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Don't Miss the Boat
Man and his religion take the spotlight this week in campus
life during the annual Religious Evaluation week. Leaders in
religious fields, representing seven denominations and two re
ligions, are expressing their beliefs. They are meeting with
students to answer questions and to formulate a common
ground of meeting for young minds and old ideas.
There are those who call this nation’s unversities ‘‘godless”
and decry the attitude of this younger generation towards God.
There are those who say this world of the 20th century is
tOQ materialistic and too concerned with the things of this
world. There are those who say the fruits of science have con
tributed to the delinquency and waywardness of America in
terms of religious life.j There are those who say that “gad
gets” not “God” wiU reign in our future civilization.
How do these accusations fit into the framework of your re
ligious beliefs? RE week is an excellent time for housecleaning
of your own spiritual conceptions. An organizaed program of
evaluation provides opportunities to ask the questions and clari
fy doubltful points existing in your own mind concerning re
ligion.
Religion is not something which can be taken for granted.
Nor is it something which can be ignored. Ignorance of the
spiritual side of man, whatever your own personal beliefs, is
unthinkable in a truly educated person. For surely, if we are
unacquainted with religious works and thoughts, we are break
ing faith not only with man’s spirit, but with our. own proc
lamations at this university of what education should do for,
inan.
Evaluation of religious beliefs is a necessity. We have only
to refer to the Middle Ages of Europe to illustrate that, with
out questioning and evaluation, religious beliefs tend to be
come meaningless and religion exists only as dogmatic say
ings and empty rituals.
Time is precious on any university campus and there are
; many facets of campus life vying for each student’s attention.
But this extensive program of RE week is an, opportunity which
no college student can afford to miss.
Freedom of worship is not freedom to ignore. Rather, it is
' freedom to seek and pursue one’s own beliefs. And, in that
framework, our university religious services present RE week
and, in that same framework, students should participate in
■ this evaluation.—(E.S.)
Casaba Curve
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“So I happen to enjoy basketball—what’s that to do with the way
I grade in this class.”
Letters to the Editor
Box Office, Not Art
Emerald Editor:
In the editorial space of the
Thursday, January 14, 1954, edi
tion of the Emerald appeared an
article entitled “The Looking
Glass." The name of the author
was omitted. As that article was
contrary to Christian men’s
sense of decency, I feel compell
ed to express my opinion — add
ressed to the author. It follows.
You comment on the movie
“The Moon Is Blue.” As far
as anyone bift myself is con
cerned, it Is not for me to say
whether it Is “good” or “bad".
However, the producers of the
movie thought only one line of
it —“Will you seduce me?” —
worth advertising.
Why did the producers choose
to stress this one line ? The ans
wer, of course, is obvious — and
one wonders with what spine
tingling perversity an audience
will wait out an entire play for
this one line.
The so-called sex movies are
made sexy for just one reason.
That reason is not art; It is
box office. The movies form
the chief means of education
for many, too many, of our cit
izens. What are they taught?
What reason should there be
for teaching it? Box office?
Your next comment concerns
the Legion of Decency. You des
cribe it as “powerful and unreas
onable.” Let me say that the Le
gion of Decency offers its opinion
of specific motion pictures and
the reader is free to accept or re
ject it. What is "powerful and
unreasonable” about expressing
an opinion?
In the ancient pagan theater
there was no censorship. The
murder scenes, etc., were often
real. Christianity opposed that;
Christ established a moral
code. It is this code which the
Legion of Decency uses for its
guide. The pledge of the Legion
of Decency should be adminis
tered in every Christian Church.
You ask the question, “who is
to say what is to be detrimen
tal?” In other words, who is to
tell us what is “good” or what
is “bad?’ The answer is clear.
Did not Christ say to His Apos
tles, “go forth and teach all na
tions ?’ Would you deny Christ?
George J. Wolfe
Plea for Waldo
Kmerald Editor:
DEAR THETA CHI’S — No ! !
A thousand times no! I beg, I im
plore and beseech you! Tear
down Deady, set fire to Villard,
blast away the “O” and picket
Maxie’s, but don’t touch a hair on
Waldo’s proud head. Waldo is one
of the few traditions that is
really a tradition, besides being
a friend to me and a classmate.
As he sleeps by the pioneer
mother one wonders who was
there first. Take a look at the
good things about him.
Number one is publicity —
conduct a poll someftime of the
people who know of him — it’s
staggering — This fall I hap
pened to be introduced to a
person who attends an out-of
state university. He said, “You
go to Oregon, huh. Say, isn’t
that where they have that fun
ny big dog called Walter?”
Think of the times he has aid
ed conversation by his antics
from a struggling boy-meet-girl
coke date to a half-hour lecture
by some professor who is grasp
ing for something to say. In his
own small circle he has contri
buted as much to good old Amer
“Start the New Year
With a Well-Groomed
Appearance”
Try the
STUDENT UNION
BARBER SHOP
S.U. — Basement Level
HOURS:
8:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
lean liUmor as Bob Hope, Jerry
Lewis, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
It’s just downright cruel to
"bump off" a mastiff like Wal
do — he should live to a ripe old
age and die with a look of com
plete nonchalance—a look which
seems to be strived for at Ore
gon and which is a natural part
t of Waldo.
He completely Ignores the
fact that he Is a dog. He
amazes the science depart
ment, drives psychology ma
jors into deep Intel 1 e c t u a 1
thought and could Pavlov have
seen him, he would have faint
ed dead away.
Unfortunately, I have no con
structive advice to help the pro
blem, except, have you ever
thought of pulling all of his back
teeth, and feeding him Gerber's?
Name Withheld by request
YW Representatives
To Meet Wednesday
A meeting for all house and
dorm YWCA representatives has
been scheduled for 4 p. m. Wed
nesday at Gerlinger hall, accord
ing to Eileen Lindblad, YW execu
tive director.
Representatives are to talk to
the girls in their houses before the
meeting and bring the membership
cards that they have received. The
yellow membership cards which
are to be given to the representa
tives will possibly be ready for
distribution according to Miss
Campus Calendar
7:30 RE Wk Info dsk
Lobby, 2nd fl SU
8:00 RE Pstrs & Fac 110 SU
RE Spkra & Com 112 SU
Noon Soc Staff 112 SU
Deseret Cl 113 SU
Theta Sig Phi 114 SU
SU Pub Exec 313 SU
Lect Com Com Lunch
12:30 Psi Chi 334 SU
1:00 U1S 315 SU
Harvey Asbly Ballrm SU
3:00 Nwcmra Tea Ger 2nd fl
4:00 Panhel Exec 112 SU
Harvey Cot Hr Dsrm SU
5:45 Pi Sig Alph Ger 2nd fl
6:30 APO 113 SU
ASUO-SU S Cm 315 SU
7:00 Chriatian Sci Ger 1st fl
7:30 Lodewick Cnct 202 SU
PAD Ger 3rd fl
8:00 Hui O 334 SU
Houses Bum
In Experiment
(ACP)—Firemen from through
out the state of Maryland watched
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Del
ta Tau Delta houses at the Univer
sity of Maryland burn to the
ground last week. The houses wen
burned "to get factual Informa
tion on how a fire spreads through
a building.”
Scientific equipment was instal
led in the houses to record tem
peratures in different rooms. A
new type nozzle, emitting a fine
spray that turns to steam when it
reaches the heat, was experimen
ted with.
The director of the university's
fire extension service, who set the
fires, called the experiment a suc
cess. "We were glad to see it go,
as we were under a great handicap
living there,” the SAE president
commented.
Mexico Offers
Accredited School
For the second time, an accredi-j
ted bi-lingual summer school spon
sored by the Universidad Autono
ma da Guadalajara and members
of the Stanford faculty will be of.
fered in Guadalajara, Mexico, June
27 to Aug. 7, 1954.
Offerings include art, creative
writing, folklore, geography, his
tory, language and literature
courses. The cost of six-weeks tu-,
ition plus board and room comes,
to $225.
For further information, stu-l
dents may write to Professor Juanj
B. Reel, Box K, Stanford univer
sity, Calif.
6:00 p. m. Sign Qp
6:03 Piano Moods *
6:15 Four for a Quarter
6:30 News Till Now
6:45 Sports Shots
7:00 19th Century Italian Mug.*
8:00 Patrioscript
8:15 UN Story
8:30 Voices of Europe
9:00 K waxworks
10:50 News Till Now
10:55 Tune to Say Goodnight *
11:00 Sign Off
UNITED AIR LINES
- invites
the women of the Univer
sity of Oregon to a showing
of a color-sound motion pic
ture entitled,
“SCOTTY WINS
HER WINGS"
This film depicts the real
life story of a Stewardess
—her selection, her training
and her duties.
Stewardess Representative,
Betty Hanneman, of United
Air Lines, will be on campus
at the same time to discuss a
. Stewardess career.
FILM: "Scotty Wins Her Wings"
TIME: Tues., Jan. 19,1954, 3:00
PLACE: 138 Commonwealth
For further information call the
GRADUATE PLACEMENT OFFICE
206 Emerald Hall