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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1946)
Home Economics Observe Thirtieth Birthday at UO By June McConnell In September 1946, the home economics department on the Uni versity of Oregon campus, will celebrate its 30th birthday. There l ave been many changes in the de partment since September 1917, when President Prince L. Campbell wrote Miss Lilian Tingle to come down to Oregon and start some classes, in wartime cooking. Miss Tingle was then supervisor of home economics in Portland and a teacher at Girls Polytechnic high school. Miss Tingle, now retired and a resident of Eugene, related some of the scenes that took place dur ing the first year of the depart ment, in a recent interview. Mary Spiller hall housed the first de partment, and a cooking class, called “Food in War,” was held on the first floor, using the kitchen equipment that belonged to the dorm. For the expenses of the first year, Miss Tingle was given only $250 from the University for the upkeep of the department. “With 250 girls taking classes that year, we weren't able to have any con veniences," Miss Tingle recalled. Started in War “Some of our food courses were prescribed from Washington, D. C., and were designed to conserve all tiie food possible for the war ef fort,” she related, “There was no national food rationing in that war.” President Campbell was much in favor of the senior girls learning as much as possible about home making before they left the Uni versity, Miss Tingle said. Many of her first students married and some went into the professional field. The ex-faculty member still corresponds with many of her for mer students and recently she re ceived word that she had an aca demic great grandchild. In 1920, the department was moved into the old music school, which is now the extension build ing, across from the art school. Miss Tingle retired in 1932, and the home ec department obtained its present location in Chapman BUD ABBOTT LOU COSTELLO IN "LITTLE GIANT" hall in 1939, just 19 years after Miss Tingle was first promised a new building. Miss Wood A graduate of OSC and Colum bia university, Miss Mabel A. Wood became head of the department in the fall of 1932, after teaching two years at Oregon State. The de partment was still housed in the extension building, with the first floor containing the food lab, one classroom, offices, and the dining room, the clothing lab being up stairs, Miss Wood related. During Miss Wood’s first year at Oregon, there were two instruc tors in the department, and 309 term registrants. In the ’38-39 year, the fourth instructor was added. The peak year in registra tion was reached in ’39-40, when 1649 students were registered in different courses, and the depart ment first occupied the third floor of the new Chapman hall, accord ing to Miss Wood's records. Camp Cookery In the first postwar year almost completed, ’45-46, there are 1589 term registrants, Miss Wood said. A revival of spring term was the camp cookery class for boys. This course was not given during the war years except for the two years if was given just for the R.O.T.C. men. A gill is now able to take two or three elective hours credit in the home economics department every term of her four years, if she wishes, Miss Wood explained. “She could take one year of foods, (9 credits); one year of clothing, (9), including home planning and fur nishing, childcare and training, and household management (3), each department head outlined. Other courses offered are dietetics, family relations, and textiles, all one term courses, , giving two hours credit. Home Ee Advice “It is better for a girl to take her home ec courses throughout her college years, instead of wait ing until her senior year to take all of them,” Miss Wood advised. Child care and training and house hold management have been raised to upper division courses in the last few years, she explained. If a girl intends.to major in.home economics, an arrangement is made so that she may attend the Uni versity two years and then trans fer to Oregon State, if she wishes, Miss Wood added. The only required subject in the department is dietetics, which is a “must" for all P. E. majors, the instructor further explained. Present instructors in the de partment, besides Miss Wood, are Miss Frances Van Voorhis, Miss A little Paint— goes a long way— Makes things like new TWIN OAKS BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. Phone 2600 669 High Today’s World The nation’s coal production received a new threat almost immediately after the soft coal settlement when 75,000 hard coal miners walked out of Pennsylvania’s rich anthracite fields. President Truman turned on critics on his recent labor policy, asserting he would con tinue to fight “for the right of the individual” and “the best welfare of the country.” Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon reaffirmed his state ments regarding President Truman’s radio address last Saturday by saying that the president deserves the severest criticism. Morse had previous ly called the speech “one of the cheapest exhibitions of ham acting I have ever seen.” The government jolted housewives with a $250,000, 000-a-year price boost for dairy products. The nation’s traditional pat tern of celebrating Memorial Day was back in style for the first time in five years with millions of workers off on a long, four-day weekend holi day. , Valliere Decker, Mrs. Ruth Thurs ton, and Mrs. Elizabeth Warren. When asked about future plans for the home economics department of Oregon, Miss Wood declared, “Our purpose is to supply the needs of all the girls who wish to take service courses in our de partment.” Fraternities Add Twenty-Nine Pledges In AAid-Sorinq Term Informal Rushing Twenty-nine men have been pledged by fraternities at Oregon since the last Emerald report of April 26, with Delta Tau Delta signing seven neophytes to head the latest compilation. The total number of spring term pledges now stands at 110. Three houses, Chi Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Delta Theta Pi, Efficient Rushing Set for September Rush week, September 8 to 13, is. designed for more efficiency this year, according to the dean of women’s office. Rushees will live in the dorm during the week and will be able to register for dorm space for the fall term. Those who intend to live in the dorms, will not be provided living space for rush week. Each fraternity will probably re serve a portion of each dorm for their rushees. There may also be informal rushing of fraternities during the summer. Pan-Hellenic has agreed to limit the number of summer rush func tions to one for each house. So rorities will be required to fill their houses to capacity because of the housing shortage. All living organizations must file the number of students whom they expect back fall term with the proper authorities before the end of this term. have held initiations since the initiation period at the beginning' of the term. Sigma Epsilon leads this list with six new members. New Pledges -y The new pledges are: Delta Tau Delta: William Hoop* er, Richard K. Bylund, George Kikes, Alvin L. Pietschman, Ralph D. Campbell, Marvin Lucas, and Ozzie Seida. Phi Kappa Psi: Roy L. Hixton, Lawrence Neer, Preston Leonard, and Lloyd C. Kinsey. Sigma Phi Epsilon: Fred Bur nett, Audiss E. Smith, and Jarrell J. Bell. Sigma Alpha Epsilon: William W. Privett and Homer C. Brobst. Pi Kappa Alpha: Hamilton Belk nap and James Norvell. Phi Gamma Delta: Oliver C. Larson and John E. Smith. Sigma Nu: Ray W. Gannett and Robert H. Phipps. Phi Delta Theta: Frank Norris and Harold E. Bailey. Sigma Chi: Charles MacDonald. Beta Theta Pi: John Woolley. Chi Psi: Henry Officer. Kappa Sigma: William J. -^h rens. New Initiates The new initiates are: Sigma Phi Epsilon: Leonard Behrends, Ralph Hogan, Edward Marshall, Jack Marshall, Paul Smithrod, and A1 Sterton. Chi Psi: Robert Niederholzer, Ellery Reims, Robert Taylor, Bud Reims, and Jerry Gowans. Beta Theta Pi: Jackson Morran. William S. Patterson, and William A. Yates. 71 SPECIALS FOR FINAL WEEK "“Bulk Ice Cream Sundaes * Steaks French Fries * Sandwiches SIBERRIAN Next to the Mayflower ORCHIDS TO THE GRADUATES . FROM Eddie's Flowers 50 13th West Phone 265