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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1952)
f Or%4Qn Daify _ EMERALD The Orrgow Daily Emerald is published Feb. 4 thru 8, 11 thru IS, 18 thru 22, 25 thru 29. March 10, Apr. 2 thru 4, 7 thro 11, 14 thru 18. 21 thru 25, 28 thru May 2. May 6 thru 10, 12 thru 16, 19tbru22, and May «6 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. , , . . A . , . Opinions expressed page on the editorial 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. ___ I.ORNA Larson, Editor Carolyn Silva, Business Manager Marjory Bull, Don Dewey, Geetciisn Grondaiil, Aisociatr Editors Phil Betteke, Msnsging Editor Sajxy Thurston, Advertising Manager Wire services: Associated Press. United Press. Member, Associated Collegiate Press. Needless Confusion The old conflict of “activities” vs. academic education rises again. (You’ll find a letter to the editor on this page declaiming the scheduling of the Eisenhower parade and Arnold Toynbee’s lecture simultaneously.) Toynbee spoke at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The rally was scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Now we don’t really think the rally planners thought their event more important than Toynbee’s lecture. How could they be intelligent University students and reason that way? We just don’t think they thought—about the timing on Toynbee’s lecture. We're not belittling the mock convention, which we think can be an excellent educational experience. We do place Toyn bee’s speech far above the rally in importance, of course. Francis Gillmore, “Operation Politics” chairman assured us it was an oversight in planning and that the rallies would be held early enough so students could still attend the lectures. However, this incident points up a definite need on this campus—for some central schedule board for ALL activities concerning a fair-sized portion of the student body. The dates would be posted as far ahead as possible, and anyone planning a new event could simply take a look at this board before doing so. It would save many persons a great deal of confusion. And “activities” could not so easily interfere with “education.” Good Work for a Worthy Cause Today might be a good time to revive tire Oregon Daily ‘TV’ and bestow it on Jo Sloan and her World Student Fund com mittee and to every student and faculty member who helped meet and top the 1952 goal of $2,000. Adding receipts from contributions, the Vodvil, auction, and Ugly Man contest, the drive should clear approximately $2,300 —a healthy growth from last year's $2,000 and the $1,700 given in 1950. A special commendation should go to Carson Hall, whose residents alone gave $500. Although much of the money was raised by encouraging competition in the Ugly Man contest and in providing enter tainment through the Vodvil, we hope the students appreciate the worthwhile project behind them—the tangible means by which we help students in other lands.—M. B. The Professor Is Wise IfATEcT^I ’ ALPHAPETlft*!-^ HOW/,SOK6g? | VOUB 3£AH, ttX'J ■ - Letters to the Editor - Let's Grow Up Emerald Editor: The front page of Tuesday's Emerald could start a minor rev olution on this campus. God only knows that it should! Column five announced the lecture to be given by Mr. Toyn bee, undoubtedly one of the great men of our century. Column one was devoted to the torchlight parade which the “Elsenhower” houses would stage to publicize their candidate, hoping to win something or other for the “mock political convention.” It was briefly stated that another such parade would be held on Thurs day night, when Mr. Toynbee would present his second lecture. It is no secret that certain of the houses involved in the parades are putting considerable pressure on their members in order to insure full attendance at their little games. The fact that hoop-de-do will prevent those members from hearing Mr. Toynbee is passed over with ex cellent, sophomoric sophistica tion. isn t u aooui time tnat some body grew up around here ? I, for one, would like to know what goes on with activities on this campus. Kach year that I have been around here someone has come up with some bright new thought for diluting what should be a pretty serious busi ness: getting a University call tier education. The theory seems to be that as long as you tie a worthy purpose in with the fool ishness everything is strictly legal and educative—and thus we have WSSF behind the Vod vil, and so on. If any candidate in the cur rent ASUO political squabble (a more or less superior sort of stupidity) will promise to in vestigate the number and worth iness of “activities” on this cam pus, with axe in hand, he will get my vote. And I would like to hear from each and every student who sponsors or attends the parades his justification fdr missing one of the most im portant experiences in his entire life. Michael Callahan Against Our Stand Emerald Editor: I cannot hope to state all my objections to your timely edi torial (timely in that it dis courages rebuttal). I wish to mention only two things. Your assumption that a non Greek could not be an effective administrator on this campus. I wonder if your Greek affiliation makes you a little un-objective and I am surprised that you make no attempt to support your stand. You, who insist that the only thing that is important is the individual, would have a very hard time supporting this posi tion. I was under the impression that we were electing a student body president not an AGS re former, nor do I see that a clean up of AGS would result in a clean up of “the entire political scene.” If AGS is so bad that it neces sitates so much consideration how can you support a candidate representing and running for that party ? Toby MeCarroll The editorial in question was written by the one non-Greek member of the Emerald editorial staff. This member is an inde pendent student and thus was writing from an independent rather than a Greek bias when he implied that a non-Greek president would be administra tively hampered. He has seen the Greeks band together, what ever the issue. He expects them to continue banding together to prevent legislation favored by a president who does not belong to a Greek living organization. It is not our hope to perpe tuate the AGS. But most Greek students, AGS or no, would hold together. It is Pat Dignan's en deavor to educate the Greek stu dents; to convince them that they are, first, individuals und, then, members of living organi zations. We believe that a clean-up of the AGS would result in a con siderable clean-up of "the entire political scene," for it is tra ditionally and consistently the scene of the dirtiest of our dirty campus politics.—Don Dewey. Reasoning Wrong Kmerald Kdltor: On reading your editorial on Pat Dignan and Helen Jackson I was especially struck with the reasoning portrayed in the next to last paragraph. I quote, "Dig nan promises less, but there is more chance that he will be able to ‘produce.’ Dignan has not been closely connected with the pow ers behind the AGS, but he would have definite control over the party if he were elected presi dent. As vice-president, under Miss Jackson, he would only be an AGS figure-head and would not be able to encourage reform within the Greek bloc.” fait me analyze what this any*. Because l)i|[iuin docs not have the Imagination to come up with Mime new idea* for rumpus re form It In aHNUined that he will lie u better leader. I do not grunt that aNHumption. Kspeclally ns the flrnt hold print paragraph admits that Minn .lark ho it In his superior In speaking ability and would be an excellent represent ative of the student body. Her qualification* of experience In campus administration ure also admittedly superior. The next assumption In that Dignan would magically assume better control of AGS by being ASUO president. I would like to point out that Digital) would Mill be titular head of AGS with n.s much power within that party as ASUO vice-president. He is merely a candidate that pleases some of the AGS leaders. The inter-party fight would still go on. Kxtra duties would not aid Dignan at ull. Doug Ambers > We cannot agree that Dlgnan's power over AOS would be as strong If he were vice-president. We made no assumption that Dignan would Is- a better leader' because he has no Ideas. Ills platform contains ideas.—Kdltor -A Day at the Zoo The*Moral: Don't Be Too Popular Or You May Die in Your Cups —. ■■■■ ■ ■■ By Bob Funk --- Life had become horribly bor ing for her. It was getting so she was resorting to going to class, there being nothing else to do that was new. What was there beyond this, anyway? She had ac hieved— wow, had she ever achieved! | They had to 5 build two new * fireplaces i n I the sorority * just to provide BOB FUNK mantels for her cups. There was the cup she had won her freshman year Best in the Show. And her sopho more cup Purple Hyacinth of Tri Gnu fiat club. Her junior cup (her mother had given it to her. It was for drinking out of). And now: a golden mug for Ugliest Pan on Campus (or a golden pan for Ugliest Mug on Campus she could never re member which. It held three quarts, was topped by a figure of Venus standing on the should ers of Diana standing on the shoulders of Minerva who was scratching herself, and bore the inscription "Universitas Oregon ensis: Mens Agitat Womens.”) What was there to achieve af ter all this? She had thought rather tentatively of developing her mind or winning a letter ill something or joining TNK. She had also thought of getting mar ried. But would you marry some one with a pin in the shape of a cross, or one of those diamond shaped ones? Could you really he happy with a boy who had only five cashmeres? Sometimes she envisioned her self posed dramatically on a hill top in Korea, clad in a shim mering white nurse's uniform with an off-the-shoulders top and an orchid corsage. In one hand there was a bottle of plasma, which was connected by a long tube to Farley Granger, Humph rey Bogart and Sir Laurence Olivier, whose collective lives she wan saving. In her other hand she held a cup which Herbert Hoover, President (insert, name in November!, Douglas MarArthur, Wayne Morse ar.d President Newburn had just* awarded her for carrying Mercy into the Thick of the Kray. There was a look of inexpressible dig nity and compassion on her face. She was trying not to sneeze. At other times she imagined herself on the top of a piano at, the fopaea—well .that big night club in New York. She was al most wearing a black evening' gown and Marlene Dietrich’s legs wYrr sticking out of it, although everyone thought they were hers. She was singing ‘'11111" in a voice which sounded very much Uke Helen Morgan’s. Everyone was crying. In one hand she held a' cocktail which was really only juice because for all that she was really such a nice girl. In the other hand she was holding a tasteful bouquet of roses, gardenias, water lilies and sagebrush, which had just been presented to her by the Duke of ” Windsor, Ford Rockerfeller As-* tor Vanderbilt DuPont LL.V, Al- • bert Eistein (he was down for the weekend), William Saroyan and Cornelia Otis Skinner. You could never imagine all' the things she imagined herself. It would take all of the editorial' page and part of Duck Tracks. ■ What is there in life, she thought,, for one who has achieved so . much? The more she thought, about this, the more melancholy . she became. She had never taken a psych course and didn’t know • which way to turn. As you can imagine this led to trouble. One (lrumatie evening her sor ority sister found her sequin hairpin floating on fop of tbo - Sneak Oat of Alder Street eup, which was full of rain water. . They dragged the trophy for three hours, ami at last brought up the lovely suicide’s body. Tiie whole matter was hushed up considerably, however, ihc. sorority didn’t want the whole campus to know, after all, t+sat. the girl had died in her cups.
