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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1950)
An Afternoon Retreat BAMBOO FURNITURE in black, green, and gray plaid provides the modern setting of the Dad3’ Lounge. The room may be combined with the Ballroom by means of electrically - controlled folding doors. Student Union, Campus Nerve-Center, Coordinates Oregon Activities, Offices Student offices and meeting rooms were gathered together in a cammon location this year with the opening of the Student Union. For merly they have been in Emerald Hall, McArthur Court, and chance empty rooms. On the north end of the third floor, the offices comprise what has been termed the “Squirrel Cage.” The rooms, furnished with desks, chairs, and filing cabinets, have windows stretching the full length of the hall. “Having student offices central ly located was a big step forward in coordinating all campus activi ties, Olga Yevtich, SU program director, pointed out. “It gives stu dent leaders a better chance to meet and work together.” Officials Listed Now working in the new offices are Miss Yevtich; Barry Mountain, president of the ASUO; Hank Pa nian, SU Board Chairman; mem bers of the SU Board Directorate, who are heads of the standing r Union Offers Cultural Center Two music listening rooms, a piano practice room, Browsing Room library, and art gallery com pose the cultural area of the Stu dent Union. Now being displayed in the sec ond-floor art gallery are 21 mod ern paintings by Charles H. Diete mann, instructor in industrial de sign at the University of Illinois. The Adelaide Church Memorial Room, or Browsing Room as it is more generally called, is for recre ational reading only. Located in the north section of "the second floor, the room is an "exact replica of the Browsing Room formerly in the University Library. listening Rooms Identical In the Browsing Room area are the two music listening rooms, which are identically furnished. A light blue color scheme is carried out in overstuffed furniture, drap eries, and rugs. A sound-proof practice room, equipped with a grand piano, is also available for students to use. ^ It, too, is in the Browsing Room area. committees. They include Bill Car ey, Dick Olson, Jane Wiggen, Dick Lee, Joe Proulx, and Barbara Bates. Barbara Stevenson, president of Associated Women Students, and Bonnie Gienger, president of Wo men’s Athletic Association, share one room, as do Panhellenic Presi dent Joan White and Inter-frater nity Council President Bill Harber. Ruth Landry, Oregana editor, and Bob Schooling, business mana ger for the yearbook, have indi vidual offices. Other offices include those of Frank Cothrell, president of the University Religious Coun cil; Jackie Pritzen, of Heads of Houses, and Frank Fairly, of the Inter-dorm Council. YMCA Moves In The YMCA moved into rooms 318-319 this year from its former location on Kincaid St. Here are offices and a meeting room. DaVe Swanson is president, and Jack Merner, executive secretary. Chairman of special events, such as Homecoming or campus dances, have an office reserved for such occasions, available through the program director. Temporarily two rooms are va cant for meetings, and another for filing purposes. The Directorate meets in room 313. Waller Room, 315, is the largest of the student meeting rooms. 'Can Serve Refreshments Organizations desiring to serve refreshments at their meetings will find rooms 334-335 ideal for their purpose. They are referred to as the “clam chowder” or “Cape Cod” rooms, since their wallpaper de picts scenes of “Fisherman’s Wharf.” Approximately 80 persons may be accomodated in the two rooms. The Frank L. Chambers Memor ial Union Board Room, where the SU Board meets is also located on the third floor. Mac Court Empty; SU Ballroom Full Campus dances made a major transition this year from their fam iliar location in McArthur Court to the spacious Ballroom in the Stu dent Union. Located on the second floor, the Ballroom will accommodate 900 couples. A built-in sound system in the ceiling, facilities for all types of lighting fixtures, and a complete stage for orchestra and speakers are some of the conviences of the Ballroom. Decoration Simple Decorating for dances is sim plified by burlap material lining the upper 'half of the walls, since the material will hold nails and tacks. Two 16-mtllimoter movie projec tors arc located in the projection room above the Ballroom, making it possible for free movies to be held weekly. Assemblies and rallies are also staged here. Directly north of the Ballroom is the Dads’ Lounge, financed by the Oregon Dads’ Club. Separated by electrically - controlled folding doors, the lounge may be combined with the Ballroom for increased capacity. Bamboo Furniture Used The lounge, decorated in black, green, and gray, is furnished with bamboo furniture. It has maple floors, as does the Ballroom, and gumwood walls. East of the Ballroom are four individual rooms, which can also be combined with the main area. These rooms, in which banquets may be held, are equipped with kitchen quarters. A hot-food cart will transport the food from the main kitchen. Terraces on both the east and west of the Ballroom area can also be used for dances or other func tions. An outside stairway leads directly to the west-side terrace. Information, Candy In SU Main Lobby Information, a small-scale con fectionery, free coat checking, and telephones are services offered in the main lobby of the Student Un ion. The information desk, where daily papers and magazines are available, is also the central lost and found department for the cam pus. The coat-checking facilities have not yet been fully utilized, Olga Yevtich, SU program director, said, except during the Whiskerino dance. She .pointed out that the check room is a special service of the SU offered to the students. A large bulletin board in the lobby displays pictures and posters of campus events. Sports Exhibitions Slated lor SU Exhibitions by some of the world’s finest bowlers and billiard players are on tap for the coming year in the Student Union recrea , tion center, Louis Bellisimo, area | director, has announced. THE CALIFORNIA RALLY takes over the Student Union Ballroom. Located on the second floor, the Ballroom is the student gathering place for campus dances, rallies, movies, and other events in which a large area is needed. Here, Coach Jim Aiken speaks to an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 students. Best Wishes to the S.U. flu THE BRUNSWICK BALKE-COLLENDER CO. Billiards & Bowling Alley Equipment & Supplies 1626 Ferry Avenue Seattle 1, Washington 2710 N.E. Broadway Portland 12, Oregon