Senate To Study Mexico Aid Plan
The ASUO Senate will he asked
tonight to sponsor a program
investigating possibilities for aid
to underdeveloped communities in
Mexico.
Merritt Fink, one of the pro
gram’s authors, will explain the
proposed program at an informal
discussion session at 3:15 today
in the Student Union.
THK SENATE will be asked
for $300 to finance an organiza
tional trip to Mexico during
spring vacation Fink and ,J. Spen
ccr Carlson, association of stu-j
dents, plan to make the trip to
investigate the areas needing aid
around Mexico City.
The program, when completely
formulated, will provide Univer
sity students with the chance to
live and work in Mexico for a
summer "We’re not interested
in any Peace Corps motives," com
mented Fink. "We want to al
low students to communicate with
Mexicans and to give enough
free time to study some an as of
personal interest .”
" The purpose of this fact find
ing trip will be to see the partic
ular possibilities. We are going
to talk to a lot. of people who will
give us leads. We will then in
vestigate these areas to see if
they are keyed to our type of or
ganization," explained Fink.
FINK SAID that he had several
leads at present but needed furth
er information before making con
crete plans for the summer pro
gram Some of the areas now be
ing considered include a ehil
drens’ home which would need
aid in recreation and in helping
to teach English, a village need
ing help in practical areas such
as constructing buildings, and a
rural Mexican doctor who needs
assistance.
The committee has been work
ing with the University of Mexi
co The I'riendo organization and
various government officials and
professors trying to determine
which areas would lie helped most
by the aid which the University
could provide.
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SYMBOLISM IS GOOD FOR YOl
What college students need is a game to play in their spare
time. Since we are intellectually oriented, the game should be one
in which wc can use our intellects It should also be a game that
can be played by many people or just one person alone Solitaire
doesn't fit, really, because, as you might have noticed, a pack of
cards feels pretty bulky in your pocket after awhile.
I have, therefore, invented a game for college students. It is
called Symbolism It is a game that cannot be copyrighted and, as
one might expect coming from a college student, it is economically
unproductive It can be played anywhere and requires only watch
ing and thinking. (Boys already do this, but this isn’t exactly what
I have in mind.)
The basic assumption of the game is such that it should gain
some acceptance among English majors and Psychology majors.
It assumes that things aren't at all what they appear to be, but
that everything really is something else, or at least represents
something else. Those in Philosophy should be cheered to know
that the game is somewhat existential in outlook; that is, the
player decides what stands for what.
It is true that Freud has provided us with some really fun
symbol* (as it were) but there are those who are becoming in
creasingly bold to say that Freud did not exhaust all the possible
symbols. It must be admitted, however, that one could spend a
long time and have a lot of fun reading Freudian symbols into
various situations.
mil enougn explanation, ron arc uououess cnampmg at me nil
to see an example of Symbolism in action. Okay.
As you might know, the Pioneer Mother faces the Pioneer
Father. If you stand in front of the Pioneer Father, you can .see
(through Johnson’s Hall's glass doors, darkly) the Pioneer Mother
leering craftily at Pioneer Father and you. Now just suppose for
the sake of the game that the Pioneer Father has been out in the
woods all day Pioneering, and he wants to come home and do
something lovey to the Pioneer Mother, like pat her head or
scratch her back.
He'll never make it. He is doomed to stride forthrightly forever
without reaching her because the administration (building) stands
in the way of True Love.
You might assume, on the other hand, that he is coming back
with some freshly killed game, say rabbit rather than baseball.
Again, he’ll never make it for the same reason—the administration
(building) is in the way. Married students should get a kick out
of that interpretation.
There are other things you can symbolize around the University.
For example, stand on Commonwealth’s Red square with your
back to the library (storehouse of knowledge) and contemplate
the fact that the Business Administration School is in the Right
wing and Sociology and History are in the Left Wing. Consider,
too, that the Co-operative book store is to the far left. Note that
in the extreme center of Commonwealth there is nothing at all.
Or, consider the fact that Dairy Queens come in flavors to suit
all types of personalities. There is pure white for people with pure
white souls, chocolate for people ... uh ... Or there is cherry . . .
Well, there are banana splits for schizophrenics anyway, and if you
are merely a campus nut, you can have some sprinkled on top of
whatever you are having, unless you are having a Pepsi or a ham
burger or . . . Anyway, it’s always in good taste because it tastes
good.
There.
Criteria for .selecting students
to participate in this program
have not been clearly defined as
yet f ink explained that much of
the criteria would depend on the
type of aid to be provided. Hi
stated, however, that there would
definitely be a language require
ni'-nt for participants. Fink felt
that an interest poll, recently
conducted among a few living
organizations, has shown that stu
dents are apparently interested
in the program.
“WHILE RESPONSE to these
questionnaires is by no means
complete, I feel that it shows that
Dads' Lunch
Will Be Held
University President Arthur S.
Flemming will be the main speak
er at the 30th annual Dads Lunch
eon, at 11:30 a m , Saturday in Mc
Arthur Court.
The University Singers, under
the direction of Max Risinger, will
present musical entertainment at
the luncheon
Roy E. Licuallen, chancellor of
he Oregon State System of High
er Education, and the presidents
of the Oregon Mothers and the
ASUO will extend greatings to the
dads.
Dads’ President John Warren of
Eugene, will also present Univer
sity of Oregon blankets to the dad
who comes the greatest distance
to attend the event, and to the
dad with the most children pres
ently enrolled at the University.
Because of space limitations in
seating all the visiting fathers and
their sons and daughters, tickets
will be sold for two luncheon ar
rangements: the first will consist
of a buffet service and seat at a
table on the main floor of the
Court: the second, a special box
lunch and view seat in the bal-.
cony Tickets will be the same.
($2 00), although tickets will be
different in color and designa
tion.
Dads may purchase tickets by
writing to Oregon Dads, U. of O.,
Eugene
Today is the last day for sons
and daughters to buy tickets at
the main desk of the S.U.
TODAY’S STAFF
Desk Editor: Sherry Lucas.
Reporters: Charles Ho^t, Sue
Dow, Lee Carrieres. Gail Patrick.
Evon Faller.
Proofreader: Jo Griswold.
Meetings
• The Hillel Foundation Hebrew class
will meet at 7 p.m. in room 117, Science
Annex. All interested student* arc invited
to attend.
• The SU Publicity Committee will meet
at 7 j».m. in the Si*. Room number will be ;
posted.
• Phi Thetas will meet at 6:30 p.m. at
the Side Members not able to attend, please
call ext. 1668.
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• Frosh 200 will meet Thursday at 6:30
p.m. in the SU. Room number will be 1
po.tcti
• Alpha Phi Omega will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the Student Union. Mr. Wright
of the Lane Memorial blood bank will
speak.
• The Hiking Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. in the SU. All student- going on
the hike Saturday should atend.
• The Ski Quacks meeting will be held
at 7 p.m. in 138 Commonwealth.
• The Alpine Club will meet at 6:45
p.m. in 337 Commonwealth.
• There will be an Angel Flight meeting
at 6:30 p.m in the SU. Room number
will be posted. All absence* must be ex
cused by the commander, ext. 189-4.
• The Philosophy Club will meet on
Monday at 7:45 p.m. in the *SU (r *om
number to be posted), to hear Dr. Brendan
1 .iddell present and defend a paper en
titled “Kant ami the Intuition of Duty.”
Anyone interested is invited to attend and
participate. The meeting will also Ik* open
[ to nominations for a new treasurer.
• Chi Delta Phi will meet at noon in
the Browsing Room of the SI'. All new
members arc requested to attend.
• The Baha’i Fellowship will meet at 8
p.m. Friday at 14 58 Alder St. The public
is invited for a talk on “Religion and Sci
ence.” For information or transportation,
phone m 2-1034 or 1)1 2-10o0.
• The University of Oregon Health.
Physical Education, and Recreation Club
will meet at 7:00 p.m. in the SU to ap*
j prove the club’s constitution and to pre
sent a slate of candidates for next year’s
i officers.
enough students are interested to
at least continue making plans,”
stated Fink.
The committee is trying to ar
range agreements whereby stu
dents would be provided with
room and board in return for their
labor Transportation would not
be provided and, at present, no
salaries would be paid.
Fink explained that he has re
ceived much aid from Carlson
who will accompany him on the
March trip as a faculty advisor.
Carlson has planned similar pro
grams in Mexico and is currently
doing work for Ejido, a childrens
home near Mexico City.
THE COMMITTEE’S original
plan was to adopt and sponsor; a
Mexican village. This idea proved
impractical because of the struc
ture of the aid program available
through University students.
“We couldn’t offer enough or
ganization and assistance for a
program like this,” said Fink. He
felt that the more specific areas,
now being investigated, would
benefit the most from the aid
available through the students.
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et year, it has openly embar
rassed the University and
placed President Flemming’s
credibility as a leader in ser
ious jeopordy.
Who could possibly respect
anyone in the fraternity system
for allowing this to happen? And
even sadder, from the point of
view of emotional hygiene, is
the widespread self-deception in
the system. Everything is turned
around — bad becomes good.
When pledges are hacked, in
jured physically, and terrorized
psychologically, we are told that
it is done only to separate the
men from the boys. The men
can take it,” but the boys can’t.
The brutal mistreatment of in
dividuals becomes the hallmark
of leadership and taking it”
becomes the measure of man
hood.
If there are any decent hu
man beings left in the frater
nity system, and I am confident
there are, it is time for them to
assume leadership ar.d turn fhe
system into something a little
more recognizably human.
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