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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1965)
Eugene—Oregon's Second Largest City The city of Eugene, incorpor ated in 1862, is today a rapidly growing community of 70,000 sit uated at the head of the Wil lamette River valley. The population of the city has doubled since 1950, and about 125,000 persons live within a six mile ravins of Eugene. Climate Mild The climate in Eugene is mild, if wet. The average annual tem perature is around 52 degrees and the average rainfall is 39 inches per year. The city is situated 426 feet above sea level, and covers 23 square miles. Its assessed valua tion in 1964 was over $100 mil lion. Eugene has a complete variety of stores and services. Retail sales totaled over $180 million in the city last year. The Eugene area has over 80 churches representing 30 denomi nations. Recreation facilities include four indoor movie theaters, six tAt bowling alleys, a Very Little The atre (legitimate stage), two roller skating rinks, four golf courses and 35 municipal parks. 110 Miles from Portland Eugene is 60 miles east of the Pacific ocean, 60 miles west of the Cascade mountains and 110 miles south of Portland, fourth largest city on the West Coast with a population of 400,000. Principal industries are log ging, agriculture and tourism. Metropolitan Eugene is ranked 74th among the nation’s top 100 industrial markets by Dun and Bradstreet. The city operates on a city manager form of government, presided over by a mayor and eight council members. The city's newspaper is the Eugene Register-Guard, an after noon daily. Eugene also has eight stations and two television sta tions. The city of Springfield, with a population of 22,000, is located three miles west of Eugene. W s-V I/O Adds $35 Million To Local Economy The University is the largest single contributor to the econo mic base of the Eugene-Spring field area. The University will add some $35,300,000 to the local economy in the 1965-67 biennium, accord ing to J. Orville Lindstrom, direc tor of fiscal affairs for the Uni versity. This includes all expenditures by the University for its Eugene operation, the expenses incurred by students not living in Univer sity housing, and money spent by individuals who visit Eugene be cause of the University’s existence here. • $11 million for general edu cation purposes. • S4 million for research and I extension services. • $7 million for auxiliary en terprises, such as the Student Health Service, dormitories. Uni versity Press and the Co-op Store. • S3 5 million for construction of new buildings by private enter prises. • $800,000 for bond interest and principal retirement. • $6 million spent by Univer sity students for incidentals and for board and room if they live off campus. • $3 million spent by persons visiting the campus. The monthly payroll at the University is almost SI million for 3.GOO faculty and staff em ployees and 1,100 student em ployees. GUESS WHAT—only six more days of freedom before the scene above is repeated across the cam pus. The room pictured is a small section of the massive classroom at 150 Science, largest lecture hall on campus, seating 500 students. 'Old English' Scholar To Visit An eminent scholar on Old Eng lish literature and professor emer itus of English at the University of California at Berkeley will be a visiting professor at the Uni versity during the 196566 aca demic year. Arthur G Brodeur, who has been a visiting professor at the University at various times since 1957. is widely recognized for his contributions to the body of knowledge about the ballad. Old Norse studies, and Old English. MATTOX PIPE SHOP By special appointment to "HIS PRESIDENCY," or whatever else you might want to call him! "MUST" playthings for all students and young-minded faculty Dr. Red Fink's Birth Control Pills (these are as fake as Rod Taylor's hard cider!) Fancy cigarette holders—mostly for the ladies Other more serious study essentials such as flasks, Jade East and Russian Leather deodorants, Egyptian and baroque chess sets GIRLS—We know what your man wants! GET ACQUAINTED BARGAINS IN SMOKES $5.00 Capitol pipe by Savinelli of Italy 10c Wolf Bros. Stogies cigars Just HALF price The famous Mississippi River gambling man's cigar $349 5C ./ MATTOX 135 East Broadway PIPE SHOP OREG. LTD. Eugene A U of O Campus Tradition FREE travel posters from many countries! We wholesale, too, if you own a store! Recently he has been engaged in research and writing at his home in Berkeley. Brodeur began his teaching career at the University of Cali fornia at Berkeley in 1916 as in structor in English and served on the Berkeley faculty until his re tirement in 1955 Educated at Harvard University, he received his Ph.D. degree there in 1916 He also studied for a time at the University of Uppsala in Sweden Included among Brodeur s books are ‘The Pageant of Civi lization,1’ "The Altar of the I a gion,” and a recent volume on "The Art of Beowulf.” He has written several monographs, and his articles have been included in a number of scholarly jour nals. He is also well known for hit translation of the Prose Edda. A Festschrift volume of essays by prominent international schol ars was published in Brodeur's honor two years ago by Univer sity of Oregon Books, The Fest schrift. edited by Stanley Green field of the University depart ment of E n g 11 S h, is entitled "Studies in Old English Litera ture in Honor of Arthur G. Brodeur." Brodeur's teaching assignment will include a course in Old Eng lish ami seminals on Old English poetry, ballads, and Chaucer. PATRONIZE YOUR • ADVERTISERS • 1 / / S^ZzLeR / \ STEAK HOUSE You CAN Afford Steak! ! Top Sirloin $1.19 New York Cut $1.39 Follow 6th Ave. Out to ... 405 Highway 99 North Just 10 minutes From Campus Less Than 1 Mile North of Big "Y"
