WORK NEVER DONE
Registrar Constance Keeps Order
In UO Registration, Grades, Reports
By Lee Peters
Emerald Reporter
Somewhere between the hectic
rush of registration and final
term grade reports is the almost
invisible evidence of the man who
kept this four-times-a-year proc
ess from turning into complete
chaos.
That man is Clifford Con
stance, University registrar. Un
der his direction Oregon students,
administrators and faculty mem
bers somehow manage to weath
er the rigors of registration. Just
when everything seems in good
order term grade reports come
in and the whole process is re
peated.
Constance sits behind the desk
in his office in Emerald hall
with a calm and easy-going man
ner which completely belies the
demanding rush of his work. The
fairly tall man who dresses in a
conservative suit and has just a
touch of grey in his hair is not
in the least harried.
To Constance the student is
very important. His office is al
ways open to them. His remark
“You don’t need an appointment
to see me,” expresses perfectly
his availability to students and
their problems.
Morse Refuses
Part in Dispute
PORTLAND-(AP)-If any dis
pute exists between Democratic
leaders in Oregon, Senator
Wayne Morse does not intend to
take part in it.
In telegrams sent to Howard
Morgan, state Democratic chair
man, and Monroe Sweetland.
Democratic national committee
member, Morse said he is not
choosing sides in any party con
troversy.
Newspapers in Portland earl
ier reported Sweetland and
Morgan were at odds over wheth
er Morse should give up his
independent status to join the
Democratic party. Sweetland has
urged Morse to become a Demo
crat, Morgan has not.
Morse said in his telegram to
Sweetland:
“If the newspapers are mak
ing any endeavor to read into
my wire to Morgan any criticism
of you by me, let me assure you
that the wire is not subject to
any such interpretation as far
as my intent is concerned. Let
me also make clear that I do
not intend to be drawn into any'
controversy between Democratic
leaders in Oregon if one exists.”
He said in the telegram to
Morgan:
“As you know I shall not, and
have not, asked the Democratic
party in Oregon, or on the na
tional level, to grant me any
special consideration in connec
tion with my 1956 campaign if
I should decide to make the race
as an independent rather than as
a Democrat.
“At no time have you or any
other Democratic leader suggest
ed or proposed any arrangement
with me whereby in 1956 a so
called ‘weak’ Democratic can
didate would be ran against me
if I ran as an independent
and then said candidate would
withdraw from the race in the
general election. Such a proposal
would have been politically un
ethical.”
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The job of registrar is not lim-1
iteci to registration. “‘A registrar
is entrusted with compiling and ,
keeping the records of a univer- ■
sity,” Constance pointed out. He i
sees this part of his job as re
cording history and like many j
historians he feels the pride and
importance in making those per
manent records accurate and j
safe.
Files Date to 18tfi
Along the wall behind Con
stance's desk is an array of seven j
file box drawers which line a
long shelf. The files are filled
with cards. These boxes are a
part of a self-appointed task
Constance has given himself. He
is rechecking and making per
manent the files from 1876 to
19S2, a job he has been working
on for 15 years.
“Though the campus facilities,
faculty members and of course
students and even registrars all
change,” Constance said, “the
only permanent feature is the
records. A registrar's job is not
of the same scale as the teaher
who imparts knowledge in his
class but he keeps the records
of what happens in those classes
as reported by the instructor.”
Attends Convention
Once a year Constance leaves
his busy office to attend a regis
trar’s convention which is made
up of western colleges and uni
versities. This year it was held
in Phoenix, Arizona. Kach year
the convention is held in a dif
ferent part of the west.
This trip. Constance feels,
gives him a chance to get to
gether with others who are do
ing similar jobs and compare
methods and ideas. "It’s not like
the English teachers who can
just get together over coffee and
discuss things,’’ he stated. This
convention is the registrar's only
chance to discuss registration
problems.
System Up-to-date
In speaking of the comparison
of Oregon's registration system
Constance pointed wdth pride to
the fact that this university's
methods are some of the most
up-to-date ones.
By getting to know other reg
istrars through the convention
Constance finds that it is much
better when he is. called upon
to work with them over such
things as transcripts. “It puts
us on a personal basis with
them.”
When Constance has a spare
moment he works on a statisti
cal survey concerning the com
ing tidal wave increase in higher
education—the effect it will have
on present facilities, teaewng
staff numbers and living.
"A part of my Job that 1
especially like la the statistics."
emphasized Constance. "Statis
tics neatly tell the story of events
both pnst and present If they are
at all interpreted right."
Constance received his bachelor
of arts degree from here in 1925
and his M.A. in 1929. He has
worked at the University of Ore
gon ever since his graduation.
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