Letters to the Editor
(Continued from poor 2)
that the Independents’ college
days are as tilled with friends,
security and ’’colorful experi
ences", as those of the Greeks,
perhaps more so, due to the
fact that Independents seem to
encompass a wider range of
friends per capita
Ir. essence, Mr. Batson, let’s
stop selling our independent
brothers short, and admit that
they are contributing as much,
if not more, to the University
and community as we are.
Jean Jerman,
Gamma Chi Chapter of
Alpha Phi
>lc('ousti<ai Court
Emerald Editor:
McArthur Court, perhaps,
may never he eulogized as the
womb of Naismith’s creation,
nor will it ever reach a proxim
ity. But independent of its pri
mary function, it nevertheless
endures as one of the very few
large "makeshift" auditoriums
the state of Oregon possesses.
Having just witnessed a musi
cale last weekend at MeCousti
cal Court, performed by the
trio Peter, Paul and Mary—
from one of the enviable second
balcony three dollar seats. I
feel somewhat reluctant to at
test to its success Fortunate as
I was to have heard the famed
trio before, 1 couldn’t help
make mental comparisons
throughout the entire perform
ance. The first of two egregious
faults I witnessed was the pre
posterously unstrategic places
where the sound speakers were
placed My first reaction was;
tf you'll pardon the Northwest
collegiate cliche,—what a su
perb RF." "It must have been
the concerted effort of some
very advanced fraternity on
campus!" was my educated
guess. During one of the light
comical numbers in which Mary
said, "won’t you give me a ride
in your car, car?” in a hellishly
aphroditous manner. 1 momen
tarily thought she said, ’ won’t
you give me a ride in your Har
Dee Har Har?” Later I dismiss
ed my guessing as merely wish
ful thinking.
Since the concert till now
I've heard various litanies of
complaints concerning the audio
portion of that performance.
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Good For You
It makes you feel good. Dairy
Queen Is also good for you. It
makes your mouth happy and all
nice and smarmy. It makes your
tongue feel cool and delicious.
Also, kissing is a lot nicer if your
lips taste like Dairy Queen. Next
time you go out on a date, eat a
Dairy Queen.
None of which, I might add,
seemed very plausible. My sug
gestion is neither costly nor is it
unreasonable. Simply have the
speakers overhauled and placed
behind the stage, hanging from
the first balcony. In much the
same manner as do the engin
eers of Yankee Stadium hang
their coveted pennants. My sug
gestion is of course pallative,
but pallative or no, it’s better
than the present state.
The second condition that left
a little to be desired was mostly
sympathy for the performers.
In three or four instances,
through their exceptional aes
thetic distance I felt the trio
begged for some kind of recog
nition in practically any man
ually oriented way. Such as ap
plause, whistling, or even simply
cheering But not until practic
ally the end of the concert did
our bucolic audience show rec
ognized appreciation by ap
plauding for "If I Had A Ham
mer" The audience did, how
ever, react as has all the trio’s
audiences reacted to one third
of that trio. That was of course
Mary, the symbol of the quintes
sance of Aphrodistic charm.
When Mary wiggled, ten rows
in front of me wiggled—when
«he swayed, ten people to my
left and right swayed—when
she flipped her hair out of her
eyes, a gush of hot, moist air
embosomed the nape of my
neck I would have liked to
seen the reaction on the ground
floor! Were it not for that one
third of the concert the evening
would have been a total loss.
The audio portion of the con
cert was atrocious, the audience
was irretatingly inappropriate,
and to climax the cornucopia
of frustration, I was forced to
escort an unintentional date.
After the ordeal was over I
vowed that the student body
must do something about Me
Coustical Court. I can once, as
we all can once, stomach unre
quited love, but when we ap
proximate unrequited culture,
J say never, never even once,
lames P, Lee
Junior, Business
Administration
• * *
Friend? Khrushchev
Emerald Editor:
Sadly but truly, it's a gloomy
day on earth when we Ameri
cans begin to talk like the
Emerald. 1 quote from an edi
torial in Friday’s paper: “We
would put Khrushchev on the
list too ifutsters), but . . . he’ll
be our friend pretty soon”
Heck with that; 1 say go ahead
and put him on the list. Any
way. 1 don’t want to be friends
with a sneaky, conniving, com
munistically-minded futzer like
Khrushchev.
Though this statement may
have been made partly as a
joke, it hit me with a lot of sad
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reality. Sure, I’m for putting an
end to nuclear testing, establish
ing a policy of peaceful coexist
ence, etc. But I also know that
you can’t trust a communist out
of your sight unless he’s bound
and gagged. The only reason
why Khrushchev wants to talk
peace right now is because Rus
sian Communism will benefit
from it. First: if he can get a
test ban now, he knows that
Russia has completed two suc
cessful series of tests to Ameri
ca’s one semi-successful series.
Second: if he gets friendly with
us now, he can start some more
quiet subversion in Latin Amer
ica and in Africa. It’s common
knowledge that Russian-support
ed Cuba has been instigating in
surrection in Venezula lately;
but how many can say what is
going on in Brazil or the Domin
ican Republic?
rOR PROOF, just remind
yourselves, fellow Americans,
of all the broken promises and
lies that our ?friend? Khrush
chev has handed us before. Our
?friend? assured us that there
were no offensive weapons in
Cuba many times before the
crisis; he is saying the same
now. He promised Eisenhower
a moratorium on nuclear test
ing; he is saying the same now.
Those first assurances weie so
much trash Who wants to bet
that his present assurances
aren’t the same?
And if you’re still inclined to
believe our ?friend? this time,
remind yourselves of the goal
of communism; or better still,
remember that somber proph
ecy he made when he came to
our American homeland just a
few years ago, “We will bury
you.” Jeepers! but with
?friends? like that who needs
enemies?
Michael L. Horton
Freshman in Liberal Arts
• * •
Wants Auditorium
Emerald Editor:
In reply to Jim Frake’s arti
cle in the February 4 issue of
the Emerald, 1 cannot see how
his proposal of improving the
public address system in Mc
Arthur Court will improve the
performances of enough of the
non-sports events held there to
justify not going further and
obtaining a new auditorium.
Perhaps it is true that a new
PA system will encourage such
artists as Peter. Paul, and Mary
Cloutier...
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few problems in communication
arose. Although our main task
was to help build additional
classrooms, we discovered that
we had adequate time to set
up classes and teach the village
children such subjects as math.
English, science and geography.
Of course, with very few educa
tional materials and with limit
ed time, we could not do much
but at least it was doing some
thing. All of our drinking water
was taken from a spring about
a quarter of mile away and had
to be boiled before drinking.
Since it was the rainy season,
we simply put on a pair of
bathing trunks, grabbed a bar
of soap and went out into the
heavy rain if we felt like tak
ing a shower.
Most of the people who lived
in this community were sub
sistence farming people with a
very low level of education.
Many of them, particularly the
children, had never seen a white
person before. Their curiosity
was only exceeded by their
friendliness and willingness to
help us whenever they could.
Two months is not a very
long time to spend in another
country with such a different
and fascinating culture. Only a
slight understanding and insight
into another peoples’ way of life
can be gained in such a short
period. But 1 discovered that it
was enough time to have an ex
perience that will remain with
me and affect me the rest of ray
life. It is difficult to say or to
estimate what kind of impres
sion we had on those Ethiopian
people we met or worked and
lived with. But, if nothing else,
we built three classrooms.
to return and other groups to
come more often. However,
these people can be helped by
renovations in the P.A. system;
there are other events, musical
and otherwise, which cannot.
It is doubtful that the per
formance of Helen Hayes and
Maurice Evans, for example,
could have been made more au
dible by a good P.A. system.
One could hardly expect them
to carry microphones, and their
voices unaided simply could not
travel clearly to all parts of the
Court.
Symphony orchestras suffer
just as badly in the “barn, ’ as
we discovered when the San
Antonio group visited. The or
chestra was swallowed. I admit
that after their first number I
became accustomed to the small
sound, but that is no justifica
tion for making future visiting
orchestras battle it out in there.
It is true that performances
like these and all the others
could “get along" in the court,
but art should not be made to
suffer such unfair disadvan
tages. A new auditorium is de
sirable.
I don’t know who should build
the auditorium, the city or the
University, but if it were built
by the University, the campus
would benefit much more di
rectly, since it would be free to
schedule more of its own events
there. Further, the facilities of
the School of Music, which is
presently confined to its one
small auditorium, the acoustics
of which are not very good, and
occasionally uses the Student
Union, would be expanded.
With such new facilities, both
the University and the city
could schedule more cultural
events, performers would be
more attracted to come here,
and good audiences would be
easier to obtain.
I am sure there are people in
other fields on the campus who
have an equal interest in a new
auditorium, and I would appre
ciate reading their views in the
Letters to the Editor column.
Sylvia Thelen
Freshman, Pre-Masic
* * *
Alaska, Hawaii Fees
Emerald Editor:
Mr. Makinney’s letter in Mon
day's Emerald no doubt implies
that all Hawaiian and Alaskan
students should pay out-of-state
tuition, even those here attend
ing school in Oregon now. I
cannot agree with him, mainly
because I feel, and I’m sure
most other Hawaiians and Alas
kans on campus also feel, that
those of us here in the Oregon
schools now being granted in
state tuition should not be deni
ed this privilege after having
been introduced to it.
Many students from these two
states were attracted to Oregon
by the low tuition costs. To be
sure, all are grateful for the
graciousness and privilege af
forded to us. But my point is
this—why should be suffer after
we entered Oregon under the
plan whereby we were allowed
in-state fees' We came to Ore
gon expecting to go through our
studies with this waiver. To de
prive us of it now would leave
many students with no choice
but to transfer to the University
of Hawaii or the University of
Alaska. It is the same as if a
child had been given a piece of
candy only to have it snatched
away after he had taken one
bite.
Granted, the University of
Hawaii is a fine, fully-accredited
institution. However, it lacks
certain fields of study and pre
sents no professional schools in
architecture, medicine, dentis
I
try, law, etc. There are many
persons here who are or will be
studying in these schools on the
Oregon campus or at the Medi
cal-Dental School in Portland.
The additional financial burden
would be too mu^h for a good
number of us.
We may have chosen to study
in some particular field because
we saw that we could afford to
at a school like Oregon. Perhaps
a change in tuition would neces
sitate a switch to a financially
less-demanding field of study
for many Hawaiian and Alaskan
students. I do not feel it is right
for a person to have to change
his plans because of a change in
tuition, especially after he was
granted, and was relying on,
this waiver. Why not let us con
tinue to have our waivers until
we at least finish our studies?
The additional three hundred
and ninety dollars a year—not
three hundred dollars as Mr.
Makinney points out—would in
deed prove to be too much for
many of us to pay. I am sure
my views reflect the views of
the majority of Hawaiian and
Alaskan students. The question
of moral obligations seems to
me to be out of place in this
situation.
Milton M. Oshiro
Sophomore
Pre-Dentistry
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