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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1963)
Reaction Without Evidence Another Senate Report Without Documentation or Qualification Although it is always encouraging to see the ASUO Senate take an interest in aca demic affairs, the recent Senate proposal on academic advising was not only meaning less but also ill-advised. As long as propos als to the faculty from the student Senate continue in this vein, the student commu nity will have no real influence in signifi cant decision making at the University. At first glance the Senate proposal in troduced by John Luvaas of the Academic and Cultural Committee sounds reason able. It asks for improvement in the aca demic advising system. The proposal be gins with the statement: “students are dis satisfied with the quality of advising in many cases.” It is followed with the flat assertion that “advisers show no interest in discussing programs with their advisees.” The appalling aspect of this proposal is the lack of a substantive report document ing problems in the adviser-advisee rela tionship. The report poses solutions in rather dogmatic tones without substantiat ing the original statement that advisers are uninterested in student problems. Certainly there are problems in the aca demic advising program. Surely there have been students who have failed to meet the proper sequence requirements and have found themselves on the short side as they approached commencement. It is most con venient to blame the problem on their ad viser. Perhaps an uninformed adviser did not give them proper guidance. What they are forgetting is the student responsibility in this matter. There is no reason why a student must depend upon a faculty mem ber to tell him what course to take in order to fulfill University requirements. These in structions are available in the University catalogue. It is certainly a disservice to imply that all advisers are uninterested in students. We hope the Academic and Cultural Committee was not overlooking the im portance of student initiative. Advising is a service provided by the faculty. The Senate proposals imply that individual fac ulty members must take the initiative: “if advisers showed interest students would be anxious to discuss their schedules, plans and academic problems.” If a student wants advice from faculty members he should have no problem finding it. If he is waiting for the faculty member to take the initia tive and probe into his future plans and current campus interests, that student probably does not belong at a university. If anything, we should seek less regimen tation and formal proceduralism. This Sen ate proposal does not recognize the student as a mature, responsible individual. It cries out for more in loco parentis. We doubt if faculty members will look with favor on the Senate proposal to provide them with formal instruction in the art of advising, nor should they. Proposals of this nature damage the at tempts by many responsible student lead ers to allow the student to participate more fully in the life of the University commu nity. Student government can only expect cooperation from the faculty when it be gins to present evidence and follow that evidence with respectful recommendations. We would like to see an exhaustive report on the academic system for it may need re view and revision. The beliefs of the Aca demic and Cultural Committee might be accurate, with evidence they might advance an effective argument and could expect faculty cooperation. Stalemate In Washington 'Unless the stalemate between House and Senate leaders in Congress is resolved hopes for passage of federal aid to educa tion may die and the state of Oregon may be plunged into an even more serious edu cational crisis. Both sides in the House Senate squabble are accusing each other of congressional blackmail. The heart of the controversy is a split over a compromise version of the Vocational Aid Education bill. As a result Senate education leaders are keeping the $1.2 billion college aid bill from reaching the floor and final approval until House members compromise along senate lines on the vocational aid bill which also contains extension of student loans and grants under the National Defense to Education Act. (NDEA) Joint conferees hammered out a compro mise version of a bill to aid colleges and universities with loans and grants over a five year period to build campus facilities. The bill only needs quick Senate approval. The education conferees haven’t met since Nov. 8 and there is still no compromise ver sion of House and Senate vocational legis lation. While there are many points of con tention on the vocational education bill the chief stumbling block in a controversy over a formula based on per capita income vis a vis a proposal based on population. The Senate proposal would favor poorer states in the South while the House plan would help Northern states with large popula tions. We are hopeful that our Senator Morse and Representative Green, both influential on higher education affairs in Congress will move quickly to achieve an effective com promise. If there were ever a time when Oregon colleges need the aid bill it is dur ing this biennium of budget cutting. Loss of Chief Executive Unites America Editor’s Note: This is the eulogy given by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl War ren at the capitol as the body of the late President John F. Kennedy lay in state. * * * There are few events in our national life that unite Ameri cans and so touch the heart of all of us as the passing of a President of the United States. There is nothing that adds shock to our sadness as the as sassination of our leader, chosen as he is to embody the ideals of our people, the faith we have in our institutions and our belief in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Such misfortunes have befal len the nation on other occa sions, but never more shocking ly than two days ago. We are saddened; we are stunned; we are perplexed. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a great and good President—the friend of all men of goodwill— a believer in the dignity and equality of all human beings; a fighter for justice; an apostle of peace has been snatched from our midst by the bullet of an assassin. What moved some misguided wretch to do this horrible deed may never be known to us, but we do know that such acts are commonly, stimulated by forces of hatred and malevolence, such as today, are eating their way into the bloodstream of Ameri can life. What a price we pay for this fanaticism! It has been said that the only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn. But surely we can learn if we have the will to do so. Surely there is a lesson to be learned from this tragic event. (Continued on pnye 3) Herblock T “It’s Terrible How Intolerant People Are Getting” Letters To the Editor mmmmm Human Rights Day Emerald Editor: On Dec. 8 people here and abroad will observe the four teenth anniversary of the adop tion of the Universal Declara tion of Human Rights by the United Nations’ General Assem bly. There will be those who will relate the magnificent efforts already made, while others will bring up the many problems still unsolved. The purpose of this letter is to point out some new influences that are causing us to review our ideas of human rights that others may find val uable to consider. First—The people of the world are fast becoming a world community, or state, as the po litical scientists would say. Our sciences of intercommunication, transportation and distribution are making it so. Second—Nations which have for centuries been sovereign powers are losing a part of their sovereignty beyond recall Whether we fully realize it or not, this includes the largest as well as the smallest. No na tion today can live unto itself or can alone protect itself from the stresses and hazards of in ternational tension and the threat of rapidly evolving atom IC puwci. With the first process we are approaching a universal recog nition of the oneness or like ness of all human beings. We see ourselves more and more as “we, the people of the world.” Human needs, aspirations, tal ents and inherent worth cut through barriers of nation, race, class and creed. This is a moral step in our evolution. The Declaration of Human Rights is a statement of this moral idealism. It is more than another historic endeavor to preserve rights against an inva sion of individual freedom and integrity; it is a non-sectarian effort to apply the Golden Rule on a universal scale. This is a beginning of a process of “sharing social status with all mankind.” For this standard to become fully effective in world affairs we must employ the most po tent of all agencies, that of true religion — the spirit of unity which knows all men created with potentialities in the image and likeness of the one God. With the second process (loss of absolute national sovereign ty), we are approaching, by will of the people of the world, the establishment of a world federation in which no nation can endanger the rights of the citizens of two other states or engulf the world in catastro phe. A world commonwealth backed by force strong enough to maintain an environment of peace and order is the logical administrative aspect of world brotherhood Thus, the new human rights now emerging as necessary to the maturing of civilization on this planet, in addition to the older ones, are 1) the right to world peace; 2) the right to world order; 3) the right to world citizenship; and 4) the right to world faith There is one world community of people working toward all these objectives . . the Baha'is As stated by the Founder of their Faith a hundred years ago, "The Tabernacle of Unity has been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers . . Of one tree are all ye the fruit and of one bough the leaves The world is one country and mankind its citizens ” Ifoushang Toloui, Chairman and Karen Howe, Secretary Baha'i Campus Fellowship. * * * Game Comments Emerald Editor: Congratulations to the head coach of the University football team! The Ducks won two BIG’ football games. True, we only beat the last place eleven of the Big Ten— without the two point conver sion (does anybody remember the Washington State game three years ago?) and another ball club that ended the sea son with a five and five won and loss record. But we won two BIG’ ball games. Now let's beat Pittsburg, Penn State, Washington, and Oregon State next year—along with the other six. John Bassett, Second Year Law. OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Fmersld ia pi blished • twice in September and five days a week during (he academic year, except during el imination and vacation period* by the Stu dent Publicaliona Board of the University of Oregon. Filtered aa second class matter at the poet office, Fugene, Oregon. Subscrip tion rates 95 per year; 92 per term. Opiniona expressed on the editorig] page are those of the Kmerald and do not pre tend to represent the opinion of the ASLO or the University. EVERETTE DENNIS, Editor JIM Sl'KKR, BuiinMK Manager JANET COETZE, Managing Editor MARIE FORREST ER, Advertising Manager HON COWAN. News Editor DOUG HAGEN, Editorial Page Editor CATHY NEVILLE, Academic Affairs Editor DICK HIC1IAHDSON, Associate Editor JIM FRAKE, Assistant Managing Editor HAY MAST. Sporta Editor JOE BERGER, Assistant News Editor GEORGE HIGH AM. Photo Editor THOR A WILLIAMS. Feature Editor CHUCK BEGGS, Entertainment Editor IRMA DAWN MOAR, Women’a Editor PHYELIS ELVINC, Aaaociate News Editor Editorial Board: Everette Dennis, Ron Cow an, Junet Coetze, Doug Hagen, Dick Richard son, Dave Sands, Jerry Utti, Hay Mast, Pam Pashkowski, Cathy Neville, P-.t Holt, Simeon Crowther, Doug Coin*-* lo« Berger Jim Frake, Linda Brown.
