New Owners of the ‘O’
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Oregon State Can Have It
As a Token of Their Honesty
That doughty band of courageous, deter
mined, ambitious idiots that we referred to
the other day have finally admitted steal
ing the “O” from Skinner's Butte. In a
recent editorial, the Oregon State Baromet
er explained all, but the deep sense of
worthy achievement seems to be lacking.
The Barometer’s comments are as follows:
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Has the rivalry between Oregon State
University and the University of Oregon
been renewed, or have the efforts of some
energetic students become a dead horse?
During the vacation some twelve stu
dents with a well-laid plan set out for Skin
ner’s Butte in Eugene to remove the “im
movable” steel “0.” It seems that the lead
er of the group discovered that in an agree
ment between the two schools, against acts
of vandalism, the Homecoming Bonfires
and the “O” on Skinner’s Butte were fair
game for students. A legal opinion was ob
tained to confirm this. The U. of O. people,
not realizing the energies of OSU students,
never feared for the “O” because it was
anchored in 22 piers of concrete and weighs
2.600 lbs.
With acetylene cutting torches in the
fog-bound pre-dawn morning of Dec. 22,
these students sliced the “O” into eleven
sections and carted it away.
According to the Oregon Daily Emerald
editorial column, the students at the U. of
O., “are a bit uncertain, however, why even
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Oregon State students would want to work
as hard as the people who took our “O.”
Maybe, like a mountain, it constituted a
challenge just because it was there . . . We
think the University has, indeed, outgrown
this sort of thing ... we see no reason to
envy the people who thought the theft was
worth the effort, even though they are
proud possessors of several hundred
pounds of scrap iron.”
This leads one to believe that the whole
act was a waste of energy and expense and
any rivalry between the two schools is
dead.
The fate of the ‘‘O” has not been de
cided, but we have heard that Parker Sta
dium may have a reconstructed steel ”0”
to grace its field by next football season.
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The Emerald agrees the act was a waste
of energy and expense. It also seems that
this sort of rivalry, which really signifies
nothing but a lack of maturity, should, in
deed. be allowed to die. We suggest that a
better kind of rivalry lies in the friendly
sort of competition in academic areas, as
well as in athletics, which has a stimulating
effect on both schools.
Be that as it may. the ”0” is Oregon
State's problem now, and that's just fine
with us. The most annoying thing they
could do now would be to sneak into Eu
gene and set it up again on Skinner's Butte.
Letters to the Editor
Social Limitations
Emerald Editor:
This letter is concerned with
the social limitations placed
upon organizations at the Uni
versity.
During winter term living or
ganizations have a choice of
only two weekends or four
days in which to hold their
house dances. Because of Sat
urday classes very few, if any,
organizations would have their
house dance on a Friday night.
This means, if the past re
peats itself, that there will be
seven or eight house dances
on the same evening. I fail to
see any purpose in this, un
less it is to aid the socially
unaccepted females. When so
many house dances are held at
one time the number ofc lovelies
required is high, and in my
opinion, this is beyond the ca
pacity of this University.
My second complaint is this:
a Peter, Paul & Mary concert
has been scheduled for Feb. 2,
one of the two available Sat
urdays. This has caused my or
ganization and at least one
other that I know of to change
house dance dates to the only
other available Saturday after
all arrangements (band, ball
room, favors, etc.) had been
made.
The school from which I trans
ferred (San Diego State) does
not interfere with the number
or dates of house dances. Why
is it done here?
Darrell L. McMullen,
Senior, Accounting.
Another Song
Emerald Editor:
1 too sing the praise of those
teachers who, “. . . excited by
their subjects, instill that ex
citement in me;” of a university
which can provide the atmos
phere that Mr. Williams has
found so conducive to intellectu
al excitement.
A few reflections on the na
ture of the university professor
are in order here. Let us con
cern ourselves with a professor’s
relationship to undergraduate
students, since theoretically the
graduate school should have a
different emphasis than the un
dergraduate liberal arts school,
though this doesn't appear to be
true in most instances.
A professor dealing with un
dergraduates should be primari
ly concerned, I feel, with com
municating a love for‘learning
to his students, of inspiring
them with this passion for
knowledge which Mr. Williams
has so poignantly expressed. The
university itself provides the
ideal setting for this drama; the
opportunities that av/ait the
awakened mind are perhaps
more closely brought together
here than in any other setting.
All that is needed is the spark
that will set the fire ablaze, and
the teacher is in the most ad
vantageous position to cause
that spark.
Too often, however, the teach
er himself is not aware of the
joy that can be involved in
learning. Too often the “teach
er” is so concerned with re
search, publishing, and depart
mental politics that as a result,
the student receives a hash of
hastily prepared textbook ma
terial which more often tends to
extinguish rather than ignite.
The mind that was on the
threshold of awakening is put
into an even deeper sleep.
Another common fault of the
teacher is his tendency to pro
selytize for his individual dis
cipline, hoping to gain converts
to his department, oftentimes
not because he feels that the dis
cipline involved offers the best
means in a search for Truth, but
merely because more students
mean more power for the de
partment.
We must not be excessively
harsh on the individual teacher,
however, because these attitudes
are fostered and necessitated by
the practical matter of support
ing a family, or simply living in
an intellectual Leviathon—the
academic community, where the
fundamental duty ef the teacher
has been forgotten. But I do
feel that the aims and purposes
of the graduate schools which
are responsible for producing
college teachers, (or do they
produce only researchers, or do
these terms have to be mutually
exclusive) should be re-exam
ined.
I excitedly sing the praises of
those teachers who can inspire
the student to the pursuit of
knowledge. These are the great
men in the academic wot to.
Gerald VV. Pluker
Graduate in History
Scary World
Emerald Editor:
Some people think that the
world is scary. Some people
think that they might get
blinded. Some people think that
they might even get dead.
I am not worrying about get
ting blinded.
I am having fun! I feel care
free!
I shall just follow the yellow
arrow that the nice Civil De
fense man put up for me to
follow. That is what you are
supposed to do when things get
important.
Michael Scott
Junior, Philosophy
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Basketball Success
Emerald Editor:
Last week the two major Ore
gon newspapers and our own
Emerald hinted that last week
end’s basketball games with
Idaho would determine the fu
ture success of the Webfoots.
We think it did. But more im
portant than that, we think it
should have determined the
fate of basketball coach Steve
Belko.
We have waited seven years
for an outstanding basketball
team at the University. Perhaps
the point has been reached
when patience is no longer a
virtue. We have seen many po
tentially great freshmen and
sophomore players develop into
mediocre basketball teams com
posed of individual stars. In no
way are we criticizing the abil
ity of any of the present mem
bers of the varsity, but we do
feel that their full potential has
not been developed in light of
the tremendous high school and
freshman records of these play
ers. Is thi.-» year’s crop of fresh
(Continued on page 3)
"FOR Mt I CARE, TV\Ef CNH «NE IT PACK Jo TUI; INMAHS."
NSA Would Be Organized
To Act Only Through Senate
Whether the t'Diversity will
join the l niter! States .National
Student Association may he de
termined by the ASt'O Senate
this Thursday.
The question of NSA member
ship has come before the Senate
several times in the past, and
each time, after controversy
and discussion, has been voted
down One complaint voiced by
both student senators and the
student body at large has been
a lack of information concerning
US NS A Tin. is the first of two
articles which will attempt to
provide information concerning
the structure of NSA. it. fune
tions, and opinions concernn.;:
it.
WHEN NSA came before the
ASl'o Senate in 1061, a special
Senate committee was appointed
to provide information on tin
association The committee's fin
al stand was a taU-n.erit that
the workings of NSA had been
discussed and that tne senators
should be “aware of the aims
and objectives of student gov
ernmenl on this campus. There
fore, we (the committee) feel
your discussion should focus its
attention around whether or not
the aims and objectives of NSA
are within the intended scope
of our activities ”
The aims and objectives of
NSA cover a wide area.
The following information is
from the NSA Codification of
Policy for 1062-63.
.nemoersmp:
Open to the student body of
an institution of higher learning
which has been recognized by
the U.S. Office of Education, or
any other institution offering a
minimum course of two aca
demic years or more, and which
teaches courses other than pure
ly vocational, within the United
States,
National Executive Committee:
Shall consist of the national
officers, without a vote, chair
man of the National Executive
Committee and the regional rep
resentatives who shall be elected
in accordance with the provi
sions of the by-laws.
The committee may enact, by
a two-thirds vote, emergency
policies when required by prob
lems arising between sessions of
the congress.
A recent amendment slates
that the executive committee
may only take emergency stands
on issues voted on by the previ
ous congress.
Participation in Political
Affairs:
No body acting on behalf of
USNSA shall participate in sec
tarian religious activities or par
tisan political activities: they
.shall not tak«* part in activity
which docs not affect students
in their role as students.
No substantial part of the ac
tivities of the national and re
gional bodies of t'SNSA shall
be devoted to carrying on pro
paganda or otherwise attempting
to influence legislation.
Flection Procedure;
Candidates for elected officers
may be nominated only during
the annual NSA congress. The
officers are elected by a majority
of the votes cast.
Assessment of dues;
Dues are assessed on a gradu
ate! scale according to the popu
lation of the school The amount
of the assessment is determined
annually by the Congress
solicitation and collection of
funds:
NSA may accept funds from
outside sources, provided NSA
lias entire control of the funds
and may administer them in ac
cordance with the programs and
policies of the congress
National Interim Committee:
The committee shall be com
posed of five members elected
from its membership. The chair
man of the Interim Committee
shall be elected from its mem
bership by the Executive com
mittee.
Tlie interim committee shall
exercise interim budgetary con
trol with power to revise the
(Continued front page 2)
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DLLCY MOHAN.
Assistant Managing Ed tor
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JANET C.OKT/.E.
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LINDA HROWN, Entertainment Editor
HON COWAN, CATHY NE\ I LEE,
TIiOKA WILLIAMS,
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Eveiette Dennis, Dave Sands
Dulcy Moran, Linda irown
Hal Carpenter, Boh I* >rsyth
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