EMERALD EDITORIALS
Giveaway Today?
This is the day they give politicians away.
Or at least they will unless considerably
more people find their way to the polls today.
What’s on sale? Student government. Stu
dent control. Student participation. And
your representation. Both presidential can
didates have presented their views at the
ASUO coffee hour and at speeches in the
living organizations. Both parties have re
leased their platforms*.
Granted the issues are notably uncontro
versial. Granted there are no constitutional
amendments on the ballot. Granted some of
the races were uncontested in the primaries.
But today’s election is different. There are
close races. There are some good candidates,
even some outstanding ones.
In Monday’s Emerald we listed who we
felt to be the best qualified candidates for
the next Senate. We hope that you will refer
to that list when you vote today. Through
our editorial stand and through our news
columns we have attempted to explain the
candidates and the issues. You may not
agree—that is your privilege. But we hope
that you will at lease think: think and vote.
—(S.R.)
4 Wise Move
The budget board is to be commended for
its action on the request brought to it for
funds for an all-University rifle team.
By its action, the board deferred action on
the request until the new ASUO senate has
reconsidered the request.
The board acted on two basic principles
which budget boards of the future would
do well to follow: First, the budget board,
as guardian of the Student Union and Edu
cational Activities budget, should not be
put in the position of supporting a minor
sport; and second, that there was no dis
cernible consensus of student body opinion
on the establishment of an all-University
rifle team.
To enlarge upon the first principle, the
budget board could conceivably he put in
the position of supporting a multitude of
minor sports, especially m view of the fact
that non-paying sports are always in danger
of being abandoned bv the athletic depart
ment as a simple matter of necessity.
Following this line of reasoning, it's not
too hard to envision student funds support
ing all non-profit-producing sports—like ten
nis, golf, bowling (which the Student Union
program already supports), girls’ archery,
etc.
Proceeding with the second principle, this
is the type of thinking that should guide all
arms of student government when they meet
to discuss specific issues in terms of long
range policy—does a sizable portion of the
student body really want this? Will there be
a continuing interest?
The money, though extracted somewhat
painlessly as a part of tuition, is nevertheless
paid by all the students, and a sufficient num
ber should be involved before funds are al
loted. Certainly in some cases the particular
activity will merit money, regardless of the
number of participants, but those cases are
not numerous.
The so-called argument that “If one stu
dent is interested, we should support it," is
evidence of an immature impracticality.
It’s a nice thought, but extent it to the indi
vidual interests of some 4200 students,
most of whom could make a good case for
their own activity.
The ASUO senate knows how to handle
tlie problem—it has established a procedure
tor handlihg requests for student funds. Why
didn t the senate use this procedure tn this
cas» and thus prevent this double handling
of the problem ?
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
'Walk Softly Is Good Advice
For United States in Viet Nam
By J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
The United States has seldom
been in a situation where she
needed to walk more softly than
in Viet Nam today.
It’s not merely that she has be
come involved in a multiple
sided family fight. That’s bad
enough, especially when it deep
ly involves relations with France.
There is the additional dan
ger that, even though. she is
backing the side of independ
ence, she will appear to other
Asiatic peoples as replacing
France in the colonial picture.
This is something Washington
has studiously sought to avoid.
That France is losing the po
litical battle for Indochina seems
just as obvious as her loss of the
military battle last year. But she
has been fighting hard to do
what the British did when India
finally gained her independence.
That is to preserve her indepen
dence. That is to preserve her
commercial interests, in Com
munist-held as well as in non
Communist territory.
One of France’s great handi
caps in this stems from the fact
that she has been forced to ac
cept American economic aid for
South Viet Nam, which gives the
country dollars to pay for Amer
ican imports when reduction in
expenditures by the French
armed forces has reduced the
supply of France.
Ideology also plays an impor
Letters to the Editor
Lost Movies
Emerald Editor:
The SU Movie Committee
wishes to express its apprecia
tion to the people who waited so
good naturedly for the arrival of
both the Wee Theater film, “Pyg
malion,” in 138 Commonwealth,
and the Sunday feature, “Tight
Little Island,” in the Ballroom.
In the first case, the film did not
arrive at all and the distributor
failed to contact the Audio Vis
ual department so that it could
be announced to the public. The
much awaited comedy, “Tight
Little Island,” was held up in
the mail and, due to its late ar
rival, was locked in the post
office and not found until Mon
day. These unusual circum
stances caused much concern
among the SU personnel and
surely inconvenienced the movie
patrons. We wish it were pos
sible to guarantee against such
future happenings; however, the
matter being so completely out
of our control, we do not feel in
a position to do so.
We thank you again and add
the proceedings are being started
whereby “Tight Little Island”
might be available for showing
the weekend before closed week
end of this term. This will be an
nounced upon confirmation.
Most Regretfully,
JoAnne Rogers
Chairman of the
Movie Committee
tant part in the split. The United
States hones to see a stable gov
ernment in Viet Nam before next
year's voting when it is feared
the Vietminh Communists might
take over the whole country.
Americans have never fallen
for the French effort to present
chief of state Bao Dai, the form
er Emperor, as a symbol of loy
alty for all Viet Nam. He has
always looked like a playboy
puppet through whom the
French sought to maintain then
control while making noises
about extension of independence.
Now there is armed rebellion
against the established gov
ernment of Premier Diem, ap
pointed by the French through
Bao Dai, at American urging.
The chief rebel force is led by
unsavory characters who ap
pear to have been connected
with Bao Dai, or at least
shielded by him, as they or
ganized vice and rackets. The
sources of the money to sup
port his lavish life on the j
French Riviera, including
heavy play at the gambling
casinos, has never been clari- I
fled.
Diem, on the other hand, has
the reputation of an honest man
— nationalistic, but dead set
against the Communists in whom
many Indochineses nationalists
have placed their faith.
If Diem wins his fight, as now
seems likely after a very shaky
period, the United States will
take on increasing stature in
Southeast Asian affairs, and by
that very token the tightrope
she must walk will become more
slippery,.
College Capers...
From Coast to Coast
By Elliot Carlson
Emerald Celumniil
PICK UP A NEWSPAPER
and as many times aa not you’ll
read about the aimlessness Hnd
worldliness of contemporary col
lege students. It's not uncommon
to read complaints of collage
townspeople about the alleged
rabble rousing of Joe Colleges.
However, an Incident has oc
curred on the Louisiana State
College campus to make even
the most boisterous punt y
raid seem like an event of Re
ligious Evaluation Week.
Apparently days of lynching
aren’t over as a crowd of 500 to
1,000 people pelted LSU students
last week with jeers, rocks and
eggs. Don’t think these people
were acting impulsively or with
out reason. The Southern Bell
Telephone Company hired LSU
students to work out the dura
tion of a strike while negotia
tions were being carried on with
the union. The result was the
above mentioned primitive dem
onstration.
It’s getting so it’s not safe for
sober college students to live in
college towns any more.
COMPARED WITH THE Uni
versity of Washington the Uni
versity of Oregon has no apathy
problem. The Washington stu
dents who are concerned with
campus affairs recently pro
posed three badly needed amend
ments to their constitution. The
students who did vote voted al
most unanimously in favor of the
amendments. The amendments
failed however, not because there
wasn't enough affirmative votes,
but because there weren't enough
voters.
According to the Washington
constitution an amendment can’t
be passed unless at least 25% of
the students vote. Small as 25%
Is, the amount needed was still
missed by 50 votes.
Neither the University of
Ore k<ui or Washington need
fret too miirh ns student apa
thy seems to be u universal
thing. At the University of
Stanford petitions were filed
for only 15 of 24 student body
and elass offleea to In- tilled
in tlie May elections.
Maybe foreign students In for
eign countries are justified in
referring to American students
as the "silent youth."
THK UNIVKUSITY OK
WASHINGTON is apparently re
sponsible for the only known girl
TV "Cameraman” in the west.
This Washington senior has been
hired to help televise all Seattle
home baseball games.
Just as a woman’s place should
be in the home, it should be In
front of the television camera
not behind.
TO JUSTIFY AN increase in
tuition Syracuse University offi
cials have complained that stu
dents now only pay 65", of their
tuition. The administrators con
tinued that the university under
writes the lest which ia made
possible by endowments, grants
and scholarships.
My God! We've had socialized
education and not even known
it.
... Oh yes! The Oregon State
College rodeo begins soon. Brah
ma bull riding by OSC students
will Ire featured.
Arfyone interested in attend
ing will find tickets sold out.
Who Says Apathy?
VOTE
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“4tf gum w rappers, 12 cigarette tuitts, 8 orange peelings and
3 votes in this onft—If you ask me then* hasn’t been enough stu
dent interest in campus politics this year."
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