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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1960)
Filling the Gap The outcome of a rather brief Senate meeting Tuesday evening was not — as many suspected —• the naming of a new president. This action will be postponed un til tonight when the vacancy will undoubt edly be filled. A ruling from the constitu tional committee on the status of the vice president will also be before the senators, to wit: Does the constitution imply that the vice-president shall permanently succeed to the presidency? HOWEVER, SEVERAL trends became apparent at the all to brief session. The first is that the Senate will not hold an elec tion. They will choose one of their own members to fill the post of ASUO presi dent. This decision was the more rational choice between a democratic selection and an expedient one. Obviously Senate mem bers feel that the sooner a president is chos en (ahd one who has some accpiaintance with the duties of the position) the better. The other point which may be cleared is On Snow Snow—up to a foot of it in some of the more elevated residential districts of Port land—has whitened practically the entire northwest corner of the state. The storm, however, failed to materialize to any great extent in our area. The white stuff became a freezing rain roughly at the Lane County line. CONSIDERABLE EDITORIAL com ment has greeted the unaccustomed pheno menon. The OSC Barometer rhapsodized about its “white campus,” ending with a list of driving do’s and dont's promulgated by" the National Safety Council. Alas, no such opportunity exists for us, although we might advance a few rules on traversing an icy campus without that em tlie eventual status of ASUO vice-president l’ete Wengert. It’s no secret that Wengert’s refusal of the presidency has made a lot of people unhappy; so has his attitude of if-Pm-forced-to-take-it-Pll-resign. The con stitutional committee may recognize an implication to the effect that it is the vice president’s duty to succeed should the pre sident become ineligible. If not, than Wen gert probably will remain in his original post. LESS TANGIBLE, but nonetheless real, is the Senate concern over the impasse’ reached by student government and voiced in informal sessions with some of the mem bers. No group realizes how vital it is to fill the post of the ASUO president as soon as it is physically possible. Groups of senators have held informal sessions in order to set the governing wheel in motion. There is a Dad’s Day chairman to be chosen plus in numerable other duties that call for effec tive presidential direction. barrassing pratfall—you know, you’re with that girl, big impression, BOOM. The last time a snowfall of any conse quence blanketed Eugene was in January of 1957. According to past Emeralds, every one had a ball. The Millrace froze over and ice-hockey became the rage. They skied on the streets and on the slopes of Hendricks Park. Some classes found teachers missing but it was more common for teachers to find classes missing. And the girls of Kappa Kappa Gamma employed an effective weap on for beating off six Phi Delts armed with snowballs. They swept the snow off the roof onto the attackers. WE HAVEN’T GIVEN up though. Winter’s far from over and there’s still a chance to participate in the same shenani gans that broke up a dull winter term three years ago. ‘Wonderful Town’ Not So, According to Gotham Tourists By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK M—“Why would anyone live here unless he had to?" WONDERING tourists in Manhattan, worn out by the fast-paced tempo of a visit here, often ask that question. If sud denly told they had to become permanent residents of New York City, they would regard it as a form of punishment. They think of America’s larg est metropolis as a civic mad house inhabited by eight million moles who don’t know what real living really is. At times the thousands upon thousands of people who have come here from other parts of the country to carve out a ca reer feel that way, too. They get homesick for the old home town. OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald is published four times in September and five days a week during the school year, except dur ing examination and vacation periods, by the Student Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rates: $5 per year, $2 per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of The Emerald and do not pre tend to represent the opinion of the ASUO or the University. LARRY KURTZ, Editor WARREN RUCKER, Business Manager MARY JO STEWART, Managing Editor DON JEPSEN, Editorial Page Editor STEVE MILLIKIN, Advertising Manager KERNAN TURNER, News Ed'tor AL HYNDING, Sports Editor KEITH POWELL, Feature Editor EVERETT CUTTER, Entertainment Editor PEGGY DOERFLER, Women’s Editor What do they miss most from their old life? Well, it’s usually something simple. THEY MISS driving to work in the morning and driving home at night. They miss walking down streets canopied by green-leafed trees. They miss the easy infor mality you enjoy when you live in a town where you can at least recognize every 10th person you meeth. Here you don’t know one in 10,000. They miss the easygoing and friendly politeness people have in towns less crowded and in which life is less hurried. THEY MISS a sense of being a real person in a real com munity. Here, no matter how big and important a man is, he is merely another bee in a mighty hive. After living here 23 years, however, the thing I miss most from my native Midwest is a simple old - fashioned dining room, such as I knew in my youth. I still can’t get used to eating dinner in the living room of my apartment. Why then, considering all the inconveniences, does anyone want to live here by choice? Well, it’s hard to put into words. But it is certainly one of the best places in the world to enjoy two of mankind’s greatest pleasures—windw-shopping and girl-watching. Letters to the Editor Emerald Editor: In light of the recent upheaval in student, government, I would like to comment on two things. THE FIRST is Mr. Pete Wen gert's widely publicized state ment that, if offered the stu dent body presidency, he shall be forced tc decline acceptance of this “great honor” (as he calls it> because of previous commitments. Thus Mr. Wen gert has successfully impeded student government by stating his refusal even before the "great honor” is publically of fered to him. True, there is no constitutional provision that states Wengert must succeed to the office. But a lot of people naturally look to him as the most logical successor, and the one person who could most ef fectively bridge the gap; the one most truly representative of the ASUO student body. Whether Walt Grebe or any one else becomes president now is immaterial. It’s Mr. Wengert who must bear the greatest share of the blame for the cur rent impotency of student gov ernment. THE OTHER point is the statement of Dean Donald Du Shane’s which the Emerald saw fit to run in full last Monday. Knowing little of newspaper ethics as opposed to news value, I wlil not attempt to judge your publication on the matter. But I do think that DuShane, as a (Continued on paoe 3) Little Man on Campus r X FINALLY HAP It? PJZAW TH' LlfJE".// Financial Allocations Role of State Board (Editor’s note: This Is the first in a two-part series on the State Hoard of Higher Education, the group controlling the stute col lege funds appropriated by the state legislature. The editors commissioned the series on the hunch that u showdown would be held over the proposed Ore gon State College liberal arts curriculum. However, a work able compromise was reached and it Is expected that the Hoard will merely voice their final approval. The concluding article will appear Friday.) By MARGE UNCENKS K me raid Staff Writer The creation of the State Board of Higher Education goe.s back to 1929 and a rivalry be tween the University and Ore gon State, somewhat similar to the one between the two col leges now. The same old thing, not over football games, but over courses. A DECISION on the proposed liberal arts curriculum of Ore gon State ia one of the main points of business at the forth coming meeting in Portland on Monday and Tuesday. Perhaps a look at the background and pur pose of this governing body is in order. The main disagreement be tween the two schools was over the duplication of courses; and in 1909, the Board of Higher Curricula was founded, consist ing of five members, appointed by the governor. This board was to pass on all questions concern ing courses of study in the two institutions. Their first decision was on the duplication of engineering courses, which was regarded as the primary issue; and the board ruled that the center of these technical courses would be at Oregon State (then Oregon State Agricultural College.) Although this, and other de cisions by the board helped some, the intense rivalry con tinued; and public opinion was that the State Board of Higher Curricula had failed in the pre vention of duplication in courses, THERE WERE other issues, too, one of these the granting of money to the schools by the legislature. Until the creation of the present board, each col lege asked separately for money. This resulted in fighting be tween the two bigger schools, political pressuring, and a squeeing out of the smaller Nor mal Schools. Thus the State Board of Higher Education was created, consisting of nine members to be appointed by the governor for nine year terms. It would tafte over the powers of the three boards of regents (the Univer sity, State College, anti the Normal Schools I, and of the state board of higher curricula. The original legislation included a clause which said that no per son connected with a state edu cational institution or living in a town which contained such an institution could be appointed to the board. The present state board is still composed of nine mem bers. appointed by the governor, but with two-thirds approval of the senate, and for six year terms. The clause regarding no members living in a town con taining a state institution was changed with the founding of Portland Slate College. Mem bers are paid $10 a day for each day actually engaged in per formance of duties, which amounts to 20-25 days a year, and are reimbursed for ex penses incurred. IN' GENERAL, the board has complete authority over all af fairs of the colleges, receiving gifts and grants, organizing capital outlay, making land purchases and appointments of professors. The board, however, recognizes the various faculties as being the policy making groups, and relies on them as a source of planning. Money is granted in one sum to the board, which is respon sible for the distribution be tween the Institutions. Requests for new buildings are presented from each school, listing needs in order of priority, and taking into consideration such things as the square footage available, the condition of the present buildings, enrollment, and the rate cf growth. There are al ways differences of opinion, but these are worked out in com promise form. OBSERVES a USO Daily Tro jan sports writer: "Oregon, the fastest rising track power in the West, will send (to the LA indoor meet) two standouts from the present team and a fine alumnus to the meet — Dyrol Burleson, Roscoe Cook, and Jim Grellc.” C^onL emporarieS
