members of the UN. 7-9. Self-explanatory. 10. The Baruch Plan is advocated by the United States State De partment and representative to the Security Council and provides for international supervision and inspection of atomic energy production and research. You will notice that the resolution is definitely contingent upon the prior approval of the Baruch plan. 11. International Trade Organization — To promote and facilitate trade and its freer flow among the nations of the world. UNESCO—United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Or ganization—to promote research and cooperation in these fields among the member nations. International BanK for Reconstruction and Development—Lends or guarantees loans to nations for reconstruction and development. International Monetary Fund—to stabilize currencies throughout the world in an attempt to avert depressions and inflation. 12. Reciprocal trade agreements are agreements between nations to facilitate trade between themselves. 13-20. Self-explanatory. 21. Trusteeship Council—the body which handles the disposition ox dependent peoples, former League Mandates which are turned over to them by the mandatory powers, etc. 22-24. Self-explanatory. 25. Article 6 of these agreements provides for civilian control of education and for the advancement of the people in the four fields men tioned. 26. Self-explanatory. Oregon^ Emerald MARGUERITE WITTWER-WRIGHT Editor GEORGE PEGG Business Manager ‘ TED GOODWIN, BOB FRAZIER Associates to Editor __ ° JEANNE SIMMONDS Managing Editor BILL YATES News Editor BERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor DON FAIR, WALLY HUNTER Assistant Sports Editors _ walt McKinney Assistant Managing Editor BOBOLEE BROPHY and JUNE GOETZE Assistant News Editors BARBARA TWIFORD Advertising Manager PHYLLIS KOHLMEIER Executive Secretary Don Jones, Stalt rnotograpner___ REPORTERS , • , t n Beth Basler, Bettye Joe Bledsoe, Diana Dye, Ruth Eades, A1 English, Luwayne Eng wall, Virginia Fletcher Joanne Fryclenluncl. Chuck de Ganahl. Laverne Gunderson, Dale Harlat , ' 3 kS Janice Kent. Pat King, Phyllis Kohlmcier Betty Lagomars.no June McConnell, Uarhara Murphy, Laura Olson, Carol Jo Parker, Nancy Peterson, Helen Sher man, Virginia Thompson, Jim Wallace, Sally Waller.___ MEMBER — ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE SERVICE __ ’ Signed editorial features and columns in the Emerald reflect the opinions of the writers. They do not necessarily represent the opiuion of the editorial staff, the student body, or t . Uniyersny.^i ^ secon(j c)ass matter at the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon._ Ex Libris . . . A sure sign of spring" is the annual Library clay contest, wherein students enter their personal libraries for cash prizes. Aim of the contest, sponsored by the Patrons and briends of the University library, is to develop interest and enthusi asm for books. 'Phis annual event is in a noble tradition—a tradition that may be dying out these days, what with the cheap, paper hound reprint of yesterday’s best seller, or with the huge book club business that sends millions of books into American homes each year. Fortunately the contest judges do not make their awards to the largest library, nor to the most expensive. Rather they seek to find the “best,” the library that best shows cultural balance and interest. Addition this year of a new “special interest” category ■will give the specialist an opportunity to show the tools of his trade, too. Maybe a student has a good enough library, but is weak on philosophy or Nineteenth century poets. This is bis chance to exhibit his collection of books on the theory of the real variable and maybe to win a prize. Most of us can remember the days before the cheap re print of the good book. That was the day when a book meant more than it does now. By their money value books of those days were more treasured. But the greatly expanded book business of our time has not cheapened the content of books, it lias only made them more easy to obtain. Their newer, more attractive prices should make it all the more possible for the average student to acquire a worthwhile library. Projects of this type should go a long way toward stimu lating interest in books, toward keeping alive the flame of learning that has too often burned too low. After the word had circulated about the Notre Dame cam pus that two baseball players had signed for over $75,000 each, when the first baseball practice was called the coach found himself surrounded with 323 pitchers and 175 left-fielders. The height of conceit is the person who works crossword puzzles with a fountain pen. Operators Crimp BTO’s Does the management and union involved in the telephone dispute realize the exasperating, lasting effect which the strike is having on spring blooded young Americans. Obviously the answer is no, or they would immediately find basis for set tling their differences. The throttling effect the curtailment of telephone use is having on the regular morale functions of the younger generation and especially on Joe College and Betty Coed should be made clear. Set the Scene: The phone closest in any one of the Uni versity’s living organizations. It is Friday; the house dance is Saturday night and six pledges and five students have a rented tux, cash, and credit at the florists,' but no date. That is the dilemma. The obvious solution is a little time in this same phone closet. But under the circumstances one might as well spend his time in the broom closet, and is more apt to find a date there left over from last term’s barn dance. The use less phone adds horns to the dilemma. Tongues are tied, and the only recourse is the unsatisfactory note system or per sonal calls. Under the ordinary circumstances, which includes use of the phone as taught to all pledges, the law of supply and demand can be readily obeyed with a little juggling, ringing, and pleading. But the regular system is frustrated by the operator’s “we are accepting only emergency calls.” Well, it may be an emergency by Saturday noon when four or five of the “have nots” still have not. Mental health is dependent on a lot of little things called morale. These are the facts, this is the case—the morale of Oregon’s student population is balanced on a telephone wire. Their well-being is in the hands of conciliators—“a ringing” chal lenge is on the “hook.” "THE CHURCH AFTER EASTER" at 11 a. m. BIBLE SCHOOL AT 9:45—GOAL 1200 PICTURE TO BE TAKEN 7:30 p. m. "LOVEST THOU ME?" Annual Young People’s Banquet April 18 Dr. Renwick McCullough of Tacoma, Speaker FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DANCE EVERY SATURDAY For table Reservations Call Springfield 8861 9:30 - 12:30 Wayne Ryan and His Band SWIMMER'S DELIGHT ] 3 Miles east of Goshen. Call Spr. 8861 Graduate * * >:* * Transcripts (The Weekly Column by Graduate Students) Coupled with the evident short age of 500 courses is another chief gripe of graduate students—the re quirement of 10 per cent extra work for participation in 400 courses. Granting that drawing an A or B toward master’s credit should en tail more work than is required of undergraduate students in the same course, the present set-up seems ridiculous. It will remain forever a puzzle just what benefit is derived by either the graduate or professor from an extra paper of undergrad uate calibre. What is the utility of a poorly constructed, hastily written paper of the freshman comp type to either the student or the professor requir ing it ? Since the University seems un able to meet the major demand for more numerous graduate classes, surely it can require papers demon strating graduate scholarship and ability in original research. These papers could and would be a basis of training for the final thesis. Just what can be done to improve the graduate research training is a problem for individual departments. As the 10 per cent extra work is handled now, it is a waste of time as far as basic training is concerned. A new research program, would raise the general standard of com pleted theses considerably. A general study of master’s the ses in the library makes quite evi dent the need for improvement along these lines. Both the student and the University would benefit from the encouragement of gradu* ates to complete works of higher standard. 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