At Second Qlance By TED HARMON This rain’s spoiling everything. Along with nearly fifteen house dances this weekend, with the in firmary’s enrollment on the in crease, and damp clothes strung in front of dormitory windows, this rain is causing a lot of griev ances this weekend. According to the weather man, there’ll be no letup over the three-day week end, either. WEATHER FORECAST: Saturday—Mist Sunday—Mist Monday—Bullseye! Along the prom by the library yesterday afternoon, two campus wags were commenting while watching rain-soaked coeds slide hither and yon through the down pour. Along came several Pi Phis in boots and one of the boys called “Hi Yo, Silver.” Instead of the usual feminine frigidity, the answer came back, “Next time try a horse.” With her dark curls cascading over her forehead, Leona La Duke found refuge in the Side. Two pretty flowers peeped out from behind her scarf and Leona commented: “we need a little spring on this campus . . . don’t we?” IT’S SOMEBODY’S BIRTH DAY DEPARTMENT: Mainly, Nancy Gardner, Theta, who was twenty-one on Armistice day. For a present she received a small barrel with a small fir tree stuck in the middle, bedecked with yel low and green ribbons. At the base of the tree were three stub bies, with the caption, “It’s all legal now, Nancy!” Then there’s Alpha Chi’s “Miss Carolyn” who insists that next year she’s going to bring back to the campus her two Great Danes. They’re dogs, you know. As to how that’ll affect the Alpha Chi house bill, there’s still some worry. Out at the new ice rink, which seems to be attracting a lot of students, we got a kick out of watching Tri-Dolt Marilyn Beard showing Kap Sig Bert Hagan how to waltz on skates. Then Sigma Chi Jeff Kitchen, who claims that he’s “used to skating on big lakes” crouching down in order to turn in the somewhat smaller indoor area; something like a bronco-buster in a lion’s cage. Editor Helen Angell was there too. . . . First it was the Alpha Phis, and then the Tridelts. Anyway, some wagster had been phoning up the sororities, using Beta Bing Osbourne’s name. Speaking “for him” as social chairman, this voice asked the sororities if their pledges wouldn't like to go to a dancing party with the Beta freshmen. Closer check-up on the part of Bing proved that it was all a joke; in fact he said so even before anyone had even said a word on the telephone, it got so monotonous. PINOVATIONS: There’s Phi Psi Joe Kennedy and Barbara Lee Jacobs who, although the pin has been there a long time, trade it back and forth each week, for the sake of variety. Patty Clark, Alf gam, has taken Don Campbell’s brass after some Sigma Nuver ing, while another Alfgam, Irene Heverson was married this week to Stan Anderson from Santa Clara. He’ll be leaving for Ha waii within a week with the air corps. There’s the light in Betty Lou Brugman’s eyes again as boy friend Chan Kilburn, Sigma Chi, returns for the weekend as well as the Theta house dance. Unable (Please turn to page seven) Oregon 1$ Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods by the Associated Students, University of Oregon. Subscription rates: $1.26 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second :lass matter at the postffice, Eugene, Oregon. HELEN ANGELL. Editor FRED MAY, Business Manager Associate Editors: Betty Jane Biggs, Hal Olney Kay Schrick, Manatrinp Editor Bob Frazier, News Editor Jim Thayer, Advertising Manager Warren Roper, National Advertising Manager Editorial board : Buck Buehwach, Hal Olney, Betty Jane Biggs, Ray Schrick, Jonathan Kahananui; Professor George Turnbull, adviser. UPPER NEWS STAFF jonatnan aanananui, i^ee rlaiperg, Co-Sports Editors Corrine Nelson, Mildred Wilson, Co-Women’s Editors Xiciu i cmiy, mjui xiuiuii) xiooiovou* Managing Editors Joanne Nichols, Assistant News Editor Mary Wolf, Exchange Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Helen Rayburn, Layout Manager Dave Holmes, Circulation Manager Maryellen Smith, Special Issue Manager Alvera Maeder, L«ota wniteioCK, Classified Managers Helen Flynn, Office Manager Peggy Magill, Promotional Director 1941 Member 1942 Associated Gollefciate Press Six New Keys r’piIREE years of scholarship and intellectual endeavor on the part of six University of Oregon students brought them due reward Thursday night when they were named to wear the key of Phi Beta Kappa, as members of the traditional Senior Six. Each one of these four senior men and two girls have worked hard for the honor that has come to them, all in difficult fields. Their selection is an earned one. It is especially fine that the selection of the Senior Six of Phi Beta Kappa continues to maintain its high standards of selection, for these half dozen students are truly the Univer sity’s prime examples of the scholarly approach to studies. * * * # ^SPECIALLY outstanding is Nicholas Riasanovsky, Russian student, who at 17 years of age is a senior in history with a grade point average of 3.79 for his three years on the campus. A mind well above his age and a sincere desire to know are out standing qualities of this intelligent son of the well-known author of “The Family,” Nina Fedorova. Economics expert Walter Krause is well-known on the cam pus for his excellent work. Bob Lovell, Koyl cup winner, presi dent of the YMCA last year, member of the ASUO executive committee, has successfully combined high scholarship in busi ness administration with a full activity schedule. Interested in campus affairs too is Milton Small, whose witty manner behind library desks, where he works his way through col lege, is a campus tradition. His field is history. Avis Kleinme, pleasant-mannered and studious, lias worked hard in English for the coveted honor; Alice Luvaas keeps up her family record for outstanding grades by completing the list of this year's Senior Six. A Slap on the Wrist... J^AST year the freshman week committee and various campus honoraries contributed toward the publication of an Ore gon etiquette book. One very important courtesy, assembly con duct, was neglected in it. As Thursday programs roll by, students come away from Gerlinger more disgusted than ever with their classmates. The administration has gone to much trouble and expense to pro vide world-famous and impressive speakers. Weekly tliese lec turers are “applauded” before their speech is finished by an aisle full of students marching homeward. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^TyNE of the main causes of the 11:30 “migration” is undoubt edly the fact that many Greek houses make is compulsory for their freshmen to attend assemblies. After a half hour or so «• the pledges feel they have done their duty and “quietly” try to sneak out. If one of the service honoraries on the campus, perhaps Skull and Dagger, would take this problem under consideration an easy solution could be obtained. If Skull and Dagger were to institute an “assembly courtesy campaign”—making house-to-house talks on assembly behavior and by reprimanding posters, the campus would perhaps be come conduct-conscious. # # # # small squadron of uniform-clad Skull and Dagger men at the door of Gerlinger would further remind restless freshmen that once in. it's the thing to do to wait until the chairman dismisses the assembly before the dash for lunch. Of course, it is not freshmen alone who file out before the speaker has reached his climax but they are one of the main offenders. Skull and Dagger would be the ones with the author ity to impress upon first year men that “lunch will wait.” Wnitesi 'M’Uf&i Labor Make Sacrifices Too - By DON TREADGOLD We heard Friday noon on the radio that the president had told John L. Lewis that he would not lift a finger to help him force a closed shop on the 5 per cent of the “captive” coal miners who want no union. No doubt the whole nation will applaud his resolution, especially as he added to Lewis that the “captive mines (ownet[ by the steel companies) must continue operating, whatever the outcome of the dispute. _ Public opinion has become more and more angry with organized labor as the little man has begun to feel the press of added taxes, higher prices, shortage of goods he needs. Himself making real sacrifices, he feels organized la bor is failing to do its share. Anger Spreads This anger is spreading. De claring that it is absurd and use less not to include ceilings on wages as well as prices in bills now in congress, General Hugh Johnson says flatly, “the reason that absurdity is practiced is pure cringing fear of labor’s po litical power.” Of course Johnson is never noted for pussyfooting. Labor’s political power is tre mendous, but congressmen are rebelling against it. Utterly ex asperated, Virginia’s Senator Byrd has declared, “As a support er, up to date, of the president’s foreign policy, I serve notice now that I do not intend to consider voting one step closer to war, except in our own defense, so long as sound and structive measures are not adopted, stopping at once all defense industry strikes and removing barriers of incompe tency and inefficiency now per meating the defense program.” (Please turn to page seven) -I ^tvade JlcUt... By MARY WOLF Prof.: Brown? Voice: Here. Prof.: I don’t see Brown. Who answered for him ? Voice: I did. I thought you called my name. Prof.: What’s your name ? Voice: Stevenoplotski.—Denver Clarion. * * * Northwestern university—Mas cot may be a wildcat (a real live one). A strange Texan, has a nine-month old wildcat that he wants to sell to the school for a measly $60. This little ball of fur is about 15 inches long and weighs over nine pounds. The senior commission, authorized by the SGB to purchase the animal, thinks it would look cute follow ing the cheerleaders around. The little rascal is a bit on the tough side, and the university might object to buying wooden legs af ter each game—or, replacing cheerleaders! I got out of bed—The wrong side at that I ran down the stairs and fell on the cat. I couldn’t find my clothes—My hair was a mess, And to find my books—I could only guess. The period began—We had a test, I answered three—And flunked the rest. I lost my pencil—My shoestring broke. The kids all laughed — They thought it a joke. The day finally ended.With a sigh of relief I thought of myself and all of my grief. I figured I'd been badly abused, But perhaps more than that a little confused. —Whirlwind. * * * Ho v ghastly tc live in the first year When Jesus did on earth appear, 'Snap' fjud