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Cletoloer 3, 1957 es Idea Kpansion THE MAINE CAMPUS Union director, Published Weekly by the Students of th• Univ.rsity of Main. he expects the Vol. L1X Z 265 expansion to be Or tktober 10, 1957 Number 5 )e done when it fountain extea- News Days' r 80 additional y scheduled for Senate Creates Study Group ther 12 this fall. rumor that a Speaker Is • By Jerry Coulombe elayed construe- The General Student Senate. at its relay was partly first meeting of the year Tuesday of tile used in 'Campus' Fee Raise Is Tabled Announced night, created a Senate Research and area. new Information Service. af the Den, when Carl Porter Shirley, superintendent iouble the soda The Service of Newport, R. I. schools, will be the Will Provide will set up a number d provide tables of subcommittees featured speaker at the annual Maine and a central com- it 80 additional mittee to Newspaper Weekend on campus Oc- Discussion Time do research on proposals )e no booths in tober 18-19. brought up in the Senate. The group will work with the Porter-Shirley, who will be intro- The Senate Tuesday night Senate and through tabled a the Committee duced by University President Dr. publication committee's recommenda- Co-ordinator, a Senate- appointed official who Arthur A. Hauck, will speak of "The tion for increasing the Campus sub- keeps track of faculty-student Press and Education in Maine" Fri- scription fee by one dollar next committee operations. day at a noon luncheon in South Esta- semester. Citing the "lack of practical means 'Bed brooke Hall. Action on the proposal was de- of gathering information." Gene Car- The program will get underway layed until the next Senate meeting ter, Senator from Lambda Chi, out- Friday morning NI DANCING— with registration at on October 22 to allow Senators time lined and explained the R and I School of the to discuss the idea with their con- Service to the Senate. y Evening at 7 stituents. On aad St., Bangor. The extra money—bringing the total Carter's motion, the bill was passed by a sson $1.00. Ac- fee to two dollars a year—would allow near unanimous vote, without debate. rational Associa- the Campus to publish 12 pages. in- stead of the present 8 page Affiliated Artists. edition. During preliminary the Senate was told. discussion of the idea, some Senators objected The report, read by Gerald Coulom- that Students to sell the R and I Service would interfere be, a committee member, said that the stable—Olympia. with the present student-faculty com- Campus was caught in a price squeeze. s. Call or write mittee system. Carter countered by Needed news space must now be filled saying that the R and I Service would pecialty Co. 49 with advertising to cover increasing not duplicate any other committee. tine, Tel. 2-6789. production cost, Coulombe said. At The Senate asked Campus Editor- several points in the discussion, the powers S who are inter- in-Chief, James R. Hambelton, to dis- and position of the Com- ALL IN FAVOR—Senate President Robert Worthing counts affirm- mittee and gifts by the cuss the financial condition of the Co-ordinator, who occupies a ative votes for the establishment of a Senate Research and Informa- controlling part time. Ex- newspaper for the benefit of new office in the R and I Ser- tion Service. Action took place at this year's first Senate Phone Old Town Senators not familiar with meeting vice. were questioned. the situa- Tuesday tion. night. Pictured I. to r. are Ron Hurd, vice president; Carter, who is presently Committee- Worthing, Hambelton told the group that pro-p and Janet Collins, secretary. (Sutherland Photo) Co-ordinator. pointed out that he had duction cost had risen from 25 to 40 received his appointment from the percent over the past 10 years and Senate president with approval of the that these costs had to be covered by Senate. additional advertising. The R and I Service w ill he made As a second reason for the raise, University To Be Ready David liern.tein up of an Information Committee, ap- Hambelton said that more news space pointed by the 11 a.m, in the lobby of the Union, Senate, and various was needed now than 25 years ago subcommittees also 5-10 with the luncheon set to follow im- appointed by the when the Campus originally went to Senate. The mediately. If Flu Epidemic Information Committee 8 pages. The student body has more Comes %vill elect a chairman, At 2:30 p.m. the annual Newspaper who will report than doubled since the paper was last to the Committee Forum will begin in the Bangor Room. Co-ordinator on the increased in size, Hambelton added. activities of his group. The theme is "The Newspaper of the University officials Hambelton said that he strongly have drawn up plans to cope with an epi- Earlier in the Tuesday Future," and speakers will be David night meet- recommended the Senate postpone any demic of Asiatic flu, should it come to the Maine campus, ing. Senate President Robert Bernstein, executive vice president and John E. Worthing action on the subscription increase invoked his powers as editorial director of the Middletown, Stewart, Dean of Men, said this week. president to until the student body could think order off-campus men not to hold (Continued on Page Five) about the idea. Up to this time, however, there "flu" reported existing in certain areas have been no signs of Asiatic flu of the country, but, that at this time here, and very few cases throughout there is very little reported in the New England. according to Dr. Percy New England area. A. Leddy, Director of the University May Involve Many Graduation Casualty List health service. Elaborating on this point. Dr. Dr. Leddy did say, however, that Leddy pointed out, "It is generally Orono Might Include Your Name any university campus is a danger agreed by the public health officials. area because of the "density in close- who are watching pretty diligently By Terri Hibbard ly related living conditions " for the flu's presence and spread in Not Serious this country, that from all indications Senior—are Just a minute, you sure that you're going to gradu- Flu—or influenza—has been very we should probably expect goodly ate in June? Disregarding the possibility that you might flunk a re- much in the news lately because of numbers of our population in many quired course—are you really certain that you've met all your the so-called Asian or Asiatic variety. areas to become involved." requirements and will have enough hours to get your degree? News in the United States has indi- Bringing the University into focus. Every year along about graduation* cated that the flu is not particularly (Continued on Page Five) time a few casualties, caused by failure serious. to fulfill requirements, have to face Experts say that flu epidemics are the prospect of coming back to school not uncommon, that epidemics occur Forty To for another semester. This disappoint- quite frequently, every one to four Attend YS ment not to mention all the extra ex- years. been avoided if the pense. may have Pandemic influenza, such as that'Leaders' Session time to find out student had taken of 1918, is very rare. Since requirements are. that Some forty delegates, repre- exactly what his time many new drugs have joined in senting nearly every campus Horrible Thought the battle to combat the complica or- ganization, will attend .4SKS ACTION—Senator Gene One senior nearly every year misses tions which might develop from the the annual Carter, above, asks for his degree because of a lack in Physi- disease. Leadership Conference beginning Senate ap- proval of his cal Education requirements. What Friday, 4 p.m. in the Union. "Senate Research Quick Recovery and Information horrible thought—to have to come The conference will attempt to help Service" pro- p . In uncomplicated flu, uneventful gram. The assembly back for a half-semester to take mod- student leaders understand how groups did pass recovery within 3-5 days is the gen- his motion. ern dance! function, and to teach them to bring! get through eral rule. (Photo by One chap managed to about greater participation, harmony! R.5 u therland having taken "We have a certain amount of flu college without ever and efficiency in their groups. 1DAY 1-2. To him this was a major every year." Dr. Leddy said. "Whether Eh The program, under direction of achievement—to college officials it it would be the Asiatic type is very Senate elections. The Dr. Matthew Miles, a Boston sociolo- proclamation was reason enough to keep a diploma problematical," he explained. was approved by the Senate. gist, will begin Friday afternoon and from him. Dr. Leddy went on to say. "No Worthing cited the "lack of support end Sunday at noon. It will deal Seine Don't Count medical authorities at the present time and the present state of disorganiza- specifically with such topics as how 1)o you know that any hours over can predict the degree or prevalence tion" in ordering the Off-Campus to bring about a change in group at- 48 taken in any one department, even of the true Asiatic variety that might Men's Club to hold badk on elections.