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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1967
No. M
Policy Restricts
Graduate Study
Only student* who are candidates for an advanced degree will
be admitted to the University Graduate School under new proce
dures announced by the Graduate Council.
Other students interested in post-baccalaureate study will be
admitted as unclassified students under the new plan, and not as
members of the Graduate School as in the past. They should
apply at the Admissions Office in Emerald Hall.
Students who wish to take an advanced degree must secure
approval from their department or school before being admitted
to the Graduate School.
Applications and other admissions material arc available in
each department or school offering a graduate degree.
Students planning to seek admission for fall, 1907, arc urged to
begin application procedures as soon as passible, according to
Frank Earner, associate dean of the Graduate School.
The policy change by the Graduate Council was said to be
taken to assure equal treatment for all applicants. The recently
published graduate admissions application form is for use by
both University undergraduates and applicants from other in
stitutions.
Further information is available at the Graduate School offices
in Susan Campbell Hall.
'Major Poet' Auden
To Discuss Works
The Failing Lecture featuring
Wystan Hugh Auden has been
changed to 8:30 p.m. today in the
Student Union Ballroom.
Auden will read and comment
on selections of his own poetry
and passages from other poets.
Auden, according to Time Mag
azine. is "the only man left in
the English-speaking world who
can be called a major poet."
He received his education at
(freshmam's school, Holt, and at
Christ Church, Oxford. In Lon
don he became associated with a
group of writers, among them
Christopher Isherwood and Ste
phen Spender.
They were soon recognized as
the mast promising of the new
generation of English writers.
fie collaborated with Isher
wood on the plays. "The Dog Be
neath the Skin,” ‘The Ascent of
K6," and "On the Frontier," in
addition to "Journey to a War,"
a prose record of experience in
China.
Several of the leading poetry
awards and prizes have been
presented to Auden. The Rollin
gcn Prize for Poetry, 1953; the
, National Hook Award for "The
: Shield of Achilles,” 1956; Alex
ander Droutsky Memorial Award,
1959; and the Guiness Poetry
Award, 1959, are among his many
honors.
Auden is scheduled to speak
Thursday night at Lewis and
Clark College as the school con
tinues to celebrate its centennial.
In order to avoid possible con
flict between the Auden lecture
and the Condon lecture featuring
Jacob Bronowskl, Bronowski will
speak at 7:30 p.m. today in 150
Science.
Thornton Proposes
Prohibitive Bill
By NOMI BORENSTEIN
Kmrrald Associate Editor
The latest of the ASUO's "con
troversial” speakers, State Rep
resentative Leo Thornton (R-Mil
waukie) defined the three R’s of
citizenship to an audience of
about 250 Monday.
His platform, as he defined
it Monday, is that the first R—
rights—must be tempered by the
other two R’s of citizenship —
responsibility and restraint.
Thornton, who has objected to
the “controversial” speakers in
j vited by the ASUO to speak on
i campus, said he has handed over
i a bill—with a priority rating —
to the Legislative Council.
If passed, Thornton’s bill
would direct the State Board of
Higher Education to prohibit the
appearance of speakers who are
“salesmen of lawlessness” or ad
vocate the overthrow of either
the State of Oregon or U.S. Con
stitution on state-supported cam-!
puses.
Thornton opened his speech by j
saying that, “I have no qualms
about the ability of students to
handle the situation—I’ve found
out that they can even handle
me.”
Thornton said that speakers—
such as LSD advocate Timothy
Leo Thornton
State Legislators Air Views
On Proposed Tuition Hike
Editor's Note: Soon the Legislature and especially its Ways
and Means Committee will begin consideration of the budget
for higher education. Among the problems they will have to
face is whether they will provide enough money to make the tui
tion increase proposed by the State Board of Higher Education
unnecessary. Late last week the Emerald interviewed several
state legislators about their opinions on the tuition hike.
By PHIL SEMAS
EmeraJd Editor
SALEM (Special)—Ask a state legislator about tuition increases
and he’ll prbobaly get a rather pained expression on his face.
Most state legistlators don’t like the idea of increasing tuition
any more than they do raising taxes. But they also say the in
crease is probably necessary.
They also point out that raising tuition isn’t their decision.
That’s the State Board of Higher Education’s job.
But some, like House Speaker F. F. "Monte” Montgomery (R
Eugene) and Representative Richard Kennedy (D-Eugene), say
the increase isn’t needed.
Kennedy has proposed a bill giving the Legislature the final
authority to decide on tuition increases.
But Montgomery and most other legislators who are familiar
with Kennedy’s bill say they’re opposed to it.
Senate President E. D. Potts says he “would have to back the
Board of Higher Education until they’ve proven wrong.”
“Every member of the Senate feels that every young man and
woman should have an education, but the time may have come
when they have to pay a little more,” Potts says.
‘I LIKE TAXPAYERS’
“I like taxpayers not tax receivers, which is what education
gives us,” Potts says. “I’d hate to see a situation where needy
students couldn’t go to school.”
But the Senate president says he doesn’t believe the present
tuition rates exclude anyone from college.
Like many other legislators, Potts, who was chairman of the
Ways and Means Education Subcommittee last year, says he
wants to “study the figures” in the higher education budget before
he finally makes up his mind about tuition.
"You get into guessing-’ with the higher education budget,
which is based on enrollment projections, Potts says. "1 don't
think they’re (higher education) as loaded with students as
they'd like us to believe.”
■‘1 don’t criticize the Board of Higher Education for coming
to the Legislature with the best possible program," Potts says,
"but they shouldn’t be too critical of us if we can’t pay for all
of it.”
One of the key men in deciding how much the Legislature can
pay for is Senator Dan Theil (D-Astoria), co-chairman of the joint
Ways and Means Committee.
IIow likely is it that higher education will get enough tax funds
to make the tuition increase unnecessary?
TUITION A BURDEN
“I know what kind of a burden tuition Is.” says Theil, who
has a daughter at the University. "1 hope we can see our way
clear to support higher education without having to raise these
costs.”
Theil said he is surprised to find the State System of Higher
Education advocating a tuition increase before its budget is ap
proved by the Legislature.
On the reasoning advanced by Chancellor Roy E. Lieuallen
that they won’t get enough money, making a tuition increase
inevitable, Theil said:
“1 think this is their general feeling each session and it’s
probably true,” but he added he still hopes enough money will
be available to avoid the increase.
The anti-tuition increase view held by Montgomery and Kennedy
by no means predominates on the House side.
"I think I’ll support it,” says Representative Don McKinnis (D
Summerville), “but I have some reservations.”
McKinnis objects to the extensive use of bonds for building
projects recommended by Governor Tom McCall in his higher
education budget.
“I would prefer a tuition increase and the use of more tax
money to more bonding,” McKinnis says
McKinnis also attacked what he called the "frills” in what stu
dents pay, refering to the $10 building fee and the $22 incidental
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Leary—have abused the right of
free speech: “It is my conviction
that it has been abused and by
and large the public agrees with
me that this right has been
abused.”
Thornton said he bases this
conviction on two bases. One is
that when people like Leary
speak at public institutions their
theories "obtain an air of re
spectability and acceptance.”
He objected also to “the bizarre,
sideshow setting” in which these
events take place. When one of
the students—who were unrecep
tive but polite—asked what he
thought of the debate between
Leary and Cohen, who argued
against the use of LSD, Thornton
replied: “I’m not concerned. It’s
a sideshow situation whether it’s
one man or 20. I'm concerned
with that one man.”
Could Russian Speak?
One of the students asked
Thornton if he would allow Rus
sian Premier Alexi Kosygin to
speak on campus. Thornton an
swered “no—especially in view
of the Viet Nam situation.
“There are other ways in which
students can learn these things
—without listening to a speaker.”
Thornton’s statement that his
bill wouldn’t be in conflict with
the first amendment bought a
hostile- disbelieving reaction from
the students.
“There is a law existing in this
state, and in the U.S. Constitu
tion) that says the first amend
ment does not exist for anyone
who advocates the violent over
throw of the government.”
Students seemed to feel that
none of the speakers Thornton
has objected to—George Lincoln
Rockwell, Stokely Carmichael, or
Leary—has advocated the over
throw of the government.
Thornton backed his statement
up by saying that rights must be
tempered with responsibility and
restraint and reminding his au
dience once again that “rights
can be forfeited.”
He defined responsibility as
“that which relates to govern
ment by law—not government by
the whims of man. And govern
ment by law is the rule in this
country.”
State Owns Land
During his press conference,
Thornton was asked if he knew
that no state money goes to
the upkeep or administration of
the two buildings—the Student
Union and McArthur Court —
where the speakers have appear
ed. All of this is student fee
money. Upon questioning Thorn
ton found out that the state paid
for the land on which the build
ings stand, giving, according to
Thornton, the public right to
have its say about the speakers
who use them.
He reminded the audience lat
er on that these “controversial
salesmen” can use “farmer
Jones’ barn," and told them that
he supported the Seattle City
Council’s move not to let Leary
use the Seattle Opera House.
He closed by reminding the stu
dents that education is a priv
ilege not a right. Few of the stu
dents seem to agree. He also re
minded them that “education is
the state’s biggest concern.”
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Index
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1 Classified.page 7 |
| Campus Briefs .page 8
| Sports .page 4
J Today’s Events.page 3
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