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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1963)
Campus Chest A Good System For a Worthy Cause The annual Campus Chest charity drive, which begins today, deserves, and will prob ably get, the support of the University com munity. The purpose of this drive, one of the few held each year on the campus, has been ex pressed many times in the past. It is design ed to obtain charity donations from the people associated with the University, with out the campus being deluged with appeals for money from all sorts of organizations throughout the year. One interesting feature of this year's Campus Chest drive is that many students are familiar with Pearl Buck School, one of the recipients. The school for retarded children has frequently benefitted from pro jects and children's parties sponsored by fraternities and sororities. This year, at least 10 per cent of the money collected will be given to Pearl Buck School, and the remainder will be given to Eugene United Appeal to be allocated as that organization’s officials think best. This is a good way for the drive to be or ganized. for apart from knowing of one deserving organization, we are in no posi tion to judge the relative merits of all the others pleading for assistance. We can leave that matter in the hands of the ex perts. Thus, the structure of Campus Chest makes it possible for the University stu dents to help an organization which they know deserves help, and contribute to more removed charities as well. UO—Friendly or No? One of the most priceless features of the University is its foreign student population. The exchange of ideas stimulated by these people, and the cosmopolitan atmosphere they lend to this campus are invaluable in many ways. Elias K. Zain, a doctorate student in sec ondary education from the Republic of Leb anon took an “accidental sample'’ of 100 of these University foreign students last Spring. Of this 100, 80 came from Asia. Zain was particularly interested in the at titudes toward these foreign students, as seen by themselves. Perhaps the most revealing figure was the number of intimate American friends they had found while here. Most of them, 63, said they had one or more intimate friends, but 37 said they had no intimate friends at all. More than half, 59, of the single students interviewed had dated, but of the 12 single girls interviewed, 10 did not date at all. As for invitations, 83 reported invita tions to a meal, and a little over half, 53, reported to have been invited to speak to a group. When asked. "Have professors made ad justments in their courses to make things easier for you, 52 had received adjust ments. and the rest opposed any such ad justments. expressing the desire to be treat ed equally with American students. Concerning general camups attitude, 80 indicated they knew students who were friendly, and 86 said they had professors who were friendly. From these figures, two conclusions can be drawn. First, that, on the surface, the University of Oregon is a fairly friendly place for a foreign student to go to school. Secondly, that there are still many fore ign students on campus who do not make close friends and who find their stay here lonely and unpleasant. It is this latter group of foreign students which should be of concern to those people on campus who recognize the importance of communication among nations. Letters to the Editor Pro-Bridges Emerald Editor: I was appalled by your at tempt in Wednesday’s editorial to equate a possible appearance by Harry Bridges with that of Gus Hall. Far from being the avowed leader of the Communist Party of the United States, he was no less than five times (if memory serves me correctly) beaten off attempts by the Gov ernment to deport him on the grounds that he was a Commun ist. Mr. Bridges, (who, by the way, is a registered Reublican and suported Nixon in 1960) has been a leading figure in the Trade Union movement for many years, and his appearance on this campus would certainly be of benefit. As for its not being good “public relations”, I see no reason why this Univer sity should “sterilize” itself dur ing appropriations time on the chance that some legislators in Salem might get upset. After your recent editorials on free speech and intellecutal attainment, I am surprised that you attempt a thinly veiled smear the minute you are faced with the possibility of a speaker whose views are, admittedly, unconventional. By mentioning Bridges and Hall in the same breath, you obviously intended to discredit the former by in nuendo. (Don’t misunderstand, I see nothing wrong with Com munists speaking here either.) In addition, your patronizing remarks about YD “sincerity” did not serve to lessen the smear. All in all, I feel that your editorial constituted a real disservice to free speech on this campus. Gregory F. Bachelis Graduate Assistant, Mathematics * * * Pleased Reader Emerald Editor: I was very pleased to find someone speaking out on this matter of inviting controversial people to this campus. People like Gus Hall and Harry Bridges only tend to confuse us. And very likely they are the cause of all this student apathy that peo ple are talking about. Instead, what we really need are more religious programs and a new football stadium. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to see that new sta dium just packed with all nine thousand of us yelling our hearts out for the team? These are the kind of spirited students that America needs. So let’s not per mit these people and their fore ign ideas to distract us from our more wholesome activities. Ronald Horn Senior in Sociology * * * Limited Viewpoint Emerald Editor: In a letter in Wednesday’s Emerald, George Davis appears to number himself among those who would reject a university because of ill feeling toward one staff member, avoid a political party because of personal dis like for some of its advocates, and turn away from a religion because of grievances concern ing its adherents. Christians are often (not al ways, unfortunately) among the first to admit that excesses have been committed in the name of Christianity. To quote our friend (who attributes these to Chris tianity, rather than more accur ately to individual Christians), it “curses all forms of earthly pleasure, preaches tradition for the sake of tradition ...” If he really believes that such mis interpretations are the heart of Christianity, he is sadly misin formed. He perhaps is also un aware that Christians don’t be lieve that human beings are per fect, but that they do make his takes. (This is, in fact, one of the features that makes Chris tianity unique among religions.) Incidentally, I was not under the impression that the purpose of Religious Emphasis Week was to proselytize for any particular religion. The activities of this week might not have enlighten ed our misguided friend, who had already so thoroughly re jected religion, but might at least have stimulated his think ing in the direction of something other than his own limited view point. Sarah W. Wing Graduate Student, Psychology BEWARE, FOR f>REM>FUL IS THE WRATH C* KINGS." Letters to the Editor Reporters Try Hard Emerald Editor: Reporters try hard Some times they do not listen well I want to correct two statements made in the Emerald’s report of my “Last Lecture” in which 1 contended that teachers ought to lecture less and ought to use the Socratic method more. First, your reporter reported that I said that "The teacher in a Socratic class acts only as moderator.” This is not what I said I said that the teacher in a Socratic class” acts as moder ator part of the time and part of the time he also participates actively in the discussion Second, your reporter report ed that I said that ”... lecture classes only impart information . . . ” This is not what 1 said What 1 said was that lectures tend only to impart information Obviously, the lecturer might try to do a number of different things in his lecture I also stressed that insofar as it is the aim of the lecturer to impart in formation he cannot he very suc cessful; students do not remem ber very long. Finally, your reporter did not report anything on the last one third of my talk in which 1 tried to set forth and refute argu ments to the effect that the Soc ratic method of teaching cannot be effectively used outside the law school classroom To sum marize: some say classes are too big—the Socratic method will not work in classes larger than twenty five or thirty students. This is false. I have seen the method work well in classes of one-hundred and fifty. Then, too, we should not assume that the only students who are partici pating are those who participate actively—there is such a thing as vicarious participation. Some argue that students cannot be motivated to take part in class. This is false. It is also a defeat ist attitude Resourceful teach ers can draw students into the discussion, and teachers ought to be resourceful. Some argue that if you define narrow points and argue about them, it will not be possible to cover much ground. I agree. But coverage is not important To the extent that coverage is thought to be important, and to the extent that the teacher thinks he has something to add to what is said in the textbook, the teacher can mimeograph the material and hand it out. The lecture went out with the invention of the printing press and mimeo graph machines. Finally, some argue that the Socratic method can only be used to teach legal materials. This is false. In my talk I tried to show how the method could be used to teach a class in history, a class in Shakespeare, and a class in chemistry. The chief aim of a liberal ed ucation is to develop critical judgment In my experience, lec turing is not, the way to do this. I do not think you can teach critical judgment. 1 do think you can expose the students to a process that will require that they do some critical thinking. For lack of a better word, we may call this process ‘ Socratic". Hubert S. Summers Assistant Professor of l.aw Severe Language Emerald Editor: 1 am aware that many may object to the seventy of my language; but is there not cause for severity? 1 will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, 1 do not wish to think, or speak, or write with moderation No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen;—but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest—1 will not equivocate—I will not ex cuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND 1 WILL BE HEARD. If the fraternities have violat ed the rules concerning hazing, close them! William Lloyd Garrison Graduate Student OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald in published seven time* in September and five da> * a week during the school year, except dur* iiig examination and vacation period* by the Student Publication* Hoard of the Cniversity of Oregon. Entered a* second class matter at the po*t office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription rate*: $5 per >car; $2 per term. Opinion* expressed on <hr editorial page a*e those of The Emerald and do not pre tend to reprc*ent the opinion* of the ASl’O or the l’niver*ity. HON BUEL. Editor MART V KKTELS, Business Manager TED MAH AH, Managing Editor EVEKETTE DENNIS. New* Editor PH • I. COGSWELL, Editorial Page Editor LARKY WILLIAMS, Adicrtising Manager LARRY GRAVES, Sport* Editor Dl LCY MORAN. 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