Emerald Began Publication
55 Years Ago, February 12
By Anne Ritchey
Emsraltl Atlitlcnt N«wt Editor
Fifty-five years ago tomorrow the free Ore
gon Daily Emerald whh started. Then it watt not
fand it wan not daily, tint It wan a beginning
for the student)) who had worked hard for the
Ideal of a student publieatlon.
('ailed the Oregon Weekly, It was small in
form and in trope, but it filled the need shown
by several literary clubs who had previously
attempted to publish magazine-type periodicals.
Tile l.aureen club was the one that took action
In the form of petition they asked for the right
to sponsor a publication.
Before that the magazines had been strictly
controlled by the /acuity. The nu t of these, the
Kef lector, was started In 1891 and lasted almost
four years. Ji contained class and society fea
tures, personality sketches and excerpts from
Speeches.
The Kefleptor had no regular publication
schedule, and Its successor, th<- Bulletin, was a
monthly. The Bulletin lasted one year and was
under direct faculty and administration Influence.
A free press at the University actually came
in March, 1H97, when the Oregon Monthly ap
peared. The students had a voice in determining
the paper's policies for the first time since the
idea of a campus publication had been present.
Literature was tried within Emerald pages at
different times, and in 1922 a Sunday edition was
published contsining student work.
Again In 1927 a literary supplement was pub
lished, this time with its own name, the Oregon
Spirit.
The Emerald was named in 1909, with the
first issue under the name on Sept. 29 of that
year. It was then published twice a week.
In 1912 it was published 3 times weekly, and
was 5 columns wide. The first, daily editions
appear*-! in HI20, and in 1929 the Emerald
became a full 8-column paper. In 1941 it became
tabloid, or 5-column size, its present size.
THE OREGON WEEKLY.
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THE EMERALD—IttOO STYLE . . . four
column wide and named The Oregon Weekly,
It appeared three year* after Mtudent* obtained
permifedon for a free presw at the L'nlverdty.
AFL-CIO Merger Pact
Endorsed by Officials
MIAMI BEACH, Fla (AP>
AFL union leaders Thursday un
animously approved th<- AFL
CIO merger -agreement and the
pact appeared well on its way to
being put into effect.
The endorsement by the AFL
executive council waa only one in
a aeries of necessary ratifying j
actions which AFL President
George Meany said he was con
fident will be accomplished.
Told that some business lead
ers have expressed fear that
r
welding the AFL and CIO into
a single organization would tend
to create a labor monopoly.
Meany expressed disagreement.
“We represent only a minority
of workers in the country." j
Meany said. "There are more
than 60 million workers and
we've organized less than 25 per
cent of them."
Meany said millions of work
ers probably never could be or
ganized because their work
doesn't lend itself to unionism.
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conditions."
Meany and CIO President Wal
ter Rcuther, along with other
top AKL and CIO officials,
signed the detailed agreement
to merge their big organizations
here Wednesday.
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