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Letters to the Editor (Continued from pane 2) move chairs and make decora tions for dances, set up art ex hibits, find places for retreats, arrange speakers, present spe cial attractions, carry posters all over the campus, work in tin print shop all day Saturday, arrunge interviews for commit tees, keep the listening rooms open, present fun nights, pre sent Kridays-at Four, arrange a buddy program for the foreign students, provide rugby and ski teams, etc., etc., etc. This type of work makes one of the best union programs in the country. Once a year at the awards ban quet we thank these people for their efforts. At some point in a union program, you have to pat the ticket taker and the post carrier on the back, or they won t be around to become com mittee chairmen and Hoard members. Now that the purpose is clear, I would like to talk about the $550 cost which is under fire. With 300 involved in presenting extensive and diverse programs there is only one salary on the budget This is $231 for the • • • Two Worlds ( Cun limit'd from page 2) alumnus—the one who comes hack to Alma Mater like a spawning salmon and wants nothing more than to build a bigger football stadium Or he loudly and bitterly denounces all the changes on the campus or how the students are being duped by all kinds of sinister in fluences Hut not all alumni are like that Most alumni realize that it is the nature and func tion of rivers to change, to keep grinding away at the established order with new and diverse cur rents, to even cut new channels from time to time. The student, for his part, must realize that it is the nature of the sea to change much more slowly and imperceptibly And its nature is such that it is pos sible. in the western seas at least, to chart one's own course, usually within the confines of the mainstreams of current, though not necessarily. Obviously, things are not “per fect" or even "rosy” in the world of alumni There will be much that the new alumnus can, and probably should, criticize Coming from the purity of the rivers, he may detest the salti ness of the sea I doubt if he can do anything about the salt. There is much he can and should do to improve conditions —economic, social, political—in specific ways. I agree with Lin coln who said an individual does not have the right to criticize unless he also has the heart to help. And in the final analysis, it is the rivers which feed the in tellectual sea, and the sea which feeds the rivers, and the cycle is never-ending. OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Otrgob Daily Imrrild i* publithtd fnirc in Scpirn )»*■» and 6v« day* a week during the academic year, except during e« aminatinn and vacation period* by the Stu dent Publication# Hoard of the University of Oregon. Entered mm aerond cUm matter at the poat office, Kugcne, Oregon. Subscrip tion rate* |5 per year; $2 per term. Opinions expressed on the editorial pa ft* are those of the Emerald and do not pre tend to represent the opinion of the ASUO or the University. EVERETTF. DENNIS, Editor LARRY WILLIAMS, Business Manager JANET COETZE. Managing Editor JIM SHEER, Advertising Manager RUN COWAN. News Editor DOUG RAGKN, Editorial Page Editor CATHY NEVILLE. Academic Affairs Editor DICK. RICHARDSON, Associate Editor JIM KRAKE, Assistant Managing Editor RAY MAST. Sport* Editor JOE BERGER, Assistant News Editor GEORGE BIGHAM. Photo Editor THORA WILLIAMS, Feature Editor CHUCK BECGS, Entertainment Editor Advertisement All Drinkers This is a reminder to all drink ers that if you drink a glass of water each day you will be so full that you won’t have room for a D.Q. So—don’t drink so much and enjoy life a little more—with a D.Q. board secretary. The awards banquet for approximately 2fW) people costs much less than a full salary for the ASUO Presi dent and similar positions. It takes students to run programs and even though they are doing their job as a service to the University, a $1.25 per person could not be classed as an extra vagant or even reasonable “thank you for a job well done.” Jim Morton, Student Union Board Chairman. * * ♦ Racial Issue Emerald Editor: Mr. Floyd McKissick (the CORE chairman who spoke on the campus Wednesday night, Nov. 6) was quite correct in say ing that the churches do not have the answer to the segre gation problem of today. What mankind needs is an up-to date religion. Conflicting phil osophies and political systems have wrought just as much harm in the world today, so they are not the answer either He said, "... if religion was going to solve the problem, then it would have solved it before now.” The fact is, there is a new up-to-date religion which has the practical solution to this problem and all the other ills that afflict mankind at this [joint in his evolution. For the past 100 years of its existence, the Baha’i World Faith has been completely and totally integrated. In all 257 countries of the world where» Baha'is live, one can see the prime principle of the oneness of mankind at the root of every' other principle and action of the Baha'i communities. Notice I said 'action' for, as most people know, many so called religious people will quote Scripture one minute and do its opposite the next. I know so many Baha'is of all races, and I have seen what an influence this Faith has had on them, including complete in tegration. For you sec, as Mr.! McKisseck said, “Your churches have found passages of Scrip ture to support segregation” — and this is exactly why all hu manity needs an up-to-date World Faith if it is going to have a working solution to the segregation problem. The passing of laws does not completely eliminate existing prejudices, for until you have a change in the human heart, the racial problem will not be totally solved. This also in-1 eludes other problems which have international dimensions to them, such as tjie fanatical re ligious persecutions in the East Even more important is to realize that this is not just a problem with the Negroes. Just as it takes two wings to insure a perfect flight of a bird, so will it take both races, white and colored, to solve this prob lem. To quote from the Baha’i Writings: “Casting away once and for all the fallacious doc trine of racial superiority, with all its attendant evils, confu sion, and miseries, and welcom ing and encouraging the inter mixture of races and tearing down the barriers that now di vide them, every human be ing should endeavor, day and night, to fulfill his or her par ticular responsibilities in the common task which so urgently faces them.” Let no man think that such a problem can either easily or immediately be revolved. No one, no matter what color, can sit back in this day and age and expect someone else to solve the problem. In agreement with Mr. Mc Kissick’s statements that God has ordained America to estab lish racial equality once and for all, the Baha’i Writings state: “May this American Democra cy be the first nation to estab lish the foundation of interna tional agreement. May it be the first nation to proclaim the universality of mankind. May it be the first to upraise the stan dard of the Most Great Peace." Don Addison, P.O. Box 5004. The University’s eleven Cambodian students celebrated their southeast Asian nation’s tenth year of independence Saturday. Photos, from top, show the students singing a popular Cambodian song; Miss Oum Thoup Molyse Thourk leading countrymen and audience mem bers in the “ramvong” (circle dance); at left, height as well as language was sometimes a problem in explanations; below, Kim Sillon welcomes the 100 guests; and right, gestures aid explan ations of Cambodia. Production and Photography: Dave Sands
