New Oregonian Building
Fascinates Columnist
(Editor’s note: Tom Marquis,
Emerald columnist, toured the
Oregonian building in Portland
last week. Following is his ac
count of the paper’s new home.)
By Tom Marquis
If it isn’t marble or chrome, it’s
glass. At least that’s the first im
pression a person has on seeing-the
new home of the Portland Oregon
ian. The new plant is strictly mod
ern and functional in design, with
out the gaudiness of many present
day architectural monstrosities.
Two sets of plate glass doors
guard the entrance to the Oregon
ian’s inner-sanctum. On the ground
floor are the circulation depart
ment, classified ad department,
and other related sections of the
business side of the paper. Pastel
color schemes give the place a
bright, pleasant appearance.
A short ride in the chrome and
blue elevator to the third floor puts
you in the real heart of the news
paper's new home. Here is the
news side which is faced with the
task of assembling the day's news
and presenting it to the public in
such a way as to build and hold
circulation.
The place where this is done i3
rather disillusioning if you have
become indoctrinated to the Holly
wood version of the typical news
paper office. Two walls . of the
enormous news room are practical
ly all glass, which does away with
Jenson Passing
Out Traffic Slips
There is no discrimination Of
either student or faculty cars in
the dispensing of parking tickets,
according to Officer Jans P. Jen
son.
Interviewed in the Friendly hall
parking area, Officer Jenson
commented on the rather large
number of tickets which have
been given out in the last few
days—24 Monday, and nearly as
many Tuesday. One of the ciiief
offenses Is the failure of drivers
to put their parking permit on
their cars. *
Jensen says that he does not
discriminate between students
and faculty, and that the tradi
tion of late-model student cars
and antique faculty cars does not
apply in practice.
C.oin»- to town for Thanks
giving—take a suit—always
smart, always right.
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the perennial gloominess so char
acteristic of the movie news rooms.
At night batteries of fluorescent
lights taKe up where the sun leaves
off. There wasn’t a roll top desk
in sight. Instead rows of flat
topped executive desks filled the
room.
On one side of the news room are
the allied news gathering sources
that supplement the local news
sleuths employed by the paper. The
Associated Press bureau, with its
batteries of teletype machines, the
AP wire-photo receiver and trans
mitter, and the adjoining photo lab,
are near at hand. This grouping
makes it possible to have the great
est amount of flexibility in the
handling of the day’s news.
The night staff, charged with
putting the paper to Pea, is small,
efficient, and friendly. But here
again there are differences from
the cinema depiction of the typical
newspaper set-up. No one was
wearing a hat with the brim rolled
up in front and a large press card
pinned prominently to it. As a mat
ter of fact no one was even wear
ing a hat. No one rushed frantical
ly into the room screaming, “Hold
the presses.” Perhaps it was the
wrong time of day for such com
monly accepted antics to take
place.
The giant presses are located
downstairs, which relieves news
men of working under the con
stant strain brought on by the
thought of such machinery crash
ing through the ceilings onto their
heads, This fear is no laughing
matter to those who did and still
do work at a desk located on a
floor under the presses.
It is possible to stand in the de
livery section of the building and
watch the wrapped and tied bun
dles of papers come shooting down
the metal slides from Hhe circula
tion section. The slides empty onto
a conveyor belt which carries the
bundles to trucks waiting to take
the papers to distribution points.
Directly over the conveyors are
large glass windows through which
the presses can be seen. The raw
white paper is fed into one end of
the press, and goes whirling at
high speed through all the process
es which print, cut, fold, and count
the individual papers. Other ma
chinery carries the papers up to
the ceiling where they disappear
through a hole, presently to be seen
again when they come down the
previously mentioned slides onto
the conveyors.
Today’s Staff
ASST. ADV. MANAGER:
Leslie Tooze
DAY MANAGER:
Joan Wagenblast
LAYOUT:
Kay Kuckenberg
Jean Lovell
Jean Hoffman
Jean Burgess
Lee McGraw
Dave Ramstead
SALES:
Virginia Kellogg
Margaret Edwards
Larry Prairie
Cyrus Prouty
Old Book Store
1254 W illamette
BOOKS BOUGHT
and SOLD
Books and Collectors
ITEMS SEARCHED
FOR.
YW Prepares
Holiday Dinner
About 20 foreign students will en
joy an American Thanksgiving din
ner November 25 at the Zeta Tau
Alpha house at 4:30, according to
Marjorie Petersen and Amy Lou
Ware, co-chairman of the YWCA
international affairs committee.
The foreign students will be the
guests of YWCA and YMCA mem
bers for the dinner and any people
in Eugene are welcome to drop in
after 6:30 for the informal get-to
gether, the co-chairman said.
Mrs. Ethyl Mitchel, . advisory
board member of the committee,
will act as official hostess for the
dinner, which will be complete with
turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin
pie, and the rest of the traditional
fare.
The YWCA, YMCA, Kwama, Chi
Omega, and Mrs. Frank Chambers,
charter member of the YW, are pro
viding the funds for the dinner.
Last Chance Today
For Job Interview
This is the last day to apply for
interviews with J. B. McComb, su
pervisor of employment for the
Arabian-American oil company,
according to Mrs. Marian G. Sheck
ler, graduate placement secretary.
McComb, who will be on the cam
pus Monday, November 29, will in
terview graduate and undergradu
ate students in the field of science
who are interested in employment
in Arabian-American foreign or do
mestic organizations. Applicants
may be married or single.
For appointments or further in
formation, call Mrs. Sheckler at
the placement office.
Carnival Workers
Petitions Due Now
All women students may peti
tion for chairmanships Of the W
AA carnival, annual event to be
held next February. The peti
tions, due today, may be turned
in to Bep McCoarry at the Delta
Gamma house, or Anne Goodman
at the Emerald news office.
Positions open include general
chairman, decoration, finance,
booths, publicity, posters, proper
ties, arrangement, tickets, clean
up, food and dance chairmen.
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