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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1963)
Research—To Be or Not To Be One of the More Serious Problems Facing; Legislature is Area of Research Today the Oregon State Legislature con venes. In the last week a good deal has been said about higher education and the legislature. But little has been said about one of the most important possibilities that may stem from the legislature’s decisions— a decreased program of research upon this campus. The University's reputation as an insti tution of higher learning and its direct contribution to students and the state is determined largely by research facilities and opportunities. Continued additions to basic research programs are important in drawing distinguished faculty members and top quality students. The State Board of Higher Education has submitted a budget which would strengthen graduate research and research on the in structional level. By eliminating almost all of the “B" budget in his recommended budget Governor Hatfield has advocated a large cutback in research at this University and others. It is now up to the legislature to place judgment upon the State Board's recommendations in this area. The problem of research cutbacks would be bad enough if these cutbacks only jeo pardized potential projects. Effects of Hat field’s proposed reductions, however, would hamper present projects and reduce pres ent grants from outside sources including the federal government and private founda tions. The legislature's previous genorosity in allocating funds for research efforts has favorably influenced grants from outside sources. In the last ten years, outside grants have reduced the state's portion of research expenditures from 53 per cent to 30.5 per cent. A 1962 report indicates that the Univer sity ranks seventh nationally in graduate research projects underway out of a list ot 32 major state universities. Our campus leads all other schools within the state system in research expenditure's, with the exception of the University Medical School at Portland. This year the University has attracted more NDEA fellowships than any other school in the country. There are many direct benefits to this state which stem from these research ex penditures. First, financial returns trom outside sources constitute direct profit spent in Oregon. Secondly, the University's twelve research divisions perform many direct social services ranging from munici pal government assistance to cancer re search. While advanced work in some areas such as history, literature, etc., docs not contribute directly to the cure of social or physical ills, it does enrich classroom in struction A professor who does such schol arly research can impart added inspiration and understanding to his students. The State Board of Higher Education recognises that a University cannot "main tain its present operating level'- in this area. It must either progress or fall behind. The stature of this University and its grad uate school depend greatly upon action which the legislature takes in the area of research. We are hopeful that the legislature will disregard the Governor’s requests and bend its efforts toward finding funds for research so that this state and its people will con tinue to benefit from contributions from this university community. Dennis Steen Word has come to us that Dennis Steen, a former Emerald columnist, has died. He was only 19. but it was a minor miracle that he reached that age. Dennis was perfectly normal in every way until he was ten years old. He was then stricken by a type of spinal tumor that left him totally paralyzed except for his head and left arm. At that time he was given six months to live. But, for some reason unknown to doctors, even those at Mayo Clinic, Dennis held on. When we first met Dennis, he was driv ing around in an electric wheel chair. He offered to write a regular financial column for us. We must admit that it was pity rather than common sense that made us give him a chance. Dennis was the only person not surprised when his column turn ed out to be successful and popular. He depended on questions from his readers, and he never lacked them. His credentials were impressive. He sub scribed to many financial journals. At one time he had one of the few ticker tapes in Lane County in his home. He had worked a relatively small monetary gift into a total value of $150,000 in about two years, simply through investing. More impressive than anything else, how ever, was his spirit. Although he had every right to be bitter, he was always cheerful. He made cynics look foolish and offered encouragement to people far more fortun ate than he. He once ran for the office of ASUO Senator and put on the back of his electric wheelchair a sign saying: “Roll along with Steen.” He was a friend and will be missed. Letters to the Editor I Brave JVew World Emerald Editor: By St. Loy! We have foiled OSU again! Although they have taken our “0”, we have proven our superiority by casting aside this tradition which we have “outgrown”. We must consider ourselves indeed fortunate that certain upperclassmen and professors have decided this for us. What wonderful examDles they have made of themselves! They have no school spirit steming from traditions. Thanks to them now both the “Side” and the “O” are apparently lost. And so is that traditional college spirit. Isn’t it great that we no longer have to support the teams? How reassuring it is to know tiiat we freshmen are to be the last immature class with spirit such as displayed in painting the “outgrown” tradition. Thanks to you, oh, great ones! Now we can see the other acts of imma turity which need to be correc ted. The Seal must go next. Then, as we develop, fraterni ties and athletic events. Tradition has its good points, however. It needs only to be modernized. In other words, we need to grow up. Again we should thank our superiors for their superb forsight in so in geniously replacing tradition with more grown up things such as bomb shelters. Why not then melt the Seal for more bomb I shelter signs? And let’s replace the “O” with a big “CD”. We'll never outgrow that! And the shelters we live in will institute a new meaning to '“together ness” which tradition and spirit seem to have lacked. Fi’thermore, it becomes ap parent that by the end of tradi tion and soirit our immature rivalry with OSU will' also be brought up to date. Hail the New Frontier! No longer will two Universities participate in such childish behavior as steal ing “O’s” and setting-off bon fires. This rivalry may indeed take on a modern aspect, which explains our new shelters. Ato mic warfare with OSU! What a (Continued on page 3) J i ... ■> TAtf 'YOUP. mmt'MCO-rt COST flML T4REE WHOUE fflSONI . /nr C on l cm I? or (trie S Grades Drop at OSU; ‘Met Wilson Upholds Ban Fall term grade averages lor Oregon State and Portland State showed some changes this sear At OSl', the fall term grade average of 2 4a was 4 below last fall term's average. At Portland State, 4 7 per cent of the stu dent body made 3 5 Last fall term only 4 5 per cent made the honor roll. Enrollment at Portland State will be about 400 more than the 4 907 who registered fail term if current estimates are correct Enrollment at OSL' Friday was 8,954 .several campuses nave recent ly seen changes in policies con cerning outside speakers on cam pus. President (). Meredith Wilson of the University of Minnesota, recently upheld a decision by the dean of students and the Senate Committee on Student Adairs on that campus to limit a series of speeches sponsored by the Socialist Club The speeches in question would have featured Daniel Rubin, editor of Communist Viewpoint, and Pet or Valdez, national secretary of the young Socialist Alliance The decision to limit the pro gram was appealed to Wilson who supported it saying, “ the determination of what is ed ucationally sound should be a matter for the University to os tablish.” At Wayne State, a new out side-speaker policy permits rec ognized student groups to invite speakers without any prior cen sorship. The policy also states that the speaker must not urge the audience to take action which is prohibited by the rules of the University or whieh is il legal under federal or Michigan law. The policy states that re straints on free inquiry should he "held to that minimum which is consistent with preserving an organized society in which peaceful, democratic means for change are available.” * * * A Michigan State University student and a former MSU stu dent have been arrested in Clarksdale, Miss, charged with “unlawful possession of barbi tuates.” The Michigan Daily stated that the two youths were trans porting food, clothing, and medi cine collected in Ann Arbor and Louisville, Kentucky for out-of work Negroes in the Mississippi Delta area. The two students were arrested in Clarksdale and placed under $15,000 bond apiece. If they are convicted on the charges they have been DooKeu under, Uie maximum penalty is five years in jail ami $1,000 fine College entrance examination hoard scores are not always a:i accurate measure of a student s ability to do college work, ac cord 1 nr, to a recent report pub lished by Columbia University The study was conducted among 72 students, admitted to Columbia despite CKKM ,scor< indicating b e 1 o w - a v e r a g e achievement Sixty-nine of ilu-s< freshmen passed two courses n quiring a great ability to work with words and 22 per cent of tlies' students ranked in the top half of their class in all subjects Henry S Coleman, director of Columbia's admissions, s a i d, "We may infer from these early statistics that although low ver bai scores are a fairly reliable predictor of academic success in the freshman year they do not accurately measure the well mo tivated student’s ability to sur vivo, and in some cases to pro per, in a rigorous academic pro gram.” Coleman felt that many stu dents with high potentials are hampered by background, poor schooling, or a foreign educa tion The students in this survey were selected from high school class standing, recommenda tions, anti extra-curricular acti vities. OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Orrg .11 I l.nl> Emerald i» pnbli ! >ed seven time* ni Septrmbrt and five da •« wrrk 'luring thr tcHool year, ejcrrpt <ltjr mg examination and va« at»on |*rnod* ? • the Student Publication* Hoard of t * l*nivfT*ity of Oregon Entered a- r. n«l class matter at thr p<r*t office, Eug'• Oregon. Subscription tair^ $S pet yea; . %i per term. Opinion* expressed on thr editorial I » ase those of The Kmrrald and do n* t j*t • tend to represent the opinion** «»f t- 1 ASlrO or thr University. RON IIVKL, Editor MARTV KETKLS, Business Manager TED MAH AK, Managing Editor K V K K KTTK I > E N MS, New * Ed it* *r I'M IE ( OCiSW EEL, Editorial Page Editor LARRY WILLIAMS. Advertising Managef EAR K Y CRAVES, Sports Editor Ot'LCY MORAN. A Mstant Managing Ed tor DA\' E SA N l)S, J I M EKA K E, JANET COK7ZE. Assistant News Editors CKORCK HICHAM. Photo Editor LINDA HROWN, Entertainment Editor RON COWAN, (ATM V NEVILLE. THOR A WILLIAMS, Associate New* Ed tors EDITORIAL HOARD: Ron Bud, Phil Cogswell, lYd Mahar Even ttc Dennis, Davt Sands Dulcy Moran, Linda Irowit Hal Carpenter, Hob I* irsyth Ci ant Ledger wood. Dot ( Hagen Janet (Iretze, and Hill h itchisoti
