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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1950)
Erb Memorial Puts UO in Line With National Collegiate Trend By John Hunt Building the new Student Union placed the University of Oregon directly in line with a large move ment spreading through the na tional college and university sys tem. From Ohio State to El Camino • Junior College, and from California to Mary Baldwin College in Staun ';ti?n, Va., the schools want to have, Jor recently built, unions. "The student union has been accepted as an integral part of the educational system,” accord ing to Dick Williams, director of ■the UO Student Union. OSC Among First < OSC, Cornell, and Wisconsin .■Wire among the first to break (through their trustees’ resistance in the middle ’20’s and acquire stu dent recreation centers. The move ment gathered strength between 1930-40. Of course, the war stop ped all such building. A booming building program was parted on most campuses after the war. Unions and memorials were given a prominent place in these (programs. ; Now the Association of College iunions has been established at the *t university of Wisconsin to give de tafls and advice on planning a union building, i Ohio State Plans , Ohio State has ambitious plan9 ‘(for its new building. It will have cost about $4,500,000 when com pleted, and is expected to be finished by next January, accord ing to College and University Busi ness magazine. It will contain many facilities; among them will be two ballrooms .separated by a motorized wall. When combined, the ballrooms have a capacity of 2,300 couples. Also, (try to be casual about this) one room on the ground floor is devoted to A TAVERN. A conference amphitheater with life-sized television and seating for 200 persons is planned for the sec ond floor. Included in the base ment recreation area are 16 bowl ing alleys and photography dark rooms and facilities. “The size of the institution doesn’t matter, nor the size of the ■student center,” Williams has said. “Even if it is only a large house, it will serve the purpose.” Even El Camlno College, which was not in existence in the spring of 1947, is now building a student union and cafeteria at an estimat ed cost of $414,000. This college is located in Los Angeles county and is part of the California system of junior colleges. It had a 1937-48 enrollment of 1,400, which increas Voice of America Subject for Talks The YMCA Little Town Hall will present three speakers, follow ed by an open forum at 8 p.m. Thursday at the First Congioga tional Church. 490 13th St. E. Speaking on various phases of the Voice of America broadcasts will be: Charles P. Duncan, associate professor of journalism. Duncan specializes in the field of public opinion and propaganda. Joel Berreman. professor of sociology. During the last war. Berreman was in the propaganda analysis division of the Office of War Information. Glenn Stadler, news analyst for KERG, a local radio station. Stad-, let' was formerly a war and foreign correspondent. The open forum period will be j moderated by Ktrt E. Montgomery, member of the YMCA Little Town Hall committee and assistant pro-j fessor of speech. Refreshments will be served at a social period fol- j lowing the forum. 1 ed to 2,450 in 1948-49. The school trustees are building for an esti mated student body of 5,000-plus. Other Uses The El Camino center will also be used to teach restaurant opera tion and management. A few nearby schools which are union-conscious are the University of Idaho, University of Washing ton, and California. Idaho is building a $500,000 structure; Washington has one unit in operation and is building a second; and California has plans for a $7 million colossus. But, as Dick Williams says, “Of course we think ours is the best in the country.” Magazine Offers Prizes for Stories Short story writers will have a chance to win prizes amounting to $1,000 in the fifth annual College Writers’ Short Story Contest spon sored by Tomorrow Magazine. The contest closes at midnight, Jan. 15. Winning stories will be published in the spring and sum mer of 1951. First prize is $500; second^ $300; and third, $200. The contest is open to anyone registered and taking at least one course in any college or university in the United States. Manuscripts may not exceed 5,000 words. Entries should be addressed to College Contest, Tomorrow Maga zine, 11 East 44th St., New York 17, N. Y. Christmas Party Set by AOPi The 1950 AWS Christmas Party will be held at Alpha Omicron Pi, Ann Darby, chairman, announced Monday. This year's party will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Uni versity students, members of the faculty, and Eugene townspeople are invited to attend. Living organizations on campus have been contacted to prepare a box for a needy family living in or around the Eugene area. Boxes should be wrapped and delivered to Alpha Omicron Pi by 12 noon on Saturday. Who remembers when homes were plentiful and the moving man had a load on his mind every day. *• Puddles Returned To Campus Unharmed The disappearance of Puddles, the Oregon Duck, last Thurs day morning was simply a case of unknown identity—with no kidnapping involved. Like a normal Webfoot, Ore gon’s mascot was out splashing in the rain, and became so ab sorbed that he wandered from his home in the back yard of Leo Harris, director of athletics. A Eugene man, with no ulter ior motives at all, picked him up for safe keeping; some neighbors took his license num ber, and Puddles was located and returned Friday morning. Puddles is now preparing for his weekend Portland jaunt to lend his support to the Ducks in the Oregon-Oregon State game. WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE SECOND ANNUAL 0 OF 0 DAY Manager Assistant Manager Dry Goods Floor Manager Winston Brogen Ready-to-Wear Manager Fred Thompson Assistant Ready-to-Wear Robert Cool Infants’ and Girls’ Manager liwwcw Robert Johnson Geraldine Liebreich Austin Petersen Again this year we will turn the entire store over to the students of Dr. Cornish's Retail Merchandising Class. Oh Wednesday, Nov. 29, all managing posi tions of the store will be turned over to the students, where they will have a chance to put their knew eldge into practical application. As the store becomes a laboratory, the students will actively participate in questions, discussions, and problems. During U of O Day, these future store executives will see how the old fashioned Penney virtues of quality, courtesy, and value have been combined with mod ern merchandising and civic awareness, to bring our store to the very forefront of community life. We extend a cordial welcome to these ‘executives for-a-day’ on the second annual U of O Day at Penney’s. We sincerely hope that they find their stay with us to be instructive and profitable. C. R. SMITH, Manager Infants’ amUGirls’ Assistant Women’s Accesories Dept. M o n n crar Boys' Dept. Manager Draperies Dept. Manager Shoe Dept. Manager Personnel Dept. Manager aWawv WWWwXwvvCC Bonnie Ginger PN& «*& mH Robert Coffyn Robert Corgan z' Dick Bjorklund Bob Cook Pat McGinty Working Clothes Dept. Manager Mens* Clothing Dept. Manager Mens’ Furnishings Dept Manager Robert Pearce Curtis Smith S$$SSKR$S James Fenmore Not Pictured Housewares Dept. Manager R. G. Birkinshaw Office Manager Advertising Manager Ann Muir Yvonne Strine All portraits by Moderne Studio Penney’s Balcony Penney’? will be open Wednesday as usual, from 9:30 to ? :30. We extend a special welcome to all our cus tomers and friends of our student executives to "c'mon down” and see the U of O Day in progress.