Year of Firsts Hits
Johnson Hall Work
By RUTH RAY COLLINS
It s been a year of firsts over Johnson hall way. Presidenl
Donald M. Erb was named Eugene’s first citizen for 1941;
for the first time in many a spring there was no millrace and
consequently no canoe fete; for the first time Oregon Ducks
didn’t fly home for a spring vacation but stayed on the campus,
as the usual one-week spring vacation was pared down to
one day; the junior men had an honorary for the first time •
uie campus had its first black
out; independents organized an
effective group for the first time;
dtp-to conditions of war trans
portation there was no regular
rush weekend at sorority and fra
ternity houses for the first time;
and for the first time since 1932
the University’s science division
would be able to offer major in
struction leading to undergradu
ate and graduate degrees.
Old With New
The old came along with the
new, however, and the University
celebrated its 65 years as a Uni
versity on October 16, 1941. From
a one-building establishment with
a total enrollment of 177 the Uni
versity of Oregon has grown to
include some 22 buildings, an en
rollment of 3,467, and a faculty
ot 300, as compared with that of
the initial five.
Not only was President Erb
named Eugene’s first citizen by
the Eugene Realty board, but he
was also appointed to a defense
job on the commission on col
leges and civilian defense. Dr.
Erb attended the defense meeting
at Washington, D. C„ which was
under the chairmanship of Fiorel
la H. La Guardia.
Defense-Minded
The campus became defense
minded after December 7; it was
divided into eight areas for air
rqrd protection and Earl M. Pal
left, executive secretary and reg
istrar, was appointed campus air
raid warden. A coordination be
tween the faculty and the student
defense councils was effected.
The lookout tower on the library
became a familiar sight to Uni
versity students.
The war affected registration as
well as other phases of campus
life. Figures of the first week of
spring registration indicated that
there was a decrease of 18 per
cent from last year at the same
time. But the women still were
in minority.
For That Long
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Clarence Streit, alumnus Jay
Allen, William Henry Chamber
lain, Rene Dussaq, Dean Wayne
L. Morse, and the Right Honorable
Edwin Espy filled the 11 o’clock
assembly bill. The faculty lecture
series presented Rabbi Raphael
Levine, Dr. Louis Marlio, Bela
Bartok, Dr. Franklin D. Walker,
and Dr. Oscar Broneer.
At the end of spring term, Uni
versity ^nen were still wondering
about the proposal requiring all
men enrolled in the University to
take a physical education course
each term during the present war
emergency.
Men Entering
U.S. Service
Need Forms
All University men who expect
to enter branches of the Army
or Navy must secure personnel
forms from the registrar’s office.
These forms will supply infor
mation regarding educational, vo
cational, and other experiences,
and are expected to aid reception
and personnel officers in making
more effective use of the talents
and experiences of men entering
the service.
Men enlisted, or enlisting, in
one of the reserves are not ex
pected to get thes forms.
Registration Date Set
For Summer Session
Dr. Dan E. Clark, director of
summer sessions, stated Wednes
day that students planning to
attend summer sessions should be
in Eugene, Saturday, June 13, to
register for their classes, which
begin Monday, June 15. The rea
son for this is that classes may
be filled or cancelled depending
upon registration.
It is advisable for students to
investigate possibilities of major
work before coming to summer
sessions.
Dr. Clark statejd that there
would be changes ;in the teach
ingf staff due to military service
and defense.
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. . . have been honored by Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s service honorary, for outstanding scho
lastic standing. They are, first row, from the left, Rutl. Collins, Hildegard Roselund, Vivian Ander
son and Betty Jones. Second row, Phyllis Horstm in, Gerd Hansen, Yvonne Umphlette, and Bettio
Piatner. Third row, Alyce Pepion, Freda Koehle Marietta McManigal, and Audrey Holliday.
C ourtesy the Oretronian
W. F. Thomson Made
New Assistant Curator
W. Farnsworth Thomson, jun
ior in anthropology, will replace
Robert L. Stephenson as assistant
curator of the museum of natural
history. Thomson has done most
of his work in anthropology while
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at the University of Oregon. Last
fall term, however, he studied at
the University of New Mexico.
Stephenson was graduated from
the University of Oregon, in an
thropology, in 1940, and has been
working toward his master's de
gree since. Stephenson spent a
month and a half in Mexico the
summer of 1940 and taught and
archaeological laboratory at
University of Texas during the
school year of 1940-1941. During
the summer of 1941 he directed,
a group of students from Penn
sylvania who were excavating
12tn century pueblo in central
New Mexico. The pueblo wa:*
dated by three rings, the science
known as dendrochronology.
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