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Homecoming: 1953
So the 1953 Homecoming is here. So what?
So plenty.
Homecoming may not be all things to-all people, but it means
a lot of things to a lot of people.
It means the biggest campus event of fall term, and the last
big event before those last few weeks of the term preceding
final exams. It means this to the students in general.
Homecoming means the culmination of a whirlwind of work
and confusion for a couple of hundred busy students working
on 40 zillion committees to get the weekend’s activities in
shape.
To the returning alumni, it means a chance to meet old grad
friends, undergrad friends, faculty friends, and to re-visit the
University, learning of what has gone on during recent years.
It means, too, and especially, a'chance to see the Ducks ad
minister a lacing to the hated foe: the Beavers.
To most of us, it means a welcome diversion from that all
important study program, when the latent feeling about the
school subtly emerges in a strong interest in the big activities
of the weekend.
Homecoming, to the administration, always means worry
and sometimes means a real headache.
The possibility that the more exuberant students of the
40-mile apart schools might carry their enthusiasm to certain
property-injuring acts at the domain of the other institutions
has been a frequent reality.
Even to the faculty, Homecoming doesn’t necessarily mean
the same thing. To some, of course, it means something of what
it means to most of the students, especially to those who are
Oregon graduates themselves. To others it may mean a routine
blip on the University scene, or nothing at all.
Homecoming, of course, has its routineness, simply because
it comes every year. Oregon students fail to climb flagpoles,
jump off bridges, or flood their newspapers and radio stations
iwith telephone calls at this time of year, although a lot of them
don’t fail to get caught up in a dizzy three-week dash to the
[Weekend.
So Homecoming is an annual affair, and we don’t treat it
as the eighth wonder. But it is an important part of the col
lege year for its ability to evoke one’s “spirit,” to use the
term in its broad sense—feeling about the University.
To the Oregon football team this year, it means an opportun
ity to cap off the season with a win against OSC’s Beavers,
which would make any season a success, but would end this
one with a 5-4-1 Oregon record, for the best year since the 1948
Cotton Bowl season. (The best record since 1948 is already
cinched, even with a loss Saturday — an unmentionable
subject).
Since the Homecoming game is the original reason for
Homecoming, though not the only big event, as it has evolved,
the big battle means a lot to the myriad Oregon supporters.
Every other year it means something special, those odd-num
bered years when we play OSC at Hayward field.
The Homecoming game is an occasion any year, but there
is something unique about playing the Corvallis squad, some
thing which makes it a special afternoon. This year is one
of those, and we haven’t beaten OSC in a Homecoming game
since 1947, when we broke a dry spell in victories over the
Beavers.
There was one person who especially had a desire to see
Oregon beat Oregon State—in any sport. That was Bill Hay
ward, to whom this year’s Homecoming is dedicated, this year
of “Alums and We— 76 to ’53.”
Hayward, nationally-famous Oregon track coach and team
trainer, had another Homecoming dedicated to him—that was
in 1947, when he was still living, but very ill. “Win for Bill,”
it was, and we did. The legend of Bill Hayward, a beloved
sports figure at Oregon, is dimming, but it hasn’t faded out, as
it. probably never will.
So Homecoming this year has added meaning.
This, then, is Homecoming—1953.
fWO IRANIANS, THREE HUPINOS
Mossadegh Trial, Magsaysay Vote 1
Analyzed by UO Foreign Students
(Ed. note: Two events of
current interest In internation
al affairs are the treason trial
of Mohammed Mossadegh, ex
premier of Iran, and the recent
election of Ramon Magsaysay
as president of the Philippines.
We asked two Iranian stu
dents and three students from
the Philippines, ail foreign stu
dents at Oregon this year, to
write an analysis of these two
events.
Mossadegh was jailed Jast
August, being overthrown as
premier just 'two days after
bloody rioting had caused the
Shah of Iran to flee the coun
try. The Shah’s messenger had
been sent to deliver a royal
decree firing Mossadegh, and
the riot broke out. When the
retaliatory demonstration ov
erthrew Mossadegh, the Shah
returned in triumph.
Mossadegh is now charged
with plotting against the Shah
and illegally dissolving the
lower house of parliament. The
“S-year-old ex-premier’s
charge that the military tri
bunal trying him is incompe
tent to do so has been denied
by the tribunal in a ruling 'this
week.
Magsaysay*s victory over the
incumbent, Elpidio Quirino,
was a smashing defeat of his
old boss, for Magsaysay was
formerly defense minister for
Quirino. His campaign was
based on a reform platform,
charging inefficiency and cor
ruption in the present admin
istration.
The five students whose
comments are here printed are
Elias Lavi, senior in chemistry
and Reza Kezai, graduate stu
dent in political science, both
from Iran; JuliPta M. Bocala,
graduate in education, Mrs.
Natividad I. Malolos, graduate
in social psychology and De
metria Punjante, graduate in
education, all from the Phili
ppines.)
Iranian Students
Upset About News
By ELIAS LAVI
This summer from Sept. 1-4 I
attended the Iranian student
convention in Denver, Colo.,
where 120 out of 1100 Iranian
students in America convened to
discuss our problems. It happen
ed that several days before the
convention the government of Dr.
Mossadegh was overthrown by
the present government.
Most of these students were
furious and upset about the
news. They had a very favorable
feeling toward Dr. Mossadegh.
They thought very highly about
him and expressed their feelings
by telling that Mossadegh is the
most honest, sincere and the
Iranian national leader, who
didn't fear losing his life in ser
ving his country.
’ They thought that Dr. Mossa
degh was not responsible for our
economic difficulties, but our
economic problems were due to
an unfavorable attitude and em
bargos of the Western nations.
Civil Trail Needed
For Mossadegh
By REZA REZAI
w Personally, I believe that most
of the Iranian people in the past
were in favor of Dr. Mossadegh’s
government, but when he was or
dered by the king to dismiss the
office and he refused to do so,
some of the Iranian people
changed their opinion of him.
This is because according to our
constitution the king has the
right to appoint or dismiss the
premier.
Regarding his trial, Dr. Mos
sadegh should not be tried by
court-martial, but he should be
tried by the civil court. Dr. Mos
sadegh should be given the right
to choose his own attorney in
order to be able to defend him
self.
Dr. Mossadegh's good services
and his honesty and sincerity
of action and good intentions
for the improvement of the coun
try and overthrowing of the for
eign British influences should
also be considered, so as to elim
inate the severity of the court’s
trial and to judge him justly.
Philippine Vote
Was No Surprise
By JUUETA M. BOCALA
The overwhelming victory of
Magsaysay over the incumbent
president Elpidio Quirino in the
Nov. 10 national elections was
no surprise to me. I expected the
result would be just so if the
election would be clean.
0 First, because the people
are dissatisfied with the present
corrupt administration. The Bue
navista-Tambobong estate scan
dal, the war damage surplus
commission scandal, the surplus
beer scandal, the air force fund
slashing to inflate the president's
discretionary fund, and the reck
less spending of national money
for unnecessary official trips are
but a few of the many abuses
committed by the present admin
istration.
0 Second, because in Magsay
say the people found the char
acteristics of a leader—honesty,
■integrity, resourcefulnes, under
standing of the masses, and bra
very beyond the call of duty.
• Third, because with Mag
saysay it's action, not empty
words. His fight against the
Communist-led Huks proved suc
cessful because he had the guts
to personally supervise the cam
paign and to solve pressing prob
lems on the spot. His policy of
attraction, helping surrendered
Huks to start life anew through
a government agency, the EDC
OR, won for him the respect and
admiration of both enemies and
friends.
Magsaysay's victory, I ven
ture to say, is a belated reward
awarded him by a grrfteful peo
ple. He was instrumental in re
storing peace and order in areas
harrassed by Huk raids.
Fear was expressed in more
conservative circles that Mag
saysay might become the puppet
of the Nationalists moguls and
that his newly-acquired power
might get into his head. How
ever, with his spotless public
record behind him and the stern
er stuff he is made of, I doubt
if he would Hpoil through his own
volition a bright future before ■
him.
Let us now turn our attention
to some unusual highlights of the
Philippine political campaigns
which might be of interest to po
tential presidents on the cam
pus. Phonograph records were
put to good use by both parties.
The Magsaysay Mambo, the'
Magsaysay March, and the Quir
ino March were broadcast, play
ed on sound systems during cam
paign tours, and even played
during intermissions in dance
halls.
The records became so popu
lar that It was a common thing
to hear adults and children sing
the song or whistle the tunes on
streets, in classrooms and in the
fields. Trips to the barrios, meet
ing and shaking hands with the
people in all walks of life, giving
them the chance to size him up.
proved to be mutually beneficial
to both Magsaysay and the Fili
pinos.
Change Sounded
By Voice of People
By NATIVIDAD I. MALOLOS
Where the elections sre~,*fre,3
and clean," as have been claim
ed about the last Philippine elec
tions, the results can be defin
itely the true expression of" the
people’s will. The Filipino voting .
population went to the polls on |
Nov. 10 and, according to re
ports, gave Magsaysay and the
whole N’acionalista ticket an ■
overwhelming vote of confidence..
That is the voice of the Fili
pino people, which even in the
1951 elections made itself heard
for a change in administration.
Personally, I am very happy.
Were I in the Philippines, that
would have meant one more vote .
toward a change in administra
tion. I am optimistic, along with"
the groat majority of the peo
ple, about very necessary re-.
forms that cannot be possible ex
cept with a change in adminis
tration.
I hope that the new adminis
tration will always have the wel
fare of the people at heart, over
and above personal and party
interests. It will be very easy for ,
a party in power to become cor
rupt if it will allow itself to be
ruled by selfish interests and mo
tives.
This is a very great challenge
to the new administration. The
people will wait and judge.
(Please turn to page three)
The Plot
uj-_i—
'“Mrs. Erb, remind me to prepare a test for Monday morning covering
sill the work we’ve done this term.”