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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1952)
Tht OnaoH D*ay Ekiuh t» Monday thronch Friday dnrlng the coll'f* **■*• except examination and holiday perioda, with issue! on Homecoming Saturday, Dads Day Saturday, March 10 and Junior Weekend Saturday by the Associated Students of the Uni versity ol Oregon. Entered aa second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Sub scription rates: $5 per school year, $2 per term. Opinions «Pr^-theed^or^^bo,etOf gjrjjH* «*£ not Pretend t. represent the opinions of the ASUO or o* the associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. Hello, Dad... Every year 'bout this time you come clown to see us ... and Ave’re always mighty glad to have you. \\ e take pride in show ing you our home-away-from-home and in telling } on about ■our classes and professors and beaus and such. (And we want to know what’s doing back in Baker or Medford or 1 ortland, too.) They’re really giving us an opportunity to hear outstanding men this year—people like Senator Paul Douglas, James B. Conant, Harvard president, and F. S. C. Northrop, of Yale university. And the Parliament of \\ orld Religions was a real experience. We know something about religions from all over the world now—Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, as well as the Christian faiths. Oh ... we’ve had some troubles too. Our vet’s dorm cafeteria was losing money, so they closed it. We didn t like the idea of hiking a few blocks to breakfast. Then, of course, some of us didn’t get the high grades we’d hoped (and you probably did too) would come our way. By the way, Dad, do you have a little spare cash along? Social life has become pretty expensive down here, you know. We have to put a dime—or two nickels—in our phones now each lime we call our girl, or fellow, or anybody... whether they happen to be in or not. We know it’s costing you more money ... so we’ve asked the phone company to give us back our flat-rate phones of old. We don’t think it’s quite fair for us to have coin-box service when we don’t consider ourselves living in “semi-public or ganizations. (That’s why the company put the phones in.) Any way . • ■ we just wanted you to know we re trying. Well, we can’t do all the talking, Dad, so well giie vou a chance. Have a £ood time this weekend. We’re going to. A Millrace Park for Eugene Thursday night the Senate took the first step toward the fulfillment of a cherished Oregon dream—a Millrace Park. We have come to the realization that the Millrace will probably never flow swiftly past living organizations as it did in our father’s day. It can, however, flow sw iftly past that wide spot in the Race which has been envisioned as the Millrace Park. How about it Dad?—A shady spot with rolling grass, swift water, and canoes for all the campus to enjoy one block from the S.U. The City Manager promised the Senate Thursday that he would open the overflow gate to let the water flow swiftly until it goes under Franklin blvd., with the result that the Race will soon clean itself out in this area. Plans are underway to ask the City Council to expend $20, 000 for our park. To this sum will be added money from the ASUO millrace fund and a proposed appropriation from the State Board of Higher Education. The total should be near $50,000. So,here’s to the Millrace Park—a pride and joy to the stu dents of the University, the citizens of Eugene, and a tre mendous boost to the Gatew ay Association’s program to beau tify the entrance to our fair “lumber capital.’’—R. N. Dinner with Dad? I i § Mr / i m v/sj*. “It,’s a real challenge to eut-fumble this guy lor the «t»eck.!’ c i . i* fc > i ' r > ) i. f i t i • i " i > t f i ■ ■ Qamfxul JieodUumA. Five-hour Exams Remain at Williams By R«e Thomas The Williams college, Mass, faculty recently voted to establish a two-hour, three-a-day exam schedule. Major exums, however, will remain on the one-a-day, FIVE-HOUR basis of previous years. • • • Nine of the searchlights affixed to New York university’s hall ways Ibr civil defense purposes were reported stolen this week by the Committee on Air Raid Pre cautions. As a result the com mittee decided to attach the re maining lights to the walls, in stead of merely hanging them on hooks as at present. * * • Vaughn Monroe will play at the University of Alabama on Feb. 7. It seems that Frankie Laine, who was scheduled to perform, was stricken with a throat irri tation, so Monroe was procured to "fill in." At the University of Montana, Duke Ellington will play in March. (In a pinch, we may have a chance for Wally Heider.) * * * ‘ I've seen some lousy fans be fore, but these are far worse than any I've seen," said one widely traveled athlete, of the University of Utah students. The editor of the school paper sug gests: "How about trying to let the referees call the game, the play ers play the game, the coaches coach the players, and the spec tators sit back watch the game, and limit their activities to cheer ing?" • * • Strangely enough, the LOST and FOUND columns come up with something interesting now and then. In the North Carolina Daily Tar Heel: "Lost a Dress? Will the girl who left her dress in the book shop during the Christmas rush please call for it! The Intimate Bookshop.” -A Mhifl at the too-*■, I Time Comes when Mole Alliance Of Day, Son, Dog Proves Best i _ _ By Bob Funk-— Fathers are nil things to all people. Three times a year, a father Is one who says, "here is your regis tration money —pleaae don't spend it fool ishly.” Three times a year, a father is a per son who stamps into the mid dle of the room, saying very loudly "ajiy fool IDIOT of three years could make better grades than these. BOB FUNK etc." The “etc.” covers a lot of ground. At Other times, u father In one who opens a letter an follows: "Dear Dad, I am fine. I am going to all my classes. I am following all your wonderful advice, By the way I Just happened to think 1 may need u little money some time soon (Tuesday night, to he explicit). Any amount will he all right (but If you send me under $30 the University Is going to kick me out). Signed, Your Duti ful Child.” Fathers are persons mothers are married to. Mothers are usu ally extremely well aware of this. As a result of this awareness on the part of mothers, fathers are aware of It, too. Some fathers forget temporarily. This loss of memory is remedied about three in the morning. It is better to betray your nation than to tem porarily forget your wife. My first memory of my own, personal father Is of sitting on his lap w'hile he read "Treasure Island” to me. I did not under stand a word of "Treasure Is land.” What little I was able to glean of the plot petrified me. My father smoked during these instructive moments, and I in haled a great deal of smoke. Nevertheless, I look back to this I time with great pleasure, since It win my Introduction to literature mill to smoking. My father was also the glorious . champion who Insisted that I be Inserted Into long pants when I j started to school. If my mother •. had had her way, I would at 111 be wearing amall blue affairs em broidered with chickens and bun- * nicH. Some persons may lift a su perior eyebrow at this statement; they should lower the eyebrow und consider that all of ua wore things like that (yea, even dlap- . era, our common beginning i at one time. , Fut hers are persona who say inany odd und w underfill words while attempting to find the "* hammer In the busement ("I put < it right IIF.KK In the middle of ‘ the floor six months ugo; now ' somrone has moved It!"): who accept the hammer, w hleh has , been found by a mother, und priv i eeed lo Injure themselves serloii^ "j ly, again with u number of new and Interesting words. .j I waa never able to utilize j much of the vocabulary 1 learned from my father on such occaaona. * After a couple of diaaatroua ex periments with aaylng varioua , worda in public, I took to mutter ing them quietly to myself. It 1a to be remembered that I did not know what I waa .saying. A mother Is necessary, of course; however, there are times when a man is best served by a atrictly mule alliance composed of one's father, one's dog. and , oneself. May there always be fathers. tyiom the Mvujue.., 10 VKARS AGO Feb. 2, 1942—Dean Wayne l. .Morse, of the Oregon law school, • requests a leave of absence spring I term to work with the war labor . board. University President Don ald M. Krb brands as false the rumor that the law school will In- , discontinued. - - Letters to the Editor The Asian Question Emerald Editor: I am grateful to you for your editorial in Jan. 30 issue. To have a future happier world, your people and my people must understand and appreciate each other's philosophy and religion, art and culture. Your editorial is a very wel come contribution. But the most peculiar thing about the Jan. 30 issue of the Emerald was the publication of an article by a French student side by side with your editorial. My letter is mainly meant to deal with that article. I know it is useless to argue with people of Mr. Delemme’s calibre who know nothing about Asia. We suspect that he has no more knowledge of the history of Europe in relation to Asia. If he had an iota of knowledge about Asia, he would have known that the major portion of Asia was not occupied simply because of Western “military and techni cal superiority.” Then, there are countries like Japan and China which have never been occupied by a foreign power till the end of World War II. As far as the “development” of our countries by the West is concerned the less said the better. The present conditions speak for themselves. We have heard the same type of sentiments from some members of the teaching staff here, but then again, you can not blame a person who does not know what our countries were like before the advent of the West. You cannot argue with people who have not only small brains but also small hearts. To categorize all the Hindus as mystics shows that that knowl edge was picked up from some body who has the same' amount ism > • : l < '■> ; 1 f of knowledge about Hinduism an Mr. Delemme. What an exchange of Ideas and knowledge! Who says that the Hindu reli gion is a concept of renounce ment only? Or, Islam is a con cept of renouncement ? Or that any other religion in its entirety is a concept of renouncement ? Every religion has the concept in varying degrees -including Mr. Delemme's own religion, Chris tianity. Certainly, we have one thing in common and that is "Asia for Asians.” It is useless to expect even fundamental courtesy from people like Mr. Delemme when he is talking about Asia and Asians. Whether “Asia for Aslans” Is a positive doctrine or a negative doctrine has yet to be decided by the world, which will Include Asia and Aslans and not just any “world” chosen by Mr. Delemme. Certainly, we want to indus trialize our countries, Mr. De lemme, not “modernize” as you so glibly say. There are certain human values which are "mystic” to you and so out of your reach. Mr. Delemme, please do ask some economist any economist —whether Asia can industrialize by herself or not. He will tell you that Asia can—but the only thing that would happen then would be a sharp division of this world— and that may not be good for people like you, Mr. Delemme. The next to last paragraph In your letter, Mr. Delemme, tops everything. What “work?” The work of destroying the civiliza tion which was in quite an ad vanced stage when savages were roaming all over France? The work of destroying art, architec ture, and everything cultured and refined and imposing a concoc tion prepared by sterile hearts ' V .0 *.' ■ s ' 1 ' 1 • u m and brains? Thr work of killing thousands of proplr In thr namr of “western civilisation,” or thr work of Mucking thr hlood of thr people of A Mia and getting fat tened on it ? We are fortunate that teachers t like Dr. Dull are teaching in this University. We arc glad that pTb ple like Dr. Northrop came to this University. We may not . agree with all they say. But their talks and their ideas are like whiffs of fresh air in a world full of misunderstanding, war. and lack of knowledge. The unfortun- • ate thing is that even the mo mentary existence of something _ good gets vitiated by putrid ar- * tides such as writen by Mr. Dc lemme. M. Islam Foreign strident Pay Phones No Saving Emerald Editor: Since we do not feel that our house should be classed as a pub- • lie institution, we the undersigned of Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity are . opposed to the installation of pay phones in our home. In spite of statements to the contrary, we find our telephone bills to be as much as they were before the in stallatlon of pay phones. In any event, we would prefer a campus exchange to the present situation. (Signed:) Marilyn Peterson, Barbara Brabham, Ann Shilder, Jo Ann Kirkham, Rosemary Beatty, Con nie Young, Betty Shiell, Jeannette Kay Kimball, Margery Fischer, Marilyn Jaelinke, Phyllis Rann^y. Joan James, Pat Rose, Beth Johnston, Delores Trltt, Nhlrley Wentworth, Nancy Cott Ingham, Jean Nellson, Jane Tlngley, DlaftT: Dunn, Brma John Cobain, Kay Maloney, Bobble Childers, i I ii i . ; ( ii .1 I i I I > 1
