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White Sweaters
With Spring; term comes Junior Weekend,
and with Junior Weekend comes tapping,
and with tapping come broken freshman
hearts.
Sophomore honoraries (to which this dis
cussion is directed) supposedly function to
bestow recognition upon hard-working, ac
tive, studious freshmen. The incentive is
strong—frosh work hard and study late in
hopes that they will someday advance to the
ranks of the chosen few.
The honoraries probably serve a good
purpose. The freshmen toe the line. And
all that varied busywork that somebody
has to do, gets done. Possibly the honorary
can be criticized for becoming an end in
itself rather than merely recognition for
a good job. Possibly too many hearts get
set upon making “IT.”
Injustices that occur in the selection of
members rank as the honoraries’ big defect.
When a name comes up for the honorary
vote, two thoughts run through the individ
ual minds in the selecting group: (1) We
must pick the most deserving persons, and
(2) We must make sure one or more from
our own club make the team.
Unfortunately, the latter thought prevails
(especially in the men’s honorary) with the
result that a good freshman without a sopho
more spokesman in the selecting body has a
much rougher time making the golden list
than a fair-to-middling frosh with one or
more club members already on board pull
ing for him.
In an attempt to minimize this political
influence, the honoraries have imposed a
three-from-one-house limitation on them
selves. This is a noble effort, but it leads to
a second injustice.
Occasionally a single pledge class contains
an especially large share of the cream. In
such a case, what happens to the fourth most
outstanding frosh in the top pledge class, a
person far superior to nominees from other
houses? Well, in plain terms he or she “gets
the axe.”
It’s unfair (recent examples are most
glaring in the girls’ honoraries). But it would
also be unfair if the quota were dropped and
a few houses were able to eventually “load”
the honoraries with their own members. In
effect, the honoraries in trying to solve one
injustice have created Another.
This editorial does not mean to attack the
honoraries. They are probably as good as can
be expected, considering their handicap —
made up of humans.
But to you frosh who miss out in the
Junior Weekend tapping turmoil—don’t
kill yourself. At least don’t do it just for
not making an honorary — they’re not
worth it.
Think of all the football programs you
won’t have to sell; think of all the meetings
you won't have to attend . . . and those white
sweaters are the nuts to keep clean.—(D.L.)
Student Salaries
We'll probably be bearing more about
student salaries in the near future.
This is the time of year when the
SUEABB (that’s government-type lan
guage for Student Union and Educational
Activities Budget Board) meets to discuss
next year's budgets.
The Student Union Board has passed a
recommendation which calls for a $636 a year
salary for the Student Union Board chair
man.
We approve the idea wholeheartedly —
and we believe that the SU board was cogni
zant of the principle underlying student sal
aries when it passed the recommendation.
But students should keep in mind the fact
that salaries paid for participation in activi
ties are not salaries as such. Rather, they are
compensation paid so that students who
might otherwise have to seek employment
can participate in extracurricular activities.
"He should get a salary, lie put 20 to 25
hours a week in on that job." This is an oft
heard argument, and a good <5ne. But it’s
only part of the reason for student activities
salaries.
Notice the strange amounts of student
salaries like $636, $315, and $157. That's
because they were originally tied into the
amounts charged by the dormitories for
room and board.
Many student' who receive salaries for
their work put in between 20 and .30 hours of
work a week. A lot of them woufd have to
leave activities were it not for the salaries.
This, not the mere amount of work done,
is what justifies the existence of student sal
aries.
Footnotes
We hope all of the 1955 Oreganas have
been sold. The duck feet, painted in “tempor
ary” white paint last January to advertise
yearbook sales, have finally begun to wear
off.
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Maybe the Student Union should import a
soil conservationist from Aggieville. The
mud is getting rather deep at the foot of
Hello walk.
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Understand that the Emerald’s Brides
Week is quite popular at Pi Beta Phi. It
should be.
INTERPRETING THE NEWS
Formosa Intervention By UN
Unlikely In View of Deadlock
By J .M. Roberts
Associated Press News Analyst
Despite suggestions — not
pressed by the Eisenhower ad
ministration—there is no indica
tion at the United Nations that
the Formosa situation will again
come up for discussion there any
time soon.
Two months ago the Security
Council took up the matter. It
received two proposals.
New Zealand, representing
the opinion of the Western Al
ii e s , proposed negotiations
looking toward a formal cease
fire arrangement in' the For
mosa Strait, and Communist
China was invited to send a
delegation.
At the same time Russia
sought priority for discussion of
withdrawal of all foreign troops
from Formosa. Since this would
have included, in the Russian
view, even the Chinese National
ist troops, the suggestion got
short shrift in the council.
Peiping made a bitter reply to
the invitation made under the
New Zealand proposal. The Reds
said they would come only if the
Russian proposal was given pri
ority, and only if the Chinese Na
tionalists, who hold a permanent
Security Council seat under the
postwar “Big Five’’ arrangement,
were ousted from the negotia
tions.
The council threw up its
hands and relegated the sub
ject to the tender mercies of
private negotiations, which
have produced nothing.
Apparently the State Depart
ment discussed with New Zea
land the possibility of introduc
ing an anti-force resolution in
the U.N. and then dropped the
idea before Adlai Stevenson
brought it up publicly Monday
night. Britain was reported to
have advised against further
U.N. discussion until after the
Bandung conference of Asian and
African states next week.
Another idea would be to go
direct to the General Assembly,
where more than 50 nations
could be counted upon to vote
for such an expression of pub
lic opinion against war.
Since such a declaration would
have no value except propaganda,
that would seem to be the likely
procedure if the idea is pursued,
which is doubtful. Observers are
inclined to think Red China has
gone too far with its threats to
retake Formosa* and has bal
looned too high on the successes
of the past few years.
College Capers...
From Coast to Coast
By Sally Ryan
Emerald AmocmI* Editor
ELECTIONS HAVE taken the
news spotlight up and down the
coast. At Oregon Stuto it was
the Sunshine party versus the
Collegiate* versus the Positive
party, with the Sunshines win
ning on what must have been a
very rainy day for the other
parties.
PORTLAND UNIVERSITY is
going all out on its Military ball
again this year. Harry James
and his orchestra have been
signed for this year’s dance. Last
year PU had Tommy nnd Jimmy
Dorsey all of which reminds us
that it has been a long time
since Oiegon had a name band
here . . .
AT WILLAMETTE, students
who ,cut classes just prior to va
cation (and the first day of class 1
received double cuts. They were
worried about leaving the cam
pus to the squirrels, what with
the faculty leaving campus to
tour McChord air force base.
DOWN SOUTH, at San Jose
State college they've decided to
allow faculty members to decide
for themselves whether they
want to smoke in their offices.
Academic freedom or something,
maybe.
A REGULAR international
campus that's what they're de
veloping down tin the Stanford
farm. First, 9 foreign scholars
will b<- awarded scholarships by
various living groups. Next, the
Stanford Ex com is working out
an itinerary for the visit of 11
Russian newspaper editors next
month, “Contemporary Develop
ments in Indian Philosophy" was
scheduled as n lecture topic, and
tlic campus radio relation sched
uled Japanese music an a part
of tlic cultural exchange with
Kelo university. The Internation
al spirit pervades even the * porta
news the India Ruggero tus
xelled with the combined Oxford
Cam bridge rugby touring team.
Pip pip and all that rot.
KVIItKNTLV OKKGON K IV,,.
ton-front-stepa-sttters have coun
lerpaits at Kansas university.
April 1 law students there were
greeted with the ogles of earlier
arrival.1- females reversing the
usual proi edun*.
SOMETHING NICK for the
sophomore men's honorary to do.
That's what they've found at
Washington State college. The
men are operating u shoe shine
stand for campus coeds, profes
sors and Initiated members of
their organisation.
Mil. MAtitMW—four reels of
th'-m made money for the As
so oiled Students of UCLA sum
mer camp for underprivileged
children. That's one money 1 ant
ing project no one's tried hen*
— yet. •
\ JtKI.INtjt'KNT Jeep per
turbed a University of Texas po
liceman The adventuresome auto
ascended the steps of the Main
budding. While the frustrated
driver was trying to esen|»e from
the policeman, he lore a hole m
the jeep gas tank. He th* n
jumped out of the je<*p, leaving
the lights and motor on. and dis
appeared into tlv night. 'I he po
liceman still has the Jeep And
some Texan no longer ha* a
parking problem.
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