+ EMERALD EDITORIALS + Festival Progress Oregon’s Festival of Arts has passed the midway mark and it’s getting time for those students who “just haven’t gotten around to it yet,” to get busy and take advantage of what’s being offered before it’s gone. Still on exhibit are the miniature vehicles in the Student Union, the color block prints in the Museum of Art and the survey of Northwest sculpture in the Art and Archi tecture gallery. The Guggenheim collection of modern paintings comes to the Art and Architecture gallery iN^rch 11. Several outstanding lecturers, including George Antheil, highly rated American com poser, have yet to make their Festival con tribution. To date the program has been varied and enlightening and what's "vet to come" looks equally inviting. The big favorite of the Festival seems to be the Ivan Collins miniature vehicle exhi bition. If there’s anyone who has yet to give this fabulous exhibit a careful scrutinization, do. The best description we’ve heard on the miniatures is simply “there’s just nothing else like it.” And there isn't. Built to exact one-eighth scale, the vehicles are perfect in every detail—from the rusty cross-cut saw on the covered wagon to the tiny murals on the inside of the sightseeing bus. Another big favorite was Peter Seeger, the folk song artist. It was really heartening to see Oregon’s supposedly "too-sophisti cated” student body join in with real en thusiasm to help Seeger sing his songs and ballads. No doubt about it. Seeger was tops! Those who have planned the Festival are to be congratulated for bringing such out standing artists to Oregon exclusively for this event. Not only Seeger, but also David Mark and Paul Draper came directly to the University for their part in the program and then returned immediately to New York. Ernest Scheyer came from Detroit specifi cally for his Festival lecture. And the Fesi val is the only engagement that’s bringing Antheil from Los Angeles. Our only regret concerning the Festival is that more students are not taking advan tage of this silver-platter opportunity to ab sorb a little culture. As a spokesman for the Arts Festival committee explained, “The program is directed at the general student body, but too often it’s only the exceptional student who takes advantage of the ofter ings.” In any event the Festival is a credit to the campus. We are pleased that the future calls for a continuation of the Festival ser ies for the next two years. If the ’■56 and ’57 programs are as interesting and event ful as tliis year’s program, we hope they can become an annual affair at our University. - (D.LO PSC Question A state-wide pros controversy has arisen over the actions of the state legislature in admitting Portland State as a full-fledged institution in the state system of higher edu cation. The controversy arises not from the need for such an institution, rather from plans for it and the effect of those plans upon the older institutions ;tnd the state board of higher education itself. By limiting Portland State to non-cam pus type facilities, the politicians hoped to alleviate part of the dissatisfaction ex pressed by the other colleges. But hungry PSC hasn’t wasted any time waiting for its elders to be served first. The result: more unhappiness from the college towns. Granted PSC is expecting heavy enroll ment increases- we still see no reason why it shouldn’t take it> place and wait its turn for service. The bill to take the request for education funds to the voters is rank discrimination to downstate Oregon. With Portland State first on the priority list, its demands would be satisfied bv funds from the state board. The rest of us, though, would have to await the action of the voters to see how our needs fare. And why would Portlanders vote an additional tax upon themselves after their college has already been taken care of? It is hardly fair to separate the requests of the different institutions. Also of major concern now is the com position of the state board itself. In the past, residents of state system college and university towns have not been eligible to serve on the board. With the addition of Portland to the list, the number of persons eligible to serve on the board would be seriously limited. We hope that the legislature will react favorably to the bill which would abolish such restrictions upon the selection of board members. — (S.R.) Footnotes The cigarette distributors have returned to the campus. The first one we’ve seen in ages wandered through the SU Tuesday night passing out Lucky Strikes and Pall Malls. INTERPRETING THE NEWS Chiang Believed Considering Withdrawal From Nanchishan By SPENCER MOOS A of the Associated Press TAPEI, Formosa AP — Signs multiplied Wednesday that Na tionalist China might be forced to another painful decision—a pullout from Nanchishan,. north ernmost anchor of Chiang Kai Shek’s offshore island chain. Official quarters suggested to foreign correspondents that it would be unwise to overestimate the capabilities of the defenders —perhaps 5,000 guerillas and regulars. And Nationalist officials suddenly stopped saying that all offshore islands—without exception—would be defended. They had been saying they would, constantly, since the Tachen Islands were evacu ated earlier this month. These strong hints of a pos sible evacuation of Nanchishan indicate the United States must have given a flat “no” answer to Nationalist appeals for help if the Reds invade the tiny is land. The situation appears to be this; The United States, while under no openly announced com mitment, might intervene against a Communist invasion of Que moy of the Matsu Islands. But it does not regard Nationalist possession of Nanchishan as es sential to the defense of For mosa and the Pescadores. Without U.S. support, Nan chishan could be cut off by the Reds and subjected to air attacks against which the Nationalists could not hold out. A withdrawal from Nanchi shan would almost certainly be quite a different thing from the Tachen evacuation, which was protected by the U.S. 7th Fleet. This one would be an all-na tionalist affair. Xanehishan, 120 miles north of Formosa and 20 miles off the Red mainland, is the last island off the Chekiang coast still held by the 'Nationalists. Its abandonment would roll tbe civil war front back to the Matsu group, 100 miles northwest of Formosa and also 20 miles off the coast. The Matsus dominate the approach es to Foochow, capital of Fu kien Province. A common assumption here is that the United States wanted the Nationalists to withdraw from Nanehishan at the time of the Tachen evacuation. But the Nationalists seem to have held out against this, while wrangling with Washington on the position of Qtiemoy and the Matsus. A big question now facing the Nationalists is how to explain away an evacuation of Nanchi shan, if such a pullout is ordered. A DAY AT THE ZOO Grumpfala's Boyfren Turns To Pampas By Bob Funk Emerald Columnist The thing I always remember ed most about Grumpfala Spar kleschism was her teeth. They were beige. I mean, lots of people I knew in those days probably didn't use a toothpaste with ra ioactive seven for burning bril liance, but at least no one's teeth were beige. I notice her for the first time when she sat next to me In Eng lish Lit. my freshman year. If you had ever seen Grumpfala Spaikleschism, you would under niuiiu 11ini nut; is not the -kind of person you are hot to have sitting next to you in English Lit. "I think we have been seated alpha betically, ” I said “and al though I do not know what part of the alphabet you are in, 1 have a sort of divine intuition that you are not from my part ot the alphabet.” ”My last name In-glns with S," she said. At that time my last name began with S, too (I ehanged it the next term just to avoid a similar situa tion. so I hud no very good defense. Grumfalu Spurkle sehism settled heavily back In to her chair, and sli^-c there was quite a lot of her left over some of it settled onto my chair, too—which was all right because at thut time I was quite slim. “You mine if I looks .yer book?” Gmnpfaia said. “I for got mine.” "No, go right ahead," I said. I was trained by my mother to say things like that. It got me into some pretty nasty situa tions. Grumpfala turned out to be the kind of person who not only looks at a book, but who also hovers over it with alarming fervor, as if contemplating whether or not it w-ould be good as roughage for lunch. Grump fala lowered herself into or on to my book, and all that I could see was the back of her head, which was covered with hair. It was beige, to match her teeth. “Pardon me,” I said, "but now all I can see is the back of your head.” She turned and smiled beigely. “It’s frenly sitting next to you," she said. “I was sort of scared I wasn’t going to have a boy fren, in this class, but—" Soon after this I managed to become involved in a hor rible coughing spasm, and left the classroom almost immedi ately. I had no desire, some how, to become (Irumpfitla’s English I,it l*oyfriend; to have In-r trull me to sophomore honors, to junior theory, and llnully to overcome me In Home liiHune moment and cause me to heeome Mr. (irumpfnla Sparklcsc-hism. Every time I saw her coming toward rne on campon, I either climbed a tree or threw myself prone Into the gutter. It was a difficult life, hut well worth the effort. I began to feel like eating meals again after a while. One day I was standing in the middle of the squad talking to Melvlne Surglamitter, who was the most beautiful girl between the library and Fenton Half. I was telling her that the day was nice and the sun was shining, when something galumphed up from behind. "Hi, kid," a beige voice «ai p..bli.h«rr,oL !choo7dy“r;*ir:tC„n*.. “ “"*«• »-«•-«• «"*»• »•«. »A« «- •»'•« "< wr»« ..,,1 do not protend lo repr.. Marg sit: asaajLHr1 “• «■» *•<•«“* J-RRY HARRELI^ditor ^_ I-)OX\A~kUNBfe8(j. BuaiwM Mature LEWIS, SALLY RVAX. Associate Editors " BILL MA I N WA K I MI. Advrr tiMiij.; M,.ii..k«t NA.WY SHAW, ( )Ojcc MiiiiiiKtr PAUL KEEFE, ManaK»»>K Editor LOKbON KICK, Ntw, K.litoi JKKKVn.ArSSKN,, m, K M, it llhl.MOKK. Co.S|«.rt,, Edit." WanWIit';,.'uyJ:try K""’ • <^do» Rice. JatSS * iww .'iriM iiji liuuor: r>am vaney A** t. Managing Editors: Valeric Hersh, Dorothy Her Ass’t. 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