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.
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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. "This is an organization
in which every student and every
graduate can effectively partici
pate in.”
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