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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1961)
Professor Delineates Science ■ ■ ■ (C ontinui'd from pin/r 2) able our graduates to hold their own witti the graduatex of other institutions and preferably of the bent InHtitutionn. Thin In an expensive buninenn both In fac ulty time and In material* and equipment. We are sometimes told that Oregon, a pool' ntate, cannot ufford It. MV KKIIMONAL view in that we cannot afford to do lens. The wealth of thin ntate in the yearn to corns will have to be counted not In terms of fer tile fields or forests but in trained minds of top quality In all areas, and especially in science. Our third major task, inti mately bound up with the oth «in. i« HnoBich. The experience of n m'llenium of university history Im that teaching without research is sterile. Moreover, there is only one place in our society where the conditions for basic research are all present to gether, the universities. At the University of Oregon the growth of research in the past decade is especially re rnarKable. Ten years ago re search wap regarded as a fringe activity of the staff and there were neither sp'C® nor funds to support It. My own research, for example, was done In those days in a crowded comer of a dark office in the basement of Dcady Hall before it was re modeled. We made a great ad vance when in 1953 we moved into the present building with excellent research facilities and, at the time, adequate space. The present additions to the building except for the large lecture room in the south wing will all he research space and will fill the space when we move in. IX FEBHl ARY of this year we had In the deparmtenls of biology, physics, and chemistry, research and graduate training projects supported by funds from outside the university budgeted at $1,365,226. Moat of thla money conies from the fed eral government. About one fourth of it is specifically for training of teachers and gradu ate students. The rest is for research as such. Research has become big business at Ore gon. We hope it will become even bigger. As research grows, so does the quality of our faculty. Recent additions of outstanding schol ars include Terrell Hill and Richard Noyes, Virgil Boekel heide and John Schellman in chemistry; Aaron Novick, Frank Stahl, George Streisin ger in molecular biology; Ed ward Novitski in biology; and coming next year, Donald O. Wells in nuclear physics and J. C. Kemp in solid state phys ics. TWO research institutes, the Institute of Molecular Biology and the Institute of Theoreti cal Science have been set up. The Institute of Molecular Bi ology has already begun opera tion and has attracted interna-1 tional attention. Their work is j concentrated on one of the most; fundamental aspects of life, the machinery by which the here- j dity information contained in j the genetic material of the cell directs activity in the cell, tell ing it what to do and how to do it. This is also related to Dr. Novitski’g work in the Biology Ode to Insects Butterflies have wings of white Firebugs wings of flame, Dairy Queens have no wings at all But they get there just the same. (Wing your way to D.Q., 13th and Hilyard) Department where he has re cently Initiated a study of new approaches to biochemical gen etics and la making a search for gencH in fruit flies which will influence biochemical events. Dr. Cohen’s studies of the sen sory mechanisms of crabs have attracted great interest as con stituting a new and fundamen tal approach to the problem of the mechanisms by which the information reaching the sense organs is coded and transmitted to the central nervous system to provide a basis for action. Kqually exciting and interesting things are going on in chem istry and in physics and we an ticipate that the Institute of Theoretical Science which will begin its operations next year will become a center for work in theoretical physics, chemis try, and possibly biology. I think that we are at a be ginning era of development in Oregon, in which our science de partments will take their places with the best In the world, If the people of Oregon continue to support us. Science depart ments of this caliber will In the long run bring back to Oregon an enormous return, both ma terial and spiritual, on the small investment which is re quired for their support. Letters... (Continued from page 2) hundreds of years from now, digging out this campus. They would say, “We see, the air was used by the upper classes to travel In these flying things. These big, wide things with the lines are for those four-wheeled things of the middle classes. These hard paths were used by the serf classes who went by foot. These funny two-wheeled things must have belonged to the proletariat, but how' did they get from the big, wide things to the hard paths?" Gentlemen, let us not leave these noble scientists in doubt. Consider the future. Consider posterity. Consider your own well-being and peace of mind. Gentlemen, give us bicycle ramps. BICYCLE RIDERS UNITE. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT THE BUMPS. The Bicyclists. Now Playing!! Best Picture of the Year! Movie-wise there has never been „ anything like THE APARTMENT” love-wise, laugh-wise or otherwise-wise! A MlftltCH COMPANY fWfMWTATOH ATAAAtNQ Jack Lemmon Shirley MacLaine Fred MacMurray Plus: Best Actor of the Year SCTUSttSUR fcliSMM— Students to Give Music Recital A student joint recital will1 be given at 4 p.m. in the School of Music auditorium, Sunday, April 2S. Carole Stewart will be soprano soloist, accompanied at the piano by Mildred Thomas. Barbara Passman will play the organ. "The featured music will be by Bach, Mozart, Puccini, and Hinde mith. Long Senate Meeting • • • (Continued tram paqe 1) I came at the end of the meeting, j Newly appointed chairman John Socolofsky, who had been doz-. j ing in the back of the room,! j awakened to present a charter | : which he has described as "de i fining the relations of the A8UO ; and Greater Oregon.” THE (TIAKTKK as presented was amended on a motion by Bill j Vertrees to give the Senate great er control In the selection of the f-hairman. His amendments also; give the Senate power to ap prove or disapprove the organ j 1/.ation's programs. DOUG GREEK moved that the Senate reconsider its decision of the last meeting to approve the ; Student Union Board's proposal; to hold a jazz festival in Febru- i ary. The event was suggested by Colleen Nelson of the board as a yearly event. Speaking in favor of withdraw ing approval, Tom Herman, jun ior class president, said that he feels one reason why the junior prom lost $1500 to $1800 was because jazz artist Shelly Manne and Joanne Sommers were booked for the concert. BI D SNODGRASS suggested that the Senate not act to with draw approval until it had heard from representatives of the SU Board. Schell said that represen tatives of the board had been invited to the meeting but had failed to attend. After Greer's motion passed. ! Sue Taylor successfully moved that next year's Senate investi gate the issue further. STEVE SCHELL requested ap ng McDonald [ HERE COME THE SUNDOWNERS! They're fun people, fervent people. They have a tremen dous urge to keep breathing f'tren USTINOV mmEMANNS THE Sundowners CO'SUrnnf SoevnpUy by ISO0EI LENNAR1 MUSIC COM^OttD *NC CONOUCUD •* OiMlTRI TlOMKW Oirected by FRED ZlNNEMANN TECHNICOLOR® m westNito nr WARNER BROS. Kol PLUS "Sons and Lovers Legal Fraternity Initiates Members I*hi Alpha Delta legal frater nity will hold its annual initia-; tion Saturday, April 22, at the Lane County Court Chambers at 4 p.m„ announced David Hunter, Justice of the local chapter. Seven law students and Speak er of the House of the Oregon Le,"islalu>e Robert B. Duncan, will be initiated at that time, A banquet will follow at the Eu gene Hotel with Justice Gordon Sloan of the Oregon Supreme Court speaking on the "The Role proval for an ASUO budget of nearly $7,000 for 1061-62, an In crease of about $3,000 over this year’s budget. Primary reason for the increase was the addition of five new ASUO salaries, for the vice-presi dent, research assistant, assist ant ASUO secretary, Greater Oregon special events director, and Greater Oregon contact di rector. A MOTION" by Steve Hintz that the ASUO discontinue its annual banquet, which costs $300, was defeated. The budget passed as Schell presented it, following deletion of $4u0 for an ASUO handbook. Schell said that he "sees our chances as somewhat favorable” for receiving approval from the Budget Board for the budget. Job Opportunities April 21: Beaverton Public Schools will interview students majoring in biology, physics,1 math, French, boys’ PE and girls PE and metalwood shop. Job locations to be Beaverton. April 21: The Quaker Oats Company will interview students ■with a BS in Business Adminis tration or Liberal Arts for sales training. Job location to be on the West Coast. Use Emerald C lassified Ads— Phone D1 2-1411, Ext. 618 of the Young Attorney in the Young Community.” Law students to be initiated are Robert Ackerman, Fred Rob inson, Sam Goodwin, Ernie Berg strom, Jan Carpenter, Michel I Karamin, and Larry Houchen. OF COURSE POOH IS GOING TO THE FROSH PICNIC (ARE YOU?) Sli MOVIE Joey and his Pals WR'HRYIVORTH SUNDAY 2:30-5:00 S.U. Ballroom Admission 40c ▼ ft _1 * S,02Z is STARTS TONITE! Open 7:30 — Srow 8:00 For the first time on the screen a ferformav.ee h THE COMEDIE FRAN^AISE of Moliere's/fim k ' * •k'*/ classic satire ' , Ik• .V....,v •wiiv.vJ'v--• "THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN” LE BOLRGOrS GENTILHOMME With English Subtitles. OUTSTANDING CO-FEATURE COLOR
