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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
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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.