EMERALD EDITORIALS
Tradition Time
Jokingly we asked someone the other day
if the Emerald should favor traditions or op
pose them.
"W hy not just ignore them like everybody
else does?” came the reply.
This would be the easiest way out and
would probably meet with the greatest ap
proval—but we think traditions should be
mentioned, at least during the week when
we’re stuck with them.
In our opinion, one of the best things the
ASUO senate ever did was abolish the "tra
dition" of no smoking on the Old Campus.
Excluding the fact that a lot of people don’t
even know where the Old Campus is. the
so-called tradition was still a little stupid—
there were just too many people smoking
there for anyone to enforce the rule.
The six traditions that are left areu’t reallv
bad. Take for example the one about saving
"Hello” to people on the Hello Walk in front
of the Student l. nion. Nearly all campuses
have a rule like this— and it’s a pretty good
one, especially on our campus, where friend
liness is a sort of tradition anvway.
Most of the rest of the rules apply to fresh
men—which is only fitting. Class conscious
ness, as it pertains to the year in school, has
been called an anachronism. And it is to an
extent, since the Second World War and
Korean War have interrupted the normal
flow of students and have tended to disunite
the classes because of the different ages and
ranges of experience of students of the same
class.
But it’s still nice to set the freshmen off
as campus novices once or twice a year.
Hats and ribbons aren't really humiliating,
and the whole idea gives the freshman
something to look forward to besides mere
ly being a year closer to graduation.
As a matter of fact, the only thing really
wrong with traditions is that they are largely
ignored except by the more rambunctious
members of the Order of the O, who, after
inactivity early in the week, stage orgies of
righteousness Thursday and Friday and
throw every available good looking freshman
woman into Fenton pool.
One thing is certain—traditions are here to
stay—at least for the time being, so we should
observe them and try to live with them.
Why So Many?
Why so many songs on the program for
this year’s All-Campus Sing?
We’ve heard the question asked by many
students, and we think it’s a good ques
tion. When the "Sing" was held on Satur
day nights, everyone expected to spend
the whole evening or a major portion of
the evening at the event.
This year, however, the addition of the
Canoe Fete to the Junior Weekend schedule
lias pushed the all-campus sing over to Sun
day. Many mothers w ill w ant to start home
early Sunday afternoon — others will he
forced by necessity (in the form of train,
plane and bus schedules) to leave earlv.
With several awards being made along
with the sixteen songs which will be pre
sented, the program will be exceedingly
long—especially for a Sunday afternoon,
and more especially for an afternoon on
which many of the students’ guests will
have to be leaving for home.
Nothing can be done this year, but it'-,
something to think about for the future.
Why not cut-the program to ten songs?
Sprinklers Again
I he sprinklers are on again.
1 here’s really nothing unusual about the
sprinklers being on again, but the Emerald
traditionally comments on the University's
sprinklers and on the inconvenience they
cause when you have to leave a walk to
avoid getting sprinkled—then find yourself
sinking in muddy grass.
The outstanding characteristic of the Uni
versity s sprinklers is the cunning with
which they’re strategically placed so that
they 11 hit the walks between classes and at
noon.
Actually, the people who are devotedly
watering their lawns and the University peo
ple who are devotedly sprinkling the campus
are amusing. Everyone complains all through
April about the wettest April in history, etc.,
then five days after the raiti stops, everyone
is out watering his lawn.
Oh. well, the sprinklers are just one of the
evils which accompany spring—and in the
long run the good outweighs the bad.
Footnotes
Oregon students aren’t so bad after all.
We- just read a big story in the Stanford
Daily about a student who consumed a half
gallon of wine, hopped into his car, got going
at "excessive speed,’’ lost control of the car,
and ran into the porch of a professor’s house.
* * *
The Scene: A campus hangout: The Ac
tion: Careful scrutiny of the credentials of
several patrons. Conclusion: Even the
ASUO president-elect isn’t exempt from
Maxie’s rigid ID rules.
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
Attitude of Cynicism Prevails
As Big 4 Meeting Approaches
BY J. M. ROBERTS
Associated Press News Analyst
Reports from Paris indicate
strongly that when the Big Four
foreign ministers meet in Vienna
this weekend they will pass di
rectly from completion of the
Austrian treaty to consideration
of a1 full-dress conference on Eu
ropean settlements.
French sources appeared
confident the treaty would be
cleaned up in short order, al
though the British and Ameri
cans still were cautious, re
membering the last-minute
monkey wrenches thrown by
Molotov on other occasions.
Soviet authorities, though still
bitterly critical of Germany’s af
filiation with the North Atlantic
Alliance, continued to talk of ne
gotiated settlements, and West
German’s Chancellor Adenauer
predicted a period of conferences.
There was a suggestion of
compromise in the air between
the British view that the Euro
pean conference should be con
ducted by the chiefs of state and
the American stand that all pre
liminary work should be done at
the foreign minister level.
One outcome might be a
brief meeting of the prime
ministers and the President to
give the foreign ministers a
sendoff. That would be kin to
the procedure often used by
the foreign ministers and their
deputies.
Secretary Dulles indicated,
however, that the United States
will move in all of this with ex
treme caution. He said the Aus
trian treaty would represent an
important change in Russian pol
icy, but made clear he accepted
it as a tactical change, not
strategic. He reminded that it
was Russian procedure to zig
zag toward a fixed goal, pausing
to regroup her forces when ne
cessary.
Adenauer ascribed this neces
sity to the new force aligned
against the Communists by the
Paris accords which admitted
West Germany into NATO and
provide for her rearmament.
That the diplomats were en
tering a period of movement
was emphasized by Molotov’s
willingness to leave a Warsaw
conference with his satelite
foreign ministers in order to
meet Macmillan, Pinay and
Dulles in Vienna.
The Russians and the satellites
are working out a military con
solidation to reinforce Molotov’s
political moves during the next
few months. They are setting up
a mutual defense system of their
own like that of the West. It
doesn’t mean much, since all the
strength of Eastern Europe fell
into Russia’s monolithic control
system long ago.
It is obvious that both sides
are approaching the matter of a
conference with a great deal of
cynicism.
THE LOOKING GLASS
Local Movies Show
Sex, Violence, Music
By Leu Calvert
Emerald Columniat
Music, sox and violence arc
dominating Eugene movie screen*
these days.
A so-so musical called "Three
for the Show” ended Tuesday
night at the Heilig. Starring Het
ty Grable, Jack (Phfffti Lemmon
and the ever-wonderful Marge
and Gower Champion, the movie
tends to lose its plot about half
way through.
Continuing at the .McDonald
is a ruther'interesting film en
titled “Violent Saturday.” Con
cerned with the plunning and
execution of a hank robbery In
a small town, the Cinemascope
movie features sexy Virginia
Leith, who would “make any
man drool,” as one of the char
acters puts It.
Neither movie is particularly
outstanding in character and
scope. “Violent Saturday” is in
teresting because of the people
in it. Many of the major roles are
filled by relatively unknown ac
tors who do c reditable work.
"Three for the Show" la notable
for the fine dancing of the Cham
pion*. They arc at their very
best in a "rehearsal” dance in the
film. Also interesting is a dance
done to "Waltz of the Flowers."
Both movies are hampered by
rather bad co-features. "Seminole
Uprising, with "Three for the
Show" in Just another mediocre
Western being re-shown on a
wide screen.
The title of “Tonight's the
Night," with “Violent Katur
day," must mean that tonight
Is the night for slu|»»tirk ami
corny humor. One never ceases
to wonder why Hollywood
wastes good actors like David
Niven and Harry Fitzgerald In
such run-of-the-mill attempts.
A new character actor emerge«
in "Violent Saturday" very dear
ly. He is Tommy Noonan who
portrays the respectable bank
manager who likes to watch girls
urflress at night. He is very good
in the role and should appear m
more films.
For Miss la-ith, this Is the
seeoi d film we have seen her
In, “Black Widow” la-lng the
first. This movie should boost
her u long nay* to the star
dom she scrniH destined to. It
Is her voice, a husky, throaty
murmur, that really gets to
you.
Krnest Borgnlne, the fat .<* r
g- ant In "From Here to Kt< mity"
also wins notice for his wmrk in
"Violent Katurday.” The actor
gives a very sympathetic portray
al of an Amish fanner who does
not believe In violence, but who
finally kills to save his family.
Considerate Guy
raar,
*
“I thought I’d be considerate and tell her that her hose were
wrinkled—but she wasn’t wearing hose."
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