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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1952)
VocJvil Petitions Due Wednesday Petitions for committee chair manships for the all-campus Vod vil, April 25, have been called for by Joan Dysart and Rex Balentine, general co-chairman. Committees open are: program ming, contact, publicity, tickets, judges, arrangements and lighting and special effects. Petitions for master of cere monies have also been requested. Kmcee applicants will be inter viewed by a screening committee. Petitioners are asked to submit a main theme for the Vodvll with their petitions. Deadline tor peti tions is Wednesday at 5 p.tn. Peti I lions may l>o turned in to Hex Bal ' online. Phi Sigma Kappa, or Joan i Dysart. Tri-Delt. Dreaded "blue valentines” are being sent out to students with failing grades at Sun Jose State this week. So far 2930 cards have been sent to 2097 students. MODEL PLANES MODEL CARS 69c to $20 MODEL RAILROADS 25c to $50 10c to $10 4* Free instructions in every model field BRIGHTER HOMES STORE ‘ WHERE THE LITTLE RAILROADS GROW 853 Pearl St. Dial 4-3241 Mardi-Gras Dance Set (or Friday "Como to the Mardl-Gras!" That is tho current cry of Leu Thelomites, French club, which is sponsoring a Mardi-Gras costume ball and party Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight on tho third floor ol Gerlinger. All students and faculty in the French department and anyone in terested in the French language have been invited. Costumes from any period in French literature are in order. There will be dancing, cards and refreshments with a $.25 cover charge for the latter. Persons who wish to help decor ate for the ball and party have been asked to contact Loretta Wawrzyniak, instructor in ro mance languages, in 310 Friendly at 11 a m. or 4 p.m. today. Petition Due for 'Mom's' Chairman Petition deadline for chairman of Mother's Day is Monday at 4 p.m. The event, May 11, will he in conjunction with Junior Weekend. May 9-11. Petitions may be return ed to the ASUO office, third floor, Student Union. Reports by previous Mother's Day chairmen are available in room 201, Emerald hall, according to Bill Carey, ASUO president. Students interested in petitioning he suggested, can find much help ful information in these. ASUO Senator Brings Back Issue Of Spring Term Finals for Seniors By Jim Haycox A complaint that harks back to 1903 was kicking around In AS UO senate recently. The gripe was new to that body itself less than a year old but not to the University or the senior class that perpetuates the tradition. ASUO Senator - at - large Herb Cook probably may not have real ized he was shaking down cob webs when he remarked: "I don't think seniors ought to have spring term finals.” Cook asked Donald DuShane, di rector of student affairs and non voting senate advisor, to brirtg back a report. This DuShane did at the meeting Thursday evening. Petition Denied April 9. 1903: Seniors petition to have spring term finals for se niors with a ”B" average or above eliminated with tests for those with* below "B” average left to the discretion of the instructor. The petition was denied with the promise that spring term finals for seniors would be given as ear ly as possible. June I, 1903: Seniors petition to have no finals for springs term. Denied by faculty. May 6, 1909: Seniors petition to have no finals for spring term. Petition laid on the table by the faculty. June 4, 1914 : Seniors petition for 1 no finals spring term. Laid on THIS IS Advertising Recognition Week WHAT IS ADVERTISING? To most people it’s a reliable guide for forming their decisions on buying. It’s the best way for them to learn where to find what they want at prices they can afford. It helps them to know which firms are established to furnish exclusive merchandise and special ser vices ... what stores concentrate on bargain prices and self-service. And advertising is an indication of the interest that a business has in its customers, too. The store that adver tises its products and services is the store that’? sincere in its efforts to help you, the consumer, make wise buying decisions. So next time you see or hear an ad, remember that it’s for your benefit... that your patronage at stores which advertise is your assurance of con tinued buying guides. EMERALD table by faculty. Petition Denied J, April 8, 1037: Seniors pctltloiJ to be excused from spring term ex-i iimlimtions. Denied by faculty. : The reaponalblllty for regulating commencement shifted then froilj* the faculty to the board of deairs, DuShane explained. Dec. 0, 1948: Following a survey of eight Pacific Coast colleges, Mortar Board, Senior woman''* honorary, proposed three alternate suggestions early examinations, commencement before examina tions or no examinations. Mortar Board said that of the. eight colleges surveyed, one gav.e no exams and four others either had early exams or early com-* mencemcnt. Proposals Rejected The board of deanM rejected uH three proposals, DuShane said, bifl approved a plan to take the last- , minute uncertainty out of stu dents' minds. For tile last three years. 1949, '50 ^nd ‘51, a list of all tho»« se niors who are expected to grad uate lias been posted a week or* more In advance of commence-, merit. This list, said DuShane, re moved the major objection Mor-t tar Board had at the time. Students whose names do not: appear on the list because of oversight or inability to satisfy all the requirements are thus noti fied of mistakes, are corrected. DuShane cited a recent case aj, Oregon state college in which a student had been overlooked fori the graduation exercises. Thu | board, he said, m;«!o OHO hold :i second commencement for th single student. The list, DuSlian • remarked, is of advantage to stu- - dents and University alike. And the suggestion by Cook? DuShane didn't hold out much hope for another petition to elimj ) inate spring term finals for se niors. "It would probaby be goin;? through the motions for the exper- j ience alone," he told the senate*! The final examination, even for se niors, he said, Is an excellent way to review a course; without it there is no incentive to study after the midterm. # Campus Briefs • The upper-class YWCA commis sion will meet t<«iay at 3 p.m. in the Oritlos room, third floor of Ger linger, to stuff envelopes for the Red Cross. • State delegates for “Operation Polities," Oregon’s mock political convention to be held on the cam pus May 2 and 3, will meet at 6:30. p.m. today in room 3, Fenton hall. • Students Interested In doing fly-. ing speeches for the Red Cross fund drive may call Joan Walker at 3-9673 before 6 p.m. Friday. The drive begins Monday. • Cosmopolitan club will sponsor a leap year party Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight at Plymouth* house. Slides of the YWCA-YMCA. summer camp at Seabeck, Wash., will be shown. There will also be - dancing and refreshments. The Y camp is located on Hood’s canal at Seabeck. • Applicants for the law school admissions test, should present their tickets of admission in 201 Emerald hall at 8:45 a m. Satur day, according to J. Spencer Carl son, director of admissions and counseling. U.S. Locomotive Bell To Ring In Africa LOUISVILLE, Ky, (U.R) -A 350 pound brass bell from a Louisville & Nashville Railroad locomotive soon will be ringing out in Free town, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 5,000 miles from the railroad s nearest piece of track. For some time the Lv & N. has been donating the bells froi^i scrapped locomotives to small needy churches aldng its lines.
