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Religious Discussions Pan*; 7 OREGON DAILY EMERALD Peace Corps Photos Page 5 Vol. LXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1966 No. 57 I.T. COL. JOHN W. KRKITA, professor of Aerospace Studies at the University, presents 1966 Little Colonel Sue Rathburn with a bouquet of roses during the height of ceremonies at the 1966 Military Kail, held Saturday at the Fugene Hotel. (Diplomatic as sistance provided by Col. Fmbert Fossum, head of the Depart ment of Military Science, and Bobbie Baker, Little Colonel of 1965.) Photo by Shota Ushio By Conduct Committee Dorms' Housekeeping Rules to Be Enforced By CLIFF SANDERLIN Staff Writer The Conduct Committee voted 4 1 Friday to make it possible for dormitories to establish quiet hours and other housekeeping rules which will be enforced by the Committee. This eliminates the possibility .at this time of dormitories setting up their own minor court sys tems, while not keeping them from making their own rules. Francis Nickerson, associate dean of men, pointed out that the passage of this amendment, pro posed by John Hansen, assistant professor of education, was only, in effect, ‘ changing the method of enforcing the rules.” Bob Carl, student member of the Committee, opposed the amendment changing the conduct code rule in Section 3 A-3. on the grounds that it would be discrim inating against the dormitory peo ple and favoring Greek organiza tions. ASUO Committee Expands Free Tutorial Program The ASUO’s free tutorial pro gram, started last term with nine tutors in seven subjects, has been expanded to 50 tutors and 17 sub jects. The limited program was start ed last term by the Senate’s Aca demic and Cultural Committee j The committee's chairman, Larry Heathe, termed it a success and he and his committee went to work on expansion. It now includes these subjects: English composition: math 50, 104, 105, 106; introduction to lit erature; U S history, library re search methods; general chemis- j try; Spanish; French; interior de sign; psychology; Italian; princi ples of economics; physical sci ence survey; biology; Shake speare; survey of English litera ture; and Greek history and lan guage. The program works like this: students go to large study rooms scattered around the University, j Each room has a tutor for a dif ferent subject. They may just study there and ask questions of the tutor when the questions come out of what they are study ing. Or they may come with a prepared set of questions. The tutors are all students who received an A or B in the course they're tutoring. Most were rec ommended by the head of the department that has that course. Beathe says these tutors are not professionals and do not profess to be authorities in their fields. Their jobs are mainly to teach the students "efficient and effec tive” study methods. The com mittee strives to have tutors not do the work themselves but rather show the students how the work can be done best. Beathe cautions that these stu dent tutors are not prepared to "cram" a student through a course at the end of the term. “The student must meet the tutor half way in an effort to increase his grasp of the subject,” says Beathe. “He certainly must not take the attitude that the tutor i will pass the course for him.” Beathe noted that tutors need I only devote about two hours a week to the job and that even : students with other activities can i find enough free time to work on 1 this program. There’s a side advantage, too. If no students show up the tutor can either close the tutorial up early or use the room for his own studying. And tutors may be paid even tually, too. Beathe says that if the program continues to be a success, there is a possibility that the ASUO will apply for a grant that would enable tutors to be paid. Today’s schedule (all tutorials are from 7-10 p.m): English composition. 215 Allen; Math 50. 104, 105, 106. 221 Allen: introduction to literature and U.S. history. 207 Chapman: li brary research methods. 109 Friendly. Fall OREGANA Distribution Starts The fall section of the 1966 Oregana will be distributed be tween 3 and 5 p.m. today, Tues day, and Wednesday in the ping-pong room of the Student Union basement. Receipts must be showm. Those who have not purchas ed the yearbook may do so during the distribution or at the Oregana office, M 111 SU. Carl said the dormitories should be given "another chance” at the unit court system that has been tried before. ‘‘We should allow the dormitory students to accept res-ponsibility at the 'grass-roots level,’ ” Carl said. Nickerson argued that the type of housekeeping rules under which dormitory students will be living "will be in the hands of the students themselves.” "There is no mutual obligation Senate to Hold Viet Nam Hearing The ASUO Senate’s public af fairs committee will hold a public hearing at 4 p.m to " day on the Viet Nam question. Several University clubs, in cluding Young Republicans, Young Democrats, Young Americans for Freedom, Stu dents for a Democratic Socie ty, the Student-Faculty Com mittee to Stop the War in Viet Nam. and Americans for Re appraisal of Far Eastern Policy, will present platforms. This is the first step in an attempt to draft a Senate po sition on the issue. The Senate position will be taken by Uni versity delegates to the Na tional Student Association con gress next summer. Lampman Topic Of PL-3 Show Robert Lampman, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin who will speak at the ASUO poverty conference next week, will be discussed by a pan el on Private Line Three (PL-3) at 9 p.m. today. - The panel will consist of asso ciate economics professor Barry Siegel, economics graduate stu dents Albert Culver and Victor Affolter, and Albert Depenbrock, freshman in economics. Lampman has done much sta tistical study of the poverty prob lem and will lecture on "An Eco nomist Looks at Poverty” during the ASUO sponsored poverty con ference Jan. 27-28. This program will be the sec ond in a series of briefings on the conference speakers. Robert Theobald will be discussed on Jan. 21 and Arthur Pearl will be dis cussed on Jan. 24. among the members of a dormi tory unit to get along with each other as there is in the houses,” Nickerson said. ‘‘Therefore I can see why this unit court idea fell flat on its face within a month when we tried it last,” he said. Nickerson said it would not be compulsory for dormitories to have all their rules approved by the Committee. Those that can enforce their own rules with so cial pressure, okay, but for those who cannot, here’s a way we can help them.” Telephone duty, quiet hours, and dress standards seemed to be the main rules which the dor mitories need assistance to en force. At least this is true of the two dormitories, McClain and Morton, that recently asked for enforcement authority. Forensics Team Wins in Seattle The University won the sweep stakes trophy at the Pacific Northwest Forensics Tourna ; ment at Seattle Pacific College last weekend, by taking eight of a possible 13 first places. Individual winners in each di ! vision include: Junior men’s oratory. Steve Mc Laughlin, first, and Chuck Hille stad. second; junior women’s ora tory, Starla Banta, first. Senior division extemporane ous, Laura Griffith, first, and Bill Lawrence, second: junior men’s extemporaneous, Gary Roberts, first, and McLaughlin, third; ju nior women’s extemporaneous, Becky Nobles, first, and Roxie Merrill, third. Junior women’s impromptu. Miss Nobles, first, and junior men’s impromptu, Greg Mowe, third. The debate teams also finished well. Nancy Seiber and Jo Ann Johnson won first place in the senior division with a 5-0 record. Two University teams tied for first in junior men’s with 5-0 rec ords. They were McLaughlin and Hillestad, and Ed Davis and Steve Lamb. Another three-man team, composed of Randy Gragg, Mowe, and Roberts, tied for sec ond at 4-1. According to forensics coach W. Scott Nobles, the University compiled more points in the tour nament than the other 22 schools combined. Peace Corps Recruiting Program Opens By DAVID BUTLER Feature Editor It will take 200 Peace Corps applications this week to push the University into first in number of applicants among other universities in the country during Peace Corps Week. Beginning today, representatives here for Peace Corps Week will send return volunteers into dozens of classes, mostly upper division, into several living organi zations, and into countless discussions both with them selves and also with hundreds of students who pass the large brown tent in front of the Student Union. The tent is equipped with lights, heaters, brochures, coffee, and a continually replaying television interview with Corps Director Sargent Shriver. Former volunteers visiting classes will speak on individual experiences overseas and explain application processes for entering the Peace Corps. Besides the visitations, the movie "Volunteers in India” will be shown at 4 p.m. Tuesday and at 7 p.m. Wednesday. A debate between two former volunteers and two student critics over the success and credibility of the Peace Corps will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in 150 Science. A number of questions raised concerning the corps, such as those in a recent Saturday Evening Post magazine article, will be discussed. Placement tests are slated for Thursday through Jan. 26. Charles Butler, deputy recruiter for the West, said placement tests do not obligate an applicant. Be sides determining Peace Corps interests. Butler noted the tests are excellent evaluation forms for juniors and seniors. An applicant “can apply to the area of the world he wants to go to and the type of work he wants to do," said Butler. “Language isn’t a qualification,” he added. “The Peace Corps teaches you (the applicant) 300 hours (of foreign language) for community development.” The Peace Corps also offers an advance program for juniors, or seniors planning to continue into graduate study, during the summer before the applicant leaves school. For the corps representatives, Peace Corps Week is the major once-a year effort "to come into contact with everybody we can.” The corps placement test schedule begins at 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday. Testing will continue at 10 a m., and 2 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 10 a m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m. Monday; 10 a m., 2 p.m, and 7 p.m. Jan. 25; and 2 p.m. Jan. 29. Peace Corps representatives emphasize the tests are "non-competitive, nor are they pass or fail. Basically they are general aptitude with a section on modern language aptitude. The test is used to aid the selection division in determining where the applicant could best be used.” Applicants taking the placement test while the Peace Corps representatives are at the University will receive their results within six weeks.
