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A Disappointing Situation
We’re very disappointed in the current state of affairs in the
J. Kelly Farris—student traffic court—discipline committee sit
uation.
First, because of the discipline committee’s haughty action in
rebuffing Farris’ chaHenge of the court's legality. And second,
because said punishment was deemed of more immediate im
portance than establishing through appropriate legal authority
.whether or not Farris had a good point in his challenge.
As for action on Farris’ charge that the court was violating
due process in its procedure and that the University could
not legally take student traffic fines from the student’s break
age fee, the office of student affairs is asking the opinion of
the ASUO constitutional committee. If said committee feels
that it should not rule on other than ASUO constitution mat
ters, the opinion of the law school faculty will be requested.
Both the constitutional committee and the law school faculty
are very able groups, but it would be more appropriate to ask
the opinion of the state attorney general, especially since the
first two groups are connected with the University and the at
torney general is not.
We are even more concerned that the discipline committee
and the office of student affairs felt it more urgent to slap down
the irritating conduct of Farris than to take up his argument.
We maintain that his challenge to the traffic violation charges
made against him was so heavily based on his challenge of the
court and University’s legality of action that they should have
been so treated.
Which means that first concern should have been given to
the principle of legality. The problem of the time it takes to
obtain a decision on legal matters shouldn’t really be a prob
lem here, because there was no need or justification for strict
punishment of Farris, anyway. His traffic violation charges
necessitated only the normal procedure when a student ap
peals the decision of the court to the office of student affairs,
namely, deducting the fine from the breakage fee.
Of course, Farris’ approach to the matter made a tougher
'action likely, and, in fact, the actual result. “Uncooperative
ness” riled members of the discipline committee, for example,
ychich should have had no relevance to the -fact that here was
a student legitimately challenging authority. Not just flaunt
ing authority, but challenging its basis.
Should have had no relevance, we say, but of course it had a
great deal of effect on the eventual attitude of the committee.
The punishment meted out was unjust, considering the na
ture of the case. Now, what makes it especially bad is that
if some other student wishes to challenge the court and the
University on the same basis as did Farris, he will have an
even rougher time.
And we don’t think the Farris case has done anything to
clarify -the situation, so far anyway. If anything, it has further
muddled it.
Whatever the final legal ruling on the matter would or
should be, Farris raised an important cjuestion. He could have
gone farther if he had been less flamboyant and more tactful; as
it is, he only made it harder to bring the matter to a head.
Which is a very important practical consideration in the
Farris case. But which doesn’t change one bit the unfairness of
the discipline committee’s punishing the challenge to the Uni
versity’s and the student court’s traffic violation procedure.
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CAMPUS BRIEFS
0 The Student Union dance
committee will meet today at 4
p. m. in SU 313, according to Ste
wart Johnson, publicity chairman.
0 Jessie M. Smith, assistant
professor of business administra
tion, recently completed work for
a doctorate in business adminis
tration from Columbia university
in New York.
0 Kappa Rho Omicron, radio
honorary, will meet at 9 tonight
in the conference room, third
floor, Villard, according to Gordon
Rennie, president.
0 The Red Cross Board will
meet today at 4 p. m. in the Stu
dent Union commuter’s lunch
room, according to Mary Wilson,
board chairman.
0 A meeting for journalism
students with Carl T. Rowan,
Minneapolis Tribune reporter,
that was scheduled for tonight
has been cancelled. A serious ill
ness of his daughter prevented
Rowan’s visit to the campus.
0 Movies on copper and on re
cent improvement in medical re
search will be shown Thursday
at 7:30 p. m. in Science 16 by
the Student Affiliation of Ameri
can Chemical society.
Campus Calendar
11:45 Traff Ct. 112 SU
Noon Span Tbl 110 SU
Joum Lunch 111 SU
Yeomen 309 SU
3:00 Pub Adm Grp 110 SU
4 :00 Hds of Hses 334 SU
Verissimo Recp Drm US
6:00 Yeomen Init Ger 2nd fl
7:30 SDX-TSP Dsrm SU
Polio Development
Topic for Council
“Developments in Poliomyelitis"
will be discussed by Robin Over
street, pediatrician, Tuesday at
7:30 p. m. in the Student Union.
Overstreet will be the guest
speaker at the meeting of the In
ternational Council for Exception
al Children. The meeting is open
to any persons interested in the
topic, according to Mrs. Chester
T. Williams.
Concert Cancelled
The Civic Music presentation of
Brazilian Pianist Guiomar Nov
aes scheduled for Sunday has been
postponed, according to an an
nouncement by G. B. Hull, presi
dent of the Eugene-University Civ
ic Music association.
Miss Novaes has had to cancel
present engagements because of
illness, but she will appear in Eu
gene March 31 as part of this
season’s EUCMA concert series.
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Oregon Daily Emerald
Big Expose'
On UO Profs
by Jim White
L. H. Gregory mentioned a little
item In his column in the Oregon
ian the other day that started sev
eral little wheelH spinning in the
head of a certain columnist. Mr,
Gregory gave us the scoop on a
little yellow book that College pub
licity men are supposed to own. It
gives the lowdown on all of th*
sports editors of Pacific coast
newspapers.
So what, you ask That’s a good
question but it isn't going to do
you a bit of good.
Well, let’s reflect for a moment
on the idiosyncrasies of Oregon
professors. Some professors hate
blonds, others can’t stand Thetas,
and some of the little rascals even
lower a grade one point for any
athlete on the assumption that if
he’s and athlete he couldn’t possi
bly do that well. So, with the cor
rect financial backing and suppoit
think what an ambitious fellow
could do with a little yellow book
on professors.
Students could make a 2 point
again; campus grades would go up
20 per cent and most Important,
professors would smile, once in a
while.
The book would Include a picture
of the professflr, his family bank
ground, history, education (which
might surprise a lot of undergrad
uates!, likes, dislikes, and grading
system.
For example let's run down (?)
a typical professor under the yel
low book system.
Name: Thronklemortem t. S.
Oglethorpe.
Family Background; Father was
a traveling salesman, mother was
a lady wrestler on TV.
History: Born in Death Valley,
Calif. 1819. Deserted by mother
at age of 6 days. No formal pr-p
education. Graduated from SOCK.
Phi Bete—did graduate work at
OCE.
I-Ikes: pigs, tropical fish, trans
lating Shakespeare into Sanskrit,
Thronklemortem t. S. (no ques
tions please) Oglethorpe, stagnant
water, epidemics, flunking students .
Joe McCarthy, the Emerald, and
impossible assignments.
Dislikes: Coffee, beer, beautiful
women ("aw dem dames is all.
stupid”), brilliant students, stu
dents who*s!eep in class, graduate'
students, freshmen, sophomores,,
juniors and seniors.
Comments: Mr. O grades on the
curve with the class average as
‘F’ and the highest grade 'D.' He.
once gave a ’C to a pet pig that_
flunked comp anyway and quit
school. Never smiles in class, has'
no office hours, won’t talk to stu-.
dents and is somewhat belligerent
toward anyone who weais red.
One cut in class is an automatic
flunk.
From the preceding information
any student could sec that the*
professor was a normal healthy
fun-loving boy and his classes*
would be a good risk. And so it_
goes.
Symposium Group
Speaks to Chamber
The University symposium group i
spoke before the Sweet Homer,
chamber of commerce Thursday in-(
a program opener for their sea
son’s schedule of discussions.
Improvement of Congressional J
investigations was the discussion)
topic for the Thursday meeting.*^
Symposium members on the pro-,
gram includeed Bruce Holt, sopho-*
more in speech, Elizabeth Collins,%
junior in speech, and Shirley Katz,,
junior in English.
The majority of symposium en
gagements are scheduled for spring,
term, according to James Wood,-^
graduate assistant in speech. Uni-*
versity speakers annually tour the.
state, speaking ■ before civic, fra- '
ternal and educational groups.
The group will hold their regu
lar Tuesday night meeting at 8.
p.m. in Vi Hard 206. A practice,
symposium is on schedule, Wood
said. The debate squad will meet.
at 7 p.m. in Villard 207.