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.
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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.
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