The Emerald
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SI IfKM? The Emerald fllf-s contained this picture to the left of a
building labeled as the proposed Student Union in 19®4. How the
actual building looks today is shown above. The building opened in
19.>0. Newest addition to the structure will be the campus chimes to
b« Installed by the end of winter term.
Emerald Celebrates Birthday
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The Old' Old Campus
A II.LAKI) AND DF.ADY halls in the old days. We’re not sure just
when this picture was taken, but It was during; the early days ot
the University after the turn of the century. Of the either buildings
in the picture, only the two mentioned are still standing and al
though they have been altered and remodeled, they s'till have their
characteris tic appearanees.
by Anne Ritchey
Emerald Feature Editor
Fifty-four year- ago today, the Oregon Daily Emerald was
>urn. It was nothing like the paper we know now, full of cam
ms news and features.
A copy of the tirst edition of the publication, known as the
>rcgon \\ eekly, i- pictured on this page. It was the first news
>aper to appear on campus, following several attempts at liter
try-magazine type papers.
\\ hen the L niversity was lirst established a campus publica
i°n was not thought to be necessary, and the faculty and ad
ninislration completely disapproved of the idea.
Petition for Publication
Hut literary clubs soon began to spring up among the stu
lents, and one of these, the Laureen club, petitioned for the
ight to sponsor a publication, during the administration of
niversity President Johnson.
I he faculty had strict control over the first “magazine,” the
vet lector. It was started in 1891, and lasted almost four years,
t contained such material as class and societv features, per
sonality skethes and excerpts from speeches.
'I he Reflector had no regular publication schedule, and its
uccessor, the Bulletin, was a monthly. It, too, was under the
lirect influence of faculty and administration, and had a total
ile span of less than a year.
Free Press Is Born
Actual birth of a "free press" at Oregon was in March, 1897,
when the Oregon Monthly appeared. For the first time since the
idea of a publication for the campus had been thought of, the
students had a voice in determining that paper’s policies.
After abandoning the idea of a literary magazine the Emer
ald from time to time did print student literary efforts. In
1922, when the late Ernest Haycox, father of Jim Haycox, who
was editor last spring, was editor, a Sunday edition was pub
lished, containing student work.
Again in 1927 literature was given a place in the ranks of the
news stories, and another Sunday literary supplement, the Ore
gon Spirit, appeared.
Size, Pages Vary
Size and number of pages varied through the years, as has
time of publication. In 1912 the Emerald was five columns
wide, and was publishing three times weekly. It was still this
size in 1920, when it became a daily for the first time.
The paper was eight columns wide in 1929, and in 1941 the
familiar five-column page was made permanent. For a long
time there were eight pages published every morning, until
last April Id, when rising printing costs forced the daily four
pages, appearing in the morning, with occasional eight-and
sixteen-page issues for special events.
Presidents
In Review
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OONAIJD M. EKB
I93H-43
HARRY K. NEWBURN
1945-53
VICTOR P. MORRIS
Acting President, 1953-54 i
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O. MEREDITH WILSON
1954—
ORKC.ON has actually hud five
presidents in the years since
1J>38. Between the death of Dr.
Krb. for whom the Student
Union was named, and the ap- '
pointment of Dr. New burn, who
resigned last spring, Orlando <#.'
Hollis, dean of the law school,/
served as acting president.