WOULD STUDENTS WANDER?
Value of the University Press Shop
Seen in Its Important Work, Activity
IfWhat would happen if the Uni
versity Press should burn down
the week prior to registration?
"J 'i his question has probably not
occurred to many in the University
family, but it would greatly con
cern students, faculty and adminis
tration. To see the results it is
necessary to understand what the
press is and its functions on the
campus.
Purpose of the University Press
is “to furnish the University with
printed material and to serve as
an outlet for learned work,” as
expressed by C. H. Groth, press
superintendent. In accomplishing
its purpose the press has several
functions.
Threefold Function
The functions of the press are
tin refold: the publishing function;
the printing of the Oregon Daily
Emerald; printing forms for the
University.
In its publishing function the
press is concerned with the print
ing and distribution of various
periodicals, both for campus and
for the world. Among the peri
odicals is one titled Comparative
Literature, which solicits literary
contributions throughout the world
and has world-wide circulation.
Other periodicals include the Law
Review, for state circulation, and
the Business Review.
Printing the Emerald, in Oroth’s
opinion, is in itself justification
for the establishment of the press
because the paper provides on the
job journalism training.
Third Reason
Thirdly, the large quantity of
j business forms and printed matter
i which the University requires dc
Classes to Hear
'Voice' Newsman
The Voice of America corre
spondent for the United Nations
headquarters in Geneva, James
Macfarland, will speak informally
before University journalism,
speech and political science classes
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Macfat land has been a corre
spondent and public affairs offi
cer at Geneva since 1950.
™ hat the Voice of America is
doing and how the information and
cultural program is succeeding in
telling the "American story” will
be explained by Macfarland. He
will also discuss foreign service
with any interested students.
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Friday
6 p.nr. Sign On
6:03 I’iano Moods
6:10 News Till Now >
6:15 Iteligious News
6:30 Four for a Quarter
6:45 Entertainment Guide
7:00 Way Beyond the Most
7:20 Musical Interlude
7:30 Folksongs and Footnotes
8:00 Friday Nito Bequest Time ;
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Infinity Lecture Topic
I. M. Niven, professor of mathe
matics, will speak on the topic,
"The Nature of Infinity,” at a lec
ture Monday night, sponsored by
the Oregon chapter of Sigma Xi,
national science honarary.
The lecture will be at 8 p.m. in
Science 16. It is open to the public
and there is no charge.
Sll Currents
SU Chairman Petitions
Due at 5 p.m. Today
Four Student Union chairman
ship petitions arc due today at 5
p.m. in the SU. They arc the re
corded music, art gallery and the
National Intercollegiate bridge
and billiard tournament.
* * *
Grable Movie Sunday
“Mother Wore Tights," starring
Betty Grable will be the Sunday
movie fare in the Student Union
ballroom. Showings will be at 2:00
and 4:30 p.m. Admission is 30
cents.
* * •
Mixer Set for Tonight
A Fishbowl mixer will be hold
tonight following the basketball
game. Campus clothes are in order.
The dance is a no-datc affair; ad
mission is free.
Language 'Head'
C/iosen President
D. M. Dougherty, head of the
foreign language department, was
re-elected president of the Ameri
can Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese at a meet
ing of the group in Portland last
Saturday.
Other newly-elected officers in
clude, vice-president, Mrs. Ruth E.
Peck, of Portland's Washington
high school; recording secretary,
Walter Lusetti, Cleveland high in
Portland, and corresponding secre
tary-treasurer, Sergio Gomez of
Lewis and Clark college.
mands a campus printing plant.
Here is the answer to the lead
question. Registration material is
readied for printing some time
before it is needed but the actual
printing is not done until the last
possible moment in case last min
ute changes occur. If the press
burned, then there would be no
registration material and mass
confusion.
New students and old students
would be wandering aimlessly
about on the campus, not knowing
where to go or when to go there.
Faculty members would be sitting
in empty classrooms. University
administrators would be tearing
their hair and developing ulcers
while directing loud speaker sys
tems, renting halls for mass meet
ings and trying to determine who
was enrolled.
Simple Job
Here is the basic handling of a
simple printing job:
1. The press office is contacted
with the job to be printed;
2. The office assigns a number
to the job;
3. A cost sheet is made out;
j 4. Now the job is ready to be
j processed.
Processing Outline
The processing consists of:
1. Selection of the type, paper
and ink;
2. The type is set;
3. Proofs are pulled so that ac
j curacy may be checked;
; 4. Proofs are okayed by the cus
tomer;
! 5. The job is locked-up— ready
for the press;
j 6. The material is printed;
i 7. Wrapped;
i 8. Delivered;
9. The job is billed out.
Voar Around Business
Groth pointed out that the hand
ling of any job is particularly
; important due to the fact that the
steps are basically the same for a
$1 job and a $100 job. “The press
is a year around business and it
must pay its own way. It receives
no state subsidy and must be self
supporting," he emphasized. He
; added that self support is rendered
| more difficult because the press
may not solicit work
The press employs 26 full time
workers. Day employees handle
all the work except the Emerald,
which is the responsibility of the
night side. Some 250 jobs are
printed each month.
“The University must reach out
beyond its own campus," said
Groth, "to let people know what
the University is doing, and to
pass on and record knowledge
through printed material. This
publishing and printing function
of the press is secondary in nature
to the primary function of the
University—classroom instruction
and research."
He Proves—Never Too Late to Start
Harland Osgatharp is at the
University of Oregon because he
wants to learn. He is taking cours
es in the field of geology and ge
ography. Hut unlike the ordinary
University student, he is 65 years
Old.
The World War I and II veteran
has spent close to half of these 65
y*ars in the army medical corps.
He was born April 11, 1887, in
Pike county, Indiana,
A graduate of Oakland City Col
e in Oakland City, Indiana, he
>k his degree in 1927 after raa
ing- in social science.
[e tau£ht school in Indiana and
th Dakota grade and high
for 10 years.
“'2[n 1938 0s£atharp came to the
Mst working with the Civilian
|gpiservation Corps at Camp Silver
Creek Falls. At that time the Sil
ver Creek Falls camp was run by
WWI veterans.
He was later transferred to the
CCC headquarters camp at Olym
pia, Washington in Dec. 1941 and
enlisted in the Army again after
the start of World War II.
He has spent most of his mili
tary career in foreign countries.
During World War I he was in
France and Belgium, and in World
War II saw service in Casablance,
Italy and Japan. “As far as I
know I was the oldest enlisted
man in Europe while I was sta
tioned in Italy," Osgathorp said.
Though he has been through
many experiences with the medi
cal corps he does not acknowledge
anything outstanding ever happen
ing to him.
The student veteran of two
world wars has been content to
read and study whenever oppor
tunity presents itself. He spent 13
months living- in Portland after
his discharge July 1950. When not
working he would be in the public
library reading. During the sum
mer of 1951 he attended the eight
week summer session held at Jef
ferson High School.
He says that he probably won’t
be around the Oregon campus
much longer since he may go to
the University of Washington for
graduate work in Oriental history.
Explained Osgatharp, “1 think Or
iental history is important because
of the part the United States will
play with Oriental countries in the
future.”
Board Acts on Recommendation;
Forms Special Events Committee
The adoption of an executive
committee recommendation con
cerning academic areas, the crea
tion of a special events committee
for a creative arts workshop and
the tabling of an executive com
mittee recommendation on social
dance instruction was action taken
by the Student Union board Wed
nesday.
Jim Albertson, chairman of the
browsing l oom committee, told the
board that the browsing room com
mittee had been divided into two
interested groups, coffee hour and
workshop, an drecommende dthat
a new committee be formed to
handle the workshop.
The executive committee recom
mendation is as follows: "The ex
ecutive committee recommends
that for the balance of the year,
the creative arts workshop be han
dled by a special events commit
tee. However, the executive com
mittee would be interested in mak
ing this a permanent Student
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Union committee in future year.-.”
Because the board has never had
a written clarification of Us poJ5
cities regarding academic and ad
ministrative areas the executive
committee offered the following
recommendation which was passed
by the board. It reads: “It is the
policy of the Student Union board
not to pursue a program which, Jn
itself, will conflict with policies of
the academic or administration
areas of the University. ’
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