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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1961)
Greater Oregon Seeks Quality Scholar By LINDA HltOWN Kmerald Stuff Writer "Taxpayers can't always under* at anil the reason for Greater Ore Koii. They wonder why the Uni versity want a more students when It la already overcrowded. What they don't realize In that Greater Oregon isn't after quantity. It 1m after quality. It wants atwdenta who will be an asaet to the Uni versity." John Socolofaky, new director of Greater Oregon, went on to nay that the program also wlsh ea to establish better relations and exchange of information be tween the University student, alumni, parent group* and high school student a contacted; to broaden the scope of University student public relations; and to permit University students to take a more active part in the public services of the University. Berkeley Physicist To Lecture Here Dr. Michael Tinkham, associ ate professor of physics of the University of California at Berk eley, will be a visitlrg lecturer ut the University Monday and Tues day. He wiH visit under the aus pices of the American Associa tion of Physics Teachers and the An erican Institute of Physics as pait of a broad, nationwide pro fram to stimulate inteiest in physics. The program is now in its fourth year and is support ed by the National Science Foun dation. The American Institute of Physics is a federation of the five principal societies in th« field of physics recearch and teach ing including the American Phy sical Society. Optical Society of An erica. Acoustical Society of America. Society of Rheology, and the American Association of Physics Teachers. Lectures, informal discussion, assistance to faculty members concerning curriculum and re search problems in physics, and talks with students will feature Professor Tinkham's visit. ITo fessor J. L. Powell, head of the Department of Physics at Ore gon. will be in charge of arrange ments for Dr. Tinkham's visit. IKSCONTINUEI) during the ' lepression, Greater Oregon was i hinted by the Student Senate n 19.MI, The Senate hoped that in I tddition to bringing talented stu i 'erts to the University, Greater | Oregon would also help instill a ' tense of Institutional pride in j them. The new Greater Oregon, with ’00 students and alumni partlcl oating in the program on a year round basis, is the largest organ ization on campus. According to Socolofaky, "It ■s row time to refine the pro gram; to determine where we houlrl devote our time, energy, md money, so as to be more cf !e~tive.” IN CONJUNCTION v/ith this dm, a research committee under the program is measuring how affective the program has been. Duck Preview in particular has been scrutinized. So far. the re sults have been gratifying, al though Incomplete. No radical changes have been planned for the program next year, although there will be era ohards in the areas determined to V most effe tive. ‘THE MAIN problem encoun tered by Greater Oregon has been crit> ism of its program. Many do i.ot know that Greater Oregon .vet.’ as a central publicity or gan. Many students, for example, lo not real’ze that we have an ’onors College, or an advanced •lacement program. They only ftr.d out about them through h't.itei Oregon. We are not only a recruiting organization but also perform a publicity and infor mation function." For the first time this year. Greater Oregon will organize and "o-ordinate New Student Week. It is already in charge of Duck Preview. Two new changes are planned 'ur New Student Week: revision Campus Briefs • Applications for scho!arfthips for stu dent* !»> do gradual ’ stud' abr ad during 1962 6i under the Ku'bright program or under foreign government program* ai now ava lib'c in the foreign student of fice. Ko<>m 20<». Mmeraid Had. Students who are interr tr.| -hould niak»* appoint mrnt« to see K S. (ihent. foreign student adsi*et. • Oridet will meet at 7:30 Monday. third boor, fieri tiger. • Yeomen will meet noon Monday in the SI'. The Room will lie posted. COAST to COAST • ALASKA to MEXICO ^AMTSICA'S-fiWST fOOD CONffOTlON .v ■ * • ■ • \ Trod* Mo'tC v» L.'-iT:JL Mod* OT'ly by Auib6<l*«d Frofwbinod Opdterv on* »«ld bnty in »*% g*n«ln* Mr Spodnu* Rag, Bo* ft* po«bog# Worn* ofiM' 4jQVV*»l i/th'jovth. SolFtob* Ci| Be sure to have an enormous supply of Spiailtisifs for Junior Weekend parties — pick them up from TcsyBor's Spudnut Centra* 13TH AND KINCAID-ON THE CAMPUS of the Ore-nter and the establish mcnt of u Greater Oregon assem bly. "The Ore-nter will be larger and on a higher level. It will be wiitten not only for incoming 'rosh but also for high school seniors. The purpose of the assem bly is to acquaint new students with the University and its rules and traditions. GREATER OREGON is a vast organization with a director and a central board governing its op erations. Under the board are various committees: alumni, con tact, speech, Honors College, sec -ctarial board, research board, Ouck Preview, and special events. The speech committee includes a team of speakers who can talk about college life and the Uni versity in particular- available . to interested groups under spe cial events are the area chairmen and high school chairmen. There are 10 areas in Oregon, 3 in Cal | ifornia and 2 in Washington. HIGH SCHOOL chairmen con , tact their various high schools ! and obtain the names, addresses, : grades and activities of the top 10 per cent of the graduating I class. This information is gather ed in a large Greater-Oregon file. \ smile file within the over-ail file is kept on exceptionally out | standing students, such as merit finalists. The Greater Oregon A small file within the over-all | dents on file, particularly follow ing through on the outstanding students. The files are also utilized by the Honors College contact com . mittee. ALUMNI play an important part in the Greater Oregon pro gram. In fact, the program wants more alumni participa tion.” Alumni talk with students, work with the high school repre sentatives, help contact students 'xrth individually and collective ly, and more important, house the various Greater Oregon parties. The parties are held during Christmas and spring vacation, and the summer. According to So colofsky the main problem of the parties is that “some students are always left out. This can hurt us.” However, student - to-student exchange is the basis of Greater Oregon. 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