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But It's Expedient
While Oregon’s immovable football squad was stopping
California’s irresistable force last weekend, Oregon was meet
ing a pretty cautious object itself at the OFCL convention in
^Portland.
That was the Oregon Federation of Collegiate Leaders,
which was reluctant to go- ahead on the Oregon-backed plan
for a Northwest federation of same, to be called NFCL. It
seems that the small schools in NFCL, which, for practical pur
poses, includes all the 15 members except Oregon and OSC,
Eren’t sure about a regional group such as NFCL.
Besides, following a talk by the president of the National
Students’ association, OFCL went on record to investigate
the possibility of eventual membership in NS A.
This, along with QFCL’s approval of the resolution to have
ihe new pre.sidfiht ap'p'OiUt ^committee to study the feasibility
;of an NFCL, Jvith the possibility of a trial convention next
•spring, leaves OFCL'Topen to just about everything, except
•maybe the WPA and that wasn’t ruled out.
It looks like the opportunity to definitely accept or reject
NFCL is going to present itself to OFCL anyway. Bob Sum
mers, junior in pre-law, the Oregon senate member pushing
,’the. NFCL plan, is going ahead with plans to set up the trial
Convention.
The point being, of course, to go ahead with the plan with
out OFCL aproval, and get the approval late. It’s putting
the cart before the horse, but it’s expedient.
There is a split between the two big schools in Oregon and
most of the rest of .QFCL’s institutions in general thinking
about this kind of thing. It doesn’t look like the smaller schools
can get together with Oregon and OSC on some mutual prob
lems. The classic examples which delegates brought back from
the convention was the Marylhurst statement that over 90
percent—of its 250 students—vote in general student elections,
so why consider the problem of poor voting turnouts?
;.It is clear that a regional organization such as NFCL
cduld help quite a bit in student government at the schools
in the Northwest. The larger schools—Oregon included—
have the most to gain. But smaller schools could certainly
, benefit, with added schools of their own size apd type from
. Idaho, Washington and Montana.
iOFCL, and the eight schools in the Evergreen Conference
‘■Student association in Washington, could carry on as part of
NFCL. If the smaller schools don’t like the idea, they can re
main out and an organization of larger schools could be formed.
But we’d rather see a regional group with all the Northwest
.■Schools included.
I __ _ Fair Play?
Letters to the Editor
II
A Word of Praise
Egierald Editor:
In my capacity of representing
the Student Body of Seattle Uni
versity, I want to take this op
portunity, with the help of your
school paper, to voice our opinion
to the University students of
the recent Regional Conference
of College Unions held at Pull
man, Washington.
First, the students and fac
ulty advisers that represented
the University were, Indeed,
the nicest group of people that
I have had the pleasure of
meeting. They excelled in the
word “represent,” and won the
admiration of the other dele
gates with their leadership
qualities and very amiable per
sonalities. The studen'ts can be
proud of them with justifiable
reason. They are wonderful
people and true leaders In
every sense of the word.
Second, the Conference itself
proved to be an overwhelming
success. All the information and
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6:03 Piano Moods
6:15 Four for a 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
Campus Calendar
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9:00 School Pit Pin Cf Regis
Lobby, 2nd FI SU
11:00 YM Fin * 319 SU
Noon Jr. PanhelL 110 SU
Drama Staff 111 SU
AA 112 SU
Phi Beta Cab 113 SU
RE Wk Exec 319 SU
4:00 Alpin Cl 110 SU
Alp Delt Sig 111 SU
For Stu Cof Hr 334 SU
Phi Beta Kap- Ger 2nd fl
4:30 Chi Delta Phi 315 SU
6:00 YMBd 112 SU
6:30 .Phi Chi Theta 111 SU
1FC 334 SU
7:00 Wrest Mgrs. Cal’t 315 SU
Pi Lambda Theta
'.1 Ger 2nd Fl
CAMPUS BRIEFS
g The hospitality sub-commit
tee of the Student Union public
relations group will meet tonight
at 6:30 in SU 313, according to
Donna Hill, chairman.
g Dress rehearsal for the
Homecoming variety show is sche
duled for 7:30 tonight at McAr
thur court, according to Judy
Morse, co-chairman of the show.
<9 Monday will be the deadline
for Oregana space contracts by
all living organizations, clubs and
honoraries, according to Marilyn
Parrish, organizations manager
for the book.
• Chi Delta Phi, women’s lit
erary honorary, will meet at 4:30
p. m. today in the Student Union.
0 Pi Lambda Theta, education
honorary, will meet Thursday at
7 p. m. in Gerlinger hall, accord
ing to Dorothy Anderson, presi
dent. Initiation of new members
will be held.
^ Petitions for general chair
man, general secretary, enter
tainment, invitations, publicity,
collections and decorations chair
men are now being called for by
AWS secretary Janet Wick for
the annual AWS-sponsored Christ
mas tea. They will be due Monday
at 5 p. m., and should be turned in
to Miss Wick at Pi Beta Phi.
suggestions that were exchanged
have already been instrumental
in bettering our program here at
Seattle University. I feel certain
that the conference has benefi
ted the programs of other schools
too.
I hope our opinion will 1m* of
help to you. Thanks for having
the University of Oregon rep
rensented at the conference,
we enjoyed exchanging Ideas
with you.
Sincerely youra,
Philip Smith
Student Body President
Approval
Emerald Editor:
Concerning last Thursday's
"23 or Skidoo” club—we like!
Armand Myers
Irle White
William D. Clark
Easton Cross
Joe B. Ross
Henry A. Chaney
Dorothy Plumer
Texas Instructor Talks
To Architecture School
Robert Lent, associate professor
of architectural design at Rice In
stitute, Houston, Tex., will be vis
iting lecturer at the school of ar
chitecture and aided arts through
Tuesday. Lent, a graduate of Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
and Cornell university, is a reg
istered architect in New York and
Texas.
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Senior Six
(Continued from page one )
This Phi Betn Kappa initiate with
a GPA of approximately 3.6 has
his own unique method of study
ing.
Toliver feels that it is important
that a student choose some extra
curricular activities in which he
is particularly interested, but they
should not become primary in a
student's program.
William Walker
William Walker, philosophy ma
jor, believes in making use of
every hour of the day and not
staying up late unnecessarily. He
finds the most efficient way to
study is concentrating on one sub
ject at a time until each Is com
pleted.
"A student should be selectlvo
in his activities, choosing ones
which will supplement his studies
and help the University," Walker,
whose GPA is approximately 3.67,
said. "The right type of actlvitiea
add interest to a student’s work."
Walker, counselor at Susan
Campbell hall, also feels it is im
portant for freshmen, especially,
not to become involved in too
many activities at first, but choose
those in which they are particul
arly interested.
William Hall
William Hall, senior in history,
has a GPA of about 3.8. After the
army, he is considering graduate
work. Hall may go into Middle
Eastern Studies.
Traditionally, the top six seniors
are selected for membership in Phi
Beta Kappa during fall term,
while the remaining senior mem
bers are chosen in the spring. The
Senior Six are selected primarily
on superior scholarship, but lead
ership and character are also con
sidered. A program of courses
well diversified in the field of lib
eral arts is also desirable.
Book Expert Will Explain
Rare Manuscript Collection
Valuable books and manuscripts
dating as far back as 3500 B. C.
will be shown today and Friday
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. at the west
side delivery entrance of the Uni
versity library.
The coast-to-coast exhibit is
sponsored by the Book of Know
ledge publishers, and is touring
in a large trailer, “The Magic
Carpet on Wheels.”
“An expert in the history of
rare book9 and manuscripts ac
companies the exhibit and will ex
plain the significance of the items
to visitors,” said John F. Lauber,
library administrative assistant.
Manuscripts were made by “sev
eral people who worked as much
as a month to produce a single
page ... in the days when all
books were hand-lettered and
there was no type or press for
mass-reproduction," according to
Barry J. Holloway, in a synopsis
of the presentation.
“Many examples of the history
of man's efforts to record his pro
gress in writing are contained in
the exhibit,” said Lauber.
A piece of the famous 36-line
Gutenberg Bible is in the collec
tion, Lauber said. The oldest items
in the display are cuneiform writ
ing on clay of deeds of sale and
royal decrees from ancient Baby
lon and Sumeria. A papyrus leaf
from the Egyptian book of the
dead displays the first use of col
or in pre-Christian books.
Ancient bindings in velvet and
gold embroidery as well as deli
cately-tooled and jeweled leather
which are shown in the exhibit
have been pronounced particularly
valuable by authorities appraising
the collection.
Holloway said that the exhibit
includes "examples of some of the
finest masters of manuscript of
the middle ages.” The writers of
that time made their own quill
pens and blended the colors, which
in this collection have extraordin
ary vivacity.
Highway Essay Contest
Open To Students Now
‘‘Financial, Economic, and Ad
ministrative Improvements for
Our Highways” is the subject of
an essay contest now open to un
dergraduate students.
The contest, sponsored by the
Highway Research board of the
National Academy of Sciences, iB
made possible by the General Mo
tors corporation. A prize of $500
will be awarded to the winner in
each state.
Participants are to submit an
original essay upon any phase of
highway transportation in the
general areas of finance and tax
ation, economics, or administra
tion.
Students enrolled in economics,
government, finance and account
ing, taxation, journalism, com
merce, political science, law, and
civil engineering are especially
urged to compete.
The treatment of the subject
must be directed toward bettering
the present situation, methods,
policies, practices or administra
tive agencies. Highways are to be
regarded as including all roads,
streets, turnpikes and other ways
used lay motor vehicles.
An application blank may be ob
tained at any department head in
the field. This is to be mailed to
the Highway Research board,
which will then send the applicant
an official entry blank, specific
instructions, and other informa
tion and suggestions. The appli
cant must be a resident of the
state in which he is enrolled in
college and no entry can be ac
cepted without an official entry
blank.
All essays submitted will be
come the property of the Highway
Research board and none can be
returned. The decision? of the
committee of judges with respect
to awards are final on each parti
cipant.
All entries for the contest must
be postmarked by March 31, 1954.
The names of the award winners
will be announced as soon as pos
sible following the closing date
for entries.