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Two More Days
You have just two more days of the nickel phone call.
Monday it becomes the two-nickel or dime variety. ^ on didu t
seem to mind the nickel payment much; but you don t like the
dime idea.
You have every right to this opinion. But. . . what are
you to do about it? A few suggestions:
Demand an opinion from the University administration.
Send a delegration to Mr. Jones or Mr. Lindstrom or Mr. Du
Shane to ask them whether or not the University officially will
back a drive to get rid of the phones.
Send a delegation to talk to the governor of Oregon.
Sign a petition protesting the phones to the Oregon Public
Utilities commission.
Write to your parents asking for a raise in allowance, due to
the phones and the new rate. Explain the unfair situation to
them, and maybe they, in turn, will explain it to others.
We don't think we need to tell you why you should do
these things. You know that it’s unfair to spend 50 cents—
that’s five calls—trying to reach one person in a house who
happens to be out much of the time. \ou (especially in fra
ternities, sororities and co-ops) know you feel entitled to the
free use of a phone in your nine-month-out-of-the-year home.
You know the phones were installed under false pretences.
You thought Oregon State had them too. The administration
thought they were mandatory in A\ ashington and California.
One phone call a day for just the remainder of this month
will cost you $1.10. It’s time to do something. . . or go broke.
A Question of Perspective
Dept, of Idle Speculations on Perspective Note . . .
Quoting from recent Emeralds, we see that one Oregon
fraternity has been fined $50 by the Inter-fraternity council
for sending letters to 250 freshmen; another fraternity was
penalized $10 for sending Christmas cards to “selected fresh
men.”
Meanwhile men’s rushing went on in the usual carefree
manner, with pockets jingling with the usual pledge pins and
rushees “detained” by rival fraternities ... all very happy and
traditional. Maybe that’s the best way.
Fines? Nope.
Just a question of perspective.—G. G.
On the Ain. . •
Dance Band, Hoopsfers Gef
Airina on Weekend Radio Bill
By Don Collin
Basketball Friday and Satur
day en KASH at 8 p.m. U of O
vs. U of W. Following Friday’s
broadcast, “Studio Party” will
feature some of King Perry’s
(Military Ball’s orchestra) rec
ords. . . "Cavalcade of Sports”
(KUGN 7:00 p.m. Friday) brings
together a pair of middleweights,
Eugene Hairston and A1 ‘Red’
Priest for a ten rounder.
Chester Bowles, U. S. Ambas
sador to India, will be quizzed by
, three CBS Washington corres
pondents on “Capitol Cloakroom”
Friday (KERO 7:05 p.m.) Ques
tioners will be Griffing Bancroft,
Bill Shadel and Bill Costello.
Music of the Weekend: Met
presents a double-header Satur
day at 11 a.m. (KUGN) “Gianne
Schicchi” and “Salome.” New
York Philharmonic, 11:00 a.m.
KERG Sun. features Rudolph
Firkusny as piano soloist in
Dvorak's Concerto in G minor.
Hindemith’s Symphony “Mathis
der Maler” and the radio pre
miere of Alan Shulman’s “A
Laurentian Overture.” The lat
ter selection is dedicated to Tal
lulah Bankhead, but that should
n’t detract from the goodness of
the music.
Pete Schindler, freshman in
Hunter hall, is full announcer at
KASH. He holds down the af
ternoon shift. . . Emerald scoop,
ed the Kegister-Guard and The
Oregonian on the fact that the
pay telephones have already been
converted to the 10 cent charge.
. . . Not many people caught the
printing omission in the King
Perry posters. . Check the letter
“P” in Perry’s name.
City says parking meters to go
in on Onyx street side of the
S.U. as soon as the par ts for the
money grabbers arrive. The Uni
versity requested them. . . moguls
of the Mock Political Convention
chose "Operation Politics” for
short title. All are not satisfied
with it and would accept a bet
ter one if offered. . . Comment
of the Week comes from one of
the Australian debators, "If all
the economists were laid end to
end they would never reach a
conclusion.” Ever had an econ
course?. . . Speaking of econo
mics, current Atlantic has an all
too- true article entitled “We
All Want Inflation.”
Story on how "Dragnet” (KGW
9:00 p.m. Thursday) has kept a
high-quality program and has
grown in audience appeal told in
Newsweek January 14. Only oth
er comparison is the "Whistler”
on KERG Sundays afe 7:30 p.m.
These are probably the best who
dunits on the air today.
Those people listening to Mario
Lanza (not released locally)
watch for a change of hour and
day. Broadcast time moved up an
hour and day changed from Mon
day to Friday beginning Jan. 25.
For those people who saw Lanza’s
pictures, heard his program and
bought his records, he made
$1,100,000 off you last year. Did
you get your money’s worth?
T
--Letters to the Editor—
Split Five for Activities
Kmerald Editor:
Am answering Interesting anil
anil highly amusing dissertation
on the "healthy sign” of disin
terest in student government and
it seems to me that Miss Millam
has confused the issue consid
erably.
At this point I would like to
note u few “well-known" princi
ples concerning student govern
ment at Oregon:
1. There is a plurality of stu
dent government on this campus:
the ASUO and SU board.
2. These two governing bodies
have well-defined areas, func
tions and responsibilities which
are indepedent of each other.
8. The basis of selection for
the SU board is entirely non-poll,
tleal and the crlticrla for selec
tion are based upon the scholas
tic and extracurricular achieve
ments and interest.
4. The SU board is the policy
making organization for all ac
tivities of an educational, social
and cultural nature within the
Student Union program.
5. The SU directorate is com
posed of all committee chairmen
within the Union program.
6. There are 10 committees
(a la SU): art gallery, browsing
room, concert, dance, house, mu
sic, movie, personnel, publicity
and recreation.
Now let's get back to the let
ter by Miss Millam. She makes
reference to the fact that stu
dents expect to receive from P.ie
University three things: “Tntcl
lectual stimulation, cultural em
phasis and GOOD recreation," . .
. . and I am in accord with these
views—as far as she has gone!
But does she believe that all
these good things arise out of
spontaneity? Without planning?
Yet she insists "give the students
good movies, good lectures, good
music, good dunce orchestras and
good discussion groups." I un
sure nil you good people that
these "good" things do not come
from intuition, common sense, or
"say thut sounds okay let's do
it," but. . . rather careful plan
ning and careful organizing.
My last point is In reference to
the SU committees themselves.
She stales glibly "one person
could easily handle any one of
the SU committees.” There are
approximately 1.10 students in flic
St' uctlvlty program who would
really denounce any such state,
men!—that Is 150 people ill the
program who organize anil spon
sor activities of “Intellectual
stimulation, cultural emphasis,
and good recreation."
I am not writing this ns n di
rect attack against the author of
the letter, but rather as a point
of information to clarify thoughts
about student government spe
cifically the SU board and its
highly organized and effective
program.
Clyde Kalilnian
Reds in the Kitchen?
Kmerald Kdltor:
After due consideration and
many happy contemplative mo
ments spent scraping morsels
from the plates in one of the lo
cal University eateries, I feel a
tremendous urge to say some
thing.
It has repeatedly been brought
to my attention that the presi
dent of the United States and
various other high administra
tive officials believe that the sec
ond greatest peril to the Ameri
can way of life Is inflation (the
first, of course, being the scourge
of the world—communism.)
But what is being done to
stop this second horrible mon
Someone casually remarks,
“Student government is for
birds." A freshman near him
looks up from his Anthology of
Great American Cliches and mut
ters, "Pessimist. . .” A co-ed at
the next table stops composing a
flying speech long enough to pass
this disgusting remark on to the
next table where a party caucus
is in session over the next candi
date for Student Union flag-rais
ing chairman. Whambo. . . next
day the campus breaks out in a
rash of concern over the student's
attitude toward activities in gen
eral.
We have noticed that every
year, at least once, a campaign
is started to get more activities
for more activity people, fewer
activities for more people, or
more activities for fewer people,
or some combination different
from the current trend. We have
also noticed that few persons
ever do anything about It ex
cept proclaim loudly how they
feel about the whole situation.
When AWS tries to put in a
point system, all the enthusias
tic activity people gag. When
everyone gets engulfed in activi
ties, the faculty gags. If no one
had any activities, everybody
would gag. No matter how many
people are in how many activi
ties, someone isn’t satisfied.
Leafing through a mouldy old
publication of the 20’s the other
day, we came across an article on
the University of Oregon’s new
point system. It seems in those
days, the Oregon faculty main
tained a point system, which al
lotted a maximum number of ac
tivities to each student, and vio
lations were handled by the reg
istrar. The publication reflected,
“the administration anticipates
no difficulty in enforcing the
rule. . . ’’
And while we would hesitate to
scund out the present faculty on
such a proposal today, at least
someone did something in those
days... Why worry anyway? We
—;-Just Lookin ' A round
Somebody's Always Worrying,1
But Activities Keep Rolling Along
__By Jackie Pritzen --
would conjecture thai if every,
one quit being active, activities
would continue If only hy perpet
ual motion.
Since we rather expect the 10
cent levy on campus calls to
raise the mortality rate of ac
tivity people in general, perhaps
we may be optimistic enough to
suggest that the campus become
concerned over the fact that so
few freshmen who come to col
lege have been taught to study in
Oregon high schools.
strr? CongroHH Insists on pass
ing Gargantuan appropriations,
and It appears that Industry la
only too happy to pay wages
above the mere existence level;
both of which are obviously b- ul
Ing us to the very brink of econ
omic chaos.
On the horir.on of Imminent In
flatloimry disaster there I* at.
least one Institution which Is
doing everything In Its power to
save this great citadel of demo
cracy. In view of the monetary
remuneration paid student em
ployees, plaudits and acclama
tions of the highest caliber should
be given the University of Ore
gon on Its forthright stand to
thwart Inflation.
Our noble university Ih paying
wages which are commensurate
directly to American history
wages that are not too far re
moved from those paid to val
iant soldiers who suffered at Val
ley Forge; wages that are very
similar to the pittance paid 10
year-old children In New Kng
lantl factories in the 1870s. If
one has a sufficiently wild Imag
ination he can picture "our unN
verslty" as a rugged individtiTa^
ist of the true American tradi
tion.
I am hirci'il to admit, however,
that everyone employed In the
local sculleries does not have a
clear grasp of the situation ami
does not understand the true hu
manitarian motives of "our uni
versity.” My democratic nature
forces me to reveal certain sub
versive activities directly con
nected to the scullery.
Last week I heard highly sus
picious muttering#, e g., "exploit
ed proletariat” and "down with
the bourgeoisie." I am positive
that some of the malcontents are
reading "Das Kapital" and "The
Communist Manifesto." As I
was wandering through the
stacks in the library I distinctly
saw a future subversive ensting
furtive and wistful glances at
"Mein Kampf.”
It Is impossible for me to
make much of a case with this
evidence; however, I firmly Ik
lleve that If that great American
senator, Joe McCarthy, were giv
en this evidence, he could weave
it into positive proof that there
are communists in the Univer
sity of Oregon’s kitchens who
are formulating American for
eign policy.
But aguln I want to commend
"our university" which, in the
face of overwhelming odds, con
tinues to pay a wage that Is
steeped in heritage and tradi
tion. Though there arc certain
malcontents, the magnanimous
wage of 66 cents per hour will
preserve the American way of
life. —V
Name withheld upon request
9 p.m. Saturday
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“Isn’t this a wonderful floor—almost like dancing on a carpet.”