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The Inarticulate Voice
Is academic freedom endangered in the United States today?
Students at Roosevelt college. 111., say yes, 74.5 percent to
13.2 percent, with 12.3 percent undecided. Senator Joseph Mc
Carthy headed the list of main threats to such freedom with a
whopping vote of 35.5 percent of the students voting him to
the number one spot. Runner-up was fear, with a 16 percent
Vote. The poll was conducted by the student newspaper. The
Torch, and distributed by the Associated Collegiate press.
Rising public opinion, especially in colleges around the
nation, seem to indicate that the Wisconsin senator’s star has
just about reached its peak. McCarthy’s latest bout with the
United States army is a contributing factor, with the senator
coming off second best.
College students are organizing more protest groups by the
minute. Recently we received a bright red and white button
advertising “McCarthy for Fuhrer" from Stanford, where the
protest movement, started as a joke, has gained such momen
tum that 6000 of the buttons have been sold and students are
awaiting a shipment of an additional 2000. At eastern colleges,
the Green Feather movement is spreading rapidly.
We admire the spirit of these students who so value their
freedom to seek more knowledge. We hope some enterprising
group brings one of the movements to Oregon next fall.
Students heading these protest movements seem to realize
that their actions are in the nature of an inarticulate protest
to a realm in which they have no direct participation. But the
rising wave of these movements indicates that today’s cynical
college generation does still place value in those basic free
doms threatened by McCarthyism.
We think that’s good. Once more we would like to raise the
voice of Oregon in protest against this man and his ideas which
have occupied so much of the headlines of the nation and con
tributed so much to the growing “climate of fear.’’
If the protests include knowledge of the fundamental human
emotions of hate and fear and thirst for power which engender
such men as McCarthy, then we think even the unification
brought about by these symbols of college groups can be ef
fective in eliminating the man and his ideas.
Such emotions have always been the enemies of freedom and
democracy. May we continue to recognize and to fight them
as they continue to threaten the rights of these American people.
To Make Money
There’s a flourishing business going on around campus,' a
business that doesn’t need much capital investment. In fact,
all you need is a flashlight and a pail.
Maybe you’ve seen the entrepreneurs crawling around old
campus. We have—they’re there every night.
We were puzzled at first—couldn’t figure out why these peo
ple were sitting on the grass peering between the blades which
they illuminated with flashlight beams.
Maybe they’d lost something—but there were sure a lot of
people. Too many to have all lost something. Finally our curi
osity won out and we asked.
It seems they’re looking for night crawlers, or just plain
angleworms. (We hear there’s a difference, but don’t much
care. They all look like just plain worms to us.)
Fishermen buy these night crawlers—fish like them appar
ently. (Everyone to his own taste or something.) They pay real
tnoney for them. (The fisherman that is, not the fish.)
Quite a business. But somehow we think there must be an
easier way to earn money. Worms are so—well, they are. (J.W.)
Agree to Agree
YWCA, the Women’s Recreational association and the Asso
ciated Women Students have agreed to agree. They say it’s
the first step in a co-operative program.
This seems to us one of the most encouraging things we’ve
heard in three years on campus. It’s about time organizations
began consulting each other before preparing calendars and
planning activities. The three women’s groups decided Tues
day to work together next year. Next week they’ll plan their
calendars together.
We think this will benefit all three organizations as well as
the women students. By co-operation and co-ordination the
groups will be able to present a better organized and more di
versified program of activities. And they’ll be activities that
won’t conflict with and duplicate each other.
We hope this is a step toward a more co-ordinated activity
program for the campus in general. The spirit of co-operation
is refreshing and encouraging.
Congratulations to Janet Wick and AWS, Nikki Trump and
WRA, and Mary Wilson and YWCA—(J.W.)
What's Goinff On Hero?
Departmental Feud Makes
Plans for Musicals Doubtful
By Al Karr
Emerald Columnist
Prospects of a musical produc
tion by the University theater
next year are up in the air. They
were shaky this year, too, be
cause of music school-teacher
dissension, but the situation has
apparently resolved itself into
an ali-or-notn
ing one for
1956.
University
President O.
Meredith Wil
son has call
ed together
Dean Theodore
Kratt and
Herman G el
hausen, as
sociate profes
sor of voice of the music school,
and Horace Robinson, UT direct
or, in an attempt to resolve their
differences.
This year the TT put on “One
Touch of Venus” without music
school help, and the school of
music presented an opera per
formance without the drama de
partment's help. Because of gen
eral dissatisfaction with the mu
sical and dramatic calibre of
“Venus,” Wilson called the rep
reserftatives of each department
together to take some action for
the future.
Now the University theater,
for the second year, is waiting to
see what will happen before
scheduling its sixth performance
next year—which has been plan
ned as a musical.
The school of music and the
UT have cooperated on a musical
every year since the new Villard
"theater went into use, but not
this year. Last spring the music
school said it would not furnish
music majors for this year's mu
ical. It also wanted an operatic
presentation for this year.
Although the UT was tenta
tively planning a musical com
edy this year, with “Venus” the
provisional selection, the theater
executive board said it would
give up the idea and work with,
the music school on opera selcc- '
tions if that kind of program
worked out better. The theater
board was ready to offer the use
of Villard theater and its equip
ment. But the board insisted up- ,
on a full run (eight perfor- ,
mances), since it had 2300 sea- ;
son tickets Mold by full term.
The music school, however, ob
jected to more thun three or four
performances, because of the
strain on the top performers'
voices. And, although the UT
was willing to double-cast the
top roles to relieve the votce
strain (as was done in "Brlga
doon" last year!, both depart
ments stuck to tbclr guns.
So this year the music school
and the University theater, musi
cally-speaking. went their own
ways. It appears that next year,
however, the split cannot con
tinue, if any kind of musical is
to be presented.
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Latest report on the Pioneer
Father: It seems that, contrary
to some current reports, the PF
cannot see the Pioneer Mother.
After a column, which appear
ed In this newspaper earlier this
year. Inferred that the Pioneer
Father could never get that view
until Johnson hall was de >troved,
in\ estigatlon was undertaken by
some interested individuals. They
reported that dud could see mom
through the transom above the
glass doors in Johnson hull.
But the issue is in dispute.
Further original research lends
support to the theory that the
Pioneer Father's eyes are at too
high a position to enable him to
see the Pioneer Mother through
those doors or the transom above
them. f
During last week's "buttle"
between the Order of the "O"
and Carson hall, the more rebel
lious men of Alpha hall had of
fered to furnish ••asylum" for
the Carson women against the
big bad O-wolves. But after Si
Ellingson, counselor for men,
told “O” president Doug Clement
that no lettermen were to enter
Alpha hall, Carson hall that no
women were to do same, and
Alpha hall that no women were
to be allowed in the hall, plans
were quickly dropped.
rhat Was No Lady
In a Montgomery, Ala., court,
^ube Wainwright had a quick ex
danation when asked why he
struck a woman during a night
dub brawl. He said, "I thought
t was my wife."
The Scientific Mind
r
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“I’m afraid the engineer!, have tricked you Miss Latour, the drawin’
course you were hired to model for is in the fine arts building.”
'David, Bathsheba'
Scheduled for SU
The la.st Student Union spun
sored movie of the lerm will t)(.
shown Sunday In the SU ballroom.
The picture in "David and
Bathsheba," a Biblical Htory, star
ling Gregory Peck und Susan Hay
ward.
The film will be shown at 5 p.m.
and again at 7 p.m. Admission
price will be 30 cents according
to Barbara Wilcox, SU movie com
mittee chairman.
6:00 p.m. Sign On
6:03 Karly Kvening Concert
6:30 News Till Now
6:45 U N. Story
7:00 Kamous French Composers
7 :45 Record Rumblings
6:00 Guest filar
8:15 University Workshop
9:00 Spencer Snow Show
9:15 Your Friday Nite Review
10:50 News Headlines
10:55 Tune to Say Goodnight
11:00 Sign Off
Today's Staff
Make-up Editors: Paul K<«fc
and Sally Kyan.
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