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...et al by Charles M Schulz Literature Quiz When did Mark Twain write Tom Sau/yer ? vyv jtL mrur*y’. OSPIRG workshop set A “Conference on New Directions in Public Interest” will be held at the beach in Gearhart, Friday through Sunday, for students to learn public research and advocacy skills. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon Student Public In terest Research Group (OSPIRG). Workshops on specific public policy issues, such as land-use plan ning, environmental resource management and human services deliv ery, will be featured during the conference. More general workshops will indude discussion of effective public advocacy and needs and goals assessment. The conference is free to all students. For more information, call the local OSPIRG board at 686-4073 or the state office at 222-9641. Folk dancers to perform The Dobre Folk Ensemble from the University will perform in a two-hour concert at the Gallery Theatre in McMinnville Friday. The ensemble, which performs and teaches folk dance throughout the Northwest, will feature suites depicting dances from Croatia, Soviet Caucasia, Ireland, Poland, Romania and the American Southeast dur ing their McMinnville appearance. Also presented will be dances from Hungary, Mexico and Sweden. The Dobre Ensemble is directed by Jerry Duke, University instruc tor of folk and ethnic dance. The group was organized some 13 years ago by Linda Hearn, who now serves as chairer of the University dance department. Photo statements needed The relationship of industry and technology to the environment is the theme of a photography contest to be held in association with an Environment and Values Conference April 12-15 at Willamette Univer sity, Salem. Black and white and color photographs are being accepted through Friday at University House, 180 Winter St., Salem, 97301. There is a $1 entry fee to submit up to three photos. Organizers of the event are asking photographers to make a posi tive or negative statement about the relationship between industry, technology and the environment. All mounted photos will be displayed at the Mission Mill Museum, Salem, during the conference. The conference will feature a series of guest speakers and work shops in the following areas: land and property, water quality, air quality and food and agriculture. The university’s Alternative Futures Project is sponsoring the conference with the cooperation of the Oregon Commit tee for the Humanities. A career in law without law school. What can you do with only a bachelor’s degree? Now there is a way to bridge the gap between an undergraduate education and a challenging, responsible career. The Lawyer's Assistant is able to do work tradi tionally done by lawyers. Three months of intensive training can give you the skills—the courses are taught by lawyers. You choose one of the seven courses offered—choose the city in which you want to work. Since 1970, The Institute for Paralegal Training has placed more than 2,000 graduates in law firms, banks, and corporations in over 80 cities. If you are a senior of high academic standing and are interested in a career as a Lawyer's Assistant, we’d like to meet you. Contact your placement office for an interview with our representative. We will visit your campus on: Thursday, April 6 The Institute for Paralegal Training 235 South 17th Street. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 (215) 732-6600 Operated by Para-Legal, Inc Center planning open house for commemoration The Pearl Buck Center, a com munity training center for hand icapped and mentally retarded children and adults in Lane County, is celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary. The public is invited for open house tours between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday this month. Pearl Buck’s anniversary month will end with a general reception at the center Sunday, April 30, from 2-4 p.m. The center has received local, state and national recognition for leadership and innovation in serv ing the handicapped and re tarded. Under the direction of its founder, Elisabeth Waechter, 80 full-time staff members operate various programs in two facilities. State returns due by April, 17 Oregonians are reminded that their 1977 individual income tax returns are due on or before April 17, says John Lobdell, state rev enue director. Of an estimated 1 million returns to be filed, the rev enue department has received and processed 359,605 to date. A 5 percent penalty is charged if a taxpayer either fails to pay at least one-fourth of the tax due when the return is filed or if the return is filed after the due date. Community aides needed The Specialized Recreation Program of the Eugene Parks and Recreation Department needs volunteers for its Citizen Advo cacy Program. Community volun teers will help provide a more normal life for disabled adults by developing friendly one-to-one re lationships. SUMMER STUDY IN NEW YORK CITY Columbia University offers over 350 undergraduate, graduate and professional school courses. Write for bulletin: Summer Session, Columbia University, 102C Low Library N Y N V 10027 Anyone age 18 or older who is interested in the well-being of dis abled persons can provide recrea tional and practical activities as a “friend” or companion. The program is part of an effort by the Specialized Recreation Program to better integrate dis abled persons into community life and to inform the community of the needs and special concerns of disabled people. Interested persons can receive more information concerning the Citizen Advocacy Program by cal ling Chris Carroll, advocacy coor dinator, at 687-5311 or 687-5322. Planners to hold Forum "Alternatives in Planning,” a conference sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of the American Institute of Planners, will examine new approaches to planning is sues, Friday at the Eugene Hotel Tolkien’s life subject of talk The Silmarilion, the Trilogy and J.R.R. Tolkien’s life will be discus sed in a free program sponsored by the Eugene Public Library, Thursday, from 7 to 9 p.m. Kathleen Dubs, University Eng lish instructor, will be discussing part of the factors that influenced Tolkien’s writing as well as inter preting some of the popular works by Tolkien. The program offers new information for those experi enced with Tolkien’s work and a very good preview for those un familiar. This program is part of the library's Thursday Night Affair series. Monthly calendars are a vailable from the library. Rotarians plan visit to campus Six Rotary Club members from Australia will spend the morning on campus Friday. The group will tour the campus after greetings from University Pres. William Boyd and other offi cials of the University and the State System of Higher Educa tion. The visit will conclude with ap pointments with deans in the Col leges of Education and Business. The group, from Rotary district 963 in Queensland, is beginning a six-week tour of the United States under the Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange. Purpose of the program is to provide young business and professional men with an opportunity to study another country and to further in ternational understanding by per sonal contact among men of dif ferent countries. from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Group and panel discussions will explore the topics of creative zoning, carrying capacity analysis, urban agriculture, com munity development corpora tions, energy conservation tech niques, solid waste and sludge management and experiential considerations in design. Larry Sprecher, from Gov. Bob Straub’s office and manager of the executive department, will be the featured speaker at dinner. Other guest speakers include, Russ Beaton, professor of economics and director of the Alternative Fu tures Program at Willamette Uni versity and Jerry Rust, Lane County commissioner. In addition, various environ mental, neighborhood and gov ernmental organizations will have information on display all day. The public is invited to attend and should contact Richard Ragatz of the department of urban and regional planning at the Uni versity for further information. Friday deadline for magazine The deadline for submitting material for the Clark Corner Literary Review has been ex tended until Friday. The booklet is distributed by Honors College students, who ac cept drama, poetry, short stories and ink drawings from interested students at the University. Students may bring typed copy or drawings to Room 6 Friendly Hall. The booklet will be on sale May 1 for $1. briefs MEETINGS The Linguistics Association wtl meet today at 3:30 p.m in 311 PLC. We will elect officers tor toe coming year and dscuss plans tor toe upcoming fundraising event. AH interested persons are In vited University Libertarians will meet today at 2:30 p.m. m the EMU. room to be posted AH interested persons are encouraged to attend This morning at 10:30 a.m . there wil be a Black Student Union general meeting, toe Hrst for this term New students, especiaty. are invited to be oome acquainted with the BSU and find out Mxxrt the various programs we oiler On the agende wiH be discussion of the upcoming Black Arts Festival and the Women's Symposium The room wil be posted on the buletin board in toe EMU The Campus Zen Fellowship wil meet tor medita tion today from 2:30-3:20 p.m. In the EMU Room wiH be posted. The Incidental Fee Committee wil meet today at 7:30p.m. in the EMU Room to be posted (probably Century A). On the agenda is ESCAPE, Women s Symposium, SEARCH, and discussion of budget criteria The public is invited to attend. Grom at the Counseling Center to be held Tues days 3-5 p.m. Focus on problems you are aware of and become more aware at your habits at percep tion, experience and behavior that may be holding you back. Cal 686-3227 for a pre-group interview with .lease or Patti Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday except during exam weeks and vacations, by the Oregon Daily Emerald Plashing Co , Inc., at the University o( Oregon. Eugene. 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