FOR STRUCTURE
Faculty Members Suggest
Condon Building in Honor
Of Former Instructor
GEOLOGIST WAS PIONEER
Professor Spent Early Life
Working With Miners in
Eastern Oregon Country
The name of Condon has been
recommended by the University fac
ulty to the board of regents for the
new science building which for the
past few months has been under con
struction on the campus. This is
in commendation of Dr. Thomas
Condon, former professor of geology.
“Dr. Condon was one of the most
distinguished men connected with
the University, and was widely
known throughout the state,” said
Dr. Douglass, librarian, in giving his
opinion on the naming of the new
structure.
Condon Was Missionary
Dr. Condon came to the west as a
home missionary with the Whitman
mission, but it was not long before
his childhood interest in geology
was aroused by the wide field open
in the west along that line.
After ten years of life in western
Oregon, Mr. Condon, wishing for a
more needy field, moved his family
to The Dalles, the gateway through
which all rough, reckless Ijnining
population must pass on their way
to the newly discoyered gold fields
of eastern Oregon.
It gave Mr. Condon as real a
pleasure to work with tlioso rough,
unpolished human characters and
discover the glint of gold hidden
under the tough exterior, as to work
with a rough block of sandstone
with only the corner of one glisten
ing tooth in sight. The book of
nature was indeed fascinating to
him, but it did not appeal to him
as did the work with men.
Faculty Chair Accepted
Dr. Condon’s first eastern Oregon
fossils wero brought to him by an
army officer returning from an ex
pedition against hostile Indians.
The glimpses of these fossil fields
only served to make him eager for
more, so ho sot out on his first ex
ploration of the John Day country.
It was not long however before
he accepted a place with the faculty
of Pacific University at Cottage
Grove, and later accepted the chair
of geology and natural history in
the State University.
Two or throe years before the
University of Oregon was founded,
Dr. Condon was asked to bo on tho
faculty, and was later chosen to
become the first president of the
University. But lie declined and
suggested one that ho thought bet
‘ter fitted than himself.
But ns the years passed most of
his tirao and strength wore givon to
his teachings at tho University,
while his summer vacations wore
spent with his family at his Nye
Brook Cottage by the sea. Here
his life was almost, unique, but it
again brought him Into the most
friendly relations with many classes
of people from all parts of the
northwest, even backwoodsmen, and
stagedrivers.
In 1902, after passing his eigh
tieth birthday, Dr. Condon, pub
lished his “The Two Islands,” a
popular work on the geology of Ore
gon. Aside from its scientific value
the book is prized for the subtle
charm of his personality as is con
stantly revealed in its pages.
The Condon School was famed
nfter him as was the Condon Col
lection of Mineral and Fossils.
Recently the new Congregational
church dedicated Condon chapel to
him.
R. C. HALL ORGANIZES
NEW SALES DEPARTMENT
A department for buying and
selling newspapers is being or
ganized by 11. P. Hall, superintend
ent of the University press, for the
benefit of publishers wishing to
sell out and anyone desiring to pur
chase a publication. This is to be
a free service maintained by the
school of journalism. An up-to
date record will be 'kept af all
papers listed for sale. Mr. Hall
thinks this will be of great service
to owners wishing to sell, as they
dislike to advertise ; extensively
that their properties are for sale.
APPEARANCE OF SCIENCE
BUILDING IS EXPLAINED
Why are the bricks in the new
science building partially white?
This peculiar appearance is duo to
the mineral matter which comes
from the inside of the brick and
morter, according to a member of
the geology department. Various
salts are taken in by the water
when the brick is made and it comes
to the surface by evaporation and
leaves the salts deposited on the
outside.
CITY OF DREAMS IS PLANNED
BY GRADUATE IN ARCHITECTURE
Fook Tai Lau’s Metropolis Extremely Modem; Bouonn
Native Town is Chosen as Most Ideal Setting
By Alice Kraeft
Fook Tai Lau, graduate student
in architecture, smiled when asked
to tell me about his city. “Who
has been telling you about my
city?” he asked- Upon being told
it was known that he had been
working on his problem for almost
a year he again smiled and finally
consented to tell all about it.
Waving his hand toward his
drafting board upon which was
tacked a detailed study in color of
a city he said: “This is my city.”
It is located in Bouonn, his native
town. Moreover it is an ideal. It
is his city of dreams.
Beside the drafting board is a
miniturc study of the town which
has been done in relief out of clay,
Lau molding it himself. In the
background are low hills which
slope down to a level plain mak
ing the country appear like an am
phitheatre worked on a large scale.
Tn his drawing he has worked out
the system of his city, plotting it
as far as laying out the streets.
“My residence district will be on
the hills,” he declared. “This be
cause it is a prettier location than
elsewhere and because it is the
most sensible.” In the center of
the plain, which is in front, is lo
cated the civic center in which the
city hall figures as the one most
important and most beautiful build
ing. He has placed it so that
l it may be seen from all parts of
the city.
The city is modeled for 100,000
people. When the population grows
beyond this number he intends to
start a new city instead of trying
to enlarge the old one.
“My city is modeled for just that
many and if more people were liv
ing in it it would not function
right,” he said. Mr. Lau’s city is
to be a true republic in that it is
to be organized on the guild sys
tem. There will be no police de
partment, no military department,
no taxes. Sounds like a modern
Utopia but he has an answer to
every question concerning its ef
ficiency, adaptability, or possibil
Though there is to be no system
of taxation the city will not want
for revenue because it will possess
forest reserves and oil wells the
products of which will be sold to the
government and which will bring
in ample returns sufficient for its
welfare.
As far ns the plotting of it is
concerned he seems to have worked
it out carefully. Many main arter
ies of traffic radiate from the civ
ic center outward to the edge of
the business district always ter
minating in some certain center of
activity. One for instance leads
to an aviation field, another to a
cultural center, another to athletic
fields, and still another terminates
in a perpendicular line from the civ
ic center to the base of the heaTt
«f the residential district in a city
memorial building.
One thing especially interesting
is the fact that no railroads pass
through the town thus preventing
the smoke from filling the city. lTis
main depot is outside of the town
lint is connected with the city by
an electric car line.
Located near the depot are the
guild plants. The main reason for
this location for them is practically
the same as for thnt'of the depot.
The residences of the guild plant
workers nre on the hill above the
i plant, making it convenient for the
j workers to be reasonably near their
| places of work.
Tn his effort to make his city
| more beautiful than the average his
] street plan is very different. In
stead of laying it out in a perfect
cheek system he makes slight 'jogs
that when treaversing them the
person does not gaze out into va
cancy but sees something. More
over there are to be no automobiles
nor other vehicles parked on the
streets. Municipal garages will
take the place of parking sections
and will not only aid in making
the city more beautiful but will al
so aid, says Mr. Lau, in seeing that
the people get some exercise and
that they do not ride everywhere.
Tn his residential district he has
the health of the people further into
carried his thoughtfulness for the
action by cutting his lots and plac
ing his residences so that they all
will get sunlight and further by ar
ranging for numerous parks for the
I amusement of the children.
“That is all very well but where
| is ,vour cemetery t” I asked. Tai
I Lau laughed.
“That is the very thing,” he de
clared triumphantly. “I am not
going to have one-—it is not healthv
and besides it wastes land. I am
1 going to have a crematorium way
I outside of the city.”
One of the most beautiful foa
' tares of his city is his city hall.
Mr. Lau worked all last term on it
| and it is now on display in the
I exhibition room in the department.
, It is to be made of stone and por
Icelain, the kind of porcelain that
China is famous for, he asserts. A
truly beautiful work of art, it
stands as a symbol of what his city
is to be.
Next term Mr. Lau will work out
details of the different parts of the
city, deciding upon the landscape
features, residential districts, and
their particular features, and so
on.
“If I ever get a chance to set up
my city I will carry it out still fur
ther,” he said, and in his eyes were
the beautiful visions of his dream
city fulfilled.
NOTED PRINTER TO COME
TO UNIVERSITY SOON
John Henry Nash Considers
His Work As An Art
John Henry Nash, the greatest '
printer of modern times, has spent
25 years in upholding the old and
high traditions of printing, which >
to him is an art.
The very idea of printing as an
art comes as a surprise to a gene
ration that does most of its reading
in two-cent newspapers, five-cent
magazines and novels that are run
off by the hundred thousand copies.
Mr. Nash works in a small and
cluttered shop in San Francisco, ,
where he has turned out a hundred
examples of printing as an art.
VerV few master craftsmen like
Nash, are left to carry on the work.
Because of his adherence to the
strict ideal of craftsmanship,
Nash’s work is becoming increas
ingly severe. He Has eliminated il
lustrations and ornament from his
publications, because of the lack of
co-operation of the average illus
trator.
Nash imports type from all parts
of the world for his special needs.
Many of his books are printed on
hand-made Italian stocks, and Jap
an has furnished him with many
charming covers. He relies on clas
sic types only because he has found
no modern designs that even ap
proach them in beauty and fitting
utility.
Although Nash is an artist
printer, he is also a practical
printer, educated in all its branches.
He has also known the commercial
side of the business of printing.
Nash sometimes spends months in
printing a thin book. The publica
tion is placed where it will catch
his attention, as a chance glance
will reveal an error, that had pre
viously evaded long study.
Mr. Nash, like all true printers,
does not turn his work into beauti
ful design, but Tather he designs a
beautiful book. He has an apprecia
tive perception that cannot be re
duced to any rule. Mr. Nash has
knowledge, experience and taste,
and the final requisites of care,
time, and patience.
—K. V. P.
Concert Included Old Songs
And Many Opera Numbers;
Florence Easton Pleases
(Continued from pace one)
Wasser su Singen” by Schubert,
and “Zueignung” by Strauss, were
especially to be commended. Each
was ns in different mood and were
so well expressed that one felt he
understood even though the lan
guage was not familiar. There were
two French numbers and three Ital
ian, “Peh vieni non Ttardar,” a
love song by Mozart, and two Arias
from the “Manon Lescaut” by Pue
cini, all excellently interpreted.
From the English songs the
“Have you Seen but a Whyte Bil
lie Orow” was delightful. “A Pas
torale” by Oarev was gracefully
light and high spirited. “Joy” by
Winterer Watts. “The Unforseen”
by Cyril Scott, and “If June Were j
Mine,” by Hilton Turvev, an Ore
gon composer, were excellent and
showed the clear lyric tones and the
wide range of Miss Easton’s voice.
The piano group by Miss War- j
ron were lovely. The “Frolic of]
the Elves” by herself was dainty,
tripping and woodsy, and would i
please lovers of fairies and Peter
Pan. The “Humoreske” by Rach
maninoff showed control and an in
teresting variation from the heavy j
base harmonies to the fast trip- j
ping trills and runs. The “Pro- '
lude” by Scluitt and the “Consola-j
tion” by T.iszt were expressive and I
each in separate mood.
Miss Warren was a sympathetic |
accompanist, scarcely ever failing j
to watch Miss Easton and both ar j
tists are to be commended for their j
large repertoire and for presenting1
all numbers without music.
The encores included, “Songs My
Mother Taught Me,” “Coming ThTu
the Rye,” “A Parting,” “Danny
Boy,” “Dawn in the Desert,” “Last
Rose of Summer,” “Traum durch
die Dammerung,” “Chanson In
doue,” and “Golden Yesterdays.”
DEAN JOHN BOVARD TO TALK
UPON HEALTH EDUCATION
Dean John Bovard, of the physi
cal education department, under
the auspices of the department of
medicine and zoology, will give an
address on “Some Aspects of Health
Education.” This talk will be giv
en at the Woman’s building, Thurs
day, March 12, at 7:30 o’clock. The
public is cordially invited.
DEAN DYMENT CONFINED
IN HOME DUE TO ILLNESS
Dean Colin Y. Dyment is confined
in his home with a severe case of
la grippe, according to information
from his office. Dean Dyment has
not been able to attend his duties
since Friday and will return only
when his condition has improved
Considerably.
Editors From State Are
Coming to Annual Meeting
Of Journalism Department
(Continued from page one)
>vall, editor the Timberman, Port
and; “Economies in Office and
Printing,” F. H. Young, the Oregon
Voter, Portland, and “Fideltity to
;he Subscriber,” Jerrold Owen, man
iger of Better Fruit, Portland.
Saturday’s afternoon program fol
ows:
“The Ben Franklin Club,” Char
les Taylor, president, (Ajl/banv;
‘Creating Business With New
Ideas,” Arthur Lawrence, Corvallis;
‘Better Methods in Printing,” Ar
thur Brock, Salem; “Methods of Ad
vertising a Commercial Printing
Business,” Winston H. Caldwell,
Eugene; “How Price Cutting Af
fects the Buyer,” Charles Knowland,
Salem; election of officers.
The Ben Franklin club of the
The conference program will be held
Willamette valley will hold a joint
meeting with the editors, Saturday
morning. The Trade and Class Jour
nal association and the Pacific
Northwest Circulation Managers’
association will hold departmental
.meetings in the journalism building,
in Guild theatre.
The program of the Ben Frank
lin club and the editors follows:
“Keeping the Home Trade at
Home—Methods That Have Proven
Effective in Meeting Outside Com
'petition,” B. W. Bates, editor the
Boseburg News-Beview; discussion
by Mr. Bae of the Tillamook Her
ald and S. S. Smith, manager of the
Medford-Mail Tribune; “How to Set
the Advertisement in a Way That
.Will Make it Produce Business,”
Henry B. Hayek, Portland; “Print
ing as a Fine Art and the Making
of Fine Books,” John Henry Nash,
San Francisco. The officers JJor
[ 1926 will be named and the dele
gates will be entertained at luncheon
in Hendricks hall.
Dean Erie W. Allen of the school
, of journalism will be the toast
master at the annual conference
dinner to be held in the Hotel Os
burn Friday night.
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THE FOUR GREGG SISTERS
Musical Misses
CLIFF CLARK
Impressions of Men You Meet Every Day
BENNINGTON & SCOTT
“Three Feet of Dancing”
“THE WONDER GIRL”
in a
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Written, staged and produced by
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Tbpics The Spat Family _
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Heilig Augmented Orchestra
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