Financial Crossroads
Legislature Must Give Adequate Attention
To Problems of Higher Education
The State of Oregon is at a financial
crossroads..
So the Legislature considers levying ap
propriation reductions upon higher educa
tion out of all proportion to those sustained
by other departments. Ruthlessly and
methodically, the Ways and Means Commit
tee deliberates as to whether the cultural
foundation of the commonwealth shall suf
fer a cut of $350,000. $500,000 or the im
possible sum of $1,000,000.
Ever since the current legislative session
began, higher education has been the tar
get at which all reduction ammunition has
been aimed. Evidently those representing
the commonwealth at Salem either do not
realize or completely ignore the fact that
higher learning is the very cultural and
educational roots of the commonwealth.
It more vitally concerns the youth of the
state than any other measure confronting
the legislature.
Perhaps such drastic economics as the
Ways and Means Committee contemplates
are imperative to keep the state solvent.
But higher education should not be forced
to accept these unreasonable reductions
if other state departments do not have to
do the same. There are asylums, the pris
ons, the state police, the high schools, the
state administration, the highway commis
sion and a multitude of other departments.
They have not had to sustain the economies
being forced on higher learning. The sort
of legislation that is taking place at Salem
is unfair. All other branches of the state
should absorb equal reductions. Let the
national guardsmen curtail their summer
seashore rest at Camp Clatsop this summer
to the extent that the state board has had
to curtail the educational curriculum.
There is also this to consider. The faculty
should not be forced to bear the brunt of
every budget cut. If the higher education
appropriation has to be reduced, why auto
matically construe that such action neces
sarily means faculty wage cuts? Far better
it is to eliminate the buildings, drop out
side activities and curtail administration
costs than to impose tremendous salary
reductions upon the entire faculty.
A college is only as good as its personnel,
and the wage cuts which the legislature
contemplates are going to drive competent
men away from Oregon. Rather than bear
such humiliating reductions, the outstand
ing instructors will seek employment else
where. We don’t want any of our note
worthy professors to follow the trail blazed
by others who have left. Further faculty
salary cuts must be opposed if we are to
maintain a representative faculty.
Higher education faces a more perplex
ing crossroads than state finances. Let the
legislature and the state consider carefully
before irreparable damage is inflicted upon
higher learning in Oregon. It has taken
years of struggling and planning to get the
system upon its present high plane. Once
shattered, it will be decades in recovering.
Our children might not even realize the
benefits of that recovery. Sound familiar . ..
Emerald Editor Richard L. Neuberger
wrote this on February 2, 1933.
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‘College Side Building Must Go
To Provide Room for New Co-op
Walt Evans is a member of
the University Co-operative
Store Board and a senior in
political science. In this col
umn he explains why he be
lieves the College Side Inn
structure must be razed to
make way for the proposed
new bookstore. The views ex
pressed in this column are not
necessarily those of the Em
emald Editorial Board or the
Emerald editors.
There has been a great deal
of discussion in the last week
concerning the Co-op Board’s
decision to raze the Willcox
building and erect a new build
ing housing a new Co-op book
store in its place. Vic Sabin has
circulated a petition calling
upon us to reconsider our ear
lier decision. The Emerald has
called on us to investigate the
possibility of utilizing the pres
ent structure for our store. The
ASUO Senate has also discussed
the matter.
I hope the students realize
that we of the Co-op Board did
not rush blindly into this decis
ion to build our new store.
Neither are we hard hearted vil
lians who delight in destroying
campus traditions.
We bought the property in
1955 with the ultimate goal of
erecting a new Co-op building
on this site. Five years ago the
board discontinued the option
to renew the leases given the
lessers which expire next month.
When the present lessee of the
College Side Inn bought it, he
Letters to the Editor
Supports Pashkowski
Emerald Editor:
Our experience with the
USNSA this summer will be a
unique one for it is understood
that we are entering it on a
trial basis. This should not hin
der us from trying to get the
best out of the programs and
services proposed by the nation
al association.
It is, therefore, very neces
sary to choose for our delega
tion people who are well ac
quainted with the needs of the
University. The knowledge of
these needs is naturally acquir
ed through participation and in
terest in the activities and pro
grams we have here. In the case
of Pam Pashkowski, the parti
cipation is extensive and the
interest is keen. The record of
service that this candidate has
accumulated in the two years
she has been here is something
to be proud of and it would
take more space than this to
enumerate her qualifications.
It is worthy to note, however,
that she served as Kwama pres
ident, as a member of the Co-op
Board and as a member of the
controversial Discipline Com
mittee and many, many others.
At all the Senate meetings that
I have attended, Pam was there.
This combination of good
judgment and the thorough
background in campus affairs,
I believe, makes her a qualified
person for this mission.
Maher F. Qaddumi
Senator-at-large
knew his business would have
a short life there.
When we built our new book
store section in 1961 we planned
the building so that it and the
future new building on the cor
ner could connect. This building
was built with a minimum of
funds and a maximum of space
utilization. I understand one of
the reasons that some people
wish the Willcox building pre
served is that they fear another
building similar to the present
bookstore will be built on the
corner. Let me put those fears
at rest. We want our new build
ing to be one of architectural
beauty, one that will be a com
pliment both to the University
and to the business community.
I am sure that not many of the
University students realize that
we are behind other schools on
the coast in our building pro
gram for the future.
Oregon State has a new store
adequate to care for its needs
for many years. Washington
State is enlarging to twice their
present size. Portland State is
planning a new building. Idaho
is also building a new store.
UCLA, Stanford, and California
all have new stores. With the
rapid rise in enrollment, we see
the need for a larger store. Our
space in Chapman Hall is lim
ited, and this space is rented
from the University. They may
declare they need the space and
ask us to vacate Chapman Hall.
What we want to give the stu
dents is a well-run, efficient
store than can provide the ser
vices that the students desire.
As you know, we cash over two
million dollars worth of checks
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Campsite Project Had
Academic Aspects Too
Patricia Holt is a member
of the Emerald Editorial
Board.
One of the difficulties which
doomed the Development Fund
Drive for a recreational and aca
demic campsite came in a lack
of emphasis on the academic
advantages of the camp. It was
left unexplained that the psy
chology, education and sociology
departments could use the camp
in their work with maladjusted,
retarded, or normal school
children.
In working with these child
ren in a new environment with
out limitations as to space and
time, these departments could
well have benefited from the
camp.
SCIENCE MAJORS could
have completed their practicurn
requirement with greater facil
ity and practical experience
along educational lines. The
Music School could have
used it for a two-day rather
than one afternoon band or or
chestra workout without the lim
itations existing here of space
and time. The athletic depart
ment could have used it for its
summer coaching camp and or
workout center in its various
programs. The academic retreat
program would have found less
difficulties in both practical and
financial problems.
NONE OF these aspects were
explained, since the Senate and
SU Board were the original in
stigators behind the drive and
it was felt that these students
were only responsible for the
social and recreational aspects
of the Camp.
But whatever the reason, it
seems to me that the recrea
tional reasoas, coupled with the
academic necessity for the camp,
present an impregnable justifi
cation for the project.
A few questions were left un
answered: for instance, some
felt that an hour’s drive from
campus would limit the camp
to weekend use. Perhaps this is
true, but although such places
as Fern Ridge, Albert’s Lodge,
Village Green, and Armitage
Parle are more accessible, which
of these offer the camp’s poten
tial facilities at a more inex
pensive cost, available only to
the University family?
SOME FEEL the money ac
quired from the drive should, be
spent in scholarships. Say we
had $10,000; this would be
enough to give approximately
34 students scholarships of $300
each.
The actual working mechanics
used in presenting the drive
constituted a perfect program on
paper. Let's consider for a mom
ent one living organization, from
which a member was chosen to
represent his peers for the
drive. This member heard a
one-hour talk on the camp, and
was expected to walk out of that
meeting as well informed, en
thusiastic, and involved in the
drive as people who had spent
two years in investigating the
possibilities of the Camp Ob
viously few representatives were
capable of presenting the drive
effectively.
IF THE drive had been effec
tively conducted so that every
student knew the full value of
the camp, then and only then
could we judge student interest
on the money received. But
since mechanical problems and
errors in judgment prevented a
total understanding for each
student, I feel that the SU
Board is justifiably compelled
in attempting to proceed with
the camp program, using money
from other areas to supplement
student expenditure.
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EVERETTE DENNIS, Editor
LARRY WILLIAMS
Business Manager
JANET GOETZE, Managing Editor
RON COWAN, News Editor
DOUG RAGEN,
Editorial Page Editor
JIM SPEER,
Advertising Manager
DICK RICHARDSON,
Associate Editor
JIM FRAKE,
Assistant Managing Editor
RAY MAST, Sports Editor
CATHY NEVILLE.
Assistant News Editor
GEORGE BI GUAM, Photo Editor
JO GRISWOLD, Women’s Editor
CHUCK BKGGS, JOE BERGER,
PHYLLIS ELVING,
SHERRY LUCAS
Associate News Editors
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Exchange Editor
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Everette Dennis, Ron Cowan, Janet
Goet/.e, Doug Ragen, Dick Richardson
Jim Frake, Jerry Utti, Kay Mast, Larry
Williams, Pam Pashkowski, Doug Combs,
Linda Brown, Cathy Neville. Pat Holt,
Simeon Crowthcr, Candy Hemming.