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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1951)
'Quacks' of KWAX Heard at Elmira When KM'K, Oregon’s new KM station in 191ft, made its initial hroadeast, It could onl> he heard on two campus radios. The little campus station was being operated on 10 watts. During the first broadcast of KiV.W Wednesday night, stu dents telephoned to the station in Yillard that they could hear the programs clearly. But the final triumph came wnen a long distance call came from Ilmira, Ore., 15 miles away, saying that they, too. were receiving the programs clearly. s for your Announcement Party or Picnic— fine Paper Napkins ! riain or Imprinted “T Cups ami Plates VALLEY j STATIONERY CO. | 176 W. P.roadxvrfy Ph.5-6411 j WRA, WAA Hold Confab A discussion of problems which affect Women’s Recreation Asso ciation and Women s Athletic As sociations throughout the country will be featured at an Ann Arbor, Michigan, conference for which two Oregon students left Thurs day afternoon. Delegates are Joan SUordahl, WRA president, and Bonnie Gieng er. past president. The conference is sponsored by the American Federation of Col lege Women, which is an organiza tion of all WRA aid WAA clubs. Miss Gienger and Miss Skordahl will return Apr. 16. Appointed to tne present \\ RA council was Breda Lynch, who will fill the post of custodian which was left vacant by the scholastic ineligibility of the former custo dian Miss Lynch was replaced as historian by Mary Ellen Burrell. Geographers Form I/O Club A new club is forming orf cam pus. Unusual in that it has no of ficers. no dues, and no limits on joining, the only entrance require ments is an interest in geography. Beginning with a nucleus of 15 members, the club had its first formal meeting Wednesday night. Meetings are tentatively set for every other Wednesday night. The group plans no social pro grams. but wants to bring in source persons who are acquaint ed with geography or its applica tions, and hold seminars so all ma> benefit from their knowledge. At the next meeting a foreign student from Iran will present a paper on political geographies of Iran. The club wants to attract all persons interested in the tech niques, methodology, and applica tions of geography: not merely students or majors, but also faculty members and townspeople. NOW OPEN THE EUGENE BAKING COMPANY fresh Bread and Pastry Daily TRY OUR COFFEE SHQP TOO. where you can get a GOOD cup of coffee for $.05 Special Hot Plate Each Day $.50 Corner of Patterson and 13th Phone 5-9928 f SPECIAL PRICES Now! On Custom Tailored Uniforms Air Force—Army . at GREGORY’S Fine Tailoring Wherrie—Avon Park Customed Tailored Clothes 1081 Oak Phone 5-4771 New Structure to Be Completed Next Winter Overcrowded Departments to Move To Large, Modern Science Building By A1 Karr , From crowded conditions to bet ter and roomier facilities. That's the keynote of the new science building, now under con struction, in which will be located the physics, chemistry, and biol ogy departments. Original plans were for the new building to be ready for use by next fall term, but a two-month sheet metal strike’ held np needed ma terial. Departments which will use the new science building now hope to move in by the beginning of next winter term, T. I. Wright, physical plant superintendent said Thursday. Krame Nearly Completed Frame work for the construc tion is nearing completion. The sheet metal and block walls still must be constructed. After this is finished, all the equipment for the building will have to be installed. Wright explained. All three departments will bene fit by the improved facdities which will be available in the new build ing, K. T. Klliekson. head of the department of physic*, saw. mere will bo more room for better equip-1 merit expansion of t he equipment l which these departments now have, I he said. In illustrating this statement, Ellickson cited the X-ray labora tory which the physics department will have in, the new science build ing, which it does not now possess. Other new facilities will include | two joint chemistry and physics j shops one for machinists, one for j students and a laboratory for I electrical work. Nuclear Work Facilities There will be improved facilities! for nuclear physics work and a much more extensive laboratory! for spectroscopy and optics. The j micro-wave laboratory will be su- j per lor to the present one in the j physics department located in j Deady Hall. The departments now have equipment for which they have no room available. Ellickson said. The greater amount or space in the new j building will enable the use of this IM III! I L» ~ - -• ample of this situation is a 15-lnch telescope which the department of physics possess but has been un able to use because of lack of space. This telescope will be erected atop the new science building. Animal Quarters •Biology and bio-chemistry will have better animal quarters in tic new building. Klllckson said. Biol ogy and physics departments arc now located in Deady, which will become a classroom building. The chemistry department is now in McClure, which will be torn down and replaced by the planned new School of Journalism building. The new four-story science build ing will occupy a somewhat ‘‘T” shapert area. The chemistry de partment will occupy looms in this bottom three floors of the top part of the "T". Physics will be in the basement, second floor, and part of the third floor. Biology will occupy the entire top floor and part of the third story. The sub basement will be used for storage. Talk on China By Missionary Chinese conditions during the past decade will be discussed by the Rev. Mr. Arne Sovik. former Lutheran missionary in China, at 4 p.m. today in Lutheran Student House. Pastor Sovik’s entire life has centered around the Far Western nation. Born in China of mission ary parents, he came to the United States in 1935, and after complet ing his education at St. Olaf Col lege and Lutheran Technological Seminary in St. Paul, he returned to China in 1943 as a missionary. During the war years, Rev. Sovik participated in every type of humanitar ian service such as re lief, teaching, evangelism, and ad ministrative work. These jobs necessitated his traveling all through China and much of the world. Since returning to the U. S. in 1947, Rev. Sovik has spent two years in graduate work at Yale and taught one school-year at Concor dia in Moorhead, Minnesota. “All University students are in vited to the talk,” Don Lee, Luth eran Student Association president, stated. Phi Theta Upsilon Sale Petitions Due Deadline for petitions for the annual spring sale sponsored by Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s service honorary, is 5 p.m. today. Petitions may be turned in at the main desk of the Student Un ion where a box is located. Any freshman woman with a 2.00 grade point average is eligible to petition. All petitions will be used in some capacity, with the chairmanships including general chairman, pub licity, posters, flying speech, radio, distribution, booth sales, house sales, decorations, and collections. Suggestions for the sale will be a prime factor in choosing chair men, Jeanne Hoffman, Phi Theta president, stated. The event will be held the first part of May. Last year’s sale of “Mysticks” featured candied ap ples. Morse toTalk An estimated 000 Rotarians and. their wives will be present on the! Oregon campus today for the official opening of a two-day meet ing of members of the civic ser vice organization. The Rotary members, from throughout Oregon and south western Washington, will hold their initial session at 9:30 a.m. in the Student Union. Senator Wayne L. Morse, Re publican senator from Oregon, will address the group on the subject “The International Crisis” at a banquet at 7 p.m. today. The speech will be broadcast over sta tions KWAX and KERG beginning at 8 p.m. Other scheduled speakers are University President H. K. New bum; Eldon L. Johnson, dean of the college of liberal arts; K. S. Wood, associate professor of speech; and J. H. Gilbert, profes sor emeritis of economics. Sunday Rotary delegates were To Rotarions entertained by n tour of the Chase hardens and the University cam pus conducted by Mortar Hoard, tenior women's honorary. A tea ■vas sponsored for the civic group Sunday afternoon uml a musical program was presented in the School of Music auditorium in the •veiling. Theater Award To Campbell Club Campbell Club, men's Co-op, has received the University Theater rward for the most season tickets purchased, according to Mary^ll en Burrell, ticket manager. ' The prize is a theater party for he entire house and their dates, it which they will see the theater's atest production. "Killian's Kain jow.” An individual award will be ;iven to Ken Olsen, house repre sentative. FACTS ABOUT EUGENE'S WATER & ELECTRIC UTILITIES % The average charge for electricity in Eugene homes is 1.15 cents per kilowatt hour—one of the lowest av erage rates in the entire na tion. EIGIM. VUII R '4* ULCIRJC »0\RI>