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
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Little Man on Campus
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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.”
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