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Homecoming Change Panel Says Tradition Stays By JOHN JUNKINS Of the Emerald Don’t abolish Homecoming, but question its function and make changes. Then, if students are still no longer interested, the program "will fall of its own weight," That was the general con census in an SU Fishbowl de bate Thursday, discussing Home coming ’09? " Participating in the debate were Robert Glass, president of the Alumni Association, Mike Fancher, Emerald editor; and Robert Horn, professor of Eng lish. Glass stated that Homecom ing “most certainly needs changes," but did not want it to be abolished. He felt alumni should become more involved and that part of the undergradu ates' function was to act as hosts to reiurning alumni. Fancher mentioned that “not mere than 30 people in the room are listening to this dis cussion,” suggesting “this is the story of Homecoming today.” "This year the Emerald gave the event the most publicity in five years, and Homecoming still fell flat on its face," he said. He said the reasons for this was Homecoming "is the type of thing that holds expectations of alumni, but not of the stu dents." Expectations change as the students do, he said. The philosophy of the Emer ald reflects this changing func tion, he stated. "The Emerald doesn't care about Homecom ing” He explained the Homecom ing edition of the paper as an effort to get students interested in changing the program, not as a real effort to abolish it. Horn recognized Homecoming as a part of tradition, which he felt had a value in keeping the University together. The func tion is to "hold alumni interest Flemming Links School, Industry University President Arthur S. Flemming, at a Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce education committee meeting recently, forecast a closer tic between the University and the local industries. "Just the beginning of sci entific investigation by the school for area industry” was the way he described a $23,405 grant by the Weyerhaeuser Com pany to test a theory of elimi nating mill odors by freezing. Flemming indicated that he would be interested in starting other University-business com munity programs, such as having various businesses assign men to the University as a mutual benefit agreement, or a yearly business-industry workshop here. He also stressed the Univer sity’s economic status in the community by noting that 1967 expenditures were nearly $40 million, which is spread more evenly throughout the year as the summer term becomes in creasingly important. EUROPE $33600 ROUND TRIP 6th Annual Charter Flight June 1 7 Portfand-London September 8 London-Portland via polar propjet Write or call: Bea Couchman 2443}*: Willamette St. Eugene, Oregon Telephone 344-2196 and their support, he said. He suggested that if some tra ditions were abolished, others would follow. Asked by moderator John Upkc of the EMU Forum Com mittee how big a part under graduates should play in Home coming, Fanchcr replied, “they don’t have any time to play as hosts." As a result there is a "ridiculous turnout for a cam pus of 14,000 students.” Horn felt that more "esprit de corps” was needed in the dorms, which he felt would lead to more needed undergraduate participation. As an example, he offered the sign contest as a means of bringing people to gether. Fancher extended his criti cism to all traditional events. “Alumni should come back and see what life is like here today, he said. The University is a "questioning exercise,” with the role of "experimentation.” "These events are traditional, but the university is not a tradi tional place,” he said. Glass responded by suggest ing the alumni "are interested in seeing old classmates, not changes on campus.” For this reason the focus should remain on athletics. A large role of Homecoming is public relations to establish good will with alum ni, he said. Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Dally Emerald la pub lished Monday thru Friday, Septem ber to May, except during exam and vacation period**. Bi-weekly June thru the first week of August, once a week the last three weeks of August, by the Publications Board of the University of Oregon. Second-class postage paid at Eu gene, Oregon 97403. Subscription rates $8 per year, $3 per term. Want to really get results? Use Emerald Classified Aas Boycott Effects School Change IXE.W havkin, conn. — Although Albertus Magnus College, a small Catholic girls’ school here, is probably much like most other girls’ church schools — quiet, somewhat in grown, but also more a com munity than larger schools — it is also a place where the stu dents, when they begin to fight for something, all fight together. Friday, December 1, in the wake of the suspension of 21 girls who had tried to liberalize the college’s dress and dormi tory regulations, all but 30 of the nearly 700 students at the school boycotted classes in pro test. By Monday the administra tion had reinstated the suspend ed students and had agreed to work toward a new constitution that will probably give students a greater voice in campus af fairs than they have had. In addition the administration had agreed to set up a new cam pus government to replace the one it abolished in the earlier controversy over dorm hours and dress regulations. The suspension of the 21 girls came last week, after they had voted to extend curfew hours and allow students to wear slacks on campus. All 21 were members of the Coopera tive Council, which includes both students and members of the administration. 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