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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1945)
Art School 'Goes Practical’ With Class in City Planning By MAYBE BROWNLEE This city planning class, at the school of architecture and allied ■#W:s, whose seven members really get down and dig for underlying forces of city planning, was begun by W. R. B. Willcox, professor emeritus of architecture, and is conducted by him with the help of Harlow E. Hudson. The class pro ject this term has to do with the I physical growth and expansion of boundaries of the city of Eugene. They started the research with the first settlers. Carrying it up to the present, they will, finally, at tempt to predict future develop ment on the basis of what they have learned from the past. Each student chooses some element of city, such as parks, the indus trial area, or residential sections, as his special project, and compiles material on that aspect into ten year periods. Maps of the city for each ten years will be made by all the stu dents as soon as all available ma terial is gathered, in order to give a composite picture of the city's growth. The expansion of Eugene is studied objectively in order to find an explanation for the city’s having spread in the way it did. For instance: so many people moved to Westmoreland, and so much building was going on there, that for sanitation and protection it was a necessary annexation to the town of Eugene. One of the student assignments for fall term was to plan a small residential community developed around a hydro-electric source. The population was limited to 1200, but an arbitrarily drawn railroad and state highway went through the center of the town, creating the problem of preserving community spirit in spite of this dividing line. As a result, some beautiful maps -*ere produced. Right now the city planning class is terminating its study of the history of city plan ning with the consideration of cir culation, or transportation. Re cently Mr. Willcox gave a lecture on Paris and Washington D.C., il lustrating with slides—and seven city planners declared that they had taken a tour of these two beautiful cities. In order that in the future the FOR THOSE FINAL WEEK SNACKS try our Chip Steak Sandwiches Hamburger Steaks Ham and Eggs Doughnuts and Coffee Pies - Cakes The SIBERRIAN ”74 11 th East "TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT" with HUMPHREY BOGART and ^ LAUREN BACKALL students may be able to plan fine cities, Mr. Willcox and Mr. Hud son are trying to instill in their pupils more of the attitude of in quiry than just “How to plan cities—in three easy terms.” They claim, and are trying' to make the younger men see, that the way cities grow is part of the natural law, and that if they can under stand that, and how the law works as an impersonal force, that then they may be able to direct this force intelligently, and to mold the great cities of the world, in the right direction. 1 i"- = Oops—Wet Paint! j Receives Complaint Chapman hall’s new spring coat of paint is almost complete now, with Condon hall next on the list. The movie screen in 207 Chapman has been painted with aluminum for brighter pictures. Fritz Larsen, painter, proposes a new class in reading which would teach students and professors the I meaning of WET PAINT. He re ports numerous accidents, some of which occurred when the overflow of Kerensky admirers sat on fresh ly painted window sills. The roofs of Fenton and Friendly halls are to receive a crimson coat some time this spring, Larsen says. HELP BRING FINAL VICTORY Don't Waste Fuel Save it to pour on Washington State Good Luck Webfoots! MANERUD-HUNTINGTON Phone 651 FEATURED IN MADEMOISELLE . . . FOUND ONLY AT MILLER'S Success Suit by Just the suit for day long wear . . •. handsome too, for after hours! Jaunty Junior gives it double-notched lapels and hand-stitched detail ; . -. tailors it with gallant lines in a smooth-surfaced, all-wool worsted. Sizes 9 to 15. 39.95 Other Jaunty Junior Suits 27.50 to 49.95 Jaunty Junior Coats 29.95 to 98.50 Shop for your complete Spring wardrobe at Miller’s . . . Eugene’s finest department store. “IT’S OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU”