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Emerald Policy
“Through these columns we shall en
deavor to keep the students informed as to
what is happening around them and to point
out every possible avenue of advancement.”
The above, the Emerald’s first statement
of policy, appeared in the campus paper
February 12, 1900.
With the mid-term change in Emerald
staffs being made, we feel that a statement,
or a re-statement of the Emerald’s editorial
policy is in order.
The Emerald will continue to present
the campus news in detail and the inter
national highlights of the news. Through
the editorial columns, we shall present
comment (opinion, if you will) on the
news, especially the campus news.
We shall print all the news about stu
dents or of interest to students, with good
taste and news value as the only determin
ing factors. One story will not be given pref
erence over another in “play” for personal
reasons on the part of the staff.
Letters to the editor are welcome, for
they serve as a sounding board of student
opinion. All we ask is that these letters be
signed arid either typed or legibly hand
written. Names will be withheld bv request
to the editor when there appears to be good
reason.
Opinions in editorials are those of the
writers, and are not intended to reflect
the opinion of the ASUO or the Univer
sity. Columns written as editorial features
are also the opinions of the writer and not
necessarily of the Oregon Daily Emerald.
The editorial policy of the Emerald is not
a one-man decision—it is the work of the
staff of students who spend considerable
time and energy in the production of the
paper with small, if any, reward.
We make mistakes, and when we do, we
like to hear about them so that they can be
corrected and measures can be taken to pre
vent repetition of those mistakes.
Fair Comment
A very old question about what organiza
tions are subject to fair comment and privi
lege by the press was raised Thursday even
ing when the InterFraternity council of
fered the Emerald’s I EC reporter the alterna
tive of considering some matters “off the
record” or of leaving the meeting.
Unfortunately, the reporter took the lat
ter alternative, and a brief misunderstanding
ensued.
“Fair comment and criticism” is the phrase
applied to meetings such as legislative ses
sions, or. on the campus level, the ASUO
senate, or some activity which represents
the student body and is of interest to the
general campus.
The Inter-Fraternity council is not such
a group, and has every right to bar the
Emerald from its meetings—a thing which
the group has “never had any desire to
do," according to Ray Hawk, IFC adviser.
The trouble in this case was started at the
IFC meeting two weeks ago. in which the
matter of withdrawing IFC support from
the WRA Carnival came up for discussion.
Realization that the carnival was to be held
only 24 hours hence resulted in the tabling
of the motion and a request to the Emerald
reporter to ignore the discussion of the mat
ter when he wrote his story.
The story obviously had news value. It
was printed, and the 1 l'C took the step which
it felt necessary to prevent a recurrence "for
the welfare of the campus as a whole.”
It is the duty of a newspaper to report
significant news to its readers through its
news columns. On occasion, the value of
the news may appear to outweigh the ob
jections to publication. Right or wrong,
this was the consideration of the Emerald
when it ran the story on the WRA Carni
val.
Discussions of policy between the Emer
ald and the heads of the Inter-Fraternity
council will undoubtedly follow. We are
strongly in favor of the idea, for it will clear
away the misunderstanding on both sides
and, we hope, re-ult in the cordial relations
the two groups have enjoyed in the past.
Footnotes
If anyone is in the mood for hanging effi
gies, an ideal spot would he from the flag
pole that extends from Gerlinger hall out
over the drive. Only ropes have been flying
from the pole for ages.
* * *
Now that the captain's chairs for the Eric
W. Allen Seminar room have arrived, just
one question remains unanswered. Who will
dare to use them?
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
Formosa Actions by Reds Show
UN Membership Is Important Goal
By J .M. Roberts
Associated Press News Analyst
Red China’s refusal to send
representatives to the United
Nations does not necessarily
close the door on further nego
tiations to stop the fighting
around Formosa.
It does establish United Na
tions membership as an import
ant goal for the Peiping regime.
Heretofore the value placed on
membership has not been fully
revealed. Until very recently the
Reds had seamed to pay little at
tention to relations with the non
Communist world, even with Bri
tain which had recognized them
diplomatically. The demands for
membership had come mostly
from Russia and there was some
speculation that she might have
her tongue in her cheek.
Now the Reds say flatly that
the U. N. means nothing as
long as the Nationalists are
members while the real rulers
of the mainland are not.
The United States says flatly
they will not be admitted until
they stop throwing their mili
tary weight around. That
means not only an end to war
like moves against Formosa,
but also to the type of thing
they did in Indochina and
might attempt elsewhere.
It seems now that some at
tempt must be made to negotiate
with the Reds outside the United
Nations. It also seems time for
a reappraisal of the U. S. stand
about membership.
That is not to say that the pol
icy should be changed. But if the
granting of membership has be
come an alternative to war,
then its relationship to the en
tire picture takes on added signi
ficance. Many would call it ap
peasement. An argument against
it can be well sustained by the
fact that no appeasement is go
ing to change the goals of the
Communists. But if it meets even
temporarily the problem of to
day’s prospect of war nobody can
afford to be intransigent about
it.
This column suggested in
1949 that the problem might be
met by renegotiation of two
Chinan, an idea at which the
U. Nr. delegates of the leading
nations scoffed but which,
faced with an actual war
threat, they are now consider
ing. Very serious difficulties
would be involved, since the
United States can hardly throw
over the Nationalists by oust
ing them from the Security
Council, and Peiping would
not la- satisfied with anything
less than a seat there. There
couldn’t be two Chinas on the
Security Council.
The most realistic next steps
which the United States can take
is to join with the British in ob
taining the help of Soviet Russia.
Some close observers feel that
Moscow is concerned over the
tough line that Peiping is taking,
and that her intervention against
war is quite possible. Without
Russian military support, the
Reds almost certainly would have
to fall back into a less active
attitude.
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DECEMBER AND MAY: ACT I
Of all the creature* that inhabit the earth, none in so fair, ao warm,
so toothsome, us a coed.
This ia a simple fact, well-known to every campus male, and, to
most campus males, a source of rejoicing. Hut not to all. To some,
the creamy brows and twinkling limbs of coeds are u bane and u
burden. To whom? To professors, thut's whom.
Professors, according to latest scientific advice, are human. Stick
them and they bleed, pinch them and they hurt, ring a dinner bell
and they salivute, comfront them with a round young coed and
their ears go back, even ns yours and mine.
Hut, by and large, they contain themselves. After all, they are
men of high principle and decorum, und besides, the bonrd of regents
has got stoolies ull over. So, by nnd large, they contain themselves.
Hut not always. Kvery now and then a coed will come along who
is just too gorgeous to resist, and a professor — his clutch worn out
from years of struggle — will slip and fall. White though his hair,
multitudinous though his-degrees, Phi Beta Kappa though his key,
he is us lovesick, moonstruck, and impaled ns any freshman.
Hut he’s far worse off than any freshmun. After all, a freshman
can thump his leg, put on his linen duster, und take out after the
coed with mad abandon. Hut what cun the poor smitten prof do?
How, in his position, can he go courting a young girl undergraduate?
In this column und the next one, 1 am going to deal with this
difficult question. 1 will relate to you, in the form of a two act piny,
an account of a professor’s attempt to woo a coed.
1 he scene is a typical office in a typical liberal art* building on
a typical campus. In this shabby setting, we find two men, I’rufc-xsors
Twonkey and Phipps. They are lumpy and bent, in the manner of
English lit professors.
Phipps: Twonkey, a terrible thing has happened to me. A terrible,
ghastly thing! I’ve fallen in love with a coed.
Twonkey: Now, now. that’s not so terrible.
Phipps: Oh, but it is. Miss McFctridge - for that is her name is
a student, a girl of nineteen. How would her parents feel if they
knew I wus gawking at her and refusing my food and writing her
name on frosty wimlowpanes with my fingernail?
Twonkey: Come now, Phipps, no need to carry on so. You’re not
the first teacher to cast warm eyes at a coed, you know.
Phipps: You mean it’s happened to you too?
Twonkey: But of course. .Many times.
Phipps: What did you do about it?
Twonkey : looked at their knees. It never fails, Phipps. No matter
how pretty a girl is, her knees are bound to be knobby und bony and
the least romantic of objects.
Phipps: Not Miss McFetridgc’s—for that is her name. They are
soft and round and dimpled. Also pink.
Twonkey: Really? Well, I’ll tell you something, Phipps. If I
ever found a girl with pink knees. I'd marry her.
Phipps: It is my fondest wish, but how can I, a professor of fifty.
Start a courtship with a girl of 19?
Twonkey: Very simple. Ask her to come to your office for a
conference late tomorrow afternoon. When she arrives, be urbane, bo
charming. Ask her to sit down. Give her a cigarette.
Phipps: A Philip Morris.
Twonkey: But of course.
Phipps: I just wanted to bo sure you mentioned the name. They're
paying for this column.
Twonkey: Give her a Philip Morris.
Phipps: That’s right.
Twonkey: Then light her Philip Morris and light one yourself
Say some frightfully witty things about English lit. Be gay. Be"
insouciant. Keep her laughing for an hour or so. Then look at your
watch. Cry out in surprise that you had no idea it wus this late
Insist on driving her home.
Phipps: Yes, yes?
Twonkey: On the way home, drive past that movie house that
phows r rench films. Stop your car, as though on a sudden impulse.
Tell her that you ve heard the movie was delightfully (Julhc and
naughty. Ask her if she’d like to see it.
Phipps: Yes, yes?
Twonkey: After the movie, say to her in a jocular, offhand way
that after such a fine French movie, the only logical thing would be
a fine b rend, dinner. Take her to a funny little place you know
candles and checked tablecloths. Ply her with burgundy ami
I tulip Morris. Be witty. Be gay. Be Gallic . . . How can a nineteen
year old girl resist such blandishments?
Phipps: Twonkey, you’re a genius! This will be like shooting fish
in a barrel . But I wonder if it isn’t tuking unfair advantage of
the poor little innocent. **
Twonkey: Nonsense, Phipps. All’s fair in love and war.
Phipps: You’re right, by George. I’ll do it!
(So ends Act I. Next week, Act II)
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JKKHY HARRELL, Editor__DONNA RUNBERG, Mmincai Manag^f
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MiikKgggE, Managing Etlitor_BILL MAINWARING~ Advcrti»in» Manager
New* Editor * _NANCY SHAW, Office Manner
_JERRY CLAUSEN, CHU< K MITCH ELMORE, Co-Sport Editor*
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v iiit-1 up junior: sam vantv
Ass't. Managing Editors: Valeric Hersh,
Dorothy Her
Ass’t. News Editors: Mary Alice Allen,
( arul t'raig, Aime Hill, Anne Ritchey,
nob Robinson
Feature Editor: Dave Sherman
Morgue Editor: Kathy Morrison
Women’s Page To Editors: Sally Jo Crei«,
Marcia Mauney
Ass’t. Sports Editor: Muzz Nelson
I. A<lv. Mgr.: Laura Morris
< irculiition Mgr.: Rick H.tydm
Ai‘ t Oftiid- Mgr.: Ann Puakkoncu
( iashifie<l Adv.: Patricia Donovan
( o-Layuut Mgr*.: Jon Wright and Dick
Executive Secretary : Heverly Land on
A •‘' t Adv. Mgr.: Evelyn Nelson
Photography Editm : Dale Turner
rh<-togranheis: Larry Spaulding, Kodney
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