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
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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
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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
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