+ EMERALD EDITORIALS + Tough Situation Things arc tough all over! Oregon's poor, overworked, underpaid, ultra-worldly and sophisticated student vot ers will still be bothered with student gov ernment for over 11 years at the current rate. There were a very few candidates in the primaries this year, but that isn’t the real problem—there will always be some candi dates around. But people are still voting—and at the present rate, there will be voters, and thus electionsi for just about 11 more years. The astounding total of 1651 persons voted in the 1953 primary; in 1954 the figure was 1423, and this year 1315 diehards made it to the polls. Thus the average drop in number of voters turning out is only 118 per year. This gives student government an 11-year lease on life (actually it's 11.144 years). These figures are based only on the num ber voting—not on enrollment, which has gone up while voting numbers have dropped off. So figuring that we lose only 118 voters per year, it will be 11.144 years before the heavy fog of lassitude completely covers the campus. The Emerald will still be writing about student government, people with IQ’s over 60 will still be talking about student gov ernment, and the administration will still be trying to give us student government for 11 more years. Those who are above participation in what they refer to as a “game" will still have to watch the rest of us at work tor those long, hard 11 years. Things are really tough. Job Well Done "Be nice to high school seniors weekend” is over and the campus as a whole can pat it self on the back for a job well done. Of course, the ultimate success of Duck Preview won’t be determined until next fall. But certainly every high school senior had the opportunity to become well ac quainted with the University. During registration the fraternities played the game according to the rules, and no vi olations were reported of fraternity men on the second floor of the Student Union. Large organized drinking parties apparently didn’t exist during the weekend. Most important, there were good turnouts both at the Friday night “what to take" ses sions and the Saturday morning campus tours. Information gained during these ses sions will be especially important in helping Oregon's visitors determine their college. Despite the punk weather, many of the visitors saw and enjoyed the Saturday af ternoon football scrimmage. Two high school men even had something good to say about their Saturday night blind dates, so the big dance must have been a success. The general unfavorable reaction to the judging at the votlvil show was one of the few marring effects of the weekend. We would suggest a general re-evaluation of both judge selection and judging criteria for this event in the future. Hut on the whole Duck Preview was defin itely a success. This might be a good time to toss a rose at the Greek system. Certainly the fraternity and sorority members bear the brunt of this exhausting weekend. They do most of the rushing, give up their beds, their free time, and sometimes even their girl friends. And for the most part they do it with a smile.—(D. L.) Nothing Lost This afternoon at 4 p.m. Sam Valiev and Bud Hinkson will speak informally in the Student Union. It’s a good chance to hear what the two men from whom the 1955-56 ASUO president will be chosen speak on their platforms and on their personal concep tions of the office. If you aren't one of those who feels above the whole thing, and if you are among those who recognize that the "My party, right or wrong idea is outmoded, you might drop around. It will probably help you make up your mind if you haven't already—or it might give you a sound reason tor voting the way you would have voted anyway. Even it you don't want to ask the candi dates a question or two. you'll get a free cup of coffee from the SU coffee-hour committee, so what can you lose? Footnotes Listed as “qualifications" for office on sev eral campaign posters were the words "Ex perienced, Capable. Interested.” or some thing to that effect. 'I hings are getting pretty bad when either mere interest has become a qualification or a candidate can't drum up three qualifications without referring to "in terest” as one of them. INTERPRETING THE NEWS Chinese Red Negotiation Talk Not Sincere, AP Analyst Says By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst Chou En-Lai's reiteration .of Red China’s “sovereign light to liberate Formosa” is clear evi dence that his talk on Saturday about direct negotiations with the United States had no real meaning. Mohammed Ali of Pakistan, after lunching with Chou follow ing the close of the Bandung conference, says Chou thinks there is Istili a slight crack in the door leading to negotiations. Chou’s own statements, how ever, can only mean that he is willing to negotiate the terms of Formosa’s surrender, and nothing else. As for reports from Bandung that Chou has indicated some slight chance for the release of American fliers convicted of es pionage, that too must be taken with reservations until he names his price. There is a bare possibility he would go through with it as a continuation of the sweetness and light show he put on for the benefit of the Bandung conferees, but that would be paying a con crete price for a chancy bit of goodwill. The best estimate still is that United States will have to pay a concrete price of its own before this matter is settled. One bit of truth did slip through Chou’s lips on the sub ject of relations with the Uni ted States when he said the Chinese people don’t want war with her. The Chinese people don’t want war with anybody. As to whether, as Chou said, they are friendly to the America people, you can pay your money and take your chances. The American people have frequently displayed friwndHness toward them. But Americans did not entirely escape the anti-foreign -movement in China before the Reds, and it has been greatly in tensified since then. In spite of all these things, an argument can be made for pursuit by the United States of Chou’s offer to negotiate. It wouldn’t look nice to sit down with representatives of an un recognized government and talk about Formosa behind Formosa’s back. But it would be a good thing to try to learn if Chou has a price for peace, and what it is, and whether Red China is will ing to pay anything at all her self. Respite her commitments to Chiang’s Nationalist govern ment, the United States is still big enough and strong enough to act as an honest broker. A demonstration of her will ingness to try would go far to balance the impression of reas onableness made by Chou at Bangdung— and there seems to be no question that he did make such an impression despite the over-all ability of the anti-Com munist nations to prevent him from incorporating the confer ence into his own propaganda machinery. College Capers... From Coast to Coast By Elliot Carlton Emerald Column)*! EDITORIAL COLUMNS of the Stanford Dally and the Iowa State college paper have launch er! attacks upon fraternity tra ditions like "Hell Week” and "Pledge Sneaks” Both papers have complained that the events have cfiuaed considerable "dis turbance" • on their respective campuses, The Stanford Dally charged that the pledge sneak ereates nit additional opportunity for thought lens mob action. The same paper then asked in an editorial "What’s constructive about Hell Week? The Iowa State paper .suggest ed that the pledge aneak period should be used as a time for con centrated, objective, constructive appraisal by both members and pledges on the meaning und value of the fraternity system. • • • THE UNIVERSITY OK WASHINGTON is having trouble with its student council this time the student body presi dent. First, many members of the student council had to resign tieeanse of failure to make their grades winter term. Now, spring term, Washington's newly elected student body president has been disqualified for violating an election rule which states, "there sliull ta rn* active campaigning around students waiting to vote.” With a little practice the Hus kies could become more accus tomed to not having a student government than having one. • • • WASHINGTON STUDENTS have reacted against the discon .. —1 ... '■ — '■ I tinning; of notin' paraded on elec tion tiny. It‘H boon a custom on the Hunky cam pun for a parade to take place election day fea turing airena and the chanting of students supporting their can didates. The year the parade was abol ished, much to the dtaniay of the students. Washington’s still ahead of Oregon, however, for at least they do allow electioneer ing on voting day it just can’t be verbal, • • • ACTIVE IDAHOANS have formed a third party known as the “Student Government Party.” The party, termed “hopelessly idealistic" by opposing campus politicians, wants to do away with party caucuses, the party split along living organization lines, and the apathy prevalent among campus leaders like house presidents. Sounds like the University of Idaho is having some of the same problems we are. • • • THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON has found a new use for the rhesus monkey, the same breed that has been used extensively in the Salk vaccine tests. 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