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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1949)
Completion of Erb Memorial Union To Fulfill Dreams of Thousands By Mary Ann Delsman Completion of the Erb Memorial Union Building in late Mkrch or early April Will be the fulfillment of a dream. It is a dream of thousands of students and alumni who began raising money for the project back in 1923, and who did not give up despite the fact that it has taken more than a quarter of a century for the plan to be realized. MASS OF MATERI AL When completed the building will be an organized mass of brick, stone, concrete, wood, marble, wires, pipes, sheet metal,and glass. But you won’t be aware of all that when you look at the finished product any more than you would think of a person as a mass of blood, arteries, bones, and muscles. The building was conceived on the drawing boards of Architects Lawrence, Tucker and Wallmann of Portland. Construction was be gun in October, 1948. GRADUATE OF OREGON Ralph J. Gibbs, superintendent of construction, is a man familiar with the project from the begin ning. A 1924 graduate of the Uni versity, Gibbs was a student when the movement for a student union building began. Despite a sign in Gibbs’ office that reads, “More fish has been caught and more deer shot in this office than in any other part of the state,” the work has gone along pretty much on schedule. Another Oregon alumnus “on the job" is Jim Kirsch, brother of Baseball Coach Don Kirsch, who is clerk for the Ross B. Hammond Company, building contractors. He graduated in 1948. SODA BAR Both men spoke familiarly of ' the “leather lounge,” the “soda bar,” and the “memorial stairs” as though they were complete, when to an outsider they were mere empty spaces in a big, hollow shell. The body of the building is made of roughly 290,000 bricks, 6.200 cubic yards of concrete, 15 freight car loads of Indiana limestone, 56.000 pumice blocks of various sizes, and 3,000 concrete blocks. TERRAZZO FLOORS Floors of the leather lounge, the main lobby, and the memorial stairway are of terrazzo, a mix ture of green-tinted concrete and marble chips. The stairway is lined with marble. In all, about 2.000 square feet of walls are of marble. Total floor area is about 120,000 square feet. Other floors are made of wood, quarry tile, asphalt and rubber tile, and concrete. The browsing room of the new building is a replica of the Ethel R. Sawyer room in the library. It has a fireplace at each end, and the walls are wood panelling. THIRD FLOOR BALLROOM Third floor of the building has the ballroom with a spring dance floor. The ballroom opens into a salon on the east and a terrace on the west. The terrace can be reached from the sidewalk by steps on the outside of the build ing. Push-button controls operate the dividing “curtains” that separate the salon from the ballroom. Arteries of the building are the nearly 30 miles of copper wiring used. About 11 Vs miles of conduit and 550 feet of primary cable were also used. extensive wiring The wires lead to the 27 feeder panels, and carry the current which operates the paging system, the public address system, lights, projection room equipment, the program clock, bell system, and the annunciator. The annunciator is a device which detects when a person is in certain of the rooms which are used only with permission. In case of power failure, an emergency lighting system has been installed. In case of fire, both thermal and “break glass” fire alarm sys tems are in the building. REMOTE control The lighting in some sections of the building is remotely con trolled. The recreation area in the basement with its eight-alley bowling set-up and rooms for table tennis and billiards is lighted in this way. Plumbers have installed 13,260 feet, or about 2% miles, of pipe in the building. So it is that a mass of brick and stone, wood and metal, are molded into a building. Molded into the building also are the dreams and dollars of all the peo ple who contributed to it. Kline Tells Veterans Of VA-Deducted Time Veterans who indicated their de sire to allow accelerated expira tion of eligibility time on the basis of excessive educational costs are reminded by James D. Kline, as sistant registrar, that the Veter ans Administration has deducted eligibility time.This applies wheth er or not costs were excessive. All veterans are advised by Kline to check carefully on notices of award and if they find eligibili ty time has been deducted even though their expenses were not in excess of the VA limit, they should immediately make the change with the Registrar’s Office. It is important that veterans notify the Registrars Oft ice im mediately so correct notices of award may be obtained in cases where time during winter term might have been deducted. The unnecessary deduction of eligibility time will be corrected when the University bills the VA for veteran expenses at the end of fall term. Requests for accelerated expira tion of eligibility time were made during fall registration. ISA Meet Planned For Tonight at 7 The question of deferred living will be discussed at an ISA meet ing tonight at 7 in room 5 Com merce. Final plans for the mixer dance to be held on Dec. 2 will also be made. Actors Tryout Tonight Tryouts for male roles ip the second production of the Univer sity Theater will be held tonight at 7:30 in 205 Villard. Tryouts for female roles will be announced later. The play, directed by Ottlie T. Seybolt. will be “Thunder Rock" by Robert Ardrey. Yule Fiesta Planned By Language Clubs A colorful pre-Christmas festiv ity to which the public is invited is a Christmas Fiesta party given by foreign language groups at 7 p.m. next Thursday in the YMCA. The program will include songs and dances performed by members of the French, Spanish, Russian, German, and Oriental language clubs. Refreshments will be served. Sigma Xi Brings Science Lecturer For Star Talk Dr. K. O. Wright, Canadian as trophysicist, will be the first visit ing speaker of the year in the Sigma Xi, national science honor society lecture series. Speaking at S p.m. Dec. 12 an room 207 Chapman, Wright will present an illustrated lecture on "Stars—Giants and Dwarfs.” A graduate of the University of Toronto, with his Ph.D. from Michigan, Wright is now on the staff of the Dominion Astrophysi cal Observatory. Victoria, B.C, For the past decade he has been studying stellar atmospheres and has made contributions to the curve-of-growth theory. “Wright has a detailed know ledge of the physics of stellar at mospheres and has much inter esting information to present upon the very large and the very small stars,” Joseph A. Tearce, observa tory director, stated. Preceding the lecture, Wright: will be honored by Sigma Xi at a dinner in the Faculty Club. Alpha Phi Girls Win YW Bridge Tourney Bridge Players Corlista Von derahe and Phyllis Gardner Tues day won a new trophy for Alpha Phi sorority in the finals of the YWCA Upperclass Commission bridge tournament. Tuesday’s finals climaxed sev eral weeks of playing, in which all women’s living organizations ori ginally entered candidates. Lists were narrowed down in each week’s schedule, with Mary Vrani zan and Janice Reed of Delta Gamma competing against the winners in the finals. “I’m flunking Phys Ed.’’ “Why? How are your marks?” “I haven’t any marks yet—just a few bruises.” 'Bishop Misbehaves' Troupe Plans Road Show Tour in Eugene Area The University Theatre will pro duce “The Bishop Misbehaves” for audiences within 60 miles of Eu of a traveling unit, will start en gagements eariy in December. The show will make its only overnight trips on the week-ends. Preliminary plans, concerning lodging and food for the cast and stage crew and revenue from the play, must be worked out before the production. Interested communities or orga nizations should address their let ters to Horace W. Robinson, Uni versity Theatre, University of Ore gon, Eugene, Oregon. Weber Reports Petitions Open For Senior Ball Petitions are now open for Sen ior Ball committee positions, Bob Weber, dance chairman, an nounced Wednesday. The annual ball, scheduled for Jan. 21, will be the first all-cam pus dance of winter term. Committee heads will be chosen from the senior class, but other students are encouraged to apply for committee membership, Weber said. Students are requested to petition for committees following their, interests and talent. All petitions must be submitted to the ASUO president’s office at Emerald Hall by Wednesday, Dec. 6. Open committees are decoration, promotion, tickets, cleanup, inter mission program, and publicity. ISA Schedules Friday Mixer The Independent Students As sociation will hold its second mixer dance of the year from 9 to 12 p.m. Friday, in Gerlinger Annex| Admission is free to those hold ing membership cards. Cards may be obtained at the dance or through ISA representatives. Ned Baker is in charge of gen eral arrangements. Committee chairmen are Betty Brown, decor ations; Paul Dahlquist, chaper ones; LeRoy Graymer, refresh ments; and Keith Clark, music. Army Positions Invite Women Positions for single women as United States Army civilian em ployees overseas are now open, ac cording to the Portland Employ ment Service. There are positions for both librarians and recreational direc tors. Applicants will be inter viewed at the State Employment Service, 11th and Stark, Portland, Dec. 1 and 2. Information and ap plications are available at the Eugene Employment Service. Librarians must be 21 or over and have a library degree. Recrea tional directors must be between the ages of 24 and 35, have a col lege degree, and have one year s paid adult recreation or group leadership experience. The positions are in either Japan or Okinawa. The minimum tour of duty in Okinawa is one year and in Japan two years. The approxi mate pay is Japan, librarians, $20.5 and recreational directors, $185; and Okinawa, librarians, $235, and recreational directors, $215. Quartet to Give Second Concert The faculty string quartet will present its second concert of the year at 4 p.m. Sunday in the School of Music Auditorium. The group will be accompanied by Sta cey Green, professor of piano. George Boughton, professor of violin, and Mary Kapp Allton, music teacher, are violinists for the quartet. Edmund Cykler, pro fessor of musicology, plays the^ viola and Milton Dieterich, in structor in cello, the violoncello. The program will include the Haydn Quartet, Op. 64, No. 5 called “The Lark,” the String Quartet No. 2 by Walter Piston, and the Piano Quartet, Op. 15 by Gabriel Faure. This is the fourth year in which the group has presented monthly concerts. John: You know you’re not a bad looking girl. Hope: Oh, you’d say so even if you didn’t think so. John: Well that makes us even then. You’d think so, even if— didn’t say so. YOUR NAME YOUR PRODUCT IN THIS SPACE WILL REACH AN EAGER STUDENT MARKET