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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1952)
^Herald n,e Oskoon Daivv E«.»u> U piAU^td F«b- 4 "* tfcVliuy V Ma/ftNhwVo? SsSSff^SJS' asr-as* a «-*“ the associate editor?. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. Loans Lassos, Editor Caiolyn Silva, Business Manager Sally Tiivsstoh, Advertising Manager Phil Bettsms, Managing Editor Wire services: Associated Press. United Pr^I Member. Associated Collegiate Press. ~ Gutchkk G*on*ahl, Do* Drwyy, Associate Editors Women in Power? For the first time In eight years a woman is in the contest for presidency of the Oregon student body. Is this significant? Is the fairer sex “taking over?” We’ll all know on April SO. But in the meantime we extend our congratulations to Helen Jack son, the United Students association’s able choice. Add Elementary Ed? Teacher education in Oregon will he under study by the State System of Higher Education during the next months, purposing to meet the great demand for elementary teachers and ease the strain on the state school system. Revolutionary changes in the present allocation of function of the five institutions in the state system are possible. How ever, “the survey committee is beginning the study with no preconceived notions,” Yiron A. Moore, acting chairman, has pointed out. “We will be trying to do the best for the schools and the state system." Research director for the study, which will begin in June, is Dr. Earl W. Anderson, Ohio State Uni versity. An outside consultant was purposely chosen to insure an impartial and objective review of the present system. As members of the University of Oregon community, we can hardly be disinterested in the outcome. Several possible re sults of the survey are: 1. Addition of elementary teacher training at the University and/or Oregon State College. 2. Addition of secondary teacher training at the three col leges of education. However, the supply of secondary teachers is now meeting the demand. 3. Reorganization of the present colleges of education into liberal arts colleges tending to offer curricula to meet regional or community needs. A possible result of this might be the dis continuation of the College of Education at Monmouth due to its proximity to Oregon State and the University. 4. Offering of fully-organized supervised teaching in Port land. 5. Establishment of a state institution in Portland with the granting of degrees. This point may be of major importance in the next legislative session. Teacher training in Oregon must be made more attractive if the state is to have adequately-trained teachers coming from its own institutions. Currently less than half of the teachers in the elementary schools are trained in Oregon, making the state dependent on personnel from out-of-state colleges. The need for new elementary teachers this year will lie 1150. Approximately 500 of these will be provided by Oregon colleges. Out-of-state teachers and emergency certification must balance the shortage. Already 2000 persons are teach ing on emergency certificates, with little hope of a decrease in the near future. With experts spending months and years studying this prob lem of population growth and the resulting hardship faced by schools, we are in no position to supply the answer. However, after talking with a number of educators, we have come to the belief that a beginning would be the addition of elementary teacher training at one of the major state institutions. This is a program that could be relatively easily and eco nomically set up to attract more persons to the elementary field. The benefits of a larger institution are many—an enriched academic offering, greater variety of classes, specialized iit1 structors, cultural and social advantages—assets that cannot be valued lightly. We are glad the State System of Higher Kducation is taking this definite step to meet the needs of teacher education in Oregon. The temporary arrangements now in effect are in adequate and the entire system is in need of re-evaluation. The study is not to be limited by existing institutional alloca tions. Further, its scope may be broadened to the field of gen eral education if necessary or desirable. Thus the good of the entire state, not one city or institution, will be the prime con sideration. The State of Oregon has a right to expect sufficient teachers from its own colleges. This survey and legislation resulting from it may be the means to meet this end.—M. B. . ( Letters to the Editor (Letters for this column must he 400 words or less in length and signed by the author or authors. Requests that names be withheld will l*e given careful considera tion. Letters may be mailed to the Emer ald editor or left in the Emerald quonset adjacent to the Journalism building.) Ode to a Movie Review Emerald Editor: To a movie critique ( ? ): If ignorance be bliss Then I say this: The happiest of humans Is he who dares to shame Hugo’s immortal “Hunchback of Notre Dame.” (Please, McCarroll, for the sake of those who lay some claim to literacy, wise up or shut-up!) Jerry Adarn --A Duy at the Zoo New Exciting Exposes Add Fuel to Dying Political Fires _—- By Bob Funk Somehow the political scene has lost all the charming sparkle that it had earlier this week. It would have been different, no doubt, if Bill Frye had won the AGS nomi nation, or if Jim Haycox had won the USA nomina tion. However, the nomina tions went to D i g n a n and Jackson in stead, and ev eryone is fresh BOB FUNK out of mud. No doubt, however, it will not l»e long before the party inedlelne On Statje and Screen ... Theater Musical Shows Promise By TobyMcCarroll Last night was the first per formance of the University Thea ter's twin musical bill. It was technically a dress rehearsal but a considerable number of mer chants from downtown were ad mitted free, presumably to bring in customers by talking up the performance. Too bad the powers (or power) that be (or is) don't see fit to admit students to these "rehearsals” for the same reason (especially if the production is $2>; perhaps the students don't have as much to offer. The production officially opens tonight. It is hard to predict what will happen when the two temp eramental sections of the campus get together and attempt to put on a show, but there are some reasons to believe It will be en joyable. "The Devil and Daniel Web ster” stars Gordon Howard and is directed by Horace Robinson, a tried and proven enjoyable com bination. Most of the cast have very impressive lists of singing accomplishments and some have acted before. This is probably the last joint production by the two departments, unless the drama side agrees to do something seri ous, e.g. “Aida”; fortunately the men of drama seem to realize (a i the lack of good specialized tal ent and (b) the lack of appeal of a badly performed "serious” pro duction. After the campus primaries everyone is probably in the mood for farce, but the movie houses aren’t obliging. By the way in case you are confused, “Grand Uarsony” should be remembered as the name of a generally good drama column in Portland; any relationship between the column and what appears under that name on this campus is more than coincidence. The best show of the week will be at the Heilig Sunday. “Death of a Salesman" is the film re cording of a theatrical perform ance; it is the story of Willie Lo man (Frederick March), a man who dreams higher than his abil ity. The acting of Mr. March is among the best ever recorded on the screen and the cast is excel lent. The story leaves much to be desired and is little more than a series of "gripping" scenes de signed to lead us by our emotions, unfortunately few can resist. Also playing Sunday is “How Green was My Valley”, an old, good, and simple film. (Student Union) Going backward, which is ap propriate when speaking of mov ies, Friday and Saturday’s best fare is also at the Heilig. “Sing ing in the Hain” has been held over. The show is a collection of dance scenes put together with too much plot, there is nothing particularly new about the film the routines and the songs are old- except the "Broadway Bal let" which features several im pressionistic scenes with the new and magnificent Cyd Charisse. This cannot be favorably com pared with "American in Paris" but is certainly worthwhile see ing. The Mac Donald continues in its usual manner and brings us "Man of the Forest" and "To The Last Man," a fitting follow-up for "Cat-people”. tyna+tt the Maifue... JO YEARS AGO Apr. 18, 1942—World Student Service fund drive officials today mailed a check fbr the proceeds of the drive — $802.19 — to the drive headquarters. Junior Weekend Queen Eleanor Kngdahl and her four princesses were judges Friday at a Eugene baby show. More than 500 Eu gene women were present. Judg ing was on the basis of hair, eyes, complexion and figure. (1) Pat Dlgnan is pinned to men find iomr new Truths, and then the show will be on uguin. Below are Home tent* accusations For the eonvenlenee of party lea deni. Andy Frledle, a Pi Phi (this Ih .shocking enough an It Ih, but there'H more). Isn't It true that Miss Frledle pressured Pi Phi President Janet Shaw Into per sonally examining and stamping every Pi Phi vote in the AGS primary to make sure that the members voted for Dlgnan? (2) Helen Jackson (who Ih at tempting to keep this informa tion under cover) Is an asHlHtant counselor at Carson Hall. Last night, Miss Jackson, accompanied by three USA thugs, entered the room of Krga Plugsmltch, fresh- y man in undeclared major, saying "either you vote for me, Plugw mltch, or I'll wreck you on this . campus.” ITpon leaving the room. Miss Jackson casually forced Miss Plugsmltch's roommate (who hud giggled) out the win dow. (3) There were chemical prep arations on all the AGS primary ballots which automatically erased all votes cast for anyone but Dignan. After ten minutes, a reaction set in which caused an “X" to appear opposite Dig nar.'s name. (4) Virginia Wright, during the counting of USA votes, dis covered that Helen Jackson was losing to Jim Haycox. She grab-, bed a handful of Haycox votes and swallowed them. “It la a point of order, and also of practi cal procedure," Miss Wright de clared. "that votes cannot be counted which have been swal lowed.” (NOTE TO PERSONS WHO READ ONLY THE MIDUI.ES OUT OF COLUMNS: THESE STATEMENTS ARE PURELY FICTIONAL. PLEASE IK) NOT LET THEM I N F I. U E N C E YOUR VOTE.) In writing this, we have con sidered the above four accusa tion rather improbable. No so improbable, however, as the ones which may actually be made. Room For Improvement '‘You’re enrolling in a scljool where we demand that students lie of sound physical and mental health, of unblemished character, a good speaker, of sound judgment and leadership—welcome to the pro fession, Snldewoll.”
