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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1951)
Term Report to Student Body On AS (JO Activity Program (Following is a report of the fall term activities of the Executive Council, submitted to the student body by ASUO President Barry Mountain.) This last term student govern ment at the University of Oregon has sincerely tried to meet the needs of the student body. On the surface, to many an individual, stu dent government at the University of Oregon is an administrative body that lacks the power to provide and insure student protection. If this type Of thought can be dis pelled through practical application by student government, then there is a hope that all students will take an active part in the affairs con cerning there. At the beginning of the fall term the Executive Council was plagued with filling replacements in the numerous agencies of government because of scholarship and termi nation of the holders of the office. BARRY MOUNTAIN Recently the card was stymied because of financial reasons. How ever, the plans have not been aban doned, and there will be a student body card next year. The card will be designed and arrangements made before the school year is out. During tile recent beer situation the members of the Executive Council completely expressed to the Oregon Liquor Control Com mission the desires of the student body concerning the situation. Solidity Desired The major desire of the Execu tive Council this year has been to unite the student body into one sol id unit. An example of this was the bringing together of IDC and IFC in rules concerning freshmen men on the Oregon campus. We can assure you that this will be the ultimate desire of the coun cil this year. For we are particular ly concerned with that part of col lege life which is not printed on the therefore the first several weeks were spent in elect ing members to the Executive Council, to the Rally Squad, and to the Rally Board. Also a good deal of time was taken up in the reorganization and rebuild ing of student groups and committees. Awards to Frosh On the athletic plans in the intramural program, we appointed for the first time student representa tion. For the freshman winners, the Executive Coun cil secured five inch “O’s,” an award which seemed more suitable for freshman presentation. These awards will be presented this week. In the future, all athletic awards, commencing this year with basket ball season, will be presented in front of the student body at a student assembly. Concerning the social life of the students, the Exe cutive Council felt that closing hours on Friday night should be one O’clock. Thus the initial attempt by this group helped to achieve the necessary one o’clock closing hours. Organize in Fall As far as student government is concerned, it was felt desirable to have the freshman organize as a class during the first part of fall term, rather than winter term, in order to allow the freshmen to ac quaint themselves with policy making as a class. Early in the year the members of the council ex pressed the desire for a student body card, rather than the present “grocer’s receipts,’’ as it is called by many, from the cashier’s office. registrar’s records. We are concerned with the social and extra-curricular activities which will carry over in our actions, our habits, and our thought after col lege life. The students as well as the administration and fac ulty of this school share the resposibility of provid ing for the right of students to govern themselves. The child does not learn to walk by watching his elders walk: and the student does not learn to govern by watching the elders govern. Student activities should exist to develop the latest and unproved ca pacities of the student. Therefore let the students act: let them budget their own finances, determine their own policies, and administer their own activi ties. And in turn, the mistakes made by the students will be lessons well learned. Sport Night Slated The day that this will be possible will be deter mined by the students through their desire to show that they are capable of added responsibility in gov erning themselves. At the present time we are pav ing the way for students to govern their own finances. We have taken the initiative by providing a well balanced Sport Night, which not only will provide a high type of entertainment for the townspeople and University family, but will insure financial assis tance, controlled by students, for student govern ment. Through your support and help we can continue on the right road. 'Right You Are' Causes Near Riot In Rome Opening It’s a different type of play that's coming to the University Theater Feb. 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9. A "modern classic," “Right You Are (If You Think Sol" nearly caused a riot when it first opened in Rome because the audience took sides about the outcome. The play evolves around differ ent stories gossiped about in a small village. And since the tales are different, the villagers (and the audience) wonder which is right. But it’s not until the last minutes of the drama-comedy that the character about whom the gossips have been gossipping, comes on stage to tell someone that, “right you are." Luigi Pirandello, the author, was one of the outstanding Italian play wrights. A 20th century author, hi3 contributions to Italian theater between his birth in 1867 and his death in 1936 mark him as a shin ing light in the history of the Italian theater. Other than “Right You Are,” other well-known plays he has written include “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” perhaps his best known play; “Henry IV," and “Each in His Own Way." The playwright’s dramas have an element of mystery about them that makes them both appealing and sometimes annoying—particu larly to that part of the audience that wishes a direct answer to any problem the play poses. The University Theater produc tion of "Right You Are,” direct ed by Frederick J. Hunter, is part of the Greater Drama Series. It will play to the Northwest Drama Conference Feb. 8, 9, and 10. TODAY'S STAFF Assistant Managing Editor: Eu gene A. Rose Copy Desk Editor: A1 Karr Copy Desk Staff: Sam Fidman, Bill Holman CLASSIFIED Place your ad at the Student I'nion, main desk or at the Shack, in person or phone ext. 219, between- 2 and 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Kates: First insertion 4c a word: subsequent insertions, ' 2c per word. WANTED: Will exchange board and room for girl to do light housekeeping. Ph. 4-8215. 62 FOUND: Foreign-make bicycle. Call A1 Staehli, 4-6434. ' 63 FOR SALE: Fly Rod, Automatic Reel, net, cet. Bargain §12.00. Lou Eggert Ext. 382. 6? FOR SALE: '40 Ford sedan, excel lent mechanical shape, fair body, bargain. Call or see at Campbell Club. 64 Civil Defense ; Appointments Set for Deputies Appointment of sub-deputies aft the next step for the campus civil ian defense program was decided upon by President H. K. Ncw burn and S. W. Little, head of the project at the University, at a joint meeting Friday. “So far Eve Overback and Don Paillette are the only students chosen for defense work, although, several faculty appointments have been made,” Little said. Sub-deputies will work in the electricity, hospitalization, water, sanitation, and building and repair departments. The entire program will cooper ate with that of the city of Eugene, under the direction of Keith Fen nell. NIGHT STAFF Night Editor: Rusty Holcomb Night Staff: Marilyn Olson, Bill Holman Case Tells of Future Paths in Morning Lecture By Adeline Garbarino In this uncertain world, two possibilities lay open to mankind, Harold C. Case, former minister of the First Methodist Church in Pasadena, said Monday at the all campus convocation in McArthur Pourt. Speaking on “Certainties in an Uncertain World,” Case said these two possibilities are walking to ward your goal as long as you live or merely continuing to exist. Let ting school work slide because of the Korean War and the draft situ ation was one of Case’s examples of merely existing. God Is A Certainity “One of the certainties which does exist in this world is the great significance of life itself and the fact of God,” Case said. “God cannot be proved any more than the reality of love. He cannot be doubted any more than the flow of time,” Case continued. “Belief in God is a venture and an adventure.” No Fear of Science Religion has nothing to fear from science, said Case. In hund reds of cases the use of reason and its application can make possible a great culture and a finer civili zation. Listing goodness as another of the certainties of an uncertain world, Case told the story of the blind man who said, “It’s almost worth being blind to find how many decent, kind, and sympathe tic people there are.” ' Look for Goodness “You’ve got to find goodness where it is,” said Case. "If you go out looking for cutthroats and crooks you’ll find them, but if you go out looking for good you’ll find it too,” he continued, “for it is impossible to deny goodness, truth, justice and beauty. They are cer tainties.” Look at what the common people are doing, said the newly appointed president of Boston University, if you want to see goodness in the world. Sometimes using language that sounded more like poetry than prose, Case made liberal use of anecdotes to put across his points. He drew material from the life of Lou Gehrig and Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” as well as from a vast store of personal experi ence. Take Responsibility “Take up your share of respon sibility wherever it is,” Case ad vised. “Maybe you can’t hit two home runs in a World Series to give a crippled boy the courage to walk again as Lou Gehrig did, but in drawing on the resources of the universe, on strangers, friends, and family, you will find adequate motivation to use your life proper ly.” “Maybe,” he went on, “you’ll find yourself saying, ‘It’s not as bad as I thought. Things are not as bad as they seem.’ ” Making effective use of such alliterative phrases as “tirading tyrant” and “tragic tension,” Case seemed to capture the imagination and interest of his audience. A man in New York said he took his daughter out of school because she was too pretty. 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