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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1947)
'Audio-Visual Dept, of Service To Many Campus Organizations By PAT KING The fledgling audio-visual department, under the direction of Don L. Hunter, has been growing by leaps and bounds since its beginning last September and will soon outgrow its present location in room 4 of the library. In order to provide a campus-wide service in motion pic ture films, slides, recordings, and related materials, the depart ment catalogs and lends materials for classroom and research purpos es. It also provides study facilities in the library building for individ ual student and faculty use. Pronunciation Learned “Right now I would say the lan guage department is making the . mbst of our facilities,’’ Hunter said. “Students studying Spanish come in to listen to Spanish records which supplement textbooks so they can get correct pronunciation and bet ter understand the spoken language. Wednesday evenings members of German classes record their voices and listen to the playbacks to help improve their pronunciation. There are now three cubicles available for listening to records j and the department expects to ex pand to 28 or 30 cubicles when the new library wing is added. Earphones to Come By next year there will be 12 }is-! tening tables with earphone sets for students to listen to different music at the same time and yet al low other students to study in the same room. The room will be locat ed on the third floor of the library. The school of music is planning to move its library of records to the department for music students. The tape recorder, a recording machine which plays back sound that can be “erased” and the tape used over again, is in great demand and is currently being used by the radio department. “It is a valuable aid for students to hear their own voices and then pick out their own mistakes,” point ed out Hunter. Psych Classes Use The tape recorder has also been used for cutting and editing back ground music for hypnosis experi ments in the psychology classes. The department, which makes colored slides and develops film, has been turning out approximately 500 slides a month for the architect school. With silent, slide, and motion pic ture projectors, audio-visual also has a film librairy which contains about 50 films. Books from the li brary of congress are recorded on microfilm which can be sho\ n on individual screens and read like pages of a book. . Government Sends Film The government recently has been sending several films on atom ic energy, Hunter said. As bibliographical aids, the audio visual library will be catalogued and cards will be filed in both the general library catalog and a special catalog in the department. As an aid to students in study and research, the audio-visual depart ment is expected to take a valued and important place in all phases of University work. Law School Asks Applicants to File All students desiring admission to the school of law at the beginning of fall term 1947 must file an appli cation form in the law school office not later than 5 p.m., May 27, ac cording to Orlando J. Hollis, dean of the school of law. Students who fail to file their ap plications by that time cannot be assured of accommodation in the law school next fall, he said. Application forms may be se cured from the law school secretary, room 219, Fenton hall. Free Movies to Include Several Alaskan Films Free movies sponsored by the ed ucational activities board tonight will include expressionistic films produced by Maya Deren, and ■ a group of films on Alaska including “Birthplace of Icebergs,” "Journey to Denali,” and “Alaska—Reservoir of Resources.” There will be two continuous showings between 7:30 and 10:30 at 207 Chapman hall. Religious Council Names President Emphasizing that the import of her remarks were not how to be a fossil but, “how each of you can remain alive,” Mrs. Edmunson Nor ton, regional secretary of the YWCA, Junior-Senior luncheon Saturday. Held in the Eugene ho tel, the luncheon is an annual affair honoring all graduating women sen iors. Elaborating on her topic, “Lifetime Exposure: Graduation Is Not Enough,” Mrs. Norton said that to remain alive, “We must be better mothers, better teachers and better social workers. We can do this by giving time to our home, commun ity and nation,” she said. Problem Religious She observed that one of the par amount problems facing individ uals today is whether they regard human beings as infinite works or think that they many existed for the exploitation of the few. “The problem is ‘essentially religious,’’ she continued, “and part of religion is a willingness to sacrifice.” She declared that college pro vides each graduate with intellec tual curiosity, emotional maturity, a sense of values, and a sense of re sponsibility for the community in which they reside. Graduates Equipped “If you have had a lifelong ex posure to these things, you can adapt yourselves tb the new work,” she said. “You are equipped to re late yourself constructively to the things of life.” Mrs. Norton concluded with this toast to the seniors: “This is not a toast to better fossils, but to you, may you live all your life.” Bjorg Hansen, YWCA president, was toastmistress. A greeting to the visiting seniors was presented by Gloria Cartozian, former cabi net member, in the abence of Mar jory Skordahl, past president of the YWCA. Grace was given by Beryl Howard, worship chairman. Back ground music was furnished by Mary Margaret Dundore. . ... m. IglA/l V, ^ &M0/& *?/£&£&' r" Jdoiii/AILNB*1 r —-w-'" .xy-'.v''■ • New Blend! New Taste! New Freshness! Made by the revolutionary new “903” n loisl arizing process. Beneficial moisture penetrates every tobacco leaf—gives you a smoother, milder, better smoke! Get new i’aleigh “903” Cigarettes today. /—-> •••• - Chess Champ Visits Campus Arthur Dake, internationally recognized chess expert, was the guest of the University chess club yesterday under the sponsorship of the educational activities board. Dake, who currently resides in Portland, had represented the Unit ed States in three world champion ship chess tournaments. In the re cent Russian - United States match he was one of three Ameri cans to win a game and was the only U. S. player to win all of his games. He holds the further distinction of being the only living man to ever defeat Alexander Alekhine of Po land who held the world’s chess championship. There is no officially recognized champion at the present time. Last night Dake played all mem bers of the chess club simultan eously as well as playing one game blindfolded against Hugh Noland, club’s number one player. Six play ers from the Eugene city club also competed against Dake. At the regular chess club meeting Dake lectured on opening plays in chess and gave a^talk on his trip through Russia and an account of his games there. ARTHUR DARE AWS Tea Petitions Due at Noon, May 25 Sophomore and junior women may petition for chairmanship of the AWS tea to be held during Freshman week next fall, Bar bara Johns, AWS president, an nounced yesterday. 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