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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1959)
Announcement of Policy The writer who this morning taxes over the administration duties of the Oregon Daily Emerald realizes that one of his most important and difficult tasks will be to maintain the tradition of quality and superiority that has existed for more than a decade. He also is aware of the fact that it will be incumbent upon him to add to that tra dition to the utmost of his ability. That this may be accomplished he pledges the sincere efforts of himself and his staff to the highly interesting endeavor that lies ahead. It also is the ambition of the writer to add another chapter to the already notable record of the Emerald. Both he and his editorial assistants hope to publish a paper that will be fearless, yet tactful; interesting, yet informative; attractive, yet practical; sympathetic, yet unbiased. It is still too early to ascertain the policies of the Emerald in connection with specific situations and projects. The writer only can set forth the major premises on which the paper will operate. He hopes these will meet with the approval of the campus, for he is sure their fulfillment will mean a better college newspaper. The greater portion of the Emerald’s columns will'be devoted to news that directly concerns the students of the University. Campus items will not be subordinated to leave space for stories that are covered adequately in the metropolitan dailies. To give the paper balance, a certain amount of national news will be used. This will be mostly of a feature and opinionated nature, thereby giving the students a closer insight into the affairs of the nation than could be provided by the editorial board of the Emerald. Criticism will be along constructive lines. Personalities will be avoided as much as possible in editorial comment. The editor and his aides will debate and consider thoroughly before taking any definite stands. Once an opinion is given, the paper will not be afraid to reverse itself should it be shown its error, but it will not vacillate in its arguments if it believes it is in the right. The Emerald has no entangling alliances. There are no strings attached to it. The paper will have the courage of its convictions. The fear of criticism or opposition will not deter it from crusading, provided it believes its crusade is justified. The Emerald will be conservative in whatever it does. Radical opinions and bolshevik tendencies will have places in neither its news nor editorial columns. It is the opinion of the writer that a paper can oppose an existing order without turning radical in doing so. A spade will be called a spade. There ■will be no beating around the bush. If the Emerald is opposed to something, it will say so. In conclusion, the editor and his staff offer whole-hearted and sincere cooperation to the students of the University. Oregon faces a crucial year, and the Emerald will put forth its best foot in an attempt to maintain student morale on its usual elevated plane. The esprit de corps of the University will gain, rather than suffer, through the activities of the Emerald. The latchstring of the editor’s office is always out. He will wel come criticism and suggestion from any member of the student body. The students will be the prime consideration of the Oregon Emerald. Their interests will be served at all times. The appearance of the paper has been changed slightly. There are considerably more pictures and the makeup has been checked more closely. The staff hopes these alterations meet with your approval. RICHARD L. NEUBERGER (Editor, 1932-1933) ' HOMECOMING SPECIALS [ ) Take Your Pick At $25 per Month | 51 Buick, 2 tone green. 51 Ford, black. 50 Dodge, blue. 48 Plymouth, green. 53 Olds, green. 51 Packard, cream. | 53 Pontiac Convertable. f 1st National Auto Sales % Broadway & Hilyard n t SMOKERS! How many of these pack ages has your living or ganization saved to date? Alpine packages will count five points in the PHILIP MORRIS STEREO CONTEST Ail others (Philip Morris, Marlboro, Mayfield, Parliament), will count one point each. The group saving the greatest number of packages PER CAPITA wins. DEADLINE: 7 p.m. December 3, 7959 Call Gary Morgan, Dl 3-9665 for Information I .... - A DAY AT THE ZOO - By BOB FUNK Emerald Columnist UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Dec. 8, 1954 Out in the mountain vaatnesaes of Ap proaching Hysteria, where most [ of the landscape was devoted to tlora and fauna and effervescent streams cascading from mossy rock with gurgling sounds, a Student woke up in the middle of the night with u cold, clammy feeling. Anyone was like to wake up with a cold, plummy feeling in Approaching Hysteria, because there was a funny kind of cold clams that crawled into bed with you unless you had a zipper for the top. Rut this was a figura tive cold-clammy feeling. Perhaps, the Student thought to himself (and this is not in quotes because he was thinking it :nsidc, which is not quotish), I am having a sudden Fit of De ! clensions. And he took a special ! gritty powder that his Grandma had given him on Groundhog Day that was supposed to be good for Fits of Declensions. It didn’t do anything but settle, though. And then he thought perhaps he was having an attack of Tort, and he gargled with some charged branch water, but as usual swal lowed it ail about halfway through, so he had to give that I -JP And then he remembered. It was about to be Finals. And Fin als was something that If you had a choice of sitting on a Bunsen Burner for twelve hours until well browned or taking Finals, you would sit on a Bunsen Burn er and luugh heartily all the time you were browning. Finals was the time you tried to remember Pi equula 3. Blunk-spots-ln-my notes, and the Cosine of an Whoo sis Is determined by finding the square root of Your Own True Love and then laughing hysteric ally. He remembered that he had gone to see his professor about finals. He hud found the profes sor in the library, filed under Mis cefiany, Unbound, by the Dewey Decimal System. “How do you figure out If a poem is written by Shelley, or by Keats, or if it was Just acci dental?" “We have to be intellectually honest," the professor said, chew ing abstractly on a verb. "It’s all relative, nowadays. No black and 1 white, just shades of gray. It isn’t like the old days when Joan of Arc and Teddy Roosevelt and Charles Carrol of Carrolton were around. You knew good from bad, Keats and Shelley in those days. But now all the old gang's gone, and it’s all Relativity." "But how do you tell "Keats from Shelley." The pro fessor sighed. "I always look at the top of the page It tells lit my book." "But on the final ?” "Intellectual honesty always wins," tlu* professor said. "J reud that, I think.” Whieh left the Student feeling like there was penicillin or some thing growing on the wall of his stomach. Finals. The word envel oped and overjiowereu' him; It ran up his s pine and whispered through his hair; it crawled Into Ills nose and smelled awful. And then, suddenly, there was a shush, shush, r.hush through the pine needles outside (they lufd fallen off some of the florin, and a voice sang out Into the night, and then another, and another, and then a whole mc*a more: "God rest ye, weary Student here a-restlng midst your wor ries; For Christmns now Is almost here with egg-nog and snow-flur ries; Although In this abnormal clime we‘11 likely Just have rain; But rain or snow, this seaaon is an anodyne for pain A rising from your being djmb in your examinations; (Continued on pa'if II) Alums & Visitors— Enjoy the Superior food the Students enjoy at THE NEW ANCHORS DUSVE-KN Great fried chicken On the hi-way—across from campus Open 11-11 weekdays 11-1 Fri. & Sat. Closed Sundays Drop anchor for a real treat. famous ft or pancaked For 18 years Del has been welcoming back Oregon grads. This year Del is at a new location, DHL’S PANCAKE INN, 2121 Franklin Boulevard. Stop in and say hello and enjoy some of those delicious pan cakes which have made Del’s famous. After the game treat yourself to a gourmet’s delight!! * Del’s delicious buffet will feature Prime Rib, Vir ginia Baked Ham, Roast Turkey, and Ranch Style Chicken. Lots of easy parking, too. 2121 Franklin Blvd. DI 3-7022
