Newburn Tells Views on UO Affairs
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Emerald Managing Editor
President H. K. Newburn gave
his views on the current state of
the University in an interview
Wednesday.
He discussed Huch topics as
athletics, deferred living, faculty
salary increases, and student
government.
A summary of his comments
follows:
On the athletic program:
“We are committed to mem
bership in the Pacific Coast
Conference. Therefore, we want
(to field) representative teams
in all sports."
“While . . , we can’t expect to
be at the top ton often, we think
we can make ouselvee. felt, as
the record would tend to Indi
cate.”
Newburn said that anything tfie
University does athletically
should clearly be within confer
ence policies.
He praised the recent alumni
move to provide more funds for
athletic grants-in-aids and jobs.
“It will enable our teams to have
more depth, which they have
lacked,” he said.
On deferred living:
Newburn spiked any rumors
president gives year's end review
of athletic policy, living-in program
that he is antagonistic toward the
Greek system:
"We are asbolutely dependent
in the next decade on fraternities
and sororities to provide living
quarters for the increased enroll
ment which seems certain to
come."
(Although little increase is
foreseen next year, a figure dou
ble the present 4,000 is expected
in 10 years.)
N'ewburn said the University
is trying to develop a program
that is educationally sound,
and one that will strengthen
each type of living arrangement
as a part of the system.
Freshmen living in dorms will
eventually do much toward that
aim, he stated.
As to fall term men’s rushing,
Newburn said rushing policies
were traditionally left to IFC. He
did say he hopes "they (IFC) will
Leighton Retires
From Top PE Job
By Anne Itirhey
Emerald Rpportcr
The man who has seen the
school of health and physical ed
ucation develop from its infancy,
and who has been responsible for
much of its progress is retiring
tnis year.
He is Ralph Leighton, who has,
in his own words, "achieved my
greatest satisfaction from laying
a foundation for good, healthy
growth through school programs
for children."
Denn Leighton’s success in ac
complishing this ideal was through
his “firm conviction that a school
of physical education should be
an academic instructional unit in
the same sense as a school of
law ... or liber al arts," according
to Chancellor Charles Byrne of thr
Oregon state system of education,
in a speech at a testimonial dinner
for the retiring dean.
Promote Growth
The basic ideals and motives of
a physical education program, ac
cording to Leighton, are to pro
mote symmetrical growth and de
velopment in children, to bring
about a high degree of develop
ment in the individual and to de
velop skill in specific abilities.
Toward these ideals he has or
ganized the whole state in a unified
program, and has worked to have
definite measures adopted by the
state legislature which would al
low such a program to be com
pleted.
Concentrates
Leighton’s undergraduate train-'
ing was “strictly liberal arts," at
the College of Idaho. Following
his work there, he came to Ore- j
gon, where he concentrated on
education, philosophy and psychol
ogy, “in that order.”
The only faculty member at the
University to hold an honorary
doctor of science degree, Leighton
was awarded the honor by the
College of Idaho in 1941, following
completion and recognition of his
woik in the field of aesthetics.
Speaking about ideals in the
field of physical education, Leig-h*
ton emphasized the importance of
ages 16-18 in boys as being the
formative years for athletes. Dur
ing this period, he said, the stress
should be placed upon “funda
mental movements— not too much
on skill.”
Any physical education program
has to be planned, Leighton point
ed out, and finding out the needs
and abilities of the individual, on
the grade-school as well as the
college level, should be the first
step in planning a program.
The sports-minded dean lists as
his favorite hobbies raising ani
mals and hunting. He now has
four dogs. English setters, three
of which he is training to hunt
pheasants and quail. He owns one
horse and spent much of his early
life on his father’s ranch in Mon
tana breaking horses.
Leighton’s plans for the future
are as yet indefinite. He had an
opportunity to go to Europe this
summer, but ‘‘didn't take it.”
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H. K. Newburn
get a program ana stay with it.”
Another living problem is lack
of sufficient housing for married
students, he said. The present
trailer houses near Hayward field
will be eliminated next year be
cause of their delapidated condi
tion. This will leave even less
space for married students, and
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"There’s been a big increase in
the number of married students,
and they aren’t all veterans. My
own son was married recently.
Maybe it’s a trend, and perhaps
we’re going to have to re-think
the whole problem of residence.
On Student government:
“I like the term student par
ticipation in government, rath
er than student government.
There are many areas, such as
in dormitories, where more stu
dent government should be en
couraged.”
Newburn said he felt there was
a definite limit to student con
trol, with such areas as educa
tional activities or the athletic de
partment not included.
Concerning achievements of
the year:
The president said that one
fundamental change in the budget
for next year was an increase in
staff salaries.
“This increase lets us con
tinue the program of getting
the best possible instructors.
Oregon now stands in a pretty
good group of universities,
salary-wise. California is head
of us, but we’re nearly up with
to finance new temporary or
WSC and Washington. The
legislators and the state board
have helped us a lot In getting
salary ranges and averages
up.”
Oregon is maturing as an in-,
stitution, Newbum believes. The
caliber of students is generally
better and higher standards of
scholarship are in evidence, he
opined.
"I don’t have any evidence of
this; it’s more a statement of at
mosphere,” he said.
Finally, on the question of the
role of the University as he sees
It:
"The very term University
means that you will turn out aa
educated man—try to give him
a broad and deep background.
But also, a University means a
collection of fine professional
schools where the goal is to turn
out professional educated men
and women. This professional
training should be broad in it
self, and built around a basic
liberal education.
As to an experiment by Henry
Wriston, president of Brown uni
versity, at informal education in
small groups with emphasis on a
“search for ideas” rather than
memorization:
“I know Wriston, and I’m very
anxious to see how it comes out.
One of the fine things about ed
ucation is that you can experi
ment. We’re doing it here through
the sophomore honors program.”
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