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Something Behind
Public relations. Rather an inclusive term,
that, but one which includes the core of the
1955-56 ASUO Senate plans, and one which
it will consider in its first meeting tonight.
The campus governing body will be seek
ing consideration of student opinions in the
formation of athletic policy; better co-op
eration between the student body and the
faculty in the planning for various extra
curricular events, and more generally, bet
ter public relations with the faculty, the
alumnae and the townspeople.
This program bears little similarity to
either of the party platforms issued at the
time of last spring’s elections. Rather, it
represents a coalition of the thoughts ex
pressed by the presidential candidates dur
ing the campaign. At that time. Bud Hink
son, the AGS candidate, said that he would
support the whole student body, if elected.
We are glad to see at least one campaign
promise will be fulfilled.
Hinkson, however, cannot do it by him
self. Behind him must be^ an active, in
formed Senate. We believe that this year’s
Senate could well be such a body. We look
to them to consider, to question, and fi
nally to act upon the behalf of the students.
We neither want nor expect Hinkson to
act as an engineer, pulling a whistle as
legislation is railroaded through.
There is one more thing. There -must be
something behind the Senate, just as there
must be something behind the President.
That something is an informed student body
which will express its desires.
The Emerald will undertake the responsi
bility for informing the student body. The
expressions of opinion are up to you. Let
your wants be known. In tact, you might
drop by the Senate meeting tonight, just to
see how student government, Oregon style,
works. (S.R.)
Dead Horse
Delayed action on the Senior Ball is one
of the first issues to be considered by the
ASUO Senate tonight. Last year’s senate
went on record as favoring the discontinua
tion of the Senior Ball.
Tonight the Senate will decide for cer
tain. And we certainly hope that it will
follow the recommendation made a year
ago.
First, the dance has consistently lost
money, despite handling by top-notch peo
ple. Second, it is just one more activity in
an already-crow’ded study term. Three, stu
dents have demonstrated by non-attendance
their lack of interest in the dance.
We see little sense in having the senior
class bet on a lame nag. '1 he class would be
bound to lose money, barring an unforsee
able shot to liven up a dead horse. We don’t
think that shot is forthcoming. And we
would hate to see already overloaded peo
ple burdened with the added responsibilities
of the Senior Ball.—(S.R.)
f/atbush Cheer
It never happened to the Yankees—espe
cially not against the Dodgers; it just
doesn t happen that way. That’s what they
said, but that wasn’t the way it happened,,
and now those of us who always were for
the Dodgers have several choices of ac
tion.
We can be the good sport type winners
and just pat the Yankee fans on the head
with a “well, too bad’’ pat and just smile
when they start using that “wait’ll next
year” phrase. But if we do that, we really
weren’t Dodger fans in the first place, be
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cause this type of enthusiasm is most un
becoming to true Flatbush faithful.
If we're the long-winded, sports detail
type of Dodger fan. we can go to lengths
about how it was the first time in 30 or so
years that a team won after losing the first
two games, and about how they broke all
kinds of records doing it. and about how
it was the first time ever that Brooklyn
had won a world championship, and even
more about how au old UCLA broadjump
er played an inspired third base to spark the
Bums, or how a man with a sore leg drove
them to victory with his bat, or how a
23-year-old kid with courage put so much
heart into every pitch that we were bound
to win. Or better yet we could say that
it was the Yankees that we had beaten.
But if we’re really Dodger fans, we'll just
sneer at them and say, “Hah!"—(C.H.M.)
Town and Gown; TV
An educational revolution—the adult edu
cation movement—receives additional im
petus this week with the opening of non
commercial educational television stations
in Chicago and Detroit. Thus far the revo
lution has been largely a localized one: only
two of the fifteen educational tv stations
now operating are on the west coast.
One is in San Francisco, one in Seattle.
And we doubt if either can do much good in
Oregon.
1 hrough this medium adults may go
back to school in their living rooms. They
can take academic courses for credit, along
with the cultural subjects programmed.
This non-commercial tv may also even
tually alleviate the crisis of mounting school
enrollments. Possible use of television was
mentioned in a recent report of the Amer
ican Association of Collegiate Registrars
and Admission Officers, which says: “The
sheer impact of unprecedented numbers will
force us to explore every resource and exert
every effort to prepare for their coming.”
The educational tv stations give the edu
cator an opportunity to explore the possi
bilities of utilizing television to reach a
larger number of people with more edu
cation.
The possibilities of educational television
seem unlimited. Surely the people of Ore
gon would benefit from such programming,
and the logical place to look for leadership
would be to the state institutions of higher
learning. It's sort of a town-and-gown re
sponsibility.
1 he new Detroit station, for instance, has
studios located at the board of education at
the University of Detroit and Wayne uni
versity.
Would not Oregon be a logical place for a
similar setup?—(S.R.)
Footnotes
Two vacancies are to be filled at the first
Senate meeting, but at least they are on a
slightly lower level than the vacancies that
have occurred at the University of Texas.
There, the student body has had four presi
dents in the past five months. Almost as
stable as the French government, those
Texans.
* * *
Thank God for small favors. At least the
13th avenue policeman hasn’t started hand
ing out tickets to motorists who pick up
hitchhikers, as have the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police at the University of British
Columbia.
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A note in passing: One of the ROTC of
ficers drives a brown station wagon with a
license plate beginning “4F.”
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Student Representation
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“Th*-rf'» on«* senator I’m alwaj'H afraid to raise hit hand.”
WHEW THE SMOKE CiEABS AWAY
(JO Senate to Consider
Orientation Finances
By Bud Hinkson
ASUO Sr.tid.nl
Tonight is the first Si-nate
meeting of the term. Already
10 items appear in the agenda
and discussion is bound to arise
on some additional points. On**
item which will be of particular
significance, to some students is
the orientation week report.
Aside from the interest in the re
Bud !linktt<>n
port itself will
!be the added
j consideration
| of who's go
' ng to pay for
Mthe week now
| j hat it's over.
? Rome of the
iictivities for
the week are
included in the
University
Midget, so are
paid for by
state funds.
Additional finances have al
ways come from the Pre-fresh
man week account in the of
fice of student affairs. This
account has also paid for the
nublieation of the Ore-Niter, an
explanatory pamphlet which
goes to all new students.
For the past few years the fi
nancial base for Pre-freshman
week account has been provided
by a portion of the $r< i uniting
fee of Panhellcnlr and 1KC.
This meant that fraternities
and sororities were financing
projects which benefited the en
tire student body.
At the end of last y»mr a joint
effort was made by IFC and the
ASUO, to broaden the student
tax base on some of these pro
jects.
Ah a result, the senate voted
to ha\e the Ore-Niter paid for
by the Student t'nion-ednea
tlonal activities fund. This
fund is supported by the pur
chase of the student body card
and Is dispensed by a board of
eight: four students and four
faculty members, one of whom
is non voting.
The Senate also discuased the
possibility of having orientation
week financed by this source
fund. However, no definite ac
tion was taken since it had not
been reviewed by the Senate fi
nance committee. Since the
budget board does not meet until
next week, the senate can take
action on the matter tonight.
So, depending upon how the
senate decides tonight. they
should clear once and for all the
complaints over the Pre-fresh
man week account, and help to
place the financial responsibility
where it really belong*.
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