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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1960)
- Merry-Go-Round - By PEGGY UOKKPI.EK Emerald Women’* Editor Alpha Delta Pi Lavender iris decorated the silver candle that was passed January 12th to announce the pinning of junior elementary education major Judy Kurtz to Uary Wills, a junior major mg in radio and television. W ills is a member of Kappa Simula. Delta Delta Delta A fire alarm runafter hours on January 7th carried out the theme of "The Perfect Time,” which was used to an nounce the engagement of junior sociology major Terry Kuhn to Jim Wilson, a -ophomore majoring in accounting. I he Perfect I ime ' signified the actual time of their engage ment, 12:01 on New Year’s Kve. I.itttc clock favors and other decoration* centering on the theme were also used. The coti|de plan to be married in the summer of 1961. Hendricks Hall The pre-Christmas announcement of the pinning of Judv Peterson, a freshman majoring in pre-nursing, to Jan Cum mings. a graduate student in geology at OSC, was made after the reading of a poem and putting together of a puzzle in the shape of the Delta ’fail Delta pin. Cummings, who graduated in 1957 from the University, is a member of the local Delt chapter. Miss Peterson's candle was gold, decor ated with blue carnations. Pi Beta Phi A telegram rea<l at dinner on January 4tli told of the en gagement of senior speech therapy major Sharon Burdctt to Don Denasci, a -enior architecture major affiliated with Sigma Xu. hollowing the announcement, Miss Burdett was presented with roses from her fiance. ,\ centerpiece of red and pink carnations with silver wire lettering decorated the table at the after hours engagement party given for Marilyn Reanev, a junior majoring in ele mentary education, and Rod Adams, a senior in the law school at \\ illamette I niversity. Adams, a graduate of the I niversity, is affiliated w ith Beta Theta Pi. The theme of the party, given January 10th, was "The Bells Are Ringing."! I’he wedding is set tor August 21. Sigma Kappa A \ alentine theme, carried out w ith the passing of a white candle w ith a red ribbon, was used to announce the pinning of junior Kngli'h major Kathie Marshall to Bill Wirt/., a senior science major who i- a member of Sigma Alpha l\psi lon. The announcement was made January 19th, following dinner. Sweetser Hall (.ardenias and silver ribbons decorated the candle which was used to tell the engagement of Julie Myers, a senior in music education, to Howell Dyson, a Los Angeles engineer. The couple, who made the announcement January 4th, plan to be married in July. Advisory board to install members Newly elected officers of the student YWCA advisory board will be formally installed at a meeting thia morning at the home of Mrs. Lynn Buley. Mrs. John Northway will be in stalled as the new president. Other officers are Mrs. E. W. Dils, vice-president; Mrs. Grace Marquam, secretary; and Mrs. Roland Bartel, treasurer. NEW BOARD members are Mrs. Delbert Hill, Mrs. Douglas Orme, Mrs. S. C. Faaborg, Mrs. Clayton Treadwell, Mrs. J. F. Rummel, and Mis. M. D. Risinger. Other new members are Mrs. S. T. Ford, Mrs. Paul Kambly. Mrs. C. T. Duncan and Mrs. W. T. Martin. Eugene chess team sets meet with Salem A six-board chess meet be tween the Eugene chess team and the Salem chess team is sched uled for this Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. in the SU. Memoers of the Eugene team are: Ervin Antons. Charles Geary, Joe Bricher, Vince Bricher, Philip Gilbertson and George Chrones. Salem team members included Roy Pinsen, Gary Singer, Dan Turner, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Reay. Not all members have been chosen. Spectators are invited and anyone interested may serve as an alternate. Cn February 13 and 14 the Salem team is sponsoring a chess meet at the Salem YMCA. Mrs. Gladys Lawther, regional secretary of student groups and World University Service, will show pictures of YWCA groups around the world and will tell something of their work. MRS. LAWTHER, who is visit ing the campus for two days, will show the same pictures at a senior cabinet meeting Friday noon. The meeting will be open to all YWCA members. The purpose of the advisory board is to consult and work with cabinet members and officers in the management and operation of the student YWCA. The board represents the student YWCA in work with Oregon United Appeal. UO Republicans schedule meeting Tonight's meeting of the Young Republicans will have as its main speaker Foster Anderson, chair man of the Lane County Repub lican Central Committee. Also scheduled for the meeting will be discussion and organiza tion of the club's plan to place Vice-President Nixon's name on the Oregon primary ballot. The; club plans to place the vice-presi- j dent’s name on the ballot by popu-' lar petition. This will require that j the club obtain signatures of 1,000 j registered voters. Final action of the evening will be the taking of pictures for the Oregana. Meet to study lobs and proiects By GATE DAVlfWON Emerald Awf. Women's Editor Now is the time to begin think ing about plans for the summer. There are ample opportunities for women to travel, study, and work with summer campus and service groups. Inquiries about various ’ opportunities should be made now so that applications may be sub mitted at an early date. THE YWCA upperclass com mission, led by chairman Kath erine "Kitsie” Diack, will discuss such opportunities at a meeting tonight at 6:45 at t h e YWCA lounge at Gerlinger Hail. The meeting will be open to women in terested in gaining new and dif ferent experiences during the summer. Mary Jo Augustine, Diana Scott and Carolyn Bonebrake will tell the group about their recent experiences with summer jobs and projects. Miss Scott worked for a social agency in New York for two and one half months last summer. Her work dealt with a Jewish community in a Brooklyn area that is rapidly becoming a slum district. A MAJOR in sociology. Miss Scott said that such projects con tribute actual experience to various fields of major study. She acquired the job through the Na tional Student YWCA, and lived at a YWCA with about 30 other women who were participating in similar projects. Carolyn Bonebrake worked on the island of Oahu (one of the Hawaiian islands! as a Girl Scout counselor for 12 weeks last sum mer. Miss Bonebrake was one of 15 counselors at a camp of 120 girls. Miss Bonebrake, who acquired the job by writing the Girl Scout center at. Oahu, said that many such counseling jobs in the United States and abroad are available. Information may be acquired by writing any Girl Scout office. Mary Jo Augustine was em ployed lor the summer at Crater Bake National Park. She said that information about park jobs Directors meeting set by UO mothers State board of directors of the University Mothers will meet in Eugene January 28 at the home of Chancellor and Mrs. John R. Richards. Mrs. Harold Phillips, Portland, state president of the Mothers, will preside. A discussion of plans for the Mothers’ Weekend May 13-15, and the naming of a nomi nation committee for the 1960-61 officers of the Oregon Mothers is on the agenda. Mrs. Howard Lyons, Eugene unit president, is chairman of the hostess for the Jan. 28 luncheon. Money raised at the luncheon will go to a scholarship fund. may be obtained by writing the National Park Service. Miss Augustine worked for a conces sion company recommended by the par k service. OPPORTUNITIES for travel and work, both in the United States and overseas, are made available by such organizations as the YWCA, YMCA and Amer ican Friends Service Committee. One YWCA-YMCA sponsored project is a USA-USSR student exchange program. Traveling in groups of 12, each with a trained leader, the group will spend over a month in the Soviet Union. The trip will include a tour of a Soviet sports camp and visits to East ern European countries. Another overseas project offers women the opportunity of work ing in Turkey, Mexico or Belgium v/ith YWCA summer prgrams. Summer projects in the states include social work in slum areas of New York, service in com munity programs in Seattle, and an industrial seminar in Minne apolis and St. Paul. Students par ticipating in the Seattle project would study and work with the social effects of urbanization and serve as staff members with small welfare agencies. The industrial seminar offers participants the chance to study effects of in dustry and mechanized labor on society while they are holding regular factory jobs. A WASHINGTON' student citizenship seminar maker, jobs available to typists and stenog raphers in government, agencies. Participating students live co operatively end study government problems. Civil service examina tions are required. European seminars are spon sored by such groups as the Lisle Fellowship foundation. Students participating in such projects study political, economic, social and religious patterns and prob lems of various foreign countries. It’s a puzzlement When you’re old enough to go to college, you’re old enough to go out with girls. When you’re old enough to go out with girls, who needs college? Oh well, there’s always Coke. BE REALLY REFRESHED Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Eugene #• sieqmund ^ 'BtM Try Our Guaranteed Waterproofing It's New 831 E. 13th Dl 5-6321
