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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1952)
Orman daily _ , . _ EMERALD The Oregon Daily EmkuiiIc oublished 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 versity of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, U gu . - scription rates: $5 per school year, per term. Opinion, exprewed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to represent the opinion, of the ASUO or of the University. Initialed editorials are written by the associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. Wire service,: Associated Tress. United Pres,. Member. Associated Collegiate Tresf. Lorn* Lassos, Editor Robert Gatr.nt.EE. Busine,, Manager Pirn. Bettens. Managing Editor Jack Cady,- Advertising Manager Geetchen Grokoahl. Bax Clothier, Don Dewey, Associate Editors News Editor: Larry Hobart Assistant Managing Editor: Phil Johnson Chief Night Editor: Sarah Turnbull Sports Editor: Bill Gurney Asst. Sports Editor: Larry La veil* Asst. News Editors: Kathleen Fraser, Jim Hay cox, A1 Karr Makeup Editors: Kathleen Fraser, Judy McLoughlin, A1 Karr Wire Editor: Tom Jaques Feature Editor: Harriet Walrath Photographer: Fred Schnciter Classified Ad Manager: Tom Matthews Day Managers: Carolyn Silva, Carolee Tate, Mary Waddell, Sally Thurston, Irene llullaid , T Advertising Salesmen: Merlc^ Davis, Janet Petersen, Marcia Dutcher, Sue Mikkelsen, Denise Ilium, Ward Cook, Sally Hascltine, Barbara Keller They're With Us Now The administration has taken its stand. '1 hey re on our side. They, as well as you students, consider the pay phones an un just expense for university students to hear. 1 hey agree that we have grounds on which to base a protest to the public utili ties commission. We are pleased ... and thankful... the administration sees things our way. The fight against the pay phones would have been a much tougher one without the administration s support. With the backing and help of a strong and respected institution like our University, we think the phone company will have a hard time convincing the public that pay phones are justified. We’ve emphasized co-operative effort before. \\ e think this cooperation—the University students and administration \\ ill succeed in achieving our final goal. We’ll work together to end this dime-a-phone-ckll era on the Oregon campus. New Monopoly at the SU The Student Union has been taken over again but this time it isn’t by the local high school set. It's not unusual for the Fishbowl juke box to be monopolized bv one particular recording artist. But when that artist is a local product the situation is worth editorial comment. Johnny Ray, ex-Portland and ex-Dallas, fills only two of the record slots on the big machine, but seldom does one stop a few minutes for coffee without hearing his strange, maybe even exotic voice. One statistics-minded coffee drinker kept count a couple of evenings ago and reported that at one time 20 of 24 student nickels were spent to bring forth Ray’s tearful tones. Rumor has it that the Ray-Others ratio is even higher in the Portland taverns, but that’s not our affair.—D. D. A True Believer We’re about ready to adopt a nameless waif who has cap tured our affection. We don’t know his name, or where he lives, or what his political beliefs are, but we’re sure he has the deepest religious convictions. We’ve seen him over at the SU on several occasions hut didn’t pay much attention to him. Just another character killing time between classes, we thought. Last Monday morning he projected himself into the campus limelight with a truly professional aplomb. He entered the ballroom after Prof. Tatsumi had begun to expound on Buddh ism, walked calmly down the aisle and climbed up on the stage where he stood on the edge and faced the audience with the calmest and most majestic demeanor. His little beady eyes were full of devotion. He looked to he a seeker after the absolute truth. But he found out that even in a religious conclave there is no equality. Because of his race, creed, color of skin and other incidentals, he was summarily ejected from the ballroom, but he went quietly, with never a murmer, like the true fatalist he must be. Such beautiful resig nation ! And then Wednesday afternoon he came back to learn about Judaism and Islam. This time he conducted his affairs with the utmost decorum and managed to stay throughout the dis cussion. He listened carefully. A true believer, he. Later, we saw him moving importantly around the tables in the soda bar, stopping now and then to gaze intently at some possible acquaintance. He exuded self-pride. Though he is exceedingly homely, his long, thin face suggests an aesthetic soul. His is an interesting personality. We’ve never seenteuch a jf?sc jibing dpg,-rBwj <£. On the /li* TV, Radio Vie For Education By Don Collin The push of some TV networks to demand something educational in all shows has forced radio into a new era of documentaries. It's also part of the continuing battle between NBC and CBS. NBC started two years ago with "Living 1950” and extended it into 1951. CBS countered last year with "The Nation's Night mare" a show that continued the Kefauver committee’s work in fighting public apathy. With Ford Foundation funds, CBS started three weeks ago the series “The People Act" (KERG, Sunday 7:05 p.m.l. The programs deal with economic, social, politi cal, and cultural problems that may be solved at the community level by democratic methods. The show uses a new pitch by letting the people tell the story of their problems and solutions on tape recording. St. Mary’s-l' <>f O basketball games on HASH .. . For complete sports news and review, KUGN’s “Four Pages of Sports” (nightly at 6:30 p.m.) . . . “Peoples Plat form" discuss (or probably will cuss) the $83 billion budget (KKKG, Sunday » a.m.). Johnny Ray and the Robert Shaw Chorale made the music chapters of Newsweek and Time I Jan. 21) . . . For the second time in three weeks Time takes a slap at Walter Winchell iKUCN, Sun day 6 p.m.) Last time it was Leonard Lyons’ observations of W. W.'s inabilities. This time the New York Post observes, "In his (Winchell) latter-day role of statesman, he is handicapped only by misinformation, lack of knowl edge, capricious judgment and a cultivated aversion for the read ing of books." There's more on page 74 of Jan. 21 Time. International Relations Club again doing work to present the foreign student to groups and or ganizations that would like to have them as speakers. This year they’ve added a radio series. Tape recordings of discussions by the foreign students on current prob lems will be sent all over the state. First discussion was taped last week, played on KKKG this week and KGW (Portland) next week. For those that stay up late and get up late, the Emerald is "pub lished” at 10:45 p.m. on KWAX every Monday and Thursday . . . For those up late who like the classics, there's "The Good Listen ing Club (KEX, daily at 10:30 to midnight) ... Met presents an other double - header, (KUGN, Saturday 11 a.m.) “Cavallerta Rusticana" and Pagaliacci.” f —-- A fhttf "t I"" - Down With Wicked Monopoly, Arise and Support the Cause! _._— By Bob Funk It would be extremely back ward (and probably brand us an a Taft Republican) to say that telephones are perhaps more of BOB FUNK ii convenience. We have al ways resented rather resented the imperious tone of the telephone bell; it is a stub born streak which we have had since early childhood. Ad mittedly, tele phones are a great accelera ting device in the fields or love and commerce. However, there is something rather ridiculous about a swain pouring his soul into a device which makes his beloved sound as if she had a severe head cold. These being times of inflation, it may or may not be a cause of vast and vocal wonder {hat we are being charged for something which was previously free, and that this charge should be doubl ed. The telephone company is probably not quite destitute, and its actions may be rather glut tonous. In an age when it is fashionable for great institutions (i.e., the United States govern ment) to operate in happy ignor ance of budgets, it is downright silly for the telephone company to be worrying about finances. I'eriodieally the Oregon cam pus is rent by a t'aune. All I lie floods are for the cause. The Goods get together and plan spontaneous let ter-to-t he-edHor, spontaneous Ktrcfl demons! ra IIoiim, unit ollu'r exciting means of pressuring the Cause through. If one Is tired of being repu table, It la very eaay to become a Bad by opposing the Cause. Bada are (1) naturally perverse, (2) Bohemians, (3) Communists, (4 ) persons who do not tuke part In extra - curricular activities (such naughty ones!), (ft) Imbe ciles, ((1) heels and other bail words. To oppose a campus Cause Is to spit on the flag, to commit murder In the soda bur, to root for OSC, und to say that TNK was fine. To oppose a Cause is unthinkable. EVERYONE Is l*c I) I imI Causes. Would you want your daughter to marry someone not la-hind the Cause? Would you want one to live In your neigh borhood? Would you pledge a Bad to your fraternity? Now all in a chorus: of course not! ^ To oppose the Telephone Cause is to take lightly the serious work being done by the People's Cause Committee; it is to notice with apathy rather than excru ciating pleasure the front page of Monday's Emerald; it is to Ignore the Facts and Heal, Vital Issues. It is Impossible. No we are not opposing the Cause. We are ecstatically for it. We have signed one of the \lr tuous, spontaneous letters, and our motto is "Kill the wlekeu, miserly telephone trust.” Would any of you other floods rare to join us In a small spon taneous parade ? I One moment while we locate the lead sheep.) - - Letters to the Editor Not 'Semi-Public' Kmcrald Editor: Wo, the undersigned, as mem bers of Highland House strongly object to the installation of a pay phone in our living organization. We feel that any location in which wc spend nine months out of the year and are legally res ponsible for is our home and NOT a semi-public building. The addi tional cost and inconvenience of the individual student as too great. We also feel that the number of calls made from our house is not out of proportion with the number made from any business phone located in an office down town. It is our opinion that returning to the old system of business Honor System? phones in the living organiza tions, which bus been proven suc (■(•s.sful in the past, is the only fair solution to the present situa tion, and we will oppose any move to the contrary. (Signed:) Mary Jordan, I-aoralce Miller, Ina M. Modes, Janet ( orbit. Nee lie Sano, Monnic Giltchow, Caro lyn Smith, I-aura Harper, Kitu Ytizon, Jean Marshall, Norma l.atlmer, Marion I-urson, Beverly Wild, Ina Pettis, Selma Starns, Helen Koopmun, Patti Ward, Mir iam Goddard, Dorothy Govlg, Tat Scott, Elinor Cox, Gwen Itamsey, Norma Terry, Bat Palmer. No Compromise Emerald Editor: We of Chi Omega wish to make clear our stand on the present telephone situation existing on the University of Oregon campus today. We want it know that we do not wish to accept any compro mise proposed by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany until we are absolutely cer tain that we cannot regain the system of regular business phone’s as we had in previous years. (Signed:) Joanne Abel, Beverly Ostrum, Beverly DcMotU Joyce Jones, Dorothy Anderson, Sally Thurs ton, Cynthia Price, Sylvia Jones, Doris Snipp, Barbara Rlsley, Bar bara Swager, Bonnie Jones, Gay le I’attee, Joan Skordahl. Pat Erickson, Bonnie Bressler, Donna Blum, Dorothy Corkett, Kathy Ackerman, llae Thomas, Jane Cover, Virginia Means, Cor liss McCausland, Jeanne Hall, Dorothy Polanski, Ann Osterison, Nancy Legeson, Joan Murp'.iy, I-onita Vincent, Donna Bern hardt. Stan Ray Objects Emerald Editor: To HELL with the pay phone?. (Signed:) Jim Jolly, Doug Stohie, Harold Starkel, Don Dewey, William K. ltea, Jim Harvey, Gordon ;{. I-inks, Dick Whittaker, Prank Maler, Frank Kincaid, David Samis, M. Magi, David Parkhurst, Paul J. Dimon, David Boyd, Jim Bagby.