SU Fills Need for 'Community Center
By A. L. “SI” ELLINGSON
Director, Student Union
The college union is an attempt
to provide an all-inclusive com
munity center for the college
community. In our society many
of the necessary services and
programs are provided through
voluntary associations and the
union is in large measure de
signed to serve as headquarters
for such groups. Hopefully, the
Erb Memorial Student Union
serves as the social, cultural, and
recreational center for the entire
University population, including
students, faculty, staff, alumni,
and guests.
The University is a good-sized
city in its own right, when one
counts students, faculty, staff, and
their families. It probably num
bers some 16,000 people and the
Erb serves this city as a civic
center, a cultural complex, a
Parks and Recreation Depart
ment, a library, and dining room.
Much of the out-of-classroom life
of all members of the University
is either centered in, or originates
in the union.
Several Divisions
The union has several main di
visions; the building itself with
its variety of facilities, including
meeting rooms and assembly
areas for all University groups;
9 Committees
Run Varied
SU Programs
By BARBARA SCOTT
SU Directorate Chairman
As a student at the University
of Oregon, you have numerous
opportunities to participate in
cultural, social, and recreational
activities, as well as your aca- j
demic pursuits. Your opportuni- j
ties are not limited to participa
tion, however; they extend to :
active planning and presentation
of a variety of programs, and in i
so doing, to meeting new people,
benefiting from administrative ex
perience, and gaining satisfaction
from service to your university.
The Student Union presents a
variety of activities and programs.
In the cultural area, the Recorded
Classics and Jazz Committees en
courage and promate the enjoy
ment of classical music and jazz
by providing a place to listen,
and giving organized recorded
and live concerts, and holding
jam sessions.
The Arts Committee enables
the student to interact with the
arts as both exhibitor in the art
shows and art sales, and observer
of the numerous art exhibits.
This group also sponsors film
discussions, contests, and work
shops.
The Forum Committee pre
sents forums, lectures, and panel
discussions on topics of current
interest to students, faculty, and
community. Among the recrea
tional programs are those pre
sented by the Movie Committee
and Games Committee. The Mo
vie Committee presents four
types of films — feature, travel
lecture, educational, and classic.
The Games Committee provides
indoor games for leisure time,
such as bowling, chess, fencing,
bridge, and billiards. Social pro
grams are sponsored by the Dance
Committee and Talent Commit
tee. The Personnel and Publicity
Committees facilitate the plan
ning and presentation of the
various activities by providing
manpower and publicity.
Students are encouraged to
take advantage of the opportu
nity to work on a committee in
the area of their interest, to
broaden their own individual in
terests as well as enrich their
college experience.
PATRONIZE TOUR
• ADVERTISERS •
a foods complex providing coffee
shop, cafeteria, and banquet serv
ice; a recreation center with
bowling, billiards, table tennis
and as an adjunct, a canoe ren
tal service; a music and library
center; office space for Student
Government, the Union Board,
and various associated groups; an
administrative center for all those
previously listed, plus such other
varied activities as the Oregon
Daily Emerald, debate squad, mu
sical groups and many others.
By combining all of these facili
ties and functions, it is hoped
that certain economies can be
achieved and more importantly,
that through coordination, the
needs of the University commu
nity can be met. Our University
society has remained dynamic and
viable and in some measure this
has been due to the exchange of
ideas, the conversations, and the
co-mingling which results from
the centralization of community
life in one building.
More Than a Building
The union is more than a build
ing, it is a program as well and
while the program would be less
effective were it not for the
| building, it is still the program
; ming and the services which make
| it a union. It is in the union and
through its programs that the
individual members of the Uni
‘ versity family can achieve some
! identification with the total in
' st it lit ion and in particular some
understanding and affection for
Recreation Council Offers Athletics
Ihe Kecreation Council coordi
nates all non-varsity sports at the
University. These include the Ski
Team. Rugby Team, Soccer Team,
Judo. Rifle Team, and the Hiking
Club and Bike Club. Besides these
teams and clubs, the Recreation
Council sponsors various other
activities each year. Two of these
are the Ski School held each
winter term at the Willamette
Ski Bowl, and the Annual Spring
Term Water Ski Tournament,
held at Fern Ridge Lake.
New programs for this year
will include development of on
campus recreation ana me min
race area, and work on the pro
posed retreat campus.
The Recreation Council is made
up of interested students, and
affords the members a change
to serve the University in an in
teresting and rewarding way. The
Recreation Council is currently
seeking new members for the
coming year. Petitions- are avail
able at room 301, SU. For infor
mation on the Council or its
teams and clubs, call Bruce Ma
son, Council Chairman, at ext.
1904, or room 308A S.U.
the diverse personalities which
are an essential part of any good
University.
New students entering the Uni
versity for the first time, and
new faculty and staff members,
will more readily achieve an tin
derstandng of the University and
its purpose* and its life, if they
take full advantage of the faelll
ties and programs offered by and
through the union.
"Si" Ellingson, SU Dirctor
They take American friendship with them
...everywhere they go!
They’re not the kind of men who often make news. But they
carry American friendship —and ideas —into some of the
most out-of-the-way places on earth. They are Standard Oil
geologists, engineers, technicians.
They explore primitive jungles,deserts,tundras,bayous,even
the ocean bottoms, for oil.
When they find oil in far-off places, many other benefits follow.
The local country gains a new source of energy, new jobs, new
revenues, improved living standards. American cooperation
makes stronger friendly nations.
Standard Oil men are more than oil-hunters. They are
goodwill ambassadors. They take American friendship with
them ... everywhere they go!_
Standard opened another frontier, America’s first
service station, in Seattle, in 1907. From this proud
tradition, the man at the Sit/n of the Chevron serves
you with today’s hiyhest quality S.O. Products.
The Chevron
Sign of excellence
I STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA