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Letters to the Editor I Continued from fui/r two) Inalienable right to break the established traditions, even to the point of breaking this one. A person has the right to be a conformist, though I believe that anyone who has a mind that ran decide what a complete conformist is has enough left over to think out his own life. Throughout our entire Amer ican way of life the Individual has this right to be different. This right does not stop at the limits of a university campuH, particularly a public Institution. As for any enforcement of cam pus traditions, there is no moral, no legal, and no ethical Justifi cation for it whatever. Even If the student body should approve a tradition by some six thou sand to one, that one stllj need not comply if he does not wish to. Every tradition should be broken, at. leant to some extent, If only to Insure the privilege of doing so. The tradition-break er deserves the respect of all, as one who has the courage to be different. Any person, especially those who are our society lead ers, (and I include here mem bers of student councils), who would suggest that traditions should is; enforced is a positive threat to the free society in which we live. Such persons arc undermining the one right that guarantees all the others of which our coun try is proud, the right of a mi nority, even if only one person, to do as he pleases. No tradition that must be enforced is worth enforcing. If it cannot stand of its own strength, then it is bet ter to let it fall. John W. Kirk Junior in philosophy Hungarian revolt discussed • • • (( onlinued jrt>nt pay? 2) at the beginning the movement, in its immediate objectives was not nntl-comm»inintlc. We Just tried t«» follow that Independent and individual road to socialism B&K were talking about in Belgrade anno 15ir>4. We, still not understanding the Soviet's policy, believed that we are within the limits that was per missible to a satellite. In Hun gary no one was prepared for a revolution and what's more, no one wanted one. That such a conflict occurred was the gov ernment's failure to evaluate the internal situation. In agree ment with the Western "special isin' they must have believed that intimidation and indoctri nation might overcome the hate of the people. Here the question arises whether tlie revolution was or ganized or not. The for some un comprehcnslble reason is NO. This would not Is* impossible as the perfectlonlzed terror ex cludes llv chance of successfully organizing n revolution. This terror, and now I feel sorry that oil uccount of the limited spare I cannot talk about it more, is so perfect that Hitler's contri butions In tills field are in com parison only a dilettante’s work. Ttiis is the reason that in the divisive moment the commun ists were faeed by the people in a united front. Ufe became so unbearable during the 12 years of the class less society that the people lost their appreciation for it. When the peaceful lilH'ruliz.ation of the system lieeame apparently lin possible, the old slogan became ours: liberty or death. I know this really sounds like a slogan in its bud sense, as you Television... (Continued from page 2) Then bring a bulldozer down the hill a little, and scoop out enough space on the grassy slopes just below the top so that every Romeo who wants to can park easily and throw his been cans and ' potato-chip bags in the face of the "view,” without leaving his car. And don’t for get the addition of three or four spindly towers erected at strategic points. The final touch: chase the calm-eyed sheep down the moun tain-side, drive away the fair cross-section of Eugene’s popu lation that makes Spencer’s Butte pilgrimages every season of the year, and replace these with the smooth-voiced young fellow with the button-down shirt and the lapel microphone. Dormant volcanoes have been known to erupt again. have never learned the meaning of liberty. Of courae in a govern ment clans you can get a good definition, but liberty will still be a cold concept to you. In order to really appreciate lib erty you have to lose it first: only the oppressed ones know what it is. Liberty means something dif ferent to all of us. Sometimes them- create misunderstanding. ’ Most people I met thought that the Hungarians were fighting for a bigger slice of bread or something like a car. This in dicates that the person is as materialistic as Marx himself. People are unwilling to die for more food or a car, even if it is a Cadillac. The one to whom liberty can be defined in dollars is going to be a bad guardian of it: he will never be able to sac rifice something for it. When I talk about Hungary to someone I can always see how sorry my listener is for Hungary and me. It is not neces sary to feel that way. By feeling sorry not too much is done yet. Anyhow, if you want to feel sorry you could feel sorry for yourself, as finally it should be learned that whenever the cause of democracy loses some place, everybody's democracy has lost too. None of us should ever forget that we are not really free while any of our fellow men do not enjoy our freedom, while there are forced labor camps, MWD’s und Radars in this world. Positions open as soph counselors Bette Lush and Judy Martin, newly appointed chairman of the YWCA Duckling Counselor Pro gram, have announced openings for 300 sophomore women in the Y's orientation program. Selection of the counselors, who will contact incoming freshmen women, will be based on interest, dependability, personality, and knowledge of Y and campus af fairs. The program, which has been established for several years, at tempts to strengthen the person to-person contacts of the Univer sity with incoming freshmen women. Counselors will be expected to escort their ducklings to the Dean's Tea and the AWS Activity Assembly, scheduled for Orienta tion Week. Interested persons who have not been contacted by May 28, are asked to call either Miss Lush or Miss Martin, at Ext. 485, or the Y office at Ext. 426. Use Emerara taasstried Ads— Phone DI 5-1511, Ext. 218. Men are getting recognition after long rule of women By HAL BOVLE NEW YOKK OP) Hail to the American male! After a long eclipse, he is again getting some recognition and at- i tention. Again there is some ad- j vantage in being a man in this country. Mister, haven’t you noticed lately the way the womenfolk seem to appreciate you more ? Women Dominate For a whole generation, except j for a four-year period in the Sec- j ond World War when he was! found useful for carrying a gun, 1 the American male has been low rated, both here and abroad. Abroad, he was looked down upon as a henpecked, defrocked ; rooster, who spoiled his women and his children and let them both run over him. As a lover boy, the international set ranked him zero. In his homeland the attitude wasn't much better. A man be came something women took for granted, something they are first demanded equal rights from, then gradually began to feel superior to. Equality at Sink Women took over men’s hair cuts, their slacks, jobs, sports, politics, their vocabulary—even their razors. The only place a husband felt himself an equal partner in the home was at the kitchen sink —-* at dishwashing time. America became a world in which women did most of the talking, most of the dominating. Coffee hour to host (Continued Jrom page one) ered such events as the Korean truce negotiations at Panmunjom, : and the historic Asia-African Conference at Bandung. Although the Union of South Africa does i not grant entry visas to Negro Americans, he managed to enter that country and make an un i censored "live'' shortwave broad ; cast for CBS news just before . being deported. Speaking on “Comparison of , China with the Soviet Union and ! with non-Communist Asia," Wor thy is also an authority on the situation of the America negro. He has traveled extensively in the South, writing first-hand re ; ports on the Montgomery bus boycott and the prospects of de i segregation. As a 1956-57 Nieman Fellow at i Harvard University, Worthy has i lectured extensively here and abroad, including appearances at | Cornell. Harvard. University of . Wisconsin, and the M.I.T. Center j of International Studies. He was awarded the International Cen i ter's 1957 Freedom of Press award. Worthy has also appeared on Mike Wallace's “Night Beat" and NBC’s "Tonight" as guest of Bob Considine. The Thursday coffee hour is being sponsored by the YWCA. Worthy will speak at the School of Journalism Friday. Senior students to play over KOAC-TV today Excerpts from recitals of sen iors in the University's school of music will bo presented tonight at 7 p.m. over KOAC-TV, the sta tion sponsored by the state board of higher education. Included will be numbers by Varde Van Voris, Jim Albert, Clyde Dillec and Ervin Royer. Dave Hatch, assistant profes sor of art, will give the fourth in a series on the arts and crafts of Burma at 6 p.m. today on the station. most of the money spending'. But. in the midst of their heady power, women made a startling discovery —they also were doing | most of the burying. Man, like a sensitive flower depriver of its sun, was dying off. The American male seemed to' be going the way of the whoop ing crane. He may yet. Reversal Tried But U.S. women, alarmed by the disclosure that they outnum School of business schedules program This year the school of busi- i ness administration will sponsor for the first time a supplemental training program for business leaders in the Northwest known as the "Executive Development Program." L'O Prof Directs Designed to assist industry in better preparing men for respon sible positions in their organiza tions, the program will begin im mediately following the end of spring term, June 15 to July 3, and will be directed by C. F. Zie barth, associate professor of busi ness administration. A broad approach will be pur sued in the three-week program. Emphasis will be placed upon the overall problems of the company and integrated areas of manage ment rather than on specialized fields of business administration. Participants will concentrate their attention in three areas of management: “Business Organi zation and Manpower Manage ment," during the first week; "Profit Planning and Cost Con trol," the second week; and "Busi ness Forecasting and Financial Problems,” during the last week. BA Men on Faculty The session's faculty will be drawn from senior faculty mem bers of the school of business ad ministration and from men in in dustry who have had experience in executive development pro grams. According to Ziebarth, the pro gram has already met with very favirable reception by Oregon businessmen. Rehabilitation program planned by University The University's department of psychology has announced that applications are now being re ceived for admission to the gradu ate training program in rehabili tation counseling. This is a two-year program leading to a master’s degree and is open to college graduates with a good academic record. Graduates of this program are qualified for employment as re habilitation counselors in private and public agencies and organi zations which provide rehabilita tion services to persons with phy sical or mental disabilities. Summer addition made to journalism faculty A visiting faculty member on j the University's school of journa lism staff this summer will be Donald E. Brown, asociate pro fessor of journalism at the Uni versity of Illinois. Brown will teach courses in reporting and in supervision of school publications during the summer quarter. ber U.S. men by two million, ap pear to be trying to reverse this trand. They are belatedly at tempting to save the weaker sex from extinction. The idea of hav ing to listen to themselves in a world without men appalls them. And the American male, single or married, is reaping wondrous benefits. He is being courted and pampered in a way he does not remember. “I know half a dozen fine young girls under 25 who want to get married and have come to me Tor help,” said a matron. “But where are the bachelors? I don’t know a one to introduce them to.” A smart boy used to have to sell magazines to get through college. Now, if he is smart, he can pick and choose between any number of girls, sound of wind and tooth, more than eager to marry him and work his way through school for him. Mowing for the Women Wives also now realize that, if they want their husbands to survive, they'd better not try to work them to death around the house as well as in the office. In the suburbs you see more and more wives steering the power mower over the lawn while the old man sits on the front porch, sipping a long, cool drink. Yep. boys, it's the new heyday of the American iftale. Women are taking better care of us. The rea son behind it may be a bit hard on our vanity—the fact they’ve found we re delicate and perish able and must be handled with care—but so what ? If we can’t be looked up to, well—it’s still nice to be looked after. ~~ - CAMPUS MOTES • “Berlin: Symphony of a City” will be shown on the educational film program tonight at 138 Com monwealth. There will be show's at 7 and 9 p.m. • Junior Week chairmen will meet today at 4 in the Student Union. Progress reports for the last week will be due. • Mothers’ Weekend chairmen will meet today noon in the Stu dent Union. Evaluation reports will be due at this time. • Student Union public rela tions committee members will meet Thursday at 4 pun. in SU 313. • • Petitions for the 1958 Smor gasbord are available for the fol lowing chairmanships: publicity, tickets, clean-up, food, and hos tess. 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