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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1952)
Seven Students Selected for Board; Names Given to Harry Newburn vainer* ui »cven Htuaenta wno have been selected by the Student Union Board and the joint commit tee on membership selection for board selection have been submit ted to University President Harry K. Newburn for approval following the Wednesday board meeting. Pat Bellmer and Don Zavin have been selected to fill the member at-large positions by the board. This position is a recognition for outstanding work in the SU pro gram. Sandra Price, school of liberal arts; Virginia Dailey, school of journalism; Pat Gustin, school of business administration; and Paul Lasker, school of education, were selected for two year terms by the joint committee. Thomas Brand was selected for a one year term from the school of law. Report Accepted Maggie Powne reported on the activity pool evaluation and the board accepted the report. The board initiated the investigation of the activity pool because it felt that the pool was not operating efficiently and that it was an in tegral part of the SU program. Purposes of the activity pool a.i stated in the report are to orient students into the SU program, to enable everyone to enter the pro gram on an equal basis with com mittee members being selected on the basis of contribution to the program rather than by first im pressions gained through introduc tory interviews, to keep commit tees small in order that they may be efficient, rather than carrying inactive members (committees would draw on the supply provided by the pool in accordance with their need) and to keep interested persons within the program until positions on committees are avail Beall Named Head Of Ex-prep Leaders Jerry Beall was elected president of the newly organized—but still unnamed—freshman formed high school president's group Tuesday in its second meeting at Student Union. Other officers selected were Jim Light, vice-president and John Ton ack, secretary-treasurer. Sixteen of the 22 freshmen on campus who were student body presidents in their high school at tended. The group takes in only freshmen now, said Bill Carey, ASUO president who sat in at the meeting, but this year’s freshmen will continue as members through out college. In four years, he ex plained, it will include all former high school presidents in college. Purpose of the organization is to assist in increasing the University’s enrollment by keeping in contact with high schools throughout the state. Duckling Petitions For Y Due Friday Petitions for Duckling Counsel ing must be turned in to Bobbette Gilmore at Carson hall or to the YWCA office in Gerlinger by 5 p.m. DST Friday. Blank petitions may still be obtained from Miss Gilmore or the Y. Freshmen women are especially urged to petition to be “big sis ters” for next year’s incoming freshmen women. Petitioners must attend the instruction meetings to be held May 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Car son and May 21 at 6:30 p.m. at Gerlinger. The , Arkansas state flower is the apple blossom. able. Each student would be required to spend one month as a member of the pool before appointment to a standing committee. The per sonnel committee would review all members of the pool each month to determine those who had done outstanding work, to be recom mended for committee membership a3 positions arise. Petitioning will bo in effect throughout the year following the original fall term call. Discussion Held Some discussion was held on the reinvestigation of the Forum com mittee membership and discussion will be continued at the next meet ing. Clyde F a h 1 m a n, directorate chairman, submitted his report on the national convention, and dis cussions will be held at the next meeting. Barbara Howard reported to the board that work on the SU ban quet, which is set for May 28, is progressing. Coffee-hour Work Given to Committee A new Student Union commit tee has been formed to handle all the coffee hours presented by the SU. To be called the coffee hour for um committee, the group will en large and regularize the coffee hours which were put on this year as a regular SU activity. The committee was suggested by Alburey Castell, head of the phil osophy department and junior fac ulty member of the SU boafd, and is a result of two terms of plan ning and contacting interested groups and faculty members. The committee will consist of a chairman, five student members, a faculty member and two ex-officio members. The informal forums will be held on controversial and current topics and organizations who will be bringing speakers to the campus will be invited to utilize the coffee hour program if they desire. Six American cities operate more than 400 electric trackless trolleys in their transit systems. They are Chicago with 551 and 160 addi tional to be delivered shortly, At lanta with 453, Boston with 430, Cleveland with 411 and San Fran cisco and Milwaukee both with 400. • Campus Briefs • Committee heads of the Y\V sponsored “Ladies Night Out” set for May 16, will meet today at noon in Gerlinger, according to Helen Wright, general chairman. Anyone else interested may attend. 0 Entrants in the University’s student library contest may begin arranging their books Friday at 1 p.m. (DST) in the study room east of the Reserve book room of the University library, according to Bernice Rise, Browsing Room li brarian. Prizes of $25, $15 and $10 in books at the Co-op are offered for the best entries. • A meeting of all Kwamas, sophomore women’s honorary, has been called for 6:30 p.m. DST in the Student Union by Joan Marie Miller, president. • Duckling counselor petitions are due Friday at 5 p.m. at~the YWCA office at Gerlinger or with Bobbette Gilmore in Carson. Peti tion blanks may still be obtained from the Y or Miss Gilmore. Fresh men women have been especially urged to peition as “big sisters” for incoming Frosh women next year. Petitioners are required to attend instruction meetings at Carson hall May 14 and Gerlinger May 21 in order to participate in the pro gram. • John Talbot and Bonnie Birkemeicr, Junior Prom chair man; Maggie Powne, Sunlight Ser enade chairman; and Sally Thurs ton, Junior Weekend publicity chairman, will be interviewed on KWAX on 5:45 p.m. (DST). The entertainment guide for Junior Weekend will also be broadcast ; over KWAX at 6:30 p.m. — • The five members of the Junior Weekend court will be inter viewed over radio station KASH at 10:30 p.m. (DST) tonight. They are Joan Renner, Barbara Booth, Jo Martin, Nannette Silverthorne and Pat Johnson. The queen selec tion will not be revealed until the Junior Prom intermission on Fri | day night. TODAY'S STAFF Makeup editor: Rodney Morri son Copy desk: Laura Sturges Night Staff IS'ight Editor: Pat Choat. Xiglit Staff: Stephie Scott. REMEMBER THAT PICNIC Save these afternoon mem ories with photos. Gerlach’s Drug in Springfield—right on your way up the McKen zie—has a complete line of your camera needs. Gerlach's Drug Store 5th & Main SPRINGFIELD "At the stop-light” We give and redeem Gold Arrow Stamps 'India Day' Celebration Planned For Saturday by Oregon Majlis “India Day” will be celebrated on campua Saturday by the Majlis group, foreign students’ cultural group on campus. Highlight of the conference will be an address Saturday by Sir C. P. Ramaswami Yiyar, a former Prime Minister of Travancore in South India. He will speak at 4 p.m. DST Sat urday in the Dad's Lounge of the Student Union as part of the.con ference, a joint undertaking of the Majlis, the Northwest Conference on Religion in Higher Education and Oregon Conference on Philoso phy of Religion. The talk will be a continuation of the two confer ences to be in progress on campus Friday and Saturday. Sir Ramaswami will be honored at a dinner open to the public at 6 p.m. DST Saturday at the faculty club. Tickets are $1.25 and are variable at the registration desk during the conference or from Wal lace Baldinger, associate professor of art at the art school; William Yeomans, Majlis president; or frb.rn 1 Majlis members in charge of the program—M. S. Venkataramaini, , Basdeo Maharajh or Durga Bliu 1 tani. i After the dinner, an informal discussion on Hindu philosophy will be held with a presentation I of Hindu music and art and IndiLi films. Sir Ramaswami will be the gue.yt 'speaker at the 9:30 and 11 a.'in. DST services at the Eugene Coin gregational Church. His topic w|ill be “India’s Religious Philosophy.” North Carolina produces all tfce plants listed by the U. S. 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