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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1950)
Daily EMERALD UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1950 NUMBER 1 Student Union Opens Doors I r. Packer jut; Byrne iccessor Paul C. Packer this ... is resigning his seat as Jellor of the state system |^her education, and Dr. |es D. Byrne is moving in terim chancellor." state system is the cen ?anization of the University, ■'i| State College, and other nstitutions of higher educa |s chancellorship is a “study visory” office, according to :ker. er, who has held this posi r the past four years, will 'araguay to work as an edu il adviser in a State Depart ,rogram. Reasons Given ’ press conference last Sat Jb gave these reasons for e always wanted to see imerica, and besides offer is opportunity, this job s to be a challenge. I will ng to build up the educa -esources of a backward Jr. Byrne Succeeds . Packer’s successor, has etary of the state board .• education for 18 years, ointment is not permanent, g to Board Chairman jmith, but Byrne will have 11 power and prestige of ’lease turn to page three) \ I smen Wanted t . it consistently busy A \iion on campus, “The tld”, invites interested I ■ ists to an introductory y .ng Monday night at 6:30 I 5 Journalism. Many staff ions are open. Practically "■'rience is necessary and work for everyone. Li L-1 ABLAZE WITH LIGHTS Is the University’s ultra-modern, new Etb Memorial Union, shown from 13th and University. A Letter to New Students... In behalf of the associated students I would like to welcome you new students at this time to the University of Oregon. It is now your University in more than one sense, not only be cause you attend it and make up an important part of it, but because now you may participate in its various activities. The University of Oregon offers you the opportunity to benefit yourself as well as the University. You, as new students, will find yourselves faced with the problem of obtaining and maintaining an adequate balance between academic and social activities. However you are not alone. Now, more than ever, new and old students alike are faced with the problem of living in a fast moving world. There fore, it is up to all of us to work together and play together in order to prepare us for the future. So as fellow Webfoots, in addition to welcoming your help and suggestions, we offer our assistance in helping you in any way we can. May the time we spend at the University of Ore gon be the happiest of our lives. Barry Mountain, ASUO President Director Sees Dream Come True I I i don’t want a lot of hard es and regulations around ent Union,” Director Dick claims. “It’s the students’ 1 ^all we ask is that the eded h'*" *ike their build oy two sd s Frr-H'd floor workshop jjir'its can do poster paint , Union functions, to the oor lounge, which is the living room, the Union planned for the students’ »ence. ’flans Made in 1946 Union has been Williams' '■ince the first plans were board for the building in o' four years he and his jave been working to get fcnt union that would meet ieds of the University stu-1 l keep those first plans kind ] DICK WILLIAMS of hidden in a closet,” he said jok ingly. “They were for a great big thing that probably we never could have used. It took well over two years to get plans consistent with the amount of money collected.” Students Praised Williams was generous in his praise of students, from whom most of the money used in the construction of the building was obtained. “The money has come basically from student fees,” he explained. “About 5425,000 of the 52,000,000 came from gifts or other sources.” Two major fund-raising drives were held before the students assessed themselves a 55 Student Union fee to be paid at registra tion. The first drive was in the mid dle twenties, and the last drive was in the spring and summer months of 1947. .... n %'L ^operations Be9»n.s.UlLlodaV ^,t„co»t«w; XiS VS$* f 5J* ***X>*-- «®M **T Y° ,\ou ti''e^U, ,i„r3 tnacie u Y v.u\\<l\ng NN . v.\ aucY ’ vvw*e Ao"" !«""'« *c ' tecr«t>o»' lnc -.t«'U" olux- o*"0”' '0 ftH t"c aOC ’ A<‘er ‘ ‘ «eek. ready ‘ vis,to,» sev»ndays» to4ent.» tural need, ot iof at-eA cuY' Architects Lawrence, Tucker, and Wallman of Portland design ed the $2,100,000 student union, and construction began October 17, 1948. This afternoon students can look over the building, check the stu dent "offices, browse in the brows ing room, bowl, play billiards, drink at the soda fountain, visit the music listening room, take stock of the ballroom where they’ll soon be attending all-campus dances, and generally get-acquaint ed with the building. Registration At 4 Something old to go with the something new will be registration, which begins for new students at 4 in the second-floor ballroom. An official touring party, the only “formal” event of the day ac cording to Student Union Director Dick Williams, will be guided through the building from 12 to 2. Included in the party will be jpji.aiies Byrne, newly appointed Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education, Edgar Smith, president of the State Board of Higher Education, R. E. Klein sorge, vice-president of the Board, Harry K. Newburn, University President, members of the Board of Deans, and special guests of the Student Union. Sunday luncheon will be served the official party. Activities Planned Rushing headquarters, registra tion, and the “Hello” Dance arc top activities planned for the < I'lease turn to pape seven) Registrar Explains Procedure Registration for Oregon's fall term, due to get under way at 4 p. m. today for new students, is designed this year to make the procedure easier for everyone, ac cording to Registrar Clifford E. Constance. New students, including fresh men and transfers, will start today on preliminary registration steps, but will not consult advisers or sign up for classes until Wednes day, when old students will start registering. In this way, Constance pointed out, new students will not be und er the disadvantage of going through preliminary steps while old students are securing classes. Registration in Union All registration, except consult ing with advisers and signing for classes, will take place in the Erb Memorial Union building. Students will enter the ballroom of the student union building from the west entrance, using the out side stairway off University street. Adequate room inside the ballroom (Please turn to page three) UnionMemorial To Donald Erb Who was this fellow they nam ed the student union after—Don ald M. Erb? Well, a pretty nice fellow. Just ask anyone who knew him. Donald Erb was president of the University from 1938 until his death from pneumonia in 1943. Ha was the type of man that would sit around and talk for hours with DONALD M. ERB students about their problems. It wasn’t until the students graduat ed and looked back over their col lege days that they began to won der “why that man didn’t kick ua out of his office when we went in to talk about our small problems.’’ But President Erb. wasn’t that kind. He liked his students. About a month before his death, he said the one thing he hoped to do was build a student union for Oregon. (Please turn to par/c sc7'cn) Attention Freshmen! ! New Students Week activi ties begin Sunday afternoon. Below is the schedule through Tuesday night. Further activi ties will In' printed in Wednes day’s Emerald. Sunday afternoon, 4:00-6:00 p. m.: pick up registration ma terial, Student Union. Sunday evening, 7:30 p. m.: Oifieial Opening Assembly, McArthur Court. Monday and later: Entrance examinations. P. E. Exams at Health Service (men) and (lerlinger Hall (women). Placement exams at McAr thur Court, Monday or Tuesday: As signment of Faculty adviser, Fenton Hall. Monday evening, 7:30 p. m.: Official Student Affairs and ASUO Assembly, McArthu* Court. Tuesday evening, 7:30 p. m.: Official Adviser-Advisee meet- ! ings.