+ EMERALD EDITORIALS + 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. * * * Maybe the Student Union should import a soil conservationist from Aggieville. The mud is getting rather deep at the foot of Hello walk. * * * 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. Dads Day "I'm tr>'lnK to work tils way through college, Madam, and—' oreqod LdAli i Ineqcld examn1?,i,fnn,?vily .*, ,”1,,'lishr:^"at ,hc •**• <*««<*• *•••—*,..» ;hh: s !^:vr1,hr wrir r11 ,,o, "rr,,n,\'° -.. .I.. I" »r. written to J-HHY HAHRELL, Eg—; DONNA RtTNBEfcC, .. K-. M= =-,■■■■ L-„LL SALLV TYAN; A.aociate Editor. cirkDUN RRK rgi"p,Edit0-_NWABTnO, Advert!,in, M»n^V rr.i -J.^ L.^VSSEN’ chuck Mrf* HU < k Sports idiiSS Warden Rice, Sally Kyi'”* 1>“ul K'"' ' Diel< *•«*!*. Gordon Riee, Jackie