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Problems, Dr. Wilson
The University of Oregon is rolling out the carpet today. O.
Meredith Wilson arrives on campus. We’ve all been waiting
since October 27 to meet this man.
Do you mind, President Wilson, if we have a few words alone
with you? We have a problem, along with every other faction
and organized group on campus.
We want to tell you our problems because we've heard big
things about you. We believe them. We like the way you
spoke up against Senator McCarthy. We like the way you
spoke out on Senator Wayne Morse and we hope you don’t
take the advice we hear you’ve been getting.
We like big men. We like big men that speak out. And that’s
why we have faith in you.
No, our problems aren't Emerald finances, although you'll
hear about those too. Our problems are the problems that you’ll
find on the University campus and those problems we ll be tell
ing you about in Emerald editorials in the next three months.
We want to give you a little forewarning of what those pro
blems are. We want you to know that everyone from the ad
ministration to the faculty to the Student Union board to the
Red Cross board have been tabling things and more or less
holding their breaths until you arrive. (And could we offer
our sympathies and an aspirin right about here).
We want to give you one big dose of student opinion because
we’ve heard that you're the kind of man that is interested in stu
oent opinion.
So, for a quick tour of the trouble spots on our campus.
First, there’s the ASUO senate. We have 28 of the best stu
dent senate members in years sitting on that body. And they are
all anxious to make student government work. They’re looking
for areas in which to work. They’re interested in real student
government and they’d like to be more than a representative
group of college “big wheels.” You’ll be hearing from them.
There’s the Student Union. Oregon has one of the best SU
programs in the nation. And that’s not a problem. We haven't
begun to measure the consequences of placing such a program on
our campus. And it’s something we’ve already begun to crack
our heads against when we try to evaluate our activities and see
which ones tick properly and why.
You’ll learn too, that there are big people and small people
on this University campus. There are people that tell you one
thing and mean another. There are people who make the rules
but who don’t always follow the bigger rules of life. We wish
we could list names and incidents, but that’s something you’ll
have to learn alone. And we’re pulling for you.
We have a decreasing enrollment here at Oregon. That’s a
problem we are all facing. You’ll join the debates and discussions
on Portland State college and the Anderson report. You 11 hear
from the croyvd' who wants to know “What’s wrong with Ore
gon?”
We’re trying fo figure out what we’re all doing here at Oregon.
[We are trying to evaluate our education in terms of values that
make sense to this strange generation of seeking young people.
[You’ll hear that we’re a country club and a party school, but we
don’t think that’s true. But we’ll be looking to you for some
goals for our education.
You’ll hear Oregon doesn’t have any ‘spirit.’ Well, some
body’s taking the fun out of college. We’re not college kids.
We’re adults. Here at Oregon we don’t seem to believe in the
big rallies, torch light parades, freshman beanies and that out
ward show that seem to impress people at some other schools.
We think you’ll find some of the answers to any outward lack
of spirit in deferred living.
We’re still in a state of transition. Our living organizations
Aren’t indoctrinating freshmen any longer. The University ad
ministration doesn’t have a successful program yet. We’re hang
ing between actually using deferred living to take some of the
‘"Greek” out of our houses to develop a more mature apprecia
tion of our University, and just dropping the freshman in a state
of apathy from which he never rises.
Approximately 60 per cent of our students work. That makes
a big difference in the total “feel” of the campus. We don’t
have the veterans but we still have a lot of married students
that tend to sober us down.
Oh, there’s a lot of good things about the University. We’d
rate our rather outspoken, liberal faculty as tops. We are taking
great strides in our educational facilities.
Take a good look at our campus as you drive up, President
"Wilson. Welcome, good luck and we hope you’re with us long
enough to get rid of some of these problems.
Letters to\thc^Editor
Inconsistent?
Emerald Editor:
It appears to me, after read
ing Herman Lind's letter to the
editor in the March 2 Emerald,
that Mr. Lind is being remark
ably inconsistent, to put it char
itably.
In the first pluee, I am un
able to ascertain why Mr. Lind
(who wants letters signed so
he can criticize their authors)
should be fearful of a little
criticism of his own letter.
Wary lest his magnum opus lie
In some way misconstrued, he
goes so far as to shelter him
self behind “the constitution
... the Bill of Bights” and
“the Declaration of Independ
ence.”
Furthermore, if fraternities
and sororities should not be crit
icized for being discriminatory,
then I fail to understand why
"Name withheld by request”
should be criticized for not
signing a letter if he or she does
not wish to do so. Since Mr. Lind
is protecting himself behind such
documents as the Constitution, it
is only fair that "Name “with
held” be permitted the same lux
ury.
As for the two /cents worth
contributed by Dick Carter
(whose title of Business Manager
undoubtedly failed to impress
anyone), may I take the liberty
of paraphrasing Mr. Lind and say
that “the business of each per
son is that person's business
ONLY.”
Martin Meadows
Learning Something
Emerald Editor:
Since the hulla-ba-loo on the
“exclusion policy” of the Greek
Organizations, on the University
Campus, started on October 2,
1953, when the letter from the
“Bitter Student" was publish
ed, I have been following very
closely and with amusement, all
the arguments (pro and con) in
the letters from various students
published in the Emerhld.
I think those of us who care
to and “have time” (with apol
ogy to Mr. Korvola) to read
these letters, should have no
ticed one thing, namely, that
as students in the University
and we Interpret these things
in the way we like to suit our
purposes.
Personally, I am really learn
ing something and I begin to
know a few things I did not
know for the past four years I
have been in the United States. I
hope one day, somewhere, I shall
bo able to toll some people what
I am learning now In the Uni
versity.
I noticed In Mr. Lind's letter of
Tuesday, he gave us a brand new
definition of democracy, some
thing new for us to learn indeed,
we can add his definition to the
thousands of others we have on
democracy already.
If I get Mr. Lind’s definition
correctly, It Is this. You can
do whatever you like as an In
dividual or as a group, never
mind who gets hurt or whose
personality Is Insulted, is all
in the name of democracy. And
if this paraphrase of his defin
ition is wrong, I have no apol
ogy to offer Mr. Lind, as long
as I cun twist his definition to
suit my purpose, it is not ills
business, and who cares, I am
doing so in the name of demo- :
cracy.
As for Mr. or Miss “Name
withheld by request," why don't
you write another letter, let us
know who you are, ufter all, if
you know you have a right, say
it, and stand by it, is all part and
parcel of democracy. Do so in the
way you see fit, it is your busi
ness and again I say who cares,
remember you are a student in
the University as any other stu
dent.
Let those who have time write
more letters for us to read, it
is one way of checking one an
other, what we are learning, and
how much we know of demo
cracy.
Kphralm M. A. I-nyode
YW Slates 'Skip'
For Weekend
All sophomore women are In
vited to go on the YWCA-spon
sored sophomore skip Friday and
Saturday, according to Eileen
Lindblad, YW director.
The event wil take place at Kit
son springs, with cars leaving
Gcrlinger hall at 4 p. m. Friday.
Food will be provided, but the wo
men must furnish their own bed
ding. The group will return Sat
urday afternoon.
Platform speakers, discussions
3f religion and campus life and
recreation will occupy the time of
those attending the annual af
fair.
Speakers will include Virginia
Kempston, counselor for women;
Joan Hutchon, Danforth fellow,
rector at St, Mary's Episcopal
»nd Father Robert Ellis, assistant
church.
Please Don't
Campus Calendar
Noon Gam Delta 110 SU
Drama Staff ill hu
AAA 112 SU
Journ Fac 113 Si;
Coop B(1 114 SU
Phi Beta Cab Com Inh
VVUS Fund Ch 319 SU
4:00 Air Com Sq 112 SU
Pres. Wilson Ftecpt
Dsrm SU
0:30 Phi Beta 113 sij
Use Chplns _ 315 stJ
ASUO Sen 334 SU
7:30 Stu Pub Bd 337 SU
8:00 Ru* Lcct Blrm SU
UO Students Plan
Junior High Panel
A panel of four University stu- -
dents will tell girls in Junior high 0
school "just, how It's done" in *
the matters of dating, dress and '
manner Tuesday.
The panel will appear at Wood- '
row Wilson junior high school. -
Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, director
of women's affairs, will act aa -
moderator for the group.
Participating in the panel will -
be Olivia Tharaldson, president of
Junior Panhellenic; Mary Wad- '
dell, president of Heads of llmi'-es;
Phyllis Pearson, chairman of the
Student Union dance committee, *
and Joan llutchon, Danforth fel- „
low.
Library Use Added
To Course Agenda
Libray 117. use of the library,
will be offered this spring although
it was omitted from the spring
term time schedule. The class will
meet in the library at 11 a. m.
Tuesday under the instruction of
Robert R. McCullough, reference
librarian.
This one-hour course is design -
ed to train students in the use
of the card catalog, periodical in
dexes, reference books, and to give
experience in the preparation of
bibliographies.
Cosmo Club Plans
Social Meet Friday
Cosmospolitan club will hold its
last meeting of the term Friday
at 8 p. m„ in Plymouth house, 13th
and Ferry streets.
A social evening is planned, in
cluding dancing and games. Free
refreshments will be served. Don
Bonime, sophomore in business
will also entertain with some piano
numbers.
Cosmospolitan club is an or
ganization for both foreign and
American students. All University
students are invited to attend the
social meeting, according to Bev
Ulstad.
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