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.