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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1969)
Black studies department becomes reality at Reed PORTLAND (CPS)—Reed College has always had a dual reputation. Nationally it is known as one of the best, most liberal, and most innovative colleges in the country. Locally it is known as a “pinko-beatnik haven.” Long before Berkeley and Columbia became known for large populations of freaks and radi cals Reed had plenty and still does. Despite this reputation Reed had never had a student protest or seen much controversy about the school itself. It is a private school, and the citizens of Oregon are more worried about in cidents on campuses like the University which are supported by tax funds. The students them selves always seemed more interested in off-cam pus social action than in campus protest. Still, there has always been some dissatisfaction with education at Reed, at least among a minority of the students. At one student conference two years ago a Reed student, listening to students from other campuses talking about such educa tion reform proposals as abolition of grades, in dependent study and smaller classes, said, “Reed has all that and still it’s ready to blow up.” It took two years, but last month Reed came as close as it ever has to “blowing up.” The issue was the same one that has caused upheavals on other campuses this year—black studies. In late December the Black Student Union bar ricaded the second floor of the school’s adminis tration building, demanding that the faculty act immediately on a proposal they had submitted in November for a black studies department. There are 35 black students on the 1,125-student campus. The sit-in itself was more symbolic than dis ruptive. Classes went on as usual. The adminis tration made no attempt to remove the students. With access to the school’s financial office block ed, the administration paid faculty members by co-signing loans for them until they could get back into the office. By the time the blockade ended eight days later, only a couple of students were manning the barricade. Establishment of a black studies department itself was not a major problem. The faculty was quick to approve that. More crucial was the ques tion of control. The BSU wanted autonomous con trol over the department, which the faculty and administration refused to grant. After eight days of negotiation a compromise was reached. The department was set up with its director responsible directly to President Victor Rosenblum. The BSU would ‘‘assist in the selec tion of the first director,” who would select the faculty. Although they had won only autonomy and not BSU control, the students declared a victory and announced they were “going off-campus to have a party.” Music auditions set University students interested in auditioning for a musical scholarship within the areas of performance and composition, will be able to do so from 9 a.m.-12 noon, and from 1 p.m. 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, in the School of Music Recital Hall. Applications for scholarships should be received by the School of Music by Wednesday. High school seniors will be auditioning from 9 a.m.-12 noon, and from 1 p.m.-4 p.m., Satur day, Feb. 15, in the recital hall. Seniors from northeastern Ore gon may audition during the same hours, Feb. 15, in the Pendleton High School audi torium. Tape recordings will be ac cepted in the instance that per sonal appearance is not possible due to travel difficulties. Financial aids, including sev eral scholarships ranging from $90-$250, several grants-in-aid of variable amounts, eight perform ing assistantships up to $500, 31 work-study positions, part time jobs in the school and special loans for music students, will be offered to audition win ners. Forms and further informa tion may be obtained by writing or contacting the dean of the School of Music. SF State speaker talks Wednesday The ASUO Speakers and De bates Committee and the Uni versity chapter of SDS plan to sponsor a speaker from San Francisco State College to talk about the student strike there, according to SDS’s Don Fitz. The speaker, Pat Fisch, is an SDS member from the Bay area. Fitz said she will attempt to ex plain the nature of demands made by the Third World Lib eration Front and Black Stu dent Union in the current SFSC upheaval. The talk is slated for 8 p.m. Wednesday. The final location will be posted. Muddy, murky millrace revered in campus life By HILARY HILSCHER Of The Emerald EEEK—SPLASH ! ! And another fraternity feud or sor ority squabble is resolved in the familiar Millrace. Providing storm drainage for the city of Eugene, it is approx imately 12 feet deep “with about 10 feet of sludge,” stated one student well acquainted with the stream's content. Long holding an esteemed po sition in campus life, the Mill race in recent years has been labeled contaminated. Every spring the health department analyzes the water and upon finding certain strains of bac teria, erects signs stating “This water unsafe for drinking or swimming.” Every year the signs mysteriously disappear and life down on the old Millrace continues as before. Old traditions One of the University’s old est traditions, Canoe Fete, rests upon the Millrace. Begun in 1946, the annual May parade highlights Mothers’ Weekend. First canoes and later large wooden barges carried floats created by campus living groups down the stream. The parade climaxes the Mill race Olympics held during Ju nior Week, which includes a tug o’ war and a general throw anyone-in free-for-all. The over all name “Canoe Fete” comes from one event of these Olym pics: a canoe battle between members of living groups who try to dump the others into the dank, dark dampness. Autumn feature Autumn has a regularly scheduled feature centered around, or rather, over the Mill race. The Homecoming tug o’ war usually finds numerous chilly filthy creatures splashing into and out of the slimy wa ter. Aside from its social impor tance, the Millrace provides the zoology and bacteriology depart ments with an invaluable source of specimens. Numerous species of protozoan, insect larvae and fresh water mollusks which abound in the murk often end up in cultures belonging to stu dents of invertebrate zoology. “We analyze the water every year in my Introduction to Bac teriology class,” says Bayard McConnaughey, associate pro fessor of biology, “and we never fail to find things.” The water has not been extensively tested for path ogenic germs, though Me - Connaughey said he had no doubt some could be found. ’Not grade’ The problem of disease isn’t particularly grave, he indicat ed, because “those type of germs have a hard time in cold water, besides trying to compete with other bacteria which are at home there.” “We always find eccoli, small intestinal bacteria, which means the presence of sewage,” he said McConnaughey stated that the eccoli would probably not do so much damage if a per son fell into the water. “How ever, I would not recommend drinking it,” he said. TODAY’S STAFF Night Editors: Les Blumenthal, Chris Houglum Desk Editor: Louise Lunsford Reporters: Kathy Kucera, Re becca Adler, Judy Curtis, Gordon Snedecor Proofreader: Debbie Haynes Photographer: Mike Northup The Oregon Daily Emerald is pub lished Monday thru Friday, Septem ber to May, except during exam and vacation periods. Bi-weekly June thru the first week of August, once a week the last three weeks of August, by the Publications Board of the Pniversity of Oregon. Second-class postage paid at Eu gene, Oregon 97403. Subscription rates $9 per year, $3.50 per term. WEEKLY CALENDAR of EVENTS meetings held in the Student Union unless otherwise indicated. MONDAY 8:00—EEII Committee 12:00 Noon—Bureau of Govern mental.Research Services Staff Mtg. Y-Student Faculty Dialogue — Faculty Club 12:30—ASUO Cabinet Experienced Teacher Fellowship Group 4:30—1EC Executive Meeting 6:30—Orides Business Meeting — Gerlinger 1st Floor 7:30—Folk Dance—Gerlinger TUESDAY 8:00—HEP Staff Meeting 9:00—Law & Order & Social Change Titus 11:30—YMC'A Board Committee— Faculty Club 12:00 Noon—University Theatre Staff OSEA Chapter No. 88 Advisory Council—Faculty Club 12:30—Student Faculty Committee Law School Sierra Club Courtesy of Your TUESDAY 2:00—OSEA 8:00—Varsity Basketball: Univer sity of Portland—Portland E-UMA Concert: Mary Costa— Mac Court World Around Us: Portraits of Portugal by Mildred Capro— 150 Science WEDNESDAY Colloquium on the Japanese City Jan. 15-17—Art Museum 11:30—Asian Studies Discussion 11:45—Journalism Faculty Meet ing—Faculty Club 12:30—Geography Staff Meeting — Faculty Club Int’l Law Club 1:00—IIEP Mass Meeting 3:00—HEP Teachers Meeting 5:30—Panhellenic Council India Student Association 0:30—IFC Meeting 7:00—Kurosawa's YoJIMBO East Asian Society Movie—150 Sci ence Duplicate Bridge—Faculty Club 7:30—VVebfoot Skydivers Meeting WEDNESDAY 8:00—Colloquium on the Japanese City Reception—Art Museum Library 9:00—College Life—Sigma Phi Epsilon THURSDAY 11:45—Dean Search Committee — Faculty Club 12:00 Noon—Education Founda tions—Faculty Club Librarianship Faculty—Faculty Club 4:30—David Barry Romance Lan guages Lecture 5:00—Co-Op Board Meeting 6:30-—Baptist Student Union Chess Club Documentary Film: “Four Days” also 9:15 Showing—150 Science 8:00—Eugene Home Economists —306 Chapman Hall FRIDAY 11:45—Dean Search Committee School of Journalism—Faculty Club 12:00 Noon—Programs Available for the Social Scientists at the Computing Center Sociology Forum Lecture FRIDAY HEP Teachers—Group Leaders 4:00—Chemistry Departmental Seminar—Dr. Reinhard Hoff mann—123 Science 7:00—Varsity Swimming: Arden Hills—Leighton Pool 7:30—Eugene Natural History So ciety—150 Science SATURDAY Oregon Senior Association Cham pionships Swimming. Jan. 18 19 — Leighton Pool 4:00—Walk for Development 7:30—Varsity Wrestling: Oregon State University—Mac Court 8:00—Varsity Basketball: Wash ington State University—Pull man SUNDAY 2:00—Athletic Department Bowl ing 2:30 & 8:30—Feature Film: ‘'Hard Day’s Night” 2:30—Pi Lambda Theta Reception AH items must be turned in to M101 of the EMU by 9 a.m. Thurs day to be included in this calendar. CO-OP STORE
