University Began
In 1872
The University of Oregon wan established by an act of the Oregon
Legislature on Oct 19, 1872, Lane County legislators offered the
state a campus and buildings worth $50,000, and Eugene was chosen
as the site,
<.<!>ll™rVmion °,n I>,afJy Hall, the first campus building, was begun
in 1873, I he building is still in use, housing the mathematics de
partment and the computing center.
The opening of the University was delayed by the depression of
1873; the first session began on Oct. 10, 1870. The first class of five
was graduated in 1878, one of its members was Judge K. S. Bean,
w bo went on to become Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court,
John Wesley Johnson was the first president of the University,
who presided over a faculty of four.
Today the University is an institution of over 11,000 students and
7(KJ faculty members The College of Liberal Arts offers instruc
tional departments in 18 fields, with majors available in 10. The
Honors College, established in 1900, offers accelerated instruction
in liberal arts to a group of 400 5(H) students per year.
There are seven professional schools on the Eugene campus:
Architecture and Allied Arts; Business Administration: Education;
Health, Physical Education and Recreation; Journalism; Law; and
Music.
Three other professional schools, Medicine, Dentistry, and Nurs
ing, are located in Portland.
The Eugene campus covers arc area of 187 acres. There are 0
dormitory complexes, 19 fraternity houses, 10 sorority houses, 5 pri
vate co-operative houses, 2 religiously affiliated co-ops, and 5 com
plexes to house married students.
Students from more than 50 foreign nations attend the University
each year.
Where UO Students Live (Fall, 1964)
CO-OPS 2.5%
SORORITIES 6.5%
FRATERNITIES 8%
DORMITORIES 27%
OFF CAMPUS 56%
Hulteng, Price Get National Posts
Two faculty members of the'
School of Journalism were elec
ted at the annual meeting of the
American Association for Edu
cation in Journalism (AEJ), held
at Syracuse University in New
York.
They are Warren C. Price, pro-'
fessor of journalism, and John L.
Hultcng, dean of the school of
Journalism.
Price was elected chairman of
the history division, one of the
ten divisions of the AEJ. He was
also elected to the organization's
Committee on Professional Free
dom and Responsibility.
Hultcng is the new vice-presi
dent of the American Association
of Schools and Departments of
Journalism. The association con
sists of the deans and directors
of the accredited schools of
journalism.
While at Syracuse, Hulteng at
tended meetings of a joint com
mittce of newspaper publishers
and journalism deans which is
developing programs of cooper
ation between newspapers and
schools of journalism. He is co-;
chairman of the committee, which
represents AEJ and the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Asso- j
ciation.
ROTC Prof Transferred
Staff Sergeant John W. Thomp
son, Jr, an instructor in military
science at the University, has
been transferred to the United
States Instructor Group at the
Presidio in San Francisco.
In tlie new position he will in
struct high school students in the
Reserve Officer Training Corps
(Junior ROTC). At the Univer
sity he has served as instructor
and administrative assistant since
January 19(54. His transfer was
effective August 28, 1965.
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