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INDIA NIGIIT PROGRAM Emerald photo by Dick Knight Republic Day Brings Vivid Reminisences By MOHAN GOKL Emerald Staff Writer It was five o'clock in the morn ing and there was enough traffic on the roads to cause a jam The day was Jan 7H, 1962. and the place was New l>elhi, India—ap proximately 16,1)00 miles from Eugene. UN MIN Drill, of the bitter cold and strong wind, i»eoole were rushing towards Haj Path, to have a glimpse of the Kepublic Day parade Raj Path is the stretch of road extendin'; between Rashtra pati Bhawan, Indian President’s official residence, and India Gate, a historical monument erected by the British. This road it the center of at traction on liepuldic Day and it is the attempt of all Indians not to miss the spectacular parade The enthusiasm is so great that it is not unusual to find thousands of people traveling a distance of 10 to 20 miles by bus, train, bul lock earls, tongas, rickshaws and bicycles. ItY 8:20 A M., Haj Path, has on its sides a surging sea of humani ty anxiously waiting for the ar rival of the President. Every inch of available space is occupied. Hundreds of persons can be seen perched on trees and roof tops in an attempt to get a better glimpse oi the parade Shortly before nine the Presi dent arrives. Then the spectacular display starts on its nine-mile journey from Rashtranati Bhawan to Red Fort, winding its way through Kaj Path. Curzon Road. Connaught Place. Minto Bridge, Geston Beston Hoad. I.ahori Gate, and Chandni Chowk. All along this route are anxious eyes thirst ing to have a glimpse of the floats and the troops. SMART INDIAN troops walk elegantly to the heat of the mili lary hand. All regiments of the army can h- seen, following in swift succession. Some famous In dian regiments are the Dogras, Gurkhas, Sikhs ami Jats. Follow ing the troops are elephants, school children, scouts, members of the National Cadet Corps, folk dancers, musicians and floats rep resentative of the various Indian States. A befitting conclusion to the Letters... (Continued from page 2) question. Why is the Emerald’s viewpoint so anti-Greek? The Greek system does so much mure good than harm that it is hard to understand your re sentment of the system I. and many others, will be interested to see if you will answer this question. Jim Bailey, Soph in Bus Adm. show is provided by a salute staged by the jets of the Indian Air Force. Republic day has great mean ing for every Indian It inspires in him a soirit of patriotism and love for the motherland. ON THIS 1>AY, one is remind ed of India's fight for independ cnce and the heavy price she had to pay for it It took India 200 years to shake off the yoke of British Rule Every Indian re joiced when the British Parlia ment on July 3, 1947, passed the Indian Independence Act and clinched the issue by transferring political power to India in the form of Dominion status on Aug ust 14, 1947 Though fully independent. In dia still owed allegiance to the British Crown and regarded it as a symbol of sovereignty On January 26. 1950 India be came a Sovereign Democratic Re public with the President as the titular head and the Prime Minis ter as the executive head, of the state This was the outcome of the Constitution of India adopted on November 26. 1949 which states thus: “We the people of India, hav ing solemnly resolved to consti tute India into a Sovereign Demo cratic Republic, and to secure to all its citizens. JUSTICE, social, economic and political LIBERTY of thought, expres sion. belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of op port unitv. FRATERNITY assuring the dig nity of the individual and the unity of the nation; In our Constituent Assembly this twenty-sixth day of Novem ber, 1949. do hereby adout. enact and give to ourselves this Consti tution." Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1957 and was re-elected, serving from 1957 to 1962 Savar pelli Itadhakrishna is the new President of India Pandit Javva harlal Nehru has been the prime minister since 1947 and still re mains the leader of 440 million Indians. i Academic Retreat Petitions Sought Several openings are still available for academic retreats for February 8 and 9 and Feb ruary 15 and 16. Special forms can be picked up on the third floor of the Student Union. Forms and letters of interest are due at 5 p.m. Thursday. Use Emerald Classified Ads— Phone DI 2-1411, Ext. 1818. Want to really get results?— Specialists Will Discuss Federal Service Careers Federal Career Day at the Uni versity today will offer informa tion about the Federal Service as a career. All student* are invited to hear occupation specialists tell of the work, explain advancement opportunities and relate scope and variety in government em ployment. Occupational group discussions will be held at 1 p.m. to outline the various fields of employment Accounting will be discussed in WM Commonwealth. J W Soha, Associate Professor of Account ing. will moderate with Harry M Biggs of the Internal Revenue Service, Henry W. Nelson from the Army Audit Agency and R Dale Hilts of the Department of Interior discussing the topic. .M D Ross, Acting Dean of the School of Archtccture and Allied Arts, will moderate a discussion Campus Chest... (Continued from page 1) Doug Kogen, general chairman; John Luvaas, promotions; Barb i Cannon, treasurer; Mike Holt, up pcrclass men's dorms; Mike Det lefson, freshman men’s dorms; Sandy Ako and Kathy Lynch, up perclass women's dorms; Pam Bladine and Nancy Collins, fresh man women’s dorms; Mark Mc Culloch, fraternities, Sarah Rich ards, sororities and Wendell Wong, co-ops. CAMPUS CHEST is the only only charity drive on the campus for the local community. Because the money goes to the local Lane County United Appeal and Pearl Buck School for Retarded Chil dren, the drive serves to improve our relations with the Eugene community. Last year the Campus Chest raised a total of $1950 Leading the campus last year in percen tages of quotas contributed were: Fraternities: Sigma Alpha Ep silon. 133 per cent; Theta Chi. 120 per cent and Alpha Tau Ome ga. 120 per cent. Sororities: Kappa Alpha Theta. 200 per cent; Alpha Phi. 159 per cent and Alpha Omicron Pi, 140 per cent Dormitories: Decou, 720 per cent; Schafer, 371 per cent; Barnes, 169 per cent and Sherry Ross, 150 per cent. All women’s dorms raised 111 per cent; sororities. 84 per cent;' fraternities, 82 per cent; men’s dorms, 74 per cent and co-ops, 45 per cent. THE GOAL for this year is; $3000. A quota for each living or-; ganization has been set at 50 I cents for each member. Campus Chest is authorized by the ASUO Senate Funds are : raised entirely through living or ganizations. Campus Chest chair men in each living organization are in charge of carrying out money-raising projects. Money may be turned in to the SU Spe cial Events Office weekdays from 6:30 p m. to 7:30 p m • • • Foreign (Continued from page 1) ! Negro foreign students oppose fraternities because of discrimina | tion. TEMU SAID Finkbeiner has ad mitted he sought the Senate posi tion “to enhance the name of the group that is sponsoring him,” but Finkbeiner said members of the Chi Psi “gave me the idea” and paid for his campaign materi al. He denied that he is a repre sentative of the fraternity. Support for Temu’s move to un seat the Senator came from Cos mopolitan Club president Maher Qaddumi, who said he was “shocked” at some “ridiculous” statements Finkbeiner allegedly made. He said he “might go along" with the recall proposal. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch The Soviet novel about which everyone is talking. Now appearing in English in the ; MOSCOW NEWS. The translation into English was made in the USSR. All issues with the novel sent to you for only $1.00. Send order and payment to: Imported Pub lications & Prod., 1 Union Square, New York 3, N.Y. of architecture in 132 Lawrence. I Americo Di Benedetto of the For i est Service will be the speaker. Moderating a discussion on law ! in 3 Fenton will be W. M. Basye, Associate Professor of Law. | Speakers will be Harry J. Hogan of the Department of Interior, linger G. Rose from the Depart ment of Justice and C. C. Carlson of the Department of Agriculture. Speaking about business, man agement, administration and per sonnel will be William McCleave of the Department of Interior, James; C. Her representing the Forest Service and Dean O. Haley from the Social Security Admin istration. E. F. Beal, Associate Professor of Management, will moderate the discussion which will be in 232 Commonwealth. Education will be discussed by Solon G. Ayers of the Depart ment of Interior and James W. Hall of the Corps of Engineers in 127 Education. Clarence Hines, Professor of Education, will mod erate. Herbert Bisno, Associate Pro fessor of Sociology, will moderate a discussion of social security ad ministration, health and welfare services and recreation in 244 Commonwealth Wesley A. Betts, from the Veterans Administra Senator Seeks Research Interns Senior and graduate students are invited to compete for a year’s appointment as research interns in the Washington, DC., office of Senator Maurine B. Neuberger tD-Ore.). Senator Neuberger’s intern pro gram was established in 1954 by the late Senator Richard L. Neu berger. The appointment runs from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31 of the following year. Interested persons should make direct application through the political science or government departments. Early in March, Sen ator Neuberger’s selection com mittee will arrange personal in terviews with the students nomin ated. On the basis of the inter view, qualifications of academic background, and recommenda tions, the committee then makes the final selection. TODAY’S STAFF Desk Editor: Chuck Beggs. Reporters: David Lackey, Jo Griswold, Cathy Neville, John Digerness. ^_• "Sew much more for the money” . with the smartest Fashion Fabrics and ALL of America’s fashion patten serf* ices. OSCAR STRAUSS Heath’s 878 Willamette i tion, William R. McBurney of the Social Security Administration, and Roy H. Sampscl, representing Social Services and Veteraas Ad ministration. will be the speakers. Students interested in other rields of government service or those who wish additional infor mation may meet with the gov ernment group at 2 p m in the Dad’s Room for individual dis cussions with panel members and | Civil Service Representatives As a feature of the Federal I Career Day, the regular January 25 closing of the Federal Service Entrance Examination will be waived for anyone handing in an application to any of the visiting | government representatives. This will make it possible to take the examination on Saturday, Feb 29, and be entered on the list of eli gible candidates during the period of heavy government recruiting in March. April and May. Don't Buy Dairy Queens if you are a masochist and like to suffer. If, however, you are not a masochist, you should seriously consider buying Dairy Queens on a somewhat regular basis, as they are quite tasty. GRACE BALL l SECRETARIAL I COLLEGE Tk i San Francisco by tho GoMen Gate Executive Secretarial Course for College and University Women 11 NEXT ENROLLMENT DATE I FEBRUARY 4, 1963 I Send for College Catalog 525 Sutter St., corner Powell I ' San Francisco 2 i EX 2-5232 BORED? SEE US AT 13 th Ave. Records The new Peter, Paul, and Mary and Walk Right In Album. Also: Complete Catalog thru Special Ordering. 13th and Alder Dl 3-0042 Then FILL-UP at the RUSH INN 854 E. 13th On The Campus
