Emerald Reporter Finds Beautiful Campus Model
In Dark Basement of Johnson Hall, Investigates
By VERN HAMMOND
When a new student arrives on the
University of Oregon campus, his
very first need is that or finding his
way among the seeming maze of
buildings which confronts him. In
due time, the student learns the ne
cessary elements of navigation, and
before long he is able to find his way
from class to class. But it is quite
likely that that student who is most
familiar with the campus would be
come hopelessly lost, were he to
come to Oregon at some future date,
after the planned campus is complete.
A few days ago, my own wander
jgs took me to the basement of
Johnson hall, where I discovered a
large scale model of the campus.
This model was particularly interest
ing in that it seemed to be quite in
Proper Places
All the older buildings were in
the proper places — Villard, Deady,
McClure, Friendly, and Fenton. But
other buildings, such as Condon,
Chapman, Susan Campbell, and Edu
cation, were greatly changed: and
Still other buildings were displaced
entirely. The large lawn opposite
the museum was occupied by a lib
rary, and the library as we know it
was replaced by a huge auditorium
with imposing wings labeled “Music”
and “Drama”.
Education, Condon, Chapman and
Susan Campbell halls were apparent
ly much larger; McArthur court,
Straub ball, Health Service, and the
present Music buildings were mis
sing altogether, as were all the tem
porary buildings on the campus.
The ground now occupied by
Westminster house was the site of a
large building with a tower, labeled
“Astronomy and Science”. Similar
ly, Fiji house was nowhere to be
seen its place being taken by a Stu
dent Union building. Numerous
other changes were apparent, with
the effect Of altering the entire aspect
of the campus almost beyond recog
nition.
Inquiries led me to the offices of
of Karl W. Onthank, Associate Dean
of Student Affairs, who explained
the whole thing. The dean informed
me that the scale model was cons
tructed in 1915 by the Portland firm
of Lawrence and Holford, architects.
The former of these, Ellis F. Law
rence, was dean of the School of Arch
itecture and official architect for the
University.
Only Buildings
At that time, the only buildings
in existence were the older ones;
Deady, Villard, and so forth. John
son hall and Oregon hall were the
first structures completed under the
new plan. Further building has
been conducted with an eye to an
abundance of space for expansion.
Chapman hall, Condon hall, the mu
jeum, and several other structures
are at present only initial sections of
[lie buildings as planned, with wings
to be added later.
Dean Onthank emphasized the fact
that the plan is still being followed in
the main, and that nearly all devia
tions from the model have come as
expansions, rather than actual
:hanges in plans. The architects
foresaw a great growth in the
student body, but their expectations
were exceeded to such an extent that
many planned buildings had to b«
altered or moved to better locations
An example of this situation cam<
with the erection of the new library
The plot of ground originally set
aside for the library proved to be en
tirely too small, and since the appro
I priation for the proposed auditoriun
never went through, the new ant
larger library was placed on the sup
posed site of that auditorium.
McArthur court was an unfore
seen necessity, built in 1925, jusl
after the game of basketball came in
to popularity, and had therefore not
been included in the plan.
Many Not Yet
Many of the buildings on the model
have not yet been raised, but are
still definitely in the plans. For ex
ample, the lawn opposite the museum
may someday be occupied by a sci
ence and history museum.
A good number of alterations in
plans have become necessary from
time to time, and it may be expected
that more alterations will be made in
the future, but every Webfoot can
be happy that our predecessors had
the foresight and ability to give us
the foundations for one of the most
beautiful campuses in America.
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