Service Through Selection
To explain the aims and purposes, as
■well as the structure, of any newspaper’s
policy is difficult at best. Misunderstand
ings, confusion and disagreements are oc
cupational hazards and as such must he
taken in stride.
Policy, in definition and in practice,
comes hard to the most skilled of profes
sional journalists. To full-time students act
ing as part-time newspaper men and wom
en, the task is progressively less easv.
The Emerald enjoys a great degree of
freedom in deciding that policy (from term
to term). Compared to many college pub
lications, faculty advice and administration
supervision (other than through the Student
Publications Board) is negligible.
This mobility in forming editorial and
news policy thus makes possible a near
realization of the ideal campus newspaper—
run by the students for the students. This
will continue to be The Emerald’s chief
goal: service through selection.
As in the past. The Emerald will con
tinue to provide the campus with compre
hensive news coverage of all major events
and many of the minor ones; informative
and entertaining features, both on a regu
lar and spot basis; and informed opinion,
speaking through the editorial board and
representative columnists.
An innovation in opinion presentation
planned for the near future is a column
written by a panel of foreign students on
campus. This should prove a real contribu
tion in the always-trickv field of "every
body-pleasing.’’
The editorial page itself will consider
timely issues, primarily from the campus,
while not ignoring questions of more gene
ral interest. As in the past, editorial judge
ments will be made by the editorial board
in regular meetings, with individual board
members writing the editorials. Columnists
—representing their own viewpoints—will
appear in daily rotation. The "Letters to
the Editor” section is again expected to act
as a sounding board for student opinion,
spontaneously spoken.
Traditionally, a newspaper’s basic policy
is expressed most actively in its editorial
columns. The historic separation between
news ami opinion, however, has been some
what bridged by a compromise known as in
terpretive reporting.
The Kmerald will not attempt to cram in
terpretation into every campus brief and
pinning announcement, but background in
formation will occasionally be used to fill
in the shadows and vacancies which can oc
cur in straight news reporting.
News is many things to tnanv persons,
and with limitations of time and space can
not possibly satisfy everyone as to display,
amount and frequency. An honest objective
effort and experienced judgment will, how
ever. underlie the end result of each day’s
Emerald.
Feature material will take the light ap
proach. known to some as human interest.
\\ ith humorous sidelights and unique off
shoots on the everyday news, relaxation is
achieved without sacrificing a chance to
know.
Illustrating the news and features in The
Emerald will be photographic coverage,
once more highlighted by sports pictures.
Photos will also play a vital role in depict
ing the expanding nature of the campus, as
well as its daily activities.
The Emerald realizes it cannot please all
factions, interest groups and outspoken in
dividuals—political or non-political. Its
greatest service can be its chief duty, an
ability to select what is important and lit
erally relay the message.
Realizing a goodly amount of freedom
itself, The Emerald urges its use bv oth
ers. We admit fallibility in advance, but
deny vigorously any doubt as to our sin
cerity of purpose and amount of effort we
expect to put forth.
We’ll welcome any suggestion which we
feel will contribute to our fundamental aim,
or policy—to maintain the prestige of the
immediate past, to extend our service in
the immediate future and to stress quality
through selectivity. This will best fulfill
The Emerald’s responsibility as we see it.
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A Moral Victory
About a month back, the Emerald stated
■with no hesitation that it wasn’t impossible
to beat Ohio State—it was just very diffi
cult. And we cited the story of the little
train who “thought he could" as our chief
authority for the statement.
And certainly, if the author of that story,
or any other respectable writer of fables
had been handling the script for Rose Bowl
game, the ending would have been differ
ent. If ever a team deserved to win a game,
the Oregon Ducks deserved to defeat Ohio
State.
Tearing a page from the old Cinderella
story, the Webfoots grudgingly gave up the
first touchdown (the villain in fairy stories
always draws first blood) then battled
gamely back to tie the score. They held the
touted Buckeye offense scoreless in the sec
ond quarter.
By halftime, the stage was set for a story
book finish.
Reality, however, seldom conforms to
fictional ideals. Happy endings aren’t near
ly as common as Hollywood would have us
believe. The Oregon team had everything
it takes to make a happy ending but luck.
And luck plays an important role in foot
ball games.
We lost, and the happy ending to the
Cinderella story didn’t show up on the
scoreboard. But reality has .an important
advantage over fiction. In fiction, a win is
a win and a loss is a loss. But in this case,
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the win was more of a loss for Ohio State,
and the loss was more of a victory for Ore
gon.
Everyone who saw the game—even our
old friends from the Los Angeles press—
knew that Oregon had won that game. And
in doing so, the Oregon team and coaches
earned themselves a permanent niche in the
tradition and history of the school.
There is no way for us to reward the in
dividuals who put their hearts and minds
and bodies into this achievement. They
weren’t playing for any reward but that
which comes from the game itself.
Naturally, a few individuals stood out.
But special praise for those individuals
would only take away from the team effort,
without which there could have been no
Rose Bowl and no victory, moral or other
wise.
So now it’s over, and it’s time to start
thinking of basketball (and Oregon won't
do badly in that sport, either). But one
thing, Mr. Harris. How about getting Ohio
State on the schedule sometime in the fu
ture.-' 'J hey’ve got a licking coming.
Footnotes
The Los Angeles sports writers evidently
must have seen almost as much of Disney
land as the recent visitors from the north.
To -read their pre-game stories, one would
assume the Oregon players were designed to
five-eighths normal size (as per the park’s
buildings).
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Object Lesson l oo Late
For California Schools
Rumor has it that some of us
are discarding our proper mod
esty and saying unkind words
to the Los Angeles sportswrit
crs and the PCC "bolters." It's
a perfectly natural reaction
after Oregon's brilliant per
formance at Pasadena and the
abuse we had taken before that
event.
We've heard comments to the
effect that USC. UCLA, and
California were afruid to play
Oregon after the beatings they
took during the past season and
are now even more fearful after
the Ducks made the Number 1
team in the nation look sub
average.
We’ve also heard a sugges
tion that It should now be Ore
gon not the southern schools
—that gets out of the confer
ence and goes looking for bet
ter teams to play.
But that kind of talk, amus
ing and satisfying though it
might be, is strictly sour grapes
—a fruit which grows well in
Southern California but just
isn’t suited to Oregon's climate.
Actually, no caustic com
ments from this corner are
called for. Oregon’s moral vic
tory in the Rose Bowl speaks
for itself.
That victory tells the whole
nation, if people are willing to
look beneath the surface, that
it isn’t under-the-table money
and rnillion-dollar athletic pro
grams that make a great foot
ball team. It’s the ability and
teamwork and—above all- the
desire to play football that
makes a truly outstanding team.
The pity is that for the Cali
fornia schools the object lesson
came too late. And, regardless
of how many people see how
many California victories in the
years ahead, those players and
those schools will be much the
poorer for it.
So much for the moralizing.
There was a lot more going on
in metropolitan Los Angeles
(starts just south of San Fran
cisco and ends in the San Diego
vicinity) than football.
Los Angeles, we said, will be
the ideal place to soak up some
sunshine. And so we headed for
the logical place: the beach.
What we didn't realize is that
in Southern California most, of
the beach is privately owned,
and not wanting to be labeled
a Socialist, we didn’t dispute
the fact.
A lengthy search uncovered
a atrip nf public beach If y«> i
can rail a few acres of ruaty
beer ran* u beach but in that
area the smog (officially Los
Angeles haa no more smog i
blocked out the aun and made
sunbathing aecm a little ri
diculoua.
We Io<iked around for some
thing exciting to do and found
that, ahort of getting involved
in a gang war. the moat ex
htliarating activity In Lon
Angelea la driving the freewnyn
for the firat time. And we're
not alone. Sam lianka. winner
of the 1957 Indianapolia 500,
got himaelf Involved in nn acci
dent in Lne Angelea lie de
clared that he would much
rather do hia driving on the
Speedway it’a aafer.
And then there wnn Dlancy
larid, where you are guaranteed
to spend all the money in your
pocket, wear out your ahoei
and live your childhood all over
again. Dianey'a a fantaatic per
son. when you atop to think. If
you total up hla influence
through several media on the
children and adults of the past
generation, you have to admit
that he's had a lot to do with
the shaping of America and
Disneyland has become a sort
of Mecca to millions of people.
Knott’s Berry Farm (no berry
bushes in evidence but lots of
places to spend money) and
Marineland (including this year
a whale) do their best, but so
far they Just can't beat Mr.
Disney's show-place as a draw
ing card.
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A1. 1.1' X JOHNSON. Editor
EARY (’API'S, Hiimiw , Manager
WII.UAM COOK.
Editorial PaKe Editor
PH IK I!A(*KR, Managing Editor
CiKEN (iRAVES, Advertising Mgr.
JA( K WIKSON, JERRY RAMSEY,
Associate Editor*
PEPPER A KEE N, News Editor
B()|{ MIJKKIN, Sports Editor
JOANNE MIKKICAN,
Ass’t Business Manager
Editorial Board: Allen Johnson, William
( ook, Phil Hager, Pepper Allen, Jerry
Ramsey, Jack Wilson, Bob Mullin.