+ EMERALD EDITORIALS + Emerald Policy “Through these columns we shall en deavor to keep the students informed as to what is happening around them and to point out every possible avenue of advancement.” The above, the Emerald’s first statement of policy, appeared in the campus paper February 12, 1900. With the mid-term change in Emerald staffs being made, we feel that a statement, or a re-statement of the Emerald’s editorial policy is in order. The Emerald will continue to present the campus news in detail and the inter national highlights of the news. Through the editorial columns, we shall present comment (opinion, if you will) on the news, especially the campus news. We shall print all the news about stu dents or of interest to students, with good taste and news value as the only determin ing factors. One story will not be given pref erence over another in “play” for personal reasons on the part of the staff. Letters to the editor are welcome, for they serve as a sounding board of student opinion. All we ask is that these letters be signed arid either typed or legibly hand written. Names will be withheld bv request to the editor when there appears to be good reason. Opinions in editorials are those of the writers, and are not intended to reflect the opinion of the ASUO or the Univer sity. Columns written as editorial features are also the opinions of the writer and not necessarily of the Oregon Daily Emerald. The editorial policy of the Emerald is not a one-man decision—it is the work of the staff of students who spend considerable time and energy in the production of the paper with small, if any, reward. We make mistakes, and when we do, we like to hear about them so that they can be corrected and measures can be taken to pre vent repetition of those mistakes. Fair Comment A very old question about what organiza tions are subject to fair comment and privi lege by the press was raised Thursday even ing when the InterFraternity council of fered the Emerald’s I EC reporter the alterna tive of considering some matters “off the record” or of leaving the meeting. Unfortunately, the reporter took the lat ter alternative, and a brief misunderstanding ensued. “Fair comment and criticism” is the phrase applied to meetings such as legislative ses sions, or. on the campus level, the ASUO senate, or some activity which represents the student body and is of interest to the general campus. The Inter-Fraternity council is not such a group, and has every right to bar the Emerald from its meetings—a thing which the group has “never had any desire to do," according to Ray Hawk, IFC adviser. The trouble in this case was started at the IFC meeting two weeks ago. in which the matter of withdrawing IFC support from the WRA Carnival came up for discussion. Realization that the carnival was to be held only 24 hours hence resulted in the tabling of the motion and a request to the Emerald reporter to ignore the discussion of the mat ter when he wrote his story. The story obviously had news value. It was printed, and the 1 l'C took the step which it felt necessary to prevent a recurrence "for the welfare of the campus as a whole.” It is the duty of a newspaper to report significant news to its readers through its news columns. On occasion, the value of the news may appear to outweigh the ob jections to publication. Right or wrong, this was the consideration of the Emerald when it ran the story on the WRA Carni val. Discussions of policy between the Emer ald and the heads of the Inter-Fraternity council will undoubtedly follow. We are strongly in favor of the idea, for it will clear away the misunderstanding on both sides and, we hope, re-ult in the cordial relations the two groups have enjoyed in the past. Footnotes If anyone is in the mood for hanging effi gies, an ideal spot would he from the flag pole that extends from Gerlinger hall out over the drive. Only ropes have been flying from the pole for ages. * * * Now that the captain's chairs for the Eric W. Allen Seminar room have arrived, just one question remains unanswered. Who will dare to use them? INTERPRETING THE NEWS Formosa Actions by Reds Show UN Membership Is Important Goal By J .M. Roberts Associated Press News Analyst Red China’s refusal to send representatives to the United Nations does not necessarily close the door on further nego tiations to stop the fighting around Formosa. It does establish United Na tions membership as an import ant goal for the Peiping regime. Heretofore the value placed on membership has not been fully revealed. Until very recently the Reds had seamed to pay little at tention to relations with the non Communist world, even with Bri tain which had recognized them diplomatically. The demands for membership had come mostly from Russia and there was some speculation that she might have her tongue in her cheek. Now the Reds say flatly that the U. N. means nothing as long as the Nationalists are members while the real rulers of the mainland are not. The United States says flatly they will not be admitted until they stop throwing their mili tary weight around. That means not only an end to war like moves against Formosa, but also to the type of thing they did in Indochina and might attempt elsewhere. It seems now that some at tempt must be made to negotiate with the Reds outside the United Nations. It also seems time for a reappraisal of the U. S. stand about membership. That is not to say that the pol icy should be changed. But if the granting of membership has be come an alternative to war, then its relationship to the en tire picture takes on added signi ficance. Many would call it ap peasement. An argument against it can be well sustained by the fact that no appeasement is go ing to change the goals of the Communists. But if it meets even temporarily the problem of to day’s prospect of war nobody can afford to be intransigent about it. This column suggested in 1949 that the problem might be met by renegotiation of two Chinan, an idea at which the U. Nr. delegates of the leading nations scoffed but which, faced with an actual war threat, they are now consider ing. Very serious difficulties would be involved, since the United States can hardly throw over the Nationalists by oust ing them from the Security Council, and Peiping would not la- satisfied with anything less than a seat there. There couldn’t be two Chinas on the Security Council. The most realistic next steps which the United States can take is to join with the British in ob taining the help of Soviet Russia. Some close observers feel that Moscow is concerned over the tough line that Peiping is taking, and that her intervention against war is quite possible. Without Russian military support, the Reds almost certainly would have to fall back into a less active attitude. Paid Advertiiamant— On Campus (Author of "Bart foot Itoy IViffc Chook,” oto.f DECEMBER AND MAY: ACT I Of all the creature* that inhabit the earth, none in so fair, ao warm, so toothsome, us a coed. This ia a simple fact, well-known to every campus male, and, to most campus males, a source of rejoicing. Hut not to all. To some, the creamy brows and twinkling limbs of coeds are u bane and u burden. To whom? To professors, thut's whom. Professors, according to latest scientific advice, are human. Stick them and they bleed, pinch them and they hurt, ring a dinner bell and they salivute, comfront them with a round young coed and their ears go back, even ns yours and mine. Hut, by and large, they contain themselves. After all, they are men of high principle and decorum, und besides, the bonrd of regents has got stoolies ull over. So, by nnd large, they contain themselves. Hut not always. Kvery now and then a coed will come along who is just too gorgeous to resist, and a professor — his clutch worn out from years of struggle — will slip and fall. White though his hair, multitudinous though his-degrees, Phi Beta Kappa though his key, he is us lovesick, moonstruck, and impaled ns any freshman. Hut he’s far worse off than any freshmun. After all, a freshman can thump his leg, put on his linen duster, und take out after the coed with mad abandon. Hut what cun the poor smitten prof do? How, in his position, can he go courting a young girl undergraduate? In this column und the next one, 1 am going to deal with this difficult question. 1 will relate to you, in the form of a two act piny, an account of a professor’s attempt to woo a coed. 1 he scene is a typical office in a typical liberal art* building on a typical campus. In this shabby setting, we find two men, I’rufc-xsors Twonkey and Phipps. They are lumpy and bent, in the manner of English lit professors. Phipps: Twonkey, a terrible thing has happened to me. A terrible, ghastly thing! I’ve fallen in love with a coed. Twonkey: Now, now. that’s not so terrible. Phipps: Oh, but it is. Miss McFctridge - for that is her name is a student, a girl of nineteen. How would her parents feel if they knew I wus gawking at her and refusing my food and writing her name on frosty wimlowpanes with my fingernail? Twonkey: Come now, Phipps, no need to carry on so. You’re not the first teacher to cast warm eyes at a coed, you know. Phipps: You mean it’s happened to you too? Twonkey: But of course. .Many times. Phipps: What did you do about it? Twonkey : looked at their knees. It never fails, Phipps. No matter how pretty a girl is, her knees are bound to be knobby und bony and the least romantic of objects. Phipps: Not Miss McFetridgc’s—for that is her name. They are soft and round and dimpled. Also pink. Twonkey: Really? Well, I’ll tell you something, Phipps. If I ever found a girl with pink knees. I'd marry her. Phipps: It is my fondest wish, but how can I, a professor of fifty. Start a courtship with a girl of 19? Twonkey: Very simple. Ask her to come to your office for a conference late tomorrow afternoon. When she arrives, be urbane, bo charming. Ask her to sit down. Give her a cigarette. Phipps: A Philip Morris. Twonkey: But of course. Phipps: I just wanted to bo sure you mentioned the name. They're paying for this column. Twonkey: Give her a Philip Morris. Phipps: That’s right. Twonkey: Then light her Philip Morris and light one yourself Say some frightfully witty things about English lit. Be gay. Be" insouciant. Keep her laughing for an hour or so. Then look at your watch. Cry out in surprise that you had no idea it wus this late Insist on driving her home. Phipps: Yes, yes? Twonkey: On the way home, drive past that movie house that phows r rench films. Stop your car, as though on a sudden impulse. Tell her that you ve heard the movie was delightfully (Julhc and naughty. Ask her if she’d like to see it. Phipps: Yes, yes? Twonkey: After the movie, say to her in a jocular, offhand way that after such a fine French movie, the only logical thing would be a fine b rend, dinner. Take her to a funny little place you know candles and checked tablecloths. Ply her with burgundy ami I tulip Morris. Be witty. Be gay. Be Gallic . . . How can a nineteen year old girl resist such blandishments? Phipps: Twonkey, you’re a genius! This will be like shooting fish in a barrel . But I wonder if it isn’t tuking unfair advantage of the poor little innocent. ** Twonkey: Nonsense, Phipps. All’s fair in love and war. Phipps: You’re right, by George. I’ll do it! (So ends Act I. Next week, Act II) Whnlfii*n. 18r>4 This column is bjrouyht to yon by the makers of /’////,//' MORRIS who think you would enjoy their ciyarette. or'ecjoir? Kj|l« PEGCLD 1 Or«f«n D*ll» Emerald la pul.ll.ha,I f,„. ,l,v. a »e,k during the ,rh.K,t year ,,,rr>t examination .ml vacation period,. I.y the Student Pul,li. all.,,,a Hoard „l the I tmn.in „i . .. Knt. ra.1 a, aecond . la,, matter at the p.,.t office, Eoife.ir. diegoo. Snh., .. i ictuwl y ra K"”■ b-k e*5*.. v iiit-1 up junior: sam vantv Ass't. Managing Editors: Valeric Hersh, Dorothy Her Ass’t. 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