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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1951)
Owaon Daily _ •EMERALD The Obfc.on Daily Eiiuu is published Monday through Friday during the college year, except examination and holiday period*, with issues on Homecoming Saturday and Junior Weekend Saturday hy the Associated Students of the University of Oregon. Entered as sec ond class matter at the post other, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per school year, $2 per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the Unirersity. Initialed editorials are writt-u b» the associate editors. Unsigned editorials a*e written by the editor. Loxna I.abson, Editor Abbott PstN*, Buaireaa Manager Pay Phones and Confusion East is west and north is south. That makes about as much sense to us as the pay phone situation did last weekend. Up until last Thursday, we had been going under the assump tion that, as the Barometer, (OSC paper), said in its news columns, (1) OSC had requested and was going to have a hearing with the Public Utilities commission near the first of this month, and (2) a delegation of University students was going to the hearing. But Thursday Bill Carey, ASUO president, received a letter from Donti Black, ASOSC president, saying that (1) there would probably be a hearing between Now 10 and 1,''. but (2) no students would he allowed to attend, and (3) Gov. Douglas McKay was going to take OSC’s stand. So, we went to Salem Saturday, thinking we’d understand after a talk with the officials concerned. We found that: No formal complaint from the OSC students had been filed with the PUC office. Therefore, no hearing had been scheduled. The hearing couldn’t possibly be held between Nov. 10 and 15 because a period of 10 days must, according to law, inter vene between the time public notice of the hearing is given and the actual hearing. A formal hearing is open to the public. Students could not lawfully be barred. Governor McKay is not planning to publicly take anybody’s stand at a phone hearing. He said he knew of the controversy but had never agreed to represent the OSC students at a hearing. This somewhat enlightened us, but we still wondered why the Staters and the Salem officials didn’t have the same story. Finally, Monday night we talked to a couple of Staters who seem to know what’s going on—Norm Goetze, vice president of the Coop Managers’ Association, and Dave Swall, chair man of an IFC phone committee. They, along with Joan Rutter, secretary of Panhellenic, have been working on the situation from the start. Their story jibes with that of the PUC and the governor. No complaint has been filed. No hearing is scheduled. But things aren’t as bad as they may look. The OSC stu dents haven’t dropped the issue. They intend to carry through on it. And they do plan to cooperate with us. A UO student com mittee is going to OSC Thursday to meet with their phone committee. \Ye hope to be even more enlightened after that meeting. Scandal Pays Off The wages of sin ... For the individual delinqu ent, punishment is the usual re sult of misconduct. For the organization, immense profit is too often the wage of sin. This was evident in a story released this week by the In ternational News Service. Ac cording to INS, officials^ at Madison Square Garden, New York, are anticipating the best financial season yet as basket ball time approaches. The reason? The basketball scandals of the past year-and-a half. People who love the sport refuse to believe what they’ve heard and will continue to at tend the games. At the other extreme are the cynics who re gard all sports as crooked and want to be on hand to watch the skullduggery. With increased profits the result of game fixing and point diaving, we can be sure that promoters will not discourage gamblers from continuing their activities. The moneyed interests be hind sporting events will be happy to know that Howard Hobson, former Oregon*coach now at Yale, anticipates a rec ord catch of 30 fixers during the 1951-52 season. That leaves m about 25 to go.—D. IY_ So THIS Ms Oregon OSC, Nemo, I/O Battle Foreseen At Skinner's Butte Bonfire Site --By Jim Kjycox You hear the strangest stories about our little high school bud dies . . . the Nemos. They seem to be everywhere and nowhere ... the latest place being the base ment of the Student Union. According to a guy who sets pins down there, the place is overrun with them. They have, he says, practically a monopoly on the place. He cautioned JIM HAYCOX me to run an i-nny uou went down there. Whieh brings to mind wane thing we forgot last week . .. what do they look like? The iiiohI distinguishing features about them are their hair, which comes to a “ducktail” in back. And the collar Is up ... all the way up. They drive the police slightly crazy at times. First a bunch of them will start some trouble one place. They're chased away. Then five minutes later they're going at it in another part of town. And they apparently have a kind of class consciousness about them. The Nemos and the Spring field Dukes, their brother clan, got together a few weeks back to meet the "Broadway Boys" from Portland who were supposed to be coming down to take on these upstarts. The Portland gang, they say, never showed up so they ended up fighting among themselves (iottu fight to keep up the old niorul! The possibility of an incident between this aggregation and the college boys seems not so re mote. Specifically, during Home coming when we've got a big pile of wood on top of Skinner's Butte. Certainly, if they are as tough as they say they are, they will have to make some kind of show of strength .. . why not at the bon fire. It ought to be a dandy affair. Homecoming Chairman Francis (illlmore told the senate Thurs day night she had practically the oath Of the freshman and sopho more classes that they would lay down their lives In-fore that pile of wood. She mentioned their policy was rumored to bo “Carry a big stick but don't use II” (too much). Anyway, between the Ne mos and Oregon State, it ought to be a fine little fire. fyna+n t/te Sltelfj... Fantasy, Philosophy Combined It is a world of fantasy into which Truman Capote has, once again, invited the readers of his latest novel, "The Grass Harp,” (Random House, $3 •. But the world of imagination which he has conjured up for his purposes this time is a far different world from that in which he has moved in his previous novels and short stories. For in “The Grass Harp, we find ourselves in a realm of effervescent and delightful child hood fantasy quite at odds with the dark and nightmarish fantasy of “Other Voices, Other Rooms.” It is not a novel for the readers who found an empathy with the author pictured as a precocious and neurotic fellow wearing a checkered vest, draped sensuous ly upon a chaise lounge and brooding about the evil and decay which he found in the world about him. But rather, it is the novel of an author who as a child has Those Midterm Grades “He’s actually a big help—Professor Snarf lets him grade all his papers.” run and sung in the summer sun and relates a story concerning his involvement in some mysteri ous events during these sunny days; the full significance of which he did not recognize until reaching maturity. It is not, however. Mr. Capote's purpose to create fantasy for the sake of fantasy alone, but, rather, to use it as a cloak and vehicle for a philosophical theme. Fantasy, as a literary device, may Is* employed for this purpose very effectively as It has univer sality, and the ability to cut across all cultural and intellec tual hinderances (that is: cultur al standards and inability, intel lectually, to comprehend straight didactic criticism or approval). And, I believe, that Mr. Capote has to a degree been successful in the use of fantasy for this pur pose. For the high point of the novel — three old persons and a young boy going to live in a tree-house — requires the firm entrenchment of the reader in the world of fan tasy so that he is not lost by in credulity when he approaches this high point in which Mr. Ca pote has chosen to lodge the real philosophical message of his book. And he has been able to do this with great artistic facility. However, my critical sensibili ties were not overcome by Mr. Capote’s Illusion, anil I found my self stopped short in enjoyment of the book as a whole by a rath er difficult problem which, per haps, his conception of the novel form produces. That is: his me ticulous selection of material and his singular descriptive power, while making for beautiful single scenes, do not have the ability to make these scenes fit smoothly into the flux and flow of the novel as a whole. They tend to make these in dividual scenes far too brilliant and independent in the mind of the reader so that they are not able to fill their subservient posi tion in the total structure of the novel. This, however, raises a perennial question of art: how subservient to the whole should “ornament" be? That is: do indi vidual parts form the total con cept or does the total concept form and prescribe the individual parts? It is an intriguing ques tion and might well be kept in mind during the reading of Mr. Capote’s offering. Letters to the Editor Enforced Honor System Emerald Editor: Tent administration is very slack in some classes at this university. At the universities of Texas, Minnesota and California (at. Ijoh Angeles) exams are bet ter controlled. I attended the Uni versity of Texas In 1948. which was shortly after "Life” has used that institution as an example for an article on cheating tech niques among college and univer sity students. The Texas board of education really damped down after that expose. For Instance, in an Inor ganic chemistry final two PhD's iind several of the assistant In structors turned out to administer the test. The assistants served as "watchdogs" and believe me they were on the ball. The several classes In Inorganic all had lo take the same final at the same time. UCLA hus developed the miil ti|>l«* choice electrically ginili'il exams especially well. In uni' class (hut I attended last sum mer a l*hl) and tw'o usnUisiili administer'd the exam. The l*lrI>. previous t» passing out the papers, warned us about the "ltint Art" (UCLA Student Riot Act) and said there was to he no talk ing nor whispering during the quiz, and that alt iHioks, papers, like devices lie put away. One hears Instructors debunk tlie value of copying quiz ans wers by saying that copiers copy somebody else’s wrong answers. In my opinion that is mere false than true. Too, there are instructors who turn their backs and fail to ice straying eyes. Some listers who spilt hairs over details (for ex ample: mark a fair synonym wrong) are not aware of tin* ma jor imperfections in their quiz zing techniques. In one of my subjects a lab quiz is given to one section and to another section tin- same quiz is given two days later. Of course the news has gotten around so that the second time a quiz is given it is more of a test of in dividuality versus a consensus cf opinion than anything else. Then there are people who say that it doesn’t inatler whether you get A or tint what one learns is what counts. This line of reasoning is false, lieeause any pre-professional student is judged on seholastlc rating. The student honor Byst • • : fine especially when it is <" _*** forced by a strict, orderly admin istrator of exams. •Jerome K. Frederick Let Us Know Emerald Editor: Many, many congratulations to the 19.ril Homecoming dance com mittee. Their sense of fairness really overwhelms me. At how many colleges would bands such as Anthony and Kenton be tossed aside, with practically no con sideration, in favor of some new, small combo which 19 trying to get established? It Is indeed wonderful that the dance commit tees seem to be able to present this opportunity to these musicians time after time with the only tiling being risked being the success of the dance, or possibly the success of the entire Homecoming weekend. One more bit of praise to tills year's committee for the manner in which they are handling the announcement of the Homecom ing band. It is truly a novel idea not to announce who will play .it a time so far ahead of the damn: (a week and a half) that i) 0 impact would wear off. Let in offer this one suggestion win !i might help U10 committee. Why not wait until intermission 1 i at the dance and then anuo.s e to the public, for the firsL lone, the name of the orchestra whoso music they arc dancing to. After all, it seems that according to the present plans it will be v. ry, very close to that time anyway. Have Strauss