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* EMERALD
Greater Oregon Fund Drive
Tonight representatives of the Greater
Oregon program will visit campus living
organizations. They will ask students to
pledge the remainder of their breakage fees
(averaging about $4 per person) to the
Greater Oregon. The bulk of the $0,000 goal,
if it is attained, will go to the production of
a colored brochure and a movie.
The brochure will contain information on
various fields of study and the facilities
■with which they are taught, campus events
(Homecoming, Junior W eek and the like),
fraternal living and the dormitory system
of housing, cultural programs (lectures,
concerts, plays), and opportunities tor stu
dent leadership.
The movie, which would be narrated,
would be apprdximately 20 minutes in
length and go into more detail about Uni
versity opportunities. Greater Oregon of
ficials say. The movie would be available
mainly for prospective student visitation
periods and to P.T.A. meetings.
A variety of publications—ranging from
the bulletin to “Sororities and You"—are
offered high school students who indicate an
interest in the University. But there is ho
comprehensive publication that presents—
in an attractive, quality form—what the
University has to offer academically, so
cially and culturally. A brochure and a mo
vie—if they are handled right—can do the
job—interesting the student in Oregon.
Other, more detailed pamphlets could sup
plement this interest.
The Greater Oregon fund drive is not
flawless. The campaign has been planned in
a hurry—because there was little time left
between now and the end of school. Be
cause there is little time, work has been
done rapidly—resulting in a feeling by a
number of students that they were being
high-pressured. We don’t like being high
pressured any more than anybody else. We
share with a number of students, we're sure,
a certain suspicion of the word "promotion”
—it reminds us of gray flannel, Madison
Avenue, and PR.
But, as much as we’d like just to forget
about “promotion” we can’t forget it and
still hope to improve the quality of the
University. This quality is difficult to at
tain, but we do know that it is bound to
improve when high school students with
ability and potential are attracted to the
University.
Certainly, it would be absurd to suggest
that a movie and a colored brochure alone
would bring Harry High School racing up
13th Ave. to the SU to sign up for college.
But it would be equally unrealistic to sug
gest that a first-rate movie and a first-rate
brochure wouldn’t be effective in at least
getting the student interested in the Uni
versity.
When you want to make a favorable im
pression. you try to look your best. A col
ored brochure and a movie would be a good
first impression, supplying the prospective
student with neatlv-packaged display of
what Oregon has to offer and what pro
grams and institutions he could further in
vestigate.
From then on in, it’s up to the stpdent
body and academic program of the Uni
versity—the “meat” of the real Greater
Oregon program, which will either bring
the promising high school student to the
University or send him looking elsewhere.
But first he’s got to be interested. A high
quality brochure and movie can attract that
interest.
Books for Asia
At a time when the student is often called
upon to donate money, it gives one a real
lift to realize that there is something left
that he can contribute and avoid the spring
term financial slump.
Such an opportunity is the Books for
Asian Students Drive. This collection be
gins today on campus sponsored by the
University Library Books for Asia program.
Books are to be placed in containers lo
cated in the Student Union, Library, and
other strategic areas.
Last year’s drive collected about 2000
volumes. These books were then sent to
San Francisco and later distributed through
out Asia.
“Most higher education in Asia has to
depend on English language texts and
printed educational material, Library head
Carl \Y. Hintz has explained. 'I'llis has led
to English being virtually the second lang
uage of the educated person in Asia.
Economics, political science, and science
texts are especially valued.
Knowing how desperate the need is, it
should be comparatively easy for us to for
get the small financial sum old text books
bring to help students who could use the
books—if they had them.
In a world where the individual too often
finds himself unable to get out of the realm
of theory and discussion, this chance to
make a positive act toward the enlighten
ment of the vast, giant, Asia, shouldn’t be
* passed up.
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Deep Springs J.C., Oregon
To Conduct an Experiment
Attention was focused recent
ly on a unique educational ve
hicle—Deep Springs J.C.—lo
cated in Big Pine, California.
The vital statistics of Deep
Springs are: good endowment,
four faculty members, and nine
teen students.
Nestled in the Sierra Ne
vadas, Deep Springs represents
mass raw potential. For in
stance, Deep Springs could be
converted into a proving ground
for future Oregon scholars, ac
tivity moguls, and top athletic
performers.
Such an idea is supposedly f *
sponsible for a rumored culture
exchange between Oregon and
DSJC. The exchange is a co
movement of the University’s
worthwhile Greater Oregon pro
gram. The theory Is not to at
tract top high school students
but rather polish what we al
ready have here. According to
the grapevine the University in
tends to send freshman who
have fared poorly in grades, ac
tivities and athletics to Deep
Springs for more seasoning.
It is here that the fledgling
greater Oregonians have to "lay
an egg or get off the nest,” as
the cultural exchange director
colorfully phrased it. Here under
the critical eye of the Deep
Springs faculty and coaching
staffs the students and athletes
develop their skills, far removed
from the intense pressure and
competition of a PCC institu
tion.
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U.S. Exhibit
Rates High
At Brussels
(Ed. Note: Tom Howser, a
member of the University
class of ’59, is studying in The
Netherlands this year on an
Inter-fraternity Council schol
arship. Hawser here gives his
impressions of the Brussels
World’s Fair.)
By TOM HOWSEK
It is actually beyond the com
mand of my English to describe
the World’s Fair which is now
taking place in Brussels. Its
immensity is overwhelming. Its
architecture, planned by the
world’s greatest architects, is
breathtaking, its general plan
ning is marvelous. It is also an
other extension of the cold war
existing between the U.S.S.R.
and the United States. Without
a doubt, everyone who visits the
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A Tough Life
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"TeAMKlY I PONT PEUfve IN J<5!N6 GXAPe*> Ae A
'McmVAT/ve FOKCZ."
Indianapolis ‘500’ Still Is
Spectacle on Memorial Day
Memorial Day means many
things to Americans. To some,
it means a day to pay respect
to those who
died protecting
our country. To
others, it means
a day to relax
or head for the
mountains or
the beach. But
to a devoted mi
nority Memorial
Day means only
one thing: the
500-mile automobile race at In
dianapolis, Indiana*
Billed as the "greatest spec
tacle in racing,” the Indianapo
lis race every year attracts
more spectators than any other
single sporting event. People
travel hundreds of miles to
watch the 33 racing cars and
their determined pilots travel
500 miles in less than four
hours.
Popular notion holds that
some of them go to Indianapolis,
as well as to other auto races,
in the hop*- they’ll Is- able to
relish the revulsion and horror
of rending, high-speed crashes
like the one which took the life
of two-time Indianapolis winner
Bill Vukovich in 1855. They are
attracted for the same reason
that crowds gathered in ancient
Kome to watch gladiators slay
martyred Christians.
But the real devotees of the
sport go to savor the acrid
smells of exhaust and of rubber
burning off screeching tires, to
listen to the exhaust note of ac
celerating cars with the same
rapture as a musician listening
to a symphony, to watch the
fierce competition of the men
and their machines, to imagine
themselves at the wheel of a
speeding racer.
The drivers at Indianapolis
are the best of a rugged breed
of men. Although they stand to
earn upwards of $75,000 if they
win, they nearly all starved for
years racing in minor events
while shooting for the ‘500’ at
Indianapolis.
They drive because they like
to tinker with machinery, en
joy the roar and acclaim of the
crowd, love the feeling of a high
powered, responsive mount un
der them, and, most of all, be
cause they are intoxicated by
the challenge* and thrills of
tremendous acceleration iind
speed—an Intoxication which
overrides I lie physical punish
ment ami danger to which they
subject themselves.
The two and ore-half mile
track at Indianapolis is shaped
like a huge Oregon "O,” a rec
tangle with the corners rounded.
The long straightaways are just
over three-fifths of a mile long;
the short straights are 660 feet
in length. (European auto
racing differs in that it is
conducted on regular roads
closed for racing, or on tortuous
courses which simulate ordinary
highways, i
Drivers push their mounts to
faster tliun 185 miles per hour
on the long straights, slow to
about 125 m.p.m. while taking
the corners in long, controlled
slides, then accelerate back to
speed. To qualify this year, a
driver had to average better
than 142 rn p .h for four laps; to
win, he'll hifvc to average at
least 130 m.p.h. for the 500
miles.
During the rare, drivers make
one, sometimes two, pit stops
for fuel and tires. A good pit
erew eon pump 60 gallons of
fuel Into a car and change four
tires in ubout 45 second*.
The low-slung cars that race
in the 500 are nearly all design
ed solely for the “brickyard.”
Few of them are raced on other
tracks. Meticuously prepared,
they usually weigh somewhat
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OREGON DAILY EMERALD
The Oregon Daily Emerald i* published
four timm in Septrmlier and five days a
week during the school year, exerpt during
examination ami vacation periods, hy the
Student Publications Hoard of the Univer*
Mty of Oregon. Entered as second « h»»*
matter at the post office, Eugene, Ore
gon. Subscription rates: $5 pet year, $2
per term.
Opinions expressed on the editorial
page are those of The Emerald and do
not pretend to represent the opinion < f
the ASUO or the University.
PHIL HAGER, Editor
HILL HKYANT, Huainr.ns Manager
MIKE FORRESTER
Editorial Page Editor
JERRY RAMSEY, Managing Editor
CHUCK HORDENKIRCHER,
Advertising Manager
AE REYNOLDS. JOHN I.ENGEL,
DAVE H RON SON, Associate Editor#
PEPPER ALLEN, News Editor
BOH MULLIN, Sport# Editor
Editorial Board: Phil Hager, Pepper
Allen, Jerry Ramsey, Hob Mullin, l-e#
Gong, A1 Reynold#, John Lengel, Hen
Trowbridge, Mike Forrester.
Day Editors: Wally Slocum, Linda Van
Matre, Hen Trowbridge, Sunny Van
Wormcr.