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ELSIE SCHILLER, Editor DICK GARTER, Business Manager
JACKIE WARDELL, RON MILLER, Associate Editors
KITTY FRASER, Managing Editor
VALERA VIERRA, Adv. Mgr.
Share And Share Alike
Sometime last fall, a movement started on campus to set up
a housing commission to handle details of housing high school
visitors who are on campus for conferences and other events.
Seems that in past years, departments sponsoring these
events handled their own housing assignments. Most depart
ment heads in charge of a conference have their hands so full
of organizational details that it is difficult to give housing the
proper consideration it warrants.
The idea behind a central campus housing commission is'
one central group in charge of housing for every conference.
The housing-office will have lists of space available in all
campus living organizations and dormitories. When a confer
ence is scheduled, it will be a simple matter of checking with
house presidents, assigning the number of guests to each
house, welcoming the students aod directing them to their
assigned domiciles.
It will involve heavy office work just prior to a conference
—correspondence and reservations, receiving and distributing
payments and dealing with any complaints as they come in.
Up to this point we agree completely. We even wonder if
some type of hospitality group could be incorporated with
the housing group to handle campus tours and general wel
coming of University guests.
The housing commission idea was placed before the ASUO
senate and a committee appointed to study the possibilities of
a student group taking over this important area.
After a little investigation and thought, we’ve begun to doubt
if this type of public relations work, so important to any school,
should properly be placed in the hands of students as another
“activity.”
What we d like to see in place of this student organization,
is a central office in the administration to deal with this type
of work. With one or two trained persons in charge, plus the
help of volunteer student workers and campus honoraries, we
see possibilities for a smooth, coordinated program of hos
pitality and housing,
Such work is properly the responsibility of both students and
administration. We hope.someone realizes that this is a “share
and share alike” proposition and proposes a combined student
administration office to handle the problem.
But We're Looking
The fact that spring is somewhere in the not too distant fu
ture was brought home to us rather forcibly this past weekend.
Sunday morning we happened to discuss the weather with a
friend living in Eugene, and, in relation to weather, the annual
question of when one should start a garden. Gardens and when
to plant them are something one discusses when it is no longer
■jvinter but, by no stretch of the imagination, could one say
spring had arrived.
We read with some amusement an editorial in Monday’s
Oregonian on bird houses, bird lovers and the “sacredness” of
mankind’s mass ideals.
It’s the kind of editorial one writes only during February
or March when spring is “just around the corner” but no
one seems to be sure of where the corner is. It’s the time of
the year when bird feeding is a problem because the birds are
coming back but the grass isn’t.
At the beginning of spring term, we could safely write of the
predicted invasion of sprinklers (which every Emerald editor
and columnist must deal with in some form as a matter of tra
dition.) A couple weeks from now we could discuss, in utter
frankness and cold candor, the annual feuds of bird lovers
versus cat lovers; the.first pussy willow found in the Eugene
hills; the robin which missed its signals and landed in the
middle of 13th street, or some other world shaking event which
nostalgically heralds the passing of another winter or joyously
heralds the coming of another spring.
We don’t have the heart to write in that vein when we all
know that we’ll swim through several more weeks of rain
before spring bothers to bow in at the University of Oregon
campus.
But we jot down these comments so Oregon students will
know that we know “spring is just around the corner” and it’s
again that time of year when “Thou mayest in us behold”
alert eye trained for any signs of Lady Spring.
an
Calm, Scientific Mind
Mm, ■■ — — I" 'I
“That's th’ boy I was tolling you about who is working on some
•secret' explosive.”
-The Loohing-Glaaa
Madrid Students Riot;
American Colleges Tranauil
In Madrid persons of the same
age as our students at the uni
versity have been rioting over
British ownership of Gibraltar. A
few months ago college students
helped bring the Trieste contro
versy to a boil, the Communist
student riots are quite normal in
jiiaiy. we can
ce r t a i n 1 y be
thankful that
we do not in
terrupt#our
tranquil college
scenes in this
such demonstra
country, with
such demon
strations! <
can we be so
There are few colleges in this
country that have a tradition of
Student political activity. These
few colleges we usually refer to
as “hot beds of Reds.” Oregon is
not numbered among these in
stitutions. We have maintained
our purity and virtue here to the
point of nausea.
What accounts tor the differ
ence in attiudes between these
Spanish students and Our
selves? I doubt that it is a lack
of energy. If women’s closing
hours were set at 10 p.m. on
weekends it wouldn’t be sur
prising to see the students mar
ching on Salem, burning Golda
W ickham in effigy and perhaps
even a general strike. But not
even a firey eye was batted
when McKay attempted to
strangle a large section of pub
lic power.
It could be that there is no uni
form political feeling. But I found
surprising uniformity of political
feeling among students on many
issues. An example of this is the
great feeling ori this campus
against “McCarthism.”
The real problem seems to be
a double edged apathy. Many
students aren’t interested in
finding out what’s going on
and, if by some miracle they
find out, they are not particu
larly impressed. For some rea
son or other we consider that
someone else will guard the
political scene, and that time
for political activity (if any)
will come later.
“Besides” says our average
student’’ I come to school to
study the effects of the Arthur
ian Legend on the 17th Century
W’elsh poets, not to change the
world.”
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thankful ?
Anytime a nation la apathetic to
its political problems we can ex
pect a decline in the amount of
that nation's democracy. We in
the United States are extremely
apathic- “I'm getting along OK,
wtiy should I kick ?” The liberal
arts colleges are the perfect place
to start our attack on apathy. It
is the purpose of such an institu
tion to educate the whole man,
which includes the political citi
zen. This is one of the primary
things that distinguishes a uni
versity from a vocational school.
Phi Eta Sigma
Initiates Nine
Nine men will be initiated into
Phi Eta Sigma, freshmen scholas
tic honorary, Wednesday evening,
President Bob Summers has an
nounced.
The following men, who earned
a grade point average of a 3.5
tall term or as a cumulative GPA
for their freshman year, will be
initiated into the national honor
ary:
Doyle Higdon, Richard Van Al
len, Ronald Spicer, Larry Krom
ling, Warren Schad, Russell Con
nett, Harvey Richmond, Howard
Sussman and Scott Page.
The initiation, which will take
place in the Student Union at 6:15
p. m., will be followed by a ban
quet at 7 p. m.
Robert D. Clark, assistant dean
of the college of liberal arts will
speak at the banquet. Ray Hawk,
associate director of student af
fairs and advisor to Phi Eta Sig
ma, will also be present, Summers
reported.
Exhibit on Africa
Features Collection
Africa, in books, pictures, and
native handicrafts, is the theme
of the exhibit now on display in
the circulation lobby of the Uni
versity library, according to John
Lauber, administrative assistant.
A feature of the display is the
collection of native weapons and
mplements gathered by Harry F.
Atkins, graduate assistant in his
tory, while on trips through Af
rica. Mr. Atkins taught social
studies in a high school at Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, between 1948
ind 1952.
The exhibit will remain on dis
play until March 1.
Art Prof Sets
Talk on Skiing
C. B. Ryan, assistant professor
of art, will apeak at 7:45 p. m.
Friday In the Student Union
browsing room.
Ryan, sponsored by the SU
Browsing Room committee, will
apeak on '‘Skiing.” He will dis
cuss some teehniquea of skiing
and the aki areas near the Univer
sity. His lecture will be illustra
ted with slides.
Free coffee will be served dur
ing the discussion period following
the talk.
AWS To Sponsor
Style Show Friday
Women students will view
spring — in clothing — at the
Associated Women Students style
show Friday at 2 p. m. in Gerling
er hall.
Donna Lory, sophomore in busi
ness, will act as narrator of the
show, which will include every
thing from play clothes to formals,
all shown by Russell's.
No admission will be charged
and refreshments will be served,
according to Paula Curry, general
chairman of the style show.
Christian Science
Lecture Thursday
John Summon*, member of the
Christian Science Hoard of Lure*
tureship, will speak on Christian
Science Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in
Gerlinger hall.
His topic will be "Chri-itian Sci
ence: The Science That Meets the
Human Need.” His lecture is
.sponsored by the University Chris
tian Science oiganization.
URC to Observe
World Prayer Day
World Student Day of Prayer
will be observed Sunday by a wor
ship service at 9:45 a. m. in Ger
linger hall. The service is being
sponsored by the University Reli
gious council.
Observance of the Day of Pray
er will be held by members of the
World Student Christian federa
tion in all Christian countries.
Campus Calendar
Noon
12:15
12:30
4:00
4:30
7:00
7:15
7:30
8:00
Asbly Com
Soc Staff
Psi Chi
Deseret Cl
Journ Lnch
HO SU
111 SU
113 SU
Com Lnch
112 SU
213 SU
113 SU
214 SU
319 SU
202 SU
334 SU
Ger 1st fl
123 Sci
Ger Anx
112 SU
Ger 3rd fl
Dadsrm SU
Phi Beta Pldg
Econ Sem
WRA Car Booth
Stu Day Pry Ex
Bittner Cone
IVCF
Christian Sci
Rasmusen Lect
Univ. Theater
Hillel
Phi Delta Phi
IRC
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