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The Only Solution
The engineer’s report on the Millrace
does clearly what no other organization or
individual has been able to do. It shows
exactly what can be done to save and im
prove the race to the point where it can be
used by all students.
First, as anyone in the Millrace houses
knows, the level of the stream is too low.
That level cannot be raised as long as the
present system is used.
Secondly, ho one in his right mind will
spend money for a permanent boat house or
Other improvements if there is a good chance
he may wake up some morning and find
the stream completely dry. That is exactly
what will happen eventually if improve
ments aren’t made. The dam gets shakier
and more and more water goes around the
end of it every year. It could stand for 30
years, or go out tomorrow; no one can tell.
Then, rather than spend a lot of money
to fix the old 'Race up, why don’t we just
abandon it? The answer is surprising. It
costs too much.
The engineers estimate that the initial
cost of abandoning the ’Race would be
$75,000, plus another $1,000 per year. This
does not include filling in the area. Filling
would cost another $63,000. making a total
of $138,000 initially.
If the ’Race were abandoned the city
would have to spend an estimated $50,000
to install a new storm sewer system to re
place the one which now empties into the
Millrace. In addition, the University'would
have to spend $25,000 for facilities to pump
water for cooling purposes out of the river.
Even the lowest of the two figures
($75,000) is higher than the initial costs of
two of the three plans for pumping sys
terns submitted by the engineers.
We believe that the report shows exclu
sively that the most economical solution
is to install a pumping system.
To Rally or to Blast
The Homecoming noise parade chairmen
have come to us with a problem, and quite
frankly, we don’t know the answer.
The committee is considering a plan to do
away with the mechanical noise making
equipment which annually blasts the campus
and Eugene practically off of the map.
Objections have been made to the dangers
•involved in the use of such equipment, its
high cost and the changed emphasis from
a student rally to an automatic, car pierc
ing parade.
Hack fire from acetylene cannons nearly
resulted in serious accidents last year. The
window of a 13th Ave. shop was broken.
And there is the annual toll of cuts, bruises
and minor burns.
The men's living organizations have been
going all out on the noise parade, spending
large sums which could possibly be put to
better use in Homecoming signs or open
houses for the alums.
Originally, the parade was designed to
stir up students for the Homecoming game.
It still ends with a rally for all students, but
student participation in recent years has
played an increasingly minor role in the
noise parade.
Should the idea be for the students to
make the noise or for the machines? And
does repeated use of the same winning ma
chine remove the element of competition
from the parade?
We don't know the answer. We—and the
noise parade chairmen—would like to hear
what you think.—(S.R.)
Letters to the Editor
Emerald Editor:
When one looks at the smil
ing faces of our contemporaries
behind the bars of a Corvallis
jail, does he see the modern
version of ancient barbarians
—or a group of normal under
classmen? I think the latter
(the recent developments of
Little Orphan Annie notwith
standing) and therefore write
a plea in their defense.
Webster’s Collegiate diction
ary (second edition, 1947) de
fines vandalism as “The spirit
of conduct of, or like that of,
the Vandals; hostility to, or
willful destruction or deface
ment of, things of beauty,’’ and
a vandal aa “One who willfully
destroys or mars anything
beautiful, as a work of art.”
(Emphasis supplied.) Now, I
ask you, is the football field of
the Aggies a “thing of beauty”
or a “work of art?” And are
the immortal initials “UO” em
blazoned on the greensward
“defacement?”
Yours in intercampus broth
erhood,
Edward N. Fadeley
Second year law student
P.S. Since the policy of ex
pulsion, being generally unpub
lished, evidences a philosophy of
retribution rather than deter
rence, let me suggest retribu
tion by restitution. What liv
ing organization would not
transplant its turf to the Aggie
gridiron and thus transplant to
our institution whatever scar a
“UO” may make? Even so, the
scar may become a lasting me
morial by re-sodding the cavity
with a grass of distinctive tex
ture and hue.
Emerald Editor:
An Open Letter to Miss Sally
Ryan
Dear Miss Ryan:
Today I read your editorial,
headed Vaccination Certificate,
on Henry Morton Robinson’s
evaluation of the Ivy League
and the state university. You
made some interesting criti
cisms, but unfortunately you
missed the point.
No doubt Robinson’s article
can be called snobbish, overem
phasized, generalized and bi
ased. Those are valid criticisms.
The basic truth, however, re
mains — most Ivy League
schools are far better than the
state university, which is ex
actly what Oregon is.
I assume, from your sex, that
you have never attended an Ivy
League school. I have. If it mat
ters, I went to the same college
as the author you lampooned;
I attended classes with his son,
Tony Robinson. I imagine I am
in a better position to judge the
article than you.
I would be quite willing to
bet that the average 16-year
old graduate of a good Eastern
prep school could out-think and
out-talk the average 21-year
old University of Oregon gradu
ate on any cultural or quasi
cultural subject. By the time
this prep school boy has gone
through four years of an Ivy
League school, the comparison
is similar to one between Al
dous Huxley and A1 Capp.
There are various reasons the
Ivy League school* can ac
complish what Oregon cannot.
The intelligence of the enter
ing freshman is higher, and
their cultural background bet
ter. The interest in a well
rounded education is far great
er than at Oregon. More work
is assigned, and more com
pleted; in addition, the Har
vard or Yale student has
enough initiative to find out on
his own what is not required of
him in the classroom. Above
all, there is a general cultural
atmosphere that is completely
lacking at Oregon. You can find
traces of it at Cal or Stanford,
and a warped idea of it among
the shaggy students at Reed.
There are students at Oregon
who obtain the equivalent of
an Ivy League education. To do
this on our campus takes ini
tiative and curiosity, two quali
ties hard to find in the Oregon
undergraduate.
You have noted, perhaps,
that I consider culture the
proper product of a liberal edu
cation. That happens to be the
meaning of Bachelor of Arts—
it’s Arts with a capital A. Uni
versities and liberal aits col
leges were founded for that
purpose; like Mr. Robinson, I
am backward enough to believe
that it should still be the pur
pose.
I cannot suggest a solution
to these problems; I am not
sure any exists, for the state
school in our super-democratic
world. I can only ask you to
stop throwing “cobblestones” at
institutions of which you have
little knowledge. I like the Uni
versity of Oregon, too; but I
would never claim it ranked
with the Ivy League, or numer
ous other excellent schools.
One further twist of the
knife: You picture alumni of
state schools penning Robin
son sarcastic letters with one
hand while fingering their gold
with the other. In the first
place, the purpose of a liberal
education is to teach one to
enjoy, understand, and contri
bute to, life—not just to ac
cumulate wealth, though that
does come in handy. In the sec
ond place, you might check
“They Went to College” to find
out the average income of the
Ivy Leagile graduate as con
trasted with the state school
graduate. I hope you enjoy
driving your Cadillac to the
bank, Miss Ryan, watch out for
that Princetonian behind you in
the Rolls.
K. B. Koeppen
Senior in History
H Ec 211
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THE LOOKING GLASS
Music, Comedy Barely
Discernible in Show
By Bob Davit
Emartld Columnitt
Ruth and Eileen Sherwood
are two girls who move to New
York City but refuse to be
swallowed up by the masses by
creating some of the most ri
diculous scenes ever filmed in
the big town.
"My Sister Eileen,” an adap
tation of a Broadway play of
the same name, is the story of
two sisters; Ruth, who never
catches a man’s attention, and
Eileen, who for obvious reasons
is never without an admirer.
Eileen is played by Janet
Leigh, an actress who con
sistently adds nothing to a
film except to show with em
phatic proof that the Dior in
fluence has not rear-lied the
shores of California. Who is
to say, however, that Tony
Curtis is not satisfied.
“My Sister Eileen" is billed
as a musical comedy, which
naturally leaves the impression
that there will be music and
comedy. They are often barely
discernible. The music is neither
beautiful nor interesting and
when Miss Leigh and some of
her mediocre companions get
hold of a number, it is doubtful
that it can even be called music.
The dance numbers are only a
twirl or two above their musi
cal environment.
As for the comedy, it gets
burb-d under an avalanche of
.slapstick and asinine situations
which often Insult the viewer *
sense of proportion and pluusi
bility. Not lliat there are not
amu*ing episodes In the pic
ture. For some inexplicable but
typical Hollywood, move, two
of the beat movie comedians are
pushed far into the background.
Kurt Krasner and Jack I-em
mon carry their light comedy
burdens very well.
Krasner is excellent as the
apartment owner who eons
the sisters Into renting a
basement room that Is situ
ated directly above the puth
of a subway being blasted out
of the Manhattan rock. It Is
hard to say enough for Jack
l.eiiuixui. Unfortunately, I^-rn
mon also docs not say
enough.
slapstick and assintne situations
How does the whole farce
end ? The only logical way. of
course. Ruth and Eileen na
turally get their men, but not
before a final fling at merri
ment.
The extroverted Sherwood
girls do their bit to ease world
tension by starling a conga line
in Greenich Village with some
visiting Brazilian naval cadets
and become ambassadors with
out portfolio by receiving med
als from the Brazilian Consul.
Who could ask for a more lively
conclusion ?
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