Sometime Senators
| i Included in last Tuesday's
'ASUO senate minutes was an
■analysis (by senator-at-large
iBill Frye) of^senate attend
ance over the past two years,
fFrye’s calculations indicated
that:
11. an average of 15.6 per
cent of our senate is absent at
each meeting—three percent
• more than during the 1^51-52
year;
2. for the first nine meet
>>»»*gs this year (when no fresh
7«»an representatives were
present) there were approxi
'vmately twice as many ab
.sentees as for the first nine
•.meetings of last year.
3. several of our senators
;»lkave particularly bad records
—two having missed five
•^fceetings, one having missed
sffftur and three having missed
three.
’This is not a particularly
■encouraging commentary on
' those who participate in this
tiling called student govern
■ ment, especially when one re
alizes that all we’re asking of
them is two or three hours
once every week or so. Sadder
still is the fact that on at least
two occasions this year, the
•most recent being last Tues
day's meeting, the senate
couldn’t even hold on to a
quorum long enough to finish
business.
People began to trickle
out, as they usually do. until
there weren’t the required
two-thirds left.
ASUO president Pat Dig
nan. with all the sincerity in,
the world, may defend the im
portance of student govern
ment—hut his own senate is
very neatly cutting his throat
while he does it. lie insists
that SG does many worth
while things and that, by it
and other activities in SO,
“Students are aware of the
responsibilities of society and
learn to participate in the ac
tivities of society. . .” Vet
he's hard pressed to hold his
kiddies together long enough
to do anything, unless it be
to sponsor a foot race to the
door of our senate’s chamber
once a week.
The figures seem to indi
cate that many of our sena
tors, if we could get them to
answer honestly the question.
“What Do You Think of Stu
dent Government?’’, would
reply: “Not much.”
And we don’t know wheth
er to shake an ominous finger
at these disinterested partici
pants or agree with them.
A vigorous, well-attended
senate would indicate to us
that SG was. at least, alive
and kicking. But the so-called
senate which presently holds
meetings (that is, when they
can scrape up enough mem
bers) seems only to reinforce
a statement we made some
time ago—that SG, as pres
ently constituted, doesn’t
mean much and doesn’t do
much. Many of its partici
pants apparently don’t find
it worthwhile, so why should
we?
Bowerman Hopes So
"Hello, Coach? Am I gonna have trouble with someone on your
>javelin team again this season?”
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• CAMPUS BRIEFS
0 Members of the WSSF soli
citations committee meet today at
4 p.m. in the Student Union.
0 The deadline for petitions for
Mother’s Weekend committees lias
been set at 1 p.m. Tuesday, accord
ing to Barbara Wilcox, general
chairman. Chairmanship petitions
are needed for the housing, regis
tration, and breakfast committes.
Students may also petition for the
publicity, promotion, ticket and
hospitality committees.
0 A meeting of all living organ
ization representatives for Duck
Preview will be held at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the Student Union,
according to Bob Pollack, promo
tion chairman.
0 Committee chairmen for the
All-Campus Vodvil will meet in the
commuter's lunchroom of the Stu
dent Union at 4 p.m. today, ac
cirding to Shirley Wendt, general
co-chairman.
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0 Women’s scholarship chair
men and all women who are on
scholastic probation will meet at
4 p.m. today in the Student Union.
Students on scholastic probation
include all those with below a 2
point accumulative or who were
below a 2 point their last term.
0 Living organization song
leaders are asked to turn in the
titles of their group's song for the
All-Campus Sing to Barbara
Swanson at Carson two by Tues
day night.
0 Amphibian tryouts will be
held at 7:30 tonight in Gerlinger
hall.
0 Any women who made a 2
point or better GPA winter term
are eligible for spring term open
rush, according to Sally Thurston,
Panhellenic president. Those in
terested in going through rushing
should contact Mrs. Golda Park
er Wickham, associate director of
women’s affairs, in Emerald hall.
0 All night staff editors and
members are asked to meet at the
Emerald Shack today at 4 p.m.,
according to Night Editor Anne
Hill.
Campus Calendar
3 p.m. AF ROTC 110SU
WSSF 111 SU
4 WSSF Sol Comm 112 SU
Women’s Schol
Meet 215 SU
6:30 ASUO Asbly Reh
Gerl Annex
6:45 Sigma Delta Chi 113 SU
8:00 Interna’l Debate
Ballroom SU
YM-YW Movies
Scheduled Tonight
Movies on Seabeck, YMCA
YWCA summer camp at Seabeck,
Wash., will be shown tonight at 7
in the lounge of Stitzer hall by
the YMCA.
All men are invited to the show
ing, Russ Walker, executive YM
secretary, stated. Tuesday the film
will be shown at Wesley Founda
tion; Wednesday at Westminster
Fellowship and Thursday in the
Student Union at 7 p.m. preceding
the religious inquiry group on the
subject “Why is there suffering
in the world?”
_
Tea for Senior Girls
Feature of Preview
High school senior girls will be
guests of the Eugene City Panhell
enic at a tea in Alumni hall of
Gerlinger April 25 from 2 to 4 p.m.
In conjunction with Duck Pre
view weekend, the tea will be pri
marily a “get acquainted’’ session,
according to Mrs. Joe Richards of
Eugene, general chairman.
TO HADES FOR LOVE
Apollo Saves Alcestis
In New Theater Play
“There’s a dame that goes to
Hades for her husband, but if it
weren’t for a very heroic and so
phisticated Apollo she’d never get
back to life,’’ says F. J. Hunter,
director, about the forthcoming
University theater comedy, "Even
the Gods."
This charming character, Al
cestis, is pTayed by Sandra Price,
junior in speech. Her husband,
Admetus, the king of Thessaly,
portrayed by John Bree, loves her
very much and is willing to lose
her only because of the pressure
of war with Sparta. *
The war is provoked by his
Six to Attend
SU Conference
Six representatives from the
Student Union will attend the Na
tional Association of College
Unions conference in Berkeley,!
Cal., next Wednesday through Fri
day.
Attending in the capacity of1
union administrators will be R.
IC. Williams, SU director and
j NACU 18th district representa- j
i tive; Donna Btise, program direc
tor, and H. P. Barnhart, director
of dormitories.
Students who will attend are
I Virginia Dailey, SU board repre
sentative; Andy Berwick, chair
; man of the personnel Committee,
I and Clyde Fahlman, chairman of
the board. Fahlman will also at
tend as a member of the national
executive committee.
jrlme minister, Sosthenes, who is
characterized by Phil Sanders. The
fact that his niece, Charrlsa,
played by Sally Mollner, Is in love
A'ith Admetus’ , son, Eumelos,
played by Leonard Krichevsky,
complicates matters even more.
Apollo is portrayed by Gerald
Smith and John Jensen is cast in
the role of Death.
The play, a new manuscript by
Mildred Kuner, is based on the old
Greek legend of Alcestis, but is
done in modern dialogue.
Ticket sales for the production,
to open Friday and continue Sat
irday and April 22 to 25, will go on
sale today at 1 p.m. in the theater
box office.
Sales will continue throughout
the run of the play. Reservations
may be obtained by phoning ext.
401 from 1 to 5 p.m., Mrs. Gene
Wiley, business manager, said.
STUDENTS
Monday, April 13th, is
the last day for return
ing textbooks for full
credit.
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