The Oregon Daily Emerald ia published Monday through Friday during the college year from Sept. 15 to June 3, except Nov. 16, 25 through 30, Dec. 7 through 9, 11 through Jan. 4 March 8 through 10, 12 through 29, May 3, and 31 through June 2, with issues on Nov. 21, Jan. 23. and May 8, by the Studeut Publications Board of the University oi Oregon. En tered as second class matter at the post affice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per school year; $2 per term. • . Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to -represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Unsigned editoriali are written by tile editor; Initialed editorials by the associate editors ELSIE SCHILLER, Editor DICK CARTER, Business Manager JACKIE WARDELL, RON MILLER. Associate Editors KITTY* FRASER, Managing Editor VALERA Y1F.RRA, Adv. Mgr. I.EN CALVERT, LAURA STURGES. Editorial Assistants A Special Invitation We’d like to get in our note of approval for the senate’s decis ion to include foreign students in its meetings as non-voting members. The special invitation to the campus foreign students is very good public relations if nothing else, but we think it will bene fit both the senate and the students selected by K. S. Ghent to represent the foreign population on campus. To the senate the program will give a slightly different aspect and perhaps some new ideas and outlooks. To the foreign student will go the opportunity to witness a form of representative government in action. And a chance to let the senate members know the problems faced on campus by the foreign student population. Some persons have suggested giving these students a vote on the senate. We don't agree here. Not because they’re not quali fied, but because the foreign student enrollment is so low in proportion to the total university enrollment that a vote ex clusively for them would be unequal representation. Students from other countries may always run for sena tor-at-large, a class officer position, and we would encourage any who remain on campus for more than a year to do so. Having the foreign students at senate meetings to voice op inions and join in the discussions is a good idea. We hope the students selected will benefit from the program and we hope that they will not hesitate to express their opinions. That’s the •only way the program will accomplish its purpose. It’s a nice gesture, senators. Ideals to Live By At an ASUO senate meeting several weeks ago, we overheard one student senator, in recommendation of a fellow student petitioning for office say, “He doesn’t let his ideals stand in the •way of his practicality.” Is that a recommendation? We’ve been musing over that statement for weeks now and we still haven’t come up with just the exact answer. But we think we might have stumbled across an answer to the current collegiate question of whether ours is a “silent generation,” and, if so, why. Ideals versus practicality—it’s a debate of long standing and certainly not confined to the collegiate circles of the mid 20th century. Still, we've been spoon-fed on the “starry-eyed visionary” .and the “idealist” until we almost unconsciously accept the thesis that an idealistic person is bound to be unsound, im practical and just a little mad. Ideals are a funny thing. They can be comprised at any time for the sake of expediency. Ideally, you may except the premise that “Honesty is the best policy.” But, practically, you might find yourself in the position of flunking a test or cribbing a little. Is that bad? You can believe in truth. But, sometimes, the truth hurts and its much easier to just color the whole thing a little. Well, you’re being practical. Freedom of speech is an ideal. But, sometimes from a practi cal standpoint, somebody else practicing freedom of speech can be ve-ry dangerous. An ideal encompasses ideas. If we’re going to disregard ideals as impractical in a starkly practical world, then we find our selves coming up with a shortage of ideas. Imagination is a priceless gift. Practical aims curtail imagination at the source. There’s a funny philosophy going around that ideals are Something to die for. But there hasn’t been too much talk about ideals being something to live by. We wonder why. It’s strange but if you cut out ideals there isn’t a great deal left to live for or by. Man is just an animal grubbing away for an existence — even if existence is a home on the hill, a two car garage and a bank account. Everything man does, he does so he can get up the next day and do the same thing. You’re living to work instead of working to live. Is it true lhat we are a generation whose dreams have'all been dreamt? Is it true that machines and mass production and modern living force us to consider only the practical? - We may be fools but we still carry around a few ideals. And try to live by them. House Dances? THERE'S FIFTY BUCKS PRIZE MONEY pokti:' PEST LOOKIN' COSUIME — FOR / ' AWFULLY SORRY / WOTHAL, I HAVE TO l STUDY T-RirAN NlTE. TW CM. MAN COSTUME W: WINS - CONuRATULATICNS> 1 -:A Day at the Zoo Silent Generation' Ideals Topic of Concern, Question by Bob Funk Emerald Columnitl A number of persons have ex pressed, through the columns of the Emerald and otherwise, their regret and concern upon the res ignation of Dick Williams, stu dent union director. We are in very firm accord with the opin ion that there is much to regret. It is entirely improbable that we will ever again get a student un ion director who performs his duties with so much imagination, diligence, and idealism. Opinions which vary from ours can be very easily explained: they are wrong. • • • • When we started writing this column, Elsie Schiller was ■ writing an edi tonal a r> o u t “Ideals.” Ide als, the oft-re peated story goes, are something we, “The Silent Gen eration,” have none of. Or if we have Wm Msm any, they have to do with digestion, reproduc tion, and hoping that no one draws us into any unpleasant ant arguments. An ideal is easily acquired; you can find one in lots of books. Once you have it in possession — sitting out in the garage, so to speak — it is awfully hard to tell how to handle the damned thing. First: your friends may not care for your ideal. They may not care what kind of a car you have, but they care aw fully about your ideals. Either your supply of friends gets par ed, or your supply or ideals. Ideals cannot go to the show with you, can’t loan you money, won’t vote for you, and they won’t kiss you in the dark, baby. Perhaps you should keep your friends. Secondly: ideals are noisy. You cannot just let the ideal sit in the garage, rusting quietly. It will start jumping around to get out and insult somebody. We realize that "insult somebody’’ Is rather pessimistic language. But you should know that while some people may like your ideal and think its just real ‘cheree,’ most people will be insulted. That is because ideals too often inter fere with OTHER people’s little plans as to digestion, reproduc tion, ad the whole crowd. Thirdly: ideals are easily dis posed of. There is no corpse to throw in the river or bury un der the basement floor. There Is no story in the papers. There is only a tremendous feeling of relief. University students are fre quently perplexed with ideals. Ideals are supposed to flourish at universities like tomato plants in hothouses. This is not the whole truth. At Borne universities it is very difficult to keep an ideal. If you are a student, you cannot speak out (or will not. rather i be cause your professor may flunk you; an administrator may glare at you for four years; and you may find yourself generally low man. We concede that it is only a petty professor or administra tor that would hold your speak ing out against you; but at some universities, some people are pet ty. The faculty and administra tors, for their part, may not feel able to speak out, either. Their jobs, the intricacies of tenure, and their little nests in faculty polities keep them In line. Because everyone may fear petty acts of vengeance from everybody else, nobody says any thing. This leaves the way clear for small, vicious acts, done in silence, i ' t We are perfectly aware that no such fear of pettiness exists at Oregon. We are fortunate in having a perfectly enlightened, perfectly objective faculty and administration. Injustice is some-1 thing which does not breed here. JL ettcm.., •••to the Editor Cagey and Lucky -f The Emerald * ‘ c /n the Country Club . . university of Oregon - . Eugene, Oregon ■' Emerald Editor: J After scanning the Monday ini sue of tile Emerald, we cotiltlrTU help but laugh. Underneath ujt editorial on booing the oppositloij while they are making a fu-^k throw is a supposed rebuttal of’ the remarks by Bob Ingdl.v,, Corvnllls Gazette-Times ediloe, < on Oregon conduct, and in i 1 sence the same booing. The "poor thin-skinned Bea vers” sometimes get ovor-en thuslustle In their yelling, too;, but they seem to ha\e the sportsmanship to keep from riding players while they're'I shooting. -] If Oregon's white-shirt tJ, box right back of the section,[ the air was polluted with com-1 ments which weren't half :>-S offensive to the players as theyf were to the eurs of other list< n4 ITU. In nhort, the hoy* would p.j.| then- head* together ' very timer Oregon tiad the ball and then come up with 11 new and different piece of verbal abuse when th: Beavers came dowrt the floor the next time. It got pretty tire- , some after a while. If you’re going to make the *■ Reaver* welcome when they- I play at the Southern Branch f aoon, the leant that can t>e I done 1h to leave enough room- ! on the playing floor no both r team* cun work a fast break ! without landing In someone'* lap under the banket. A* for beating OSC. you were cagey and plenty lucky once; but don't count your championship • before they’re hatched bei.mA this one won't hatch at Eugeni*. Turn Moore OSO Barometer Sports Ed, CAMPUS BRIEFS t 0 House chaplains will meet at H:30 p. m. today in the Stud Tl Union. Donald M. DuShane, direc tor of student affairs, will be ft guest. til’ADAI, A.IAKA St M.MIilt . 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