Letters to the Editor
(Continued from par/e 2)
aport*. Our profession is in
radio communication*, not ath
letics. From your Emerald pic
ture it appears to me that your
organization is composed of
many, I hate to say jocks, so
I will say, athletically-inclined
people. Of course professional
people such as we here at
KWAX, cannot be expected to
do well against such a group.
"Socks'’ Nelson, Jay "Stella”
Johnson, Gary "Chill” Wills,
Errol "as in Flynn" Loving,
Dale “Mike Side” Simpson, and
"The Falcon" Mac Nab cannot
possibly compare with the ODE
team of “Sweet Georgia," "Hot
Hod," "Slats," " Ca d 111 a c,"
“Swede," and "Bevo.” These
are all (ugh) "Jocks." not
highly trained intellectuals like
the KWAX team.
It is my desire that such an
abominable thing does not re
occur. We will not contest the
game this time but in the future,
I feel that The Emerald should
stick to more ethical tactics.
Jim Durher,
Pro it rum Director
and KW'AX Basket
bull Team
P.8. In the interest of good
journalism, we wish to thank
The Kmerald for their correct
ing the »<ore from what It was
reported, erroniously, in The
Emerald'* original atory. Also,
lot it be known that we did not
sabotage the original story. It
was another Emerald "tactic.”
Light pieces...
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until curly Krbruary—n period
ot about *lx week*—the Dutch
student* leave school and take
position* in varloux firm* In
other countrlcn for the purpose
ot collecting material for a com
tnerrial the*i*. During thl* time
the American student* ha* hi*
choice of ai*o doing thi* work
or traveling. I myself went to
Knglund with a Dutch friend
und we comput'd such a report
together. Vie lived in a small
town ju*t outside. I-ondnn for
o\er a month and had time to
see both the life In London and
in the smaller communities.
I arrived in Holland several
weeks before school began and
after leaving my luggage went
to London for a week. Then I
Joined a touring group and went
to Scotland for a few days be
fore returning to Amsterdam.
I had various opportunities to
make trips into southern Ger
many and Belgium. During the
two weeks Kaster vacation I
hitchhiked to Paris, spent a
w'eek there, and then took the
train to Barcelona.
Other trips during my year
under the IFC scholarship took
me to Italy, Denmark, and Nor
way.
It was a very worthwhile year
—a lot of seeing and learning, a
lot of fun. My pui-pose is to in
terest students in this scholar
ship. I hope there's a good turn
out and some stiff competition.
Why don’t you try? Go to Stu
dent Affairs and get what ad
ditional information you need.
I’ll be glad to tell you what I
can. The deadline for application
is March 1.
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Kmi-rald Kdltor:
In order to provide a more
efficient student government
and to encourage more students
to participate in our govern
ment, we the officer* of the
sophomore class: Gordon Chong,
Carleen Felker, Steve Schell and
myself, do hereby challenge the
oficers of the Freshman class to
a "duel of ballots."
We piopose that: after the
ASUO has officially counted the
ballots of the constitutional
amendment, which will be voted
upon February 25. a committee
composed of five members of
each class check the voting rec
ords of each class; the class;
having the greatest percentage
of members voting shall be de
clare* 1 victor.
The officers of that class de
clared loser (determined by low
est percentage of class mem
bers voting) shall, at 11:00 a.m.
on Saturday, February 28, paint
the O on Skinner's Butte in the
traditional manner — painted
posteriors and sliding sacrums.
The purpose of this activity
shall be: 1) to provide a campus
service which will compensate
for that service which was not
performed by their constituents,
i.e. more voting, and 2) to pro
vide entertainment.
Knowing sophomores to be
superior to freshmen in every'
way, I am confident of victory j
and offer my pre-contest con-'
dolences to the freshman offi- j
cers.
Bill Rutherford
Business Administration
Sophomore
First recipient...
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about gadgets; a few are writ
ten about people; many are
written about the writer; and j
some are even written about
words. Bob Frazier of tfie Reg
ister-Guard is a whiz at writing
light pieces about word mean
ings.
Light pieces are the very best j
when they tickle the reader's |
funny bone. Well-turned phrases !
instead of old cliches character
ize the light piece.
A newspaper friend of ours,
11a S. Grant of The Bend Bulle- j
tin, is very handy at writing
light pieces. Her light pieces
about sack dresses, history, and
traditions probably get more
laughs than A1 Capp. A1 Capp
also pokes fun at things but he
draws pictures and that is dif
ferent than writing light pieces.
Most light pieces have a
moral. Sometimes they are the
best technique for making a
point without hurting someone's
felings.
Light pieces are very impor
tant to newspapers. They have
several purposes, as do news
papers.
Light pieces are sometimes
written by columnists who
haven't anything to write about.
CAMPUS NOTES
• Petitions for All-Campus sing sub
chairmanships, setup, promotions, general
secretary, publicity, rules, decorations,
Judges, and contact arc being collected.
• There will be a meeting of the num
ber chairmen for the Amphibian water
show Tuesday noon in Gerlinger social
room.
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Nevins calls press freedom
in US 'a hollow concept'
Historian Allen Nevins Bald
Friday that, "the decline of com
petitive journalism” in the Unit
ed States has made freedom of
the press a "hollow” concept.
Nevins, also a journalist and
educator, talked to members of
the press at the annual Oregon
Press Conference, giving the
Kric W. Allen Memorial Lecture.
His topic was "The Press and
Democracy.”
Nevins said that out of 106
U.S. cities with populations
greater than 100,000, 66 have
monopolistic newspaper owner
ship. He also pointed out that in
many areas of the country there
is a no-party or a two-party
press.
Before listing the steps that
should be taken to improve the
American press, Nevins noted as
pects of the U. S. press he did
not like.
Too much Influence
He said that pressure groups
and advertisers frequently have
too much influence in what a
newspaper prints. Nevins said
that freedom of the press must
be upheld by courageous report
ers who work in the public in
terest. He complained that fede
ral cabinet members are not of
ten frank in talking to the press
and said that more frequent press
conferences by members of the
cabinet might help the situation.
Nevins. who has won two Puli
tzer Prizes for biographical
works, advocated the encourag
ing of greater competition be
tween newspapers to improve
them.
He proposed that people read
more magazines and books, be
cause it is through these media,
he said, that background is fur
nished for newspaper stories.
Nivens said he felt that the
government's permitting news
pers to own radio and television
stations had hurt freedom of in
formation.
Democratic newspapers urged
Nivens, President of the Ameri
can Historical Association, said
that a newspaper should be or
ganized on democratic lines. He
declared that "newspaper work
is not a mere craft . . . but a
profession.” Dignity, conscience,
and independence. Nivens said,
are the qualities which a suc
cessful man should have.
Granting that Irving Dilliard
of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
and others have been financially
secure while working on news
papers, he said that this has been
by no means the case with jour
nalists in the past.
.Newspaper not a factory
Reporters who investigate and
crusade against corruption have
made journalism a profession,
Nevins declared. He noted work
by the press done in the Ku Klux
Klan and Tweed cases in this
relation. “A newspaper is not a
factory,” Nevins said in again
emphasizing that a good news
man must have freedom to do his
best work.
Developing a consciousness of
social wrongs increases the quali
ty of a newspaper, said Nevins.
He mentioned The Milwaukee
Journal, the St. Louis Post-Dis
patch and The New York Post as
crusading newspapers.
California papers lurid
The historian, now' senior fel
low on the research staff of the
Huntington Library in California,
criticized the Southern California
newspapers for their sensation
alism. Calling these publications
“lurid,” he .said a good newspaper
should “appeal to a better taste.”
Nevins said that newspapers in
the Northwest were better than
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statement greeted with applause.
Journalists, said Navins, should
study past good journalists just
as lawyers study the history of
law. “The principal value of jour
nalistic history,” he said, “is that
only through it can we maintain
a hold on the finest traditions of
the profession.”
Mass education needed
At a press conference Friday,
Nevins discussed the problem of
the American having a great
deal of free time in the future
with a possible 30-hour week.
Nevins said he thought that de
velopment and improvement in
mass education would be needed
to help people occupy themselves
in this spare time.
The teacher said that the "dis
claimer” oath in the National
Defense Education Act is "silly/'
He complimented Reed College in
refusing funds under the act. The
act included a loyalty oath for
teachers. .
'On Campos
With
MaxShalman
(By the Author of “Rally Round the Flay, Boyt! ’’and,
“Barefoot Boy with Cheek.’’)
HUSBANDS, ANYONE?
It ha* been alleged that coeds go to college for the sole purpose
of finding husbands. This is, of course, an infamous canard, and
I give fair warning that, small and spongy as I am, anybody
who says such a dastardly thing when I am around had better
be prepared for a sound thrashing!
Girls go to college for precisely the same reasons as men do:
to broaden their horizons, to lengthen their vistas, to drink at
the fount of wisdom. But if, by pure chance, while a giri is
engaged in these meritorious pursuits, a likely looking husband
should pop into view, why, what’s wrong with that? Eh?
What’s wrong with that?
Trie question now arises, what should a girl look for in a
husband? A great deal has been written on this subject. Some
say character is most important, some say background, some
say appearance, some say education. All are wrong.
The most important thing—bar none—in a husband is health.
Though he be handsome as Apollo and rich as Croesus, what
good is he if he just lies around all day accumulating bedsores?
The very first thing to do upon meeting a man is to make
sure he is sound of wind and limb. Before he has a chance to
sweet-talk you, slap a thermometer in his mouth, roll back his
eyelids, yank out his tongue, rap his patella, palpate his thorax,
ask him to straighten out a horseshoe with his teeth. If he
fails these simple tests, phone for an ambulance and go on to
the next prospect.
If, however, he turns out to be physically fit, proceed to the
second most important requirement in a husband. I refer to
a sense of humor.
A man who can’t take a joke is a man to be avoided. There
are several simple tests to find out whether your prospect can
take a joke or not. You can, for example, slash his tires. Or bum
his “Mad” comics. Or steal his switchblade. Or turn loose his
pet raccoon. Or shave his head.
After each of these good-natured pranks, laugh gaily and
shout “April Fool!” If he replies, “But this is February nine
teenth,” or something equally churlish, cross him off your list
and give thanks you found out in time.
But if he laughs silverly and calls you “Little minx!” put him
to the next test. Find out whether he is kindly.
The quickest way to ascertain his kindliness is, of course, to
look at the cigarette he smokes. Is it mild? Is it clement? Is it
humane? Does it minister tenderly to the psyche? Does it
coddle the synapses? Is it a good companion? Is it genial? Is it
bright and friendly and full of dulcet pleasure from cockcrow
till the heart of darkness?
Is it, in short, Philip Morris?
If Philip Morris it be, then clasp the man to your bosom with
hoops of steel, for you may be sure that he is kindly as a sum
mer breeze, kindly as a mother’s kiss, kindly to his very marrow.
And now, having found a man who is kindly and healthy and
blessed with a sense of humor, the only thing that remains is to
make sure h® "ill always earn a handsome living. That, fortu
nately, is easy. Just enroll him in engineering. © 195». M«,sbuta„
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