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AL KARR, Editor BILL BRANDSNESS, Business Manager
Letters to the Editor
On Campus 'Idiots'
Emerald Editor:
In answer to Mr. Name With
held By Request and his article
concerning the “idiots” on this
campus, we would like to give
the opposite viewpoints.
It seems that the person
who wrote the letter that ap
peared in the Oct. 26th Em
erald wants our ceaseless en
ergy to find its way to the
sports field or into the class
room — after giving the mat
ter grave consideration, we
do not feel that we would be
of too much assistance to our
Oregon football team out on
the turf. Perhaps Mr. Name
Withheld By Bequest would
like the women of our campus
to form new and better games
such as “Ring around the
bathtub.”
He asks if we are in a Uni
versity or a Juvenile Detention
home. We maintain that we are
in a much better position than
those who have the misfortune of
being juvenile home residents
and do not have the freedom of
releasing their energy in what
ever way they choose.
We too understand that col
lege is primarily for educa
tional purposes, but is an edu
cation or a University complete
without the activities that
make college life traditional?
Perhaps we won’t all become
future leaders of America but
we would like to make a sug
gestion to those who may try
—Moronic chants, noise par
ades, and pep rallies seem to
have proved successful in the
past . . . and as for the in
dividual whose letter we are
answering ... we suggest
that he be taken in on a 502
. . . OVER-ACTING.
Marilyn Parrish
Patti Weitzman
Disturbed by Election
Emerald Editor:
I too was disturbed by last
week’s unseemly commotion dur
ing the election campaigns for
Joe College and Betty Co-ed.
Since I was in the infirmary I
not only did NOT plan to parti
cipate in the election; I DID plan
to rest. Therefore, I was unable
to appreciate the enthusiasm of
the noisy crowds beneath my
window.
My parents were in Eugene
last week. I'm glad they didn’t
happen to witness the unschol
arly behavior of my fellow stu
dents. They might have won
dered why I choose to live
here among so many “idiots.”
(quotation borrowed from pre
vious letter on same subject.)
Now you may contend that all
the inharmonious noise produced
during the campaign was just
so much harmless “letting off
of steam” or “using up of surplus
energy.” But I contend that there
is a great variety of methods
for utilizing this “surplus en
ergy,” and that some methods
are far superior to others. Where
hut on a college campus can you
find such a variety of special in
terest groups, nearly all of them
open to whoever desires to par
ticipate? No one who actively
participates in several campus
clubs, attends occasional so
cial functions and keeps up with
studies will Save much time for
parading through the streets
honking horns. And of course
his or her activities will be more
constructive and permanently
satisfying than the horn-honk
ing type.
The conduct of the Joe Col
lege-Betty Co-ed election cam
paign (including the descrip
tions of the candidates in Fri
day’s Emerald) and even the
presence of such a campaign
on the campus indicate an in
version of classical collegiate
values. A university exists pri
marily to enable students to
The Talented Type
“Sings like a bird, wouldn’t you say, professor
?”
CAMPUS BRIEFS
0 Members of the finance com
mittee of the United Independent
Students party will meet at 12:30
p.m. today at the College Side
Inn, according to Chairman Russ
Cowell.
0 A meeting of Theta Sigma
Phi members has been called for
Thursday noon in the Student
Union by President Kitty Fraser.
f Members of the Hawaiian
Club meet tonight at 8 on the
third floor of Gerlinger hall, ac
cording to an announcement by
Lorna Murakawa.
0 All veterans on the Korean
GI Bill have been asked by the
director of Veterans Affairs in
Emerald hall to come in and sign
their application of allotment to
day.
0 The YMCA cabinet is to meet
tonight at 8 at the YM offices in
the Student Union for a dessert
meeting at the home of Russ
Walker, executive secretary.
^ The annual law school smok
er will be held tonight at the Stu
dent Union. The law school facul
ty will be present and all Oregon
students are invited to attend. En
tertainment and refreshments will
be provided.
0 The Homecoming finance
committee will meet today at 4
p.m. in Student Union 313, accord
ing to Milan Foster, committee
chairman.
0 Members of the poster sub
committee of the Student Union
publicity committee will meet at
4 p.m. today in SU 312, according
to Chairman Becky Fortt.
0 The Student Union movie
committee will meet Thursday at
4 p.m. in the SU, according to
Barbara Wilcox, committee chair
man.
0 The Associated Women Stu
dents’ congress will meet today at
4 p.m. in the Student Union, ac
cording to Jean Mauro, vice presi
dent of the group. Miss Mauro has
asked that a representative from
each living organization be pres
ent for the meeting.
0 The movie “Ten Days That
Shook the World” will be shown
beginning tonight at 7 in Common
wealth 138. The movie, part of the
educational movie series, is a his
torical re-creation of the Russian
Revolution by Sergei Eisenstein.
A second showing will be held
at 9 p.m. .
0 Deadline for petitions for the
Homecoming variety show -com
mittee is Friday at 5 p.m. Inter
ested students are asked to peti
tion for either the talent, business
or technical parts of the show, ac
cording to Don Crawford, co
chairman of the show.
pursue and complete certain
courses of study. All else, no
matter how important, is sub
ordinate to the primary pur
pose.
But when we elect a Joe Col
lege and a Betty Co-ed we are
idolizing something called per
sonality, which is related to ex
tra-curricular activities but un
related to scholastic activities.
There’s a place for fun on a
college campus, but let’s re
member what we’re here for and
keep fun in its place.
Helen Talbot
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0 Rev. Herb Butt, Bible expos
itor and evangelist, will speak on
"Are You Sure You're a Chris
tian?” at the initial meeting of In
ter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
today, 7 p.m., In the Student Un
ion.
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