For a Greater Oregon
The ASUO senate will take action to
night on President Jim Lynch’s recent pro
posal that the student who is appointed
Greater Oregon director he given a full
salary. •
Lynch sounded out the ASUO cabinet
last week on the idea that a full-time direc
tor of tiie program should receive the top
student wage—$692 yearly.
The move strikes us as a most construc
tive suggestion.
The proposed ASUO budget, with its still
dubious AW S inclusions, has been sub
jected to much senate inquiry, and The
Emerald believes the new Greater Oregon
plan to be fully worthy of approval.
Student-manned public relations have
been underway only for a short time, in an
attempt to keep pace with the unofficial
and very successful job done by Oregon
State College students for their school.
Since its institution here, Greater Ore
gon has been thought of chiefly as another
committee assignment—though it should be
pointed out that this year's group has made
considerable, progress in organizing the
state area.
But the appointment of a salaried student
director would offer a chance for the ideal
desired end—the right person in the right
job. Salary and attendant responsibilities
would equate Greater Oregon with the oth
er full-time student positions—the ASUO
presidency, the Oregana and The Emerald
editorships and The Emerald business
manager.
And why should this not be so? To pro
vide for the well-being of the University
through proper selection of prospective
students and to tell the "right” people the
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many merits of the University demands a
salesman of the first order.
Converting Greater Oregon into a full
time operation would be a farsighted move
by student leaders. For if the goal of stu
dent government here is indeed present
and future improvement of the University
through its students, certainly the insuring
of quality in freshmen should rate upper
most in any budget considerations.
If we want the job done, we should be
willing to pay for it. That this is the only
way to make Greater Oregon work to its
full potential is not yet a certainty. Hut the
adoption of a salaried position would offer
an incentive for the kind of full-time lead
ership needed in such a job.
The philosophy behind salaries for stu
dents might bear mentioning here. The idea
is that salaries should be comparable to
what a student could earn at an outside job
during the academic year. This would, in
theory, make all students eligible for con
sideration.
The first year in such a position would
be rough. Admittedly the first Greater
Oregon director would be squarely on the
spot and, in effect, required to make good—
or else the budget likely would get pared
the next year.
Any new enterprise, of course, needs
time. And with such a worthwhile goal as
the improvement of the University through
recruiting higher quality incoming stu
dents, all the raw materials should be
there for a successful project.
It’s up to you, senators, to decide how to
spend this portion of the students' money.
Greater Oregon, given a chance, could make
Oregon greater.
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Let’s Hope for Rain
Normally, the period of intensive study
ing before winter term finals week is made
more bearable by the poor condition of the
Aveather. With a good rain outside, one is
certainly more comfortable indoars, and
settling down to study is not quite so diffi
cult.
This has been the situation during win
ter term finals weeks—as well as in the
fall—for at least as long as we’ve been at
the University. Only during spring term
have we been plagued with invitingly good
weather to attract us from our studies.
But lately, the weather has been so
spring-like that studying for finals has
been greatly complicated.
How can one, after a dreary winter, face
a pile of neglected books when the sun is
shining, the buds are opening and the sap
is rising (in students as well as trees) ? How
can one sit and type a late term paper when
The River beckons? *"
Though we have enjoyed—too much, we
fear—the early spring weather this year,
we’re still hoping for a spell of dreary
weather to recue its from the perils of pro
crastinations.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Emerald Editor:
For every one of your state
ments [in Off-Campus Housing?
March 7] supporting the present
rigid and enforced ruling regard
ing off campus housing for un
dergraduate unmarried women,
I have a different opinion. Mr.
Editor, you can’t become con
cerned over the cries for off
campus housing because you are
not required to live in it, and as
a man, are not bothered by re
strictions upon your personal
freedom and right to happiness!
The regulations in so called
upperclass women’s dorms are
unreasonable because they are
designed to control. The very
truth of the matter is, that
group living is objectionable to
a few women for various rea
sons. There comes a time in a
mature individual’s life when
group living as provided no
longer helps him reach maturity
but hinders him. Space will not
permit me to list contributing
examples of the above, but com
pulsory dormitory meetings for
the purposes of filling out an
inventory of participation sheet
for an activity in which the in
dividual has no interest, for
being told of new constraining
rules, and of urging participa
tion in activities, are reasons
for objecting. To have to con
tribute to the "social” fund of a
dorm when the desire to com
plete work for a degree prevents
one from being able to attend
such events and also, to be
forced to clean one’s room by a
certain time on a set day or face
punishment of being “campused”
seems uncalled for.
Of the 1,894 women enrolled
last year, how many were likely
to be eligible or interested in off
campus housing ? Not very many
unmarried undergraduate wom
en were apt to request off cam
pus housing. Those who were
affiliated with sororities on this
campus were obligated to live in
and contribute to their groups.
Many women preferred the se
curity of a dorm and the moth
ering influence of counselors and
house mothers. Those who did
request off campus housing had
strong rooted reasons and be
cause the permission was so im
portant to the individual, I feel
that provision for reviewing
those requests would not have
been too great a burden.
You say the problem involves
a moral judgment and shouldn’t
be in the hands of the adminis
tration. If this is so, why is it
right for the administration to
maintain the present policy of
rigid-and stiffly-punishable -
for violation ruling ? The present
solution may be an easy and
therefore satisfactory solution
for the problem of student con
trol but it does not untangle the
problems of the women who are
restricted by the present rule
and have to choose between sus
pension and graduation at the
price of personal sacrifice, irri
tation, and unhappiness.
The need for upperclass living
space is not met. How many
single rooms in quiet corridors
are available? Why should
upperclass women who are
pressed for time have to spend
three hour sessions on phone
and hostess duty? Off campus
housing for unmarried under
graduate women who deserve the
privilege ought to be granted.
Shirley McCauley
Senior in English
Literature
100 Proof Curve
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''ARE WE AK7UN0 TO 6RAPN6 HMAW AGAIN PR0fE$5OR SHARP?"
Letters to the Editor
Emerald Editor:
The members of Rebec House
would like to extend a public
thank you to those who have
shown an active concern in our
campaign to changp the name of
the proposed George Rebec Hall.
We are grateful to President
Wilson for his definite action, to
The Emerald for its support and
coverage, to the research com
mittees from the AWS la-gis
luture and Phi Th*-ta, and to the
students and townspeople for
the intreest they have shown.
In view of the prominent part
that J. J. Walton played in the
establishment of the University
of Oregon, his name is a worthy
choice for the dormitory.
.Murcia Mathews
President of Kcboe
House
Midge Y\ uodhouse
Secretary of Rebec
House
Kmc raid Kditor:
We want to thank the writer
of Thursday's editorial | Off
Campus Housing?, March 7| for
dispelling one of the schoolroom
fantasies that we learned along
with the story of the cherry
tree. Of course, we learned long
ago that the cherry tree was a
myth, but it was not until Thurs
day that we learned that living
without supervision is a privi
lege—not a right.
Now who was that out-dated
old fellow who once said some
ridiculous things about “certain
unalienable rights,’’ including
such things as “Life, Liberty,
and the pursuit of Happiness"?
Fairy (iardner
Sophomore in Pre-Law
Vicki Durham
Sophomore in
Literal Arts
Emerald Editor:
Having been subjected to a
rather excessive amount of
forced-noise for some time now
at the corner of 15th and Kin
caid, we can not help but ques
tion the purpose of it all. Pos
sibly the Phi Delta Thetas con
sider themselves the self-ap
pointed entertainers of the Pi
Phis, opposite them, or else feel
that their broadcasting through
out the neighborhood will en
hance the intellectual atmos
phere brought about by the
presence of the library across
street. While a third explana
tion would be that all members
of said house are deaf, we can
not help but consider this Sten
torian blaring of noise to be of
very questionable propriety. It
would ho somewhat less than a
rash presumption on our part to
suggest that possibly everyone
In the neighborhood is not as
fond of the emissions of the Phi
Dell loud-speaker a* they are.
We feel it unnecessary to com
ment at this tune uu their mu
sical selection.
.John W. Itarehfield
Junior In Pre-I-aw
1 Joyd It. Porter
Senior In Business
Administration
F.nirruid Kdltor:
Last night, u student left the
classical music listening room.
H^said that the atmosphere wa
disconcerting and that he hoped
that students would learn, some
time. the way to listen to clas
sical music.
In designing such a room, one
should try to come ns near as
possible to the conditions and
atmosphere of a concert hall.
But. when considering this par
ticular room, we may as well
wonder if'the designer ever went
to any concert.
Though some improvements
have been made since fall term,
the general Impression given by
the ( hair arrangement and the
day and night "eclaii age" is still
that of a dentist's waiting room.
Small wonder that students
may consider it as a cosy place
for chatting and/or studying,
with any musical background.
This is all the more regrettable
because the collection of records
seems of excellent quality and,
in my opinion, there would be •
much to gain by giving students
the best chance to get acquaint
ed with classical music.
Gerald Iiurct,
Grandiiate Student
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Ramsey, Jack Wilson, Bob Mullin.
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