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the editor; initialed editorials by the associate editora
DICK CARTER, Business Manager
ELSIE SCHILLER. Editor
JACKIE WARDELL, RON MILLER, Associate Editors
KITTY FRASER. Managing Editor
VAI.ERA VIERRA, Adv. Mgr.
JOE GARDNER, News Editor
BOB ROBINSON, Sports Editor
Battles In Sight
Looks as though we’re going to have some interesting po
litical battles on our hands—even before we get to the general
elections. And we think the ASL’O is going to come out on the
long end of the deal, no matter who wins.
In general, we like the candidates—not because Joe is a good
guy and smiles at everybody or because Mary is our best friend.
We like them because we think they’re intelligent people with a
real interest in the problems of student government.
This is an important year for student government. There’s
a new administration, an administration that can help student
government assume a place of importance on campus.
It’s important this year to have a group of student officers
capable of taking advantage of the situation. Capable of think
ing and acting clearly. Capable of convincing the administration
that student government can be more than a "game little girls
and boys play.”
And we think we’ll have those officers this year. As a whole
the candidates have high CPA's. Xot that we believe bv any
means that a high CPA is the only or even a sure way to measure
intelligence or ability, but we think it is worth noticing.
Two candidates made 4 points last term VVe think this is
probably a new record. And we like to see it. We haven’t
counted the number with accums over 3 point—there are too
many. It seems the days of politicians flunking out are over for
good. We hope so.
We also like the number of students experienced in a student
government who are entering the race. We need people in the
senate who “know what’s going on.” And we also like the new
names on the list. We've talked to several of these newcomers
and we think they have the interest and enthusiasm necessary.
AVe need a little “new blood” in the senate too.
Some of the primary races are going to be spirited. We like
that too- It means candidates are going to have to come forth
with some sound, practical suggestions and ideas to gain their
party’s nomination. Ideas and suggestions that can benefit all
-of us.—(JAV.)
A Passing Glory?
Where do we go from here?
That was the question uppermost m the minds of the handful
of University students who attended the meeting on the Millrace
with Eugene officials Tuesday night.
The perennial problem of our “dying” millrace got a good
going over by assistant city engineer Don Allen, who recently
completed another report on possibilities and costs of reviving
ithe stream.
And it seems the next step must come from the Eugene city
council, after an opportunity to further study the available
reports.
Machinery of democracy traditionally grinds slow and fine.
And we don’t expect any fast action from the city council, al
though we understand some kind of decision will have to be
made in budget meetings before July 1.
Costs for any of three proposals submitted to improve the
conditions of the race sound prohibitive—building a pumping
station at the inlet, repairing and improving the headworks or
replacing the intake canal with a system of concrete pipe.
Unfortunately, we don’t expect any general uprising on the
part of Eugene townspeople to raise funds to restore the his
toric race. The only possible source for the $100,000 to $150,000
to restore the millrace to the original fast-flowing stream, as
we see it, would be donations from University alumni and
other interested persons
brom the way things look, we feel the millrace will have to
take its position as one of the past glories of the University of
Oregon.
The race may be repaired so that it will have a somewhat
more visible current. The stream may be filled in and “plant
ed with flowers” as one petitioner for the ASUO senate sug
gested earlier this year. But prospects for a re-activated mill
race in all its former glory are at an all time low.
We don’t see any other alternatives. That’s why one question
asked at the Tuesday night meeting appears timely: “If there’s
xto possibility of restoring the millrace, what costs and other
-problems will be involved in eliminating the stream ?”
On Second Thought
-VampuH Comment
Dogs, Dogs and More Dogs
Cavort Doggily on Campus
By Sam Frear
Emerald Columnist
Until recently I never realized
how many dogs inhabited this
campus. When you see them one
at a time the number and variety
are not too apparent. But the
other morning as I staggered to
an eight o'clock I became aware
of dogs, all kinds of dogs. Be
tween the SU and Condon, I
counted eleven of the contented
canines.
There were all
kinds — a thor
oughbred cock
er, a 100 per
cent dalmation,
a pure perky
boxer, and then,
various and as
sorted kinds of
mutts. ("Mixed
breeds" if you
prefer.) There
were Dig aogs ana small aogs,
dark ones and light ones, fuzzy
ones and smooth haired ones.
I watched the dogs covort
ing around, having mock bat*
ties, smelling trees, fire hy
drants, rocks, and other dogs,
and doing ail such things as
dogs are wont- to do. They
really seemed to be having a
good time. Anyhow, I charted
thinking about dogs.
Samuel Clemens, alias Mark
Twain, once wrote this about
our canine friends: “If you pick
up a starving dog and make
him prosperous, he will not bite
you. This is the principal dif
ference between a dog and a
man.” Of course this is very
true, but one might question
Pbi Theta Petitions
Called for Monday
Deadline for submission of pe
titions for Phi Theta Upsilon, jun
ior women’s service honorary, is
5 p.m. Monday, acoording to Pres
ident Janet Wick. The petition
may be turned in to Miss Wick at
Pi Beta Phi.
All sophomore women who have
a minimum accumulative grade
point average of 2.4 and at least
a 2.4 GPA for last term are eligible
to petition. The honorary will tap
20 women the Monday following
Junior Weekend.
whether or not it is the “prin
cipal" difference between man
ar.d dog.
A few week* buck a fellow
wrote an article in a national
weekly expounding til* theory
on the stupidity of dogs. So
maybe they don't know when
to stop eating ami wlien to
come in out of the rain, tuft
then I've seen some mighty
obese humans and some aw
ful wet ones. Call it smartness
or call It “natural" instinct,
but dogs do have it all over
humans in one way.
It might be put thusly: “To
a dog, another dog is just an
other dog. A dog picks his
friends on face value. This is a
principal difference between a
dog and a man.’’
A dog doesn't care If the pup
he is playing with is big or little,
whether he is dark or light, or
whether he is a thoroughbred
or if he is mixed. A dog doesn't
care where his friends happens
to live or to what group he be
longs.
It may be that this is an old
comparison, much belabored and
much ridiculed. For how can you
compare a human to a dog? But
anyhow, we may learn some
things from the “dumb” animals.
Especially the dog, isn’t he man's
best friend ?
(Ed. Note: We wonder if
all 11 canines made It to their
eight o’clocks on time.)
READ EMERALD CLASSIFIEDS
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Honorary Award
Applications Due
Applications for the Kwanm
scholarships must be turned <n to
i ho office of Mrs. Golds P. Wick
ham, associate director of student
affairs, by 5 p.m. today, Kwamn
President Janet Gustafson has an
nounced.
The exact number and the hIzo
of the awards lias not yet been
determined. Money for the scholar
ships was earned through various
projects and services sponsored by
the honorary thiH year.
The basic qualification for the
stipends is need. Miss Gustafson
reports.
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