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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1963)
State Board Passes Discrimination Policy Following is the State Board’s resolution on discrimination which carried unanimously: At its January meeting in I960 the Board unanimously adopted a resolution declaring it to be “the policy of the Board of Higher Education to oppose and prevent, on all campuses under its super vision, all discrimination based on race, color or religion.” To im plement this policy, the presidents of the two universities were re quested “to make a report with respect to the organizations on their respective campuses” and to submit a similar report two years later. At the January 19t!l meeting of the Board, Chancellor Richards reported that considerable progress had been made He suggested, nonetheless, that the two universities felt that it would be advan tageous to have a deadline date after which a fraternity or sorority would no longer be recognized if it failed to meet the Board’s con ditions The Board passed a further resolution establishing January 1, 1 9W3, as the deadline. I am in receipt of a letter from President Jensen stating that each of the 17 sororities and 32 fraternities at Oregon State Uni versity "arc free to select and initiate new members without regard to race, color or religion " A communication from President Flem ming asserts that all of the fraternities and sororities at the Uni versity of Oregon similarly are free to select and initiate new mem bers without racial, color or religious restrictions. Therefore, 1 am pleased to report to the Board that, insofar as tin fraternities and sororities are concerned, its objective declared in January 1900, namely, "to oppose and prevent, on all campuses, under its supervision, all discrimination based on race, color or religion" appears to be achieved. Furthermore, if we find that in fact a chapter of a national frat ernity or sorority on one of our campuses is not free to pledge a person without regard to race, color, creed or nationality, recog nition of such a fraternity or sorority will be withdrawn Slate Board Raises Fees... '(On tinned from piu/r 1) you will choose between those two houses and a principle." WII.I.IAM WALSH, President of the Hoard, pointed out to Priestley the last paragraph of the chancellor's statement which read, "Furthermore, if we find that in fact a chapter of a na tional fraternity or sorority on one of our campuses is not free to pledge a person without regard to race, color, creed, or nation ality, recognition of such a fra ternity or sorority will be with drawn." Walsh said the prime considera tion of the Hoard has always been to see that the local chapters are in fact free." "Even with the waiver, we can easily see that it would be possi tie for a fraternity without such a waiver to take action that would constitute discrimination,” Walsh said. IN THE discussion on the raise of dormitory fees, J. W. Forres ter. a member of the Board, ex pressed the feeling, ”1 am a little bit uneasy about increased dormitory costs as a result of the buying of land." His comment came after Her bert A Bork. Comptroller of the State System, explained that the increased dorm fees are a result of increased food costs (particularly meat), increased la bor costs, and the needed pur chase of land for more dormitor ies. THE STATE Hoard has recent ly reversed a policy which now allows them to purchase land for dormitories. Earlier, all land for dormitories was purchased through legislative allocation of lunds. Allen Hart, another member of the Hoard, also questioned the raise in dormitory fees, express ing concern about what he called a significant altering of the pro portional costs of the student and the state without a definite stand ard to determine what this pro portion should be University President Arthur S. Hemming said the State System should “keep our living units on a strict self-liquidating basis.” PERSONALLY. I feel that we should interpret literally that these are self liquidating projects . Part of the costs are purchases ot land,” President Flemming said. Flemming pointed out that in that manner the Hoard would, “Reserve our state money for academic facilities, which of course we desparately need.” J. O. LINDSTROM, University Business Manager, gave compara tive dormitory costs to the Board, pointing out that the University of Washington has fees that are $60 higher that Oregon’s, and that the University of California is presently $160 higher. President Flemming also ex plained to the Hoard that the University decided not to recom mend additional increases of $45 per year for Susan Campbell and Hendricks. He pointed out that all student costs may go up $70 next year, and that an additional $45 would be too much to ask of underpriv ileged students that request to live in the two less-expensive dorms. THE PRESIDENT also pointed out that those who live in Susan Campbell and Hendricks must walk to dining facilities. In other business, the State Board: 1; Recommended that the $351, 311 requested to be returned to the state general fund be placed in a special board reserve ac count pending its final return to the general fund. 2) Recommended to the Legis lature that the amount of $1,801, 443 be transferred from the "A" budget to the “B” budget for add ed staff needed during the bien nium 1903-65 to care for increas ed enrollments. 3) The University's Music School program of study in Ger many was approved with the un derstanding that the expendi tures of state funds per student in the program will not exceed the amount ordinarily spent for campus students. Out-of-State... (Continued Irom page 1) in the board’s appropriation re quest. In making the recommendation Lieuallen said that there is a drain on Oregon’s intellectual re sources caused by a “conscious ef fort” by institutions in the East and Middle West to attract stu dents from the West. He said that this drain should be balanced by attracting high school graduates of unusual abi lity from other states. “EVEN IF they do not stay to become residents of Oregon, the presence of such students in our universities and colleges is, in itself, an asset to the institution and to the prestige of the state’s educational system. “On the other hand, it is ques tionable whether state resources should be devoted to the educa tion of below average out-of-state students when such expenditures may limit educational opportune ties for Oregon students of equal or greater ability. ‘Students from other states, af ter all, do have opportunities within their own states for com pleting their education,’’ Lieual len commented. Board President William Walsh pointed out that if applications from out of state students drop too low, the board will be able to take a look at anil revise the poli cy at any time. SU Committees To Hold Banquet A banquet for all SU commit tee members will be held at 5:30 p.m. today in the new rooms of the SU. The purpose of the ban quet is to acquaint new members with the SU. Speakers at the dinner will in clude Si Ellingson, Adell Mc.Wil lari. Bill Vertrees, arid Jin. Mor ton. The group will break up into six discussion groups after din ner: “Involving All Interested Stu dents in Campus Affairs,” led by Bill Vertrees; “Academic Re treat,” led by Bill Craig; "Oregon Union,” led by Mike Henderson; "Publicity Problems,” led by Joe Leahy and Bill Greenough; “Re sponsibilities of the Committee Member,” led by Kim Bunton and Tom Tongue; and "Working in the Structure of the Union,” led by Jim Morton Hindi Class Set The Hindi class sponsored by the YMUA will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 20C Chapman Hall. All interested students are invited. Mathematics Staff To Attend Meeting Several members of the Uni vcrsity department of mathemat ics will attend the annual winter meeting of the American Mathe matical Society in Berkeley, Calif., Jan 24 to 27. The conference is being held in conjunction with the annual meet ing? of the Mathematical Associa tion of America and the Associa tion for Symbolic Logic. George W. Struble, assistant professor of mathematics, will deliver a paper Thursday before the Society's session on analysis, and Karl K. Stromberg, also as sistant professor, will address the* same session on Saturday. Others attending will be Ivan M Niven, Paul Civin. Bertram Yoorl and Victor L Shapiro, pro fessors, L. E. Ward. Jr , associate professor, and C. R. B Wright. James M Van Buskirk. and F. S Cater, assistant professors, as well as several graduate students Ole Miss... (Continued from pope 1) “Mississippi,” he said, “does not participate in athletic con tests with schools that don’t dis criminate." Rep. Lent. Director of Ath letics Leo Harris, and Track Coach Bill Bowerman were un available for comment. Darnell Fulgham, a fifth-year architecture student from Acker uon. Miss., said. “1 think the situation at Ole Miss is tragic f don’t think this helps the situa tion.” Emerald Managing Editor Ted Mahar said. "Well, there goes our athletic program.” Forum... (Continued from poor 1) the budget concerns inadequate scholarships and tuitions. “We can say in general terms what the effect is and be able to back it up ” Van Natta said the state fund at the end of the current bien nium was not as much as they had expected Consequently all state agencies were asked to cut their budget for the last quarter, about January through July 1, and replace the amounts in the state’s general fund. HIGHER education "didn't even stand its fair share,” he said, since they paid back only about one per cent of their budget while other agencies returned up to two per cent. Van Natta also criticized “step ping out of line” on the “B” budget, the area of higher edu cation’s budget for improving the existing level of service. "It is my basic philosophy that until we get a new tax base we should do little on the "B” budg et,” he commented. Psychologist Lists Stress Relievers By JANET GOETZE Assistant News Editor A psychologist from the Uni versity of California, speaking in an Honors Colloquium lecture, outlined characteristics which serve as links to understanding | behavior disorders. Theodore R. Sarbin, in his sec 1 ond speech at the L niversity, spoke Tuesday afternoon on "The I Threatened Self.” THE PSYCHOLOGIST focused , his discussion on instantiation as a threat or non-threat to the in dividual He defined instantiation as a classification of events which could occur in the life of a per son. Each event is classified by an individual as a threat or a non threat to his self, depending upon ' what the individual knows about the action. He gave as an example the situ ation of one person pointing a ! gun at another. The person who is facing the gun feels a threat to the self and reacts to remove the threat. Only if that person knows nothing about guns will he feel no threat “A CONDITION of high arous al follows immediately upon the instantiation of threat,” Sarhin said He explained that certain bio-chemical processes, respira tion, and perspiration are speeded up when an individual is threat ened by a particular situation. He said that human beings have a readiness to avoid situations which would increase threats or arousal conditions in them. Individuals may use eight char acteristics to relieve stress or threat to the self: 1) the feeling of helplessness or powerlessness and lack of con fidence in one's skills; 2) inability to predict what will happen next; 3) anticipation of aggression by others, either in the form of bodi ly harm or insults; 4) noh-fulfillment for expecta tion of other people; 5) non-optimal stimulus condi tions under which the complexity ol the society surrounding an in dividual is too great for him to deal with rationally; 6) conflict between alternatives in which both have high expec tancy of reward value: 7) shame; 8) guilt. HE MADE distinctions between the two latter conditions. Guilt applies only to the actor. "Shame may bo shared because the object of shame is the identi ty portion of self, and identities can be extended,” the lecturer said. He said that these characteris tics serve as links to understand ing behavior disorders when stresses produced from the envir onment are too great for indivi duals to resolve rationally Music Honorary Initiates 5 Members Mu Phi Epsilon, women's music honorary, initiated five new mem bers at ceremonies Sunday after noon conducted by Lou Elsa Voegtly. chapter president. The new initiates are Mikell Thurston. .Judy Neumeister. Car ol Ferguson. Lorraine Rhoades, and Bevereley Maddy. ' ■ • -• . ■ 'A MODERN Ct ASSTCS SCULPTURED JN 13 KARAT GQLD. BUDGET TERMS TOO. $250 each. Budget terms up to 18 months EWELRY I STORE /102 7 Wit umitti
