EMERALD
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To IFC: A Compliment
We knew an old Chief Gunner in the Marine Corps who
seldom had a kind word for anyone. But when the Gunner
passed out a compliment it really meant something.
We know a chief resident counselor at the University of
Oregon who has never been exactly loquacious in praising
fraternities. Walt Freauff has often lowered the boom on an
erring fraternity brother. Sometimes just for fun.
But there’ve been some changes made.
We've been under the impression for some time that Inter
fraternity Council has exhibited fine cooperation this year in
sofar as helping make the deferred living plan a success.
They’ve played a role second only to the counselors. And, of
course, the freshmen.
IFC has had problems to settle but it has taken care of them
without any outside help. Some other organizations have talked
about making student authority commensurate with responsi
bility but IFC has suited action to words, and done just that.
It has been policing its own ranks.
As an old mossy-backed independent, we've learned that
what meets the eye is not always the true state of affairs, so
we asked Freauff, who seems independent and is undoubtedly
mossy-backed (second only to John Leigh and Johnny Kahan
anui) what he thought about IFC’s part in making the living-in
program work.
Freauff’s answer may be regarded as a break with the spirit
of some of his past remarks.
“Each house president is to be congratulated on his efforts
to make deferred living a worthwhile program,” said Freauff, ‘
“not only for the freshmen and the University, but for the
fraternal living organizations as well. IFC deserves thanks for
an excellent spirit of cooperation. Dick McLaughlin’s fine
leadership, combined with his organization’s attitude, has again
made the IFC about the most respectable student organization
on our campus.”
We don't know what we could add to that. McLaughlin and
bis group have set a fine example for fraternity posterity, and
have done much to further the good of the University.—B. G.
To Be or Not To Be
Few weeks back we wrote an edit beginning: “Let's abolish
... student body officers.”
Now it looks like someone took us seriously.
To be or not to be was the question at an ASUO cabinet
meeting recently. Cabinet members—yours truly included—sat
through a one and one-half hour Tuesday session at which
the chief topic of discussion was whether or not the cabinet
should exist.
ASUO prexy Bill Carey doesn't think so. He brought the
matter up.
Some of the cabinet members agree.
We don’t.
The students who drew up the ASUO constitution saw room
for such a body. Section VI, Clause 2 says the cabinet “shall
advise and assist the president of the ASUO in administering
the affairs of the association.” Clause 3 says it’s the duty of
the cabinet to “submit proposals to the senate designed to
promote the objectives of this association.”
We’re not defending the cabinet’s fall term record as in
dicative of the worth of the body. It didn’t accomplish much.
Members didn’t attend meetings. Worthwhile discussion was
lacking.
But this doesn’t mean the cabinet members couldn’t ... and
shouldn’t... be justifying the existence of the body. There's
plenty around here to do if responsible students want to make
the effort.
Carey said he felt the cabinet was not necessary to the “prop
er functioning of student government.” What is the “proper
functioning?” Seems a cabinet—properly abiding by the con
stitution’s definition of its duties—would be might valuable
and essential.
If students want to have their great and glorious STU
DENT GOVERNMENT, they’ve got to make some effort to
Krern. They don’t accomplish this end by abolishing their
Intearitv Scrolls at Texas; C Rations at Minnesota
By Ra« Thomas
Although several hundred stu
dents at the University of Texas
have signed "integrity scrolls" in
compliance with their new honor
code, the general opinion seems to
be that the signing of scrolls is
just about as pointless as signing
loyalty oaths.
* * *
A new plan In accord with
Stanford's honor code will gt> into
effect Immediately. The plan
eliminates statement of Illness
cerwirnTe^indinakes a student's
word to his Instructor acceptable
for absence.
• * *
An F in n course nrul one quar
ter's suspension front Stanford
was the penalty for cheating Im
posed upon it graduate student
studying for ft Ph.D. in mathe
matics, and who admitted cheat
ing on un exam.
* * *
Army C Rations were spread on
mashed potatoes mid served as
the main course at dinner for
dormitory residents nt the Vn|-«
vrralty of Minnesota. Some said
It was tin- ix'Nt meal to come mu
of the kitchen In n long time.
* * *
A teat for boredom In class-1
rooms bus been Invented. A pm- ’
feasor at Oklahoma university re
cently patented the "wiggle me- b
ter,” which records how much
fidgeting goes on during class.
Wires are strung along on the •
back of chairs, and every time ni
student yawns or wiggles, th'*k
impulse is recorded on a graph. V
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They Had to Study
Emerald Editor:
Of the eight students inter
viewed by the Emerald, four re
ported that they did not go to
the Parliament of World Re
ligions. They had to study.
How many students heard I)r.
Northrop Monday night? Most of
the 4,000 students seem to have
had to study for midterms Or to
do something else.
Is that the reality of the
American university the univer
sity of a nation leading the whole
world nojv and in the future?
Couldn’t they spend just u
couple of hours u day for Those
lectures and discussions Instead
of studying textbooks?
I hear that about five per cent
of high school graduates go to
colleges and universities every
year in this country. College stu
dents, therefore, are, or rather
must be. intellectual leaders of
the future U.S.
If things go as they now are,
we carnot hope for much from
the college education. As Dr.
Means questioned and Dr. North
rop answered Monday night. eom
plrte revision must be made *.i
American hlghi'r education.
Dr. Newburn will come back
with rock! souvenirs, not only for
this campus but for the entire
education of the U.S., I hope.
Kay Mlyoshl
Reciprocity a Must
Knicruld Kdltor:
Lgist week we had the great
fortune of witnessing the reali
zation of a cherished dream. At
least it started out as a dream
but the ending was clouded with
religious jargon and just plain old
fashioned ignorance. We refer
here to the Parliament of World
Religions held recently at the
University of Oregon, which, af
ter Bishop Gerald Kennedy's ad
dress, might appropriately lie ex
pressed, "The Proselytizing of
the non-Christian" whom the
Bishop referred to as "a pagan."
Now, it Is not our Intent us
members of our respective faiths
to question the sincerity of Bis
hop Kennedy or hts American
birthright of Freedom of Speech.
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A Woman's View rn Korean War
By Jo Anne Hewitt
WAR IN KOREA by Marguerite
Higgins. Doubleday. $3.
The front lines of Korea are
not the places where one would
expect to find an attractive young
American woman. But Marguer
ite Higgins, war correspondent
for the New York Herald Trib
une, was there the day American
troops first entered this so-called
holding action against Soviet ag
gression. Despite repeated at
tempts by top-ranking military
officials and by her own news
offices in New York to send her
back to the safety of a Tokyo
desk, she managed to remain at
the front for the first six months
of the war.
“War in Korea” deals with
this period, describing the people
involved from the top generals
down to the not so well known
boys in the foxholes. It is not a
lovely story, for it is told real
istically. She saw death and suf
fering, and perhaps because she
was a woman, the horror of battle
stood hut even more vividly.
Miss Higgins was determined
to tell of the bitter struggle
American troops faced in the
early days when they were both
inadequately armed and trained.
It was the price this country had
to pay fqr unpreparedness.
There is a quality expressed in
the book that is strongly remini
scent Of Ernie Pyle. Like him,
she finds strength in the ability
of the American soldier to laugh
even in the face of suffering. One
North Korean prisoner summed
up the Oriental opinion of Amer
icans in the statement: “Your
countrymen will be defeated by
a longing for a hot shower.” Miss
Higgins attempts to prove he
greatly underestimated the Amer
ican fighting man.
The human side of the Korean
war is vividly portrayed in the
words of the book, but it is the
photographs of Carl Mydans and
others which tell the story better
than even a writer as skillful as
Miss Higgins possibly can.
There is one of a Korean or
phan about four years old who'
shows in his downcast face the I
loneliness and desolation his
■pe»pie haw*suffered* Thene *afd
others of Korean refugees fleeing
from their homes in the fore of
advancing troops, as well as
many of wounded and exhausted
soldiers.
Truly the autiuir was fully
aware of the terrible sum we are
paying in this effort to stop Com
munist advancement. Yet she de
fends the action of the Cnited Na
tions. The free world cannot af
ford to give up the manpower and
raw materials of the Asian main
land. It is essential that the I'nl
ted States aid free countries to
help themselves. We need as
many people as possible on our
side.
She ends on the note of what
she terms as an “alarmist." There
is a lesson in Korea though vic
tory will cost a lot, it will be
cheaper than defeat.
bill what made UN regurgitate Iasi
Thursday evening »»* (hr llls
ho|>'s admission of his Igi oranee
of Far Kustern society and then
proving of this Ignorance by In
ferring that tin- pagan Asiatics
can bo saved "only” by Christlan
Ity. Hut the IfiNhop «iis not only
satisfied with thrusting Chris- |
llunity upon the peoples of Asia,
but insinuated that the eronoubr
peoples could also lie solved liy
the acceptance of the Trinity,
and the resurrection and detfica
tion of Jesus Christ.
But if this were not enough,■
Bishop Kennedy refuted the Ideas'
of some of our greatest scholars
on the Far Hast by advocating
the transplanting of western de
mocracy In toto upon a culture
which not only has lasted a few
thousand more years than w. st
ern civilization, hut has made ln-.|
estimable contributions to our*
world society.
The sad fact Is (and this hair
Irrn corroborated by students
representing; .Asiatic countries on
this campus) that Bishop Ken*
uedy's aggressiveness will Is- con
sidered by the peoples of Asia a»j'
cor sanguineous to previous vvest-j
ern Imperialistic designs.
If we are to seek a genuine!
understanding of our fellow hu-j
man beings regardless of race or*
religion, it will depend to a large
measure on our part as Amerl-l
cans by extending our "coopera
tion'’ on a reciprocal basis.
YVe in the United States should I
learn to respect the right of the |
individual to his own theology'
and not allow theological differ- i
cnees to prevent us from work
ing together for the welfare of
the community, our nation, our •
world and humanity. This co
operation on a common ethical
and spiritual values, while differ- ■
ences in theology are cherished, j
can not but seem worthy in the j
mind of God.
Sherman F. Kennedy, ^ I
Methodist
Thomas I*. Walsh,
Catholic -I
Morris (>. Sahr,
•lew
Joys of Off-campus Living
v“* thought I told you boys no “pin-ups” on th’ walls.”