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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1962)
OVK Of-' KOI K groups to for heard at tonight’s a imuil .la//. Concert in the St Ballroom is the1 fiio it ini singer iibotc. Known as "Margo anil th * Torn Cooper Trio," the group's members are, left lo right, Tom Cooper, Margo Jones, Joint liiilis .n, ami Kick Kienle. Concert is sponsored by the St .la/./ Committee. (Emerald Photo by Sands) For Activities, Athletics Committee Mulls Hike In GPA Requirements T hr* Student Activities Com n.lttee which met Tuesday, has come to no decision yet concern ing the taming of the minimum GPA for participation in activi ties and athletics. However, three views were presented, which will be dis cussed. said Joel Berreman, chair man of the committee, again at tlie next meeting of the conimit I* e. BI.KKKM \\ said that the sub ject of raising the minimum GPA has come up at the commit tee meetings every year, but the rules have been left the same. "There is some feeling that the minimum GPA should be the same for athletics as well as other activities," said Berreman. AT PHKSFNT the minimum GPA for participation in activi ties is a 2.0. In athletics, a per son must have a 1.7ft in. his soph omore year, a 1.9 in his junior year, and a 2.0 in his senior year. Last year, Berreman stated, a proposal was made by the com mittee for raising the minimum GPA requirements, but it was opposed by the faculty and the rules were not changed. COMMITTEE members are Joel Berreman, professor of sociol ogy and chairman of the com mittee; Si Ellingson, SU Direc Emerctld Staff Rests Thursday There will be no publica tion of the Emerald Thursday. A 18-page Progress Edit ion will lie published on Friday. ten and committee secretary <ex officio, nonvoting i; Exine Bai ley. associate professor of voice: Wayne Brunibach, assistant pro fessor of physical education; Robert Fagot, assistant profes sor of psychology; and Donald DuShane, Dean of Students (ex officio i. Student members are Dan Wil liams, ASUO President; Janice Nakata, AWS president; Jay Jackson, SF Board chairman; and Judy Fosdick, Heads of Houses. Creative Workshop Set For Thursday The Creative Arts Workshop will put on “Expression” Thurs day in the Student Union Ball room. Time for the program, which features live stage show acts by students in the creative arts, is 7:30 p.m. DESIGNED TO BE of inter est to students, faculty and Eu gene citizens, the program is sponsored by the SU Creative Arts Committee. Muster of cere monies is Ron Coulter. The participants include: Sa bine Phelps, singer soloist; Larry Crawford and Dean Kennedy, pianists; Kathy Cobb and Linda Blodgett, singing and guitar duet; Rick lame, Tom Cooper, John Hillison, jazz combo; Dave Watson, Jean and Aurora Rotit ter, dancers; Marlene Dolezal, humorous monologue; Suzanne Srouillard, short stories; and Ted Mahar, poetry and short stories. There will be no admission charge for the program. World Mews IN BRIEF Astronaut Takes Rest GRAND TURK ISLAND. The Bahamas (UPIi Astronaut John Glenn is on Grand Turk Island in The Bahamas. He will have an other day of rest, then undergo post-orbital examinations. Glen, who orbited the Earth three time Tuesday at a speed of 17 545 miles an hour, was flown to Grand Turk from the carrier Randolph. When the 40-year-old Marine Lieutenant Colonel fin ished his four-hour. 56-minute or bital ride Tuesday afternoon, he landed in the prime recovery area near the Destroyer Noa. Glenn said, “I couldn’t feel better.” He added, "It was a long day and a very interesting one. too." A crowd of about 100 persons greeted the astronaut at the landing strip. Powers Cooperates WASHINGTON (UPIi The State Department says that U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is "cooperating fully" with his in terrogators. A spokesman gave no indication as to when the ques tioning would end or when Pow ers would be permitted to talk with newsmen. Leaves Cancelled PARIS (UPIi - The French government cancelled all police leaves Tuesday and it is getting ready to move more troops into Paris. The buildup is in prepara tion for formal announcement of an end to the Algerian revolt, which is expected to come some time next week. At University Assembly Rubin Cites Conflict In Latin America By DAN PFAFF Emerald Staff Writer “Most Latin Americans are boi n on dead-end streets and are doomed to remain there until they die,” Morris Rubin told Tuesday's University Assembly audience. Rubin is editor of "Progres sive” magazine, described by journalism Professor John Hul ♦ ♦ ♦ Magazine Editor Praises Morse Oregon Senator Wayne Morse "has been one of the best men in the Senate on Latin America for some time," Morris H. Rubin, assembly speaker said Tuesday morning in a press conference. Rubin discussed conditions in Lat in America, the topic of his as sembly speech. |{I BIN EXPRESSED surpiise it Morse's enthusiastic report of U S. progress at the recent Punta Del Fste conference, ascribing it to "political strategy.” He urged faster action on the Alliance for Progress plan which he felt was slighted at the conference. "In view of the urgen need in these •our. tries (Latin America) it seems like a waste to devote so much time to the language with (Continued on page 3) terg. who introduced him as a small, but thriving, publication. The .speaker's special interests have been Latin American for eign policy and the “radical r.gbt” movement in the United States. He presented a picture of de spair and bitterness among the I peoples of Latin American coun tries ar.d spoke for the foima tion of new social structures in all of those nations. Title of his talk was “Latin America, Dyna mite on our Doorsteps.’’ “The United States has up to row contributed little to the de velopment of Latin America,” he said, and the people of Latin America feel they have been ne glected for at least the last de cade and a half.” 151 BIN said Latin American ; countries received less than three per cent of all U.S. aid given from 1955 to 1961. Hence there is a deep-running resent ment “a general indictment of neglect and indifference which I encountered everywhere I went.” A year ago Rubin traveled throughout Central and South American countries, talking with government and other officials there. "THE PEOPLE are torn asrn Ider in the conflict between the : few enormously rich and the 'Continued on {■age S) PROGRESSI\ K MAGAZINE editor Morris H. Rubin, who dis cussed “Latin America; Dynamite on our Doorsteps" at Tuesday assembly, is seen here at his press conference. A report of Ru bin’s speech is elsewhere in the Emerald. (Emerald Photo by Sands)
