The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Feb 4 thru 8, 11 thru 15, 18 thru 22, -5 thru
20, March 10, Apr 2 thru 4, 7 thru 11, 14 thru 18, 21 thru 25, 28 thru May 2, May 0 thru 10,
12 thru 16, 19 thru 22, and May 26 by the Associated Students of the University of Oregon.
Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per
school year, $2 per term.
Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to
represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Initialed editorials are written by
the associate editors. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor.
Unexpected Source
A desire to get away from campus politics was expressed by
a couple of unexpected people the other day.
The Student Union Board has, from its inception, been ex
tremely wary of involvement with political issues. That’s why
ijfs membership selection runs through schools, not elections.
And in the beginning there was an atmosphere of mutual
wariness between the l>oard and the ASUO government, each
fearing the other would try to invade its territory, and the
board fearing the ASUO might try to drag it into politics.
The first fear, thus far at least, has seemed to be relatively
unfounded. The second was dealt a blow Wednesday.
? It seems that the SU hoard was discussing its policy of not
allowing any sort of election campaign literature on its pre
mises, the matter having come up when a freshman candidate
littered the soda bar with leaflets.
Discussion indicated that the board deemed such practices
undesirable because of the mess involved. However, hoard
members suggested policy modifications which would give
some recognition to student body elections. Suggestions in
cluded providing space for leaflets or for candidates’ names
and pictures.
- It’s not our purpose here to debate the desirability of either
suggestion, both of which were discarded. Both had loopholes.
We just thought the comments made against them were rather
amusing by virtue of who made them.
„Two board members who argued against the suggestions
based their point partially on the following reasoning:
Let's keep the Student Union a sanctuary away from campus
politics ... For weeks before the elections all the students hear
about is politics and campaigning... let's have one place where
they can get away from it.
The advocates of this point of view? ASUO President Bill
Carry and Vice-President Merv Hampton.—G. G.
-—The Atomic Age
Reader's Criticisms Bring Reply
On Egyptian, Iranian Policies
___- By Phil Johnson --
The thundering herd has
spoken.
Opponents of certain Middle
Eastern policies obviously are
"ignorant of
fucts and irre
sponsible in
j u d g m e n t."
F u r thermore,
the United
P r es s and
other news
sources appar
ently should
not be relied
upon because
they “misrep
Phil Johnson
resent the real
news.”
These con
clusions can be inferred from
letters to the editor recently con
tributed by Ali Jasstm, Aziz Ab
dul and Said Nehorayan. It is
probable, but not quite certain,
that their notes referred to the
Feb. 4 column entitled, "Egypt
ians, Iranians Discover Hate
Doesn't Make Best Policy.”
The column had attempted to
explain that the Egyptian and
Iranian anti-English moves were
weakening their own chances for
survival against Communism.
The Jassim-Abdul letter con
tained one sentence concerning
the content of the column and
five asserting that the columnist
lacked information or education.
This policy can be employed
in any discussion— talk for one
minute about the question and
spend five minutes asserting that
your opponent knows nothing.
Very effective.
Incidentally, the lone explana
tory sentence was irrelevant. It
stated, "Middle Eastern coun
tries ask only for political and
economic independence.” The col
- - Letters to the Editor - -
Big Brothers Reply
Emerald Editor:
We would like to thank Mr.
Anawalt for wltat we believe to
be a sincere letter carried in the
Feb. 5 issue of the Emerald, con
cerning the YMCA’s "big broth
er” program. His letter corrected
•some- misconceptions created by
your story on “big brothers”
printed on the front page of the
Feb. 1 issue of the Emerald.
Mr. Ana wait’s defense of the
•Skipwortii Home was very much
■ In order and we can only say that
the Emerald’s reporter misinter
. preted our feelings about the
home. We certainly had no in
tention of condemning, in any
way, the home Or its supervisor.
Our concern was to indicate that
there were areas of need at the
home that a group of interested
students might be able to help
meet.
We mentioned that there was
room for improvement of the
recreation facilities because we
felt that that might be a place
where a group of students could
contribute to the effectiveness
of the borne.
However, Mr. Anawalt’s attack
on the "big brother” movement
and on our personal sincerity
seems particularly unjustified.
Those of us who are participating
in this program, as “Mg broth
ers,” are giving of our time and
money in a genuine effort to be
a friend to a boy who perhaps
needs a friend more than any
thing else. We do not seek any re
ward for this other than the sat
isfaction of knowing that we are
doing something worthwhile. We
do have a sincere concern for the
boys we are trying to help, and
we think Mr. Anawalt should
know that as yet no boy whom
we have contacted has questioned
our sincerity.
As a by-product of our efforts
to help these boys we do enjoy
(the feeling that we have done
1 some good for others, and we do
feel that it helps us to have a
Jxiorq itp^ajifc ;(*tti|MfiS tPFMd
juvenile delinquents, and we do
think that it is good training in
getting along with people. And
the reason we said these things
to the reporter was to indicate
that there are values in this for
the "big brothers” as well as for
the "little brothers’’ in the hope
that other students would want
to join with us in this worthwhile
program. We were not entirely
wrong on this, for already we
have three new big brothers who
became interested as a result of
reading the Emerald article.
We hope the program will con
tinue to grow and that it may
become increasingly effective in
serving the Lane County juvenile
department and the youth of
Lane county. If Mr. Anawalt
feels that he has so much wis
dom on the matter of "sincerity”
and '"unselfish concern” we would
be happy to have him attend one
of our meetings, which are held
every Tuesday at 3 p.m. in 318
Student Union.
Bob Briggs
Fred Wilhelm
Parking Vs. Beauty
Emerald Editor:
As a frequent recipient of Jens
Jensen’s “citations,” I feel that
I am fully qualified to make
criticisms of the policy of this
University toward the park
ing problem.
As students enter this Univer
sity, they are given windshield
decals which are supposed to sig
nify “student parking privileges.”
Actually, they very generously
entitle one to park anywhere
that Is not already occupied by
other students, faculty, or the
general public. A great privilege
indeed! Student parking decals
serve only to help the office bf
Student affairs in identifying vio
lators, and contribute nothing in
the way of “privileges,” as their
common title so strongly implies.
Those who live a considerable
distance from the campus and
are forced to drive in every day
!‘Sd. ‘tjUPgsjWq la
arrive a half-hour early. When
they find themselves in want of
a parking place after touring all
the likely possibilities, it is only
natural that they begin to re
gard some of the frowned-upon
parking spots (yellow line areas,
such as the waste space in the
SU lot) as being acceptable.
This attitude is strengthened
when one enters parking lots and
finds five or six "almost parking
places” in each one. On one oc
casion, I counted 11 spaces which
were just too narrow for a car, in
the Student Union lot. From my
warped viewpoint, it would seem
that if the traffic court sees fit
to fine those poor unfortunates
who are the victims of other per
sons’ careless misuse of parking
areas, they should at least use
the proceeds to mark places in
lots, and on the street, so that
no one would park in two places
at once.
From a long-range point Of
view, I for one fall to under
stand just why the administra
tion sees fit to destroy parking
area to create beautiful land
scaping. However desirable it is
to have a beautiful campus, It
should be borne in mind that a
University is primarily an insti
tution of learning, and its stand
ing as such will be judged by the
quality of its students, faculty,
and academic facilities, and not
by its superficial beauty.
I cite as example the eradi
cation of the old Friendly lot
driveway, which could have been
converted into an extended park
ing lot capable of containing 20
or more cars. (More than the
number of parking places cur
rently used which are termed as
“improper.”)
As one last complaint, I would
like to know who classifies these
areas, and on what basis? I am
referring now to the right-hand
side of the new Friendly drive
way, which bears no signs or
yellow paint, and at which I
received a ticket today.
IVU. W?ep. . . j
umn did not deny this. It merely
stated that the methods employ
ed by the Arab people led to the
developments which were highly
unsatisfactory for those nations.
Nehorayan's letter attempts to
minimize Iran's profits from the
sale Of oil to England—"We were
getting pruetieully nothing from
the company." I n e Id e n t a I I y,
“practically nothing" amounted
to 43 per cent of the Iranian na
tional budget. They have badly
mlsHed that income since they
expelled the English.
Nehorayan requested some
knowledge about "Russia, Com
munism, Iran, oil situation, Suez
Canal and the middle eastern
countries as a whole.”
Here are a few:
1. The people of Egypt live un
der terrible conditions of poverty,
but their playboy king, according
to Time magazine, once gambled
nway $180,000 in one week at the
Riviera, lie and his crew occu
pied 32 rooms at the Carlton ho
tel at a cost of $2000 daily.
2. Egypt requests “independ
ence," but they ulso nsk for con
trol of the Anglo-Kgyptian Sudan
with a veto power over the Su
dan legislature's decisions.
3. Egypt demands freedom,
but, according to Time, Hint;
Farouk's “elections are Invari
ably rigged, the budget Is hope
lessly padded with Kraft, and In
come taxes are hurdly ever paid."
4. When Kl Nahaa Pasha sign
ed the 1936 Anglo-E g y p t i a n
treaty, he hailed it as a step to
ward Egyptian independence. He
denounced it last fall, causing the
present crisis.
5. Egypt was a major partici
pant In the first aggressive war
violating the charter of the Uni
ted Nations. Then they accuse
England of "imperialism," which
may be true, but is similar to the
case of the pot calling the kettle
black.
6. Last July the International
Court of Justice requested main
tenance of the status quo In Iran
until the oil dispute could' lx*
settled by negotiation. Iran re
fused to abide by the request.
Finally, another contention by
Nehorayan deserves clarification.
After describing the unfortunate
economic conditions in Iran, he
writes, "Whom do you think is
responsible for these? You, the
ones like you, and British Gov
ernment."
This writer will Immediately
attempt to cease causing these
conditions.
Campul <MeaALne4., ,
Stanford Gals Get
Visits from 'Stork'
By Rh Thomas
Branner hall girls received a |
rude Htart one afternoon at Stan
ford when a large bird renemtil
ing a wtork appeared on the road
adjoining ttfe building. The stork!
seemed to be In no hurry to leave,*
an hi- settled In the field ancT re
mained there, completely unfa/r-d
by pussing cars, for the remain-X
der of the afternoon.
* * •
Also at Stanford, it seems that
the yell-leaders are Ian In game
attendanee. I-ust week a fair
turnout of fans showed up, tin
band was there, and did a good
job, and the television nn-n were
there too, but the TV sport fans
didn't see any yell leaders, be- j
cause they didn't bother to come.
* • •
A student at the University of
North Carolina was booted last
week as the result of using fire- j
rrarkeis In the dorm. It seems
that Increasing use of such ex
plosives as torpedo-type fire
crackers, "bombs, "dynamitej
caps,” and fuse-type powders re
sulted In an Investigation of 1
"practical Jokers” with the boot- j
ing as an outcome and more
promised in the future, If such
things should continue.
At the University of Murvlund,
instruct of stealing doorknobs
from sorority houses, thieve* en
tircd a fraternity house and es
caped with 12 quarts of milk, a
l.1-|H>und hain and four frying
chickens. Thirty-five dollars was
the estimated loss.
• * *
The showing of "For Men
Only," a movie designed to point
out the evils of college frater
nities, was a flop at the Univer
sity of Washington. The final
opinion of the campus reviewers
was: "We've never wasted 90
minutes more completely."
• • *
Students who cheat have been
divided into five types by Albion
college in Michigan. 1. Those who
cheat only In desperation; 2.
Those who cheat only occasional
ly, and are conscience-stricken
w'hile doing so; 3. Students who
cheat while not believing in it,
and excuse themselves by saying
the tests were unfair or they
were too busy with worthy extra
curricular activities; 4. Students
who boast of new cheating meth
ods they have devised; 5. Stu
dents who never cheat.
This last group includes those
who feel cheating is unethical,
those who can get good marks
without cheating, and those v.h» '
feel cheating is Just too much j
bother.
Parking Problem
Ill,
75r£-r,
“He taken It off when we park. Worthal can’t stand wearing a
1 1 wrinkled shirt to class.”