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International Festival Opens Today Sue Pack, Miss Oregon, will be i on hand to open the Third Annual International Festival at 9 a.m. today in the Student Union. The exhibition and bazaar will be open from 9 a m. to 10 p.m. today and Thursday, until mid night Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Spanish \ jewelry, Mexican abalone shell- j rings, German and Swiss choco late bars, and Hungarian mag netic chess sets are only a few of the many items which will be on sale at the bazaar. Since last year's bazaar was sold out within 24 hours, foreign students have expanded this year's : selection of imported art work,: souvenirs, and candy. Shriver Coming R. Sargent Shriver. director of | the Office of Economic Opportu nity and former Peace Corps di rector, will arrive on campus Friday for the Festival. Shriver also intends to visit the Univer sity's Job Corps Center at Tongue Point. Zenon Rossides. ambassador to Draff... (Continued from pdfje 1) but a person must stand ready to face the consequences of dis obeying the law. Berreman pointed to the re cent stand of the Ecumenical Council asserting the immorality of war. He predicted that the 60 million Roman Catholics in the United States would take the new statement seriously and present possible trouble for the present administration. Barclay, on the other hand, op posed the selective service on the grounds that it w'as an author itarian system that did not com ply with the “spirit of inquiry and doubt.” He continued by answering a question from the crowd saying he had been a conscientious ob jector in the 1940’s and, were he eligible, he would take the same stand today. He concluded by saying, “war is morally wrong.” “It is a symptom of a deeper ill ness found in the social system. Clyde DeBerry, a graduate in political science, backed up Gold rich’s argument that there should be a peaceful draft—a choice for the individual. John Howard, professor of so ciology, took a slightly different stand, pointing to the inefficiency of selective service and said that only five per cent of all eligible men were drafted and that they were usually of the socially or economically deprived classes. The discussions will be contin ued at 8 p.m. today in room 3 of Fenton Hall. The speakers will be Professors John Howard and Harold Barclay, president - elect of Portland State College; Joe Uris, and an ACLU lawyer. Problems concerning legal and technical aspects of the draft as they relate to conscientious ob jectors will be the focus. Professor Returns Sanford S. Tepfer, associate professor of biology at the Uni versity, has returned from a pan el meeting for the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences held recently in Washington, D.C. The commission is one of sev eral in a National Science Foun dation program to investigate the problems of college level social science education. Tepfer is a member of the panel on instructor personnel for college biology courses. Wegelin Publishes How the American gin symbol ized the promise of unencumber ed American vitality for a great novelist is told by a University English professor, Christof Wege lin, in an essay published in the recent book Critical Approaches to American Literature. Wegelin’s essay “The American as a Young Lady” was taken from his book, The Image of Europe in Henry James. Want to really get results?— Use Emerald Classified Ads Phone 342-1411, Ext. 1818. the United States and United Na tions from Cyprus, will also be at the University for the five-day event. Representing more than 90 foreign countries, the Festival is billed as the “largest cultural ex travaganza" in the Pacific North west. Three years ago, however. University administrators were skeptical about the project and gave only mild support. Sold Out Four hundred persons had to be turned away from the first In ternational Festival in 1964. Since then, the Festival has received commendation from President Johnson, U.N. Secretary General U Thant, and more than 100 for eign embassies. The United States Information Agency has sent printed material overseas on the Festival, and portions of the 1905 Festival were aired over the Voice of America. This year's Festival will have 600 participants from seven west ern colleges and universities, and about 500 students from the Uni versity. Festival events will include an exhibition at the University Mu seum of Art, and three perform ances of a cultural show featuring troups of foreign students, in eluding the Hadarim, an Israeli Student Organization dance troup from UCLA. Governor Murk Hatfield and many Oregon mayors have pro claimed this week International Festival Week. The cultural shows will begin at 7:30 p in. both Friday and Sat urday at McArthur Court. A spe cial children's show has been slated for 10 a m Saturday. Family Finance Workshop Slated to Help Educators Tin* two evening snows win nr different; visiting students will join with University foreign students to present 22 acts de pitting nreas of their cultures. Props Imported Costumes, props, and other needed equipment have been im ported for the Festival. Cost for the evening perform ances will be $1.90 for adults, $1 for children under 12; tickets for Saturday morning's children’s show will be 50 cents for every body Tickets are on sale at the SU main desk. Free travelogues from 20 coun tries will be shown continuously all day Saturday, and interna tional meals will be served in the SU throughout the fiveday Fes tival. The International Festival is sponsored by the campus YM YWCA in conjunction with the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, Lane County merchants, and serv ice clubs. Sigma Chi... (Continued from fagt 1) chapter docs not discriminate However, a former president of the Sicilia t'lii national, who left office last fall, admonished the local chapters not to pledge Neg roes. In its 110-year history Sig ma Chi, which has a strong his torical base in the South, has never pledged a Negro. John Hanson, advisor to frater nities at Stanford, who formerly held a similar position here, said that he had received no official word from the national However, he said Stanford is • happy" the Sigma Chi chapter has been reinstated and that Stan ford would recognize them as a member of a national fraternity. "We have always been sup portive of the local chapter," he pointed out. He said Stanford had had no communication from the Sigma Chi national all year. What Is P-S P-S is a glossy, Stick-on Photo Stamp Used for I-D Cards Letters, Etc. 20 for $1 50 for $2 Just send a snapshot, negative, Dr colored print, which will be returned unharmed, to MARATHON PRODUCTS Box 113, Coos Bay, Oregon A workshop designed to help | educators furnish young people with foundations for building sound habits in dealing with their personal financial problems will be held at the University this summer from June 20 to July 15. | The four-week Family Finance Education Workshop is planned for a variety of persons—high school teachers of social studies, j mathematics, business, and home making, elementary school teach- 1 ers, school administrators, cur riculum specialists. guidance counselors, principals and super- j visors, and junior college teach ers. Forty $100 scholarships will be given workshop participants. The scholarships will cover books, materials, and tuition charges. Awards will be made on the basis of information given in the application form, scholastic and professional records, inter est, and the recommendation of the applicant’s school administra Professor to Talk About 'Alienation' Social psychologist W. W. Char ters. Jr., of Washington Univer sity in St. Louis, Mo„ will give an open lecture at the Univer sity at 1 pm. today. Charters is a professor in the Graduate Institute of Education at Washington University. His specialization in social psychol ogy is particularly directed toward educational institutions. He will speak in the Student Union about ‘‘Some Studies of Teacher Alienation,” his lecture is sponsored by the University’s Center for the Advanced Study of Educational Administration. The lecturer is co-editor of a book called ‘‘Readings in the So cial Psychology of Education.” His chapter in the book is en titaled “Social Class and Intel ligence Tests.” He also wrote the book “Research in Teacher Mo bility.” Charters has contributed chap ters to a number of books in his field, as well as articles for such journals as the “Review of Educational Research,” “So ciology Today,” “Harvard Edu cational Review,” and “Journal ol Teachers.” Vagner Directs Band At Arizona Conference Robert S. Vagner, the Univer sity’s director of bands, recently conducted the Arizona Music Ed ucators all-state band at the con ference of the Arizona Music Ed ucators Association held at the University of Arizona in Tucson. 29th STREET SUPER MART Why not take advantage of our everyday low prices? Open 8-8 2890 Willamette or. Early applications will receive priority. Sponsored by the Schools of Education and Business Admin istration of the University, in co operation with the National Com mittee for Education in Family' Fnance and the Institute of Life Insurance, the workshop is di rected by Hugh Wood, professor of education at the University. Participants will have an op portunity to develop leadership in skills and in group processes, prepare teaching units, accumu late and evaluate instructional materials, develop curriculum plans, and share experiences with outstanding leaders in family ; finance from business and the University staff. John W. Soha, associate profes sor of accounting at the Univer-1 sity, will join Wood on the regu- ] lar workshop staff. West Point Rejects Girl From Oregon WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is still an all male school Cathy Christie of Ashland, the third choice nominee of Rep. Robert B. Duncan (D-Ore.) for admission to the academy June 1, didn't make it. The Army advised Duncan that his first choice nominee, Charles Pyle of Eugene, was found “fully qualified and entitled to admis sion.” Duncan had nominated Pyle, with Joseph Ward of Coos Bay, as first alternate, and Cathy Christie as second alternate, on the basis of a competitive exam ination. The Army returned the Cathy Christie nomination with the ex planation that the primary pur pose of the military academy is to train men for combat duty. Duncan was invited to submit another name, but declined to do so. The Congressman said he found nothing in the regulations that barred a qualified girl from at tending the military academy. He said Tuesday that he will nominate a girl again if he finds one qualified. The workshop will meet ap proximately six hours daily, Mon day through Friday, with morn ing sessions devoted to lectrres and discussions, and afternoon sessions affording opportunities for curriculum sessions, small group discussions and other acti vities as needed by the group. Six graduate credits will be granted for work satisfactorily completed in the four-week ses sion. Applications for scholarships must be submitted no later than April 20. Persons wishing to ap ply for a scholarship should write to FFE Workshop Director, School of Education, at the Uni versity. Campus Briefs Announcement! for Campu* Brief*, mutt \yr turned in by 3:30 p.m. the day before publication. Because of apace limitation* no announcement* will be run more than A film will be shown at the Webfoot Sport Parachutiata Club at 7 30 p.m today in the SU All student* and faculty are wel come. Room number will be potted. There will be a Skull and Dagger meeting at 6:00 p m. today in 106 Friendly. Push-Cart chairmen will meet at 4 30 p m. today in the SU. Entry blank* and rule* for the May 14 relay* will be pawed out. Room number will be posted. Gamma Alpha Chi will hold a mandatory meeting and election of officer* at 5:00 p.m. today in 307 Allen Hall. Amphibian* will meet from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p m. today at Gerlinger pool. Phi Theta Upwlon petition* are due at 4 p.m. today on the third floor of the SU. Phi Theta Upailon will meet at 4 p m today in the SU. All member* are required to attend. Room number will be potted. Kwama petition* are available on the third floor of the SU. They are due April 20. Kwama piiza party ha* been pottponed until April 20. The Faculty-Student Committee will hold an open business meeting at 8 p.m Thursday in 231 Commonwealth. Commit tee officers for spring term will be chosen, and the upcoming primary elections will be discussed. Mortar Board will meet Thursday in the SU. Room number will be posted. Campus Chapel will be held from 9:30 to 10:15 p.m. today at Wesley Foundation, 1236 Kincaid. The Rev. Kingsbury will de liver the sermon. Double Discount Days On all PAPERBACKS WED.,THURS.,FRI. April 13, 14,15 Open till 9 p.m. Thurs. Double Discount Days On all PAPERBACKS WED., THURS., FRI. April 13, 14, 15 Open till 9 p.m. Thurs. CAMPUS BOOKSTORE 877 E. 13th Above Bill Baker's 343-4082
