University Public Service
Conference Begins Today
A conference on universities and
the public service is being held on
campus today and Friday. Morton
Kroll, assistant professor of polit
ical science, is serving as chair
man of the event.
Sponsors of the conference are
the University of Oregon, the
League of Oregon Cities, the Fed
eral Personnel Council of Portland
and a number of federal and state
agencies. The conference will be
open to students interested in pub
lic service on a federal, state or
lacal level, Kroll said.
All conference events will be
held in the Student Union. Pro
gram for the conference has been
released as follows:
Program Announced
Among the events scheduled to
have occurred this morning were
registration at 9 a. m.; opening
plenary session from 9:45 to 10:30
a. m. and three panel discussions
on university faculties and public
executives from 10:30 to noon.
Title of the first panel was to
have been “Education for Execu
tive Training.’’ L. K. Mays, as
sistant regional forester, North
Pacific region, Forest Service, U.
S. Department of Agriculture, was
to have served as chairman.
The second panel, “Scientific
Training and the Government Ser
vice,” was to have been lead by
W. M. Langan, agricultural stu
dent personnel adviser, Oregon
State college. _
“Personnel Agencies and College
Placement Services’’ was to have
been the title of the third panel.
Robert S. Copemoll, field adviser,
11th U. S. Civil Service region,
Seattle, was to have been chair
man.
Students Invitetd
At noon today the entire group
will hold an informal luncheon
meeting.
Two conference events this af
ternoon are of particular interest
to Oregon students, according to
Kroll. The events are a plenary
session from 1 to 2:30 p. m. and
a career session and coffee hour
from 2:45 to 4:30 p. m.
“Is There A Career in the Pub
lic Service?” will be the subject
of the plenary session. Chairman
will be O. P. Davis, chairman of
the Federal Personnel council,
Portland, and area personnel of
ficer, Bureau of Indian affairs,
Department of Agriculture.
Interviews between public of
ficials and interested students will
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reer session and coffee hour. In
charge of the session will be Karl
W. Onthank, associate director of
student affairs.
•Panels Scheduled
A social hour for conference
members is scheduled from 4:30
to 5:30 p. m. this afternoon. Kroll
will preside at the dinner session
at 6:30 tonight.
Featured speaker at the dinner
will be Eldon L. Johnson, dean of
the college of liberal arts and
graduate school. Topic of John
son’s speech is to be “The Univer
sity and the Public.”
General topic of the first group
of panels Friday morning is “Re
search and the Public Service.”
The panels are scheduled from 9
to 10:30 a. m.
Pendleton City Manager Ray
Botch will be chairman of the
panel entitled “Research and Per
sonnel Administration.” Second
panel of the group, “Research and
Supervision,” will be lead by Joe
L. King, acting industrial rela
tions officer, Pudget Sound naval
shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.
Luncheon Slated
Third panel in the 9 to 10:30
a. m. group will be “Scope and!
Method of Research in Public Ser- j
vice.” Chairman is Richard A. |
Littman,- associate professor of
psychology.
“The Public Agency as a Work
shop” is to be the general topic
of the three panels to be held from j
10:30 a. m. to noon Friday.
Charles McKinley, professor of
political science at Reed college,
will be chairman of the panel en- j
titled “The Northwest as a Work
shop.” “The Contributions of In- ;
dividual Agencies" will be lead by
R. W. Cowlin, director of the Pa
cific Northwest forest experiment
station.
Third panel of the 10:30 a. m. to
Civil Service
Exams Open
Examinations for positions in
the fields of engineering, teaching
and accounting have been an
nounced by the Federal Civil Serv
ice commission.
In the engineering field options
include architectural, ch e m i c a 1,
civil, electrical, eletronics, marine,!
materials, mechanical, ordinance,
and safety. These positions are in |
various federal government agen
cies in the states of Idaho, Mon
tana, Oregon, and Washington.
Salaries range from $5,060 to $5,
940 a year.
Teaching options include: ele
mentary, principals and teachers;
high school; agriculture, hom% ec
onomics, adviser (boarding
school), vocational subjects,
science, mathematics, English,
business and commercial and phy
sical education. These positions are
open in the bureau of Indian af
fairs and the department of the in
terior in the states of Idaho, Mon
tana, Oregon, Washington and the
territory of Alaska.
Application forms or informa
tions as to where such forms may
be obtained are available at any
post office. Applications for these
positions should be filed with the
director, 11th U. S. Civil service
region, 302 Federal Office building,
Seattle 4, Wash., immediately.
The civil service has also an
nounced that the general account
ing office is in need of account
ants to staff its regional audit of
fices which are located in many of
the large cities throughout the
country. These positions pay from
$4,205 to $10,800 a year.
Men only are desired for these
jobs and must have had experi
ence of the public accounting type.
Study in accounting, teaching ac
countancy or the possession of a
certified public accountant may be
substituted for part of the ex
perience. No written test is re
quired for these positions.
Further information or applica
tion forms may be obtained from
the U. S. Civil Service commission,
Washington 25, D. C. Applications
must be filed with the executive
secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Ser
vice examiners, General Account
ing office, Washington 25, D. C. i
noon group will be "Methods of
Field Research in Public Agen
cies." Chairman of this panel will
be Vincent Ostrom, assistant pro
fessor of political science.
An informal luncheon meeting
will be held from 12 to 1 p. m.
Friday. A concluding plenary ses
sion, featuring reports and con
clusions of panel chairmen, will be
held from 1 to 3 p. m. Friday.
^ Members of the Homecoming
sign contest will meet today at 4
p. m. in the SU. Room number wili
be posted.
• Ski Quacks will meet at 6:30
p. m. today in the Student Union.
f There will be a meeting of
the Student Union hospitality
committee at 6:30 tonight in the
SU, according to Donna Hill,
chairman of the committee.
Physical Therapist
To Address Meet
The YWCA service commission
will meet today at 4 p.m. in the
Gerlinger hall men’s lounge. A
physical therapist from the Chil
dren's Spastic hospital will speak.
Anyone interested is invited and
members of the freshman service
commission are urged to attend,
reports Martha Van Camp, YWCA
service chairman.
NASM Meet
Is Saturday
Schools of music in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana
will be represented at the regional
meeting of the National Associa
tion of Schools of Music here Sat
urday.
The sessions will be held in the
school of music, with meetings
scheduled for both afternoon and
morning. Dean Theodore Kratt of
the school of music is vice presi
dent of the regional organization.
0 The Studoift Union public.
relations committee will meet to
night at 6:30 in SU 313, Chairman
Sonia Edwards has announced.
Plans for Homecoming will be
discussed. Members of the com
mittee who are unable to attend
should notify Donna Hill at Alpha
Omicron Pi or Miss Edwards at
Tri-Delt, she announced.
6:00 p. m. Sign On
6:03 Piano Moods
6:15 Four for fi Quarter
6:30 News Till Now
6:45 Sports Shots
7:00 University Hour
8:00 Nancy Randolph Show
8:15 UN Story
8:30 Serenade to the Student
9:00 Kwaxworks
10:00 The SU and You
10:30 Kwaxworks
10:50 News Headlines
10:55 Tune to Say Goodnight
11:00 Sign Off
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