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Court Pledges Action On Voting

An early decision on whether students
may vote in their local college communities
was promised Friday by a special three judge
federal court.

But because it is not expected that the
decision will be in time to effect the November
2 election, student votes will be separated until
the court hands down its decision.

A basic issue in the suit is an interpretation
of an opinion by Attorney General Andrew P.
Miller involving the use of twelve screening
factors for registrars to determine whether they
have the necessary qualifications to vote where
they attend school. The dispute originated
when Virginia students argued that they have
been denied their constitutional rights.

Library Expansion

A consulting librarian will visit the
University next week to begin a survey
intended to result in guidelines for the future
expansion of the University's library facilities.

Keyes D. Metcalf, librarian emeritus at
Harvard University, will begin his three-day
preliminary survey tomorrow.

Mr. Metcalf, widely noted for his work in
the field, has served as consultant during the
past decade to libraries at such institutions as
Cornell, Duke, Tulane, and Notre Dame
universities and to the Australian National
Library.

During his visit he will be conferring with
library and planning department officials at the
University about expansion of facilities in ways
that would make them efficient and
economically sound, announced University
librarian Ray W. Frantz Jr.

Mr. Metcalf will be giving attention during
his initial visit to the proposed undergraduate
library, the proposed science and technology
information center and the proposed western
wing for Alderman Library. The University has
asked for funds for these projects in its capital
outlay request to the State.

Observatory Opening

The University observatory at Fan
Mountain will be open for the only time this
semester on Friday, October 29 from 7 to 10
p.m.

Weather permitting, a 32-inch reflecting
telescope will be used to view Mars or the
moon. The University's new 40-inch telescope
has now been installed, but is not yet complete
and will not be used at this open house.

The Fan Mountain station is located about
15 miles south of Charlottesville on Route 29
near Covesville. There will be a sign on the
highway marking the entrance. Visitors are
requested to arrive before 8:30 p.m. to avoid
congestion on the very narrow road leading up
the mountain.

UNICEF Sale

The University's annual UNICEF
Christmas card and gift drive begins today
announced Mrs. M. Kayhoe of the League of
Women Voters. Catalogues and advertisements
will be displayed in Cabell Hall, the Chemistry
building, Thornton Hall, Gilmer Hall and the
Newcomb Hall bookstore.

The Gordon Avenue branch of the
McIntire Library will also hold a public sale
on December 2,3, and 4 from 4 to 10 p.m.
where the cards and gifts may be purchased
directly.

French Theologian

Noted French theologian Paul Ricouer
will deliver a series of lectures centering on
religious interpretations beginning today at the
University.

Dr. Ricouer, an internationally known
philosopher and theologian will discuss "Word
and Scripture" at the first of the James W.
Richard Lectures in Religion tonight.

Tomorrow evening he will deal with the
"Task of Interpretation" and Wednesday
evening with "Interpretation and Christian
Discourse." All the lectures, scheduled for 8
p.m. in the auditorium of the University's new
chemistry building, are open to the public.

Chemistry Lecture

"Mechanistic Problems in (2+2) Cyclo
Additions" will be the subject of a speech to be
given by Paul D. Bartlett, professor at Harvard
University this Friday. Scheduled for 8 p.m. in
the Chemistry auditorium, the lecture is part of
the Chemistry Department's Colloquium
series.