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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1957)
Oregon Daily ^EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald is published five days a week dur ing the school year, except during examination* and vacation periods, by the Student Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Ore. Subscription: $5 per school year, $J per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of The Emerald and do not pretend to represent the opinion of the ASUO or the lTniver*ity. I'mdgnrd editorial-* are written bv the editor ; initialed editorials by members of the editorial board. BILL M AlN WAR I NC. Editor MJHhi IA M E 1 EK. ItuMtir*' .\lana|rrr MARCIA MAUNEY, Editorial Page Editor CHUCK MITCIIHUMORE. Managing Editor KEN' N1 KHANS. Adv. Mgr. SALLY JO GREIG, SAM VAHEY, Associate Editors CORNELIA EOi’.LE, Nrvi» Editor Better Late than Never, We Resolve • • • Those too absorbed in vacationing before New Year's Day missed out on traditional resolution-making. Included in this com pany was The Emerald, which with, a “better late than never” spirit today uses the resolution season as an excuse to sound off upon the future. • Millrace development progress must continue. We eagerly await contract ap proval by the Eugene City Council, which would then leave nothing but $20,000 on our part as a barrier to the goal. The $20,000, about one-third of which has already been raised, would pay half the cost of clearing the channel and of a pump ing station which would greatly increase the water flow, particularly on the upper ’Race. The nearly $7,000 already contrib uted by students is a fine beginning, and the present student leadership shows every indication of pushing the campaign to a successful conclusion. • Higher education in Oregon must he granted more money when the legislature convenes in Salem next week. And first priority must go to raising professor's sal aries if the state is to continue offering its -youth quality education. The legislature will be faced by a request from higher education for a 44 per cent in crease in funds during the next two years. Increase in enrollment requires more build ings and larger teaching staffs. And these larger faculties must be paid higher salaries if Oregon is to hold its present men and compete with other states in the race for the best talent available. The legislature faced with a 44 per cent increase, while meeting rising costs in every other state department, has the alternative of either refusing many requests or else raising taxes. The political danger of raising taxes being what it is, something is going to have to give. • Limited enrollment is The Emerald’s preference to partially meet this crisis in higher education. We favor such a move both as a matter of principle and of finan cial necessity. While limiting enrollment no more than has been proposed would not cut costs enough to greatly deflate a $47,000,000 state budget, it would help a little. We can see no need for the state’s bur dened taxpayers to subsidize students who have not the ability to profit by a college education. Students would be barred only it they failed to meet both high school grade and entrance te/t standards. • The Emerald resolves that members of junior and senior honoraries should he given time to do things more important than peddling lollipops and other miscel laneous make-work activities. One wotdd almost think that the honorary members were among those women on campus look ing for a chance to get into activities, pre suming such creatures exist. Honorary members are selected because of their past accomplishments. Men's up perclass honoraries, Druids and Friars, are just that — honorary. Women's upperclass honoraries are the victims o/ a system big ger than themselves; they get sucked into all kinds of projects that are worthy, hut most of which could just as w ell be done by activity-seekers. • Something must he done about the parking problem — which at least everyone admits exists. Professors and off-campus students are harde-t hit. We offer no guaranteed solution. A pig eonhole building over the Fiji lot has been suggested, but there’s a question of finance. Should the state be asked for such funds? Such an item in a proposed budget would get laughed out of the statehoirse. Would students be willing to pay the cost of such a structure, or of some alterna tive plan? That is very questionable, but so far no University agency has publicly pre sented a single proposed solution. It is high time something is done. • We'd like to see the twice-beaten pro posed amendment to the ASLO Constitu tion passed. We say this not because the amendment would make black student gov ernment white, but because it is desirable and would prove that student leaders could interest their followers in such matters. Finally, The Emerald resolves to continue to do its best to provide the University with the high grade daily newspaper it deserves. Note the Change: Soiree No Longer Throughout winter registration lines there were curious and excited whispers of possible Thursday evening Bohemian living to brighting the coming somber term. The Student Union calendar of events had listed intermittent “Soirees.” To many innocents, the term soiree had the appealing connotations of checkered table cloths, low-burning candles and all else that goes with them. These same connotations, however, are the reason for the above paragraphs being written in the past tense. The name of Soi ree existed only one day; at which time the committee in charge thought it advisable to change the name to the “Sandwich Se ries,” in order to squelch distorted rumors, and to check a possible overflowing, attend ance of misinformed and hopeful curiosity seekers. “Sandwich Series” is a more accurate, though not so enticing, term for the in formal get-togethers planned as a part of the Creative Arts committee. The sit-on floor type programs will be sandwiched be tween the times of 7 :30 and 8:30 p.m. in op position to the “duration of the evening,” as the French dictionary defines soiree. Sandwiches will also he served instead of the usual soiree refreshment. The idea for such programs arose at the requestvof students interested in contem porary art, and in becoming acquainted with other students and faculty with simi lar concerns. Theme tor winter term is “Emergence of the Arts,” giving special attention to drama, poetry and the fine arts. The committee welcomes all who would like to attend for such reasons. The oth ers?— still welcome, hut with the warning that it is the “Sandwich Series,” not a Soi ree. Moral: The “Sandwich Series” offers a fine opportunity for casual chatting and ex change of ideas on contemporary art, hut Soirees must still be confined to the unor ganized activities of Friday and Saturday nights. (S.J.G.) One Plan tmn httt iiniLUiniilliimiilltVUBiyffMT SO Me ASKCf? HI5 APVlSefc WOW TO iMPKOVf HIS GRApes Students Questioned Good Job by Colleges?' Subject of Recent Poll MINNEAPOLIS (ACPt Ed ucators, politicians, pari-nta and many other Interested in dividuals have discussed the kind of a job colleges are do ing in educating the youth of this nation for the future Much of the argument concerns the perennial issue of liberal vs narrow, intensified study. Me thods of teaching also come in for praise and criticism. In order to get the collegiate slant on this issue Associated Collegiate Press asked the fol lowing question of a lepresen tative national cross-section of college students: IJo you feel that your col lege Is doing an adequate job of preparing you for jour future life? The results: Met! Women Total Ves 72% *K% 14% No 15% I ;»% 13% Undecided 13% 7% 11 % In general, college students overwhelmingly support the kind of a job their present col leges are doing. When asked reasons for their decisions, most students reply in terms of their own individual situa tion, saying they are satisfied with their choice of programs, etc. One comment however, is re peated a number of times, and a Wake Forest college (Wins ton-Salem, N.C.) senior coed expresses it quite well: "Ade quate preparation depends more on the person than the college." And a freshman at the Univer sity of Wyoming (Laramie) puts it this way: "What you* put in is directly equal to what you get back." A very satisfied sophomore attending Mississippi college (Clinton) lias this to say: “I'm getting an all-around education and am griming mentally, spiritually, physi cally and socially." Hut a sophomore at Tylfer .Junior college (Tyler, Tex.) stales: “Scholastically yes; mentally and spiritually no.” A University of Denver soph omore qualifies by approving the overall job colleges are do ing but comments that “some majors are sometimes too con fining in scope," while a fresh* man at the same school can find nothing wrong: "The Uni versity of Denver is definitely a wonderful institution, and the instruction received here may be considered a* excellent.” With student* who feel their college* are not doing an adc quale job the major complaint in an overabundance of petty detail* and unrealistic academe approaches to Idea* and prob lems. "They burden you with too many extra courea you don't need” in the way on Ohio uni versity (Athens) junior expres ses himself, and a Wake Forest college senior states: "1 think the college program Is unreal istic because it Is too concerned with details that will never make any difference.” A Maryland university (College I’ark) senior feds that colleges should offer more "chances for experi ence” and take more "Inter est in the students." \n«l a senior at the Rochester Insti tute of Technology (lUa-hes ter, N.Y.) Iieltrves that in some instance* the “calll*er of Instruction and the courses do not have many things in common with preparation f • I lie future.” "Right now I don't feel as though I'm prepared for a thing" is the quizzical reply of a University of Maryland soph omore. And a freshman cued at Wake Forest college is worried because her institution doesn't "offer adequate preparation for married life.” Some students undecided on the issue feel the pros and cons equate each other, or as a jun ior coed at Syracuse university (Syracuse, N.Y.) puts it: “. . . adequate in certain phases not at all in others.” But jn general, undecided students believe they Just don't have enough information avail able in order to make a deci sion. But when asked the ques tion a sophomore at Juniata college (Huntingdon, 1’a.) states: "I'll Ull you in about 15 years.” Zampus Capers “Posture is a dead giveaway of your own personal opinion of yourself,” said the professor of physical education at Sou thern Cal. "The person who feels an honest pride in him self . . . stands straight and looks the world in the eye.”
