Education Board Against
Portland Junior College
PORTLAND, Jan. 25 (AP)—Es
tablishment of a junior college in
Portland is opposed by the state
board of higher education until ex
isting institutions’ money needs are
met.
The junior college is proposed in
a bill now before the state legisla
ture, introduced by Sen. Richard
Neuberger, Portland.
The state board, in a formal
Dean Johnson
Back from Meet
Dr. Eldon L. Johnsbn, dean of the
college of liberal arts, returned last
week from New York, where he ad
dressed the Oregon alumni and at
tended meetings of the American
Conference of Academic Deans and
the Association of American Col
leges.
Due to transportation delays and
bad weather, Dr. Johnson arrived in
New York too late to serve on the
nominating committee of the con
ference of deans. While at the con
ference he was appointed to the in
vestigating committee which will
survey the need for more graduates
of professional schools.
National executive
To Visit Local YW
Mrs. Leila Anderson, national ex
ecutive of the YWCA, will be on
the campus February 2 and 24, an
nounced Laura Olson, president of
the Y, at the regular cabinet meet
ing Tuesday.
Mrs. Anderson, who assumed the
office of executive of national stu
dent YWCA last fall, was formerly
executive director of the Univer
sity of California YW, and is well
known in the coast YWs. She was
recently in Europe attending the
World Student Christian Federa
tion in Switzerland and visiting
European universities.
YW Needs Workers
For Nursery School
YWCA service committee mem
bers interested in working at the
Y nursery school on Mondays, Wed
nesdays, and Friday mornings may
contact the Y or Marge Scandling,
chairman of the service committee.
Tiie school situated in the West
minster Presbyterian church at fif
teenth and Villard streets needs
girls to assist the supervision of two
to five- year-old children, said Miss
Scandling .
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statement auupieu s<wu
educational needs in the Port
land area could be met more eco
nomically by buying some exist
ing building in the city and com
bining in it the work now offered
at Vanport college and the gener
al extension division’s night
classes and adult education pro
gram.
Although the statement pointed
cut that it is the legislature’s func
tion to create and the board’s duty
to administer educational institu
tions, the board believes existing in
stitutions should be improved be
fore additional institutions are cre
ated.
“A new institution in Multno
mah county for 2,000 students
would require a capital outlay of
at least $4,000,000 and an annual
operating budget of approximate
ly $800,000” the statement said.
It pointed out that the board has
asked the legislature for $24,500,
000 for buildings “necessary to
care for the greatly increased stu
dent bodies now enrolled at exist
ing institutions. Of this total re
quest for buildings, $12,000,000 is
considered an emergency matter
. . . the board cannot express too
strongly its opinion that these re
quirements should be met before
additional institutions are creat
ed.
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Vanport extension center as an
emergency institution in the Port
land area. It plans to continue this
institution for at least another year.
“The board has also operated for
years, an extensive collegiate night
class and adult education program
in Portland through its general ex
tension division. This unit is now
housed in rented facilities which
are entirely inadequate.
The board believes that by pur
chasing an existing building in
Portland which could house the
daytime collegiate program now
offered in the Vanport extension
center and the night classes now
offered by the general extension
division, the requirements of the
Portland area for collegiate in
struction for several years could
be met. Such a program through
the existing general extension di
vision would be much more eco
nomical than creating a new in
stitution.’’
Superintendent Paul A. Rehmus
of the Portland schools later said
the district might consider selling
Lincoln high'school to the state.
Rehmus said, however, that the
price should be around $1,000,000 in
stead of $750,000 as suggested by
the state board.
Rehmus said the school district
would not want to sell unless it got
enough money to replace the school.
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Student Union Opening to Help
Webfoots Seeking Employment
Many opportunities for student
part-time jobs will be opened along
with the student union building.
There is no way to tell at present
just how many jobs will be avail-”
able, but the number of positions
will enlarge as the union becomes
used more and more by student
groups.
The largest number of openings
wfll be in the fountain and cafete
ria.
The game area in the basement
may be open from 10 to 12 hours
daily. Since a full-time employee
will be working only eight hours,
supplementary help will be needed
to fill in the remainder of the time
with extra help at the peak hours.
There will be additional opportuni
ties for sti#3ents to serve as pin
boys and assistants to the persons
in charge.
Positions for part-time secretar
ies and bookkeepers to work with
the administration will be open, and
student help will be required in con
nection with large functions such
as dances.
It may be possible for campus
honoraries to afford relief in the
coat-check room and at the main
desk.
“In as many places as we can, we
will bring students into tne ounaing
and help them in a financial way,
consistent with basic policies,” stat
es Director Dick Williams.
Olympian Joins Drive
Nancy Merki Lees (left) member
of the 1948 American Olympic
swimming team took up swim
ming to aid her recovery from a
childhood attack of polio. An ar
dent backer of the March of
Dimes, she is shown with a swim
ming pupil at a pool in Portland,
Oregon.
"My, that’s a lovely dress, loaf w
bad they didn’t have your size.” ^
The moon was white
JOHN LOVES MARY
—and you’ll love this Dra
matic Festival Play direct!
from Broadway, with an alff
star cast
*
Sponsored by the
OPTIMIST CLUB
“Friends of the Boy”
*
—on January 28, at the
Woodrow Wilson Junior
High School Auditorium
(JOHN LOVES MARY and
BUT NOT GOODBYE)
Two play ticket $5
Single play ticket $3
(includes Federal and City Tax)
Reserved seats still available for
these two plays
Tickets at
Graves Music Co.
Millers Dept. Store
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We’ve proved it!
Problem: To hold down costs, and speed the
extension of telephone service.
Solution: High-strength wire whose use allows
the span between poles to be in
creased from 150 feet to more than
300. One pole now does the work
of two.
The problem, of course, is a continuing one
for telephone people. High-strength wire
with required electrical qualities is only one
{ of many things they have developed to help
solve the problem in these days of high con
struction costs.
In total, their developments are the reason
why telephone service here is the best in
the world—the reason why a telephone call
costs only a few pennies.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM