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Chimes?
With the probability of chimes ringing out over the campus
in the foreseeable future, we wonder what prospective listeners
think.
* When the idea was presented to the senate to act upon as
purely an advising body representing student sentiment, re
sponse quavered before the final decision was reached.
The fact that the senate originally voted to table the motion
to approve the chimes, and think about it-for awhile, but changed
their opinion when arguments about the sentimental value of
chimes were'made, indicates strong arguments on both sides.
The senate approved the chimes after they were told that
. regardless of their vote, student reaction would be the de
cisive factor if it was different. Their decision then doesn’t
: represent to us a clear cut fact—that Oregon students want
; chimes and they’ll be fine in the SU until such time as they
- can be moved to a more appropriate place.
Chimes are regarded by those in favor as an appropriate me
morial to the World War II dead (in'addition to the plaque in
the SU) and a good way to spend the $1900 fund.
But are chimes the most appropriate memorial? Surely after
10 years of inactivity, other uses, more fitting have evolved.
And are chimes in keeping with the starkly modern SU
building that thrives on bustle and confusion? Even an ivy
vine would find it tough clinging to its aloof exterior. The SU
boasts progress—not sentimentality.
And we also continue to ponder the reaction of the student,
supposedly represented by a unanimous vote for chimes. If the
senate had set aside time to weigh all factors, would the decision
have been unanimous, rather than representative of student
opinion?—(P.G.)
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"“Hey Ed! These pledges of ours are complaining about the food again.”
Letters to the Editor
II
Who's Surprised?
Emerald Editor:
Just finished reading the letter
to the Emerald by the “bitter”
(and anonymous, I wonder why)
student who was apparently sur
prised ‘ and shocked to find that
Oregon fraternities regularly
practice racial discrimination.
The only surprising thing in this
situation is that anyone should
still be surprised by it.
Hadn’t this student realized
that fraternities are funda
mentally undemocratic, and
that the social status of each
depends largely upon its de
gree of exclusiveness? It is
because of an understanding of
this that the finest schools in
the country do not permit fra
ternities or sororities.
Fraternity living helps to keep
the student a normal, fun-loving
boy. It enables him to quickly
slough off any intellectual
growth which the efforts of the
faculty might otherwise impose
upon him. It preserves him from
CAMPUS BRIEFS
0 The pre-nursing club will
meet at noon Wednesday at Wes
ley house. Freshman women in
pre-nursing are invited to. attend,
according to Hannah Sue Hansen,
vice-president of the group. Mem
bers and freshmen who attend are
to bring sack lunches.
0 A meeting of the Order of
the O will be held Wednesday noon
at Sigma Chi, according to Presi
dent Don Hedgepeth.
0 A business meeting of Scab
bard and Blade, military honor
ary, will be held at 1 p.m. today
in the Student Union, according
to President Joe Kennedy.
0 Four women have been |
pledged by two sororities during
open rush, according to the office j
of women’s affairs. Open rush be- j
gan last Wednesday. New pledges
are Donna DeVries, Carolyn
Gehres and JoAnn Cowart, Chi
Omega, and Rita Shank, Delta
Gamma.
0 The University forensic
squad will meet tonight in Villard
205 at 7:30 p.m., according to
Herman Cohen, instructor in;
speech. Any students who cannot
attend the discussion but are in
terested in competitive speech
work should contact him, Cohen
said.
0 Petitions for YWCA Kiddie
Carnival committee members are
due today at 5 p.m. in the YWCA
office. Freshman and sophomore
women are eligible to petition, ac
cording to Joanne Gerber and Ann
Erickson, general chairmen.
0 Members of Gamma Alpha
Chi, women’s advertising honor
ary, will meet Wednesday at 4
p.m. in the Student Union. All
members are urged to attend this
important meeting, according to
Edna Humiston, secretary.
0 The Red Cross board will
meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the
Student Union.
• Deadline for petitions for
both Homecoming committee
chairmen and committee members
is 5 p.m. Friday, according to Bob
Pollock, general chairman. Stu
dents may petition for work on
both the Sophomore Whiskerino
and Homecoming, since the two
events will not conflict, Pollock
stated.
• Petitions for chairmen and
committee members for the Soph
omore Whiskerino may be turned
in at the ASUO box on the third
floor of the Student Union, accord
ing to Jim Duncan and Sam
Vahey, general co-chairmen.
Chairmanships open include Bet
ty Co-ed and Joe College, ticket
sales, publicity, promotion, decor
ations, chaperones, entertainment
and beard growing contests.
0 Mortar Board, senior wom
en’s honorary, will meet at 6:30
tonight in Carson hall, according
to President Sandra Price.
any taint of lntellectuallsm, and
encourages him to painlessly pre
serve hla Juvenility In the com
pany of other juveniles, carefully
selected so that they are as much
alike as possible.
If the sociological function
of the fraternity Is, as I have
suggested, to Insulate the stu
dent from the disquieting ef
fects which a liberal educa
tion might otherwise have up
on his personality, then a little
thought will show why racial
and ethnic bars are essential.
Contact with persons differ
ent from himself might broaden
the student's mind, while the
fraternity is dedicated to keep
ing it comfortably narrow.
Keith Crow
Respiratory Infections
Swell Infirmary List
Infection of the upper respira
tory tract has been the principle
cause for most student admissions
at the University infirmary, ac
cording to Mrs. Gertrude Smith,
Public health nurse. The major
ity of admissions, at the present
time, is for this reason.
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