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tarns Lase~and the students
.We passed a friend, hurrying to his 1 o’clock, Friday.
“Looks like the Emerald's poll shows that Oregon students
like the discipline committee’s punishment of J. Kelly Farris,”
he called.
We stopped. “Sure hope not.”
He stopped. “What do you mean?”
“The at least 13 students in that poll -who wholeheartedly in
dicated they approve of the decision seem to be ignoring a pretty
important principle,” we answered. “Namely, that it Farris
shouldn’t challenge the authority and foundation of the student
traffic court and the committee, then those students ought not to
challenge authority either, should they ever want to.”
“But it would be a sorry situation if everybody went around
refusing to abide by University regulations,” he said.
“Yes, it would,” we replied. “But this isn’t just a case of some
one consistently refusing to obey University rules. The legality
of the court’s operation and the right of the University to deduct
traffic fines from the breakage fee is under question. It’s a case
of challenging legality of action, and anyone ought to have the
fight to freely raise such questions.
“Besides, once the question has been raised, all University stu
dents wouldn’t duplicate theaction, so there’s no practical danger
of ‘anarchy.’ ”
“I’ll admit challenging authority should be a person’s right,”
.my friend said, “but did Farris have to do so the way that he
•did, refusing to accept the court’s original fine, and parading
legal terms before-the court and the discipline committee?”
~ “No,” ive said, “he didn’t. But the way of doing it isn’t the im
portant thing" here. The most vital issue is that legality ahd
authority was challenged. And, too, an aggressive ‘test case’js
probably the only effective way to challenge said legality.”
“Even if so,” "was the reply, “some of those 13 students indi
cated that they felt Farris had it coming to him. After all, the
: discipline committee has asserted that Farris refused to co
operate before that group, as has been his attitude all along in
"this case.
r “Personality has no relevance in something like this,” we
affairmed. “Whether or not Farris has been haughty, seeking
publicity, ‘uncooperative,’ or all of these ought to be ignored,
even if it’s a lot to ask when one is trying to work something out
in the matter. So why concern yourself with whether or not he
has been any of these ?
. “Challenging the right of the court, the office of student affairs
and the discipline committee to levy traffic fines as they have
been doing isn’t ‘cooperating,’ in the first place.
. “But the rest of us have been able to get along with the rules
all the time,” my friend maintained.
“Sure,” we said, “but that doesn’t deny us the right to gripe
about.the traffic discipline methods, or even to challenge their
legality, if at any time we wish to do so. That’s a different thing
from persistently refusing to abide by them, just for the sake
of being, contrary.” -
“What do you think should the office of student affairs or
the discipline committee have done?” asked my friend.
“They have indicated that the sole basis of the decision was
the traffic violation charges. Since Farris, in effect, appealed the
ruling of the student court, the logical decision would have
been to uphold the court's ruling, and deduct the fine from the
breakage fee. The office of student affairs has definitely stated
that it has no doubt that it and the court are and have been acting
legally, and have the: legal right to make such a deduction.”
“Whether or not you're right,” my friend said, “your poll
shows the students think otherwise.”
“Don’t know how you can tell,” we replied. “A majority of the
$2 students, questions indicated that they think otherwise, but
that poll, as all Emerald polls this year, represents strictly an in
teresting insight into what some students say about the matter.
Maybe a majority of Oregon students here agree, but we have
no way of knowing. We’d really like to know, too.”
“Well, got to get to class,” my friend called, and with that
he rushed off.
“Likewise,” we called after him, and turned to our own 1
o’clock class. But we frowned, wondering what Oregon students
really do think about a law student’s challenge of authority, and
that authority’s reaction.
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Emerald Editor:
I think the students at the
University of Oregon owe a vote
of appreciation and thanks to
Coaches Hammer and Denman
for their efforts in bringing col
lege wrestling to this university.
Last Saturday's matches only in
itiated a fine schedule of matches
for this season and if they were
any indication of things to come
— sports fans have a real treat
in store for them.
Although not wholly victori
ous In their first matches, the
U of O team put forth notice
that future opposition will
have nothing bift trouble on
their hands. For these
"pioneers” in U of O wrestling
—go get ’em Webfoots.
The attendance at last Satur
day’s matches was very disap
pointing. This was probably due
to various causes and misunder
standing; but if Oregon students
want to see a great display of in
dividual competitiveness that has
you throwing a half-nelson on
the person sitting next to you
before you know it, get out and
support our wrestling team.
The nice thing about the
wrestling matches, and this
should appeal to most of the
students here at Oregon, there
is no organized yelling.
Again, my thanks to Coaches
New Science Mojor
May Be Offered
A major in medical sciences,
leading to a Bachelor of Arts or a
Bachelor of Science degree may be
available to University of Oregon
students next year.
A. H. Kunz, head of the chem
istry department, has announced
that he will introduce a motion at
the Tuesday meeting of the Uni
versity faculty to establish the
major. If approved, the program
would probably go into effect next
year, according to Kunz.
The requirements for a B.A. or
B.S. degree with a major in medi
cal sciences would include the
completion of a three-year pre
professional course curriculum,
satisfaction of all general Univer
sity requirements for a bachelor’s
degree including special require
ments for the B.A or B.S degree
and completion, in satisfaction of
major requirements, of one year
of professional study at the Uni
versity of Oregon Dental school or
the medical school.
However, not more than 48 term
hours of professional work may be
counted toward the satisfaction of
the 186-hour requirement for a
baccalaureate degree.
Hammer, Denman, and the U of'
O wrestling team.
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