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Post Mortem
We viewed the announcement that Pi Kap
pa Phi is to close with mixed emotions; in
some ways it appears to he nothing1 hut an
unhappy event, in others it mav not he so
bad. ' ' .
The case in question appears to have
been a case of bad timing since the group
came on campus only shortly before the
advent of deferred living, which may or
may not be a bad thing, but which certain
ly weakens the competitive position of
the smaller organizations.
We think the passing of a campus fraterni
ty also points up another element in campus
life—that the doctrine of the survival of the
fittest can be applied to the great fraternal
ratrace. Men’s rushing, whether held fall or
winter term, has always appeared to us as a
jungle in which the small can only stand by
while the large has its way.
There is another light in which to view
the passing of a campus fraternity. It’s too
bad to see a potential source of housing for
the expected enrollment increase of the next
ten years vanish, hut it may be that the Ore
gon campus cannot now support the large
number of fraternties it currently has.
Certainly the precarious position of the
house during the current school year de
scribed by the president of Pi Kappa Phi
was not pleasant for the members of the
group. Just as certainly, the “weak links”
in the fraternity system have added little
to that system and are just as well re
moved.
The door has been left open by Student
Affairs for the fraternity’s return to the cam
pus in the future, so maybe this more or less
pleasant thought should be the only one re
tained in the midst of an unfortunate situa
tion.
It’s lip To Us
Now is a good time to start thinking about
asking your high school friends down for
Duck Preview. Many of them will be in Eu
gene for the state basketball tournament
next week, and when you're taking a coffee
break between finals, it would be a good idea
to talk to your high school acquaintances
about coming down next month and taking
a look at the University.
For those whose alma maters won’t be
represented in the tourney, you might drop
your high school friends a line this week
or try and see them during spring vaca
tion.
Freshmen especially should try and get
ahold of their high school' friends. They
should still have contacts in the high school.
Duck Preview, scheduled for April 22 and
23 this year, is when the University puts its
best foot forward to show high school sen
iors from all over the state just what it does
have to offer.
And as the state’s leading liberal arts in
stitution, the University has a lot to offer.
We can’t offer those planning to become
engineers, agriculturalists, or foresters as
much as the sisterdinstitutions, but in the
liberal arts fields we’ve got considerably
more to offer.
Take the time to write or visit your old
friends. Remember, the quality of next year's
freshman class depends to a large extent on
our efforts this year.
BO “Blue Book”
The ASUO senate at its last meeting gave
unanimous approval to an ASUO “Blue
Book," patterned in part after the Oregon
Blue Book issued by the Secretary of State.
Distribution of the book will be to mem
bers of the senate, ASUO cabinet, presi
dents of living organizations, and other
campus leaders. Secondly, and we believe
more important, however, the booklet will
also be available to individual interested
students.
Included in the mimeographed booklet will
be the constitutions, rules, and by-laws of
"major campus governing groups.” as well
as financial accounts of those groups which
receive funds from the Student Union and
Educational Activities budget.
Accounts for the various campus weekends
held the year before will also be included, a*
will the budgets of the various groups for the
current school year.
The motion, authored and introduced by
ASUO vice-president Hollis Ransom, in
cluded a provision for evaluation of the
booklet at the end of winter term.
Responsibility for the booklet’s publica
tion will rest with the ASUO president. The
motion passed bv the senate calls for publi
cation during the sixth week of Fall term.
The work will be a monumental under
taking, for the material to be gathered is
voluminous and complex, but it should be a
valuable addition to campus government in
that it will provide ready access to this hith
erto widely-scattered material.
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
German Political Crisis Is Threat
To Rearmament Implementation
By 4. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The political crisis in Ger
many following Bundestag pas
sage of the Saar treaty, an ap
pendage of the whole plan for
Western European Union, bodes
ill for actual implementation of
rearmament when the enabling
measures come up.
The coalition cabinet through
which Chancellor Adenauer exer
cises control has suddenly be
come very shaky as the result of
divisions within minority parties
during the voting. There is a
chance Adenauer will lose the
Free Democrats entirely, or
ehough of them to seriously dam
age his voting margin over the
Socialists.
The Socialists threaten to
obstruct by every means pos
sible the implementation of the
new treaties, trying to hold re
armament at bay while they
hope some sort of negotiations
with Russia might obviate the
necessity for it.
The German government is in
a far more difficult position now
than results in the United States
when, after Congress has auth
orized some action, new opposi
tion threatens to kill off the ap
propriations for it.
In addition to ordinary enabl
ing measures, changes must also
be made in the German constitu
tion, and these will require a two
thirds vote. Of 465 votes, Ade
nauer received only 263 Sunday
night on the Saar issue.
Rearmament itself is vastly
more popular with the Bunde
stag members. It not only
means a return to at least part
of the power of a great nation,
but also is accompanied by res
toration of international au
tonomy which will come with
the end of Allied occupation.
Germany will become a part
ner rather than an associate on
a leash, although vestigial con
trols will still be felt in some
matters.
In fact, supporters of the idea
of a complete economic and poli
tical association of the Wester n
European nations feel that it
must be pursued more indus
triously than ever with creation
of the military alliance.
The great political factor in es
tablishment of the European Coal
and Steel Community was its
recognition of international con
trol over the fundamental ability
to make war.
The Cold War with Russia,
however, serves to emphasize
that new forms of conflict are
constantly being developed. In
fact, one of the great fears of
France, in addition to her fears
of received German military
might, is that the steps which
are now being taken will start
Germany toward economic
dominance.
That’s why Paris insisted on
cementing her economic relation
ship with the Saar before agree
ing to the new alliance.
Adenauer agreed because he
felt the progress being made to
ward greater unity was worth
the sacrifice. If anything hap
pens to him, Europe will have
lost one of its greatest advocates
of “one Europe.’’
CAMPUS COMMENT
Columnist Sketches
Student Actress' Life
By Sam Fraar
Fm«r«id Columnit*
She stands in the wings. "She"
in the bit player or the support
ing actress or the lead or the
stagehand or the property assist
ant or one of the many other
people needed to put on the show.
She stands in the wings and
watches the action upon the
stage. Sometimes she is a little
breathless and
aometlmea a
little Had. And
HometlmcH «he
lit u It ll h ihI
thnugh H h e
will try hard
to be quiet.)
For tihe in liv
ing with Un
people on the
.stage. If a line
a cue forgotten, she feels the em
barrassment of it as much as
the person in error.
She stands in the wings, often
smiling whimsically at her fa
vorite scene although she has
seen it so many times before.
Through the whole run, though,
she will never tire of watching
the play. If she is a performer,
she will not leave her place in
the wings until moments before
her entrance cue is given. And
if spe is part of the crew, she
will not miss watching uny pan
of the performance.
At the end of each act she
will stand offstage, critically
listening to the applause, to
analyze its temper and its vol
ume. Is it enthusiastic or Is it
polite? It matters very greatly
to her and she discusses it sell
ouxly, tor t h** audience's reac
tion is, In h way, her very reason
for existence.
Ami iim she stands there In the
wings, she will know that it wax
worth all of the time and all of
the effort.
She lx no different from the
thousands who have preceded her
In this profession. But It lx not
yet a profexxlon for her, for alu
la only a atudent doing thla with
out pay or any kind of remunera
tion, except perhapx one ahe hna
done a play.
And here. In the University
Theater, ax In any Broadway
theater or any country play
houae, closing night la very a id.
She will cry or elae come very
near to it. And everyone will pre
tend to be ho huppy, (and yet
nostalgia is very quick and they
know that the play la done.)
Sh>- will help to strike the
scenery end laugh at the parody
and be happy at the caat party.
She will go on designing seta, and
rehearsing, and learning, and
trying out for parts, and doing
fill those things that must be
done.
She perhaps Is aware that
many students do not know of
her work. She knows, but de -
nt mind, that many fall to know
of the midnight hours, the worry,
the work, the frustrations, and
the tMrednens that are hers She
knows, but she doesn’t mind, for
her appreeiation is where she
wantr it in the applnuding audi
ence.
And so ahe will go on In the
empty days that follow the < los
ing of her play with nothing to
do but wait for the next one.
Enrollment Problem
“You’re flunking .1 451 Iteeause the next term offering of .1 451
doesn’t have enough student enrollment.”
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