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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1944)
Soldiers Describe Other 'Unions’ By GLORIA C’LOUD and MARTHA THORS LAND Realizing the necessity fer mak ing students at the University of Oregon more conscious of the vast need for a Student Union building on the campus, the Student Union committee has contacted several former college students who have consented to give helpful informa tion as to what Union buildings on other campuses contain. These boys, soldier-students on the cam pus, are from all parts of the Unit ed States, and are in a position to know what a successful Student Union building means to any col lege. The following are the actual fa cilities that are contained in sev eral of the most complete Student Union buildings in the East: From the University of Illinois come the ideas of Bill Hoke and Ed Schaefers, both of Co. A— “Built in the form of an I 'this modern building has five floors. The students made great use of their bowling alley, cafeteria, coke bar, restaurant, library, two loung es, check rooms, student offices, visitors’ rooms, alumni rooms, and private committee rooms.” Says Bill Hoke, “The state of Illinois gave us $1,000,000 to build our Student Union building', besides what we had already raised for ourselves." Eob Watson and Robert Schnei der of Co. A described the world famous theater which is included in the Union building' at the Uni versity of Wisconsin. "This theater has been called the second most modern one in the world, and did we ever appreciate it," said Wat son, • Sy Blank, FAL, attended Colum bia university in New York City, and when asked about the Union building there he said, "It was so big that it took me four years to find things that I didn't even know were even there." The main attrac tion was the immense swimming pool. Others were the restaurant, lounges, and banquet rooms. At the University of Minnesota one of the most interesting feat ures is the International club in which alumni from all parts of the world may get together. Bud Gon nelli praised their browsing rooms, bowling alleys, special science rooms, pool tables and banquet rooms. Harold L. Robinson, Co. A. from the University of Utah, says, "The University of Oregon is a swell school but the one thing it lacks is a Student Union building where rill things could be centered." He explained about their browsing room at the University of Utah where they played phonograph records, and the immense ballroom where all campus dances were held. The ROTC had their head quarters on the third floor of the —Photo by Bill Goldstein IT’S REFRESHING . . . . . . the cute cotton dress that pretty Mary Mercier is wearing-. This dress is from Penney’s. Scholarships Offered, E.M. Palleti Announces Scholarship blanks are now available at the president’s office, Johnson hall, E. M. Pallett, execu tive secretary, announced. Approximately 45 scholarships will be awarded by the Oregon slate board of higher education for the next school year. Of this number about 15 will be awarded to old students now registered at the University or at some other school of higher education, All al ternates will also be selected from former college students. College students must have a cumulative GPA minimum of 2.5 to be eligible for a scholarship. Application blanks cannot be con sidered by the scholarship com mittee unless filed bv April 1, 1944. building and, as in the case of oth er Union buildings, the students made constant use of the spacious cafeteria and individual commit tee rooms. The College of Wooster, Ohio, recently conferred an honorary doctor of music degree on Alfred Wallenstein, director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. HELP! Will the person who inadvertantly picked up FLETCHER'S HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE in our trade book department, please return it. THE "CO-OP" I — Newsmen to Assemble (Please turn to page tivo) Merle R. Chessman, editor of the Astoria Budget, who has been in newspaper work since his gradua tion from Oregon more than 30 years ago, is one who never misses a conference. Several of his staff are former members of the Emer ald staff, including Robert W. Lu cas, a former Emerald editor; Peg gy Chessman Lucas, Margaret Ray, and Janet Wagstaff, all of whom were active workers on the daily only a few years ago—Miss Wagstaff as recently as last year, I when she was an associate editor. Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the; Oregonian, 1923 grad of the school j of journalism, who recently re turned to his post after a most successful six months' management of the domestic division of OWI at Washington, is here with his bus iness manager, M. J. Frey. Hoyt is a former national president of Sig ma Delta Chi, professional jour nalism fraternity. Leith Abbot, S. P. advertising, manager at Portland, edited the Emerald the year before it became a daily. He's here. Harry Schenk, who retired from the journalism faculty a few months ago to become deputy sec retary of state, joined the early group downtown last night. Phil Jackson, editor and pub lisher of the Oregon Journal, with Marshall N. Dana, in charge of the editorial page, arrived Thurs day evening. Robert C. Notson, managing edi tor of the Oregonian, left Edward M. Miller, former Emerald editor, assistant managing editor, in charge of the office while he came down to participate in the pro Lincoln Autobiography Shown in Eugene Store By CHARLES POLITZ “I was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin county, Kentucky, My parents were both born in Virgiina of undistinguished fam ilies.” So begins with characteristic homely simplicity the little known autobiography of Abraham Lincoln. The two and half page document written in the cramped, curley-cued, quill-pen scrawl that is familiar to all Americans, and written on stained, aging, grey-wmte paper is on ais play in the window of a downtown Eugene merchant. The glass-encased facsimile of the original thumbnail autobio graphy is the property of Walter B. Fell, Eugene business man. It was Mr. Fell's great-uncle, Jesse W. Fell, who prodded the reluctant Lincoln into writing the short story of his early life. Fell was a prominent Whig pol itician in Springfield, Illinois, at the time Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were engaged in their fa mous series of debates. He saw in lincoln presidential potentiali ties and felt that a short sketch of his life might prove valuable in future campaigns. It was Fell and his brother, Ker sey, who took up a collection to send Lincoln to the convention that nominated him for the presidency, because the raw-boned man in the wrinkled black suit and black stovepipe hat did not have enough money to cover living and travel expenses. The autobiography, one of 25 copies extant, is mounted togeth er with an engraved picture of Lin coln, excerpts from his Gettysburg and second inaugural addresses and an explanation by Fell of the circumstances surrounding the ori gin of the document. The autobiographical sketch is Lincoln throughout in its straight forward style, amply interspersed with rustic humor. In describing the then not-to-extensive Indiana public school system, he says “there were some schools—so call ed.’’ Teachers who knew “readin’, writin’ and cipherin’ ” were con sidered learned and quite accept able. “If a straggler who knew Latin happened to sojourn in our neighborhood he was loked upon as a wizzard (sic).” Of liis own youthful academic accomplishments he says, “Of course when I came of age I did not know much. The little ad \ ancement I have now picked up li I have done under the pressure of necessity.” He describes his defeat in the campaign, for the Illinois legisla ture in 1832 as the ‘'only time I have ever been beaten by the_ people.” The United States may never have benefitted from the under standing and humanity of one of history's great leaders and fight ers for the rights of free men if it had not been for the Missouri compromise, for Lincoln reveals that ‘‘I was losing interest in pol itics when the repeal of the Mis souri compromise aroused ma aagin.” The final paragraph of the au tobiography is a masterpiece: “If any personal description of me is thought desirable—I am in height six feet, four inches, it may be said. Lean in flesh—weighing on an average of one hundred and eighty pounds. Dark complexion with C/oarse black hair and grey eyes. No other marks. Yours very truly, A. Lincoln.” The document, written in 1358, just before his election to the presidency is “notarized” as being the president’s handwriting by David Davis, his vice-president, and Lyman Trumbull and Charles Sumner, both members of his cab inet. Creighto nuniversity students are now being fined for absences in university college and the school of journalism to the tune of SI pe? t WELCOME SPRING Distinctive — New Identification ; Charm Bracelets Photo lockets Anklets In gold-dipped and in j sterling silver > 'i he very latest charms Peggy Averili 13th off Willamette