m Daihf . « ^ EMERALD The Osegon Daily Emualo is published Feb. 4 thru 8, 11 thru 15, 18 thru 22, 25 thru am \farcJi 10 Adt 2 thru 4 7 thru 11, 14 thru 18, 21 thru 25, 28 thru May 2, May 6 thru 10, IMhru 14 l#9thru22i and May 26 by the Associated Students of the University of Oregon. ErfSSSd aa'^ccSd cSsTmatter at topoatoffice, Eugene,-Oregon. Suh*:rijmon rates: $5 per ichotd >ear^$^per^eewi. page on the editorial are those of the writer and do not Pretend to reoreaent the oeiniona of the ASUO or of the Umrersity. Initialed editorials are written by the associate editors. Unsigned editorials ar, written by the editor. IjiaNA l.Aasow, Editor Caiolyn Silva, Business Manager a e Oregon's Great Influx Four more days till the Great Influx. Sometime Friday a few hundred high school seniors will begin their annual campus invasion, colloquially known as Duck Preview. And that’s just what the weekend’s planners are trying to make it—a preview of life at Oregon, including glimpses of social, academic and extra-curricular activities. All kinds of people—committee members, house presidents, administration personnel—have been at work for several months to plan a truly representative and entertaining week end for our high school guests. \\ e’d venture to say that the brain power which has gone into this thing, if converted into electrical energy, would be enough to. run the entire University power plant for a couple of weeks. All this in an effort to plan a. program the high schoolers will like. Just what do our prospective guests want in a Duck Preview ? We tried to find out, in a very modest way, by asking frosh who were Preview guests last year what they liked—and didn t like—about last year’s program. We got all sorts of answers. Generally, they thought the weekend was good (naturally enough, since they came to Ore gon). Some thought there was too much free time, others not enough. Most liked the noon picnic and All-Campus \ odvil, though the latter was criticized by some as being too long. On one subject nearly everyone seemed to agree: high school students should be encouraged to attend the scheduled dance Saturday night, rather than being turned loose on collegiate picnics and similar activities. Sample comments: Many high school kids get ‘carried away’ on picnics” ... “kids got drunk and it didn’t look good’... “it’s sort of a shock for your first glimpse of college”... “the dance was marvelous and more kids might be encouraged to go.” There’s a Duck Preview dance scheduled for this Saturday night. We hope that those responsible for arranging dates for our high school guests will use all their influence to see that the dance is where they go. We don’t think there’s anything morally wrong with beer drinking on picnics. But in the case of high school students, be sides the legal aspects involved in their minor status, it s all too likely to leave the wrong impression. They’re being told that at Duck Preview they see the real highlights of life on the campus; should we be surprised if, seen in that light, they should exaggerate the role of “ye olde brew ’ out of its proper perspective?—G. G. -The Atomic Age Japan's World Trade Position Improving at Britain's Expense _-_ By Phil Johnson - Foreign policies in the Pacific are profoundly influenced by Anglo-Japanese rivalry in that area. The ener getic Japanese are steadily i mproving their position a t England’s expense. Japan’s ma jor weapons in the trade war with Great Britain are lower lab or costs and shorter d i s - PHIL, JOHNSON tances to the markets. In addi tion, Japan can purchase food and raw materials in Asiatic na tions and can offer consumer and capital goods in return. Pakistan is planning industri alization with Japanese machine ry and technical aid. Japanese money is entering the Portu guese colony Pf Goa, India, to de velop iron-ore deposits for Jap anese steel. Japanese capitalists also have been active in India, Thailand, Malaya, Indonesia and the Philip pines. The latter two nations have accepted the principle that Japan will pay World War II re parations in the form of techni cal know-how and services. This will give the Japanese an eco nomic foothold in those regions. A British-owned Asiatic news paper charged last January that Americans were supplying cheap cotton to Japan, Hong Kong's greatest rival, while denying cot ton to Hong Kong for fear that it would be sold to Communist China. The paper claimed that this would permit the Japanese to export cheap textiles, much of which would ultimately end up in China, anyway. The democracies must find a solution to this problem without limiting Japan’s industrial rise and without dragging the Brit ish Empire down to economic collapse. If the situation becomes des perate for either nation, open trading with China may result. A Korean truce would reduce the stigma of such a policy. -Confusion Confounded Improved Laundry Equipment Is Swift and Also Destructive __By Sam Chirman_ (Ed. Not*-: With today’s Issue •e Introduce to you a new eol m n, "Confusion Confounded,” rlt ten by Sam Chlrman, Rradu te In p»yrholttjy. We hope you’ll njoy Sam's “Confusion.”) Curiosity, one of our major weaknesses, led us recently to visit a local laundry whose adver tisements in the newspapers had Dcen proclaim ing the use of new, modern machinery, dc signed for swift and im proved work manship. "Aha! You ’re wearing a new shir t," said the man ager, greeting us jovially at the entrance SAM CHIRMAN of his shop. We beamed with sny pride and licked his hand in grat itude. Here was a man w’ith es thetic sensitivity. "Don't worry," he said, adjusting the safety pins that kept his collar closed, “we’ll fix it up in no time.” We licked his hand again, and he fed us a lump of sugar. “Here is one of our finest ma chines,” he indicated, starting the tour. We saw a large table cover ed with many fine-toothed combs. Our host chuckled jovially, “Rips buttons off In a flash—even the holes sometimes.” We chuckled t<00. “Now guess what this one does," he challenged us, in front of a large drum topped with a sharp-edged blade. We wrinkled our brow, puckered lips and twitched our nose with intense thought. "Potato masher?” we ventured. He spat in our face. "Not quite,” he grinned at our shame-faced expression, restor ing the milk of human kindness in our heart, “it’s a slip-strip per.” His eyes lit up with rougish humor. We strained hard for a similar visual effect, but man aged only to disturb our hernia. "Naturally,” we agreed, only half-lit. “Keen as a raxor,” he said, “and especially designed to slice through slip straps bnly half way. That method, we find, helps the wcldi'nlH happen In public, when the Kirin expect It leant. Jolly, eh?” We nodded, still too Involved In trying to got lit with roguish humor to attempt speak ing. "And here Is our mixmastcr,” he pointed to a Urge vat. "It’s for socks. Collegiate life would be dull if students wore matched pairs, so wc acramble them up. Ninety-five per cent success too.” He fixed thumb in vest with a look of prideful ownership. We pulled our pants down to our knees to hide our matched socks, unfortunately revealing to our host the unimpaired status of our shorts. He sighed deeply. “I wish I didn't have to tell you this,” he said, "but our elastic stretcher outer is on the blink. I’m afraid your underwear will fit until we fix it and it's liable to drag be yond mid-terms at that.” Deeply moved at this tragedy we hastily draped a burlap sack over our form to conceal our shapely shorts. “That’s all,” he said, leading us to the door, “come back anytime.” We stumbled out, curtsying. Indeed, we had witnessed gigan tic progress. rf-KHtt the Matofve.-.. 10 YEARS AGO April 21, 1042—John Warren is appointed head football coach. He replaces Tex Oliver, who has received a commission with the I'.S. navy. 15 YEARS AGO April 21, 1987—The National Broadcasting company makes plans to broadcast highlights of the Oregon junior weekend cere monies. Oh the §toye... Letters to the Editor - A Basic Inconsistency Kmcrald Kdltor: If quoted correctly, the Delta Tau Delta field secretary spoke in realistic terms. Tom Shepherd IS an ldealiBt and certainly in this instance demonstrated na ivete. Perhaps Tom is now a bit more enlightened as to the state of politics on most university campuses. One need not mix with the "lay politicians” to develop a cynical concept of our contemporary American political environment. Kather he should remain on the • campus and "fraternize" with our campus elites- in the midst of these prospective "leaders of our society" he can fill his noH trils to overflowing with the . stench emanating from the ma chinations of our "realistic" 4«ili ticos, both male and female. ^ I trust that this one instance serves to demonstrate to the nu Ive the fundamental and haste in consistency between the Greek's, philosophy und that compatible to even a pseudo-democracy. True, Tom, within the fraternal system you will find most of the future sources of power and in- * fluence—the nepotism of fra ternities is even noticeable in state politics. Yes, these will be the "leaders" for they conform admirably to our materialistic, superficial, anti-intellectual en vironment both on and off the campus. Don't be bitter Tom. Having had you as a student and know ing that you possess a keen mind - and that rare something call# ty character, I’m sure you will find other environments more con genial for your idealistic, naive pursuits. Marko I- Haggard 'The Devil' Is Enjoyable Show By Toby McCarroll Friday night was the first open performance of the University theater’s twin musical bill. "The Devil and Daniel Web ster” is an enjoyable ntory about the legend of Daniel Webster arguing a case with the Devil for the soul of a man. Eyes Left, Bowerman “H’lo Coach V’ The most outstanding part of the production Is Gordon How ard. The excellence of his acting is well known to this campus and his rich voice makes his per formance all the better. Howard portrays all the cunning, intelli gence, sensitiveness and wit of the opera’s Webster and adds some qualities of his own, with extremely good results. Webster’s main urla is the most enjoyable and best executed single musical piece of the evening. Larry Swanson does a good job, although his actions as the Devil are at times artificial and weuk. Stone is played and sung well by Morris Beachy. Janice Evans is weak as Mrs. Stone but her voice, though small, is very pleasing. The well trained chorus adds to the general excellence of the pro duction both in voice and action. The unmistakeable hand of Hor ace Robinson can be seen in the organized realism of the "mob” scenes, and the ability of Donald Allton is definately reflected in the quality of the voices. "The Old Maid and the Thief” is a good opera but it is perform ed as a concert. The story relates the humorous incidents which oc cur when a spinster and her maid take in a man whom they think is a thief. The singing is good, but not outstanding, and the acting is very weak. A lot of work went into the preparation of the performance but it was obviously not well channeled. The orchestra exhibits a con siderable amount of stupidity, egotism and lack of talent. Much of the stage singing and speakW lug Is completely drowned out.