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Blueprints
For Future
UO Related
Proposed Surplus
Allocation to Provide
Building Betterment
A long range building program
for the future will permit the
schools in the state system of
higher education to realize a single
goal—that of being able to supply
adequately the demands of stu
dents regarding utilities, class
, rooms, and laboratories.
In addition to the use of 512,000,
000 in income tax surpluses for
future building construction as
outlined by Governor John H. Hall
last Saturday, the state board of
higher education will submit a
recommendation to the next legis
lature asking appopriations for ab
solute minimum building construc
tion needs.
Nothing Immediate
The legislature will be asked to
appropriate $24,500,000. This a
mount. will include the $12,000,000
emergency portion which the state
board recommends be put in use
immediately on the emergency
phases of the minimum building
program.
The remaining money would be
used over a period of years for con
struction of buildings and comple
tion of projects according to the
needs of each institution. However,
nothing will be done immediately
to put this fund to use because of
the high cost of building construc
tion.
Under the existing plan the Uni
versity would receive $5,275,000 to
be allocated for construction in the
following way:
Schools to Expand
Expansion of the architecture
and allied arts school to cost $550,
000; school of journalism, $400,
000;$150,000 addition to the physi
cal education building; infirmary
addition to cost $225,000; and a
$700,000 addition to the women’s
PE building.
Completion of an administration
building to house agencies now lo
cated in Emeral hall would cost
$600,000. Additions amounting to
$650,000 will be made to Condon
r and Chapman halls.
$150,000 will be spent for utili
ties, and $550,000 will go for land
acquisitions.
Dorm Unit Plans
In Final Stage
One of the first projects on the
University’s building schedule will
be the women's dormitory on Em
erald street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth.
Architects will complete final
plans and specifications for the
first unit of the women’s dormi
tory February 22. Bids will be
called for the following day. On
March 16, the bids will be opened
by the building committee of the
state board of higher education.
It and the Erb Memorial build
ing are the two self-financed
structures planned by the Univer
sity. Both are scheduled to be un
^ der construction before the end of
the year, i
The science building, shown above in architects’ drawing, is one of the first projects to be undertaken
in the University’s building program. The building will be situated at the corner Of Fourteenth and Kin
caid. The physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy departments are to be housed in the new structure.
Proposal to Speed
Building Program
Critical building needs at the
University of Oregon and other
state institutions of higher learn
ing call for immediate action on
the part of the State of Oregon,
according to University officials
interviewed yesterday.
The significance of Governor
Hall's proposal that $12,000,000’
in tax surpluses be made available
through initiative action that
would place the allocation of these
funds on the November ballot, lies
Building Plans
Need'OK' Vote
Is is up to the people of the
state of Oregon to supply the ab
solute minimum emergency in
structional facilities needed—lab
oratories, classrooms, and library
space.
Governor John H. Hall, virtually
implied this solution in a speech
given before an assembled group of
Oregon Dads last Saturday.
He said that it would be the
•oters who would have to start
•nitiative action to put on the No
vember ballot a measure to divert
$12,000,000 in income tax surpluses
to ’ uilding construction for schools
of iiigher education. Unless this is
done, the money cannot be touched.
Signatures Required
To r et this measure on the bal
lot, it would take close to 50,000
signatures on a petition, or 8 per
cent of the total number of regis
tered vo'ers.
Tentative plans for the alloca
tion of t'-'s money have already
been drawn up. The University will
receive exa'tly half of the total
amount. This means the Univer
sity will re^eb-e $6,000,000 for new
buildings, additions and expansions
of existing structures and plants.
Allocations Listed
Additions to buildings of the
school of business administration
will total $700,000; $1,800,000 will
be allocated for science labora
tories and classes; $1,000,000 will
be used for expansion of the heat
ing plant and tunnels; and $2,500,
000 will go to the Or egon Medical
school for a new medical unit and
utilities.
Supporting the views of Gover
nor Hall, the state board of higher
education said, “This program is
considered the absolute minimum
required to enable the institution
to do effectively their job and to
provide facilities reasonably com
in the fact that this money could
then be used iri the near future to
alleviate the existing cramped con
ditions.
Need Established
“There can t}s no question'
among thinking people of the ex
treme need of the institutions of
higher learning for the $12,000,
000 as proposed by the governor.
It has been well established that
a sizeable surplus exists in the
state treasurey.
“To wait for the 1949 legisla
ture to make an appropriation,
from this surplus would mean that
buildings needed right now would
not be available for use until the
fall of 1951 or later. The govern
or’s proposal for a vote of the
people this fall would accelerate
the program at least a year,” Dr.
C. D. Byrne, secretary of the state
board of education said.
University Dags
In order for the University of
Oregon to provide educational fa
cilities equivalent to those found
in the institutions of higher learn
ing in other states, it is necessary
for considerable building expan
sion to take place, University of
ficials stated.
Business office figures show that
the University of Oregon’s “emer
gency” building program amounts
to $8,675,000. $3,500,000 of this
would be obtainable from the pro
posed state allocation, the rest to
be received through future approp
riations. These figures can be com
pared to the $90,000,000 building
program of the California state
system of higher education or the
$21,000,000 program now under
way at the University of Washing
ton.
Little Alloted
Another significant comparison
is that of the state alloted funds
for the years 1930-45, during which
time Oregon spent $100,000 for
state institutions, Washington $6,
000,000 and California $10,000,000.
“If the educational standards of
the University of Oregon are to
be maintained, the state must do
something. We feel it is the state’s
responsibility to provide class
rooms and adequate facilities. The
need is undeniable, the money is
here, and we think it should be
put to use,” was one University
officials comment.
That the members of the student
pared to similar institutions in
nearby states. It only provides for
the needs of “yesterday” not for
the requirements of “tomorrow!”
!f Millrace Restored
We Could Float
Oregon students just haven't
a foot to stand on. In fact, each
student of our fair institution of
higher erudition lacks something
like 60 square feet according to
our calculations.
National standards specify
that each university should have
170 square feet for each student
enrolled. At present Oregon has
only 110 square feet per student,
or almost one-third below the
national norm.
EDITOR'S NOTE
This page was prepared to
give students a round-up of Uni
versity building plans and the
manner in which Gov. Hall’s pro
posed allocation of funds will
alter the situation. The articles
were written by Virginia Fletch
er and Bob Reed.
AWS Petitions
Needed Monday
Petitions for committee heads of
the Associated Women Students
preview weekend should be turned
in to Barbara Johns at the Delta
Gamma house by Monday, Febru
ary 23.
Positions to be filled include
chairmanship of Nickel Hop, ex
change dinners, Saturday after
noon fun fest, and invitations com
mittees.
body are equally aware of the
pressing need for expansion was
asserted by Stanley Williamson,
student body president.
Campuses
Neglected
Financially
Record Enrollments,
Small Allotments
Pose Big Problems
An overall picture of building
construction on the campuses of
the state system of higher educa
tion during the past 19 years shows
that appropriations made for the
period 1945 to 1947 were greatly
in excess of the appropriations
made during the 15-year period,
1929 to 1945.
Today, institutions of higher edu
cation face a difficult problem.
They lack proper facilities to serve
the largest number of students in
the state's history. The state board
of higher education puts the blame
on two fundamental causes: the
first, a “failure of the state over a
long period of time, to provide ade
quate physical plant for its institu
tions of higher learning.” And sec
ond, “inadequacy of emergency
measures and funds chiefly because
of the familiar inflation bugaboos
—higher costs of wages and build
ing materials.”
Low Appropriations
From 1929 to 1945, the state leg
islature appropriated only $100,000
for buildings. Compared with the
appropriations of other western
states for the same period, this was
remarkably low. The state of
Washington provided $5,000,000
and California made available $10,
000,000.
During this period, a number of
buildings were completed through
a self-financed program, supple
mented by federal aid. Student
building fees were pledged to pro
vide funds for this program.
In 1945, the legislature appropri
ated $1,000,000 for emergency
building purposes and an addition
al $4,000,000 was granted by the
people.
Three Completed
Over a span of 10 years, this
amount was to provide for 29 es
sential projects. At present, three
projects have been completed, and
three are under construction. Six
other proposed works, plans for
which are practically complete,
will exhaust the building funds
available.
From the money in this fund,
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