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Daily EMERALD Centennial ‘Snag’ On one of the inside pages in Tuesday’s Oregonian, Washington correspondent A. Robert Smith reports that plans of the Ore gon centennial commission tor kicking off its publicity campaign at the White House have "bumped into a snag." The "snag” was none other than Ore gon’s junior senator, Richard L. Xeuberger. Neuberger came out against asking Presi dent Eisenhower to take part in a cere monial affair on the occasion of his signing an Oregon centennial proclamation. Xeu berger cited concern for the president’s health, and lack of time for such things. Xeuberger said: “His strength and vi tality are definitely limited. They must be spared for the greatest duties of his office . . . If I can ask for the president’s time and energy so that I can present him rose slips on behalf of the Portland Rose Festival, then some other U. S. senator can make a similar request for the Wenatchee Apple Blossom festival, the Pasadena Tourna ment of Roses or the Xebraska Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. There would be no end so such demands.” While Xeuberger may have overdone the "limited strength and vitality” line, lie's dead right on ceremonial affairs. The last person who should be bothered with them during these times is the President. It would be a good idea for more political and social organizations to pay attention to Xeuberger's statement that "all of us Ameri cans must exercise restraint in burdening the President with such purely ceremonial tasks as this.” All’s Not Lost “Rosy Outlook” is the headline over the lead story in last week's Time magazine cinema section. Among other things Time notes that Hollywood's 1958 production schedule is "the most ambitious in recent years.” Paramount plans to release 32 mov ies this year; Warner, MGM, Columbia, United Artists', and Twentieth Century-Fox all plan production increases. This, of course, is good news tor the entertainment hungry college student who has been close to nausea since he that heard ‘‘movies are better than ever.” Perhaps—with more movies—there’ll be better movies. Emerald entertainment editor John Len gel has frequently noted last fall’s lack of quality in downtown movies. We've been forced to agree. But take a look at recent developments. Things are looking up. Within two weeks, two of the funniest shows ever (“The Lady killers,” “Don’t Go Near the Water”) made appearances downtown. Just last week came more pood news. The grand old Mayflower announced its re-opening and the coining of "Oedipus Rex,” "Richard 111” and "The Red Balloon," with promises of more high quality films to come. The Student Union has scheduled a good line-up of second-run movies for the rest of the year including "The Bad Seed," "Seven N ear Itch," "Moby Dick and "Bad Day at Black Rock.” While we’re on the subject of good movie entertainment, we shouldn’t forget the Uni versity Film Society’s slate which includes a schedule of excellent classics, such as "All Ouiet on the W estern Front,” “A Day at the Races" and “The Good Earth.” So, maybe all is not lost for campus movie goers. Worthwhile Lecture Once termed the “Drowsing" Room lec tures by a witty Emerald writer who was covering the weekly series, the current slate of Browsing Room speakers has awakened new interest in the program. Several of this year’s lectures, especially those of \Y. O. Shanahan and E. S. W’cngert, were so well attended that seats were at a premium. Tonight's lecture by R. E. Mike sell, Miner professor of economics, is ex pected to be as popular. The major factor in the surge of campus interest in the series is perhaps the more timely choice of topics for this year’s lec tures. The series has alwavs tended to ap peal more directly to the intellectuals and scholars who have some direct interest in the topic’s field, but the subject matter should not be such to discourage listeners who would simply like to know more about the topic. Perhaps one of the best examples of the specialized topics was la-t year's speech on "The Influence of Freudian Psychology on the Criticism of Literary \Vork>.” This sub ject would rarely be discussed outside graduate seminars and five hundred series courses. A good lecture should hold some chal lenge for most listeners. It should not, ideally, be over the heads of listeners who are not specialists in that field, yet not be so simple that it fails to stimulate the speaker’s contemporaries in the audience. It should seek to encourage further thinking no mat ter what previous knowledge individuals in the audience have on the subject. Few students and probably a good num ber of faculty members have had much time to study the philosophy and development of U.S. foreign policy. Tonight's lecture on "Trade, Aid and National Security” ought to prove informational and stimulating to those attending. Our Oonle, mporarieA Religion. Is Valid State University Study (Editor’s Note: The following editorial, from the Eugene Rig ister-Guard, comments on the editorial “Specter of State Re ligion Haunts American So ciety” which the Emerald re printed from the Colorado Daily) The editorial columns of the Oregon Daily Emerald have been used in recent days to ex plore that old bugaboo “separa tion of church and state.” And it’s a good thing they have, be cause student opinion on such matters should be encouraged. Far better, we believe, to get worked up over the issue of re ligious freedom than over the burning issue of supporting the team. Unfortunately, however, the issue comes up right before the university observes its “RE Week,” known some years as "religious evaluation week” and some years as religious em phasis week.” This is a univer sity sponsored observance, an observance of a type not per mitted at the University of Washington because of a misun derstanding by that institution of the “freedom of religion” and "separation of church and state” concepts. We agree at the outset with students who have said they fear a growing trend toward institutionalizing religion in American life. We agree that it should come naturally and from the churches or not at all—cer tainly not from the government. At the same time we see a need for the study of religion, for a study of it from a philo sophical and social point of view. No area of human ex perience that means as much as religion means to millions of people can be neglected by an institution devoted to the hu manities and the social sci ences. Here in Oreogn we can be proud that our university recognizes an important aspect of life. However, we’d like to see more real argument. Too often these religious assemblies at txact only those who are already convinced. Four years ago, recognizing this, the univer sity provided for a “skeptic’s hour,” in which those who wished to come to scoff could do just that without being coerced into staying to pray. But not a single old-fashioned scoffer turned up. The main feature of the meeting was a high-brow give-and-take session betw'een some amateur theologians and the visiting parsons. MonoR.imy? r1 / ANP QUIT iNIKODUCiNJ ME A6 #2SC*f ffttfHD/0 Jacl Wits Son Present College Generation Different from Those Past Having received, at this writ ing, no denials of Nicholas David's theory that the brevity of campus love affairs is ex ceeded only by _ their shallow ness, I suppose it's up to this writer to offer the defense. And it's not so much a de fense as it is an explanation. An explanation, you jih^ui -- the American public from col lege students about our appar ent lack of sincerity. Are we really so much dif ferent from the college genera tions which have preceded us? For good or for bad. we are. A pinning was unheard of 30 years ago, except as an occasional genuine prelude to engagement. Otherwise, the stag reigned supreme, and the more girls a man could take out without get ting involved, the higher his esteem. (The stag is still an important individual in the South, where it's pointless to take a girl to a dance if you expect to dance with her. But I suspect that even the conservative old South will be unable to hold out against the trend very long). It has been said of us that we are a monogamous group, hut our monogamy is not al ways confined to one partner. We engage in a “monogamous polygamy.” This sounds like a conflict of terms, but it Isn’t. It is our custom to concentrate our affections on one person for a length of time, then go on to another. But during that time, no infidelity by either partner is allowed. If I were to twist Dave Cass' observation the other day, I might comment that these “streaks of monogamy1’ corre spond to the streaks of mar riage and divorce which are be coming more prevalent among American adults. But that is obviously not a valid conclusion, any more than the conclusion that a long pin ning period corresponds to a long marriage is valid. Sincerity is the key word, I think. It could only be insin cerity that causes a fraternity pin to hop around as if afflicted with St. Vitus’ Dance and it Isn't always Insincerity on the pint of its original owner. Both parties have to share the blame. I don't think this Insincerity is Intentlonul. Snre. there's al nv>H the guy who tikes to make Ills wall look like the side of a World War II fighter plane with sorority stickers, amt there's always the girl who thinks a collection of pins is a more valuable reminder of her eollege days Ilian her diplomu. But most people aren't In tentionally insincere that’s a form of dishonesty, and few of us are morally constituted to la- Intentionally dishonest. We're Just like inexperienced shop|>ers, buying the first thing that strikes our fancy, then re turning it for something u little better or different, and re peating the cycle until we fi nally select something that suits us. Some of us get what we want on the first purchase. Kor others, it takes several trans actions. In contrast, our parents—or so I'm told—did a lot of win dow shopping before they iHiught, saving themselves some trouble IHit coming out about the same in the long run. Whether our mating habits - so shocking to the older genera tion are good or bad, moral or immoral, 1h impossible to Judge, at least from our jmsition in fhe middle of the forest. But I doubt if we're any worse than any other generation of college stu dents was or will be. OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald in published four time* in Scptemlier and five day* a *rek dtiring the school year, except during examination and vacation period*, by thr Student Publication* Hoard of the Univer sity of Oregon. Entered a* second cla** matter at the po»t office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per year, $2 per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of The Emerald and do not pre tend to represent the opinion of the ASL O or the University. 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