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Remember Us, Too
The Oregon Daily Emerald
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
October 7, 1953
An open letter to: R. E. Kleinsorge, Henry F. Cabell, G. F.
Chambers, Edgar W. Smith, Mrs. E. B. Mac
Naughton, A. S. Grant, Herman Oliver, Leif
Finseth, and William E. Walsh.
Dear members of the state board of higher education:
As you begin interviews of candidates for president of Oregon
today, we hope that you will keep the wishes of the students in
mind. We have a big stake in this, too.
You are considering important qualifications in selecting the
new president—including academic training, administrative ex
perience, thinking on problems common to university heads,
and relations with faculty and the general public.
We hope that you won’t overlook some qualifications of par
ticular interest to Oregon students. All of us, of course, want the
best possible president in all respects. We want a man who will
stand up well in the light of such considerations as experience,
relations with faculty, and all other qualifications which you
seek.
But, as students, we also hope that the new president will:
1. Be able to devote some time to meeting with student groups
and informal eontaet with students.
H. K. Newburn, as president, always regretted that his busy
schedule never permitted him enough time to get acquainted
with students. He realized the value of close student-president
relations.
Newburn was an excellent president. It was unfortunate that
the students were mostly ignorant and indifferent about the
role of the University’s head administrator.
9. Maintain a steady interest in responsible student desires and
student activities. We hope that the new president will be receptive
to student feeling on faculty, course, and allied matters.
We would like him to be also receptive to opinions expressed
by such groups as the ASUO senate, the student union board,
the Emerald, inter-fraternity council, inter-dorm council, and
heads of houses.
We recognize that the president has designated representa
tives to work with these groups, but a reasonable amount of ac
tive interest on his part helps to promote a progressive situation.
3. Carry on a sound philosophy toward academic and extra-cnr
ricular life at Oregon, as Newburn did. An example: healthy en
couragement of the athletic program, but not subverting the edu
cational objectives of the University.
These are not the only characteristics of a good president at
Oregon, obviously. But we feel that they should be among those
qualifications considered.
Sincerely yours,
Oregon Daily Emerald
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Letters to the Editor
No Argument
Emerald Editor:
During the past few days, two
letters have appeared in the
"Emerald” — both emotionally
toned; one, an attack on a stu
dent leader concerning his pre
sentation of a talk which con
cerned discrimination in frater
nities, and one which heaps abuse
on the fraternity system as being
undemocratic, exclusive, non-in
tellectual, juvenile, and narrow.
I have noticed—and I will
admit, with some admiration—
that no letters of rebuttal have
come from the Oregon frater
nity system; I would guess
that they feel as I do—that It
is a rather futile and petty
thing to argue via a newspaper
about characteristics of frater
nities . . . not futile because
the fraternity system has no
point of argument, but because
argument does no good—only
harm. Argument, like these
letters, leads to feelings of un
pleasantness between Indepen
dent and Greek. I think that
instsead of straining relations,
we on the Oregon campus are
interested in ^bettering rela
tions.
Thus, the so-called "Greeks” of
Oregon will probably, not give
the writers of these two letters
the argument they are looking
for; nor will I.
William F. Denman
National Committeeman
and Chapter Adviser
Phi Kappa Sigma
Fraternity
Regular Letters
Receive Wings
UP) - The post office department
put wings on tons of regular three
cent letters and two cent postcards
Tuesday.
If the tests are successful, the
service will be expanded. It's based
on the idea of buying up empty I
space on the airlines at low rates. I
The big “air lift” experiment is
designed to speed up delivery of I
first class mail between major ■
American cities.
Carried by plane, the letters i
were expected to be delivered i
about 24 hours earlier than if 1
they’d been sent by train. The first ‘
class mail was flown without bene- 1
fit of six cent air mail stamps, on i
flights between Washnigton and
Chicago and Chicago and New 1
York. \
Postmaster General Summer- 1
field hopes eventually to get all <
first class mail sent by air between
major cities.
Summerfield said it won’t mean i
the end of the six cent air mail
stamp. Letters carrying the air <
stamps are sure of being sent by t
air and have a priority on delivery i
over regular mail. <
The experiment brought a pro- i
test from the AFL national pos- 1
tal transport association. It claims <
to represent 30,000 postal trans
portation clerks. t
The union said the new service 1
will bring what it called ‘‘chaos <
in the orderly transportation of <
mail.” The union’s executive board :
said the experiment would never
have been started if it were not
for what it termed “The open and
hidden subsidization of the air line
industry."
The union contends that rail
way post office cars, with clerks
sorting the mail en route, would
continue to provide the best guar
antee of efficient postal service.
Fraternities Broadening
Emerald Editor:
After reading the opinions of
the several embittered, disillu
sioned and ill-informed indepen
dents on campus, we feel the
time has come to Inform the
poor unfortunates as to the
Greek views on life, etc.
First we may remind the
young man whose letter ap
peared in yesterday’s Emerald
that not all fraternity men are
juvenile delinquents and men
tal dwarfs. Most of the bril
liant and successful men grad
uating from Oregon in the past
few years have been, at one
time or another, associated
with fraternities.
Mr. Crow has made a miser
able and incorrect statement to
the effect that fraternities tend
to keep one's mind from being
broadened. We feel that a frater
nity broadens one more than any
other college experience.
The close dally contact with
other students may not im
prove one intellectually, but
the benefits derived In regard
to better understanding of
people and a broadening of
personalities are immeasurable.
We might also say in closing
that our fraternity and at least
six others on campus not only
have constitutional clauses ban
ning any sort of racial discrimi
nation, but practice tolerance in
every single case.
The Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Campus Calendar
&oon Phi Alpha Delta 110 SI'
Advisory Coun 112 SU
French Table 11SSU
4 pin Gamma Alpha Chi 111 SU ;
Red Cross 112 SU j
6:15 Frosh dessert 213 SU
7.00 Educ Movie 138 SW
7:30 Sq. Dance Gerl Annex
Barnett Uect 201 SU i
Stu Pub Bd 337 SU !
SU Prog Staff Dadsrm SU
Liftman, Associate
Publish Psych Text
Richard Littman, assistant pro
fessor of psychology, is the co
author of a psychology workbook
recently published to accompany
“Introduction to Psychology," a
textbook by Ernest R. Hilgard of
Stanford university.
Richard C. Teevan of the Uni
versity of Michigan co-operated
with Littman on the book pub
lished by Harcourt, Brace and
company of New York.
Attend Conference
Four members of the school of
education staff left Tuesday to at
tend educational meetings in Sal
em and Ashland. P. B. Jacobson,
dean of the school of education,
and D. E. Tope, director of the
Kellogg project, will address the
Oregon School board.
A. C. Hearn, associate profes
sor of education, and L. F. Mill
hollen, assistant professor of edu
cation, are attending the meeting
of the High School Principals’ as
sociation.
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Dad's Club To See
Grid Movie in SU
Members of the Oregon Dad’s
club of Lane county will meet at
8 p.m. Thursday in the SU ball
room, according to L. L. Erdman,
president.
Movies of the Oregon-NebraRka
football game will be shown, with
comments by Len Casanova, head
football coach, and other members
of the coaching staff. Refresh
ments will also be served at the
stag meeting.
RE Petitions
Due Friday
Friday is the deadline for peti
tions for Religious Evaluation
week, according to Barbara Swan
son, general chairman of the 1954
event.
Chairmen are needed for the
personal conference, assemblies
and arrangements committees.
Students are also needed to
work on the following commu
tes: arrangements, assemblies,
book display, classroom, finance,
fireside, hospitality, luncheon, per
sonal conference, promotion, pub
licity, Sunday night dinner and
worship. Petitions may be turned
in to Miss Swanson at Carson hall
or to the YMCA office in the Stu
dent Union.
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