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

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Activities Fee Under Discussion The ASUCB must soon make a decision concerning a manda- tory student activity fee. This first semester the University authorities allotted us sums for student activities such as the newspaper, yearbook, dances and the like. However, it is doubtful that the University could or will grant us such moneys in the future. Then too, it must be remembered that we have had to budget rather carefully even this semester so that we would have suffi- cient funds for all activities. Consequently, the Student Activities Council has prepared a measure to be submitted to the student body as a whole that will establish a S10 per semester mandatory student activity fee. There has been some discussion heard both pro and con on this measure. As a result it was thought that certain aspects of the measure should be clarified. First. The plan of the Student Activities committee is tenta- tive and subject to the final approval of the entire student body in a secret ballot. Second. The proposal calls for a MANDATORY fee. With the exception of the Berkeley campus, the branches of the Univer- sity have made their student activity fee compulsory at registra- tion. UC, with its large enrollment finds it unnecessary to have a compulsory fee. Approximately 5071 of their entire student body buys student activity cards. This provides them with sufficient funds to carry on student activities. Third. The fees vary within the University. Davis and Berkeley charge 37.50 per semester, UCLA charges 88.00 per semester and Santa Barbara charges 810.00 per semester. The fee at Santa Barbara includes the full price of the student yearbook. The proposed 310.00 fee for UCR can be changed to one of the lower sums if the student body desires. However, it should be pointed out that anything less than 37.50 per semester would, of necessity, force us to curtail our activities and to budget them very closely. It is estimated that on the basis of an enrollment of 600 stu- dents the ASUCR would have an income of approximately 312,000 per year if a 810.00 activity fee were charged and 89,000 per year if the fee were 357.50 per semester. The student fee will finance such activities as sports, debate, drama, the Model U.N., the newspaper, dances, and many other activities. There is a need for a compulsory activities fee. The amount must, of course, be determined by the students involved. It should be pointed out that this matter must be decided before the end of this semester in order that we may have money for activities dur- ing the Fall term. The matter is one for serious thought and discussion by all students. If you have an opinion on the matter, either pro or con, the CUB would appreciate hearing from you. -Jim St. Clair Support The Yearbook UCB may or may not have a year book this semester. It de- pends on the students and how well they support the sale of year book subscriptions. If we have a yearbook it will include all the copies of our newspaper along with pictures of the activities during the semester. The school cannot afford to print such a book with- out a strong backing of the students, faculty, and other members of the staff of the University. The girls in the AWS will be in charge of selling the subscrip- tions for the yearbook. The book will cost 31.00. Those that want a book must order it when the AWS members are selling subscrip- tions. . The book will go on sale April 18 and sales will last until Ma 8. ylt will have a bound cover and will be a remembrance of the first semester of UCB's existence. I urge all of you to support the yearbook drive and to buy one from the AWS members selling them. -Bill Anderson ' 0 H406 , . By VAUGHN BLANKENSHIP Spring has been termed by some as that time of year when a young man's thoughts lightly tum to what a young girl has been thinking about year- That de- on the girl- WVC Eiiiimost C e I t i' i U 1 Y have t0 about the Z ii iiiiyouns man- He f 11 I 0 U S h ..... . P f i H 8- Summer, or whether the winds are i?l 55:'f715f5i35. :I' ' 1 -. howling their loudest and coldestJ Anyway, this week UCR is making ready to cele- brate what is loosely called 'Spring Vacation'. 'NSY 4 ' rf . 'M 0 For the life of me I can't figure out why it is called 'Spring Vacation'. To call spending a week at a local beach where it costs you a fortune to even find a place to stay, where you live and eat and sleep in sand, where your subsistance usually consists of several cases and a pound of raw weinies, where you spend seven days buming Hand .peeling-buming -.and peelingjunless you're like me and get the hell burned out of you the first time you stick your nose into the sunl, and where your sleeping hours range from 3 a.m. to no sleep at all, a 'Vacation' is certainly a supreme stretch of the imagination. While if we were much closer to 'Spring', we would be celebrating the fourth of July. I think they ought to close this factory down for a month so we could really kill ourselves-then may- be Henri Bergson tHumanities 2BJ wouldn't look so bad. But this is supposed to be the Easter season. I'll bet more guys have been stoned and more guys have been thrown in the hoosegow for the 'one for the road' during the 'season' of the Prince of Peace, than at any other time. This includes both the Christmas and Easter vacation holi- days. I turned my radio on to what I was a disc jockey show last as I was driving back from thought Sunday a cold, miserable day at Laguna. It tumed out to be a sermon. Some woman the inside walls of P. S. 32 was tell- ing a bunch of chanting people all about Easter. She had a command of speech and an accent that made some of the characters in Caldwell's Tobacco Road sound like Doctor's of History at the University of Cali- fornia at Riverside. It sounded more like a tobacco auction than a sermon. I hope I hurt nobody's feelings. I realize that Freedom of 'Sermon' is written in the Constitution but if you look closely you'll also find Freedom to Criticize and Gripe writ- ten there too. I just think there is a proper way to 'sermon.' who had probably never seen If you look carefully, you'll se guy with red hair leading the par to Laguna. He wants to be the one there, the first one to get bu and the first one to get sick on weinies. If you think he is stupid do I but what can I do about it? if there are any young girls aro who feel their thoughts 'lightly t ing' the number to call is Rlver. 11399-J. MASCOT CONTEST. Today the last day. We have pretty c to one-hundred names to pick fr Voting will take place on them so time shortly after Spring Vacat Al Bielskis had the best point I've heard. He brought it up last wee student affairs committee meetin If we pick the name, Arabs, t we could name the yearbook Tentflap. There is also some vo coming up after vacation on the laws for next year. There are three student body parties pla for the 'Flower' month. Besides t 'High School' day is coming up wards the end of May. We shoul busy. ALAS, POOR JULIUS. I tho I knew him well. That was be I saw the epic that supposedly ev one is talking about Kaccording idiots and Louella Parsonsl. In first place the picture should been called 'Brutus' instead of 'J Ceasarf James Mason, who pl anchor man on the famous three- Shakespeare comedy team of Et and Brutus fModern version: Gr Harp and Chicol, stole the sho you consider playing opposite lon Brando, being chased by gh and being stabbed in the gut 's ing' a show. Louis Calhern, who played 'I Caesar', -spent -.most .-of ,his 1 stretched out at the foot of Pomp statue and most of the rest of i the steps of the senate house 'Brutus' and 'Marc' fAnthony-I looking for Cleopatra but eviden she had the same kind of depend bus system that serves the Cit Iliverside-she never showed up.l bated pro and con over the body' Marlon Brando was his charming self. The closest he ca grinning was while a bunch of Ro soldiers were getting slaughtered. last picture I saw Mr. Brando in The Wild One. All through 'J Caesar' I was waiting for h' reach down, gun his motorcycle, r for a beer, and say: X Uhhhhhl It sounded more Tennessee Williams than Wil Shakespeare. ' Anyway, a lot of local citi were there. UCB was well r sented. They all seemed to feel same way I did. But if you like ing people stabbed and pope you'll love 'julius Caesarf tIn next column, I'll give you a history as to how Mr. Brando into the acting businessd THE END. The next time you from yours truly it will be aft week at the beach-and a good burn. But maybe I'1l get the laz out of my bones. For some re school is about as interesting as ing 'Origin of Species' at a burle show.

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Student Affairs Committee Plans Election May 12 As a result of the Student Affairs Committee's fifth meet- Vol. 1 Riverside, California, April 23, 1954 No. 10 ing held Tuesday, April 20, in umphrey the Buffalo is inspected by ASUCR Treasurer Bill Anderson, Mary Howard and ackie Holyoke as a possible mascot. judging from Iackie's expression, Htnnphrey won't do. he final decision will be made by the Student Body May 13 in a vote on a slate to be selected y the Student Affairs Committee from the hundred-odd entries received to date. Deadline for ntries is 4:30 p.m. today in the Public Information office, 1349 SS-H. A lifetime pass to all arnpus athletic events will be awarded to the person suggesting the winning name. ay Tickets Recreational Dr. Spieth To ailable Soon r. William Sharp has informed the that tickets for the student pro- ion, H1480 and All That will be able in the Dean of Students Of- from Monday, May 3, through sday, May 6. dents are urged to pick up their ts as early as possible since any ining tickets will be used to it the invited public. Each stu- will be entitled to two tickets. ket must be presented before you gain admission to the play. e program will include the ieval farce, Pierre Patelanf' ing Dave Miller as Master Pierre, Nelsen as Draper, Pamela Pay- as Gill, Francis Mason as Shep, Dr. Jack Beatty as the judge. r. Sharp as over-all director is g assisted by Hal Telford and Moretti. Hours For Pool Are Announced Dr. Jack Hewitt has announced that if all plans go according to schedule the pool should be ready for recreational swimming this week. The present schedule calls for recreational periods every afternoon of the week. The following schedule has been tentatively adopted: Monday and Wednesday, 12:15 to 5:45. Tuesday and Thursday, 12:15 to 2:30 and 3:15 to 5:45. Friday, 12:15 to 5:45. The gymnasium, swimming pool, diving area, sun decks, and dance room for men and women are open to all registered students for recrea- tional play and exercise with or with- out University credit. Faculty and non-academic employees may use the gymnasium upon the payment of the 62.00 gymnasium privilege fee. Lecture May 6 Dr. Hennan T. Spieth, Professor of Zoology and Chairman of the Divi- sion of Life Sciences will speak Thursday, May 6 at 1:30 and again Monday, May 10 at 8:00 p.m. on Evolution, The Colden Thread of Biology. Dr. Spieth, a specialist in the field of entomology, has attended Indiana Central College and Indiana Univer- sity. He has taught at Indiana Uni- versity and at the College of the City of New York. He is a member of Sigma Xi, the scientific research fraternity, and of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. He has written many articles on various entomologi- cal subjects, especially the fruit fly. the home of Dean Thomas L. Broadbent, an election will be held Wednesday, May 12. Items to be presented to the ASUCR for ap- proval will include the proposed mandatory student activity fee, the selection of a mascot, and the selec- tion of AWS Head Sponsor for Fresh- man Week. On the latter item only the women students will be allowed to vote. Thursday, May 13, at 1:30 p.m., an ASUCR meeting will be held in Room 1000 of the Social Sciences Building. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and adopt, if possible, a revised charter which will be pre- sented to the student body at that time. During the meeting the proposed mandatory fee came under discus- sion. There was talk that perhaps it would be best if two sums were pre- sented to the ASUCR for approval. These sums are 510.00 per semester or 87.50 per semester. Al Bielskis and Pete Van Vechten presented to the Committee pro- posals regarding Freshman Week. It was suggested that Freshman stu- dents be required to perform various feats such as memorizing all the campuses of the University, the divi- sions of the College of Letters and Science and of the CES. It was suggested that Freshman Week be considered an effort to ac- quaint new students with the Uni- versity and to assimilate them rather than making it a week of hazing. The Associated Women Students will select a Head Sponsor for wo- men students who will have over-all responsibility to see that they are acquainted with the University and with each other. , The proposal was made that the sponsor system should continue for the full year rather than for just one week. The Mascot Committee will hold a meeting at 4:30 today with Provost Cordon S. Watkins in an effort to reduce the present number of mascot entries to 25. At a later date these 25 names will be presented to the Student Affairs Committee for furth- er reduction to five. These five names fContinued on Page 41 The Physical Educaion De- partment has announced that the swimming pool will be open during vacation. The hours as announced are from 12 to 5:45 Monday through Friday. Life- guards and locker room attend- ants Will be on duty during those hours. I

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es your automobile have pitted Windshields? Maybe it's from the Cobalt stored on the University grounds. Dr. Ellis F. allihan fright, checks for possibly dangerous contamination with a survey meter as john Weber removes a sample of radio tive cobalt from the underground vault. Weber is wearing lead gloves and a lead apron and is using metal tongs. Both men ar devices for detecting possible personal injury from radiation. .Of course, there is no possible danger from the cobalt to dents and faculty. dent Guides Il Needed For R Open House dent guides are still needed for pen house Sunday, April 25th. nyone has the time, and is in- d in serving as a guide, give names to ASUCR President Young or leave them in the of Public Information. ulty members of the College of s and Science will be in their from 1-5 that day to demon- the facilities of the buildings answer any questions visitors ave. tors will be shown through the , the gymnasium, the health and other points of interest on mpus. thousand or more visitors are ed that day if the weather is . It is expected that they will from all parts of Southern Cali- interest of the public in UCR rly shown by the fact that an ect notice in the Los Angeles stating that open house would ld brought over a 100 visitors unday. Frats For UCR In The Future The question is being asked about UCR's attitude toward national fra- temities and sororities. First of all, to be successful on any campus a fraternity system must be widely supported' by the student body. Only if a large enough number of students wish to join fratemities can they make a contribution to campus life. Tradition Needed The basis for the development of campus tradition and united student body effort is a strong student body organization. To build student govem- ment takes time and the concerted efforts of many people. When this is achieved and the UCR student body is large enough, the nucleus of a strong fraternity system may exist if enough students wish to support them. Since all other campuses of the University of California include na- tional fratemities among the groups recognized officially, it is clear that University policy is favorable toward the development of Greek letter or- ganizations. On two University camp- uses, University land has been set aside which can be leased on a long- term basis to national organizations for the construction of chapter houses. There is reason to believe this procedure could be followed on the UCB campus if student' interest is strong enough and fraternities are able to finance the building of houses. Study Made Dean Broadbent and Dean Davis have made an extensive study of fra- ternity development on other college campuses and have talked with many officers of national organizations, in- cluding National Panhellenic. The plan which has been found most suc- cessful on new campuses is for stu- dents first to organize local social groups. When there are a sufficient number of these groups to assure their accept- and unable to offer either to their members or to the University com- munity the services which are essen- tial to sound fraternity development. SHOP AT GABRIELS Styles For Young ance as a necessary part of the col- MGH lege student community, and also when the majority of them indicate they wish to affiliate with acceptable national fratemities or sororities, the A , . , .1 ,E H h campus is thrown open for organiza- ,if D .. ' T l tion. Each local club is then assured T ' 1. that it will be able to join with a national and that there is sufficient f '-Y lei support to build strong chapters. ' N Numerous colleges have found that 3827 Main SH-eef when national organizations moved onto new campuses too early, they I were in an exceedingly weak position p I iiiii ff i , i fT:.-- .- ' ,, ' ,im me .., 4....:fr-A- f ' if y , ,.1-if1L.a.Qlii1i1liiM1E'iiL!Qii! natal ,. I .'fe.1..:2.:1..2 -2 -1 I Vrhl me T? V . R'UBY'S DR'VE ' RESTAURANT 13th 81 Market Streets - Riverside