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
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