Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 04, 1955, Page Three, Image 3

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    Peterson to Talk
To Upperclassmen
Lieutenant Helen L. Peterson,
of the Women's Army Corps
Officer Procurement Section,
Headquarter* Sixth Army, Pre
sidio of Han Franciaeo, will be
In Eugene on Oct. 7 to interview
members of the senior class con
cerning direct appointments as
officers in the Women's Army
corps.
Those interested in discussing
possible commissions should con
tact Karl w. Onthank. Graduate
Placement office, 206 Emerald
hall.
Under the present Army pro
gram, direct commissions as sec
ond and first lieutenants are
being offered to women with col
lege backgrounds between the
ages of 20 arid 33 who hav< the
mental and character qualifica
tions required of applicants de
siring to become WAC officers.
tn addition, Lt. Peterson states
that a summer training program
Is also being offered for college
Juniors who are interested In
applying for commissions in then
senior years. This program calls
for a probational appointment,
with a six-week training period
in the summer prior to the senior
year in college.
This short course Is designed
to do two things; first, to let th*>
applicant know more about the
WAC ami whether she wants to
apply for a commission during
her senior year, and second, to
let the Army determine whether
she should be encouraged to con
tinue for further career training
and experience with the WAC.
Both the newly commissioned
officers and college Juniors at
tending the summer training pro
gram will receive training at
Fort McClellan, Alabama, the
home of the new WAC center.
To women college students who
hope after graduation to find a
career offering pride in service,
responsibility, and scope for de
veloplng all their potentialities
ns well a.s advancement in rank
and pay, the Women's Army
Corps of the United States
Army offers un excellent oppor
tunity. WAC officers are now
serving In over ten career fields.
Lt. Paterson, a graduate of
Colby Junior College in New
Hampshire and former airline
hostess, accepted a direct com
mission In 19r>2 under this same
program, and is well qualified
from her own personal experi
ence to explain the various ca
reers open to college women in
terested In direct commissions in
the Women’s Army Corps.
Committees Open
For YWCA Activity
Petitions for committee mem
bership for the annual "Kiddie
Kamival" Nov. 4 are available at
the YWCA office in Oerlinger
and must be turned in Wednes
day.
Positions on promotion, pub
licity, decorations, scrip, prizes,
entertainment, and booths and
games committees are open. A
general chairman is also needed.
Those petitioning for general
chairman should list a second
choice, and those wishing to be
on the prizes committee should
ire from the Rugene area.
Meeting to Be Held
By Social Chairmen
There will be a meeting of all
living organization social chair
men in the Student Union at 4
p.m. Oct. 11. Mrs. Golda Wick
ham. associate dlrettor of stu
dent affairs emphasizes the im
portance of each living organ
ization having their social chair
man or some alternate present at
this meeting.
Extension of Time
Given Applicants
j An extension of time has been
given for applications for wage
hour investigator in the U. S. De
partment of Labor.
The entering pay is $4,525 per
year moving into the $5,440
$6,250 range on successful com
j pletlon of the training arid pro
| bationary period. Positions to be
filled are located in the industrial
centers of eight western states.
Those interested should con
tact the Board of Examiners for
! the Wage and Hour and Public
i Contracts Divisions of the De
partment of Labor, 630 Sannome
Street, San Francisco, or inquire
at the local post oflce.
House Dance Date
Set by Directors
Possible dates for fall and
spring house dances have been
selected by Mrs. Golda Wickham
and Ray Hawk, associate direc
tors of student affairs. The dates
: have been apportioned so that at
least one good date is available
I to each group.
All living organizations should
select one date and one alternate
date for both fall and spring
dances from the dates given
; below.
These dates must be in Mrs.
Wickham's office by Monday
j noon, Oct. 10.
Fall term: men, November 5.
! December 10; women, November
12. December 3. Winter term:
men, January 14, January 21;
women, February 25. Spring
term: men, April 28. May 26; i
women. April 14. May 12. May 5
is open to both men and women.
Under the Weather
Infirmary records listed five
students who were staying in
the hospital Monday. Tommy
Norikoff, Warren W. Starnes, j
Robert Usilton, Douglas Basham
and Sandra Ann Schori were re
I ceiving medical attention.
Religious Leader
To Visit Campus
The Rev. M. A. Thomafl, Tra
vancore, India, will visit Eugene
Friday through Sunday to speak
to University religious organiza
tions on the Ecumenical Student
conference on the Christian World
mission which will be held in
Athens, Ohio, Dec. 27 to Jan. 1.
A member of the ancient Mar
Thoma church which is believed
to have been founded by the
apostle St. Thomas, before 52
A. D., he will address the First
Congregational church Sunday
morning and a meeting of Uni
versity student religious groups
on campus.
“Revolution and Reconciliation"
will be the theme of the confer
ence on the Ohio University cam
pus. Three thousand student lead
ers are expected.
Rev. Thomas is a 1935 graduate
of the University of Madras and
received theological training from
1947-49 at Westcott house, Cam
bridge, England. Before coming
to the United States, he was do
ing pastoral work in a predomi
nately Communist area in Trav
ancore. He has been active in
Christian youth movement for
some time and is co-secretary of
the coming conference.
Prof's Book Revision
On Shelves Soon
A second edition of “Oregon
Geography” by Samuel N. Dicken,
head of the department of geog
raphy and geology at the Uni
versity, will be published soon
and sold at the Co-op.
The revised volume wHl include
two additional chapters and sev
eral new illustrations. The first
edition was printed in 1950. Ed
wards Brothers, Ann Arbor,
Mich., is publisher.
READ EMERALD WANT ADS
SU CURRENTS
Petitions Due at Noon
For Union Committees
All petitions for the Student
Union Standing committee are
due at noon today. Starlis ciaus
sen, personnel chairman, an
nounced that interviews for the
various committees will be to
morrow at 6:30.
Students will be notified of the
assigned interviews through cam
pus mail. Please be prompt.
Student Union to Show
Listening Room Hi-Fi
"Hi-Ho-the FT' will be the title
of the first recorded music con
cert-lecture to be held in the
Student Union listening room to
night at 7:30.
Clark Phillips, chairman of the
committee, aftd his assistants will
conduct the informal introduction
to the Student Union hi-fi equip
ment.
The meeting will be held in the
listening room on the second
floor, north end, and admission
is free.
Disney Films Scheduled
Two Walt Disney productions,
“Beaver Valley,” and “Seal Is
land,” will be shown in room 138
Commonwealth, Wednesday at 7
and 9 p. m.
Campus Calendar
Tuesday
Noon Theatre Staff 110 SU
Phi Eps Kap ,111 SU
Sinf 112 SU
1:00 Derby Hse Com 315 SU
4:00 Derby Hse Com 315 SU
7:00 Y Inti Stu Dessert
Gerl 2nd FI
: 7:15 Christn Sci Gerl 1st FI
7:30 POK 110 Su
READ EMERALD WANT ADS
When you've worked pretty late
And the issue looks great...
Why not celebrate! Have a CAMEL!
-Mm, ifafc
pare plegsuK-l
It's a psychological fact: Pleasure helps
your disposition. If you're a smoker, re
member— more people get more pure
pleasure from Camels than from any
other cigarette!
No other cigarette is so
rich-tasting, yet so mild!