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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1952)
Oregon Daih/ ~ _ EMERALD ■S The 0*kcon Daily Emerald is published Feb. 4 thru 8, 11 thru 15, 18I thru 22, 25 thru 29. March 10, Apr. 2 thru 4, 7 thru 11, 14 thru 18, 21 thru 25, 28 thru May 2, May 6 thru 10, 12 thru 16, 19thru22, and May 26 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. .... . ... .. , , . . , . 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. Lorna Larson, Editor Carolyn Silva, Business Manager Marjory Bush, Don Dewey, Gretchen Gronpahl, Associate Editors Phil Bettens, Managing Editor Sally Thurston, Advertising Manager______ Wire services: Associated Press, United Press. Member, Associated Collegiate Press. Legal Trivia and Elections Now we believe in legality as strongly as the next person. But sometimes we are inclined to smile a bit at those who com plain loudly if every minute, exact rule is not followed to the letter in such things as school constitutions. That’s what we’re doing now. The ASUO election is being contested by a group of students on the grounds of several small discrepancies with stated elec tion procedure. The amendment was run in the Emerald five days instead of one week previous to the vote. Voting booths did not open and close precisely on time. And so on. It seems to us that the spirit of the constitution was pre served. The student body did have adequate notice of the election. Certain legal trivia were overlooked by Merv Hampton in setting up the election. Certainly these should be pointed out to him, and the student body. But is it really necessary to officially contest an election just because of trivia? Wouldn’t just public notification of the dis crepancies have accomplished as much? The contestors them selves admit they don’t really consider the election results un fair. A Middle Ground for Religion For once, college administrators and professors forgot their problems of enrollment and finance when they met in the re cently-concluded Conference on Higher Education in Chicago. Higher education’s responsibility in strengthening the moral and spiritual foundations of society—both on and off the cam pus—was the subject of many of the Conference’s roundtable discussion groups. Some argued that universities and colleges should make defi nite room for religion on campus. Chaplain James C. McLeod of Northwestern university said a place of worship deserves to be on campus every bit as much as does the basketball team’s “cathedral of muscles.” The responsibility of higher edu cation is ended with the teaching of moral fundamentals, they said. It seems the most valuable thinking came from the middle grounders, the educators who favor neither complete embrac ing of religion on the campus nor complete abolishment. “All fields of study can be made to contribute to the moral and spiritual outlook of the student,” they concluded. “The in structor has the responsibility for grasping any opportunity of ferred in furthering student thought on values.”—D. D. Midterm Time? r ffc©0>v\ aii // “Tsilk about yer apple polishers! He wheels old Prof. Snarf down to his office after every class period.” i i -1. • i i /J*t CdifoUal College Graduates Want More Specific Trainini What happens to Joe College and Betty Coed after they walk across the platform, degree in hand, to face the world, as the saying goes. Time Magazine has in part answered thqt ques tion with a survey of U.S. college graduates and a book based on the study, “They Went to College.” Some of the answers are revealing and surprising, some to be expected regarding these 6,000,000 Americans who have college degrees. Six per cent of all Americans old enough to be through college have degrees. They are predomi nately young, male, come from small Eastern cities, tend to have at least one parent who is college trained, and were at least partly self-supporting while attending school. It is true that the college graduate has an advan tage over his non-college brother—he has the best jobs, makes the most money and has attained more of what the world terms success. Thirty-four per cent of men graduates have jobs as proprietors, managers, and executives compared to 13 per cent for non-graduate U.S. men. In the semi-skilled and unskilled worker class the differ ence is pronounced—five to 58 per cent. Numbers are most nearly the same in the branch of clerical, sales, and kindred workers—10 and 12 per cent. An income comparison shows the median to be $4,689 for the men graduates; $2,200 for all Ameri can men. Furthermore the earnings of the graduate increase with age, while the income of men in gen eral tends to slack off after about the age of 50. The old grad seems duly to honor the state of matrimony, in fact it is rare to find a bachelor— eligible or confirmed—in this category, and these are chiefly in the lower income group, under $3,000. Of men over 40, six per cent of old grads are bache lors, nine per cent of all U.S. men. Furthermore the proportion of working marriages among graduates is better than average, with fewer separations and divorces. In the matter of children, the graduates tend to limit the size of their family according to income and the size of the town they live in. Those of high er income and smaller towns have the large families. Still though, the average number of children for all married grads is only two, which is below the average for all married men in America. The ex-coed does not fare too well in either career or marriage as the old grad. Like her male counter part, the female graduate has the better jobs in the business and professional wbrld compared to the non-graduate. Her chief competition is with men, especially college men. For example, the median in come of the ex-coed and career woman Is $2,68Si compared to the $4,689 for old grads. The typical college career woman is a school teacher—three out of five ex-coeds working at job instead of marriage are in the field of educate Schoolteaching i3 also the heaviest contributor spinsterhood. Some interesting facts on the ex-coed and mar^ riage show that 41 per cent of those under 30 arj not married, compared to 25 per cent of all U.£ women. By the time they are in their 40’s thesd figures have been reduced to 26 per cent and 8 pes cent. Spinsterhood is an outstanding characteristic of women grads, but statistics show that the trea is away from this—for the career woman to becojJ a housewife. The chances that a coed marry depend gr< upon her religion. Among Jewish coeds the prd tion of unmarried career women is only 23 ouj 100; among Protestants, the same as for all coe 31 out of 100; among Catholic women, 48 out 100. This last figure is called the most ironic oi" entire survey, considering that Catholics have] strongest tradition of family. Graduates have a high opinion Of college in eral, and of their alma mater in particular, oj every 100 graduates, 98 say they would go bacj school if they had to do it again. Of these, 84 cent would return to Alma Mater. Satisfaction their major field of study was expressed by tl out of four, the other one in four would prefer to] change to a different course of study. The greatest cause of dissatisfaction is the desire] for more specific training by 35 per cent of the graduates. Doctors are most satisfied with thei field, followed by lawyers, home economic major! and dentists. Least satisfied are pharmacists' and” majors in humanities, both of whom look with lonj; ing eyes on the field of medicine. Desire for greater specialization—the trend fr<] the B.A. degree and the general education—is genT erally based on a greater economic reward. Ho\^' ever, the generally educated graduate would often'^ not trade his education for financial success. It is also true that those who have majored in humani-‘1 ties or social sciences are more active and inter-j ested citizens of their communities and their nation All-in-all, college graduates today represent pattern of greater democracy. A college education is no longer a privilege restricted to the rich well-to-do. Everyone who can use a higher edf cation is still not getting one, but many more ari than were 10, 20, or 30 years ago.—M. B. - - Letters to the Editor - - | Better than Expected Emerald Editor: It appears that appreciation about events arranged by the students seldom is officially ex pressed on this campus. It seems to be out of fashion to do so; at least, it’s not the custom. I would like to step out of the usual pattern and give the stu dents behind the mock political convention the compliments they very much deserve. The whole thing came out as a success. Due to the excellent preparations and the arrange ment itself this first “try” came out much better than anyone ex pected. There should be little doubt that it was fine advertise ment for the University of Ore gon and its students. (And, in deed, it was a wonderful blow in the faces of those who predicted that it was doomed for fiasco.) The surprising and encourag ing point was that the mass of the students enjoyed participat ing. In other words, one of the main purposes, or perhaps, “the” purpose—to stimulate and. acti vate political interest—was ac complished. This touches the basic problem of democracy of how people are to be kept awake; of how they can be kept awake; of the fact that things are going on con tinuously around them; of how to keep people interested and how to get them to understand the importance of being informed of wThat’s going on. Although the Oregon conven tion did not give any conclusive key tb this problem, I believe it indicated what could be done on a small scale with moderate posi tive results. Of course, criticism could be 'Hi ! ' raised on certain points. There was a lot of unnecessary mud th rowing and exaggeration. Some of Governor Peterson’s sentences could easily be argued into pieces and Chairman Hag gard of the Virgin Islands should have watched more closely the proceedings at the end. But in all a positive impression is left in one’s mind. My wish is that European students would follow on in the same line more than we do. It should be repeated. Kaare Sandcgren Doesn't Understand Emerald Editor: I’m not a bit interested in campus politics and so was very pleased to see an article by Phil Johnson about real politics (Apr. 29). The title was very discour-' aging, because centipedes have 100 legs (you only have to know Latin for that) and if the Krem lin men have made more than 100 mistakes in their 33 years of office that means more than three per year. This is not much. I wish I could say that the mistakes of the Western govern ments have been ebunted on fingers, instead of adding ma chines. More disquieting is that John son does not understand the basic struggle between Marx and the church of his days. Marx saw that people in the factories were getting a raw deal, and that they were taught to accept this by the churches. The ministers came from the same backgrounds as factory owners, and now it is not hard to understand what Marx was fighting against. The present American church es are certainly not preaching to accept everything, even injustice, if but the church 100 years ago w different. It would be good if ti people here would realize th what one word means to the is mostly not the same as whaj it means to others. For examplj Democracy here means: Everjfi body gets a chance in a free eij terprise system. Democracy England 100 years back cdtijJ with free enterprise meant: Th< “haves” can raise prices anc lower wages at will. A real mistake is made in thf last two paragraphs. Let mr quote: “Hitler, even in 1945 di not face a revolutionary threa outside the army. Consequent^ the Soviets need not introduce slave labor camps, secret ar rests, ...” It is a well know fact that tht German people by concentratior camps, etc., were prevented from speaking their mind and wed ruled by fear. £ Consequently, if the Russian want to prevent revolt, they ha to instill fear by means of sla labor camps. It it however, dangerous practice to cornpa Russian government v/ith exi ing or past dictatorships and wish Johnson would not do so. Dirk Schepers the Mosicpue... * 30 YEARS AGO May 7, 1922—The CO is pro posing a constitutional amend ment calling for a music fund which will provide music for the students at the “ridiculously low price” of 50 cents per term. Con certs will be at the Eugene^ Arc mory. s S I ! 'I I J i 1 '
