Letters to the Editor
I.im-ruld Kditor:
I him writing thin letter be
cause I disagree with the Em
erald policy of printing the fra
ternity affiliation and the soror
ity affiliation of candidates for
AHIJO offices. My view on this
matter concurs with the opin
ions expressed in Suzanne Brou
illiard's letter.
It will be a sad day for stu
dent government at Oregon,
when students start to believe
that the place where a candi
date lives is an indication of
how well tiie candidate will rep
resent his constituency.
If the readers of the Kmer
ald really want to know the liv
ing organization affiliations of
the candidates for AHUO offic
es, you are giving your readers
"what they want." I can only
speak for myself and the many
people I talked to last year,
when I was a candidate for a
class office. I believe that this
Bmerald policy is not one that
the students want.
•lohn And resen.
Sophomore, Journalism.
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Mr. <i. V. Mellor,
«•/<• Kmerald Kdltor,
I agree wholeheartedly with
your letter except for two
I«>ints. First, I don't believe
one of our major faults lies in
the desire to give "a college cur
riculum and degree" to every
one. Also, surely you don't mean
to imply that "the scoundrels,
the hucksters and the charla
tans" have come to college al
ready In that condition? I think
what you must mean is that
they were created In college.
It VTHKIt than limit enroll
ments, something you seem to
favor, we should attract more.
While students are in attend
ance we should attempt to give
them a set of values which
would strengthen their resist
ance to the materialistic Avhirl
pool "outside." By contacting
only a favored few we would
lie doing what you deplore, ig
noring the situation.
It must be remembered that
the college is only a small part
of an individual's environment.
Must we bear the full blame for
failing, in 4 years, to do what
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society and parents were unable
to do in 18 or more?
N K VKKTHKLKHM, I could
recommend reprinting your let
ter once a year at least — as a
reminder.
William K. Iledsworth,
(■rad In Economics.
P.H. The Kmeraid Business
Manager could take some les
sons fiom Mr. Mellor’s letter.
Even a superficial reading of
the chiropractics a<l reveals
that It is a dishonest ad. No
M.D. could disagree with the 4
basic principles of health It lists,
but to imply that they "success
fully" apply these principles, or
that th«?y could, is another
thing. Also, what is "structural,
physiological and psychological
integrity" in relation to the hu
man body ? The attempt to reek
of something dignified, thru
the use of such words as “Health
Research Foundation” (smells
like Ford or Mayo), and “West
ern States College" (?>, is so
apparent that it is insulting.
Chiropractor* probably have
their place, but no one is that
good. Mow much did they pay
for that ad, and the one Just
to the right of it that implies
that Aristotle had time for pros
titutes?
(Respectively, $9.15 and
$15. SO.—Kd.)
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F.merald Editor
I couldn't help wondering if
Jim Fields’ arm was hurting
from patting himself on the
back in Monday’s Emerald
story about Delta Upsilon float
ing a bed on a raft down the
Willamette.
IN A conversation with a
Delta Upsilon member last
Tuesday April 4. 1961 — I
learned of the plans. Somehow
I wonder how much actual in
fluence the "editorial goad" had
by appearing in the Emerald on
April 7, 1961.
I’m neither a math major nor
a beauty queen, but this just
doesn’t “figure” to me.
Philip G. Paulsen,
Freshman in Business.
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Symbolism...
(Continued (torn t>aae 2)
phenomena, honor, love, reli
gion, sox, war, countries, soci
eties. other people see what I
mean ?
IF YOU come up with any
symbols that you think might
be of interest, put it in a let
ter to the editor, and if it’s ac
ceptable, we’ll print it. And at
any rate, it will probably be of
real interest to me.
MUN Post Office
Ready For Use
A model United Nations post
office will be operating during
the conference under the direc
tion of Robert Forsyth, chief of
'.he MUN Postal Administration.
The office will serve delegates
and the general public. Mail sent
through this special office will
be flown to New York, where
it will be posted from the Unit
Nations Headquarters Post Of
fice for delivery to any domestic
address.
SPKf T.AL post labels are being
issued to prepay the air trans
portation to New York and the
air postage from the United Na
tions Headquarters. Delegates
and students may secure these
post labels and send letters
through the special service from
the model United Nations post
office located on the mezzanine
of the main stair case in the SU.
Each letter is required to have
two of the three special labels of
the Mun Postal Administration.
Kach of three labels commemor
ate a goal of the United Na
tions: Justice (blue); Security
(redi; and cooperation (green).
The labels cost 10 cents each.
FORSYTH stated: "We are
interested in furthering the MUN
program and commemorating this
event by this post office. We
require the prepaid postage and
in return the delegate or collec-:
tor will receive a regular postal
service.”
The Administration also dis
closed that a limited supply of
Vf UN Postal Administration Pre
sentation Sheets are available.
UO Girl Chosen
Queen of Height
Mauteen Sims, a senior at the
University, has been chosen the
Seattle Tip Toppers' Queen of
Height.
MAUREEN is blue-eyed, brown
haired, and stands an even 6
feet in her stocking feet.
A member of Zeta Tau Alpha
sorority. Queen Maureen is an
honor student majoring in biol
ogy, and hopes to continue gradu
ate work to a Ph.D. and become
a. teacher and researcher in gen
etics.
THE NEW Queen was born in
Tacoma. Her father, Andrew H.
Sims, is in the Corps of Army
Engineers in Korea. Her mother
lives in Tacoma. Her father is
6-1. She has two brothers, 6-1
and 6-7, and a 16-year-old sister,
who is 5-10. Maureen attained
her full height at 17.
'Something to Swing About ’
JUNIOR PROM and CONCERT
McArthur court Friday, april i 4th
CONCERT 7:30 DANCE 9:30
TWO HOUR CONCERT, STARRING JAZZ GREATS
SHELLY MANNE and HIS MEN
PLUS
JOANIE SOMMERS
Gen. Admission $1.75 Reserved $2.50
THE PROM . . . MUSIC BY
SI ZENTNER and ORCHESTRA
RESERVED CONCERT AND PROM TICKETS $5.00
TICKETS ON SALE AT MAIN DESK IN S.U.
Barton Questions
Board s Statistics
By JIM BOYD
Kmc raid Editor
Clarence Barton iD-Coquille),
chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, Tuesday ques
tioned the statistics used by the
.State Board of Higher Education
in making budgetary requests.
He further claimed that the State j
System has been overbudgeted
in the past.
MV FEELING is this,” he
said, "we have to pay for excel
lence and I think that excellence
is what we want.” But, he said,
predicating budgetary requests
on fall term enrollments is a 1
questionable practice.
Fall term enrollment is high- j
er than either winter or spring
enrollment, he said. Because of
this it would be more accurate
to base statistics such as the
student - instructor ratio on an
average, rather than peak, enroll
ment.
HOWEVER, Chancellor John
R. Richards Wednesday differed
with Barton. Richards said that
Barton assumes that the teach
ing staff fluctuates throughout
the year.
This is faulty, the Chancellor
said, because state schools need
a maximum staff during the
term with the largest enrollment.
STATE schools hire new staff
members for the entire y’ear, he
said. But even this is impossible
at a time when the state legisla
ture appropriates money late in j
the session. In this case it may
be impossible to hire new fac-1
ulty members prior to fall term
and these faculty members must
be hired later in the year.
Two years ago, Barton said,
"we struggled manfully” to ob
tain enough money to meet the
State Board's requests for higher
faculty salaries. But after this
money was appropriated, he said,
the State Board still managed
to squeeze approximately $1 mil
lion out of the budget to buy
land and construct buildings
which the legislature had not
authorized.
TIII.S INDICATES that the
State System of Higher Educa
tion was oveibudgeted, he said.
Barton claimed that the State
Board takes a far narrower view
of the state’s needs than does the
Ways and Means committee.
“I know more about the to
tal financial needs of Oregon
than does the Board of Higher
Education. When I see patients
sleeping in the halls of a state
hospital in conditions somewhat
less than that of the pigs at
the state experimental station
in Herrniston maintained by the
University . . .” And several
sputtered comments followed.
“BL'T I DO believe that we
must maintain competitive salar
ies," he said. The University will
be competitive with other
schools, he said, and posed the
problem of selecting the compet
itors.
“I don’t believe in being nig
gardly” with professor’s salaries,
he said, but continued that he did
not think that the University
could compete with the University
of California.
Agile Eater Scores
There was a young man from
Adair
Who was eating a cone on a stair.
When the bannister broke
He nearly did choke.
But he finished off in mid-air.
(you know, silly’. 13th and Hil
yard)
The biggest sale of the year! Graves Music and Meisel's
Houseware are offering up to 91% reduction on their
merchandise. Everything goes.
SALE
Does this look like a
FIRE SALE? It's not!
It's just coincidental
that we had a fire!
Art Supplies, Ceramics,
Musical Instruments, Gifts,
Toys, Stereo and Hi-Fi
Records.
These are just a few of the
many astonishing buys at
the ane County Fairgrounds.
STEREO CONSOLES
were $1 89.00
NOW $99.00
RECORD ALBUMS
$1.00 per dozen.
Hundreds of items
priced at NINE CENTS!
Everything in these stores goes. Sale starts April 13, 7:00
a.m. to midnight; Friday the 14th, 7 a.m. to midnight; Satur
day 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The sale is at the Lane County Fair
grounds in the main auditorium. Follow the searchlights.
Prices are slashed, so hurry! Sale continuous next week.
GRAVES MUSIC and ART
AND
MEISEL’S
HOUSEWARES
AND GIFTS
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