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® 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
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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
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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