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Letters to the Editor m, (Continued from paue 2) building which would he of no use to it. But if, in order to raise money for a different bookstore site, the Willcox Building were sold to commercial Interests, it would almost certainly be torn down It obviously does not turn* the commercial value either to the Co op or anyone else that a newer, larg'-rt and probably less interesting i building would have in that choice location It ap pears then that it can only be saved as a kind of monument by someone’s making a financial sacrifice. Bid who ran be asked to do Ibis'' Not the Co-op, surely That is no, its purpose The State'' the Cniversity? Not likely after October 15 Perhaps those who wish to save the Willcox Build ing can themselves raise the money or can find a philanthro pic group or individual wilting to pay That appears to me to be tin only terms under which they could justifiably expect to "Save the Side," and it is awfully late now Maybe this could servo as a lesson to all who want to pro serve tine old buildings Provi sums for saving them should be started before it becomes prao lical to tear them down Italph M. Edwards Psychology Watson flail Fees—No Benefit Emerald Editor: Compulsory athletic fees may lie fine for those who are able to find the time to benefit from them They do represent an ad vantage over the buying tickets for all of those events now cov ered by an athletic card For many others, compulsory fees for athletics represent a sum of money from which no benefit accrues. It is also the contention of some that the compulsory as jwet of the fee should lie abol ished, and that the fee become optional in the form of season tickets. If the approximately 10,000 •students on this campus decid ed to pick up their athletic cards to which they are enti tled, and if they all decided to attend an event which was cov ered hy the card, would the Ath letic Department have seats available for them? Would the alumni he confined to reserved seats? Perhaps this explains the strange fact that students are forced to pay a compulsory ath letic fee, while they receive their athletic cards on a volun tary basis. Why not give the students their athletic cards along with their student body card at the time of registration, since they are being assessed for them anyway? Why not make the athletic card optional at the time of registration? Donald M. Allen, Graduate in Biology. + * * On ROTC Types Finer a Id Kdltor: Knowing that there are those who wear their combat boots in complete ignorance of the proper lacing methods, I thought I might pass on a small fund of information that came into my hands the other way I was lying on the couch surveying my literature when my room mate came catapulting through the door waving a pair of great black clogs and shouting, 'Boots, boots, boots.” I said, “Yeah, I know, Kipling ” He said, “N‘o man. I mean black ones, ROTC type." Well, I suppose every young man goes through a period of his life when combat boots are the thing to wear, but he was serious and he proceeded to try them on. only to find that he didn’t know how one was to lace Safety First-DC A TSC-dsa 1228ft R 58811 type boots Hop ing the Army would, we pro ceeded to phone the post and were finally connected <through the chain of command, I sup pose) with a sergeant. Now, I used to think tying boots was a relatively simple chore, but after hearing a twen ty minute dissertation on the various methods and techniques of boot lacing and a brief his tory of the American army boot, I changed my mind. I found that, to begin with, boot lacing presupposes an e 1 e mentary knowledge of various situations and the appropriate type of lace and that the Paratroopers have a special "fancy” way of doing it. Now, I didn’t know that there was more than one way of do ing it; that one could really be ignorant of how to tie his boots but I guess you just keep on learning First of all, if you are going to be a really good boot lacer, you have to know the trick about tieing a knot at the bottom of the boot to keep the laces even and the one about tucking excess lace into the left side of the boot just 2l-c inches from the top. Then, for formal occasions, you have to know how to lace on the outside of the boot. Now if you’re still confused refer to your manual ROTCM 145-45, page 5, "Strat egy and The Military Service” for a complete guide to boot lac ing, for this is not, as you may think, a trivial matter. The ser geant told me so. .Michael Salveson, Sophomore Philosophy. * o ft Compulsory Rule Criticized Emerald Editor: An open letter to the new dean of music: Once upon a time there was a school of music. It was lo cated at the University. It had a dean. His name was Kratt The dean was famous for his democratic ideals. For exam ple, on more than one occa sion the professors in the school of music tried to put in Two Views of the Side Controversy • • • Fiscal (Conlinw d from po re 2) lars on a building that could not begin to pay its own way For someone that is neither a Coop member or student Sabin linds it easy to find ways to waste the money of those who are served by the Co-operative. Being neither a Co op member or student Sabin finds it easy to say ‘What's money?” and then look for a way to scrap 40 years of hard work all for the sake of a worn out building, preservation of which would only serve to profit those who wish it saved for their own selfish designs. Land that the College Side stands upon is suited well to the future needs of the Co-op This location is excellent for easy con venience of students and the Co-op annex with its knock-out walls, can be easily refaced and incorporated into the new struc ture It is unthinkable that the Co-op should give up this land to the restoration of a building of ques tionable architectural merit and a building which has far outlived its original projected life span Co-op members and the Univer sity Community at large make many demands upon their Co-op and in order that the Co-op might continue to meet these demands it is imperative that it embark immediately on an expansion pro gram. An expansion program that utilizes land already paid for, land of adequate size and land located where it can do the most good for the greatest number of students. When an organization serves many it must think of the needs of the group as a whole and can not forsake these needs on the grounds of providing a plaything for a small minority, the leader of which is not even a member of the organization. Duly elected officers of the Co op realize full well that they have an obligation both to the Co-op members as well as to the Uni versity community to provide a new building that will be marked by beauty as well as functional ism. Co-op board members also rea lize that part of campus life is the opportunity to sit down with fellow students and faculty and talk informally over a cup of cof f«• in relaxed surroundings The Co-op Board has instructed its architect to include space in the new Co-op for just such a place. The new Coop building will be more than a book store it will be a center for intellectual discussion and culture, something that can be enjoyed by all students rather than the small number that would find anything of interest in the College Side. Co op members have an import ant decision to make and even more important an obligation to attend Wednesdays meeting and vote. Vote for that which will serve the members who for many years have worked diligently for a service-minded Co-op Should members through dis interest allow a self-motivated minority to destroy this work, a great disservice will be done not only to those now attending the University but those who will at tend in the future. As Co-op members the future of your Co-op is in your hands. At tend Wednesdays meeting and re affirm your faith in the bright future of your Co-op. Worthwhile... (Continued from page 2) I asked why a complete financial report was not printed each year. I was assured that it was a waste of time to do this for college stu dents couldn’t understand such statements. I asked why we didn't talk with Vic Sabin who was mak ing a lot of noise about the Side. Mr. Henson informed us that Vic would not listen to facts. 1 never did understand why the Co-op be longs to the Chamber of Com merce and why prices in the sup ply store cannot be lowered be cause other Eugene merchants wouldn’t like it. I wondered why no one else would agree to a mem bership vote on the Side issue. Toward the end of the year some other strange things hap pened. We decided, with no finan cial report before us, to grant a ten per cent rebate to members. The basis of our decision was the fact that the checks had begun to be processed with that figure, and a change in the rebate would mean that members would not re ceive their checks until summer. On June 5, 1963, the Board of Directors passed a resolution changing the exportation date of membership from June 30 to Sept. 30, effective that same year. This was done to give graduating sen iors and summer students a ‘‘bet ter deal ” Or at least that's what the reason was that night. During the summer Mr. Henson acknowl edged to me that the primary rea son for that change was to make it difficult for a summer meeting to be called. I felt that I had been deliberately deceived. My experience on the Co-op Board has left me doubting the ability of the directors to make wise decisions on behalf of the members, possibly because so many votes were 6 to 1 or possibly because I learned something. I know that a board of directors with interest in the Co-op, quali fications for directing such a structure and time to spend is needed. At least we can resolve the fate of the Willcox building through membership debate and ballot. I hope the current board will continue this procedure to insure open discussions on possi ble reforms and a co-op that is run for students. OREGON DAILY EMERALD The Oregon Daily Emerald it published twice in September and five (Java a week during the academic year, except during ex animation and vacation periods by the Stu dent Publications Board of the University ol Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the poet office, Eugene, Oregon. Subscrip tion rates S5 per year; $2 per term Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the Emerald and do not pro tend to represent the opinion of the ASUO or the University. EVERETTE DENNIS. Editor JIM SPEER, Business Manager JANET GOETZE, Managing Editor to effect a rule making it com pulsory that music students at tend a certain percentage of university concerts and musi cal programs each term. Although the professors ar gued heatedly and at great length that the students needed to become more familiar with repertory, since the bulk of them would become music educators, the dean remained unmoved. He never allowed the rule to be put into effect. Some said it was be cause he believed that the rule was contrary to democratic free choice. Others said it was be cause he realized the students clearly had enough to do, with out burdening them further, since the students would receive no class credits for attending concerts, and especially since the persons most affected by the proposed regulation, that is, the students themselves, would have no voice in the decision to ac cept or reject it. Still others said the only rea son the faculty wanted to pass the rule at all was because they were required to attend concerts when they were students, but quickly added that that didn’t necessarily make it right, even though the very President of the University himself had to attend chapel when he was an under graduate! One rumor even theor ized that the dean thought grad uate assistants should have more noble things to do than act as attendance clerks at public func tions. Another rumor hinted that the regulation was only intended to insure large audiences at fac ulty recitals, but it was given little credence. But unfortunately, as inevi tably happens, the day came when the dean, well along in years, grew very ill and passed on. Before a new dean could be selected, the professors met. At long last they could pass their rule, and they did so by unani mous approval, with this notable omission: Not one professor sug gested that some research be done before the thesis “that com pulsory attendance would mir aculously produce better music teachers” be accepted as valid' What rash, unscientific action! What an excellent master’s or doctor’s project that would have been for some aspiring grad stu dent!! And what form of motiva tion did the professors utilize to encourage compliance with their new regulation? Did they explain to the students (many of them prospective teachers who would be influenced by the professors’ example) the many benefits and blessings that would accrue to the students from at tending the musical events? No. Rather, these honorable people chose only to threaten the stu dents, saying, “Students which fail to maintain satisfactory at tendance levels will be subject to disciplinary action by the dean’s office.” Or to paraphrase the statement, “Do as we say or we’ll punish you,” which is the antithesis of free, democratic institutions, and the basis of all militraistic, totalitarian systems. But a new dean has been se lected. Will he replant the demo cratic ideals of his late predeces sor, or will he ailow the weeds of arbitrary, dictatorial rules and regulations to continue to flourish in their place? Lynn E. Haldeman Master of Music, June ’63 Hindi, Swahili Classes Open for Registration For those interested in the Hindi and Swahili languages, classes are now being offered by the YMCA. The Hindi class will meet in 204 Chapman at 7 p m The Swahili class will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, also at 204 Chapman. There will be a charge of $2 for each class. 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