EMERALD
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ELSIE SCHILLER. Editor DICK CARTER, Business Manager
JACKIE WARDELL, RON MILLER, Associate Editors
KITTY FRASER. Managing Editor
VALERA YIERRA, Adv. Mgr.
He Warrants Praise
There has been a considerable amount of praise for the man
who will soon become the ninth president of the University of
Oregon.
O. Meredith Wilson's qualifications warrant that praise. He
has a brilliant background as a historian and educator, llis
personality has been described as warm and appealing. It has
Also been said of him that he can make up his mind to do some
thing, and do it.
With a background of education at Brigham Young uni
versity and the University of California, Heidelberg and Lon
don, and as educator at the University of Utah and the Uni
versity of Chicago as well as Brigham Young, Wilson is the
kind of man the students, faculty and public can be proud
to have at Oregon.
Wilson’s ideas on education show every indication of being
exactly right for Oregon. He has said he stresses the import
ance of creating independent, self-reliant, free minds as a cent
ral factor in liberal education. He feels the University has the
job of educating, with maturity as its goal. And this we like.
Wilson brings to the campus a philosophy of intellectual
interest in students. He believes a university is not the place
for accomodation. He feels other aspects of student life are im
portant, but only as a setting to intellectual growth.
Another excellent point in our new president’s favor is
his work with the Ford Foundation, as secretary of the fund
for adult education. For over two years, Wilson has been
working for and with education, but not “in” education. He
has had time to get a special view of higher education, and
ihere is every possibility that the University will prosper
from what he has learned. —(R.M.)
Not Just A Game
We think student government is important. Dr. Wilson. We
hope you do too, because you’re a pretty big factor in determin
ing just how important and useful it will be in the future.
Student government can't accomplish much when the Uni
versity president regards it as “a game.” The senate can appoint
commiitc chairmen, make recommendations, study campus
problems and it is a useful body—even without much admini
strative attention.
But it’s effectiveness can be increased immensely if the ad
ministration feels as we do that the senate is arv excellent
sounding board on campus problems and issues.
We hope you will listen to their recommendations—take
them seriously, regard the senate as a group of intelligent men
and women who have a pretty big stake in how the University
is run.
They’d like to see you. They want to hear your views and
they’d like to have you hear theirs. They would like to see you
at some of their meetings—so they’ll know you're interested
in what they do.
Senate members are elected by members of the student
body to represent them. As such representatives, senate mem
bers should have a large voice in the policies of the admini
stration.
They can do more than fill senate vacancies and appoint
Homecoming chairmen. But they need your help, Dr. Wilson.
Student government is more than a game. It’s an important
part of campus life and we’d like to see it become more im
portant. Will you help? —(JAV.)
Letters to the Editor
Weigh for Content
Emerald Editor:
No, I am not now, nor have I
ever been a Mr. Name withheld
by request,” hut lately I have
. noticed many such phrases as
“who wants a letter signed so
he can criticize their authors”
or “let us know who you are.”
Now suppose Mr. “Name
withheld by request” has writ
ten a letter on the subject of
discrimination. Granted! it
would be interesting to learn
'that he is either colored, or
perhaps a member of a Greek
house which has a discrimina
tion clause. But wouldn’t we be
more likely to weigh his argu
ments solely on the basis of
what’s in the letter itself if
we didn’t have such informa
tion ? Can such knowledge have
much bearing on the validity
of his argument?
I suggest that the real use of
such information is to confirm
what prejudices wre already have.
Armand Myers
You Can t Win
"I check anil throw oiit all the qucttluns every one jjet* rljfht—One
of these days I'll have a test nobody can jkiss."
-Campus Comment
Statistics Say More Women;
Frear Finds Them Mature'
By Sam Krear
Kmcrald Columnist
‘‘Couldn’t you feature it?’, one
of them asked, "Men could play
hard to get, Arthur Murray
would get richer teaching women
to lead. The Great American So
cial Structure per se would col
lapse, and maybe men would
start writing etiquette books.’’
His campanion nodded glumly.
“It sure would be nice," he said.
“Four million women. Think of
it. Four million more women
than men.”
“I’m no hog, I’d settle for
that one million right there.”
ine uioomy
One pointed
a stubby fin
ger at a large
a c c ountlng
paper cover
ed with fig
ures.
“Boy,” he
continued, "I
went along
nice and
easy. All the
time I'm figuring on four mil
lion women. Man, I played it
cool. Figured there was no sense
wearing myself out going
through the Hat race-coke dates,
proms, B-movies, firesides, and
telephone conversations—I left
all that for the jerks. Here at
school two men for every wom
an, but outside, think of it,
FOUR MILLION EXTRA
WOMEN.”
The other fellow slammed
down a book. “But where are
they?,” he pleaded, “Where did
they go?"
A blue knit dress passed by.
“There’s one,” the Gloomy One
sighed.
“You see here?,” the first
one pointed, “Lookit, ages 17
to 27, 1 million 140 thousand
extra women. But lookit here,
ages 17 to 27, 2 million 200
thousand more married women
than men. Who did they mar
ry?”
There was a few minutes sil
ence as the two pored over their
Statistical Abstract, World Al
manac, and the Kinsey Report on
the Human Female.
“We are different from wom
en.”
“. . . . there’s 46 thousand more
eligible men than women in age
group 17-27.’
. Ages 28 to 37, 416
thousand more eligible men than
women.'
. noises easily distract
women."
"I've got it. I'VE GOT IT!"
The gloomy one put down his
book. "What," he asked.
“I’ve found 3 million 500
thousand extra women,” and
then more slowly, “there’s one
catch, though.”
The Gloomy One started to
reopen Kinsey. "What is It?,”
he asked patiently.
“They are all over 58 years of
age. Do you like mature women,
Joe?”
Joe didn't say anything for a
minute. Finally he started to pick
up the books and paper. "You
know w’latj Andy? There just
ain’t no justice.”
"No," said Andy, “there isn't."
Tea Set to Honor
Foreign Students
A tea will be held in honor of
women foreign students at the
University of Oregon Sunday from
3 to 5 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Glendower Porter, adviser to Beta
Sigma Phi, women's business and
professional organization.
Co-hostess for the tea is Mrs.
Everett Harpham, a member of
the Foreign Student Friendship
Foundation.
Those who wish to attend will
be provided with transportation
by meeting in the Student Union
main lobby at 3 p. m. Sunday.
Test Applications
Due for Deferment
Monday In the deadline fur sub
mitting applications for the April
22 Selective Sei vice college qual
ification test.
To be eligible to apply for the
college qualification test, a stu
dent must request deferment as
a student, be satisfactorily pursu
ing a full-time course of instruc
tion, and must nol have taken
lhe Selective Service college qual
ification test previously.
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