Protests Save Trees
Responsible Voting, Hard Work
Needed for Long-Range Though
Due largely to the efforts of school of
architecture faculty members and students,
it now appears that trees at the corner of
11th and Patterson streets will not he re
moved.
Protests encouraged by Dean Lateourell,
instructor, John Kenyon, assistant proies
sor, and Marsten Morgan, senior, as well as
by other students and townspeople, have
persuaded the city council that curbs at the
intersection should not he widened at this
time.
The actions of these members of the Uni
versity community who helped bring about
this decision should be appreciated by every
one who wants the city to remain attractive.
However, this does not mark an end to
the problems which caused the removal of
many trees and threatened many more.
Streets leading to the University are still
crowded with traffic, and it is still becoming
increasingly difficult to find a parking place.
Protests tliat solve immediate problems,
have their value. But they cannot replace
the long-range planning, the anticipation of
problems, and the thoughtful creation of
machinery to solve these problems without
protest and provocation. Some of the 50 or
so citizens present at Thursday’s meeting of
the city council as a committee of the whole,
volunteered their services along these lines.
The traffic and parking problems result
ing from the population grow th of the city
and the University will not be solved by a
series of inconsistent and occasional pro
tests. They can only be met through respon
sible informed voting—not the kind that re
fused to give the city the right to establish
municipal parking lots. Also needed is some
downright hard work, the type that is un
glamorous and goes unnoticed, the type that
the people who volunteered Thursday will
be performing.
A Pitch for ROTC
Reprinted below is an editorial from
Thursday’s Eugene Register-Guard. It is
reprinted not necessarily because the Emer
ald agrees with all the comments made
within, but because it represents one aspect
of the situation which will exist on the Uni
versity campus next year when freshmen
will have an opportunity to choose between
ROTC and no ROTC. '
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This is the time of year that high school
seniors are coming to grips with the hard
facts. What about next year? Many are
planning on college, most likely at Oregon
or Oregon State. They are making these
choices now. They are also giving serious
thought to their course of study. Too few
of the boys may be giving adequate thought
to the next big question. How about right
after college? Hoy about that military obli
gation that faces every young man?
When you’re 17 or 18, four years seems
like a long time. But it really isn't. That
military obligation must be met. The time
to think about “after college" is “before col
lege.” One of the wisest courses a young
man can elect to pursue is the reserve offic
er program at the two big state schools.
There is some concern this year that a suf
ficient number won’t elect it soon enough.
Next fall, for the first time, the first two
years of military science will be voluntary.
Heretofore, those two years were compul
sory, with the last two years, leading to a
reserve commission, voluntary and highly
selective. Young men had the two years to
look around the department before deciding
if they wished to finish out the course. Now
they won’t have that opportunity, unless
they elect the basic course.
Recognizing the fact of this military obli
gation, today’s young, man would be foolish
not to investigate the reserve officer pro
gram. He would be better paid and better
treatetfvvhen he does wear his uniform full
time. He would have an opportunity for
service at the full extent of his capacity in
stead of at only a small part of his capacity.
And the program itself is of considerable
educational value.
('•one forever is the day when just any
body could be a colonel and carry out the
colonel’s old function—waving a big sword
and screaming “Charge!" Even since World
W ar II. the demands upon officers have
grown greatly. Today’s officer must be not
only a fighting man. but also part diplomat,
businessman, public relations man, lobbyist,
scientist, and housemother. More than ever
before, it is an experience that calls for the
best.
Many young men, especially those bent
upon what may be termed intellectual car
eers, are too likely to shun ROTC training,
fearing that the time spent in military sci
ence will take away from their general edu
cational opportunities. It seems to us that
the reverse is quite the case. Training such
as the military offers is especially important
for young men whose main careers likely
will be in strictly intellectual pursuits. It can
help to round them out. to make them less
provincial, to show them a slice of the world
that they might not otherwise understand.
ROTC also offers the young man a pro
tection from the whims of selective service.
Only through a program such as this can he
be sure that he’ll be left alone for his four
college years. This is true, of course, only if
there is no war. If war comes, the ROTC
man will be right along with the rest—but
still with a substantial advantage.
The young man contemplating his mili
tary service may not look forward to it en
thusiastically. Yet, the obligation is there.
It is an obligation, a serious one. No young
man who is really conscientious will settle
for doing less than his capacities suggest
that he can.
The college ROTC, now voluntary, is a
good bet that should not be overlooked. The
time to decide is now, years before the hard
facts are readily apparent.
Letters to the Editor
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Erroneous Editorial
Emerald Editor:
The leid editorial in Thurs
day’s Oregon Daily Emerald is
so filled with inaccuracies that
one scarcely knows where to
begin in trying to make a rea
soned comment on it.
For example, you slate that
the Committee on Intercollegi
ate Athletics has not continued
this year to work on an athletic
code for the University.
The fact is that the commit
tee last year, upon hearing of
the appointment of President
Flemming, decided to postpone
further action on a code until
the arrival on campus of the
new president. Upon his arrival
the proposed code was discussed
by the committee with the pres
ident at great length on many
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by J. K. <)han V»2
Outgoing SU Board Head
Notes Future Challenges
In the four years I have been
here at the University, I have
seen activities undergoing sub
tle changes; and the change is
likely to continue.
The Union Board has always
taken the lead in evaluating
and developing its programs.
The Board has eliminated pro
grams which were found to be
unnecessary or which conflict
ed with the purpose of the Uni
versity. The Board must con
tinue to develop and expand its
program into new areas if the
Union is to keep abreast of our
changing campus.
THIS PAST year the Union
Board has expanded many of
its existing program areas. It
has added many new groups and
programs including scuba div
ing, fencing, folkdancing, ski
trips, intercollegiate chess tour
naments. academic retreat, last
lecture series, lecture travel
movie series, jazz workshop in
the bottom of the bowl, and
Union Square. It has initiated
the intimate chamber concert
series but has left to next year’s
board the task of getting this
program off the ground. It has
also left to next year’s board a
proposal to establish a folk mu
sic program. But also, the Board
has failed—it has failed to give
leadership particularly with
regard to the Oregon Union and
forum program.
However, it would not be ap
propriate for me to expand on
the accomplishments of this
year’s board when, in fact, cred
it is due mainly to others who
work rather than talk. Rather
today I would like to offer a
challenge to the Student Un
ion—and to student activities a
challenge to keep abreast with
our rapidly expanding campus.
This is vital if we are to con
tinue to provide adequately for
the students, faculty, and staff
at this academic community.
In the future there will
stronger demand for expanded
programs of intellectual a n d
academic natures. We must
meet this demand with stimu
lating programs to fill this
need. The Student Union should
act as the co-ordinating body
for academic emphasis outside
the classroom.
As the demands in the class
room continue to incivase, the
Union must expand its recre
ational programs to give out
lets for emotional pressures and
frustrations caused by added
academic pressures. In most
areas in the past, the Union
has pushed its program for
ward into program areas main
ly in response to immediate
needs of our students. If we
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