Oregon Educators Diaries, Historical Matter Given to Universitv
Historical diaries and other
materiala from the estate of the
•ate Roy Andrews, early twen
tieth century Oregon educator,
have been given to the Univer
sity library by hia slaters. Martha
H^lknap and Dorothy Brown o(
Blue River.
The diaries date back as far
ns 1902 and continue to 1950.
They Include Information on im
portant persons and events In
Kugcne and history of the Uni
versity.
There is also a diary which
Andrews kept while he was
school supervisor In Uane county
from 1911 to 1912. The conditions
of the schools In Lane county's
backwoods and those in the lum
ber camps out of Cottage Grove
are described. The diary is illus
trated, and is probably the only
pictorial record of rural educa
tion at that period of Oregon’s
history.
Among the photographs are a
series of the scenes of the Uni
versity play "Peer Gynt," which
was produced in the outdoor
theater near Eugene's Spencer
Butte under the direction of
Fergus Reddie in 1914. Photo
graphs are also included of the
military drills held on campus
under the direction of Col. John
Leader, the Irish officer who
wrote “Oregon Through Alien
Eyes.”
Accompanying the projector ia
a set of hand-colored slides. The
projector is a kerosene-lantern
type and is equipped with an at
tachment for showing postcards
and other small opaque materials.
Henry McNeil
OR HOW TO BE INDEPENDENT AT 46 ON A $350 INVESTMENT
Whenever I hear anyone claiming that
hig business is bad for small business, I think
of my own ease.
“Bac k in 1932 I leased ibis Union Oil service
station in Venice, California, with S350 my
wife and I had saved the hard way. Now at 46
I’m financially independent. But I’d never
have made it so soon without the Union Oil
Company.
“They taught me how to buy. How to sell.
How to service. Evrrr how to hire and train
help, and keep, my Ixxiks.
“They’d spend thousands of dollars perfect
ing new service ideas, then pass ’em on to me
for nothing.
“Best of all, people practically took Union’s
gasoline and motor oil away from me. They
were always the finest in the West.
“Well, business was so good I had the station
paid for by 1939. Then I started buying real
estate around it. Today my net worth’s in the
six figures. The children are through college
and on their own. Marjorie and I are going to
CUSTOMERS ALWAYS GET THEM BOTH AT MCNEIL’S: THE FRIENDLY SMILE AND THE FAMOUS SERVICE,
travel while we’re still young enough to enjoy
it. But believe me—T4 never have done half so well
if / hadn't been in business with big business/”
Henry McNeil, it seems to us, is the kind of
man who would have succeeded with or with
out our help. But his point is well taken. Big
business does help small business.
Union Oil is a typical example. We’re the
45th largest manufacturing company in the
country', with over $350,000,000 volume in
1954.
But of this $350,000,000, the lion’s share—
or 75%—is spent with the more than 15,000
small businesses and individuals like Henry
McNeil with whom we do business.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE invited. Write: The President,
Union Oil Company, Union Oil Bldg., Los Angeles 17,Calif*
Union Oil Company
MANUFACTURERS OF ROYAL TRITON, THE AMAZING PURPLE MOTOR C
OF CALIFORNIA.