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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1965)
Juniors Needed By Peace Corps •he Pence Corps is searching for college Juniors who arc in terested in training for the Peace Corps during the summer prior to their Senior year. You would he part of the advanced training program of the Peace Corps, now in its second year of operation. Training will last for two months this summer at an Amer ican college or University. In September trainees will resume their normal studies. Trainees will spend another four to six weeks in training after they re ceive their degrees and, after Someone's Notion Of Rood Comfort? PORTLAND (AP) — Police went to a busy intersection be fore the start of the traffic rush Thursday and found a man plac ing red and green tile on the street. The worker, Fred Kincaid, had tiled an area measuring 15 by 20 feet He said a work order at his shop had directed him to tile the intersection. The plant manager said it ap parently was somebody's idea of a joke. Police ordered Kincaid to re move the tile Hr had it cleaned up before the morning traffic rush begin. No arrests were made. i final selection, will depart for J their assigned projects. Juniors selected for this pro gram will receive travel allow ances to cover transportation to and from the training center and a modest living allowance dur-' ing the training Selection will! be the same as that used for all j Peace Corps applicants. It is based on an evaluation of the candidates’ background as re vealed in the Peace Corps Ques tionnaire, Placement Test results and character references. Evalu ation will continue during train ing, and final selection will not be made until the end of the second stage of training follow ing graduation from college. Romney... (Continued from fiai/c 1) "The most powerful force on ! earth is the spontaneous co-oper ation of the people,” he explain- ’ |-d, quoting Woodrow Wilson. Present-day examples of this principle are the public service projects participated in by col lege students. After his speech, Romney was asked by a member of the audi ence if he was in favor of Mar tin Luther King’s proposed eco nomic boycott of Alabama. The Governor said he did not, be cause it would affect too many innocent people and would not accomplish its purpose. Letters to the Editor (Continued from paite 2) dlde is of little consequence when we find ourselves in the initial shock of what someone has called "the Birthquake.” We have yet to hear of a human being in the agony of starva tion or malnutrition, or the humiliation of rags, or the help lessness of total illiteracy turn ing to Reason for relief. Nor can we imagine wretched, pre maturely old children taking the place of the bright tots tra ditionally portrayed in the il lustrations of the Biblical text, "Suffer the little children to come unto me . . . In this area of controversy, as in others, it is essential to realize that we are rapidly pass ing from an “Age of Reason” to what one might call the "Age of Understanding." Frederick G. Rodgers Graduate in English I,eland Ferguson Graduate in Philosophy Robert L. Anundson Senior in Mathematics Orange Paint Emerald Editor: I agree wholeheartedly with the suggestion made by Mr. Decker and others yesterday regarding the placing of waste cans around on campus. I should, however, like to offer the following suggestion: that the cans be painted orange Kecent experience should be i sufficient to demonstrate that if we don't paint them orange, our colleagues from Silo Tech will, and they generally don’t have time to do a thorough and aesthetically pleasing job, witness certain walls, sidewalks, statues, fireplugs, etc. I feel this is the only way to express our appreciation of their concern for rust preven tion on our campus without hurting their feelings, after all, they have gone to the trouble of providing much paint and labor on our behalf. Richard Stewart Senior, Geology 100 YEARS OF SERVICE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IS PEOPLE ... serving the banking needs of other Oregon people ...(and some of the nicest people we know are DUCKS!) First National believes firmly that coDege stu dents, like everyone else, prefer a bank th*t offers friendly, understanding and helpful service. Since First National is a century old this year, may we be pardoned for being a little paternal? Establishing yourself as a customer of First National now could be one of the best steps you could take toward a sound financial future. And, since your college account is possibly your first banking experience, we’ll promise to be especially helpful, and always available for any kind of information or advice you may need. We’re very convenient, too. COME IN SOON, LET'S GET ACQUAINTED. University Branch 1380 Villard Eugene Main (downtown) West Eugene Branch Coburg Road Branch 18th & Oak Branch I dreamed I was pursuing a Dairy Queen in My officer DAIRY QU 13th & Hilyard