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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1943)
U)b Organizer Dies in Portland Di’. John Dice McLaren, who helped organize the modern med ical laboratories in the University of Oregon medical school in Port land, died April 29 in his 82nd year. He organized the medical library and was head of the de partment of physiology for many years. Born in Canada, Dr. McLaren came to the new state of Kansas at the age of 10. He has degrees from Kansas university, Colum bia university, and took courses a^^phns Hopkins hospital. There he entered’ the medical practice and engaged in public health work for 10 years, before or ganizing the medical school of the University of Oklahoma and becoming its secretary. Helped Organize He helped in the organization of the University medical school laboratories in 1910 as head of the department of physiology. •The medical library is another of his contributions to the Univer sity. He was given a commission in the volunteer medical service corps by the secretary of war in 1918. In 1926 Dr. McLaren continued to work as research librarian af ter joining the staff of the Port land Old People’s home. He re tired from service in 1934. He h^M memberships in the Ameri ca "Association for the Advance ment of Science, the American Medical association, Sigma Xi, and was a founder of Phi Delta Gamma’s Kansas chapter. Survived by Widow Dr. McLaren is survived by his widow, Mary T. McLaren, a daughter, Ruth, who is the wife of Dr. Karl W. On thank; and by granddaughters including Edith Onthank, junior in architecture and allied arts. The doctor was a member of the Presbyterian church. Funeral services were held in Portland last Friday. Private graveside services were held at Rest Haven Memorial park in Eugene Monday, with Dr. Leavitt O. Wright officiating. Funeral arrangements were made by the ■^■itch-Hollingsworth chapel. Queen Bongo Missing (Continued from paae one) they must postpone indefinitely the crowning because they feel there is no other member of the student body with blood rich enough to be distinguished by be ing named queen. Furthermore, the law school wishes to state that it feels that the exigencies of the times do not call for fri volity, but that the students in and about the law school should concentrate their efforts and time on selling and buying more war MidwestCalls UO Teacher For six weeks during the sum mer Dr. Harold S. Crosland, as sociate professor of psychology, will teach courses in vocational psychology and psychology of learning at the summer school session of the Central Michigan college of education at Mt. Pleas ant, Michigan. He will leave for the Midwest in June, with his courses at the college starting June 21. His classes will be in the graduate division of the school. While in Michigan Dr. Crosland will visit Dr. Irving Anderson, a former student who wrote his master's thesis at Oregon in 1933. At the present time Dr. Andei’son is a professor of education at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Board Elections ■ (Continued from pane one) Included in duties of the Co-op board are directing rebates to be made to students at the close of the year, and deciding other is sues of student policy. All Co-op receipts must be turned in by Friday of this week, M. F. McClain, manager, de clared Wednesday. No rebates will be issued after that date. Interfaith Dinner (Continued from paqe one) other half in writing. In 20 books and 17 pamphlets and numerous articles, he has sought to inter pret the meaning of Christianity in personal life and in interna tional, racial, political, and eco nomic affairs. His latest volume, and one of the best known, is “Living Prayerfully.” Page has done much traveling in Europe and did YMCA work in England during the last world war. For the past 20 years he has been in religious work. The author will come here af ter speaking on the coast. He spoke at Corvallis last week. bonds. As a matter of fact, be fore the disappearance of Queen Bongo, he had pledged himself to buy a stamp a month, along with the rest of the students. Game Doubtful With reference to the sched uled ball game between the law students and the BA school, in asmuch as the queen was to pitch, the possibilities of the game’s being played are doubt ful. However, when and if the queen returns, the law school will make every effort to sober him and have him in condition on the mound at the fateful hour. In spite of the disappearance of the queen,.the student body plans to have its annual picnic behind the butte if the sun shines, and in the library if weather conditions are otherwise. Polls open 9:00 - 5 at the CO-OP, ® 9 Friday Emerald Goes To Service Men The special Friday service men's edition of The Emerald wilt be sent to each Univer sity man in the armed forces who left winter and spring terms, it was announced yes terday by Jenelyn Gaston, chairman of the service com mittee of the war board. Miss Gaston asked that names of the boys be turned in to her as soon as possible so that they may be typed within the next week. Students and personnel may submit names by phoning Miss Gaston at the Alpha Chi sorority. She also^ requested volunteers to type ad dresses ami isames. BiiimiiiiiniHinimmTninniiiKiimiiiiiiiiiHiiniiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiitiiiiiiinmgwnin Art Display Given School Collections of 262 prints, 35 photographs, and 28 oil paintings and water colors will become the property of the Architecture and Allied Arts school as a gift through the art program of the federal works agency of the Works Projects Administration, Dean Ellis F. Lawrence of the art school announced last week. Mediums employed in the prints are wood engraving, lithograph ing, etching, serigraph, linoleum print, drypoint, crayon, wood cut, aqua-tint, and silk screen. Oil, gouache, water color, and egg tempera are included in that section of 28 pieces. “Woman Resting.” an oil painting by an lllllllllll!lllllllllfl|||«!!llll!ll|||||!j||||||!lll!llll||||ill|||||!llllllllllll!l!lll!!!i:!ll!I!lllll!nnmmB Student Art Displayed At AAA School Gallery Student art which was exhibit ed at the Pacific Arts association regional meeting in Portland in April is now on display at the Little Art gallery at the AAA school. It shares honors with the Red Cross collection of drawings and paintings, which is also being shown at the present time. Oregon artist. Carl Morris, is one of the collection. In the photography division an Oregon resident, Minor White, is represented by several of his works. 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