University of California Riverside - Tartan Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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-1 UT r Vol. I Riverside, California, March 11, 1954 No. 4 hese three profound gentlemen are, from L to R, Joe Pitruzzello, Vaughn Blankenship and huck Young. They are UCR's first presidential candidates. RE IDENTIAL CANDIDATES' O Jon PITRUZZELLO V. BLANKENSHHJ CHARLES YoUNc w people realize how lucky we at this time we are able to es- sh good government with con- rules, traditions, and precedents students will be proud to follow r footsteps. e in tum will be proud to call our Alma Mater. believe in establishing these , precedents, and traditions we ld use good judgement and above move slowly. Everyone must cipate. it is possible for us to choose e for the school paper, to have 1 cheers and songs, I am strongly vor. ee no reason, however, why we wait until next semester if the student body, are willing. ove all, if I am elected to office, do my utmost to abide by stu- body wishes and opinions. Experience! Diligence! Imagination! A soda is only as good as the jerk who makes itf' Experience! Hardwork! Imagination! You can put them all in our student government. My platform? To use these ele- ments, if elected, in establishing by- laws, traditions, clubs, social func- tions, for ASUCR. To give everyone an opportunity to express his ideas, to give everyone the job of establish- ing ASUCR, to give effective leader- ship in the direction required. It takes more than buildings to make a college. It takes a group of students and a student body govem- ment. It takes more than being elected to make a student body govemment. It takes experience, imag- ination, and leadership. Vote for Vaughn! That's me. Thatis mc?? Stu- dent body Presidcnt of ASUCR-thatis Vaughn. Tomorrow is election day. I hope that 100'Z1 of the Student Body goes to the polls. During the past few weeks, I have had the good fortune to become fair- ly well acquainted with most of you, and I am convinced that the Student Body of this College is capable of laying the foundations that are need- ed if this organization which we are now founding is to be lasting. I think we will need to move slowly and carefully in the weeks ahead but the final decision will remain with you. The office of President during this formative semester will be one of ex- treme importance in realizing our goal. With your help, I believe that I will be able to help you do the job that must be done. XVhen you vote tomorrow, I hope it will be for. me so 'that together we can achieve our aims. ' ST BALLOTS FROM 8 - 5 ON FRIDAY 1 Candidates Meet To Discuss Plans With Broadbent Leis keep it vigorous but clean, said Dean Broadbent at the meeting of candidates and campaign managers of the forth- coming election. That was the Dean's parting word at the Wednesday, March 3rd meet- ing in his office. A meeting keynoted by high-spirits and friendly coopera- tion. By mutual consent, it was agreed that no candidate was to spend more than five dollars on his or her cam- paign, and that all the political as- pirants would submit a statement of expenses to the Dean of Students. The first order of business was to determine if all the candidates were eligible -to run for office. An exam- ination of the petitions showed that none were ineligible. The following individuals were of- ficially declared as candidates at the meeting: For President of the Student Body were Joe Pitmzzello, Vaughn Blankenship and Charles Young. Running for Vice-President: Bill Cowan, Lorraine Eyer and Bill Kas- sel. Secretarial aspirants are Pat Sparkman and Mabel Fariester, while Peter C. Van Vechten, Bill Anderson and Bud Barton have thrown their hats into the financial ring-treasurers. The meeting lasted for nearly an hour, and was interrupted only by several photographers who had come to the office to take pictures of the presidential candidates for the local press. A post-election party will be held in the Physical Education Bldg. from 7-11 Friday, March 12. All students are invited. Police Have Auto Decals Decal stickers are now available at the Police Department for spring semester students of UCR, Sgt. Edw. Schroeder announced yesterday. Students who have registered their vehicles should come into the de- partment headquarters, room 1350, SS 6: Humanities Bldg., Adm wing, as soon as possible to receive these stickers. An officer will place the decal on the windshield of every registered UCB student vehicle. Students who have not registered their vehicles must do so before ob- taining a sticker. . - Sgt. Schroeder and his staff would like 'also to thank the student body for their cooperation in registering their vehicles and'for th econserva- tive manner in which they drive on campus.

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Berkeleyites Unable to Reach Change Decision Students of the Berkeley Campus have been unablc to reach any deci- sion on a proposed change in the academic calendar. The proposed change would mean the fall semester would run from about August 23 to December 20 and the spring term from February 1 to lvlay 20. The proposal would mean that the final examinations would end before Christmas holidays and the spring semester would still start late enough for mid-year high school graduates to cuter the University. ' Advantages Listed According to Stanford A. Mosk, professor of economics, said that the advantages of the new system would be ll elimination of the lame d-wk session after Christmas. 21 fall grades would be known before the spring semester started, 35 fall grades would a formal three-day break for Thanks- giving. 4D travel expenses would be lessened, 5D early graduation gives a better chance to get j0bS, 67 the facultv could use the extra time f01' research, 71 Bookstores would have a better supply of books. Students on the Davis Campus so far have favored the change, Mosk said. This will eliminate student's cutting classes to work before Christ- mas, which is of no educational value, but at the same time finals will be over early enough to work, especially if a student has them all the first week, he said. Students Veto Change At a special ASUC open house students voted 25 to 22 against chang- ing the schedule. Twenty-three 'of the students who voted against the measure were opposed for employ- ment reasons. Recreational Schedule Setup By PE Division For students who are interest- ed in using the recreational fa- cilities of the Physical Education Department the following is a tenative schedule which will go into effect as soon as facilities become ready. Swimming Pool Monday and Wednesday 12:30-5:45 P.M. Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-2:30 P.M. Friday 12:00-5:45 P.M. Basketball Pavilion Monday and Wednesday 8:30-10:30 A.M. 12:30-5:45 P.M. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30-6:00 P.M. Fields and Courts NVhcnever not in use by University classes or teams. Locker Facilities Monday thru Friday 8:00-5:45 P.M. im1wlNTIcMillin, UCR's first student, is shown here being greeted by Dr. Watkins the day after his release from the U. S. Navy. ' UCR's First Coaching Staff To Attend Meet ln Pasadena By Dwain Lewis Next Monday the UCR coaching staff will attend the official Southern California inter-scholastic athletic con- ference at Cal-Tech to discuss some of the problems they might en- counter in varsity competition. UCR is planning to develop basket- ball, tennis and swimming for inter- collegiate competition next year. The fog, last Friday, was bad, but it brought the humidity up so that the pool could be painted. Within a week our swimming classes should be in full swing. Intra-murals have begun to materi- alize. Plans for a basketball league are being made and the play should start next week. The faculty plans to field a team, also the basketball class and the Ex- periment station plus one or two in- dependent student fives. The games will be played at 12:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays. Spectators are in- vited. Any man wishing to play on a team should see Doug Mumma or jack Sauls. Student Son Of SB Principal Jim McMillin holds the distinction of being the first student admitted to the University of California at Riv- erside. McMi1lin is a Navy reservist and was stationed at Camp Pendleton. San Bernardino is his home town. Jim is following in the footsteps of his father, principal of San Ber- nardino High School for a number of years, by preparing for a teaching career. He likes the small enrollment at UCB, stating that: classes are small enough to learn something in, and the student receives more attention. For That Important Date AN ORCHID coasaoe Humanities Prof: Plan Medieval Farce For Spring By Pat Sparkman The real value of dram found today in the universi and collegesf, said Dr. Willi Sharp in an interview last we It is Dr.' Sharp's objective give the students and faculty UCB the opportunity to witr the techniques that go into production of a true drama Pierre Patelinu, a French medi farce, has been selected for its p bilities to demonstrate the relat ship of music, art and drama to Humanities. Accompanying the play will t discussion, in debate fomi, of medieval music and art. Dr. Boggs will represent the art ment, while the music aspect be handled by Dr. Edwin Simon. Thursday evening, March 4, p.m., UCR students and faculty have an opportunity to become quainted with the scri for theh forthcoming Pierre Patelinef' This for the purpose of classifying the talent UCR. Anyone with musical, theatrical experience is urged tend the Thursday meeting. 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u You COULD Flip A Coin-But Don't Tomorrow, March 12, we will all have the opportunity to exer- cise one of our privileges as members of ASUCR, that of voting for candidates for student body offices. It is hardly necessary to remind you that this is probably the most important issue that will face the student body this year. It is the editorial opinion of the UCB Cub that all our candi- dates are well-qualified for the offices they seek. When you come down to cases there is little to choose between any of them, they are all so well-qualified. However, too often students neglect to express their desires in student elections, fail to campaign for the individual of their choice, and fail to cast their votes. Later, recriminations are heard against the person chosen for office. These criticisms cannot be justified if less than 507: of the student body is interested enough to participate in the elections either as candidates or as voters. We have had rather poor turn-outs for student meetings in the past. Let us hope that tomorrow all students qualified to vote for candidates will do so. It is important that in casting our votes we be truly convinced that the individual for whom we vote is truly qualified for office. Don't cast your vote for any particular individual simply because your friend votes for him. Cast your ballot because you honestly believe him to be the man best qualified for the office. Above all, remember to go to the polls tomorrow and VOTE. VICE-PRESIDENTS BILL KASSEL I fully realize the responsibility of holding such a position in student govemment and also can realize how important it is to have student gov- ernment directed by student opinions, suggestions, and criticisms. At this point, we come to my sec- ondary objective in running for this office and that is to work for the com- mon interests of the student body by getting ideas and suggestions from the student body as a whole and not according to certain groups My primary objective in running for the office is that I want to see the student body united because I sincerely believe that A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND. I picked that well-worn cliche because the truth of that statement can be seen almost anywhere in history, and that same statement applies directly to our situation at UCB at present. The only remedy that I can see is to emphasize entire student body par- ticipation in everything rather than small-groupv control of everything. But if everyone is so filled with the idea of starting a group, let's all start one called UCB Students Inc. where each student sincerely inter- ester in UCR's affairs is backed by 129 other students feeling exactly the same way about the school. BILL COWAN We, the soon-to-be formed student body of UCR, must set up a govern- ment with sound principles and a strong consideration for the future. Our student government must be built and run by the students them- selves, independent of ALL outside factions. Lastly, I would like to call for a good, clean campaign. Regardless of who might ultimately win out, let's all pull together to make our ASUCR the compact, well-organized entity it should be. LORRAINE EYER We, as students of UCB, face the challenge of a new University void of tradition. Academically we have a pattem of individualized education set before us, it has been planned for many years and now we are rather warily par- taking of it. Socially we have no precedents. VVe have an advantage over the other Universities. Every student is on the same level regardless of background. We need not feel the pressure of organized against unorganized stu- dents which is present in the larger Universities. Our social events must be organ- ized to unify the student body and emphasize the potentiality that is within each student. I am ready to help organize such social events. Whether I am elected or not I will work for the development of events at which students may relax from their studies and learn to know each other better. SECRETARIES PAT SPARKMAN A secretary's duties are not only to record accurately the business con- ducted in a meeting, but also to be willing, as well as capable, of plan- ning, discussing, and carrying out projects that will be a credit to the University. I am willing to expend the time and effort to promote good will, plan progressive activities, enter into social functions and record for future action and reference the decisions made in our meetings. The records of this first semester will be a guidepost and will help to set the tradition for the future stu- dents of UCB. I would like to make that record a complete, accurate, honest, and in- teresting one. MABLE FARISTER As I said in my speech last Thurs- day, I fully realize the responsibility of the job of secretary-historian of a new school. The records of UCBIS first semester will be referred to many times in the years to COITIS. We are setting a new stage upon which many scenes will be played. These scenes should have a good background so that they will be remembered in the future. I feel that I am capable of recording these scenes in a clear and interesting manner and would consider it a great honor to serve as UCR's first Secretary. TREASURERS BILL ANDERSON I think all of us at UCR realize the great privilege we have in form- also must not overlook our duty to ing our own student govemment. We the school to form good traditions. We want these traditions to last for many years to come. I think that the treasurer will have a good chance to help form the student government and lasting traditions. I hope that I will have the chance to take a part in these things as your treasurer. While in high school I served on committees. These were: activities committee, assembly committee, and Tradition Day committee. I did some work in the drama department and worked on the production of the school plays. I have never handled much money. That is an understatement. I do feel that I can make the best possible use of what money we will have this semester. Thank you. BUD BARTON This chance to be in on the ground floor of student govemment is a terri- fic challenge and an opportunity for a person to help establish .student governmental traditions that will re- main over a long period of time. I believe I can help to start these traditions and if I'm elected I will try and help start the type of student government that we will be proud of in future years. I have attended school in River- side from grade school until 1953 when I graduated from Riverside College. Through high school I was on many student committeesg was active in sports, especially swimming, and I was treasurer and Vice-President of the Hi-Y and treasurer of the Letter- man's Club. While in J. C. I was cheerleader one year, Vice-President of Kappa Upsilon fraternity, and I was a member of the rally committee. ' In conclusion, let me say that if elected I will do everything in my power to help run the student body in a way that will meet with the general approval of students and faculty. PETE VAN VECHTEN It is indeed a privilege to pa pate in the organization of our student government. Now, as in the past, I have ali been interested in student go ment. During the formative yea high school I was active in va committees i.e. Scholarship, Sa and Board of Representatives. YVhile at UCLA in 1949 and I was secretary in the Organizati Control Board. If elected I will devote the n sary time to the fulfillment of duties as treasurer. Any suggestions as to the impr ment of the office of treasurer be greatly appreciated. In any position it is not the duty of said officer to run his o but to be open-minded to the sug tions the student body may have Monday Deacllin For Scholarships Applications for undergra scholarships for the fall semester due Monday, March 15. Awards of scholarships are b on applicant's academic record on the Committee's estimate o financial need and his promise. The only necessary qualifica for applicants are a minimum of grade point average, and a degr one quarter self-support. Three persons in the comm must also recommend you f scholarship. This application must be in office of the Committee on U graduate Scholarships, Universit Califomia at Riverside by cl time on March I5 or bear a I5 PM postmark. It should be understood that intent of the University and of donors of the scholarship funds assist students of ability and si purpose, but of limited financial cation-not to dispense charity. Santa Barbara Campus Since ' In 1944 by Legislative and Re action, Santa Barbara State Co became the eighth campus of the versity of California. Located i picturesque community of Santa bara, the College has recently m to a spacious 408-acre seashore pus a few miles from the city. Santa Barbara College offers year undergraduate programs le to a University of California Bac of Arts degree. Curricul aleadi teaching credentials are also prov The small size of Classes and the ber of the faculty assure instru emphasizing close attention to th dividual student's needs. More than forty major fiel study are offered in the follo departments: Art, Biological Sci Education, English, Foreign L ages, Home Economics, Indu Arts, Mathematics, Music, Ph Education, Physical Sciences, chology, Social Sciences, and Sp,