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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1952)
Oregon Daily _l EMERALD' The Oatcott Daily E«r«»t» la published Monday through Friday during the college year, except examination and holiday Periods, with issues on Homecoming Saturday. Dads Day Saturday, March 10 and Junior Weekend Saturday by the Associated Students of the Uni versity of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Sub scription rates: $5 per school year. 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 University. Initialed editorials are written by represent xne opinions OI me nouv; UI ui ^ • *•. the associate cdttors. Unsigned editorials arc written by the edttor. Wire services: Associated Press. United Press. Member. Associated Collegiate Press. Loan a Laxson, Editor _Roarar GaKr.Ntr.it, Business Manager Phil Bettens, Managing Editor_ Jack Cady, Advertising Manager_ ~ Gkbtchem Geondahl, Bill Clothiee, Don Dkwey, Associate Editors Some Managers Like Them Some doubt still exists as the “financial benefit" of pay phones to campus living organizations. Since the believers in their value have not expressed their bone of contention, we will hazard a guess. Many fraternities and sororities formerly got phone bills each month totaling about $75. Most of this amount was due to long distance calls which were normally charged against the caller’s house bill as an assessment. In some houses, however, adequate records were not kept of who made these calls and the house had to stand the loss of those not traced. This, we presume, is what Mr. Barry makes reference to in his letter. Limitation of long distance phone calls in fraternities and sororities is a matter which can be fairly easily accomplished. At least one fraternity last year installed one pay phone for long distance calls, instructing the telephone company not to accept long distance calls on the other two phones. This is a common practice on other campuses. While they are doubtless saving house managers consider able bookwork, we have presented the figures and we again say that pay phones are not a financial benefit to anyone, save PT&T.—R. X. \ Tale of Religions - from 200 Years Back Over 200 years ago a German author, Gotthold Ephraim Leasing, wrote a play "Nathan the Wise" as a protest to narrow-minded assumptions of :hcologians of the day. He was a believer in uni versal brotherhood. VVe think portions of this play worth considering during this I’arliament of World Religion. So... we’ll let I .easing speak for himself. (Nathan is a Jew. He has been asked by a Mus mlman- who considers Nuthan a very wise man ,vhy he chose the Jewish faith. The Mussulman be ieves only one faith can be the "true" one. Nathan .ells this tale:) “TN days of yore, there dwelt in Kastern lands A A man, who from a valued hand received A ring of priceless worth. An opal stone Shot from within an ever-changing hue, And held this virtue In its form concealed, To render him of God and man beloved, Who wore It in this fixed unchanging faith. No wonder that its Eastern owner ne'er Withdrew it from his finger, and resolved That to his house the ring should be secured. Therefore he thus- bequeathed it: first to him Who was the most beloved of his sons, Ordaining then that he should leave the ring To the most dear among his children; then, That without heeding birth, the fav’rite son, In virtue of the ring alone, should still Ee lord of all the house .... “From son to son. The ring at length descended to a sire Who had three sons, alike olicdient to him, And whom he loved with just and equal love. The first, the second, and the third, in turn, According as they each apart received The overflowings of his heart, appeared Most worthy as his heir, to tuke the ring. Which, with good-natured weakness, he in turn Had promised privately to each; and thus Things lasted for a while. But death approached, The father now embarrassed, could not bear To disappoint two sons, who trusted him. What’s to lie done? In secret he commands The jeweller to come, that from the form Of the true ring, he may bespeak two more. Nor cost nor pains are to be spared, to make The rings alike quite like the true one. This The artist managed. When the rings were brought The father's eye could not distinguish which Had been the model. Overjoyed, he calls Hift eons, talus leave of earn apart bestows His blessing and his ring on each anti (lies ... "Scarce Is the father tleatl, When with his ring, each separate son appears, Anil claims to he the lord of all the house. Question arises, tumult and devate But all in vain the true ring could no more Be distinguished than the true faith now .... "Hut then they differ not In their foundation. Are not all built on history alike, Traditional or written? History Must he received on trust. Is It not so? Why should I credit my forefathers less Than you do yours- or ran I usk of you To charge your ancestors with falsehood, that The praise of truth may he bestowed on mine? And so of Christians..,.” (The sons complained to a Judge. Kach deemed t impossible that hit) father had been false to him. lather, each thought treachery had been done by he other two brothers.) THE Judge said:... You tell me that the real ring Enjoys the secret power to make the man Who wears it, both by God and man, beloved. Let that decide. Who of the three is loved Best by his brethren ? Is there no reply ? What! do these love-exciting rings alone Act inwardly: Have they no outward charm? Does each one love himself alone? You're all Deceived deceivers. All your rings are false. The real ring, perchance, has disappeared; And so your father, to supply the loss, Has caused three rings to fill the place of one .... * EACH from his father has received a ring: Let each then think the real ring Ids own. Your lather, possibly, desired to free His power from one ring’s tyrannous control. He loved you all with an impartial love, And equally, and had no Inward wish To prove the measure of his love for one By pressing heavily upon the rest. Therefore, let each one imitate this love; So, free from prejudice, let each one aim To emulate his brethren in the strife To prove the virtues of his several ring, By offices of kindness and of love, And trust in God. And if, in years to come, The virtues of the ring shall reappear Amongst your children’s children, then, once more Come to this judgment seat. A greater far Than I shall .-it upon It, and decide." --Letters to the Editor I A Protest... Emerald Editor: We the undersigned students of the school of law, in the interests of fairness and justice, wish to protest the Emerald’s intemper ate attack of Jan. 21 upon the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph co. Complete with front-page edi torial and cartoon, in the best Hearst tradition, the Emerald made no attempt to give a fair presentation of the very strong arguments of the telephone com pany. One article did purport to present the “complete picture of the telephone situation...” But who gave us this “complete pic ture?” Why, Mr. A1 Karr, one Of the principal agitators. Much space that might other wise have been devoted to news worthy items was given to “spon taneous” letters from Oregon students. How many activity points per signature, Madame Editor? luruu^uuui me nsutr, v* c aic confronted with the argument that campus living organizations are something other than public or semi-public locations. This is an extraordinary contention. It may just be true that some cam pus living organization considers itself as being one big happy family, but it is difficult to ac cept the idea that such an organ ization should have a private phone, even as a family of three. In addition, we have the im pertinent suggestion that Got. McKay should go to bat for the student malcontents. The gover nor was elected by the citizens of the state of Oregon. It is just possible that some of these citi zens do not like the idea of pay ing higher rates because Oregon students do not care to pay their share. One should also recall that the pay phone rate was 5 cents dur ing the depths of the depression when a nickel would ransom a king—or at least a student-body president. At a dime in 1952, a phone call is something of a bar gain. Finally, it should be noted that students may now place long f distance cafis {h'rough the phones in their own living organizations. Conclusion: Boys and girls, you've never had it so good. (Signed:) John Sabin, Robert Abrams, Robert Puckett, William Love, Francis Linklater, Jr., David Lentz, Fred Risser, Kenneth Poole, Tom Brand, Robert Boyer, Joe Richards, Robert Hill, Pat Young, Lester Pederson, John Larsson, Joe French, Henry Bauer, Donald McCoy, Robert Kerr, Robert Holland, R. Vernon Cook, Tom Mosgrove, Gordon Price, Corinne Gunderson, Rob ert Danielson, Gene Rose, Ed ward O’Reilly. ... An Answer Before going into detail on the letter’s content, we’d like to point out that one of the signers of this letter, Joe French, also signed a letter protesting the pay phone installation, which ran on page two of Wednesday’s paper. An in teresting dualism! • Front page edits on subjects of particular significance or inter test are fairly common among U.S. newspapers. • The only argument the phone company offered was an interpre tation of its own PUC-filed tar iffs. The extracts fro mthese un der w’hieh the phone installation was made were printed on page one of the Jan. 21 paper. We’re sorry the company didn’t give us more reasons for its action so we could devote more space to its arguments. • Mr. A1 Karr, even though a member of the ASUO senate phone committee, is an Emerald reporter and one of the few in formed on the phone situation. • Not "one article,” but two, purported to present the develop ment of the pay phone situation. • We are not assigning activ ity points. Direct this question to the members of the senate phone committee who suggested that living organizations express their feelings through letters to the editor. • PUC tariffs state that flat rate service is not provided in public or semi-public premises where phones are “accessible to the public in general.” Has. the. public free access tc phones in such restricted membership groups as fraternities and soror ities? An “extraordinary conten tion,” students of the law? Prov en members of your profession seem to agree there’s a question of interpretation. • Where have we asked for a private phone? Do you not real ize that the old flat-rate phones were not the same as ‘'private” pho%s ? You would suggest a pay phone for a “family of three?” • Since when has it been “im pertinent” to suggest that citi zens call what they consider an unjust practice to the attention of the governor of the state? • Did the phone company state Oregon residents would have higher rates if pay phones were not installed on this campus? We think not. Incidentally, pay phones were installed in Septem ber. Rates went up Monday. • A conipleted phone call for 50 cents or so isn’t much of a “bargain.” Or do you 27 students always get your money back when you call a living organiza tion and find the party not in? • Where have you 22 fifth year students been for the past few years that you think stu dents were unable to place long distance calls from their living organizations previous to this school year ? • How many of you 27 lawyers -to-be have lived under (he pres ent pay phone system? Only sev en of you, according to the Rig ger’s Guide. (One in a fraternity and six in dorms.) Eight of you have private phones; eleven have no phones; one, a University ex tension. To the general reader this may seem unnecessary usage of space to re-explain things to 27 leaders. However, we feel their apparent ignorance of certain facts justifies it. Ed. It's Best to Give Emerald Editor; We wish to announce that we are 100 per cent behind the posi tion taken by the ASUO senate, the university administration and the Emerald concerning the pay phone situation in fraternity and sorority houses. We are strongly in favor of returning to the system of last year or use of the proposed toll free intra-campus phone system. Remember, Pacific Tel. and Tel. it is better to give than to re ceive! (Signed:) Sally Stone, Audrey Campbell, Norma Wilson, .loan Fewlcss, Judy Woodeosk, Dorothy Peder son, Marjorie Williams, Joan Ren ner, Marlene Smith, Ancy Vincent, Ann Irwin, Betsy Kggen, Sydney Hass, Mary Dunson. Joan Kademacher, Sally Val mer, Shirley Kendall, DeWanda Hamilton, Mary Fowler, Ann Dielschnelder, Adeline Khrlich, Journo Walker, Sally Kooloy, Mary I'reium, Shari I-ong, Calh orlno Itluek, Sue Baoheldrr. Picture Not Clear Emerald Editor: I don't wish to criticize the ef forts of your new editorial writ er, but I hoc no alternative. As a former house manager, R. N. should be aware of the financial benefit of the present system of pay phones to his living organiza tion. The editorial definitely did not give a clear picture of the situation. As for myself, the proposed in tra-campus exchange is a logical solution. Torn Harry Holding Students' Attention “I thought we hail decided last week that you were to face the front of the class, W'orthal.”