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yOLUME XLVIII Number 28
UNIVERSITY QE OREGON, EUGENE,TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1946
DREAM CASTL.E, WITH TOWEL, . . .
Future Oregon coeds will live in this five-story fire-proof dormitory. This is an artist’s sketch of the pro
posed structure. Construction will be started as soon as materials become available. (Cut Courtesy Reg
ister-Guard.) #
Engineer Avers New Dorm
Best Quarters On Campus
Final Plans for Women's Dormitory Approved
Unit, Wing Holds 702 With Dining Facilities
The women’s dormitory, to be situated on Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets between Agate and Beech streets, will be one
of the finest designed for living on any campus, according to
Dr. Will V. Norris, supervising architect.
7 All the accommodations for comfortable and convenient living
have been incorporated into the plan for the projected dormitory.
Final plans for the structure were approved at the September
meeting ot the state hoard ot higher
education.
Work Plans Made
Planned with a large central unit
and two wings, the present schedule
calls for completion of only one of
the wings and the central unit. The
wing will accommodate 234 women,
and the central unit, which includes
the dining room and kitchen, will
have a capacity of 468. The total,
when completed, will have a hous
ing capacity of 468 in the two
Wings.
The imposing brick-veneer, four
story structure will face a student
quadrangle on Fourteenth street,
with the public entrance on Beech.
Small Units Arranged
The building, as described by Dr.
Norris, is so arranged that sepa
rate living units are established for
small groups of girls. Each floor is
divided into four of these units, each
with single and double rooms hous
ing 14 girls, and each with separate
living rooms, showers, hairdrying
facilities, and candy kitchenettes.
Toilet facilities are located between
each two rooms of a unit. On every
floor is a laundry and drying room,
and trunk and locker rooms.
Most of the furniture in the suites
will be built in, with cosmetic cases
a feature of each room. Flush spot
lighting is used throughout the
quarters. The first floor will feature
spacious lounge rooms and smaller
"beau” parlors, library, and music
rooms. The office is planned for this
floor also, as will be guest sleeping
quarters with private baths, and
the housemother’s apartment. An
elevator will serve the upper floors.
The consulting engineer empha
sized that special care had been
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Fire Controls Planned
The establishment of a fire
house and pumper on the campus
is still in the discussion stage,
it was learned from Will V. Nor
ris, supervising engineer, Mon
day. No definite plans have been
completed, he said.
Student Directory
Misses Deadline
Although the copy for the 1947
Pigger’s Guide is now at the press,
the book will not be available on
November 1 as scheduled, Editor
Olga Yevtich announced Monday.
Numerous factors have caused
the delay. Because of the record
breaking enrollment, the official
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Five Clear Hurdle
For Rhodes Honors
Five University graduates
cleared the first hurdle to poten
tial Rhodes scholarships, Dean
Victor P. Morris, chairman of Ore
gon’s scholarship selection com
mittee, announced Monday follow
ing the committee’s Sunday after
noon interview of applicants.
The successful candidates are
Richard F. Igl, graduate student
in political science; Hugh R. King
research assistant in classics;
Frank W. Tate, instructor in Eng
lish; Donald W. Treadgold and
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, graduate
history students now at Harvard.
The latter two were once Oregon
University students.
The five aspirants, selected from
among 12 applicants, will now for
mally submit their candidatures to
Dr. Paul B. Means of the Univer
sity department of religion before
November 1. Dr. Means is secretary
of the Rhodes scholar selection
committee for the entire state, and
is himself an Oxoriian.
In December the state commit
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t
Mill Race Fate Hangs
On Council Decision
By GLORIA "SMITH
Campus leaders will take part in the discussion of the city’s
proposal to buy the mill race property for Highway 99 construc
tion at a common council meeting Wednesday evening in the
city hall.
This question will go before Eugcneans. If the council
passes on the purchase, Webfoots may again see the mill race
as it was in former years. If the proposal does not go through,
the mill race probably will be little more than a memory of yes
teryear.
According to City Manager Deane Seeger, the meeting itself
will not decide the fate of the stream, hut any points made will
be given definite consideration in the final judgment.
To bring the race back to its former status would require the
construction of a conduit under the newly proposed 99 highway
which is a project of city, county and state. This construction has
been estimated at approximately ,$9000. Cost of this project
would fall not only on those directly connected with the race
but also those property owners who are nowhere near it.
The Eugene Woolen Mill and the Eugene Excelsior Corpora
tion, previous to the flood last January which broke the head
gates of the race, used it commercially by obtaining power toj
operate their plants. With the city’s growing shortage of power,
these plants, with the restoration of the mill race, might again
use power generated from the mill race. These companies com
bined use approximately 200 kilowatts, which they are now ob
taining from the city of Eugene. If the power could be obtained
elsewhere, that much power might be retained by the city.
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Speaker Deplores Reaction
Of Public to Atom Bomb
Dr. Buell Gallagher Speaks at Mac Court;
Ethical Price of Bomb Placed on Americans
In an address before the opening assembly of Religions Em
phasis Week Sunday, Dr. Buell Gallagher, Pacific School of Re
ligion in Berkeley, California, denounced various reactions which
swept the country after the use of the atomic bomb in August,
1945. Dr. Gallagher is one of thirteen speakers on the campus
for the religious observance. “The physical pain and price of the’
atomic bomb are being paid by the men and women of Hiroshima
ana .Nagasaki, but the ethical
price is yet to be paid by the men
and women and children of Amer
ica,” Dr. Gallagher declared.
The effort to bring under ethical
controls a practice which is essen
tially unethical is as absurd as to
condemn murder by poisoning or
slow torture, and to condone mur
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Eugene’s Postwar Planning Gets Early Start;
Public, Veterans, Private Industry To Benefit
Outline Includes Park,
Schools, Job Placing
By KAY RICHARDSON
Shortly after Pearl Harbor Eu
gene began planning for postwar.
Considerable attention was direct
ed to this northwest city because
of its planning for the future and
not “waiting for Santa Claus from
Washington.’’ National magazines
such as “Collier’s” gave publicity
through articles and editorials and
“Yank” sent a soldier correspond
ent to Eugene to cover this town’s
postwar planning.
Divided into three main group
headings, Eugene’s postwar outline
lists public works, private indus
tries and veterans. Specifically the
outline includes drainage of Ama
zon flats, creating new park facil
ities, a swimming-pool, building a
new high school, off-street parking,
job placement service for veterans
and the encouragement of new in
dustries in the Eugene area with
discouragement to their bringing
in “slum” conditions.
Plan Is Postwar
The plan is a postwar plan. This
is postwar. The results you say?
An interview with William Tug
man, managing editor of the Reg
ister-Guard, instigator of the Cen
tral Lane County Planning coun
cil and main guiding hand in Eu
gene’s postwar plans, brought a
statement which about sums up Eu
gene’s score in the postwar plan
ning game. Said Tugman, “We have
not accomplished what needs doing
—not by a jug-full. But we have
done a good deal, more than most
cities have done. Yet it isn’t
enough.” He added, “We are doing
the best we can with a damn tough
problem.”
The score on the three main
group-headings, veterans, public
works and private industry reads:
Veterans. Veteran division passed
out of the hands of the local coun
ty planning group into Veterans
Administration, Red Cross and oth
er official agencies. Although a
committee of city councilors does
exist to counsel veterans wishing
advice on such things as buying
farms or change of occupation, for
most part other agencies take care
of the veteran.
Industry Plans Expansion
Private industry. Tugman also
classed private industry now out
of the hands of the city planners
as it is private capital used to ex
pand industry. A checkup in 1943
showed private industry was pre
pared to spend five million—Tug
man estimated 10 million would
now be a more accurate fig-ure—to
create employment in the postwar
era. To date the need to create em
ployment has not arisen. Rather
industry has been forced to post
pone expansion because of mate
rial and labor shortage.
Remaining in the Central Lane
County Planning council jurisdic
tion is public works. A cash re
serve of five million dollars is now
on hand to spend for sewer, water
works improvements, public build
ings and other projects, but it is
only a “drop in the bucket,” says
Tugman, “we could use 20 million
if we had it.” Listed as accom
plishments with the five million
dollars is reducing the maze of 35
local governments to 20, i.e. con
solidation of 10 small school dis
tricts with Eugene and five with
Springfield.
Specific Projects Planned
But to the specific projects. Of
interest to the University is the
drainage of Amazon flats. Accord
ing to Tugman drainage of the
flats will probably begin in the
spring. Federal aid will help with
the $360,000 project with the city
paying the widening of the right
of-way for the drainage ditch.
When asked if the planning coun
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HOWARD NORMAN . . .
Canadian minister to speak dur<
ing Religious Emphasis week. (See
als story page 6)
Famous'Met' Star
To Sing At Igloo
Jarmila Novotna, publicized aa
the reigning beauty of the Metro
politan opra, will appar in Mc
Arthur court November 4 at 8:15
p.m. This is Miss Novotna’s sev
enth tour of the United States,
and her appearance here is spon
sored by the Eugene Civic Music
association.
The concert is for holders of
ASUO cards and members of the
ECMA. She is the first of several
well-known artists to appear id
Eugene this year.
With Met Since ’40
A native of Czechoslovakia; hell
entry into the United States in.
1939 was made possible by Arturo
Toscanini. Toscanini had previous
ly directed the Salzburg festival
when Miss Novotna appeared in,
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