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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1966)
’Protagonist' New Council To Aid Grads By STARLA STODDARD Staff Writer Growing concern for the par ticular problems of graduate stu dents has brought about the es tablishment of a graduate stu dent advisory council at the Uni versity. J. Francis Rummel, in his new position as Associate Dean of Students for Graduate Students, said this was a relatively new po sition in higher education in this country. Several state institutions have some concern about gradu ate students as such, he said. Graduate student councils have been set up at the University of Michigan and Harvard Univer sity. These two graduate student or ganizations with their own offi cers and executive committee meet directly with the dean of the graduate school to consider student problems of more con cern to graduate students. The advisory council was set up here because of the large in crease in graduate students at the University during the past few years. Like Dean of Men Dean Rummel’s new position is compared to that of Dean of Men or Dean of Women for under graduates, he explained, except that in his job, he will be more concerned with the alleviation of graduate students’ problems ra ther than with the administra tion of disciplinary regulations. He said that he will be serving as a “protagonist of graduate students” and as a “funnel through which the voice of the graduate student can be heard by the administration.” ill iiu> new puaiuuu, uc wm wv meeting regularly with the gen eral staff—or entire staff—with the staff of the graduate school, and with the graduate council. He will represent the graduate student in any administrative con siderations. In this way, he said, “we can get better representation of the graduate student than what we’ve had in the past.” The first meeting of the grad uate student advisory council was held Jan. 13. At that time, the general purposes and a working agreement were decided upon, but a constitution and by-laws Women Qualify For Scholarship All full-time undergraduate women students are eligible to apply for the Delta Delta Delta scholarship to be awarded this spring by the University’s chap ter of the sorority. The amount of the scholarship will be determined by the local Tri-Delta chapter. The winner here will be automatically eligi ble for one of the $1,000 national scholarships. Applications are available from the Director of Financial Aid, Dean of Women, or Service Pro jects Chairman of the Univer sity’s Tri-Delta chapter. The ap plications and letters of recom mendation must be turned in by March 1. Successful candidates will be notified May 1. were not determined. The specific purposes of the advisory council as determined at their meeting are two-fold: First, the council will “provide a rep resentative voice of the Univer sity graduate student through the office of student affairs”; sec ond. it will “identify and ofTer so lutions to the academic and per sonal problems of the graduate students.” Many Representatives The advisory council will be composed of one representative from each of the departments with graduate degree programs, in the school of liberal arts and two rep resentatives from each of the pro fessional schools. Individuals pres ently serving on the council were either recommended by various staff members of the departments or through groups of graduate students who thought that par ticular person was better suited for, or more interested in, the job. Rummel said he would like to encourage every department to develop some sort of organization of their graduate students so an elected representative could be on the council. Until the last few years, most departments have had no specific organization set up among the graduate students. The chairman of the advisory council as elected at the meeting is Will Richarz, health, physical education, and recreation. Vice - chairman is Rhody Rodolico, busi ness administration. The elected representative of the ASUO for graduate students. Rod Roth, is an ex-officio member of the grad uate student council to provide the closest integration of the council with the over all ASUO. Communication Problems Many of the problems that concern the graduate student are •problems of communication ra ther than problems needing ex tensive administrative action,” commented Rummel. Through the council, these problems can be seen better and something can be done about them. Rummel went on to say that a number of the problems they will be dealing with are problems common to both graduate and un dergraduate students. “The grad uate council doesn’t intend to op erate independently of the ASUO but also in support of ASUO in problems of common concern.” Because he has worked closely with graduate students in the School of Education since coming to the University in 1950, Hum mel’s new position is not really new. He has been responsible for a large part of the administration of doctorate and masters degrees in the education school and thus has come into close contact with the personal and academic prob lems of the graduate student in that particular school. In the past the School of Education has had the largest number of graduate students at the University, al though in the past few years, other departments have been coming up. As far as he knows, Dean Rum mel said the newly organized graduate student advisory coun cil will be a permanent council at the University. Willamette Ski Area DAYS OF OPERATION JANUARY 1966 S M T W T F S | 30 | 31 Skiing conditions perfect All facilities are in operation Water Board Contracts Work On UO Campus Passed at the Eugene Water and Electric Board meeting last night was a proposal that EWEB act as a contractor to ; procure and install metal poles j and underground circuits in the new east campus area This I area involves some street lights ; on East 13th and 15th streets and extends along Agate Street from 15th to Franklin lllvd. EWEB will undertake this work in cooperation with the University and Urban Renewal Agency who are carrying out a neighborhood project to gain more dormitor yspace. The work involves the in stallment of 32 light poles and 4,600 feet of underground wir ing. Cost of the project is estimated at $33,850. The Eu gene company will also remove its overhead power lines in this area and will be reim bursed $6,000 by the University, plus salvage value. Dull to Address Canadian Seminar Paul Dull, professor of history at the University, will be one of three main speakers at a seminar on Communist China in which the Canadian Ministry of Exter nal Affairs and Canadian journal ists will participate. The All Canada Seminar on Communist China is slated for next week at Brandon College. W innipeg, Quebec. Dull is a noted historian on the Far East. He has specialized in the Orient He has been connect ed with the U.S. Department of State and from 1944-4G was re sponsible for the content of ma terial broadcast to Japan. He received the Award for Re search in Asia in 1959 from the American Council of Learned So cieties and the Social Science Re search Council and spent the year 1959-60 in Japan. He re turned later to Japan to observe the elections. Chi Phi Elects Seeley Chi Phi fraternity elected offi cers for winter and spring terms last week. Besides Phil Seeley, newly elected president, Gary Meyers was elected vice - president; Dwight Catherwood, treasurer; Gordon Miller, house manager; Jim Blackaby, steward; Mike Totman, historian; and Earl Blackaby, pledge trainer. The officers will remain in of fice until fall term next year. ■ HI Gould, Roth I Coiiliinifd from pa hi- I) He suggested that this applied to the freshman vice president and president. The presidency fell open when President Hoy Buell went on academic proha tion. Gould, as vice-president, has been performing his duties since then. The effect of their decision is that Gould must quit his position as vice president if he's elected president. The vice presidency will then remain open until spring term elections. General vs. Specific The question of Hoth's candi dacy for a second Senate seat was more difficult. The Committee fi nally decided, however, that the two positions are "incompatible” because senator at-large “implies a general interest,” while gradu ate student representative im plies a specific interest. “This raises the possibility that he would be unable to discharge one office if he's discharging the other," Basyc observed. Basye made it clear that these decisions applied only to these offices. They do not necessarily eliminate the possibility that someone could still hold two of flees. For example, if a senator at-large were to run for a second senator-at large seat, the logic applied in Hoth's case wouldn't work. Senate Can Clarify Basye also said that the Sen ate could make some clarificn tions in the present constitution without amending it: "1 would think that any legislation passed by the Senate which didn’t con flict with the constitution would be acceptable." The Senate tried to get pass ed last fall a number of amend ments to the constitution, one of which would have prohibited any one from holding two offices. But the amendments failed to pass because not enough students vot ed. Want to really get results?— Use Emerald Classified Ads— Phone 342 1411, Ext. 1818. Peace Corps Tests Continued A Peace Corps recruiter at the University ha* announced the continuation of aptitude testing through Saturday. Stu dent* who did not sign to take the lists hist week may lake them today, or on Saturday. In addition to tent* to be given at 10 a.m„ 2 pm., and 7 p.m. today, one final test will be given Saturday at 2 p.m. in the SI). Itooin number for the test will be posted. Applicants should bring a completed ques tionnaire to the test. f You make your beat impres sion when your glasses are ap propriate, becoming and up to date. 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