Wanted: Friends for Education
Recent Attacks Point Up Higher Education's Prohletn
The grossly unfair attacks of legislators
on the objectives and operation of the State
System of Higher Education in recent days
makes .it clear that higher education needs
some friends in Salem. Even the most ef
fective lobbyist will probably not be suc
cessful in convincing Sen. Walter Pearson
and his supporters that graduate education
is important to the state’s development.
Many legislators are simply incapable of
understanding the importance of graduate
education, scientific and scholarly research,
and maintenance of outstanding professors.
The legislators are probably quite accu
rate in their assertions that higher educa
tion has not been effective in communicat
ing with the grassroots. The package which
the State System is trying to sell at Salem
does not enjoy wide support in the grass
roots and probably never will. Higher edu
cation faces serious public relations prob
lems. Most of them were created by former
Chancellor John Richards who talked down
to legislators and who occasionally with
held information from them. The more
honest, congenial approach of Chancellor
Roy E. Lieuallen is a step in the right direc
tion, but comes at a time when legislators
are still extremely apprehensive about
higher education.
Attempts by the State Board to appeal to
many of the present legislators have been
futile. They neither understand nor want
to understand education’s problems. Of
course the states colleges and universities
do have some friends in the legislature, but
they are few in number.. Sen. Alfred Cor
bett, for example, is an effective and articu
late friend of college students. But there
are too few Sen. Corbetts in the legislature
and his softspoken words never attract the
statewide attention that statements by Pear
son, Ward Cook and others receive.
Students ought to be concerned about the
makeup of the legislature and of the reac
tionary positions many representatives and
senators have taken in regard to education.
Students have no professional dedication to
higher education. They can see things with
clear eyes and can be extremely effective
spokesmen for education. We are hopeful
that the Young Republicans, Young Demo
crats and other student groups play an ac
tive role in the Oregon primary next spring
supporting pro-education candidates. Indi
vidual students can exert influence by writ
ing letters to their local newspapers com
menting on the record of their legislator. A
student, objective and emotionally de
tached, could have more bi-partisan influ
ence on the local scene than a legislator
does. It’s time for students to be concerned.
There could be no better service to the
University and to the state than a student
movement to oust some of the anti-educa
tion mossbacks presently representing us in
Salem. Higher education needs friends.
Rules of Procedure and
Faster Senate Meetings
Our Senate reporters who sometimes get
quite discouraged about the ASUO Senate’s
long, dull meetings have been extremely
enthusiastic ever since last Thursday’s Sen
ate meeting. The reason: Parliamentarian
Berry Winters’ proposal to establish rules
of procedure for the Senate and make way
(hopefully) for shorter Senate meetings. In
response to a question regarding the length
of Senate meetings and whether he had
time to attend the usual three and a half
hour meetings. Winters said “maybe with
rules of procedure we can cut them down
to an hour and a half.”
Winters’ point is well taken. Rules of
procedure rather than the long, formal pro
cedures of Roberts Rules of Order could
speed up Senate meetings. Most delibera
tive bodies do have their own rules and the
proposal is most appropriate.
Letters to the Editor
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Point of Disagreement
Emerald Editor:
Re: Linda Gibbons’ piece on
YMCA Dialogue Sessions Emer
ald, Nov. 13.
Some of us are forced to dif
fer with Educator Raymond
Lowe’s quoted statement that
“Men hunt and fish to get away
from women.” There are quite
a few big game hunters who
take along or meet their dears
in the bush . . . the Alaskan
bush, anyway . . .and there are
plenty who are happy to have
the “weaker” sex along so that
they may show their masculine
superiority in shooting mag
nums, in hiking and climbing or
riding endurance.
Some take the femmes along
to do the camp cooking or to
help with the dishwashing and
chores if they cannot afford
guides and cooks for their hunt
ing expedition.
This female accompaniment is
common in the African bush
also. (See Hemmingway’s story
on the short, happy life of Fran
cis McCumsomething-or-other
and the windfall cot). If Profes
sor Lowe will examine the hunt
ing and fishing field closer he
will modify his sweeping state
ment.
Surely Mrs. Schoggen does not
believe, as she was quoted, that
the only role “definitely mascu
line or feminine is childbear
ing.” Men obviously don’t bear
children. Childbearing may be
the principle of the sexes but
there are other comfortable in
terrelationships which are al
most as important as reproduc
tion.
Tritely—one of the female’s
chief missions in life is to bol
ster up the male ego—give him
plenty of TLC or tender, lovin’
care.
The proof of the pudding is
the unattached-to-a-male career
woman. If she is honest she will
admit that she is not filling the
cup to the brim.
Since the early-day Oregon
men to the California gold mines
awhile, Oregon women have be
come capable interim managers.
There are some capable ones
around the campus and there is
no reason that some of them,
due to stimuli of circumstances,
should not compete in the man’s
world. Consequently, they should
be allowed the same opportuni
ties of reporting of football
games that male reporters have.
Perhaps the University of Ore
gon coaches are afraid that the
next thing the gals will want is
an interview in the locker room.
A girls-eye-commentary on a
post-game locker room scene
might be enlightening at that.
Enough of this regression.
J. C. Briggs
Senior in Journalism
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Counters Dean’s Position
Emerald Editor:
If the article, in regard to
men’s closing hours in the No
vember 20 issue of the Emerald,
was correct in quoting the as
sistant dean of students, then it
appears that the gentleman’s
statements lacked both consis
tency and good taste.
Mr. Nickerson has continually
stressed the importance of the
new code (and its closing regu
lations) as requiring something
of a very mature approach on
the part of the individual stu
dent.
And too, if this gentleman,
like his fellow educators, prides
education and himself as a
means of guiding the student
toward complete (i.e. mental
and social) maturity, then his
reference to girls as “toys” for
boys was very much out of place
coming from a mature adult in
Mr. Nickerson’s position.
N. Anthony Wascher
Junior in English
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Another View of Cuba
Emerald Editor:
In sharp contrast to the rosy
picture of living conditions in
Cuba under the Castro regime
painted by Charles O. Porter
(reported recently in The Em
erald) is a letter which just ar
rived from Havana. Under the
date of Oct. 25, a typical Cuban
housewife writes:
“Before Flora had made her
long and disastrous visit over
the Oriente province everything
was already lacking more and
worse. There was very little cof
fee, but since ten days ago there
is none at all. Only three times
at breakfast were we able to
have coffee from the package C.
sent us for it was nearly three
months on the way and once out
of the container it spoiled very
quickly. The complaint is wide
spread, the coffee addict Cuban
people feel lost. We hear of peo
ple who have paid $12 for one
pound. The second spool of
thread has arrived, also this sta
tionery on which I am writing.
We have consumed all the
soups and sweet gelatins you
sent us. Really, I don’t know
how we would manage to get
along without the help you peo
ple are giving us. If you can,
please send Asphen pill, for
(Continued on paye 3)
Herblock
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“I Declare, I Don’t Know Where-AIl
The Lad Picked Up Such Habits.”
Letters To the Editor,
Birchers Have Point
Emerald Editor:
This letter is regarding the
editorial about the Birchers
which appeared in the Tuesday
November 19th Emerald Along
with the editorial, the article by
the chairman of the University’s
Assemblies and Lecture Commit
tee, seems to make it apparent
that Prof. Straton and the Com
mittee arc not a vast conspiracy
to deny public forums to con
servatives.
However, as Prof. Straton
pointed out in his article, many
different groups may invite
speakers to the campus, having
nothing to do with the Assem
blies Committee.
I believe the statement that
an “Obvious bias to left-wingers
exists on the campus,” made by
the coordinator of the John
Birch .Society is quite true in
the large sense encompassing
the whole campus, except for
the Assemblies Committee it
self.
During the time I have been
on Campus practically all the
speakers that have been pre
sented with any amount of pub
licity have been “liberals” while
except for Goldwater I have
heard of no conservative speak
ers being present.
John Zimmerman
Freshman
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Concert and Dance?
Emerald Editor:
I tried to purchase two tickets
to the Homecoming dance. Upon
trying, I was told that one can
not buy only a dance ticket but
must pay $7.00 for a concert
ticket which “allows” the couple
to attend the dance. Since two
concert tickets cost $7.00 the
dance afterwards is apparently
“free.” This procedure has been
prevalent for the past few years.
Since homecoming is typical
ly a whole university activity,
why should we pay for a con
cert when undoubtedly some of
us only wish to attend the dance.
Is this an attempt to force the
students on Victor Borge?
Some arrangement should be
made in ticket sales for those
who do not wish to attend both
events.
Reb Bennett
Junior in General
Science
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View of Willcox
Emerald Editor:
The inquisitive nature of the
human animal drives him to
seek some order for his life, to
find those aspects of living which
are of value to him, and to know
why they are of value. Through
this search each man gains an
understanding of what he is.
Occasionally there will come
along a human of such under
standing that his thoughts are a
source of inspiration for other
men. W. R. B. Willcox was a
man who possessed this kind of
wisdom, and for this reason he
was asked to come to this Uni
versity to organize the Archi
tecture department; which, un
der his guidance, gained the
reputation of being among the
tou five architectural schools in
this country.
Because of his rare under
standing his words were pub
lished in the national journals
of his time. Excerpts from one
of these publications will be
printed tomorrow in the Em
erald under the same heading
as this introduction.
Another source of his wisdom
is available for our benefit. This
source is the College Side Inn
Building, wherein Willcox, the
artist expressed his understand
ing of the human need to com
municate, to get heads together,
over a drink, and share the most
important product of human ex
istence—ideas. He has given us
a work of art created for our
most potent source of under
standing—Talk (the nose to
nose kind).
We the student body, and we
the owners of this building (Co
op members), will have our right
to the last say as to the fate of
The Willcox Building. Whether
our decision be to destroy it, so
that the Co-op can occupy that
economically desirable corner
lot, or our decision be to re
store and preserve this import
ant part of Oregon’s heritage.
Tod Lundy
Junior in Architecture
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