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The Senate’s Ski-motion
Last week’s Senate meeting, the first of
spring term, featured an issue carried over
from winter: the possibility of a UO ski
team .
To begin things, Athletic Director Leo
Harris and Track Coach Bill Bowerman, a
ski enthusiast himself, presented the Ath
letic Department’s views on a possible Ore
gon ski team. In brief, this view was: “It
would be nice, but at present it isn’t pos
sible.” Said Harris, in response to a ques
tion from the Senate: “We shouldn't sac
rifice sports we have now, to expand the
scope of our program . . . We would rather
expand in the sports activities we now are
operating.”
The following main points were enumer
ated by Harris and Bowerman against an
official. Athletic Department-sponsored ski
team: 1) There are no funds which could
be used to support such a venture, 2) Past
conduct of UO-connected skiing groups has
been below acceptable standards, 3) Skiing
is not a warranted competitive sport for the
University of Oregon, because of practice
difficulties, irregular sources of competi
tion, etc.
Harris pointed out to the Senate that for
the past several years, football has been the
only "profit-making” Oregon sport, and
that even income from the gridiron would
not keep the University from losing money
on its athletic program next year. He also
noted that requests are often made for other
teams, including sailing, crew, bowling etc.
Opposed to this viewpoint at Thursday’s
session were spokesmen for a UO-ski
squad, including several Senate members
and some members of the audience. Their
main point was that widespread student in
terest in a team warranted Athletic Depart
ment support.
The matter soon came to a head in an un
precedent action by ASUO prexy Bud Ti
tus, who relinquished his chair to vice-presi
dent Dune Ferguson, and moved that the
Senate recommend that interested students
work with the Athletic Department to form
an official UO ski team. The motion passed
by a wide margin.
What about it? Apart from any considera
tion of the advisability of Titus’ move, the
Senate’s motion was a commendable one; a
recommendation worthy of Oregon student
government.
Here’s why: there’s no doubt at all that
the Athletic Department is financially
“strapped” for funds—athletics, like other
big business, can have its recessions, and
at least Oregon’s is in terms of growth. Like
Harris, we’d hate to see the quality of, say,
UO football and track damaged just to force
into being some new minor sports, as would
be the case if these new sports drained funds
from their bigger counterparts.
But . . . there seem to be a significant
number of University students interested in
supporting a ski-team. There is a very good
possibility that these people are capable of
more responsible behavior than some of
their predecessors.
There is almost a certainty that such a
group, if it indeed exists, warrants more
consideration from the Athletic Department
than Harris indicated it would get. In other
words, if soccer, or lacrosse, were to become
for some reason a very popular well-or
ganized competitive sport at Oregon, then
it seems to us that the Athletic Department
would be duty-bound (duty to whom? To
UO students) to add it to its program. Ski
ing hasn’t reached this point yet. but there
are good indications that it could.
So we have a not-very-neat dilemma, a
justified student “want” versus an inelastic
financial situation. But there seems to be a
way out, as suggested by Bill Bowerman
Thursday, and it is in terms of this solution
that The Emerald approves of the Senate’s
recommendation.
Bowerman suggested that if 1*0 skiiers
were interested enough, they should frankly
“panhandle” »for their cause—in gentler
terms, they should approach prospective
donors to Oregon athletics, who support a
large share of UO athletics already. One
Senate member had already noted that there
was some alumni interest in a Webfoot ski
squad.
At this paint, we encounter the second
stage of our dilemma. When approached for
funds, prospective donors to the ski team
will ask “Will you have Athletic Depart
ment endorsement and supervision?” And
of course, at present, the answer would have
to be a shamefaced “No . . ?'
So here’s where the Senate’s action comes
in: if the ski-people are on their toes, they’ll
follow- up the ASUO endorsement they’ve
been given with some vocal and well-for
mulated discussions with the Athletic De
partment, leading to some sort of “offi
cial,” if conditional, approval of their plans.
This, from above, is absolutely necessary
if they are. to enlist, beg, beseech or inveigle
funds to support their sport.
If the ski-enthusiasts make their plans in
a businesslike manner, they will surely get
the needed Athletic Department help. If
they are businesslike, but don’t get the help,
then Thursday’s Senate recommendation
opens the way to a close look at a policy
that would refuse them justified endorse
ment.
First, they should use the Senate's sup
port to help justify such an endorsement.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Emerald Editor:
For your printing of and your
editorial attitude towards the
comments of one Miss Lauri
Silven, my estimate of your
sheet has increased many-fold.
Now that you have done the
groundwork, I wonder if this
issue will go anywhere, or if it
will die on the vine as has every
other controversial issue around
this campus. Students here have
a very consistent habit of bury
ing their heads in the sand when
a bad situation stares them in
the face. Never have I heard
more comments expressing dis
content over a system and never
have I seen so little being done
about it. Soon, the educations of
these students will take on some
meaning and they will begin
to act and react as intelligent
citizens; citizens who will not
allow themselves to be bullied.
Wouldn’t it be interesting if
one night very soon, 10:30 came
and went and still the women’s
dorms were empty. What could
these God-like people in charge
do when sueh a massive discon
tent has been shown. I feel the
University would care more
about keeping its.students and
getting more of them than it
would care to maintain such a
bigoted system.
It is time that an end was put
to such stupidity.
Laurence S. Cole
Senior in Psychology
Emerald Editor:
A college student should be
responsible for his actions, and
he should devote some time to
thinking before acting. How
ever, it is true that a number
of us lack this kind of respon
sibility.
There is something on the
campus that has been bothering
me for a long time. I am speak
ing about the different kinds of
illustrations, engravings, and
literature that appear on the
walls of many of the campus
lavatories. I am not trying to
be funny. These are products
of a “sick” imagination (I can’t
think of a better word than
sick), and I don’t believe they
are necessary decorations for
these typ«s of locations where
sanity should prevail.
In a “survey” that I have
made recently, I have found out
that the literature that appears
in the above mentioned places
is not written only in English,
but in Russian and Arabic, as
well! I wonder if some language
students are trying to prove
their skills in this way.
Let’s hope that in the future
we will not see any additional
pieces of primitive art and vul
gar literature. Let’s be more
serious and not be involved in
actions that remind us of low
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US Maintains Military Edge;
Russia May Grow Meanwhile
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON W What do
you, the man in the street, have
to look forward to on a question
which may mean your life: This
country's ability to handle itself
in case of a Soviet attack or
desire to attack ?
A good part of that answer
has come in pieces and bits over
these past few weeks from
American military leaders and
key men in the Eisenhower ad
ministration, either in testimony
before Congress or in speeches.
The latest views of present
and future has come from a man
whose own knowledge of Amer
ican and Soviet strength is a
basic element in shaping the
thinking of the government:
Allen W. Dulles.
Dulles, brother of Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles, is
director of the Central Intelli
gence Agency, which is this
country’s super-spy agency over
seas. He gave some of his think
ing in New Orleans this week.
Since it coincides with testi
mony given Congress by the
military leaders in large part,
it can be sum mar zed here as the
attitude of the Eisenhower ad
ministration toward the Soviet
Union, present and future.
The Soviets do not now have
military superiority over the
United States and are not likely
to provoke war “at this time.’’
The reason is they know this
country has the power, through
long-range bombers and nuclear
bombs, to realiate with such ter
rible devastation that it would
not be sensible to start a war
which would cause the U.S.S.R.
such damage.
In short, Dulles said :"I con
sider that our military posture
is stronger and our ability to
inflict damage is today -greater
than that of the Soviet Union.”
Dulles was thus reflecting
what seems to a great self-con
fidence—about the present, that
is—which seems Jo permeate the
top military leaders of the coun
try.
But this doesn’t necessarily
mean that even if the United
States should stay ahead of the
Soviets militarily—amd that’s
questionable — that the Soviet
Union will not be able to move
step by step to gobble up the
world. Why?
Because they are putting their
greatest emphasis on long-range
missiles which could reach not
only ;u\y part of Europe or Asia
but the United States, too.
Just assume that In 10 years
both the United States and the
Soviet Union have all the long
range missiles they need. Does
that mean the two sides just
glare at each other, with both
afraid to move?
Actually and this is inter
preting what has been said —
such a stalemate In terror
weapons may work to Soviet
advantage. Without starting
war, the Soviets may try con
quest by subversion, infiltration,
economic help and other means.
If they so move—-without pro
voking war—would the United
States start a war over nonmili
tary Soviet aggression?
It hardly seems likely, if only
because once the United States
tried shooting missiles the
Soviets with the same kind of
long-range weapons could make
us sorry we started, just as we
could make them sorry now.
So there may be years of so
called peace which is not peace.
Dulles himself doesn't think
Premier Nikita Khrushchev
wants war.
He said: Khrushchev "is con
vinced that the final victory of
communism can be achieved
mainly by nonmilitary means.
Here the Soviet economic offen
sive looms large."
To sum up: The leaders don't
look for war now or anytime
soon. Yet no one is predicting
the Soviets won’t inch their way
around the world by other
means.
OREGON DAILY EMERALD
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