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EMERALD
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Saturday. March 10 and Junior Weekend Saturday by the
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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.”
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—-- 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.