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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1959)
Jit JlmpfttMQr ® EMERALD "Building a Belter University" Food for Thought It’s about time. It’s about time living groups began to take a look at what makes them tick, what makes for unity, or lack of it, what is the value of activities within their respective groups. The survey by the Student Activities sub committee on living groups, innacurate and incomplete as it was, is a beginning. The survey was incomplete because only about half of the forms sent out were returned, and the fact that it was incomplete made it inaccurate. But it was a good beginning, for those in the houses, down to the most inactive mem ber, had something to say in the report. While the report was only halfway com pleted, those that did reply were in general agreement. We tufty agree that there is a need for less activities on this campus. But more im portant than the de-emphasis of activities is the careful consideration of which act ivities are to be abolished and which ones are to remain. Those that consider doing away with the Canoe Fete might well con sider this fact: the University campus is one of the most beautiful on the Pacific Coast, and one of the few in the nation that has ready access to a Millrace. Let us take full advantage of this asset to promote our campus. It might well be argued from the stand point of those that participate directly in the Fete: just what do they get out of it? Each house puts as much as $70 or more in for the construction of a float to par ticipate in the Fete. What is their return? Glory? Who benefits more from the Fete, the University or those that put in the most work and hard-to-come-by-money ? Track Hopes: Bright The Webfoot track squad leaves for Seatttle and the 1959 Pacific Coast Confer ence Championships this morning, and with them goes the University’s hopes for its first PCC team title. The chances of an upset of perennial king pin Southern California is bright, too, for the Duck cindermen lost by a scant margin to the Trojans in a dual meet earlier this year and might have won with some im proved performances. They hope to get these performances tomorrow and Saturday. In actuality, the Webfoots could win the crown even by finishing second to USC, since the latter, currently undea* NCAA pen alties, is ineligible to participate in any na tion-wide tournament, and thus will send no representatives to the NCAA meet which will be held in a few weeks hence. Other gripes came from living organiza tions. One was that indiscriminate activi ties hurt scholastic standings. Perhaps we might take a little closer look at this bald statement. It is rather apparent, without citing names, that most of the top individ uals in activities also have high grades. Don’t blame the activities, blame the indi vidual. If the individual doesn’t have the brains to make grades and activities both, or the courage to step beyond the social pressure applied by activity people in order to concentrate on studies, then that indi vidual had better sit down in closed con ference with his or her own conscience and ask why. One more point brought out in the eval uation of living groups that we feel needs commenting on, and that is the complaint placed against compulsory attendance of house functions. This involves many things that are far from the idea of brotherhood ■ and democracy that is purported to be part of living groups, in this case, namely Greek < living organizations. Some of these range from required attendance at house meet ings, to social dances to voting before being allowed to eat dinner. It is well known but rarely applied in practice, that forcing any individual to perform some duty against his will only creates resentment in him. So the survey is opening doors of thought and careful self evaluation among.the living groups. The University could well pay heed to this survey, too, for what the living groups decide could indirectly affect the University, from housing to football at tendance. from the Canoe Fete to World Affairs Week. Coach Bill Bowerman and his forces have done the school proud for many, many years and finally have emerged to the point of becoming a challenger for the national title in track, an achievement that might pos sibly be realized in the not too distant future. Perhaps few people realize that the Ducks have not lost a Northern Division meet in over six years and have captured ND team honors every time during that time as well. For a school that, next to Idaho, is the smallest in enrollment, this is quite a feat. Preliminaries will get underway Friday afternoon and finals will be conducted Saturday. The University will be well represented at the PCC meet, with an array of outstand ing talent, but a defeat should not be re garded as a disappointment. The future is very bright, indeed. The Emerald wishes good luck to every member of the team. 0 Emerald Editor: It seems too bad that some people holding responsible po sitions on the Oregana feel that they can use fiction instead of fact for second-guessing the se crecy policy of the FIJIs on this campus. In the interest of ethi cal journalism, we regret to in form the Oregana staff that they do not have the power to arbitrarily name the president of our Fraternity. Although he represented our Fraternity on IFC and handled all its outside campus affairs, Brother Dick Easton was not president of the house. In as much as your incompe tency is already in printed form, we must allow this Hearst-type sensationalism to pass. We deep ly regret, however, that the in spiration and guiding light in the darkness that surrounds our secret Brotherhood, Ralph (help Stamp out boxers) Cramden, was deliberately passed over in our request to have his picture published as president. His reaction, as ours was one of complete disillusionment towards fostering campus in stitutions, but fortunately, neither the applause of men nor tKe world’s recognition is of ne cessity his insignia. It won’t be a necessity of the president either, as he walks down on campus with only an Oregana on. Viva La Secrecy! The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Emerald Editor: After attending a meeting Tuesday evening whose pur pose was to discuss AWS rules and to suggest changes that might be made concerning these rules, T am loft with the impres sion that the main source of con flict between the students of the University and its governing body is not the rules themselves but the underlying philosophy behind these rules. The general consensus seems to be that the students must first come into immediate contact with the ad ministration itself before any changes pertaining to rules may be accomplished. The executive board that pre sided over this meeting seemed to feel that the University and its administration are under a ‘ great deal of pressure from so ciety, and that because of that pressure they are confined to follow a very limited standard (Continued on page 3) Definitely not Ersted Material •T fen ioo#v# me mchk.ipt'* mtour Ai&noMf' Sam 2)i aw Aon Big Inflationary Boom Coming? Opinion Divided NEW YORK Belief that crocking Inflation In Inevitable —that It may even »tep up It* pace noon—ntlll neemn to com mand the most follower* in and out of the ntock market. And they are honily nee king shield* or counterweapon*. But a sizable group now be lieves that this prospect is exag gerated and that inflationary pressure is losing much of its force. They think the infla tionary mo<id may soon wane, too. Those who count on more price inflation ahead cite these reasons: 1. The cumulative effects on the money supply of thin year’s lS-Mllion-dollar Treasury defi cit—and the belief that more, if smaller, deficits are likely to lie ahead. 2.. The wage-price spiral — which loses little of Its momen tum in bad times, and picks up urgency in good times. 8. The complacent belief of a large part of the public — and many roni^mutmen that a little inflation iw't harmful. Those who challenge the in evitability of a big inflationary boom Just over the horizon coun ter su';h reasoning with argu ments like these: The effect of this year's deficit has been sof tened because the Treasury was able to place much of its new debt in the hands of corporations instead of the commercial banks. The new debt has now been placed and the Treasury counts on returning to its seasonal pat tern of borrowing in the second half of the year and repaying in the first half of the follow ing year. This is based on the hope that congressional spending will be kept within reasonable limits, and the prospect that Treasury receipts will rise even more than thought when the budget was drawn. G'orpoYate and personal in comes liave been rising. Busi ness profits seem sure to climb well above last year’s. Individual incomes are at record highs and expected to continue to rise. Tax collections on these two items— the biggest in the budget—may set records, too. If the Treasury is out of the new money market, it will stop competing with others seeking funds. And it will make the task of the Federal Reserve Board in policing the money markets that much euaier. F.any money isn’t a current worry as in times of galloping Inflation. Money Is tightening at present and interest rates rising. For one thing the de mand for loans is picking up am business picks up. For another, the supply of funds to lend — which grows as the rate of sav ing* grows — hasn't been in creasing as fast an formerly. Some say that thi* in because so many have been putting their idle money into the stock mar ket instead of savings institu tions-—or have stepped up their spending for consumer goods at the expense of saving. The wage.price spiral con tinues, but at a slower pace. The cost-of-living Index ha* been fairly steady now for months—thanks largely to the price of foodstuffs. Labor sce)|s higher wages. But the effects are In dispute. Labor says that increased out put per man hour has let man agement swell profits, when it couid have been cutting prices, and that this will continue even if wage scales go higher. Management says that the productivity rise ha* only helped offset higher labor costa and stave off higher prices, but that the turning polpt has been reached, and prices will have to go up if costs do. All this is yet to be proved. One thing for sure: The argu ment over the inevitability of Inflation will get louder before it is resolved. OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon I laily Emerald is published lour times in September and live days a week during the school year, except dur ing examination and vacation periods, by Hie Student Publications Board of the University of Onegoti. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription lates: $S per year, $2 per term. ' Opinions expressed on the editorial page arc those of The Emerald and do not pretend to represent the opinion of the ASUO or the University. DON JEPSEN, Editor WARREN RUCKER, Business Manager PEPPER AELEN, Managing Editor JEFF WILLIAMS. News Editor JOHN K. GUSTAFSON* Editorial Page Editor SUE CLARK, Advertising Manager KAREN MAUNKY. ELLIOT CARSON. Associate Editors DICK MCKINNEY RANNY GREEN, Sports Editors MARY JO STEWART, Women’s News Editor LARRY KURTZ, Assistant News Editor
