OREGON DAILY EMERALD Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the Emerald and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the ASUO or the University. Opinions expressed in signed columns are those of the writer. LOUIE ABRAMSON* Business Manager MAXINE ELLIOTT News Editor LHLLK. KCAittS, ROllOr BOB CARL Managing Editor PHIL SEMAS Associate Editor WILBUR BISHOP. JR. Advertising Munuger ALLEN BAILEY Associate Editor Page 6 University of Oregon, Eugene, Monday, February 7, ISbti Maybe the Faculty Does Care Credit b\ Examination Is a Good Idea — and It Can Still Be Improved We asked the question during the battle over the Mosser plan to reward good under graduate teachers: does the faculty care ibout students and the kind of education they're getting? Last Wednesday’s faculty decision to al low undergraduates to earn credit by ex amination shows that faculty members are willing to move ahead, that they are inter ested in their students. During the Mosser plan debacle, many faculty members arched their backs when students demanded a voice in the discus sion: many said that students should leave academic reforms to the faculty. Students responded by decrying the lack of action taken by the faculty in these areas. Maybe the faculty, with a little prodding by students, has begun to mend its own fences. We hope so. Last Wednesday's ac tion proves that faculty members do want to improve the University. Allowing students to earn credit by tak ing a test—a long overdue step—should prove beneficial to both faculty and stu dents. Faculty members won’t have to teach stu dents who already have a thorough knowl edge of the course matter. They can now concentrate on the students who are seek ing to learn something that’s new to them. Students should benefit because they won’t have to waste their time sitting through lectures and taking examinations on subjects which they already understand. But the faculty should have gone one step further by allowing incoming fresh men. who now are given the opportunity to be exempted from such courses as English composition, first-year math, and first- and second-year foreign languages, to earn Uni versity credit instead of just receiving ex emptions from these courses. Incoming freshmen who do exceptionally veil on College Board examinations can be excused from one or more of the introduc tory courses at the University. Others can take a second examination on the campus and get all or part of their requirements waived. Many freshmen, instead of taking this exemption without credit, decide to take the course work so that they can receive credit. If they received credit for their superior marks on the College Boards, they could start their college career by taking more interesting and challenging courses, and still receive credit for the courses they by-passed. The faculty ought to take a close look at this suggestion. It would further im prove the decision they made last Wednes day. At any rate, the decision to offer Univer sity credit for undergraduate students through examinations is a step in the right direction. It shows that the faculty is will ing to take progressive action, and serves to help deodorize the stench that emanated from room 150 Science on the first Wed nesday of every month during the Mosser debacle. Smart Girls Which campus living organization has the smartest members? That probably will never be fairly an swered But judging from the grade lists each term the women seem to have a dis tinct edge over the men. We checked figures for the past five fall terms and the suspicion was confirmed. Taking the five groups with the highest fall grades, we found that men’s units placed only four times out of a possible 25 positions. Of the other 21 spots occupied by the girls. 13 involved sororities, five went to the co-ops and three to the women’s dorms. Highland House and Kappa Kappa Gamma were each in the top group three times. Highland made first place twice, the only group to do so. Delta Gamma. University House, Kappa Alpha Theta. Campbell Club and Pi Beta Phi all made the list twice. Letters to the Editor uiuiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiinnuiiiminiui nrniimuiHiiiiiiHnttiiinnriiiininiiiuiiiiir Candidates’ platform state ments must be submitted for publication by 4 p.m. today in 301 Allen Hall. They must not exceed 100 words per candidate. They will appear in Tuesday’s Emerald. Letters to the editor endors ing or attacking candidates or discussing the election in any other way must also be sub mitted by 4 p.m. today for Tues day’s paper. No letters con cerning the election may appear in Wednesday’s Emerald. Bartlett Hypocrit Emerald Editor: In an article entitled ‘ How to Make Portland Safe For Hypoc risy” Scott Bartlett has proven himself a hypocrite. Earlier this year I signed a petition backed by, among others, Mr. Bartlett. I was led to believe the petition backed President Johnson’s peace offen sive and wasn’t against our in volvement in Viet Nam. I asked Mr. Bartlett if the backers were for the U.S. pulling out of Viet Nam before peace has been achieved and he said no. I got no impression of the attitude Mr. Bartlett took in his article in which he questions the moral ity of our involvement in Viet Nam and is critical of our ac tions. The entire article is farcial. I don't agree with the banning of topless dancers but I hardly think it is an art which can be compared to classical nude sculpturing, questionable Bib lical passage,” D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller or any other ex amples the learned Mr. Bartlett listed. Mr. Bartlett is either extreme ly naive, which 1 doubt, or he is making a phony attempt to identify himself with the “New Generation,” "Sex Revolution,” or whatever movement he chooses to call it. I wonder if Mr. Bartlett has looked into the possibility of adding a curricu lum in the art of go-go dancing for the College of Liberal Arts? Bob Olds Journalism * * * VRs Extend Welcome Emerald Editor: We would like to welcome newly-elected Young Democrat President Larry Beathe to parti san campus political organiza tions. Seeing as how the election meeting is the first YD meeting he has bothered to attend, we feel that his statement that he is a “marginal member” is quite accurate. As Young Re publicans, we only hope that he calls as many meetings in the future as he has attended in the past. Don Powell Senior, Political Science Chairman, L'. of O. Young Republicans Gene Hazel Sophomore, Political Sci. Executive Vice Chairman, U. of O. Young Republicans *NWA,TH1S 5TUffy ?.£tN K