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University of Oregon, Eugene, Tuesday, February 21, 1967
The CIA
Went Too Far
Many students were suspicious of NSA before the Uni
versity joined in 1963. They claimed it was a leftist or even
Communist front and didn't want student fees spent on it.
It seems they’ve been duped. And so have the people who
claimed NSA was above any underground dealings.
Some will want to use the recently revealed CIA involve
ment with the organization as an excuse to pull out. We
hope they don't resort to those tactics.
According to the reports, no members of NSA except the
presidents have known of the ties with the CIA. And each
president, for the past 14 years or so. has been pledged to
secrecy and threatened with a prison sentence if he breaks
the trust. For that reason, it would hardly be fair to condemn
the whole NSA
While it is unfortunate that it has taken so long for NSA
to break its ties with the CIA, it is commendable that the
present officers have done so. We feel the action of former
ASUO President Phil Sherburne was very admirable and
only regret that the disclaimer didn’t come earlier.
The CIA has no reason to be involved with the academic
community. That organization was not established to deal
with domestic problems in the first place, except possibly
tracking down American communists. And if the CIA
directors had intentions of helping American students to
get representation in foreign countries it has only caused a
disaster comparable to the Bay of Pigs. It has failed miser
ably and has done more to harm student travel in foreign
countries and NSA dealings with other student organizations
than any government or private organization could dream
of. Why should hostile countries permit the entrance of
students who are possibly American spies?
We can understand the CIA being in sympathy with cer
tain American organizations. But they should confine their
their sympathy to moral support, not financial. If the CIA
directors wanted NSA to remain soluble, they should have
approached some other government branch, such as the
Department of Health. Education, and Welfare, and recom
mended it support the organization. Surely enough money
could have been raised through other government or private
means to keep'NSA going without the CIA’s money.
The educational systems and student groups are no place
for CIA involvement. In short, the CIA should stay out of
the academic community.
Survey Shows
Some Students Good
Are university students all immoral? Do they all blow
“pot” and wave protest signs? What do college freshmen
think about it? Ask the American Council on Education.
The council has just finished tabulating the answers of
more than 200,000 freshmen in 251 colleges, obtained in
the first such extensive survey of how college beginners see
themselves. They were not asked about narcotics but they
were asked about personal behavior, resulting in a profile
including the following particulars:
Only 15.5 per cent said they had ever participated in any
kind of a demonstration, but 63.5 per cent said they attended
church frequently.
Slightly more than half of those questioned, 53.5 said
they drank beer (nearly all were under 21, the legal age in
Oregon), but only 16.6 per cent said they smoked cigarettes.
The objective of an education these freshmen considered
to be the most important of all was, by a large margin, “to
help others who are in difficulty.”
The self-portrait may, of course, have some flaws. A
freshman, like anybody else, may have a somewhat unreal
istic view of himself. For example, only 24.6 per cent of the
women questioned thought their popularity with the other
sex was “above average,” but 32.3 per cent of the men
allowed as how they were more popular with the women
than the average guy.—The Oregonian
Emerald
Editor
Supports Action
Emerald Editor:
I want to thank you and con
gratulate you on the editorial
"Is Our Speaker Program Really
So Unbalanced?” I felt Rcpre
sentative Thornton should have
a whole list of speakers so send
the editorial to him inviting
comment.
Mrs. Terry E. Barnes
Rt. 3, Box 448
Hood River. Oregon
* * *
Sorry, Bill
Emerald Editor:
I realize that the latest vogue
and fashion in literature is to
ascribe authorship of some fa
mous literary works to some
one other than the generally
admitted author.
The most consistently harass
ed of these is Shakespeare. It
is the “in” thing to attribute
tht plays of this man to such
hazy literary figures as Sir Fran
cis Bacon.
It warms my heart to see you
folks bucking this tide of dis
repute. Whoever wrote the en
closed story (‘Oedipus Rex Film
Set for Monday'), from the
January 20 Emerald, is a cham
pion of believers in the bard
everywhere. If pedants are go
ing to divest Shakespeare of
works rightfully his it is only
fitting that he be given some
others to fill the gap.
It was a fine effort on your
part. However, the Greeks,
Sophocles included, arc pretty
firmly entrenched as rightful
authors of their attributed
works. Even though they come
from the misty dawn of our
literary heritage, there is still
ample proof to uphold Sopho
cles' authorship of Oedipus Rex
It was a gallant effort, though
I can only suggest that in pur
suing this worthwhile cause in
the future you turn to lesser
known, more easily disputed
authors than Sophocles in your
crusade to bolster the bard.
Keep up the good work If
you are successful, just imagine
the end results. Our grandchil
dren will be able to study an
entirely new, revised volume of
plays by any University English
Department’s favorite Eliza
bethan dramatist.
Robert L. White, Jr.
Press Secretary,
Hon. W. Wyatt
(former U. of O. student)
Editor’s Note: In an advance
story on an Oedipus Rex movie,
an Emerald reporter implied
Oedipus Rex was authored by
Shakespeare, which is not really
true ... is it?
"DM, IS HE. L\A.\ | THOO^HT WAS F.B. I.*
Emerald Editor:
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“Townies” Write In
Emerald Editor:
‘‘Good Grief” as Peanuts
would say, I thought the Emer
ald (that forum for the U of O
Bad Guys) was a University
rag for the students and faculty
to express their views, but Lo
and Behold, one of our local
letters to the editor writers has
come to iweacli and teach in
its hallowed columns.
So, as another "townie’’ I got
to get into the act. The Patron
izing big brother (or sister)
pitch is frankly really some
thing else.
To the Children attending the
U: You should read Horatio
Alger, The Bobbsie Twins, Little
Women and Robert Welch.
To the Faculty: You should
Down The Rabbit Hole
teach only the above, and bow
each morning and afternoon
North toward the Big Legisla
ture in Salem
For the va.st majority of you
that read the comics 1 would like
to share some inside info with
you. Did you know that Little
Orphan Annie is really a sixty
year old Com-Symp folk singer
from Berkeley, Phonic Joanie
is in real life A1 t'app's daugh
ter. Peanuts a tool of Godless
Communism, whatever the -
that is.
In fact anything that is edu
cational or fun is bad.
As regards to her reference to
Socialists, I didn't even know
Fabian had his own group. The
last time I saw that cat sing, I
figured he needed something
•else because man, he was really
bad.
I suggest you get rid of the
Left, deep six the Middle and
keep what's ''Right.”
And tonight took under your
beds for reds, take heed if your
friends or parents seem to not
want to impeach Ear! Warren
because they may be one too!
So in closing, please keep
as crummy "townies" out of
your newspaper, because most
of us are uptight and out of it
anyway.
Frank Ellington
Answers Needed
Emerald Editor:
As a concerned student not
directly affiliated with any part
of the School of Architecture and
Allied Arts, I should like to
pose some questions that seem
to beg answers—clear and sen
sible answers.
First: Why was the head of
the Art Department removed
from that position? The rea
son given—essentially that cer
tain administrators felt a change
was needed does not really seem
very reasonable and, as a mat
ter of fact, makes the entire act
seem rather arbitrary.
Second: If it is true that the
faculty of the Art Department
submitted to President Flem
ming a petition in May of 1966
requesting that the department
be moved to the College of Lib
eral Arts and that an investi
gation be made immediately of
the School of Architecture and
Allied Arts and its relationship
to the Art Department—if this
is true, and if the petition, sug
gested urgency in the matter,
why has it taken this long for
the president to take steps in
this direction?
Third: If it is true that Pres
ident Flemming is asking out
side “experts” to come in and
examine the situation before any
decision is made concerning the
position of the art department,
there are these questions to
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