Frosh Record Looks Pretty Good
Freshmen women hit the books after mid-terms. That seems
to be the only explanation for the rise in their grades since mid
term grade reports were issued.
Freshmen men's grades remained about the same as they
were at mid-term.
Only 120 freshmen women, about 26%, failed to make a two
point. When mid-term grades were issued 61% of them were
below average in at least one subject.
We were alarmed by the high percentage, which was twice
as bad as that of fall term 1951, and twice as bad as frosh men’s
grades. .
By the end of the term, however, the women had managed to
equal the record 'Of last year’s fall term frosh, 27% of whom
made less than a two point.
No less than 17 freshmen women made the honor roll.
About 34% of the freshmen men made less than two points.
At mid-term the number of freshmen men below average in at
least one subject was estimated at one-third by Si Ellingson.
Ellingson said at that time that he always expected a third
of the class not to make the grades.
Seven freshmen men made honor roll grades.
According to University policy freshmen are disqualified only
if they have below a 1.5 and sometimes not then. I his year
four freshmen women and eight freshmen men were disquali
fied. This includes students who left the University without
withdrawing and hence get automatic O.O’s.
The frosh record looks pretty good, much better than at
mid-term for the women, and about the same as last year for
both sexes.
And the freshmen women especially deserve congratulations
for pulling themselves out of the poor grades quicksand. (H.J.)
Allocation or Regionaf Schools?
The hottest question at Monday’s meeting of the State Board
of Higher Education was: Should liberal arts degrees be
awarded by state teachers colleges?
The three teacher colleges—Eastern Oregon College of Ed
ucation, Southern Oregon College ef Education and Oregon
College of Education—said “Yes.”
The University, represented by President H. K. Newburn,
said “No.”
The State Board voted three to five against allowing the
teacher colleges to grant such a degree.
The arguments ran like this:
The teachers colleges said (1) if we have liberal arts courses
tor the purpose of training secondary education teachers why
not also grant a degree in liberal arts; (2) there would be no
additional cost as the courses and staff will already be avail
able ; (3) a liberal arts degree would help to balance out the
number of teacher-students who leave or do not enroll in the
teachers’ college, but instead go to OSC or Oregon; (4) a lib
eral arts degree would attract people to teachers colleges where
they might become interested in teaching; and (5) the quality
of such a program would be just as high as at larger schools.
The University of Oregon said (1) such a proposal would
make colleges of education regional colleges of liberal arts
would mean, in effect, the junking of the system of allocation
(assigning certain fields of education to a single institution
for specialization) whch has been in use for over 20 years;
(2) the state is not in a position to financially support such
a program; and (3) the allocation policy provides a better
quality program of education.
The state board, in refusing to give the liberal arts degree
to the small colleges, made it clear that the reason was the
matter of allocation, not educational merit.
The matter is not dead yet. Henry Van Dyke, a member
of the board, has asked that a committee be formed to study
the issue further.
The allocation problem, of which the liberal arts controversy
is a part, is complicated by education, financial and partisan
concerns. There has been a great deal of sharp in-fighting
among educators leading up to Monday’s board decision.
President Newburn and the University faculty have rec
ommended that a more extensive study be made of the en
tire system of allocations. We believe that serious considera
tion should be given to this proposal. The fight is bigger than
the awarding of liberal arts degrees; it concerns Oregon’s
basic policy on higher education.
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Danny Kay Movie
Causes Hot Feeling
By Erik Norgaard
COPENHAGEN, Denmark —
(Special to the Emerald) — A
couple of weeks ago Samuel
Goldwyn was having a fashion
able first showing of his latest
movie, "Hans Christian Ander
son”, in New York. This marvel
ous fairy tale writer has for
many years been one of Mr. Gold
wyn's favorites and since ’39 he
has dreamed of making a movie
showing the life of the story
writer as it actually was.
As you may possibly know,
Hans Anderson was a Dane. As
no other atithor he has, in his
childish charming style, described
so well the atmosphere, the na
ture of our country. He was a
very poor boy, but during his life,
due to his story-telling, he rose
to the top to become the friend of
the first citizens and even the
King.
Tenderness and Fear
The Danish people feel, you
must try to understand, such a
tenderness and affection for his
name and for him as a person,
that they were a bit afraid when
they learned that Danny Kaye
was to play his role, in "one of
those awful Hollywood Techni
color show films.” In Denmark
Hans Christian Anderson is some
one you confer a doctor's degree
upon, not someone to make
money on.
Emotions were high last spring,
but I remember meeting Danny
Kaye in San Francisco, this Sep
tember. He had just returned
from a visit to Denmark after
having completed the movie and
was giving a wonderful show on
stage, playing to full houses
every night.
Big Welcome
Having heard the criticism of
Kaye I went to the theater. I was
simply defeated by his charm and
his acting. Exaggerating a little
he told the audience that a pro
test from the Danish government
actually had been presented in
Washington, complaining about
letting “this crazy idiot” play the
l’ole of the favorite Dane. So
Danny got an order from Gold
wyn to go to Denmark and meet
the Danish people.
Using his best courage and
guarded by Secret Service men,
he showed up in Copenhagen,
where he x-eceived a welcome like
no actor before him. He was car
l'ied on the shoulders of people
through the city to the Townhall.
But the movie still has not been
shown in Denmaik.
The College Crowd
_ Campus Headlines Elsewhere
The Michigan Daily slammed
the University administration for
its policy of restricting scholar
ships to members of certain races
and religions.
Arguing that it is legitimate to
offer minority group scholarships
- such as those for Negroes, Jews
and American Indians the Duily
blamed the administration for
"accepting scholarships limited to
white protestant Americans a
group which is certainly not dis
criminated against in this so
ciety.”
"And it is questionable," con
tinued the editorial, “whether a
student who has been aided be
cause he or she is a member of
the select white-Protestant Amer
ican group has indeed been truly
educated in the spirit of democ
racy.”
The spark that ignited the con
troversy was the University’s re
cent acceptance of the Loving
Memorial Fund for scholarships
limited to "young Christian wom
en of American ancestors.”
• * *
Discrimination has been uncov
ered in the University of Chi
cago’s housing setup, according
to the Chicago Maroon.
The Maroon claimed that Uni
versity housing files were not be
ing checked for discrimination,
by order of the student govern
ment. After pressure from the
newspaper, the student govern
ment official rescinded this order,
saying, "A fellow can change his
'mind, can’t he?"
* * *
Students go to college 14 days
out of every year, according to
the Southeastern, at Southeast
ern State College, Okla. Here’s
how the paper figures it:
Out of 365 days a student
sleeps away a third of this—eight
hours a day. This leaves 243 days.
Then there are 52 Sundays. Take
at least half an hour per day off
for lunch and three months for
summer vacation.
This leaves»91 days.
Now subtract 52 Saturdays, a
couple of weeks for Christmas
vaaction; throw in spring vaca
tion and the Thanksgiving week
end. We're left with two weeks of
school each year.
* * *
New parking meters on the
University of Oklahoma campus
may make the university some
money, but they’ve already cost
the library there a valuable col
lection of rare books.
Recently an old alum paid a
Things Are Picking Up
“Yer lucky, yer lucky—When we were pledges we weren’t even al
lowed to be seen with an active on our way to school.”
visit to the library to donate
a part of his book collection, *
While arrangements for the gift
were being made, time expired
on the man’s parking meter and '
the familiar parking ticket was
neatly placed on his windshield.
The alum went to the Comp. *
troller’s office to pay his fine
but found the office closed for «,
lunch. After a half hour of wait
ing and finning he decided th at
the university parking procedure -|
presented too great a barrier to
anyone merely wishing to pre
sent u gift to the school.
So he took his books and went
home.
• • *
The probing fingers of survey
conductors have unearthed a
hand-full of hope for the col
lege student who looks toward .
graduation as "the end of the
world."
Apparently all is not dark on *
the outside. In fact, only one per
cent of the national collegiate
class of 1951 is currently un
employed, according to a surv.-y
taken by the National Scientific _
Register.
The Register, a federal agency,
found that 63 per cent of the “
male graduates are employed. IS
per cent are in military service,
17 per cent are in graduate or
professional school.
Almost all those employed are „
doing work which requires col
lege training. The remainder are
engaged in such obviously non- ~
professional jobs as "laborer,"
"taxi driver,” or "tourist guide." „
Third Power Enters
International Scene
By Gunther Barth
DUESSELDORF, Germany —
(Special to the Emeraldi The
old year didn't alter the general
conception between East and
West.
The focal points of the struggle
were the same as in 1951: Korea
*and Indochina. The West defi
nitely gained Yugoslavia. The
treaty system linking Turkey,
Greece, and Yugoslavia may be
the first sign of the success, se
curing Western influence on the
Balkan.
A Third Power
On the other hand Soviet Rus
sia got its satellites well under
way, ruling the vast area between
Eastern Germany and Red China.
In the familiar situation, which
is already outlined for years, a
third power came into existence.
During the last sessions of the
United Nations in New York, pri
marily in the Korean truce talks,
the delegates of the Near and
Middle East gained influence.
They suddenly showed initiative
in order to come to a compromise
between East and West.
Important Political Event
Even if they didn't succeed,
• their actions and speeches con
vinced the world that there is a
third camp which must be ac
cepted according to its manpower
and natural resources. The recog
nition of the neutral third power
was the most important political
event of the old year.
The delegates of the Moslem
states and India made it obvious
that they are going to judge the
conflict between East and West
from their own independent view
point. It is difficult now for war
mongers to create more troubles
without being condemned by a
large number of neutrals, not
only by the attacked nations. In
a world which most certainly will
have to deal with the strained re
lations between East and West
for some more years the newly
established third power will play
a strong part in the effort to pre
serve peace.