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AL KARR, Editor BILL BRANDSNESS, Business Manager
PAT GILDEA, ELSIE SCHILLER, Associate Editors
KITTY FRASER, LAURA STURGES, Editorial Assistants
JACKIE WARDELL, Managing Editor
JOE GARDNER, News Edtior
Chief Makeup Editor: Paul Keefe
Chief Night Editor: Anne Hill
Chief Copy Desk Editor: Gloria Lane
SAM VAHEY, Sports Editor
Asst. Managing Editors: Len Calvert, Bob
Patterson
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Rice, Sally Ryan
ntOM THE MBMSKMI
The Thoughtful Generation
(Ed. note: We reprint the following editorial from the Ne
braskan, the University of Nebraska student newspaper, not
because we particularly agree with it, but because it takes an
interesting approach to a matter now very much under discus
sion in and about college circles.
Do we belong to the “silent generation?” Max Lerner, auth
or, columnist, and college teacher, said he disagrees with those
who say we do, when he was on campus last month. Are we
the “thoughtful generation,” as the Nebraskan claims? That’s
a pretty sweeping generalization; we doubt that our present
generation is particularly more thoughtful than those in the
past.
We object to putting very much stock in statements that we
are this or that kind of generation. We aren’t all silent; we are
n’t all thoughtful either.
Anyway, here, for what it’s worth, is what the Nebraskan
had to say on the subject:)
(ACP)—Let’s try our hand at psychoanalyzing the younger
generation. Let’s give it a name, too.
And when we’re through, let’s tell the oldsters so they can
stop worrying about us—for they are worried.
The first and biggest symptom of this worry was a survey by
Time magazine. The resulting label for us was “silent.” The
name proved so interesting and catching that college professors
still use it.
Latest in the series of worriers is the New York Times. Re
cently four pages of its magazine section were devoted to “Por
trait of the Korean Veteran.”
The article calls the Korean vet “polite, even timid ... a dif
ferent breed” from the World War II veterans. He is confused
and frustrated about the “end of the war in which both sides are
claiming victory. Yet,” the article continues, “even these reac
tions don’t seem to reach very deeply ... ; what stands out vivid
ly ... is an amazing amalgam of first class fighting competence
and an almost eerie disinterest in a job or surroundings or rela
tionships.
Obviously the main point of the portrait is the lack of interest
Korean vets had toward the war. Even the “re-treads” didn’t get
steamed up ...
This coincides with the point everyone makes about us, the
younger generation. We don’t get excited. We view life with an
outward calm which the older generation finds distressing.
Let’s suggest to the worriers, the namers, the analyzers that
the explanation is so simple they’ve missed it. Let’s suggest
'that we have replaced the blatant, outward individuality of their
generations with individuality of mind.
Let’s remind them of the intensely machine-like character of
the world we grew up in and suggest that we accept this and try
to go above it—not fight it.
Let’s really shock those ccJhcerned about “What’s Wrong
jWith Youth” by simply saying, “There’s nothing wrong. We’ve
just grown up sooner than you realize.”
Let’s say, “The only trouble is that you don’t recognize matur
ity when it occurs in youth.”
Then let’s add for good measure. “We may be ‘silent.’ It’s
just because we’re thinking instead of talking. If you must have
a name for us, why not ‘The Thoughtful Generation’?”
Exam Application Deadline Is Nov. 21
The deadline for submission of
applications for the competitive
NROTC college training program
examination has been set for Nov.
21. The examinations will be given
at established test centers all over
the country Dec. 12.
Approximately 2000 students
will be selected for entry into the
program from those attaining
qualifying scores. Those students
accepted will be appointed mid
shipmen.
The students will have tuition,
hooka, normal fees and expenses
of $600 paid by the government.
They will take courses in naval
science during the school year and
participate in summer cruises.
Graduates of the four-year pro
gram will be commissioned as en
signs in the Navy or as second
lieutenants in the Marine Corps.
Applications for the examina
tions are available from offices of
naval officer procurement and
navy recruiting stations.
Japanese Prints
Will Be Exhibited
Japanese prints by two of the
foremost artists of the 18th cen
tury will be featured at a special
exhibition to open Thursday in the
Art Museum.
The prints, by Hokusai and
Hiroshige, are part of the collec
tion of Japanese prints compiled
by Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner.
Although they are now the prop
erty of the museum, they have
not been shown for many years.
Two series of the prints, one by
each artist, depict the 53 over
night stopping places on the an
cient road between Tokyo and
Kyoto.
The special exhibition is being
held in conjunction with the Per
ry Centennial exhibition of Naga
saki prints, which opened in the
museum in October. The present
exhibition will remain open until
the first of January.
The display is located in two
galleries on the first floor of the
museum and in one gallery on the
mezzanine floor. The museum is
open from 1 to 5 p.m. daily, and
also from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday
through Thursday.
Lecture on Jazz
Featured Tonight
“American Jazz — Alabama to
Chicago,” a concert-lecture, will
be held in the Student Union Pet
er Benson Howard music listening
room tonight at 7:30, according to
Martha Spatz, SU recorded mu
sic committee chairman.
The lecture will be given by
William A. Williams, assistant
professor in history.
Mile. Editor
Visits Campus
Rachel Mellinger, college edi
tor of Mademoiselle magazine,
spent Monday on campus obtain
ing material for possible later use
in articles for the magazine.
Miss Mellinger had lunch with
members of Theta Sigma Phi, na
tional journalism fraternity for
women, in journalism, and Gam
ma Alpha Chi, national women's
advertising fraternity. She also
met with women interested in the
magazine’s college board contest
during a coffee hour.
She toured the University the
ater and talked with Horace Rob
inson, and conferred with James
Hall, associate professor of Eng
lish, about creative writing in
connection with the magazine’s
fiction contest.
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University Go-op Store I
Is Private Corporation |
By Sue Ralston
Emerald Feature Writer
The story of the University Co
operative Store is one that is not
clearly understood. In order for it
to be a complete success, both the
University students and members
of the Co-op should know exactly
how the store is run, what the stu
dent Co-op board of directors is
and what part they play in the
Library Announces
Western Exhibition
The twelfth western books ex
hibition will be on display at the
library of the University of Ore
gon in the circulation lobby until
Nov. 21, it was announced today.
The books in the exhibit repre
sent the best work done in 1952
by printers in the western United
States. Selection of the 43 titles
was made by a jury from 79 books
submitted for the annual compe
tition. The books chosen range in
subject matter from a cook book
to a volume of poetry. Basis of
selection was quality of design
and printing.
By sponsoring this exhibition
each year, the Rounce and Coffin
club of Los Angeles hopes to stim
ulate high standards of book de
sign and printing in the West,
and to present to the public an
indication of the quality and num
ber of books published by western
printers.
French Programs
Added to KWAX
Recent additions to the KWAX
program schedule of special in
terest to French students are three
recorded programs each week
made in France.
"Comedie Francaise,” an hour
and a half of French comedies
broadcast Sundays from 2:30 to
4'p.m., is the only program done
in French. The other two, in Eng
lish, are “French Music Festival,”
featuring contemporary music
done by various French orchestras
and singers, Tuesdays from 7 to 8
p.m., and “New French Writers,”
a criticism of work by contempor
ary French writers, Fridays from
7 to 7:30 p.m.
Today's Staff
Night Editor: Mary Alice Allen.
Staff: Valerie H e r s h, Carol
Craig, Bev Lemmon, Dave O’Con
ner.
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functioning of the organization.
The Co-op is a private corpora. }
tion, owned and controlled by tho
students of the University of Ore- i
gon. It is not directly connected
with the University in any way. 1
Each year the members of the j
Co-op elect a board of directors I
who direct all major policies of 1
the store's operations. The board
consists of seven members, two
of whom are faculty members who
serve for two years subject to re
election. The remaining five are
members selected from the stu
dent body.
Officers Elected
Of the five student members on
the board, one is selected from the
freshman class elected to serve t
one year, and two are selected i
each year from the sophomore *
class to serve two years each. *
Therefore, three members vacate -
their positions each year. From
the student members on the board r
each year a president, vice pres- *
ident and secretary are chosen. i
Members and officers of the !
board of directors for the years 1
1953-54 are A1 Goldenberg, presi- .;
dent; Barbara Keelen Altman, vice 4
president: Ann Bankhead, secre- *
tary; Paula Curry, sophomore rep- ,
resentative, and George Marshall, T
junior representative.
Manager Appointed
The faculty advisers are O. K. -
Burrell, professor of business, and
P. R. Washke, professor of phys- i
ical education. The board of direr- f
tors holds a regular monthly |
meeting to carry on the business .
and properties of the store.
The board of directors appoints •
a manager to carry out the store s r
operations. Present manager is G. 1
L. (Jerry) Henson, who is also I
president of the Western College f
Book Store association. He is not ’
a member of the board itself. |
Any student or faculty member
of the University may become a |
member of the Co-op by paying
25 cents, and memberships may be
purchased any time until May 1. £
I After paying dues, a member re- .
ceives a membership card and an ■ „
envelope in which to place his
cash register receipts. These #n- -
velopcs are turned in to the Co-op
on or before May 20 in order to
receive a patronage refund, which -
is paid in cash at the end of spring - ‘
term.
Percentage Refunded
The percentage or amount of
refund to be given members at
the end of the year is determined
by the board of directors. The
board carefully reviews the finan
cial condition of the store near the
end of spring term, and, after es
timating the amount of profits to
be set aside for reserves, an
nounces the percentage of return
that can be made to the members.
For several years this return has
amounted to ten per cent of the
individual members’ purchases
during the school year.
Following is a list of some of the
more important services offered
by the store. The Co-op:
1. Saves students money in their
purchases.
2. Provides a central store where
they can buy all their necessities.
3. Operates a branch store in
the Art School for convenience of
Art School students.
4. Cashes checks.
5. Sells greetings cards, cam
eras, pens and school novelties.
6. Sells trade books and oper
ates a lending library.
7. Sells stamps, magazines, cig
arettes and candy.
8. Provides space for ticket
booths and displays.
9. Furnishes bulletin boards and
windows for the use of campus
activities.
10. Is used as a central location
to pick up copies of the Emerald.
11. Provides academic apparel
and announcements for com
mencement.
12. Buys back textbooks that
are going to be used again on the
campus.
13. Rents typewriters.
14. Pays members a patronage
refund on purchases.
According to Pres. A1 Golden
berg, the possibility of a new Co
op building for the near future is
being studied carefully.
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