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'Rangers' Letters
Records Show Civil War
Period of Oregon History
By Pete Mors
“A collection of manuscripts re
cently given to the Unlvernlty Ik
a significant contribution to Ore
gon history, because there in no
satisfactory record for the Civil
War period In this area," says
Martin Schmitt, curator, special
collections department of the Uni
versity library.
Schmitt was referring to the ori
ginal documents of the famed
'Mountain Hangers" and the let
ters of Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor,
given to the University by Mrs.
Kachel A. Goode. Many of the
manuscripts are now on display
in the foyer of the library's third
floor.
The “Mountain Rangers" was
the popular name of Company
“A", 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade of
the organised Militia of Oregon
which whj formed in 18tt3. They
were located in Ashlund under the
command of Capt. Oliver Crom
well Applegate for the purpose of
holm* defense and protection from
l;i#lnns.
.Muster Roll Included
Included In the records of the
Mountain Rangers are the muster
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Majority Likes
Disscussion
Over Lectures
By 1’ete Moo
Today's Inquiring Reporter ques
tion was “Do you prefer elease*
predominantly lecture or class dis-1
cusslon nnd panels? Why?”
The answers to this question!
varied, but may be due tp the in
herent characteristics cn the dif
ferent schools.
f'urolee Stamper, fieshinan in
iberr.l arlHi "I hhe class discus
sion. The reasons are obvious. Slu
lents can ask questions on things
hey don't know. If classes were
unall. discussions would b<» ideal.
I hat has been my experience, hut
ve must reduce the size of most
if the classes.”
Jeff shute, junior in architec
ture: "There is not much differ
ence. A well-balanced mixture is
beat.”
Iloniiii Uonanue, iresnnmn m
lusiness administration: "I prefer
iscussions. I get more out of the
la.s.s. Everyone gets a chance to
ake part in class."
Allen Reed, senior in English:
Lecture. I feel discussions turn
i) a battle of personalities more
h '|r t irking to the facts."
. .Inn Rugby, freshman in liberal
it ts: "I prefer lectures, because I
ever have anything to say.”
Madeline Morgan, graduate stu
ent in physical education: "Most
f my classes are discussion. I pre
>]• them, but a basic lecture is
ecessary, especially in undergrad
ate work.”
Joyce Jones, freshman in busi
ess administration: "I like parti
ipation in class discussion, be
ause lectures are usually dry. A
•cture ends up as just so many
’ords. Besides I like to talk.
Rill Anderson. Junior in liberal
| its: "I prefer discussions among
| ic students, because it gives each
, cison a chance to discuss his
, pinions. When a student enters
ito a discussion, he will prepare
f is assignment better.”
E Banquet Set,_
* peaker]Scheduled
The annual Physical Education
anquet will be held from 6:15 to
p.m. Tuesday at the Student Un
in.
PE majors, minors, and faculty
Scmbers from both the men’s and
► '■Omen's departments may attend.
Entertainment will be provided
1 ’ junior women. Paul Johnson
:>m Springfield will be the guest
10 eaker. Price is $2 per plate,
ii- Dress for the dinner will be short
ks for women and suits for men.
roll, llio speeches given during the
presentation and acceptance of
their organizational American flag,
and copies of Capt. Applegate's]
lTiilitttiy books. Applegate could!
not obtain a War Department issue
of the Manual of Arms so he wrote I
and illustrated bis own by hand.!
"TffrsTTjoode has loaned the re
mainder of Capt". Applegate's let
ters and papers to the University
to be copied by the. special collec
tions department. .She is the daugh
ter of (.’apt. Applegate and is now
living In Junction City.
21 Is-tters Displayed
The papers of Mrs. Victor con
sist of a series of 21 letters writ
ten to Applegate between 1H73 and
ISO"!. Mrs. Victor is the author of
"Bancroft's History of Oregon.”
"Early Indian Wars in Oregon,"
and "ltiver of the West.” She was
a good friend of Capt. Applegate
and got much of her information
from him.
The original 36-star flag of the
Mountain Rangers, which has been
in thu possession of the Univer
sity for some time, is included in
the exhibition. This flag was made
by the ladies of Ashland and sent
to Kan Francisco to have the stars
embossed with California gold.
The exhibition will remain on!
display the rest of this month.
Fashion Expert
Seeks Women
Ml*» Dorothy Day, fashion co
ordinator for Upman Wolfe and
Co., Portland, will be on campus
this afternoon and Tuesday
morning to Interview Junior and
senior women for Lipman's college
board.
The Interviews will be held at
the office of fsT, H. Cornish, busi
ness administration professor.
Those interested may contact that
office.
The Uniter! States Department
of Agriculture will interview grad
uating students in chemistry in
terested in employment as fruit
and vegetable inspectors this
afternoon and Tuesday morning.
Three department representatives
will conduct the interviews.
Students interested may con
tart F. J. Reithel, associate pro
fessor of chemistry.
Ziebarth to Represent
University At Meeting
Charles Ziebarth, associate pro
fessor of business administration,
will represent the University and
local community at an organizing
meeting of a regional forum of the
Transportation Association
of America, to be held May 7 in
Portland's Henson Hotel.
Ziebarth will also take part in
a round table discussion of trans
portation problems at the Pacific
Northwest Trade Association meet
ing May 23 and 24 in Portland.
Raver Speaker
For Oregon
Retail Institute
Paul J. Raver, administrator of
the Bonneville Power Administra
tion, will be guest speaker at the
Oregon Retail Distributors' Insti
tute, to be held on the Oregon
campus May 6 and 7.
Raver will speak on the avail
ability of electric power in rela
tion to the population and the in
dustrial and retail growth of Ore
gon.
Also included on the Institute’s
speaking agenda is Henry Owan,
acting regional director of the
office of price stabilization for
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho,
and his assistant James Crutch
field.
Both men have woiked with the
former Office of Price Administra
tion offices, and Owan was OPA
director of rationing and price con
trol in Austria and Germany for
over four years. He is now director
of KING Broadcasting Company
in Washington.
Owan and Crutchfield will cent
er their speeches around price con
trols and the recent federal re
striction and their effects on re
tailing.
You are almost three times as
likely to be killed in an automobile
accident between seven and eight
in the evening as you are between
seven and eight in the morning.
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6:00 Through the Book
shelves
6:15 Table Hopping
6:30 Progressive Rhythms
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7:30 Music from Villard
7:45 Four for a Quarter
8:00 World in Review
8:15 Campus Recital
8:45 Calling All Alums
9:00 Serenade to the Stu
dent
9:55 News We Almost For
got
10:00 Anything Goes
10:50 Emerald on the Air
10:55 A Tune to Say Good
night
Show Televised
Two University shows will be re
layed by an imported RCA tele
vision camera in Portland Friday
and Saturday.
The programs, “Night Club
Scene’’ and “Grammatical Amour"
written by R. L. Montgomery, in
structor in speech, will first be
presented at 4 p.m. Thursday in
102 Villard.
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