Today’s Meet
Oregon’s powerful track team winds up
its 1960 season activities this afternoon at
Hayward Field when it hosts the annual
Northern Division Championships.
THE DUCKS HAVE won the XD team
title for the past six years, and are over
whelming favorites to do it again this sea
son.
Coach Bill Bowerman feels that his squad
should win by at least 15 points, and maybe
more, if some of his men come through with
the performances they are capable of.
There are a lot of good athletes in the
Northwest, and all of them are here todav,
representing Washington State, Oregon
State, Idaho, and Washington, as well as
Oregon.
MANY OF TODAY’S competitors will
be attempting to quality for the Olympic
trials to be held in Berkeley later in the
year—and this is the last chance some of
them will have, so it’s lor sure that they’ll
all be working as hard as they can.
Students will be charged 50c to watch the
Championships, which is not at all an un
reasonable price for such an outstanding
sports event. Adult prices are $1.25, and
reserved seats are $1.75.
ADMISSION IS BEING charged be
cause the Championships are sponsored by
Library Theft
The library has recently complained that
many books and magazines have left the
library without being checked out and then
have never returned.
WE ARE SURE they didn’t walk away
by themselves. It is hard to believe college
students would “lift” them. Certainly stu
dents are not financial giants, but to stoop
to stealing books from the library seems
childish.
Books in the library are University prop
erty just like sofas and arm chairs in loun
ges. Sometimes students seem to have a
tendency to consider media of learning such
as books and magazines free property.
WE AGREE that they should be avail
able to read. What other use does a book
serve? But, when you are through using
them, how about returning them? In fact,
when you take them out of the library-, why
not do it the legitimate way? Try checking
them out for a change.
There is another side to this problem.
When a student takes a book out of the li
brary- without intending to return it, the stu
dent is depriving his fellows from having
access to the book. Other students need to
get their assignments done, too.
Most important is the fact that it is just
plain unethical to steal books.
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the Northern Division, and not by the Uni
versity Athletic Department.
The presence of such athletes as Dyrol
Burleson, Hank Wyborney, Dave Edstrom,
Amos Marsh, Darrell Horn, Gary Stenlund,
Dick Miller, and Eoscoe Cook among others
makes this a track meet well worth watch
ing.
BURLESON, OF COURSE, holds the
American mile record of 3:58.6, and will
race Herb Elliott at the Modesto Relays a
week from now; Wyborney has cleared 6
feet 11 inches in the high jump; Stenlund
has thrown the javelin over 260 feet and
Miller has run the two-mile in 9:01.
Then, too. Cook holds the world’s 60
yard dash record and is co-holder of the
100-yard dash mark, even though he hasn’t
done so well this season.
OCS’s Horn has consistently been one of
the nation’s best in the broad jump, and he
will be out to improve his mark of 25-5 this
afternoon.
ALL OF THE aforementioned perform
ances are among the nation’s best—and
could conceivably be improved today.
The weatherman may not co-operate, but
if the field is in any type of shape at all,
look for some meet—and possibly field—
marks to be set.
Some new records are certainly possible
this Olympic year.
Rain Insurance
It has come to our attention that the an
nual Canoe Fete is insured against rain.
The Aetna Insurance Company insures the
Fete for $2500. The University pays $243.75
for the policy. If it rains .05 of an inch be
tween 5-8 p.m. on the night of the Fete,
the Fete budget is paid $2500 by the insur
ance company.
THIS INSURANCE plan began in 1955
when the Fete was revitalized. How many
times has the University collected since
then? Never. Several times the gods have
threatened, but it has never rained on a
Canoe Fete long enough to collect. Otie
year it didn’t rain quite enough and another
year it started a few minutes after 8 p.m. A
third year the University lost money be
cause it rained at the time the Fete was
scheduled to start and many people stayed
home.
Si Ellingson, Student Union director, said
now is the time to investigate the practical
ity of the insurance plan. He said the Uni
versity makes almost enough in pre-Fete
ticket sales to break even, no matter if it
rains and people do not attend.
IT LOOKS LIKE the rain insurance idea
has outlived its usefulness. If the University
doesn’t lose money on the Fete even if it
rains, why buy insurance? Especially when
we have never needed it.
Letters to the Editor
Emerald Editor:
Says Eisenhower to Salazar
(UPI, May 19): “Today, as
members of the UN and part
ners in NATO we continue to
work together in the common
cause of peace and justice for all
men.”
Keep in mind, dear reader,
that he speaks to no other than
Our Oon temporaries
Harvard s baseball team is
apparently rather bad; but the
Harvard Crimson doesn’t worry
about this too much. In fact,
they seem almost proud of the
team’s poor record. Here are a
few interesting quotes from the
Crimson’s sports pages:
“One of the top teams in the
Eastern League invades Cam
bridge to terrorize the des
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perate Crimson baseball team.”
“The Crimson will have little
chance to snap out of its rut.”
“The coach said he may de
cide to pitch a left-hander . ..
in which case the team is in for
an even rougher afternoon.”
“Thanks to last weekend’s 23
strikeouts, the team’s strike-out
total now equals its hit produc
tion. •
Oliveira Salazar.
On December 25 of last year
Eisenhower said something
similar to, keep in mind dear
reader, no other than Generalis
simo Franco.
Why does Mr. Eisenhower say
these things to these men? Men,
of course, as “great,” no doubt,
as Syngman Rhee (I don’t know
whether Rhee was great or not,
but no other than Eisenhower
said so, after Rhee gently drop
ped out and one might as well
take Ike’s word for it).
Tennis, anyone?
Manuel Roman
Senior in Writing
Little Man on Campus
F^r -- ——-—
THINK THE PRESIDENT KEEPS T&O
curse TAPS ON THE FACULTY."
J\ernan /£. burner
Panic Begins When a False
News Report Reaches Emerald
(I’rgvat) Moscow—Two hours
after Soviet Premier Khrushchev
severed diplomatic relations
with the I'nlted States a re
portedly huge flight of Soviet
planes were airborne, with the
t'nited States as their probable
destination. There bus axye
probable destination (sic). There
has as yet been no comment
from the chief of the Strategic
Air Command Thomas Powers,
but sources say SAC Is probably
already on the way to Russia.
I walked into the office Fri
day afternoon and this wirecopy
was handed to me. Even before
I began to read it I overheard
)>eopl«* talking to each other in
small group a—just standing
around dazed. I overheard such
remarks as "Not the night of
the house dance," "God, I wanted
to graduate." Someone else
answered, "I wanted to live."
ANOTHER PERSON said,
"What do we do now? W'rite
that novel in 15 minutes?"
You could call it panic.
A terrifying panic which made
some people laugh and joke
about oeing drafted — panic
which made some people sit
down and gaze at nothingness.
I WALKED into my office
and wanted to cry.
None realized it was a fake.
All we could think about was
the nightmarish reality of it.
It was really more than a night
mare. No cne doubted its truth.
The idea of it being a fake,
a damn lie, never entered any
one’s mind. It was too real.
Someone grabbed the news
copy and ran down the stairs to
the first floor to show it to the
professors. Not because he
wanted to be the first to break
the news, but because he felt
a need to tell someone to warn
them. He ran through the hall
but none of the professors were
in their offices. He walked past
a class room and thought of
going in. Are tests and lectures
important at a time like this?
ANOTHER PERSON went to
his test and said to the class,
"You had better do a good job
on the test ... it will probably
be your last.” A cigarette fell
from someone’s lips.
I cannot describe how real
this all seemed. There was no
room for doubt in anyone’s
mind.
"J was terrified,'' was the
statement made by one of the
newspaper staff members. I’m
sure he felt much more than
this.
THE OFFICE filled up with
people who didn’t belong In the
staff. All of them were eager
to read the news. After they
read it the eagerness suddenly
•drained out of them. Staff mem
bers caller1 their fraternities and
sororitie* and spread the warn
ing.
The irrportnnt thing to notice
here is the •• niplete acceptance
which we made of what is prob
ably the worst thing which could
happen to the world today.
Why did we accept it so easily
—without a second thought.
THE ANSWER to this is
frightening. It seems to point
out in bold-face type that the
thought is in the back of our
minds that we are dangerously
close to war.
With the recent spy-plane in
cident and the consequent call
ing-off of the important Summit
Conference, the world has been
shaken a little bit. War is in
people's minds and talk.
MAYBE THIS is a time to sit
down and put some concentrated
thought on the subject of war.
It has been agreed that war
today means probable total
annihilation of mankind. Yet.
we continue to talk of war. We
seem to be too far removed
from war to realize what the
awful outcome of it would be.
But, when war is upon you,
as it was for we who believed
Friday's incident, you cannot
shrug it. off,
IT MUST BE accepted as the
horrible truth. It is too late to
snun it.
OREGON DAILY EMERALD
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KKRNAN K. TURNER. Editor
STEVE Mil.El KIN, Hu si ness Manager
GARY SAL A, Managing Editor
IE!) MAHAR, News Editor
KEITH POWELL
Assistant News Editor
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AL HYNDING. LARRY KURTZ
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EVERETT GUTTER
Entertainment Editor