Oregon daily emerald., January 13, 1958, Image 2

Oregon Daily
(EMERALD
No ‘Pro’ Draftees
Another of the fine performances Oregon
football followers have come to expect was
evident Saturday to TV watchers of the
Senior Bowl all-star game in Mobile, Ala
bama—in the evasive form of Webfoot half
back Jim Shanley, a North standout.
Shanlev’s efforts, which included 11 of
fensive carries and 75 yards gained (a 6.8
yard average per try), were significant in
helping the North eke out a 15-13 win over a
favored South eleven.
The Shanley show followed closely, of
course, the now-historic Rose Bowl game's
most valuable performance by quarterback
Jack Crabtree.
Still, to our knowledge, neither player
has been contacted by professional football
team, American or Canadian. Only Jack
Morris of this year's team has been ap
proached—and that came two years ago by
the Los Angeles Rams' draft.
The pros may be missing something in
overlooking the likes of Crabtree and Shan
ley. Oregon football players have not ex
actly done poorly in play-tor-pay Sunday
games.
George Shaw, Jack Patera, Norm Van
Brocklin, Woodley Lewis, Dick Daugherty
and Dick James have all been standouts in
the National Football League. And Shanley
and Crabtree played on probably the best
Oregon team since the Cotton Bowl club of
1947.
To claim that the sharp-eyed pros are
missing a bet might be presumptions, but
may they hereby be warned!
Legal ‘Dry Zone?
It’s beginning to look as though Attorney
General Thornton’s ruling that the drv zone
around the University is illegal was the
best thing that could have happened to in
sure the continuation of that institution.
Three applications for package beer li
censes, previously okehed by the citv coun
cil and returned with no action by the Ore
gon Liquor Control Commission, come up
for consideration again at tonight’s council
meeting, and chances are that they will now'
be rejected. The council has asked Mayor
John J. McGinty to meet with University
President O. Merideth \\ ilson to determine
the University’s attitude on the dry zone
now that the zone has been declared illegal.
The outcome of that meeting is sure to in
fluence the council’s decision.
If, as we expect, Wilson declares that the
University will ask the legislature for law
establishing a dry zone should the council
grant those licenses, the city is not likely to
risk the passing of such a law'. The law
could easily- make the dry zone larger than
it is now—and in doing so make several
enemies for the council out of grocers who
aro presently doing a good business in beer.
1'lie Emerald hopes that action by the
legislature will not be necessary, for it
could bring about hard feelings between the
city and the University. Hut if the council
grants the three applications for package
beer licenses and thus gives notice that it
will no longer respect the University’s
wishes in this matter, there will be no alter
native for the University but to press lor
laws which will provide a dry zone.
Oregon’s Economy
The dim forecasts for Oregon's economic
outlook, made after lumber demand and
prices fell, have been somewhat lightened
bv a recent increase in the state's business
activity. Economists who continue to base
their predictions on the state of the lumber
industry in the state will continue to see a
bleak future. Those who realize that the
state could be passing through a transi
tional period are heartened by signs of new
progress.
Southern and central Oregon lumbering
communities have particularly felt the bite
of the recent lumber slump. Slight rises in
the price of lumber periodically bring a few
of the closed saw mills into operation, but
the increased production quickly drops the
price again. The situation i> forcing many
mills out of business, and, in so doing, is
making basic changes in the lumber in
dustry'. Only those plants which can pro
duce wood products most efficiently and
economically and find good uses for their
by-products will be able to last through the
decline. This means, on the one hand, that
the lumber industry w ill be concentrated in
the hands of fewer, bigger companies and,
on the other hand, that Oregon's declining
.stands of timber will probably be con
served.
Wood products manufacturing such as
hardboard and plywood, which are in de
mand and have fairly stable prices are mov
ing into some communities.
1 he current “recession” has pointed up
Oregon's economic dependance on lumber.
I he state s businessmen are finally realiz
ing that it s unsound to depend so heavilv on
one product. Many communities have form
ed committees to actively try to attract new
industries into their areas.
One of Oregon’s larger sources of income,
the tourist industry, should profit from the
new highway program and the state’s in
creasing interest in state parks and recrea
tional areas.
It’s hard to see only black clouds on Ore
gon's economic horizon. The decline of the
lumber industry may well be the beginning
of a new economic era for the state. The
increased awareness of the state’s economic
problems, caused by the recession, could
lead to a more diversified and stable state
economy.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Emerald Editor:
For a quarter of a century
alumni and under-graduates of
the University of Oregon
dreamed for a Student Union
such as we have on our campus
today. In 1950, the years of
dreaming awakened to reality
when the Erb Memorial Student
Union was dedicated. As its
name implies, it was built for
the students, to serve as the
center of campus activities and
recreation. It is our building—
yours and mine.
This building was equipped
with many facilities, among
them an Art Gallery. Through
the work of the Student Union
Art Gallery Committee exhibits
of all kinds are placed there for
student enjoyment. Never a
thought is given that any part
of an exhibit would be taken!
(Or would stolen be a more ap
propriate word?) On Tuesday,
however, a group of cartoons
were placed on exhibit. They
were the products of student
talent brought together in the
Creative Arts Cartoon Contest.
Not having been up but twenty
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•ALLEN JOHNSON, Editor , GARY CAPPS, Business Manager
four hours—already three of
these are missing!
I am wondering, would you
abuse your own car, clothing or
other personal possessions in the
same manner as you abuse your
Student Union ? Would you steal
from your own friends—for it
is on the same principle that
the cartoons disappeared from
the Art Gallery. Would you like
it if your friends placed a lock
and key on every movable ob
ject when you came to visit?
Maybe this is what is needed
in the Student Union—our build
ing—to teach a lesson to some
of those who havep’t yet learned
to respect the opportunities pro
vided for them.
Sharon Rafferty,
Chairman
Creative Arts Committee
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Legendary Jungle Rite
Contains Moral Lesson
Some year* ugo. in a par
ticularly wild part of the jungle,
there lived the usual assort
ment of animals. The animals
themselves, however, were mute
unusual. They
were civilized.
This unique cir
cumstance could
be traced to the
efforts of Pom
pous Patrick
McGillicuddy, a
world traveler
who had strayed
into the region
and endowed
it with his pervasive influence
against barbarity. For his work,
Pompous had received the high
est honor that animuldom rould
bestow: being eaten at the 4-Uh
Inter-Jungle Council.
The mark he left was lasting.
It consisted mainly of a social
organizations and an ethic. The
social organization was simple,
as would be understood by sim
ple minds. Each herd, tribe,
flo'k, etc. was organized in a
ladder of age, the older run
ning the group, the younger
vying for position and influence.
This ethic was simple too,
consisting of rules derived from
past action. That, is, tradition
prescribed what was socially
correct and what was expected
of each individual towards the
group.
The moral lesson for today
involves one of the most inter
esting of their quaint customs,
the rite of adulthood and uc
eeptance as a brother In the
blood—the latter sometimes in
terpreted as a carryover from
earlier days when meml»ers of
the same group had been known
to feast on one another. This
was perhaps the most impor
tant rite, as it tested conclusiv
I.V the strength of character and
the ability to sacrifice the self
for the whole.
Specific procedures varied,
mostly due to physical differ
ences, but there was an amaz
ing correspondence from one
animal faction to the other.
While the hyenas took great
delight in their "laugh heartily
while gorging on peppers" game,
the lions liked much better to
subject their neophytes to “claw
on the head,” the test being
whether the cub could rental
unflinching a* his eur was re
moved with ft powerful swipe
of an older fellow's paw. The
snakes had their belly laughs
too. a race over hot glass, the
winner receiving a square knot
to Ire worn for the duration.
And so on.
Outside activities, such as
sca\enger hunts, had been oiil
hiHed by the Inter-Jungle Couii
ett. K\en so, every once in a
while one woidd come upon a
young parrot trying to remove
the tail of a sleeping elephant
as a trophy of his daring.
This Council had also gone on
record «h opposing most of the
other activities that proved
animalhood by humiliation and
physical degradation, but hadn't
made much headway as the
most brutish and sadistic of the
jungle were also its leaders.
One year the jungle had been
thrown into an uproar by a
young baboon who couldn't un
derstand what these activities
were all about. He asked un
orthodox questions, such as, "Do
such activities as ‘baboon in a
balloon' or ‘cigars in the cave’
really produce espri de corps?,"
and “What use is it for me to
walk on my hands for a month
with my tail In my mouth?."
This serious heresy caused a
great deal of confusion nmong
the jungle elders and especially
within the Baboon Diet, What
were they to do with such a
maverick ?
The upshot was lhat this
young fellow, Ambrose hy name,
was told to shut up or la* eject
ed from Ihe Jungle. Not realiz
ing that there was a world out
side the jungle, Ambrose felt
forced to stay and receive pun
ishment for his Impertlnance.
Consequently, he was singled
out for special guidance In ba
hoonhood, lessons designed to
set his thinking straight.
Without going into the details
of Ambrose’s rigorous tests, we
can truthfully say that he was
a reformed thinker at the end
of a month. And two months
after that he couldn't wait for
the next group to stand at the
door of maturity.
Moral: Tradition is always
right, or, it is dangerous to
think in terms of change.