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SECTION THREE SEMI-CEN TENNIAL VOLUME XXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENB, FRIDAY. MAY 28, 1926 NUMBER 141 Schedule for Celebration! Almost Ready Inauguration of Dr. Hall To Open Full Week’s Program in Fall Chief Speaker of Week Is Not Yet Selected Day Given Each Division Of Semi-Centennial :rT'HE schedule for the week of celebration of the Semi-Centen nial of the University is nearly made out. Only a few numbers of the pro gram are yet to be chosen. Among these few, however, is the selection of the man who will give the instal lation address. It is planned to have the celebra tion extend over a whole week from Monday, Ocober 18, until Saturday, October 23. Saturday the Semi-Cen tennial will be combined with Home coming. Monday, Arnold Bennett Hall, new president of the University, will be inaugurated. This will consist of two parts, the formal ceremony in the forenoon and the banquet in the evening. First Day for President After the invocation and gome musical numbers, in the morning, the installation address will be pre sented by a nationally known man who has not yet been selected. Dr. Hall will answer with his own in augural address. A luncheon will be given for the formal guests of the University. The faculty and guests of the University will wear caps and gowns during the morning cere mony. In the evening a banquet is plan ned for representatives of various schools and organizations. Brief- ad dresses will be given at the. banquet by a representative of the alumni as sociation, student body, state, city of Eugene, independent colleges, Oregon Agricultural College, and the sister universities of the coun try. Former Professor Coming Tuesday morning the historical part of the program will be present ed by Dr. Joseph Schafer, former head of the history department at the University of Oregon and now superintendent of the Wisconsin Historical society; and Frederick L. Paxon, head of the Wisconsin his tory department. In the afternoon the political science and law sec tions will be presented by Dr. James W. Garner, head of the political science department at Illinois. Wednesday morning will be devot ed to the science section with a speech by Dr. John Buwalda, of the California Institute of Technology. Wednesday afternoon will be de voted to a conference on adult edu cation. Buildings to be Dedicated Thursday morning the musical numbers of the event will be pre sented. In the afternoon the art section will be given. Laying of the cornerstone of the new fine arts building will be done at this time. Dr. E. T. Williams, head of the Or iental language department at the University of California and who was for a number of years a mis sionary to China, will be featured. Friday, Deady hall and a mem orial to the first president of the University, John W. Johnson, will be dedicated. Dr. Luella Clay Car son, who was for a long time head of the English department of the University and dean of women, and later president of Mills College, has been invited to deliver the address on the dedication of Deady. Judge Lawrnce T. Harris, member of the State Supreme Court, will deliver the Johnson Memorial speech. The dedication of Deady and the memorial to ex-president Johnson was named for Saturday in order that alumni here for the home-com ing exercises on Friday and Satur day might attend. Bronze Plate to Bear Name of First President A bronze tablet will be placed on the outside of the Administration building during the Semi-Centennial celebration next fall in honor of John Wesley Johnson, first presi dent of the University. The plan is to put the name “Johnson Hall” on the plate in front of the building instead of inside as it is now. Oregon’s Great President and His Successor, Who Will Carry Forward His Work QNE of the main features of the semi-centennial celebration next October will be the inauguration of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, noted so cial scientist, as president of the Univerity of Oregon. Dr. Hall will become the fifth chief executive in the University’s history, succeeding in office the late Dr. Prince I>. Campbell whose death in August, 1925, brought to a close twenty three years of brilliant service to the University and the state. Dr. Campbell became president in 1902 when the University was a little college, unimportant, and struggling hard for existence. Through his ef forts the institution has expanded and has been put on a sound basis for the future through the estab lishment of a gift campaign. The service given by Prince L. Campbell is a priceless heritage to the Uni versity. The students and the state at large are looking to Ur. Hall to carry forward the start made by Ur. Campbell towards the develop ment of “the greater university.” Late President Is Loved Memory To All University Prince L. Campbell Gives 23 Years of Life to Oregon’s Service By MARY KATHERINE BAKER pRINCE L. CAMPBELL, fourth president of the University of Oregon, who died August 14, 1925, has become more than a loved mem ory in the hearts of the University students and all those many people who have lived and worked under his influence; he is a cherished tra dition that has incorporated itself into the very foundations of the in stitution. To those who knew and loved the late President Campbell, his death came as a distinct shock in spite of the fact that he had been ill for the previous two years. For, even in his illness, he never forgot that he was an active factor in the de velopment and growth of the state University. Twenty-three years is a long time in which to serve without relaxing a faithful hold on the inner work ings of such a complex institution as a state university, where the salvation of thousands of young men and women is being worked out yearly, but twenty-three years of his life is what Prince L. Camp bell dedicated to Oregon. In 1902, when there were but 250 students enrolled, he came from his presidency of the State Normal school at Monmouth to the Univers ity to assume the guiding position. Though there was nothing ruth less about President Campbell, he was a dominant figure in overcom ing the obstacles that beset the uni versity 25 years ago. He organized the Portland Center in 1917, and es tablished the summer sessions in Eugene and Portland. The law school was established on a regular academic basis in Eugene to take the place of the former night school in Portland. He also encouraged progress in scientific research and attention to student health prob lems. The gift campaign came in for a large part of the late president’s time and attention. It was organ ized under his direction and he was taking an active part in the inten sive period of the campaign when he fell ill. His last public appear ance was on the occasion of the student union drive when he spoke in the Woman’s building on the campus. The new fine arts building will be dedicated to him as a fitting tribute to his love for the beautiful, which was never uprooted by material struggles, but remained as much a part of his soul as his energetie principles of work and service. Spirit of Pioneer Incorporated in Student Designs Letterheads, Programs Will he Appropriate For Celebration Embodying the pioneer spirit of Oregon history and Indian tradition, the designs for the letter heads and programs for the Semi-Centennial celebration next fall, are being com pleted by the students in the art department under the direction of Miss Maude I. Kerns and Professor N. B. Zane. The Pioneer, the Oregon seal, and the Indian tradition have been wov en into the design for the letter heads and envelopes by Katherine Peterson, a sophomore in the normal art department. It is in black and white and will be in the center of the page. Below it are the words, “Semi-Centennial, University of Oregon,” and to the right and left of it are the names of the mem bers of the Semi-Centennial com mittee. Mary Johnson, a freshman in the (Continued on page four) Committee of 117 Chosen to Work With Chairmen Heads to Meet Today at Luncheon to Discuss Summer Plans _ T'VUDLEY CLARK, general chair man, and Art Priaulx, associate chairman, of the Greater Oregon committee, today announced the personnel of the general committee which will serve under the twelve district chairmen during the com j ing year. The body comprises 117 students from practically every town in the state. Today at 12 o’clock the Greater Oregon committee directorate will meet at the College Side Inn for a luncheon, at which time all plans for the summer’s activities will be discussed. Hugh Rosson and Virgil Earle will outline the work from their angle. At 11 o’clock Thursday, June 3, in Guild hall, there will be a meet ing of the entire general committee. Dudley Clark will preside and Dean Gilbert, Hugh Rosson and Hugh Biggs will speak to the committee (Continued on page four) Old Deady to Get Delayed Honors at Celebration Quirk of Circumstances Is Responsible for Failure To Dedicate Building Deady hall, pioneer, picturesque building on the Oregon campus, will receive delayed recognition during the Semi-Centennial celebration next fall when it will be officially dedi cated to early settlers who made its erection possible. Friday of the Semi-Centennial week has been set aside for the ceremony and Dr. Luella Clay Car son, former head of the English de partment and dean of women, has been asked to make the dedication address. In 1876 this hall was the Uni versity of Oregon. All classes wero held in three rooms on the north side of the first floor during the first year. In contrast with the present at tractiveness of the vine-covered building in the midst of sheltering trees, it was at that time complete ly isolated in a field of wheat stub bles and wild blackberry bushes. Cornerstone of Fine Arts Home To be Laid in Fall Mrs. Gerlinger Solicits Funds for Building in Past Two Years npiiE cornerstone of the new $300, 000 Fine Arts building to bo erected on the campus between Con don and Johnson halls will bo laid during the University Semi-Centen nial celebration next fall, accord ing to present plans. Prince L. Campbell, late presi dent at Oregon, a short while before his death, chose this building as the one he wished to be dedicated to him. Mrs. Irene Gerlinger, member of the board of regents, expressed a willingness to be responsible for the raising of funds for one addi tional building on the campus. She chose the proposed Fine Arts sturc ture, and during the last two years has been interesting the alumni and people of the state in the project. As a sign of appreciation for their contributions, persons wlio make gifts will bo honored by having their names written in the Great (Continued on page two) The University in it’s Infancy: The Campus as Students in 1886 Saw It UNIVERSITY OF OREGON rT,WELVE years after Oregon was admitted to the Union the first move toward organizing a univers ity was made. The need for such an institution had not been felt at the time the state was admitted for there were many denominational schools and academies already in ex istence. A general meeting of the citizens of Lane county was called in Aug ust 26, 1872, and as a result the Union University Association was formed, after Eugene citizens had decided to concentrate .their ef forts for a high school on getting the university. The bill introduced by the repre sentatives of this association was passed by the legislature on October | 19, 1872. Eugene was to furnish tile ! site and a $50,000 building—no small j sum in view of the fact that Eu- , gene was then about the size of Junction City. Eighteen acres of land a half j mile east of Eugene were chosen as the site of the University. They i were bought from Mr. J. H. D. Henderson in 1873. The ground, ac cording to a record, was original! / part of a homestead claim taken up by Hilyard Shaw in the early fifties. Near the oaks which still stand on the north end of the campus, the homesteader had built his cabin of hewed logs and sold goods for many years for the Hudson Bay Company. At his death the property was bought by Mr. Henderson. Then began the task of raising the money. Citizens subscribed ap proximately $20,000 and in the spring of 1873 the construction of Deady hall began. By fall it was not completed and the money was exhausted, so as the old records have it, farmers brought in “eggs, chickens, vegetables, hogs, cattle, horses and grain in abun dance,” to help pay for it. The walls of the building were raised and a temporary roof erected for the winter of 1873-4. No help was available from the state but a bill (Continued on page two) Dr. A. B. Hall To Take Office On October 18 New President Expected To Please Students And Faculty Wisconsin Man Known For Social Science Work Dean Walker Meets Hall During Trip £)R. ARNOLD BENNETT HAIX, the new president of the Uni versity of Oregon, will be inaugurat ed October 18, the first day of tho University’s Semi-Centennial cele bration. Dr. Hall will be unable to reach Eugene until the middle ef September because of numerous en gagements that keep him in tba East, but will assume his executive duties immediately after hia ar rival here. Dr. Hall is expected by the re gents ’ investigating committee^ which interviewed him, in his posi tion of professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, to appeal instantly to students and fac ulty members. He is an able speak er, being constantly in demand through Wisconsin as a lecturer em social and civil subjects. His speak ing ability, the committee expects, will add to the favorable impresslem he will create when he is first view ed by the student body on the ae sembly platform. Charming Personality Shown “He is easy to meet,” deelaxen the committee which is composed of Vernon Vawtor, Medford; Judge G. F. Skipworth, Eugene; and Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school ef education. “One is immediately im pressed by his charming smile and boundless energy. Although he is not a large man, some of his friends describe him as a ‘human dyna mo.’ ” Dean II. Walker, dean of mdn, returning recently from a meeting of the national association of deans of men, stopped off at Madison, Wis consin, for an informal visit to the new president. He says: “I think the Halls are people who will carry on the same attitude and the same level of cultured interest in the Univrsity that President and Mira. Campbell held during the late presi dent’s term in office.” Hall Social Scientist Besides being one of the fore most social scientists in the country. Dr. Hall has developed the exten sion idea farther than anyone at the University of Wisconsin, and has had business experience with one of the banks of Madison. His founded the National Conference ef the science of politics in 1928, and is active both in the American Po litical Science association and tho Institute of Politics. A consider able part of Dr. Hall’s time, how ever, is devoted to students, helping them with their problems. He is active also in the work of the east pus Christian associations. Because of his conscientious ob jections to breaking engagements of a year’s standing and cause great sacrifice to others, Dr. Hall will not be in Eugene for commencement ex ercises, at which it was planned to have him deliver the address. He is engaged to give a special course of scientific method, around which tho political science department of tho University of Chicago has built up its summer session schedule, and that university haB admitted that his release would prejudice its iar terests. Anxious to Come to Oregon. The social Science Research coun cil last winter entrusted to Dr. Hall $17,000 fbr the running of a con ference in Hanover, New Hamp shire, under his own personal man agement from August 9 to Septem ber 4. Arrangements were made for his release from Chicago for that period, and the whole conference was planned on that basis. He is anxious to reach Oregon as soon as possible, but in spite of that eagerness, will work conscientiously this summer at his task, until he has completed all that he has prom ised to do. Then a quiek trip aerean the continent—and Dr. Arnold Ben nett Hall will be ready to take up the duties of president of the Uni versity of Oregon.