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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1951)
Daily EMERALD liter May - af OrtfOB. Entered as second class matter rates: $5 per school year; 12 per term. at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those cf ‘he writer and do represent the opinions of the ASUO or ottbe University. Initialed editorials the associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. those cf the writer and do not pretend to * ars written by Air eta Hour**. Editor MaartL ScaoociN. Business Manager Lobna Labson, Managing Editor_ Tom Kino, Kin Mternia, Jacbii Pbitaen, Associate Editors_ Fbax Neel. Advertising Manager News Editor: Gretchen Grondahl Sports Editor: Phil Johnson Wire Editor: A1 Karr Feature Editor: Bob Ford Asst. News Editors: Marjorie Bosh, Bill Frye, Larry Hobart. Asst. Managing Editors: Norman Anderson, Phil Bettens. Gene Rose. Night Editor: Sarah Turnbull. Circulation Manager: Jean Lovell. Zone Managers: Abbott Tame, Harriet ' a hey, Denise Thutn, Yal Schultz, Sally Thurston, Gretchcn Grcfc, Barbara Keelen, Sally Hareltine. layout Manager: Keith Reynolds. National Adv. Mgr.: Bonnie Birkemeier. Post-Mortem on AGS Triumph A majority, a top-heavy majority of voting Oregon students has picked its student body officials for next year. AGS won a whopping victory, and USA suffered the worst defeat since its establishment three years ago. So go the tides of political fortune. The democratic system says the majority is right, and so it is. The campaign was clean, the candidates fair to each other, and the only complaints which reached our office concerned the Emerald editorial page's election stand, and the preferen tial system of voting. Complainers said Emerald news columns had been com pletely fair, the full page interview of the candidates was just, but the editorial was opinionated. This is an ideal situation, and we hope it continues to exist. Unbiased news columns, an editorial page which takes a stand. We ask for nothing more, and we hope this campus newspaper never loses its independence to the point where it fails to take sides editorially. As for the preferential system of voting, we cannot help but wonder. A voting system which is completely misunderstood by the voters cannot be healthy. And few are the voters who understand the preferential ballot. However, it has merit in that it provides representation for the minority. Both political parties and also non-partisan can didates end up with representation, which is good. New student officers would do well to re-examine this plan, and if it is retained, attempt to teach it to the voter early in the year. \ It is only one segment of the new constitution which will be administered for the first time next year. The new ASUO presi dent, Bill Carey, has proven that he has the confidence of the students and that he has excellent organizational ability. With these qualities, plus a good vice-president and a strong Senate, Carey and the ASUO should have a good year. Junior Colleges in Oregon? A major step has been taken toward developing a junior col lege system in Oregon. The legislature passed a bill permitting their establishment in local school districts having $20,000,000 or more assessed valuation and at least 500 school children enrolled in the ninth through twelfth grades. Such a plan has both its pluses and minuses. Junior colleges are excellent for those who intend to matriculate in college for only two years. Students who are uncertain as to how they will fare scholastically in a University may begin in a two-year school with more confidence. The advantage of beginning a college career near home has its good points (and sometimes its bad points, too). In California the junior college system has proved a boon to education. Universities there are already overcrowded. As it is, many begin in junior colleges—which takes part a great load off the four-year schools. It also allows the latter to con centrate more on upper division and graduate education. Certainly Oregon and Oregon State are not overcrowded to day. But they expect to be in the future. Just exactly what effects a junior college system would have —and also how many districts will be able to finance such pro jects is open to question. It will take time to actually bring about junior colleges in Oregon. But such a system has possibilities that should be watched carefully.—T.K. THE DAILY goes to the freshmen women who have made the sale of “Kisties” a success and to the many students who bought them. It means money for Phi Theta scholarships. Campon Critic ... 3 Short Stories by Somerset Maugham Become Successful Screen Adaptations By Don Smith It is pictures such as "Trio,” now at the Mayflower, that make you think that movies really are better than ever. However. Holly wood can have little credit for this film, since it is a British pro duct. Following the plan of "Quar tet,” "Trio” In a film of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham; the author briefly dis cusses each story before its pre sentation. Sitting through this film is an experience similar In effect to sitting down with a good book. When you've finished, you're content. Each of the three short produc tions are given excellent core by the cast and directors; there is no need to worry here about minor roles being poorly handled, or un attended details botching up the works. Each character is a dis tinct personality. In the first story of a vicar, you're given a glimpse of a lovely middie-class family that accumu lates great wealth. It’s a humor ous, heart-warming tale of a fel low who get* removed from hi* position nt church because he can neither read nor write. Then he goes out and makes u fortune op erating; tobacco shops, and ends up giving; a donation for the poor of the parish or the church for which he used to work. While the first story is of the warm chuckle variety, the second, Mr. Knowall,’ * Is more guffaw able. In this you discover ttiat an ostentatious bore (the slap-on the-back type of salesman) is really not the total heel he's sus pected of being. "Sanatorium” is the third, and longest, of the stories. It has Jean Simmons, the only member of the excellent cast who has gained any great public in the t'nlted States, in a lead role. This one is a love story of two tubercular*, who meet In a Scottish sanatori um. Much of the story’s value comes from the characterizations of other patients, and bits of their lives, that arc presented. This one Ik tt little too long, n little (no Hlow at first; but the cleft nr ting of the east keeps It In line with the other two stories. Itette Davis Iiiii displayed her great talent once uk»Iii In "I’ay. ment on Demand”, which was at the Mae earlier thin week. In this tcar-Jerking story, liol lywood's most honored .ye^-ss portrays a middle-aged f / \l climber whose husband gets tin I of her relentless pursuit of »u ■ cess and usks for a divorce. At this point, she (via unique flash backs) runs over her life with him hunting for the reason for divorce; and when she finds the reason, decides she has been a rather selfish creature. Miss Davis plays a 17-yenr-nld girl, a woman In her ISO's, and a woman In her 10’s In this (IIijj-, and plays all with magnificent ease and authority. It appears that Bette, who floundered around a good deal during the last few years, is once again back on course. - Ro: Hash — Columnist Funk Does Some Philosophizing On Drowning Fly, Coke, and Spring Love She sat looking moodily down into her Coke, watching a fly slowly drown. “Life,” she sighed. “The entire nasty enigma of life is here in this glass.” A tear coursed down her face, and slowly evaporated. He was not listening to her. He was not even looking at her. He was looking at a girl who obvious ly had no IQ to speak of. So he thinks she’s pretty, she thought. Hah, those pretty ones. He turned back to the table and looked her full in the face. “Who are you?” he asked. The Campus Answers Emerald Editor: As several who heard the ap peal in behalf of two ousted fel low-students, we want to enlist out wholehearted support to the cause. As long as there is any uncer tainty concerning the manner or method of the recent bearing, it would be in all fairness for them to receive a new hearing. A charge such as these boys are facing is legally beyond the Jur isdiction of a University commit tee. Certainly no court of law would charge and convict a per son in such a short period of time, with such far-reaching conse quences resting on the outcome. We must take our complete ac cord with the two letters that ap peared in the Thursday issue of the Emerald. We hope the entire student body will arise as one to support these two who have reached a cross-roads in their lives, the question of being able to continue their preparation for their future lives. Charles A. Duncan Charles M. Hart James H. McAlear George C. Douglas ••I’m the girl you’re having » Coke date with.” She gnashed her teeth loudly, and the people at the next table moved. “Oh, that Kiri." And he smiled his sweet, cretin smile. “I knew we knew each other some place." "I wish—oh, I wish life were not quite so enigmatic," she sigh ed, and another tear rolled off her lower eye-lid and scored a di rect hit on the still-drowning fly. “It doesn’t bother me,” he said In a deep voice. “I chew gum and do sltting-up exercises.” “Sitting up, shmitting up, gum shmum,” she said. "Let's hold hands.” “I’d rather not while I'm drink ing this coke.” “But It’* spring—look it's still light ontaldr," He looked, and there whs an other giil going past. She kicked him savagely under the table, but he did not feel it. She quoted aomi Shakespeare under her breath, and picked the fly out of her Coke with a spoon. Somewhere an orchestra was playing the “Love of the Three Oranges.” Somewhere a wound ed banshee was singing a hymn to Venus. It's love, she thought. Love. He turned back to her. “Let's make snakes out of our straw wrappers,” he said. “Let's," she said. Love. And the wonderful emotional tangle of it all came crashing over her. It Could Be Oregon cm Xf &' This is the Library Office . . # / r i .1