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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1947)
French Instructors to Meet By BETTY LAGOMARSINO The two-day regional conference of the American Association of Teachers of French officially opens at 2 p.m. today with registration of out-of-town delegates at alum ni hall, Geerlinger. An annual affair, the conference is sponsored by the northwest chapter of AATF. The program in cludes several exhibits, talks, and discussions. M. Raoul Bertrand, French con sul-general from San Francisco, will be among the guests. He will speak Saturday at 11 a.m., and will attend the Oregon State game as the guest of President Newburn. Following registration, Laurence LeSage, president of the northwest chapter, will conduct election of officers and a discussion of the aims and activities of the organiza tion. At 3 p.m. in alumni hall, Pierre Van Rysselberghe, professor of chemistry, and Paul B. Jacobson, dean of the school of education, will address the convention. “The Place of Modern Foreign A Christmas I Suggestion PENDLETON 100% Wool Shirts New Stock 39.75 and $10.75 ' V Co/npus Tlopoflment 600 L. n-sr Languages in Secondary Education Curriculum" is Jacobson's speech1 topic. Van Rysselberghe will talk on ‘‘Science and Foreign Lan guages." French films will be shown at 4 p.m. in 207 Chapman hall. Perry J. Powers, instructor in Romance languages, will be in charge. Delegates to the convention will be the guests of the language de partment at the Faculty club for 6 p.m. dinner. Reservations can be made with Christina Crane, sec retary-treasurer of the group, or Carl L. Johnson, chairman of the dinner committee. Dinner speakers will be David M. Dougherty, head of the lan guage school, whose topic will be “The University of Oregon,” and Mrs. M. R. Sponenburgh, who will speak in French on “La France D’Apres Guerre. Mrs. Sponenburgh, wife of M. L. Sponenburgh, in structor in sculpture, is a native of ! France. ' Saturday’s program will begin with a realia exhibit in the brows ing room of the library at 9 p.m. The exhibit, under the direction of Lois E. Richter, instructor in Ro mance languages, includes objects of interest and use in language in struction, especially at the secon-. dary school level. Mary Rogolino, instructor in Ro mance' languages, will discuss French text books, and Carl L. Johnson, assistant professor of Romance languages, will speak on visual aids in education. The convention will end with a series of discussions and talks in the browsing room, starting at 10 j a.m. Chandler B. Beall, professor of Romance languages, will con duct a discussion of research and Eager Coed Seeks Enrollment for 7952 At least one prospective coed is not going to be caught short in any future landslide of registrations at Oregon, at least not if her anxious mother can help it. A letter re ceived this week from California by Curtis E. Avery, University registrar, contained this worried query: “Although my daughter, 13 years of age, is only in the eighth grade, several friends have stated recent ly to me that increasing conges tion in desirable universities makes it advisable to register her for ad mission in the fall of —1952!” A gold-digger is a human gimme Pig l—l FOR CONVENIENCE SHOP AT: Campbells Grocery 1459 East 13th 13th street - One block down from Emerald Hall graduate study at the University of Oregon in French language and literature. Following Beall's talk, there will be a panel discussion of opportun ities for study abroad and in French campus. Nita M. McGuire, gradu ate assistant in Romance lan guages, is in charge. Closing the program will be a short address by Raoul Bertand, French consul general, at 11 a.m. In addition to the realia exhibit, now on display in the French sem inar room, Friendly hall, is an ex hibit of modern French art in the sculpture gallery of the art build ing. A third exhibit now on display in the circulation department of the library is a collection of letters from M. Estaunier, noted French writer. In charge of the exhibit is Miss Crane, who was a personal friend of the early 20th century author. The conference is under the di rection of Laurence LeSage, who is regional president of AATF. _ Memorial Building Drive Launched To launch the student union drive in Seattle. Harry K. Newburn, Uni versity of Oregon president, and John McGregor, past president of' the New York alumni association, spoke at an alumni meeting Tues day evening in the Seattle Town and Country club. ’ More than 175 alumni attended the meeting which included mov ies of the UCLA and Washington games. 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