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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1947)
Millrace Picture Brightens THE BEFORE AND AFTER These scenes, looking west from Hilyard street, show the historic millrace as it looked before the re taining wall broke, and as it looks today, littered with pop bottles, old tires, and sundry trash. ASUO President Stan Williamson, who ran on a “restore the millrace” platform last spring, is pushing the restoration campaign this summer. Council Asks Owners* Help On Race Job The city of Eugene, through the city council, has pledged support to the restoration of the millrace in a general statement regarding re pair and maintenance of the prop erty. The resolution was introduced by Councilman Calvin Crumbaker. Three general points are in cluded in the statement, issued after a new organization, the Mill race Improvement Assn., was created to advocate an appropria tion in the city budget for repair . ing the millrace. The council jNi.greed on the following policy; L 1. If property owners adjacent to j the millrace want to give access to the public, the council will take responsibility for repair and t maintenance, absorbing it into the city park system; 2. If only part of the property owners want to give access to the banks of the race, the city will participate in the expense of re pairing and maintaining the pro perty on a pro-rata basis; . 3. If no access is made available to {.he public, property owners will Jbhfve to pay the cost of repairing and maintaining the race them selves. An appropriation of $10,000 was included in the city budget after the Millrace Improvement Assn., with members from on campus wed downtown Eugene, asked for restoration of the race, but the problem of how to meet costs of both repair and maintenance was | presented to committees of the * 'Council and the association. Eyler Brown, associate profes sor of architecture, has returned to Eugene after a trip to Hawaii i on sick leave. He had been there since December. He will return to tne University staff in September. SAVING THE RACE Don Malarkey, chairman of an interfraternity council millraee com mittee, and Keith Fennell, off-campus business man, lay plans to appear at the city council budget committee meeting. -. Alum Returns For Summer Dr. Harold N. Lee, professor of philosophy from Newcomb college. Tulane university, returned to the University of Oregon this summer as a visiting professor of philoso phy. He received his M.A. and B.A. from the University and taught here two years before joining the Harvard faculty. The professor and Ills family planned a tour of the northwest following first summer session be fore returning to fall activities at Newcomb, New Vet Man Named Donald C. Schworer, formerly of Moscow, Idaho, has been appointed veterans administration contact representative on the campus. He succeeds Philip Lunch?*campus rep resentative for the past seven months, who has joined the VA in | Anchorage, Alaska, Moore Named To Help Edit Alumni Paper T. Berton Moore of Eugene, sen j ior in journalism, has been appoint I ed managing editor of Old Oregon, I alumni magazine, by Lester E. An I ! derson, alumni secretary. Moore’s duties will commence with the October issue of the mag azine. Harry Glickman will con I tinue as editor. | A member of Sigma Delta Chi, ! men's national professional jour nalistic fraternity, he was editor of The Shack Rat, school of jour nalism publication, and was co-edi ! tor of the Emerald's wire page ; spring term. He shared with three others the T. Neil Taylor journai | ism thesis award. Summer Group Pushes Budget Through Council Restoration of the historic millrace which runs through the campus came one step closer to reality early in July when lithe Eugene city council, at the instigation of students and millrace property owners, appropriated $10,000 toward reconstruction and maintenance of the waterway. The budget committee authorized the sum after hearing testimony from the hastily formed Millrace Improvement association, but pointed out that the mere appropriation does not mean water in the race this year or any other year. The race has been dry since a flood in 1943 broke a re taining wall at the inlet. Student body president Stan Wil liamson, who ran for office on a “restore the millrace” ticket, learned at the last minute of the proposed budget session, and called students and townspeople togeth er to formulate a plan of action. At the budget meeting, Council man Verne Hawn pointed out that no survey has ever been authorized to determine the exact sum re pairs would require. Estimates have ranged from $2500 to $30,000 with most falling in the $20,000 bracket. The budget group asked for appointment of a three-man committee to work with a similar council committee on the problem. They will i'hvestigate: 1. Feasibility of securing five foot deeds along the race for a public pathway. 2. Public levies, bond issues, or subscriptions to supplement the city appropriation. 3. Ways and means of securing funds for maintenance. Councilman Hawn objected to any plan whereby the city would bear the entire expense of recon struction. He suggested the prop erty holders and the University contribute a sum to match the Eu gene appropriation, and also went on record as favoring securing the five-foot deeds along the banks of the race so the area would be made a public park. A resolution issued by the city later, and presented by Council man Calvin Crumbaker, agreed to the following policy: 1. If property owners adjacent to the millrace want to give access to the public, the council will take re sponsibility for repair and mainte nance, absorbing it into the city park system. 2. If only part of the property ^ - STAN WILLIAMSON owners want to give access to banks of the race, the city will participate in the expense of repair ing and maintaining the property on a pro-rata basis. 3. If no access is made available to the public, property owners will have to pay the cost of repairing and maintaining the race them selves. The Millrace Improvement asso ciation pointed out that the Uni versity is in no way committed to spend money on millrace restora tion or maintenance during the meetings. The association was formed merely in an attempt to work with the city of Eugene on methods of salvaging the historic landmark. Campus representatives on the Millrace Improvement association are Student Body President Stan Williamson, Don Malarkey, head of an interfratemity council mill race committee, and Bob Frazier, editor of the Emerald.