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Bigger, Better TNEs
We are supporting the move back to TXK.
After thinking over this campus primary issue, the Kmerald
lias decided to support the AGS sponsored movement back to
the days when campus politics were exciting and TXK was
tieing exposed all over the campus.
Let’s face it. Just the minute anyone mentions going back
io nominating conventions and house-controlled primaries,
-evervbody gets all excited and traditional ‘‘cUiH" campus poli
tics start stirring up more excitement than we’ve "Seen in a long
time.
It’s fun. It’s exciting to confer with big time politicians in
our smoke-filled office. It makes life real interesting to see
campus polticians squaring off on a big issue.
And if we get power politics back on campus, via the amend
ment to the ASUO constitution, we can have this excitement
every day and twice on Sunday. Interest in politics will never
lag.
So, let’s quit pretending. We aren't trying to be democratic
or realistic or anything else. We’re just looking for more excite
ment.
And if we get another TNE underway, think of the oppor
tunity for seme future Emerald editor to expose the subver
sive group. Why, there’s tremendous possibiilties!
Yes, we’re for bigger and better TXEs.
And to heck with any attempt to give politics the standing
It should have in a democratic society or to improve the rather
rotten mess those preceeding us have made of politic^ on the
:State, national or international scene. Let's learn to play it
rough now, so we’ll fit in with the “big boys” when we step
out into real life politics.
Looking At Both Hands
We're just a little cautious about the State Board's decision
4o supply aid to financiallv-harrassed Lambda Chi Alpha, social
fraternity.
This whole business of living- organizations, deferred living
.and finances is beginning to get out beyond our depth. Let’s
look at Oregon history for a moment and see what grounds the
board had to reject or approve such a step.
Back around 1947, with the increased enrollment immedi
ately following World War II, the powers that be saw fit
to recognize four new local chapters of national Greek living
organizations—Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Sigma, Pi
Kappa Phi, and Lambda Chi, the first in a number of years.
Three years later the administration introduced the deferred
living program, which requires freshmen pledges to live in a
University dormitory during their first year at Oregon.
The financial consequences to the Greek houses involved has
been somewhat staggering. It’s easy to visualize, what with
seniors graduating and the proportion of students that drop
out of school each year for other reasons, the effect loss of a
freshman class would have in the membership of any organiza
tion.
It’s been four years now and we should be able to start
looking for some adjustment in this situation. However, the
variable factor that no one could quite figure correctly has
been the enrollment at Oregon. Enrollment climbed to a
record mark of 5524 students in the fall of 1947; since then
it has dropped to an approximate 3600 winter term, 1954.
Somebody stuck their neck out, on the basis of those 1947
figures, and recognized additional living organizations. Un
doubtedly University officials were even then laying plans for
Ihe deferred living program.
And today, we see the result of short-sighted programming
■or an honest inability to take into account all the factors in
fluencing the living program at Oregon.
We don’t, at the moment, see where the State Board had
much choice in agreeing to aid Lambda Chi financially. Some
body has to take responsibility for those houses’ existence.
At the same time, we think it’s a bad policy to start such a
m precedent and hope that the board’s safeguards against be
coming a financial agent for any and every such struggling
group will be sufficient to prevent any stampede for addi
tional financial aid.
Else we see the prospect of dumping an awful lot of students’
money into new dormitories with one hand, while the other
hand dumps a lot of the taxpayers’ money into the financial
coffers of shaky living organizations—as a direct consequence
■of those dormitories.
Bird in the Hand
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“Worthal stumbled over lr«( Snarl In 111' i’ll) lh'
seem* hr carries that camera every place he
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Letters to the Editor
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Broad Minded
Emerald Editor:
One rather nice thing aboul
friends is a mutual sense of hu
mor. On the problem of whai
holds friends, or even nations to
gether, it doesn't seem that flow
ery political speeches or ever
Nixon tours are always the an
swer to world peace. True, how
ever, insults and hard feeling,
can sometimes result, as illus
trated in the current Vodvil con
troversy.
Since satire often provides an
effective tool in comedy, it
must lx* admitted that Mac
court rocked with laughter, not
only at the African skit, but at
the said, “old lady smacking
detective,” and even at the
take-off on “The Glen Miller
Story.” But, just because they
laughed at the latter, for in
stance, ft hardly means the
American people have a low
opinion of Miller’s music, or
that they took a comic skit as
representative of the true
Miller. Quite a few college stu
dents, and even a DO or two,
shed a few tears while watch
ing that movie.
This is not all to argue whethei
or not the African skit was ir
the best of taste. But, to this on
looker, it seems unlikely that
such was carried on with ma
licious thoughts toward the Afri
can people. I suppose in Africa
they might even have a laugt
over what some of us call “veddj
fine awt.”
One other nice thing aboul
friends is that we try to laugt
with them, not always at them
However, besides satirizing othei
cultures, it should also be oui
goal to recognize the beauty ir
their arts. Traditionally, though
the Vodvil hardly claims to b«
the epitome of art or culture anc
drama, but rather has seemec
to consist of satires on everyom
from Blanche Dubois to a presi
dent of the United States.
Another thought (McCarthy
or no), no one has raised up in
protest over the Russian satire
of that same night. It even
seems typical during a war for
movies, radio and newspaers to
ridicule the enemy, as was
done wfth Japan and Germany.
Now we must come to college
to learn that they are really
pretty fine people, and when we
meet them in classes, we fi
nally realize it. Perhaps if a
few Russian students were
here, they might have some
thing to add.
1
This raises the following ques
tion: can we be consistent In our
broadmindedness, and where do
we draw the line for tolerance
for all humanity? As long us
we're being open-minded, let's be
unbiased . . . and even a can-can
dancer is human!
I^ianm- .Morgan
Disillusioned?
Emerald Editor:
You stated in your edftoriul
(Dog Eat Dog, April 2H) that
there were some disillusioned
married students at the coffee
hour uho were ashing about
student government and them
(the married students).
Actually there was only one
married student asking that
question and he distinctly said he
was not representing any large
segment of married students. As
far as being disillusioned, he Is
not disillusioned about being a
student or being married and
never had any illusions about
campus politics.
Since 1 am the Married Stu
dent, and feel that I and married
students have been misrepresent
ed, may I suggest Miss Schiller,
that you either "get the facts
Ma'am” or sell your typewriter.
Bob Moore
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