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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1950)
Teaching Field Full In State 1 By FRANCES GILLMORE “The field of secondary educa tion is not a bright one for job Possibilities,” Dr. George W. Ebey, assistant superintendent of Port land public schools and director of personnel in Portland, told the Fu ture Teachers of Oregon in his in formal lecture Thursday evening. | He continued, “Of the 277 posi tions filled in Portland last year, pome 200 were assigned elemen iary vacancies, leaving a small Spiinority for the secondary slots HI. . this year will see a repetition of what happened last year so far as positions are concerned.” > Ebey emphasized the fact that Approximately 19 secondary edu cators will be required whereas the meed for elementary teachers will Be probably over the 200 mark. At present the University of ^"Oregon is “processing” some 200 Secondary educators, Oregon State About 250. The state of Oregon yill require approximately 200.” ;i In the secondary vacancies are numbered home economics, girls’ physical education, math, and sci ence instructors, whereas the lan guage fields are definitely crowd Ebey defined the Portland and Oregon Transition Program as follows: Required is 17 quarter hours in undergraduate education plus a B.A. degree plus 12 additional hours undergraduate education to obtain a temporary elementary t etcher’s certificate. With one year teaching experi ence plus a second 12 hours in un dergraduate work, a regular state elementary certificate will be is sued. “Applicants under Portland jurisdiction may attend a four week program wherein they re ceive 12 hours of supervised teach ing, workshop, child development, and teaching or reading,” stated Dr. Ebey. “Opportunity for advancement is good for outstanding qualifica tions in the 66 elementary Port land schools; less, however, in the 9 Portland high schools.”' In response to the question from one member of the audience, “Are there possibilities for secondary teachers from elementary certifi cate holders?” Dr. Ebey answered a decided “Yes. They have a real impact on' secondary school sy stems. Replying to queries about living conditions in Portland, Ebey em phasized the fact that low, moder ately priced homes are hard to find, but “We do have a housing bureau to help locate people. One can find a price range from $35 up.” Uppermost in the minds of many future teachers of Oregon is the salary schedule. According to Dr. Ebey, Portland has one of the best salary scales in the nation. Personnel are paid on a 12-month basis, with active military service counted toward teaching experience. A beginning teacher with no degree will receive a base pay of $2500, with a possible goal of $3000 in 7 or more years. Starting with a bachelor’s deg ree, his salary is $2600 with a pos sible $3100 peak. A master’s degree entitles the beginner 'to $2800 annually. Within 7 years the figure may be in creased to $3300. With some of the kids we’ve seen, every day is a fresh begining. The weather deserves a lot of Credit for its nerve to disagree with some women. . Walden String Quartet Initiation Held By Pi Delta Phi, French Group Pi Delta Phi, French honorary organization, initiated 31 new ac tive and honorary members Thurs day in the Alumni Hall of Ger linger. The initiation ceremony was fol lowed by a dinner at the Anchor age, after which Mark R. Sponen burgh, assistant professor of art, showed colored slides he took last summer in Paris. Mrs. Sponen burgh explained about each picture. The initiation of the new mem bers was conducted by Elizabeth Kratt, president of Pi Delta Phi, with the assistance of Catherine Black, secretary-treasurer. D. M. Dougherty, head of the foreign lan guage department, gave a brief talk. New active members are: Mrs. Nan Humphrey Adams, Mrs. Clarajane Browning, Joan De Lap, Lorita Ewing, Mary E. Hall, Lois McClaflin, Glenn Morgan, Coralie Nelson, Beverly Ostrum, John Palmer, John Palmquist, Eliz abeth Perry, Lucretia Prentiss, Ro wena Renaud, Henrietta Richter, Harry Sorenson, Bill Wallace, and Charity Williams. New honorary members are: Frank G. Black, associate profes sor of English, and Mrs. Black; William Buckley; Miss Marilyn Carpenter, graduate assistant in romance languages; Arnold Els ton, associate professor of music, and Mrs. Alston; Mrs. Delia Gico vate; Dennis G. Hannan, teaching reuow in romance languages; Miss Madeline Michel, student from Par is, William M. Myer, instructor in romance languages; Miss Ray monde Richard, instructor in ro mance languages; John G. Snow, graduate assistant in romance lan guages; and Mark R. Sponenburgh, assistant professor of art. Active members are university students or persons who, during their university career, have dis tinguished themselves in the study of the French languages and other pertaining subjects. Plonorary members are professors of French or other persons who have attained distinction in the propagation of French culture in the United States. The first chapter of Pi Delta Phi was founded in 1906 at the Univer sity of California at Berkeley. The Oregon chapter, Zeta, was founded in 1928. Libe to Present Special Programs Three special programs will be presented in the Library Browsing Room this week ii> connection with the drama conference on the cam pus. Featured will be a reading from “Death of a Salesman,” “An Hour With Browning,” and a program of chamber music. Horace Robinson, associate pro fessor of speech and director of the University Theater, will read from the Pulitzer prize winning play, “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller on Tuesday. “An Hour With Browning,” Wednesday, will feature Kenneth Neal, senior in speech, reading se lections from Robert Browning. Neal is a student of Dr. R. C. Mc Call, head of the speech depart ment, who is directing the pro gram. The University String Quartet will play an hour of chamber mu sic Thursday. All programs are part of the Ethel R. Sawyer Browsing Room Hour series and will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Miss Bernice Rise of the Uni versity Library announces that Thursday there will be a display honoring the late Ethel R. Saw yer, who was the first browsing room librarian and active in drama work in Eugene and Portland. Over 800 books, many in fields of drama and poetry, will be on dis play. Placement Office Lists Open Jobs Insurance, salesman, and secre terial jobs1 are among the many now available to University stu dents through the Graduate Place ment Service, Karl W. Onthank, director, reported Saturday. Immediate placement, as well as work following June graduation, may be obtained through the serv ice. Onthank urges seniors gradu ating in 1950 to come in soon as jobs will be increasingly harder to find as summer nears. The Graduate Placement Service office is located in Room 216, Em erald Hall. An auto salesman is the only one who can make a new car climb a hill backwards in neutral. Dailu EMERALD o . "^7le OREGON DAILY EMERALD, published daily during the college vear except S(UI^a>'!> holidays and final examination periods by the Associated Students University of Oregon. Subscription rates: $2.00 a term, $4.00 for two terms and $5 00 a year. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice Eugene, Oregon. Opinions expressed in editorials are those of the writer, and do not claim to represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Initialed editorials are written by assoc^e editors Unsigned editorials are written by the editor. ■ „ <?pimons expressed in an editorial page by-lined column are those of the columnist and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor or his associates. columnist, ana Don A. Smith, Editor Joan Mimnaugh, Business Manage* Barbara Hey wood, Helen Sherman, Associate Editors. Glenn Gillespie, Managing Editor Out of Weeds Amazon Project No Longer Alternate Lake, Dust Bowl By ROBERT SHORT Things have changed out in Am azon Flats. Once a sea of mud in the winter and a dust blown weed yard in the summer, it. is now a neat little com munity with paved' streets, new lawns, and freshly painted apart ments. Officially known as the Univer sity of Oregon's Amazon Housing Project, it was designed to help house the surge of married veteran students returning to the univer sity after the war. Struggle Begins The uphill struggle to transform the undrained, unlandscaped plot of land out at 22nd and Hilyard Streets into a liveable low cost housing project began during the spring of 1945. Material with which to construct the 248 apartments was purchased from the War Assets Administra tion. Most of the material was orig inally used in the shipyard housing project at Vancouver’s McLaughlin Heights. Because local Housing was so pitifully inadequate, and because local landlords were happily charg ing as high as $20 for a week “two room, water furnished, you pay your own light and heat” hovels, university authorities decided to put completion of living units ahead of landscaping or drainage. So to those students who were the first to move into the project in the fall of 1946, the Amazon was a dreary, unlovely place. The streets that bisected the.pro 1 ject were worse than pitted cow trails that bisected the back areas of Lane county. Mud and water stood ankle deep around the front parches of the apartments. By the summer of 1947, 148 apartments had1 been completed and some work on landscaping had started. But things ground to a halt shortly thereafter because of a lack of money. "We were stuck with 100 unfin ished apartments, a puddle of mud, and no money." said D. H. Williams, director of university family hous ing. More money was accumulated during; the rest of 1947 and con struction was resumed in the win ter of 1948. All the remaining' units were finished before May of that year. “We were then able to direct all our efforts toward improvement,’' said Williams. And’ improve uiey did. During the summer of 1948 the streets were graded and surfaced, an effec tive drainage system was com pleted, weeds were removed, lawns were planted, and a laundry com plete with automatic washers and dryers was established. Work could have stopped at that point, but Williams and the Univer sity’s assistant business manager, E. W. Martin, had lived in the Amazon during the mud and weed days and they were determined to make conditions as pleasant as possible for future tenants. Fences, vet In accordance with that policy extensive improvements were made during the summer of 1949. Neat, white picket fences were erected around the apartments and large play areas were enclosed. 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