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
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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.