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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1947)
ir ----— Dr. Newburn Names New Heads Two Department Heads, Professor Await State Education Board Okay DR. L. R. CAMPBELL MM—I I 11 Willi ■IIHMiMiUMIliil DR. ROY C. McCAL.li DR. SAMUEL N. DICKEN Advertising Staff: Day Manager: Bob Chapman Assistant manager Bob Bechtle Layout Executives: Be Hy Jones Sally Waller Virgil Tucker Doug Hayes Contract Executives: *^.Jim Ivory Bob Zundel A1 Ruedy Marg Huston Marg Wickenden Science, Speech, Journalism Vacancies Filled by Drs. Dicken, McCall, Campbell Appointment of two heads of departments and one profes sor were announced by Dr. Harry K. Newburn, University president. Their names and the University budget will he pre sented to the state board of higher education in May for approval. Dr. Samuel N. Dicken, professor of geography at the Uni versity of Minnesota, has been recommended for the position of head of the department of geology and geography. Dr. Warren D. Smith, present head of the department, will retire July 1. Recommended to head the department of speech and dra President Explains Liberal Arts Plan In combining the administra tive leadership of the college of liberal arts and the graduate school, President Harry K. New bum said yesterday, the Univer sity is looking forward toward the broad program of continuity from underclass and undergraduate work through to the graduate level. “We expect," Dr. Newburn ex plained, “to secure the benefits of . . . integrated administrative leadership through the whole ver ticle span of our program at a time when we are determining the relative emphasis and con centration both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. mane cti ls is lji . rvuy iviu^ail, present head of the department of speech in the College of the Paci fic, Stockton, California. W. A. Dahlberg has been acting head of the department since it was estab lished last fall. The name of Dr. Lawrence R. Campbell, professor of journalism in the Syracuse university school of journalism, will be presented for approval as professor of jour nalism. Dr. Dicken, who has been on the staff of the University of Minne sota since 1929, was graduated from Marietta college', Ohio, in 1924. In addition to his major of geology, he minored in geography and received his degree cum laude. While working for his doctoral degree, which he received from the University of California at Berkeley in 1930, he edited the Meteorological Synopsis and was a teaching fellow in geography. After a year at Carleton college as instructor in geology and geog raphy, lie went to Minnesota as instructor in geography. He was made a full professor in'1945. During two summers Dr. Dicken worked as geographer with the Kentucky Geological survey, and in the spring of 1935 aided in a study of population redistribution. From 1842 to 1944 he was a spe cial consultant in geography for the army air forces. Among the societies of which he is a member are Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. Dr. McCall received his bacca laureate degree from the Univer sity of Redlands in 1930 and his masters and doctoral degrees from the State University of Iowa. After working with the speech and English department at Whit man college for five- years, Dr. McCall went to the College of the Pacific in 1936. He is a member of Pi Kappa Delta, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Rho Pi, and Theta Alpha Phi. Former news editor of the Wall Street Journal’s Pacific coast edu cation is Dr. Campbell, a graduate of San Jose State college. .He re ecived his master degree in jour nalism and his doctorate at North western university. He has taught at the University of California, University of Illi nois, Temple university, and Northwestern. From 1945 to 1946 he was acting dean of journalism at Syracuse university. CAMPUS CALENDAR Westminster open house party from 8 to 12 p.m. tonight. State Methodist student confer ence Friday, Saturday and Sunday. House managers meeting Tues day at the Sigma Chi house at 6:45., New Dean in Liberal Arts School Experienced in Personnel Work Dr. Eldon L. Johnson, whose appointment as dean of the college of liberal arts and the graduate school was confirmed yesterday by the state board of higher education, brings to his new position a wide experience and background in public and personnel administration. Dr. Johnson, who came to the campus less than two years ago to head the political science department, has been active in public administration for a number of years, hie is a graduate of the Indiana State Teachers col- _ > at the University of Wisconsin, re ceiving his master’s degree in 1933 and his doctor’s degree in 1939. Labor Economist The major work of Dr. John son’s has been done in the field of political science, but he has also done advanced work in labor economics. During his graduate study at the University of Wisconsin he taught political science, and following that taught public administration in the graduate school of the United States department of agri culture for about five years. While in the graduate school of the department of agriculture, Dr. Johnson rose first to an adminis trator of the school, and then to director of the school. Served With Air Forces During the war he served as academic director for the pre meteorological training program of the Army Air Forces with head quarters at the University of Chicago. Here he directed the activities of 25 colleges and uni versities engaged in training stu dents under this program. From 1938 to 1940 he was or ganization and management ana lyst of the office of personnel in the U. S. department of agricul ture, and from 1942 to 1943 was editor of “Personnel Administra tion,” journal of the society for personnel administration. Free-Lance Writer Dr. Johnson has also had exper ience in high school teaching and for two-years was a free-lance newspaper writer. The educator served as acting director of the University summer session. WANTED Competent Typist, Full Time or Part Time. the "CO-OP" First 'Y' Winnette Welcomes Guests The spring term "Y” newspaper, Winiette, will go to press today with its first edition devoted to welcom ing the AWS guests on campus. It will come out every Friday of this term under the editorship of Bettye Jo Bledsoe, freshman in journalism. Business will be managed by Janice Kent, freshman in psychology. As in the past the paper will be devoted to YWCA news about ac tivities and personalities. Any girls interested in working as reporters or distributors may sign up for the general staff. Books Disappear From U. of O. Libe Statistics show that there has been a great increase in the num ber of books that have mysteri ously disappeared from the li brary, especially from the refer ence room. Some of the books that have been taken are Volume 18 of the 1946 Encyclopedia Amerciana, the only edition of the Unabridged Funk and Wagnell dictionary, and various other volumes from sets of books. "FOLLOWERS OF DEMAS" at 11 a. in. BROADCAST OVER KUGN BIBLE SCHOOL at 9:45—Goal 1200—Last Sunday o£ Big Ten Contest with California Churches 7:30 p. m. "If the righteous scarcely be saved" FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Bdwy. at High Dr. V. Webster, Pastor PEASANT PRETTIES Reduced! Reg. 2.98 each 2.44 Whirling skirt of black spun rayon; sizes 24 to 30; saucy little blouse of soft sheer rayon, sizes from 24 to 30.