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Letters to the Editor
'Our Own Derby
To the Powers charged with de
ciding the pairings in the recent
“Bunion Derby”:
The conspicuous, if perhaps
unintentional, omission of our or
ganization from the pairings for
this affair has been recently call
ed to our attention. We wish to
express our appreciation to the
authors of the pairings for rec
ognizing our status as being
above the immature activities on
this campus.
Detesting the custom of be
ing herded like cattle, and de
spising attempts to cast us in
with those who enjoy this ata
vistic practice, we commend
the authors of said pairings.
However, let it not be inferred
that we are against fraterniza
tion between the sexes. We are
unanimously in favor of such
contact when it is on a dignified
level and does not make a farce
of our principles of sociability
and courteous behavior. To dem
onstrate our sincerity, we wish to
reveal our own arrangements.
On Thursday, Dec. 24, at
■even p.m., there will be open
house In our lounge, to which
all female students are invited.
There will be seven hours of
dancing, all, of course, at no
expense to our guests.
Do not overlook this notewor
thy milestone on the year’s social
calendar.
Martin Meadows
David Tang
Barrister Inn
So Soon, Too
“Hows about getting somewhere’s outta sight—that the second
professor that’s looked in here and fainted.”
Is the Anderson Report to Blame?
Registration figures siowiy
mounted to 3919 by Saturday
noon—a far cry from the 4102
that had passed through regis
tration by this time last year.
Administrative officials are still
optimistically hoping that grad
uate students will push the fig
ure past the 4000 mark for the
1953-54 year.
When we compare the drop in
University enrollment with the
clamor of Portland State and
their need for 15 more instruc
tors, we can't help but wonder.
When we take a look at the vig
orous 4725 figure released by
Oregon State college, we begin to
question.
What is behind this new drop
In registration? Why are the
facilities here In Eugene being
neglected, while students
crowd into the Institutions of
higher learning at Ashland and
Portland? Can we attribute
this year’s decrease in enroll
ment to the Anderson report?
(The Anderson report was
made following a study of teach
er training facilities in Oregon.
Accepted by the Board of Higher
Education, it was made into law
by the 1953 legislature. New
laws provide that teacher train
ing may be given at the UO and
training in liberal arts may be
given at Portland State and the
three colleges of education.)
Chancellor Charles D. Byrne of
the state board of higher educa
tion expressed doubt that the
Anderson report had any effect
on enrollment, since the laws do
not become effective until 1954.
However, Portland State is an
exception to this remark, since
freshmen enrolling there this fall
will be able to complete a four
year course in liberal arts prior
to their graduation in 1957.
We’ve heard some persons ex
press the opinion that a drop in
college enrollment stems natur
ally from the decrease in the na
tional birth rate during the de
pression years. It's the "depres
sion babies" who are now enter
ing and attending colleges and
there just weren’t enough babies
during those years, people say.
When the “war babies,” now
crowding our public schools on
the elementary level, reach col
lege age, there’ll be a boom in
college enrollment, they predict.
Such arguments hold little
water this year when we con
sider the University’s situation
in comparison with those of
other colleges. Freshman en
rollment was up 5.2 per cent
in Oregon as a whole while
freshmen at the University
dropped to 1046 from the 1070
frosh registered here last year.
OSC’s enrollment was down 1
per cent from last year, but
their freshman figures were up
4.4 per cent.
We’d like to take a quick
glance at one of the semier sides
of colege life—that of economics
and- finances. There might be
someimng in me luea mm Al
lege students either have to save
money now or arc developing a
practical streak. It saves on
papa's pocket book to some ex
tent when Junior can stay at
home and commute to Portland
State.
The liberal arts program of
fered at Oregon has been a draw
ing card to many students in the
past. Here, we don’t refer mere
ly to the classroom work but to
the excellent programs of lec
tures, concerts, dramatics and
McDonald"
THE PICTURE
EVERYONE IS
TALKING ABOUT!
ADULTS ONLY
Mat. 80c, Eve. $1.00
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fora its students.
Smaller Oregon colleges can
provide some of the classroom
atmosphere but we feel the whole
thing harks back to the ques«
tion, "Just what is a liberal arts
education?” And we still wonder
how much of that education our
smaller schools can provide.—
(E.S.)
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