SCENE OF BIRTH
McClure Hall Renovated
For Expanding J-School
Aoandoned 36 years ago by a
new school of journalism, McClure
hall is being renovated in prepara
tion for use by the rapidly ex
panding school until the new $500,
000 building is completed some
time in 1954 and ’55.
For more than three years be
fore the actual school came to be.
in 1916, the basement of McClure
was journalism on the Oregon
campus.
Activity centered around the
University press—now housed in
its own quarters between the sci
ence building and the architecture
annex—and chemistry classes up
stairs often had to halt their ex
periments during those early years
as the presses made the walls and
floors tremble.
The one classroom soon became
so constantly crowded with people
and equipment that the window
»f the dean’s office was often the
©nly entrance available.
Journalists Visit
It was in such an atmosphere—
plus being a product of the tenth
department of journalism in the
United States—that the student
newspaper began to grow. From
almost the beginning the paper
carried repoits of professiona'l
newspapermen who came to the i
campus out of curiosity and a1
friendship for the late Erie" W. 1
Allen, former Northwest editor t
of the Seattle Post Intelligencer
and first dean of the school.
In 1923 the Emerald and the
journalism school had new quar- j
ters. A fire during the summer of
1922 destroyed the Art building
which was temporarily housing
the infirmary, the art department *
and the journalism school.
The new building—a brick, three
story wing of the original head
quarters in McClure—was one of
the first three actual journalism
buildings in the nation. The Em
erald’s quarters were in "The
Shack” located on the first floor
of the building.
Quonset Occupied
Fall term of 1947 saw the la9t
move of the Emerald. Once again
forced to move because of an ex
panding chemistry department, the
offices of the daily were moved ill
, to a quonset hut directly south of
the journalism.
The hut, 20 and 55 feet, houses
news, editorial, spoils and busi
ness offices. The sports office re
mained in the journalism lab room
for about a year before joining
the rest of the staff in the present
"Shack.'’
Plan^ for the new building in
dicate ore more move will be ne
cessary for the campus daily. Of
fices are provided for in the plans
now ready for submission to the
Oregon legislature.
Foreign Students
Represent World
By Fror.ie Bromley
From as far away as Thailand and as near as Canada 116 foreign
students are attending Oregon this year. Almost every major country
except Russia is represented on the campus.
Students such as Vishnu Wassiamal from Africa's Gold Coast,
Godfrey Ibom of Nigeria, Inex Pozzi-Escott from Peru and John
Rutherdale of North Ireland all bring to Oregon diverse back
grounds which combine to give
students a true picture of other
cultures and, in turn, take a pai*
of America to other countries.
Oregon foreign students do not
prefer to be thought of as a sep
arate group, but each as an in
dividual member of the student
body. Cosmopolitan club, a social
organization, provides a chance
for both American and foreigrl
students to get acquainted dur
ing a varied program of lectures,
discussion groups and dancing.
Approximately two years before
a student plans to come to Amer
ica he must make application for
aid if needed from the State De
partment. He must also obtain
visas and passports, keep them
valid, and be constantly alert
about currency restrictions. Dur
ing last year the Iranian govern
ment cut off all outgoing cur
rency and left their students tem
porarily without finances. Chinese
national students have no way to
get their currency out of Com
munist China.
Mighty Invincible 'O'
Restored By Freshmen
Oregon’s famous cement “O”
high on the side of Skinner's Butte,
shaped like a ragged "C” unlil late
this week ns the result of the lat
est and most effective dynamite
blast tried on the tradition-hal
lowed oval, is back in the "O”
form once more.
Alumni returning* to the campus
today will find the “O” rebuilt and
repainted by the freshmen in the
traditional seat-of-the-pants meth
od. The Ord*r of the “O” assumed
the job of building the forms and
pouring the necessary concrete to
Tractor Tumbles
Hapless Hydrant
An unidentified tractor be
longing to the physical plant at
tacked a fire hydrant Thursday
morning at 10:15 in front of
University high.
The tractor, driven by R. O.
McWilliams of the physical
plant, was towing a Parkway
sweeper when the incident took
place. McWilliams was negotiat
ing the apparatus around a small
tree on the curbing when the
tractor struck the hapless water
hydrant with such force that it
was knocked down.
Then the tractor stood over
the "bleeding'' hydrant until city
firemen came to "administer
first aid."
Students from the Vets Dorms,
sororities, and Uni High gather
ed at the scene, compared by
some as another Old Faithful,
to cheer the spouting hydrant
on. Water from the wounded fire
hydrant filled the streets and
slowed down traffic, to the en
joyment of the spectators.
restore the symbol to its original
shape.
The “O” received its first paint
job from the California baseball
team who painted it in the form
of a “C”. It was painted by the
Oregon State Beavers for the first
time in 1911. The Beavers colored
the “O" black with paint brushes
dipped in tar.
The “O" has b.;en a target of
dynamite blasts, countless paint
jobs and the fury of the elements
ever since its erection by the class
of 1908 as a project for Junior
weekend.
First Attempt
The first attempt to blow the
“O" off the side of the butte was
tried in 1929. Persons unknown
planted dynamite near one of the
!c%vcr corners. The Nov. 12 Km
erald had this to say:
“So violent was the explosion
that a piece of cement weighing
about 2,r> pounds crashed through
the roof of a building near the foot
of the butte.”
The second blasting of the “O”
took place during 1949. Police were
unable to locate the persons who
planted the charge which took out
a large chunk of a lower corner.
It was the same corner which was
attacked in 1929.
Biggest Blast
The third and most fatal blast
happened during spring term 19.12
when again unknown persons
planted a large dynamite charge
along one side of the oval and
were successful in changing its
shape to a jagged "C".
Besides being the victim of three
dynamite attacks, the “O” has
been changed from yellow to
orange and back again until it fs
unknown today exactly how many
times the concrete has been paint
ed.
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