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ELSIE SCHILLER. Editor
DICK CARTER, Business Manager
JACKIE VVARDELL, RON MILLER, Associate Editors
Food for Thought
If you are looking for some good reading with a lot of ma
terial for thought and containing strong logic and reason in
this age of unreason, we highly recommend Elmer Davis’ new
book, “But We Were Born Free.”
Even if you aren’t looking for food for thought, we still
think it would be beneficial to dip into this book. Elmer Da
vis, ABC radio commentator, hasn’t written a book in 14
years
“But We Were Born E'ree*' indicates that a man such as Da
vis had to be sincerely moved to step down from his post as
one of America’s most-honored radio personnel to turn out
this book.
He examines congressional committees, double-think and
ivitch hunting with a cool, analytical mind, lie puts Senator
Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin under a searching spotlight
and comes up with some hard, decisive opinions on this man
Who has made so many headlines throughout this nation in
the last few years.
And he gives intelligent consideration to the problem the
American press is facing in giving fair coverage to the
charges and counter-charges hurled so recklessly by this
Wisconsin senator.
Davis didn't plan to write this-book. It is a compilation of
several speeches and magazine articles which he has written in
the past year. He calls one section "an annoyed reaction to the
smug self-assurance of certain people who think that because
they were completely wrong twenty years ago they must be
•completely right now that they entertain diametrically opposite
opinions.”
You may not agre with Elmer Davis but you will certainly
emerge from the pages of this book with admiration for a man
who can speak so forcefully for those things in which he be
lieves. And admire the courage that such a book must take
during this reign of “congressional investigation.”
He labels America 1954 as ”a climate of tear” and main
tains that men do not go to jail for holding opposing opinions to
those of some of our national legislators; "they merely lose
their jobs and reputations—sometimes with reason but more
often not....”
“But We Were Born Free” is available at tire coop at a
nominal price. If you can't afford to buy it, beg, borrow or
•steal it, but read it. It’s the best interpretation on what's be
hind all the smoke and thunder coming out of Washington that
we’ve read in some time.
Humor Them
“He marked and severely criticized my paper—I didn’t have th’
courage to tell him the whole thing was a direct quo'te from his book.”
Letters to the Editor
II
Old Friends Missing
Emerald Editor:
I had hoped that this would
not he necessary. But time has
proven that I ran no longer cal
culate on that.
Three books have been remov
ed from the library, Desk 418,
—one book belongs to an instruc
tor in economics; "The General
Theory, etc." by Keynes, with
memorable beer rings on the cov
er, it is the second victim, while
the third is "The Cruel Sea" by
Nicholas Monsarrat.
All those books can he replac
ed, hut among the pages of Mnn
sarrat's book were left valuable
reading notes und a treasured
letter from the author. "The
General Theory” is difficult to
repfUee and we have, I believe,
about one copy on reserve in the
library.
This is a sort of SOS. although
I strongly suspect that all I will
get out of this plea is that you
withhold my name and substitute
my telephone number, 3-3173. My
gratitude to you.
Name withheld by request
Defense of Capers
Emerald Editor:
I am writing this with the be
lief that some defense is in or
der for the theme of this year's
Junior Weekend. The theme is,
and shall remain. "College Ca
pers,” in spite of the criticism in
the Emerald of April 1.
It is too bad that now,after the
theme has been selected, after
the prom orchestra has been no
tified of said theme, and our
Junior Weekend stationary has
been printed, that this interest
should appear and not sooner.
Of all the theme ideas that were
submitted for eonsideration we
felt that “College Capers" gave
us what we wanted, and we still
feel the same. This theme is dif
ferent; it IS original, and it of
fers no end of possibilities for
expansion to fill the need for the
Sing, Prom and float themes.
I believe that a good deal of
Miss Schiller's displeasure with
this year’s theme stems from a
too literal and narrow interpre
tation of the word “capers." To
us, in selecting the theme, capers
conoted, among other things,
campus antics which 3hould in
clude anything from water bag
ging to swallowing goldfish.
It might also conote 'tradition
al activities that go with any
college; for example, the ever
present moonlight serenades or
something out of the past, sueh
as canoeing on the milirace. We
could be wrong, although we'll
never admit it and we doubt it
very much, but we thought in
selecting the theme that "College
Capers” would suggest to the
campus and the state those ideas
mentioned, besides a wide range
of others such as athletic events,
raccoon coats and their era, pic
nics, house dances, and numerous
Petition Deadline
Set by Phi Theta
Petitions for membership in Phi
Theta Upsilon, junior women’s ser
vice honorary, are due April 12,
according to Janet Wick, Phi
Theta president.
A standard ASUO petition form
may be used and should be turned
in to Miss Wick at Pi Beta Phi.
Any sophomore woman with a
2.4 accumulative grade point av
erage and a 2.4 winter term GPA
is eligible to petition. Petitioners
are to list hours, GPA and acti
vities.
Phi Theta will tap twenty new
members at women’s houses after
Junior Weekend.
encaiwdn that go with college.
In other words, this y«(ar's Jun
ior weekend, the sixty fourth in
the history of the University, Is
going to he brought bach down
to earth. This weekend will not
lie about fairy tales. Inter-Planet
relations or anything Intangible;
it will be built around college
life, what we associate with ••al
lege, what we hear of college life
here anti elsewhere, past and
II
present, and that life and «„> .,f
living which I* the closest to us
In our present environment.
1 hope thin letter doe* not lead
to another aerie* of controver t,I
"letter* to the editor*”, for the
theme ha* been selected and I
hope 1 have clarified the burls «,n
which It was selected.
Jim Light
General Chairman
Junior Weekend
-f 'ampuH Comment
Roar of Diesel Engines
Disconcerting at Straub
By Sam Froar
Emoratd Columnltl
I suppose there is always some
one who, in tlte face of progres
sion, will bellow out complaints.
Sour grapes or no, I sincerely
doubt that anyone residing in or
about John Straub has any deep
appreciation for the construction
work going on in their backyard
It is bad enough to be awaken
ed in the Mafc. ,
morning by a
loud - mouth
ed roommate
or a ratchety
alarm clock,
but the roar
of diesel cats
at a very
wierd hour of
the morning
la nauseating.
Add to this the dust and smoke J
that swirl up in big thick clouds
covering everything with a fine,
grubby mist, and you have a real
complaint. The whole thing
seems to be that the residents
of John Straub will have to abide
with the construction for over a
year, but darned few of them will!
be around to enjoy the end pro
duct.
When you give it a superficial
glance, the co-op rebate idea
looks like a pretty good deal.
.Maybe so when you are buying
candy and-or cigarettes, but the
book buying and selling Is hardly
a bargain to anyone. Seems that
a book priced by the publisher
for one buck is being sold by
the co-op for that plus two hits.
Even with a ten per cent rebate
that is no buy.
Another fellow was offered a
mangy third hand book for $2.
80. He turned this generous of
fer down when he discovered the
book only cost $3.50 new. It
would seem that if the store has
to charge high prices in order to
give the rebate, it just might be
cheaper in the end to sell the
stuff for low prices and forget
about the kickback.
This new registration system is
really something. Now that we
have suffered through it for two
terms the numerous defects are
very apparent. Just how do they
(the faculty) figure it gets peo
ple to class earlier? The other
side is just the plain onfusion of
it all. I kind of liked the more
leisurely pre-registration. Any
how, a fellow who crammed his
way into the business office sum
med it up very neatly: "Here’s
a line, let’s stand in it.”
A young fellow sitting near
our table at the SU during final
week east a superior glance at
the milling thi-ong of high school
students and remarked: “Look at
all these young high school
punks. Boy, what a pain in the
neck.” Isn’t it amazing what a
difference a year makes? Just
twelve short months ago, he too,
was a “young punk” doing the
same thing. Now, though, being
a sturdy eighteen year old fresh
nmn, the table* ure tarniil. i
Homier how ho would classify
hlitinclf now, u young college
punk
The siege of these high h< hool
ers wa« quite a shock to tho •• of
us who like to consider nursolvi ;
"old vets," Even considering th.it
it has been seven years since I
was In high school, I Just . an't
remember having girls, su h
were seen that week, sti :111n J
around dear old I’.K.H.S Is if
poor memory or are times r-itlly
changing.
BV
IX) ANNE MOIU.AN
Be a "cottoft queer." this spring!
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Award Winners . . . Carolyn
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supply of her famous designs on
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bright prints inspired by Miss
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exciting and classic styles designed
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A CUTE TRICK:
Try attaching a pair of your fa
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for sweater or blouse wear, if they
have a cute design and aren’t too
dressy for the classroom ... copper
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flowers or hearts on a plain blue
one.