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This Change Makes Sense
When we were in kindergarten, and even grade school, morn
and dad always used to come when our class was singing in a
Thanksgiving or Easter program.
WeTe older now. But we think mom and dad probably still
have that same feeling of pride when they see their offspring
standing on a platform performing before an audience.
Besides, the folks like music. And they especially enjoy hear
ing songs well-sung by fresh, young untrained voices.
Put these two parental attitudes together and you'll see why
this year mom and dad will get a chance many of them haven’t
had before—to hear the Junior Weekend All-campus Sing.
Since dad works till 5, he couldn't make it down on Friday
nights. The Sing was always on Friday, so he and mom missed
it.
This year he’s pleased as punch that he and mom, though
they’re still not coming until Saturday morning, will hear the
All-campus Sing.
And we don’t think we’ll really mind dancing on Friday
night instead of Saturday.
Do you?
A Tactful Queen
The Netherlands’ Queen Juliana seems to be a pretty tactful
messenger of good will to this country.
It was this weekend that the Queen arrived in Los Angeles
for a two-day visit. All the reports we've seen indicate that not
even a chuckle issued from the royal party when the%naine ot
Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron was mentioned.
It was Mayor Bowron who fairly blew his top when Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson made arrangements for Queen
Juliana to stay at the Beverly Hills hotel, an establishment
actually outside the sprawling limits of Los Angeles. Bowron
made page one April 1 when he wired Acheson that the action
indicated “to the world that Los Angeles does not have ade
quate and proper accommodations for her majesty.”
Either the Queen is mighty tactful, or she hasn't been read
ing American newspapers.—D. D.
Students and Books
There’s too much emphasis on the “activity,” non-academic
side of life at Oregon.
You’ve heard that said as many times as we. And, like us,
you may agree to some extent.
Now, emerging from the ocean of days, weekends,
“sales,” and “committees” and their accompanying “sign,”
“cleanup,” “attendance” and “song” contests, we find an event
that will not only appeal to the academic minded but will rec
ognize him as well.
What it it?
The annual personal library contest is underway.
Three categories of collections will be judged—undergrad
uate general libraries, undergraduate specialized libraries and
graduate general collections.
Since the books will be displayed in the Library reserve room
for judging during Junior Weekend, not only members of the
University family but outsiders as well will be able to see and
appreciate the collections.
There’s a tangible (and most appropriate) aw ard for the
winners, too—books.
A common question around a university is: How do you tell
a real “student” when you see one.
Well, we have no magic formula, but we ll guess that one
measure of the intensity of a person’s quest for knowledge may
be found in the size and variety of his personal library.
Though we grant that this is not by far the only criterion
for determining who is a “student,” we’ll wager those whose
book collections are on display in the libe during Junior Week
end, May 9 and 10, will deserve the title.
Quelt CditoAial .a
NSA Challenges 'Silents' to'Become 'Significant'
(Ed. Not*: Bill Dentzer, president of the U.8.
National Student association, w»» on our campus
Monday to talk with student leaders. There’s been
much discussion on campus this year concerning
NSA membership. In fact, at one time the senate
voted to send observers to the summer NSA con
ference, although they Just recently threw out the
plan. Since so few of you had an opportunity to
talk with Dentzcr, we’re giving you this opportunity
to read a bit of what he had to say, In his own
words.)
The United States National Student Asociatlon
(NSAI Is a national federation of some 300 college
and university student governments representing
approximately 800,000 students. NSA's purpose is
to strengthen and make student government more
effective, democratic and responsible on the campus
and to act as the "national student voice" of the
U.S. students on national and international educa
tional activities.
As a service organization for student govern
ments across the nation, NSA provides a platform
for the exchange Of Ideas on student government
philosophy, program, and administration. Students
from all parts of the U.S. meet together each sum
mer in the National Student Congress to spend
long hours on student problems on their campuses,
as well as discussing educational problems on the
regional, national, and international level.
In regional meetings and through printed ma
terials dealing with all phases of student govern
ment activity received from the national and region
al offices of NSA, student leaders find ways to solve
the problems which confront them and also often
find the vision and perspective which enables them
to see basic problems and needs which effective
student government must serve, where before, they
had seen nothing at all beyond the usual cut-and
dried programs of ineffectual student government.
NSA also exists to serve the educational com
munity by speaking for the interests of American
students on non-partisan educational matters that
vitally affect students, such as the draft deferment
policy UMT, the GI Bill, inter-collegiate athletics,
and economic benefits for students. Toward this
end, it represents them on such organizations as the
American Council on Education, the National Edu
cation Association, the American Commission on
UNESCO, World Student Service Fund, and many
other national groups.
NSA is the only national non-special Interest
student group In the United States. Just as other
groups of people speak for their desires and work
toward their ends through their own national feder
ation, NSA, whose policies are decided by the
elected representatives from every mpmwr school ut
the annual student congresses, does for student*. .
Just as individuals Join together ho that they can
do together what they cunnot accompIlHh alone, ho
HtudentH governments work together through NS A
to accomplish their democratic ends and speak for
the more than two million American students who
have been ho lately criticized an "the Bilent gener
ation.”
Just a a NS A speaks in the IntcreHt of U.S. stu
dents across the nation, ho does it carry a vitHl
message from American students to student* nil
over the world, many of whom know only what the
Communists have said about the United States.
By working for true International understanding
through programs In nil parts of the world, stu-^
dents In other lands have eome to know the truth
about the United States instead of vicious lies about
“Wall Street Imperialism" spread by enemies of
America.
American students must realize that the well
financed activities in the under-developed areas of
the world must be met with sincere expressions of
friendship and the true story of what free students
and the free world are fighting for.
It seems that for the first time in their history,
American students have within their own hands the
power to change their own destiny. Together and
through the U.S. National Student Association, thi jqj
can improve and strengthen democratic studenr
self-government on the campus, contribute respon
sible and experienced leaders to the nation, work
together toward the solution of many problems
feeing serious students across the nation who nre
concerned with the present and future of'their
democracy, and work with students around the
world in the knowledge that whenever the true
story of the struggle between freedom and totali
tarianism is known, the day will draw closer when
all people can live again in freedom and with dignity
in a world at peace.
NBA Is a challenge to “the silent generation” to
become “the significant generation.” There is going
to be a national student voire. Are you going to
exert your efforts in that volcf that is the USN’SA,
so thut the voice will say what you want it to say
and so that the ends toward which free men are
working are more likely to be achieved?
To do nothing is to do worse than nothing 1
to retreat from every responsibility and every hop!
that ever stirred the minds of the student world to
work for a world ta tter than that in which they now
study and in which some day they must take their
plgces as responsible citizens in a leading natior^^i
the world. Bill Dentzer
- - Letters to the Editor - -
Honor Code Under Fire
Emerald Editor:
You will note in my Emerald
campaign statement and my
March 6 statement in the senate
that I made special reference to
the Honor Code report only.
I have confined my references
to the report because it Is the
only written work that has been
made available to the public by
the honor code committee. It is
upon this document that the stu
dents of the University will l»e
asked to support the honor sys
tem.
I have attacked it because it
lacks convincing arguments that
the honor system is applicable to
the University of Oregon. Why
does the Stanford system work ?
(If it does.) Why does the Vir
ginia system work ?
Is this Important you ask? It
is important because If there are
common factors that make for a
workable honor system, all I
ask is that these common de
nominators be pointed out. The
The Well-rounded Student
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“Of course I’m not educated—I have to spend all my time going
to class.”
committee lias side-stepped tills
approach.
Rather, the committee ap
proach has been the bland state
ment that the success of an honor
•system is up to the wholehearted
support of the students. Yet has
there been any wholehearted de
monstration of support?
Sure 82 per cent agreed with
the principles of an honor systeWa
as they understood them. Hut
what ubout the 34 per cent that
decided a honor code as they
understood it was not applicable
to the University? One-third of
the interviewees liked the idea
of an honor system but didn’t
feel it applicable to Our campus.
And there Is nothing in the honor
committee report to prove the
sj stem applicable at Oregon.
On what grounds did the com
mittee refuse to study why our
neighbors to the north (OSC)
threw out a honor system ?
Why did Mr. Ebblghausen
shudder when he read in the
newspaper that athletes hatM^n
suspended from under the honor
system at the University of Flor
ida?
Why doesn’t the honor code re
lease the complete text of testi
mony gathered at Stanford and
let the students evaluate the
meaning of these documents?
Why ? Because the committee
has decided the University of
Oregon should have a honor sys
tem and a honor system will be
—per se—good.
Any honor system Instituted on
our campus should be accepted
only after conclusive evidence of .
its workability and applicability,
otherwise the school has the hon
or and the students have the
system!
Don Collin