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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1966)
Peace Corps Names Former UO Students Three former University stu dents have been named I'cuce corps Vounteers recentlyi and have left for their new posi tions Phillip I,. Thomas and his wife, Sharon Muekln Thomas, left for Malaysia last December Thomas received a Bachelor of Arts de gree in classical languages from the University, He is a mem ber of Phi Beta Kappa Mrs Thomas received a BA in Eng lish Literature, Robinson Wins Theatre Grant Horace W Robinson, professor of speech and theatre and di rector of the University Theatre, has been awarded a $7,459 re search arant by the Arts and Humanities Branch of the U.S. Department of Health, Kducation, and Welfare. Robinson will select a group of specialists who will meet to dis cuss what a theatre should be like in an academic situation. He will choose the specialists from among theatre directors, acous tics experts, and other, through out the United States. He will report the findings on theatre space and equipment in secondary schools and higher edu cation institutions by July, 1900. The report on architectural rec ommendatioir. will be published and distributed by the federal government Currently on a USO tour in Europe as director of the Uni versity Theatre’s “Guys and Dolls” company, Robinson will return to the campus in Febru ary. Lecture Series On Sculpture Set •'Cnderstanding Sculpture" will be the topic of a winter term lec ture series taught by Mrs Donlyn I.yndon, visiting lecturer at the t'niversity’s School of Architec ture and Allied Arts The lecture? which are open to anyone who wishes to participate, will emphasize the history and meaning of three dimensional forms They are sponsored by the t Diversity Office of Continuing Education. No examination, grade, or aca demic credit will he given Fee for the ten lectures is $12. Ses sions will take place at the First Congregational Church. 1050 23rd Avenue East, Eocene, from 10 to II 45 am. Tuesdays, Jail. 5 to IIarch 8. Checks should be made payable to Continuing Education. Further information may Ik* obtained from the Ollicc of Continuing Ed ucation. Men V \ I** ^h!„a#0“!,C'‘ ;:>«.»«« -H adi«6» UOda'ed '* V ’»4IW'",*'’”fjl*<,4,F«,“rt‘! Exclusive ■ Uproot k^'-50 rsr tr row cor Robin Ernest Manela, who re ceived ,i Bachelor of Science de «ree in biology in 1065, left Mon ! day for work in Kenya. Peace Corps Volunteers will teach English, mathematics and science in secondary schools throughout Kenya and Malaysia. Education and commercial sub jects in primary and secondary schools and colleges will also be taught in Malaysia. The departing Volunteers join the lO.fMK) other Peace Corps Vol unteers now working in 40 nations of Asia, Africa and Latin Amer ica. Persons interested in starting | a two-year Peace Corps assign ; inent this winter need to com plete and submit a Peace Corps 'application and take the Peace Corps placement test. The placement test will be giv en at 9 a m. Saturday in room 12 of the Post Office building downtown The test is given the second Saturday of cacti month. Information can be obtained at the Post Office or by writing the Peace Corps, Washington, I).C. 20525. ■ ■ ■ Computers (Continued from page 1) their first choice whenever possi ble That will probably be the sys tem they’ll test next—either this spring or next year Students will mark what courses and sections they want, the computer will schedule them, and the schedules will be compared with the stu dents' actual schedules to see which system gave the most stu dents their first choice sections. Of course, it’s this kind of computer registration that has caused riots and angry protests against students "becoming num bers” on many campuses. Hut Carlson, who's also a mem ber of the Flemming appointee! committee studying registration, says it may be the only practical way to conduct registration here "What we’re for," says Carl son, "is a program that will allow the student to come as close as possible to what he wants to take ” The best way to do this may be computer scheduling, he says. “Policy Decisions" University officials will first have to make some "policy deci sions” before they can test com puter scheduling. And they also plan to test student reaction to the idea, says Constance. Those decisions will concern what will he given primacy when the computer schedules classes, hours set aside for work, faculty choices, etc. Students may also be given some choice on what they want to emphasize, says Carlson. For example the student may be able to mark a form so that he will take any class schedule which gives him the courses (not sec i tions) he wants within the work schedule he must maintain But administrators, according to Carl son, will have to make some of these choices for the whole stu dent body in advance. No “De-humanization" Carlson pooh-poohs the idea that computer scheduling will “dehumanize” registration. “I don’t see much warmth or com passion in the present system,” he says. "Do you get individual treatment from the guy at the table who takes your card? I don’t think so.” There are other possibilities from computerized registration Pre-registration could be used more under computer scheduling. Certain data, such as parents’ names, students’ home addresses, etc. could be obtained only from new students and stored in the computer’s “memory." Returning students would provide this in formation only when it changed. But those things—like the rest of the computer registration pos sibilities, including full compu terized scheduling—won't go into use here until fall of 19(i7, at the earliest. ("That’s a very flexible target date,” says Constance.) In the meantime, registration at the University will still mean a packet full of cards and lots of long, long lines. [
