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.
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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
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twice in September and five (Java a week
during the academic year, except during ex
animation and vacation periods by the Stu
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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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