VOLUME XLVIII
Number 47
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1946
•'Civil War' Begins Busy Weekend;
Melchior Concert Is Sunday Climax
By WALLY HUNTER
University of Oregon’s Webfoots, on the tail-end of a three
game losing streak, will attempt to salvage some measure of lost
g 1 or\ tiom the wreckage of the 1946 grid season when they
tangle with the Oregon State college Beavers at Corvallis today
in the season finale for the Ducks. Game time is 2 p. m.
Early rated a dark-horse ’ team with championship po
tentialities, the Oregon grid star beaconed in an off-hand way
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jj/letropolitan Opera Star
To Appear at Mac Court
'Great Dane' to Bring Own Orchestra;
Capacity Crowd Expected to HearTenor
LACRITZ MELCHIOR . . .
Hh<f appears at the Igloo Sunday.
me n,auruz Meicmor concert nas
been definitely scheduled for 3 p.m.
Sunday in McArthur court, Dick
Williams, educational activities
manager announced Friday. Doors
will open at 2 p.m. and Williams
said that they will not be closed at
3 p.m.
“We will seat as many people in
the court as fire regulations will
permit,” he continued, “and all sec
tions of the court will be open; there
will be no backdrop.”
R. C. Swank, University librar
ian, announced Friday that the li
brary will remain closed until 6 p.m.
Sunday to enable the employees to
attend the concert.
Melchior’s concert was previous
ly scheduled for Monday night, No
vember 18, but due to unfavorable
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Problems of Disabled Vets
Discussed at Chicago Meet
By MIRIAM SULLIVAN
Problems facing disabled veterans bent on getting a col
lege education were discussed at a meeting sponsored by the
Disabled American Veterans and the American Council on
Education held in Chicago, November 1, 2, 3. The University
of Oregon was represented by its registrar, C. E. Avery, who
said participants in the discussion numbered about 30 and rep
resented the Disabled American Veterans, the American Coun
cn on maucauon, ana universities
located in various sections of the
nation.
“A research project is contem
plated which should lead to a bet
ter working relationship between
disabled students and members of
(ollege faculties and administra
ions,” Mr. Avery said. “Such a
roject would seek to serve the
21,000 disabled veterans in the
country who have applied for edu
> Cation under Public Law 16. It
"might also reveal why only about
1 out of every 16 of those eligible
is claiming his benefits under this
law.”
Project Outlined
The project as outlined at the
Chicago meeting would involve a
study of the attitudes of disabled
veterans toward education, employ
ment, and their own disability. The
problem of placement would be
thoroughly explored in terms of in
dividual disability, and the view
points of employers should be given
rdequate consideration.
A complete study would be made
of the ways in which disabilities
may be minimized, and special edu
cational devices should be utilized
to enable amputees, those hard of
hearing, or with visual defects to
pursue their studies in more nearly
normal ways. The problems of
focial adjustment, likewise, should
frSSie a share of attention.
Net Results
Mr. Avery said that the net re
sult of such a research project
probably would be a set of hand
books outlining facts, findings, and
recommendations which would be
distributed to faculty members of
colleges and universities, who could
then adapt the suggestions made by
experts to the individual problems
which confront them in dealing
with disabled veterans.
Idea for this study was born at
the Portland convention of Dis
abled American Veterans which
was held in September. The Ameri
can Council on Education, a re
search and service organization to
American colleges and universities,
was asked to appoint a temporary
board to see what could be done.
It was a meeting of this temporary
board which was held in Chicago.
DAV to Finance
This group was successful in
formulating a list of subjects for
research and preparing recommen
dations for submission to the
American Council on Education.
Appointment of the permanent re
search director and board would
be made by the council. The DAV
will finance the project, if author
ized, accepting aid from other vet
erans’ groups, if necessary.
Grad Visits Campus
Duncan G. Wimpress, graduate
in journalism and graduate assist
ant spring term was on the campus
Friday. He is teaching and hand
ling public relations at Whittier col
lege, California.
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(Emerald photo hy Don Jones)
BEHIND THE SCENES . . .
Left to right: Estelle Shimshak, Edwin L. Clark, and Pat Laxton. Clark lias charge of scenery preparation
at Universi ty theater.
Clark Creates Set
In AcoustictChaos
Giving directions to his crew
above the hanging hammers, noisy
saws, and the general confusion
present in the drama work shop, is
Ed Clark with his crew, busy pre
paring the sets for the coming pro
duction, “Dark of the Moon.’’
Due to the popularity of the last
play the University theater has
planned on giving a matinee the af
ternoon of December 7. The play
will be given in the nights of Decem
ber 4, 6, 10, 11, and 12. It will be the
second production in the 1946-47
University theater season.
Sets for the Richardson-Birney
play are unique in construction. De
signed by Horace W. Robinson, they
are built in sections and set upon
two wagons so the eight sets can be
easily moved. These xragmentary
sets are involved and construction
takes careful planning so they fit
the stage and scenes.
Clark and Richardson became
friends while attending the Univer
sity of Iowa. Clark with Richard
son watched “Dark of the Moon”
grow from a dream to a college pro
duction. While overseas Clark had
the pleasant surprise of learning
that “Dark of the Moon” had be
come a huge success. Returning to
the states he went to Chicago to
see the play during its run.
Clark thinks “Dark of the Moon”
is one of the most delightful plays
the University theater has yet pro
duced. Simplicity, innateness, and
the easy flow of the lines add much
to its enjoyment. Perhaps one of
the most important details of the
sets and scenes is the timing.
State Board Report Shows
Rapid Growth of University
The biennial report of the State Board of Higher Education,
recently released, shows a rocket-like increase in student en
rollment since 1900, when the student census stood at 330. The
University of Oregon has been declared one of the fastest
growing institutions in the country by the state board. The
above figure shows that Oregon has multiplied its strength 18
times, from 330 in 1900, to 5,682 this term.
xear-oy-year ngures in me tame
denote that, except for several ex
ceptions, the increase has been
steady and rapid. And further, be
cause of the large increases in re
cent years, coupled with the steady
growth of the state, it appears
that the University enrollment
wrill continue to take large steps
in the future.
3 Slump Periods
The exceptions to the steady
growth trend occur before, during,
and after the two world wars, and
at the time of the national de
pression in the early thirties. A
drop in enrollment occurred at each
of these three points.
World War II caused the largest
total decrease, when figures
dropped from 3,684, in 1942, to
2,002, in 1943. In 1917, the first
year of World War I, enrollment
at the University was 1,036. One
year later only 961 students were
attending.
But after both wars the figures
show increases larger than the
ones for the years just previous to
the wars. This is attributed to the
influx of ex-servicemen returning
to school.
The depression caused another
definite decrease—many students
were finding it hard to get enough
money to come to school. In the
first year, 1932, enrollment dipped \
from 3,088, in 1931, to 2,511, and
dropped to an even lower figure of
2,386 the next year.
In 1935, the figures begin to rise
again, and enrollment increases
did not falter again until the ap
proach of the war in 1940, the year
the army began to beckon.
The only disappointment Uni
versity students might find in the
table from which the above figures
were taken is in the column paral
lel to the University figures. In
that column Is found the enroll
ment figures for Oregon’s sister
college at Corvallis.
Only once—in 1933—was the
University’s enrollment greater
than that of Oregon State, which
has also had a steady growth,
comparable to the University’s.
Newspaper Managers
Elect Webb President
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 22 — |
(AP)—Carl Webb,'Eugene, Ore.,
manager of the Oregon Newspa
per Publishers association, has
been elected president of Newspa
per Association Managers, Inc.,
it was announced today by Nancy
Mahood of Lincoln, who was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
Webb succeeds C. V. Charters,
former manager of the Canadian
Weekly Newspaper association.