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Letters to the Editor (Continued from pane 2) »!<*t iiil j• >"j<ir to tin; f lection. ^The editorial states an an ob jection that campuM Interests cannot tie divided Into 1 ivtn gioups Yet, it must lie admitted Unit Hit, Is nothing more than a mere conclusion, arid the unti l does rot offer evidence I bat there Is any lamia of fact to support hi.M conclusion. The writer further states that under the petition amendment, "s' intent s actually couldn’t vote for anyone they wanted." The wnter apparently fails to realize that this ii the precise system on which all local, state, and federal elections are held, and Implies, at the very least, that the system once In effect at the I" ■! () is one which was "more democratic" than the system under which the nation has lived for more than ISO years. Hobby If. Helmet ( Itlrharil Kgner .lr. Second Year Law I d. Vote: The conflict In tin* two amendments, which have Ii****ii printed three times In pre vious I.incralds, is life senate proposal which provides for the election of nine senators under the "at-large" present system, and petition proposal, which rails for 2S represen teat ives elected separately from seven IHIng groups. The two amend ments are Itcing reviewed by the AM o ronsitiitional committee and. actually, are not in effect until a der ision is rendered. I mernld Editor: I would like to take issue with i ftill Cook's rather narrow view point on the merits of pay tele- j vision. One of the first questions I would ask .Mr. Cook is, "Would you like to h.'vve a coinbox tor' some other collective device i hung on your TV set that would collect upwards of $100 per j year for entertainment that is now provided free?” Mi Cook explains in his article that the public does indeed pfty : for television now by purchasing advertised products. I wonder if he as a journalist would like to i i arry his reasoning a bit further and venture some scheme as ' abolishing all advertising from newspapers and merely Increase : the cost per copy to the reader?" j Mr. Cook goes on to say that tlie present commercial broad casters don’t want some (other) j type of television cutting into their rich melon. What makes I Mi Cook think that if pay TV' were authorized by the FCC CAMPUS NOTES • The Kccorded Classics com mittee, in conjunction with Mu ! Phi Kpsilon and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfornia, present "An Evening i of American Music” on tonight j at 7 p.m. in the Dad's Lounge, j There will he several vocal num-1 bets, a French Horn quartet, and a saxophone quartet. • Girls Interested in working at the Salem Meier & Frank Col lege Board may get forms from the Dean of Women’s office. • Homecoming publicity com mittee meetis today at 2 p.m. in the SU. • The Rally Board Tuesday meeting has been postponed until Wednesday at noon. • Interviews for the Bunion Derby general chairmanship will be held Wednesday at 12:15 in the AWS office. • Sign Contest Committee of 1958 will meet at 4 p.m. today in the SU. that commercial broadcasters wouldn't be the first. to turn their operation* over to thl* new way of TV and pluck an even richer melon? Certainly the present network* and station* have all the necessary equip ment, facilities, technique* and know-how already perfected. It would be a small step indeed to a complete pay TV system if it weie ever authorized. Mr. Cook further comments that "competition, it would seem, would force higher quality pro grams on both commercial and pay television." Yes, it could seem so. but again, what make-; Mr. Cook think that the present top shows such as Perry Corno, Kraft Theatre. Playhouse 90, etc., would not go over imme diately to the pay medium where greater monetary attractions could he offered them? Where would that leave free commer cial television ? One more thing: whether TV be free or pay it is still going to change, why should the TV ? To further quote Or. Frank Stanton, president of CBC, "Commercial television as we know It y*lay, cannot exist side bv side with pay TV.” I am more inclined to go along with Or. Frank Stanton rather than Mr. Bill Cook. Bruce Htmiinnki Senior in Kadio-TV announcer-engineer KVAL-TV • • • Fete prize (Continued from pa</c one) hurt the University from the city's point of view.” According to Ferguson, the ac tion against Campbell Club was on the recommendation of Kay Hawk. Three Involved Larry Brice, past president of the co-op. said Monday that Campbell Club members had not been notified that the action was being considered by the steering committee. "We weren't even notified of the decision for several days,” Brice told The Emerald. He said that the living group's side of the matter had not been represented at any time, nor had the indi viduals involved tallica with ad ministration officials. The men's co-op has maintained that the incident was purely an action of the three individuals, and did not concern the organiza tion as a whole. The three members involved were Donald Roy Shevlin, Charles John Coston and Ernest Kent Moss. They were arrested for taking lumber from a house being tom down in this area. Sharon Meyer crowned queen BY NARY JO STL WART Kmc raid Staff Writer Sparkling and petite Sharon Meyer was frowned Junior Week j Queen at the Junior From Satur i day night. Miss Meyer, radiant in the j court'* choice of light blue I evening gowns, was crowned with the traditional rhinestone | tiara and presented to the Uni versity by President . Meredith Wilson. Delta Gamma Sue Walcott, last year's queen, and ' Shar on’s sorority Hister, gave the . newly crowned queen a con gratulatory kiss. Campus Activities lasted Sharon, an education major from Portland, has been active | on the^campus this year in Phi Theta Upsflon, the Oregana, and Panhellenic Council. This is the third beauty award for Sharon; she was Little Major this year and a Betty Coed finalist as a sophomore. Also announced during the prom’s intermission was the Doyle Higdon award, presented to Michael Forrester as the out standing Sophomore athlete. Honorariew Tap Ten men were tapped by Scab bard and Blade, national military honorary'. They were: Robert Da vis. Holman Barnes, Donald Hol man, David Beach, George Brandt. James Harryman, Dick Shaw, Tom Lewis, Bradley Mor ris and Glenn Goff. Druids, Junior men's honorary, tapped Walt Grebe, Mike Hollis ter, Mike Forrester. “Stuffy” Deschamps., Chuck Hale, Tom Creager, Dave Bosworth and Maurice Comeau for membership. French Theme Used Hal McIntyre and his band played for the crowd who danced under the shadow of a huge Eif fel Tower placed in the center of the dance floor. Also carrying out the evening’s theme of “C’est Magnifique,” were French scenes surrounding the Court. ♦ ♦ ♦ Junior Week schedule A schedule of all Junior Week activities including Mother’s Weekend events are as follows. Wednesday. 4 p.m. Frosh-Soph Tug-of-War. Thursday. 3:55-5:00 p.m. All-campus clean-up and terrace dance. Friday. 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Mother's regis tration at Gerlinger Hall. 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Open House and coffee hour. 7:30 p.m. Pre-Fete entertain ment. 8 p.m. Canoe Fete. Saturday. Convenient! L ' Because— CITIZENS BANK is ideally located to the Campus— within walking distance—if you drive you’ll always find parking space, or if in a hurry use our Drive-in Window. Remember we are open Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday nights. Stop in and get acquainted with us tomorrow. EUGENE'S HOME i OWNED/ Citizen* Bonk Bldg. Klevtnfh and Reorl o:.;u a.m. Mothers breakfast! and business meeting. 8 a.rn. to Noon. Registration at! Student Union, 2nd floor, ft a.m. Painting of the "O”. 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. All-Cam pus Luncheon. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Reception at Gerlinger Hall. 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Registration. 8 p.m. All-Campus Sing. Homecoming contest open now The 1958 Homecoming chair men are asking for theme sug gestions. Homecoming next year will emphasize the University itself, and especially its educa tional values. All theme sugges tions should incoroprate this idea. A trophy will be awarded to the living organization that submits the winning idea and the indi vidual will receive a free Home coming dance ticket. Themes should tie turned in to the petition box on the thud floor of the SU on regular petition blanks by 5 p.m. Friday. ^OttCampiSAan * (By the Author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys! "and, “Barefoot Boy with Cheek.") THE ENGINEERS HAVE HAIRY EARS Today in this age of technology when engineering graduates are wooed and courted by all <4 America’s great industries, how do you account for the fact that Rimbaud Sigafoos, who finished at the very top of his class at turned down hundreds of attractive job offers to accept employment as a machinery wiper at the Acme Ice Company at a salary of $20 a week with a twelve-hour day, a seven-day week, and only fifteen minutes for lunch? I know what you are thinking: “Cherchez la femme!" You are thinking that Mr. Acme, head of the Acme Ice Company, has a beautiful daughter with whom Rimbaud is madly in love and he took the job only to be near her. Friends, you are wrong. It is true that Mr. Acme does have a daughter, a large, torpid lass named Clavdia who spends all her waking hours scooping marzipan out of a bucket and staring at a television set which lias not worked in some years. Rim baud has not the slightest interest in Clavdia: nor, indeed, does any other man, excepting possibly John Ringling North. So how come Rimbaud keeps working for the Acme Ice Com pany? Can it be that they provide him with free Marlboro Cigarettes, and all day long he enjoys that filter, that flavor, that flip-top box? No, friends, no. Rimbaud is not allowed to smoke on the job, and when he finishes his long, miserable day, he has to buy his own Marlboros, even as you and I, in order to enjoy that estimable filter, that incomparable flavor, that crazy flip-top box. Well, friends, you might as well give up because you'll never in a million years guess why Rimbaud works for the Acme Ioe Company. The reason is simply this: Rimbaud is a seal I He started as a performing seal in vaudeville. One night on the way to the Ed Sullivan show, he took the wrong subway. All night the poor mammal rode the B.M.T., seeking a helping hand. FinaSly a kindly brakeman named Ernest Thompson isigafoos rescued the hapless Rimbaud. He took Rimbaud home and raised him as his own, and Rimbaud, to show his appreciation, studied hard and got ex cellent marks and finished a distinguished academic career as valedictorian of M.I.T. Rimbaud never complained to his kindly foster father, but through all those years of grammar school and high school and college, he darn near died of the heat! A seal, you must remem ber, is by nature a denizen of the Arctic, so you can imagine how poor Rimbaud must have suffered in subtropical New York and Boston, especially in those tight Ivy League suits. But today at the Acme Ice Company, Rimbaud has finally found a temperature to his liking. He is very happy and sends greetings to his many friends. © 1958 Max Shulmaa Any time, any clime, you get a lot to like with a Marlboro, whose makers take pleasure in bringing you this column through the school year.
