Recently L. H. Gregory, sports editor of The Oregon ian, went to some length in fris “Greg's Gossip” about the condition of the Oregon Daily Emerald, lie was very much concerned about the sad fi nancial plight into which a paper had fallen. In an exchange.of letters between Mr. Gregory and the journalism school, and the sports editor of the Emerald, and in a subsequent column, this much was established: the criticism was not directed at members of the present staff or their efforts. He was wondering (along a much dif ferent line of thought) why somebody hasn't been willing Note to Friends and Critics to help out with the Emer ald's financial problems. It's worth thinking about, certainly, when it becomes ap parent that the paper doesn't have enough in the till to do an adequate job of covering the campus (and the Emer ald would not, very definite ly would not turn down the offer of a few thousand dol lars to alleviate this situa tion.) But it is still true that the problems of this, or any other student paper, should be taken care of by the stu dents ay ho run it, if humanly possible. The point of all this? Well, it's beginning to look like the Emerald “turned the corner” financially several weeks ago. A $460 debt which appeared to be with us for good was wiped out in just about a month. For the first time in C'iod knows how many years the Emerald subcommittee of the Stud e n t Publications board met — gleefully — to decide what to do with too much money. This does not mean the bat tle is over. It lias, in fact, just begun and will continue until such time as the school’s en rollment (and thus the fee al lotment to the Kmcrald) has increased a good bit. It doesn’t mean that next year the eight page Kmeralds of yesterday and today will become commonplace. Hut from what indications we have now, next year will be a better one for the paper. W’c would like to think that the students, whose job and whose responsibility this pap* er is, have done all this. I„.l 1. Gregory is being very nice, when he puts the blame on things and times past. Hut the friends and critics of tins' paper should realize that pres ent bad times become the bur den o( the present staff—mop1 important, that they also be come the responsibility of the present staff if nothing is" done about them. We feel we have done" something. Getting out eight pages is something. And we think much of what we have accomplished in the way of. understanding the problem and getting back at it will be reflected in the Oregon Daily Kmerald of 1953-54. Will Our Faculty Act On the NAACP Issue? After nearly a year the issue isn't settled. But the question of whether the University should recognize a campus chapter of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People has grown to bigger proportions. It’s turned into an argument over the University’s policy, through the Student Affairs Committee, in recognizing student organizations. The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) twice refused the local NAACP group recognition, in June, 1952, and February, 1953. Before the final committee hearing, the group submitted 22 petitions, bearing more than 500 signatures of students who felt the NAACP merited a place on campus. After the last refusal and a Register-Guard interview on the question with Joel \ . Berreman, sociology professor and the group's advisor, the question came before the Faculty Senate. Berreman said the primary point was not whether the NAACP should be recognized or not, but whether SAC policy in regard to recognition of student organizations was fair. Donald M. DuShane, director of student affairs, and head of the committee, said the policy was that campus organiza tions should be directly connected with student life, and should contribute to the well-being of the University as a whole. Because they exist in a state, tax-supported institution, their objections and actions are necessarily limited. He also expressed concern about the national affiliation of the group, and feared the organization might want to use the Univer sity's name for purposes of prestige. The Faculty Senate agreed with Berreman that this policy should be looked into. It appointed a committee, headed by R. T. Ellickson, physical department head, to study the prob lem. All indications are that the committee will report to the Faculty Senate at its regular meeting next Wednesday. Assuming that the committee recommends a change in SAC recognition policy, the question arises as to just what the 1*ac uity Senate can do about it. SAC, despite its confusing name and makeup (eight fac ulty, four students) is a faculty committee. As such it is theoretically responsible to the faculty as a whole. It has no legal connection with the Office of Student Affairs, although DuShane and his assistants are represented on the committee. George Belknap, secretary of the faculty for many years, ex plains it this way. When the school was smaller, all student problems, for example petitions for requirements waivers, came before the faculty as a whole. Now that the school has grown, the faculty works through its committees, one of which is SAC. The Faculty Senate also is a concession to this in creased size. If the Faculty Senate approved an unfavorable report by Ellickson’s committee, it could conceivably order SAC to change its policy. Or it might take the matter to the faculty as a whole. Belknap emphasized that there is no precedent for such ac tion, and this case might well set a standard for future prob lems. Thir plight is being debated in other quarters. The YWCA had a discussion group on the problem last term. Next Thurs day, the Young Democrats plan a forum on the NAACP ques tion, with both sides represented. These two groups, as well as most others on campus, could conceivably be given the same interpretation under the SAC policy that the NAACP suffers from now. It’s not likely that they would be, since, they are different kinds of organiza tions, and not concerned with so incendiary an issue. From any side this is more than a question of self-interest. We hope that the problem of whether the NAACP itself should not be recognized will stay in the background. And that the University’s policy regarding recognition of student organiza tions will be settled in accordance with democratic principles. More Trouble for That Blasted 'O' The University of Oregon's big cement signature, looking down Willamette street from its perch on Skinner's* Butte, is causing all sorts of trouble that it never in tended to cause. Constructed on the butte in 1909 by the junior class of that year, it was meant to be a symbol of the University. It has been that for the more than 50 years of its existance—and more, much more. As a target for rival paint brushes, it has changed colors on perhaps fifty different oc casions. In 1949 someone esti mated that it had been painted no less than 120 times. And way, way back when ... in 1911, students from OSC refur bished it with tar. Changing the design of the ce ment block “O” is also not a new gimmick. Years and years ago a visiting University of California baseball team turned it into a “C”—but, again, with paint. The idea of changing its design by re moving a smaller or larger por tion of it with explosives is new. The “O” has apparently under gone “dynamite surgery” on three occasions — in 1949 when a small chunk was blasted out of the low er right-hand corner, in the spring of 1952 when it was turned into a "C,” and last week when the bottom section was blown away. This method In much noisier and more dramatic than paint ing. It presents another prob lem which some Eugene resi dents living on or near the butte felt reason enough to ask its removal. The blasts which tore into it last week were not the "full treatment” intended by its de stroyers. Twenty-one unexploded sticks were also found at the site —still there, said a county ex plosive expert, because those who planted them didn't know their work very well. Whatever the reason, residents of the vicinity and most of down-town Eugene could feel extremely fortunate. Had they gone off, according to Police Chief Ted Brown, rocks and cement chunks would have been hurled “half way down Wil lamette street.” Feeling that the “O” will re main a temptation for irrespon sible persons who don’t think The Sportsman Orman Daily EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald published Monday through Friday during the college year except Jan. 5; Feb. 23; Mar. 2, 3, 5, 9, 10 and 11; Mar. 13 through 30; June 1, 2 and 3 by the Student Publications Board 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 on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Editorials are written by the editor and the members of the editorial staff. Jim Haycox, Editor Ron Brown, Business Manager of the consequences, I»r. Eva I'ra/.icr Johnson was circulat ing a petition this week to have the source of the temptation removed — the “O” itself, she thinks the l>lastin^ will con tinue and that not much can he - done about it. Brown admits that the police will take every precaution to protect it hut that complete protection would be “practically impossible.” /7ccentsi #1 • • h ■ ■ Alex \ from Kaufman Bran. Kaufman Bros, in Eugene fea-' lures this week — Jantzen the topic of clothes conversation the world over . . . TEKKV-CI-OTH PLAYTOGS Terry cloth has risen to first place in "play clothes ipagic" this season and Jantzen takes advan tage of this switch by presenting a new lice in terry cloth playtogs. In Jantzen's latest original a terry cloth beach robe you're sure to be "the only pebble on the beach.” With three quarter length sleeves and an open down the front effect with a single button at the neck . . . this number is priced at only $7.95. 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