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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1952)
Thr Oregon Daily Emerald is published Feb 4 thru 8, 11 thru I S. 18 thru 22, 25 thru EnteV^d .s’^nd cUsk miner a. the put office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rate.: $5 per school year, $2 per term. represent'the ^ * the associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. Losna Las sole, Editor Kobest Geeenlee, Business Manager Phil Bittens, Managing Editor CAMI.VH SH>A. Advertising Manager___ G.ETCHEN Gbomoaul, Bill Cloth iee, Do* Dmvet, Associate Editors Wire services: Abated Press. United Press. Member. Associated Collegiate Press. Play Fair When You Use Phones About the pay telephones in the dormitories. It's no secret to anyone that cptite a number of the boys are “beating the system” by using pennies, slugs, etc., in place of dimes. If this “beating the system” meant that the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company was taking a loss we d bc-atl for it. But it doesn’t. The only people who take a loss are the men in the respective halls. Of course, it works out very demo cratically and somewhat more complicated than by just paying the money when the call is made. Instead of charging the fel low who makes life call, the entire hall foots the bill. This robbing Peter to pay Paul philosophy is selfish on the part of the system healers. The University has to pay a flat fee of about $10 per month for each pay phone on campus. In addition, it has to pay 9 cents to the PT&T for each penny found in the coin boxes. Or a dime for each slug. In November, 1951, the business office lost $2.36 on the pay phones. In December it was $16.08. In January it was $85.27. If that trend continues the University will soon be only a sub sidiary of PT&T. But the University has a business office' which operates a> its name would indicate. The business office just adds the phone bill loss to the hall dues. The hall can exercise its demo cratic right and refuse to pay the added bill if it wishes. I hen the money is taken out of the dorm deposit paid in advance by each dorm resident. Xet result: A few men have cheap phone calls at^ the ex pense of the rest of their 'companions in the hall. '1 he L m rersity has to deduct a certain amount of money from the dorm deposit and this means an additional cost in time and money to the business office. The PT&T wins the pot hands down—without even playing. .The University business office collects the cash for the phone company and doesn’t even get a cut in the winnings. Those men in the hall who are honest or who seldom use the phone are the only ones being beaten by the system. Let’s fight this phone war with some honor or we may find we’ve not only lost the battle, but the moral right for having waged it in the first place—B. C. /Jh ZditosUal. . . W* Anoloaize- - But We Still Think We Were Right I W Wc wish to correct an unfortunate mis take which occurred in the article concerning “what fraternities say ..about deferred liv ing in last Saturday s Emerald. 1 he sentence. 'Fraternities on this campus last year lost be tween $600 and $800 apiece ..should have read: "Most fraternities on this campus... etc.” Not all fraternities lost money. One made $1300 last year. There are some who still say, however, that deferred living has not been a financial hardship to fraternities. We obtained our figures from the Bresee-Warner account ing system which serves 16 of Oregon's 21 fraternities, and from Herb Lombard, presi-. dent of the House Manager's Association. We believe they are correct. There arc those who also take issue with the Emerald's statement concerning Dr. N'ew burn’s alleged plan ultimately to secure I'ni versity ownership of campus fraternity and sorority houses. M e were not at the meeting when Dr. Newlutrn spoke and no record was kept of what was said. Those who say he made no such statement point out that such a plan would he finan cially impossible. The fact remains, however, that there were important people at that meet- ' in}' who got exactly the impression printed ' in the Kmerald; this includes the past pre i- 1 dent of I.D.C., the past president of l.l'.C., and • the present A.S.U.O. president. We have continually maintained that the job of a newspaper is to print the truth. While some believe that deferred living and the Uni versity in general can be hurt by an expression which we believe to be the truth concerning deferred living's detriment to thfc Oregon fra ternity system, we cannot agree. If fraternities are being financially hurt by deferred liv ing, we believe this fact should he brought out to alleviate the situation and thus strengthen the system.—R. N. 'King's Men Uses Innovations By Merv Hampton An interesting technique in play presentation and some out standing stage sets are currently the main attraction in the Uni versity Theater's production of "All the King's Men.” Horace Robinson's experiment in letting the audience in on e\erything prior to the psycho logical moment when the cur tain rises, gives the theatergoer the pleasant sensation of being a legal peeping-tom. There is no actual "curtain," but rather a fully visible build up on the part of actors and stage crew, including a miniature last minute rehearsal, until the moment when one would normal ly expect the lights to dim and the curtain to part. In general, a nicely done job, but perhaps a bit too calm, cool and collected for the normal goings-on of ac tors at quarter-to-eight on open ing night. We haven’t quite d ec i d e d whether Howard Ramey's set tings were abstract or surrealis tic or what, but at any rate they certainly contributed to the suc cess of the play by fitting in nicely with the general theme— progress through corruption. The plot concerns itself with the comings and goings of Willie Stark, a corrupt Southern poli tician, and the circle of friends and enemies that revolves about him. An analytical and unemo tionally involved professor ap pears before the audience and ex plains that he has asked some actors to appear in special scenes to demonstrate that, in the light of history, what appears to be immoral may indeed have last ing moral consequences. This method of presentation proved it self to l>e a refreshing departure from the conventional forms to which theatergoers have become accustomed. Gordon Howard as Willie Stark turned in a creditable and convincing job, and Joan DeLap played Stark’s robust and world ly mistress, Sadie Burke, to the hilt. Jim Blue in the part of Juck Burden, Stark's intellectual stooge, and Gerald Pearce as the a n a 1 y ti c a I professor, walked away with the honors. Our only regret is that Pearce didn't have more to say. We would have enjoyed the play a good deal more had the supporting leads been able to measure up to the achievements of the principals. Too often their lines were nothing more than lines. They were generally a bit too stiff for their own comfort as well as that of the audience. The supporting cast was head ed by Gilbert Polanski, Martha Stapleton, Ben I’adrow, Jerry Smith and LalVJe Daniel. If you’re still lucky enough to get tickets, jump at the chance. You'll be missing out on a fine experience if you don’t see "All the King's Men.” Letters to the Editor Kmeruld Kdltor: It is clear to us that Mr. John- - son (Emerald columnist) knows little about Middle Eastern poli tics. His letter is ignorant of • facts and irresponsible in judg ment. Middle Eastern countries ask only for political and economic independence. Can he see nothing - lint Frankenstein monsters, ab surdities, Kussian agencies, and , dirty work? What would he know about British politics? We would Hug s' st that he educate himself be fore attempting any more of his hasty articles. All A. JushIiii Ail* Nabl Abdul tyiam Ute. Mvujue... 15 YEARS AGO Feb. 6. 1937—The Monte Carlo „ Itailet ICussc schedules an ap pearance this afternoon in Mc Arthur court. 5 YEARS AGO Feb. 6, 1847—The University accepts a $1,000 gift from the - estate Of the late Ethel Sawyer, former browsing room librarian. , The money is to In* spent for some tangible and permanent im provement of the UniversM^.' , theater. The Atomic Age Power of Women is Asserting Itself in England; Italians Keep British from Mining’Enough Coal By Phil Johnson Never underestimate the power of a woman. According to reports from England, the European defense effort is critically endangered be cause English wives and daugh ters have cultivated the habit of falling in love with Italian coal miners. This must be a bit disconcert ing to Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other Allied lead ers who remain awake until the wee hours of the morning, shift ing divisions, planes and ships from balance sheet to balance sheet, attempting to strengthen the forces of the West. The new problem is quite in volved. Europe desperately needs coal. England, which once pro duced enough coal to export 44 million tons annually, now doesn’t even produce enough to satisfy its own needs. A coal shortage in France af fects the price index. When the price of coal increases, other prices increase. When coal be comes less expensive, other prices decline. i _ At the. present tiQ1©.. the price. ; of coal in France is very high. An estimated 75 per cent of the funds loaned to the French by the United States is spent to buy coal from the United States—at high prices. The Dutch government recent ly gave its soldiers an 11-day fur lough in order to save coal. In addition to increasing the costs of war production in Eu rope, the coal shortage has caused other unfortunate developments. Sweden now sells strategic high-grade iron ore to Soviet-con trolled Poland instead of sending it to its former customer, Eng land, because the Poles can recip rocate by exporting coal to Swed en. England cannot. England’s meat ration is less than formerly because the British can no longer exchange coal for Argentine beef. A similar situa tion exists in other Western na tions. A large amount of coal is pro duced in the Franco-German bor der region, but it does not come close to satisfying Europe’s needs. The United States Mutual Security agency has termed the European coal situation as “shocking.” The shortage is aboveground, not underground. South Wales has an estimated 10 billion tons of coal below the surface. How ever, the Welsh and Englishmen don’t want to mine coal. Conse quently, there is a definite labor shortage in the area. This is where the Italians come in. They are willing to dig coal at the English wage, so the gov ernment has decided to import Italian miners. This program met opposition from English miners. Eighty per cent of the miners’ lodges refused to take in the foreigners. In one area, 93 of 100 pits refused to permit Italian laborers. The labor shortage continues. One of the main reasons for the refusal to permit mining by Italians has been offered by the English miners: their wives and daughters fall in love with the irresistible foreigners. There may be other reasons. For example, the English labor ers may wish to preserve the labor shortage. HoweVer, the for- 1 mer excuse ie .tile one that they have provided. * Think of All Those Slugs and Pennies “You’d be pledging th’ most popular sorority on the campus—Just ask Pacific Telephone and Telegraph.’’