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Coordination Needed
On Feb. 23, 1953, a group of senior women advocated “chang
ing the emphasis from competition to cooperation among tht
various women’s groups on campus.’’
Their proposal was made at a meeting of the AWS executive
board and they advocated “strengthening AWS by making it
a coordinating organization.” And they urged elimination o'
*‘busy work” in the programs of the three women’s groups—
[WRA, YWCA and AWS.
As far as we have been able to determine, no definite aetior
was ever taken on this proposal.
We’d like to bring it to the attention of the women who
are today running for office in the three organizations. It’s
worth thinking about.
Cooperation between the three groups is essential. Enroll
ment is down, and there just aren’t enough students to gt
around to keep all the present campus activities going.
We wonder if the three groups don’t duplicate each other ir
many ways. We’re afraid they do.
The problem of too many activities for too few people conk
be alleviated if the new officers would get together and plar
their programs to avoid conflicts and cut down on the quantit}
of events — quality would improve.
The proposed new construction of WRA leaves a question
along this line in <5hr mond. Areicle II, section 1 states: “All
women enrolled in the University of Oregon shall be mem
bers of. the Women’s Recreation Association.” But, the con
stitution also states that only “active members” may vote in
elections. II ~~
Why?__
Why should all women be members if only active member:
may vote? And why should all women be members if they’re
all members of AWS and in most cases do nothing in that ca
parity, . „
A lot of women on campus have no interest in AWS — the}
"hardly know it exists. So why should they all be members o
another organization about which many of them know ever
less.
But, we suppose, WRA has a rigjit to include whomever the}
want in their membership. That isn’t our main point.
We’d like to know why WRA and AWS couldn’t be com
bined. They’re both working for the betterment of women at
the University. Their programs are designed to give women
recreation and “something to do”—and we’re afraid most of
them have too much to do already.
Perhaps combination is not feasible — but we think it shoulc
be considered. And we urge the women at least to get togethei
■on their programs.
There’s too much fighting for the limited number of people
in activities, for available, dates to schedule functions, for fund;
to keep going. ~~ ‘
Coordination and cooperation are needed. We hope the new
•officers wifi-realize this, we’d like to see AWS, WRA anc
YWCA working together in a purposeful and useful way —
XJ-W.) .
House Loyalty
“He threw our fraternity pin away—He says the picture of his
convertible is doing more for him.”
-Campus Comment
Lament of Lost Hours,
As Played by Joe College
By Sam Frear
Emerald Columnist
Joe finished eating at five
thirty and as he wandered into
the den he noticed that he had
an hour before he could get
through to Jane’s house. So he
settled down to the comic papers
and grappled with Lil’ Abner and
Buz Sawyer for sixty minutes.
After all, he rationalized, you
can't get much studying done in
an hour.
It was ten minutes to seven
before he could squeeze into the
phone booth
and tonight he
only dialed thir
ty - seven
times before he
! beat out the
busy signals
and got through
to Jane. Joe
had only in
tended to say
“H e 11 o” but
somehow he
found that he
had made a coke date for nine
thirty this evening. Funny thing
was that he couldn't remember
asking.
It was after seven when he
wandered into the den. He
knew inunediately that he
should have gone straight up
United States
Misinterpreted,
Speakers Decide
"Christopher Columbus was the
; first European to misinterpret
j America" stated Morton Kroll, as
sistant professor of political sci
' ence in a panel discussion Tuesday
j night.
K. S. Wood, assistant professor
| of speech, moderated the panel on
j "America’s Domestic Picture as
Viewed from Home and Abroad,"
j which was sponsored by the In
ternational Relations club; Phi
Sigma Alpha, political science hon
orary; Cosmopolitan club; and the
Foreign Students Foundation.
Kroll, speaking on the "Euro
pean Image of the United States,”
said that Europeans in general
do not have a favorable picture of
us today, due in part to misinter
pretation.
Ignorance Forced
It is generally believed by Eur
opeans that America has no cul
ture, everything is new here, Kroll
said. They don’t regard our in
tellectuals as part of the Ameri
can scene, and believe that we are
forcing our ignorance, Babbitry
and capitalism on the rest of the
world.
Even those Europeans who are
friendly towards the United
States, Kroll concluded, feel that
we don't understand Europe or the
rest of the world and are too im
patient to make Europe conform
to our ideas.
Howard Dean, assistant profes
sor of political science, speaking
on "The Present Administration,
Congress and Civil Liberties,”
stressed the conflict in the Repub
lican party since Eisenhower’s
election.
Normalcy Is Myth
Many Republicans are unhappy
with the collapse of the "myth of
return to normalcy." They ex
pected things to return - to their
position before the Democrats
took over.
Another cause of internal ten
sion is the normal reorganization
process following a change in ad
ministration, Dean said.
The change is much slower and
more complicated than a business
reorganization and will continue
for some time.
The third speaker on the panel,
M. D. Wattles, assistant professor
of economics, talked on “Inter
national Economic Policy—Which
Way Will We Go?” He discussed
the tariff problem, which was one
of the chief worries of Europeans
when the administration was
changed.
i ntulrs to study, brcHUtn the
lust ln> remembered wan tho
cry, “Here's u fourth.” 'ITie
second hand ho had four neon,
I four kings, four queen*, and
one jack. Joe took the hid for
throe no and made seven. Ills
partner then threw the cards
at him and It took five minutes
to pick them up.
Joe meant to quit the game at
I eight but his partner made him
stay until they took another bid.
That happened forty minutes la
ter and at nine the game broke
up. Joe lost a buck playing for
a fortieth a cent a point.
By the time he had changed
cords and put bis new sweater
on and zipped the Schick over
I his face it was time to wander
j over to the sorority. He got there
at nine thirty-one. It usually took
only seven minutes to walk there
but he found a co-op reciept on
the quad and spent a minute
looking for some more.
Sitting in an upstairs booth at
the side he and Jane got into an
argument concerning the merits
of majoring in Business Adminis
tration. Joe lost and in order to
make up he asked June to Fri
day's mixer dance.
They left at ten after ten In
order to have time 'to do some
necking. Joe was glad when the
lights blinked because Jane had
gotten lipstick on his new can
ary yellow cashmere. But he
forgot that when she muriuer
ed a street goodbye to him as
the door swung shut.
Joe didn't realize that he was
walking until he bumped into a
fat lady waiting for a bus on the
corner. He shrunk away as she
I hurled remarks about "crazy col
lege brats” after him. He felt
better, later, when he realized
that this was a university.
It was a quarter to eleven
when Joe got back to the house.
He stood forlornly in the deserted
living room, wondering where
everyone was. He decided that
he may as well hit the books.
Joe's roommate was in and
queried Joe about his evening's
activities. Joe shouldn't have re
marked that he couldn't remem
ber what he had done. Joe got
a forty-five minute lecture about
wasting time, and a reminder of
his last term's grade point. By
then it was time for bed.
Traffic Court Meetings
To Be Held Bi-Monthly
The traffic court decided at its
Wednesday meeting to meet once
every two weeks hereafter. No
fines were paid, as that of William
Hall, junior in general science, for
blocking a driveway was suspend
ed.
Oregon Speakers
Place in Tourney
Tho University speech n qua if
placed thin* In tho Portland Town
mooting hold Monday und Tuesday
in Portland.
All three of the Oregon entrants
placed in the upper half of compe
tition. They participated in forum
discussions before five audiences
of Portland high school, college
and civic groups.
Members of the Oregon team
were Pat Peterson, freshman in
liberal arts; Bruce Holt, sopho
more in speech, and Bill Check,
Junior in political science. Pat
Adkisson, junior in speech, served
as moderator for the group.
Campus Calendar
9:00 Christan Science 110 HU
10:30 Rcl Dir Amoc 310 .SU
11:30 Badeau Pr«wi Conf 315 SU
Noon Drama Staff 110 SU
Journ Fac 111 SU
AAA 112 SU
Budeau Lnch 113 SU
Phi Beta Cab U4 su
12:15 AWS, WRA, VVVCA
Meet Ger 2nd FI
1:00 Badeau Aably Ballrm SU
4:00 Alpine Cl 111SU
Phi Chi Theta 113 SU
WRA Booth 214 SU
Stu Affair* Com 337 SU
Badeau Cof Hr Forum
Dad* rm SU
0:30 Ski Quacks 110 SU
Hae Mgrs 111 SU
Phi Theta 112 SU
Chaplains 214 SU
SU Pub Staff 334 SU
7:00 Nat Int Col Brdg Tourn
Comm Lnch SU
8:00 Allen Mem Lect
Dadsrm SU
Christian Scl Lect
Ger 2nd FI
the mt. angel
seminary
gregorian choir
Coming February 25
in the
S. U. Ballroom
8:00 p.m.
Tickets 50c
For Students & Faculty
Now on Sale
at the 4
S. U. Main Desk
Now On Sale!
Return Address Labels—300 for $1.25
Use them to save time when addressing letters—they're
business-like and attractive. Also good for personal prop
erty identification.
On sale in Booths in the S.U. and Co-op
Sales for Phi Theta Upsilon Scholarship Fund
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