The Oregon Daily Emerald is published five days a week during the school year except examination and vacation periods, by the Student Publications Hoard of the Univer sity of Oregon. Entered as second class matter at the post office, Eugene, Oregon. Sub scription rates: $5 per school year; $2 a term. Opinions expressed on the editorial pages are those nf the writer and do not pretend to represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Unsigned editorials are written by the editor; initiated editorials by the associate editors. JOE GARDNER, Editor JEAN SAXD1XF.. Business Manager PICK LEWIS, JACKIE WARDEI.l.. Associat.' Editors PACE KEEFE. Managing EditorDONNA Rl'NHERO, Ailvrrtisinn Manager JERRY HAKREI.L. News EditorGORDON’ RICE, Sports Editor Needed: Better Service That new self-service coffee bar in the Student Union is a great idea; really speeds up service. It’s a shame it’s not used more often. Some people claim they’ve never seen it in operation. We have. It was opened Tuesday morning at about 9:20—right after the rush was over. What’s wrong with the SU soda bar? Frankly, we don’t know. But we do know we’ve heard more than the usual number of complaints this year. Complaints on the service, the coffee, the juke box and the personnel. And we think a lot of these complaints are justified. We can sympathize with the problems of restaurant operation, but we begin to wonder if the SU set-up is as good as it could be. We begin to wonder when the coffee tastes the way it did last week-end. Perhaps students complain about SU coffee because they just don’t like it very strong. But there’s a limit beyond which even the most hardy advocates of “make it good and black” won’t go. SU coffee has reached that stage. We also begin to wonder when you wait 15 minutes for a cup of coffee or 45 for a sandwich. We were in the SU the night of the Bunion Derby—a night when a brisk business could be expected. The soda bar was woefully under-staffed. As for Sunday nights—it’s impossible to stop at the SU for a quick sandwich. It’s faster to go several blocks away. Of course, labor costs are a problem to the soda bar, which should operate on a profit basis. But why couldn’t the people you see clearing tables be put to work behind the counter so that both sides could be opened and service be speeded up. We’re sure Oregon students wouldn’t be terribly upset at having to clear their own tables—after all, carrying a coffee cup isn’t much of a strain. The juke box—new this year—does sound rather "tinny,” but this is not an earth-shaking matter. Sometimes the soda bar personnel aren’t the most pleasant of people—but would you be if you’d been working at top speed for a couple of hours without much help? Besides that, they have to wait on people like us who probably snap at them too. All we ask for is faster service and coffee that doesn’t taste as if it had been standing for a week. With that we could probably stand listening to “Skokian” four times in one hour.—(J.W.) The Prosecution Rests At the conclusion of men and women’s rushing two and ar half weeks ago, the Emerald editorially expressed the opin ion that a rush week held simultaneously with the first week of classes was a mistake. A week ago Monday we reported the results of a random sampling of student opinion which indicated that many students agreed with us. To date we have received no formal indication that there is any disagreement with us on this issue. Are we to assume that all agree fall term rushing held during the first week of classes is a terrible mistake? Such an assumption, we feel, would indeed be hasty. Ad ministration officials and the student officers of the Panhel lenic council and the Inter-fraternity council have given a great deal of thought to this problem of fall term rushing. They must have some of the answers to the questions we posed in our editorial. A rush week coinciding with the first week of classes makes it impossible for hundreds of Greeks and rushees to pay any attention to studies at the crucial “foundation” period for the entire term. Is rushing considered so nonessential as to throw it in with classes? Are studies so undervalued as to think they take no time even during the first week? Many freshmen, we feel, are forced to make lightning de cisions in pledging houses they can know little about after being on campus only one week. Is this fair to the rushee? Is this fair to those houses who are not well known off cam pus? Doesn’t this favor the so-called “big name” houses? We suggested in our editorial that IFC and Panhellenic consider a winter term rush period. What are the arguments against winter term rushing? What are the arguments in favor of an early fall term rushing period? We admit we don’t know all the answers to these questions. We would like to know them. The defense of a rushing sched ule so criticized must come from those responsible for that schedule. We await that defense. maa iifumii am a . .r' " ..1' ' ■—~ i Letters... • • • to the Editor | Emerald Editor: I’ve started this letter many times but have’n’t been able to finish it because the words would not match the strong feeling be hind them. I’ve written it subtly, comically and stinging with sa tire, but I’ve finally decided that a factual list would be the best. 1. John Jensen is an enter tainer. He has never claimed, as have some of our nobler students, unsullied Innocence. He was picked as director I lo calise he would turn out the most entertaining show. He quit because he did not In tend to flatter the shammed, tittering piety of a narrow minded minority in Portland. 2. Most of the lines which have been branded as vulgarities are suggestive lines, and only a per son with a knowledge of vul garities would understand them. Evil to him who evil thinks. 3. The entertainer should not be criticized because he gives his audience what they demand and enjoy. You should not hang the cook because the diners continu ally crave Lobster-Chocolate Casserole. This is what they want. But if they ask for steak and she brings them Lobster Chocolate Casserole, the diners themselves will fire her. No one needs taste their food for them. 4. Editor Gardner is right about one thing. The "acting I blood” will overcome the per- 1 formers present anger; it will also flow with the ebb of popu lar opinion. If the public ma jority does not like the actor's performance, the actor, be cause of this "acting blood” will change it by himself. Does this desire for freedom to please seem “childish”? ' A suggestion for a solution would be this: produce the show, present it to the public in the SU ballroom and let them, the diversified, uncultured public, choose what acta may be kept and what acts may not. This Is a means founded many years ago called popular vote. Would you, as the common audience, agree to this plan? Ken Kesey Huxley Talk Draws 2800 (Continued from page one) great step forward by saying that all men have an equal chance for salvation,” Huxley said. Huxley, the author or co author of 30 books, has written in the fields of religion, poetry, philosophy, and biology. He has held several key posts in the United Nations organization. El don L. Johnson, dean of the college of liberal arts and the graduate schols, opened the Charter day observance with in troductory remarks on the gen eral theme and on the history of the University. Raymond T. Ellickson, profes sor of physics and associate dear, of the graduate school, presided over the meeting. Petitioning Closes For YW Karnival Today is the deadline for pe titions for the Kiddie Karnival which is sponsored by the YWCA for the children of Eugene on November 5. Committees open to petition ers are: promotion (posters, fly ing speeches, flyers) script, dec orations, prizes, booths and games, and entertainment. Petitions may be picked up and returned to the ASUO pe tition box on the third floor of the Student Union until 5 p.m. today. UO Parents to Hold Joint Meeting Tonight A joint meeting of the Oregon Mother’s and Dad’s clubs will be beld in Gerlinger hall tonight at 7:30 p.m., Mrs. Paul Price, president of the Mother’s club, announced Tuesday. Parents of freshmen are urged to attend. Campus Calendar 10:00 Chafee Lect Dadsrm HU Moon White Capa 110 SU French Tbl 112 SU 1:00 Homeg Dance 313 SU Oregana Staff 334 SU SU Bd 337 SU Sein Coffee Hr Forum Dudsrm SU »:30 Queen Wait 110 SU Queen Selection 111 SU r.OO Eta Mu Pi 112 SU U of O Insurance Soc 315 SU Educ Movie 138 CW r :15 Mens PK Dadsrm SU r :30 Littman Lect 201 SU j Noise Parade 313 SU Mom & Dads .It. Meet Gerl 2nd FI 3:00 YM Mbrshp 334 SU £ According to the hospital record board, one girl and two j Boys; Donna Mae Paterson, i Bruce T. Moriarty, and Lawrence Beckius were confined to the j infirmury Tuesday for medical ittention. KWAX to Broadcast French Entertainment "Comedle Francalse" is pre sented by radio KWAX eVery Sunday from 2 until 3:8t) p.m. for French students and others Interested In the language. The program, which hroadcaata French comedies and cnt