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.
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chess sets
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Eugene
A U of O Campus Tradition
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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.
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