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.
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Letters to the Editor
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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
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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
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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
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