Oregon Daily
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periods, by the Student Publications Hoard of the University
ei Oregon. Entered is second class matter at the post office,
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Opinions rxprrMed on the editorial pane are those of The
Kmrrnld and do r»ot pretend to represent the opinion of the
ASl’O or the University. Uniigned editorial* air written f»v
the editor; initialed editorials by members of the editorial board.
HILL MAIN WARING. Editor LORETTA MMfcK, Business Manager
MARCIA MAUNEY, Editorial Page Editor CHUCK MITCH ELMORE, Managing Editor KEN NI KHANS, Adv. Mgr.
SALLY JO C.RE10, SAM VAHEY. Aasociate Editor* CORNELIA FOOLE. New* Editor
JACK WILSON. S[Hirts Editor DOROTHY BARKER. Au’t Adv. Mgr. CHARMION FORD. Office Manager
EDITORIAL BOARD: Bill Mainwaring. Marcia Mauncy, Sally Jo C.reig, Sam Vahcy. Chuck Mitchrlmorc. Cornelia Fogle,
Jack Wilson, A1 Johnson
Chief Make-up Editor: A1 Johnson
Ass’t News Editor: Cay Mundorff. Joan
Dennis. Nancy Castle. Pepper Alien.
Feature Editor Phil Ilaffcr
Photo Editor : Brant Ducey
Nat’l Adv. Mgr.: Jo Anne Milligan
Classified Adv. Mgr.: Arlene Kraus*
Women’s Editor: Dorothy West
Circulation Mgr.: >am vanry
A^t. Sport* Kditors : Jctry Ritn»e>. Jim
I-arimorc
Exrcutivt Secretary • Pat Holley
'—But the Best Is Lost'
We know not what death is to the dead,
hut to the living it is sorrow. For sorrow,
however, there are comforts. The spheres
of influence around a man are not as easily
claimed by death as is the man himself.
Death has taken Bernard Mainwaring.
but his influence has not been touched. His
intelligence, his integrity, and his service
will still be felt in the spheres of journalism
and education. Long noted as a newspaper
owner in Oregon and Idaho, he was perhaps
best known and most respected as the edi
tor and publisher of Salem’s Capital Jour
nal. and as a member of the State Board of
Higher Education. His friends and associ
ates speak of him in terms of "courageous,”
"forthright honesty,” "vigorous,” and “ser
vant of the state and this university." lie
will not he forgotten.
Reflection on Bernard Mainwaring’s life
brings comfort, hut not resignation to a
great loss. The works are still here; never
theless, the most valuable — the man —
is gone. As Edna St. Vincent Millay once
said, “A fragment of what you felt, of
what you knew, a formula, a phrase re
mains — but the best is lost.” (S.J.G.)
What About Next Year?
Cancellation of the University of Ore
gon’s 1957 swimming meet schedule, be
cause of a poor turnout for the sport has
brought attention to a situation which has
more far-reaching considerations than the
mere withdrawal from competition for one
year.
The big question is this: What steps
are being taken to see that Oregon doesn’t
find itself in a similar situation next year,
or the year after?
When Swimming Coach John Borchardt
surveyed his prospects at the start of the
term, he found only four men on his var
sity squad. Scholastic ineligibilities had de
pleated his ranks even further than a poor
turnout last fall. With only three swim
mers and a diver, no team can carry on a
dual meet.swimming schedule; so all the
team meets were cancelled.
Borchardt contends that he just can't get
anyone to turn out for the squad. Maybe
it’s because the swimming team gets very
little recognition; but this, in turn, could
be the result of poor showings in the past.
Whatever the reason, the fact is very ob
vious that someone needs to recruit some
fine high school prospects, the same as in
football, baseball, track and basketball.
Borchardt, himself, is in a bad position
to do this because he is a full-time assistant
professor in the school of physical'educa
tion besides being coach of the freshman
and varsity swimming team. These two
jobs leave him little time to go around the
state procuring high school prospects. Fur
thermore, he has no staff under him on
whom to pass off some of these responsi
bilities.
We don't profess to know all the fact>
about coaching a swimming team, or re
cruiting athletes; but we do know that the
University is not getting its share of the
top state prospects. Many of them end up
at the University of Washington, Northern
Division kingpin in swimming circles; but
an even more alarming number has shown
up on the OSC team, which is currently
giving the Huskies a run for their money.
To lose an athletic contest to the Aggies
is quite disheartening; but to have to can
cel a swimming meet with them because no
one turned out for the squad is a much
greater blow to our pride.
We recommend that the athletic depart
ment either get a coach who can spend a
justifiable amount of time on the swim
ming team; or that the intercollegiate
swimming program be officially dropped
from the schedule.
It‘s better to have no team at all. than
one which has to back out of its schedule
just before the season opens; (S.Y.)
The Suzie Dilemma
Reprinted from the Eugene Register-Guard
The Susan Campbell girls are upset. It’s
not the 35 cents each that bothers them ;
it’s the principle of the thing. And from
reading the Oregon Daily Emerald, we
think the University of Oregon co-eds who
live near the Pioneer Mother are right. The
girls are disturbed about another, case of
what we termed, last November, “double
standard justice.”
College boys overcome with the festive
possibilities of snow, threw snowballs at
Susan Campbell windows, some of which
were broken. Who pays the bill? The boys?
No, because the boys fled without leaving
name or address. The girls? You bet, the
girls, and that’s why they’re angry.
Girls lead a rough life. Since the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary co-eds
in the spring have been subjected to indig
nities such as being dunked in the fish pool
behind the law school. Xobody is ever re
quired to pay for the pressing of their
pleated skirts. But last fall when freshmen
girls, taking a leaf from the admired Hun
garian book, rose up to assert themselves,
what happened? They had to pay for the
damage caused when they painted some
football players with lipstick and permit
ted the boys’ porterhouse steaks to get
cold and greasy.
It is too much to ask that the University
make the hoys pay for the broken windows,
inasmuch as the University doesn’t know
which boys to assess. But it is also too
much — too much on the principle of the
thing, not too much money — to ask the
Susan Campbell girls to pungle up 35 cents
each for damage done their dormitory by
outsiders.
Answer to Swimming Problem?
“Nobody sinks any question. Hr1* <-a|ituln of th<- swimming Innn"
The Critic s Critique
UT Team' Successful
With Moliere's Comedy
By BEN TROWBKIDCJE
Emerald Columnist
"This man must have a uni
versal cure-all." Moliere inad
vertently might well have been
writing of himself There seems
to he little doubt that this man
was a master practitioner of
lighting weary faces with
broad smiles smiles of every
race, color, and creed," for
Moliere's plays have been henid
and enjoyed in most every coup
try, in most every tongue in the
world.
Last Friday night the Uni
versity Theatre opened its win
ter season with a robust little
romp of Moliere's entitled "The
Doctor in Spite of Himself."
This is pure farce and appro
priately was directed, produced
and acted as such, Whether it
is the individual audience mem
ber’s ‘‘cure-all’’ is a treatment
that each will have to undergo
himself.
Ah to the story? It is unim
portant. Its structure lev* been
influenced by the ( omedia, the
capital and still-producing
theatre of French comedy in
I'aris. The framework is clas
sic: ‘‘the old man with the
troublesome daughter; tin- lusty
and gymnastic clown; the sinis
ter nonsense of the Doctor of
Bologna.”
It is not the story that is im
portant, as has been said. It is
just a necessary prop for the
display of the ridiculous, often
hilarious characters of Moliere's
imagination.
The University production
ably carried out the slapstick
comedy in the intimate Arena
Theater. Daniel Krempel, direc
tor, handled the job well, keep
ing the play on ita toes at all
times.
This is not a play that de
pend* on the strength of one
actor to carry the load. The <■»>.(
must act a* a team. If one mem
tier fall* then the chances are
the play would disintegrate.
Fortunately, moat mem her a
turned In fine. slnpsttck per
formance* that make the plus
the pleasant entertainment It
I*. Outstanding in thl* team,
though, la the 11m1. sparkling
performance of Vlncen* Fanny
aa the Iloetor (In apite of hlm
aelf) Sganurelle. lie la certain
ly the team'* captain.
Slapstick comedy ta an art.
that la If It la to be funny and
not disgusting. While I can't
aay the caat achieved I he pin
nacle of thla difficult acting
Htyle I will Bay a» a team they
never let It fall to the pathetic
and often disgusting level of
some of our present day slap
stick •‘artist*."
Special kudos to Ann Becker
for her imaginative costume* a
most important element in
any of Mollere'a plays. Proper
acknowledgment unfortunately,
was not accorded Ann Becker
in the skimpy programs.
Kvlilently .Mr. K rein pel, with
the assistance of I>r. Hen Frank
lin. provided thla production
with an extra scene which re
quired the service of three doc
tor* who spend their lines ami
actions lambasting the incdiml
profession. Whether this can he
considered a satirical blast at
the present profession or those
of Mullerc’s day I wouldn’t ven
ture to guess.
Included in the cast besides
the excellent Mr. Panny is
Donna Sue Ruth; Don Brown,
Bill Kim tier; David Fredrickson;
Tom Lewis; Juan Hickman;
Dwane McHollick; Richard Lee;
Joyce Niedringhaua; and Ray
mond Huey. A good team this!
Letters to the Editor
Emerald Editor:
It was very good to see that
the Student Union has formed
a jazz committee. It will be in
teresting to see how well is
works. Throughout the years I
have found college students, and
University of Oregon students
in particular, very “square"
when it comes to a knowledge
of jazz.
I doubt whether 20 persons on
this campus know Charlie Par
k<‘r from Dorothy Parker or
John Lewis from John L. Lewis.
I would judge the campus
preference by the music I hear
every day as I walk to the li
brary. (I believe that one of the
houses has a loudspeaker.) It
would appear that the school
students prefer Fats Domino ns
an illustration of their taste in
music.
Let’s face it. This school has
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