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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1955)
Voluntary Solicitations Will Be Allowed in SU The Student Union Board de cided at its meeting Wednesday that solicitation of a voluntary nature will be allowed in the Stu dent Union fishbowl. This means that solicitation can be conducted by organiza tions if no pressure is put on any one for contributions. Organisa tions must get permission from the administrative offices to use the fishbowl for solicitation. The executive committee of the Board will write up the policy to be presented at the next meet ing. Three Members Accepted Lucia Knepper and Dick Gray were accepted by the Board to fill the junior member at large positions. Lolly Quackenbush was accepted for the sophomore mem ber at large position. The Board's recommendations \ of these new members will go to O. Meredith Wilson, president of the university, for final approval. Three Years' SI' Work Miss Knepper has wor ked on . Student Union activities for three year's. She has been on the music committee and on the directorate as chairman of the music com mittee. Dick Gray has had three years experience in Student Union di rectorate work, and was on the ASUO Senate in his freshman year. Miss Quackenbush was a mem-' ber of the Student Union public ] relations committee iir her fresh-1 man year and served as its chair man in her sophomore year. She feels that a leadership training program should be started for j State Department Announces Exams Examinations for state depart ment foreign service officers will be given on June 24 through out the United States. Closing date for sending in applications to take the test is May 2. Students interested in partici pating are urged to mail appli cations to the department's board ; of examiners for foreign service as soon as possible. Failure to’ .submit the application by- May 2 will eliminate candidates from taking the June examination. i Information pamphlets, sam-1 pie questions from the test and application forms are available at the local placement office or may be obtained from the Board j of Examiners for the Foreign Service. Department of State, Washington 25, D.C. Student Union committee chair men. Week of Orientation This could be accomplished by a week of orientation by chair men going out of office for the new chairmen. The Board decided to continue a policy adopted last year by co sponsoiing a home concert with the University Singers May 11. in the Student Union Ballroom. Cosmopolitans Discuss American Folk Dance American folk dance will be the topic of the program to be; presented at Friday night's, meeting of the Cosmopolitan club. The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. at Plyhouth house. 13th and . Ferry streets. All those interested in a ski trip next Saturday should at tend. \frs ^ews The Veterans’ Administration received a little more than the, usual amount of publicity during the past week due to the various meetings held on the Oregon campus. The VA office would like to express its gratitude to those veterans who rose to the defense of the administration. We would like to extend our hand to those' veterans who believe they have been wronged, in the hopes that their problems may be solved. As explained in the Emerald last week, this office is here in Eugene for service and all the veteran has to do is ask. If there is any manner in which we can help to patch up past differences or help with future problems, we 1 will be more than happy to do so. : It is impossible to reach all veterans through the medium of this small column, so if any of, your veteran friends ever have any questions and don’t know where to turn, have them come in and see us. If you or they can’t come in, then call us. Veteran Administration hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The telephone number of the office is 5-3444. For further information con tact Larry Whitson, officer in charge of the VA office at 208 Hampton Bldg.. 610 Willamette St. General Visits BRIGADIER GENERAL \V. VI. O’CONNOR, above, is pictured during one of his conferences Tuesday morning with Army j>er sonnel at the ROTC department. WUS Car Wash Gives In to Rain Th«> World University Serv ice our wash scheduled for to day has been cancelled duo to tlio urathrr. It will ho hold lutor In tho tomi whon tho weather clours, according to A|dm Thompson, olmirmun. Physicist Gives Second Talk Tonight J. Robert Oppenheimer will de liver his second Condon lecture, tonight at 8 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. - | The topic of his second talk j will be “Elements of Order." Considered the one man in the United States who knows all the facts of the development of the first atomic bomb. Oppenheimer has been a leading opponent of government restrictions on sci entists. He is a graduate of Harvard , and Cambridge universities in England. He received his doctor's degree from Gottingen university in Germany in 1927. From 19-13 until 19-15. Oppen heimer was director of the gov ernment laboratory at Los Ala mos. N.M.. where the atomic bomb was developed. He was chairman of the General Advis ory committee to the Atomic En ergy Commission from 1945 until 1953. Since 1947 he has been di rector of the Institute for Ad vanced Study at Princeton. N.J. Oppenheimer's first lecture was "The Sub-nuclear Zoo; The Com position of Matter." Campus Calendar 8:00 Queen Vote Checkrm Xoon Speech Staff 110 Soc Dept 111 ADS 112 NAACP 113 AAA Cur Meet 114 Jr Wknd Cleanup 334 4:00 6:30 ' :00 7:30 8:00 Ski Quacks 1FC Panhel Air Com Sqd Vodvil Reh Delta Nu Alpha Oppenheimer Lect Ballrm 111 112 113 334 Mac 110 SU SUi SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU SU ct SU SU Campus Briefs 0 Skull and Dagger, sopho more men's honorary, will hold a short meeting at 4:30 p.m. in: the Student Union today, ac cording to Doug Basham, presi dent. It is imperative that all members attend, Basham said. Room number will be posted. 0 An Episcopal Inquirer’s class will be held tonight at 8 in the YMCA counseling room. 9 The ski club will meet to night at 6:30 in the Student Union, according to Jim Laugh ton, president. Plans will be made for the coming spring trip. 9 There will be a meeting of all WUS committee chairmen at noon today in the YWCA office in the Student Union. WUS House Drive Ends Today at Four Today is the last day that houses may turn in money for the World University Service house solicitation drive. Money must be turned in by 4 p.m. to the YWCA office in the Student Union. ' Prizes for the boys and gills houses turning in the most mon ey per capita will be presented Friday night at the Vodvil show. Want Ads TELEPHONE 5-1511 - EXT. 21* « EMERALD OFFICi-2nd FLOOR ALLEN HALL RATES- 4 Cents per Word First Insertion, 2 Cents per Word Thereafter. College Girl Wanted. Must be attractive and experi enced in domestic affairs. Should be able to type and munuge small apartment. Free room und board. Call Mr. John Thodoa at I-ti 1 90 between the hours of 4-6 p.m. 4-27 ATTENTION INEWLYWEDS: The cost of your furniture and one year's rent can buy a completely furnished home from Jim McKee Trailer Sales. 4321 Franklin Blvd. Phone 7-9357. 4-23 College men earn $1,000 me tween May 29-August 31. Car necessary. Write John Arnold. P.O. Box 342. Eu gene for personal interview. 4-21tf Hi Fi Set. Contemporary de sign. Craftsmanship carried to the point of Artistry. Complete $100.00. call 4-0514. 4-22 Attention Married Students: Excellent child care low est rates. Kiddy Park Nurs ery. Phone 3-1725. $25-$30 per month. 5-3 ARK YOU PAYING A PEN ALTY FOK BEING UNDER 25? If you are married or fe male and now paying more than $30 40 a year for pub lic liability and property damage auto Insurance re newals, you are throwing money down the drain. May flower will give you PL. A PD insurance for $15.20 per 6 months renewable. Check your old policy today. If you are paying a penally, STOP.See JERKY BROWN, your MAYFLOWER AGENT before you renew. Ph. 4-9-141, Res. 4-2957 or stop In at 962 Oak street. GET THE BEST FOR LESS, IT S GOOD BUSINESS. 3-29tf 1 need three persona of high caliber to work with com pany opening new offlcse In this area. Work from 4 till 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. Apply room 104, 885 Oak St. between 9 a m. and 3 p.m. 4-7-tf For Sale: Royal Portable $45 Doug Melevin 5-634 8 4-26 Comprehensive Exam Dates Told Schedules for the spring term comprehensive examinations for the sophomore honors courses were announced today by K. S. Ghent, chairman of the honors committee. The exams are scheduled as follows: May 18 history. May 19 —the study of society. May 24 — literature, and May 2tt physical science and biological science. The examinations will be three hours in length and will begin at 7 p.m. at places to be announced later. Students who do not al ready* have the reading lists on which the examinations will be based should obtain them from Romaine Places In Speech Meet Dick Romaine, member of the Oregon forensics squad, receiv ed honorable mention Wednes day in the 31st annual oratori cal competition of the Pacific Forensic league. David Jabusch of Oregon State College won over the five other students participating in the con test. Stephen Stewart of the Uni versity of Nevada was second. Jabusch and Stewart placed second and third in the extem poraneous speaking contest Tues day. The contest was won by Murray Bring of the University of Southern California. In Wednesday's finals of the debate competition, Bring and his USC teammate, Ron Wein traub, took the affirmative on the question, "Should the United States Extend Diplomatic Recog nition to Communist China?” Chad Combs teamed with Stew art on this question. A banquet and after-dinner speaking contest ended the three-day conference Wednesday night. READ EMERALD WANT ADS the following persons: history - L. R. Sorenson, Commonwealth 2X8; literature John Sherwood, Friendly 102; physical science - K. E V«rt. Science 223; biologi cal science K. K. Mueslis. Sci ence 325; society E. Wengerl, Commonwealth 307. All students currently regis tered in the honors courses are strongly urged to take these ex aminations, an important feature of the sophomore honors pro gram. A satisfactory grade in the comprehensive exam will excuse the student from the reg ular spring term final in the cor responding course. By passing with distinction the four speci fied comprehensive exams a stu dent qualifies for the sophomore honors award. Students who meet the re quirements for admission to this program, may obtain ciedit by examination alone under certain conditions. Such students should consult Ghent, in his office in Emerald hall. Welfare Officials To Interview Here Two prominent figures in th-* state public welfare commission will be on campus next week to interview students who are in terested in working for the com mission after graduation. Margaret White, director of the personnel department, and Elizabeth Goddard, director of the staff development program, will be here all day April 25 and will interview individual stu dents by appointment. Appointments may be marie now by contacting Herbert Blsno, assistant professor of sociology, at Commonwealth 204 or by call ing ext. 587. The liner United States has the greatest insurance coverage of any ship in the world. It is cov ered by policies totaling $30,800, 000.
