Handle With Care
EXAMINING ANTIQUE hand press located in the second floor
hallway of Allen hall are Sally Ryan, junior in journalism, and
Jerry Olson, freshman In mathematics.
A century old printing press
out of place in a brand new build
ing? Not here at the University.
'The old Washington hand-press
'.used to print the first newspaper
-west of the Missouri River has
been placed on a spotlighted plat
form in the main hall of Allen
shall, new journalism building.
The historic old press was
brought to Oregon in 1846 and
the first issue of the Oregon Spec
tator was printed on it Feb. 5,
1846. Fast workers using it conld
turn out 150 to 200 impressions an
hour. Today’s modern rotary
presses can print approximately
35,000 papers in an hour.
In 1855, the hand-press was
sold to W. L. Adams, who used it
All New on the Inside
JOURNALISM’S CAMPUS HOME for SO years, this brick structure was the first building constructed
specifically for the school of journalism at the University of Oregon. C ompleted In 182» at a cost of
$42,000, the building has been completely remodeled as the east wing of new Allen hall.
to print the Oregon Argus. The
Salem Statesman owned it in
1863 and in 1864, Harrison R. Kin
caid bought it to use in printing
the Oregon State Journal in Eu
gene.
Kincaid and his son, Webster,
presented the press to the Uni
versity in 1915 and it had been
housed in the old journalism build
ing since then. During construc
tion of Alien hall last year, the
press was stored by the Univer
sity physical plant.
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