USA Galls For Officer Petitions United Students Association President Ron Phillips has issued a call for petitions for member ship on the party’s 1951 steering committee. Petitions must be submitted to the office of the Program Direct or, Room SOI, Student Union be fore 5 p.m. Friday. Students with a 2.00 for the previous term and a 2.00 cumulative GPA are quali fied to petition for one of the fol lowing positions: president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, and member-at-large. Interviews of the petitioners will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Student Union. On the basis of these interviews, recommended nominations will be made by the present steering committee to an open assembly next Tuesday. This assembly will elect the new mem bers of the steering committee. All members of the 1951 steer ing committee will have an op portunity to serve on those stand ing committees for which they may be qualified. Standing com mittees include USA policy forma tion, nominations, publicity, fin ance, and membership. Work plans for the newly elect ed committee include amendment of the USA constitution and form ulation of plans for ASUO spring term elections. USA is the coalition political party which represents the inter ests of Independent and Greek students, Phillips explained. Twelve Initiated Into Women's Swimming Group Twelve girls were initiated into Amphibians, women’s swimming honorary, Monday night, President Joan Skordahl announced. Those who passed swimming skills, ballet techniques, and re quired racing time were Mary Ben nett, Monnie Gutchow, Audrey Truesdail, Shirley Nichols, Janet Nunn, Claire Johnson, Joice Balch, Judy Woodcock, June Nichols, Jane Rey, Margaret Brennan, and Pat Beaudoin. Tryouts for Amphibians will be held at 4 p.m. today at Gerlinger, Miss Skordahl said. Testing will last till ^5:30, in case some girls have 4 o’clock classes. Further tests are scheduled for next Tues day. Swimming Intramurals, spon sored by Amphibians, will be held Sfb. 8 and 15, the president stat ed. Houses are urged to sign up with Shirley Smart, intramurals swimming manager, at Carson Hall or Gerlinger. Jeannette Masilionis, instructor in physical education, is adviser of the group. Houses to Join Religious Week A meeting' of. living organiza tion representatives for Religious Evaluation Week will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Student Union, according to Chairman Joyce Langdon. The delegation will decide on speakers from the faculty and Eugene churches to talk at fire sides Jan. 16, 17, and 18. Topics for the speakers will also be dis cussed. “Living organizations will be paired in most cases,” explained Miss Langdon. Next week will feature dinners at which speakers will appear. Deadline Nears For Blood Drive As Plans Form Plans for the University of Ore gon blood donation drive Jan. 22 began to crystallize Monday as the deadline nears for turning in pledge cards and parental releases. While the blood donation drive is open to all persons who are at least 18 years of age but who have not yet reached 60, those under 21 (except married women) must turn in parental releases filled out and signed by their parents. For those who have not done so, the release is again printed in this issue of the Emerald on this page. The releases must be turned in with' the pledge cards, if possible. Both should be given to house presidents, who must turn them in to Herb Nill at Theta Chi, for the men, or to Leslie Tooze at Kappa Alpha Theta, for the wom en, before 5 p.m. Wednesday. Drop Them In A Box Off-campus students who have not obtained their pledge cards can do so at the Student Union or at the Co-op. These and the sign ed releases for those under 21 should be dropped in a box at one of those two places before 5 p.m. Wednesday. Students are reminded that any one who has had infectious jaun dice within the past year or has been inoculated for typhoid or vac cinated within the past month should not sign up as they cannot be accepted. The quota set for the University is 350 pints of whole blood for wounded men in Korea. In order to meet this quota, 425 appointments is the goal set to be made, to take care of possible rejections and failures to keep appointments. Don ors are asked to keep their ap pointments to enable the drive to meet the 350-pint quota. In the event that an appoint ment conflicts with a class, the donor is asked to check with the Office of Student Affairs to make necessary arrangements to enable the donor to keep his appointment. Appointment cards will be neces sary for such an arrangement. Release And Indemnity Agreement For Minor Permission is given herewith voluntarily to my son (daughter) ._. . to make a donation of blood to the AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, to be used in any manner it deems advisable, and for that purpose may, at his or her own risk, submit to the tests, examinations and procedures necessary and customary in connection with donations of blood. The undersigned parent and minor agree that neither the AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, nor any surgeons, phy sicians, technicians, nurses, agents officers or employees connected with any of them or who may be participating otherwise in connection with the operation of the AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS BLOOD CENTER, shall be in any way responsible for anv consequences to the minor named herein from the giving of such blood, or from any of the tests, examinations or procedures incident thereto, and the undersigned do jointly and severally hereby release and discharge each and all of the above named individuals and the AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS front any and all claims and demands whatsoever which we, or either of us, have or may have against them, or any of them, by reason of any matter relative or incidental to such donation of blood. The undersigned parent, in consideration of the premises, does hereby covenant with any of the individuals named hereinabove who are in any way connected with the operation and supervision of the Blood Center operated by the American National Red Cross, and the AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, that the undersigned parent will at all times hereafter indemnify each and all of said individuals and the AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS against all claims, demands, damages, suits or actions which may be brought or made against said individuals or any of them on account of the dona tion of blood authorized herein. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and seal this. day of 19 In the presence of: Parent .(SEAL) Minor (SEAL) t Nrv ERSITl MXTSIC S I’UDENTS Phil Green (left) and RospZcna ? atta Will present a joint recital at 8 tonight in the Music School Auditorium. Baritone and soprano, they will sing duets and solos from Mozart, Verdi, Schumann, Brahms, Bizet, Dvorak, Bach, and Tchaik owsky. MOTHER OF FIVE at 18, Mrs. Ivan Queen, who recently gave birth to her fifth child, poses with her four other children after leaving a St. Louis, Mo., hospital. Mrs. Queen was married at 13. That's Billy Wayne, 3, with an arm around his mother. The others are (left to right) Betty Lou, 2, Mary Thelma, 1, and Iva Jean, 4. (AF WIRE PHOTO. CLASSIFIED FOR SALE: Tuxedo size 38 Rood condition. Phone 51350 or 746 E. 19th Apt. 1. Mrs. J. W. Wick. 59 FOR SALE: 1 pr. 71 Splitkein lamenated skies, Groswald mic romatic bindings, perfect condi tion, almost new, $20. 166 Wash - ington St. Apt. 4. 58 FOR SALE: Silver fox jacket, Ex. condition; 2 boys topcoats made in England, size 4-6. Ph. 48215 58 FOR SALE: 36 Ford sedan, 46 mot or good running cond. good tire." inside rough. Bob Jensen Bar rister Inn Ext. 445. • 59 Athletic Cards Now Available At hletic cards, necessary for ad mittance to the Oregon-Idahd basketball series here this week end. arc now being- issued at the athletic business office in Mc Arthur Court. The office will be open from 8:30 p.m. to 12 noon, and from 1 p.ni. to 5 p.m. Student body cards (cash regist er receipts 1 must be presented be fore cards will be issued. ‘‘Pagan Love Song” with Esther Williams ‘‘Post Office Investigator” Walt Disney's “Fantasia” r LANE 4 0431 “^ittsburg” “Green Hell” i M C KENZIE'H .SPRlNOMELtx, 7-2/01 “Let’s Dance” “Union Station” 7-340' “Rocketship XM” “Baron of Arizona” VARSITY w ot'Rit.rTFit-u.-) I TELL YOU THE BEST THING TO DO. SIGN UP TO GIVE A PINT OF YOUR BLOOD. IT MAY HELP SOME ONE YOU CARE FOR. ^Herald