Oregon daily emerald., May 21, 1958, Page Eight, Image 8

Saga of the '©'
THERE WASN’T MlTCH to see on the “O" construction until the one and one-half ton steel letter
>vns set in place. The sections weighing from 750 to 8'0 lbs. were set in position by members of Alpha
Phi Omega on Friday before Junior Week.
AN SOON AS the steel letter Him in plitee, the welding of the four
section* hum begun- Ken Opngcr from Eugene Truck and Ma
chinery Co. donated his time to do the welding.
REPRESENTING the University in the presentation of the “O”
were (I to r): Jim Lynch, ASUO president, Dean DoShaoe, and
President O. Meredith Wilson. The “O” was dedicated by Garth
McGuire and Jim Boyd, Alpha Phi Omega oilicers.
AF1EK CAKKYINti the sections of the '*<>" down the hill, the task of lining; up the edge of the
letter with the surveyor's strings proved to lx* um of the hardest tasks confronted by the work
crew. The letter wax finally lined up and temporarily bolted together lietore the final wilding of
the four connecting joints and remaining legs.
THE CEMENT, half of which was donated by Eugene Sand and Gravel Co., arrived on Saturday.
The onc-fourth-inch steel legs of the letter were resting on concrete previously poured in the bottoms
of the pier forms. This concrete, like the rest, had to be carried down the hill in buckets by A PO
members. Three yards of concrete were used in all.
AT LAST SATURDAY’S dedication, President O. Meredith Wil
son applied the Unit yellow paint to the “O" lietore tli<* traditinn.il
“painting” by the, freshmen.
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SINCE THERE COULD be no freshmen painting the “O” at the
dedication, Jim Boyd, vice-president of Alpha Phi Omega and
member of the freshman class, “volunteered” to paint the “O.”
(Photo story by John Russell)
this; wUION of the “O” on Saturday was attended hy Hud Titus and .Jim Lyneh, holding the
dedication plaque, Dean DuShane, President O. M. Wilson, members of contributing houses, and the
service fraternity. The “O” was designed by C. J >lin Maurer, who worked with the members of
Alpha Phi Omega, the service fraternity who built the “O.”