Roger Aiken To Visit
Campus During April
By Len Calvert
Emtrald Anittent N«wt Editor
"In our work we are out to pre
sent the Scriptural point of view
and what has happened to us be
cause of it. A writer in Hebrew's
called it ‘the new and living way'
and that’s what I have found it
to be in my life."
With this as his thesis, Roge"
Aiken is visiting the University
of Oregon campus as a represen
tative of the Student Movement
and a worker in the Campus Cru
sade for Christ. He will be on cam
pus during April talking to stu
dents about their faith.
The heart of this faith, accord
ing to Aiken, is a knowledge' of
God presented "in a practical man
ner." In order to do this, the Stu
dent Movement was started on the
campus of the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles. From there
it has spread through volunteer
workers to many other California
campuses and there are now two
men in the Pacific Northwest vis
iting college campuses.
Big Response
According to Aiken, the volun
toei workers have had a "tremen
dous" response to their work at
many of the California schools, es
pecially at California Institute of
Technology. Here at Oregon, he
said that he had found an interest
in his work and that he felt it was
a "typical" campus response.
One of the big reasons for the
movement Aiken said, is the fact
that Time magazine recently re
ported that 70 per cent of college
students are looking for faith.
Aiken pointed out that many stu
dents admitted this fact when
questioned about their own faith.
15 Visits
Here on the Oregon campus,
Aiken has been talking with stu
dents individually and in their
houses. He plana to have at least
15 more house meetings before
leaving for Oregon State college
at the end of the month.
In preparation for his work, to
which he is donating a year of his
time, Aiken spent half-a-semester
working with the Student Move
ment on the UCLA campus where
he worked with student leaders.
Basketball and football players are
only a few who have been attract
ed to the movement, according to
Aiken.
The workers in the movement
follow a six point program in ap
proaching students. The steps are
preparation, contact, challenge,
probe and follow-up. Contact is
made between the worker and stu
dents through group meetings,
telephone calls, and trio interviews
at which a student introduces a
friend to the volunteer.
This week Aiken is holding six
meetings with six more scheduled
next week. At these meetings he
and several University students
will share with others their ex
periences in this work.
Castell Gives
Three Lectures
Aubrey Castell, head of the de
partment of philosophy, will pre
sent the first three of the four
Knoles Philosophy Lectures, orig
inally given at the College of the
Pacific last month.
Castell will repeat the lectures
at Lewis and Clark college in Port
land on April 20. He has been in
vited to give them at San Jose
State college on May 13.
Religious Notes
Compiled by Mitzi Asai
Emerald Religious Newt Editor
Newman Club
Benediction will be held at 7 p.m.
in Sacred Heart hospital chapel
Sunday. The 7 a.m. daily Mass will
be continued and will extend to
include Saturdays.
On Good Friday and Holy Sat
urday, there will be no services
at the chapel. At St. Mary’s church
Mass will be at noon and Tenebrae
and Benediction at 7:30 p.m. on
Good Friday. On Holy Saturday
the Mass will be at 8:30 p.m. The
first Mass on Easter will be a
High Mass at 6 a.m. instead of
6:30.
Wesley Foundation
Wesleyites will join in the Com
munity Easter Sunrise service at
McArthur court 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
At 8 a.m. following the service,
there will be an Easter breakfast
at Wesley House. At 9:45 the
Koinonia Klass will discuss “We
Believe in Eternal Life.” Reverend
Farris will also speak on that topic
at the 11 a.m. service. An 8:30 a.m.
worship service will also be held at
the First Methodist church. Wes
ley choir will sing at the 11 a.m.
service at Harris St. church.
A light snack will be served at
Wesley Foundation at 5:30 pun.
Sunday, followed by the installa
tion of new officers for the group.
Tuesday beginning at 5:30 p.m.
there will be a potluck dinner with
the program based on C. S. Lewis'
“Screwtape Letters.”
Thursday at 12:30 p.m. a chapel
service is slated, to be followed
by Wesley choir practice at 1 p.m.
April 11, Wesleyites will present
the program at Medford for the
southern district meeting of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship.
Gamma Delta
The Oregon chapter of Gamma
Delta, Lutheran students organi
zation Synodical conference, was
host to the fifth annual convention
of the Northwest region of Gamma
Delta March 27 to 29. Thirty-nine
students from schools in Washing
ton, Oregon and Montana attended.
Presiding over business session
held in the Student Union was
Jane Wiggen, senior at Oregon.
A discussion of the current proj
ect of raising $3000 for a medical
missionary scholarship and election
of new officers constituted the
business. Betty Lou Meyer, sopho
more at Oregon, was elected vice
president. Other officers are Dar
lene Dahlman, president, Montana;
Anita Wegener, secretary, Oregon
State; Ulrick Mettler, treasurer,
Washington; and Franklyn Clike
man, delegate-at-large, Montana.
Guest speakers at the convention
were Thomas Coates, president of
Concordia college; Rev. Walter
Boss, philosophy professor at Con
cordia, and Rev. A. Donsbaugh,
Philomouth. Theme of the con
vention was "Lengthen thy cords,
and strengthen thy stakes." (Isa.
54:2)
Friendly House
Herbert Bisno, assistant profes
sor of sociology, will speak on
“Witch Hunting” at the regular
discussion group m e e ti n g of
Friendly house Friday at 8 p.m.
The house is located at 2445 Kin
caid.
Christian House
The annual Easter breakfast will
be held at Christian house immed
iately after the Eastern Sunrise
service in McArthur court. Morgan
Odell, speaker at the Sunrise ser
vice, will be the honored guest.
Reservations may be made by call
ing 5-3491 before noon Saturday.
At 6 p.m. Sunday a Vesper ser
vice will be held to install new of
ficers.
ABSOLUTELY NOT'
Flat Tires, Cars In The Mud
Poor Excuses, Savs Stokes
By Rodney Morrison
Emerald Reporter
Ever since Oregon’s modern,
flat-planed Carson hall was com
pleted in 1950, it has been a cam
pus showplace.
Sine then, hundreds of girls have '
lived in its plush rooms, met their
dates in the marble-floored lobby,
and whisked up and down its five
floors in an elevator.
Carson doesn't look hallowed,
and has no ivy-covered walls, but
its been a second home to a lot
of co-eds. Any home needs a moth
er, and Mrs. M. Edna Stokes has
been just that for Carson girls, 1
although her attention must be (
divided among some 300 young
ladies.
Mrs. Stokes is a tall, white
haired lady who has the imposing
title of Carson s Head Resident.
Has Enjoyed L'O
She has been at Oregon for nine
years, coming here from Portland.
Working at the University is
something I never expected to do,”
Mrs. Stokes said, "but I have cer
tainly enjoyed it.”
She was living fn Portland when
a friend suggested her name to
Hazel P. Schwering, then Orion's
Dean of Women.
Mrs. Stokes’ first job was as a
housemother for the girls of Gam
ma hall in John Straub.
"I was a pretty green freshman
as a housemother, and for a while,
some of the girls led me a merry
a
chase,” Mrs. Stokes said with
smile.
She remained in ivy-covered
Gamma for two years. Next she j
spent one term on the top floor*
of Gerlinger, three years in Hen
dricks, and moved to Carson when
the building was completed.
Two Children
Born in Colorado, Mrs. Stokes
was a longtime Portland resident.
She has a grown son and daughter.!
The latter lived at Hendricks as *
an Oregon student in the early
1930's, now has a son ready for
college. Mrs. Stokes’ son Don lives
in North Bend, where he works!
for a marine supply company.
“
• Campus Briefs
0 Women who plan to go
through the spring term informal
rushing should register in the of
fice of Mrs. Golda Parker Wick
ham, associate director of student
affairs, as soon as possible.
Wengert Gets Position',
C. E. Wengert, head of the po
litical science department, was
elected to the executive council of
the Western Political Science as-!
sociation at the seventh annual
meeting Tuesday at Oregon State
college.
Busy at Carson with adminis
trative work and some counseling-,
Mrs. Stokes also has taken Uni
versity courses in psychology, per
sonnel work, and modern litera^
ture.
She likes reading, collecting
china, and gardening. ‘ I haven't
had much chance to raise a gar
den here,” she said wistfully, “but
in Portland I used to raise some
very nice tulips.” A well-filled
bookcase and a colorful- display
of Spode china in her cozy suite
off the Carson lobby attest her
interest in the other two pastimes.
Waffles and Doughnuts
During lazy evenings girls oft
en visit the suite, where they are
treated to Mrs. Stokes’ fine waf
fles, or coffee and doughnuts.
She likes girls, but has the
requisite motherly sternness when
they try wiles, usually transparent,
to enjoy male company after clos
ing hours.
Her comment: “The phone call.-:
about flat t:res, or getting the car
stuck in the mud, or running out of
gas in the country are the cM
shopworn execuses.”
Do such tales call forth her sym
pathy? "Absolutely net,” she de
clared. *
Mrs. Stokes enjoys playing host
ess to visiting mothers, and oc
casional celebrities. She especial
ly admired Sir Richard Living
stone. an English educator —“Sir
Richard was a very fine man. ’
Incidentally, she didn't like
Groucho Marx.
No not you!—but possibly
your country. Nations bare
collapsed before because they allowed
disunity to destroy them.
Why do we love America? Because,
under our form of government, the indi
vidual—and that means you—is con
sidered important.
But this works two ways. If we. want to
be secure in our own right, each of us
must be willing to respect the rights of
others.
If nw discriminate against other people
tor any reason, we’ll soon find others dis
criminating against us. Then what will
we have? A family squabble—national
disunity—and the enemies of our system
laughing up their sleeves.
Make sure you are not spreading ru
mors against a race or a religion. Speak
up, wherever you are, against prejudice,
and work for better understanding. Re
member, that’s being a good American
citizen.
Accept or reject people
on their individual v/orfh
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