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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1963)
Student Budget Planning Budget Board Should Develop a Priority List If the State Board of Higher Education approves the two-dollar cutback in the in cidental student fee several campus agen cies can expect substantial budget cuts. If there are enrollment decreases winter term, the income budget for student activi ties, the athletics department, health ser vice and gym suit service will face further reductions. Obviously these reductions will mean 2 less student services. The health service will probably not be effected by the initial two-dollar cut since President Flem ming has maintained that it is now operat ing on minimum allocations. The gym suit service may be able to weather a slight cut without seriously reducing its present ac tivity. Student activities are likely to share a major part of the cut along with the ath letics department. The substantial athletic surplus would indicate that this depart ment can best afford to take budget cuts without jeopardizing programs. We are concerned that cuts in the Stu dent Union and Educational Activities Bud get will be made in equal across-the-board percentages for all activities, publications and programs. This would be most unfor tunate. We agree with the letter from the Student Publications Board which Dean William C. Jones of the Budget Board re ceived Thursday morning. The letter, which we helped to draft maintains that some programs including publications cannot in cur across the board cuts and still provide full service which is essential to the success of every other student activity and pro gram. Admittedly some programs are more im portant than others. The economic princi ple of social and merit wants applies well to the university situation. We believe that publications are an essential part of the university program. We believe for exam ple that a student newspaper ranks pretty high on any priority list of student fee allo cations. Tuesday night the Student Publica tions Board outlined tentative cuts in their budget. This includes elimination of “lux ury” items such as awards banquets. Cuts beyond these tentative proposals will seriously jeopardize all student publi cations. It would be in order for the Bud get Board to develop a priority list for bud get reductions. Perhaps cuts will not be serious enough for them to refer to it, but on the other hand it could be utilized to maintain a few good programs rather than many mediocre and crippled programs. It’s time for the Budget Board to face this issue squarely. Some items in the Student Union and Educational Activities budget are es sential while others are quite clearly extra services. We are hopeful that the Budget Board fully considers the Publications Board Proposal. mmwbbbbhbpwbb Letters to the Editor UHUWfHIUJUeiHKUUUUiJ! iiiUltl.»! IM Hi i!l Old Writer Returns Emerald Editor: In June, 1962, I graduated from the University with a ma jor in history (92 hours) and a minor in English Lit. (45 hours) plus a variety of other courses from German to Karate. I did not spend all my time at Ore gon, however. In the never-ending search for more courses, I had left Port land State where I studied for a year. Previous to that I had studied at Lewis and Clark Col lege for two years. My g.p.a. came to 2 94 for 190 hours. Ever since the age of nine I had worked in my father’s res taurant in Portland. What did I do immediately upon gradua tion? Nothing. Not for at least one day. I worked from then on in the restaurant until my father passed away. Then I worked in a variety store, a cabinet shop, another restaurant. Now I am working for Stanley’s as a master man ager tranee. I love my work and find everything to be quite satisfactory. Then one day I read Mr. Fischer’s letter about the athletic fee. I also read Mr. Fixman’s letter decrying his various ills. I tried very hard not to laugh or cry or weep. I don’t know. Any way, I would like to clarify a few things as an alum and a citizen of Oregon about the sta dium issue. Recently, the voters of Ore gon have voted down all tax raises 3^ to one. Also, the city of Portland (where I lived for fourteen years) wants their own stadium. Also, Portland State College needs a library much more than the University needs the expansion of its present one. After the performance of our glorious team on November 2, 1963, I am inclined to think that Oregon could wait a while for another stadium. What is the big question then that arises out of all this? It is this question, which I ad dress to the faculty and stu dents of the University as well as the athletic department and the administration. What are the aims of your kind of education? Are prepar ing your students adequately enough to face the world out side of the library, the class room, and the stadium? We al ready know how sadly high school graduates arc prepared. Who prepared them: College trained teachers? Who prepared them: College education profes sors and their colleagues. What kind of work are you creating for us to believe in'7 One of endless, uncomplicated, beautiful, painless affluence, one in which every man must work with every other man if he is even going to achieve a decent standard of living. I would be inclined to for get about stadiums, libraries, personal affrontery, and stick mainly to education. And it would be wise to think serious ly about this proposition, be cause the voters of Oregon are not willing to lay out any more of their hard-earned money and talent on anything “less at the moment.” John S. Bergeson, Class of 1962, 3161 Portland St. Letters To the Editor wmiUHimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir IIIIIIIIUIIItllMIIIIIIIIUIIIII College Side Defense emerald Editor: Let those who wish to destroy the College Side building de fend themselves with any nrgu mcnt other than that of econo mies. for it Is not n question of economics. That is how they wisli to degrade the issue, though, and that is how they seek to befuddle the real ques tion. When they say that these and those figures are such and such, and prove so and so, and so forth, they cannot speak coher ently, nor can they exhibit any reason whatsoever in favor of the destruction of the Side build ing that cannot la* put aside by the simple-refutation that there are half a dozen alternate sites for their new three story box, and places to build where the students would be served better. Their arguments are round about and obscure, complicated in the extreme, and in particular show a narrow mindedness that is nearly fanatic. They cannot understand thnt it is important to save that building, much less are they aware there is some thing to be saved that is even more important than the build ing The depth of their under standing can be plumbed with a column of figures. They bring about their ac countants. fire marshalls, insur ance agents and building inspec tors to prove that the building is naturally doomed in the face of higher economics. An argu ment typical of the destruction people, is that the stairways in the building are eleven inches too narrow Oh, is that so? How long have the stairways been eleven inches too narrow? Did it just happen recently, or were they built elev en inches too narrow’’ Whatever the answer, it is because of that bit of dynamic inspection that the balcony of the College Side Inn was closed. Did anyone know that’’ It is the truth, and certain members of the Coop board—those who cry loudest for destruction—are responsible that this discovery was made. (Why, when the building was bought by the Co-op in 1955—why was the dis covery not made then’’) The larger intention of the stairway nonsense, and the reason that the building is now largely va cant, is because then it will be less attractive to the students, because then the way to destruc tion will be easier. You will probably not see a refutation of this statement in this paper, because those in favor of de struction need a great amount of space to answer such accusa tions, and have to append off! cial reports, diagrams, and at tach columns of figures to prove that they arc entirely right and correct—down to the last frac tion of an inch. But they should not insist so, for on Judgement Day such in human niceties will be held against them. “No,” Saint Peter will say to thom as they stand before the Gate* of Heaven, "yon cannot come in. Yon must go to the othet place You arc clev en inches too narrow." At least that. Vic Sabin 1 H!I5 Columbia Eugene, Oregon * * • Songs and Football Emerald Editor: A few days ago, a gentleman indignantly stated that "Louie Louie” was NOT the name of our school song. Correct. Hut why isn't "Louie Louie,” or some such modern song adopt ed by the University? I remember one day in Utah at a football game between a local team anti a squad from Idaho. The particular schools involved were the "Utah Un dergraduate University” versus the University of Idaho. The “Utahians" gave a few cheers when their team ap peared on the field—and then the entire student t>ody enthu siastically sang, their school song: "U, U, U; We re in love with U, U, U.” The visitors from Idaho were not to be outdone in this idea of modernized school songs when they burst out with: "One potato, two potato, three potato, four; five potato, six potato, sev en potato, SCORE!!” The spirit expressed by the schools involved was invigorat ing. It was hard to remember how it was a few years ago when the schools chanted, "Ka, ra, ra; Siss, boom ba.” This trend of modern col lege songs actually was initiated many years ago Once upon a time, Penn State and Penn Univ. were competing, not only on the athletic field, but on the enrollment books Pennsylvania University had been boasting that their college was 64,691 strong and that their (Continued on page 3) OREGON DAILY EMERALD Tbe Oregon Dally Emerald i* p«t»tiab*4 twice In September i»4 ft»e • ***** dnrlif the arademl* year, «ireful dorHtg »»■ •n<.nation ao<l twiiod* by the *!>» lirnl Publication* Bond t»( the t *>f Oregon, Entered a* areond tU»* matter at the poal office. Eugene. Oregon. Sob*- t p lion rate* fS pat year; E2 per term. Opinion* e*pte»e«i on the «iii«rn f>«a« arc thna« of the Emerald and Jo not pi* tend to represent the opinion of the AM.O «r the University. EVEBKTTK DENNIS, Editor I.AHHY WILLIAMS. Buame** Manager JANET GOETZK. Minsfoc Mitor JIM SPEER. A4*crtirin| Manager RON COWAN. New* Editor DOUC KACEN. Editorial Page Editor CATHY NEVILLE, Academic Affair* Editor DICK RICHARDSON. Au»..ate Editor JIM I HAKE. A**i*tant Managing Editor HAY MAST. Sport* Editor JOE BERGER, A»*i*tani New* Editor GEORGE HICHAM. Photo Editor ( HI CK BECCS. PHYLLIS El VINC. SIEVE GREEN, AnocUie New* Edit ore Editorial Board: Everett* Dannl*. Bon Cow. an, Janet (Jneiie, Doug Hagen, Dirk Ki>hard ■on. Dave Sand*. Jerry IJtti, Hay Ma»(, Pam Pa*hkow*ki. Cathy Neville, Pat Holt Nirnet,® Crow I her, Doug Comb*. Joe Berger, Jn. Frahe. h part of a fact fmm trouble smrm mswemi re am sfmt our to seek ( WA^fS OF RF5TORIW6 Bl-RACIAL COMMMI CATI0U5 1(0 SOUTHS CITIES, I MJUIP L0£ TO RETORT OUR FIMPIW6S. Mo. 1- IT 16 OPR 0>K)CLV6!OM THAT SOME OF THE OimCVLTie^ AEF6EMANT|C. THE WE6R0 COMMUNITY HAS PROPPED THE USE Of THE COURTESY IMF9 '61R," RFPLfiCtkkS IT WITH A WORP FOUMP TO BE FAR LESS APPEALING. 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